president of the united states us vice—president clash in their only head—to—head debate before next month's presidential election. hello. we begin in the middle east, where israel has warned of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles across the country on tuesday. sirens sounded and israelis were told to take refuge in bomb shelters, as explosions lit up the night sky. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu promised iran would be punished, whilst the iranian government warned it will hit all of israel's infrastructure if they are retaliated. the israeli defence forces say

that around 180 missiles were launched towards israel around 5.30 pm local time on tuesday. they were fired across huge swathes of israel, including its largest city tel aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. and, these pictures from iranian state media show the ballistic missiles being launched from military sites. tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. well, israel have responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut�*s southern suburbs. these are live pictures of the lebanese capital. the idf said it had targeted a number of hezbollah sites as it orders 25 lebanese villages to evacuate. both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from yesterday's missile

attack. our correspondentjon donnison had to seek shelter when the missiles were fired. he's injerusalem and sent this report. sirens blare. israel was warned it was coming. but this was iran's revenge — almost 200 ballistic missiles raining in... ..across the country... shouting. 0k, guys, we've got to get off the roof. i these are coming down right next to us here. l ..as people ran for shelter. with the iranian missiles travelling 2,000 kilometres in only around 12 minutes, israel's defence system was at full stretch. shouting.

translation: we are on high readiness for. defence and offence. we will protect the citizens of israel. this attack will have consequences. we have plans to act at a place and a time of our choosing. this restaurant in tel aviv took a direct hit. and this was a school in central israel. the us said it helped in shooting down some of the missiles and its intelligence agencies had alerted israel to an imminent attack. but america says iran gave no advance warning. the united states military coordinated closely with the israeli defense forces to help defend israel against it attack. us naval destroyers joined israeli air defence units in firing interceptors to shoot down the missiles. in gaza tonight, as iran pounded israel, there were celebrations, as there were in the iranian capital too.

iran had vowed vengeance after israel assassinated hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, on friday and israel killed the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, on iranian soil back injuly. meanwhile, this evening, injaffa near tel aviv, just before the missile attack, israelis were shot dead in what police say was a terrorist attack. for months now, the diplomats in the world have tried to stop the year—long war in gaza from engulfing the region. they've failed, and after tonight's unprecedented iranian attacks, israel is expected to hit back hard. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to bbc persian�*s khashayarjoneidi

what have the iranians been saying about the missile attack? what the iranian president said is that what has happened has been a legitimate price of the iranians government in a defensive pack, and iran is doing this because it wants to stabilise peace and security within its own borders and also in the wider region in the middle east. and the foreign minister has also said this has been a defensive action which has come to an end and if israel decides to retaliate, iran would react stronger this time and he has also put the onus on israel's supporters and allies to stop the spread of conflict within the middle east. . ~ ,

conflict within the middle east. ., ~ , ., east. talk us through the significance _ east. talk us through the significance of _ east. talk us through the significance of this - significance of this direct attack from iran on israel and what it means for the conflict in the middle east. just what it means for the conflict in the middle east.— in the middle east. just like the previous _ in the middle east. just like the previous attack - in the middle east. just like the previous attack in - in the middle east. just like the previous attack in mid l the previous attack in mid april, the attack was aimed at overwhelming israel's air defences, but unlike the last strike where iran used a combination of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, this time we only had attack by early —— ballistic missile and the israelis are said 181 ballistic missiles, some of them hypersonic were aimed towards israel and the americans say that this attack has been ineffective and failed. the irg sea on the contrary says that 90% of the missiles hit their targets which seems to be a little bit of bragging our exaggeration there the israelis have said a

few missiles have hit targets within israel and we've seen pictures of a big crater close to the mossad building, the israeli spy agency in tel aviv and there has been reports of a restaurant hit in tel aviv under schoolkids in the country. we still don't have a —— and a school hit in the country. we still don't have an idea of possible damages but we know from within israel that a palestinian was the only casualty and he was killed in the occupied west bank. there have been _ the occupied west bank. there have been celebrations - the occupied west bank. there have been celebrations on - the occupied west bank. there have been celebrations on the | have been celebrations on the streets of tehran. hat have been celebrations on the streets of tehran.— streets of tehran. not only there bertola _ streets of tehran. not only there bertola kin _ streets of tehran. not only there bertola kin -- - streets of tehran. not only there bertola kin -- citiesl there bertola kin —— cities across the country and the majority of people participating this celebratory gatherings in places like palestine square in tehran are mainly government supporters and in tehran we saw this huge gathering of the supporters

holding palestinian and the yellow hezbollah flag, and pictures of hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah assassinated a few days ago when they were mainly government supporters. you go on social media and you notice many people are concerned about the escalation and how it would impact their livelihoods. at the same time people were gathering in tehran and other cities celebrating the attack there were long lines forming in front of petrol stations and people were concerned that there might be some sort of attack on iran's refineries and because of that they wanted to fill their tanks and i have to mention it's not only the government supporters celebrating last night, there were some people who are in opposition, against the regime and they also welcome the attack because they were hoping that israel would retaliate and

hit the irgc hard and was showing some signs of welcoming the attacks. showing some signs of welcoming the attacke— the attacks. thank you so much. the latest _ the attacks. thank you so much. the latest in _ the attacks. thank you so much. the latest in terms _ the attacks. thank you so much. the latest in terms of _ the attacks. thank you so much. the latest in terms of what - the attacks. thank you so much. the latest in terms of what is . the latest in terms of what is happening in iran. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu saying benjamin netanyahu saying they will pay for this missile attack so what will happen next? , ., , ., attack so what will happen next? , ., , ., next? the first option is to tar: et next? the first option is to target the _ next? the first option is to target the people - next? the first option is to target the people who - next? the first option is to - target the people who ordered the missile attack against israel, so the other thing is to hit the military sites where the ballistic missiles were launched and the third one is to target the nuclear sites, so there are three different options in front of israel and they want to make iran pay the

price because benjamin netanyahu even in his speech at the assembly said we can reach anywhere in iran and after that the supreme guide was taken to a special place, so there is fear of retaliation and retaliation is coming because the image of israel is shaken by this attack because the attack went to several places and we do not know how much is the damage. the americans have said it is an affected undefeated but iran said it hit some military sites and some air bases so there are different stories from the two sides but still it shows iran can cause a problem. it is psychologically affected the people of israel, so there is a problem and they caused the problem and they caused the problem and they caused the problem and israel has no option according to benjamin netanyahu and all of the leaders who have expressed their anger and said leaders who have expressed theirangerand said iran leaders who have expressed their anger and said iran would pay the price. their anger and said iran would pay the price-— pay the price. okay, thank you very much- —

let's speak to political analyst and former middle east advisor at the us department of defence — jasmine el—gamal good to talk to you again, jasmine, give us your take on the latest developments. thank ou so the latest developments. thank you so much — the latest developments. thank you so much for— the latest developments. thank you so much for having - the latest developments. thank you so much for having me - the latest developments. thank you so much for having me and| you so much for having me and good morning. right now, basically, iran has retaliated and struck israel as your previous guests were saying. israel, and after it finished the attacks, iran said this is it for us and now it depends on what israel will do. if israel decides this is it, it is done and if israel decides to retaliate, we will retaliate again and we will continue this tit for tat that has been going on for months, so israel is calibrating its response and has to decide what it is going to strike. we are hearing reports that israel might want to strike nuclear targets and nuclear sites in iran and they might want to strike oil

refineries. we are not sure quite yet put the scale of the israeli response will determine whether there will be a subsequent other iranians response. in the meantime, of course, the us has said it will defend israel against any iranian attack and is looking at its posture in the region and we know it already has several assets in the region, aircraft carriers, missiles, submarines and other military hardware for the defence of israel and for deterrence in the region in general and in terms of the us has done diplomatically, it continues to say it is doing what it can prevent a further escalation of the situation in the middle east but at the same time us officials seem to have given up behind the scenes on the idea of a ceasefire between hamas and israel which people had hoped would have a calming ripple effect across the region

including in the conflict between hezbollah and israel. given the context of this in the us, for the president, there's an election in five weeks time. describe what pressures it puts on president biden and kamala harris at this point? rowe puts on a huge amount of pressure and i don't know if you caught the vice presidential debate, it was one of the first couple of questions on the debate, the retaliation and the potential israeli retaliation of the israeli retaliation of the israeli right to defend itself. it is a huge issue but is mostly framed for a domestic us audience around the right of israel to defend itself and which candidate will protect that right more than the other. vice president harris has issued a statement omitting any

of the events that are happening around the israeli and iranian conflict, not really discussing what's happening in lebanon with the israeli ground invasion and no one is really talking about gaza anymore and what's happening there. it's really focused on israel's right to defend itself in the context of the us election. donald trump's campaign has already released an attack ad against kamala harris. asseyi hezbollah and hamas are hoping for a harris victory and saying we don't need a candidate that is a dancer on tiktok and showed image of kamala harris dancing on tiktok videos and they say we need someone serious. it's obviously something that the trump campaign is already trying to use against kamala harris with only 30 days until the us election. jasmine, thank you for your time. thanks for having me.

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the two main candidates vying to be the next vice—president of the united states have gone head to head in their only tv debate before november's presidential election. in a debate lasting just over an hour and a0 minutes, 0hio senatoer vance and minnesota governor tim walz sparred over key issues like abortion, the economy, and immigration. 0n immigration, jd vance accused kamala harris of "opening the floodgates" of illegal migration by undoing the work he says donald trump did during his term. kamala harris went out bragging that she would undo donald's trump border policy and did exactly that. we had a record number of illegal crossings and a record number of fentanyl

coming into our country and now she is running for president, or a few months before, she said somehow she got religion and cared a lot about a piece of legislation. the only thing she did when she became vice president and became the appointed border tsar was to undo 94 donald trump executive actions that opened the border. this problem is leading to massive problems in the united states of america. governor walz accused donald trump off tanking a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year, saying the former president did so for political reasons. he also argued mr trump failed at immigration policy in his first term. he had four years to do this, and he promised you, america, how easy it would be. i will build you a big, beautiful wall and mexico will pay for it. less than 2% of that wall got built and mexico didn't pay a dime, but here we are again, nine years after he came down that escalator, dehumanising people and telling them what he was going to do.

as far as the deportation plan, at one point senator vance said it was so unworkable to be laughable, so that is where we are at. pass the bill, she will sign it. watching it all was colleague caitriona perry it was quite civilised in restrained in many ways. talk us through the debate. —— and restrained. it us through the debate. -- and restrained.— restrained. it really was quite an amicable _ restrained. it really was quite an amicable exchange - restrained. it really was quite i an amicable exchange between the men and it seems we would have been used to in days gone by, not the scenes we have become used to in this ever polarised world of us politics in recent times. both men agreeing with each other, nodding along when on the split screen and saying, i agree with the governor or senator. that's not to say there weren't very sparky exchanges and you played a of clips there and the

economy, immigration, abortion, all of those standard hot button issues were where both of the men clashed. interestingly a poll done by our editorial partners found most voters were going to tune in and watch to find out more about these two men and people who are not political anoraks might not have come across them. jd vance in his first answer which was about israel and iran said, i'll get to that ina minute and iran said, i'll get to that in a minute but let me introduce myself to the american people and spoke about his background and he was properly a bit more polished in terms of achieving that both are tim walz it took him longer to warm up and the first few questions on israel and iran and climate change he was slower in his responses but when it got into the issues, particularly the big ones in his own state of minnesota, immigration and the economy and housing and healthcare, women's

rights, he really was quite passionate and that's when we saw the most by key exchanges between the two individuals. what has the reaction been so far to the debate?— far to the debate? well, here in the spin — far to the debate? well, here in the spin room _ far to the debate? well, here in the spin room it's - far to the debate? well, here in the spin room it's full- far to the debate? well, here in the spin room it's full of. in the spin room it's full of people who are wrapping up behind me but it's been full of surrogates from both campaign, each claiming victory, as you can imagine, that is what spin doctors and supporters do but people are remarking on, how we said, how friendly the tone was here ande said, how friendly the tone was here and jd vance was maybe trying to normalise some of the points of the donald trump agenda to that middle—of—the—road, perhaps undecided audiences, only five or 10% of that, you still haven't made up their mind you they will vote for in november and for tim walz, his goal was to essentially defend kamala harris and joe biden�*s record and we saw time and againjd

vance come back and say to tim walz, you are pledging these great things but kamala harris is at the opportunity to do that for free and a half years and she hasn't. and tim walz replying that well, donald trump had the opportunity and office, so unusual set of circumstances in many ways but do vice presidential debates shift the dial? who knows? we have to wait a few days but it's business as usual for the campaign trail starting tomorrow. for more analysis i'm joined by democratic strategist — lindy li and republican strategist — amy tarkanian thank you both forjoining us. if i start with you, lindy, tim walz had to defend his running mate kamala harris over and over again as he was challenged by over again as he was challenged bij vance that she is not done a good job as vice president. i done a good “ob as vice president._ done a good “ob as vice resident. ~' ., , president. i think the most tellin: president. i think the most telling moment _ president. i think the most telling moment of- president. i think the most

telling moment of the - president. i think the most i telling moment of the debate tonight was whenjd vance said the rule said you weren't supposed to fact check and he got fact checked and that was incredibly telling because he was expecting to be a fire hydrant of lies and conspiracies and expected to lie with impunity and he got caught. and he showed a tremendous disrespect of two female moderators. i think we should pointed out. this is the same man supported abortion bans without exception for rape and incest in the same man who attacks childless women, and says they are sociopaths and childless cat ladies and this man said that the primary function of menopausal women is childcare. so tonight on stage we saw a stark contrast between d we saw a stark contrast between jd vance, who is deeply tied with the very unpopular project 2025 and tim walz who has a new way forward and believes in an opportunity economy and won't take our country back.-

take our country back. okay, ou've take our country back. okay, you've made _ take our country back. okay, you've made a _ take our country back. okay, you've made a lot _ take our country back. okay, you've made a lot of- take our country back. okay, - you've made a lot of statements there aboutjd vance but my question wasn't about him, it was about the vice president or the candidate for vice president you are supporting. and the fact that he was given a hard time about the performance of the democrats in office at the moment. i performance of the democrats in office at the moment.— office at the moment. i think ou did office at the moment. i think you did a _ office at the moment. i think you did a very _ office at the moment. i think you did a very good - office at the moment. i think you did a very good job - you did a very good job standing upfor you did a very good job standing up for vice president harris and her record speaks for itself. inflation is now under 3% and our economy improved more faster and more resiliently than any nation on earth and i want to remind viewers inflation was a phenomenon that hit every single nation on the face of the earth, it was not a uniquely american problem. the biden and harris administration salvaged our country from the mouth of the pandemic.- salvaged our country from the mouth of the pandemic. sorry to interru -t mouth of the pandemic. sorry to interrupt but _ mouth of the pandemic. sorry to interrupt but i _ mouth of the pandemic. sorry to interrupt but i do _ mouth of the pandemic. sorry to interrupt but i do want _ mouth of the pandemic. sorry to interrupt but i do want to - mouth of the pandemic. sorry to interrupt but i do want to hear . interrupt but i do want to hear from amy because we have a limited amount of time. amy, give us your response to that, from your perspective, how did the debate go.— the debate go. sure, i think riaht the debate go. sure, i think

right out— the debate go. sure, i think right out of— the debate go. sure, i think right out of the _ the debate go. sure, i think right out of the gate - the debate go. sure, i think right out of the gate and - the debate go. sure, i think right out of the gate and i i right out of the gate and i should _ right out of the gate and i should preface that i am not a fan of— should preface that i am not a fan ofjd— should preface that i am not a fan oij vance, but i do think he performed exceptionally well site and — he performed exceptionally well site and i think it was strong and — site and i think it was strong and confident and did he do a lot of— and confident and did he do a lot of smooth talking and was he a — lot of smooth talking and was he a chameleon on a number of issues? — he a chameleon on a number of issues? as _ he a chameleon on a number of issues? as lindy mentioned? yes but issues? as lindy mentioned? yes bul if_ issues? as lindy mentioned? yes but if you — issues? as lindy mentioned? yes but if you are somebody who didu'l— but if you are somebody who didn't know anything about their— didn't know anything about their background and didn't know— their background and didn't know any of their stances on their— know any of their stances on their issues prior to listening to tonight then i think, hands down, — to tonight then i think, hands down, jd— to tonight then i think, hands down, jd vance one. i thought it was— down, jd vance one. i thought it was very— down, jd vance one. i thought it was very smart of him to continue _ it was very smart of him to continue to attack kamala harris _ continue to attack kamala harris and not governor whilst personally. i thought it was very— personally. i thought it was very wise that he tied kamala harris — very wise that he tied kamala harris to— very wise that he tied kamala harris to some of the concerns people — harris to some of the concerns people have with president by lhe's — people have with president by the's administration and the fact that _ the's administration and the fact that you had tim walz it was — fact that you had tim walz it was not _ fact that you had tim walz it was not as polished and clearly nervous — was not as polished and clearly nervous and out of his realm

and — nervous and out of his realm and i— nervous and out of his realm and i think— nervous and out of his realm and i think that benefited the republican party tonight and as lindy— republican party tonight and as lindy mentioned, you have the moment— lindy mentioned, you have the moment where the moderators muted — moment where the moderators muted the microphone because of d muted the microphone because of jd vance — muted the microphone because of jd vance wanting to basically explain — jd vance wanting to basically explain his stance on illegal immigration that he was trying to explain that kamala harris was using for illegal migrants and they— was using for illegal migrants and they didn't like that answer, so i think that by muting _ answer, so i think that by muting him at that moment it didn't— muting him at that moment it didn't show that he was being misogynistic or rude, they said that they— misogynistic or rude, they said that they were not going to fact— that they were not going to fact check, so whether he was telling — fact check, so whether he was telling the truth or not they were — telling the truth or not they were not— telling the truth or not they were not supposed to fact check and he — were not supposed to fact check and he wanted to continue to finishes — and he wanted to continue to finishes answer and i think that— finishes answer and i think that strengthened him. very briefl , that strengthened him. very briefly. to — that strengthened him. very briefly, to what _ that strengthened him. very briefly, to what extent - that strengthened him. very briefly, to what extent do i that strengthened him. - briefly, to what extent do you

think this will move the dial for voters? think this will move the dial forvoters? i think this will move the dial for voters?— for voters? i don't think it will move _ for voters? i don't think it will move it _ for voters? i don't think it will move it very - for voters? i don't think it will move it very much - for voters? i don't think it | will move it very much and for voters? i don't think it - will move it very much and may be a _ will move it very much and may be a handful of votes, but you mainly— be a handful of votes, but you mainly had people who were inquisitive about who the two gentlemen were.— inquisitive about who the two gentlemen were. lindy and amy, thank ou gentlemen were. lindy and amy, thank you for— gentlemen were. lindy and amy, thank you forjoining _ gentlemen were. lindy and amy, thank you forjoining me - gentlemen were. lindy and amy, thank you forjoining me and - gentlemen were. lindy and amy, thank you forjoining me and i - thank you forjoining me and i wish we had more time to debate the debate but sadly we don't. we will have to move on on bbc news, but thank you for your time. just to say we have a live page you can look at with all sorts of details about the debate and also business today in the next few minutes, we will be looking at what the two candidates say about the us economy. there is a strike action that has started on tuesday and that is at us ports and it could have an impact on the economy and inflation and d the economy and inflation and jd vance and tim walz were asked about that, so we will hear about that but here on the live page as you can see we

have analysis from all sorts and all of the reaction and the latest from our north american correspondence who was watching the debate. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. several counties in england have now seen their wettest september on record, so it's no surprise it's led to localised flooding and inundated roads. now, for the rest of this week, the good news is high pressure will continue to build in. that'll bring some very much needed drier and sunnier weather, though nights will turn chillier again with some mist and fog. high pressure already starting to topple into northern and western areas as we head into wednesday, but we've still got the influence of that area of low pressure across the far south—east. so more of a north—easterly breeze here, a bit more cloud at times, a few showers, mainly for east anglia and the far south—east. but elsewhere, after a chilly start with early mist and fog, we'll see a good deal of sunshine around. that breeze will be noticeable across england and wales, but certainly across

the south—east corner, but lighter for scotland and northern ireland. temperature—wise, not bad, close to where we should be for the time of year — around the mid—teens in the north, mid to high teens across the south. as we head through wednesday night, we hold on to this breeze, with further showers across east anglia and the south—east. but all the while, that area of low pressure will continue to pull away and high pressure will start to build in. and the winds will be lighter further north and west, so it's here where we'll see temperatures dip close to freezing, certainly across scotland, and there will be some mist and fog patches developing. and you can see why — high pressure starting to centre itself across the uk, pushing the weather front and that area of low pressure out into the near continent. so, thursday, probably a widespread dry day. chilly start, early mist and fog, but a lot of sunshine around. we will see a bit of fair weather cloud developing into the afternoon, but i think most places will stay largely dry. temperatures reaching highs of 17, maybe 18 degrees in the south.

mid—teens further north, so that'll feel quite pleasant. as we head into friday, our area of high pressure holds on across the country, but lower pressure begins to push in and that will bring some showers by the end of friday to northern ireland and western scotland with an increasing breeze. but the vast majority, again, after a chilly start, with some early mist and fog, will stay dry with widespread sunshine around. and into the afternoon, those temperatures reaching highs of 16 or 17 degrees in the south, mid—teens again in the north. we will start to see some changes as we head into the weekend, though. some eastern parts of the country may stay dry throughout the day on saturday, but wetter and windy weather will start to push into northern and western areas. all areas, i think, will be affected by the time we reach sunday. take care.