rare genetic illnesses. welcome to today's verified live. president biden says he is talking with israel about the possibility that it could attack iran's energy sector in retaliation for tehran�*s missile barrage on israel this week. his comment immediately caused the price of crude oil to surge by a further 5%, it's already risen 10% since the missile strikes on on tuesday. iran is the world's seventh largest oil producer, exporting about half its production abroad, mainly to china. mr biden was speaking as israel continued its strikes across lebanon. these are the live pictures of the capital, beirut. the idf have hit about 200 targets across the country in the past 2a hours — most in the south of the country.

in a moment we'll speak to our correspondents nick beake in northern israel and will grant in washington. and anna foster as well. but let's start with the comments from the us president. let's head to will grant, the president very open about the potential targets and what they could be in the coming days. that is right, these were comments made on the south lawn of the white house as he boarded marine one on route to his journey to florida to overlook the devastation from hurricane hitting there, so the comments were straightforward. he was asked if he would support his roads striking iran's oil facilities, support his roads striking

iran's oilfacilities, he support his roads striking iran's oil facilities, he said there's a discussions on that, and he was also asked if you would let israel retaliate, what are the plans to allow israel to strike back against iran? he said we don't allow israel, we advise, there is nothing going to happen today. interesting diplomatic suggestions there. first, that they had indications there would be no more strikes today. they presumably have a some indication of a rest bite, at least for the next 2a hours or so, but this idea that they don't allow it to tel aviv to take decisions, they advise, which gets to the hearts of the nature of the diplomatic nature of the outgoing invited administration and prime minister netanyahu, the suggestion that in this country, at least, mr netanyahu is sort of slipping out of the sphere of control and influence of mr biden and his administration, which are in

his final days, as we are in the throes of an election here, but the indication is there at least is a hint of a rest bite in the next 2a hours, and these important comments about the oilfields. important comments about the oil fields. ~ . ~ important comments about the oilfields. ~ ., ~ , ., oilfields. well, thank you. i will talk more _ oilfields. well, thank you. i will talk more about - oilfields. well, thank you. i will talk more about oil- oilfields. well, thank you. i will talk more about oil in i oilfields. well, thank you. i will talk more about oil in a| will talk more about oil in a moment, but i want to go to northern israel, because nick beake is our correspondent bea ke is our correspondent there, beake is our correspondent there, and nick it is interesting listening to those comments from joe biden saying there will be no response today as a result of tuesday's missile attack from iran, but they have certainly been pressing ahead with more attacks on lebanon, haven't they? attacks on lebanon, haven't the ? , ., attacks on lebanon, haven't the ? , . ., they? they have, matthew, and ou can they? they have, matthew, and you can hear— they? they have, matthew, and you can hear another _ they? they have, matthew, and you can hear another is - they? they have, matthew, and you can hear another is really i you can hear another is really helicopter in the sky, and in the last_ helicopter in the sky, and in the last 30 minutes, that aerial_ the last 30 minutes, that aerial activity has picked up. the — aerial activity has picked up. the israeli army seen today that— the israeli army seen today that hezbollah, from southern lebanon. _ that hezbollah, from southern lebanon, i fired that hezbollah, from southern lebanon, ifired more that hezbollah, from southern lebanon, i fired more than 120 rockets, — lebanon, i fired more than 120 rockets, and we saw some more, probably— rockets, and we saw some more, probably be — rockets, and we saw some more, probably be about five minutes

a -o probably be about five minutes ago in — probably be about five minutes ago in the distance which were intercepted, which goes to show that although the israeli army is coming and lots of different hezbollah positions, the group is able — hezbollah positions, the group is able to— hezbollah positions, the group is able to fire back, and it is worth— is able to fire back, and it is worth remembering and reminding ourselves— worth remembering and reminding ourselves that the prime minister in israel, benjamin netanyahu, says the whole purpose of this operation, the intensified operation against hezbollah, and now as we see the ground invasion into southern lebanon, the purpose is to— southern lebanon, the purpose is to degrade hezbollah's capability and push them back and create a buffer zone so that — and create a buffer zone so that thousands and thousands of israeiis — that thousands and thousands of israelis who lived near the border, _ israelis who lived near the border, just beyond us in that direction, _ border, just beyond us in that direction, are able to return home, _ direction, are able to return home, but as we have seen of the past — home, but as we have seen of the past day or so, it would be a difficult _ the past day or so, it would be a difficult operation not without wish risk.- a difficult operation not without wish risk. the school from where _ without wish risk. the school from where nick _ without wish risk. the school from where nick is _ without wish risk. the school from where nick is to - without wish risk. the school from where nick is to be - without wish risk. the school i from where nick is to be roots, anna foster is there, and i know you are traveling from inside and earlier in the day, but we have seen in the last 2a

hours, the intensity of the strikes, mostly in southern lebanon, but there is that huge strike in central beirut.- strike in central beirut. there was, strike in central beirut. there was. very _ strike in central beirut. there was, very close _ strike in central beirut. there was, very close to _ strike in central beirut. there was, very close to where - strike in central beirut. there was, very close to where i - strike in central beirut. therej was, very close to where i am now, and where you say central beirut, it is crucial to this because so many of the strikes that the lebanese capital so far have been in the southern suburbs, the area where hezbollah is based, but what we saw yesterday evening at around 20 past midnight, this large strikejust over my 20 past midnight, this large strike just over my shoulder, in a area close by, a thing backed center, and we know nine people were killed in a straight, but the day, there been more israeli strikes in the capital, one on a building which hezbollah describes as its media office, which in fact some journalists its media office, which in fact somejournalists here in beirut described as its media office, is really calling it a intelligence headquarters, but it is interesting that here in

be roots, lots of what israel was trying to target was the senior leadership of hezbollah, but we know many of them have now been killed. these air strikes are continuing in the capital, and we see that continued displacement with the southern suburbs empty of people know as those israeli attacks, both here and in the south of the country, have continued through the day. find continued through the day. and tell me more _ continued through the day. and tell me more about the human consequences, because as you say, consequences, because as you say, more consequences, because as you say, more and more people on the move, and we had the line from the eight who seen the aid supplies and the medical personnel, they could not get them into lebanon because of various restrictions now on flights, so even the aid agencies on the ground are struggling to get what they need to deal with all of these people. need to deal with all of these --eole. ., need to deal with all of these --eole. . , need to deal with all of these --eole. ., , ., people. there are layers of problems _ people. there are layers of problems here, _ people. there are layers of problems here, matthew, l people. there are layers of. problems here, matthew, and people. there are layers of- problems here, matthew, and the only way to bring things into the country is via the airport, they cannot coming from israel or the south, they cannot come

from syria in the east either, so the airport is only way, but most commercial airlines of stop sign, only middle east airlines are still going, so that creates a supply and resupply issues for basic things to keep people safe. they could potentially coming by ports, but that would be a change from the norm, and it will be longer to sort out, a much slower route than the agencies are used to. but as we said, this wraps into a country that has gone through crisis after crisis, particularly economically, and no more than a fifth of its population is internally displaced. they are struggling to find areas for people to go, struggling for shelter and food and medical care, and the un and the lebanese state launched a new appeal, more than $400 million is what they are asking for from donor countries to try and raise enough money to help people at the moments, but that displacement continues. in the

south, one of the big cities in the south, israel asked for a further evacuation of that today, about 60,000 people live there, but i think many have left already, and it raises that continuing question of how far, geographically, israelare far, geographically, israel are planning far, geographically, israelare planning to go. with a stay on that area right at the lebanese border, orwould that area right at the lebanese border, or would they try to push all the way to the list tiny river and clear what should have been that buffer zone put in after the war in 2006? at this stage, no one knows what israel's appetite is declared that whole area and if it is they are planning to do. thank you, anna foster, thank you to nick beake, on the border in northern israel, and thank you to will grant in washington. let's continue with this. with me is ben thompson.

then, i suppose it underlines the growing concern in the middle east and having all of those ramifications —— ramifications. those ramifications -- ramifications. ., , ,, , ramifications. nervousness but context in _ ramifications. nervousness but context in terms _ ramifications. nervousness but context in terms of _ ramifications. nervousness but context in terms of the - ramifications. nervousness but context in terms of the oil- context in terms of the oil prices, where about $7 a barrel, it's spiking after those comments from joe biden that they can consider striking or targets. that they can consider striking ortargets. it's that they can consider striking or targets. it's been going up around 10% for different reasons over the last few months, a slowdown in the world economy and in china. so we are sort of where back to where we were. there are two caveats about what happens next, this is why investors are nervous and we are seeing with the oil prices. iran controls about 3% of the worlds oil supply, not a huge amount but significant. the bigger concern is the straight of foremost, a narrow waterway that runs through the region from which about 30% of the worlds oil will pass from other producers in the region.

iran has significant control over that waterway, so it could geopolitically play it on an important role. there is no expectation at this stage anything would happen there, and supplies will continue to get through, but the other chokepoints is houthis revel —— rubbers backed by iran are able to control parts of the red sea roots as well, so in nervousness about what production will get through that route, whether iran will exert influence there and choke off some of that supply, that as we said, is about 30% of the worlds. that is significant, but it is worth remembering that since russia invaded ukraine, lots of countries in the world have said they need to get their oil and energy from elsewhere, there's big pushes into renewable and content sources from elsewhere, so this way the middle east had over the world in congaree in terms of providing oil is somewhat domitian —— diminished, so he could have an effect but a relatively new to the effect given what we may see in the future.— see in the future. thank you for that important _ see in the future. thank you for that important context, | for that important context,

ben. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyhu, has held a security meeting to discuss exactly how his country will respond to the wave of ballistic missiles iran launched on tuesday. yesterday, president biden said he was against israel targeting iran's nuclear facilities. david albright is an american physicist, weapons expert, and the founder of the institute for science and international security in washington. he told me how close iran was to having a nuclear weapon. i think, dangerously close. i mean, iran has shown that it can make weapons grade uranium in sufficient quantities for a nuclear weapon within days, and accumulate enough for several nuclear weapons in a month. and so that part is settled now. that's the raw ingredients for a nuclear weapon. and, but they've worked on nuclear weapons a lot

in the past and so they know how to do it. and so i think my own estimate is in about six months, they could put together a crude nuclear explosive device that could test underground. they could declare themselves a nuclear power. it wouldn't be delivered... i don't think it would be deliverable by missile. i think that would take longer. but nonetheless, if you look at other countries and what they've done, like pakistan, india, north korea, they didn't wait till they had a missile deliverable nuclear warhead to declare themselves nuclear powers, and to do it in a credible manner, in the sense that the international community accepted it. so if israel were to try to hit those facilities, how easy or difficult would that be? i think it's certainly a difficult problem. and it's not like when israel attacked the syrian reactor, 2007. um, it's a much more diffuse programme involving enrichment of enrichment of uranium. there's stocks of it

of 60% enriched uranium, which is just a slight step from weapon grade. there's lots of centrifuges. it's notjust one reactor. so it's a difficult problem. but over two years ago, the israelis were pretty clear that they said we needed two years to plan an attack on iran's nuclear facility. so those two years are are up. and so they've been thinking through how to do this. and i think they can do things that will surprise us. who would have thought they'd put explosive, um, material in pagers and just decimate hezbollah's, um, mid—level operatives? so i think the israelis have been thinking about this, and it's something that they probably could do, and they could do quite a bit of damage to the iranian nuclear programme. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

britain has agreed to hand over sovereignty of the remote but strategically important chagos islands in the indian ocean, to mauritius. the historic deal — reached after years of negotiations — was announced in a joint statement by the british and mauritian prime ministers. with me is our correspondent andrew harding. he has followed this closely, and andrew, take us through the significance of a move like this. �* r' significance of a move like this. w, ., , ., this. ask extraordinary and hu:el this. ask extraordinary and hugely symbolic. _ this. ask extraordinary and hugely symbolic. how- this. ask extraordinary and | hugely symbolic. how often this. ask extraordinary and - hugely symbolic. how often does any nation hanover part of its territory to a nation like prices. what was driving this? american interests. they have major interest on eagle garcia, one of the biggest islands, and they wanted to make sure they

kept control of the islands, and the merchants agreed, if they give us back control to they give us back control to the martians, the americans can continue that lease. some were worried china might try to exploit the situation, but the americans and british and mauritians are on board with the deal and that is why it was allowed to get through pretty quickly in the end. just ahead of the martian elections and american elections, which is what was drying —— driving this. it what was drying -- driving this. ., , what was drying -- driving this. . , . ., ., what was drying -- driving this. . , _, ., this. it was welcome to joe biden, his _ this. it was welcome to joe biden, his statement - this. it was welcome to joe biden, his statement put l this. it was welcome to joe l biden, his statement put out this. it was welcome to joe - biden, his statement put out by the british government as well and david lammy, foreign secretary, but not universally politically here in the uk. you heard it is _ politically here in the uk. you heard it is them _ politically here in the uk. you heard it is them from - heard it is them from conservative party leadership candidates, calling this a surrender and defeat and that britain gave into easily, some people are raising concerns about the issue of china expecting things, but fundamentally, this was ideal that was set in motion by the previous conservative government, and i think there is generally a broad consensus

that this made sense, that it was time to get rid of what had become a obstacle for britain in its engagement on the world stage, that the un and all sort of international institutions. historically my islanders were moved off this island, so is there likely in the future to be any redress for them? first ofthe be any redress for them? first of the blue _ be any redress for them? first of the blue removed _ be any redress for them? first of the blue removed were - be any redress for them? f “st of the blue removed were the chagos islands errors back in the 70s, so yes there is crucial for some communities of those exiled islanders that they would not have an opportunity notjust a visit, and there have been the visits organized by the britain in the past, but notjust a visit, and there have been visits organized by the britain in the past, but now to go resettle the island, there will be expensive and logistically complex boa but some people certainly feel it is a time to come, and that this is fundamentally next fundamentally next fundamentally about justice for them and the right to go home. thank you for all that, andrew.

about 100,000 newborn babies in england are being tested for genetic diseases as part of a new study aiming to improve diagnosis and treatment. more than 200 rare diseases will be detected in the screening process, meaning babies can be treated and, in some cases cured, at the earliest possible age. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. just a day old. amelia is among the first babies to have their entire genetic code sequenced to look for rare diseases. her mum didn't hesitate when offered the test at birmingham women's hospital. it was a no brainer because amelia will be tested for 200 different genetic conditions so she will benefit, but also will contribute to the wider research population, which will affect other children. amelia's blood sample, taken from her umbilical cord, is being sent to labs in cambridge, where her entire genetic code or genome will be sequenced. faulty genes in our dna can cause thousands of rare

diseases, but only treatable conditions will be identified. the 200 conditions which have been selected for the programme cause substantial health problems early in childhood and the treatments and interventions which are available for all of these conditions can have a dramatic impact on that child. they can reduce the symptoms and in some cases they represent a cure. # i'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah! ### this isjoshua two years ago, bright and active. and this is him now. aged nine, joshua from surrey is no longer able to walk or talk. his condition, mld, is one of those which will now be screened for. his mum has clear advice to parents offered the test. do not even hesitate. if you can save your child's life, that is more important than anything in this world and speaking as a parent who is losing their child day

to day, please don't look back and take the opportunity to find out. had joshua's condition been picked up at birth, he could potentially have been cured. now the damage done is irreversible. where's joshy? just got everyone wrapped around his little finger already. back at hospital, gemma says she hasn't picked a name yet for her son, but he is part of the screening programme. all the babies involved in this study will be contacted again when they reach the age of 16, to see if they want to continue with the research. that could involve looking for other faulty genes, which later in life can increase your risk of getting certain cancers, heart disease or even dementia. that will raise ethical questions about what information should be shared. but for now, the focus is on the start of life

and giving parents greater reassurance about their ba by�*s health. fergus walsh, bbc news. with me is our medical editor fergus walsh. we cover so many depressing and distressing stories, but not this one, it's incredible in terms of potential. it this one, it's incredible in terms of potential.- this one, it's incredible in terms of potential. it is and it's a massive _ terms of potential. it is and it's a massive expansion - terms of potential. it is and it's a massive expansion of| terms of potential. it is and i it's a massive expansion of the testing programme that currently exist. currently, when there five days old, newborn babies are given a healer prick blood tests across the uk which checks were nine serious disorders, this will check for over 200, and the key thing is because there are thousands of rare genetic disorders, all 200 plus that have been chosen, all of those conditions are treatable, and thatis conditions are treatable, and that is a key. it is diagnosing conditions quicker so that babies can be diagnosed and treated, and in some cases

cured postop it was incredible, i spoke. it cured postop it was incredible, i soke. ., , cured postop it was incredible, i soke. . , . , i spoke. it was incredible, i soke i spoke. it was incredible, i spoke to — i spoke. it was incredible, i spoke to one _ i spoke. it was incredible, i spoke to one of _ i spoke. it was incredible, i spoke to one of the - i spoke. it was incredible, ij spoke to one of the doctors i spoke. it was incredible, i. spoke to one of the doctors in the study and she was contrasting this with the timeline and what happens currently, where parents can sometimes suspect something wrong but by the time the testing is completed, that can be years. testing is completed, that can be ears. , , testing is completed, that can be ears. , be years. yes, it is called the diagnostic — be years. yes, it is called the diagnostic odyssey, - be years. yes, it is called the diagnostic odyssey, and - be years. yes, it is called the diagnostic odyssey, and on l diagnostic odyssey, and on average, appearance of a child with that rare genetic disorder spend five years of searching for answers, spend five years of searching foranswers, hospital spend five years of searching for answers, hospital visits, tests, procedures, before they find out what is happening with their child. and if you saw in that piece withjoshua, had he been diagnosed at birth, he could have gotten a trial, now the treatment is available on the treatment is available on the nhs, forany the treatment is available on the nhs, for any one off treatment that could potentially halt mld in his tracks, and is potentially a cure, so this would prevent lots of hard to eat. there are

ethical questions about what you want to tell a family about their child's future potential health, and that is worth talking about as well. yes, because. _ talking about as well. yes, because, as _ talking about as well. yes, because, as you _ talking about as well. yes, because, as you made - talking about as well. yes, because, as you made the| talking about as well. yes, - because, as you made the point, they are only talking about here, treatable conditions, so thatis here, treatable conditions, so that is the dilemma, the gray area, is something they can see from the results that is not treatable. from the results that is not treatable-— from the results that is not treatable. yes, and later in life, all those _ treatable. yes, and later in life, all those babies - treatable. yes, and later in life, all those babies when| life, all those babies when they are adults will be asked if they want to continue the research, and then you might ask questions about what do you carry one of the brecherjeans, the so—called brecker genes that can greatly increase your risk of ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer and others, and would you want to know at the age of 20 that you have a higher risk of potentially getting dementia? how much of a higher risk would be letting people know, those are questions for the future. but for now, all the parents i spoke to about it and opted for it, said they would rather know

and are happy to help with research. and are happy to help with research-— and are happy to help with research. . , ., ., research. final question, what is the timeline? _ research. final question, what is the timeline? this - research. final question, what is the timeline? this is - research. final question, what is the timeline? this is a - is the timeline? this is a study, and he talked about the hope that in the end this could just be a standard test done in the first few days, so what is the first few days, so what is the timeline we are talking about? �* , ., , the timeline we are talking about? �*, . , , ., . about? it's a big research project. _ about? it's a big research project, 100,000 - about? it's a big researchj project, 100,000 babies, about? it's a big research l project, 100,000 babies, it depends who comes forward, only 13 hospitals of the moment, scaling up to 40, i think would be a few years, i have no doubt within a whole decade, sequencing for newborns will be standard. b, sequencing for newborns will be standard. . . ,. ., sequencing for newborns will be standard. . ., , ., , standard. a fascinating story, thank you _ standard. a fascinating story, thank you for _ standard. a fascinating story, thank you for giving _ standard. a fascinating story, thank you for giving us - standard. a fascinating story, thank you for giving us more | standard. a fascinating story, | thank you for giving us more of the details. for viewers in the uk, just to tell you that we will play you with that interview i did with one of the doctors involved in the next two minutes, and also talk to one of the families involved in this study, so plenty more on that story coming up, plenty more from the latest in the middle east, of course seeing those strikes in lebanon continuing through the day to

stop these are the life pictures from beirut because so much concern about what is happening there on the ground. we will have the latest from their hair on the programme in their hair on the programme in the next half an hour. thank you for watching. good afternoon. it was an absolutely glorious start to the day, and most of us will keep sunny spells into the afternoon, but it came at a price. it was a chilly start, the coldest autumn morning so far in braemar in scotland, and we had some patchy mist and fog as well. as you get when high pressure dominates in autumn. and that high pressure is going to stay with us for the rest of the day and into tomorrow. but we will start to see a change developing as we go through the latter stages of friday into the start of the weekend. there's more wet and possibly windy weather to come as well. so enjoy the sunshine for the remainder of the afternoon. sunny spells, a little bit of fair weather cloud developing into the afternoon, and perhaps the breeze picking up and a few isolated showers into western scotland. but on the whole, temperatures will peak at around 13 to 17 degrees —

pretty much where they should be for this time of year. as we go through the evening, the winds will continue to strengthen further and this weather front will bring some showery rain into northern ireland and northwest scotland. clearer skies across england and wales will mean temperatures once again into single figures. and because of all the rain that we had in september, the ground is pretty moist so we could see further mist and fog forming. the high is drifting slowly eastwards and that means that these weather fronts will start to push in from the atlantic, but they are going to make slow progress. so on friday, the showery rain really sitting across western scotland, northern ireland. we might see more cloud developing through the isle of man and west wales, but on the whole, dry and quiet elsewhere and once again, temperatures peaking into the mid to high teens in places. now, as we move out of friday into saturday, the next front will start to move in. again, a slow process being blocked by that high pressure. but some of the rain

will start to turn quite heavy across northern ireland and northwest scotland, and the winds will strengthen too. elsewhere, we should cling on to some sunshine for the bulk of saturday, maybe some rain pushing into cornwall and southwest wales by the end of the day. that frontal system will continue to sweep its way steadily eastwards overnight, so a spell of heavy rain and stronger winds clearing across the country. that will linger first thing on sunday and even once it clears, it is going to leave quite a showery story for the second half of the weekend.

this is bbc news, the headlines... president biden says he is talking with israel about the possibility it could attack iran's energy sector. oil prices immediately spike. mr biden was speaking as the israeli military continued its strikes across lebanon. the government says it will hand sovereignty of the remote chagos islands to mauritius. it's a historic — and controversial — move. what and controversial — move. might an lord usually, t who what might an lord usually, the man who helped lead the fight against racism in football, has died at the age of 79. we will have tribute to sauer ——

now with all the latest sport, here's lizzie. hello, good evening, matthew. we're starting with football — and tottenham's dominic solanke has been named in the england squad for their nations league matches against greece and finland this month. it's the striker�*s first call—up since his one and only cap back in 2017, when he was a substitute appearance against brazil. england manager lee carsley has also recalled kyle walker, phil foden, and jude bellingham — while harry maguire, tino livramento, jarrod bowen, and eberechi eze all miss out. with the squad that we've got, we've got so many talented players. always looking at finding the right balance, you know, who complements who in terms of the way that we play. i try not to get too caught up in positions and to positional — it's more the attributes and the way we can potentially attack the

opposition. well, northern ireland manager michael o'neill has