a spectacular moment for spacex as it achieves a successful fifth launch and return of its starship rocket booster. president biden pledges more than half—a—billion dollars for hurricane relief in florida. tributes have been paid to alex salmond, scotland's former first minister, who has died at the age of 69 the israeli military says one of its tanks encroached several metres into a un peacekeeping post in southern lebanon while it was attempting to evacuate injured soldiers. the peacekeeping body known as unifil, called it a "shocking violation" of their position, but the israelis insist their actions posed no danger to the un forces. the incident is the latest in a series of incidents over the last week in which the un has accused israel of injuring its troops or damaging its bases in the area of southern lebanon above the so—called blue line,

which separates israel from lebanon. the un blamed israeli forces for injuring four peacekeepers in two separate incidents — a fifth was injured on friday, though it's not known who fired on that occasion. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. at least four un peacekeepers have been injured in recent days as a result of israeli fire against unifil positions along or near the blue line. ever since israeli troops crossed into lebanon tensions have been rising. there was international condemnation today, after two israeli tanks forced their way into a un base. israel later said it was because they came under hezbollah fire. the un has this far rejected israeli calls to leave, saying it has a vital job to do. but binyamin netanyahu sees different, appealing directly to the un secretary—general he demanded the withdrawal of un blue helmets from the danger zone. mr secretary—general, get the unifil forces out of harm's way. it should be done right

now, immediately. israel is fighting hezbollah inside lebanon on the ground and from the air. israeli warplanes hit a market place in a southern city yesterday, and today a ioo—year—old mosque in a village near the border was destroyed. israels are also hitting targets deeper into lebanon, sometimes away from hezbollah strongholds. at least 15 people were killed in strikes on three villages in the north and centre, said the lebanese authority. there were also deadly attacks to the east in the beqaa valley. israelis are now fully merged on two fronts. dozens of people were reportedly killed in gaza at least 15 people were killed in strikes on three villages in the north and centre, said the lebanese authority. there were also deadly attacks to the east in the beqaa valley. to leave their homes several times in the last year say

they have nowhere to go. "this is a process of attrition, a siege with artillery shelling", says this aid worker. "there are tanks and occupation forces outside the school walls. we need the world to intervene, to help the woulded and get medicines for the sick." aid agencies say there a worsening humanitarian crisis in parts of the north, there is a risks of starvation, says the world food programme and a vital polio vaccination programme is being jeopardised. as more israeli troops and tanks surround the area, whatever plan the israeli military has, it does not bode well for the hundreds of thousands of civilians still trapped here. with the latest developments and mr netanyahu's extraordinary intervention, it is clear there will be no imminent breakthrough in either gaza or lebanon and with the spectre of an expected israeli response to iran's recent missile attack, the pentagon has tonight said it is sending is an advance missile defence system to israel, with american military personnel boots on the ground to operate it. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem.

chris gunness was the chief spokesperson for the united nations�* agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, between 2007 and 2019. he told me about how serious the humanitarian situation is in the region. well i think the figures tell their own absolutely appalling story, over 1500 people mainly civilian, women and children, have been killed. we have seen the targeting of medical facilities, of heavily built up areas of beirut, the refugee camps in the south, the refugee camps in the south, the refugee camps where unrwa has facility, they are heavily populated area, and as i say huge displacement of people, and in a country that is so unstable like lebanon, that isn'tjust a humanitarian question, it has huge political ratifications

because the last thing the world needs in the middle east needs right now is further destabilisation of lebanon, what we need foe see is the area de mille tried under according to revolution 17—01, and let us be clear, at the end of august, which that was the last time the security council threw the weight of the un's highest security organ behind the force in unifil so we need to see israel withdrawing, we need to see these attacks on unifil cease and as your previous speaker said, it is the force is mandated by the security council so mr netanyahu ill behoves him to make a call in the media on mr gutierrez the secretary—general, to get unifil out. it haven't the secretary—general that mandates the force, it's the security council, and the security council, and the security council is expressing the will of the world, and the world is saying, the area has to be depill tried and fighting has to stop.

depill tried and fighting has to sto -. �* , , ., depill tried and fighting has tosto.�* , ., to stop. briefly if you can on the issue — to stop. briefly if you can on the issue of _ to stop. briefly if you can on the issue of gaza, _ to stop. briefly if you can on the issue of gaza, while - to stop. briefly if you can on the issue of gaza, while the | the issue of gaza, while the attention has been more on on lebanon recently and the situation in gaza has been getting more difficult, tell us ant the evacuation that has been requested for gaza and where people will go in that situation?— where people will go in that situation? well, friends and former colleagues _ situation? well, friends and former colleagues i - situation? well, friends and former colleagues i have . situation? well, friends and i former colleagues i have been speaking to in gaza, particularly north, are terrified. israela particularly north, are terrified. israel a few days ago issued orders to the 400,000 people to evacuate. most of the people i know are too frightened. they are too frightened because they know the so—called designated humanitarian scones are anything but ozones are anything but ozones are anything but ozones are anything but safe. people are being bloke and people in northern gaza have lost the will to live. they would rather die in their homes than go to an uncertain future where they are likely to die any way and to be very clear, the un humanitarian organisations have been saying for months, that starvation is taking hold among

hundreds of thousands of people, so as a matter of direct political choice, we are seeing perhaps 500,000 people, women and children, being starved to death before the war, over 500 trucks were being allowed into gaza by the israelis according to the un own figure, 52 trucks a day were allowed in during september. it's a violation of international humanitarian law, and it needs to be brought to and it needs to be brought to an urgent end or we will see mass deaths due starvation in gaza and that is a very serious prospect. gf one other piece of breaking news from the middle east. hezbollah has said it attacked an israeli military camp in the northern israeli town of binyamina, with what it called a "swarm of drones" on sunday. israeli rescue teams say more than 60 people were hurt in the attack with several in a critical condition. let's turn now to a big milestone for spacex. elon musk�*s company has succeeded in its ambition to catch the booster system which launches its starship rocket — safely landing the device as it dropped to earth after a test flight.

the feat means it will be easier to reuse the launch technology to make space flights more often — and more cheaply. there were cheers in the spacex control room in texas as the machine — known as the super heavy booster — successfully lowered itself into mechanical claws known as chopsticks. here's pallab ghosh. 3, 2, 1... it is the most powerful rocket ever built and it is about to make history. a perfect take—off. followed by a successful separation for the first and second stages. that is what normally happens during rocket launches but now, watch this. instead of crashing into the sea, the lowest stage makes its way back

to the launch pad. it is falling at supersonic speed but its engines fire to slow it down. then, most of them are turned off so that it gently makes its way to the launch tower. then it's actually caught by two robotic arms. the process is called the chopsticks manoeuvre. there were so many things that could have gone wrong but they succeeded first time of asking. we watched it come down right behind us, watched it get caught. that broke my brain for a while. let's have a closer look at starship. it is 120 metres

tall, 400 feet. as we saw, it has two main parts. the bottom is a superheavy booster which has 33 engines. on top is the spacecraft which can carry cargo and eventually have room for up to 100 astronauts. the aim of the system is to be reusable and so bring down the costs of space travel. and really that is the big game changer in terms of making spacecraft more reusable and having a faster turnaround to land them back on the earth almost ready to go again. an hour after liftoff, the rocket�*s top section splashes down. but there are concerns about the environmental impact of these tests. things such as satellites and rocket bodies that go up in space, the more the material comes back into the atmosphere and leaves lots of heavy

elements in the atmosphere. the long—term environmental effects we don't yet know. the mid—air catch was an incredible achievement, paving the way for cheaper space travel, which may bring with it its own problems. let's speak to ryan caton, journalist at nasa—spaceflight.com. thank you for being with us, that dramatic moment when the booster gets back on to the position, there, what did you think when you saw that, why is that such a big moment for the space industry. it that such a big moment for the space industry.— space industry. it was slightly unbelievable _ space industry. it was slightly unbelievable when _ space industry. it was slightly unbelievable when it - space industry. it was slightly| unbelievable when it happens, life on my screen in front of me. this is something that has been dreamed of since the end of 2020, the idea of this launch vehicle, of star ship. was planned on the rapidly fully reuseable but this chopstick catching system is something that has never been done before, by anybody. mass

is the most valuable thing you can have a in a launch vehicle, if you are launching, if your rocket is heavier you can send less stuff into space, if you want to be economical you want to put as much payload as possible. by taking the landing legs off you safe that mass off the vehicle and if you put the catching system on the ground, it means you can have all of that mass on the ground, none on the rocket. you can throw more stuff into space, this is in my opinion, this isjust so exciting, and it looks really cool as well. you cannot deny this looks epic. it cool as well. you cannot deny this looks epic.— this looks epic. it does. in terms of _ this looks epic. it does. in terms of aviation - this looks epic. it does. in terms of aviation history l this looks epic. it does. in | terms of aviation history or how would you place it in the gamut of achievements? yes, i personally _ gamut of achievements? yes, i personally would _ gamut of achievements? yes, i personally would place - gamut of achievements? yes, i personally would place this - personally would place this kind of, i think tsar ship will be what the boeing 747 was to aviation, the 747, it allowed the mass movement of people between population centres all over earth. starship between population centres all

over earth. star ship plans to do the same thing but for space. it is intends to be rapidly reuseable so the idea that booster will come back and a few hours later they will put another one on top, launch it again. it is planned to be able to carry up to 100 people at any given time, so this is star ship is really about sending a lot of stuff to space, very quickly, and being able to build up that space economy, which is starting to flourish and will flourish more in the future. ~ ., ., future. what are the next ste s? future. what are the next steps? there _ future. what are the next steps? there are - future. what are the next steps? there are aims i future. what are the next i steps? there are aims when future. what are the next - steps? there are aims when you are returning people toe the moon, what are the next steps after this particular success? so, immediately up next it looks like spacex plans to do a duplicate of this flight for the next one, but coming in we will start seeing the human landing system which is the lunar lander for landing system which is the lunar landerfor nasa, we landing system which is the lunar lander for nasa, we will see test flights on that, spacex needs to demonstrate

technology, such as refuelling. they have never been transferred into space and refuelling is a key component. if it can't refuel they can't send to it the moon and i don't know, that is an exciting step, and in about three, four years' time we will see the first human since the �*70s land on the moon again, with the artemis programme inside of a star ship on artemis three. beyond that there are aims towards mars, aren't there? yes, mars has always been the kind of the, the end goalfor elon musk, and that is spacex's mission objective. they want to make humans a multi—planetary species, they want to send them to mars, they want a martian colony to be self sustaining, thatis colony to be self sustaining, that is spacex's end goal, and you know, buti that is spacex's end goal, and you know, but i am sure we have seen render, proposal, iam sure it can go much further but mars is the brand thing spacex has latched on to.— has latched on to. thank you very much — has latched on to. thank you very much for— has latched on to. thank you very much for talking - has latched on to. thank you very much for talking to -

president biden has visited florida to see the devastation wrought by hurricanes milton and helene. he said more than half—a—billion dollars would be made available for restoring power grids damaged by the storms. more than three million homes and businesses are without power in the wake of the hurricanes, which together killed which together killed more than 250 people more than 250 people across the southeastern united states. across the southeastern united states. mr biden praised the resilience mr biden praised the resilience of floridians, and the way of floridians, and the way they had come together, they had come together, not as democrats or not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. republicans, but as americans. iam iam i am proud top announce $612 million, to six new cutting—edge projects to [el cutting—edge projects to support communities impacted by hurricane helene and mill on support communities impacted by hurricane helene and mill on the, that includes $47 million the, that includes $47 million for regional utilities and for regional utilities and another 47 million for florida another 47 million for florida power and light. this funding power and light. this funding will not only restore power but will not only restore power but it will make the power system it will make the power system stronger an and more capable stronger an and more capable and reduce the frequency and and reduce the frequency and

duration of duration of power outages while extreme weather is more common. porter fox is the writer and author of category five: superstorms and the warming 0ceans that feed them , he told me about the science behind these more frequent and intense hurricanes it is more powerful the frequency is sort of similar to what it has been in decades past before, they

we have ever seen before, they carry vastly more precipitation and more wind, and to speak to your original question, the infrastructure in the united states was not built for that, it was built for 1960, 1980, 90s storms and we just don't have the storms any more, we have the storms any more, we have more major hurricanes in the last six years than we hadded in the 50 years prior to that you said they could go thousands of miles inland, that is quite a swathe.— is quite a swathe. yes, about a thousand _ is quite a swathe. yes, about a thousand is _ is quite a swathe. yes, about a thousand is probably _ is quite a swathe. yes, about a thousand is probably as - is quite a swathe. yes, about a thousand is probably as deep l is quite a swathe. yes, about a | thousand is probably as deep as it could go 0— it could go 0 they are estimated _ it could go 0 they are estimated new - it could go 0 they are l estimated new mexico, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, to hurricanes coming from the coast. they are obviously comely unprepared as north carolina was, they haven't experienced that at that amplitude before and that is when you see real fatalities coming in and serious damage done, there is no bike, there is no experience, florida has

seen 100 hurricanes since 1850. they have got it down relatively well, evacuation routes, and infrastructure, and what not but the rest of the country doesn't have that and you will also see hurricanes moving north as northern waters warm, and you will also see hurricanes coming toward europe as hurricane kirk did this season, that warmer water infuses the storms with more energy, they last longer and penetrate deeper. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we start with the uefa nations league where england have beaten finland by three goals to one in helsinki... manchester city's jack grealish, recently a new dad, back in the side, scored the opener within the first 20 minutes. the second was scored by liverpool's trent alexander—arnold, a stunning free kick. and then it was over to arsenal's declan rice to cap off the performance with a third. finland scored a late consolation but it was england's night, ensuring they bounced back from that surprise defeat to greece last week when interim boss lee carsley was critcised for

fielding an experimental side. degree greece are taking the republic of ireland, it is goalless as you can see, erling haaland's norway in action, they are losing to austria as i speak, earlierwin they are losing to austria as i speak, earlier win for malta, slovenia and north macedonia. next to the women's t20 cricket world cup where australia and india are both eyeing a place in the semi finals. australia have secured their place in the women's t20 world cup semi—finals with a nine—run win over india set a 152 to win india needed 14 to win off the final over thanks to an excellent 54 from 47 balls from captain harmanpreet kaur. but australia seamer annabel sutherland held her nerve, with her over costing just four runs for the loss of three wickets to seal the win. india finishing on 142—9 and they now face a nervous wait to see if they'll join australia in the final four.

earlier in the day, england thrashed scotland by ten wickets to move to the top of the other group. after winning the toss and opting to bat, scotland could only post 109 from their 20 overs, england reached their target with exactly ten overs to spare. they next face the west indies on tuesday. kenya's ruth chepengetich has broken the world record to win the chicago marathon. the 30—year—old clocked a time of two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds to surpass ethiopian tigst assefa's previous record by nearly two minutes. she's the first woman to run a marathon in under two hours ten. and it was a day to remember for kenya with chepngetich's compatriot, john korir winning the men's race with a time of two hours two minutes 43. it's the second—fastest time ever run at the chicago marathon. the chicago marathon, and also the fastest marathon finish this year. new zealand have stretched their lead over great britain in the america's cup before racing had to be abandoned due to low winds off the coast of barcelona.

trailing 2—0 after saturday, sir ben ainslie's ineos britannia team were penalised in the third race for failing to keep clear of the new zealand boat. a near collision there. the defending champions went on to win the race and so are 3—0 up with the final expected to resume tomorrow. the first to win seven races will win the title. england's dan bradbury said he'll be "looking at flights to dubai" after securing his spot at the season—ending playoff events in the united arab emirates courtesy of winning the french open on the dp world tour. bradbury emerged from a clustered field thanks to three straight birdies on the back nine on holes 14, 15 and 16 to take the title by one shot from a group of four which included compatriot sam bairstow. the win is bradbury�*s second on the tour and sees him climb to 25th in the race to dubai. novak djokovic has fallen short is his attempt to win his 100th atp tour title, after being beaten in straight sets at the shanghai masters by world number one jannik sinner. 0nlyjimmy connors and roger federer have over 100 titles. sinner, the italian, 23 years old, edged a close

first set on a tie—break but the second was more convincing against 37—year—old djokovic, 6—3. it's sinner�*s seventh title this year, including the australian open and us open. staying in china, aryna sabalenka has won the wuhan open for a third successive time, beating the home favourite 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. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. more tributes have been paid to scotland's former first minister alex salmond, who died suddenly yesterday at the age of 69. he was a formidable campaigner for independence and has been widely praised for his dedication to the country and its people. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. alex salmond believed in scottish independence. it was the dream that drove his decades in politics. today remembered at the parliament where he was once the dominant

force and in the area he used to represent. i always thought he was really interested in the local community. it was sad to hear that he passed away. really sorry for his family and friends. didn't agree with a lot of the things he did for scotland but it is sad he has passed too soon. it is a sad day for scottish politics. he done well for scotland. as first minister alex salmond led the snp into government at holyrood and pave the way for a the snp into government at holyrood and paved the way for a historic referendum. his opponents saw a formidable politician, his supporters a leader that made a nation believe in itself. as well as being a strong leader he had an ability to reach out to people who disagreed with him. that is why he had so many cross—party friendships. and when he was first minister he

didn'tjust surround himself with those who agreed with him on everything. he had people in his cabinet who had perhaps been political adversaries in the past. scotland's first minister emotional as he recalled the snp's first win back in 2007 when alex salmond said the party triumph had to change scotland forever. i rememberfeeling at that moment that all the years of endeavour we had all put in had suddenly reached fulfilment because we had the opportunity to shape the future of our country in a way we had never had before, and it is an extraordinary privilege that we are able to build on today. alex salmond died while at a conference in north macedonia. amongst his last public reflections, a belief that democracy and the will of voters be respected was as evident as ever. respect for a legitimate democratic aspirations leads to good outcomes. disrespect in one way or

another can surprisingly lead to bad outcomes for everyone. thank you. lorna gordon reporting there. stay with us here on bbc news. you can always catch up on the website. i will be back in a couple of minutes with the headlines. hello there. sunday developed into a rather cool and cloudy story pretty much across the country, and there's some rain that's going to push in and some of that turn quite heavy across southwest england.

this frontal system, though, is also starting to introduce some milder air, and it's going to push that cooler northerly flow we've seen just recently out of the way. so as we go through the week ahead a change is coming. yes. it might not suit all of you, but it looks likely that for the rest of this week it's going to be a milder story, and there will be some heavy outbreaks of rain around at times, particularly from midweek onwards. so let's take a look at the details then. here's that frontal system. during the early hours of monday morning, drifting its way steadily eastwards, probably by the early morning rush hour, it will have cleared away and leave a trail of cloud in its wake. northern england, northern ireland and scotland largely fine and dry, some scattered showers moving their way across the northern isles. top temperatures between 10 and 12 degrees here, 13 or 14 elsewhere. but look at this 17 in the southwest, tapping into that milder air already, we could see some sharp, possibly thundery downpours

developing on tuesday as that mild air continues to move through quite a lot of cloud and murk around potentially on tuesday, but a good deal of dry weather. the showers potentiallyjust staying across the southwest and running up through wales and into the irish sea. here we'll see highs generally between 12 and 17 degrees once again. but it's wednesday when the winds will strengthen further still from the south. but we could see a spell of very wet weather. a lot of uncertainty as to where that rain will be sitting at the moment. heaviest bursts potentially look likely to be along the west coast and then moving its way steadily northwards with gale force gusts of winds in scotland. but if we continue to see some breaks in the cloud and some drier weather in the southeast, that wind is tapping into some very warm air. we could get highs of 21 degrees 70 fahrenheit, way above the average for this time of year. little ridge of high pressure keeps things quiet on thursday, before the next area of low pressure threatens to bring yet more gales and another spell of heavy rain. so if you're lucky enough to have the drier weather on thursday, make the most of it because we close out the working week, potentially with more wet and windy weather to come.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the un peacekeeping force in southern lebanon says israeli tanks forced their way into one of its positions. the israelis say the incident happened as it was trying to evacuate its own troops. benjamin netanyahu has demanded un peacekeepers move away from areas where fighting is taking place. in a world first, spacex has

successfully tested a rocket booster capable of taking off and landing intact back on the launch pad. the successful test brings elon musk�*s company closer to its goal of achieving the rapid reuse of rockets. president biden has visited florida to see the relief effort after the state was hit by two hurricanes. he said more than $600 million would be made available for affected communities. king charles has led tributes to scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, who died on saturday at the age of 69. it's understood he collapsed after delivering a speech at an international conference in north macedonia. now on bbc news — the media show. hello, i'm katie razzall. this week, what's it like to report from gaza? we speak to the bbc�*s gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf about the unique challenges of reporting from the conflict zone. it's all coming up on the media show.