�* starmer �*starmer and trump meeting, the keir starmer and trump meeting, and it_ the keir starmer and trump meeting, and it is_ the keir starmer and trump meeting, and it is quite a long time now. number— and it is quite a long time now. number ten and it is quite a long time now. numberten has put and it is quite a long time now. number ten has put out a video but nothing of the trump meeting at all. but don't you think that is because keir starmer— but don't you think that is because keir starmer doesn't _ but don't you think that is because keir starmer doesn't necessarily. keir starmer doesn't necessarily want _ keir starmer doesn't necessarily want that— keir starmer doesn't necessarily want that picture. _ keir starmer doesn't necessarily want that picture. there - keir starmer doesn't necessarily want that picture. there may. keir starmer doesn't necessarily want that picture. there may bel keir starmer doesn't necessarily- want that picture. there may be some sensitives_ want that picture. there may be some sensitives of— want that picture. there may be some sensitives of these _ want that picture. there may be some sensitives of these around _ want that picture. there may be some sensitives of these around the - want that picture. there may be some sensitives of these around the fact - sensitives of these around the fact he wasn't — sensitives of these around the fact he wasn't able _ sensitives of these around the fact he wasn't able to _ sensitives of these around the fact he wasn't able to meet _ sensitives of these around the fact he wasn't able to meet kamala - sensitives of these around the fact i he wasn't able to meet kamala harris so from _ he wasn't able to meet kamala harris so from a _ he wasn't able to meet kamala harris so from a diplomatic— he wasn't able to meet kamala harris so from a diplomatic perspective - he wasn't able to meet kamala harris so from a diplomatic perspective it i so from a diplomatic perspective it might— so from a diplomatic perspective it might be _ so from a diplomatic perspective it might be the — so from a diplomatic perspective it might be the best _ so from a diplomatic perspective it might be the best thing. _ so from a diplomatic perspective it might be the best thing. iille- so from a diplomatic perspective it might be the best thing.— so from a diplomatic perspective it might be the best thing. we may have to leave it there. _ might be the best thing. we may have to leave it there. lots _ might be the best thing. we may have to leave it there. lots going _ might be the best thing. we may have to leave it there. lots going on - might be the best thing. we may have to leave it there. lots going on but. to leave it there. lots going on but we will take a quick look at the papers. we start with the guardian on lebanon, israel launches heaviest air attacks on lebanon and references to maggie smith who has passed away. the ft, the uk facing a huge funding gap on capital projects, and the possible increase in spend. israel's warning to iran and pictures of that attack on southern beirut. the daily telegraph i think trying to scoop the daily

mail on their extracts of boris johnson's autobiography. and the daily mail serialisation, boris's dramatic plan for a military raid on holland to snatch back vaccines. i think i have heard that story before and i would probably want a bigger story for the serialisation rights. and the tv presenter. lots more on the bbc news about the emerging news from the middle east. that's almost all from us tonight. victoria's back on monday from the tory party conference. but before we go — "the word legend is overused but if it applies to anyone in our industry then it applies to her". that's how daniel radcliffe described his harry potter cast—mate maggie smith who died today. but before she won a wider audience as minerva mcgonagall and the dowager countess of grantham in downton abbey, that

legend was built on raw, astonishing performances like this one —jean brodie, for which she won an oscar in 1970. goodnight. lama i am a teacher. i am a teacher first, last, always. do you imagine that for one incident i will let them be taken from me without a fight? i have dedicated and sacrifice my life to this profession and i will not stand by like a slacker and what you rob me of it, and for what? for what reason, jealousy. it is true i am a strong influence on my girls. i am proud of it. i influence them to be aware of all possibilities of life. of beauty, honour, courage. ido all possibilities of life. of beauty, honour, courage. i do not influence them to look first line where it does not exist. i am going. when my class convenes my pupils will find me composed and prepared to review to them the succession of the stewarts.

live from london. this is bbc news israel army carries out more air strikes in southern suburbs of beirut on sites it says it being used by his brother to store weapons. a national treasure — tributes are paid to dame maggie smith who's died aged 89. the uk's youngest knife killers — two boys who were 12 at the time are sentenced for the murder with a machete of 19 year old shawn seesahai in wolverhampton last year and coming up we talk to singer james blake on how he is trying to protect fans from dynamic pricing for tickets to his gigs.

good evening, it's just gone 11 o'clock. i'm nicky schiller. we start with the latest on the conflict in middle east. the israeli army says it is now conducting more air strikes on lebanon what it claims to be buildings with his brother weapons. earlier israeli military ordered residents of three specific buildings in the south of beirut to evacuate. earlier huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising over earlier, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising over the lebanese capital after israel fired a series of rockets into the southern suburbs of beirut. the israel defense force says it was targetting what it says is hezbollah's headquarters and its leader hassan nasrallah. tonight its unclear if he was in the building but at least six people were killed in the attack and nearly 100 have been injured according to lebanese officals.

iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack on the capital in the southern suburbs of dar—hear a �*dangerous, game—changing escalation.�* this is the live view across beirut where it's just gone one o'clock in the morning. ourfirst report tonight is from our middle east correspondent hugo bachega — close to where this afternoon's explosions happened. you can see that there were a big glass that are over beirut and at five past one in the morning and the israeli army had said that they were going to launch attacks on buildings on the south of beirut where the military said hezbollah is storing weapons and you can now see black smoke rising there from the right hand side of the screen and glass have been heard over the last hour in the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital and residents of three specific blocks were ordered

by the israeli military as we said earlier, there were a series of huge explosions in beirut during the day and that levelled a number of buildings in the area and we have seen big rescue operations in that southern suburb with lots of people coming through the rubble as we said, the latest of the lebanese authorities are saying is that there were six confirmed deaths with more than 90 others wounded in the iranian president has called the attack a war crime and hezbollah is backed by iran and israel said earlier that they would hit the hezbollah headquarters and israeli media reports that the target was the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. but we do not know if he was in the building and we do not know where he is or indeed if he is alive or dead. there are lots of

rumours in the region as you can imagine after a strike like that from the israelis. but as you can see from those pictures, we can see that smoke rising after the israeli military said it was carrying out these targeted strikes on buildings in beirut which says, they were storing hezbollah weapons underneath them and that is the latest pictures. we will keep an eye on those but i do want to now return to that report from our middle east correspondent who was close to where this afternoon's explosions happen. here's his report. scenes of war in beirut. hezbollah's conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalation with unpredictable consequences. explosion.

an attack so powerful that it was seen and heard across the city. lebanon now on the brink of another war. chaos on the streets and here is what they are running from. dahieh, in southern beirut, now looking like gaza. but amid so much destruction, jubilation. two children rescued from the rubble alive. hezbollah's backers, iran, say this strike marks a dangerous game—changing escalation in the conflict. for israel, it's a strike targeting the heart of hezbollah's operations. moments ago the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the

hezbollah terror organisation that serves as the epicentre of hezbollah's terror, hezbollah's central headquarter was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the dahieh in beirut as part of hezbollah's strategy of using lebanese people as human shields. this was apparently the target, one of israel's main enemies. hezbollah's long—time and powerful leader, hassan nasrallah, seen here for the last time a week ago. israel says it is still checking whether he was hit and remains alive. hezbollah in iran say reports he is dead are not true. this is one of the roads leading to dahieh full stop we tried to get out this is one of the roads leading to dahieh. we tried to get out of the car but

we were stopped by a group of men. there is chaos there is tension. we've seen crowds gathered by the road with rucksacks and bags, apparently trying to leave dahieh. minutes before the attack, the israeli prime ministerfinished a speech at the united nations. benjamin netanyahu said his country wanted peace but had no choice but to fight its enemies. hours later there was some response from hezbollah in the way of dozens of rockets on northern israel. 0ne hit this building in the town of safed. for almost a year there has been concern that something like this could spark a wider regional conflict. tonight, there are two unanswered questions — whether hassan nasrallah is still alive, and if the middle east will be engulfed by war. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. you can see in the top right hand

side of your screen, you can see that there is a fire there. that is after we saw in the last ten minutes orso after we saw in the last ten minutes or so and explosion, quite a big one on the screen and this all comes after the israeli military said that it would carry out what court targeted strikes on buildings in southern beirut. it said things that belong to hezbollah are stored beneath civilian buildings being hit and according to the israeli defense forces, before those strikes, the idf had ordered the residence of a number of buildings, three buildings in particular to evacuate saying that these buildings had what they call designated underground spaces for storing strategic weapons with the buildings above acting as a shield and this comes after those bigger explosions that you saw in hugo poss plus report for your

singles fires burning over beirut and its 12 minutes past one in the morning and the lebanese capital at the moment. and so, we will keep an eye on those and we'll see with the military has also been saying and that more the israeli military says that more than 60 missiles were fired from lebanon into israel. some of the missiles fell in the city of safed, it confirms, where a house and car was hit in a civilian area. there are no reports of casualties. in the last hour israeli army spokeman, daniel hagari provided this update. moments ago, the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarters of the his brother terror organisation that served as the epicentre of hezbollah's terror. hezbollah's central headquarters was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the dahia in beirut, as part of hezbollah's strategy of using lebanese people

as human shields. un secretary general antonio guterres said ending the war in gaza was the key to resolving the conflict between israel and hezbollah. shock waves radiating from the unprecedented death and destruction in gaza now threaten to push the entire region into the abyss. a full scale conflagration with unimaginable consequences. monday was the bloodiest day in lebanon since 2006. today, israeli defense forces struck civilian buildings in beirut, saying they had targeted hezbollah's main headquarters, located underneath. war in lebanon could lead to further escalation involving outside powers. i fully support the proposal for a temporary cease fire, allowing for the delivery of humanitarian relief and paving the way

for the resumption of serious negotiations for a durable peace across the blue line. we need this ceasefire now. we cannot afford endless negotiations as we have on gaza. we must avoid the regional war at all costs. gaza remains the epicentre of the violence and gaza is key to ending it. america's top diplomat — antony blinken — spoke at a news conference in new york a short time ago — he underscored the need for diplomacy. the united states has made clear, along with the g7, the european union, partners in the gulf,

so many other regions that we believe the way forward is through diplomacy, not conflict. the path to diplomacy may seem difficult to see at this moment, but it is there, and in our judgment it is necessary, and we will continue to work intensely with all parties to urge them to choose that course. the strikes in lebanon camejust hours after israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu gave a defiant speech as he addressed the united nations general assembly in new york. he didn t refer to the american—led calls for an immediate ceasefire between israel and hezbollah but he vowed to keep fighting. from new york, here 5 tom bateman. the israeli leader walked straight into the question all the diplomats here at the un are asking.

prime minister netanyahu, are you agreeing to a ceasefire deal or not? and he wasn't answering it in the hall either. as he took to the stage, many delegates walked out. 0rder, please. but he was defiant and had a warning for hezbollah's backers. i have a message for the tyrants of tehran. if you strike us, we will strike you. there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach and that's true of the entire middle east. watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. mr netanyahu said only surrender by hamas would stop israel's offensive. he scolded iran's role in the region... it's a map of a curse. ..and defying us pressure, made no mention of the call for a ceasefire in lebanon, saying rocket fire had to stop. yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year.

well, i've come here today, to say enough is enough. chanting: palestine will be free. and where mr netanyahu goes, so does dissent against israel's military offensives. now, lebanese flagsjoin the palestinian ones. they accuse the us of keeping the weapons flowing to israel despite mr netanyahu ignoring much of what america has wanted. first over gaza, now they believe he's making a mockery of the us�*s calls for a truce in lebanon. after his speech mr netanyahu's office released this picture of him here in new york giving the go—ahead for the strike on beirut. the snub to his american ally, which wants restraint, could hardly be stronger. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen is injerusalem.

he gave us this analysis of tonight's developments. well, first of all, as far as where things are at, you know, we talk a lot about the middle east being on the brink. it feels tonight as if they're tumbling over the edge of it. as far as israel is concerned, they seem to believe that they have inflicted so much damage now on his brother that their boot is very much on the throat of that organisation, and they would be very ill advised that they would be daft to take it off and to go for the kind of truce that the americans have been pushing for. israel's next big decision may well be about launching a ground offensive in southern lebanon for his brother. now, whether or not its leader, hassan nasrallah, is still alive and we we don't know the decision is what to do with the rest of its arsenal. it is believed to have a very formidable arsenal, still,

of missiles it could use against israel. as israeli pressure continues, there might be a feeling of use it or lose it. as far as those weapons are concerned, that decision they have to take. and as for the americans, as you've been hearing, even though secretary of state blinken has said there is still room for diplomacy, and he repeated tonight his belief that israel, that america's combination of deterrence and diplomacy has staved off a wider middle east war. the fact is that, as tom bateman said, his israeli allies, america's israeli allies, are not listening to them. they are pushing ahead. it seems very strongly. and a reminder we have a live page running online with the very latest assessing us forces in the middle east as necessary and according to the white house, he is also ordered us embassies in the region to take

all protective measures as appropriate. the latest from the white house and a reminder that we have a live page running with the very latest have a live page running with the very from our correspondents in the middle east, plus more analysis from jeremy bowen. you can find that on the bbc news website and app. tributes are being paid to dame maggie smith, who's died at the age of 89. a legend of stage and screen, she won two oscars during a career that spanned seven decades. she was known to younger audiences for her roles in the harry potter films and downton abbey. king charles described her today as "a national treasure", whose �*warmth and wit shone through both on and off the stage�*, while sir keir starmer said she was "beloved by so many for her great talent". our culture editor katie razzall

looks back at her life. that was bloody brilliant. thank you for that assessment, mrweasley. her professor mcgonagall in the harry potter films introduced dame maggie smith to a whole new generation. little girls, i am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders... but it was another teacher role that won her her first 0scar — the prime of missjean brodie was an acting masterclass. no, no, don't be alarmed. and over seven legendary decades, she admitted her nerves at being her best often got to her. i think ijust get extremely grumpy and very tetchy, and just furious with myself, really. i have a definite hump on my left shoulder. she may have seemed haughty and in charge of everything,

but i think inside there was an anxiety to get it right. but she always did. she was so bloody good! you can forgive somebody for being the best of the best, can�*t you? she made her name on the stage. i love you with so much of my heart. there is nothing left to protest. one of the finest theatre actors of her generation. in her great performances, - you think you've got the measure of her, but you never have, - because she's always ahead of you, she's always taking - you somewhere thrilling, strange, interesting and unexpected. put the van in your drive? that never occurred to me. i mean, truly, i neverworked with anybody like her. - quick, come here, what's that, there? damejudi dench, her contemporary and equal, was a lifelong friend.

we're going to work forever if we're asked, but you're always asked first, if i may say so. no. ..don�*t! i'm turning on you now. it's all coming out now. that droll wit and waspish humour became her trademark, a scene stealer as the dowager countess in downton abbey. and of course, i will have the weekend. we will discuss this later. we mustn't bore the ladies. what is a weekend? have you ever watched downton? laughter. have you not? i've got the box set. witty to the end. i presume you have a reason for returning, potter. what is it you need? time, professor, as much as you can get me. - amongst the many tributes, daniel radcliffe called her a legend with a fierce intellect and a gloriously sharp tongue. michelle dockery said there was no one quite like maggie. and the king tonight said

the curtain has gone down on a national treasure. dame maggie smith who�*s died aged 89. two boys have been sentenced to life — with a minimum of eight—and—a—half years in custody — for killing a stranger with a machete in a park in wolverhampton. the boys were 12 years old at the time, and they are the uk�*s youngest knife murderers. they launched an unprovoked attack last november on 19—year—old shawn seesahai, who�*d come to britain from anguilla for medical treatment. a warning, phil mackie�*s report contains distressing detail. this is the last image of shawn seesahai, taken a few minutes before he was fatally attacked. he�*d come to the uk from his home in the caribbean island of anguilla for treatment after suffering a detached retina playing basketball. he was repeatedly stabbed in a savage attack after an encounter with the lz—year—olds. after i hear that call that

says shawn got stabbed, i don�*t know what happened after. i think i maybe threw the phone down, i don�*t know, i can�*t remember what happened. i, like, was left in shock. just hours before it was used to take his life, one of the boys posed for this photo with the machete. it was nearly a foot and a half long and was found hidden under one of their beds. they chopped his leg, they chopped his arm, they chopped a piece of his head out. they stabbed him through and through. they killed my son like they're killing a dog or something, you know? because they were so young, in court the judge and barristers didn�*t wear wigs and gowns, and specially trained staff and family members sat with the boys for support. today they were told they must serve at least eight and a half years before they could be released. it is then for the parole board to decide when a defendant can leave custody, and their decision depends on a defendant�*s behaviour in custody and whether it�*s safe for that person to leave custody.

shawn was only 19 when his life was taken at the hands of two boys, then aged just 12, who had armed themselves with a machete. it is both shocking and saddening. the seesahais couldn�*t afford to leave anguilla for today�*s sentencing. they�*d spent all their savings on attending the five—week trial. shawn�*s body was repatriated and he was cremated, and his family came here to one of his favourite spots to scatter his ashes. but half a world away from the uk, they�*re still struggling to cope with what happened. it�*s so hard right now. i can�*t even explain, but it�*s very hard now. it brings back all memory, from the day he died and everything i did, and bring his ashes here, it�*s so hard. today, the family said the boys�* sentences were too lenient, and didn�*t reflect the loss they�*d suffered. phil mackie, bbc news.

let�*s look at what�*s making the front pages of the weekend papers. first up, ft weekend�*s looks at the israeli air strikes on the southern suburbs of beirut, as well as a report on uk funding gaps. the i paper dedicates much of its front page to lebanon and the discussion over the fate of hezbollah�*s leader. the mail reports borisjohnson made a plan during covid to seize vaccine supplies from the netherlands. moving on to the times, and another big story that broke earlier today — that of the passing of stage and screen giant dame maggie smith at the age of 89. "a true legend" — that�*s how the daily mirror describes dame maggie smith, with the tributes continuing on its cover. and we finish with the sun�*s front page, which focuses on philip schofield�*s return to tv screens on desert island show cast away. now you might have tried to get your hands

on gig tickets this year, but found it really hard to secure them on ticket platforms. for fans hoping to see artists this can be a bit of a nightmare. coldplay fans are the latest to express upset at the process of buying tickets from ticketmaster. this comes as ticketmaster are currently facing an investigation from the competition watchdog after tickets to see 0asis rocketed due to a �*dynamic pricing system�*. well one artist has taken it upon himself to do something about music fans experience with buying tickets. grammy award winning singer songwriterjames blake took to instagram to vow to avoid "the monopolies" involved in touring to avoid having his fans as he put "ripped off" and outlined a proposed new approach for his fans going forward. hejoins me now.

live from las vegas, thank you very much for your time. where you say "monopolies" who do you mean. hello there. what it means is that every single step of buying a ticket, going in parking, going to the venue, seeing the show is owned by the same companies. those that on each other as well. and so, it means that price gouging is easy and even percentages of the cells and secondary market as well, there�*s a lot of speculation as to what�*s been going on and essentially, we have seen the ticket going up and up to the point right now, the average ticket price is hundred pounds ticket price is hundred pounds ticket and it does a lot higher than that.

many fans would think that artists have a say in ticket prices, but from what you are saying, that�*s not the case? from what you are saying, that's not the case? ~ . , , from what you are saying, that's not thecase?~ . , , , the case? well, artists can set their price. — the case? well, artists can set their price, but _ the case? well, artists can set their price, but they're - the case? well, artists can set their price, but they're not - their price, but they�*re not responsible for the amount of extra fees. you�*ve got service fees, processing fees, there is a fee to processing fees, there is a fee to process the servicing fee, it gets ridiculous, and we are not involved in a huge amount of the steps that go towards the final price.- go towards the final price. so what would ou go towards the final price. so what would you like _ go towards the final price. so what would you like to _ go towards the final price. so what would you like to see _ go towards the final price. so what would you like to see happen - go towards the final price. so what would you like to see happen and l would you like to see happen and indeed what are you doing differently through your fans? firstly, i would like to see more transparency from the ticketing companies, and i would also like to see artists building their own audiences, owning their own data, essentially. i think the data is a very important part of this, because... really, i�*m mean the

mailing list. it�*s something that