this is bbc news — the headlines... israel warn of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles across the country on tuesday. most of the missiles were shot down, but some made it through. this is the scene at a school in gedera. the two men vying to be become the next vice president of the united states clash in their only head—to—head debate before next month's presidential election. and in the uk, all four leaderships candidates will address the conservative party conference this morning ahead of a vote next week. hello, i'm martine croxall. 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. 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 would hit all of israel's infrastructure if they retaliated. in a new development, the israel defense forces says it's sending another military division — including infantry and armoured units — tojoin its ground operation in southern lebanon. with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian. how does this attack last night compare with what we saw by iran and israel in april? ma'or differences, d iran and israel in april? ma'or differences, this i iran and israel in april? ma'or differences, this was i differences, this was definitely more significant and even the pentagon confirmed that it was wider in scope compared to the first iranian missile attack back in april. the other major difference is

that back in april, iran sent different kinds of missiles, like drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and obviously cruise missiles and drones take up to a few hours to reach israel from iran and drones took up to six hours to reach israel so israel and the western allies had enough time to prepare themselves against the attacks and down the missiles but i run this time only used ballistic missiles and almost 200 of them and ballistic missiles take ten minutes to reach israel so that is not much preparations you can do and from what we can see from the videos that appear online, israelis say most of them were downed but from the videos on social media, we can see that at least more iranian missiles landed on israeli soil compared to the previous one but did they manage to hit targets? but did they manage to hit taraets? . , ., ~ ., , targets? that is not known yet. after the death _ targets? that is not known yet. after the death of _ targets? that is not known yet. after the death of the -

after the death of the hezbollah leader, a lot of commentators said it will not be ,

iranian public? extremely divided- _ iranian public? extremely divided. iranian _ iranian public? extremely| divided. iranian hardliners were celebrating last night in tehran, however, in the opposition, it is really divided and some in the opposition say that especially after benjamin netanyahu's after benjamin neta nyahu's speech after benjamin netanyahu's speech promising change will come to arana soon, they rejoiced and they think that regime change, israel will topple the iranian regime in a couple of months, but others in the opposition say that bombs have never brought democracy to any country in the world and iran is not an exception. what are they expecting, _ iran is not an exception. what are they expecting, with - are they expecting, with benjamin netanyahu promising grave consequences without actually defining at what they are? ,, ., actually defining at what they are? ., , ., are? some in the opposition think that — are? some in the opposition think that means _ are? some in the opposition think that means that - are? some in the opposition i think that means that benjamin netanyahu is going to target iranian leaders, assassinate them and change the regime immediately, especially after his diaspora and anti—semitism minister posted a picture of the former crown prince and said that soon we will be in

tehran together, so that gave hope to a lot of especially loyalist and supporters of the former crown prince. they think he is going to be the next iranian leaders soon, but as i said, many iranians in the opposition do not agree and i think the war is not the way to reach democracy and democracy should come from within.- should come from within. thank ou. let's speak to ori goldberg, israeli political analyst and former university professor who has written on iran, israel and the relationship between religion and politics in the middle east. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. you were in tel aviv when these missiles were raining down on israel, tell us what that was like. well, it was frightening. this was the first time our homeland command sent a message through cellular networks to all of the

israelis and the message preceded the sirens so we did not know what was happening for a bit and then we were in the shelters for about a0 minutes and there were a lot of explosions, at least where i live, and it was quite scary. but it came out almost immediately that there were no casualties and no civilian residences had been hit. how surprised _ residences had been hit. how surprised by _ residences had been hit. how surprised by this _ residences had been hit. how surprised by this attack were you? because we heard from iran that the death of hassan nasrallah would not go on a vanished but they have not specified anything more. this was not iranian _ specified anything more. ti 3 was not iranian revenge, this was not iranian revenge, this was a shot across the bow in an attempt to halt israel and the fact this is presented as an active naked aggression on the side of iran seems to notify that israel has been on a particularly lethal rampage in lebanon after a year of

rummaging in gaza and israel has been threatening around directly and instructing, yemen, all of the leadership, saying that our plans are to go further and i think there is an argument in iran, the argument began with the assassination and the politicians managed to convince the supreme leader not to respond but this time the military commanders won the day but i do not think this was revenge, i think this was a message meant to halt israel in its seemingly limitless progression was white but it would seem it will have the adverse, the opposite effect because benjamin netanyahu said that iran will be punished. what do you think he means? i think he is enjoying the opportunity to suddenly appear like a triumphant leader. after a year of spectacular failures in gaza. he is definitely milking it for all its worth. i assume that israel will strike,

israel is entering the third day of the national religious holiday so i do not know if this will happen during the holiday, israel might be afraid of retribution and i understand there are consultations with there are consultations with the americans. this is not as straightforward as it seems, just like the strike on the iath of just like the strike on the iath of april, iran notified various international players that it was going to strike and gave a notification of the trajectories in this attack was more serious than the one in april but again, israel has been employing the tactic of escalating to de—escalate for months now and even more so over the past few weeks. israel might respond, will likely respond and i do not know what the iranians will do and a lot of this comes down to the involvement of the international committee, particularly the united states. if this is really a part of a plan to generate war and fight iran, we will not see american involvement global involvement. i happen to think that this is

not the plan, i think this is a result of the process jump—started by israel and i think... jump-started by israel and i think... ., jump-started by israel and i think... . , , think... oh! i am terribly sor . think... oh! i am terribly sorry- we _ think... oh! i am terribly sorry. we have _ think... oh! i am terribly sorry. we have lost - think... oh! i am terribly sorry. we have lost the l think... oh! i am terribly- sorry. we have lost the israeli political analyst, let down by the software but we were talking to him i'd like so thank you to him. now, lebanon is facing a growing displacement crisis, as hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes due to israel's aerial campaign. aline kamakia is a chef and the focal point for the world central kitchen in beirut. one of her restaurants, meyrig, has been destroyed in bombardments—— the other has been transformed into a hub for the world central kitchen�*s operations. what was it like for you yesterday?—

what was it like for you yesterday? like all of the lebanese. _ yesterday? like all of the lebanese, we _ yesterday? like all of the lebanese, we could - yesterday? like all of the lebanese, we could not l yesterday? like all of the - lebanese, we could not sleep, in barton did not stop until the early morning. everybody was in the shelter and we are trying to work underneath every condition because we have 1.2 million displaced people. they are in the schools and universities and office buildings, everywhere, and we are trying to cook so that we can feed these people. people are slipping on the streets. and they were injured in the explosion. and they were in'ured in the explosiomh explosion. tell us what happened _ explosion. tell us what happened to _ explosion. tell us what happened to you. - explosion. tell us what happened to you. i - explosion. tell us what i happened to you. i cannot explosion. tell us what - happened to you. i cannot hear from this. _ happened to you. i cannot hear from this. i— happened to you. i cannot hear from this, i can _ happened to you. i cannot hear from this, i can only _ happened to you. i cannot hear from this, i can only hear- happened to you. i cannot hear from this, i can only hear in - from this, i can only hear in this year, i lost my hearing and i have eight disabled people in my team we have lost their eyes on their hands during the explosion. he rescued _ during the explosion. he rescued some _ during the explosion. he rescued some of them from the

damaged building? == rescued some of them from the damaged building?— damaged building? -- you rescuedsmack _ damaged building? -- you rescuedsmack yes, - damaged building? -- you rescuedsmack yes, i - damaged building? -- you rescuedsmack yes, i was l rescuedsmack yes, i was unfortunately there. and unfortunately, maybe, iwas able to save my team and save a lot of people. they were in the building. because right now we were just building. because right now we werejust in building. because right now we were just in front of the explosion. despite your injuries... we are now, yes... please carry on, tell us what you are doing.— please carry on, tell us what you are doing. yes, in lebanon, desite you are doing. yes, in lebanon, despite the _ you are doing. yes, in lebanon, despite the injuries _ you are doing. yes, in lebanon, despite the injuries and - you are doing. yes, in lebanon, despite the injuries and you - despite the injuries and you don't have the luxury to sit, you cannot watch, you have to be with your people and texture people and you do not have the luxury to dream or say i am injured that you don't have that luxury. injured that you don't have that luxury-— injured that you don't have that luxury. injured that you don't have thatluxu .~ , ., that luxury. we can see you and our that luxury. we can see you and your team. _ that luxury. we can see you and your team. busy _ that luxury. we can see you and your team, busy preparing - that luxury. we can see you and | your team, busy preparing food, your team, busy preparing food, you have turned your kitchen

into a place to help those who have lost everything and have nothing. tell us who you are helping? nothing. tell us who you are helinu ? , , helping? helping the lebanese --eole helping? helping the lebanese people who _ helping? helping the lebanese people who have _ helping? helping the lebanese people who have left _ helping? helping the lebanese | people who have left everything behind from their homes. we do not know if they have a home now because we can hear the bombardment and it is too close, in beirut, five minutes away from my kitchen. you can feel it. you can feel the bombs and feel everything. and these people do not have shelters any more. most of them are on the streets and the others, we are trying to put them into the schools and all of the lebanese schools, government or not government skills, are filled with displaced lebanese people. yet this is not enough, in the schools we have around a00,000

but we have 1.2 million displaced so there is almost 800,000 without any shelters so we are trying to find them and try to help whenever we can. in the kitchen today we are feeling... yes... we are feeding 50,000 every day right now and we need more, it is not enough. all of the ngos together, for the kitchen, all of the ngos, local and international, i trying to feed the people but it is impossible to be able to feed 1.2 million out of their homes within two or three days. they are on the streets, finding them, feeding them and they don't have the basic needs to be able to survive. basic needs to be able to survive-— basic needs to be able to survive. �* ., , ., survive. and of course, lebanon was already _ survive. and of course, lebanon was already host _ survive. and of course, lebanon was already host to _ survive. and of course, lebanon was already host to many - survive. and of course, lebanon was already host to many syrian j was already host to many syrian refugees before the civilian population there became displaced in the last few

weeks. ., , ., ., weeks. imagine you have the lebanese _ weeks. imagine you have the lebanese people _ weeks. imagine you have the lebanese people that - weeks. imagine you have the lebanese people that are - lebanese people that are displaced out from their homes. most of the shelters are bombarded so they left the shelters. so you have a huge number of syrian refugees without shelter and on top of that, 1.2 million lebanese and lebanon since 2018 is going through crisis after crisis. the financial crisis, covid, and then the huge explosion you're talking about were half a was destroyed and then covid and the war so we never had a moment of recovering ourselves or it is crisis after crisis, going down. and with everything happening right now with the attack on the ground by the israelis, i do not think we are going to a better location. it is impressive to see all of you

working under those conditions. i hope you can recoverfrom injuries very quickly. aline kamakia, thank you for talking to us from beirut.— to us from beirut. thank you. apologies _ to us from beirut. thank you. apologies for _ to us from beirut. thank you. apologies for the _ to us from beirut. thank you. apologies for the sound - to us from beirut. thank you. j apologies for the sound delay which is understandable under the circumstances. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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 senatorjd 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 in office. kamala harris went out bragging that she was going to undo

donald trump's border policy. she did exactly that, we had a record number of illegal crossings, we had a record number of fentanyl coming into our country and now that she is running for president or a few months before, she says she somehow got religion and cared a lot about a piece of legislation. the only thing that she did when she became the vice president, when she became the border tsar was to undo 9a 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 of 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 to 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 that it was so unworkable to be laughable. that is where we are at, pass the bill, she will sign it. the two vice—presidential candidates in the forthcoming us election — the democrat tim walz and republicanjd vance — have clashed over the crisis in the middle east, immigration, abortion, taxes, climate change and a host of other issues in their first — and only — face—to—face debate. 0ur chief presenter caitriona perry was in new york and guaged reaction from donald trumer about the showdown between the two vp candidates. donald trump jr, thank donald trumer, thank you for joining us. donald trump jr, thank you for joining us— joining us. what did you think of this debate? _ joining us. what did you think of this debate? jd _ joining us. what did you think of this debate? jd vance - of this debate? jd vance handled _ of this debate? jd vance handled everything - of this debate? jd vance handled everything very | of this debate? jd vance - handled everything very well, going into these you're always nervous and the second he fact checked, the fake fact—check and put everyone their place,

he got totally at ease and he handled everything perfectly, incredible debate. you handled everything perfectly, incredible debate.— incredible debate. you have heard from _ incredible debate. you have heard from her— incredible debate. you have heard from her father - incredible debate. you have| heard from her father before saying jd vance does not speak for me, what do you think he thought of the debate tonight quite shallow he has called me a few times but i have been busyin a few times but i have been busy in the spin room, going through all of this but i know he was watching that he will be very happy with the performance. it was a masterclass in debating. so what are the voters think of the debate? for some it is theatre and the like to see the spectacle, two contestants battling it out and america loves drama.- contestants battling it out and america loves drama. plenty of that in this _ america loves drama. plenty of that in this former _ america loves drama. plenty of that in this former film - america loves drama. plenty of that in this former film set - that in this former film set and in arizona the public play

and in arizona the public play a starring role in deciding the election result because this is a swing state which could go either way. the share of the vice president shall debate starts now... an american tradition to spend the night with a few drinks at a watch party, margaritas for the kamala harris supporters hoping their vice president pick can keep momentum going. i their vice president pick can keep momentum going. i want tim walz to win — keep momentum going. i want tim walz to win but _ keep momentum going. i want tim walz to win but i _ keep momentum going. i want tim walz to win but i think _ keep momentum going. i want tim walz to win but i think that - walz to win but i think that senator vance is holding the zone. ., , , ., zone. donald trump scares me to death. i zone. donald trump scares me to death- i lose _ zone. donald trump scares me to death. i lose sleep _ zone. donald trump scares me to death. i lose sleep over - zone. donald trump scares me to death. i lose sleep over him - death. i lose sleep over him being — death. i lose sleep over him being elected. a death. i lose sleep over him being elected.— being elected. a short trip across ten _ being elected. a short trip across ten shows - being elected. a short trip across ten shows a - being elected. a short trip across ten shows a deeply| across ten shows a deeply divided america where it is increasingly difficult for each side to see eye—to—eye. brute increasingly difficult for each side to see eye-to-eye. we need to net side to see eye-to-eye. we need to get back _ side to see eye-to-eye. we need to get back to _ side to see eye-to-eye. we need to get back to the _ side to see eye-to-eye. we need to get back to the core _ side to see eye-to-eye. we need to get back to the core values - to get back to the core values of what americans truly stand for, which is faith, freedom and family. for, which is faith, freedom and family-— for, which is faith, freedom and family. the price of food is outrageous. _ and family. the price of food is outrageous. pretty - and family. the price of food is outrageous. pretty much i is outrageous. pretty much everything has doubled since donald — everything has doubled since donald trump was present. history— donald trump was present. history tells us people often vote based on how they feel

about the economy. this is happy to be the last of it in the race and with five weeks left in the battleground states like this, polling suggests it is still extremely close with neither side enjoying a significant lead.- neither side enjoying a significant lead. neither side enjoying a sirnificant lead. , ., , significant lead. there is only room for _ significant lead. there is only room for one! _ significant lead. there is only room for one! the _ significant lead. there is only room for one! the choice - significant lead. there is only room for one! the choice of l room for one! the choice of voters will _ room for one! the choice of voters will determine - room for one! the choice of voters will determine what | room for one! the choice of - voters will determine what kind of real—life us drama lies ahead. and there is much more analysis of that vice presidential debate on the bbc news website. stay with us. let's go to birmingham, where this morning all four candidates for conservative party leader will take to the main stage at the party conference to make their final pitch to their delegates. james cleverly; the shadow housing secretary, kemi badenoch, the former immigration minister, robertjenrick and the shadow security minister, tom tugendhat, will set out their visions for the party's future. a week tomorrow we will know which of the four are into the final two —

the conference in birmingham has been a key part of each's effort to make the cut. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticas is in birmingham for us. they seem to have had plenty of opportunities to set out their stalls? , ., ., ._ stalls? this whole four-day conference _ stalls? this whole four-day conference has _ stalls? this whole four-day conference has been - stalls? this whole four-day conference has been all- stalls? this whole four-day i conference has been all about that, yes. not like a normal conference when you have the leaders speech and discussions about policy, this has all been about policy, this has all been about these four figures and they have had question and answer sessions on the stage and they have had smaller sessions in the brick of rooms. with panel discussions. evening receptions where they make addresses as well. it has been about putting themselves forward. in some beauty contest. today we get the culmination of that, a20 minute speeches from each of those candidates. 0n the stage. tom tugendhat goes first. followed

by james cleverly, tugendhat goes first. followed byjames cleverly, robert by james cleverly, robert jenrick byjames cleverly, robert jenrick and then finishing with kemi badenoch. this really is the last big moment for them because two of them will be eliminated in the coming days. next week. if the chains are dynamic it will have to do it now and i have to say that nothing much has really shifted things so far but as i talk to you, there are delegates filing past me who are heading into the hole. keen to see what they have to say. the hole. keen to see what they have to say-— have to say. the last and they were in opposition _ have to say. the last and they were in opposition at - have to say. the last and they were in opposition at a - were in opposition at a conference, it was 2005, when david cameron came to the fore and he took people by surprise and he took people by surprise and they must be hoping for something like that. that and they must be hoping for something like that.- something like that. that is kind of, anyway, _ something like that. that is kind of, anyway, this - something like that. that is kind of, anyway, this whole j kind of, anyway, this whole thing has been set up so that possibly a candidate could emerge like that and the people can cast your mind back, he had

not been fancied to be the possible leader and he took to the stage at the conference here with no notes are delivered his speech, he was seen as confident and assured and he surged to the top of the pack and ended up as prime minister. it is not clear whether someone will be able to manage that here, they have been level pegging but interestingly, we also have seenin interestingly, we also have seen in the last day or two, starting to throw a few punches at each other, criticism of rival candidates coming out, particularly of robertjenrick, because he has kind of risen to the leading position in the race. the most mps are backing him but he made comments yesterday about the uk military, saying that human rights laws meant the special forces soldiers were killing rather than capturing people and that drew a lot of criticism, from military sources and military people and from two other candidates, tom tugendhat and james cleverly,

who served in the military and they thought those comments, he needed to have evidence for that and they were simply misunderstood. there is some needling going on and some needle also with james cleverly who was a senior position in the last government making a few pointed remarks aimed at robertjenrick again. they know that next week they go down to just two and they will go to the party membership, who will then have two weeks, the last two weeks of october, to decide who becomes the leader of the conservatives.— conservatives. thank you very much, damian _ conservatives. thank you very much, damian grammaticas l conservatives. thank you very | much, damian grammaticas at conservatives. thank you very - much, damian grammaticas at the conservative party conference. now it's time for a look at the weather. several counties in england have seen the wet september on record so it is no surprise that this has led to localised flooding in the roads. the rest ofthe flooding in the roads. the rest of the week — flooding in the roads. the rest of the week good _ flooding in the roads. the rest of the week good news, - flooding in the roads. the rest of the week good news, high i of the week good news, high pressure building in, bringing much needed drier and sunnier weather although the nights will turn chillier again with

some mist and fog. high pressure already starting in northern and western areas as we head into wednesday with the influence of low pressure across the far south—east so more of a north—easterly breeze here and more lighter times and a few showers, mainly in the far south—east but elsewhere, after a chilly start with early mist and fog we will see a good deal of sunshine around. the breeze will be noticeable across england and wales but certainly across the south—east corner, but lighterfor corner, but lighter for scotland and corner, but lighterfor scotland and northern ireland. temperature is not bad for the time of year, around the mid—teens in the north and the high teens across the south. through wednesday night, we hold onto the breeze with further showers across east anglia and the south—east but all the while the low pressure continues to pull away and high pressure will start to build in and the winds are lighter further north and west so it is here where we will see temperatures dipping close to freezing. certainly across scotland there will be mist and fog developing. the high pressure is starting to centre itself across the uk, pushing the weather front and the low pressure into the near

continent. thursday probably a widespread dry day, chilly start with early mist and fog but a lot of sunshine around. we'll see fair weather clive developing for the afternoon but most places will stay largely dry. temperatures reaching highs of 17 or maybe 18 degrees in the south and mid—teens for the north so that will feel pleasant. heading into friday, the area of high pressure holds on across the country but lower pressure begins to push in and that will bring showers by the end of friday to northern ireland and western scotland with an increasing breeze but the vast majority, after a chilly start, early mist and fog, will stay dry with widespread sunshine around. into the afternoon, temperatures reaching highs of 16 or 17 degrees in the south and the mid—teens in the north. we'll start to see changes heading into the weekend, some eastern parts might stay dry throughout the day on saturday but wetter and windier weather will push into northern and western areas and all areas will be affected by the time we reach sunday. take care.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel and iran both warn of further attacks, after tehran fired about 200 missiles on tuesday. they say the barrage was in response to the killing of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. israel pleges to send more troops into southern lebanon, as they continue to trade fire with hezbollah over the border. these with hezbollah over the border. are live pictures st plumes these are live pictures showing plumes of smoke over beirut where israel has continued to attack targets overnight.

and in the uk, all four leaderships candidates will address the conservative party conference ahead of a vote next week. the us vice—presidential candidates go head to head, on everything from abortion to immigration, but who came out on top? hello, welcome. we begin in the middle east, where israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has pledged to punish iran for its missile attack on israel, saying iran "would pay" for its attack across the country on tuesday. sirens sounded a crossed israel, overa sirens sounded a crossed israel, over a hundred rockets have been fired today. in a new development, the idf say they are sending another military division including armoured units tojoin the division including armoured units to join the ground operation in southern lebanon. all of this comes after israelis were told to take refuge in shelters as explosions