doing the same. it is obvious that his team, at least, does not want the american people to see everything about who he is. hello, i'm carl nasman. alex salmond — the former leader of the scottish national party, who led scotland to the brink of independence in the 2014 referendum — has died at the age of 69. he reportedly collapsed after speaking at an event in north macedonia earlier on saturday — this is one of the last pictures taken of him at that event. mr salmond was a formidable campaigner

for independence in scotland — and led the snp to power there in 2007 — becoming the country's first minister for seven years. among the dozens of tributes — the king said in a statement: our scotland correspondent lorna gordon looks back at alex salmond's life. in 300 years, no one came closer to ending the union with england than alex salmond. the greatest campaign in scottish democratic history. a formidable political figure who guided the party that, for decades, was on the fringes of politics to the heart of power. changing the political landscape of the united kingdom and delivering a referendum on independence. this is sad news that alex salmond has died and i extend my deepest condolences to his wife moira and his family. this is a moment

that individuals will reflect on the exceptional leadership that alex salmond has given to public life in scotland with his works in parliament and especially as the first minister of scotland. while studying economics that alex salmond joined the scottish national party, scottish national party, he worked for a time as an oil economist but politics soon exerted its pull. alex salmond has won the leadership of the i scottish national party. alex salmond first led the snp in the 1990s but it was during his second stint that his party became a major political force. it is good to be back. within three years, the snp were in government in edinburugh. then in 2011, he pulled off a few thousand thought impossible,

winning a majority at holyrood. alex salmond negotiated a referendum on independence with david cameron. he was a formidable and inescapable voice in the debate that followed in on the airwaves, voice in the debate that followed on the airwaves, and the towns and cities across scotland. in the end, the referendum result was no and alex salmond stepped down his first minister and snp leader, alex salmond stepped down as first minister and snp leader, carrying on the fight for independence of the new political party. speaking to someone the other day, of him speaking with a colleague at the royal bank of scotland and outlining a strategy for achieving independence are scotland and i think he thought about that every day of his life since being a young man. and nearly brought it to fruition. and more recent years, there were controversies. he was cleared of sexual assault in 2020 and he also fell out with this protege and successor as first minister, nicola sturgeon. tonight, she said...

the former mp died after being taken ill in north macedonia. it is understood he collapsed after giving a speech. alex salmond led the snp to political dominance in scotland and pushed independence to the top of the agenda. an oratory, strategist and campaigner whose voice travelled far beyond the boundaries of scotland. former first minister of scotland alex salmond — who has died at the age of 69. to the middle east — where the un peacekeeping mission in southern lebanon, unifil, says a fifth soldier has been wounded — but it's not yet known who is responsible for the fire. the incident took place at the un base in naqoura — near the border

between israel and lebanon. four un peacekeepers were wounded in previous incidents, which unifil blamed on israeli forces. meanwhile, lebanon says nine more people have been killed in israeli strikes on two villages to the north and south of beirut — while the israeli military says hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into northern israel. and in the last few hours, a0 nations that support unifil in southern lebanon have released a joint statement — calling for an immediate halt to the attacks on peacekeepers. 0ur correspondent anna foster is following from beirut. unifil, which is the un peacekeeping mission in south lebanon, have once again issued a statement today. it's the third in three days because they are increasingly concerned about their peacekeepers coming under attack from israeli forces. now, they say again, their headquarters at naqoura, which is a well—known base that has been there for many years, has again, it seems,

come into the crossfire of some sort of fighting that was going on between hezbollah and the idf. we know that the us president, joe biden, said that he was asking israel not to hit peacekeepers, because it's important to know that the peacekeepers, in this case, they are not fighting israeli forces, and they are not defending the lebanese population. they are there to assist the lebanese army in maintaining that buffer zone in the south of lebanon. so there's been real international condemnation and concern that their safety might be at risk after five of them have been injured in just two days. and also, while there's so much focus in lebanon, of course, in gaza, the war there is continuing and the world food programme has said today that they are increasingly concerned about a fresh hunger crisis. they say they haven't been able to get food and supplies into the northern part of the strip since the beginning of this month. we know that 400,000 palestinians have been told again that they have to move from that area in northern gaza. and the hamas—run health ministry says that 30 people were killed today in israeli air strikes injabalia. so again, real concern for the civilian population in gaza as that israeli military operation, it seems, starts to

intensify once again there. israel has denied accusations it is deliberately targeting un buildings along the 2006 ceasefire line with lebanon, saying that the un mission should move to safer areas further north. its been nearly two weeks since israel invaded southern lebanon, with the aim, it said, of removing hezbollah weapons and infrastructure there. trying to press that message home, the israeli army has — for the first time — taken internationaljournalists to an undisclosed location across the border. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson and cameraman joe phua were among them. their access was restricted, and the pictures — though not the editorial content — were checked for military security. we hugged the old ceasefire line dividing israel from lebanon, driving fast, under the threat of hezbollah attack. israel's army broke through this border less

than two weeks ago. now they're taking us in to show us one of the villages under their control, a couple of miles into lebanese territory. the army had taken control here just a day or two before. the area still not clear of hezbollah fighters. we are literally in an area which still hasn't been neutralised. blast it's a war zone with all the implications you can hear in the background. there was hidden terrorists here in this village, face to face battles. it means that my troops are seeing their eyes, terrorists, and fight them in the streets. israel says these are limited, targeted raids. limited geographically, perhaps. less so militarily. wow, wow. you can see the kind of fighting that has taken

place here just in the last couple of days or so. hezbollah were clearly well prepared and well armed. the army told us they'd found dozens of booby trapped houses here and demolished them. we only have their account of what happened here and were restricted in where we could go. this is 81mm mortars. this is what they wanted to show us. caches of weapons, including sophisticated anti—tank missiles, shoulder launch rockets and night scopes. some of them brand new, still packed into boxes. anti—tank missile. 0ne anti—tank missile, already semi assembled. preparations for a cross—border attack into israel, the army said. this is, i can say, two times more or three times more than gaza in the weapons that this village contains. this, the army says, is why it's here, not for occupation.

we don't want to hold these places. we want to clean them out from all the weapons and ammunition. that's what we want. after that, we are expecting that the people will come back and understand that peace is better for them and terrorists controlling them is a bad thing. but i leave it to the diplomats to solve. these are my guys. these are my guys, fighting. there's been bursts of small arms fire and artillery very close by. he says his forces are fighting hezbollah 500 metres away. despite israeli control on the ground here, this is still very much an active combat zone. the fighting gets closer. we're told to leave fast. please, gentlemen, go faster. despite israel's small successes here, hezbollah has not disappeared from this fight, and israel's conflict with iran hangs over it.

this is not a border war, but a regional one, playing out along a border. go, go, please go. lucy williamson reporting. meanwhile the un world food programme says no food aid has been able to enter northern gaza since the start of this month. the warning comes as up to 400 thousand palestinians still living in the area have been told to evacuate for their own safety. israel has been carrying out a major offensive to try to prevent hamas from regrouping. health officials in gaza say that around 150 people have been killed in the israeli operation, which has focused onjabalia — the biggest refugee camp in gaza. joining me live is hani almadhoun,the director of philanthropy at unrwa usa. the world food programme has said no food has entered northern gaza since start of october, what s your reaction to hearing that?

yes, this is correct, otherwise, the backbone of humanitarian response inside gaza and jan to bring in relief and aid to the north of gaza. famine and famine conditions in gaza and israeli military goes back and starts another military campaign and is the third military campaign in north gaza and it is dire circumstances and we are focused on people who are not able to find food and everything in north gaza has closed because of safety concerns and real safety concerns and real safety concerns and real safety concerns and folks are not, folks are out of place in around 50 or 60% of them have been damaged. 70% of the oceans have been damaged and folks are not finding much locally and to the aid is not coming in

outside and it's not being delivered and it's causing a lot of people to have starvation, especially kids. we have had this for a while but it has gotten worse since october and this complicates conditions for folks and in addition to this, drones and various military weapons firing good people in north gaza. truth? good people in north gaza. why is the aid not _ good people in north gaza. why is the aid not getting there? is it too dangerous? we have air drops and up temporary pure being built in gaza and that did not seem to work so well, why, do you think enough is being done to give aid to the people they need it? hot being done to give aid to the people they need it? not enough is bein: people they need it? not enough is being done- — people they need it? not enough is being done. the _ people they need it? not enough is being done. the us _ is being done. the us ambassador of humanitarian aid and vice president harris mentioned we need to have more aid going into north gaza and the israelis will tell a

different story and this is not really factual from what you're hearing the reality is israelis are not allowing access to north gaza and they claim that aid is being stolen and this is, this is what happens when you create conditions like chaos and do not allow un agencies to have their staff have access safe passage. not only that they face but those who programme and even non—un agencies are trying to do something in gaza and create very difficult conditions, even the financial times reported private traders who are given permits to bring in food and even they are not able to bring in a because it is gotten so expensive where one banana in gazais expensive where one banana in gaza is $12 before october, imagine it being $20. this is the condition that is created by israeli military and it is not rocket science, bring in

more aid, stabilise the market you allow people to eat. they may be some flour but not much beyond that and a soup kitchen had to close because they were worried about being targeted. your brother had been running that soup kitchen and that is been closed?— that soup kitchen and that is been closed? yes, we closed that and we _ been closed? yes, we closed that and we operated - been closed? yes, we closed that and we operated a - been closed? yes, we closed that and we operated a pop l been closed? yes, we closed l that and we operated a pop up kitchen and the neighbourhood and only this morning, the idf asked the people to evacuate and so, that creates another difficulty for us and we are trying to step up and provide some rice and basic things, maybe we could provide a need for hungry people in those people are being asked to evacuate and the south has not been shown to be a safe place. on that point, some 400,000 people now being asked to evacuate from that area, is that visible, do you think ——

feasible? that visible, do you think -- feasible?— that visible, do you think -- feasible? ., ., , , ., feasible? no one believes that there will be _ feasible? no one believes that there will be safe _ feasible? no one believes that there will be safe in _ feasible? no one believes that there will be safe in the - feasible? no one believes that there will be safe in the south | there will be safe in the south and two, they cannot be guaranteed safe passage so no one is leaving the north to go to the south that's about 20% of the population of gaza remaining in north gaza and there are a lot of people there that are unwilling to leave to the south because the south is not much safer than where they are in their asking to be allowed, because they know all around come this the reality and israelis have not shown that they promise safety and deliver it and that's just heartbreaking and i speak of it in my knees had a drone attack while she was in her home and this is complicated and i wish they would deliver it to gaza and the reality is, israelis are not allowing access and a drop in the bucket and we want

to continue to deliver aid but even a family soup kitchen does not feel safe enough to operate so that the church about the large—scale response that is needed. large-scale response that is needed. �* ., ., needed. before we let you go, ou still needed. before we let you go, you still have _ needed. before we let you go, you still have family _ needed. before we let you go, you still have family there, - you still have family there, have they told you with they leave? with a evacuate if asked to? ., , , ., , to? no, this is their last stand and _ to? no, this is their last stand and they - to? no, this is their last stand and they want - to? no, this is their last stand and they want to i to? no, this is their last i stand and they want to be to? no, this is their last - stand and they want to be left to die in dignity because they know the israelis are closing in and 72 years or than she does not have a grandma with her grandkids trying to survive and have done nothing to the israelis and yet we have seen them for the third time and suffered a lot and i do not want to lose another sibling to this but at the end of the day, no one in my family is willing because the fact is, they should stay where they are. the director of _ should stay where they are. the director of philanthropy and we think he was always forjoining us. thank you.

with less than a month to go to the us election, the democratic nominee, vice president kamala harris, has released her detailed medical records. ms harris�* last physical exam was in april. the summary from the vice president's physician says she remains in "excellent health." and that she "possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to seccessfully execute the duties of the presidency." ms harris is seeking to draw a contrast with her republican opponent, donald trump, who has not released extensive records this campaign season. here she is speaking to reporters a short while ago on her way to a campaign event. today, i released my medical records as has every candidate for president of the united states except donald trump in this election cycle. and it's just a further example of his lack of transparency and on top of his unwillingness to debate again, his unwillingness to do

an interview with 60 minutes, which, again as a part of the norm of anyone running for president of the united states does and i think it is obvious that his team, at least, does not want the american people to see everything. donald trump's most detailed records came more than 6 years ago, in 2018. his campaign released a statement saying the former president "has voluntarily released updates from his personal physician." it goes on to say "all have concluded he is in perfect and excellent health to be commander in chief." there's been no word from trump himself yet. he's been attending a roundtable event with latino voters in las vegas.here's some of what he had to say. earlier, he attended a roundtable event.

novemberfifth, i believe is going to go down as may be the going to go down as maybe the most important day, i hope, right, mr congressman? i hope it will because it will show what we do will be the most important day in the history of the country. and i said that with 2016 and i meant it, but this blows it away because 2016, we had problems but we have a problem of survival of our country. because we are run by a very stupid and probably evil people. 0ur correspondent rowan bridge has been looking through harris�* medical records, published on saturday, i asked him about the details in the report. are you surprised about the number of detail it does give out? it largely gives her a clean bill of health, to be honest and says she has the skin condition which can cause

a rash, previously had issues with seasonal allergies but both of those are under control and not others are causing an issue. also a family issue of colon cancer but she is up—to—date with all preventative measures including colonoscopies. and maintaining a healthy lifestyle which is no mean feat on the campaign trail. and it concludes saying she possesses the physical and mental resiliency to be president. it mental resiliency to be president.— mental resiliency to be resident. , ., , president. it is not easiest 'ob president. it is not easiest “0b in president. it is not easiest job in the _ president. it is not easiest job in the world _ president. it is not easiest job in the world and - president. it is not easiest job in the world and why i president. it is not easiest i job in the world and why did she release these records and why do— she release these records and why do it _ she release these records and why do it now with 24 days to id why do it now with 24 days to go until— why do it now with 24 days to go until election day? it�*s why do it now with 24 days to go until election day?- go until election day? it's no coincidence _ go until election day? it's no coincidence that _ go until election day? it's no coincidence that there's - go until election day? it's no coincidence that there's onlyj go until election day? it's no i coincidence that there's only a few weeks between the presidential vote in these records have been released. for the harris campaign come they see it as a way of trying to contrast with former president trump in terms of transparency and what they say is are candidates healthiness and there is a 20 year age gap between kamala harris and donald trump and kamala harris

wants to portray herself as the vigorous candidate asjoe biden could not have done in the same way. could not have done in the same wa . �* , , could not have done in the same wa . ~ , , ., , . way. and briefly, do we expect to see donald _ way. and briefly, do we expect to see donald trump's - way. and briefly, do we expect to see donald trump's medicalj to see donald trump's medical records before november five? we have not seen his full medical records being released and i think we are unlikely to see them before election day. they have released updates of his personal physician and the physician who treated him after the assassination attempt but i was not as detailed as we have seen from kamala harris and i doubt we'll get more details from him. millions of homes and businesses are still without power in florida after hurricane milton swept through the state. at least 17 people were killed — but rescue workers say that could rise. amidst hurricane milton and the previous storm, helene, some people chose not to evacuate. among them, a number of social media influencers, who risked their lives making content about the hurricanes for clicks and cash. bbc verify s merlyn thomas has been speaking to one of them.

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