it is obvious that his team at least does not want the american people to see everything about who he is. donald trump criticises kamala harris at a rally in her home state of california. we used to have the greatest, abraham — we used to have the greatest, abraham lincoln. now look at this stuff _ abraham lincoln. now look at this stuff. can you believe what _ this stuff. can you believe what we _ this stuff. can you believe what we are doing? she's so bad~ — one of the leading advocates for scotland's independence from the uk, alex salmond, has died at the age of 69. hello, i'm carl nasman. a0 nations that support unifil in southern lebanon have released a joint statement, calling for an immediate halt to israel's recent firing on un peacekeeping positions in lebanon. us defense secretary lloyd austin joined the calls on saturday, telling his israeli counterpart in a phone call he is "deeply concerned" over israel's

attacks on peacekeepers. secretary austin's remarks come as the un says a fifth soldierfrom unifil, the un peacekeeping mission in southern lebanon, was injured by gunfire. it's not yet known who is responsible for the fire, which took place at the un base in naqoura — near the border between israel and lebanon. lebanon's health ministry said at least 15 people were killed in israeli strikes in different parts of the country on saturday. one of the targets was deir billa, in northern lebanon, which had not been hit before. the israeli military says hezbollah fired more than 300 rockets into northern israel on saturday. these are pictures from near the town of tamra, close to the port city of haifa. 0ur correspondent anna foster has been following the day's developments from beirut. well, 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 war zone. 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. as the threat of starvation grows in gaza, i've been

speaking with unrwa usa senior director of philanthropy hani almadhoun. the world food programme saying that no food has been able to enter northern gaza since the start of this month. i just want to get your reaction to that. thank you for having me. yes, this is correct. the world food programme, unrwa, the backbone of the humanitarian response inside gaza, is struggling to be allowed to bring in relief and aid to northern gaza. there is famine and famine conditions back in north gaza as the israeli military goes back and starts yet another military campaign. i believe this is the third military campaign in north gaza. it is a dire circumstance, where folks are not able to find food. every single soup kitchen we know of in north gaza has closed because of safety concerns. these are real safety concerns. folks are out of places

to go search for safety, about 56% of the vegetable crop in gaza has been damaged. about 70% of orchards are also damaged, so people are not finding much locally, and aid is not coming in from outside and is not being delivered, causing a lot of people to have starvation, especially kids and elderly folks. we have had this for a while, but it has gotten worse since october. and this complicates conditions for folks when it comes to hunger. in addition to drones and various military weapons firing at people in north gaza and injabalia and all parts of gaza as we speak. in your opinion, why is the aid not getting there, is it simply too dangerous? we have seen and heard of other efforts. air drops, a temporary pier being built in gaza, that didn't seem to work so well.

why is it, and do you think enough is being done to try to get that aid to the people that need it? no, not enough is being done. you have seen the un called out a lack of humanitarian aid. vice president harris mentioned we need to have more aid going into north gaza. the israelis will tell a different story. this is not really factual, what you're hearing. the reality is the israelis are not allowing access to north gaza. they claim aid is being stolen and this is true, but at the end of the day, that is what happens when you create conditions like chaos and not allow un agencies to go have their staff have access and safe passage. this is a struggle not only that unrwa faces, but the world food programme and even non—un agencies doing a good job in gaza. in difficult conditions. even the financial times reported about private traders that used to be given permits by israel. there are five private traders given permits to bring in food, but even they are not able

to bring in aid because it has gotten so expensive. 0ne banana in gaza is $12, before october, imagine one tomato being $20. so this is a condition created by the israeli military. this is not rocket science. bring in more aid, you stabilise the market, you allow people to eat. there might be some flour left in north gaza, but not much beyond that. as you know, my family runs a soup kitchen. they have closed because they do not want to be targeted or do not want to create unsafe conditions. i believe your brother had been running that soup kitchen and you say now that has been closed? yes, we closed that. we operated a pop—up kitchen and early this morning, the idf asked the people in the west of gaza to evacuate. so that'as created another difficulty for us, where we try to step up and provide some rice and basic things.

maybe we can provide a need for 100 people, but now those people are being asked to evacuate. to where? that is the question. the south has not been shown to be a safe place. with less than a month to go until the us election, the democratic nominee, vice president kamala harris, has released her detailed medical records. her 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 on saturday, atjoint base andrews. so today, i released my medical records, as has, i believe, 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 what anyone running for president of the united states does. and i think that it's 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". mrtrump was campaigning saturday night in kamala harris�* home state of california, in the city of coachella, near the site of the famous music festival. he had plenty of criticism for harris, and said his campaign was looking to make gains in the polls. what the hell is wrong with our

country? — what the hell is wrong with our country? right? look, we used to have — country? right? look, we used to have the greatest, abraham lincoln — to have the greatest, abraham lincoln. now look at this stuff _ lincoln. now look at this stuff. can you believe what we are doing? she is so bad, she is so — are doing? she is so bad, she is so bad~ _ are doing? she is so bad, she is so bad~ it— are doing? she is so bad, she is so bad. it can't happen. although _ is so bad. it can't happen. although the way wings go in this country nowadays, i guess it probably could. that's why we want _ it probably could. that's why we want to build up a lead, we have _ we want to build up a lead, we have got— we want to build up a lead, we have got to build up a lead because _ have got to build up a lead because such bad things, and we have _ because such bad things, and we have got— because such bad things, and we have got to do it. joining me now is allan lichtman, distinguished professor of history at american university. he has correctly predicted the outcomes of all us presidential elections since 1984. today, we're seeing a little war of words, after kamala harris released her medical records and accused donald trump of a "lack of transparency" for not releasing his. how much does this sort of thing move the needle with voters? probably not. i already issued my prediction deliberately even

before the debate between harris and trump, which everyone says is pivotal. these passing events of the campaign, there is no evidence that they have any predictive value for the ultimate outcome. nonetheless, leaving aside the big picture and looking at the small picture, what harris has done is very smart. during the contrast between herself is this open and transparent candidate, and although she didn't actually say it, trump is a lie about transparency. it was almost a decade ago he promised to release his taxes. he never did. he promised to release his medical records. he never did. he said, release his medical records. he neverdid. he said, i release his medical records. he never did. he said, iam willing to debate anytime, anyplace. he has ducked out of the debate even on fox news. so she is drawing a very sharp comparison. 0n the other hand, donald trump has reprieved the worst racist slur virtually in

american history, calling harris mentally impaired, inherently from birth. that is exactly what literally for hundreds of years white people have accused black people of. they are mentally deficient, they are inferior to whites. it is ok to enslave them and put them in segregated schools, it is ok to discriminate against them. ~ ., ., ., ., them. we heard a lot of comments _ them. we heard a lot of comments today, - them. we heard a lot of comments today, he . them. we heard a lot of| comments today, he was them. we heard a lot of— comments today, he was speaking today in california.— today in california. please, go ahead. today in california. please, go ahead- if— today in california. please, go ahead. if she _ today in california. please, go ahead. if she is _ today in california. please, go ahead. if she is so _ today in california. please, go ahead. if she is so mentally i ahead. if she is so mentally impaired, how was it she whipped his tail in the debate? a lot of people watching that debate of course gave the win to kamala harris. i wanted to bring up this campaign stop in california, coachella, one of the blue estates in the country, donald trump speaking there today, zero chance of winning california. he also has

a planned event in madison square garden in new york, another traditionally blue state. what is behind the strategy by donald trump taking the time and using resources to show up in places harris is very likely to win? i show up in places harris is very likely to win?- very likely to win? i am reminded _ very likely to win? i am reminded of _ very likely to win? i am reminded of the - very likely to win? i am | reminded of the famous very likely to win? i am - reminded of the famous trial when clarence darrow the great lawyer is said to the defender of literal interpretation of the bible, i don't know what you are thinking about when you do things. i have no idea what trump could be thinking about. he is going to lose those two states by a minimum of 5 million votes may be much more. i guess given his ego, he thinks he can do anything, including pollock miracles in new york and california. if you think you can do that, i have a big bridge in my hometown of brooklyn to sell you —— including the pulling off miracles.— including the pulling off miracles. ., , ., , ., miracles. polls today show kamala harris _ miracles. polls today show - kamala harris underperforming

with african—american voters. still the preferred choice, but down 14% if you show the 2016 results. what is behind those results. what is behind those results and how crucial will be african—american folk to be on november the 5th? it is november the 5th? it is absolutely _ november the 5th? it is absolutely crucial - november the 5th? it is absolutely crucial to - absolutely crucial to democrats, that is their biggest base. even losing support from african—americans according to the polls, she is still up over 80%. i think 0bama nailed it when he said, for some reason, black men seem to be reluctant to vote for a black woman. and he really chided them for that. and he tried to move the needle. but she doesn't need to move up a bit with the black vote. i she doesn't need to move up a bit with the black vote.- bit with the black vote. i saw recently you _ bit with the black vote. i saw recently you said _ bit with the black vote. i saw recently you said that - bit with the black vote. i saw recently you said that this i recently you said that this idea of an october surprise, a big event happening at the very end of the campaign, equalled that a myth. could there be something on the horizon, say it is war breaking out with

iran? there seems to be so much out there especially internationally that could end “p internationally that could end up being that late thing that changes the race or is this in your mind simply on track to be how it is and we won't see much movement?— how it is and we won't see much movement? the biggest myth in american political _ movement? the biggest myth in american political analysis - movement? the biggest myth in american political analysis is - american political analysis is the october surprise. for 40 years, i have been correctly predicting the outcomes of us presidential elections and always done so before the so—called 0ctober always done so before the so—called october surprise. in fact, if i had listened to critics about the october surprise, i would critics about the october surprise, iwould have critics about the october surprise, i would have been wrong. i predicted trump in 2016, which did not make me popular in 90% plus democratic dc where i teach at american university. but then you had the biggest 0ctober university. but then you had the biggest october surprise in modern political history, a candidate openly bragging on tape that he would sexually assault women. all the critics were saying, got to change your predictions, the october surprise. i didn't,

predictions, the october surprise. ididn�*t, if predictions, the october surprise. i didn't, ifi predictions, the october surprise. i didn't, if i had responded, i would surprise. i didn't, if i had responded, iwould have surprise. i didn't, if i had responded, i would have been wrong. it is the big picture that determines presidential elections. , elections. pretty divided nation, many _ elections. pretty divided nation, many voters - elections. pretty divided i nation, many voters seem elections. pretty divided - nation, many voters seem to have already made up their minds. always great to have you here on the bbc, thank you for your analysis. allan lichtman. my my great pleasure. 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: "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 scotland correspondent lorna gordon looks back at alex salmond's life. in 300 years, no—one came closer to ending scotland's union with england than alex salmond. this, in my estimation, has been the greatest campaign in scottish democratic history... a formidable political figure who guided a 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 desperately sad news that alex salmond has died, and i extend my deepest condolences to his wife, moira, and to his family. this is a moment that individuals will reflect on the exceptional leadership and contribution that alex salmond has given to public life in scotland, with his service in the house of commons and in the scottish parliament. and especially as the

first minister of scotland. it was whilst studying economics at st andrews university that alex salmond joined the snp. he worked for a time as an oil economist, but politics soon exerted its pull. the mp for banff and buchan, alex salmond, has won - the leadership of the scottish national party. _ mr salmond first led the snp in the 1990s... we are going to win the battle for the hearts and minds of the scottish people! ..but it was during his second stint that his party became a major political force. well, folks, it's good to be back. within three years, the snp were in government in edinburgh. then, in 2011, he pulled off a feat that was thought impossible, winning a majority at holyrood. alex salmond negotiated the referendum on independence with the then prime minister david cameron. how dare they say that this country is not capable of running its own affairs?! he was an inescapable voice in the debate that followed, on the airwaves and in towns

and cities across scotland. in the end, the referendum result was "no", and alex salmond stepped down as first minister and snp leader... as leader, my time is nearly over. ..later carrying on the fight for independence with a new political party, alba. and the dream shall never die. i was talking to somebody, it so happens, the other day, who was telling me the story of alex as a 24—year—old, sitting next to a colleague at the royal bank of scotland, outlining his strategy for achieving independence for scotland. and i think he thought about that every day of his life, since being a young man. and nearly, nearly brought it to fruition. in more recent years, there were controversies. he was cleared of sexual assault in 2020, and he also fell out with his protege and successor as first minister, nicola sturgeon. in a statement, she said...

the former mp and msp died after being taken ill in north macedonia. it's 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 orator, 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. a genetic study of the remains of the explorer christopher columbus has concluded that he was most likely ofjewish heritage. researchers say the evidence suggests

he was a sephardicjew possibly from valencia — and not from genoa in italy, as traditionally thought. it's believed he may have concealed his true identity — or converted to catholicism — to escape religious persecution. and before we go, hundreds of hot air balloons have dotted the skies above new mexico this week for the annual albuquerque international balloon fiesta — said to be the largest in the world. 0rganisers say more than 500 hot air balloons have ascend to the skies. the festival concludes on sunday. we head over to our colleagues in london for more 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 — 14 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.

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