contest make their pitch at the party's first annual conference since its defeat in the general election injuly. here in the uk, labour mp rosie duffield quits the party, accusing prime minister sir keir starmer of — what she described as — hypocrisy. over 50 years later, stories of reported ufo sightings on a housing estate in the uk are being retold in a new play. hello. the conservative conference is taking place in birmingham this afternoon — the first since the party's election defeat injuly. the four candidates to succeed rishi sunak will make speeches, and take questions. james cleverly, kemi badenoch, tom tugendhat and robert jenrick will be trying to win support before mps eliminate two more of them from the contest. speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, leadership

hopeful robertjenrick explained why he is the man to turn around the fortunes of the conservative party after losing out to labour in the general election. in the article that i wrote in the hours after the election, then i came on your show that weekend. i said that we failed to deliver on the economy, on the nhs and our borders. so there are multiple failures that we need to acknowledge as a party. whilst obviously defending the things we got right in government, and then we've got to listen to the public and set out serious answers to those challenges. i've spent the last few months thinking very deeply about how we do that, and i don't want to waste the next five years debating those things. that's a recipe for more infighting and for further loss of public trust. i want to use this leadership contest for us to settle those things and have a clear plan as to how we take our party and our country forward, and i have that in particular on immigration. competing with robertjenrick for the leadership of the conservatives

is kemi badenoch with a campaign focus of immigration and integration, saying "not all cultures are equally valid" when it comes to deciding who should be allowed into the uk. i'm saying that if we want to have a well—integrated society, we need to make sure that we have a shared culture and a shared identity. this is a multi—ethnic society. that's obvious. i'm a black woman sitting here talking to you. but there is a difference between being multiethnic and being multicultural. i grew up in a place that was multicultural, and yet everybody looked the same. conflict arises when you emphasise difference. we need to emphasise the things that we share. being british, british values, the things that we talked about — freedom, equal rights, personal responsibility, not discriminating people because of their sexual orientation. there are some cultures that do that. i don't think that a culture that thinks gay people should be stoned is as valid as ours. this is not a controversial thing to say. let's go to birmingham. here's latest from our political correspondent

iain watson. warming upfor warming up for this week's's conference. rishi sunak is actually addressing a reception behind closed doors for party members. he won't be speaking on the main stage. james cleverly has been out this morning, as has robertjenrick. so has kemi badenoch. and i'm joined by shadow minister who is one of her supporters. you were recently an actual government minister. you are now taking a shadow roll. what went wrong in july? now taking a shadow roll. what went wrong injuly? fix, now taking a shadow roll. what went wrong in july?— went wrong in july? a lot went wron: went wrong in july? a lot went wrong and _ went wrong in july? a lot went wrong and we _ went wrong in july? a lot went wrong and we have _ went wrong in july? a lot went wrong and we have a - went wrong in july? a lot went wrong and we have a party - went wrong in july? a lot went | wrong and we have a party paid a price. the country is now paying a different price, if we look at the day by day cronyism and failures in leadership. but this conference is about how we move the conservative party

forwards, first and foremost to find a reader that can help that process of renewal. really honest conversations about who we are and what we stand for. that is why i'm supporting kemi badenoch. she has that ability to be very honest this way of communicating. what we stand for and why it is important that the country gets back to having a conservative government. to having a conservative government. having a conservative covernment. ., ~ , ., government. to think there is a dancer government. to think there is a danger that _ government. to think there is a danger that kemi _ government. to think there is a danger that kemi badenoch - government. to think there is a | danger that kemi badenoch gets drawn into a cul—de—sac talking about culture rather than debating on a bigger canvas. james cleverly talks about a whole range of issues, economy to immigration... again, in her interview this morning on the bbc, she seemed to get bogged down a bit talking about the validity of different cultures, multicultural versus multi—ethnical societies. is that a danger? that she won't

appeal to wider priorities. i don't think so. about immigration, that is not one of her brief. she spent a lot of time in governments tackling the really thorny issues about diversity. not an easy brief for a conservatives. but she did a greatjob on that. the trade secretary, has strayed —— as trade secretary, i worked very closely with her making sure we had a very competitive offer for businesses. that is something she understands. she cannot control what is asked of her, and having tackled that's very difficult brief for conservatives is something that comes up, but i have seen her cover a whole range of issues, when she was in housing, business and trade... i think she has got what it takes. time and time again, ordinary members who are here have asked what will help us cut through, and they always choose kemi badenoch. and they always choose kemi badenoch-— and they always choose kemi badenoch. ., . ., ., , badenoch. the other candidates are sa in: badenoch. the other candidates are saying that _ badenoch. the other candidates are saying that people - badenoch. the other candidates are saying that people want - badenoch. the other candidates are saying that people want to l

are saying that people want to know when they are going to get an nhs appointment, a home of their own, what school their kid is going to go to. and she is talking about whether or not people from certain countries or certain immigrants share british values. perfectly valid but is it a danger she isn't talking about some of the core issues because her position is that she doesn't want to talk about those specific policies so far away from the election? i think it is right to talk about that might not talk about certain issues. but she talks about wider issues about what is wrong with the state, why we paid the price at the ballot box. people felt we found that the delivery. some of that is what we inherited previously, the legal settlement and also the legal settlement and also the state of the economy. the good news is that what this conference is all about, you and i will be doing this, hearing from multiple different candidates on multiple different issues. we have got the time to do that. it is

important we get this decision right and that is why think kemi badenoch is the one with the honesty and capable of leading the conversation of renewal going forward. she, like the other— renewal going forward. she, like the other candidates, i like the other candidates, committed to spending more on defence. when will she deliver that if she became notjust party leader... ? i that if she became not 'ust party leader... ?fi that if she became not 'ust party leader... ? i don't think anybody _ party leader... ? i don't think anybody is— party leader... ? i don't think anybody is going _ party leader... ? i don't think anybody is going to _ party leader... ? i don't think anybody is going to make - party leader... ? i don't think anybody is going to make a l anybody is going to make a fiscal commitment, we are not in government, i don't think it is right. clearly all of us here at the conservative party conference feel that we have never been in a greater time of insecurity in the world. we have the most wonderful armed forces that we should support. but we all acknowledge there quite thinly stretched. haifa quite thinly stretched. how many extra _ quite thinly stretched. how many extra homes - quite thinly stretched. how many extra homes does . quite thinly stretched. how many extra homes does she think should be built in this country and which planning laws which are changed to deliver it? irate are changed to deliver it? we want a home _ are changed to deliver it? - want a home for everyone who

aspires to one. we want one thatis aspires to one. we want one that is built to allow everyone to have that ladder of opportunity. it is notjust about owning a home, it is about owning a home, it is about getting a rental home on about getting a rental home on a reasonable time. sometimes about meeting a level of emigration so that people that have been born here and work here their whole life get a shot at the housing market. that people aren't coming in and queuejumping. it is a complicating, varying issue. one very general question, why do you think kemi badenoch has the character to be prime minister pastor marki the character to be prime minister pastor mark i think she has got _ minister pastor mark i think she has got a _ minister pastor mark i think she has got a great - minister pastor mark i think| she has got a great honesty, she has got a great honesty, she looks often at the uk with the perspective of someone who sees all of its wonderful strengths not having been born here. she often talks about his to live her own background, this is a country she feels enormously lucky to have chosen. forall the enormously lucky to have chosen. for all the good things we know about our country, values, tolerance and the potential of great britain as a

wonderful country in the world. i think kemi badenoch is the candidates that can lead us honestly through renewal. a clear vision of what it means to be a conservative to the british people so that we can earn the trust and be re—elected. hasten our process back to government. i think already the country are starting to seek that. thank ou starting to seek that. thank you very — starting to seek that. thank you very much. _ starting to seek that. thank you very much. a _ starting to seek that. thank you very much. a former. you very much. a former government minister and now he is shadow secretary of state for science and technology and innovation. he wants to see kemi badenoch in our leadership position, beating the other candidates. the cabinet office minister, pat mcfadden, has said he doesn't accept some of the issues raised by rosie duffield — who has resigned as a labour mp. he also says rules around donations will be tightened after ms duffield — who'll now sit as an independent — was critical of sir keir starmer using donation money for clothing, and today she went on to criticise what she claimed was a "lads culture"

in the labour party. here's our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. when she was elected in 2017, rosie duffield became the first—ever labour mp for canterbury. she is now likely to spend years in parliament without a party, having quit labour with a deeply personal attack on the sir keir starmer. in a letter to the prime minister, she criticised the gifts he received of tickets and clothes and his decision to withdraw the winter fuel allowance from most pensioners. she said this was "hypocrisy, the sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale." speaking this morning on sunday with laura kuenssberg, she went further. we all had our faith in keir starmer and a labour government, and i feel that voters and activists and mps are being completely laughed at and completely taken for granted. she also said the prime minister had a problem with women. most backbenchers that i'm friends with are women and most of us refer to the men that

surround him, the young men, as "the lads". rosie duffield has been semi—detached from labourfor some time. she clashed with both sir keir starmer and jeremy corbyn over her campaigning on women's rights and transgender issues. cabinet minister pat mcfadden stressed that ms duffield had been uneasy in labour a while. when i read rosie's letter last night, and listening to the interview there, i think you can see that she's been disillusioned with the party leader, with the party maybe more generally, for quite a long time. i don't think this is something that'sjust developed in the last few months. and in a fresh attempt to draw a line under a damaging period for the government, mr mcfadden promised new rules requiring more transparency from ministers about donations. ministers have not had to declare in the past hospitality they have received, while backbench mps and shadow ministers have. we will close that loophole going forward. we will make it clear

in the ministerial code that both ministers and shadow ministers should be under the same declaration rules. the political risk for keir starmer is that this is more instability under a prime minister who promised change. henry zeffman, bbc news. an eight—year—old boy has died after being shot at a farm in warcop, in north—west england. the child suffered injuries to his head and face. cumbria police say they've arrested a man in his 60s. our correspondent fiona trott gave us the latest from cumbria. well, this is where the police were seen yesterday, just off this busy road here, the a66 in cumbria. and what cumbria police have told us is this— both they and the paramedics were called to a farm just

before 3 o'clock yesterday because they had reports of a child having been seriously injured in a firearms incident. when they arrived at the farm, they found an eight—year—old boy with serious injuries to his face and head. that's how it's been described to us. they also found a gun. now they arrested a man at the scene, a man in his 60s. he was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. and the boy was airlifted to hospital. now, tragically, that eight—year—old died in hospital overnight. and the police have now told us that the man in custody is being questioned on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. this afternoon. so that tells us the nature of the investigation so far as work continues to establish the exact circumstances of this. we're waiting for the police to confirm the boy's identity. we're waiting to hear what his relationship is with the man who is in custody. and we're also waiting to hear what type of gun was involved. but of course, what we have here and the walk up area

in cumbria this afternoon, while this investigation continues, is a family and a community here who are coming to terms with what has happened. legal experts have told the bbc that the state of qatar either "missed or dismissed" allegations surrounding mohamed al fayed when it purchased harrods in 2010. various claims, including a police investigation into the alleged assault of a 15—year—old girl, were in the public domain at the time — raising questions about the due diligence process. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. when the qatar investment authority bought harrods for £1.5 billion, it should've been the jewel in its crown. but the 200—year—old department store is now having to deal with allegations concerning the behaviour of its former owner, mohamed al fayed. legal experts have told the bbc there are questions about how the oia carried out its due diligence, given that a number of allegations were already in the public domain —

including an investigation into the alleged assault of a 15—year—old girl in a harrods boardroom. beth hale, a partner at cm murray, said it would be sensible to ask detailed questions about the number of claims and number of complaints, informal orformal, even if not upheld. catriona watt, partner at fox & partners, added that given the allegations were not a secret, it was probably a calculated risk to close the deal anyway. neither the qia, credit suisse — which represented the fund in the deal — nor harrods have responded to multiple requests for comment regarding the process. harrods has said it is utterly appalled by the allegations about mohamed al fayed and that his victims had been failed. marc ashdown, bbc news. an nhs surgeon who has volunteered for over 50 humanitarian missions worldwide has told the bbc that his recent visit to gaza was the worst situation he's ever encountered.

dr ammar darwish said that he saw "horrors unparallelled" to anywhere else he'd worked in. he recorded a video diary for the bbc to show what life is like there. been operating since yesterday, all the way through the evening and all the way to the night. it's 8:40 this morning, and we've been operating on a young lady who is three months pregnant and had multiple shrapnel injuries to the abdomen, causing multiple injuries inside. we're overwhelmed with the amount of injuries that are coming through. we're running out of supplies and without these supplies, unfortunately, a lot of patients will die and a lot of injured civilians, including children and women, will be suffering from that.

just about a couple of hours ago, um, a bomb was dropped in front of the hospital from a drone, which caused more casualties to come through. it's a extremely difficult situation to operate in, especially when we had no electricity all day today until this evening. and, er, it was really difficult to run a theatre and run the emergency department, with a small generator that the hospital uses. electricity is back on now, but we don't know for how long. and the night is still young. we'vejust had unconfirmed news that the other hospital that's next to the area next to us had to evacuate. this means that our hospital

is the last standing hospital here that can accept, or able to deal with, mass casualties and major trauma injuries. we've just seen a 15—year—old who had his house bombed and came with grade 4 or 5 liver injury, and it's really difficult to do anything for him. we're going to keep a close eye on him. unfortunately, if he deteriorates, we're going to take him for an operation which he might not survive. it's been quite an exhausting and intense tenth day, and the night is still early. she's another child whose

four—year—old girl who had a bullet straight to the head, and we had to operate on her. she's still being ventilated on a breathing machine. the prognosis is not really very good, especially with limited resources that we have. during the hospital, limited antibiotics. the staff here are doing their best, but it's not looking very good. we've been here watching the polio vaccination. kids are coming from 7:00 in the morning till now, two hours. they've seen more than 1,000 children have been vaccinated. the reality, and the painful truth is, these kids will be vaccinated in the morning. we as medical teams in the hospital, we will be receiving some of these kids, unfortunately, as casualties of bombardment and air strikes in the evening.

israel says it follows international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm. they said they evacuated the area around the hospital as part of an anti—terror operation — but told the hospital itself that it needn't evacuate. a huge clean up operation is under way across the us, stretching from florida to ohio — following hurricane helene 63 people are known to have died in the storm, which hit the us as a category four hurricane. more than 2,5 million people were left without power, and many are still cut off. the highest level of recorded rainfall came in north carolina, where one area experienced nearly 31 inches — that's more than 78 centimetres — and there were maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour — that's around 225 kilometres per hour. meteorologists say that helene is the fourth hurricane to make landfall on america's gulf coast this year. that's only the fifth time

that has ever happened. and the us isn't the only country suffering with extreme weather — the home ministry in nepal says more than 120 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by the heaviest rain in over half a century. more than 60 people are missing and several thousand rescuers are helping with relief and rescue operations across much of the country. around 3,000 people have been rescued so far. and there's definitely, maybe a chance oasis fans who were unable to get tickets for their sold—out uk tour could be in luck a second time around — as the band has hinted at a major announcement tomorrow. the band have posted photos on social media, of noel and liam gallagher on billboards in different cities, with the headline "be careful what you wish for". the question of whether alien life exists is one that has been debated for decades, and for many still remains a subject of fascination. in september 1967, families on a housing estate

in stoke—on—trent described seeing a ufo near their homes. more than 50 years on, the events are being retold in a new play. our reporter liz copper has the details. have you seen one? a sceptic? aufo? no. the cast of bright lights over bentilee. the play dramatises the sighting of a flying saucer landing in the potteries. in 1967 there really was a sighting of a bright light and of something that was ufo shaped and was unidentified. and this story goes back to that and tells the story of what happened to the people that saw it and what they might have seen. the idea that something might be out there in general, and that this is like a genuine kind of world where people on a mass scale saw something in our area. and i think that's kind of like really wild and magical. in the late �*60s, news reports covered the unexplained events

on the bentilee estate. it seemed like a saucer, - you know, and then it changed in different colours. it changed like a red, . and then it would come into a like of a greenish colour and then a blue. | but there was no heat. it was just a red - glow, like a sunset. those accounts inspired writer deb mcandrew. it was seen from all over the place, hanley and fenton. as part of her research on bentilee she also uncovered this report detailing 70 other ufo sightings. people who saw this were the ancestors of the people who live here now. just ordinary people, you know, not fanciful people. they were just working people. and they saw something extraordinary one night in september 1967. so itjust felt really magical. did it happen? yeah.

it happened. and then that was it. but they saw something. yeah. and i believed them when they tell me they did. flying things. objects that cannot be immediately identified. you mean...? unidentified flying objects. right. the mysterious events in the skies over the city make a captivating story, now being told on the stage. for audiences — a chance to reflect on a night that was sprinkled with stardust. and finally, the actor damian lewis was the special guest at london's sheep drive this year. the annual tradition sees more than 1,000 �*freemen of the city�* drive sheep along an ancient trading route. the actor said that "as a proud welshman, driving the sheep across the thames, was the highlight of his career." new zealand has regained the world record for the largest number

of people taking part ina haka. more than 6,000 people came together for the performance at a stadium in auckland. the haka is a traditional dance associated with new zealand's indigenous maori people. it's been made famous by the all blacks rugby team who perform it before their matches. the previous record of 4,000 people was held by france. the organiser of the new zealand attempt said it was like a national treasure that had been taken from them. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. another area of low pressure is moving in and that will affect much of the country for the start of the upcoming week. cool, wet and windy at times, but by mid week an improvement with high—pressure moving in, and there should be high

spells of sunshine. winds picking up further south and west. rain will pile into northern ireland, wales and south—west the ireland, wales and south—west rain will be heavy a times, the rain will be heavy at times, persistent too. gusts of strong wind up to 60 mph. a drier night to come across northern areas. single areas for northern and western scotland. some mild air serving low pressure. into monday, looks like low pressure will grind to a halt across the uk as it bumps up against that area of high pressure. wet, windy start for large parts of england. parts of east anglia,

north wales... this could see some flooding. stay tuned for the forecast. the north is rather cloudy, in the south will brighten up a little bit. south wales, south england is turning warmer. 17, 18 degrees. rain continues across central, northern and eastern parts as we had three monday night. still reigning across england and east anglia by the time we reach tuesday morning. temperatures again mild in the south. that area of pressure takes it time to pull away eastwards. it will still affect eastern england on wednesday with strong wins and outbreaks of rain. high pressure is building in further north and west. he wins a little bit lighter here. increasing amounts of sunshine so it will feel warmer, 16 or 17 degrees. high pressure builds in to end the new week. it will settle

down, some good spells of sunshine return, the mist and fog overnight.

live from london, this is bbc news. hezbollah says its leader hassan nasrallah's body has been recovered. the israeli army says more than 20 hezbollah members were killed alongside him, as buildings were destroyed. lebanon's prime minister appeals for a diplomatic solution, warning more than a million people could be displaced by the surge in violence. this is the scene live in beirut, where israeli airstrikes have continued.

hello, i'm martine croxall. it's being reported that the body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, has been recovered from the site of an israeli airstrike in beirut. these pictures we believe show the aftermath of the strike in which nasrullah and other senior hezbollah commanders were killed. an entire block, reduced to rubble, with surrounding buildings severely damaged. israel says more than 20 members of the militant group were killed in the strike. this is the scene live in beirut where airstrikes are continuing. israel's military has killed another senior hezbollah commander, nabil anuk. the prime minister of lebanon has called for a diplomatic solution, warning that up to a milllion people in his country will be displaced by the violence. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega sent us this report from lebanon. the streets of dahieh, this is the beating heart of hezbollah in beirut, now looking like a ghost town.