solar they are making us think, why are they doing it? spacex successfully catches a rocket booster for first time ever — as it returns to earth after the launch of its starship craft. hello, i'm helena humphries. the israeli military says four of its soldiers have been killed and seven others severely injured in a drone strike by hezbollah. they say an investigation is now under way. it follows earlier reports that around 60 people were injured in a drone attack by hezbollah. the armed group said it launched "a swarm of attack drones" at an israeli military training camp in binyamina, just south of haifa.

some reports say people had been eating in a canteen at the time of the strike. hezbollah says it was retaliation for attacks by israel in lebanon — which killed more than 50 people on saturday alone. from beirut — anna foster has the latest on the strikes inside israel. this is what appears to have been as successful as a hezbollah would permit, drone strike into northern israel, between tel aviv and haifa. the suggestion is that this has happened at some sort of military facility. there has been some pictures on social media appeared to show a dining hall with a hole in the roof. there will be questions asked now about of course is rebels defence system which normally picks up so many of these missiles and rockets that hezbollah is firing across the border. it will cause real concern for people living there in northern israel and of course those who sell attacks from hezbollah have continued today, as they do every day. there are several hundred each day, missiles that go across the borderfrom day, missiles that go across the border from southern lebanon into israel and that is why again we have got that strip of northern israel where people have left their homes and haven't been able to come back. �* ., .,,

the drone attack comes as the un peacekeeping mission in southern lebanon insists its flags will continue to fly — despite benjamin netanyahu telling unifil to immediately evacuate its troops. the un accused israeli forces of forcibly entering one of its bases in southern lebanon, breaking down its main gate. israel says it was trying to rescue wounded soldiers. about 10,000 un peacekeepers from 50 countries are stationed in lebanon. since 1978, they've patrolled the area between the litani river and the un—recognized boundary between lebanon and israel, known as the blue line. in recent days, a number of unifil troops have been injured in military action — israel has admitted responsibility for firing toward un posts in some cases. israeli tanks today entered the un base in ramyah, as our correspondent hugo bachega reports from beirut. they're deployed to keep the peace in southern lebanon. but there's no peace left to keep. now, they're caught

up in this war. today, un peacekeepers came under israeli attack again. earlier this year, wejoined them on a patrol along the border, when they were still able to leave their bases. israel's war against hezbollah is expanding, and even peacekeepers are not safe. today we had israeli forces entering inside one of our positions in the middle of the night. they stayed there for 45 minutes, damaging the entrance and leaving shortly after. it's the fourth time in as many days that you've come under attack, come under israeli attack. do you think this is deliberate? well, we have seen that the first one was injuring two peacekeepers inside our headquarters. inside one of the towers inside. so, that's a deliberate attack. these are all incidents that are making us think, why are they doing it?

the israeli military said a tank that was trying to evacuate injured soldiers while still underfire backed several metres into a unifil post. it said following the evacuation of the soldiers, the tank left the post. today, the israeli prime minister had this message. mr secretary general, get the unifil forces out of harm's way. it should be done right now, immediately. the israeli prime minister is saying that you should leave those bases along the border. we decided just the other day that we are staying. there was a unanimous decision. we are here at the request of the security council. we cannot let one member state decide the fate of an international organisation, of a peacekeeping mission that is there because of the will of the international community. gunfire. israel says it's targeting hezbollah in lebanon, but the entire country is under

attack, even the un. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. for more on this story i've been speaking with professor ray murphy — who served with the irish contingent of unifil in lebanon in the 1980s. i'm sure that you will have been keenly following the situation at the un peacekeeping base in southern lebanon. how significant and accurate —— and escalation do you see the events of today as being? you see the events of today as bein: ? , ., you see the events of today as beinu? , ., ., ., being? the events of today are hard to characterise _ being? the events of today are hard to characterise as - being? the events of today are hard to characterise as yet - being? the events of today are hard to characterise as yet but| hard to characterise as yet but the overall evidence indicates that israel is — israeli forces, i deliberately targeting un force —— un posts and reckless to the safety of un personnel. i remind viewers that the un forces have been resident in south lebanon since 1978. the mandate changed significantly in 2006 and the mission was envisaged to be something between peacekeeping and peace enforcement and

essentially these are there in a peacekeeping role and it is really important to emphasise that as such, all the peacekeepers are protected persons under international humanitarian law and although the un posts are protected objects they may not be attacked in any circumstances. i think that the israelis are using the un posts and have donein using the un posts and have done in respect of one irish post as a form of human shield and the tactics being adopted by the israelis clearly indicate that they want the un forces out of the area. and that they are willing to go to adopt measures which in my view because it is a deliberate attack on un posts, constitutes attack on un posts, constitutes a war crime. and this is very serious because they are international forces, they are there at the behest of the security council, they have an internationally recognised security council mandate —

1701, which on its last occasion when it was passed was supported by all of the members of the security council so it is a more significant and dangerous escalation and put the un peacekeepers in a very precarious position. we should sa that precarious position. we should say that israel _ precarious position. we should say that israel says _ precarious position. we should say that israel says that - precarious position. we should say that israel says that it - say that israel says that it was attempting to evacuate wounded troops during this particular incident that ijust wonder, and you pointed there to that mandate that the peacekeepers have there from the united nations stop with all of that in mind, how likely do you think it is that these peacekeepers would actually heed that call from the israeli prime minister to leave? welcome to the un has already said that it is not going to move so at least in the short term, unifil will remain in the area. infact, to term, unifil will remain in the area. in fact, to try to withdraw the whole force, 10,000 personnel at this time will be extremely dangerous and logistically very challenging so i think there is little

choice but to have them remain on the ground, but they continue, despite being hunkered down in bunkers, they still maintain outposts, they are still doing observation and reporting missions which are very important that they are the eyes and the ears of the international community, we are getting objective reports of exactly what is happening on the ground. notjust what exactly what is happening on the ground. not just what the israeli forces are doing but also with hezbollah and the other armed elements to their role is still quite important. and i will also say that this conflict has to end at some stage. i realise there is little hope of that in the short term. and i would say —— see the un as being in a position to play a pivotal role in any ceasefire agreement that may come about and un forces will be needed then. it takes months to deploy un forces so retaining the current troops on the ground has an important role right now and potentially has an even more significant

role in trying to resolve the broader issues and bringing about the cessation of hostilities.— about the cessation of hostilities. ~ ., ., hostilities. welcome on that oint, hostilities. welcome on that point. of _ hostilities. welcome on that point, of course _ hostilities. welcome on that point, of course that - hostilities. welcome on that point, of course that role . hostilities. welcome on that l point, of course that role has also been to keep the border area free of weapons and forces and if you take a look at hezbollah �*s actions, that hasn't happened. do you think that potentially these peacekeepers need something more to help them be able to do that? , ., , ., , more to help them be able to do that? , . , ., , that? yes, that is a very good question- _ that? yes, that is a very good question- in _ that? yes, that is a very good question. in reality, - that? yes, that is a very good question. in reality, even - question. in reality, even before this incursion by israeli defence forces, unifil was not able to fulfil its mandate. in particular, hezbollah did not co—operate with unifil. hezbollah was a major impediment to unifil �*s freedom of movement. but the un cannot play a role in peace enforcement in the region such as this, nor can it play a stabilisation role. it hasn't got the military capacity, it hasn't got the command and control structures, combat support, and it doesn't have the support of the

international community to essentially go to war on behalf of, in this instance, the israelis because since 2006, both the united states and the israelis put an enormous amount of pressure on unifil to adapt a more robust role in regards to their has buller �*s presents —— hezbollah �*s continued presence in unifil �*s operations, but the central plank of this mission, the fundamental construct was that it was to be there with the consent and co—operation of the parties. it is very limited but are likely armed international peacekeeping force can do when in —— israeli forces or hezbollah armed groups refused to co—operate and refused to abide by a un security council mandate. as israel's offensive continues in gaza — its forces have struck what they say are hamas targets in the north. in the al—shati region —

five young boys were reportedly killed by the strikes while they were playing on a street corner. a bbc correspondent was told seven others were injured in the attack. the israeli military has not yet commented on the incident. the idf is looking into a separate report — that an israeli strike on a school used to shelter displaced palestinians killed at least 13 people. officials say the site in central gaza was struck by a barrage of artillery, killing families and wounding 50 people. a man armed with guns and a fake media pass has been arrested by police at a checkpoint near a trump election campaign rally in california. was stopped in a black 4x4 —— the suspect, a 49—year—old from las vegas was stopped in a black 4x4 more than a quarter of a mile from the location in coachella where donald trump had yet to appear. the secret service has issued a statement saying the former president was not in any danger and their investigation is ongoing. us presidentjoe biden has visited florida, as the state recovers from two

back—to—back hurricanes, milton and helene. mr biden said more than half a billion dollars will 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 250 people across the southeastern united states. mr biden praised the resilience of floridians, and the way they had come together, not as democrats or republicans, he said — but as americans. i'm proud to amounts $612 million to six cutting and pro —— cutting—edge projects to help people impacted from hurricane helene and milton. that includes $47 million for utilities and another $47 million for florida power light. this funding will not only restore power but will make the region �*s power

stronger and more capable and reduce the frequency and duration of power outages while extreme weather events become more frequent. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the government has admitted it had to have a conversation with logistics firm, dp world, to secure a billion pound port investment — after one of its subsidiary companies was criticised by the transport secretary. louise haigh called for a boycott of p&0 ferries and criticised its record on workers' rights. business secretary, jonathan reynolds, said her comments didn't reflect the government's stance. more than 100 venues across britain are backing a new law, known as martyn�*s law, to protect the public from terror attacks. it's due to be debated in the house of commons later. the bill is is named after martyn hett, who was killed alongside 21 others in the 2017 manchester arena terror attack at the age of 29. the bbc boss is to warn that the scaling back the corporation's world service output because of funding cuts, has helped russia and china broadcast "unchallenged

propaganda". tim davie is expected to say in parts of africa, latin america and the middle east, facts—based journalism is being replaced by state—sponsored propaganda. the bbc world service transmits news and current affairs in more than 40 languages. you're live with bbc news. in ukraine's eastern donetsk region, russia has advanced swiftly in the last few months. fighting is intense, with the ukrainian military reporting nearly 150 battles every day as it tries to stall russia's momentum. just two months ago pokrovsk was considered a relatively safe place. about 14,000 civilians are still there — war weary, and desperate for the conflict to end. from the frontline, the bbc�*s yogita limaye reports, with imogen anderson and sanjay ganguly — and a warning you may find some of the images in this report distressing. just before dawn, we are taken to what's being called

the hottest front line in ukraine. the darkness, a bit of cover from being spotted by russian drones. ukraine is throwing its might into defending pokrovsk. if it falls, russia would gain a gateway to central ukraine. in a bunker nearby, vadym tells us he knows what's at stake. translation: the russians are constantly attacking us. | they have more manpower and weapons. yes, we are tired, but we have to fight. otherwise it will be catastrophic. and just a few miles behind the front line, this is where the toll of battle is most clearly visible. the first point of treatment for injured soldiers. serhii has shrapnel in his eyes, nose, skull and brain.

"my friend, i'm going to take off your bandage. let me know if it hurts," the doctor says. he's in a serious condition. they work quickly to stop the bleeding. they are receiving dozens of injured every day. early this morning, two were brought in dead. under a barrage of fire, ivan and taras are unclear of whether they were hit by mortars or grenades dropped from drones. all of the soldiers brought here, they were injured about eight to ten hours ago. but it's only now, about two hours after dusk, that it's become safe enough to evacuate them till this point, and that's because of the constant threat of being attacked by russian drones.

the delay in getting treated could have grave consequences. taras has no sensation in his arm and it might have to be amputated, his doctor tells us. this is now the third year of a grinding war. driving through pokrovsk, it's evident that most of its residents have left. "this is one of the most dangerous districts of the city," says serhii. a volunteer, finding his way through an empty neighbourhood to evacuate some of those still here. 80—year—old nadia is disabled. she's been living alone in the dark in this room. "i'm falling," she screams. serhii reassures her.

"this damn war, i'm going to die," she cries. another evacuee, viktoria, tells us she can't believe the front line moved so quickly to pokrovsk. translation: the neighbouring towns have been wiped out - and drones buzz near our windows all the time. theyjust stop and look inside. i have constant panic attacks. i'm afraid of the nights. we should negotiate. there's nothing left standing in the areas russia has taken anyway. over the past few months, ukraine has lost territory in the donetsk region at an unexpected pace. many blame this on faltering military aid from foreign allies. after the loss of avdiivka earlier this year, russia's

military has advanced very quickly towards pokrovsk. if ukraine's invasion of kursk in russia was meant to distract the russian military from here, that has not happened. even until a couple of months ago, this city was considered a relatively safe spot where soldiers would retreat to for a bit of rest, where people from further east were brought to so that they could be evacuated from the train station. among most of the people we speak to, we find eroded morale. translation: we have to negotiate. _ so many of our boys have been dying. so many have become disabled. they are sacrificing themselves and it's going on and on. a sentiment that might have once been unthinkable for ukrainians, now being voiced by many — at least here near the front line. yogita limaye, bbc news, pokrovsk. let's turn to some other news around the world.

volodymyr zelensky has accused north korea of sending personnel to work alongside russian troops occupying parts of ukraine. he did not specify in what capacity they were supposed to be acting — but said russia's strengthening alliances with regimes like that of north korea were notjust about transferring weapons. the kremlin has called the reports �*fake news'. a petition to stop chris brown performing in south africa — over several previous allegations of violence against women — has gained over 20,000 signatures. tickets to see the grammy award winner injohannesburg sold out in less than two hours. but the concert has led to a renewed focus on the country's high levels of violence against women — with campaigners it sends the wrong message. and thousands have taken to the streets of madrid — to demand more affordable housing, amid rising rents in spain. demonstrators also chanted anti—tourist slogans. the city has been at the forefront of a debate around tourism — with a growing number of short—term holiday

rentals increasing prices and reducing long—term capacity. spacex is celebrating what it's called �*a day for the history books' — after successfully guiding the booster from this starship rocket back to the launch pad — intact — for the first time. the booster was caught in mid air by two mechanical arms — nicknamed chopsticks — as it slowly descended back to earth. the achievement is a major step forward for spacex — which one day hopes to make resuable rockets that are capable of reaching the moon and mars. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has been taking a closer look at the rocket itself. starship is absolutely enormous. it is 120 metres tall, that is nearly 400 feet. the rocket has two main parts. at the bottom is a super heavy booster which is incredibly powerful with its 33 engines. 0n powerful with its 33 engines. on top, is a spacecraft which

can carry a cargo or a crew of can carry a cargo 01’ a crew of an can carry a cargo or a crew of an astonishing 100 people. and what makes it really special is that in theory, both parts are reusable. eric berger is the senior space editor at the science and tech website ars technica. i spoke to him earlier about the significance of this test launch. ido i do have to say i was watching some of the live stream earlier and you can see screams in that spacex control room after that test success. what was your reaction? i5 test success. what was your reaction?— test success. what was your reaction? ., ., reaction? is someone who has been interested _ reaction? is someone who has been interested in _ reaction? is someone who has been interested in space - reaction? is someone who has been interested in space for i reaction? is someone who has been interested in space for a | been interested in space for a long time it is hard not to feel elation at a moment like this, even as a reporter covering the industry, this really is a huge step forward for humanity if we want to go back to the moon, go to mars and really become space species. what you are essentially watching is a skyscraper launch into space and then fly back and be caught

by two arms. when you think about it that way, it is pretty remarkable.— about it that way, it is pretty remarkable. . , . , remarkable. that is a very good wa to remarkable. that is a very good way to put _ remarkable. that is a very good way to put it. — remarkable. that is a very good way to put it, eric, _ remarkable. that is a very good way to put it, eric, so _ remarkable. that is a very good way to put it, eric, so i - way to put it, eric, so i wonder with all of that in mind, did you think it would work on the first attempt? 50. work on the first attempt? so, i thou~ht work on the first attempt? so, i thought they _ work on the first attempt? srr, i thought they would work on the first attempt? sc, i thought they would get work on the first attempt? s513, i thought they would get close enough and they would be some data with one of the engines they didn't like and they would probably wave of the attempt in which case the rocket will have splashed down in the ocean but i thought that once they made the attempt they would probably succeed because they remonstrated pretty good control of the rocket in the past when they got close to the ground. we past when they got close to the round. ~ ~ ,, ,., past when they got close to the round. ~ ~ ., ,., , past when they got close to the . round, . «' ., ,., , , ground. we think about this is a milestone, _ ground. we think about this is a milestone, how— ground. we think about this is a milestone, how significant l ground. we think about this is| a milestone, how significant do you think it is when it comes to something like space exploration and the goal that we know from spacex which is the idea of rapid usability, as they put it. it the idea of rapid usability, as they put it— they put it. it is 'ust one step along h they put it. it isjust one step along many - they put it. it isjust one step along many steps l they put it. it isjust one| step along many steps to they put it. it isjust one - step along many steps to get back to the moon especially mars but it was a critical step. especially what spacex demonstrated today, they can build the wall �*s largest rocket, they can catch it and

they are probably pretty close to being able to replay it and that point you are essentially talking about reusable tech which is what was in the 60s really inconceivable. find which is what was in the 60s really inconceivable. and the catchinu really inconceivable. and the catching of — really inconceivable. and the catching of it, _ really inconceivable. and the catching of it, as _ really inconceivable. and the catching of it, as you - really inconceivable. and the catching of it, as you say, i really inconceivable. and the catching of it, as you say, is| catching of it, as you say, is what is pretty impressive here, it is referred to as the chopstick manoeuvre. people who are seeing it for the first time, could you just explain a little bit how that works? the idea is that _ little bit how that works? the idea is that the _ little bit how that works? tue: idea is that the rocket little bit how that works? he idea is that the rocket comes back to the ground and you ensure that the three engines you want in the landing burner are fired properly and if so just essentially come to a hover near the stand and let the arms extended and the rocketjust the arms extended and the rocket just sets down the arms extended and the rocketjust sets down on that on these large arms that stick out. it worked today for the first time and it was incredible. the idea is you can essentially take it and lower it back down from where it launched from, refurbish rivulet and then launch again

so it really is a critical step if you want to get to rapid reusable launch. leaders of the japanese organisation representing atomic bomb survivors — who won this year's nobel peace prize — have paid their respects at the peace memorial in hiroshima. they said they wanted to bring news of the nobel win to their predecessors in the fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons. the group's co—chair left flowers, and a note promising to continue their work. you are watching bbc news. thanks for your company. i'm helena humphrey. i'll see you soon, bye for now. hello there. for the past few days we have had colder air across the uk the risk of some frost. but over this week, things are going to be very different, because that colder air is getting pushed away, the wind direction is changing, and in the next few days we will have a strengthening southerly wind. that will bring some mild air all the way up from spain, but it will also bring

cloud and rain. we've got that around mainly through the midlands and eastern england early on monday morning. that should tend to move away, leaving cloudy skies behind, a little bit of dampness too. the far north of england, much of scotland and northern ireland though, having a good day with some sunshine, and temperatures widely reaching 12 or 13 in the afternoon, so a little bit higher than what it was on sunday. now, if we look out in the atlantic, here it's all dominated by a big area of low pressure, with some cloud and some rain. that eventually is going to head our way, but not just yet, because ahead of that on tuesday we are seeing this southerly wind develop. that in turn will bring a lot of cloud, so there won't be much sunshine. the best of it for a while probably in northern scotland. later in the day there could be rain in these western areas, particularly towards the south—west, it's certainly a risk here, but temperatures widely reaching 14 or 15 degrees, perhaps 16 or 17 in the south. those temperatures could get a little bit higher, as we head into wednesday. but at the same time,

we have got these weather and this area of rain pushing in from the atlantic, combined with a stronger wind as well, and that wind is pushing the rain northwards across scotland and gradually eastwards across england and wales. it will be a strong wind, i think, on wednesday. of course it is still a southerly wind, that is bringing in the mild air, so even where you have the rain it's mild for the time of year, but ahead of the rain there could be a bit of sunshine for a while the southeast of england, so temperatures could reach 20 or 21, just depends how quickly the rain moves in and how widespread it is. we are expecting that rain to move eastwards overnight, a bit of a clearance by thursday, but we are going to keep an eye on the rain in france. that could head northwards into southern areas during the afternoon, rather than the showers coming in from the atlantic. but ahead of that, many places will be dry, with some sunshine for a while, and those temperatures in the southwesterly winds still very mild, 16 to 18 celsius. goodbye.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello, and thanks forjoining us here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world. after an appalling year in which ordinary people — israelis, palestinians and lebanese — have borne the brunt of the suffering, what are the prospects now? right now, its war that's on prime minister netanyahu's mind. those in his right—wing coalition who keep him

in power, that's what they want too. ukraine might not like it but is land for peace the solution to russia's war of invasion? at the moment, the positions — the starting positions — are irreconcilable. ukraine wants all its territory back. and tunisia's president has been re—elected. but in the birthplace of the arab spring, is democracy really working? tunisians tried democracy but their standard of living didn't improve. as they say, you know, it doesn't put food on the table. man: oh, my god! 0ur century so far has been marked by three major acts of violence with global repercussions and by the overwhelming response to them — the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the invasion of ukraine in 2022,