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 lit up the sky. iran warned it would hit all of israel's infrastructure if it retaliated. the israel defense forces said that around 180 missiles... were launched towards israel around 5.30pm local time on tuesday. they were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city tel aviv, and jerusalem. 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 has 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. meanwhile, the iranian—backed militant group says it has clashed with israeli troops in the southern lebanese town of adaisseh.

both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from yesterday's missile attacks. our correspondentjon donnison had to seek shelter when the missiles were fired — he's injerusalem and sent this report. air-raid siren. israel was warned it was coming. but this was iran's revenge. almost 200 ballistic missiles raining in across the country. explosions 0k. 0k, guys, we got to get off the roof. these are coming down right next to us here. as people ran for shelter, with the iranian missiles travelling 2,000km in only around 12 minutes, israel's defence system was at full stretch. 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 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 — 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 this attack. us naval destroyers joined israeli air defence units in firing interceptors to shoot down inbound 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 the iranian—backed lebanese militia hezbollah on friday. and israel killed the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, on iranian soil back injuly. meanwhile, this evening, injaffa, neartelaviv, just before the missile attack, seven israelis were shot dead in what police said was a terrorist attack. for months now, the world's diplomats 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. general david petraeus is of us army general who commanded forces in iraq and

afghanistan, he said that he wasn't surprised that iran directly attacked israel. the blows against hezbollah in lebanon were very substantial. this was notjust a decapitation including the leader, hassan nasrallah, it was a decimation of the senior leadership and of their command and communication means. and then followed up with attacks on over 1500 sites extending well beyond southern lebanon and also into syria. i think iran felt it had to respond, the hardliners prevailed including over the new president who might have cautioned a bit of restraint. now i think israel is going to have to respond in kind. this time it will not be a single missile into an air base, which by the way penetrated the russian provided air defences. this time i think it would be against substantial military sites in iran to show what they can do. after showing the iranian attack was quite

ineffectual. was that deliberate? 180 missiles fired by iran, the majority of them intercepted. how serious was iran, rather than just sending a message? i think it was a very serious attack, to the serious message. they felt they had to respond and i'm sure they intended to do damage. they were targeting military bases and other sites and virtually every one of those was knocked down, the only casualty was ironically a palestinian in the west bank. there were two israelis wounded by shrapnel. the us led coalition and the israeli layered defence did theirjob, prevented any real damage from a substantial strike of ballistic missiles and now iran will see what israel can do. i suspect they will prove much less effective

in knocking down the things headed their way. how surprised should israel be that iran responded in this way? you explained how devastating the impact on hezbollah has been by the israelis. i don't think the israelis were surprised, there was a debate going on within tehran, as is the case, the hardliners win out on foreign policy like this. i think they were ready and waiting, as was the us led coalition which includes british aircraft as you noted. how important has the us involvement in the uk for that matter, from the united states perspective, how much soul—searching if you like, how hard would it have been for the united states to intervene and support israel in the way they did yesterday? i don't think there's any soul—searching when it comes to helping israel defend itself.

which is exactly what was done and what president biden noted was the intent of the us. the general talking earlier. we've been getting the latest on the ground from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega who is in beirut, and yolande knell who is injeruslam. you could hear very quickly the rocket sirens that were going off, my phone has at to give alerts, it was beeping constantly. you had to spend about one hour inside a shelter and it was the entire population of israel that had this order to stay in a safe room during this enormous strike by iran. something like 180 ballistic missiles, if you compare that to what happened

with the previous major strike by iran in april, this time it was nearly all ballistic missiles, as far as we understand, that were used. it took 12 minutes for them to reach israeli airspace and there was relatively little warning compared to last time. you had tv presenters flat on the floor as they were doing their broadcasts. normal life around the israelis going back to their business, many of them getting ready for the jewish new year which is just getting ready for thejewish new year which is just coming up. this is a very tense time as people wait and see what happens next. certainly, the speculation in the israeli media is that they will be significant retaliation by israel, probably within days and the discussions that are being had in the media are about possible targets inside iran. they are talking about iran's nuclear site being a

possible target, also oil production facilities. what impact does this have on the view of the israeli public in what its government is now engaged in? it what its government is now engaged in?— what its government is now engaged in? it is really quite incredible — engaged in? it is really quite incredible what _ engaged in? it is really quite incredible what has - engaged in? it is really quite | incredible what has happened engaged in? it is really quite i incredible what has happened in the space of a few days where you feel instead of everybody talking about gaza as they have done for most of the past year, since the 7th of october attacks by hamas, attention turning to israel's northern front where we are learning that another israeli military division is being sent as israel continues with what it calls these limited ground operations against hezbollah in southern lebanon. now, attention back on iran which is where the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has wanted to focus people so often in the past. the threat posed by iran, whether this is now

the start of a full—blown regional war which we have been repeating about for many months now, it does seem very real with risks that have been talked about with the us and other israeli allies getting sucked into this and other countries around the region. thank you let speak to hugo in beirut. a great deal going on there, we are hearing that there, we are hearing that there have been more rockets fired into northern israel. exactly, and we were talking about — exactly, and we were talking about the fears of the wider regional— about the fears of the wider regional conflict. in lebanon, there — regional conflict. in lebanon, there are _ regional conflict. in lebanon, there are concerns that we could — there are concerns that we could see a wider israeli campaign against hezbollah. you can probably hear the sound of drones— can probably hear the sound of drones flying overhead, this is centrat— drones flying overhead, this is central beirut. far from hezbollah bases in the southern suburbs — hezbollah bases in the southern suburbs of the city. we know

that — suburbs of the city. we know that the _ suburbs of the city. we know that the israelis are describing this ground invasion is limited, targeted, localised. this morning, hezbollah said they had been clashes — hezbollah said they had been clashes between fighters and the israeli military as israeli troops — the israeli military as israeli troops try to enter a town near the border. — troops try to enter a town near the border. hezbollah said they were _ the border. hezbollah said they were able to repel this incursion by the israeli military. this could be an indication that they could be direct— indication that they could be direct confrontation between fighters and the israeli military as this invasion continues. remember, this is an area _ continues. remember, this is an area of— continues. remember, this is an area of the — continues. remember, this is an area of the country where hezbollah has a strong presence, it has built infrastructure in those parts of the — infrastructure in those parts of the country, including underground tunnels and bunkers. and it also has thousands of battle hardened fighters, hezbollah has been obviously weakened by weeks of israeli _ obviously weakened by weeks of israeli air— obviously weakened by weeks of israeli air strikes and those high—profile assassinations that— high—profile assassinations that essentially decimated the leadership of the group. it has

remained _ leadership of the group. it has remained defiant, they have said — remained defiant, they have said that _ remained defiant, they have said that their fighters are ready— said that their fighters are ready to _ said that their fighters are ready to confront any israeli invasion _ ready to confront any israeli invasion-— invasion. more evacuation orders this _ invasion. more evacuation orders this morning - invasion. more evacuation orders this morning given| invasion. more evacuation i orders this morning given to people in southern lebanon, where are they meant to go? exactly, and this could be an indication— exactly, and this could be an indication that this is really ground _ indication that this is really ground invasion is going to continue _ ground invasion is going to continue and we could see an expansion— continue and we could see an expansion of the offensive in the south of the country. we have — the south of the country. we have seen that there has been a massive — have seen that there has been a massive displacement of residents because of the conflict, because of the escalation, that we have seen of the — escalation, that we have seen of the past two weeks, lots of schools — of the past two weeks, lots of schools have been turned into shelters— schools have been turned into shelters including schools in beirut _ shelters including schools in beirut. the authorities are saying _ beirut. the authorities are saying that around 1 million people _ saying that around 1 million people have been forced to flee their— people have been forced to flee their homes because of the conflict _ their homes because of the conflict. a lot of pressure on the authorities and the prime minister— the authorities and the prime minister said the country was

facing — minister said the country was facing one of its most dangerous moment in its history _ german chancellor, 0laf scholz, said "iran is risking setting the entire region on fire." mr scholz said this must be prevented at all costs and called on iran and hezbollah to immediately end their attacks on israel. the uk's ministry of defence has confirmed that british forces, in their words, played a part in attempts to prevent further escalation in the middle east. no operational details were given — but the bbc understands that it means uk fighterjets were involved, as they were in april when iran last attacked israel with missiles. here's prime minister, sir keir starmer. we stand with israel, and we recognise her right to self—defence in the face of this aggression. iran must stop these attacks. together with its proxies, like hezbollah, iran has menaced the middle east forfar too long. chaos and destruction brought notjust to israel, but to the people they live

amongst in lebanon and beyond. make no mistake — britain stands full square against such violence. we support israel's reasonable demand for the security of its people. 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 next months presidential election. in a debate lasting an hour and a0 minutes, 0hio senatorjd vance and minnesota governor tim walz sparred over key issues like abortion, the economy, and immigration. john sudworth reports. this is a cbs new special... the first question, the crisis in the middle east and tim walz

began by attacking donald trump. it is clear, the world saw it on that debate stage, a nearly eighty—year—old donald trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need. butjd vance was quick to respond kind, hitting back at kamala harris�* record. iran is as close to a nuclear weapon today as they have ever been, who has been the vice president for the last three years, your running mate not mine. another topic loomed, illegal immigration and a chance forjd vance to reference his family's struggle with addiction. that has opened the floodgates and a lot of sentinel is coming into the country. i had a mother who struggled with opioid addiction. donald trump had for years to do this and he promised america how easy it would be.

"i will build you a beautiful wall and will pay for it." less than 2% of the wall got built. the exchanges may have been robust but for much of the media watching here, there was a sense of something else. a real debate. mr walz attacked republicans over the loss of the right to an abortion. mind your own business on this, things worked best when roe versus wade was in place. my party has to do a betterjob on earning the people's trust back on this issue. in a divided country, a real exchange at least and perhaps a glimmer of hope whatever side you are on. all four candidates in the conservative leadership contest will take to the main

stage at the party conference to make their final pitch to their delegates. the shadow home secretary, james cleverly; the shadow housing secretary, kemi badenoch, the former immigration minister, robertjenrick and the shadow security minister, tom tugendhat and 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. oil prices have been surging — and global stock markets under pressure — after iran launched a barrage of missiles at targets across israel on tuesday. the middle east region supplies around a third of the world's oil — and analysts are concerned a widening conflict could disrupt supplies. the price of crude jumped almost 5 per cent during late trading on tuesday — as news of those attacks emerged. as you can see brent crude is up around a dollar —

trading close to 75 dollars a barrel. us stock markets also reacted — the three main indices closing sharply lower — and markets in asia have been following — japan's nikkei 225 ending more than 2 per cent lower. european stock markets though have opened higher — led by shares of energy and defence companies. our business reporter mariko 0i has been following this from our singapore bureau. it is not too surprising that we are seeing quite a jump in brent crude as you mentioned which is a key benchmark for oil prices internationally. traders are concerned that the iranian attack on israel could spark a wider conflict in the region which could then disrupt oil supplies. iran is the seventh biggest oil producer in the world and it is also the third largest member of the 0pec oil producers' cartel. but until now, many traders thought that oil prices would fall because demand has been weakening and there is too much supply. in the three months betweenjuly and september, oil prices fell by 17%.

0pec is expected to restore more supply from december while other oil—producing nations outside the alliance are ramping up production as well. analysts are now looking at all sorts of possible scenarios, if the us was to place economic sanctions on iran, oil prices could jump even further. as you said, traders are also fearing military escalation in the region which could affect shipping through the strait between oman and iran and it is key to the global oil trade. all eyes now then on how israel responds. let's hear the message now made last night by the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to tehran. iran madea iran made a big mistake tonight and they will pay for it. the regime in iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate

against our enemies. we will stand by the rule be established, whoever attacks us, we will attack them. let's speak to hesham shawish, from bbc monitoring, who is in amman and has been tracking reactions injordan. we hear that the king ofjordan has spoken to the british prime minister, what is the reaction being so far? good morning, the office of the king sent out a report saying that he had spoken to prime minister keir starmer and called for an immediate halt. he has linked the conflict the station in the region and the longer that the war continues in gaza, it risks dragging the whole region further into the abyss. we still haven't had a statement released by the foreign ministry but we had from a government spokesman who said that the priority injordan, the position of thejordanian

government is clear, the priority is the safety of jordanians.— priority is the safety of jordanians. what is the position _ jordanians. what is the position towards - jordanians. what is the | position towards israel? jordanians. what is the - position towards israel? the government _ position towards israel? the government has _ position towards israel? tie: government has been clear in the past, it maintains that the sovereignty of the country takes priority. it will not allow the country to be an arena for a regional conflict, it sees the escalation of the conflict between israel and iran, it won't allow iranian missiles and drones to fly over the kingdom. which is why we saw dozens of interceptors in the sky last night, and they were fragments falling in certain areas of the kingdom. there was a major diplomatic spat back in april, we saw a lot of interceptions back then and the iranian government

condemned the government of jordan for their actions and the interceptions. what we saw is a lot of pushback byjordan and a diplomatic push by the jordanian government to reset ties with tehran. we saw the visit, highly publicised by the foreign minister to tehran shortly after those interceptions in april. and we saw a reset of ties. iran is clear about the position of jordan and we haven't seen any backlash from the iranian government for the latest interceptions. in terms of israel, jordan has said that it has been calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and the establishment of a palestinian state based on the 1967 borders from east jerusalem to the capital of a future palestinian state and it has been calling for an end to

settler attacks in the west bank. that has been the position ofjordan. abs, bank. that has been the position of jordan. a busy morning _ position of jordan. a busy morning for _ position of jordan. a busy morning for you. - position of jordan. a busy morning for you. thank i position of jordan. a busy i morning for you. thank you position of jordan. a busy - morning for you. thank you for the update. the supreme leader of iran has met a group of elites, he has blamed the regional tensions and was on the us and some european countries which he said falsely claim to bring peace and tranquillity. he went on to say that they must get lost from the region so the countries can live in peace. he says he is in mourning over the death of hassan nasrallah, but he didn't postpone the meeting because the elites are a driving force. stay with us. hello, several counties in england have seen the wettest september on record, it is no

surprise it has lead to localised flooding. for the rest of this week, high pressure will continue to build high pressure already starting in northern and western areas 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 lighter for 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. we hold on to further showers,

the wind will be lighter further north and west, certainly across scotland there will be some mist and fog patches developing, you can see why high pressure is centring itself, pushing the weather front out the continent thursday a widespread dry day, a lot of mist and fog, a bit of fairweather cloud developing but most places sting mostly dry mid—teens in the north, that will feel quite pleasant. as we head into friday, our area of high pressure, lower pressure brings to push in. by the end of friday, northern ireland and west of scotland will have an increasing breeze and showers, but after a chilly start the rest will stay dry with widespread sunshine around. into the afternoon, those temperatures reaching highs of 16 or 17 degrees in the south and mid—teens in the

north. we'll start to see some changes dry throughout the day on saturday, wetter and windier weather in northern and eastern areas, all areas affected by the time reach sunday.

this is bbc news — the headlines... we'll bring you coverage of what is going on in the uk. the four conservative leadership candidates are about to address the conference in birmingham. the four mps will be whittled down to the final two next week. the shadow home secretary, james cleverly, shadow housing secretary kemi badenoch, former immigration minister robertjenrick and shadow security minister tom tugendhat will set out the revisions for the future of the party. also at the conference is damian grammaticas in birmingham for us. hello. the conservatives have 121 mps. what has about been like over the last few days? in what has about been like over the last few days?— what has about been like over the last few days? in many ways it has been _ the last few days? in many ways it has been extraordinary, - the last few days? in many ways it has been extraordinary, that l it has been extraordinary, that figure of 121, you have to go

back 150 or 200 years, a crazy amount of time, for the conservatives historic defeat at the last election. a crushing defeat that they suffered. it is a low they have not seen, yet you come here and the mood around here, everybody says this, it is sort of upbeat. you talk to mps, former ministers, party members, and they are all like, we are feeling pretty good. why? the answer to that as a couple of things, one thing people say is the burdens of office have been lifted from them, at the end of their time, lifted from them, at the end of theirtime, many lifted from them, at the end of their time, many of them knew that the electoral situation was dire and they were heading for defeat so it was a gloomy time, full of splits and they felt there were many missteps in the campaign and that is gone. they are looking at the new labour government and

seeing it encountering difficulties and they feel it