thank you forjoining us. we start with some developing news liam payne, the former �*0ne direction�* singer has died at the age of 31. dead outside of a hotel in the argentine capital, buenos aires. authorities there have confirmed to our partner cbs news that he died after falling from the building's third floor. hailing from the uk, liam payne rose to global stardom with other band members harry styles, niall horan, zayne malik and louis tomlinson. let's go live to los angeles and speak to our correspondent peter bowes. following the latest on the story for us. good to see you. what are you hearing. 7 we what are you hearing. ? we still know — what are you hearing. ? - still know relatively little, that 31—year—old liam payne was found having fallen from this internal third floor balcony at a hotel in what is areas. he

was found accorded for one official with very serious injuries incompatible with life. he could not be resuscitated and we are waiting for further information in terms of the circumstances that perhaps lead up circumstances that perhaps lead up to this fall from the balcony. clearly, as you can imagine, a huge globalstar, one of the family members of one direction. there's a tremendous amount of sadness and what happened. a lot of the fans, at least some fans have actually gone to the hotel and have been waiting outside. but we have relatively little information at the moment apart from this truck confirmation.

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one direction went on hiatus in 2016, but never broke up formerly. —— formally. i think fans were hoping they would come together again. one of the world four arguably most successful boy bands during their heyday, a group of young men who are brought together who didn't really know each other. this was a formulated band and it was a formula that clearly worked. that's why we're seeing this outpouring. seeing if they can sit anything else from the authorities. i else from the authorities. i know we are still waiting for many details to be filled in, but do we know about why liam

payne was in argentina, what was happening in buenos aires? i don't know exactly, but i know he had been there supporting one of his bandmates. we know he had been quite active on social media as early as early as today. let's not speculate too much about what is going on in the hours, maybe days before he died. i'm sure the information will come out in the long run.— out in the long run. peter bowes in _ out in the long run. peter bowes in los _ out in the long run. peter bowes in los angeles, i out in the long run. peter i bowes in los angeles, thank out in the long run. peter - bowes in los angeles, thank you so much. joining me live now is our correspondent azadeh moshiri. thanks forjoining us again. we have been talking of course about how shocking this is, liam payne dying at the age of 31. remind us how massive one direction was and still is for many people. direction was and still is for many maple-— many people. still is is exactly _ many people. still is is exactly the _ many people. still is is exactly the right - many people. still is is exactly the right sense j many people. still is is i exactly the right sense of

their fame because they shot to prominence through the x factor here in the uk. they were very young at the time — liam once, as you've heard it, when he shot to fame, he was only 16 years old when he was selected to be part of one direction. at that time, they didn't even win the competition. they came third and they arguably became the biggest success of that programme. selling 70 million records and having four uk number one albums. but they also became an international global success, touring the world, adding more to their legions of fans. this is why they've been compared to the beatles. also because liam was part of a group that may boy bands cool again in a certain sense. there's been quite a long period before we had huge

boy bands and girl bands come to prominence like one direction, resurrecting some of that. afterwards, after six years, they unfortunately decided to go on a bit of an older hiatus, but they did however pursue solo careers. he has talked about how difficult it was to be in the spotlight but that at such a young age. but he has told the bbcjust a few years ago, he talked about the impact of fame on his mental health, but he believes that this wasn't what he was meant to be doing. —— that he was meant to be doing this. he also talked about the impact on

his mental health. he talked about his struggle with alcohol and prescription drug and the anxiety associated to being so high—profile and feeling so much attention from the fans. and liam payne was someone still in the headlines, oftentimes on the cover of tabloids here in the uk and in the us, especially. so that fame didn't die down. azadeh, ou have fame didn't die down. azadeh, you have looked _ fame didn't die down. azadeh, you have looked at _ fame didn't die down. azadeh, you have looked at some - fame didn't die down. azadeh, you have looked at some of. you have looked at some of those reactions across social media. tell us what you've been seeing? media. tell us what you've been seeinu ? �* , media. tell us what you've been seeina? �*, ., ., seeing? it's important to mention _ seeing? it's important to mention that _ seeing? it's important to mention that x _ seeing? it's important to mention that x factor, . seeing? it's important to mention that x factor, a| seeing? it's important to i mention that x factor, a lot of the contend it's come out of it successful. there has been reaction from contestants. one was from jed would it, saying

they were sending strengths to cheryl and their son bear, who was part of another prominence band here, girls aloud, and a judge on x factor. maybe known to some people in the us, they had a son. he also has received tributes from other people like riley and clark, another contestant —— a ryland clark, as well as paris hilton, who has said she is sending love and condolences to his loved ones. and ryland clark and the official ex—account of the brit awards say they are trying to —— tragic tobacco stated by the families of liam payne —— the x account. he was also contestant

and he said that liam was so young, 31 years old, another aspect about how difficult this is. �* �* , . ~ is. and we've been talking about the _ is. and we've been talking about the fact _ is. and we've been talking about the fact that - is. and we've been talking about the fact that liam i is. and we've been talking i about the fact that liam payne also had a solo career. tell us more about that. he also had a solo career. tell us more about that.— also had a solo career. tell us more about that. he did, and he had a collaboration _ more about that. he did, and he had a collaboration with - more about that. he did, and he had a collaboration with rita i had a collaboration with rita ora, appearing on one song on the 50 shades of grey album. he did receive quite a bit of success. he's also talked about difficulties with having to be compared with some of his own bandmates. it's right to say that he did have a solo career in his own right ever since the band split up in 2016. his debut solo single was the following year, called stripped back down, peaking at number three in the uk here. that

collaboration i talked about with rita ora, the song was called for you, it also reached the top ten. this is a loss for fans of one direction, but also liam payne himself. .- fans of one direction, but also liam payne himself. . thank you so much for— liam payne himself. . thank you so much for those _ liam payne himself. . thank you so much for those updates. i ione well has more fan reaction. that's right, there has been certainly seen gathering near this hotel in palermo, which is an upmarket neighbourhood of buenos aires. emergency services were called there called their early wednesday evening and found liam payne. he was then taken to the hospital in palermo, but emergency services said

he had suffered very serious injuries that were incompatible with life as a result of falling from the third floor of this hotel. and their words, there is no possibility of resuscitation. we are still finding out more details about some circumstances surrounding this event, but it has come as a huge shock to his fans. he was only 31 years old and this is someone who has been in the public spotlight really for his adult life. even his childhood too. he first auditioned for x factor in 2008 and came back in 2010, age 16, and despite being eliminated, he was joined with other contestants — and zane malik — niall horan, harry styles, louis tomlinson and zane malik — becoming one of the biggest boy bands. it's safe to say he will not just have huge fans back in the uk mourning this news, but also a huge fan base here in south america as well.

one direction were enourmous. he went on to do some solo music worked along with his costars in that band. all of them sort of went their separate ways after taking an indefinite hiatus from 2016. i think there is certainly going to be lots of public displays of mourning both in argentina, but also across the whole world at the result of this news. ione, we are seeing some of those reactions coming in. a reminder that our website also has a life page that is being updated with details with some of the police and some of those reactions as well. for now, we're going to move on to some other news. the us ambassador to the un says they are watching israel's actions in gaza — to make sure they don't have a "policy of starvation" in the northern part of the strip.

linda thomas greenfield made the remarks to the un security council. israel has denied previous accusations that its military is surrounding parts of the north and preventing food aid from getting through. it comes as trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the war—torn region for the third day in a row — following a two—week period when the united nations said no aid had entered northern gaza. the deliveries follow a warning from the us it would cut military support to israel if it didn't boost aid efforts in the strip. (gfx ff)wyre davies is following all of these developments from jerusalem. the last three days, there's been a significant and small increase in the amount of aid in northern gaza, perhaps as a response to the very strongly worded letter from the american secretary of state and the american defence secretary outlining the fact that israel's military offensive in gaza was having unacceptable humanitarian consequences. about 50 trucks have gone in through the erez crossing in northern gaza. it's still way short of the 500 trucks are

so a day that are needed. but israel says it is sending in aid, it accuses hamas and other groups sometimes of stealing that aid, but clearly not enough is getting in. the united nations is again said the situation in northern gaza is completely unlivable at the minute. we've heard more accusations and criticism from some of israel's closest allies. the americans have told israel they're keeping a very close eye on what israel is doing in northern gaza because of the situation. i think israel is probably going to have to rethink military objectives. israel can't go in there now almost flattened parts of the area in pursuit of the remaining hamas units. it has to think about the impact on the 300,000 or so people are living there. israel says it is encouraging people to leave, but many agencies have said it's impossible

for people to leave. some people are being shot at when they try to leave by troops, and even when people get to the so—called designated safe areas, they find themselves at threat. sadly, there were people that have been killed in bombings in these so—called areas. perhaps a rethink for israel of its military objectives apparently 50 members were killed by israel in gaza in overnight activity. that is why israel is doing what it's doing. given this criticism in writing and also on the floor of the un from the united states, from the british, israel defending itself. but it might have to rethink things in northern gaza. in the past hour, we have heard a read from lloyd austin and uf gallant —— yoav.

read—out from a call between the secretary of defence and israel's defence minister. elsewhere in the region — cross border fire between israel and hezbollah continues. 90 missiles were fired into israel in the last 2a hours, according to its military. and in lebanon, 138 strikes were reported in the past day. the israeli army said its warplanes struck dozens of what they say are hezbollah targets in the southern city of nabatieh. the airstrikes killed the local mayor and 15 others. the lebanese government said this was a direct attack on civilians. rescuers have also been searching for survivors today in the village of qana — where the israeli military says it killed a hezbollah commander. our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from beirut.

terrorfrom the skies. "my god, what have they done?" he says. "they've destroyed nabatieh. " then, one more israeli air strike. carpet bombing a city that's still home to about 1,200 people. ahmed kahil, on the left, is the mayor who stayed to look after them until his last breath. he was pro—hezbollah, but he was a civilian. the mayor was killed here in the municipality building with five others from his crisis unit. they were meeting about aid, according to the lebanese government. israel says it struck dozens of hezbollah targets in nabatieh.

a un official says it killed four members of a relief team the un worked with for more than a year. and one hour away, this was the picture in oana. the name might be familiar. israel killed at least 100 civilians here when it shelled a un compound in 1996. it bombed the town again in 2006. "in every war we get our share of devastation," says the mayor here, mohammed krasht. "today, the destruction is massive, terrifying. "we still have missing people trapped under the rubble." and there is so much rubble now. israel admits causing all this, and says it eliminated the local commander of hezbollah. the army published this video today showing its bombardment

of southern lebanon, in what israel calls a war of self—defence. orla guerin, bbc news, beirut. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a jury has been told that a ten—year—old girl who allegedly died at the hands of relatives she was living with had more than 70 new external injuries when her body was found. sara sharif was also found with internal injuries and wounds inflicted before the assault which led to her death at the family home in woking in surrey, last year. herfather, stepmother and uncle have all denied murder. the alba party has confirmed that the body of the former first minister of scotland alex salmond, will return to aberdeen. he died suddenly from a heart attack in the balkan country of north macedonia on saturday, where he was attending a conference. in a statement, the party said a private individual is

paying for a charter flight to bring his body back to scotland. and in sport — thomas tuchel says he hopes to make england fans' dreams come true at the next world cup, after he was confirmed as the new head coach of the men's national football team. the german will start the job in the january of next year, and has signed a contract until the next tournament in 2026. you're live with bbc news. with 20 days to go, donald trump and kamala harris are vying for voters' attention through a mix of campaign rallies and media interviews. on wednesday, fox news aired an all—woman town hall with donald trump that was taped the previous day. he was asked about the strict abortion laws being imposed in several states. trump praised the supreme court for ending roe v wade. like ronald reagan i- believe in the exceptions for rape, incest for. the life of the mother. you have to follow your heart. some people don't. it's a small percentage but you have _ to follow your heart.

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