this is bbc news, the headlines... defiance from iran's supreme leader. in a rare speech, he praises his country's missile attack on israel and hints there could be more to come. overnight — huge blasts in beirut close to the airport — reports suggest israel was targeting hezbollah�*s next leader. more air strikes today — israel says more than 2,000 sites have been hit during their military operations in southern lebanon. we have been looking at the road from beirut to damascus that was struck overnight. israel said it was being used to transport weapons. mps will get a vote on assisted dying in england and wales.

we'll hearfrom campaigners on both sides of the argument. the crown prosecution service has said it has charged christopher harrison with causing death by careless driving over a collision that killed helen holland who was hit by a motorcycle which was part of the duchess of edinburgh's police escort, so that news coming to us from the cbs that it is charged a police officer christopher harrison by causing death by careless driving, and 81—year—old that was hit by a motorcycle, that happened in west london back in may 2023. that news is just breaking, if there is more we will obviously return to it.

now with all the latest sport, here's lizzy. we're starting with the news this afternoon that for the first time in 60 years, great britain will compete for the america's cup. sir ben ainslie�*s team beat italy 7—4 in a qualifying event in barcelona. ineos britannia won the first of two races to seal the best—of—i3 series against the italian luna rossa team. the result means great britain gets to take on the defending champions new zealand in sailing's oldest contest. huge moment for the team, you know, i'm super proud of everyone on the water and on the shore, back in the uk and with the technical team it's been a massive team effort, so it's been a massive team effort, so it's been great. been a massive team effort, so it's been great-— been great. 2013 when you first beuan? been great. 2013 when you first began? yet. — been great. 2013 when you first began? yet, ten _ been great. 2013 when you first began? yet, ten years - been great. 2013 when you first began? yet, ten years since - been great. 2013 when you first began? yet, ten years since we -ounded began? yet, ten years since we pounded the — began? yet, ten years since we pounded the team _ began? yet, ten years since we pounded the team and - began? yet, ten years since we pounded the team and it's - began? yet, ten years since we pounded the team and it's the i began? yet, ten years since we i pounded the team and it's the first time with the cup and we've had some good moments and not so good moments, this is definitely the best so far. of course we want to go all the way now. 0nto football and manchester united

travel to aston villa on sunday with questions still being asked about the future of manager erik ten hag after their dramatic 3—3 draw with porto in the europa league. united sit 13th in the table with just seven points. despite the poor start, the dutchman insists the club is united behind him. i'm not thinking about such issues because that is not the topic. we are there together and the leadership, team, the staff, this team has the belief that they don't give up, in some other parts they have to step up and if you want to win trophies, you have to definitely in some areas we have to improve. well, manchester united co—owner, sirjim ratcliffe, in barcelona to witness britannia's moment of history, spoke to our sports editor dan roan about whether or not

he had faith in ten hag. i think ithinki i think i don't want to answer that question, i like eric, he's a very good coach, but at the end of the day it's not my call, it's the management team of united that have to decide how we best from the team. in many different respects. we have to take stock and make sense of our decisions, or objective is very clear, we won't take much to get united back where it should be. there were not there yet. cricket and england's test captain ben stokes is a doubt for the first test against pakistan on monday. the allrounder hasn't played since the beginning of august and is still recovering from a hamstring injury. stokes did bat and bowl in the nets today in multan but will undergo more tests before its decided if he'll play in the match. and there's a chance that if he does play, he doesn't bowl. it's day two of the t20 women's world cup, and india are currently playing new zealand in dubai and they have a bit of a tough task to win this.

new zealand batted first and set india a target of 161, captain sophie devine top scoring with 57 not out. in reply india have lost three early wickets and are currently 52 for three after eight overs. in the day's earlier match, south africa thrashed west indies. after winning the toss and bowling, south africa restricted the windies to 118 with nonku—luleko mlaba taking four wickets — and they then chased it down with ease. captain laura wolvaardt and tazmin brits both made unbeaten half centuries — as south africa won by ten wickets with more than two overs to spare. at rugby�*s wxv2 tournament — at rugby�*s wxv2 tournament — wales women have suffered back—to—back defeats, wales women have suffered this time a narrow loss to italy. after a 37—5 humbling defeat after a 37—5 humbling defeat to australia in their opening to australia in their opening fixture, wales were hoping fixture, wales were hoping for better fortune for better fortune against the italians. against the italians. trailing 8—5 in the dying moments trailing 8—5 in the dying moments they had one last chance to snatch a win but were denied by some heroic they had one last chance to snatch italy defending in cape town. and that's all the sport for now. and that's all the sport for now.

lizzie, thank you so much. as we heard — israel says they've hit 2,000 sites in their military operations in southern lebanon. one of those was a major road out of lebanon struck overnight, which the israeli military says was being used to transport weapons. bbc verify has been looking at footage, and the importance of this route to thousands of people fleeing the fighting. richard irvine—brown has more. videos have showed damage following the strike at the border crossing and you can see it spans the width of the road rendering it

and filmed by a motorcyclist on that road. you can see the same pylons and rock formations, the same as the footage of the damage. a note of caution, similar spot on this road was struck in 2006, seen here, so to confirm the footage was new we took stills from the video and searched for previous images online, and we looked at the damage we are seeing today, and we think that is different to what we saw in 2006 and then we cross checked the location with doors able to visualise with tools able to visualise what the terrain looks like and confirmed that the damage happened here around 700 metres from the checkpoint, five kilometres from the border itself. so, today the israeli military confirmed they had struck the masnaa border, but what is the knock—on effect? it is a direct route for those

trying to get out of lebanon. the territory is very mountainous so the next crossing is almost 100 kilometres away, far into the north, so this video which was taken on friday, hours after the strike, shows people and families on foot heading for syria, and trying to get around the damage on the road. let me show you this chart from the un refugee agency which is being used to chart the movement of people and they say 185,000 people have crossed into syria since 30th september and a number of them have used the masnaa crossing, the main route since the conflict between israel and hezbollah increased, and the one concern is of course for their safety.

the impact in terms of refugees that were leaving the country and aid coming in. it is mostly an internal displacement but with israel expanding the areas it's targeting, that means the areas that people feel safe to run to are shrinking. and so we have seen more and more people fleeing to syria, trying to protect their families. those today, this movement was hindered but there are three other border crossings that were still operation, however as the reporterjust alluded, there are 100 km away, it's much longer

route. this affects also our efforts to try to mobilise and bring in more relief items like blankets, like food items and so on. so the trucks will usually bring this items and, now the drivers feel unsafe to cross and so we have to... yesterday, trucks have to go much longer routes to reach into lebanon. it is trucks have to go much longer routes to reach into lebanon.— to reach into lebanon. it is not 'ust the to reach into lebanon. it is not just the trucks, _ to reach into lebanon. it is not just the trucks, isn't _ to reach into lebanon. it is not just the trucks, isn't it? - to reach into lebanon. it is not. just the trucks, isn't it? yesterday the world health organization were saying that flights because so many have been cancelled in that region, they couldn't get medical teams and aid into the region, that must be affecting you as well. so tell me in so many critical points, i'll try to be briefe you address it so many critical points, i'll try to be briefe you as dress it so many critical points, i'll try to be briefe you as well. it so many critical points, i'll try to be briefe you as well. so tell me in terms of getting enough supplies in, affecting you as well. so tell me in terms of getting enough supplies in, given the numbers that you are given the numbers that you are talking about, do you have enough talking about, do you have enough aid there on the ground, and give me aid there on the ground, and give me aid there on the ground, and give me a thought also about the dangers to aid there on the ground, and give me a thought also about the dangers to your team is well with all of this your team is well with all of this going on all around them. you hit on going on all around them. you hit on so many critical points, i'll try to so many critical points, i'll try to

be briefed to address it be briefed to address it all, but the needs are growing by the day, with more people fleeing. fiur with more people fleeing. our current resources _ with more people fleeing. oi" current resources on the ground, her colleagues are on the ground providing all kind of relief items, blankets, repairing shelters, even giving cash assistance. that is not enough because a lot of people are being displaced. and we are trying to bring in more supplies, also anticipating another escalation that could even shut the borders. so now we have delays, we have disruptions to bring in this relief and the volatile security situation meant flights were grounded yesterday, some were able to fly in today but we are hearing every day of more challenges to bring this aid in, but it is critical because these people are leaving their houses, they don't take anything with them, they need water, they need food, they need medical care and most of all, they are civilians that need to be

protected according to international law. and this is our most strongest appeal — we need the parties to respect international law, to spare civilians and to ensure that humanitarian workers like my colleagues who are on the ground in lebanon, are safe and that they are safety is guaranteed so they continue to reach all those people in need. the best solution is for this conflict to stop now. today before tomorrow because every day it goes, more lives are lost, more displacement and more hardship. the mod have clarified the number of people discharged into sexual misconduct. into the marine service, three individuals have been discharged and relation to allegations against sophie brooke, she has waived her right to anonymity, an additional 18 have

been discharged after investigations made by other women, in total 21 discharged with a further four being reduced in rank and six facing disciplinary or administrative action. that's the latest we are hearing from the ministry of defence. as we have been reporting, mps will be given a vote on whether the assisted dying law should be changed in england and wales. let's hearfrom dr henry marsh, a neurosurgeon a campainer for assisted dying — who has written extensively about his advanced prostate cancer. and dr gillian wright, a former palliative care doctor who now campaigns against assisted dying. dr marsh started by telling me aout his personal circumstances. i'm currently in remission from stage three b prostate cancer, but it's uncertain.

and it's very common. i have always been a passionate advocate of legalising assisted dying long before i became a patient myself. so tell me, in terms of what we think is going to be put forward, the very fact that mps will be voting on this again. just give me your headline thoughts on that move, because we've not had a vote for quite a number of years. well, there are two. there are two ways of allowing assisted dying, which varies many, many countries in the world where it is allowed. and i really can't emphasise strongly enough the argument about assisted dying is now a question of evidence, because so many countries have allowed it, and there is clear evidence, in my opinion, that it does not lead to abuse or a diminution of palliative care, which is the hypothetical argument produced by its passionate opponents.

at the moment, the bill going in front of parliament, i think, is advocating assisted dying only for people who have a terminal diagnosis of six months, in my opinion, and the campaign group, i'm a patron of my death. my decision — this is cruel and perverse. in effect, you're saying if you're suffering for less than six months, you can have assisted dying, but if you're going to suffer for more than six months, you can't. and this is clearly absurd. and if you look at countries like canada who have legislated to allow assisted dying for a longer diagnosis than six months, there are very, very robust safeguards. you have a cooling off period of 90 days. active care is mandated. it's really very carefully thought out, henry. it's really very carefully thought out. there is no evidence this leads to abuse. let me pause you there and bring in doctor wright. doctor, tell me your position. you hear what is being put forward.

give me an idea of why you think that is not a good direction of travel. well, thank you so much for having me. i represent doctors and nurses across the uk who are hugely concerned about any move to introduce assisted suicide, particularly because of the effect on vulnerable groups, those who might have had previous chronic mental health problems, maybe a mild learning disability or who are homeless and face a terminal diagnosis. we're really concerned, particularly for those who might feel pressure to take their own life, given those circumstances. and we're just so conscious that the nhs is in crisis and so many people lack the care that they should get at the end of life, and this is really the wrong intervention at the wrong time. and we must instead campaign for best palliative care. and i'll come back to that point in a moment.

but gillian, in terms of people who support the sort of argument you're putting forward, i was listening to dame tanni grey—thompson. her fears were reflecting from the opposite end of what dr henry marsh was saying, talking about this six month dividing line. she thought in the end, that would just be the thin end of the wedge. is that your fear as well? absolutely. because actually, henry's right. it is unfair to say five months, four months, three months and you are eligible, but seven or eight or nine months, you're not. and so it is fundamentally discriminatory legislation to say that some people are eligible in that sense and some aren't. and so actually, henry just demonstrated why the legislation so quickly extends. and so, for example, canada introduced legislation for those with a terminal diagnosis in 2016, but then that was extended because of challenge by someone with a chronic illness.

in 2021, and then it's been extended again to those who have a chronic mental illness alone. but that's been channelled internationally. and so it's currently being paused. so actually the slippery slope or thin end of the wedge is a logical cliff. and you can see how the legal premise is so quickly extended. let me pause you there. we've only got about 2.5 minutes left. so briefly, both of you, if you could. henry, just address what dr gillian was saying. you clearly don't agree with her. tell her why you think she's wrong. well, where is the evidence from the jurisdictions where assisted dying is allowed that is leading to abuse? where is the evidence? the answer is it doesn't happen if you have adequate safeguards. the whole question is about having legally enforced, properly regulated safeguards. we'll let doctor wright respond to that. it's all about the safeguards they put in place in any legislation. thank you.

well, it's really concerning what those safeguards are. so one of the key concerns is coercion. and we know well that doctors are not good at determining when someone is being coerced or is in a coercive relationship. and we know that it's actually very difficult to establish capacity in certain circumstances. it's very difficult to establish prognosis. and we know that what are often called safeguards are actually eligibility criteria and can be quickly dismantled. and people are... henry, come back on that. well, it's difficult, i agree. butjust because it's difficult does not mean we should neglect the large number of people who die badly, despite good palliative care, and also the whole question of autonomy and loss of dignity, which many of us fear in the last few days or weeks of our life. this is about patient choice. it's not about medical paternalism,

with the doctor knowing best. and i see no evidence from countries which allow assisted dying, where the safeguards are not adequate and not working. just a final a final quick 30seconds doctor. i guess my question would be is it a true choice? and are people making a true choice when they don't have access to true care? and we know from marie curie, one in four patients in the uk do not get access to palliative care, and yet we might provide them with means to take their own life. we must get palliative care right. the two sides of the argument that are are an assisted dying legislation that mps will get to vote on. here in the uk — two metropolitan police officers who were sacked for gross misconduct after their stop and search of the british sprinter bianca williams and her partner have won an appeal against their dismissal. 0ur correspondent adina campbell has more.

back injuly 2020, when a video went viral on social media showing the moment bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos were stopped in maida vale in west london, while their three month old baby was crying in the back of the car and their car was searched for weapons and drugs. nothing was found and the pair were detained for about 45 minutes. all of this led to a disciplinary hearing in october of last year, where five officers were all accused of gross misconduct. two of those officers ended up being sacked for lying about smelling cannabis. but today there has been a decision by the police appeals tribunal which said that they found the original decision to be irrational and inconsistent. the appeals tribunal chairman said that both officers did not lie and they will now be reinstated back into the metropolitan police with back pay. there has been a statement by ricardo dos santos which says, "our drive home from training in 2020 with our baby

should never have turned into a violent incident where we were wrongly accused of smelling drugs." and he goes on to say that they will be challenging this decision in the civil courts. it is almost been three months since the donald trump survived an assassination attempt, a chops of the president before he was shot by security services. tomorrow donald trump will return to that same location apparently with elon musk, who is going tojoin him at another raleigh and butler. 0ur who is going tojoin him at another raleigh and butler. our analysis editor russ adkins has been examining key questions about what happened on that day back injuly. donald trump is going back to butler to hold a rally in the same place he survived an attempted assassination. there were still questions about

what went wrong that day. first, why was the building not secured? given it was 130 metres from the stage with a direct line of sight. the secret service did have a security perimeter, but the building was beyond it in an area overseen by local police. and it wasn't secured. the secret service did not give clear guidance or direction to our local law enforcement partners. the next question is, why was trump allowed on stage? at 5:10pm crooks was identified as a person of interest by local police. at 5:38pm, eight local police sniper said i did see him with a rangefinder looking towards the stage. notify secret service snipers to look out, i lost sight of him. some secret service personnel were notified but at 6:02pm, trump walked on stage almost an hour after crooks was first seen.

at 6:06pm, a member of the public filmed crooks on the roof and at 6:10pm, a police officer was boosted by a colleague to check the ruth. but drop down when he was confronted with crooks. inhibited the collective awareness of all secret service personnel. notjust that, the secret service didn't share the information it had received across its full team. because of that, trump was on stage and at 6:11pm, crooks opened fire. there is another question, too. why didn't secret service snipers shoot earlier? behind the stage, two sniper teams were in position. you can see them here. one of them would shoot crooks dead. when he attacked, this was the view crooks had, he'd been on the roof for at least 18 minutes. for the snipers, even before the rally, concerns were raised about their

lines of sight. this animation it shows that trees probably blocked one of the team's's view of the roof. whether any of the snipers could see crooks the whole time he was on the roof, we don't know. but lack of line of sight may explain why they didn't act sooner. what is clear is that security mistakes allowed the attack to happen. and while many questions remain about why those mistakes occurred and about the gunman's motive, there is an overall conclusion —... this about the gunman's motive, there is an overall conclusion -. . ._ an overall conclusion -. .. this was an overall conclusion -. .. this was a failure on _ an overall conclusion -. .. this was a failure on the _ an overall conclusion -. .. this was a failure on the part _ an overall conclusion -. .. this was a failure on the part of— an overall conclusion -. .. this was a failure on the part of the - an overall conclusion -. .. this was a failure on the part of the unitedl a failure on the part of the united states secret service.— states secret service. more from butler on bbc— states secret service. more from butler on bbc news _ states secret service. more from butler on bbc news tomorrow. l states secret service. more from . butler on bbc news tomorrow. let's end the programme where we start to come looking at the pictures from beirut because throughout the course of the day, more is really strikes and we have heard from the israeli authorities that two more of their soldiers have died with the un in the last few moments saying the toll

on civilians in lebanon from israel's campaign against his brother is totally unacceptable stop the world waits to see what israel's response to iran is. ask for watching, see you next time. hello, there. good afternoon. well, we've seen some respite from all of the wet weather across the south of england over the last couple of days. and for the rest of this afternoon, the blue sky and the sunshine are just set to continue with high pressure dominating. it's slowly drifting a little further eastwards, but it's still helping to block these weather fronts approaching from the north and the west. but still more cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain across western scotland, northern ireland as we head through the rest of the day. more cloud too, increasing for eastern scotland. we'll see quite a fresh southerly to south—easterly wind blow, particularly across the western isles. rather windy here, but a lot of sunshine for england and wales, with some fairweather cloud at times. and temperatures in the best of the sunny spells could get as high as perhaps 16—18c. of course, cooler underneath the cloud and the rain, but here it's going to be a milder night. of course, as all of that cloud

and outbreaks of patchy rain tend to push their way further eastwards into southern eastern areas of scotland, perhaps through northern england as well. so double figures underneath all of the cloud. but where we keep the clear skies, further south and east, temperatures could dip back to mid single figures. so quite a chilly start locally here. and then this is saturday. low pressure approaches from the atlantic, sending these weather fronts further eastwards. but for most of us, it's still dry and bright on saturday, with a bit of rain out towards the west. turning heavier, and then that cloud pushes across the whole of the uk. so a much greyer day on sunday, with some patchy outbreaks of rain for most of us. so this is saturday, then. some of that rain heavy and persistent across northern ireland, pushing up through northwestern scotland as we head through the morning into the afternoon. more cloud developing across western wales and the south—west of england. but again, a lot of sunshine for most of us and for the vast majority it will be a dry day, but then it will turn wetter overnight on saturday into sunday.

with these fronts gradually pushing further eastwards. it's a cloudier looking day on sunday, the clouds spreading into eastern scotland, parts of eastern england too, with rain across south—west england and much of wales up through north—west england and western scotland as we head through the latter part of the day. temperatures, again, 13—17c. now, that low pressure pushes further eastwards, it's going to introduce very unsettled conditions as we head into the start of next week. here's the outlook for our capital cities. bye—bye for now.

tonight at six, iran's supreme leader defends his country's missile strike on israel earlier this week. in a rare speech, leading friday prayers, ayatollah khamenei called it "minimum punishment" for israel's actions. as israel carries out more strikes on lebanon, israeli forces continue to battle hezbollah on its northern border. and now we can hear the sirens are going off and we have to get out of the area. and here in beirut there have been more of a strike today as we bring you the latest across the middle east. and the other main stories on tonight's programme...