there's fresh fighting on the border of lebanon and israel. attacks, too, in haifa and beirut. on bbc verify we have been looking at the impact of some of the recent israeli air strikes on lebanon and the damage it has caused. the fbi arrests a man from afghanistan accused of planning an election day attack on the united states. and lisa marie presley's posthumous memoir reveals intimate details of life with elvis. we have an exclusive interview with her daughter, riley keough. more than five million people in florida are under evacuation orders with the impending arrival of hurricane milton. it's the most powerful category five storm, with ferocious winds of up to 270 kilometres an

hour. let's ta ke let's take your life to tampa, florida. ~ ., , ,. ., florida. milton is expected to hit the area _ florida. milton is expected to hit the area later _ florida. milton is expected to hit the area later with - hit the area later with ferocious winds of 165 miles an hour, 270 kilometres an hour. as we said in the introduction thatis as we said in the introduction that is why presidentjoe biden has warned people to leave now, it is a matter of life and death, as the state undertakes its largest evacuation effort in years. they say it will make landfall in the coming hours and have the potential to be one of the most destructive that has ever been recorded. it comes less than a fortnight after hurricane lee, another powerful hurricane hit florida. siren. an evacuation siren on the streets of redington shores in florida. debris is still piled up after storm helene two weeks ago, and now people

are being told they have to leave again. mandatory evacuation orders are in place for nearly six million people. as hurricane milton approaches, many are heading to safety as authorities warn that storm surges could be up to 15 feet with warnings that if you stay when told to leave, you may not survive. we can rebuild homes, we can rebuild businesses, we can get people back on theirfeet, but only if they're safe and they survive the storm. we're not going to be able to bring people back who stay behind in 10 or 15 feet of storm surge. hurricane milton is intensifying — now a category five — with speeds around 165mph. this crew from the national oceanic and atmospheric association — dubbed hurricane hunters — flew through it yesterday and felt its power. damn! on the ground, residents are doing what they can to protect their properties before they leave. but there's real fear here.

apprehensive, really anxious. we have two young kids. it's scary. over 50 counties are now under a state of emergency, but not everyone is deciding to flee. we got four, five gallon cans. tommy hall and his family live near venice beach, and they've chosen to weather the incoming storm. we got gas, food, two generators, portable air conditioners to push around to room to room, sol think we might do 0k. but with forecasters are now warning of the severity and dangers of the storm. one forecaster broke down on air because of fears of what is to come. , ., , ., come. everything that is going on it really _

come. everything that is going on it really does _ come. everything that is going on it really does affect - come. everything that is going on it really does affect you - on it really does affect you emotionally. yes, my delivery of trying to carry an audience through these types of emergencies, i think it has become certainly not the same non—alarmist style it was before. i non-alarmist style it was before. . . . ~ ., �*, before. i am alarmed. milton's strenath before. i am alarmed. milton's strength has — before. i am alarmed. milton's strength has already _ before. i am alarmed. milton's strength has already brought l strength has already brought flooding along the mexican coast and downed power lines and trees. but the us is bracing itself for much worse with official saying that milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record when it makes landfall later today. our correspondent gordon corera is in tampa and he's been talking to some of the residents preparing for the storm's arrival. here in tampa, there is a sense of time running out ahead of milton's really now imminent arrival. the streets in the city have been eerily quiet — hardly anyone's around. the few people who we have seen

have been preparing their homes or their offices for the storm, boarding things up, maybe moving things around. i think one of the things that's quite shocking is, just as you can see around me, the devastation which is still here from hurricane helene, which hit two weeks ago. and there's an enormous amount of debris around, particularly where i am in tampa. and the concern is that the massive surge which will come with milton could lift up all this debris, move it around, cause even more damage. and the fear is that the surge with milton could be 12 feet or perhaps even more high compared to about half that or less with helene. so it could be very significant indeed. there's a lot of work going on already to think about how the community will respond afterwards. but first of all, they've got to get through that storm, which is nowjust really hours away from arriving here. the national hurricane center expects milton to make landfall as an "extremely

dangerous hurricane" with expected wind speeds of up to 165 miles per hour. here's sophie raworth. hurricane milton will be the second powerful storm to hit florida in less than two weeks and it is currently travelling across the gulf of mexico. you can see its path there. warm waters in the gulf of mexico have helped her become a dangerous hurricane. it is expected to make landfall as early as tomorrow. sign to say climate change is to blame with much warmer seas supercharging these hurricanes. these are the normal range of temperatures for the atlantic and this should bejust for the atlantic and this should be just about here where they are now. look how much warmer the waters are this year, at or near the hottest temperatures on record. the oceans absorb most of the extra heat, the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases trapped near the surface, so warmer seas mean more water evaporates

and that allows storms to strengthen and grow. let's now speak to professor myles allen, who is a climate physicist at the university of oxford. welcome to the programme. a lot of people want to know how much climate change might be playing a part in this because, of course, there always is a hurricane season in the united states but you don't regularly see storms of this ferocity. that is right. we have always had hurricanes in this part of the world. hurricanes are these giant engines returning energy from warm ocean temperatures into kinetic energy in the air. if you increase the octane and the fuel by warming up the sea temperatures, as sophie was saying, you allow hurricanes to get more intense. we have seen an intensification and lots of indicators of growing activity since the 1980s. the longer term picture is a bit less clear. but that coincides with a rapidly rising temperature

indices and the warming climate. in indices and the warming climate-— indices and the warming climate. , ., ., climate. in terms of what might come next _ climate. in terms of what might come next in — climate. in terms of what might come next in terms _ climate. in terms of what might come next in terms of - climate. in terms of what might come next in terms of the - come next in terms of the storm, when you track this as a physicist, what could come next? . ., , ., physicist, what could come next? , ., next? crucially for storm activity or _ next? crucially for storm activity or for _ next? crucially for storm activity or for the - next? crucially for storm activity or for the storm l activity or for the storm itself we are getting much better at forecasting hurricane intensity and tracks, which does help enormously in terms of saving lives. of course it can help people protect their properties but it still does enormous damage. one of the really good new stories here is how well forecast hurricanes are compared to what they would have been a few decades ago. but the longer term outlook is worrying, of course, because we are, as sea surface temperatures continue to warm, we will see more intense storms of this nature. how many more? it is like rolling the dice. if the dice is a bit loaded, you can't say exactly how many

times you will get sixes, but we are loading it in that direction.— we are loading it in that direction. ~ ., direction. when you look at the histo of direction. when you look at the history of the — direction. when you look at the history of the intensification - history of the intensification of these hurricanes and linking that to climate change, what lessons can you draw from that? we remember hurricane katrina, a category five hurricane that was nearly close to 20 years ago now. what can you draw from the lessons in the past decades or so? the lessons in the past decades orso? the lessons in the past decades or so? , ., ., the lessons in the past decades or so? ., the lessons in the past decades orso? . , or so? the important lesson is climate change _ or so? the important lesson is climate change is _ or so? the important lesson is climate change is making - climate change is making certain types of extreme weather more intense. it is also making other kinds of weather less intense in other parts of the world. and we are having to cope with a changing climate as a result of human influence as a result of rising greenhouse gas concentrations. but the really important message i would like your viewers to get is we can stop it. we can stop global warming within a generation if we put our minds to it. the

combination of reducing carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and responsible disposal of the remainder. in that regard britain has got a pretty good track record of reducing the amount of fossil carbon dioxide we produce and the announcement last week of the government where they are going to start responsibly disposing of carbon dioxide is also very welcome. there are steps in the right direction but we have got a long way to go. direction but we have got a long way to 90-— direction but we have got a long way to go. thank you very much for _ long way to go. thank you very much for taking _ long way to go. thank you very much for taking us _ long way to go. thank you very much for taking us through - much for taking us through those elements of the story. a climate physicist at the university of oxford, thank you very much. we have more on the developments surrounding hurricane milton on the bbc news website where we continue to run a live page. we have a live stream as well and there are plenty of updates, of course, as we continue to track the hurricane. the fbi have arrested an afghan man accused of plotting to carry out an attack on the day of the us presidential election. nasir ahmad tawhedi who lived

in oklahoma was detained on monday after he attempted to buy guns and ammunition from people working undercoverfor the fbi. carl nasman has more from washington. the fbi has arrested a 27—year—old suspect originally from afghanistan over what is to believed to be a foiled terror plot that would have targeted the united states on election day. the suspect, nasir ahmad tawhedi is accused of planning the attack either in sympathy with or conjunction with the islamic state group. there are some bits of evidence laid out by prosecutors and documents unsealed on tuesday, they point to a couple of different things, saying the suspect was in these kinds of chat rooms, telegram groups also there were elements of texts and pictures of documents downloaded to his phone and he made some donations to the islamic state group. in the end, he was detained

after he tried to buy some high—powered rifles and ammunition from two undercover fbi agents. in terms of some of the detail we got about the actual plot, apparently the suspect allegedly told prosecutors he and a younger accomplice were hoping to die as martyrs for a large attack on a big gathering of people. you could imagine on election day in the us many people heading out to balloting and polling stations across the country, that might have been the type of place they were hoping to target. in terms of the bigger picture, national security officials have been warning for many months the threat picture has been changing across the united states, that there is a higher threat level and they say in part that is due to the conflict that has been ongoing in the middle east. there are no direct links here but they are saying there have been some potential threats and other threats

were thwarted, targeting american citizens. we have less than a month to go until the election, you can imagine how an effect like this might affect the actual election itself not just in terms of casualties and numbers that could be killed in this type of attack, but what a threat like this could do to like this could do to the election itself in terms of the temperature, the way the election and campaign have been carried out. officials and police will be on the look out for similar arrests as we get closer to election day in the us. let s get some of the day s other news now. brazil's supreme court has lifted a ban on the social media platform x after it agreed to pay a hefty fine and block the profiles of dozens of people accused of spreading disinformation. the ban had been imposed five weeks ago, following elon musk�*s refusal to suspend certain accounts. donald trump has rejected reports he sent covid testing kits to russia's president putin when they were in short supply at the start of the pandemic. the claim is made by the journalist bob woodward,

in his soon to be released book "war". the book also alleges that the former president has held up to seven phone calls with mr putin since leaving office. australia's prime minister anthony albanese has apologised for making a "hurtful" comment in parliament. he had mocked opposition members by asking them if they had tourette's syndrome. the remark, which was quickly withdrawn, has angered disability advocates and been labelled "ableist" and "despicable" by mps across the political spectrum. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

there's been fresh fighting on the border between lebanon and israel. attacks, too, on haifa and beirut. and the israel defense forces have just issued new warnings for people in southern lebanon. a quarter of the country is under evacuation orders. the israeli prime minister has warned the lebanese people they face destruction

on the same scale as gaza unless they reject hezbollah. benjamin netanyahu said if the group needed to stop fighting or lebanon would topple into the abyss of a long war. he asserted israel had killed another possible replacement for the assassinated head of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah. but the idf later said it could not confirm the death of hashem safieddine. lebanese media said the latest israeli attacks had caused devastation in the south and east of the capital, beirut. joining me now are now our middle east correspondents: yolande knell injerusalem and lina sinjab in beirut. we have just heard these new evacuation orders coming from the israel defense forces. what more do you know about that? fin more do you know about that? on the ground in southern lebanon the ground in southern lebanon the fighting remains intense. we have heard in the past day about more israeli soldiers having been injured. israel has

moved its ground offensive not just from the eastern part of the border, but across to the south—west. it now has four military divisions involved in this ground offensive, although it is still insisting it is a limited, targeted operation thatis limited, targeted operation that is going on there. at the same time i should say there have also been different fronts. you have got what is still happening in gaza, particularly in the north. israeli ground forces are surrounding jabalia, according to reports. the israeli military is also telling people there they have to leave. this will be the third time the israeli military is sending its forces into that area that historically has been seen as a stronghold of hamas. we have also had these reports overnight which benjamin netanyahu has not confirmed, of an air in damascus in syria as well. it is said to have killed a number of civilians according

to the syrian state news agency. to the syrian state news auen . �* , to the syrian state news agency-— to the syrian state news auen . �* , , ., agency. let's bring lena in, in beirut. agency. let's bring lena in, in iteirut- we — agency. let's bring lena in, in beirut. we just _ agency. let's bring lena in, in beirut. we just heard - agency. let's bring lena in, in beirut. we just heard about i beirut. we just heard about those new evacuation orders. what is the feeling where you are as more people in lebanon are as more people in lebanon are being forced to leave their homes? 3, , homes? basically here in the southern _ homes? basically here in the southern suburb _ homes? basically here in the southern suburb of— homes? basically here in the southern suburb of beirut - homes? basically here in the. southern suburb of beirut that has been _ southern suburb of beirut that has been under israeli air strikes _ has been under israeli air strikes for several days now, perhaps _ strikes for several days now, perhaps over a week, two weeks since _ perhaps over a week, two weeks since the — perhaps over a week, two weeks since the assassination of the late leader at hassan nasrallah, and still overnight attacks— nasrallah, and still overnight attacks are taking place. israeii _ attacks are taking place. israeli warnings are still continuing for people to evacuate. this is a big swathe of residential areas were building after building and street— building after building and street after street are being evacuated and people are running _ evacuated and people are running for safety. the government here says almost 900

shelters— government here says almost 900 shelters are filled up with displaced people and more pennie _ displaced people and more people are on the run. we can see people sleeping on the streets, people running to the mountains and many are still trying — mountains and many are still trying to— mountains and many are still trying to escape outside the country— trying to escape outside the country completely. but this is really — country completely. but this is really a — country completely. but this is really a worrying situation for all the — really a worrying situation for all the lebanese, especially with— all the lebanese, especially with the messages coming from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, saying you either— benjamin netanyahu, saying you either give up on hezbollah or 11 either give up on hezbollah or ii and — either give up on hezbollah or 11 and will face a similar destiny— 11 and will face a similar destiny to gaza. the lebanese here _ destiny to gaza. the lebanese here did — destiny to gaza. the lebanese here did not have a say whether hezbollah was armed or when it was taking a decision to fight israel— was taking a decision to fight israel and such an action could really— israel and such an action could really drag the country into internal _ really drag the country into internal conflict, not only an external— internal conflict, not only an external one with israel. | external one with israel. want to external one with israel. i want to pick up on that because you mention that video address from benjamin netanyahu. what more reaction has the lebanese government had to what he has

been saying?— government had to what he has been saying? there has not been et an been saying? there has not been yet an official _ been saying? there has not been yet an official reaction _ been saying? there has not been yet an official reaction from - yet an official reaction from the lebanese government but many— the lebanese government but many people took to social media _ many people took to social media and express their concern about— media and express their concern about a — media and express their concern about a foreign country interfering in internal politics and dictating what people have to think, act and do and — people have to think, act and do and really because of the fear— do and really because of the fear that— do and really because of the fear that even those who are opposing hezbollah and the policies of hezbollah, it is not — policies of hezbollah, it is not the _ policies of hezbollah, it is not the time to fight internally. they want peace for the country, they want a ceasefire and they don't want to create _ ceasefire and they don't want to create yet another tension internally based on sectarianism or political leaders who drag the country into another civil war. they have — into another civil war. they have already paid a high price for that _ have already paid a high price for that i_ have already paid a high price for that. . , have already paid a high price for that. ., , ., ., for that. i am bringing yolande knell in once _ for that. i am bringing yolande knell in once more. _ for that. i am bringing yolande knell in once more. we - for that. i am bringing yolande knell in once more. we are - knell in once more. we are hearing that benjamin netanyahu has been speaking to president joe biden today. the relationship between israel and

the us is hugely significant when it comes to de—escalate this. what is your analysis about how crucial this particular hole could be given where we are in this ongoing conflict? .., where we are in this ongoing conflict? . ., ,, conflict? -- call. the us remains _ conflict? -- call. the us remains israel's - conflict? -- call. the us remains israel's closest | conflict? -- call. the us i remains israel's closest ally but we have seen consistently over the past year that despite its influence it has not always been able to limit israeli actions and we are expecting the main focus of this phone call to be really about israel's response to that massive attack by iran last week, where it fired close to 200 ballistic missiles at israel. we have had the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that iran will pay the price. iran said it was acting in response to high—profile assassinations and the invasion of southern lebanon as well. it said there would be vast destruction if israel hit back. there is a lot of fear going on in the

background here about the increased likelihood of a wider war. when it comes to the relationship between these two leaders, it is important to say that it does seem to have become much more testy and much more mistrustful in recent weeks because of the conduct of the war in gaza, because of these increased suspicions that what israel has said was an operation of a certain size against hezbollah in lebanon is deepening and could go on for much longer there with the fighting than many had originally anticipated. thank ou both originally anticipated. thank you both very _ originally anticipated. thank you both very much. - in her posthumous memoir, the only child of elvis presley lisa marie presley, shares intimate new details about her life with elvis, michaeljackson, and the suicide of her son ben. the book ? from here to the great unknown —

was completed by her daughter riley keough, who pulled together presley s recordings with her own memories to bring her story to readers. it is a raw look at one of america s most famous families. riley sat down with the bbc s nada tawfik. #itis # it is down at the end of lonely street... as the only child of elvis, lisa marie presley's life played out in the public eye. her new posthumous memoir finished by her daughter riley is a raw and incredibly sad look at one of america's most famous families. riley sat down with the bbc to discuss the book. in it for the first, time lisa marie shares the harrowing story of her father's death. how atjust nine she ran to his body on the bathroom floor, screaming. she writes, she sensed something was wrong with him. it was totally devastating to her, i think that she in some way spent her life grieving. and grieving him, and it definitely dictated her

life and her story. and, yes, that relationship was discussed as well. the world had no idea what to make of the union between the king of rock �*n' roll�*s daughter and the king of pop but lisa marie insists on her memoir she was so happy and that no—one ever came close to being like herfather, apart from michaeljackson. itjust sort of exploded. it was very passionate and kind ofjust went up in flames a bit. they both cared for each other very deeply. the first time michaeljackson proposed lisa marie said she was still married and he confessed his love in a dark room in las vegas. he told her he was a virgin and wanted her to have his kids. after two years of marriage, lisa marie filing for divorce. there were a lot of things at play, drugs, my mother's

fundamental distrust of the people around her. on the accusation, he was a child molester, she said i never saw a goddam thing like that. i personally would have killed him if i had. addiction and mental health are a running theme through the book. lisa marie saying she experimented with drugs during her rebellious teen years, but it wasn't until her 40s, after she was prescribed opioids for a c—section that she became an addict. it is sadly, like, so addictive, and ruins people's lives. i don't think she is alone, it's much more common than it should be. riley keogh closing at this half hour. do stay with us here on bbc news.

it has been a cloudy and wet start to the day particularly in the north and east of the country. low pressure has been driving our weather and is pulling away into the north sea but we have remnants of france reducing the rain and we can see more of a northerly component to the wind, so feeling cold in the north of scotland, in fact feeling quite raw. through the afternoon we hang on to the rain in the north and east but it will brighten up across southern parts of england, south wales and in scotland with a few showers. some of those showers could well fall as snow in the highlands. temperatures eight to nine in northern scotland but generally 12 to 17, which is quite pleasant in the sunshine. this evening and overnight that band of cloud and rain continues to sink southwards, weakening all the time. clearerskies southwards, weakening all the time. clearer skies follow on behind with wintry showers down to 300 400 metres across parts scotland. you can see where it is blue in the charts that

temperatures could be minus three or minus four, so a frosty start in the north. as we head through to tomorrow this cold weather sink southwards, as represented by the blues, eventually chasing away the milder yellow through the day. we will all be under this northerly wind. we start with cloud and showery outbreaks of rain in the far south first thing, then a lot of dry weather and fewer showers around. it will feel cold in that wind, temperatures are low for this time of year anyway, add on the wind chill and it will feel colder than that. it will be a frosty start on friday with a widespread frost, but a lot of dry weather in scotland, england, wales and northern ireland. rain in scotland and later in the day that will get into northern ireland and westerly wind where the cold air is already in place, so it will feel like quite a cold day. as we head into the weekend we can see we have a ridge of high pressure.

yes, there is a weather front cross in aspen on sunday the high pressure will keep the weather front at bay. during the course of saturday there will be some rain in the south and it is looking like a decent day foremost as we head into sunday.

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is barreling towards florida. more five million people are urged to leave their homes. after another conservative leadership contender is eliminated, mps vote again today to cut the number of candidates to the final two. and joe root overtakes sir alastair cook to become england's highest test run—scorer of all time. more now on our top story. millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida before the arrival of hurricane milton. it is a category five storm, the highest rating, and is expected to make landfall tonight. steve paris lives in tampa, which is expected to be in the path of the hurricane and he told us the difficulties he's experienced in the evacuation process.