peacekeepers out of pull peacekeepers out of southern lebanon immediately. king charles leads tributes to scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, who died yesterday at the age of 69. hello, i'm as moshiri. welcome to the programme. —— i'm azadeh moshiri. elon musk�*s company spacex has launched its fifth test slight of starship — the most powerful rocket ever built. it has succeeded in its ambition to catch the booster system it uses to launch its rocket, safely capturing it as it returned to earth. the feat means it will be easier to reuse the launch technology to make space flights more often —— flights more often, and more cheaply.

there were cheers in the space c control room in texas as the device, known as the super heavy booster, successfully lowered itself into mechanical claws known as the chopsticks. elon musk has said he wants his new rocket to revolutionise spaceflight and is hoping to develop a spaceship that can be used more like a plane than a traditional rocket system. with me is our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. you can put all of this into context right and out. we are showing those pictures of that incredible moment where it happened, and we can't show this enough because it is just an incredible thing to see, especially when you know that spacex hasn't always successfully had these sort of tests before and we've seen lots of disasters but here you are hearing cheers because of how monumental this moment is. could you just explain for us, palab, put this into context how difficult a feat it was. in how difficult a feat it was. in one how difficult a feat it was. in one word, wow, those pictures say it all. this is not an animation, it really happened. sending rockets into space is hard enough but for the first

time, the first stage always separates and the first stage is to give its that push up into space and generally they arejust kind of into space and generally they are just kind of thrown away, but on this occasion, they did a bit of acrobatics and they turned the rocket on its head and they guided it back to lead launch pad and then slowed it down with a couple of bones and then gently brought it back to then gently brought it back to the launch pad, and as we saw, captured it with a couple of prongs on the launch pad called chopsticks and the whole idea is to reuse the booster. you talked about it being like a plane flight, just imagine you took a trip to the states on a plane and they threw the plane away and had to build a whole new plane for your flight back, you and i would not be able to afford it so that is the whole idea, to reuse the bits that are normally thrown away. and i just can't say how difficult this was, so many things that

needed to go right at both of the rockets, booster and launch pad technology, and this was the first time they tried it. i did not think they were going to succeed but they seem to do it pretty successfully and there may have been one or two things that have gone wrong but these pictures speak for themselves.— these pictures speak for themselves. �* . , themselves. and what is the bi . . er themselves. and what is the bigger context _ themselves. and what is the bigger context here? - themselves. and what is the bigger context here? what l themselves. and what is the - bigger context here? what could this mean for space travel and also elon musk�*s grand designs even about mars? i also elon musk's grand designs even about mars?— even about mars? i am old enou:h even about mars? i am old enough to _ even about mars? i am old enough to remember- even about mars? i am old enough to remember the l even about mars? i am old - enough to remember the apollo missions to the moon when astronauts set foot on the moon in the late 60s and 70s and then stopped going for decades because it was too expensive and now the plan is notjust to go back but you stay there and have a long—term presence and build infrastructure. it was so expensive back in the 60s and 70s, theyjust did it for geopolitical reasons but now they are trying to do it for commercial reasons and to build new industries so this is part

of an effort to lower the cost of an effort to lower the cost of space flight and notjust go to the moon once or twice and have a day trip to go there and stay there, and the ultimate aim is to build a spacecraft that can take up to 100 astronauts. can you believe that? ., ., , astronauts. can you believe that? ., ., ., that? you said it was about seepolitics _ that? you said it was about geopolitics in _ that? you said it was about geopolitics in the _ that? you said it was about geopolitics in the 60s - that? you said it was about geopolitics in the 60s but l geopolitics in the 60s but there is still a space race going on, isn't there? a mike you are right, for decades congress were not interested in sending astronauts back to the moon even though presidents kept saying they wanted to but the moment china said it want to send an _ the moment china said it want to send an astronaut - the moment china said it want to send an astronaut to - the moment china said it want to send an astronaut to the . to send an astronaut to the moon, oh, this is about national security, and all of a sudden the budget lines had two or three servers added to them. that is what we are seeing an elon musk is running a private sector company but it is receiving a huge public sector subsidy to help it develop these technologies and the idea is to reduce the cost of space travel so the private sector can start making money out of it and it doesn't cost the

taxpayer very much at all. so the story _ taxpayer very much at all. so the story is — taxpayer very much at all. so the story is not over, and i can see how excited you have been today, pallab, after it was a success. so thank you very much for all that context. if you want to stay with that story or rewatch those incredible clips, there is plenty more on our website. now to the latest on the middle east — we can cross to my colleague lyse doucet injerusalem. you join us here injerusalem on the day the israeli prime minister has issued a stark call to the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, telling him to immediately pull out the peacekeepers from their positions in southern lebanon along the border between israel and lebanon, what is called the blue line amid tensions. let's just listen to a bit of what he had to say. a side mr

secretary—general, get the uniformed forces out of harms way, it should be done right now, immediately. united nations is now seeing five of its peacekeepers were injured by israeli fire in three separate incidents. let's look at some of the details, they accuse israel of violating international humanitarian law and some of those that have been involved in peacekeeping on the ground since the 1970s also called on israel to immediately halt its attacks against un peacekeepers and it comes at a time when relations have never been so bad between israel and the un, and the israeli foreign minister recently declared antonio guterres, the un secretary—general, persona non

grata. israeli forces and hezbollah have continued intense fighting in southern lebanon and israel says two of its soldiers have been injured in intense fighting that hezbollah fighters i've said has been in close combat. it is notjust in southern lebanon. the authorities in lebanon say in that latest figures that at least 15 people have been killed by israeli air strikes in recent days, including in the centre and north of the continued to issue evacuation orders ant and north of the country, away from areas, the centre and north of the country, away from areas, including the south of beirut, including the south of beirut, that were considered more areas that were considered more areas where there was a strong where there was a strong hezbollah presence. there was hezbollah presence. there was also a attack on eight markets also a attack on eight markets in a town that is not far from in a town that is not far from the israel lebanon border, and the israel lebanon border, and the israel lebanon border, and the israel lebanon border, and the lebanese media also says a the lebanese media also says a mosque was hit in that area. —— mosque was hit in that area. —— on a market. israel has on a market. israel has

continued to issue evacuation continued to issue evacuation orders and orders and in its latest one it says residents of 21 more villages in southern lebanon had to move north of the awali river. we watched our time and again these evacuation orders are issued and israeli forces go in. there has also been intense activity

across the galilee and other parts of northern israel in recent days. in the city of haifa, which had not come under attack since the last israel—lebanon war in 2006, it has been hit almost everyday for the past week. as israel intensifies its activities on several fronts, intensifies its activities on severalfronts, it has intensifies its activities on several fronts, it has taken in the first group of international journalists the first group of internationaljournalists into an undisclosed location in southern lebanon so that they could see israeli operations first hand. art middle east correspondent, lucy williamson and her cameraman also went in. there was no control over our editorial content but the images broadcasted to the bbc like all the other broadcasters there, were checked for military security. this is their support. —— this is their report. 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. blasts 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. art middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, with her cameraman, and we have received some figures from the lebanese health ministry. they say more than 2,200 have been killed in lebanon since the start of the conflict. that included 22 civilians in the largest strike in central beirut on thursday. in gaza — at least 29 people have been killed in israeli airstrikes in central and northern areas.

in that speech we mentioned earlier, benjamin netanyahu said the military was operating in the heart of gaza's jabalia refugee camp, to dismantle hamas strongholds. he said they had now encircled the camp. we do get reports, though, saying there is intense pressure on civilians and palestinian officials say it since the tensions escalated around jabalia, hundred and 50 people have been killed. this comes at a time when there is growing concern about the humanitarian situation right across the gaza strip. the un world food programme says no food aid has been able to enter the coastal enclave since the start of this month.

they are increasingly worried about there being enough stock to keep people fed. 0liver mcternan is the director of forward thinking. they are a mediation group that speaks to all sides in this conflict. i know you are aware of what is happening injabalia so what is the latest you are hearing from inside that refugee camp? i hearing from inside that refugee camp?- hearing from inside that refugee camp? i think after nine days — refugee camp? i think after nine days of— refugee camp? i think after nine days of total _ refugee camp? i think after nine days of total siege - refugee camp? i think after nine days of total siege i i refugee camp? i think after l nine days of total siege i hear the humanitarian situation is extremely devastating. there is no food, — extremely devastating. there is no food, no water, no medical care — no food, no water, no medical care we — no food, no water, no medical care. we hear of bodies strewn on the — care. we hear of bodies strewn on the streets that cannot be collected for risk of people putting _ collected for risk of people putting their own lives at risk trying — putting their own lives at risk trying to— putting their own lives at risk trying to rescue those bodies, so it_ trying to rescue those bodies, so it is— trying to rescue those bodies, so it is a — trying to rescue those bodies, so it is a very sad humanitarian situation. but as you said — humanitarian situation. but as you said in _ humanitarian situation. but as you said in your introduction, that— you said in your introduction, that reflects the whole of

gaze _ that reflects the whole of gaza. 40.3 million people, they are living — gaza. 40.3 million people, they are living with the uncertainty of life — are living with the uncertainty of life each day.— of life each day. israel says there is a _ of life each day. israel says there is a corridor- of life each day. israel says there is a corridor for - of life each day. israel says. there is a corridor for people there is a corridorfor people to leave jabalia, to leave that part of the north of the gaza strip, you can get issued evacuation orders. is that really enough to keep people protected?— protected? the stories i was nettina protected? the stories i was getting from _ protected? the stories i was getting from the _ protected? the stories i was getting from the area - protected? the stories i was getting from the area over. protected? the stories i was i getting from the area over the past _ getting from the area over the past few— getting from the area over the past few days is that those who try to _ past few days is that those who try to leave were under fire at themselves. now, i have no way of verifying — themselves. now, i have no way of verifying that but i do think— of verifying that but i do think that the plight of the pennie _ think that the plight of the people injabalia is really, really— people injabalia is really, really horrendous, and it is a daily— really horrendous, and it is a daily nightmare, as we say in gaza, — daily nightmare, as we say in gaza, the _ daily nightmare, as we say in gaza, the whole of gaza, but we have _ gaza, the whole of gaza, but we have been— gaza, the whole of gaza, but we have been distracted from an understandably what is going on in lebanon and the threats to iran, — in lebanon and the threats to iran, so—

in lebanon and the threats to iran, so i_ in lebanon and the threats to iran, so i think we now need to once _ iran, so i think we now need to once again _ iran, so i think we now need to once again focus there. and the only— once again focus there. and the only answer to it is to have a ceasefire _ only answer to it is to have a ceasefire-— only answer to it is to have a ceasefire. but do you see any sin at ceasefire. but do you see any sign at all _ ceasefire. but do you see any sign at all that _ ceasefire. but do you see any sign at all that a _ ceasefire. but do you see any sign at all that a ceasefire - ceasefire. but do you see any sign at all that a ceasefire isl sign at all that a ceasefire is possible? the talks seem to have ground to a halt. there have ground to a halt. there have been — have ground to a halt. there have been no _ have ground to a halt. there have been no talks - have ground to a halt. there have been no talks for - have ground to a halt. there | have been no talks for weeks now — have been no talks for weeks now and _ have been no talks for weeks now and even when the americans were _ now and even when the americans were saying, oh, we are close to agreement, i understand there — to agreement, i understand there was then that even no real— there was then that even no real communication going on. it was either— real communication going on. it was either wishful thinking or, again. — was either wishful thinking or, again, playing out in the background of the democratic convention that was going on at the time — convention that was going on at the time. but certainly the feedback i have been getting, there — feedback i have been getting, there has been no serious attempt _ there has been no serious attempt to address the hostages situation. when i was in jerusalem ten days ago and had meetings in the knesset, the message then was very much,

look, — message then was very much, look. we — message then was very much, look, we have to focus on the security— look, we have to focus on the security of— look, we have to focus on the security of the 10 million, hence _ security of the 10 million, hence the operations in lebanon. and sadly, the 100 or so still— lebanon. and sadly, the 100 or so still kept in gaza has not been — so still kept in gaza has not been given priority. i think that— been given priority. i think that is— been given priority. i think that is the reality we have seen _ that is the reality we have seen being acted out over the last ten— seen being acted out over the last ten days. seen being acted out over the last ten days-— seen being acted out over the last ten days. oliver mcternan of forward _ last ten days. oliver mcternan of forward thinking, _ last ten days. oliver mcternan of forward thinking, thank- last ten days. oliver mcternan| of forward thinking, thank you very much forjoining us and updating us on the hostages. prime minister netanyahu continues to say he has making sure the return of the hostages is a priority but the families of the hostages continue to protest here in israel night after night, feeling that they are forsaken as israel now shifts its focus notjust are forsaken as israel now shifts its focus not just to lebanon but to what is expected to be an attack on iran. the security council will meet tonight and will discuss again the possible targets for an

attack and there was a statement from iran's foreign minister in recent hours who said there were no red lines for iran in the defence of its people and he also criticised the united states for the reports that have emerged that the united states will now provide a new level of air defence, a more dense missile shield to protect israel if there are more advanced missiles fired from iran. thank ou, and missiles fired from iran. thank you. and you _ missiles fired from iran. thank you. and you can _ missiles fired from iran. thank you, and you can hear- missiles fired from iran. thank you, and you can hear more i missiles fired from iran. thank i you, and you can hear more from lyse doucet throughout the day as the story develops. but now it is time for a look at today's sport with jane dougal. hello from the bbc sport centre. england are all but through to the semi—finals of the women's t20 world cup after thrashing scotland by ten wickets in sharjah. scotland won the toss and elected to bat, setting a total of 110 to win, after hitting 109 for 6 in their 20 overs. captain kathryn bryce top—scoring for them with 33. however, england dominated, opener maia bouchier

top—scoring with 62 and danni wyatt—hodge helping her chase down the total in under 10 overs. england are now top of their group and face the west indies in theirfinal group game on tuesday. meanwhile, pakistan have rested star batter babar azam and pace bowlers shaheen shah—afridi and naseem shah for the remainder of the three—test series against england. however, england captain ben stokes could be set to return, after bowling and batting in the nets on saturday. stokes has been unavailable since suffering a torn hamstring in august, and has missed four test matches in that time. england's women already had a good day in rugby union — they successfully defended their wxv1 trophy with a 21—12 victory over hosts canada. it was a winner—take—all clash against the hosts in vancouver. and the red roses fought back from a rare deficit to take the title. the defending champions extended their winning run to 20 matches.

and they've now won both editions of the tournament's top tier. england's men are hoping for a better day when they face finland in the uefa nations league later. lee carsley�*s experimental side were beaten 2—1 by greece at wembley on thursday and the interim head coach has been criticised heavily for it. captain harry kane, who missed that game afrter picking up a knock, has since trained and is expected to return to lead the attack in helsinki. ca rsley says he wants a positive response. we felt below the standards the other night that the players have set for themselves. the most important thing is a reaction. you want the public to trust and to love the team because the impact that the national team has on the public is, you know, it's very inspiring and, hopefully, we can keep building on that.

novak djokovic has fallen short in his attempt to win his 100th tour title at the shanghai masters. he was beaten in straight sets by world number one jannik sinner. the italian won with an emphatic ace to wrap up the final, after coming out on top in a tiebreak during an enthralling opening set. he then took the one—sided second set. sinner becomes the youngest—ever champion in shanghai. aryna sabalenka has won the wuhan 0pen for a third successive time, this year beating china's zheng qinwen over three sets. sabalenka prevailed on what was her third match point against the chinese number one, after a battle that lasted more than two and a half hours. more on all of those stories on the bbc news website and app. that's all for now. thank you, jane. king charles has led tributes to scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, who's died suddenly, at the age of 69.

the alba party founder — and former snp leader — is thought to have suffered a heart attack during a trip to north macedonia on saturday. there will be a postmortem examination. catriona renton reports. 0utside his family home in aberdeenshire, tributes have been paid to alex salmond. his majesty the king offered his condolences to mr salmond's wife, moira, and family, as did those who knew him across the political spectrum. prime minister sir keir starmer and david cameron, who was the prime minister when the historic edinburgh agreement was signed, paving the way for the referendum on scottish independence. the former first minister of scotland had been speaking at an event in north macedonia about the 10th anniversary of the independence referendum, when he took ill. the entire hotel, the entire conference, everyone was in shock. most of the participants here were young leaders and none of them had ever experienced anything like this. and i think there was a feeling of shock. there was a feeling of loss.

you don't really know what to do. alex salmond was a formidable force in scottish politics. he led the snp twice, transforming it from a party of the fringes to the party of government in scotland. that's undeniable. the idea of independence for most of my political lifetime was as a peripheral concept in scottish politics, and it essentially is a central argument to how our country progresses, and that's come about as a consequence of the efforts that have been put in over these last 30 or 40 years. amongst his legacy is how close he drove scotland to becoming an independent country. an independent country, winning 45% of the vote in the referendum in 2014. his friends have been giving an insight into the man they knew. he was a lot of fun. he was very entertaining. he had great humanity. he was probably, i think, one of the greatest political thinkers that certainly scotland has ever produced.

and i think possibly these islands have ever produced. alex salmond was replaced by his mentee, nicola sturgeon. their close relationship fractured in recent years. allegations of sexual misconduct against mr salmond during his time as first minister emerged. he was cleared of all charges. alex salmond's body will be repatriated to his beloved scotland in the coming days. his death at the age of 69 marks the end of a political era. katrina renton, bbc bews. that was alex salmond, who died at the age of 69. stay with us. good afternoon. a lot of dry weather to close at the weekend, we started the morning with some sunshine in eastern areas but the clouds thickening all the time from the west

because the weather fronts will arrive in the south—west of england overnight tonight. with all the cloud around it is going to feel quite chilly for this stage in october, 7—11 c is the afternoon high. through the evening that rain arrives, some heavy, maybe the odd rumble of thunder across the south—west and into wales which will drive its way steadily eastwards. we keep some clearer skies further north, particularly eastern scotland, low single figures here perhaps to start monday morning. but on the whole, monday will start off grey and a bit wet. for the early birds across east anglia and south—east england, that drifts away quite quickly. quite a lot of cloud left behind. northern england, northern ireland, scotland seing the bulk of the sunshine, showery rain in the north—west drifting to the northern isles. but temperatures generally run 10—14 c. somewhat milder conditions showing their hand in the south—west and it is this milder air that will start to arrive and push its way steadily northwards, so the change of wind direction is going to bring a change to the feel of the weather, particularly through the middle part of the week. so, on tuesday, quite a lot

of cloud around generally, there will be some sharper showers developing from the south—west, slowly drifting their way steadily north, a rather grey day. if we get some sunshine breaking through, temperatures may peak at around 16 or 17 degrees. it's wednesday that we will really start to see the wind strengthened further. still from the south, very mild, but some very wet weather, potentially threatening during the day on wednesday. the detail is still subject to change, you will need to watch the forecast for that but the heaviest of the rain likely to be moving steadily north and along west facing coast. west—facing coasts. sheltered eastern areas may well see some sunshine, and if that happens we could see temperatures as high as 21 degrees, 70 fahrenheit, above the average for this time of year. temperatures will come down a touch and we keep some outbreaks of rain thursday into friday. so on the whole, this milder but more unsettled theme is likely to continue as we go

through the rest of the week.

this is bbc news — the headlines: spacex has succesfully tested its new rocket with a booster capable of landing intact back on earth. it was spectacularly caught by large mechanical arms on the tower it was launched from in southern texas.

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a direct appeal to the un secretary—general antonio guterres to remove un peacekeepers from areas in south lebanon where israeli forces are fighting hezbollah. king has has led tributes to alex salmond who died on saturday at the age of 69. it is understood the former msp collapsed after delivering a speech at an international conference in north macedonia. the white house has released a medical report on kamala harris, the democratic party's presidential nominee, saying she's in "excellent health". now on bbc news — click.