and gaza correspondents for the latest from the region. kamala harris and donald trump hold key rallies in the battleground state of pennsylvania, with just three weeks to go until the us election. well, it is extraordinary. i have reacted to it in as many ways as you can possibly react to it. it is wonderful. we hear from hollywood legend al pacino as he looks back on his career, and how he's enjoying becoming a dad for the fourth time at the age of 83. hello, i m anita mcveigh. welcome to bbc news now — three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the israeli prime ministers office has hit back at speculation about how his country will retaliate against iran's

missile attack two weeks ago by saying it will make decisions based on its own national interest. it follows a washington post report suggesting bejmain netanyahu has told president biden israel woudn�*t hit oil or nuclear sites in iran, but would target military targets facilities instead. and in lebanon, more than 400,000 children have been displaced in the past three weeks, as israel continues its offensive against the iranian back group hezbollah. those figures are from the un children s agency, unicef, which is warning of a lost generation in the country. in gaza the second round of polio vaccines for children is continuing as the un says the israeli military appear to be cutting off the north of the territory completely from the rest of the gaza strip. we're joined by our correspondents, yolande knell injerusalem, jonathan head in beirut, and our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf,

who's in istanbul. any further comment today from the israeli prime minister �*s office about the reports in the washington post?— office about the reports in the washington post? well, there has beenjust_ washington post? well, there has been just a _ washington post? well, there has been just a short - washington post? well, there i has been just a short statement that was put out by the israeli prime minister �*s office which said "we listened to the opinions of the us but the statement went on, and we will make ourfinal decisions statement went on, and we will make our final decisions based on our national interest". according to israeli media reports, there have also been meetings that have been taking place in the past day between the israeli prime minister, other key ministers, as well as the top military and intelligence figures, and they say that these figures have now agreed the nature of israel �*s suspected attack on iran, as well as the likely timing of

that, and the strength of that. that will still need a security cabinet approval, according to these reports. that really following on from the article that was in the washington post, quoting these two unnamed officials said to be well—informed about the conversations that have been going on between israel washington, and they are saying that the israeli prime minister has agreed to limit the retaliation to that big missile attack, 180 retaliation to that big missile attack, i80 ballistic missiles fired by iran two weeks ago, to target military infrastructure in iran, ratherthan target military infrastructure in iran, rather than more sensitive nuclear sites or oil production facilities, which could have a big knock on effect on global energy prices. that washington post article said as well that the nature and timing would be calibrated to take into account the fact that we have got the us presidential elections coming up presidential elections coming up injust three presidential elections coming up in just three weeks' time

and this could have an impact. thank you. let's move north towards lebanon and jonathan is there in the capital, beirut. those warnings from unicef coming in about the number, the huge numbers of children displaced in the country in the last three weeks, so a real sense growing there of humanitarian concerns. yes, i should clarify _ humanitarian concerns. yes, i should clarify the _ humanitarian concerns. yes, i should clarify the figure - humanitarian concerns. yes, i should clarify the figure of- should clarify the figure of 400,000, they say, is since the start of the conflict last year, but they say 90% of those 400,000 have been displaced in the past three weeks. that is a huge number of children. a much larger number, 1.2 million, they say are not getting education because their schools have been closed all filled with displaced people. i think it is good to focus on this number to get a sense of how much humanitarian pressure there is. you have got a government that can't cope, it wasn't coping even before this conflict, so people are having to look after themselves. families having to share what

they can, give accommodation. you have people on the move the whole time, and there is another problem as well. we reported yesterday on a christian village in the north of lebanon that was hit by an israeli air strike, no one knows why. the death toll there is now 24, including children and old people. it seems there was an extended family from the south of lebanon, who had moved into that village and presumably, we are just guessing, presumably, we arejust guessing, the presumably, we are just guessing, the israeli military believe there was someone there they identified as a target among them. the village was hit by a powerful bomb, enormous damage. so what you have also is people in lebanon now been fearful of giving shelter to these massive numbers of displaced people for fear that they might have among them somebody who israel has put on a list of targets. that is the level of fear now. i don't know if the microphone can pick up the israeli drone that is above my head right now. we have had no air strike in beirut for four days, but the israeli government has said that if

they see a target here, they will go for it and it creates a nervous atmosphere here in this country, realising that this air strike campaign is aptly picking up. 200 air strike in 24 hours after last night. i've been given a list of nine towns in the south that have been hit this morning and that list is going to get a lot longer by the end of the day. jonathan, thank yom — the end of the day. jonathan, thank you. let's _ the end of the day. jonathan, thank you. let's go _ the end of the day. jonathan, thank you. let's go now- the end of the day. jonathan, thank you. let's go now to i the end of the day. jonathan, | thank you. let's go now to our gaza correspondent who is in istanbul. we were reporting yesterday about the second round of those polio vaccinations beginning in gaza under very difficult situations. what is the latest on the ground there. we have seen repeated warnings about the humanitarian impact of the war on gaza. the humanitarian impact of the war on gaza-— war on gaza. yes, i think they are focused — war on gaza. yes, i think they are focused more _ war on gaza. yes, i think they are focused more on - war on gaza. yes, i think they are focused more on the - war on gaza. yes, i think they| are focused more on the north as israel started a ground incursion towards the biggest refugee camp, where we also

believe people from the north—west and north—east of the gaza strip have moved, so about 200,000 or 300,000 people are now stuck in a very small refugee camp, partly demolished in a previous israeli operation. this is the third operation, and the camp has been surrounded. very few people who have access to the internet or to social media have been posting horrific pictures of destruction, and in some places bodies in the street. an ambulance driver was filming himself on a rescue mission yesterday there was an explosion next to his ambulance and he could not go to rescue the people. significant air strikes, about nine air strikes across gaza city overnight in the north and in the south. the

vaccinations are taking place in the south because the people in the south because the people in the south because the people in the north are still not allowed there is no medical facility to do the vaccination for the people in the north. so the second vaccination process has started on the south, and it was delayed because of an air strike at the hospital the day before yesterday, when the israeli army targeted tents within the hospital. in the south this is the second round. in the south we had another tough night with about four or five air strikes are about ten people were killed there overnight. yesterday, israel allowed 30 trucks of food for the north of gaza for the first time since october the 1st. but people there are saying that this is not enough, given the

number of people there without food for a very long time. thank you. thank you to all three of our correspondence will stop coming up this hour, i will talk to a representative from an american university about the situation in the middle east and as well as a doctor in gaza and a representative from unicef about the impact of this conflict on children in the region. with three weeks to go until the us presidential election, kamala harris and donald trump have held rival campaign events in the battleground state of pennsylvania. ms harris announced a plan to give black men more economic opportunities and described some of her opponent's behaviour as increasingly unhinged. donald trump spoke at a town hall event in 0aks where he promised to increase oil drilling to drive down energy costs. mr trump's remarks were twice interrupted by medical emergencies in the crowd. he blamed a lack of air conditioning and called for music to be played.

let's take a look now at how the presidential candidates are polling. new polls are arriving every day, each one with a slightly different take on the figures. right now kamala harris appears to be three points ahead at 49%, but this is of course a very tight race still. anything could happen over the next few weeks. and if we turn to the battleground states, those states that were very close last time around and that could be decisive in the election. the polling shows kamala is ahead in four of the states and donald trump in three. they are all well within the margin of error, so it is going to be a fight to the finish. let's speak to cbs news correspondent, jarred hill, who's in new york. incredibly tight polls — how's that playing out in what the two campaigns are doing, just three weeks out from polling day?

i think that is one of the things to keep in mind. what do these polls mean and to whom do they matter at this point? a lot of this is helping the campaigns figure out the best strategy going forward as we edge closer and closer to election day and how they can get as many votes as possible, especially in the key battleground seats. what we're seeing here is candidates really focusing in with their campaigning, with the end dollars on those battlegrounds. yesterday they were both in the state of pennsylvania, which is right now the big white whale for both of these campaigns because it is such a vote rich state when it comes to the electoral college and it is so tight at this moment. we were seeing them not necessarily trying to sway any new voters or pull anyone to their side he wasn't there already, but at this point the attempt is to get turn out, trying to see if

they can be on the ground enough, in the right places to get enough of their supporters or soft supporters to come out and vote for them. the other thing we are seeing in both of these campaigns is a focus on nontraditional forms of media as they do their outreach. so not doing only the major television networks or newspapers, but also talking to folks who write blogs or do pod cast, or various instagram accounts that have a lot of attention from people who are not necessarily locked into either one of these candidates. again, trying to get any of those potential voters. find those potential voters. and briefl , those potential voters. and briefly. a — those potential voters. and briefly, a slightly _ those potential voters. and briefly, a slightly curious event for donald trump yesterday with several interruptions.- yesterday with several interruptions. that's right. there were _ interruptions. that's right. there were two _ interruptions. that's right. i there were two interruptions that for medical emergencies from people in the audience, which ended up leading him to stop his question and answer session after only taking a

couple of questions. for about 40 minutes on the stage and he called for his media crew to play music. again, for nearly an hour he was play music. again, for