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...

a police officer has been charged over the death of an 81—year—old was part of an escort. take a look at what happened. donald trump returns this weekend to the city in pennsylvania where he survived an assassination attempt. we speak to others who were there. and rule britannia rules the waves. and great britain are in the america's cup final for the first time since 1964. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. the global players union say that a european court ruling on fifa's transfer rules will change the landscape of professional football. good evening. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei has defended his country's missile on attack on israel this week, calling it the "minimum punishment". he made a rare public

address by leading friday prayers for the first time in nearly five years. it comes as israel has continued to intensify its attacks on the iran—backed group hezbollah across lebanon. let's go to anna foster in beirut. thanks, reeta. we have seen and heard more large air strikes year we have seen and heard more large airstrikes year in we have seen and heard more large air strikes year in beirut. just in the last few hours one very close to the last few hours one very close to the airport road and another near a hospital. this recent map shows the extent of weapons strikes across the region. attacks by israel are shown in red and those by hezbollah, rockets that they're still firing into northern israel, are in purple. today israel has ordered residents in these southern lebanese communities, around 30 villages here marked in orange, to leave their homes for their own safety. the areas in grey show places which have already received evacuation orders since tuesday. this morning an israeli strike cut

a key route with syria. the masnaa crossing has been used by thousands of refugees who've been fleeing the bombing by israel. they fled the civil war in syria and are no going back to play the bombing in lebanon. in a moment we'll hearfrom our correspondent lucy williamson in northern israel where hezbollah have continued to fire rockets, but first our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from southern lebanon. an escape route from lebanon today, now passable, just, by foot. israel bombed the road overnight, claiming hezbollah was smuggling weapons beneath it. most of those struggling across this border are syrians escaping lebanon's war to go home to their own. who wouldn't want to escape this? beirut last night, another massive israeli strike one

mile from the airport. the target? the likely next leader of hezbollah. his fate unknown. hezbollah�*s too, but from its backer, iran, a massive show of strength today. the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, making a rare appearance in person at friday prayers. he said iran's missile attacks on israel this week were fully legal and legitimate, and would be repeated if necessary. in lebanon, israeli strikes are on repeat. this is in the south. was there a hezbollah target here? we don't know. but locals say israel killed five people from one family, including two women and a baby.

everybody here, the children, family, children, everybody here. why? hassan manar was here outside his coffee shop when the air strike killed his neighbours at the weekend. translation: two missiles came. i saw the first one landing. i was thrown from there to there. and the second missile sent me flying again. me and the guys. now i'm terrified if i hear this sound. hassan insists there were no weapons stored nearby, and all the dead were civilians. translation: it's not right. it's not right at all. i wish i died with them.

in lebanon now many are lost and weary and fear this war may bejust beginning. so we're just hearing explosions now. that's the sound of outgoing fire. that's rockets being fired from quite close by hezbollah, targeting israeli positions. a whole stream of rockets being fired now. israel has released this footage of its troops on lebanese soil, apparently advancing. but the invaders may face a hard fight here, as happened in the past. and how will the middle east look on the day after? few would dare to guess. orla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon.

israel says 250 hezbollah operatives have been killed since it sent ground troops into lebanon on monday night. israeli forces met fresh resistance today as they continued what they say is a "limited and targeted" incursion to destroy hezbollah infrastructure along the border. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports now from the israeli side of the israel—lebanon border, close to where clashes have been reported. hezbollah rockets are no longer a response to israeli troops in gaza but to israeli troops at home, mapping their path through lebanon's border villages. we are starting to see more signs of resistance to israeli forces on the other side of the border. even a year of airstrikes, intelligence operations, raids by special forces, have not destroyed hezbollah�*s ability to fight back

just a few miles in. we just heard some bursts of small arms fire and what sounded like some grenades from the israeli army, and now we can hear the sirens going off, telling us to get out of the area. explosions. we just heard a series of very loud explosions, what seems to be rockets landing nearby, some small arms fire across the border. it seems the israeli army is pushing in to a location and this was the response. go. most of the residents along this border have been evacuated. come on, time to go. but in the arab—israeli town ofjish a few miles down the road, many people have stayed, the sound of israeli artillery

firing from the hill above. the mayor is one of many here with family ties to lebanon. israel's ground war has sparked mixed emotions, he says. it's more than afraid. afraid is something forjust a few minutes. we have one year of afraid. i can't... i don't know how to say it but its fear for a long time. they don't know when, how, how it will finish. this is israel's third ground war in lebanon. so far those wars have been easier to start than to end. lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel—lebanon border. there are fresh fears tonight in the region as well after that iranians missile attack when more than 180

missiles were fired towards israel. israel vowed to respond and the expectation that will come after the jewish new year, so people are watching very closely in the coming hours and days to see what form that response will take when it comes and the further escalation that will mean for people here in the middle east. anna foster reporting from beirut. a metropolitan police officer has been charged over the death of an 81—year—old woman who was killed in a collision with a motorcycle that was part of an escort for the duchess of edinburgh. martine croxall is here. what more can you tell us? this relates to an incident in may last year and the woman who was killed in this incident was helen holland, who was 81. as you say, she was hit by a police motorbike in earl's court in west london and that motorbike was part of a royal escort for sophie, duchess of edinburgh. ms holland suffered serious injuries and died two weeks later. her son

martin told the bbc she had sustained multiple broken bones and massive internal injuries. after her death was announced, buckingham palace said the duchess of edinburgh would contact the family privately to express our deepest condolences and sympathies to them. today, christopher harrison, an officer with the met, who is 67, is being charged with causing death by careless driving at that follows a review of evidence by the independent 0ffice review of evidence by the independent office of police conduct. the crown prosecution service has issued a reminder that criminal proceedings are active and the defendant has a right to a fair trial, that is the case in proceedings, but there will be a lot of interest in this particular case. we are told that he will appear at westminster magistrates on the of november. two metropolitan police officers who were sacked for gross misconduct after stopping the british sprinter bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos have been handed theirjobs back and will receive backpay. it follows their winning an appeal

against their dismissal. the athletes were searched for drugs in october 2023 while their three—month—old baby was in the car. nothing was found. mr dos santos described the decision as "disappointing" and said he and ms williams would challenge it in the civil courts. the deaths of a boy and a girl who drowned afteran intense rip current off bournemouth beach were accidental, a coroner has concluded. 17—year—old joe abbess and 12—year—old sunnah khan died in may 2023. nothing more could have been done to save them, the coroner said, and the action of the lifeguards prevented further casualties. tomorrow, the republican nominee for the us presidency, donald trump, will return to butler in the state of pennsylvania where he was injured in an assassination attempt at a rally injuly. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue, who was there at the time of the attack, has returned to the swing state to speak to people who were affected that day, including the widow of a former volunteer fire—fighter

who was killed, hit by a bullet meant for mr trump. if you want to really see something... it's a moment that will go down in history... ..take a look at what happened... gunshots. get down, get down, get down. ..a former president coming within inches of losing his life. there's frantic activity among the police... a book bag next to him. give me a bleep hard line! ..as they look for other possible gunmen. this building, he was on top of this building! meanwhile, those closest to the stage are watching donald trump on the floor. this video, taken just moments later. while donald trump survived, corey comperatore did not. the former volunteer fire chief losing his life as he protected his wife and daughters. his widow, helen, told me how they'd been childhood sweethearts. the day before he was killed, my youngest daughter pulled out his senior photo that he had given to me.

and on the back he had written that i was his best... thanked me for being his best friend. and he actually teared up and looked at me and said, "thank you for being my best friend". so it was just kind of weird that we had that moment, you know, the day before. throughout the rally, corey had joked how he believed the former president would get him up on stage. less than a week later, corey's jacket was displayed on stage as donald trump accepted the republican nomination. ijust cried because, you know, i said he got his moment on stage with trump. so, you know, it was kind of like a nice moment, but it was a sad moment at the same time. two people with an exceptional view that day were a mother and son, 11—year—old gino, dressed as the former president, just feet from the stage.

i felt everything. i felt sad, scared, mad that someone would do this. the police are down there running around on the ground. _ we're like, "hey man, there's a guy on the roof with a rifle". _ and the police are like, "huh? "what" ? you know, like they didn't know what was going on. i just outside the rally, me and my team were talking to trump supporters about what they'd seen when one man told us an extraordinary story. his words would reverberate around the world. three months later, he has no regrets. i feel proud of it. i everything that i told you that| night has proven out to be true from everything that's come out since then. _ there's still no clear answer to the question why thomas crooks attempted to assassinate donald trump. but we do now have a much clearer idea about the series of security blunders that allowed him to do so. he was able to fly a drone over

the site undetected. police saw him using a rangefinder to judge the distance to the stage, yet still he was able to climb onto a roof and fire eight shots. moments after that, crooks was dead, a single shot to the head from a secret service sniper. multiple inquiries are trying to establish who was to blame, with much of the focus now on the actions of the secret service. if you're the secret service, if you're homeland security, if you're the most elite of the elite, how could you have failed in almost every single thing that needed to be covered? do you feel angry about losing him? yeah. very. i'm angry because, uh, there were a lot of mistakes made that day. and it didn't have to happen. it didn't have to happen. there are mixed feelings about donald trump's return to butler. some parents deciding

to keep their children away. but in this staunchly pro—trump county, many believe they owe it to the former president to welcome him back. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news butler, pennsylvania. our top story this evening... in a rare speech, leading friday prayers, iran's supreme leader defends his country's missile strike on israel earlier this week. and still to come... iam i am live in barcelona where britain has just reached the final of sailing's prestigious america's cup for the first time in 60 years. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. a doubt for monday, england are preeparing for the first test against pakistan in multan without their skipper ben stokes.

black mould, dry rot and fungus — that is what some people are having to cope with in their own homes, after having badly—installed insulation fitted. there are millions of low—income households which have had government—funded insulation in recent years, but poor workmanship is in many cases leading to damp and its resulting problems, as our correspondent zoe conway reports. i'm removing this mushroomy stuff that's grown on my mum's wall. lukman ashraf says mushrooms started growing after external wall insulation was fitted nearly two years ago. looks disgusting. we've got mould, as well. the house belongs to his mother, 84—year—old tormooja khatun. she'd like to sort of live her last few years in this house. and to live in comfort. yes. beneath the floorboards, white dry rot fungus is feeding off this house. building surveyor david walter says the quality

of the workmanship is appalling. it's just obviously been done by people who don't understand the basic principles of weatherproofing a building. the sad thing is, i see it time and time again, up and down the country. the family has been warned it could cost £100,000 to fix their home. this is a classic fruiting body dry rot. it's not clear who will pick up the bill. more than three million uk homes have been insulated under government energy efficiency schemes. the bbc revealed earlier this year the regulator 0fgem's own figures suggest that, in hundreds of thousands of homes, insulation wasn't installed to the required standard. the government's got to find out the depth of the problem and we cannot see heartbreaking, horrific stories like mrs khatun�*s — you know, that is just shocking. you know, the tragedy is there's many more households that are impacted in the same way.

under the disputes process, the family is supposed to let the company that did the work, saviour energy solutions, carry out the repairs, but they don't trust them to do it. saviour told the bbc... trustmark is responsible for ensuring the quality of work carried out under government schemes. its ceo told the bbc,... she doesn't sleep anyway due to ill health. she does worry a lot.

the family fears what another winter will do to their home. sir keir starmer has set out plans to invest almost £22 billion in projects to capture and store carbon over the next 25 years, saying the move would "kick—start growth". the process captures emissions from burning fuels and stores them permanently underground. it's hoped the funding for two areas, in merseyside and teesside, will create thousands ofjobs and help meet climate goals. but critics says the government is focusing on the wrong technology. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. the government brought out the big guns today, a top—level political trifecta of the prime minister, the chancellor of the exchequer and the energy secretary. it is evidence of how important the government thinks this announcement is. carbon capture is a race that we can win.

the uk continental shelf holds a third of the exploitable carbon storage space in all of europe. just think about that. 0ur geology, a third of everything that we have in europe. huge potential for our country, for the jobs of the future. sir keir chose to announce the investment in a glass factory, the kind of hard—to—decarbonise industry that the government hopes will benefit from the new technology. carbon capture and storage does pretty much what it says on the tin — the c02 produced by industry or fossil fuels is captured and then pumped out to be permanently stored underground in depleted oil and gas wells. the £21.7 billion investment announced today will be in a cluster of projects here in the north—west, and another around teesside in the north—east. this money and this project isn't new, is it? the tories announced 20 billion for a scheme that was almost exactly the same as this just a year ago. well, the tories spoke about doing

it but they didn't actually do any of the agreement and they didn't put the money aside. so that is the big change, and this is the big political divide now, between invest or decline. and there are other issues. this place produces one in three of all the bottles used in the uk. now, the company that owns it says it is determined to reduce its carbon emissions, but carbon capture and storage is an additional cost for businesses, a cost that ultimately will be paid by us, either as consumers or taxpayers. not only that, there has been a muted response from some environmentalists and some academics. we ought to be prioritising spending on insulating people's homes this winter, so that people don't freeze in their home or have to choose between heating or eating. and, secondly, this is effectivelyjust a lifeline to the oil and gas industry. not so, says the government. it says that public cash will allow

the uk to steal a march on the rest of the world and take the lead in a new, global industry. of course, it will be years before we find out whether the investment actually pays off. justin rowlatt, bbc news, cheshire. for the first time in 60 years, great britain has reached the america's cup final, after beating italy in the qualifying event. britain has never won the world's oldest sporting competition. the team will now challenge the defending champions, new zealand, next week. our sports editor, dan roan, was watching the race in barcelona. british sailing had waited 60 years for this. ineos britannia celebrating becoming the country's first team to reach the final of the america's cup since 1964. how sweet it must taste for ben ainslie! earlier, the skipper had arrived for a crucial day's racing at their base in barcelona.

bankrolled by billionaire sirjim ratcliffe, the team needing one win to seal this qualifying event against italy. is this the day that britannia creates history? in light winds, ainslie and his team made a good start, leading opponents luna rossa by 150 metres after the first leg of eight. the italians close to within 30 metres after the fifth leg, but ineos britannia wouldn't be denied, extending their lead and clinching a dramatic series by seven wins to four. ineos britannia rules the waves in the mediterranean! four—time olympic champion ainslie delighted. just a massive day for our team and i can't say how proud i am of everyone. meanwhile, the crew's friends and family, watching on back at the team's base onshore, able to celebrate. this is how much it means to have ended britain's long, long wait for a place in sailing's most prestigious competition. three years ago, these sailors

tasted the pain of defeat at this stage of the competition, but now they are through to the america's cup itself. ten yea rs ten years since we founded the team and it's our third cop and we've had good and not so good moments, this is definitely the best so far. the man who has invested more than £100 million in this campaign able to reflect on finally reaching the sport's most coveted event. it's the oldest, the oldest international event in the world, and it's the only one pretty much we've never won. remember that expression, britannia rules the waves? well, we don't in the america's cup. this team will now face formidable defending champions new zealand when the america's cup final gets under way here next weekend. if britain is to win for the first time in 173 years of this event, it will have to beat the best as well as defy history. the hope is that that could prove

something of a breakthrough moment for british sailing. celebrations are set to continue into the night in barcelona. in yours britannia are just one of sojim ratcliffe. a range of sporting investments, the biggest is manchester united, after that £1.25 billion investment he made late last year. he has taken control of the footballing operations at old trafford, had an overhaul of the executive leadership team but, after a poor start to the season on the pitch, pressure has been building on the united manager, erik ten hag, with speculation over his future. earlier, i asked erik ten hag, with speculation over his future. earlier, iasked if erik ten hag, with speculation over his future. earlier, i asked if he still had faith in his manager. i don't want to answer that question for the eric is a good coach but it's down to the management team. they have to decide how we bit from the team. they need to take stock

and make sensible decisions. 0ur and make sensible decisions. our objective is clear, taking manchester united back to where it should be. it's not there yet. ratcliffe is expected to attend united's next match, away at aston villa, on sunday, a match which could prove decisive for erik ten hag's future but until then the billionaire can celebrate a historic day his sailing team. tonight, the football association of wales will present 70 women players who played in the 1970s and �*80s with their international caps. the players missed out at the time because the welsh team were not linked to the national association. gloria 0'connell is one of those players who will be receiving a cap. she spoke to the today programme this morning. i have always played. i played with the boys growing up. we were not

allowed to play in games at school. we couldn't pack youth clubs and we'd just go and play with the boys and then i played for a ladies team to laugh but they also watched us play. all our expenses were paid by ourselves. if we played away games, we didn't stay in hotels, we stayed in place' accommodation, with no support. it was all self—funded. it's lovely, after all these years, to see that they've recognised us. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. for most of england and wales, we have had skies like these, with high pressure in charge. it's not been like this everywhere. in scotland and northern ireland, or cloud, and some rain moving into our guile and butte, bringing some rather dodgy

weather. the weather front stretching into the atlantic is getting supercharged by the jet stream, bring a zone of quite heavy rain into southern regions of ireland, probably heavy enough to cause some flooding, but the front takes a long time to move east, running is that error of high pressure further it. 0vernight, we have thickening cloud across western areas, with england and wales dry with the odd patch of fog, and temperatures down to about three in eastern counties. tomorrow, england and wales having a fine start with sunshine. turning a bit brighter in the afternoon and at the same time a zone of heavy rain pushing to western and northern scotland. the south and east of scotland, the bulk of england and eastern wales, a lovely start to the weekend, and mildly southerly winds. that rain

will proceed east on saturday night,