of the american actor matthew perry has pleaded guilty to illegally distributing the drug ketamine. up hello, i'm sarah campbell. we start in the middle east — where the lebanon health ministry says at least six people have been killed by an israeli air strike on central beirut. we're looking at live pictures showing smoke filling the skyline of the lebanese capital. the idf says it has carried out what it calls �*precise strikes�* on a building that is used by hezbollah. israel has issued a fresh call for civilians to leave parts of southern beirut. in another development, the iran—backed houthi militia said they carried out a drone attack on tel aviv. in a statement the houthis said they carried out a military operation on a vital target in the jaffa area.

israeli authorities have not confirmed the claim. meanwhile, president biden has said he will not support any attack by israel on iran's nuclear sites in response to tuesday's missile barrage by tehran. the us president has spoken to other world leaders in the g7, and called for any retaliation from the israelis to be �*proportionate'. the iranian president masoud pezeshkian warned if israel retaliated, iran would respond more severely. israel's military says eight of its soldiers were killed in the first two days of its ground invasion of lebanon. hezbollah says it fired guided missiles at their tanks. peter bowes has the latest. more explosions ring out overnight in lebanon. the israeli army says it conducted a precise attack on bachoura in central beirut. the first raid in the heart of lebanon's capital. lebanese officials say at least

five people were killed and ii injured in this israeli strike on a medicalfacility, a building affiliated with hezbollah. earlier, the lebanese health ministry confirmed at least 46 people have been killed in israeli strikes in the previous 2a hours. and overnight, the us government has confirmed that an american man, 56—year—old kamal ahmad jawad, is among those who died. the israeli military says eight of its soldiers were killed in the opening two days of its ground invasion of lebanon, and this latest strike overnight came hours after a united nations security council meeting where israel warned it would retaliate if attacked. we will defend our people and our response will be swift and decisive. those who attack us will face serious consequences. iran's unprecedented response, that barrage of missiles fired into israel on tuesday has escalated this crisis just days before the first anniversary

of the hamas attacks last year on october the 7th. president biden says g7 leaders are planning to coordinate new sanctions and other measures to respond to iran's actions. but he did not support israel striking iran's nuclear sites. the answer is no. and i think there's things we'll be discussing with the israelis, what they're going to do, but all seven of us agree that they have a right to respond, but they should respond proportionatly. the middle east is on edge and tensions could not be higher, with israel expected to launch a significant retaliatory attack on iran any day. the us's commitment to israel's security, according to the white house, remains ironclad, but the overwhelming concern is that conflicts on several fronts could soon erupt into a regional war. peter bowes, bbc news.

earlier my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke to israel's ambassador to the united nations danny danon, and started by asking him for his response to iran's claim that its attacks on israel is self—defence. nothing he mentioned can justify an attack of 200 ballistic missiles. you know, even during the blitz of london, nobody saw such numbers of missiles flying into another country. so, that's unprecedented. and i think what he said about nasrallah, he actually revealed to the world that iran is trying to seek revenge for nasrallah, who was a notorious terrorist who killed hundreds of americans, was behind hundreds of attacks against the civilians all around the world. and all of a sudden iran is trying to claim responsibility and to attack israel because of that. 0k. that's unacceptable. and i think everybody in the room realised that there is no justification for what happened

yesterday in israel. 0k, let me let me ask you, ambassador... if i could jump in there, i want to ask you about hezbollah because, at the same time, your troops are engaged in fighting with hezbollah in lebanon at the moment. and the idf says it's using, quote, precision—guided munitions and close—range engagements. you and i spoke in new york last week about civilians and the plight of civilians. and our reporters on the ground in lebanon have been reporting on the mass displacement of civilians, the death of civilians. can it really be said that these are precision—guided strikes? absolutely. and moreover, today, when we actually operate in parts next to our border in southern lebanon, we encourage the population to move out. i know it's painful. also, we have our own refugees. we have 70,000 israelis who left their homes and are living in shelters, and for a year they cannot come back. so, i think only once hezbollah will be north of the litani river, both the israelis and the southern lebanese... i understand that, ambassador. can ijustjump in?

i understand the point you're making. i just want to make the point or ask the question, at what cost? because the war in gaza continues, with more than 41,000 people killed, according to the hamas—led health ministry there, more than 1,000 people killed in lebanon, including children. i want to remind you why we are in that war. we are in that war because we have 101 hostages, babies, mothers who were kidnapped a year ago, one year in captivity. they're going... atrocities every day. they are suffering for that. so, we are not in gaza because we have nothing else to do. we are there to bring the hostages back home. and same with lebanon. you know, hezbollah attacked us unprovoked early in october 8th, and since then, they are targeting us. once we will be able to secure the border and allow the people of israel to live safely, we have nothing to look in lebanon. we have no desire to be in gaza, nor in lebanon.

late so you are going those low pictures of central beirut. as you will know from our correspondents this morning there was an explosion in the bachoura neighbourhood. this was overnight near the lebanese parliament. according to our colleagues who are based in beirut this was the first israeli air strike to hit the heart of the capital in this conflict. the pictures you're looking at at the moment are light fixtures. we will get some details from our correspondents on the ground both in beirut and jerusalem shortly. some breaking news coming from the foreign office here in the uk. it is saying a limited number of chartered flights back to the uk from lebanon will depart on thursday and continue for as long as the security situation allows. more than 150 british nationals and their dependents lived beirut and a government chartered flight yesterday that landed in birmingham just before 10pm last night. we will come back

to that story in a moment but a bit of news from the uk... british prime minister sir keir starmer has paid back more than £6,000 - that's $8,000 - worth of gifts and hospitality received since entering number 10 after a backlash over donations. the prime minister is covering the costs for six tickets to see taylor swift, tickets for horse races, and clothes rented from a high—end designer for his wife. he has now committed to overhauling hospitality rules for ministers to ensure more transparency. let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley. paying back some of the money. will sir keir starmer hope this is the end of it now because you'll get to certainly a hope in downing street but it isn't clear that it will be the end of it. he is paying back some of it. he is paying back some of the gifts he has received, £3400 worth of taylor swift tickets in august. tickets to see the races in doncaster under clothing rented agreement

not... —— used by his eye. he is not paying back things like hospitality to see arsenal football club, thousands of pounds including he received before the election. the questions for keir starmer continue and they followed him to brussels yesterday where he gave this response to the question of why he was retaining the government is now. ~ ., retaining the government is now. ., retaining the government is now. ~ ., ., retaining the government is now. ., ., now. we came on as a government chance. now. we came on as a government change- we — now. we came on as a government change- we will— now. we came on as a government change. we will now _ now. we came on as a government change. we will now bring - change. we will now bring forward _ change. we will now bring forward principles for donations because until now politicians have used their best — politicians have used their best individualjudgment on a case—by—case basis. ithink best individualjudgment on a case—by—case basis. i think we need _ case—by—case basis. i think we need some _ case—by—case basis. i think we need some principles of general application sol need some principles of general application so i took the decision that until the principles are in place it was right— principles are in place it was right for— principles are in place it was right for me to make those repayments. it right for me to make those repayments-_ repayments. it is not clear what those _ repayments. it is not clear what those principles - repayments. it is not clear what those principles will. repayments. it is not clear i what those principles will be or indeed when they will be in place. there questions as yet unanswered. keir starmer is far from the only mp to receive

gifts and the conservative leadership have themselves declared thousands of pounds worth of donations for their campaigns. but the questions for keir starmer in particular continue. for keir starmer in particular continue-— for keir starmer in particular continue. , ., , ., continue. there is no question that those _ continue. there is no question that those other _ continue. there is no question that those other key _ continue. there is no questionj that those other key members continue. there is no question i that those other key members of the government will be paying back their freebies the government will be paying back theirfreebies come the government will be paying back their freebies come you want to call it, and also some questions for lord alli who is the name behind all this, the principal donor behind all this. he is under investigation. this. he is under investiuation. , , investigation. exactly, he is under investigation - investigation. exactly, he is under investigation by - investigation. exactly, he is under investigation by the l under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog. we don't know what that investigation precisely is about but we understand it is over a clerical element of the declarations already made. questions also for labour's cabinet ministers, whether they should and will follow the prime minister's example in paying back some of the gifts they have received since the election in particular. questions were angela rayner

the deputy prime minister, she declared around £800 of hospitality to visit a dj set in ibc. questions for her and other and other cabinet ministers of the gifts they received. downing street trying to draw a line under this but at the moment the questions and scrutiny continues.— let's go back to the pictures in beirut, live pictures in central beirut. you can see plumes of smoke rising bear from the city skyline. let's speak to yolande knell, who is injeruslam. we know the fighting continues on the israel and lebanon border and the news overnight, six israeli soldiers killed in clashes. ~ ., six israeli soldiers killed in clashes. ~ . , six israeli soldiers killed in clashes. . , ., ., clashes. we have 'ust had an u date clashes. we have 'ust had an update from _ clashes. we have 'ust had an update from the h clashes. we have just had an update from the israeli - update from the israeli military about the latest attacks but it has been carrying out inside lebanon. it

is saying it has set about 200 targets associated with hezbollah, talking about how one council building was hit in southern lebanon where it says about 15 hezbollah operatives were killed and that weapons were killed and that weapons were stored there, that is its claim stop on the ground it claims to have killed hezbollah fighters with exchanges of fire. this after we have the news that eight israeli soldiers have been killed in an ambush. it had been expected of course that there would be some stiff resistance put up when israeli forces entered and that they started to encounter some of the more seasoned hezbollah fighters who were on their home terrain. still rocket sirens have been sending in the north of israel. that is close to the border with lebanon where hezbollah has been firing rockets towards israeli communities. most of those intercepted. we also know that

overnight the houthis now claiming responsibility for launching two drones at central israel. 0ne launching two drones at central israel. one of those was intercepted without there being any casualties as a result but we are now in thejewish new year holiday, mostjewish year holiday, most jewish israelis year holiday, mostjewish israelis are off work or of school but the country remains on a very high state of alert. no sense yet of how israel will respond after that barrage of missiles that came over from iran on tuesday. we are hearing from president biden, the quip that he was saying yesterday, will not support any attack on the nuclear sites in iran from israel. ~ ., the nuclear sites in iran from israel. ~ . , ., israel. we had the israel security _ israel. we had the israel security cabinet - israel. we had the israel security cabinet meeting israel. we had the israel. security cabinet meeting in israel. we had the israel- security cabinet meeting in an underground bunker ahead of the holiday talking about how they would respond. they said they would respond. they said they would do that forcefully. they

are discussing different options we understand, different strategic sites inside iran. there had been a lot of talk in israeli media that there were voices, they were hearing from the military and the political establishment that really wanted to go after the nuclear sites in iran, long seen by israel as being a great threat. the message that came from israel's closest ally the us is really that those sites are off—limits. still talk about the possibility of attacking oil production, gas rigs, these kinds of sites within iran that would deal a blow to the economy, even targeted assassinations being talked about by some israeli journalists but at the moment we really don't know. the us has been saying that the response really has to be done proportionally and it supports israel's right to respond but there are all these discussions going on with different members

of the g7. the us secretary of state talking to different european foreign ministers including briton�*s david lammy to discuss all these latest developments.— to discuss all these latest developments. just trying to work out what _ developments. just trying to work out what exactly - developments. just trying to work out what exactly is - developments. just trying to i work out what exactly is going on, how difficult is it and how do you find out what is happening for example, the ground incursion that was thought to have begun on monday, how easy or difficult is it for independent journalists to work out exactly what is going on in the ground? as we had with gaza covering the war there has been externally difficult, because foreign journalists have not been able to access since the 7th of october. in the north of israel there is a closed military zone around three israeli border towns, although you can see my colleagues on the ground, the movements of some tanks, not much is being set officially. we know there are three entire military

divisions that have been put up there. there are the official statements that come out from the israeli military where it is still stressing its ground operation is limited, it is targeted, localised. but her also military censorship rules which mean you mustn't give away details of troop, neighbours, because that could endanger israel's national security. endanger israel's national security-— let's cross now to beirut. let's speak to our bbc arabic middle east correspondent, sally nabil who is in central beirut. bring us right up—to—date with the latest where you are, please. i the latest where you are, lease. ., please. i am right here where an air strike, _ please. i am right here where an air strike, an _ please. i am right here where an air strike, an israeli - please. i am right here where an air strike, an israeli air - an air strike, an israeli air strike has hit a medical centre overnight. the medical centre is in a residential building right behind me. it has been hit really hard. we note that

seven medics have lost their lives in the israeli air strikes. there are another of other medics who are injured. we had been talking to people in the area who told me this residential building is busy and deep in this area is crowded with people. as soon as a strike hit, which was very loud, everybody in central beirut could hear it. as soon as the strike hit, all the residents and children were screaming, one of the people inside told me, ifelt my screaming, one of the people inside told me, i felt my heart was going to stop, it was panting very, very loud. so it was and still is a scene of chaos here. they are clearing the rubble behind me which is why it sounds very noisy. we have talked to one of the civil defence members and they told us that it seems the israeli air strike has precisely targeted this medical centre. although everybody inside was civilian as they put it. but

usually the israelis say we target places that are close to hezbollah military infrastructure. although hezbollah denies restoring our manufacturing weapons in residential areas. the israelis are saying — residential areas. the israelis are saying they— residential areas. the israelis are saying they are _ residential areas. the israelis are saying they are striking i residential areas. the israelis | are saying they are striking as you say specific and precise targets and buildings which have things to hezbollah. this is true, this _ have things to hezbollah. this is true, this is _ have things to hezbollah. this is true, this is the _ have things to hezbollah. try 3 is true, this is the israeli argument. they say, we usually hit areas that are in one way or another associated with the hezbollah military activities but when you put this argument to the people here, especially the residents of this building, they get really angry and they insist everybody inside the medical centre that was targeted last night were civilians. they say all the people who lost their lives were medics, maybe —— many of the edge were medics. we could even see masks and gloves on

the streets. there were some blankets behind me. it is a scene of fear and chaos. 0ver scene of fear and chaos. over the past few days in fact, we have been hearing constant bombardment in the beirut southern suburb. but last night the strike was here in the heart of the capital. just give us a sense — heart of the capital. just give us a sense of— heart of the capital. just give us a sense of what _ heart of the capital. just give us a sense of what life - heart of the capital. just give us a sense of what life is - heart of the capital. just give us a sense of what life is like living in beirut at the moment. we know this was a rare strike in the centre of the city, but is there anywhere in the city that feel safe at the moment? there are some streets around in the city where life seems business as usual, but itjust feels tense here. you canjust feels tense here. you canjust feel it in the air. i visited the city a few months ago and it feels like a totally different city now. many shops and restaurants are closed. there is a constant state of anticipation here. no one knows what is going to happen each

single night, because every single night, because every single night you hear the loud sound of air strikes in the southern suburb of beirut. so people are just worried what the future carries with them. when you walk around even in central beirut, you find a lot of displaced people living out in the street. i have spoken to a woman the other day. she said she has been out on the street for five days and she told me, ijust for five days and she told me, i just wish for five days and she told me, ijust wish i can shower so that i can feel human again. they are not getting much aid here although local ngos are trying, but according to lebanese officials are more than a million displaced people in this country now. many of them could be seen around beirut whether in shelters or in the street, and lebanon as a country that has been already short of resources even before this escalation started. they are struggling really hard to try and cope with this huge displacement problem and i are calling out for aid from the

international community. thank ou. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

this is bbc news, welcome back. back to the middle east now — and as lebanon faces a growing displacement crisis, food banks and other organisations have been trying to provide those who have been forced to leave their homes with food, shelter, and other essentials. a little later will we will be talking to the president of the lebanese food bank in beirut who had been offering three meals a day to around 4500 people. mona keenan... how difficult is it for the hundreds of thousands of people who are moving around and displaced from their homes?

mona, hopefully you can hear me. just asking what the situation is like on the ground in beirut at the moment. i think unfortunately we are not able to speak to mona at the moment but she has a lot of important detail to give us so hopefully we'll try and reconnect with her later on in the programme. let's go back to those live pictures. this from central beirut. we were hearing from our correspondent we make about the air strikes overnight. 0ur correspondent yolande knell telling us the latest from the idf is that they say they have hit 200 targets in lebanon overnight. hezbollah targets they are talking about. also some breaking news from the uk side, the uk is sending more flights to bring people back from

lebanon. we saw yesterday that the first flight containing 150 british nationals and their dependents landed in birmingham yesterday evening. the foreign office saying today that there 0ffice saying today that there will be a limited number of charter flights back to the uk from lebanon departing on thursday. and they will continue the foreign office says for as long as the security situation allows. they are saying british nationals and dependents who registered will be sent details in order to pick themselves onto those flights. just to bring you right up—to—date with the latest figures, but idf reporting this morning that 15 hezbollah members were killed in south lebanon and strikes overnight. 0verall they are saying 200 hezbollah targets were hit in lebanon, including according to the idf weapons

storage facilities and observation posts. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will take a little break but we will be back very shortly. hello, again. we've just had the coldest night of this autumn so far. braemarfell to —4.1 celsius. there's been some mist and fog around this morning as well. and for the next few days, we are looking at the days starting on a chilly note with mist and fog, but most of us will have sunny spells. but there'll be some patchy rain coming in from the west. this afternoon, a lot of dry weather around. fair weather cloud bubbling up. it could produce the odd shower, perhaps in the south—east, maybe one or two in the west, but that will be the exception rather than the rule. but the sunshine turning hazier from the west in the latter part of the afternoon. now, into the evening, the cloud will be accompanied by strengthening winds and rain across northern ireland and western scotland. not particularly heavy rain, though. england and wales seeing some mist and fog patches forming.

and here it will be a chilly night. in rural areas, we could even see a touch of frost. but where we've got the cloud and the patchy rain, here, temperatures holding up, and it's courtesy of this weather front, which through the course of tomorrow will slowly drift eastwards. that's a fairly weak feature. so, we start in england and wales with the mist and fog, that lifts, then a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. the cloud spreading across northern ireland, the isle of man and scotland. with it, patchy light rain and temperatures 13 to about 17 degrees, north to south. it'll feel quite pleasant, that 17, in the sunshine. then, as we move beyond that, from friday and into the weekend, we say goodbye to this first weather front. but then the next area of low pressure comes in with a more potent weather front during the course of saturday. so, once again, for england and for wales, we start off on a dry note with some sunshine, but heavier rain and stronger winds come in from the west, gusty winds through the irish

sea, and that is very slowly pushing eastwards. so, many eastern and central areas and also parts of wales will stay dry during the course of saturday. but overnight saturday and into sunday, what you'll find is the whole lot continues itsjourney, pushing eastwards, taking its cloud and its rain with it. so, later on in the day, it tends to brighten up from the west. but here too we're not immune to one or two showers. temperatures during the course of saturday, 13 in the north to a pleasant 18 as we sweep down towards the south—east.

welcome to our viewers on bbc news and bbc two. this is what we are discussing. a big reaction. labour has in a sense reignited the whole free gear km—macro row, they have announced he will pay back £6,000 worth of gifts and it has put the whole thing back into the spotlight, they are going to make sure these things are properly declared. we are a government of change, that is the whole point, we will bring forward principles for donations. not a wardrobe

change. , he is going to keep £32,000 worth of suits paid for ijy £32,000 worth of suits paid for by lord alli, glasses and money that went to the dresses worn ijy that went to the dresses worn by lady starmer, is it hypocrisy? is he the guy sorting this out? martin and edinburgh, interesting thing, just before you joined us, if you are watching on the telly. what was that, martin? thanks. in britain, _ what was that, martin? thanks. in britain, we _ what was that, martin? thanks. in britain, we have _ what was that, martin? thanks. in britain, we have a _ in britain, we have a rule—based system, rule of law, that means we expect our politicians to follow the rules set to

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