�* new �*new minister for our new ministerfor investment, poppy. any leader knows the importance of a good team and we have got one here. we are united behind growth. our door is open. and the work of change has already begun. we are referring the planning system, the onshore wind band has gone. new projects in solar, wind, tidal energy, carbon capture and storage, creative relief. investment from the world leading countries. blackstone, amazon, a new partnership to build daters centres in didcot. finally grasping the nettle on airport expansion. opening up new routes for work and holiday destinations. the first of tens of billions worth of inward investment deals that we will sign today because we are

determined to lead the on growth, determined to get britain building, determined get our economy moving, through the shock and awe of investment. that is the message to take home today. when the big decisions are made. when you go back to your boardrooms and ask, where does our money go? where do ourjobs go? where does our investment go for a better future? does our investment go for a betterfuture? let me does our investment go for a better future? let me offer you a new answer. it is time to back britain. thank you very much indeed, thank you. applause thank you. there we are, sir keir starmer pledging to cut red tape, boost investment, scrap regulation needlessly holding back investment at the summit just getting under way, the

international investment summit international investment summit in london's guildhall. our political correspondent has been listening in. a lot of mentions of the word growth, a word peppering keir starmer�*s speech throughout. he word peppering keir starmer's speech throughout. he described it as his most _ speech throughout. he described it as his most important - it as his most important mission in government, didn't he? it really is the central economic pledge of this government. he says he wants to be the highest growing economy in the g7 and he related the idea of growth to meaning more public services, more cash in people's pockets, more holidays, when working people benefit from growth keir starmer argues that leads to more stability. he says he has got the stability and the government at the moment that can help create the growth. there is a sort of virtuous circle is his argument there. i think the challenge with that of course is the last government would have said that it wanted growth as well and it

proved to be very elusive. in part, certainly this government would argue, because of decisions that the conservatives themselves took but also as a result of international factors as well. i think the other thing that was interesting was hearing keir starmer make an argument that we have in some senses heard it is quite typical of him suggesting there are choices to be made between backing workers and backing businesses, this idea that workers with good conditions, happy workers, you might like to say, leads to better business and trying to sell that message to business leaders as well. he clearly wants to get more investment from international investors into the uk. he sees that as central to his mission in government and there was a really clear pitch to them today, as well as a sense perhaps of being pleased that so many of them were willing to

share their time with the government, a kind of thanks for that, a political sense of saying to people, look, these people are willing to come here and invest here and wanting to say that that will really help to improve the uk economy and people's lives. to improve the uk economy and peeple's lives-— people's lives. keir starmer mentioned _ people's lives. keir starmer mentioned that _ people's lives. keir starmer mentioned that the - people's lives. keir starmer - mentioned that the government has been in its place forjust over 100 days now. those verse 100 days have ten quite challenging in recent weeks. how important is it for this government that the headlines from this summit are positive ones? i from this summit are positive ones? ~ , . , ones? i think it is really important _ ones? i think it is really important that - ones? i think it is really important that they - ones? i think it is reallyl important that they want ones? i think it is really - important that they want to see this as an opportunity to kind of reset. there was a slightly different team in number 10 now. his chief of staff has changed. there is a more political leaning to what is going on there. but they want to be really focused on the things that they are doing, not on all of the kind of issues

they have had around different briefings and this is an opportunity for them to try to set the agenda and say this is what we're doing, this is what we think work over years for the uk. and rather than dealing with those kind of difficult issues that have been there. but as i say, keir starmer�* tendency to suggest it is possible to be on the side of everyone, it is very much his way of wanting to be seen to work. but there will perhaps always be story, whether it is tensions with the unions, wishing he would go further to their side, wishing he would go further to theirside, ortensions wishing he would go further to their side, or tensions around things that certain people in his cabinet might have said because of their principles, there are always going to be thoseissues there are always going to be those issues within any government and today i think keir starmer and the government want better headlines about what they are actually getting on and doing.—

on and doing. thank you very much. on and doing. thank you very much- keir— on and doing. thank you very much. keir starmer - on and doing. thank you very much. keir starmer giving . on and doing. thank you very| much. keir starmer giving the speech in the last few minutes and you can continue to watch what is going on at the conference via the bbc�*s iplayer, where we are streaming it live. do take a look at that if you want to carry on watching. let's turn to other news now, though. the middle east. israel's military says its investigating how a drone launched by hezbollah struck a military base in the north of the country last night. the iranian—backed group said it launched "a swarm of attack drones" at an israeli military training camp in binya—mina, just south of haifa, killing four soldiers and wounding almost 60 other people. israel's army chief said an attack on a military target was difficult, and the results painful. meanwhile, israeli forces have continued to hit targets in both lebanon and gaza. the us has called on israel to do more to protect un peacekeepers and civilians in lebanon, and to address the humanitarian situation in gaza. at the same time, president biden has confirmed america is sending troops and an advanced anti—missile

system to help defend israel. this report from our correspondent, vincent mcavenny. the aftermath of what hezbollah described as a swarm of attack drones on an israeli army training camp in binyamina, just south of haifa. many of those injured were in a communal canteen when it was struck. pictures on social media show a huge hole was torn in the roof. the israeli defence forces say several soldiers were killed and more than 60 were taken to eight regional hospitals in ambulances and helicopters. some were critically injured. translation: | arrived| at the scene when there was already rescue forces giving treatment. i entered inside. the scene was very, very tough. dozens of victims with various

degrees of injuries. hezbollah said the attack was in response to israeli strikes inside lebanon on thursday. the weekend has seen tensions between not only israel and lebanon continue to rise, but also with the united nations. fierce fighting continued in south lebanon on sunday, with the lebanese health ministry reporting 51 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in israeli air strikes. the un also accused israel of forcibly entering one of its bases in southern lebanon, breaking down the main gate. israel says it was trying to rescue wounded soldiers. the un peacekeeping mission is insisting that its flags will continue to fly,

despite israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning to get its troops out of the area while israeli forces fight hezbollah. some 10,000 un peacekeepers from 50 countries are stationed within lebanon. since 1978, they have patrolled the area. in recent days, a number of these peacekeeping troops have been injured in military action. israel has admitted responsibility forfiring responsibility for firing towards un responsibility forfiring towards un posts in some cases. meanwhile, in gaza, at least 22 palestinians were killed and 80 were wounded on sunday night in an israeli attack on a school which was sheltering displaced families. separately, five young boys have reportedly been killed by an israeli air strike while playing on a street corner in northern gaza. and all the while, the world awaits israel's response

to iran's bombardment two weeks ago. it's unclear how, when and where they'll strike back, but only that despite fears it could lead to an all—out middle east war, they will do so soon. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. our correspondent jonathan head in beirut has been to a neighbourhood which has been repeatedly hit by air strikes. soi so i have come to a neighbourhood in central beirut. it is not very far from where we are staying. this is one of two neighbourhoods that were struck by we presume an israeli bomb, an air strike on thursday night. if you look behind me, you can get a sense ofjust how powerful these of just how powerful these bonds ofjust how powerful these bonds are, how much damage they do. these are the building still standing but they have been absolutely wrecked by the blast. that is four days ago. people are still going through the rubble and trying to work out how they can recover from this, what happens to the

people that lived here. 22 people that lived here. 22 people were killed in those two air strikes in this area. if i just take you across here, there is a lot of traffic but if you take a look at this row of cars here and just look down here, all these cars have been completely mangled by the enormous power of this explosion in this neighbourhood. israel always talks about these strikes as precise, as surgical. we don't know what their target was when they struck this neighbourhood but there is enormous damage to the people who live here. as you can see, this is an incredibly tightly packed residential neighbourhood. people here say there was no hezbollah presence. it is a largely shia neighbourhood but pretty mixed as well and they don't know why they were targeted. in the last few days, certainly over the weekend, we have not had any air strikes here in the capital, beirut. some believe that the us has put pressure on israel to stop

that because of the enormous impact on the city, which of course is accommodating huge numbers of displaced people from the rest of the country, from the rest of the country, from the rest of the country, from the conflict in the south where those air strikes go on. but looking at this, this is one air strike but looking at this, this is one airstrike and but looking at this, this is one air strike and we have had hundreds of these just in the past week. they are going on all the time now in the south of lebanon where israel is fighting this battle with hezbollah forces. there are air strikes constantly and every one of them in areas where there are likely to be civilians, residential neighbourhoods, doing this kind of damage. this is an enormously destructive war and what you see here is one very small piece of it.— small piece of it. absolutely, and there _ small piece of it. absolutely, and there are _ small piece of it. absolutely, and there are obviously - small piece of it. absolutely, i and there are obviously people living in that area, where have they gone and what is the humanitarian situation across the whole country at the moment?— the whole country at the moment? ~ , ~ , moment? when things like this ha en, moment? when things like this happen. peeple _ moment? when things like this happen, people have _ moment? when things like this happen, people have to - moment? when things like this happen, people have to leave. | happen, people have to leave. some people who are in buildings that are not damaged have left. this was a profound shock that this neighbourhood. nobody expected they would be

targeted. if they have families, they will go and live with them for a while. many do not have families. there are a lot of shelters that have been set up, sometimes funded by international aid but those shelters are full. internati