live from washington. this is bbc news a huge explosion rocks beirut, after the israeli military warns people in a southern suburb of the city to evacuate. this is the scene now live in beirut where there have been a series of blasts in the last few hours. donald trump returns to the stage in butler, pennsylvania — where there was an attempt on his life injuly. the democratic republic of congo launches its first vaccination campagin against mpox. hello, i'm carl nasman. we start in the middle east, where there have been more israeli strikes in the lebanese capital, beirut. these are the latest pictures we can bring you —

showing a large explosion following one of those strikes. earlier on saturday, the israeli military had issued orders to residents of specific buildings in southern beirut to evacuate. we don't yet know what was hit in the strikes — but israeli forces have bombed areas reported to be hezbollah strongholds. they have also clashed with hezbollah fighters in lebanon's southern border region. the israeli military says it has killed 440 hezbollah fighters since the start of the ground invasion. meanwhile, hezbollah has fired rockets into northern israel, with reports that residential buildings were hit. also on saturday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, addressed iran 5 missile attack on his country earlier this week — saying "israel has the duty and the right to defend itself and respond to these attacks — and we will do so. shortly after that blast took place in beirut i spoke to our correspondent there, anna foster.

what have you been seeing and hearing what you tell us there on the ground?— hearing what you tell us there on the ground? afterlam here in beirut, _ on the ground? afterlam here in beirut, and _ on the ground? afterlam here in beirut, and the _ on the ground? afterlam here in beirut, and the last- on the ground? afterlam here in beirut, and the last hour, i in beirut, and the last hour, we have seen and heard that really particularly powerful explosion from an israeli air strike. now, the reason we know it was an israeli air strike because the idf, particularly at night, tend to issue warnings, they do not do it for every air strike but around about midnight at local time, we do often see on social media and social media platforms, they had maps of certain areas, they had maps of certain areas, the southern suburbs where hezbollah are based and ask people in those areas to evacuate to an area of about 500 metres clear. and that is what happened again this evening which is why we believe that these were idf strikes following those warnings board is different is as you can see, the impact of this particular explosion is huge and this ball of flame rising into the sky,

after work—out now but could been hit to produce that sort of affect their early suggestions that it might�*ve hit a petrol station because there is one there in that area and the target may be a building nearby was the target in the petrol station may have ignited and that is the one thing being discussed her but is also been some secondary flashes and secondary explosions and some people saying perhaps that it was some sort of weapon storage area thatis sort of weapon storage area that is been hit and hezbollah said just a few days ago that they were not storing weapons in those areas but we know that actually strikes over the last week, two weeks including the one that killed hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah has been focused on that area and that is are the top leadership is in at the moment, it is too early to say

what it specific target was but you can see how powerful that explosion was and all over the city. explosion was and all over the ci _ explosion was and all over the ci . ., explosion was and all over the city. some of those shots takin: city. some of those shots taking place _ city. some of those shots taking place in _ city. some of those shots taking place in our- city. some of those shots taking place in our so - city. some of those shots taking place in our so gol city. some of those shots i taking place in our so go and just remind us about that particular area that we believe these israeli strikes are focusing on and a hezbollah stronghold there but also fairly close to the beirut area. , ., ., , , fairly close to the beirut area. , ., .,, , , area. yes, the geography is the southern suburbs _ area. yes, the geography is the southern suburbs are _ area. yes, the geography is the southern suburbs are very - southern suburbs are very close to the airport and that causes real concern for people here and most of the commercial air traffic has now stopped and all we really see coming in from that airport is the lebanese flight carrier, middle east airlines and their still flying their route and really, what we are seeing a safe and that is the commercial airlines were seeing governments chartering planes to take their nationals

out of the country and there are concerns that if something would happen to the airport of the with stopping operational and it's very difficult to get out of that stage because you cannot go south via israel because that is a closed border with the fighting going on in most people cannot go out to the east to syria must have the right paperwork and visas, syria and password in the main route in and out and people are heading to the port areas and further north of the country in the airport is crucial and that is why that causes particular concern in the southern suburbs, that is where hezbollah are based and that is are the top commanders and leadership were based and we know that israel has managed to kill a number of those top hezbollah operatives over the last few weeks or so, including the group's leader, hassan nasrallah in the senior

commanders are responsible for things like intelligence, communications, hezbollah�*s drone and rockets programmes. we know that the idf is focusing on the south of the country would they say there is military infrastructure, weapon storage and that sort of thing but that is what you see happening in beirut. remember that beirut is a capital city. there are a lot of people living here and it's a densely populated area even people who live in the southern suburbs, they are not all hezbollah operatives, theirfamilies there, civilians, their children in those areas. there have been civilian deaths in those israeli air strikes in those israeli air strikes in those areas. and as you see, tonight, two weeks or so of focus and targets by israel, those strikes are still going on. �* , ., ., ., on. and we still do not have any reports _ on. and we still do not have any reports of _ on. and we still do not have any reports of exactly - on. and we still do not have any reports of exactly what | on. and we still do not have. any reports of exactly what is been taking place on the ground, how many people may have been killed in this latest

strike but if you would mind just walking us through those humanitarian concerns we've been hearing from you and officials are hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the fighting in lebanon alone.— displaced by the fighting in lebanon alone. yes, you're riuht. lebanon alone. yes, you're right- more _ lebanon alone. yes, you're right. more than _ lebanon alone. yes, you're right. more than a - lebanon alone. yes, you're right. more than a million l lebanon alone. yes, you're i right. more than a million now and 1.2 million which is more than a fifth of the population of this country. a lot of people, to give you an idea of the fear that people are feeling, we have a lot of syrian refugees here in lebanon who fled the civil war in syria, they came across your to try to get some sort of safety and we know that tens of thousands of those have now gone back again across that border in the last few days because they feel the be safer backin because they feel the be safer back in syria and they are here in lebanon at the moment and the government has around 900 shelters operating in a lot of those are places like schools and building have been requisitioned and repurposed but the humans as all of those shelters are full and that is why you're seeing people sleeping on the streets and

places you like beirut, small, they do not have a lot of home open spaces and it's not a city thatis open spaces and it's not a city that is very green with parks in areas that people can naturally go and you see people on the streets and they were on the steps of the big mosque that you see in the background here and wherever they could find them wherever they could be, they had families with whatever they could grab essentially from their homes before they left and many have been displaced for more than a week now and the lebanese state has really struggled with them to challenge that. it's been a huge economic crisis here for years now. theyjust do not have the back—up in the infrastructure in place to deal with such a huge displacement crisis as this one. fighting is also continuing in gaza. earlier on saturday, israel called on palestinians to evacuate parts of central gaza, as the military said it was preparing to use �*great force' against hamas fighters in the area. meanwhile, pro—palestinian protests were held around the globe on saturday — these are pictues from london —

calling for a ceasefire in gaza and an end to the conflict. they come before the october seventh anniversary, a year after about 1,200 people were killed in the hamas attack in israel that sparked the current conflict. joining me live is laura blumenfeld — a middle east analyst at thejohns hopkins university school of advanced international studies. your reaction to this massive series of explosions in the southern area of beirut tonight. i cannot tell you specifically but i would guess that what you're watching is israel shredding iran's insurance policy under nuclear facilities this is deterrent israel and the stockpiles that israel and the stockpiles that israel was building and were looking of the stockpiles ever since israel eliminated hassan nasrallah last week. in both hezbollah and israel have been trying to get to them first

where hezbollah feels like it's a use it or lose it situation and for israel, it is to destroy it before it's deployed against them.— destroy it before it's deployed auainst them. ~ ., ., .,~ against them. what do you make ofthe against them. what do you make of the way _ against them. what do you make of the way that _ against them. what do you make of the way that hezbollah - against them. what do you make of the way that hezbollah is - of the way that hezbollah is been responding or has not been responding in how we can do you think the group might be after all these attacks of the last several days?— all these attacks of the last several da s? , . ., several days? israel has always referred to _ several days? israel has always referred to hezbollah _ several days? israel has always referred to hezbollah as - several days? israel has always referred to hezbollah as ten - referred to hezbollah as ten times as tough as gaza. so, they are under no illusions that it would be easy against hezbollah compared to the fight with hamas which in itself is a slog. they took some heavy losses earlier on in the elite units which really struck at the morale of israel. so israel does not think it's going to be easyin does not think it's going to be easy in their determined and they would borrow a page saying they would borrow a page saying they would borrow a page saying they would like for their worst to be nasty and short and for that, they have to. in lebanon, the strikes _ that, they have to. in lebanon, the strikes in _ that, they have to. in lebanon, the strikes in beirut _

that, they have to. in lebanon, the strikes in beirut where - the strikes in beirut where many people live, there were warnings for people in the area to get out of harms way in 500 metre radius but what does the current humanitarian situation mean for lebanon and how equipped is the country willing to deal with over a million people internally displaced? i was in touch with a friend who said she feels like, she is tough she has been around a lot of wars and feels like she is standing on the edge of a cliff looking down and iran in particular they go berserk and allow them to fire their long—range missiles, the 1982 which devastated beirut will look like a walk in the park. that's probably why they're pushing for this 21 day cease—fire agreement to get both sides, including hezbollah to stop firing at each other. is there any hope now, do you think of any kind of diplomatic, even a short—term solution here? diplomatic, even a short-term solution here?—

solution here? that 21 day cease-fire _ solution here? that 21 day cease-fire was _ solution here? that 21 day cease-fire was met - solution here? that 21 day cease-fire was met with i solution here? that 21 day cease-fire was met with a| solution here? that 21 day i cease-fire was met with a 21 cease—fire was met with a 21 gun salute by israel and eliminating hassan nasrallah. israel believes channeling henry kissinger, you cannot earn at the negotiating table what has not been one on the battlefield. so, they believe to fight first and talk later. i think that the general in the united states central command has arrived in israel with boots on the ground and i will provide some clarity for israel and no daylight between israel and no daylight between israel and the united states which hopefully will bring this to a swift and to the fighting and being able to translate that into some kind of long—term political solution and everyone agrees that you need a political. agrees that you need a political-— agrees that you need a olitical. ~ ., . political. watching live in beirut on _ political. watching live in beirut on the _ political. watching live in beirut on the screen - political. watching live in beirut on the screen to i political. watching live in i beirut on the screen to your right, there is a fairly large plume of smoke continuing to rise there he could see some the flames crowing there in the night sky around 2am the region and laura, what do you think

about iran? referred the prime minister pledging to respond to a ron's attacks, do you think they might take an opportunity here to bring the fight to iran in some sort of way and will be seen israel doing with hezbollah was yellow absolutely. i think for benjamin netanyahu, this green lights the final showdown but he's been itching for. the first two _ he's been itching for. the first two obvious - he's been itching for. iie: first two obvious options he's been itching for. "iie: first two obvious options were nuclear facilities and oil facilities which have been taken off the table by president biden to be interesting to see whether he defies the us president during this, it's on like an interwar period in us politics we have three presidents in one, vice president harris, and your former president trump with the zone, kind of, he is rooting for a strike on iran and in fact under nuclear facilities. in the president biden trying to go to the diplomatic route. it'll be interesting to see

whether benjamin netanyahu goes in which directions that is looking for and after all, when this happened a year ago at the anniversary is coming on monday. what better way to deliver the message to the world that israel is not a victim and by taking the initiative and going all the way. initiative and going all the wa . . ., , initiative and going all the wa , . ., , , way. the october seven anniversary _ way. the october seven anniversary right - way. the october seven | anniversary right around way. the october seven - anniversary right around the corner, one year now of this conflict and tragic events of october seven. always good to 0ctober seven. always good to have you on. thank you. in beirut, again, the strikesjust about an hour beirut, again, the strikesjust aboutan hour orso beirut, again, the strikesjust about an hour or so in a black plume of smoke and on our list page, that is bbc. there's that look at the city of beirut.

0ur senior north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue was at the rally during the assassination attempt in july. he's also returned for saturday's rally, and filed this report. donald trump has taken the stage in butler, pennsylvania, the site where he survived an assassination attempt injuly. let's hear the moment he walked up to the podium. you see his supporters holding signs that say �*fight fight fight�* — a callback to the moment when the former president stood up and pumped his fist after being injured by bullets fired by a gunman on a rooftop. 0ne rally—goer was killed and two others injured in the attack. donald trump reflected on that moment at the start of his remarks, calling his would—be assassin a "vicious monster". exactly 12 weeks ago this evening on this very ground a cold—blooded assassin aimed to silence me into silence the greatest movement, and the history of our country. maga.

for16 history of our country. maga. for 16 harrowing seconds during the gunfire, time stopped as this vicious monster unleashed pure evil from this vicious monster unleashed pure evilfrom his this vicious monster unleashed pure evil from his sniper�*s perch. not so far away. but by the hand of providence in the grace of god, that villain did not succeed in his goal. did not succeed in his goal. did not come close. mr trump has beenjoined by a high—profile supporter at saturday's rally: tech mogul elon musk. mr musk — who has endorsed donald trump — called november's election a �*must—win situation' the former president continues to address the crowd at butler now, so let's take a quick listen. with 1.4 billion with1.4 billion people is a top—5 and we are close to four d, sometimes. starting on day

one, i will seal the border and stop the migrant invasion into our country. we will begin the largest deportation operation in the history of the united states. dwight eisenhower right now has that record. it is not something i want to do, i dread having to do it but we have no choice. what they have done to our country... choice. what they have done to our country. . ._ choice. what they have done to our country... former president donald trump — our country... former president donald trump addressing - our country... former president donald trump addressing the i donald trump addressing the large crowd in pennsylvania on the talk of immigration. going live will grant who's also at the rally in butler. describe the scene there for us. well, this is been an image that donald trump would have wanted to project after the events of two months ago. returning to the stage in a

bullish mood in the first thing he said to them was as i was saying, picking up his speech from the point it was left off when the assassination attempt took place. he is trying to project an image of strength and fearlessness was what his camp wants to do with just a month ago before voting day and a lot of people have turned up for this. a lot of people have turned up forthis. some a lot of people have turned up for this. some on the day and others have been motivated to come as a result of what happened. come as a result of what happened-— come as a result of what ha ened. , ., , , come as a result of what hauened. , ., , , happened. obviously, there was ilen happened. obviously, there was [en of happened. obviously, there was plenty of criticism _ happened. obviously, there was plenty of criticism about - happened. obviously, there was plenty of criticism about the - plenty of criticism about the last time donald trump was speaking there, the head of the secret service resigned over this, what is the security situation look like there for the second visit by the former president? it the second visit by the former president?— president? it has been noticeably _ president? it has been noticeably tighter - president? it has been i noticeably tighter security from the very start of the day and we have seen wide and there

has been a single command centre between local law enforcement and the secret service. of course, mrtrump himself is speaking to the crowd from behind bulletproof glass screen which tells you a great deal about the change in approach from two months ago and yes, things are different and yes, things are different and of course, that applies not just of the events of this particular rally but his security detail more broadly. and elon musk a pretty big celebrity endorser and we saw him on stage of the former president and what kind of reception did the tech billionaire get at donald trump's rally. b, billionaire get at donald trump's rally.— billionaire get at donald trump's rally. a very good reception _ trump's rally. a very good reception from _ trump's rally. a very good reception from the - trump's rally. a very good reception from the crowd l trump's rally. a very good i reception from the crowd and this is one of the most important endorsements simply the numbers that he can move on and is on social media site and they come for a great deal when

looking for celebrity endorsements for your campaign. specifically he said this was the most important election campaign in our lifetimes. and he stressed the idea that he considers it vital for donald trump to win because democracy itself is at risk. it is interesting to see this disconnect between everyman america and this tech billionaire who represented is representing another one in donald trump. and he was greeted with warmth by the crowd. ~ a, greeted with warmth by the crowd. ~ . ., ., crowd. we have about a minute left, crowd. we have about a minute left. talking _ crowd. we have about a minute left, talking about _ left, talking about pennsylvania itself, butler pennsylvania, those who attended the last rally are back but are they telling you about how they feel and how that assassination attempt has changed people in the community around butler?— around butler? yes, a couple of oints. around butler? yes, a couple of points- this _ around butler? yes, a couple of points. this place _ around butler? yes, a couple of points. this place is _ around butler? yes, a couple of points. this place is now - points. this place is now

synonymous with a presidential shooting, quite a thing for people to comprehend. it is not why they would want their town to be known. 0ne why they would want their town to be known. one man why they would want their town to be known. 0ne manjoked that he won't have to explain where he won't have to explain where he is from when he goes on vacation from here on. but is also a serious side to it too. we heard about from an elderly couple about how all eight of their great—grandchildren were in the audience that day and had to flee from the shooting bells whistling over their head in one of them was in deep shock. the lasting effects of that day, particularly with children are there and nevertheless i think the general sense of the community as they are glad that donald trump is come back because they do not want that to be the only reason, finishing unfinished business, if you like. donald trump returning _ business, if you like. donald trump returning to - business, if you like. donald trump returning to the - business, if you like. donald| trump returning to the scene where that assassination attempt took place. many thanks. 0ur senior north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue was at the rally during

the assassination attempt in july. he's also returned for saturday's rally, and filed this report. #proud to be an american, where at least i know i'm free. where at least i know i'm free.# three months after donald trump almost lost his life here, his supporters returned in their thousands. # and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me.# we came from blue knob down towards altoona. came from that way. it was about a two hour drive. we were here injuly for the first butler rally and got to witness that and wanted to come to this one, too. so it was important to come back? oh, yes. very important. wouldn't have missed it. yeah, yeah. he gets to finish his speech. he gets to finishj what he started. you know, hopefully- he doesn't get interrupted again this time. we came on the 13th when he got shot.

so we wanted to come back, pay tribute to the comperatores and the other two victims. and we only got to hear him for like six minutes. and then they shot him and then it was a nightmare. if you want to really see something that's sad, take a look at what happened... it was at this very location that the former president was grazed by an assassin's bullet six minutes into his speech. watching on right behind mr trump was lucy roth, who has returned to see him again. i think today is going to be a very special day for him, | considering the fact that he was almostl killed on this stage. so i think, it's i think it's going to be amazing. - it's going to be i emotional for me. and i think a lot of usj that were sitting back behind him that day. they've been ramping up security here all week, with some local officials expecting as many as 20,000 donald trump supporters to return. in this staunchly republican area, there's huge support for the former president's return, though not everyone is happy about it. i think this is just going to get people stirred up again

and that those emotions that were very raw a couple of months ago are going to come back. so that's what i worry about. it's a bad idea? i think it's a bad idea. yeah. i wish he wouldn't. elon musk, the ceo of x, is also attending the rally as an ally of mr trump. his media platform has become a vital channel for the maga movement. corey was a husband and a father. - a big part of today will be the honouring of cory comperatore, who died during the assassination attempt, his firefighter�*s jacket marking the place where he lost his life protecting his wife and family. meanwhile, vice president kamala harris is in north carolina as the state reels from damage caused by the deadly hurricane helene. saturday, the us department of transportation released $100 million to north carolina to rebuild its roads and bridges damaged by the storm. north carolina is one of the most severely affected states. our partner cbs news reports that about half of the 225 deaths attributed to helene are recorded in north carolina. her visit comes just one day

after donald trump hosted a town hall in the state. the democratic republic of congo has launched its first vaccination campagin against the deadly mpox virus. a ceremony at a hospital in the eastern city of goma marked the start of the campaign — which will target high—risk groups such as children and pregnant women. nearly 1,000 people have been killed by mpox in the drc this year — with 70% of mortalities children underfive. stay with us here on bbc news. donald trump returning to the site of the first assassination attempt against them and those explosions taking place in beirut in the capital of lebanon and will see a live shot of the city where darkness has fallen and stay tuned right here on bbc news would play more to come on the top of the

hour. hello. a weather front is approaching us, and that does mean a lot of cloud for many of us. on sunday, quite a few showers too — some of them will be heavy, but i think early in the morning, if you're closer to the north sea coast, there'll be some sunshine. let's have a look at the satellite picture. here's the jet stream pushing the weather front towards us. and that weather front brought a spell of very wet weather saturday evening for cornwall and devon, but i want to talk about the next few days and highlight this feature here. this dartboard low coming out of the tropics, that's actually a hurricane which will transition into an extratropical weather system or a mid—latitude weather system. and look at it — if you eyeball it, it's ominously heading in our direction. or is it? well, actually, there's a lot of uncertainty. it could go to the south

of us taking its very strong winds and rain. it could just about clip us. and it looks as though midweek we could see some potentially bad weather across the south of the uk. but it's still some days away and there's really a lot of uncertainty with this weather system. so keep track of the weather forecast. now here's the here and now or sunday morning temperatures hovering around ten degrees so it's not too cold first thing. and rather a lot of cloud with this weather front sweeping off the atlantic. remember pushed by thatjet stream a lot of showers through the morning and lunchtime across western areas around the irish sea into northern ireland again. the further east you are so closer to that north sea coast, the drier it will be. there might be some sunshine around, but i want to show you what's going to happen later on sunday afternoon and evening. the showers in the south really could be quite heavy downpours

moving through parts of wales into the midlands and also through the peak district and into northern england, but clearing up towards the south—west later. now monday, i think the gaps between the showers will be bigger, but there'll still be plenty of showers around, so you'll need your brolly at some point or another, but at least we'll have the sunny spells. how about the temperatures on monday? at best 17 in the sunshine. most of us around about 15 or 16 degrees. so that's monday. how about the week ahead? well, we talked about that potentially bad weather coming to the south. but look at this. by the end of the week we'll see colder northerly winds developing across the uk. and look at that temperature drop in london from 18 down to 12, cardiff from 17 to 11 degrees. so there's a real chill in the air coming in about a week's time. bye— bye.

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