hello, i'm carl nasman. us defense secretary lloyd austin has told his israeli counterpart that he's concerned over reports that israeli forces fired on un peacekeeping positions in lebanon. the messaging from secretary austin comes as a fifth soldierfrom unifil — the un peacekeeping mission in southern lebanon — has reportedly been wounded. 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, the lebanon health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in israeli strikes in different parts of the country. one of the targets was deir billa, in northern lebanon, which had not been hit before.

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. our 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 that 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. it's 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 international journalists 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 in 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. that warning comes as up to 400,000 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. for more on the ongoing conflict in the middle east, i spoke to frank lowenstein, who served as special envoy for israeli—palestinian negotiations for the us state department. i want to start with those a0 nations that do send troops to this unifil group, the un lebanon peacekeeping force, condemning what they call a tax on these trips. what do you make of it all, how much risk you think this poses for groups in this region and particularly

for israel? i think it really raises some serious questions about the idea of�*s rules of engagement and the extent to which they are trying to comply with international law in lebanon and also of course in gaza. i lebanon and also of course in gaza. ~' ,. ., , gaza. i think it underscores israel "s — gaza. i think it underscores israel 's international- israel �*s international isolation and we see in that statement, the british and the french are talking about an arms embargo. it will put the us in a very difficult position of being the one to defend israel against all of these allegations. it also raises questions about unifil going forward, theirjob is to keep hezbollah out of southern lebanon in accordance with the un security council resolution 1701 and it is really clear they are not capable of doing that, so everybody needs to take a look at their mandate going forward. i take a look at their mandate going forward.— take a look at their mandate going forward. i wanted to ask how important _ going forward. i wanted to ask how important is _ going forward. i wanted to ask how important is this - how important is this peacekeeping mission to that region? i peacekeeping mission to that re . ion? ~ peacekeeping mission to that reuion? ~ , , ,,,_ region? i think it is probably auoin to region? i think it is probably going to have _ region? i think it is probably going to have to _ region? i think it is probably going to have to play - region? i think it is probably going to have to play a - going to have to play a meaningful role in any kind of diplomatic resolution of this war on lebanon and there is a baseline to accomplish that and thatis baseline to accomplish that and

that is 1701. and i think hezbollah has more or less agreed to force 1701 going forward. i think the question what israel is, what is the enforcement mechanism behind that? and also for the united states. in unifil has been ostensibly playing that role and have really not been able to do that. they are not allowed to engage militarily so hezbollah has ignored them and as a result, the 1701 process has really fallen apart and we need to take a hard look at that going forward. fin that going forward. on saturday. _ that going forward. on saturday, a _ that going forward. on saturday, a unifil spokesperson said he fears an escalation in the region, that this could really spiral into something he calls a catastrophic impact for everyone there. do you agree, is there a danger now this is getting a bit more out of hand? yes, absolutely. ithink getting a bit more out of hand? yes, absolutely. i think we are really at an inflection point now. lebanon is a concern and gaza. really, it is the israeli response to the iranian tax that will determine whether we escalate into a full—blown regional war will get on a path towards de—escalation, which is certainly what the united states would like to see, i

think we have been very clear about that. we understand the presidential election is on a razor—thin margin right now and any external event could really tip the scales. so if there is a regional war that nobody in the united states once or a major energy crisis that raises gas prices, that could really have a negative impact on vice president harris. find have a negative impact on vice president harris.— president harris. and at the same time. _ president harris. and at the same time, it _ president harris. and at the same time, it seems - president harris. and at the same time, it seems as - president harris. and at the same time, it seems as if . same time, it seems as if israel's offensive in northern gazais israel's offensive in northern gaza is ramping back up once again we are hearing news that several hundred thousand people are being told to be on the move yet again.— are being told to be on the move yet again. yes, that is really an _ move yet again. yes, that is really an impossible - move yet again. yes, that is | really an impossible situation for the civilians in gaza and it is absolute heartbreaking. there are legitimate concerns being raised now about what israel's intentions are there. there is a far—right cohort in netanyahu's coalition talking neta nyahu's coalition talking about netanyahu's coalition talking about clearing out northern gaza may be resettling it with israelis and that sort of thing would be totally unacceptable to the united states and everybody else. we have to take a good hard look at what israel, what the endgame is in northern gaza.— israel, what the endgame is in northern gaza. you mentioned iran early _ northern gaza. you mentioned iran early and _ northern gaza. you mentioned iran early and it _ northern gaza. you mentioned iran early and it was _ iran early and it was interesting to see the speaker

of the iranian parliament visited lebanon on saturday in a show of support perhaps for hezbollah. he was there at the site of an earlier israeli strike. , ~ ., , strike. yes, i think iran is in a very difficult _ strike. yes, i think iran is in a very difficult situation - a very difficult situation here. a lot of the proxies they have used to create a deterrent effect on israel in lebanon and in syria and iraq and other places, that has really been called into question now israel has destroyed much of lebanon's military capability and we have seen what has happened in gaza and the houthis in yemen are an external threat. and the houthis in yemen are an externalthreat. i and the houthis in yemen are an external threat. i think iran is trying to bolster the confidence of those malicious and say, we are not abandoning you. at the same time, iran does not want a war with israel and certainly not with the united states, so it'll be interesting to see how they respond to whatever attack israel has launched. they will have that decision whether to escalate at that point or put us on a path to de—escalation, and i'm sure the united states

is working with china and russia to keep this under control because really nobody benefits from a global crisis or energy crisis on those lines. alex salmond — the former leader of the scottish national party, who led scotland to the brink of independence in the 201a 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: "my wife and i are greatly saddened to hear of the sudden death of alex salmond. his devotion to scotland drove his decades of public service. we extend our deep condolences to his family and loved ones at this time." 0ur political editor chris mason has this reflection on alex salmond's career and legacy. when you walk up the stairwell of bute house, the official residence of the first minister of scotland in edinburgh,

looking back at you or the occupiers of that role, first minister over the last quarter of a century or so. whenever i walked up that staircase, i have never been in any doubt as to which of those officeholders was the most consequential. and his political consequence extended beyond scotland. for no—onein extended beyond scotland. for no—one in the last half—century has come as close as alex salmond did to recasting, remoulding the very boundaries and borders of and within our islands, redrawing the map of the uk potentially, turning a lifelong zeal for scottish independence from a side bar to the mainstream. and to within a whisker of it happening. and for all of the arguments that we have in politics, there is perhaps no—one more fundamental than where the frontier of the state lies. and he, alex salmond, personified a movement that came closer to changing that came closer to changing that than any other in the modern era. now, he never managed it. he said, the dream shall never die, the day after

the referendum in 201a. but he reshaped pulse —— scottish politics and the way we can still feel now. his former party snp has shrivelled in westminster compared to where they were, but the scottish nation remain split down the middle on that big constitutional question. a final thought, i have been really struck tonight that the fulsome nature of the tributes from his political opponents as well as his allies extending beyond the usual warm wards to a sort of deep respect for his ability. alex salmond was a primary cause politician. he was colourful, he was complicated and quick yes, he was controversial. but above all, he was a man of consequence. 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. so 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. that, on top of his unwillingness to debate again, his unwillingness to do an interview with 60 minutes which, again, is 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. about who he is. donald trump's most

detailed records came more than six 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." this is live in california, where he's expected tojoin this rally later. we expect him to take to the stage in a matter of moments. guest speakers coming up on stage, hollywood actors and other politicians and trump supporters. he will be in their inner bit. earlier, he attended a roundtable event with latino voters in las vegas. here's some of what he had to say. november5h, i believe, is 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, but it 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 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. i think it is surprising about the level of detail and personal information that it does give out. it largely gives her a clean bill of health, to be honest, and says she has a skin condition which can cause a rash. she's previously had issues with seasonal allergies, but both of those are under control and none of those are causing an issue. she also has a family issue of colon cancer, but she is up—to—date with all preventative measures, including colonoscopies.

and it also says she maintains 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's not the easiestjob in the world, and why did she release these records, and why do it now, with 2a days to go until election day? it's no coincidence that there's only a few weeks between the presidential vote and when these records have been released. for the harris campaign, they see it as a way of trying a contrast with former president trump in terms of transparency. and what they would say is their candidate's 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, in a way thatjoe biden could not have done in the same way. and briefly, do we expect to see donald trump's medical records before november 5th? we haven't seen his full

medical records being released. i think we are unlikely to see them before election day. they have released updates from his personal physician and the physician who treated him after the assassination attempt, but it was not as detailed as what we've 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. how many of y'all can hear me? while most people were trying to escape hurricane milton, michael smallsjunior says he went towards it to livestream himself, with nothing but an air mattress and an umbrella. why? to make money. the winds are picking up and i don't know how to swim.

and this isn't the first time he's done this. a few weeks ago, he says he went out with a different prop, a tent, in hurricane helene. he's one of several content creators on platforms like kik, a social media platform for live streaming, who've made money from pulling reckless stunts and risking their lives in these hurricanes. you know, made a little money, i didn't make, i didn't make 10,000 off of that. but i definitely, it definitely, you know, paid a couple bills off of that. while relief workers were trying to help those in need in tampa, florida, in a mandatory evacuation zone, michael decided to stay. you know, i take safety very seriously, to a degree. i guess you can say it's irresponsible. but for me, i would say it's a calculated risk. say, for example, you did get into trouble. some people might say that you're kind of taking away resources from somewhere else. yeah, i've definitely heard that. and, you know, it's definitely a sticky situation. but at the end of the day, i don't want to... for my dumb decision, i don't want to put other people's lives at risk and people try to come save me. i mean, they would definitely come and save you because they're emergency services.

don't save me! i know what i'm getting myself into. don't save me. for others, it was a case of life or death. millions of people in florida rushed to leave their homes as hurricane milton hit the west coast, and florida undertook the largest evacuation effort in years. local tampa officials said... some digital experts say the onus is on platforms allowing people to monetise this sort of content. kik, the platform that mike used, said this. michael's profile and his content from the hurricane is still available on the platform. merlyn thomas, bbc news, washington.

the parent company of p&0 ferries, which was feared to be on the verge of cancelling the announcement of a billion—pound investment in the uk, will now attend a government summit next week. the investment appeared at risk after transport secretary louise haigh described p&0 as a rogue operator over the sacking of hundreds of workers in 2022. the prime minister said her comments did not reflect the government's view. it comes 100 days after labour won the general election. sir keir has been speaking to our political editor chris mason. when premises want to talk up diners, grub, economic growth, look where they so often come. this is the london gateway port in thurrock in essex, run by dp world. it wants to expand this place, bringing morejobs. but dp world also owns p&0 ferries. two years ago, they sacked around 800 staff, replacing them with cheaper workers. speaking to itvjust the other

day, the transport secretary louise haigh said, i've been boycotting p&0 ferries for 2.5 years, and i encourage consumers to do the same. hello. nice to see you. hearing this, the company went wobbly on whether it would turn up at a major uk investment summit happening on monday. and on the bbc�*s newscast podcast last night, i asked the prime minister what he made of it. that doesn't seem to be the open welcome for those who 0pen welcome for those who might be bringing money and jobs into the uk.— might be bringing money and jobs into the uk. well, look, i think we will— jobs into the uk. well, look, i think we will resolve - jobs into the uk. well, look, i think we will resolve that. - jobs into the uk. well, look, i j think we will resolve that. the transport _ think we will resolve that. the transport secretary said p&0 was a rogue operator and argued consumers should boycott the company. consumers should boycott the coman . ~ consumers should boycott the com-an . . .,,, consumers should boycott the company-— consumers should boycott the coman . . , ., company. was she right to say that? look, — company. was she right to say that? look, that— company. was she right to say that? look, that is _ company. was she right to say that? look, that is not - company. was she right to say that? look, that is not the - that? look, that is not the view of the government. fit, that? look, that is not the view of the government. a blunt and public _ view of the government. a blunt and public rebuke, _ view of the government. a blunt and public rebuke, dp _ view of the government. a blunt and public rebuke, dp world - view of the government. a blunt and public rebuke, dp world is l and public rebuke, dp world is now seemingly reassured, though. the investment likely to go ahead. to the bigger picture in the prime minister's verse three and a bit months in office. he has been in thejob 100 days. office. he has been in the 'ob too dayafi

office. he has been in the 'ob 100 da 5. ~ ., ., 100 days. when i look at what it was i wanted _ 100 days. when i look at what it was i wanted to _ 100 days. when i look at what it was i wanted to achieve - 100 days. when i look at what it was i wanted to achieve in l it was i wanted to achieve in the first 100 days and asked myself, have we done what i wanted us to do, what i plan for us to do? the answer for thatis for us to do? the answer for that is yes. for us to do? the answer for that is yea-— for us to do? the answer for that is yes.- look, i that is yes. really? look, alon: that is yes. really? look, along the _ that is yes. really? look, along the way, _ that is yes. really? look, along the way, there - that is yes. really? look,| along the way, there were that is yes. really? look, - along the way, there were bumps and side wins which i prefer we had not bumped into and been pushed by. such as? look, such on —— such as donations and staffing, that sort of thing. three months on, how is keir starmerfinding thejob? much starmer finding the job? much tougher than starmerfinding thejob? much tougher than anything else i have done before, he said. but there are upside to having your family live where you work. it has been very tough. and the friday nights are almost always eaten up and out with work, and thatis eaten up and out with work, and that is fine, that is understandable. but i do still carve out time where i can. when our children come back from school, about four o'clock, they pop down to my office and downing street and if i am around, i can see them five or ten minutes. that would never happen before because they would have got back home

in kentish town and i would have been in westminster or whatever. have been in westminster or whatever-— whatever. his desire to sit down with _ whatever. his desire to sit down with us _ whatever. his desire to sit down with us newscast. whatever. his desire to sit down with us newscast is| down with us newscast is telling it itself. he has had no honeymoon in office and is trying to reset how he is seen and what he's trying to achieve. mason, bbc news. —— chris mason. and in new mexico, hot air balloons have dotted the morning skies across the city of albuquerque all week. the international balloon fiesta is said to be the largest in the world, organisers say more than 500 hot air balloons ascend to the skies. the festival concludes on sunday. more to come on bbc news. hello. it's been an unsettled start to the weekend, with low pressure pushing several bands of rain southwards across the uk on saturday, but we did manage some spells of sunshine between these successive areas of rain. it was a mild day, particularly across southern areas of england and wales. top temperatures reached 17 degrees, but in cardiff, we've got a drop of four degrees

celsius on the way as we head into sunday. low pressure then clears off out of the way. a ridge of high pressure follows, bringing a better day for many of us on sunday. however, it is going to be a chilly old start to the day underneath these clearing skies, temperatures are dropping like a stone at the moment. we've got a few showers coming and going across the far north coast of wales, parts of coastal cheshire and into northern areas of scotland, but otherwise, it's dry. lowest temperatures heading into sunday morning, about minus threee degrees celsius. so, a cold start to the day, then, for sunday. but underneath this ridge of high pressure, a lot of fine weather, and for some, a fine sunrise. some of this high cloud in the west getting illuminated by the rising sun. through the day, well, there probably will be a few patches of rain getting into northern ireland and western scotland, but nothing particularly heavy in the afternoon. and for the most part, i think temperatures will probably reach around ten to 13 celsius. well, that takes us into sunday night, and we're looking at a more substantial pulse of rain as a weak area of

low pressure scoots its way eastwards across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland having largely dry weather, with a few mist and fog patches. and again, a few patches of frost. into monday, the worst of the rain will clear away from central and eastern england, but it might well stay damp, even into the afternoon, for some. the best of the weather on monday for scotland and northern ireland, where it should stay dry, with spells of sunshine. if anything, temperatures coming up by an odd degree or so, and generally getting close to or a little bit above average for the time of year. tuesday looks like being a drier day for all of us. however, there's likely to be quite a lot of low cloud first thing. some mist and fog patches around as well. probably see a few bright or sunny spells breaking through that, particularly to the north of high ground, so northern scotland might be one of the sunniest places. it's turning milder, though — 1a degrees for glasgow and edinburgh, a 17 for cardiff and for london. it gets even milder into the middle portion of the week, could hit 20 degrees in london, but the week's often going to be quite wet and at times really quite windy. bye for now.

you're watching bbc news. the latest headlines follow at the top of the hour, after this programme. it's a year since israel was attacked by hamas gunmen. allahu akbar!

some families will never recover. some families were destroyed. a nation still in shock. we can't let the hamas just rebuild again. they'll do the same thing. they've promised they will do it again and again and again. for gaza, neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. the level of devastation is like nothing i've ever seen before. man yells tens of thousands dead. nearly two million made homeless. they destroyed the future of the gazan people. it feels like they're trying to wipe us out. scores of israeli hostages killed. dozens more still being held in gaza. get the deal done! i get them back home! this is the story of two families in israel... ..and two in gaza, living through a year of war.