you are watching bbc news. we will be live in the middle east for the very latest in a short moment but now we are going to talk about mexico. mexico is about to swear in their new president — the first female president in their hostory. let's speak to our central america correspondent will grant. this is a historic day. mexico's first female president, claudia sheinbaum,

she was the mayor of mexico city, with positive green credentials, she was known as the green mayor of the city, instigating measures like electric vehicles for public transport, and the use of solar panels in major wholesale markets to generate clean electricity for the surrounding communities, things like that have given her a very positive outlook amongst her supporters but the question many are asking is what can she do on the national scale? the square behind me spreading up with her supporters who are very excited to see her becoming the first female president of mexico —— filling up. female president of mexico -- fillin: u. ., ~ female president of mexico -- filling un— female president of mexico -- filling um— female president of mexico -- filling un— filling up. talk to me about the challenges _ filling up. talk to me about the challenges she - filling up. talk to me about the challenges she will- filling up. talk to me about. the challenges she will face. the obvious one is the security challenge, the drug war continues to bring difficulty

in terms of entire parts of the country under cartel control, thatis country under cartel control, that is something that was levelled at her predecessor, the outgoing president, that he never fully got a grip of, that his policies were too lenient on the cartels, and simply made things worse. i asked her when i sat down with her on the campaign trail about that and she is determined, she says, to tackle the issue, but was not going to criticise her predecessor who is very firmly her political mentor and the two of them work closely together. one of the questions hanging over her is how much she can break out from his shadow because he has been such a huge and popular president. economically, what are her plans? economically, what are her lans? ., ' . , plans? one of the difficulties economically _ plans? one of the difficulties economically is _ plans? one of the difficulties economically is the - plans? one of the difficulties economically is the fact - plans? one of the difficulties economically is the fact that l economically is the fact that the state run energy company is hugely in debt and that means

serious thinking about and reform, and the mexican economy is actually doing reasonably well recently thanks to near shoring but there are those who feel, us companies basically here instead of asian, is only beneficial to those companies and not to mexico, and the question is who will be the occupant in the white house in a few months�* time. that relationship will have to be teased out economically and politically and of course in terms of questions like migration.— terms of questions like migration. terms of questions like miaration. ~ ., ., migration. we will leave it for now. migration. we will leave it for nova we'll— migration. we will leave it for now. we'll grant _ migration. we will leave it for now. we'll grant that - migration. we will leave it for now. we'll grant that in - migration. we will leave it for now. we'll grant that in it - now. we�*ll grant that in it there for now. thanks for joining us. us officials say they fear as many as 600 people may have died, after hurricane helene battered six states in the south east of america. over 120 people have been confirmed dead, and hundreds of others are still unaccounted for. these are pictures

showing aid being loaded into trucks in florida, where the hurricane first made landfall. it was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved through the states of georgia, the carolinas, tennessee and virginia. entire communities have been detroyed, and millions still remain without power. the president is going to head to some of those states tomorrow to see for himself the damage. now the latest from the middle east. we are hearing in the last five minutes, air raid sirens have sounded in central israel, off the back of those warnings on the white house of an imminent attack from iran. we are still to see any sort of aerial threat. western sources say iran is expected to launch an attack with ballistic missiles that will reach israel within 12 minutes, not with the drones and cruise missiles that

we saw in the attack in april. those of the pictures that we have in tel aviv and we will show you the latest on beirut because we have seen more strikes there. that is the evening skyline. it is 2a hours since israel launched the ground invasion of southern lebanon. we will have all the latest on the situation here in about ten minutes from the region. it�*s day three of the conservative party conference in birmingham. two of the candidates for leader — kemi badenoch and tom tugendhat — were questioned in front of tory members yesterday. later, it�*s james cleverley�*s turn. and now robertjenrick is finishing his time in the hot seat. let�*s speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is in birmingham. what did you pick out? what is interesting. — what did you pick out? what is interesting, you _ what did you pick out? what is interesting, you heard - what did you pick out? what is interesting, you heard two - interesting, you heard two candidates, robertjenrick and james cleverly, and amongst james cleverly, and amongst

james cleverly�*s comments, a load of barbed comments, subtly beneath the surface ticking away at the other candidate, and that is because robert jenrick is seen as the front runner. he was a morejunior minister in the last conservative government, and james cleverly occupied more senior positions as foreign secretary and home secretary. robertjenrick resigned over theissue robertjenrick resigned over the issue of immigration controls and he had been seen as a more centrist mp but then shifted. james cleverly said he did not run away from problems, he stood firm on his convictions and did not change them, and he said he would be consistent and would not flip—flop. comments today by robertjenrick about the robert jenrick about the british robertjenrick about the british military and the human rights laws that the special

forces had to shoot terrorists rather than capture them, and james cleverly said that is the kind of comment that needed evidence to make those kind of comments. in many ways he was criticising him and on one specific issue when robert jenrick has made a feature of immigration, saying he wants to pull out of the european convention on human rights, that the uk is part of, but james cleverly has a very different view.— james cleverly has a very different view. one of your rivals said _ different view. one of your rivals said the _ different view. one of your rivals said the special - different view. one of your. rivals said the special forces are killing _ rivals said the special forces are killing terrorists - rivals said the special forces are killing terrorists rather. are killing terrorists rather than — are killing terrorists rather than capturing _ are killing terrorists rather than capturing them? - are killing terrorists rather than capturing them? i- are killing terrorists rather than capturing them? i have never accused _ than capturing them? i have never accused the _ than capturing them? i have never accused the british . than capturing them? i have - never accused the british armed forces_ never accused the british armed forces of— never accused the british armed forces of murdering anybody, and if— forces of murdering anybody, and if you _ forces of murdering anybody, and if you are going to make that— and if you are going to make that kind _ and if you are going to make that kind of accusation you have — that kind of accusation you have got _ that kind of accusation you have got to back it up. that was james _ have got to back it up. that was james cleverly - have got to back it up. that was james cleverly talking l was james cleverly talking about the military, actually, but on the european convention of human rights, he said that that was not necessary, to leave that, and you could still

deport foreign criminals and people who are threat to the despite that. one of the big issues that lurks under this is who the conservatives should be targeting to win back the votes they last. do they target those to the right who went on issues like immigration or those in the centre? one of james cleverly�*s backers, former mp anna firth, she lost her seat in the general election and explained why she now thinks james cleverly has the right answers. ~ , james cleverly has the right answers. ~ . ., answers. we lost the election because of— answers. we lost the election because of the _ answers. we lost the election because of the infighting - answers. we lost the election because of the infighting and | because of the infighting and the backbiting but we have got to have — the backbiting but we have got to have a — the backbiting but we have got to have a candidate and a leader— to have a candidate and a leader of the opposition, hopefully the next prime minister, who can unite the party, — minister, who can unite the party, and the british people are now— party, and the british people are now suffering as a result of that — are now suffering as a result of that self—indulgence and i'm in no _ of that self—indulgence and i'm in no doubt that the candidate best— in no doubt that the candidate best placed to unite the party isjames _ best placed to unite the party isjames cleverly, and if you took— isjames cleverly, and if you took at _ isjames cleverly, and if you look at the adverts around this conference, his is the only

advert— conference, his is the only advert that says, unite around conservative values. he gets it and had — conservative values. he gets it and had i— conservative values. he gets it and had i known —— i know his best— and had i known —— i know his best place _ and had i known —— i know his best place because i worked with— best place because i worked with him _ best place because i worked with him in the home office when — with him in the home office when he _ with him in the home office when he had less than three weeks — when he had less than three weeks to— when he had less than three weeks to pull the party together to get the rwanda vote through — together to get the rwanda vote through. i don't think anybody else _ through. i don't think anybody else could have done it but he did it — else could have done it but he did it and _ else could have done it but he did it and he brought the party together. in did it and he brought the party touether. , ., did it and he brought the party touether. i. _, , _ together. in your constituency, ou lost together. in your constituency, you lost votes _ together. in your constituency, you lost votes to _ together. in your constituency, you lost votes to reform - together. in your constituency, you lost votes to reform uk i together. in your constituency, j you lost votes to reform uk on the right, and there are other candidates who are much more focused on reform uk, robert jenrick, kemi badenoch, but you are not going for them? why not? �* , , , . ., are not going for them? why not? the british public do not vote for disunited _ not? the british public do not vote for disunited parties, - not? the british public do not| vote for disunited parties, and we have — vote for disunited parties, and we have tested that hypothesis to destruction in this general election _ to destruction in this general election. the most important thing — election. the most important thing is — election. the most important thing is that we have a party leader— thing is that we have a party leader who can unite us. i didn't— leader who can unite us. i didn't lose against reform uk but i — didn't lose against reform uk but i also lost to the state

home _ but i also lost to the state home party —— i did lose. and i also _ home party —— i did lose. and i also lost — home party —— i did lose. and i also lost to— home party —— i did lose. and i also lost to the party that thought that we do not stand for clear— thought that we do not stand for clear conservative party that — for clear conservative party that is, _ for clear conservative party that is, but james cleverly does — that is, but james cleverly does and he is very clear, lower— does and he is very clear, lower taxes, small estate, stronger— lower taxes, small estate, stronger security, building more _ stronger security, building more homes, 3% on defence, he is the _ more homes, 3% on defence, he is the candidate to unite us and — is the candidate to unite us and win— is the candidate to unite us and win the next election. robert _ and win the next election. robertjenrick is by many and win the next election. robert jenrick is by many see robertjenrick is by many see as the favourite. are you saying that if they choose one of those candidates that the party will have more infighting?— party will have more infighting? party will have more infiurhtin ? ., ., infighting? there are four brilliant candidates - infighting? there are four brilliant candidates and i l infighting? there are four - brilliant candidates and i know all of — brilliant candidates and i know all of them, and i have been in parliament with all of them but i parliament with all of them but i have — parliament with all of them but i have worked closely with james _ i have worked closely with james cleverly. he backed my campaign to ban zombie knives which _ campaign to ban zombie knives which happened last week. so he

-ets which happened last week. so he gets it _ which happened last week. so he gets it and he supports backbenchers and he gets stuff done _ backbenchers and he gets stuff done and one of his mantras is, let's_ done and one of his mantras is, let's talk— done and one of his mantras is, let's talk less and deliver more. _ let's talk less and deliver more, which is what we need to do for— more, which is what we need to do for the — more, which is what we need to do for the british people. he also said _ do for the british people. he: also said stop the boats was a mistake because that distilled a complex thing down into a sound bite. do you have confidence? he followed a policy that you did not believe in. ~ . policy that you did not believe in. . ., , ., policy that you did not believe in. what he said is that saying something _ in. what he said is that saying something as _ in. what he said is that saying something as bold _ in. what he said is that saying something as bold as - in. what he said is that saying something as bold as stop - in. what he said is that saying something as bold as stop the boats. — something as bold as stop the boats. it — something as bold as stop the boats, it was the wrong thing to say— boats, it was the wrong thing to say because it is a very complex— to say because it is a very complex issue. we have got to tackle — complex issue. we have got to tackle it~ — complex issue. we have got to tackle it. he's the one who has brought— tackle it. he's the one who has brought immigration down, out of all— brought immigration down, out of all the — brought immigration down, out of all the candidates, not only is he — of all the candidates, not only is he the _ of all the candidates, not only is he the most experienced but he is _ is he the most experienced but he is the — is he the most experienced but he is the one who has delivered a reduction in net migration, that— a reduction in net migration, that is— a reduction in net migration, that is what the british people want — that is what the british people want to— that is what the british people want to see.— want to see. that is anna firth. want to see. that is anna firth- the _ want to see. that is anna firth. the four _ want to see. that is anna | firth. the four candidates want to see. that is anna - firth. the four candidates will give speeches tomorrow and then it will be whittled down to two

next week but then another month before we find out who the winner is.— the winner is. thanks for “oininr the winner is. thanks for joining us- _ the winner is. thanks for joining us. in _ the winner is. thanks for joining us. in a _ the winner is. thanks for joining us. in a moment| the winner is. thanks for i joining us. in a moment we the winner is. thanks for - joining us. in a moment we will be live in the middle east with tension ratcheted up. israel beginning the ground invasion in southern lebanon and also the warning from the white house over imminent strikes from iran. we will talk to our correspondents next.

live from london. this is bbc news a senior us official warns iran is preparing an imminent missile attack on israel, it comes as israel launches a ground invasion of southern lebanon. our partners in the us have informed us that they have detected preparedness of iran to launch missiles towards israel sometime soon. we will have all the latest move toward tehran that any attacks less severe consequences will be live in beirut in live injerusalem

beirut in live in beirut and live injerusalem at least 23 people — most of them children — are killed in thailand — after a school bus crashes near bangkok. in the us — the two vice presidential candidates — prepare to go head to head, in a live tv debate. and buckingham place has announced that princess beatrice is pregnant with her second child. developing situation in the middle east. the united states has said there are indictations that iran is preparing to launch a ballistic missile attack against israel imminently. a senior white house official said the us is helping with prepartions to defend the country, and has warned iran that such a strike would carry severe consequences. these are the live shots of tel aviv. israel says it has not identified any aerial threat

being launched from iran — as yet — and is at a