400,000 children displaced in lebanon, most in the last three weeks. and in garzo, a second round of polio vaccinations for children continues. kamala harris and donald trump hold key valleys in the battleground state of pennsylvania with just three weeks to go until the us election. it is extraordinary, i've reacted to it in as many ways as you can possibly react to it. it is wonderful. and we hear from to it. it is wonderful. and we hearfrom hollywood legend al pacino as he looks back on his career and how he is enjoying becoming a dad for the first time at the age of 83. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now. there is a fast—moving use, interviews and reaction. —— three hours.

�*s hezbollah�*s deputy leader has helped a defined conference. he said its forces would target northern and southern israel. he said its grip has adopted a new calculation so that israel feels pain, even though he also called for a ceasefire. a few minutes earlier, the pentagon had announced an advance team of military personnel and initial components to operate a us defence system against ballistic missiles had arrived in israel. and that more would be sent in the coming days. the pentagon says the deployment of the thaad battery, as it is known, to it's real, similar to these in the pictures we can show you know, —— to israel. , shows the commitment to israel. and to defend israel from any ballistic missile attacks from

iran. let's speak tojonathan head who is in the lebanese capital, beirut. you have been looking at the lines coming from a news conference by the deputy chief of hezbollah. what is your assessment of what he had to say? i is your assessment of what he had to say?— is your assessment of what he had to say? i think his message was very much _ had to say? i think his message was very much to _ had to say? i think his message was very much to the _ had to say? i think his message was very much to the lebanese| was very much to the lebanese people. this is a country where people. this is a country where people are weary of this war, suffering huge humanitarian crisis as a result the numbers displaced by the israeli air strikes, and there are many lebanese who blame hezbollah, as well as israel, for dragging them into it. he put out a message calling for unity and patience, promising victory and wording lebanese people saying israel has a plan for your country, if we do not resist them, they will only make lebanon in their own way. —— remake. there has been talk of

ceasefire before, but the key hezbollah demand has been able will keep fighting israel as long as the conflict in gaza with hamas continues. in the past, people have wondered whether hezbollah would strike a separate ceasefire with the israelis, given the enormous losses to the leadership in the last few weeks of attacks. he made it clear the issue of palestine cannot be separated from lebanon, and ese ceasefire is possible, but only one that includes an agreement on gaza and hamas as well. in other words, nothing immediate. it was a very defiant message. he warned that 2 million israelis would be in harms way and almost wanted them with these successes has blathered mac cat over the weekend, getting a jointer to attack an israeli military base. he said to these really is, do not believe what your own people tell you about our hezbollah�*s capabilities. saying we are capable of a lot more than we have shown so far.

jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan head in beirut. i have also been speaking to a middle east correspondent, yolande knell injerusalem. this is significant deployment to israel. we are told it will be integrated into israel's own multilayered air defence systems, but it is coming here at a crucial time. expectations building that israel is getting ready to retaliate for the massive attack by iran. 180 ballistic missiles were fired will stop this is an air defence system the us is providing that has a capability which would allow such missiles to be intercepted. up to now, what the us has been doing is using interceptor missiles fired from some of its warships

around the region when it has come to those two major strikes by iran ride, one in april, and one at the start of this month. we have had in other news this lunchtime developments in the israeli media that ministers have met and decided on the nature and timing of their planned attack against iran, but that will need to be approved by the israeli security cabinet. there coming also after the washington post article which quoted quoted unnamed officials briefed in the conversations that have been going on between israel and its closest allies in washington, and really saying that there had been this agreement by the israeli prime minister that there would be a more limited reaction, that this would be targeting military sites in iran. that, we have been told by analysts, seems to be washington's preference,

rather than attacking nuclear sites, which could be much more sensitive, oil production sites, which would have a knock—on effect on global energy prices. the bbc�*s gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf is in istanbul and has the latest on the humanitarian situation in gaza. i think they are focussed more in the north as israel, back on october 5th, started a ground incursion to jabalia refugee camp. jabalia is the biggest refugee camp where we believe also people from beit hanoun and beit lahiya, northwest and northeast of the gaza strip are moved to to jabalia. so about 200,000—300,000 people are now stuck in a very small, densely populated refugee camp, half demolished in previous israeli operations in the north. this is the third operation and

the camp has been surrounded. very few people who have access to the internet or to the social media were posting horrific pictures of destruction and in some places bodies in the street. an ambulance driver was filming himself in a rescue mission yesterday, got an explosion next to his ambulance and he couldn't go to rescue the people. another night, significant airstrikes — about nine air strikes overnight in gaza city, across gaza city, in the north and in the south, about 26,000 people. those vaccinations are taking place in the south because the people in the north are not still not allowed to... there is no medical facility to set up and do the vaccination for the people in the north. so the second vaccination process started in the south, and it was delayed because of the air strike in al aqsa hospital.

a day before yesterday, when the israeli army targeted tents inside the hospital and delaying the process that should be started or taking place now in the south. this is the second time. in the south, people had another tough night with about four orfive airstrikes. about ten people were killed overnight. yesterday, israel allowed 30 trucks of food for northern gaza for the first time since 0ctober1st. but people there saying that it is not enough, giving the number of people there without food for a very long time. with three weeks to go until the us presidential election, kamala harris and donald trump have held rival campaign events in the battleground ms harris announced a plan to give black men more economic opportunities and described some of her opponent's behaviour as increasingly unhinged. i believe so strongly

that a second trump term would be a huge risk for america and dangerous. cheering donald trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged. meanwhile, 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. some people have been waiting here for two days for this, so it's a little bit tough. it's a little bit tough, but they have to try

and get those doors open. do they have air conditioning? they probably can't afford it, sir, in this economy. - they don't want to give us air conditioning, it's too expensive. it costs too much. anyway...but they're both 0k. yes. they're both in good shape. that's wonderful. would anybody else like to faint? let's take a look now at how the presidential candidates are polling. new polls are arriving every day, each one with its own 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 focus on 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. jarred hill is a cbs news correspondent, who's in new york. he outlined how the tight polling is affecting the two campaigns — with only three weeks left until the election. that's one of the things to keep in mind here is what do these polls mean and to whom do they matter at this point? and a lot of this is helping the campaigns figure out the best strategy going forward as we inch closer and closer to election day on how they can try and get as many votes as possible, especially in those key battleground states, as you were mentioning. what we're seeing here is the candidates really focusing in with their campaigning, with the ad dollars on those battlegrounds. yesterday, both of them were in the state of pennsylvania, which is kind of 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 is so tight at this moment.

we are seeing them not necessarily trying to to sway any new voters or pull anyone to their side who wasn't there already but at this point, the name of the game is trying to get turnout. so again, 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 that we're seeing both of these campaigns doing and both of these candidates doing is focusing on sort of nontraditional forms of media as they're doing their outreach. so not necessarily only doing the major television networks or the newspapers, but also talking to folks who run blogs and podcasts and various instagram accounts that have a lot of attention, a lot of eyes from people who are not necessarily locked in to either one of these candidates — again, trying to get any of those soft potential voters to actually show up to the polls in november. and just very briefly, jared, a slightly curious event for donald trump yesterday, several interruptions. yeah, that's right. so there were two interruptions there for some medical

emergencies from people in the audience at that event in pennsylvania, which ended up leading him to stop this question and answer session after only taking a couple of questions. instead, for about 40 or so minutes on the stage, he called for his media crew to play music. again, for nearly an hour he was on stage as the music played there before he went off the stage. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

here in the uk, the court has heard disturbing accounts in the death of sarah sharif, neighbours hearing sense of mild smacking and drenching screens from the little girl. her father,

screens from the little girl. herfather, his partner and her father, his partner and uncle herfather, his partner and uncle have all pleaded not guilty to her murder. this update from the court. this morning, thejury update from the court. this morning, the jury were told they would hear eyewitness evidence from neighbours and a teacher of sarah sharif. they were told the family's previous home, a neighbour would hear gut—wrenching screams as well as the sense of smacking from the house. the neighbour also heard sarah sharif�*s stepmother swearing at the children. the family moved to nearby woking and the jury was told another neighbour there will say in evidence thatjoe mike days before sarah's death... thejury were the jury were told five months before sarah died, a teacher at her primary school noticed bruises on her chin and right eye and she gave conflicting accounts as to what caused

those bruises. seven months before she died, she started wearing a hijab, headscarf, the prosecution suggested to the jury prosecution suggested to the jury the fact that she began wearing it was because of the need to conceal injuries to her face and head from the outside world. thejury face and head from the outside world. the jury have face and head from the outside world. thejury have been face and head from the outside world. the jury have been told that when she died, she had multiple injuries, including burns, numerous broken bones, and a serious head injury. in the bin, the police said they found a makeshift hood made of plastic bags and packing tape, and also a cricket bat with sarah's blood on it. her father, stepmother and uncle all deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. daniel sanford reporting. the mother of a woman who died after coming into contact with the nerve agent novichok in england has told a public inquiry that her daughter was an intelligent, funny and kind

person. don sturgess died in 2018 after spring herself with a contaminated perfume bottle that had been discarded after an assassination attempt —— dawn sturgess. duncan kennedy reports. this is the dawn sturgess reports. this is the dawn stu rgess family reports. this is the dawn sturgess family remember. a new photo, and in the words of her mother, she was intelligent, funny, and very kind. caroline in the grey scarf told the family she last spoke to dawn sturgess the night before she became ill. she said that dawn sturgess, who had been living in a hostel, was due to be reunited with her own daughter. it was pure chance that she had spread herself with the novichok before her daughter arrived. her death was a tragedy to us all, but the fact that her daughter was not killed as well is solace. that we often revisit.— killed as well is solace. that we often revisit. dawn sturgess was posing _ we often revisit. dawn sturgess was posing with _ we often revisit. dawn sturgess was posing with the _ we often revisit. dawn sturgess was posing with the novichok. we often revisit. dawn sturgess| was posing with the novichok at home amesbury, four months

after sergei skripal and yulia skripal were killed in salisbury.— skripal were killed in salisbu . ~ , ., ., salisbury. we understand it had enou:h salisbury. we understand it had enough novichok _ salisbury. we understand it had enough novichok to _ salisbury. we understand it had enough novichok to kill- enough novichok to kill thousands of people, and although we were devastated by her death, ourfamily thinks her death, our family thinks comfort her death, ourfamily thinks comfort that her life was the only lifeless that day the potential harm as much, much more, and we know she would agree. more, and we know she would auree. ., y more, and we know she would auree. ., , .,, agree. -- the only life lost. her comments _ agree. -- the only life lost. her comments about - agree. -- the only life lost. her comments about dawn | her comments about dawn sturgess her comments about dawn stu rgess were her comments about dawn sturgess were acknowledged by the chair. . ~ sturgess were acknowledged by the chair. ., ~ , ., , sturgess were acknowledged by the chair. . ~' , ., , . the chair. thank you very much. not easy- _ the chair. thank you very much. not easy- the — the chair. thank you very much. not easy. the inquiry _ the chair. thank you very much. not easy. the inquiry heard - not easy. the inquiry heard about the — not easy. the inquiry heard about the wiltshire - not easy. the inquiry heard about the wiltshire police l not easy. the inquiry heard i about the wiltshire police role in the aftermath of the poisonings of the skripals. a senior commander said his force had not received any advice about the perfume bottle with the novichok and therefore could not pass on any advice to the public. we could not pass on any advice to the public— the public. we did not get any advice to put _ the public. we did not get any advice to put out _ the public. we did not get any

advice to put out as _ the public. we did not get any advice to put out as you - the public. we did not get any advice to put out as you have | advice to put out as you have described and what ultimately became the mantra, if you did not drop it, don't pick it up. where are you aware of any nationai— where are you aware of any national advice not to pick up objects— national advice not to pick up objects before 30th june? national advice not to pick up objects before 30thjune? no, i was not — objects before 30th june? no, i was not. ., ., , was not. counterterrorism officers have _ was not. counterterrorism officers have already - officers have already identified these three russian suspects as the team behind the assassination attempt on sergei skripal. the officer in charge of the investigation said that this operation was unprecedented. it this operation was unprecedented. this operation was unrecedented. , ., unprecedented. it is not when we had seen _ unprecedented. it is not when we had seen before. - unprecedented. it is not when we had seen before. but - unprecedented. it is not when we had seen before. but onel we had seen before. but one that we were able to apply existing operational processes to in order to respond. the inuui to in order to respond. the inquiry continues _ to in order to respond. the inquiry continues tomorrow with evidence involving charlie rowley, the boyfriend of don sturgess. a bbc investigation has found the practice of incinerating much of the uk's household rubbish is as polluting as burning coal. almost half of all household waste now goes into industrial incinerators and recycling rates have stagnated. 0ur environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports.

steam billows down mandy royle's street from what she calls the monster next door. look how thick it is. it's blowing straight at our houses and we're breathing all that in. her home in runcorn, in the north west of england, is a stone's throw from the uk's largest energy from waste incinerator. so if you want to sit in the garden and enjoy the sun, you've got the smell, the steam, flies, and then the noise as well. this viridor site burns the equivalent of around 200 double decker buses of black bin bags every single day — around a million tonnes a year. i've lived here since �*98, and then in 2015, they decided to put the incinerator in my front garden. well, it felt like my front garden. and ever since, it's just been a nightmare. viridor say their site is closely monitored by the environment agency, and the amount of noise and water vapour remain within permitted levels for the environment and human health.

we used to bury our rubbish in landfill sites like this, but the government imposed heavy taxes as worries grew about planet—warming methane seeping out from underground — so councils turned to burning. and over the past decade, there's been a rush to build energy—from—waste facilities, with many more in the pipeline_ all those incinerators are using increasing amounts of this stuff — black bag bin waste. but our investigation shows that burning this is the same as burning coal, and that's because we're using increasing amounts of this stuff, plastic — making energy from waste our dirtiest way of making electricity. we do have concerns about the building of new energy—from—waste plant. this can't be seen as sort ofjust a way of getting out ofjail for free and dealing with the whole kind of management of waste. we raised these questions with the body that represents

uk incinerator operators. in a statement, they said... the government said they are considering the role waste incineration will play as it decarbonises and grows the economy. mor mandy royle, the personal impact of living next door to an energy—from—waste site is taking its toll. i'm sort of stuck. i'm stuck in a rut down here. matt mcgrath, bbc news. early on i spoke to ian williams, a professor of applied science in southampton and he said neither incineration or landfill are suitable mechanisms for removing it is at least 25% carbon and if you burn that, you will generate a lot

of damaging greenhouse gases. including carbon dioxide. it was a decision by the previous administration in england to go down this route and we'll took a different approach, and it is now the second best recycling country in the world as a result. fit. country in the world as a result. �* . , country in the world as a result. �* ., , , result. a really interesting contrast then. _ result. a really interesting contrast then. do - result. a really interesting contrast then. do you - result. a really interesting| contrast then. do you think that it should be a policy to move back towards landfill for disposing of rubbish? ida. move back towards landfill for disposing of rubbish?- disposing of rubbish? no, we can't no disposing of rubbish? no, we can't go back _ disposing of rubbish? no, we can't go back to _ disposing of rubbish? no, we can't go back to landfill. - can't go back to landfill. neither landfill or incineration of our waste are the suitable mechanisms, certainly need 21st century, for dealing with waste. we should be using recycling, reuse, waste avoidance, and prevention. these have been strategies that have been discussed for over 20 years. promoted for more than 20 years, known about for more than 20 years, and employed in many other countries, with wales being a local example of how to do it, but he wide range of other countries around

england have made different political decisions and moved any better direction in terms of resource efficiency. and any better direction in terms of resource efficiency. and we know recycling _ of resource efficiency. and we know recycling is _ of resource efficiency. and we know recycling is the - of resource efficiency. and we know recycling is the ideal- of resource efficiency. and we | know recycling is the ideal way to go. at the moment, when material can't be recycled, is there an improvement in technology for carbon capture, for example, to stop the amount of dangerous gases, greenhouse gases getting into the atmosphere? in gases getting into the atmosphere?- gases getting into the atmosphere? in the uk, i believe there _ atmosphere? in the uk, i believe there is _ atmosphere? in the uk, i believe there is only - atmosphere? in the uk, i believe there is only one | atmosphere? in the uk, i- believe there is only one waste incinerator which has any carbon capture technology and it captures a triply amount of carbon dioxide. it would require huge investment in technology and a lot of time do this. of course, we have an awful lot of incinerators planned or have approval for progression. we do not need them. we already have pretty much over capacity. and the amount of waste we generate is going to go down because of

planned government strategies, targets and policies. there is absolutely no need to build any more incinerators and we should be diverting them to other mechanisms. if you're watching in the uk, you can see more on this story on the skid... tomorrow, we will look at where the giant about and how the companies that them operate. you're watching bbc news. hello. after the chill of the weekend and even the frost of this morning in northern scotland, the rest of the week is looking pretty mild. that warm air coming all the way up from spain, portugal and the mediterranean on southerly winds. however, if you think warm means necessarily dry and sunny, you would be mistaken because its low pressure which is inducing that southerly wind and it's that that will be pushing outbreaks of rain across the country during the next couple of days. 0ut there today,

most of us still dry. we will see some heavy rain develop towards the south—west and south—west wales and northern ireland later in the day. some heavy and thundery downpours. strong winds in the west as well, touching gale force. if you get a break in the cloud elsewhere you are doing well. this evening, temperatures around 14 celsius to 16 celsius for many. a bit cooler in northern scotland but here is where the clearest of the skies will be into tonight. but we are going to see more rain develop across western areas in particular through the night, spreading its way northwards and eastwards. some of which will be heavy and thundering places. but with that southerly wind, lots of cloud, outbreaks of rain, it's not going to be a cold night by any means. a cold night by any means — 11 celsius to 14 celsius, and 15 celsius as we start wednesday morning. the best of the brighter breaks for wednesday in east anglia and the south—east. lots of cloud elsewhere. in the northern half of the country we will see rain on and off. again some heavy downpours and even the odd rumble of thunder. and then later on we will see some longer spells of heavy and potentially thundery rain in south west england

and also across wales. they could be some minorflooding here and in northern ireland. temperatures, though, even with the cloud, around 14 celsius to 17 celsius. tempered by the breeze. maybe 20 celsius to 22 celsius in east anglia and the south—east. but even here into the evening we will sad to see but even here into the evening we will start to see some rain push in. weather fronts working eastwards across the country. it could be quite a wet night for some in fact to take it into the start of thursday. a lot of cloud to begin with, some mist and fog around as well, particularly on the hills in scotland and northern ireland. but most of that will break up. sunny spells for most of us on thursday. a much brighter day. a few showers dotted around particularly in the west and temperatures, even lowly areas a little bit fresher than today — with more sunshine around, it will feel more pleasant. as we go into friday we start off with some brighter breaks. some mist and fog around but the cloud increases from the west throughout the day. the wind picks up, touching gale force in places and outbreaks of rain will develop and bring in some pretty rough seas to the south and the west. staying on the mild side but that heavy rain will push eastwards through friday night. take care.

live from new york at the opening bell versus business today. stocks open and little changed after record closes and traders itself through the early reports. and results from a trio of wall street top forecasts. and slamming on the brakes, the boss of bmw tells

the paris auto show that europe should cancel its planned ban on petrol and diesel cars. welcome to business today live from new york. stocks are steady after record closes and both the s&p 500 and the dow jones industrial average and we are seeing earnings continue to trickle in with results from a trio of wall street banks that beat expectations and we will discuss those in more detail shortly. meanwhile oil is plunging, over4% shortly. meanwhile oil is plunging, over 4% after report is rogel to target iranian crude, easing fears of a supply disruption. let's speak now to mark travis, he's the president and ceo of intrepid capital funds. away from banks and some of the other market movers, micro devices, some of those chip makers, this is rising after report that the biden administration is discussing caps over sales over the

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