live from london. this is bbc news. more israeli strikes on beirut. people are warned to leave their homes — while israel claims a mosque it targeted in southern lebanon contained a hezbollah command centre. a number of hospitals are now closed in lebanon because of the airstrikes — leaving a humanitarian situation worsening by the hour. anti—war protesters are marching in london, cape town and paris as the first anniversary of october 7th approaches. french officials say several people including a child have died while attempting to cross the channel in two separate incidents. and us republican nominee donald trump returns to the city where he survived an assassination attempt with a month to go until the presidential election.

welcome to bbc news. there have been more israeli air strikes on southern beirut, after the israeli military warned people there to leave their homes. these are live pictures overlooking beirut where our bbc teams have reported hearing another strike in the south of the city. these are the live images. this would be the third strike in that area so far today. so let's cross over to anna foster in beirut now. kasia, thanks. we have seen and heard as he sat there numerous strikes in beirut in the last few hours today. i was crossing the city and in the mountains upside earlier on today and we sought fresh plumes of dark smoke from

new air strikes that had happened in the city around the southern suburbs. there was a strike visible earlier with the plume of smoke from the area near the airport earlier. we have had warnings for people to leave their homes in beirut, parts of beirut, but not for 14 hours now, it was last night when the idf last issued warnings. the last strikes have not come with warnings. sometimes they do come with warnings, sometimes they don't. we have also seen continued fighting in the south. brackets, several hundred have been launched towards israel today. more than on a normal day it would seem. we talk about violence and how this conflict keeps growing and certainly, the number of

rockets that are being fired into israel, there are no signs of the slowing down. let's get our latest from nick. israel is stepping up its strikes in lebanon. beirut rocked by more blasts overnight. and this morning, as the israeli army says it continues to hit hezbollah targets, including near the city's airport. but the expanded assault has forced more than a million lebanese from their homes in the past two weeks, many taking refuge in the capital. there may be glimpses of normality, but this is not the safe haven they hoped it would be. translation: the lebanese people are used to this. - this is not the problem. the problem is with how we're living with the people who are sleeping in the streets. you need countries to start taking action. the situation is a disaster and we're living through it. what should we do? we cannot go anywhere. we cannot travel. all the country is at risk. and because of that, we have to live. what should we do? we have to live with it. israel also hit the northern

lebanese city of tripoli in the early hours. this the damage after a commander — not from hezbollah, but from hamas was killed, reportedly along with his wife and two children. "the commander was killed by an israeli drone," this man says. explaining that others living here would follow the path. to martyrdom. in the south of lebanon, israeli soldiers are trying to consolidate their recent ground invasion. but hezbollah say there have been fierce clashes and claimed to have wounded advancing israeli troops over the border. israeli aircraft have been in constant action as hezbollah fires more rockets into israel and fights back. nick beake, bbc news, in northern israel.

let's get the latest from tel aviv now. joining me now is bbc persian correspondent, kasra naji. she is in the city. i wanted to talk to you about what is happening in israel at the moment, we talked about the cross—border fighting moment, we talked about the cross—borderfighting between cross—border fighting between israel and lebanon, cross—borderfighting between israeland lebanon, but cross—borderfighting between israel and lebanon, but israel is actually looking at iran right now, they promised retribution for the attack earlier on this week. when is that expected? what are people saying there?— saying there? anna, there is a feelin: saying there? anna, there is a feeling here — saying there? anna, there is a feeling here that _ saying there? anna, there is a feeling here that this - saying there? anna, there is a feeling here that this attack i feeling here that this attack and israel's response to iran is going to come any moment, hour and day now, although it seems very quiet at the moment, as i'm speaking to you, it is the end of several days of holiday because of the jewish year. not a lot is happening on the ground. generally, there are meetings going on between

commandos, army commanders, political leaders, intelligence heads, they are all sort of continuing with their consultations to decide from amongst a list of options, which one to choose in terms of attacking which target in iran. these targets range from iranian nuclear facilities to the energy infrastructure, like refineries, power plants, gas stations and all that. plus iranian revolutionary guard and military bases. these are the range of things that they are considering. we know that the commander of the american forces in the region, he is expected here any hour now to coordinate between american forces and israeli forces about

this particular attack because the concern is such an attack on iran will have rapper questions for the region and the americans have to be in the picture. we have more details from the american side. joe biden saying that israelis are not yet ready to go with this attack, but nevertheless, he came up with a suggestion that if he was in the shoes of the israelis, he would avoid attacking iran's oil fields. israelis, he would avoid attacking iran's oilfields. so i guess he is concerned about the prices of war and it going up the prices of war and it going up as a result of these attacks. up as a result of these attacks-— up as a result of these attacks. ., , ., , , , attacks. kasra, 'ust briefly, what is being _ attacks. kasra, just briefly, what is being said - attacks. kasra, just briefly, what is being said in - attacks. kasra, just briefly, what is being said in iran? | attacks. kasra, just briefly, i what is being said in iran? we saw the supreme leader taking

friday prayers for the first time in years yesterday. he was promising further attacks on israel. what calculations will they be making right now? interestingly, in that friday prayers where the iranian leader spoke, prayers where the iranian leaderspoke, none prayers where the iranian leader spoke, none of the iranian commanders of russian revolutionary guard or the army or air force were present. —— of the revolutionary guard. the suggestion was that these people were pretty concerned and pretty busy trying to see whether israel is going to come up whether israel is going to come up with these attacks at any moment. the iranians are concerned, particularly about their infrastructure, their energy infrastructure being attacked. iran is very vulnerable on that front. it is short on petrol already, short of gas already, short of electricity already is any attack on those infrastructure

targets is going to impact iran enormously. that is why they have warned israel against attacking those infrastructure targets and have said that they will attack israel's infrastructure targets if israel goes ahead with these attacks. . , . israel goes ahead with these attacks. ., ., ~ ., attacks. kasra, thank you for “oininu attacks. kasra, thank you for joining us- — attacks. kasra, thank you for joining us. our— attacks. kasra, thank you for joining us. our persian - attacks. kasra, thank you for l joining us. our persian special correspondent speaking to us from tel aviv. here in beirut, most commercial air traffic has now stopped running, but there are still some flights coming and going from the international airport just a few kilometres away here. the lebanese national carrier is still carrying out its programme, they are still flying, but most of the other flights are ones that have been chartered by various governments to try and actually evacuate their nationals from lebanon. and as we have seen smoke rising from a strike site earlier this morning, those

fights are going and coming as usual. the uk has had three chartered flights at the moment, and there is a four than a safe and out, flight to leave on sunday. the korean air force throughout 97 of their nationals early this morning. australia has 15,000 citizens still in lebanon, they have been flying aircraft out of cyprus, just across the mediterranean from here. these are the latest pictures of australian citizens and their family and relatives arriving in the coastal city of larnaca and plans for seaborne evacuation as well. china has said that 200 of their citizens have been evacuated. many people, even lebanese people if they cannot trying to leave the country at the moment during the continued bombardment. i want to take you to the uk now and correspondent who is in central london where pro—palestinian protests have been taking place. what is happening where you are?

when i spoke to the organisers, they said they were expecting they said they were expecting the turn out to be back. several thousand have turned out on the streets of the capital to take part in the demonstration. we can see people with the palestinian flags, holding placards and banners saying, see —— ceasefire now. there giant megaphone saying stop the war, stop the bombing now. there are people here are of different ages, people with children in pushchairs, elderly people, people of different faiths and backgrounds and from the different parts of the country and all are calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and an end to the escalating conflict in the middle east. i spoke to people here and there is a sense of anger and frustration, but really have helplessness at the situation. 0ne helplessness at the situation. one of the women i spoke to

said she had palestinian family who have been killed in gaza. it took about a0 minutes as we bought two miles from russell square to hear. there is a large stage behind me in a giant screen where a number of people are giving speeches over the course of the afternoon. we are expecting the former labour leaderjeremy corbyn here later this afternoon and a number of other voices and other mps. there has been a significant police operation, while we were walking along the march, there were helicopters above us on the ground, hundreds of officers, but the demonstration has been largely peaceful. there was a slight tense exchange at one point where there was a counterdemonstration, people holding israeli bags, banners saying that hamas terrorists, but nothing significant. there have been a number of arrests, including two on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker. police officers here have said they are monitoring the

situation and if anybody does cross the lines from political speech into hate, they will make further arrests, anna. thank you for that. our correspondent hair in central london. of course, i will be here in beirut through the day, my colleagues around the middle east will keep you up—to—date with this development and the fast—moving situation. thanks to you and the team in beirut. as the team says, will be back here at the weekend. the escalating crisis in the middle east began a year ago this monday, on october the 7th, when hamas gunmen attacked israel. it resulted in 1,200 people being killed and 250 kidnapped. israel's offensive against hamas in gaza followed. that has led to almost a2,000 palestinans being killed, according to the hamas run health ministry in gaza. it's believed around 100 israeli hostages are still being held in gaza, but it's unknown how many are still alive.

over the past year, local palestinian journalists have been reporting on the war in gaza. israel has not allowed internationaljournalists from media organisations, including the bbc, independent access to gaza. the committee to protect journalists says at least 128 journalists and media workers have been killed in gaza since the war started — making it the deadliest conflict on record for journalists. hind khoudary is a freelance palestinian journalist in deir al ballah. hind, you've been reporting from gaza since october last year. first of all, just bring us up today on how you are and how the situation is there the ground. the situation is there the round. �* ., , ., ., ground. before i start, i would really love _ ground. before i start, i would really love to _ ground. before i start, i would really love to mention - ground. before i start, i would really love to mention how - ground. before i start, iwould l really love to mention how much palestinians that have been killed other than only

mentioning how many israelis have been killed, or kidnapped. we are talking about more than a0,000 palestinians being a0 , 000 palestinians being killed a0,000 palestinians being killed in one year. more than a million palestinians being displaced away from their houses. you are asking about me? i am exhausted. houses. you are asking about me? iam exhausted. i houses. you are asking about me? i am exhausted. i am drained. this is not only marking a year without my family or a year of war, but a year of me away from my family, away from my mother, away from my brothers, away from home, away from every single thing of my life. this day completely changed our lives and us, as palestinians living on the gaza strip, we are currently trapped, we had been under a blockade, a harsh and severe blockade, a harsh and severe blockade of more than a year now, this did not start on the 7th of october. i am 29 years old and there was a war in

2008, a war in 2012, a war in 201a, a war in 2021 and it has been a series of ongoing aggressions by the israelis. not only that, when i was ten years old, the blockade on the gaza strip started and so since then, we never had electricity, access and freedom of movement, but this war has made everything worse. triple the restrictions, triple everything that has been going on. reporting, gas with their ban minimum equipment, zero protection, losing everything you have, starting from scratch, telecommunications blackout, endless explosions, endless as strikes, everything has been so hard and the only thing keeping us going is the palestinian journalists that have been killed by israel

during this war while they were on duty. and the only reason we are reporting to this minute is because if they were still alive, they would definitely be reporting. alive, they would definitely be re ”ortin. alive, they would definitely be re ortin:. , ., reporting. hind, tell us a little bit _ reporting. hind, tell us a little bit about _ reporting. hind, tell us a little bit about your - little bit about your reporting. how are you doing it? the committee to protect journalists says that at least 228 journalists and media workers been killed in gaza since october seven. israel's government saying they do not target civilians and journalists. how do you go about reporting given the international media organisations are not allowed into gaza as israel refuses to let them in. into gaza as israel refuses to let them in-_ into gaza as israel refuses to let them in. you know, i wish we had international- we had international journalists coming in because they would share the burden of reporting all of these atrocities. i have been here reporting for a year now, because i am one of the few english speaker journalists and i had a very big responsibility

to report to the western media because most of the western media websites and organisations are very complacent about this and complicit about everything that is happening, using these voices in their reporting and articles and we wish that some international journalists would be here, at least some prominent news agency anchor wouldn't say that there are no journalists on the ground, for example. it has been very hard because we are the only source and we are the only people that have access to take photos, document videos, report either print or tv and we have been doing this with the bare minimum. not even eating well, not sleeping well, i don't even remember the last time i had... i slept on a bed frame for example, orslap i slept on a bed frame for example, or slap with a

blanket. the day we left our houses and evacuated and this was in early october, we left everything behind and at the same time, there are zero stuff in the markets and you can't produce anything. you are trying your best to make whatever you can. i mention, we have the reporting with the bare minimum. if this camera is broken, you can't get another camera. if the microphone does not work any more, you can't get another microphone. it has not work any more, you can't get another microphone. it has been very challenging, every been very challenging, every single day, but the challenge single day, but the challenge is you being killed. because is you being killed. because there are a couple of there are a couple of journalists who were killed journalists who were killed during duty, remembering a during duty, remembering a palestinian journalist palestinian journalist reporting for aljazeera reporting for aljazeera arabic, he was killed a day arabic, he was killed a day after and otherjournalist after and otherjournalist arabic, he was killed a day after and other journalist was killed and killed with his arabic, he was killed a day after and other journalist was killed and killed with his press jacket, wearing his press press jacket, wearing his press

jacket. it can't jacket. it was all reported. israeli forces are targeting civilians. i've seen that with my own eyes. they are targeting journalists because journalists have been killed while wearing that press jackets.— that press “ackets. hind, a ve that press jackets. hind, a very difficult _ that press jackets. hind, a very difficult situation. - that press jackets. hind, a| very difficult situation. the idf insists it does not target journalists, but it is a very difficult situation given that international journalists difficult situation given that internationaljournalists do not have access to gaza. we have to do, we rely on you and we listen to you and thank you so much forjust we listen to you and thank you so much for just speaking we listen to you and thank you so much forjust speaking to us, taking the time and difficult circumstances, a freelance palestinian journalists talking to us will stop thank you so much, stay safe. we do have a live page with all the most recent developments and fast—moving developments. we are also monitoring the strikes in beirut and lebanon, we have a

team on the ground, and a faster bringing us up—to—date on the fast—moving developments across the middle east on our live page on bbc news. let's turn to another story taking place. officials in france say several people including a child have died while attempting to cross the channel. the french interior minister bruno retailleau said the child was trampled to death in a boat. he called it a terrible tragedy, and blamed people smugglers. my my colleague is following up on this. there has been a french conference taking place in the last hour. in conference taking place in the last hour. . conference taking place in the last hour-— last hour. in that conference, it was confirmed _ last hour. in that conference, it was confirmed that - last hour. in that conference, it was confirmed that four - it was confirmed that four people have died today. including a child aged two years old, born in germany to a somalian mother. the child was trampled to death on the boat and the french interior minister said it was a terrible

tragedy and said the smugglers have blood on their hands. the french are saying they need a stricter immigration policy. sir keir starmer, the british prime minister's that he was determined to tackle the smuggling gangs facilitating the crossing is, but has not agreed on a timetable on how that will be dealt with. these arrivals have come on the same day that the uk and other g7 nations have agreed an anti—smuggling plan and that is hoping to boost talks on this. they will put pressure on social media companies, for example, that our

migrants have a rider by boats. 395. again today a tragedy in the english channel and one of the english channel and one of the most dangerous shipping lanes in the world.— the most dangerous shipping lanes in the world. lots more on our website _ lanes in the world. lots more on our website of _ lanes in the world. lots more on our website of course, - lanes in the world. lots more on our website of course, but now to get the full sports update. liverpool have extended their lead at the top of the english premier league — after a 1—0 win over crystal palace in saturday's early kick—off. that makes it nine wins out of ten for their new head coach arne slot in all competitions — the best start of any liverpool boss in history. the winning goal coming from diogojota in the ninth minute, there should have been more but liverpool found themselves but liverpool found themselves hanging on towards the end, hanging on towards the end, added frustration with added frustration with goalkeeper alisson forced off with an injury. goalkeeper alisson forced off with an injury. the win temporarily moves the win temporarily moves liverpool four points clear liverpool four points clear at the top of the table. at the top of the table. when you play a lot of long when you play a lot of long balls, got some free kicks, balls, got some free kicks, that was a difficult period. that was a difficult period.

but before they got their but before they got their chance in the second half, we got an open chance chance in the second half, we got and jen chance chance in the second half, we got and we chance chance in the second half, we got and we should have scored kick and we should have scored the second one earlier. we would have gotten what we deserved. in the end, it was like you said, a tied game. the three o'clock kick—offs are under way. three goals at brentford. the wolves

he trained away from the rest of the squad before batting in the nets on saturday. he'll now try and get fit for the second test which is also in multan on the 15th october. england's women have got their t20 world cup campaign underway in the last 15 minutes. they're taking on bangladesh in sharjah — they've won the toss and chosen to bat. in the early stages of their innings, they are currently 36 without loss after 5 overs. while defending champions australia cruised to a six—wicket victory over to a six—wicket victory over sri lanka in their opener — sri lanka in their opener — beth mooney�*s unbeaten beth mooney�*s unbeaten a3 leading australia a3 leading australia to their target of 9a with five to their target of 9a with five overs to spare in sharjah. overs to spare in sharjah. jannick sinner says he's "surprised" the world jannick sinner says he's "surprised" the world anti—doping agency is appealing anti—doping agency is appealing was broken by carlos alcaraz the decision to clear him the decision to clear him of blame after he twice tested of blame after he twice tested positive for a steroid. positive for a steroid. an independent tribunalfound an independent tribunalfound the world number one did the world number one did nothing wrong but wada has nothing wrong but wada has recommended he's banned recommended he's banned for between one to two years. for between one to two years.

sinner�*s recent winning streak sinner�*s recent winning streak was broken by carlos alcaraz in the china open final last week, but the italian managed to put that behind him by beating japan's taro daniel at the shanghai masters. sinner rarely looked in trouble, beating the world number 93 in straight sets. he'll face tomas martin etcheverry in the third round. karolina muchova is through to the final of the china open for the first time in her career, beating home favourite zheng qinwen in straight sets.

this was norwich earlier on. a little bit misty first thing in the morning, that's lifted away. we've got sunny spells and we'll keep sunny spells. further north and west more in the way of thicker cloud. but even across northern ireland, portrush and along the causeway coast, here it's dry, the rain staying out towards western fringes. there's some rain pushing its way through scotland, that's drifting its way steadily northwards, easing from parts of aberdeenshire. you'll see some brightness to close out the day here. for the bulk of england and wales, dry with light southerly winds and some sunny spells coming through, even northern ireland most of that rain should stay well out to the west. so in terms of the feel of the weather, not bad out there. 15 to 17 degrees quite widely across the country. through this evening and overnight, low pressure will start to push in from the atlantic. and this frontal system will bring further showery outbreaks of rain with it. it is going to be pretty hit and miss as we go through the night, but with the cloud and the rain around, well, temperatures will hold up quite widely into double digits. so, we'll start off tomorrow morning with certainly more cloud than we've seen today, and some of this rain down towards the south—west

and into wales could turn quite heavy and quite potent. sheltered central and eastern areas will keep the best of the drier weather, still the risk of an isolated shower, but they will be fairly isolated, and temperatures pretty much similar to today. but this rain could be quite heavy and potent as it continues to push its way through the midlands up into the north of england to close out sunday. now, as we move into monday, low pressure is going to stay with us and we will see showers or longer spells of rain to start the week. by the middle part of the week, we'll need to keep a close eye on this area of low pressure. i'm sure you've heard us mention it has the remnants of ex hurricane kirk in it. at the moment it wants to move to the south of the uk, but there is a chance it could be further north. keep watching the forecast. once that low moves through, however, the wind direction changes to a northerly and it will turn colder as we head towards the weekend. so, a pretty unsettled

week ahead with showers or longer spells of rain, some of it could be quite heavy across southern england, and then colder into next weekend.

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