three weeks until the us election, donald trump and kamala harris hold opposing rallies in the key state of philadelphia. the british government plans to give obese unemployed people with those jabs to help them return to work. it jabs to help them return to work. , ., ., ., , work. it is extraordinary. i reacted — work. it is extraordinary. i reacted to _ work. it is extraordinary. i reacted to it _ work. it is extraordinary. i reacted to it as _ work. it is extraordinary. i reacted to it as many - work. it is extraordinary. i | reacted to it as many ways work. it is extraordinary. i i reacted to it as many ways as you can react to it. it's wonderful.— you can react to it. it's wonderful. �* , , ., ~ ., wonderful. and we speak to the aodfather wonderful. and we speak to the godfather of — wonderful. and we speak to the godfather of hollywood- - wonderful. and we speak to the godfather of hollywood- al - godfather of hollywood— al pacino— as he looks back on his career and becoming a father for the first time at the age of 8a. welcome to verified live. we start in the middle east — where tensions have ratcheted up again today with new threats from hezbollah�*s deputy chief, who said since israel has attacked "anywhere in lebanon — we have the right to attack anywhere in israel". in lebanon, unicef say more than 400,000 children have been displaced — 90% in the past three weeks,

as israel continues its offensive against the iran—backed group hezbollah. in the last few hours, we've also heard from the pentagon, saying that an advance team of military personnel and the initial components of an american missile defence system has arrived in israel, with more to be sent in the coming days. meanwhile, a washington post report suggests benjamin netanyahu has told president biden israel will not hit oil or nuclear sites in iran, but would target military facilities instead — that in retaliation to tehran�*s attack on israel two weeks ago. earlier in the programme, spoke to her correspondencejonathan to her correspondence jonathan head to her correspondencejonathan head in beirut, tom bateman in washington and wyre davies. the seech b washington and wyre davies. tie: speech by the washington and wyre davies. tue: speech by the deputy washington and wyre davies. tte: speech by the deputy leader washington and wyre davies. t'te: speech by the deputy leader of his black board was more to the

population of lebanon, i do not think he believes the israelis would pay attention to the threats he made —— the leader of hezbollah. the lebanese are very frustrated and upset with the way they have been dragged into the conflict, this was a plea for him by unity, saying they were the defenders of the country against israel, warning them if they get defeated and destroyed like israel once, israel will be free to remake lebanon and the wider middle east as it wishes. he also promised to rebuild homes that were destroyed, that they would get that support. there was an interesting reference to gaza. he said the issues of palestine and lebanon could not be separated, which pits at the idea that —— puts to bed the idea that —— puts to bed the idea that —— puts to bed the idea that hezbollah might strike a separate deal. hezbollah centred this

conflict... lots of reports coming in today and all of those air strikes to placing more and more people. it is this tremendous humanitarian pressure, this wave of displaced people which is pushing un agencies now to call for help, orfor more assistance, unicef saying 400,000 children have been displaced. a staggering number. 1.2 million have lost access to an education in a country whose population is just over 5 population isjust over 5 million. population is 'ust over 5 million._ population is 'ust over 5 million. ., ., ., ,, million. jonathan, thank you. let's no million. jonathan, thank you. let's go to — million. jonathan, thank you. let's go to washington - million. jonathan, thank you. let's go to washington and l million. jonathan, thank you. i let's go to washington and tom bateman. the pentagon have been giving new details about the deployment. take me through what they have been saying. what they have now begun to send — what they have now begun to send to — what they have now begun to send to israel is a sad antiballistic missile system ——

thaad~ — antiballistic missile system —— thaad~ it _ antiballistic missile system —— thaad. it is a high—power, sought—after us built aerial defence system. it is basically a series— defence system. it is basically a series of documented missiles that are — a series of documented missiles that are fired and can reach into— that are fired and can reach into and _ that are fired and can reach into and beyond the earth's atmosphere to shut down ballistic missiles. it began to be reported over the last week that americans were going to send — that americans were going to send this_ that americans were going to send this to the israelis in the — send this to the israelis in the aftermath of the iranian missile _ the aftermath of the iranian missile attack on israel on the ist missile attack on israel on the tst of— missile attack on israel on the ist of october. the vast majority of those missiles were shot— majority of those missiles were shot down both by the israelis and americans, with some suaport_ and americans, with some support from a european and arab — support from a european and arab countries. but some did -et arab countries. but some did get through. one man was killed in that— get through. one man was killed in that attack in the city of jericho _ in that attack in the city of jericho in _ in that attack in the city of jericho in the occupied west bank— jericho in the occupied west bank and answered nick timoney damage — bank and answered nick timoney damage particularly around an israeli — damage particularly around an israeli air— damage particularly around an israeli air force base in the south _ israeli air force base in the south of— israeli air force base in the south of the country —— and some — south of the country —— and some damage. it seems clear the

americans— some damage. it seems clear the americans think the israeli aerial— americans think the israeli aerial defences need bolstering, all of this in the context— bolstering, all of this in the context of the fact the israelis have still yet to respond to the iranian missile strike — respond to the iranian missile strike a_ respond to the iranian missile strike. a lot of pressure having _ strike. a lot of pressure having come from the white house — having come from the white house not to attack iranian nuclear— house not to attack iranian nuclear facilities are energy infrastructure, but the israeiis _ infrastructure, but the israelis have been making noises _ israelis have been making noises about this being a surprise _ noises about this being a surprise attack, according to the defence minister, the iranians _ the defence minister, the iranians will not know what hit them — iranians will not know what hit them. that is still to come, and — them. that is still to come, and if— them. that is still to come, and if there is an iranian retaliation to that on israel, this— retaliation to that on israel, this feels like the americans trying — this feels like the americans trying to— this feels like the americans trying to get this really is better— trying to get this really is better prepared for that. tom, thank you _ better prepared for that. tom, thank you very _ better prepared for that. tom, thank you very much _ better prepared for that. tom, thank you very much because l better prepared for that. tom, l thank you very much because of let's go straight to jerusalem and talk to wyre davies, who is there for us. what is benjamin netanyahu and the government saying about that washington post report that the administration has been told in administration has been told in a medical that they will only target military infrastructure and military targets, not

oilfields, nuclear sites. qt oilfields, nuclear sites. of course. — oilfields, nuclear sites. of course, israelfinds oilfields, nuclear sites. qt course, israel finds itself fighting a conflict on many fronts, as we have heard, in lebanon and i'm sure we'll hear from guys also. it is the impending possibility, the impending possibility, the impending escalation of the conflict with iran which is exercising a lot of mines now. nobody knows when or where israel is going to hit iran, which it has promised to do. perhaps only people inside israel's were cabinet, and it has been expected for several days now. joe biden does not want israel to target iran's nuclear sites because of the possibility and probability it could escalate things regionally. and the danger, of course, with hitting iran's petrochemical sites as it could upset at the world economic market at a time when the american economy is subject of those elections in the states in less than a month's time. israel's options perhaps might be limited, but benjamin netanyahu has made it clear it

is up to israel, and israel will decide how, when and where it will respond against iran. pretty clear that given the deployment of these high range anti—missile systems, high altitude missile systems in israel with american personnel on the ground, it is a significant feature of this deployment. it is expected, we do not know when it will happen, we do not know which targets will be attacked, but it is the one thing that is exercising a lot of minds on israel at the moment. the latest from _ israel at the moment. the latest from a _ israel at the moment. the latest from a correspondence of them let's stick to a gaza correspondent who is in istanbul. un describing the situation in northern gaza is desperate. me more. foralmost all of october, no aide has got into northern gaza, has it? in into northern gaza, has it? in fact, into northern gaza, has it? in fact, there is very little shipment of aid into northern gaza yesterday, not according

to many people enough. we thousand 300,000 people are stuck in this half demolished refugee camp and they believe the aid coming is very little compared to the demand since october one. no fuel, no 0ctober one. no fuel, no medicine, no food allowed into northern gaza. when i asked why they were not leaving the camp to the south is at the israelis are asking you to do, they said, no place is safe. they said, no place is safe. they said they hit al—aqsa hospital yesterday and a school in the south yesterday so they want us to go to the place where they target every day. they live in a very difficult situation and believe this time is really different because what the israelis are doing in the north is dividing the place into two,

three blocks, imposing a very tight blockade around this area, movement in and around is really hard. very little videos and posts shared by people inside because of the internet is really hard to show how catastrophic the situation is, even for those medical staff and ambulance drivers. 0ne even for those medical staff and ambulance drivers. one of the ambulance drivers are surely video of an israeli air strike very close to the place he was trying to go and rescue a family undera he was trying to go and rescue a family under a collapsed building injabalia refugee camp, so the situation remains very tense in the north.- very tense in the north. thank ou very tense in the north. thank you very _ very tense in the north. thank you very much- _ very tense in the north. thank you very much. let's - very tense in the north. thank you very much. let's speak i very tense in the north. thankl you very much. let's speak live to matthew hollingworth, who has served as world food programme passing director in gaza until recently and is currently country director in lebanon. let's start with the situation in lebanon. i agree

visit now?— visit now? clearly in 'ust three weeks, i visit now? clearly in 'ust three weeks, having]- visit now? clearly in just three weeks, having a l visit now? clearly in just - three weeks, having a quarter of the population, almost 1.3 million people displaced, dispossessed, moved from one area of the country and now seeking shelter wherever they can in other areas that they hope will remain safe is a problem no country would easily be able to respond to. we are seeing families that are desperately in need of all sorts of assistants, water, sanitation, hygiene, health, shelter, food, because they have left everything behind. they have left their lives behind the, theirjobs find, their homes behind, and they have very little in terms of their own finances and resilience to cover their own needs. it is a massive emergency, massive need for

such a large population, and it has only happened any matter of weeks. this has only happened any matter of weeks. �* , ., weeks. as i mentioned in the introduction, _ weeks. as i mentioned in the introduction, you _ weeks. as i mentioned in the introduction, you have - weeks. as i mentioned in the introduction, you have had i weeks. as i mentioned in the i introduction, you have had long experience in gas over the last 12 months. how similar does it feel with evacuation orders, people moving, not knowing where to save? the similarity is the fear — where to save? the similarity is the fear and _ where to save? the similarity is the fear and trauma. i where to save? the similarity i is the fear and trauma. amongst the people we are serving. they have obviously all been watching, reading, listening to what has been happening in gaza over the year. and now it has happened to them. they are all terribly frightened, children traumatised. 400,000 kids traumatised. 400 , 000 kids homeless traumatised. 400,000 kids homeless today looking for or desperately in need of support with their families. desperately in need of support with theirfamilies. it desperately in need of support with their families. it is atrocious, despite being for us to respond to as well. there are the similarities and evictions and we are seeing breaches in international humanitarian law, we are seeing civilian areas being struck,

and it really is of great concern to us all. like we have said, we can, we count in gaza for more than a year now, what we need is de—escalation. we need the peacemakers to work on finding a solution, hostages to be released, and fighting to stop. there is no war in conflict —based solution to this crisis, and we are all fearful now of it taking a regional direction. we were 'ust regional direction. we were just hearing _ regional direction. we were just hearing from _ regional direction. we were just hearing from a - just hearing from a correspondingly latest about the situation in northern gaza. i have lost count, and i'm sure you have, of the amount of times western politicians have urged israel to allow more aid in, to allow more food in. it must rank of hundreds or thousands of times. what is your assessment when you hear please yet again to allow aid to getting? is aid and food are

being used as a weapon of war here? ., , being used as a weapon of war here? . , ., , , , here? clearly we have simply not had here? clearly we have simply rrot had the _ here? clearly we have simply not had the access _ here? clearly we have simply not had the access and i here? clearly we have simply not had the access and space j here? clearly we have simply i not had the access and space to do our work over the last month plus, and not enough has been going into the southern areas of gaza, nothing has been going into the north. we havejust had the small breakthrough where we have had 12 truckloads going with a truck of fuel as well. but it is just not enough. it is not going to change the lives of everybody. it is too little. we need consistent amounts every day. people in those areas are 100% dependent on... people in those areas are 10096 dependent on. . ._ dependent on... apologies to interru -t dependent on... apologies to interrupt you. _ dependent on... apologies to interrupt you. what _ dependent on... apologies to interrupt you. what you i dependent on... apologies to interrupt you. what you have | interrupt you. what you have just said has been said again and again and again. fight! and again and again. and frankly. _ and again and again. and frankly, that _ and again and again. and frankly, that is _ and again and again. and frankly, that is our i and again and again. and frankly, that is our role. l and again and again. mr. frankly, that is our role. we need to keep on saying it again and again because it is true. we are the voice of those

people who cannot shout loud enough to be heard beyond gaza. we need to be pressing for that to change. people are suffering. these are people who are suffering daily and we have to get something through to them, and we need to have a complete change in the understanding of what is happening there. people are suffering. it has gone on far to long. suffering. it has gone on far to lonu. a, ., ., to long. matthew hollingworth, thank ou to long. matthew hollingworth, thank you for— to long. matthew hollingworth, thank you forjoining _ to long. matthew hollingworth, thank you forjoining us - to long. matthew hollingworth, thank you forjoining us here i thank you forjoining us here in the programme. thank you for your time. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. let's turn to the us — three weeks out from the presidential election — to the latest rallies in a moment, but first a quick look at the polling. this is the national poll

tracker — kamala harris appears to be three points ahead at 49%. in the battleground states, kamala harris is ahead in four of the states — donald trump in three. they're all well within the margin of error, so it is going to be very tight. donald trump spoke at a town hall event in oaks, where he promised to increase oil drilling, to drive down energy costs. his remarks were twice interrupted by medical emergencies in the crowd. he blamed a lack of air conditioning, curtailed questions and called for music to be played. a piece of paper anywhere else in the — a piece of paper anywhere else in the world. i sleep with it. i in the world. i sleep with it. i kiss— in the world. i sleep with it. i kiss it~ _ in the world. i sleep with it. i kiss it. and you see those numbers, _ i kiss it. and you see those numbers, by the way, for those we talked — numbers, by the way, for those we talked about, when you talk about _ we talked about, when you talk about the — we talked about, when you talk about the birder, look at the numbers _ that's right. they don't want to give us air conditioning. it's too expensive. it costs too much. anyway...but they're both okay. yes _ they're both in good shape. that's wonderful. would anybody else like to faint? please raise your... let's do it now. please raise your hand. you know what we could do, though?

if my guys could do it, how about we'll do a little music? let's make this a musical fest. oh, looky, looky! so play ymca. go ahead, let's go, nice and loud. here we go, everybody! # you can have a good meal # you can do whatever you feel.# just a little love yesterday's rally— just a little love yesterday's rally and _ just a little love yesterday's rally and a _ just a little love yesterday's rally and a kamala - just a little love yesterday's rally and a kamala harris i just a little love yesterday's l rally and a kamala harris also in pennsylvania _ john zogby is a us pollster and author of beyond the horse race: how to read polls and why we should. he examines whether questions about mr trump's cognitive ability is having an impact on the polls. it's not showing up in the polls. in fact, if anything, if we want to call it gains, i suppose we can call it that — you know, kamala harris had a slightly larger lead

of three or four points. it's now down to one or two points. trump is very competitive in the battleground states. this is the sort of thing that opponents to donald trump find bizarre and, as ms harris said, unhinged. 0n the other hand, it does not appear to be hurting him at all among his supporters or potential supporters, at least not yet. and, you know, this is donald trump. this is how he is. and it's working. so it's already factored in, you would say. you talked about kamala harris's lead shrinking from the time of the nomination and post tv debate. why has it shrunk? can you pinpoint some of the reasons in the polling? now, remember, we're getting really granular here. you know, we're not only well within the margin of error, but we're on either side of a tie — slightly, ever so slightly. but, you know, the honeymoon has worn off.

for those who are still undecided, maybe don't like either candidate, they're demanding, and we're hearing that they're demanding more specifics from kamala harris, and they say that she's not providing it, that she's trying to, you know, run out the clock and hope that she doesn't make any big mistakes. i think the other factor as well is that she is having a difficult time determining just what the relationship withjoe biden is. he's not popular, and she has decided to stay loyal. and you can understand why she would, and to say she was part of the decisions that were made in that joint administration. yes. and how important is the black vote, the latino vote going to be? we saw barack 0bama only a few days ago out trying

to reinforce the message. how important is that sector of the vote or those sectors? they're losing support among young black men, and that's why you saw that plan yesterday, and working class latinos. donald trump is overperforming among those two groups. and in order for democrats to win, they've got to build back that 0bama winning coalition that included two thirds support or thereabouts among latino voters and 85% to 90% support of blacks. and they're not there yet. yeah. let me ask you a final question, because i was reading one analysis only yesterday that suggested that for donald trump, he maxes out at around 46%, 47%, and so if kamala harris can get her vote out, she wins. do you buy that sort of analysis? and how importantin these final three weeks is money finance going to be? well, i used to buy that

argument that he maxes out at 46% until mine and other polls are showing him at 47, 48, and 49%. so i think we got to nix that one. money is very important. and at this point in time, going after a narrow group of undecideds, and if you can't energise them to come out and vote for you, then at the very least, what you can do is suppress the vote for the other guy, and so you're going to see a lot more negative campaigning. south korea's military says it has fired warning shots after north korea blew up sections of road connecting the two countries. there has been heightened tensions between the north and the south. pyongyang had vowed to cut off the roads and railways, once seen as symbols of cooperation between the two countries. ukraine says it shot down 12 attack drones launched by russia overnight. but such interceptions are an almost nightly occurrence 1,000 days into russia's full—scale invasion. across the country, ukraine's air force relies on volunteers

to help protect the skies — and with many men being called up to the front line, more women are stepping in. 0ur eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford joined one patrol, who call themselves the witches of bucha. drones buzz the buzz of danger over kyiv. russia's attack drones arrive here almost nightly now, forcing ukraine's air defences into this deadly game of search and destroy. so outside the city, they're supported by volunteer teams. we followed one in a recent air raid, as they rushed to help protect the skies. they call themselves the witches of bucha because apart from him, they're women, stepping in as ever, more men are sent to the front line. a vet and a manicurist helping

assemble a machine gun that's more than eight decades old. it's ancient, but effective. the team say it's downed three drones so far. valentina is saying that the drones could see the light and could respond to that, they don't know how the drones are going to behave. so they're saying they need to, we need to work in the dark, essentially. on her tablet, yulia spots two drones in the air. but not close yet. translation: of course, it'sl nervous work because we need to be focussed, to react to the slightest sound. this is how the bucha witches now spend their weekends. lesson one, on storming a building.

not perfected yet, but these skills are empowering for women who lived through the russian takeover of their region and were terrified. translation: i remember how we were under occupation. i i remember all that horror. i remember the screams of my own child. i remember the dead people when we were fleeing. that's where i find the strength to go on. they combine doing all this with their dayjobs. a maths teacher and an office manager tired of feeling helpless. translation: ukrainians suffer for the people i who are no longer here, those taken by the stupid war. then they were recruiting

women here and i tried it and didn't fall apart. this full—scale war will soon be 1,000 days old and valentina's life has been transformed. but the women here refuse to give up believing in victory and in their role trying to bring that about. sarah rainsford, bbc news, near bucha. more on all of her stories coming _ more on all of her stories coming up~ _ more on all of her stories coming no— more on all of her stories cominu u. , , coming up. next up, it is time for the business _ coming up. next up, it is time for the business 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 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— 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 — 11—14 or 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. there could be some minorflooding here and in northern ireland. temperatures, though, even with the cloud, around 14—17 celsius. tempered by the breeze. maybe 20—22 celsius in east anglia and the south—east.

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. 16—19 or 20 celsius possible. as we go into friday we start off with some brighter breaks. some mist and fog around but the cloud increases from the west through 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.

high pressure at boeing. the troubled planemaker looks at raising at much as $25 billion as the costs of strikes continues to soar. it's a beat for the big banks. results from a trio of wall street behemoths 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. we've had another sign of the financial strains facing the troubled us planemaker boeing. it's filed paperwork with the us financial regulator that will allow it to raise as much as $25 billion through new share sales and debt. the ongoing strikes at its main factory in seattle are thought to be costing it around $100m day and are now in their fifth week. those workers are due to a hold large rally in seattle in a few hours time to try and increase the pressure on boeing to improve their pay offer. 0ur north america business correspondent is following this story. will this new capital do you think help boeing's bargaining position with those striking workers? it’s

bargaining position with those striking workers?—