india and canada expel one another�*s top diplomats, as a dispute over last year's assassination of a sikh separatist in canada, escalates. and with just three weeks to go until the us presidential election, kamala harris and donald trump hold duelling rallies in the battleground state of pennsylvania welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where we're following several developments. we'll have the latest on those strikes in northern lebanon shortly, but first, let's take a look at what's happening in gaza. there's been increasing condemnation from the united nations of israel's operation in northern gaza. the un says ten of thousands of people are trapped with little access to food or supplies. the hamas—run health ministry says at least 62 people have been killed in two attacks

in the last 2a hours — one on a camp next to the al—aqsa hospital, and a second on a food distribution centre in northern gaza. israel is not allowing internationaljournalists independent access to gaza. however there is a team of freelance journalists filming for the bbc there .0ur special correspondent feargal keane sent this report on the last 2a hours in gaza, and a warning — it contains upsetting images. people are burning. the israeli strike set the refugee tents on fire. helpless to stop the flames spreading. gas canisters exploding. a figure enveloped by the inferno. too distressing to show here, but all of it witnessed by the refugees. translation: it was around 1am and we were sleeping _ in our tent. i have eight daughters.

we woke up to the fire over our heads. our daughters are all burned and our sons are injured. israel says it targeted a hamas command centre next door to the hospital. the eu's top diplomat said violations of international law, disregard for civilian casualties, wouldn't make israel safer. this 11—year—old, carried by a relative, was wounded along with her mother, father and six other family members. we first met her eight months ago, when she was seeking food for herfamily. a confident child then, but terrified of the bombing. last night, the bombing came to her. small wounds on her body. to her spirit, the wounds that last.

the dozens of casualties in central and northern gaza are being treated in hospitals already under huge strain. among them, al—ahli hospital, run by the anglican church. a senior british cleric said he's alarmed by the escalating violence. i met him injerusalem. i'm terrified by where they are at the moment. i mean, the level of suffering is unprecedented. we don't know what the ultimate aim is for the civilian population. you know, what are they supposed to do? where are they supposed to go? in gaza, no safety — not in hospital grounds or un schools. a grandmother mourning

18—month—old yamam. "i'm the one who raised you, yamam," she says. "i'm the one who raised you." to the north, the children killed by a strike in the al—shati camp. among the casualties, boys who were playing marbles at the time. wael naim was grieving his 14—year—old son, rami. translation: he wasn't holding a weapon or anything else - unless children's toys have become a threat to them. that's something else. in this place, childhood vanishes fast. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. israel denies it's carrying out a plan to force civilians out of jabalia. speaking earlier to the bbc,

idf spokesperson retired lieutenant colonel peter lerner defended the latest strikes. what hamas was planning on seven octoberjust last on the anniversary of the massacre of last year was to conduct another launch launch another attack against israel from northern gaza, specifically from the areas of jabalia. we are currently in the effort of dismantling and preventing them from regrouping. and it is happening in northern gaza, that's where we operate and i would say we will continue to operate anywhere we need to in order to protect israeli lives. a strike hit a christian majority village in the mountains near tripoli. our correspondent is following developments from jerusalem. it is fighting on two fronts. there was a drone attack on a

military base in which four is rarely military personnel were killed. israel has continued attacking various points in lebanon, a christian village in northern lebanon, the israeli say they have discovered a large hezbollah channels. dozens of rockets are still being fired into israel by hezbollah from lebanon. so no end in sight in the war theatre in southern lebanon on between hezbollah and israel and no end in sight no imminent peace agreement either for gaza. i asked andrew thomas from deakin university on his reflections for israeli strikes in lebanon. it is emblematic from the connection between gaza and lebanon on and the wider regional conflict developing

that there does not seem to be a clear strategic objective from the israeli side, it's not entirely clear what they want to achieve or what they wish to achieve in southern lebanon. it's not even entirely clear what they want to achieve within gaza. this lack of strategic direction is not only contributing to chaos on both fronts, but it is also confusing and alarming their adversaries in iran, hezbollah, and other actors in the region and that is causing tension, that is causing rising tension and an escalation in the conflict. so, as you said, we are unlikely to see a reservation any time soon. in fact, we are probably looking at it ratcheting up even further. israel might say they are trying to make sure hamas hezbollah are unable to be equipped to inflict harm on israel. would not not be

a clear objective on their part? it's a clear objective to state. it's still unclear how they are trying to do that. hezbollah is a complicated organisation. it's woven into lebanese sovereignty, they are part of the government in lebanon, so does that mean israel is attempting to overthrow parts of the government in lebanon? does that mean that they are simply trying to secure the south? but that is also, putting aside the morality of any parts of this conflict, lebanon on his under international law the ability to defend its sovereign borders. we have seen through some of the controversy happening with the peacekeeping force in lebanon, netanyahu says he doesn't recognise resolution

1701 that created unifil, but it is not israel's choice, it is a un security council mandated operation, and they are not moving because their mandate is to stay their mandate is to prevent precisely this from happening. while israel said it wants to remove the threat to the north, can it actually do that through its ground operations? —— violating some of the core international principles the un security council is trying to protect with that mandate there. you mention unifil, the un peacekeeping force there, the un quite outspoken about israel's activities in lebanon and gaza. do they actually have any influence on what israel is doing? quite little. it's been a problem with the un since the un was conceived, the un is basically simply a representation, a collection

of member states, but some member states have more influence than others depending on whether conflict is or where issue is. in this case really, the un has significantly less influence than the united states does, the united states also sits on the un security council which obviously has an inordinate amount of power compared to the general assembly but the general assembly in case of a voting bloc has been consistently critical of israel since december 2023, and its voting patterns even some of the allies of the united states have been quite critical of israel. however, it seems to be much more in the hands of a very small group of states, primarily the united states and its allies, in terms of exerting enough pressure on israel especially in lebanon, although that has happened before, under the reagan administration there was a significant push from the united states to stop israel from shelling beirut.

and that was quite successful and it did result in a withdrawal from israel. so it is possible but united states has not quite signalled they are putting that pressure on israel. there is an update from reuters carrying benjamin netanyahu's carrying benjamin neta nyahu's of carrying benjamin netanyahu's of his statement on tuesday. he says israel will listen to the us but will make its own decisions based on its national interest. that was attached to a washington post article that said he had told the us administration it would strike the military, not nuclear or oil targets. we will move away from the middle east. india and canada have expelled each other�*s top envoys, along with other diplomats. it comes afterjustin trudeau's government accused india's ambassador and other agents of homicide and other acts on canadian soil. the canadian prime minister addressed the evidence that indian agents were directly

involved in the killing of a sikh separatist leader, hardeep singh nijjar, a canadian citizen. the following ministry in delhi described the allegations as preposterous. —— the foreign. on monday delhi threatened further action over the accusations. for more on this lets cross live to delhi and joined the bbc�*s reporter. get us up to speed. do we have any word on reaction from india? we saw a lot of— word on reaction from india? - saw a lot of reaction from india on monday. we saw they had put out a press release saying they had withdrawn their top diplomats from canada, citing safety concerns, they did not believe canada could keep them safe in the country. then we also saw india at the

same time had also expelled six diplomats from the canadian high commission here in new delhi. remember, we saw that last year india had already expeued last year india had already expelled about two—thirds of the diplomatic staff in new delhi, so canada is left with quite a skeleton diplomatic presence here in the country. since then, we have heard from the canadian government, which has said they had expelled those indian diplomats that were based in canada and all of this has to do with the investigation by the federal police force in canada, the national police force in canada, which has said, and it came out in an unprecedented press conference, to say they have credible evidence that links the indian government, and specifically looking at indian diplomats operating in canada and connections with criminal activity, and that is

including things like extortion, intimidation and even homicide, so these are very serious allegations. they are. very serious allegations. they are- what _ very serious allegations. they are. what has _ very serious allegations. they are. what has this _ very serious allegations. they are. what has this done - very serious allegations. they are. what has this done to . are. what has this done to india's relationship with canada?— india's relationship with canada? ., ., , , canada? their relationship with canada? their relationship with canada has _ canada? their relationship with canada has been _ canada? their relationship with canada has been deteriorating l canada has been deteriorating for quite a long time. all of this has to do with what india believes is canada not taking a strong enough stance against the seek separatist movement that operates within canada. canada, for its part, says, look, we have laws with regard to freedom of speech and as long as they are doing no harm and not inciting violence, this is not something we can actually crackdown on. this has been an ongoing issue for many years. canada has the largest seaco population outside of india and it represents about 2.1% of the canadian population, so a significant

number of people. but india has long believed canada has not been doing enough, but now that we have seen over the last year incremental pieces of information coming from canadian officials linking the indian government to some of these incidents of criminal activity on canadian soil, including the murder of one of its citizens outside a seek temple injune last year. its citizens outside a seek temple in june last year. given the history _ temple in june last year. given the history as _ temple in june last year. given the history as you _ temple in june last year. given the history as you laid - temple in june last year. given the history as you laid it - temple in june last year. given the history as you laid it out, l the history as you laid it out, how is this episode or story playing out domestically in india? , , ., india? domestically in india, it has been _ india? domestically in india, it has been a _ india? domestically in india, it has been a story _ india? domestically in india, it has been a story as - india? domestically in india, it has been a story as you i it has been a story as you would pretty much expect from the indian government in terms of its tone, its tone and rhetoric has been angry, quite forceful. the meetings, there were meetings that took place between high—level indian officials and canadian

officials and canadian officials over the weekend in singapore, and based on those conversations, those conversations, those conversations and sharing of information did not go very well and then you saw the indian government had actually pre—emptively put out statements saying it condemns and criticises and is highly critical of any suggestion they're indian diplomats have been part of any nefarious activities on canadian soil, so this is a diplomatic rift that has pretty much engulfed into quite a large chasm.— has pretty much engulfed into quite a large chasm. thanks for caettin quite a large chasm. thanks for getting us _ quite a large chasm. thanks for getting us up — quite a large chasm. thanks for getting us up to _ quite a large chasm. thanks for getting us up to speed - quite a large chasm. thanks for getting us up to speed with - getting us up to speed with those developments. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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it detected chinese military in its territory. william live vowed to resist annexation or approach mint on their sovereignty. to the us, just three weeks out from the presidential election day, efforts to woo voters in those key swing states are ramping up. monday's focus was, with both kamala harris and donald trump holding duelling campaign events in the battleground. a win here is seen as crucial for either party's potential victory. in the last hour, vice president harris was in eerie, rolling out plans to boost economic opportunity for black men. recent polls show a possible enthusiasm gap among black voters, compared to past elections. she's also announced an interview later this week with fox news. meanwhile, former us president trump looked to boost support

from suburban women voters with an appearance in philadelphia. our correspondent peter bowes was following developments from both campaigns. i started by asking him about the reports that kamala harris showed video clips of donald trump, as part of her rally today. that is a tactic donald trump has used to play clips of kamala harris so both doing similar things at these events. donald trump was at a town hall setting this evening where as kamala harris was at a more traditional rally and in terms of the message, the message is what we have heard before, trying to home in on interestingly the same section of voters who are still undecided and you mentioned in terms of black voters, that has been seen as a potential weakness in kamala harris�*s campaign and she has been trying to focus a message there. as is tradition, she attacked donald trump several times as being incapable of taking the presidency seriously. she kept saying he is not a serious man with his political message. but i think what was interesting about

kamala harris in terms of where she was, airy, pennsylvania, often described as a purple area, not especially red or blue in terms of the political parties but an area where there our significant democrats and republicans who perhaps are still undecided and those are the voters that both candidates have to focus on. the very small number of people in this vast country who still have not decided who they will vote for. if we turn our attention to former president donald trump. he held a town hall. haifa former president donald trump. he held a town hall.— he held a town hall. how did that go? _ he held a town hall. how did that go? it— he held a town hall. how did that go? it did _ he held a town hall. how did that go? it did not _ he held a town hall. how did that go? it did not go - he held a town hall. how did that go? it did not go well. l that go? it did not go well. largely through some problems with, sadly, members of the audience, who were taken ill during this event. this should have been a question and answer session with questions from the audience. that is how it started for about 30 minutes, then someone took ill and someone else and someone else. it seemed donald trump blame

the air conditioning or lack of it in the room and he asked his people behind the scenes to play music. he seemed to enjoy the music and ask them to play more and then everything seems to peter out. in terms of getting a message across addressing the issues, it was not a particularly successful night. to japan, where the first day of campaigning is under way in the country's snap general election. the japanese parliament was dissolved by new prime minister shigeru ishiba last week, triggering a october 27 vote. it follows the resignation of previous prime minister fumio kishida, whose governing party faced multiple corruption scandals. all a65 lower house seats are up for grabs. our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil with more. it's been a whirlwind of political events injapan, and express elections if you well, altogether 12 days

of campaigning that start today, end on 26 october, a day after the voters will take to the polls, the voters verdict is what the prime minister shigeru ishiba has called, a65 seats up for grabs, you need to 33 for a majority. politics here has been going at quite the fast pace, in the fallout of the corruption scandal of the political funding scandal the then prime minister fumio kishida whose approval ratings had plummeted, decided he would not go for a third term, he was not going to go for leadership of the ruling party and that's in motion the political wheels that saw shigeru ishiba, the elected as leader of the ruling party which then made him prime minister and within days he called for a snap election. it is the people's verdict as he calls it for a reason, this at quite a turbulent

and frankly embarrassing time for the ruling party. they are reeling from a series of scandals, biggest among which is that fallout from the political funding scandal that implicated senior members of the party and some of them had to step down. there has been internal party conflict but all that time, the japanese households have been watching as they struggle financially with a slow economy and stagnant wages that have not changed or been raised almost for 30 years now or more. also rising prices, the ldp has ruled japan for most of the postwar era and they are likely to win the upcoming election but they can't edit humbled and wounded. they have a lot of convincing to do they have changed and that they will be a different party going forward. ajapan a japan election coming ajapan election coming up pretty soon on october 27.

american rapper sean �*diddy�* combs' is facing fresh allegations of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual assault. at least six new lawsuits were filed in a new york federal court monday, involving allegations spanning from 1995 to 2021. the rapper is currently in pre—trial detention for charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, which he denies. in response to the new allegations monday, his attorneys issued a statement saying "mr "combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, "their legal defences, and the integrity of "the judicial process." "in court, the truth will prevail and that mr combs "has never sexually assaulted anyone, adult or minor, "man or woman."

let's turn to brazil — half a million people were still without electricity in sao paolo on monday three days after a huge storm knocked down key power lines and triggered a widespread blackout. winds of more than 100—kilomnetres an hour were recorded in friday's storm. at least five people were killed. a spacecraft has blasted off from florida on the hunt for signs of alien life. its destination is europa — a mysterious moon orbiting jupiter — with potentially twice as much water as earth. the clipper won't arrive until 2030 but what it finds could change what we know about life in our solar system. we look forward to seeing how that pans out. thanks for joining me. goodbye for now. hello there. it was the southern half of the uk that had the cloudy skies. over the next few days we will see a spell of cloud. there will be heavy rain. because the winds are coming in from the south, it will be very mild.

it felt pleasant in the sunshine across northern areas on monday, especially in scotland, but here there may be frost before the cloud arrives by the morning. that cloud will hang around on tuesday, could produce drizzle in england and wales in the morning before it lifts and thins but the best of the sunshine will be in northern scotland. signs of rain in southwestern england and northern ireland. temperature wise, higher than on monday, generally 1a, 15 degrees, 17 or 18 in the south. it will be quite windy. it is a southerly wind bringing very mild air up from spain, france and towards uk but there is rain with that mild weather, a big low in the west and that will push rain our way on tuesday night and into wednesday. this could be quite heavy, the risk of thunderstorms in the south, maybe showers following into the west later. ahead of the rain, there may be sunshine across east anglia lincolnshire, perhaps the southeast of england which could lift temperatures to 20 or 21.

in the rain, it will be mild. that will push eastwards later in the day and heading out into the north sea eventually on wednesday night and thursday morning to be followed by plenty of sunshine, i think, on thursday, maybe showers, though, for a while in scotland and more showers coming into western areas, but for many in the east, it will be dry with that sunshine. the wind is not from the south but the southwest and it is still mild air, so temperatures generally 16 to 19 on thursday afternoon. as we head towards the end of the week, there is a strong jet stream propagating across the atlantic that will steer this low towards us and these weather fronts and those will bring some rain and stronger winds. it will not be too bad for the eastern side of the uk, but the weather is going downhill out towards the west, the winds picking up, perhaps gales in the northwest and that rain moving on. again, we have the temperatures above average, around 15 to 17 celsius.

google upgrades to nuclear. the tech giant signs first—of—its—kind reactor deal to power its ai. and the boss of the renault group tells the bbc how he's fending off competition in the electric hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. here is a new matchup in the

tech world. google has signed a deal to buy power from small modular reactor developer, kairos power, to meet electricity demand for artificial intelligence. it is part of a new industry trend to fulfil growing demands from data centres. our reporter has all the details from new york. in the first of its kind deal google has committed to buying power generated by nuclear energy start—up kairos power. google will back the construction of seven small modular reactors in the us. the agreements target adding 500 megawatts to the grid starting at the end of the decade. advocates of smaller actors point to lower costs, faster completion times and location flexibility. data centres need 24/7 reliable power and right now nuclear is the only source of emissions free baseload power. the announcement is yet another example of the growing partnership between tech companies and nuclear power. last month consolation energy and microsoft struck a deal to restart the reactor at pennsylvania's three mile island, the site of the country's worst nuclear

power accident, and earlier this year amazon purchased