as the tory leadership contenders vie for support at the party conference in birmingham. the far—right freedom party in austria is on course for a historic win in the general election. but they'll need a coalition to govern. hello. we start in the middle east, where israel has carried out what it called "large—scale" strikes on yemen. israel was targetting houthis�* energy facilities — they say power plants and a sea port were hit — in the yemeni city of hodeidah. videos have been posted on social media. bbc verify has confirmed the location. houthi—run media says four people were killed and more than 30 injured. the strikes came as israel carried out more attacks across lebanon.

the israeli army says it's targetted 120 military sites belonging to hezbollah. lebanese officials warn that more than a million people face being forced from their homes. the body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is reported to have been recovered from the site of friday's israeli air strike in beirut. according to israel, more than 20 members of the iranian—backed group were killed alongside him. and hezbollah has also confirmed that two other senior figures have been killed in air strikes. let's start this hour with more on those strikes in yemen. here's our correspondent jon donnison. israel's military reach and power is long and strong. this is not lebanon, or gaza, but almost 2,000 kilometres away in yemen. the target — one of the country's biggest ports and two power stations, controlled by iranian—backed houthis, the operation directed by israel's defence minister.

translation: we have no interest in expanding the war. _ we have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. but if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. israel is not holding back, its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. and earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. for the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. this is their commandos seizing a british—owned ship in the red sea last november. they have long—range missiles, are supported by iran and are fiercely opposed to israel.

speaking yesterday, the houthis�* military spokesperson yahya saree said they wouldn't stop until israel ended its aggression against gaza and lebanon. today's strikes in yemen highlight another dangerous front in a war that threatens to engulf the region. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner explained the signifcance of the strikes in yemen. targeting hassan nasrallah was a strategic decision by israel. he had long been in their sites, how did they do it? israeli intelligence was widely assumed to be behind the lethal sabotage of all those thousands of hezbollah pagers and walkie—talkies. mossad comedy is really spy agency, is thought to have inserted explosives into the

supply chain. that was almost a fortnight ago. —— mossad, the israeli spy agency. but it goes deeper still. israeli spy agency. but it goes deeperstill. have israeli spy agency. but it goes deeper still. have a look at this pyramid. the israeli military says it has assassinated all of these senior hezbollah commanders. so just how has this israeli campaign been able to penetrate hezbollah�*s security so comprehensively? it certainly looks like something that would _ certainly looks like something that would have been put together over probably— would have been put together over probably years. it would have been built up— probably years. it would have been built up from multiple disciplines, signals— built up from multiple disciplines, signals intelligence, interception communications, the analysis of imagery. — communications, the analysis of imagery, satellite or covertly taken photographs. but almost certainly some _ photographs. but almost certainly some kind of human intelligence. in other some kind of human intelligence. other words, some kind of human intelligence. in otherwords, spies some kind of human intelligence. in other words, spies on the ground. 0nce other words, spies on the ground. once the israelis located now is well, their airforce f 15 warplanes

reportedly dropped 80 bombs. they hit the underground cellar in south beirut where he was meeting top commanders. so it's clear hezbollah�*s security is deeply compromised by israeli intelligence. nasrallah will be replaced, and soon, by someone with similar religious credentials. but it could take years for that new leader to build up a following. and in this climate, time is probably not on his side. israel has continued to launch strikes against what it says are hezbollah targets inside lebanon. at least 50 people are reported to have been killed in a series of attacks in the east of the country. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from the bekaa valley. a warning you may find some parts of it distressing. israel keeps hitting hard. for now, it looks unstoppable. this is the bekaa valley this afternoon.

there were at least 30 air strikes in an hour. danger in every direction. "0ur neighbours, the jamilfamily, are all gone", he says. as more air strikes went down, noor lies in intensive care. as more air strikes rain down, noor lies in intensive care. she is six years old and was injured on her own doorstep on monday. her family says she is intelligent and chatty, and loves meeting new people. but here, shortly before the attack, she was afraid and praying. her mother now prays by her bedside. and suddenly, as we filmed,

the planes were back. well, within the last few seconds, we have had a strike. we heard the plane in the air. then we felt the impact. the windows here shook, they rattled. and it's an indication of how nowhere here is safe. even patients in hospitals can't feel completely safe. minutes later, new wounded. an ambulance has just arrived now, bringing casualties from the latest air strike. they are being treated in the emergency department. there is a lot of anger and tension. people are stressed, wondering when this is going to stop. back in intensive care, noor�*s father abdullah wants the world to see his child.

"was she fighting?", he asks. "she was playing at home. does she have weapons? half of her brain is gone." noor was born after her parents had ten years of ivf. herfather says he is not in hezbollah, but now wishes he was. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the beqaa valley. in the us, president biden has said an all—out war in the middle east has to be avoided. he was speaking to reporters as he departed dover air force base. let's take a listen — as usual with these things, you can hear air force one in the background. are you going to talk to prime minister— are you going to talk to prime minister netanyahu, anything to say to him? _ minister netanyahu, anything to say to him? , , ., ~ ., to him? yes, i will be talking to him. i to him? yes, i will be talking to him- i will— to him? yes, i will be talking to him. i will tell— to him? yes, i will be talking to him. i will tell you _ to him? yes, i will be talking to him. i will tell you what - to him? yes, i will be talking to him. i will tell you what i - to him? yes, i will be talking to him. i will tell you what i say... j him. i will tell you what i say... can all—out war in the middle be

awarded? — can all—out war in the middle be awarded? it can all-out war in the middle be awarded? . . can all-out war in the middle be awarded? ., , ., , ., , can all-out war in the middle be awarded? ., , ., , can all-out war in the middle be awarded? ., , ., awarded? it has to be, really has to be avoided- — awarded? it has to be, really has to be avoided. questions _ awarded? it has to be, really has to be avoided. questions relative - awarded? it has to be, really has to be avoided. questions relative to i be avoided. questions relative to embassies, and personnel who want to leave... we are not there yet but we are working like hell with the french and many others. the focus over the last week has been on israel's actions in lebanon, the conflict in gaza continues. an nhs surgeon who has volunteered for over 50 humanitarian missions worldwide has told the bbc that on his recent visit to gaza, the situation was the worst he's ever encountered. dr ammar darwish said that he saw "horrors unparallelled" to anywhere else. he recorded a video diary for the bbc to show what life is like there. 0perating since yesterday, all the way through the evening, all the way through the night. 8.40 this morning, and we have been operating on a young lady, pregnant, multiple

shrapnel injuries to the abdomen, multiple injuries. 0verwhelmed with the amount of injuries coming through. we are running out of suppliers. we don't have suppliers. unfortunately some people died. a lot of injured civilians, including children and women, suffering. just about a couple of hours ago, a bomb was dropped in front of the hospital, from a drone, which caused more casualties to come through. it's extremely difficult situation to operate in. especially when we have no electricity all day to day, until this evening. it was really

difficult to run theatres, the emergency department, with a small generator that the hospital uses. electricity is back on now, but we don't know for how long. the night is still young. we've just had unconfirmed we'vejust had unconfirmed news we've just had unconfirmed news that the other hospital next to the area has had to evacuate. it 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 four orfive liver had his house bombed and came with grade four or five liver injury. really difficult to do anything for

him. we're going to keep a close eye on him. unfortunately if he deteriorates, we are going to take him for an operation which he might not survive. it's been quite exhausting and intense day. and the night's still early. another child, four—year—old girl, a bullet straight to the head, had to operate on her. the staff are doing their best but it's not looking very good. let's take a quick look at what's making the front pages and we start with the guardian, which focuses on the same story "violence escalates as israel targets yemen in air strikes" is the headline. there's a photo of people walking through the ruins of a building

in southern beirut. it's a similar story on the front cover of the times. you can see israeli tanks massing at the lebanese border. the paper says an invasion looms. the daily telegraph leads on the race to be the next leader of the conservative party. you can see one of the contenders, robertjenrick, with his wife. but the lead story is the row following comments made by another candidate, kemi badenoch, who suggested maternity pay might be excessive. the daily mirror has what it calls an exclusive about the nhs. the paper says new chancellor rachel reeves will plough any spare cash into the uk's health service to repair the damage caused by 14 years of tory rule. and the daily mail is publishing extracts from the memoirs of former pm borisjohnson. monday's edition focuses on brexit. borisjohnson claims french president emmanuel macron wanted britain to receive a symbolic "punishment beating" for leaving the european union. and a reminder when you wake up in the morning, you can find a full review of the papers on the bbc news website or app.

we mentioned it in the papers so let's get more on the four candidates left in the race to become leader of the conservatives, who are making their cases at the party conference in birmingham. robertjenrick, kemi badenoch, james cleverly and tom tugendhat are trying to win enough support, before mps whittle the list down to two. today saw very different opinions between the candidates on maternity pay, asjoe pike reports. this is the last time i will address you all as leader of our party. audience groan. 12 weeks after he said he would stand down, rishi sunak still hasn't gone. but in his departing message to members, he made a plea for party unity. whoever wins this contest, give them your backing. murmurs of agreement. we must end the division, the backbiting, the squabbling. it's hard to avoid that when, all day, the final four vying to succeed him have been

battling it out. a central debate in this contest is immigration and integration, after kemi badenoch wrote, "not all cultures are equally valid". which cultures in your view are less valid than others? 0h, lots of cultures that believe in child marriage, for instance, or that women don't have equal rights. i actually think it's extraordinary that people think that's an unusual or controversial thing to say. of course not all cultures are equally valid. robertjenrick argues that it's policy, notjust principles, that matter. look, i think culture matters for integration. that's an important question, but where kemi and i do disagree is on the fact that numbers also matter. that is ultimately what is putting the pressure on housing, on public services and community cohesion. so you have to have that cap. the leadership candidates are doling out so many freebies, one joked that it was only a matter of time before keir starmer arrived. and just a few hours into this conference, one of them is clearly making more

headlines than the rest. it's notjust kemi badenoch's comments on integration that have been causing a stir. she's also suggested that maternity pay has gone too far. whether you think that is controversial or common sense, she certainly seems to be the candidate shaping the debate. he you need to talk to kemi about what kemi said. what i have said when it comes to working mothers is that the cost of childcare is too expensive. it was government meddling that made it expensive, and rather than tax and subsidise, let's make childcare cheaper. i think maternity and paternity care are very important. it's one of the things that i missed out on years ago as we didn't have the same rights on paternity care, and i think many of us fathers would have loved to spend more time with our kids. kemi badenoch has since clarified that of course she believes in maternity pay. it'll soon be up to mps and party members to decide who's the best leader to take the fight to labour.

tonight the final four candidates have been in this building shaking hands, meeting members, pressing the flesh. forthe hands, meeting members, pressing the flesh. for the first time we have seen signs of tension between the candidates, perhaps because time is running out to make an impact. i would argue a wider battle faces whoever doesn't win that context, evidenced by the fact that the conference isn't really that busy, not that many people attending. the motorcades of senior government ministers are of course gone, and the fact labour have such a massive majority means whoever succeeds rishi sunak does face a battle to relevance. the government is going to tighten the rules around hospitality and force ministers and shadow ministers to declare it all. it comes in the wake of the row over donations and gifts given to keir starmer. last night, the labour mp rosie duffield quit the party, saying the prime minister and his team cared "more about greed and power than making a difference". here's damian grammaticas.

this election is something else entirely. what an historic night this is. less than three months ago, rosie duffield, wowed by labour's landslide. now the party is scrambling to limit the damage. in her resignation letter, she said of sir keir starmer�*s acceptance of gifts that "the sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale", adding, "i'm so ashamed of what you and your inner circle have done to tarnish and humiliate our once proud party". today, she went further. do you think he has a problem with women? i'm afraid i do, yes. i mean, i've experienced it myself. 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", you know, and it's very clear that the lads are in charge. i swear by almighty god that... this was her third election victory since first taking canterbury from the tories in 2017. but her relationship with her party has, from almost the start, been strained. her campaigning for women's issues

and against anti—semitism led to clashes with labour leaders, both sir keir starmer and jeremy corbyn. trying to draw a line under all of this, one of sir keir�*s closest allies in the cabinet today said labour will bring in new rules requiring more transparency from ministers about donations they get. ministers have not had to declare, in the past, hospitality they've received, while backbench mps and shadow ministers have. we will close that loophole going forward. we'll make it clear in the ministerial code that both ministers and shadow ministers should be under the same declaration rules going forward. for sir keir starmer, who rode to power on a wave of disaffection with the conservatives, promising change, rewriting the rules may not undo the political damage done in recent days, as he finds himself mired in his own battles. damian grammaticas, bbc news.

a bit of breaking news on politics. all four conservative candidates have pledged their support for israel. they all spoke at a gathering of the conservative friends of israel at the party conference in birmingham and all four conservative candidates have pledged their support for israel. now some reports from lebanon, from the reuters news agency. these are live pictures from beirut. reuters is reporting that a blast was heard, and smoke seen early on monday, in the south—west of the capital beirut. ambulances could be heard in the area. a first strike outside of beirut�*s southern suburbs and within the city limits. reuters is reporting the first blast outside the southern suburbs, and within the

city limits of beirut. reuters talking about an ambulance being heard in the area as well. austria's far—right freedom party looks set for an unprecedented victory in the country's general election. but projected results suggest it won't secure an outright majority. and the second—placed conservative people's party has ruled out joining a government headed by the freedom party's polarising leader, herbert kickl. other parties have also rejected the idea. austria's president has urged the parties to hold talks to find a compromise. here's our correspondent bethany bell in vienna with the latest. the freedom party and its supporters are celebrating. the freedom party leader herbert kickl has tapped into voter concerns about the economy, about rising prices and crucially

about rising prices and crucially about migration. he says he wants to build fortress austria to keep the migrants out. he also said he wants to be what he calls a people's chancellor, a term that worries some austrians because it was used to describe adolf hitler. whatever happens, forming a coalition government is likely to be very complicated, because the other parties have all said they don't want to form an alliance led by herbert kickl. it's likely that all talks to form a government will take weeks if not months. the uk's last remaining coal—fired power station is to close tomorrow, bringing to an end britain's i42—year reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity. the ratcliffe—on—soar power station was a familiar sight for anyone driving past nottingham on the mi. it's been generating electricity since 1968. it will take two years to be decommissioned.

the government says it's committed to hit net—zero emissions by 2030. serving police officers, veterans and families have gathered at a ceremony in glasgow to remember police men and women who ve died in the line of duty across the uk. the scottish police federation has said it's important to honour those who died whilst recognising current officers are still waiting on a pay deal. the scottish government has said pay negotiations are progressing. morag kinniburgh reports. bagpipes play they marched through glasgow this lunchtime in honour of officers who died protecting their communities. 5,000 policemen and women have lost their lives on duty in the uk in the past 180 years. when a police helicopter crashed into the clutha bar in glasgow, constable anthony collins, a crewman on board, was one of ten people who died. his family say this memorial day is a very important source of comfort and support. shock and horror, because he was the youngest,

he was the healthiest of us all and he's the one we lost first. i did ask him. he was very close—lipped about what he does. we didn't know that he'd won awards for bravery. they're busy all the time. there's lots of it that we don't know, but it is worthwhile job. and he loved hisjob. but ijust wish the outcome could have been different. police in service today have concerns for current officers, too. it is extremely important that we recognise colleagues who have fallen in the line of duty. but those warm words that we heard today, and they were significant from right across across the political spectrum, they need to be now translated into meaningful action for the police service. and i'm talking about our budget allocation, the pay deal that we have still yet to receive from the scottish government, and the official side of the police negotiating board. the scottish government has said the police pay claim is being progressed and it can't comment further as negotiations continue. morag kinniburgh, bbc news.

live now to space. pictures from the international space station. a spacex locket with two crew on board has successfully docked with the international space station. the significance of this is this spacex locket, this dragon vessel, has arrived with two empty seats. the reason is on those two empty seats will be but willmore and sonia williams, who you may remember are stranded on the international space station. —— rocket. they were supposed to just spend eight days but they had to prolong their stay after technical problems with their boeing star liner spacecraft. so this new spacex dragon vessel is up there and has just talked with the international space station. the

plan is to bring the pair back home in february. their eight—day trip lasting significantly longer than eight days. these are the live images of that. here's the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there. well, it's now the end of the month, and it's been a very wet one across the southern half of the uk. some spots here have seen more than three or four times their average september rainfall. and there's more wet weather to come too, notably for the start of the week and then through the middle of the week, things will settle down, it will turn drier, there will be some sunshine, so things looking up and temperatures will return to the seasonal average too. but in the meantime, this is the rainfall accumulation chart for the next couple of days. so more wet weather, especially in the south. and there could be some more flooding over the midlands with more heavy downpours here on the ground already saturated. and it's all because this deep area of low pressure is rolling

in from the southwest through the rest of the night, bringing heavy, persistent outbreaks of rain, especially over the higher ground. strong, gusty winds, especially on the southern flank there. a few showers further north, but generally here it is drier, and it's a milder start across the board than we saw over the weekend. and that low continues to push further northwards and eastwards as we head through monday. bumps into the area of high pressure out towards the east. so it is going to stall, and that is not good news where we've seen the recent flooding, because there'll be more heavy rain falling on the saturated ground. some of the heaviest of the downpours of rain on monday could be across the liverpool bay area stretching across the midlands. north midlands in particular down from southeast yorkshire through into northern areas of east anglia. towards the south, it will dry out and the winds will gradually ease down. and towards the north, we'll see a few showers scattered across parts of scotland, northern ireland, but generally a lot drier here. but it will turn drier, particularly out towards the west, as we head through monday night into tuesday as that low rolls

off into the north sea. so some clear spells starting to appear and a slightly chillier start for western areas we'll be seeing on monday morning. but underneath the cloud and the rain of course still very mild. and then on tuesday, well, our low pushes into the north sea. high pressure starts to build into the north and the west. we'll be seeing that a bit later on through the week. but we're starting off tuesday with still outbreaks of rain across parts of east anglia, southeast england, a brisk north—easterly wind blowing for the north sea—facing coasts, but towards the north and the west, there'll be some brightness and spells of sunshine, perhaps a few showers but generally dry and temperatures will start to pick up. it's looking largely dry and wednesday, thursday and friday. bye— bye.

now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. we humans have a complicated relationship with animals. some we pet, some we skin, some we eat. we destroy their wild habitats while we agonise about the loss of species diversity. it is not an equal relationship, it's exploitative, but will it ever change? and if so, how? my guest is determined that it should. ingrid newkirk is president and co—founder of the campaign group people for the ethical treatment of animals.

is she the human ally animals need?