a0 nations, including the uk, sign a joint statement strongly condemning attacks on the un's peacekeeping force in southern lebanon. president biden will visit florida later today to see the damage caused by hurricane milton. at least 23 peole are now known to have died. how childen with dyslexia are struggling to get the support they need to thrive in education. in sport, trophy number four in sport, trophy numberfour in in sport, trophy number four in a row quadruple. wigan be told how in a suitably grand final at old trafford. �* ., , , a suitably grand final at old trafford. �* . , , . , trafford. and it has been chilly today with _ trafford. and it has been chilly today with a — trafford. and it has been chilly today with a lot _ trafford. and it has been chilly today with a lot of _ trafford. and it has been chilly today with a lot of hazy - trafford. and it has been chilly i today with a lot of hazy sunshine, but that is all changing again into next week. i'll have all the details later. good morning. it's sunday, the 13th of october. our main story: king charles has led tributes to the former scottish first minister, alex salmond, who's died aged 69. the king said mr salmond's "devotion

to scotland drove his decades of public service." the alba party founder and former snp leader is thought to have suffered a heart attack during a trip to north macedonia yesterday. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 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 while 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 bantam buckham, 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 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 leader of the snp. 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, he was telling me this story of alex as a 24—year—old sitting next to a colleague in 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 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 taking ill the former mp and msp died after taking 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 orator, strategist and campaigner whose voice travelled far beyond the boundaries of scotland. lorna gordon, bbc news. 0ur correspondent catriona renton joins us now from our glasgow newsroom.

just take us through all the tributes that have been paid since the news broke?— the news broke? well, since that shockin: the news broke? well, since that shocking news — the news broke? well, since that shocking news about _ the news broke? well, since that shocking news about the - the news broke? well, since that shocking news about the sudden | the news broke? well, since that - shocking news about the sudden death of alex salmond, tributes have been coming through, and i think the range reflects the stature with which alex salmond was held in scotland, uk and beyond in politics in public life. king charles said "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. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, page tributes —— tribute to sal examine, calling him a monumentalfigure in the political world". david cameron, who was premised at the time of the edinburgh agreement which paved the way for the —— for the independence referendum, said" we disagreed about many things but there was no doubt alex salmond was a giant of british and scottish politics, usually passionate about causes a champion. he was one of those rare politicians with both enormous charisma and genuine conviction, who always held

the room". he also of course offered condolences to alex salmond's wife more and to his family and friends. i think what is striking about this tributes is that agree or disagree with his politics, these tributes reflect the impact that alex salmond had. he was colourful, controversial, but also not by his conviction. he controversial, but also not by his conviction-— conviction. he certainly oversaw that hue conviction. he certainly oversaw that huge growth _ conviction. he certainly oversaw that huge growth in _ conviction. he certainly oversaw that huge growth in pop - conviction. he certainly oversaw that huge growth in pop clarity i conviction. he certainly oversaw i that huge growth in pop clarity and prominence of the snp. tell us a bit more about his legacy with regards to the independence movement? he was of course a formidable _ to the independence movement? he was of course a formidable force _ to the independence movement? he was of course a formidable force in _ of course a formidable force in politics, bringing the snp, as you heard there, into the mainstream, and of course into government in scotland. at the heart of his ambition was scottish independence. in the referendum in 2014, the yes campaign for independence had momentum. it was run close. in the end, 45% of people voted for scotland to be an independent country in 2014, well up to around one third, where polling had been before. of course, the movement is

bigger than the man with him it became synonymous, but polling has remained at about 50—50 ever since. mr salmond believed independence could still be achieved. he recently said he thought i could be achieved within the next decade. he continued to campaignfor within the next decade. he continued to campaign for scottish independence right up until the very end. yesterday, of course, he was still engaging in social media and speaking at that conference in north macedonia about the anniversary of ten years since the campaign for scottish independence and the referendum, so he was campaigning right until the end. in around half an hour on breakfast we'll be joined by fergus mutch, former aide to alex salmond. that's at 7:30. 40 nations, including the uk, have signed a joint statement strongly condemning attacks on the un's peacekeeping force in southern lebanon. at least five soldiers have been wounded in recent days, as israel fights the

militant group hezbollah. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in beirut for us this morning, jonathan, what's the latest? there are injuries to un personnel, despite all these pleas from other countries come the fighting is probably pretty fierce down in the south, it is a significant israeli force, we talking many thousands of troops inside lebanon, and although we have had a quiet night here in this part of lebanon, beirut, overnight, the abstracts continue, particularly in some parts of the south. —— the air strikes continue. i have seen pictures of an entire street completely reduced to rubble, when you look at it up close you really get a sense of how destructive this war is, right across this country. there were multiple strikes in the baka valley, this is a continuance of a very intense war in different parts of lebanon. just to give you a sense of

what it has been like, we have counted 524 israeli air strikes in the past week, the civil defence force and the red present, the red cross in lebanon on, say they have been cold out more than 5000 times in response to the effects of these airstrikes, a total of 1640 people killed since the escalation of israeli attacks on the 23rd of september. this is really still an enormously impactful war, and lebanon has lulls and peaks, but again, we're still seeing huge numbers of people displaced. the lebanese government is talking about 500,000 people who have crossed the border from 500,000 people who have crossed the borderfrom lebanon into syria in recent days. syria is not exactly a paradise, but people are fleeing there because things are so bad over here. , ., . . there because things are so bad over here. , ., ., ., ., ~ i. , . here. jonathan, thank you very much. that was jonathan _ here. jonathan, thank you very much. that was jonathan head _ here. jonathan, thank you very much. that was jonathan head in _ here. jonathan, thank you very much. that was jonathan head in beirut. - presidentjoe biden will visit florida today to meet communities

affected by hurricane milton. at least 23 people have died and more than 3 million homes and businesses were left without power. our north america correspondent rowan bridge reports. from the air, the damage wrought by milton is clear. across a swathe of the state, homes and lives were turned upside down by one of the worst storms to hit in 100 years. as the clean—up continues, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses have been left without power, and the death toll has continued to rise. petrol shortages have led to frayed tempers, as people scramble to get what they can. they were fighting — like, fist fighting. one girl hit another girl with a car. it was just crazy. they were really fighting, over gas. you're seeing lines that are about a half mile long and you are seeing people get very agitated, very upset, over who's cut in line or cut people off. it's one of those things, we're telling people, given the tensions, refuelling petrol stations has become a priority. it's estimated to be storm caused

$50 billion of damage as it tore across florida, with communities still underwater in its wake. today, president biden will visit some of the areas affected to see the scale of the devastation for himself. in a statement, the white house said it had declared a major disaster in the state, and said it would provide more funding to help the recovery effort. with less than a month before the presidential election, disaster relief has become political. at his rallies, donald trump has been accused of spreading misinformation about the relief effort. president biden called the comments an "onslaught of lies" about how much support is available, and where disaster money was being spent. for those who found themselves in milton's path, the political controversy is not their immediate concern. they're still focused on clearing up and trying to put their lives back together.

rowan bridge, bbc news, washington. the owner of p&0 ferries will attend the government's international investment summit tomorrow, where it's expected to announce £1 billion for the london gateway port in essex. there had been concerns dp world would pull out after the transport secretary, louise haigh, called for a boycott on p&0 for sacking 800 british staff in 2022. sir keir starmer says that is not the view of the government. the white house has released kamala harris�* medical records, saying she's in excellent health and fit for the presidency. ms harris has accused her rival donald trump of not being transparent because he hasn't done the same. mr trump's team says he's in perfect health. bands and singers are playing half as many gigs in the uk on an average tour as they did in the 1990s. the music venue trust says a typical tour used to have 22 gigs, while now there's often just 11. the trust is blaming rising costs and wants to see a levy on larger stadiums to support small venues.

the exploration firm spacex, owned by elon musk, is preparing to launch the fifth test flight of its starship rocket later today. the launch could see the company attempt to return the rocket�*s boosters to their launch pad in what could prove to be a major milestone for the project. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. it's the largest, most powerful rocket ever built. mission control: ignition. two. ..one. .. one day, starship will take astronauts to the moon, maybe even to mars. but right now, it's still in its testing stage. this is what happened when starship was launched in april last year. disappointed sounds. cheering and applause.

but there were cheers because spacex's development process involves making mistakes and learning from them, so things go better next time — and they did. fast forward to its most recent test flight injune this year — a flawless launch. not only that, after its lower booster rocket separated, it splashed down safely in the ocean, achieving its first soft landing, so it could be recovered and potentially reused. today, it'll be attempting something that'as never been done before, as we see in this spacex animation. rather than splashdown, the booster will slow itself down and descend gently back towards the launchpad for the giant arms to catch it in what's known as the �*chopsticks manoeuvre'. spacex's idea is to have fully reusable spacecraft and rocket launchers, so the idea is these will land safely back on earth and be reused. this would speed up the turnaround of launching payloads, it would bring down the costs.

everything will have to go right for the attempt to succeed and even if it doesn't, flight teams will learn from the experience and try it again next time. pallab ghosh, bbc news. what about the skies here? looking pretty spectacular behind you, elizabeth. h, ., ., pretty spectacular behind you, elizabeth. ,., ., ., ., pretty spectacular behind you, elizabeth. ., ., , , elizabeth. good morning, a pretty sunrise this _ elizabeth. good morning, a pretty sunrise this morning. _ elizabeth. good morning, a pretty sunrise this morning. we - elizabeth. good morning, a pretty sunrise this morning. we saw- elizabeth. good morning, a pretty sunrise this morning. we saw lotsj elizabeth. good morning, a pretty i sunrise this morning. we saw lots of clear skies last night but also high cloud and it's that that is reflecting the somewhat in all of these beautiful colours so step outside and take a look, you may be lucky. a different date of weather today, some sunshine, hazy for much of the time but dry and what you will really notice is it is feeling cooler and already a colder start of the day with many temperatures and low single figures but a bit of patchy frost, as cold as we thought it would be this time yesterday

because of that cloud. it's largely out towards the west by pushing further east and still quite windy towards the north sea facing coasts as well, especially this morning. the coquard across northern ireland and parts of the western isles into argyll and bute and maybe patchy rain here but generally dry and these will be your temperatures, a lot lower than they have been. an approaching weather from tonight overnight will bring outbreaks of rain, sun could turn out to be heavy across wales, moving through across central england tonight but lots of clear skies still and you can see where we keep those through the night, where we have the lower temperatures. towards the south temperatures. towards the south temperatures are rising through the night with the milder air and if we take a look at the airmass chart, you can see the cold blues are being slowly pushed away as we had through tonight to be replaced by much more mild feeling conditions into next

week. we're starting tomorrow with plenty of clout across england and outbreaks of rain for parts of eastern england across east anglia. we'll keep the club for much of england but sunny skies developing across wales, the far west, down through parts of devon, cornwall, but the best of the sunshine probably tomorrow across north west england and northern ireland and scotland but still rather chilly although you can see the temperature starting to rise again further south. taking a look at tuesday, you will notice we have a southerly wind. it is dragging in some really quite moist air so they could be some mist and fog, generally quite murky through the morning and probably the best of the sun front of the north of higher ground so possibly across northern scotland and temperature starting to rise here, back up to the seasonal average and a bit beyond in a few places. looking towards the atlantic for wednesday's weather into thursday and some of the rain could contain the remnants of ex— hurricane milton, o'hara came for us but it will be quite wet ——no

hurricane for us. the temperature is very mild, the mid—to—high teens, maybe 21 in the south, itjust a mild were quite unsettled through much mild were