from the october 7th attacks, when hamas gunmen killed 1200 people. at the nova festival site, pictures of some of the missing and dead many of whose families gathered to mark the anniversary. iam i am live in beirut. more powerful air strikes fear in the city in the last hour or so and also in the south of the country. these are pictures live. these are pictures live. meanwhile, israel's military is investigating how rockets fired by hezbollah penetrated israel's air defences overnight hitting the city of haifa. another storm two weeks after hurricane killeen.

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now. memorial benson is your land around the world to mark one year since the attacks of october the 7th. the deadliest day in the nation's history. 1200 people were killed. gunmen stormed across the border. at exactly 6:29am flags were lowered to half mast. that was the time when rockets from gaza started raining down on southern israel followed by the deadly rampage by thousands of militants. israeli communities, army bases and the festival. at the side with the festival was held the presidentjoined a memorial service. held the presidentjoined a memorialservice. more held the presidentjoined a memorial service. more than 350 people there were murdered as gunmen rampage four hours before israeli military reinforcements arrived. meanwhile, the fighting which has raged almost unabated for a year continues. prime minister netanyahu says israel is

changing the security reality in the region. his forces have kept targeted beirut. israel has also launched french strikes —— make strikes. in the area, israel is investigating how rockets managed to penetrate its air defences and explode. benjamin netanyahu said that israel is changing the face of the region. he said that they could not allow another october seven attack to happen again. well, we have been watching and listening to a press conference given by israeli government spokesperson. this is what he had to say. prime minister extended his and the people of israel's deepest condolences to the families of our heroes who

fell defending lebanon and gaza. ~ , gaza. the prime minister said that we are — gaza. the prime minister said that we are in _ gaza. the prime minister said that we are in the _ gaza. the prime minister said that we are in the heat - gaza. the prime minister said that we are in the heat of - gaza. the prime minister said that we are in the heat of a i that we are in the heat of a gruelling war against iran's axis of evil aimed at destroying this country. that will not happen, he said, because we shall stand together and, with god's help, we shall emerge victorious together. well, let's bring you up—to—date on what has happened today with the bbc�*s correspondent injerusalem. sirens marked the exact moment a year ago when israel's deadliest day began. waves of her massive fighters from gaza that they on a dance festival. army bases and visitors, seizing hostages. this is a day of painful remembrance. the? of painful remembrance. they destroyed _ of painful remembrance. they destroyed our _ of painful remembrance. they destroyed our house - of painful remembrance. they destroyed our house and - of painful remembrance. tie: destroyed our house and our life. going back to the home

where her mother and niece were killed. herson where her mother and niece were killed. her son and daughter were kidnapped by hamas and held for 52 days before they were released in a true steel. but she says there are still living the nightmare of the 7th of october. her ex—husband is one of dozens of hostages stuck in gaza. last seen alive in a tunnel by his daughter. they know that every moment, his life is... can be gone. our life is... can be gone. our life is... can be gone. our life is on hold. hold. we can't think. about the future, we cannot think about nothing else. ., , cannot think about nothing else. , . �*, cannot think about nothing else. , else. last year's shocking assaults _ else. last year's shocking assaults triggered - else. last year's shocking assaults triggered the - assaults triggered the deadliest ever war against palestinians. with relentless israeli bombardment, most of gaza's population forced from their homes. a humanitarian

catastrophe. and every day brings new casualties. last month, an israeli air strike hit this family home, killing a six—year—old and his grandmother. i six-year-old and his grandmother. six-year-old and his arandmother. ., ., ~ ., grandmother. i want to know wh . grandmother. i want to know why- we _ grandmother. i want to know why- we are _ grandmother. i want to know why. we are civilians. - grandmother. i want to know why. we are civilians. we - grandmother. i want to know. why. we are civilians. we pose no threat _ why. we are civilians. we pose no threat-— why. we are civilians. we pose no threat. now, in hospital, he tries to cheer _ no threat. now, in hospital, he tries to cheer her _ no threat. now, in hospital, he tries to cheer her surviving - tries to cheer her surviving children with memories of happier days. they have lost all they owned and are in constant pain. i all they owned and are in constant pain.— constant pain. i want my children _ constant pain. i want my children and _ constant pain. i want my children and my - constant pain. i want my children and my wife - constant pain. i want my children and my wife to l constant pain. i want my i children and my wife to be treated _ children and my wife to be treated if_ children and my wife to be treated. if i— children and my wife to be treated. if i could, - children and my wife to be treated. if i could, i- children and my wife to be treated. if i could, i would take — treated. if i could, i would take them _ treated. if i could, i would take them abroad. - treated. if i could, i would take them abroad. but- treated. if i could, i would . take them abroad. but there treated. if i could, i would - take them abroad. but there is no safety~ _ take them abroad. but there is no safety~ i_ take them abroad. but there is no safety. i hope _ take them abroad. but there is no safety. i hope from - take them abroad. but there is no safety. i hope from god - take them abroad. but there is| no safety. i hope from god that they— no safety. i hope from god that they were — no safety. i hope from god that they were stopped _ no safety. i hope from god that they were stopped today - no safety. i hope from god that| they were stopped today before tomorrow _ they were stopped today before tomorrow. �* , ., tomorrow. but, instead, the fi . htin . tomorrow. but, instead, the fighting is — tomorrow. but, instead, the fighting is now _ tomorrow. but, instead, the fighting is now spreading - tomorrow. but, instead, the fighting is now spreading in l fighting is now spreading in the middle east. and that leaves many palestinians and israelis desperately worried that world attention is shifting away from their suffering. well, i have been

speaking to our correspondent and she was reflecting just how much israel has changed over the past year. much israel has changed over the past year-— the past year. this is, you know, the past year. this is, you know. a — the past year. this is, you know, a remarkable - the past year. this is, you know, a remarkable day l the past year. this is, you - know, a remarkable day going back to one year ago when i was in the office. it happened, of course, the 7th of october attacks happened on a major jewish holiday and, really, just the scale of them talk people very much by surprise. we had not seen something like that before, evenjust we had not seen something like that before, even just the amount of rocket fire early in the day was unprecedented. that had me racing into the office but quickly, those rockets were reaching as far as jerusalem and we started to hear these reports of hamas led fighters, breaking out from the perimeter fence, attacking military bases, which we never fortified. these villages, seen around gaza, but also you know,

going to this dance festival, where more than 360 people were killed that day. and, you know, the reports were hard to believe, as they were coming out of my mouth. and i think, you know, many israelisjust felt, for weeks after that, any deep sense of shock because this really was the country's sense of its own invincibility, its military might that were shattered and, with it, is really is a sense of security. now, one year on, that sense of security, yes, there have been military successes but people still feel that things are in a state of deep uncertainty. as we have been hearing there is support for the war in gaza, for its aims of defeating hamas, removing the threat from gaza, bringing back the hostages. there is also a lot of frustration among israelis that, you know, really, all of those aims have yet been met and have now added to the

objective of getting people back to their homes in the north of the country. tens of thousands of people displaced tjy thousands of people displaced by the war that has gone on in parallel to the one in gaza, the cross—border exchanges between israel and his brother. now turning into a ground invasion and another war and another front. invasion and another war and anotherfront. and, you know, i think, many israelis still in disbelief that they have got to this point and the work could be widening yet. after those enormous rocket attacks by iran last week, something that all is with his been told to go into their bomb shelters across the country. it has been a year of unprecedented events when you and think about it.- you and think about it. let's no you and think about it. let's to back you and think about it. let's go back a — you and think about it. let's go back a year— you and think about it. let's go back a year and - you and think about it. let's go back a year and look - you and think about it. let's go back a year and look at l you and think about it. let's i go back a year and look at how events unfolded. at 6:29am sirens sounded in southern israel along the border with gaza. a few moments later sirens were heard in central cities. hamas forces breach the

border and launch multiple attacks. by sioiigtt�*i the israeli army declared a state of alert for war and an army declared a state of alert forwarand an army army declared a state of alert for war and an army of soldiers began deploying into areas under attack. at 10:25am we heard from an idf spokesperson, announcing and operation. benjamin netanyahu addressed benjamin neta nyahu addressed the benjamin netanyahu addressed the nation declaring that israel was at war. as fighting continues in southern israel, tjy continues in southern israel, by 341 in the afternoon, israeli fighter jets by 341 in the afternoon, israeli fighterjets began. my israeli fighter jets began. my colleague israeli fighterjets began. my colleague has been speaking to a former national security advisor of and this is what he shared with us. i advisor of and this is what he shared with us.— shared with us. i think that it is delusional _ shared with us. i think that it is delusional to _ shared with us. i think that it is delusional to think- shared with us. i think that it is delusional to think there i shared with us. i think that itj is delusional to think there is now, emphasising now, any arab country that can enter gaza, fight hamas and neutralise its military capabilities. these capabilities does not exist, not with any palestinian

society. we have huge experience about it. the only way to achieve what people think that it should be achieved at the end, that it would be an area in gaza in which the efforts will take part is only if israel destroyed hamas. don't make a combination of arab and western countries, i don't mind. what i know for sure, based on long experience, that only the can smash hamas to the level in which hamas cannot stop the process and probably hopefully will take part in the future in which the gaza strip will be disarmed without any military capability and the

de—radicalisation and education will take part and will change the mood in the way of thinking of those who are living in gaza because remember, hamas is not an organisation which was imposed from the outside on gaza. hamas is an organisation which was elected by the people of hamas, the gaza strip. it came from within the palestinian society in gaza. it was born in gaza and we have to change the education but for changing the education you do situation in which hamas cannot threaten those who would come in to try to change the culture of the society and that can be done only by israel, only by the idf. and it will take a year to prepare the ground for new voices which will come eitherfrom new voices which will come either from the palestinian society or arab state, to change gaza dramatically.

dramatic changes right across the region over the past 12 months. we reflect now and where this leaves is real and the wider middle east. on a day like today when israel is commemorating instead, and the missing, perhaps the population would like to have had a moment of repose to think about what has happened and where they are going but actually, right now, israel is at war. it is a war on multiple fronts, still in gaza, there is a lot of trouble on the west bank and they are sending several more divisions, two more divisions, i believe, to south lebanon, to beef up their invasion there. so is real now, as well as commemorating exactly what happened a year ago, there is increasing pressure to go after the country that they believe was really behind those attacks, funding hamas. and thatis attacks, funding hamas. and that is iran. the islamic

regime in tehran. so, israel, prime minister netanyahu has said that after last week's ballistic missile attack by the iranians, that israel is going to hit back. he said that no other country in the world would do anything other than that. so he has to decide what to do. president biden has made his views clear. he said don't hit the nuclear facilities. his views clear. he said don't hit the nuclearfacilities. the massive nuclear industry. don't also hit petrochemicals because, let's face it, big spike in oil prices and petrol pricesjust for the us spike in oil prices and petrol prices just for the us election would not be a popular thing in a very close race. there are limits, though. to america's influence on this. joe biden has chosen, over the months, not to use the levers he could have used to influence israeli policy when he has not been very happy with it and i think thatis very happy with it and i think that is left him now and quite a powerless state so it is down to netanyahu. what does he do? does he have the kind of

response to around that iran might be able, somehow, to say, all right, we are even. they have actually said they are going to hit back if they are attacked by israel. or does he go in very, very hard? and there is increasing pressure to do that in israel because they are saying that, after the military successes, israel has had against iran's strongest ally has mack lebanon, that lebanon and the islamic regime are weakened and this is the moment to really go after them. once in a generation opportunity. i think that would be dangerous talk. as he was saying, if you're's strikes on lebanon are intensifying. heavy bombardment in the past 24 hours and live pictures coming to us from beirut. a massive strike there late on thursday at the airport but it is not just beirut. it has been the valley in the east and southern lebanon as well. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will be

live with anna buster in beirut for the latest from there.

as we have been talking about, we have been showing you pictures as well, live pictures coming to us from lebanon and the attacks are really intensifying, the israeli strikes in southern lebanon. in particular plumes of smoke over the southern city. it is about 20 kilometres north of the israeli border and these are pictures that we have got right now coming to us, as you can see, live from david. there is that strike last night. quite near the airport as well. it was a massive one. loud explosions continuing to be heard across the capital so let's take you live there and speak to anna foster. what has been happening today? this speak to anna foster. what has been happening today?- been happening today? as you are reflecting _ been happening today? as you are reflecting there, _ been happening today? as you are reflecting there, the - been happening today? as you are reflecting there, the sight| are reflecting there, the sight and sound of conflict are all around here. just at the

moment. you might be a bit here, actually, ishould moment. you might be a bit here, actually, i should tell you what i am talking, there is over the loud sound of an israeli ranjust over the loud sound of an israeli ran just overhead and i think this is a constant sound now both day and night. the sound of israeli intelligence gathering going on notjust here in beirut but across the south of the country as well and in the last hour or so we have seen some really powerful strikes, down in the south of the country, the international correspondent and her team are there and they were saying that they saw maybe six, seven or more strikes go one after the other. any area around the city. also here in beirut, again, some really sizeable powerful strikes. again, some really sizeable powerfulstrikes. now, again, some really sizeable powerful strikes. now, though southern suburbs that we talk about are very close to the airport and, often, you will see people sort of referencing the proximity of the airport to those strikes. a limited number of flights are still operating but they are coming in and out of that airport and some of them, they release, obviously, these great plumes of smoke

into the sky and it has had a real impact on down here and now put at these two weeks or so of strikes. many of them concentrated on that very small area and our middle east correspondent has been around there this morning. 50 correspondent has been around there this morning.— there this morning. so this is there this morning. so this is the site of— there this morning. so this is the site of an _ there this morning. so this is the site of an attack - there this morning. so this is the site of an attack that - the site of an attack that happened earlier this morning, about six hours ago. there is still thick smoke rising from the location here. there is a heavy smell in the air and over there, another location that was hit this morning. and in between the buildings, we can see the destruction caused by these air strikes overnight there were more air strikes year. there are multiple secondary explosions. this is an indication that weapons and ammunition will be stored in the places hit. the israeli military has accused hezbollah of hiding weapons in residential areas, something hezbollah is denied and we have seen that beirut has become a

key target of the israeli military in this conflict against hezbollah and, down here, where hezbollah is based on the capital, has been repeatedly hit. this is a densely populated district here in beirut. and it is now completely empty. it is a very emotional day. forso completely empty. it is a very emotional day. for so many people. and a day of reflection. and i have been asking some of our correspondence across the region what people have been telling them about their fears for the future and what they think will happen next. and you have covered extensively what happened after october seven from israel and are used to live in beirut. you've been back many times. what do your contacts and people tell you about their fears for the future? ., ~ future? yeah. i think, actually. _ future? yeah. ithink, actually, one - future? yeah. ithink, actually, one thing . future? yeah. ithink, l actually, one thing that always, you know, feels at front of mind for me is that, when you look at is real and, as you say, what happened on

the 7th of october and i was there in southern israel very shortly afterwards. in northern israel as well, as people fled their homes, as the hezbollah rocket started to come across and also, you know, as you say, i've spent a lot of time but the used to live and be based on lebanon and seeing people now are displayed of the country and when you look at israel and lebanon and the history and the conflict and, you know, the tension between those two countries, actually, it is always the civilians on both sides, you know, regardless of what decisions are being made by the israeli government which, of course, some people and it will support, some people don't support, some people don't support the way that they have signed up things since the 7th of october and before that. similar the year of october and before that. similarthe year in of october and before that. similar the year in the burn, this was an attack that was launched by hezbollah, not many lebanese government. and many, many people who you speak to here are really angry and upset about everything that has happened. they resent the fact that hezbollah has dragged them into this war and that the politicians even lebanon have not been strong enough to

distance themselves from that or to stop it from happening. and it isjust or to stop it from happening. and it is just those very simple people that you sort of see. simple stories of people on the street. they've been on the streets for ten days now. with their families, with children, you know, nothing to play with, very little to eat, no shelter over their heads as air strikes continue here and equally, you know, those people who are softening from their homes in northern israel in the days after october the 70 have been away from their communities, theirfriends, communities, their friends, children from communities, theirfriends, children from their schools, for a year now. we talk so much, don't we? we reflect on what presidents and prime ministers and people right at the top of international politics say and it is just being here, forever i've been over the past year, and to see how that trickles down to the lives of ordinary people that is one of the things that, for me, is always the most powerful and the most saddening thing. thank you so much. anna foster in david. a year ago i was in the studio speaking every hour

to our correspondence in gaza. all the news that was coming in. he'sjust been all the news that was coming in. he's just been with all the news that was coming in. he'sjust been with me, you later, in the studio and he told me that last year, october seven remains a today he will never forget.— seven remains a today he will never forget. that day started with 'ust never forget. that day started with just me _ never forget. that day started with just me trying _ never forget. that day started with just me trying to - never forget. that day started with just me trying to take - never forget. that day started j with just me trying to take my kids to school and suddenly thousands of rockets were flying overhead, everywhere. and explosions. for about two hours there was a lot of conflicting reports a lot of videos that you can't verify and it wasn't clear what exactly had been very quickly realised that this is something thatis realised that this is something that is going to take huge revenge by the israelis because the high mass attack was massive and do something that we had never seen before. i have been covering this conflict for the past 25 years and this is the first time i saw something like that and the

revenge was really expected. i mean, not on the scale but 40,000 people were killed and about 10,000 people are missing and over two thirds of the population are displaced from the north into the south and they live in a very difficult condition intense, in a small place which israel called a save zone and they hit it many times, many people were killed within this area.— within this area. what is happening _ within this area. what is happening today? - within this area. what is i happening today? because within this area. what is - happening today? because the idf have released a statement saying that they are responding with great force in the north. talking to many people in the north, the last two days, they said we felt as if the war started again and a new evacuation order to very large area in the north. and in the last half hour or so, the people also in the east were

receiving another warning because there are rockets to mark the anniversary today and the israelis hit back from the place where hamas fired the rockets. , ., ~ place where hamas fired the rockets. , ., ,, , ., place where hamas fired the rockets. , . ~' , ., ., rockets. lets take you through some of the — rockets. lets take you through some of the pictures _ rockets. lets take you through some of the pictures we - rockets. lets take you through some of the pictures we have l some of the pictures we have had from today as the world remembers. we can show you the flags. this is real's parliament injuries and then put up here they are, lowered, at half mast, at 6:29am. that signalled the beginning of the commemorations individual and, further south, people return to the site of the festival were 350 people were killed. i know that sounds a bitjarring and a bit odd hearing that music but this was the last song before the attackers struck and it was we played to the crowds gathered there this morning.

the french foreign minister attended the ceremony and spoke to families of french victims. we understand that he will go to the occupied west bank later today. in the nearby area, families of hostages gathered, calling for the focus to remain on there still being held captive by hamas on gaza. in tel aviv israeli women created a human chain in honour of the remaining hostages events to mark the day were held around the world. this is bondi beach where people listened in silence to a reading of the hostages names. a synagogue in south tottenham, paying tribute to the jewish south tottenham, paying tribute to thejewish community right across the country. and there protesters were demanding an end to his real's attacks on gaza. these are pictures of one such gathering in the indian capital, delhi. let us leave you with five pictures that we are getting from the site of the nova music festival. many people still gathered there today to remember.

more of an autumnal flavour to come across the uk over the next few days. a showery story but it will be mild for the time of year to begin with. however, stronger winds and a change of wind direction making it feel colder by the end of the week. however, for the here and now, it is all about low pressure. spy looming around this low pressure is a series of frontal systems. here is the most noticeable one from the far north of scotland but a south—westerly flow driving in a rash of showers and these will become more heavy and widespread as we go through the afternoon. but if you dodge the showers and keep the sunshine, it is presently one. 19 degrees, not out of the question. by the early evening and into the rush hour we could see a line up ready in ten showers, some with pale and thunder mixed in their foot are moving out of the south—west and well towards the midlands and well towards the midlands and the north of england as we

go through the night put everything first thing tomorrow morning cloudy and wet for some but a mild start. fewer showers and single figures into the far north of scotland. that's a line of showers will continue to drip its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. more showers piling on the south—west and, once again, pushing further in than. the keep the showery theme for tuesday but, on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly for the south—west put have 18 or 19 degrees. the winds are starting to swing to a northerly and cooler in the far north of scotland. but we need to take a look at hurricane kirk. it will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its hurricane identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. still taking it towards northern spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the wind direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. so it could be a

glancing blow across the channel islands in the kent coast from kirk at the moment. a rash of showers coming of the north sea and that northerly when starting to be felt across scotland. eight or 9 degrees here. still relatively mild in the south. it is really from thursday onwards that we will notice the difference with the feel of the weather. a cooler wind and still plenty of showers to come.

live from new york at the opening bell, this is business today. stocks fall and us bond yields rise as odds of a big interest rate cut fall. oil prices continue to climb. brent crude approaches $80 a barrel as tensions mount in the middle east. welcome to business today, live from new york. today is the 7th of october. across israel and the world, ceremonies are being held to remember the victims of hamas' attack on israel and the start of fighting in gaza. tragedy has many dimensions, one of them is economic. on today's programme, we look at what the widening conflict means for the global economy. from the price of oil, which we

mentioned has been climbing, to