gaza would be horrific northern gaza would be horrific and unacceptable and would have implications under international law and us law. as donald trump and kamala harris embark on a media blitz with less than three weeks until polling day, we see how china views this crucial presidential election. we start with the developing news from argentina, that liam payne, the former one direction singer, was declared dead at the age of 31. local police say the age of 31. local police say the british musician's body was found outside a hotel. authorities 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. do you have any more detail about what happened? we have some detail. _ about what happened? we have some detail. there _ about what happened? we have some detail. there is _ about what happened? we have some detail. there is still - about what happened? we have some detail. there is still a - some detail. there is still a lot to be learned about the precise circumstances surrounding what appears to have been a fall from the third floor of a balcony in this hotel in the palermo district of buenos aires. an upmarket part of town. we understand a call was made to the authorities, an emergency call, and the police responded. they explained when they got to the scene, they found his body on the ground. it appears he had fallen from an inner balcony from quite a height. it appears he was deceased, they found him

dead on arrival. the police issued a subsequent statement. i will read precisely what they said. officers at the scene initially responded to reports of an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol. the authorities insisting that their investigation of course is continuing, and a postmortem examination of his body will be carried out in the coming days. it may be too soon to know the exact details of what transpired but did the authorities say who that man was? were they describing the singer himself, liam payne? well, no name was attached to that. i understand his identity, that he was liam payne, wasn't known until after his body had been found. but as you imply, very early stages.

we always have to be careful, so many reports, a lot of people talking on social media about the situation. that probably reflects how famous he was around the world, a tremendous amount of grief at this news, and indeed many of his fans, at least those people close to the hotel, actually going to the scene. so much so, the police had to cordon off the police had to cordon off the area. the police had to cordon off the area-— the police had to cordon off the area. , ., . .,, the area. peter, you are in los angeles. _ the area. peter, you are in los angeles. liam _ the area. peter, you are in los angeles, liam payne - the area. peter, you are in los angeles, liam payne was - the area. peter, you are in los angeles, liam payne was very| angeles, liam payne was very big in the entertainment industry, one direction disbanded eight years ago, what reaction have you seen from the entertainment industry? aha, entertainment industry? tremendous reaction, this has hit people very hard. he was popular and likeable as an individual. just scouring social media for responses. everyone is talking about this.

responses from giants of the entertainment world on spotify, saying they were deeply saddened by the news of liam payne's passing. we have heard from the brit awards, and one direction won many awards from different organisations. the brit awards saying they were incredibly sad to learn of the passing of liam payne. paris hilton tweeted, so upsetting to hear the news, sending love and condolences to his family and loved ones.— loved ones. peter, thanks for caettin loved ones. peter, thanks for getting us — loved ones. peter, thanks for getting us up _ loved ones. peter, thanks for getting us up to _ loved ones. peter, thanks for getting us up to speed. - loved ones. peter, thanks for getting us up to speed. it's . getting us up to speed. it's notjust getting us up to speed. it's not just the celebrity world reacting. outside the hotel, fans have been giving their reaction to the news. translation: i was in my living| room and my sister told me liam died, we couldn't believe it, we came here directly to confirm it was true. he was 30, with a seven—year—old son. i saw him two weeks ago at the concert of another one direction member. i saw him, he was ok.

we arejust we are just following these new developments of the death of liam payne from one direction at the age of 31. from a suspected fall in buenos aires in argentina. more reaction to this story with the associate editor and entertainment journalist at billboard. tell me your reaction when you heard the news of what's happened. like a lot of one direction fans, i grew up with them so i was devastated to hear the news, especially given how abrupt and sudden it was. fine abrupt and sudden it was. one direction. _ abrupt and sudden it was. one direction. as — abrupt and sudden it was. one direction, as a _ abrupt and sudden it was. one direction, as a band _ direction, as a band themselves, actually disbanded eight years ago. but their following at their peak, they were the biggest band in the world. his fans, as we have just heard and seen, outside that hotel, still very much

have strong devotion to the band and to liam payne. it’s band and to liam payne. it's very true- — band and to liam payne. it's very true- i _ band and to liam payne. it's very true. i cannot _ band and to liam payne. it�*s very true. i cannot imagine how that feels. not only for fans, but friends and family who kind of had to find out through the internet that someone so beloved, who had so much life and creativity left to give to the world, died so suddenly. we still don't know a lot of information about what happened. that adds a layer of not quite having that closure yet. such a devastating loss. hopefully in the coming days we will get a better understanding of what happens to him. it's just so sad, no words can describe the loss, the untimely loss of such a talent. just help us — loss of such a talent. just help us understand - loss of such a talent. just help us understand what happened in the intervening years since the break—up of one direction, what has liam been

doing? direction, what has liam been doin: ? ., . , doing? liam immediately took off running. — doing? liam immediately took off running. a _ doing? liam immediately took off running, a handful- doing? liam immediately took off running, a handful of - doing? liam immediately took off running, a handful of solo l off running, a handful of solo projects including singles, and a lot of collaborations with rita ora and others, and he was just nonstop. he released his first full album in 2019. from what i understand, earlier this year, he was working on another album. i hope some of those songs get to see the light of day despite him not physically being in our realm any more. could you enlighten us, did he perhaps suffer any challenges in his life? any troubles that had been documented? hat in his life? any troubles that had been documented? not that i would know _ had been documented? not that i would know of _ had been documented? not that i would know of that _ had been documented? not that i would know of that would - had been documented? not that i would know of that would lead - would know of that would lead directly to his death. most recent news was that he was sober from alcohol, recent news was that he was soberfrom alcohol, so it recent news was that he was sober from alcohol, so it seems he had been doing quite well

and was happy. he was in a relationship with a beautiful girl. they were vacationing together argentina. that is what again adds to this kind of suddenness of it all. there wasn't really anything that was indicating this death was on the horizon. he indicating this death was on the horizon.— indicating this death was on the horizon. he was a young father as — the horizon. he was a young father as well, _ the horizon. he was a young father as well, we _ the horizon. he was a young i father as well, we understand? yes, he believes behind a beautiful seven—year—old boy macro bear, who he had with fellow singer cheryl —— beautiful seven—year—old boy bear. he will grow up without a father in his life, that's probably the saddest thing. thanks so much for speaking to us. you can keep up—to—date with this story and many others across the world on the bbc news website. now to the middle

east, where 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. she made the remarks to the un security council. israel has denied previous accusations that its military is surrounding part of the north and preventing food aid from getting through. it comes as trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the war—torn region for the third day in a row, following a two—week period when the united nations said no aide 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. 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 or 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 has 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 humanitarian situation. i think israel is probably going to have to rethink its military objectives in northern gaza. israel can't simply go in there

now, almost flatten 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 who are living there. israel says it is encouraging people to leave, but many agencies like msf 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 and shellings in these so—called safe areas. perhaps a rethink for israel of its military objectives in northern gaza, although it does say that it is continuing to kill hamas fighters. apparently 50 hamas members were killed by israel in gaza in overnight activity. that is why israel is doing what it's doing. but clearly, 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. cross—border fire between israel and hezbollah continues. 90 missiles were fired into israel in the last 2a hours. in lebanon, 138 strikes reported in the last day. the israeli army said its warplanes struck dozens of what they say were his bowler target. the air strikes killed the local mayor and 15 others. the lebanese government said it was a direct attack on civilians. —— they say were hezbollah targets. the israeli military says it killed a hezbollah commander. i am joined by an international security expert from the university of michigan. i want to get your thoughts on israel

and its continuing attacks on lebanon of hezbollah. how diminished is hezbollah. mice diminished is hezbollah. nice to be with — diminished is hezbollah. nice to be with you _ diminished is hezbollah. nice to be with you too. _ diminished is hezbollah. ii ca: to be with you too. based on what the israeli military says about their campaign against hezbollah, by those accounts, it seems israel has made a significant amount of progress in really hammering hezbollah in really hammering hezbollah in a way probably israel has never done in the decades—long struggle between israel and hezbollah since 1982. so if you look at the amount of senior leadership israel has acknowledged they have killed, it includes the secretary general hassan nasrallah, pretty much the vanguard of hezbollah when it began as a small clandestine terrorist group in 1982. forthe small clandestine terrorist group in 1982. for the most part, that vanguard is dead now. and again that's only happened in the past six weeks

or so. happened in the past six weeks orso. significant attacks or so. significant attacks against leadership, orso. significant attacks against leadership, the idf also said they have destroyed about 50% of hezbollah's rocket and missile inventory. and now they are hitting positions in southern lebanon and trying to degrade the capability of hezbollah to fire missiles and rockets onto northern israel. israel thinks they have a lot of momentum and they have achieved a lot of tangible results. , ., . results. remind us how much su ort results. remind us how much support hezbollah _ results. remind us how much support hezbollah actually . results. remind us how much l support hezbollah actually have support hezbollah actually