this is bbc news. explosions. israel's bombardment of lebanon continues — residents describe last night as the worst one of the war so far. smoke from those strikes is lingering over beirut — and further south new evacuation alerts have been issued for residents of around 25 areas. in gaza — a school and mosque sheltering displaced people has been hit, the idf claiming hamas had been using it as a command centre. hezbollah has been firing more rockets into israel — some were intercepted by the air defence system , while others landed in the country's north. calls for the release of hostages are growing increasingly loud — as october 7 draws close. we hear from a woman whose fellow kibbutz members were taken one year ago. it is really hard to think about the future when we are

not done with bringing people back. none of us can think of the future. hello. i'm lauren taylor. welcome to the programme. the escalating crisis in the middle east began a year ago this monday — on october the 7th — when hamas gunmen attacked israel. but first, the latest on the war. the lebanese capital, beirut, is suffering one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the south of the city. pictures from overnight show a large fireball lighting up beirut�*s skyline. lebanese officials released these latest figures earlier: they say 23 people died and an additional 93 were wounded as a result of the israeli air strikes yesterday and raids across the country. and the strikes continued into the morning. israel has issued fresh evacuation orders for residents of several areas in southern lebanon, calling on them to head immediately

to the north of the awali river. other lines coming in today, the israeli military says 30 rockets were fired by hezbollah overnight and fell in mainly evacuated areas of northern israel. smoke can still be seen in pictures from earlier today. and in gaza, the war continues. 26 people were killed in israeli on a mosque —— in israeli strikes on a mask and a former school. they were serving as a shelter, according to the hamas—run civil defence agency. the idf says both buildings had been used as "command and control centers" by hamas. overnight, israel continued to hammer lebanon. israeli military says it was targeting hezbollah mapping stores, but no confirmation what was hit.

it was described as the worst night of the war so far. and in northern israel, the country's missile defence system in action as hezbollah fired back. meanwhile, in gaza, almost forgotten amid the sheer pace of events elsewhere, israel bombed another school. it was housing displaced people in the centre of the strip, where it said hamas had set up a command centre. a nearby mosque was also attacked, at least 26 people were killed in the two strikes according to the health ministry there. at the local hospital, is a grandmother. translation: please, god, defeat netanyahu. these, god defeat israel. i hope god defeat you, america.

you have made us cry over our children, grandchildren and loved ones. my heart is breaking, my heart is breaking. israel says hamas was operating inside the mosque. and in jerusalem, they have again been mass protests from the families and supporters of hostages still being held in gaza by hamas and fury at the government year. wake up! listen to — government year. wake up! listen to the _ government year. wake up! listen to the public - government year. wake up! listen to the public and - government year. wake up! | listen to the public and what the public is demanding. it is very difficult with hamas, but this is what we have to do. fix, this is what we have to do. a year ago, this is what we have to do. a yearago, israelis this is what we have to do. a year ago, israelis were united in their revulsion over what hamas had done, but 12 months and with scores of hostages still being held, the public against politicians and the military, they are all divided over strategy in gaza. over a

year ago, over strategy in gaza. over a yearago, israel over strategy in gaza. over a year ago, israel had much of the world sympathy, but with over 40,000 dead in gaza, a lot of the sympathy has gone. israelis prepared to mark october the 7th, the country is now fighting wars on multiple fronts. our correspondent is in beirut and a short while ago, fronts. our correspondent is in beirut and a short while ago, he sent this update from the he sent this update from the ground. ground. this is one of the site hit by this is one of the site hit by israeli air strikes on beirut israeli air strikes on beirut overnight. 12 hours later, overnight. 12 hours later, there is still smoke coming up there is still smoke coming up from the rubble. there is a from the rubble. there is a heavy smell in the air. heavy smell in the air. residents say a sweet shop area residents say a sweet shop operated here and we can operated here and actually see some bags of the actually see some bags of the shop. the israeli military has shop. the israeli military has often accused hezbollah of often accused hezbollah of hiding its facilities in hiding its facilities in residential areas and under residential areas and under

civilian buildings. this is a civilian buildings. this is a area here in beirut. not really far from the airport. and we have seen that nearby, buildings have also been partially destroyed, heavily damaged and we have been told by residents that nearby residential buildings have been evacuated following orders by the israeli military.

evacuated following orders by the isi’é knowing ry. that phone. knowing everything that was happening. seeing under kibbutz apps online.- kibbutz apps online. feeling helpless- — kibbutz apps online. feeling helpless. and _ kibbutz apps online. feeling helpless. and the _ kibbutz apps online. feeling helpless. and the coming i kibbutz apps online. feeling i helpless. and the coming back here today, i know there has been a commemoration today for one of the families. what is the mood today? we one of the families. what is the mood today? we gather here for two of our _ the mood today? we gather here for two of our members - the mood today? we gather here for two of our members that - for two of our members that have been murdered here. that day. trying to defend their families and the community. the feelings today are very, very hard. because we are still waiting. we are waiting for bodies. we are waiting for other people that are still being held hostage in gaza. and it has been one year. find being held hostage in gaza. and it has been one year.— it has been one year. and of course. _ it has been one year. and of course. in — it has been one year. and of course, in such _ it has been one year. and of course, in such a _ it has been one year. and of course, in such a small - it has been one year. and of course, in such a small and | course, in such a small and close—knit community, just 400 people, you also lost people very dear to you.— people, you also lost people very dear to you. that is true. and losing — very dear to you. that is true. and losing the _ very dear to you. that is true. and losing the people - very dear to you. that is true. and losing the people that. very dear to you. that is true. i and losing the people that have died and been murdered is one thing, but losing people that are still alive and their souls

are still alive and their souls are restless is another thing. and losing a place that has been home for so many families that are now living in completely different conditions and what they are used to is something very hard to handle. daily. something very hard to handle. dail . , ., ., something very hard to handle. dail. ., , , daily. everyone of course is still burdened _ daily. everyone of course is still burdened by _ daily. everyone of course is still burdened by the - daily. everyone of course is still burdened by the pain l daily. everyone of course is| still burdened by the pain of the past, we can feel it here, so very raw. this used to be a community, many of them were peace activist working across the border in gaza. how do you see the future? it the border in gaza. how do you see the future?— see the future? it is really hard to think _ see the future? it is really hard to think about - see the future? it is really hard to think about the . see the future? it is really . hard to think about the future when we are not done with bringing people back. none of us can think of the future. we are hoping to rebuild something here. but we don't know for whom. we are hoping to rebuild it because it is our home. but we don't know who would like to be here and who will come back from there. we are praying that we can bring our people back.

some are dead and murdered, and some might still be alive. but for many families with children, they gave up on the opportunity to give here. as long as this thing is going on with the people on the other side of the border and the feeling of being insecure in this peaceful place. it is a paradox. so i do not know about the future. we are living in the future. we are living in the now. we want them back now. over the past year, israel says it has destroyed most of hamas's infrastructure, its military force and chain of command, do you feel safe here? it is hard to talk about politics on such a day. i know politics on such a day. i know politics is there. the world is interested in that. but today, especially today, i will not talk about politics. it would be wrong to do that for people that are there. the only thing

we care about are the people that are there. i don't want to say anything that might hurt them being there. this day, today, october set, them being there. this day, today, octoberset, i'm not talking about politics. find today, october set, i'm not talking about politics. and you haven't lost — talking about politics. and you haven't lost hope _ talking about politics. and you haven't lost hope about - talking about politics. and you haven't lost hope about them | haven't lost hope about them coming home alive? if i haven't lost hope about them coming home alive?- coming home alive? ifi lose hoe, coming home alive? ifi lose hepe. they _ coming home alive? ifi lose hepe. they do _ coming home alive? ifi lose hope, they do not _ coming home alive? ifi lose hope, they do not have - coming home alive? ifi lose| hope, they do not have hope. coming home alive? ifi lose - hope, they do not have hope. we need to fight to bring them back. they give us strength. if they can handle what is happening over there, we will handle it. and we will, we will fight for every one of them to be back here. ehud olmert was israel's prime minister from 2006—2009. he's been working on a way to end the war. he spoke to my colleague lyse doucet. the war is not spreading now. it started on the 8th of october, initiated by hezbollah against the state of israel, and as a result, more than 80,000 israelis that live along the border line in the north were forced out of their homes, and they are still away until today. so the war didn't spread to lebanon lately.

it has started on the 8th of october by hezbollah against the state of israel, initiated by them. and they said explicitly. nasrallah said it before he was himself targeted by israel, that they did it in order to support hamas in the south, not that they had anything thatjustified it from their point of view against the state of israel, except that they wanted to help hezbollah. and, by the way, also forcing out 80,000 israelis from their homes and shooting rockets on a daily basis, two and 300 rockets a day into every part of the north part of israel and the centre part of israel, where were sometimes millions of people have to sit in the shelters and the safe rooms. so this is nowjust as a background. however, yes, i, together with a very senior palestinian, former minister of foreign affairs and

ambassador to the un, doctor nasser al—kidwa, one of the most prominent and significant representatives of the palestinians. we together, uh, announced a published a joint statement of the guidelines for ending the war in the south, which is supposed to end the war in the north, and also to embark on a comprehensive peace treaty between israel and the palestinians. i think that we need to end the war right now. israel has achieved as much as it can in the south, and we broke down the military power of hezbollah to the extent that they can't remain anymore in a dominant position in gaza. we need to bring back the hostages. this is the first priority. and if ending the war will help bring us the hostages, it's worth it. and if ending the war will help bring us

the hostages, it's worth it. israel will have to pull out from gaza. gaza is not israeli. it's a palestinian territory and ought to be governed by palestinians. doctor al—kidwa and myself agreed that there should be, a mechanism, a bureaucracy created not of politicians, but of executives and managers that will be organically linked to the palestinian authority, but which will take over the management and the leadership of the gaza. also, we agreed that there should be a security force that will be mandated to prevent any further attacks from gaza to the state of israel. now, we talked about a two state solution.

live pictures now coming into is from berlin where there being held ahead of october the 7th anniversary event in support of the victims of the hamas attacks inside israel nearly a year ago which killed 1200 israeli people and led to the hostagetaking. the hostages are still in gaza at the moment. meanwhile, this is escalated into a bigger conflict. we now have israel striking lebanon, and i will show you the pictures from lebanon. stillsmoke show you the pictures from lebanon. still smoke on the horizon there after further strikes by israel, it says it is targeting infrastructure of the group hezbollah which is listed by the us and the uk as a terrorist organisation. it is continuing to fire rockets into israel and israel is escalating the strikes with many strikes overnight inside lebanon and further warnings to some areas

inside lebanon from the israeli military to evacuate in advance of further strikes. we also have pictures coming into us of protests, this time in favour of palestinian people in gaza. this is from karachi. around the world, there are protests against the war in gaza. taking place in karachi here in pakistan, but also south africa and indonesia and also in turkey today. some demonstrations against the war in gaza today. updates on what's happening around the world on this day heading towards an anniversary of one year on the war in gaza. the prime minister's is top adviser has resigned from her position of downing street chief of staff. she said she was standing down

because it had become clear that intense commentary around her position risked becoming a distraction to the government's vital work of change. it had recently been revealed that she earn more than the prime minister. in a written statement, sir keir starmer thanked her for all the support she had given him, both in opposition and government, and for her work to prepare labourfor government. sue gray has resigned, she will take up a new role as the prime and a step up a new role as the prime minister public envoy for regions. controversy has surrounded her a few weeks now as the bbc revealed that she was paid more than a prime minister. she was subject to several briefings from inside downing street criticising her role and administration and how she is running downing street. i have spoken to several civil servants and political advisers that have expressed frustration about her handling and running of downing street and the government's preparations for power. there is a wider shake—up of downing street going on as we speak. morgan

sweeney who was chief adviser to the prime minister will now move and take over that role as chief of staff. and the prime minister, in a statement in the last few minutes thanked sue gray for all the support she has given him both in opposition and government and said she has played a vital role in strengthening relations with nations and regions and she herself said was pleased to have accepted this new role and after leading preparations for government, she is looking forward to drawing on her experience to help deliver the government's objectives carer government's ob'ectives over the nations _ government's ob'ectives over the nations and — government's objectives over the nations and regions. - government's objectives over the nations and regions. i - government's objectives over the nations and regions. i look at the days sport. there are three games coming up in the premier league, two of them kick off in the next 45 minutes, what price a win for erik ten hag's, manchester united are currently 14th in the table and go to fifth—placed aston villa. having only signed a contract extension in the summer, ten hag has led his team to just three wins in their first

10 games of the season. and they are without a winur in four, they needed an injury—time goal in midweek to to rescue a point in the europa league at porto, while villa are coming off the back of a win at home to bayern munich in the champions league. when one, two, three players are switching off, then it's a problem. and that is what we have to solve. and we just started the season, so we have time to solve this issue. but it has to go quickly. we can't wait so long. players have to take their responsibility in such defending moments. you can find team news on the bbc sport website. right now there is a mixed response from manchester united supporters in the office. here's a check on the office. here's a check on the other fixtures as well. fourth—placed chelsea take on nottingham forest, and brighton, who lost 4—2 to chelsea last time out, they are at home to spurs who are on a run of five wins

in a row in all competitions. real madrid captain dani carvajal will be out for several months after suffering a serious knee injury during their la liga win over villarreal on saturday. the 32—year—old defender, who won the euros with spain this summer, tangled with yeremy pino in stoppage time before being carried off. he has ruptured ligaments in his right knee. carvajal promised to come back like �*an animal'. translation: a player like dani is so key. always there and always motivated. when a player like that get injured, it affects the whole team. last season, we reacted well after the big injuries we had. but we need to do the same again this season. hopefully these injuries could be a spark for the rest of the players, just as it was last season. defending motogp champion francesco bagnaia won japanese grand prix to keep up the pressure onjorge martin at the top of the standings bagnaia — on his ducati — overtook pedro acosta

on pole on the opening lap and maintained that lead throughout the race, with martin finishing in second place and marc marquez third. martin's overall lead is down to 10 points with four rounds of the season remaining. i want to keep the championship, so i have to do it. i have to try and recover points every time but without taking a risk. it is not easy, but this weekend started well and we have to take it like an example for the next ones and try to follow what we did this weekend, working a perfect way and try to always do the best. the top tennis players are in the far east. world number one jannik sinner had to come from a set down against argentina's tomas martin etcheverry to reach the last 16 of the shanghai masters. etcheverry took the first set on a tie break, before sinner levelled the match. in the decider, the italian

held on to his serve in a long sixth game to go 4—2 up, before winning the next two games to close out the win. he'll play roberto carballes baena or ben shelton next. daniil medvedev�*s hopes of a first title of the year are still alive after he beat matteo arnaldi world number five medvedev had to dig deep after losing the first set 7—5, and rallying to take the next two sets 6—4. lasted two and three quarter hours. medvedev will take on 10th seed stefanos tsitsipas or alexandre muller in the last 16. just before we go time to point you in the direction of the first game of the day at the women's t20 world cup. taking place in the united arab emirates. a meeting of two of cricket's great rivals. india are playing pakistan in dubai. i can't quite see the score

there. india are 31—1 i think. if you go to the website, they will expire all that. i still can't quite work that out. it is because we have squeezed it in the screen. i will try and work that out. thank you for a refreshingly honest response. with exactly a month to go until the us presidential election, donald trump has addressed a rally at the town in pennsylvania where he narrowly survived an assassination attempt. the republican nominee for the white house spoke from behoind bullet proof glass with much tigher security than on his last appearance there as will grant reports. as i was saying... in the same spot where he was almost killed three months ago, donald trump took to the stage in bullish and defiant mood and immediately referenced his attempted assassination. time stopped as this vicious monster unleashed pure evil from his sniper�*s perch, not so far away. but by the hand of providence and the grace of god,

that villain did not succeed in his... memories of that day remain fresh in butler. firing from just 150 metres away, came close to killing the former president, grazing his ear. as he was taken bloodied from the stage, he urged the crowd to fight. one man was killed that day. formerfire chief corey comperatore. his helmet and uniform on display and his grieving family in attendance for a minute's silence in his honour. this time, amid much tighter security and from behind bullet—proof glass, mr trump repeated his calls for his supporters to secure his victory in pennsylvania in november. and he called his most high—profile backer, tech billionaire elon musk, who endorsed him soon after the shooting, onto the stage in butler. take over, elon! take over. we had one president

who couldn't climb a flight of stairs, and another who was fist pumping after getting shot. fight, fight, fight! blood coming down the face! in the immediate aftermath of the assassination attempt, donald trump received a notable bump in the polls. by returning to butler, he hopes to project an image of fearlessness and bolster his support with less than a month to go until voting day. butler is staunchly pro—trump country, and now synonymous with a presidential shooting. but some supporters see the hand of history, even divine intervention in his brush with death. ijust felt obligated to come. i felt like it was like a historic moment, kind of like an abraham lincoln—type situation. in my opinion, god has saved his life twice now, and with god on his side, nobody can beat him. this race remains on a knife edge, with kamala harris also working the swing states hard

with just weeks to go, and the people of butler know their town could still influence this election via the ballot box rather than the gun. meanwhile, vice president kamala harris visited north carolina, which is reeling from damage caused by the deadly hurricane helene. the us department of transportation has released $100 million to north carolina to rebuild its roads and bridges damaged by the storm. north carolina is one of the states most severely affected by helene. just getting some reports coming into us from israeli police saying that several people have been injured in a suspected shooting attack in a city of the sheba in the south, and that the attacker had been quote neutralise. it is a suspected terror attack, as it is being called by police.

please stay with us. hello there. good afternoon. some rather unsettled conditions, weather—wise, for the next few days. it's a very messy picture with some showers, longer spells of rain, but also some brightness and some sunshine. although where we saw the best of the blue skies yesterday, it's now turned rather cloudy and there will be some more showers through the rest of the day, mostly out towards the west. that's because there's a deep area of low pressure towards the west of ireland. with all of these showers spiralling around it. brisk winds for a time two up through the irish sea coast. so the heaviest of the downpours through this afternoon will tend to be across wales, down through south west england. maybe a rumble or two of thunder here. some showers too, affecting north west england, southwest scotland further east it's drier but there will be a lot more cloud than yesterday, so not feeling quite as warm, but still temperatures around about the seasonal average, if not a little above and it will stay mild by night. now you can see all of these fronts just gradually

pushing their way further northwards and eastwards through tonight. some clear spells for a time, notably across northern areas of england. so here temperatures could drop back into high single figures perhaps, but another fairly mild start to the day on monday and it's more of the same. could be some longer spells of rain across northern and eastern areas of scotland, with those fronts just towards the north of us, but some more heavy thundery showers pushing into south west england by the time we get to the end of the day. but it's a day of sunny spells and showers, feeling warm again in the best of the sunshine. 18 or 19 degrees perhaps. more showers affecting much of the uk as we head through tuesday. some brightness, some spells of sunshine in between once again. we'll see temperatures peak at 13 to 18 celsius, but it's all change on wednesday. now we look out towards the atlantic. this deep area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane kirk. at the moment, it's forecast to bring the worst of the weather across parts of the near continent. but it won't take too much for this very heavy rain to push into parts of kent and east sussex as we head through the afternoon. temperature wise again, it's still feeling warm towards the south, colder air

digging in further north, but it's as that deep low moves away that we'll see some very brisk winds indeed down through north sea facing coast. so do keep an eye on the forecast. and then as we draw down more of a northerly wind. temperatures are set to dip as we head towards the end of the working week. so here's the outlook for our capital cities. notice how it's going to be turning a lot chillier by.

outlook for our capital cities, turning a lot chillier.

this is bbc news. the headlines... beirut locals are surveying the damage of an intense wave of strikes israel launched in the lebanese capital overnight. israel has issued fresh evacuation orders for 25 areas in southern lebanon. the hamas—run health ministry says at least 26 people were killed when israeli air strikes hit a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the gaza strip early on sunday. israeli forces say that more than 30 rockets have been fired by hezbollah overnight into israel's northernmost city. the iron dome defence system has blocked some projectiles, while others managed to get through. un secretary—general antonio guterres has released a message demanding the "immediate and unconditional release" of hostages by hamas as october seventh approaches.

anti—war protests are under way around the world.