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hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. israel has been stepping up its offensives against hamas in gaza, and hezbollah in lebanon, on the eve of the first anniversary of the hamas attacks on israel in which 1200 people were killed and 251 people taken hostage. let's bring you the latest developments from the middle east this hour. the lebanese capital, beirut, experienced one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the southern part of the city last night. the strikes continued into the morning. evacuation orders have been issued for residents of several areas in southern lebanon as israel pushes forward with its campaign against hezbollah. in northern israel rocket barrages from lebanon have been triggering sirens and interception systems. the israel defense force said it stopped around 30 rockets which had been fired into northern israel.

in northern gaza, israel's army encircled jabaliya, where it says hamas has been trying to regroup. the hamas—run health ministry says 26 people have been killed in israeli air strikes on a mosque and school housing displaced palestinians. and in southern israel, a 19—year—old female israeli border police officer has been killed and ten people wounded in an attack by a gunman at a bus station in the town of beersheba. we'll hear from our correspondents monitoring events across the region, and start with this report from hugo bachega in beirut. overnight in beirut and the most intense israeli air strikes in this war so far. here, believed to have hit a petrol station in the city's southern suburbs. in the morning, more attacks, this video appears to capture secondary explosions.

an indication of weapons being hit. we went to see the destruction caused by one of the overnight attacks. this place was hit about 12 hours ago and there is still smoke coming out of the rubble, there is a heavy smell in the air, and there is destruction all around including some of the buildings farfrom here. i can count at least three underground floors all destroyed. israel accuses hezbollah of hiding weapons amongst civilians, an accusation hezbollah deny. this building, residents told us, included a sweet shop. we found a bag with the shop's name next to the tail fin of a mortar unlikely to have been used by the israeli military in this attack. we could not stay long, a group of men arrived. you can go from here right now, please. as fast as possible.

ordering us to leave. in gaza, israel's war against hamas continues, a war almost forgotten because of the one being fought here. israel bombed another school housing displaced residents where it said hamas had set up a control centre. a nearby mosque was also attacked. the two strikes killed at least 26 people according to the health ministry there. israel says hamas was operating inside the mosque. this morning families gathered to mourn the dead. um mohammad al attar said she lost her daughter and grandchildren. translation: please, | god, defeat netanyahu. please, god, defeat israel. i hope god defeats you, america. you have made us cry over our children, grandchildren and loved ones. my heart is breaking. back in lebanon, the missiles

come not only at night. israel is not backing down in its war against hezbollah. and in beirut, there is no respite. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. during a visit to beirut the un refugees chief, filippo grandi, warned of violations of international humanitarian law in the ongoing war in lebanon, and said he was disheartened by what he called the "paralysis of political action" to help secure a ceasefire. here, ijust... i was just briefed by who in particular about egregious violation of ihl in respect of health facilities in particular that have been impacted in various locations of lebanon. i would venture to say — although, you know, these things require proper investigations and assessments — but on face value, when civilian houses

are destroyed and people have to flee, that's also affecting civilian infrastructure. so i would consider that that is not in line with the rules of war. in israel, people are also starting to commemorate the one—year anniversary of the hamas attacks on 7th october last year — where hamas gunmen attacked israel from gaza, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been visiting kibbutz nir oz in israel, one of the communities targeted by hamas on october 7th. this was once the pretty kibbutz of mir oz, a community of some 400 people, many of them peace activists, living just miles from the gaza border. but look at this now, a small snapshot of what happened to one family in one kibbutz on the deadliest, darkest day in israel's history.

this was the home of yonatan and his wife tamar and their three children, six—year—old twins and the youngest, two—year—old omer. they all perished on that day, along with their grandmother, carol. and in the early hours of october 7th a year ago, yonatan had texted his sister saying, "they're here." the hamas fighters had arrived. they'd broken through israel's much vaunted security barrier. they'd descended on this community. he said, "we're here, they're here, they're burning us, and we're suffocating." one year on, members of this community — there's only two people living here now — are coming to remember that day. the pain is still raw. a quarter of this community, 117 people, were either killed or kidnapped. they've been lighting candles since that day. but there's anger mixed with the grief. here you see the photograph of prime minister netanyahu

saying in hebrew "betrayed." the israelis who say he should be doing much more to bring the remaining israeli hostages home, to try to find a way to end this war. and anger, too, that it took hours for israeli security forces to come to the defence of this community. but mostly, today is a day to mourn. a day which israelis, to a person, say changed this country forever. lyse doucet in israel. hela lahar is a chief executive of tech2peace — an organisation that provides tech and entrepreneurial training alongside conflict dialogue to young palestinians and israelis. she told me about her work in the context of october 7th. this is a complicated day. we were trying to think how to approach this with our community, which is intentionally diverse and intentionally made up of 50% israeli jews and 50% palestinians, having to deal

with lots of the trauma, fear and anxiety that started on october 7th for ourjewish community, this means existential threat, this means historical memory of the holocaust hunting them. for our palestinian community this is reminiscent of displacement and the same feelings that have been going on for the past 76 years, so trying to address this in a way that on the one hand is very sensitive for all of the people involved, for every member of our community, and on the other hand not to seem too balanced or too carefully worded, the colours that too can be offensive. you work with,

as you have said, both young palestinians and israelis. do they have a sense that there is a hope that there can be eventually an end to this conflict? i think that the thing that sets us apart and makes us unique is we actually appealed to an audience that doesn't necessarily think that coming into our programme. so through the intersection of peace tech we could draw and a community that comes for the technical and entrepreneurship training and it's not necessarily interested in dialogue with the other side or hopeful of any sort of resolution, and through very, very courageous open, of course professionally facilitated, dialogue, we are really able to humanise the other and really listen to the other. i like to say the main

focus of our work is to hear and be heard and to really understand the other, understanding that offering someone your understanding is not necessarily validation. and so once you take that out of the equation, people are far more willing and open to listen to one another, and so one person's terrorist becomes another person's freedom fighter, and we can understand where the other is coming from. i think that in the past year a lot of what we have seen is that israelis are writ large being understood as the strong in this equation and kind of fearless or nothing to fear of, and i think october the 7th made this existential threat, this sense of existential threat, a lot more real and understood.

allowing the two to really come together around these senses of... if i say that a certain community feels helpless or hopeless, feeling insecure, feeling existential threat, you could very easily confused whether i am speaking about palestinians or israelis at any given moment. i think this really heightened that understanding. iran has announced a mass cancellation of flights tonight, amid warnings from israel it will retaliate for iran's missile attack earlier this week. bbc persian senior reporter parham ghobadi gave us more details. the iranian aviation organisation has just announced that all the flights from tonight local time at 9pm until tomorrow 6am in the morning, all the flights have been cancelled. now, this is not the first time it is happening in the past few days. when iran launched this missile

attack on october the 1st against israel, iran did the same thing then, the flights were cancelled temporarily. but this time israel is the one that has promised, vowed revenge. this has increased... people are thinking it's the israeli attack retaliation that imminent that iran has cancelled all the flights? that is yet to be seen. that is the big question. we've also had reports about an iranian quds force commander who was reported to be in beirut on friday when there was that big strike? exactly. so friday morning, as you remember, there was this massive, huge explosion and the israelis said that the target of that air strike was hashem safieddine, the successor to nasrallah, hezbollah�*s leader. now, after a few days israel reported... israeli media reported iranian quds force commander esmail qaani was also alongside with safieddine. quds force is the foreign branch, the overseas branch, of iran's revolutionary guard, so esmail qaani is the top

commander of that. and today there was a ceremony that iran's aerospace revolutionary guards commander was aborted by the iranian supreme leader a medal, a victory medal. —— was awarded. now, in that ceremony all the commanders were present except esmail qaani, so iranians have been asking where is he? he has been missing for almost a week now. the last time he was seen was at the funeral of nasrallah in hezbollah�*s tehran�*s bureau. and since then he has not been seen. iranians are saying that he is safe and sound, which is really hard to believe. as you mention, the big question is what israel does next and israel's defence minister yoav gallant has been talking about iran today, hasn't he? exactly, yoav gallant just recently said... well, he first denied all the allegations, because iran has been claiming victory, they said that 90% of our missiles landed in israel. he was saying that our air fleet, ourfighterjets,

they did not even take a scratch. so everything is perfectly fine. and he also said that if iran tries to harm us, they better look at what has happened in gaza and lebanon. so he was kind of implying that they would apply the same strategy that they applied in gaza and lebanon in iran. whether that is possible, because iran is a massive, huge country, and they've proven that they are capable of retaliating, and that is what many people are worried about, that this war of words is going to turn into a massive full—blown, full—scale war between the two countries. ijust want i just want to take you to the live pictures from the lebanese capital, beirut. it is about 11:15pm that so it is dark, but in the last few minutes we had seen one small explosion. lebanese state media says there

have been two israeli strikes hit the south of beirut and this all comes afterjust over an hour ago the israel defense forces issued what they called an urgent evacuation warning to residents in this southern area of beirut, particularly they were saying there were four buildings they wanted people to move at least 500 metres away from. they said it was for your safety and the safety of your family members. just evacuate this building on the building is immediately adjacent to it and stay away from it for a distance of no less than 500 metres. the idf say the people they have asked to evacuate are

located near... that was the more —— the warning. this happened last night when there was a warning and about an hour later we saw strikes, very big explosions around this time last night and we have had that warning from the last couple of minutes, there have been two israeli strikes that have hit this southern area of beirut. we pictures, they are dark but when the idf pack in there you can normally see it even though it is dogs that we will keep an eye on those pictures and return to them as soon as there are further developments out of beirut. i'm bringing you one of the line of breaking news, the final evacuation flight carrying uk nationals out of lebanon has landed back at birmingham airport. passengers on board

have joined over 250 havejoined over 250 other uk citizens that have said the country.

try to picture what she is going through. since the 7th of october last year she has been held hostage by hamas terrorists in the gaza terror tunnel 20 metres or more underground. kept in captivity, tortured, isolated, unable to eat, speak or even move without someone else�*s permission. stripped of every human right. emily's mother is pleading with britain and other countries to do more to secure the release of her daughter and other hostages. why isn't the whole world especially britain fighting every month to secure her release. she is one of their own. at this memorial event british jews, many with family and friends in israel, are faced

with the twin reality is that the hostages have still not been released. and here they friends in israel, are faced with the twin reality is that the hostages have still not been released. and here they have faced increasing anti—semitism. the chief rabbi recited thejewish prayer for the dead as a mother praised her daughter and all the other hostages will return home. lucy manning, bbc news. to pakistan now where at least one person has died and six others have been injured in an explosion near developing story out of pakistan. others have been injured in an explosion near the international airport in the city of karachi(tx it's in the city of karachi. it's unclear what caused the explosion. initial local media reports suggested that an oil tanker blew up. the reuters news agency says the pakistani separatist militant group bla has claimed responsibility for the attack.

reuters news is reporting that pakistani militant group the bla has claimed responsibility for the attack. that is on cannon farms at the moment. let's take a look at sport.

that is unconfirmed. three results to bring you from the english premier league, it's now five games in a row without a win for manchester united — they weren't beaten, but drew 0—0 at fifth placed aston villa. united riding their luck at times but also creating a couple of good chances. captain bruno fernandes rattling the crossbar with a freekick. the point does nothing for their league position, they stay in 1ath, ten points

behind the leaders liverpool. england's women are looking for their second victory in rugby's wxv1 series

in canada — they're up against new zealand. who are aiming to respond after a shock 29—27 loss to ireland in their opening match. england are targeting their third straight win over the world champions. kaipo olsen—baker put new zealand in front, abby dow replied, it's currently 7—7. —— 110w —— now england lead covers 12-7. coco gauff has won the china open in beijing. it was a one sided final as she swept aside the unseeded karolina muchova for her second title of the year, 6—1, 6—3. the match lasting just an hour and 17 minutes. gauff�*s last title came in auckland at the start of the year. she's the first wta player in the open era to win each of their first seven finals on a hard court. a good win for coco gauff. and that's all the sport for now. ijust i just wanted it ijust wanted it back i just wanted it back to the

live pictures from the lebanese capital, beirut. in the last couple of minutes a middle east correspondent has confirmed there has been at least one new missile strike to hit the southern area of beirut, just over an hour since that evacuation order was issued by the idea. they hit a southern suburb with a strong hezbollah presence and close to the airport. that area has been targeted several times in recent days. more coming up. stay with us here at bbc news. hello there. good evening. a very messy and unsettled picture weather—wise as we head through the next few days. but it was a pretty start earlier on this morning. lots of red skies, as captured by our weather watchers. and of course, the heaviest downpours today were out towards the west, some of the showers pushing further eastwards at times. not as much sunshine as we saw yesterday,

but still the chance of some more bright and sunny spells as we go through the next few days, accompanied by some rather blustery showers. brisk southerly winds so the air is mild, warm for the time of year, even. and it's unsettled because low pressure is the dominant force. it's out towards the west of ireland. of course, all of these bands of rain showers swirling around it that sets the scene. for the rest of tonight there will be further bands of rain just gradually pushing northwards and eastwards, but some long clear spells across northern areas of england and through the southern half of the uk as we head towards dawn tomorrow. here, temperatures could potentially drop back into high single figures. otherwise a mild start, double figures pretty much across the board. now, tomorrow, the low pressure remains out towards the west. again, there will be furthershowers, longer spells of rain at times. it's quite a cloudy picture across scotland, for example, and there will be rain on and off here throughout the day. the early rain clears away from northern ireland, moves into north—west england, and there could be some heavy, possibly thundery, downpours across south—west england into southern wales as we head through the afternoon. but you could catch a shower almost anywhere. a little less frequent out towards the east.

some sunny spells and the best of the sunshine. temperatures will peak 16—19 celsius. that's above the seasonal average. now, the low pressure sinks a little further southwards as we head through tuesday, so some of the focus of the heaviest downpours could be across the southern half of the uk. there'll be quite frequent showers here, but again some bright and some sunny spells in between. another band of rain just pushes northwards into scotland. again, there will be quite a lot of cloud here, but once again in the best of the sunshine, it will feel warm for the time of year. temperatures generally 14—18 celsius. now, wednesday's weather needs watching. this deep area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane kirk, and at the moment, we think that the worst of the weather will be across northern france, moving into the low countries, heavy rain and strong winds. but some of that rain could move into kent, perhaps. we're likely to see some very blustery winds down the north sea facing coasts as that low pulls away, and then it turns a lot colder. bye— bye.

i want to take you back to the lebanese capital, beirut, because we had seen more explosions in beirut. in the centre of your screen you can see the orange glow that is

there. this happened about one hour after the idf, the israeli military, warned residents in the southern suburb that they needed to evacuate at least 500 metres away from four particular buildings. we have seen a couple of explosions now in the last half hour and our middle east correspondent who is in beirut has said that she has seen at least one missile strike hit herself. she has posted a picture on the bbc news live page on our website. this is following a pattern we have had over the last couple of days whereby the idf issue a warning and about one hour later you see the explosions in the southern suburb of beirut. now, the israeli military say

they are hitting this area because it has a strong hezbollah presence and is close to the airport. this area, as i say, has been targeted several times in recent days. yesterday there was a massive explosion which if you have been with us at the last half hour or so you will have seen in hugo bachega's report he filed where he went to the sea and saw the devastation following that explosion which was the last night. this is what we have seen again today, the israeli army ordering residents out of that southern beirut suburb. to leave their homes, and that the explosion was followed by air strikes, all as israel maintains a campaign against hezbollah. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was visiting troops in northern

israel and said the realities of the region had been completely changed because of the operation. also his army chief of staff said the offensive would not be stopping even though most, they say, of hezbollah�*s leadership, has been killed. so we are seeing further israeli strikes hit beirut. these of course coming after that warning that we had from the idf. i wonder if we could just take our breaking news drop off, you will be able to see a little clearer what we can see, that orange glow we have seen over the last few nights, and there you can see the explosion. we assume that it an israeli missile strike hitting that

area of southern beirut again, and you can see again another strike and the orange glow after you have that strike, and then you see the smoke rising from those targets. this is exactly the same as we saw around this time last night where there are a number of missile strikes in this southern area of beirut, and then you get that blast and you see it on your screen, even though it is just after 11:30pm in beirut, very dark, you can see that orange glow. last night there was a massive explosion. not as big at the moment as last night but they are following that pattern we have had over the last few days, since the conflict has escalated. there you can see thatis escalated. there you can see that is becoming a lot bigger.

the israelis say they are targeting this area because it has a strong hezbollah presence and they also claim there are often munitions storage in these areas. they issue a warning, saying to the lebanese civilians that they need to evacuate the area. that is what happened about an hour and a half ago, they issued this morning specifying four buildings in the suburb of beirut. the way they do this is the idf�*s arabic language spokesperson posts on x and they publish a map alongside they publish a map alongside the announcement where they show which buildings they are set to target and say local residents need to move at least 500 metres from those sites. and then we see about an hour later what you are seeing right

now in beirut which is these strikes in this southern suburb of beirut, and you can see that orange glow and the smoke that then covers the city. this is becoming a regular thing that happens in southern beirut. we were talking last night to our correspondents anna foster who said there is this constant drone you here, this buzz from the israeli drones that are flying above the city, and they are looking at those areas, those drones the israelis are operating, and she said it is becoming quite regular around this time of night, the ten, 11, midnight time where the israelis seem to choose this time to strike when it is night time to strike when it is night time in beirut. that is what we

have seen in the last hour, these new missile strikes hitting the southern suburbs of beirut. there you can see another glow from that explosion and the smoke that comes out after that missile hits. as we say, it was about an hour or so hits. as we say, it was about an hour orso ago hits. as we say, it was about an hour or so ago we had this evacuation. this is near the international airport. of course, the issue with the international airport is lots of the commercial airlines are now no longer flying out of the airport because of the dangers they see of the israeli missile attacks. but the uk government has charted some flights over the last couple of days to evacuate british nationals from lebanon and that final evacuation flight carrying uk

nationals out of lebanon has landed back at birmingham airport in the last hour. so probably over 250 other uk citizens have fled the country over the last couple of days. the british government has been warning its citizens to leave for the last month also. there you can see another big blast happening in the southern suburb of beirut. when it comes to the uk government, the foreign office telling us there will be no more flights at the moment because demand has dropped for them. but britain is not the only country trying to citizens out. other countries, for example yesterday we saw australians who manage to get their citizens out of beirut and they flew into cyprus. cyprus is the

closest european union country that can take flights. other countries, for example japan, they sent a military aircraft to nearby greece. right now on your screens at coming up to 11:40pm in beirut, there are now more missile strikes hitting this southern area, this southern suburb of beirut. as i said, the area is near to the international airport and this is where the israeli military say there is a strong hezbollah presence and that is why they are targeting this area. these are the live pictures. i want to bring in our middle east correspondent from bbc persian, who is in beirut. can you tell us what

you have seen in the last half hour or so?— you have seen in the last half hour or so? yes, it seems this is a new— hour or so? yes, it seems this is a new series _ hour or so? yes, it seems this is a new series of _ hour or so? yes, it seems this is a new series of air— hour or so? yes, it seems this is a new series of air strikes i is a new series of air strikes which started after a warning by the israeli army exactly like last night and similar... last night exactly at the same time we had similar air strikes and one particular air strike caused multiple secondary explosions which shook the city. i can see from my balcony again that there are secondary, still ongoing secondary explosions. it is not clear what has been hit but some local media speculate it can be a weapon like the one hit last night. and until morning we

could hear and see sparks and flashes from that particular location that was badly hurt. just explain for our viewers around the world the area being targeted by the israeli military. targeted by the israeli military-— targeted by the israeli military. targeted by the israeli milita . . . ., military. the area that has been hit — military. the area that has been hit by _ military. the area that has been hit by israel, - military. the area that has been hit by israel, they . military. the area that has| been hit by israel, they say military. the area that has i been hit by israel, they say it is one of the suburbs of beirut, which is particularly hezbollah stronghold but also a big part of it is a residential area. it is notjust about hezbollah but of course it is the area under control of hezbollah and especially some of the high ranked people were killed in the exact same areas

that are now being hit and it has raised questions, are israelis trying to hunt or kill, as they say, other high—ranking commanders of hezbollah? this is the situation and that is why it seems that in the past couple of nights we have had intensified air strikes on those areas but also i should mention inside of this situation, tonight we went back to the school that was accommodating and sheltering thousands of people, mainly families, flight from the southern suburbs of beirut. they told us that because attacks happen to bump up school they were sheltering in, now they want to move —— because attacks happened around the school they were sheltering

in. , ., the school they were sheltering in. , . ., the school they were sheltering in. , ., ., ., , the school they were sheltering in. explain how many people are livin: in in. explain how many people are living in that _ in. explain how many people are living in that suburb _ in. explain how many people are living in that suburb and - in. explain how many people are living in that suburb and how - living in that suburb and how many are having to now live on the streets? right now, every night, a few more people are coming out from that area. and i see it's becoming darker and darker. and last night, for example, massive number of people, we don't have exact number but massive number of people came out and i can explain why we see that, we see that it's massive, because this morning the number of cars that are parked even in the middle of the road... this is two weeks, more than two weeks, every day you go out and go to the streets of beirut, you will see tens of rows of cars just parked in different areas, and

those that were able to take their cars and the other side, you can see a lot of other people of a new people, newcomers that have put a tent, tens here and there in a different part of the city. so the number is growing on the streets as well, visibly. and i can tell you today, we completely witnessed that situation.— completely witnessed that situation. ~ ., , situation. while you have been talkin: , situation. while you have been talking, we've _ situation. while you have been talking, we've been _ situation. while you have been talking, we've been seeing - situation. while you have been l talking, we've been seeing more explosions which could be secondary explosions, as you were saying, or indeed, new strikes. this is following a pattern, isn't it, where the idf give a warning to people in the area and then we see sort of an hour, an hour and a half later the actual strikes?- later the actual strikes? yes, the warnings _ later the actual strikes? yes, the warnings are _ later the actual strikes? yes, the warnings are coming - later the actual strikes? yes, the warnings are coming but| later the actual strikes? yes the warnings are coming but the issueis the warnings are coming but the issue is with warnings, first of all, some people cannot receive those warnings on their phones because usually, before releasing all these statements

on social media, on x, usually, by israel army spokesperson, which is posting the area, location and the location that they are asking people to evacuate, before that, some people are receiving, some families have told us that they have received warning on their phones or whatsapps but also because of the network, some people don't receive this. and had very limited time to leave their houses. and if you have a look, to the post of idf spokesperson, itjust came exactly an hour, less than an hour ago. exactly an hour, less than an hourago. in exactly an hour, less than an hour ago. in the air strikes started right after, like, one hour after. one hour is not enough for many people to grab anything from their houses, to come out and given the fact that most of the streets now in

southern suburbs of beirut are being blocked, and today we had even difficulties in some areas close to those areas to drive, because roads are being damaged or debris is blocking the road, so you can imagine that many people are not able to take their cars. so they have to walk out from there, on foot. if you're just walk out from there, on foot. if you'rejustjoining us, let me recap what is happening. you're seeing live pictures from beirut, where the israelis have launched more missile strikes on a southern suburb of the city, which they say has a strong hezbollah presence, they warned they were going to target four buildings. we are talking to bbc persian's middle east correspondent, nafiseh kohnavard, who is in beirut. nafiseh, just explain to us

again what you're seeing in the city. again what you're seeing in the ci _ , again what you're seeing in the ci . , ., ., again what you're seeing in the ci , ., ., , city. sorry, the line again is very difficult, _ city. sorry, the line again is very difficult, could - city. sorry, the line again is very difficult, could you - very difficult, could you repeat the last question? absolutely. nafiseh, tell us what you can see at the moment in the city. right now, i can see from — in the city. right now, i can see from my _ in the city. right now, i can see from my balcony, - in the city. right now, i can| see from my balcony, which in the city. right now, i can i see from my balcony, which is looking towards a part of, the part of the city that is usually being set and i can see a very dark and thick smoke coming up and i can see at least in two locations, there are secondary explosions, so i can see sparks from those areas, and i can hear different explosions, sounds, one after another. but still i can tell you it seems, this isjust the beginning of a new wave of air strikes. so we expect that air strikes. so we expect that air strikes will intensify like last night until the morning,

especially that this concern has grown tonight here, because tomorrow is the anniversary of the 7th of october, hamas's attack on israel, so everyone here expects, and right after hamas's attack, hezbollah started attacking, according to the group, for the support of the group, for the support of the people of gaza and the palestinian people. so everyone expects that tonight probably beirut and different parts of lebanon will face or will witness intensified attacks. yes, because the israelis didn't only warn about beirut, didn't only warn about beirut, did they? they also warned they are going to target 25 other villages and areas in lebanon. yes. and for hours and hours, right before, we heard reports that there was jets and drones

over northern lebanon, which is farfrom over northern lebanon, which is far from the over northern lebanon, which is farfrom the border, and actually, mainly, it is a sunni or christian populated area, it is not even shia populated area, which can be considered as hezbollah stronghold, but it can be seen as people are moving around, these drones are also following either has hezbollah's allied groups in different locations or they're just following those that are moving from the south to those locations. so different air strikes in different areas that never have been hit is expected. and especially today, we also visited one site which was 20 minutes drive from beirut and it was a touristic area, a very famous small town

thatis area, a very famous small town that is very famous because of its beautiful beach that they have, and things that they have. and for the first time that location, residential building in that area was hit. and three women lost their lives and today we witnessed their funeral. lives and today we witnessed theirfuneral. and people there told me that even in 2006, never that area was attacked. so people were shocked that why that location should be hit, and three civilians lost their lives there. i and three civilians lost their lives there.— and three civilians lost their lives there. i am 'ust hearing that _ lives there. i am 'ust hearing that sirens are _ lives there. i am just hearing that sirens are sounding - lives there. i am just hearing that sirens are sounding in i lives there. i am just hearing i that sirens are sounding in two areas of northern israel, according to the israel defense forces, alerts hard in the upper galilee region. the

military saying that 120 projectiles were filed from hezbollah from lebanon into israel territory today, because thatis israel territory today, because that is the thing, hezbollah is still firing into israel, isn't it? it still firing into israel, isn't it? , , ., still firing into israel, isn't it? , , o, y it? it seems right now, they have confirmed, _ it? it seems right now, they have confirmed, has - it? it seems right now, they i have confirmed, has confirmed that it has started some sort of operation inside israeli territory that hezbollah has confirmed, this is confirmed by israeli army as well. but the extent of that operation is still not clear. the problem is that right now, we are in a state that is very difficult to verify both sides' claims at the moment. but what i can tell you is that today for the first time, the united nations peacekeeping forces that were manning that border, the temporary border and israel,

theyissued temporary border and israel, they issued a warning saying the safety of their forces also is becoming a grave risk and is becoming a grave concern for them, because the operation there, especially from israeli, is intensifying. so it seems there are some movements, some developments on the border but again, it is very difficult to verify both sides' claim that how much they are moving. but on the other hand, it seems hezbollah wants to show that despite all the heat and all of the attacks they have faced, and they lost their leaders, they lost their commanders, it seems they want to show that they will fight. while it is clear that they're in a difficult situation. while you have been — difficult situation. while you have been speaking, - difficult situation. while you have been speaking, we - difficult situation. while you l have been speaking, we have seen fresh explosions that our reviewers are seeing, and that

orange glow of the fire, and that black smoke in beirut. so if you're just that black smoke in beirut. so if you'rejustjoining us, the israeli military is hitting this southern suburb of beirut. we are talking to nafiseh, aaron middle east correspondent, who is in beirut. —— we are talking to nafiseh, our middle east correspondent. you're talking to lebanese people, of course we have seen evacuation flights for foreign we have seen evacuation flights forforeign nationals but it's very difficult for lebanese people to be able to get out of the country if they want to, isn't it? w , the country if they want to, isn'tit? , ,, u,’ isn't it? exactly, especially because of— isn't it? exactly, especially because of the _ isn't it? exactly, especially because of the economic i because of the economic situation and the economic crisis, they have difficulties to purchase or find a way to flee. and it was interesting that we had this discussion with some of the restaurants yesterday here in beirut, the

reference were empty, before you had to book them in abundance every saturday or sunday and you couldn't find any table, now —— you had to book them in advance, now those vestments are completely early and they had to close earlier. so they were telling me in 2006 people had more hope to flee or find locations safer in the mountains of northern lebanon, and go and rent. now even people like them that are owners of restaurants, they cannot afford to buy tickets and they cannot afford to move to other locations, especially that rents are going up and up, so for them, they are trapped in here while they cannot move anywhere. and it seems that day by day, every part are being

bombed for different reasons, for different locations. so the safety feeling also is vanishing. in different areas. so they have, they are trapped. and every charter flight that is being announced, i can hear from many lebanese hear that you're lucky, you can go, but we are trapped.— we are trapped. nafiseh, i'm auoin to we are trapped. nafiseh, i'm going to let— we are trapped. nafiseh, i'm going to let you _ we are trapped. nafiseh, i'm going to let you go _ we are trapped. nafiseh, i'm going to let you go and - we are trapped. nafiseh, i'm going to let you go and get l going to let you go and get back inside. thank you very much forjoining us live from beirut with the latest. that's nafiseh kohnavard who is the bbc persian middle east correspondent, as you can see on your screen, there have been further israeli strikes on the period. also, just getting a break and live from the united kingdom government. they are now advising against all travel to parts of israel. so that just coming in from the foreign office here in london. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. good evening. a very messy and unsettled picture weather—wise as we head through the next few days. but it was a pretty start earlier on this morning. lots of red skies as captured by our weather watchers. and of course, the heaviest downpours today were out towards the west, some of the showers pushing further eastwards at times. not as much sunshine as we saw yesterday, but still the chance of some more bright and sunny spells as we go through the next few days, accompanied by some rather blustery showers. brisk southerly winds so the air is mild, warm for the time of year, even. and it's unsettled because low pressure is the dominant force. it's out towards the west of ireland. of course, all of these bands of rain showers swirling around it that sets the scene. for the rest of tonight there will be further bands of rain just gradually pushing northwards and eastwards, but some long clear spells across northern areas of england and through the southern half of the uk as we head towards dawn tomorrow. here, temperatures could potentially drop back into high single figures. otherwise a mild start, double figures pretty much across the board.

now, tomorrow, the low pressure remains out towards the west. again, there will be furthershowers, longer spells of rain at times. it's quite a cloudy picture across scotland, for example, and there will be rain on and off here throughout the day. the early rain clears away from northern ireland, moves into north—west england, and there could be some heavy, possibly thundery, downpours across south—west england into southern wales as we head through the afternoon. but you could catch a shower almost anywhere. a little less frequent out towards the east. some sunny spells and the best of the sunshine. temperatures will peak 16—19 celsius. that's above the seasonal average. now, the low pressure sinks a little further southwards as we head through tuesday, so some of the focus of the heaviest downpours could be across the southern half of the uk. there'll be quite frequent showers here, but again some bright and some sunny spells in between. another band of rain just pushes northwards into scotland. again, there will be quite a lot of cloud here, but once again in the best of the sunshine, it will feel

warm for the time of year. temperatures generally 14—18 celsius. now, wednesday's weather needs watching. this deep area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane kirk, and at the moment, we think that the worst of the weather will be across northern france, moving into the low countries, heavy rain and strong winds. but some of that rain could move into kent, perhaps. we're likely to see some very blustery winds down the north sea facing coasts as that low pulls away, and then it turns a lot colder. bye— bye.

at ten, we're live in southern israel as the country prepares to mark one year since the hamas attacks of october 7th. we'll be hearing the stories of those affected by the events of that day and explore how conflict has spread across the middle east. it's been a year. yeah, a yearon. but as far as we're concerned, it was yesterday. today israeli strikes continued to hit southern lebanon, with many told to evacuate. strikes too today in gaza, where a year on, the impact of war is everywhere. jeremy bowen, our international editor, will be assessing a year of turmoil. and in our other main story tonight, sue gray,

the prime minister's chief of staff, resigns.