relief in florida. tributes have been paid to alex salmond, scotland's former first minister, who has died at the age of 69. hello, i'm lauren taylor. in the last few minutes, the united nations secretary—general has warned that any attacks against un peacekeepers "may constitute a war crime". antonio guterres said any such events would also be a breach of international law. it follows a series of incidents in lebanon over the last week in which peacekeeping troops were injured apparently with the involvement of israeli forces. israel's prime minister has called on the peacekeepers to withdraw. the events happened at bases in the area of southern lebanon above the so—called blue line, which separates israel from lebanon. the un has blamed israeli forces for injuring four peacekeepers in two separate actions — a fifth was injured

on friday, though it's not known who fired on that occasion. we'll have an interview with the spokesman for the un peacekeeping body unifil in just a moment first, 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 nabatieh in the south yesterday, and today a ioo—year—old mosque in a village near the border was destroyed. israel is 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. israel is now fully merged on two fronts. dozens of people were reportedly killed in gaza as israeli troops lay siege to northern parts of the territory around a refugee camp. the israeli army has ordered tens of thousands of civilians to leave, but many of them forced 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. the spokesman for the un's peacekeeeping body has been talking to the bbc about the incidents in southern lebanon. andrea tenenti talked to our correspondent hugo bachega. how do you react to what happened today? well it is very concerning what happened today, what happened the day before or what happened the day before or what happened the day before or what happened three days ago, what happened three days ago, what happened three days ago, what happened in the last several days, several attacks against our peacekeepers, today, we had israeli forces entering inside one of our position in the middle of the night, they stay there for 45 minutes, damaging the entrance, and leaving shortly after, and then there was an explosion immediately one hour later outside a base, with smoke, and our peace keepers, 15, although they were wearing masks, they had irritation of the skin, gastroproblems and they are now

recovering so the situation is serious, has been serious as i said since idf decided and informed us they would enter inside lebanese territory for this targeted incurions, and after that they asked the mission to leave some of the positions close to the blue line, and there was annan mouse decision to stay, because that is our role, we are here because the security council wanted us to be here and we are still in all the positions. it is the fourth time in as many days that you come under attack, come under israeli attack, come under israeli attack, do you think this is deliberate?— attack, do you think this is deliberate? ~ ., , deliberate? well, we are seeing that the first — deliberate? well, we are seeing that the first one _ deliberate? well, we are seeing that the first one was _ deliberate? well, we are seeing that the first one was injuring i that the first one was injuring to peacekeepers inside our headquarters, inside one of the towers inside, so, how, that is deliberate attack, attacking and hitting like, the base, the cameras, having a drone going inside a base, close to our

bunkers, i don't know. these are all incidents that, that is making us think, why are they doing it, we are here, as i said, to trying to bring back some stability to lebanon and it is the only basing to protect piece capeers, so this is a violation of 1701 but also a serious violation of international humanitarian law. and if this is deliberate, what are they trying to achieve?le well think is a question we should ask them, because we have been in touch with the, with the idf, we have been in touch with the israeli authorities to understand why that happened, and, and the idea that at the time there were hezbollah militias close to the base, but at the time there was not exchanges of fire and we were inside our basing, inside headquarters which is a pretty visible position, pretty

large position, so, very very, very concerning, what is happening, and it is also concerning because we don't have the same ability to monitor operation, we have 29 positions close to the blue line and most of our peace keepers at the moment are over 10,000 from 50 country, they are inside the base, so we can have some limited monitoring cape bim builts we have radars to monitor the ongoing shelling and exchanges of fire, but very difficult. the most difficult part is we cannot at the moment, assist the local populations, orwork moment, assist the local populations, or work together in co—ordination with the humanitarian agency, un agencies, to bring assistance to thousands of people, that are still stuck? villages without basic needs. the israeli prime _ without basic needs. the israeli prime minister - without basic needs. the israeli prime minister is saying that you should leave the bases along the border. well i know this was something

that they told the secretary—general, so now, we see what the secretary—general of the united nations will respond. of the united nations will remind-— of the united nations will resond. �* ,, ., ., respond. are you going to leave? well, _ respond. are you going to leave? well, let - respond. are you going to leave? well, let us - respond. are you going to leave? well, let us see i respond. are you going to i leave? well, let us see what the secretary-general- leave? well, let us see what the secretary-general says, | leave? well, let us see what. the secretary-general says, but the secretary—general says, but at the moment we decided the other day we are staying, there was a unanimous decision, we are here at the request of the security council, we can not let one member state decide the fate of an international organisation, of a piece keeping mission that is there because of the will of the international community. find international community. and could these _ international community. and could these attacks _ international community. and could these attacks by a war crime? i could these attacks by a war crime? ~' ., could these attacks by a war crime? ~ ., ., , crime? i know that is some member — crime? i know that is some member states _ crime? i know that is some member states have - crime? i know that is some member states have been l crime? i know that is some - member states have been very vocal about this issue about shoe. we had our statement on the serious violation of international humanitarian law, we see with new york but nevertheless it is a very serious not only incident, a serious not only incident, a serious attack and incidents, and the protection of peacekeepers should be

paramount for all member states and for the fighting parties also. and for the fighting parties also. let's speak to gina abercrombie—winstanley, former us ambassador and senior nonresident scholar at the atlantic council. thank you for being with us, on theissue thank you for being with us, on the issue of unifil, we have had the un chief warning attacks on peacekeepers may constitute a war crime and we have had mr netanyahu calling for them to leave that area, what is the us�*s response going to be to those positions? what is the us's response going to be to those positions?- to be to those positions? well, we have heard _ to be to those positions? well, we have heard from _ to be to those positions? well, we have heard from the - we have heard from the president already. his concerns about the safety and security of the united nations forces. you know, blue helmets are all round the world, the observation that one member state cannot determine what they do and where they are situated when indeed they are the expression of the international community, is spot on, that is why the united states has expressed concern.

if states has expressed concern. hindeed states has expressed concern. if indeed they are forced to move, without the decision of the united nations, or security council would giant mine their standing and position anywhere in the world, and it is important that a rules based organisation, the rules based society that we are trying to be up held, by every member state of the united nations. the ., ,, ~ state of the united nations. the ., i. ~ , the so do you think there is auoin to the so do you think there is going to be _ the so do you think there is going to be some _ the so do you think there is going to be some push - the so do you think there isj going to be some push back the so do you think there is - going to be some push back from the us, against israel, on this particular issue, of what unifil does?— particular issue, of what unifil does? ~ . ., , unifil does? well, certainly, we know that _ unifil does? well, certainly, we know that the _ unifil does? well, certainly, we know that the president i unifil does? well, certainly, i we know that the president has already expressed his concern, he has said publicly that he is telling the israelis privately to protect the unifil force, telling the israelis privately to protect the unifilforce, to protect the blue helmets and to ensure they are not causing harm. this message has also come from the secretary of defence, i am sure it is also coming from the secretary of state as well. this is a

unified position, it is one that should be expected for any member of the un to take. we have heard _ member of the un to take. we have heard today that the pentagon has said that they will send another missile defence system to israel, which is known as thad. how significant a move is that? i understand it involves some american troops to operate it? yes, it does. it does, that has been the ploy to israel before, it was deployed to the united arab emirates as well. it has had deployments round the world. it involves round 100 troops to ensure it functions as designed. we are keeping in mind, although it adds additional american forces to the region, that it is not an offensive weapon, it is a weapon that is purely defensive. it does not use missiles to be effective. it used kinetic energy to take down missiles so i believe, certainly, that us leadership

is thinking that as defensive, purely defensive weapon, it is not adding to the offensive capabilities for israel. so, it should not be seen as an escalation as it were, of us forces in the region, it is defensive only. i forces in the region, it is defensive only.— forces in the region, it is defensive only. i mean israel has said it — defensive only. i mean israel has said it will _ defensive only. i mean israel has said it will respond - defensive only. i mean israel has said it will respond in - has said it will respond in some way to iran's missile attack, the latest one, what you expecting that response, what form are you expecting that to take?— what form are you expecting that to take? increasingly, the messa . e that to take? increasingly, the message from _ that to take? increasingly, the message from the _ that to take? increasingly, the message from the israeli - message from the israeli government from us loaders it is unlikely to be —— leaders on the nuclear force, is unlikely to be —— leaders on the nuclearforce, it is is unlikely to be —— leaders on the nuclear force, it is likely to be on military targets, which suggest not a major escalation. the challenge, of course, is that there are likely hoods of mistake, missteps, how the iranians react to whatever the israelis

do is unknown, at this stage, and we are talking about israel, that is, fighting on multiple fronts, and in spite of having the legitimate target of having the legitimate target of hamas, the legitimate target of hamas, the legitimate target of hezbollah, the reality is that palestinians in general, lebanese in general, are taking the brunt of israeli attacks and strikes on lebanon, and in the gaza strip, and we have to help them, i believe the united states leadership wants to ensure they are not tagged as working predominantly outside of the international norms, out this conflict with hamas and with hezbollah. they do not want to be tagged as a rogue state. the charges are violating international law, the law of armed conflict. the genocide charges are out there as well, people see the extraordinary loss of life, all

of these things are weighing up, adding up and adding pressure on the state of israel, and its standing in the international community. thank you very much for your thoughts. let's get some of the day's other news now. at least 23 people have been killed and more than a0 injured in an air strike by the sudanese army on a market in southern khartoum. the market is near the main camp of the paramilitary rapid support forces, who have been battling the military in an eighteen—month conflict, that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. iceland's government has collapsed after disagreements among coalition partners. the prime minister, bjarni benediktsson, said tensions had grown over foreign policy, asylum—seekers and energy. he said he would seek the dissolution of iceland's parliament on monday, to be followed by new elections. leaders of the japanese organisation representing atom bomb survivors, atom bomb survivors, this year's nobel peace prize this year's nobel peace prize winners, have paid their winners, have paid their respects at the peace respects at the peace

memorial in hiroshima. memorial in hiroshima. they said they wanted to bring they said they wanted to bring news of the nobel win news of the nobel win to their predecessors to their predecessors in the fight for the abolition in the fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons. of nuclear weapons. now it's time for a look at today's sport, with chetan. we will start with the nations we will start with the nations league where england have league where england have beaten finland by three goals finland by three goals to one. manchester city's jack beaten finland by three goals to one. manchester city's jack grealish recently a new dad grealish recently a new scored the opener within the to one. manchester city's jack first 20 minute, the second grealish recently 6 within the scored the opener within the first 20 minute, the second scored by liverpool's trent scored by liverpool's trent alexander—arnold, a stunning free—kick, never own the declan alexander—arnold, a stunning free—kick, never own the declan rice, to cap it off with a rice, to cap it off with a third. it was england's night third. it was england's ensuring they bounced back from rice, to cap it off with a third. it �* they ngland's rice, to cap it off with a third. it �* they bounced back from that surprise defeat to greece ensuring they bounced back from that surprise defeat to when their interim boss was ensuring they bounced back from criticiseded for his selection. that surprise defeé boss was when their interim boss was criticiseded for his selection. i think i tried to make it as i think half clear as i could, any

thanks to an excellent half century from the captain, but the australian seamer held her never. —— nerve. india narrowly edged out. they face a nervous wait to see if that i willjoin israel in the final four. england are a step closer to the seems after thrashing scotland by ten wicket, they needed just ten overs to reach their target of 110, and will qualify for the knock out phase if they beat west indis the on tuesday. tuesday. kenya has won the chicago marathon, she clocked a time of two hours nine minutes and 57 seconds to surpass the previous record by nearly two minute, she is the first woman to run a marathon in under two hours ten minutes. a day to remember for her

compatriot too, john koriri. it is the second fastest time ever run at the chicago marathon, the fastest marathon finish this year. year. new zealand have stretched their lead over great britain in the americas cup before racing had to be abandoned due to low winds, trailing 2—0 after saturday, sir ben ainslie teems were penalised forfailing to sir ben ainslie teems were penalised for failing to keep clear of the new zealand boat and a near collision here, the defending champions went on the win the race, they are 3—0 up with the final expected to resume tomorrow. the first to win seven will win the title. england's dan bradbury says he will looking at dubai after securing his spot courtesy of winning the french open. he emerged from a clustered field thanks to three straight birdies. to take the title by one shot from a group of four

which included sam bairstow, the win is his second on the tour and he climbs to 25 in the race to dubai. and that is all the sport for now. and that is all the sport for now. 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 in texas. we'll explain why that's such an important achievement but first let's go to that spectacular moment. 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 space x control room in texas as the machine — known as the super heavy booster — successfully lowered itself into mechanical claws known as chopsticks. elon musk wants his new rocket to revolutionise space flight and is hoping to develop a spaceship that can be used often like a plane, rather than a traditional rocket system which breaks up when it returns to earth.

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. more 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. ryan caton, journalist at nasa—spaceflight. com watched watch the launch live. i will be honest it was slightly unbelievable when it actually happened on my screen, this is something that has been dreamed of since the end of 2020, the idea of this launch vehicle, of star ship. 2020, the idea of this launch vehicle, of starship. it 2020, the idea of this launch vehicle, of star ship. it was planned for 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 in a launch vehicle, so if you are launching, if your rocket is heavier you can send less stuff into space, if you want a rocket to be ebbing formical you want to be able to put as much payload in as possible. by taking the landing legs off for example, you save than mass off the vehicle and then if you put the vehicle and then 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. in my opinion this is so exciting and it looks really cool as well. you cannot deny this looks epic. it well. you cannot deny this looks epic— looks epic. it does. and in terms of _ looks epic. it does. and in terms of aviation - looks epic. it does. and in terms of aviation history l looks epic. it does. and in i terms of aviation history or, how would you place it in the gamut of achievements? yeah, i personally _ gamut of achievements? yeah, i personally would _ gamut of achievements? yeah, i personally would place _ gamut of achievements? yeah, i personally would place this - personally would place this kind of, i think starship is going to be what the boeing 71t7 was to aviation, the 71t7 the jumbo jet allowed the mass movement of people between population centres all over earth. starship plans to do the same thing for space. it intends to be rapidly reuseable so that bosser will come back, then a few hours they will put another one, launch it again, it is planned to be able to carry up to 100 people insigned of starship, so, this is starship 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. an array of hot air balloons have been dotting the skies across the city of albuquerque in new mexico. the international balloon fiesta is said to be the largest in the world according to organizers with more than 500 hot air balloons ascending to the skies. the festival concludes later on sunday. stay with us here on bbc news. 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 of that turned 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 1a 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 the un secretary—general antonio guterres has warned that any attacks against peacekeepers "may constitute a war crime". it comes after israeli tanks forced their way into a peacekeeping base in southern lebanon on sunday morning. 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 dollars 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. hello, i'm lauren taylor. president biden is visiting 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 more than 200 and 50 people across the southeastern united states. mr biden praised the resilience of floridians, and the way