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with just two weeks to the us presidential election, we'll have a special report from georgia liam payne's father reads tributes outside the hotel in argentina where the one direction star died. hello and welcome. israel says benjamin netanyahu's home in caesarea has been targeted in a drone strike from lebanon. a spokesman said neither the prime minister nor his wife were in the building at the time, and that there were no casualties. these pictures show police outside the building on saturday morning. mr netanyahu's office has just released this statement on the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar who was killed earlier this week. it's not clear if this was recorded before or after the attempted drone attack on his residence.
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translation: two days ago, we eliminated - the mass murderer, sinwar. i said we're in a war of revival, and we're continuing forward until the end. nothing will deter us. we are continuing until victory. i've been speaking to the bbc�*sjonah fisher. he says the drone attack on benjamin netanyahu's residence highlights just how vulnerable the israelis can feel. three drones crossed from south lebanon into israeli airspace this morning. two of them were intercepted and shot down, but one continued to fly about 50km further south to caesarea, which is where prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a private residence. we don't know exactly what was hit by the drone or indeed if his house was was actually hit directly. but we know it came down. and very shortly after that, there was a statement from the prime minister's office saying that prime minister netanyahu had not been
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there and that there were no casualties, but an embarrassing incident, which highlights the problem israel has with dealing with drones. he was reporting from jerusalem. inside gaza, israeli air strikes have killed 11 people in the al—maghazi refugee camp in central gaza. there are also reports of shelling near the indonesian hospital, in the north of the territory. on friday, at least 33 people were killed in israeli air strikes on the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza, hamas—run authorities say. israel has not commented. sam rose is the senior deputy director of the united nations relief and works agency. he spoke to me from southern gaza and said that the situation on the ground has become critical. what we have in the north right now is some of the most intense fighting that we have seen, if not the most intense fighting. tens upon tens of thousands of
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people are trapped inside jabalia. we hear of hospitals being encircled and the news appears to be tightening around people's necks and it is hard to get precise information because of the ban on internationaljournalists because of the ban on international journalists and because of the chaotic nature of what is happening on the ground in terms of the bombardments and exchanges of fire. supplies are dwindling, things are functioning. we really, really do fear the worst for the people inside jabalia. worst for the people inside jabalia. , , ., jabalia. he is the senior director _ jabalia. he is the senior director of _ jabalia. he is the senior director of unwar. - jabalia. he is the senior| director of unwar. this jabalia. he is the senior. director of unwar. this is jabalia. he is the senior- director of unwar. this is a --
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director of unwar. this is a —— beirut so israel has probably restarted its strikes into central beirut which started this week and had been seen until recently in the last few weeks so we are keeping an eye on these live shots from central beirut and we will keep you updated when we establish the situation on the ground there. returning to the situation in gaza, tahani mustafa is a senior analyst at the international crisis group, a policy organisation focused on preventing and resolving conflict.(0s dtl) in terms of what we are seeing, the level of destruction on the ground, put it into context. is it possible for hamas to regroup after this? they put someone in the head after the
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amount of destruction... is a feasible position? amount of destruction. .. is a feasible position?— amount of destruction... is a feasible position? hamas has already got — feasible position? hamas has already got mechanisms - feasible position? hamas has already got mechanisms in i feasible position? hamas has i already got mechanisms in place to quickly replace its leaders. they have a history of having their readership assassinated so they have institutional mechanisms in place to deal with those scenarios. when yahya sinwar had been appointed his back—up had been announced so it could be that we do not know until we see the announcement come to fruition and there are a few that can replace sinwar. in that sense, hamas is not a timely centralised organisation, one individual which is well relies on. they do have mechanisms to deal with instances like this. this idea that when netanyahu's ultranationalist side of the israeli government, when they talk about this concept of getting rid of wiping out hamas, is that feasible? ida.
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hamas, is that feasible? no, it's not. this _ hamas, is that feasible? no, it's not. this is _ hamas, is that feasible? iifr, it's not. this is something that many people were warning after october seven, israel's military objectives were unachievable effectively. hamas is more than just a military wing, but a social and political wing. wing, but a social and politicalwing. it wing, but a social and political wing. it is more than what it is in gaza but has branches in the west bank and is based in qatar and syria and jordan. so destroying it in gazais jordan. so destroying it in gaza is not enough as long as it has its political strands in other places and as long as this strands exists they will have the ability to rebuild their military capabilities. looking at the situation on the ground in gaza, of course, we are thinking about the hostages who are still being held there. arguably, what you see? how do you see a resolution of this? of course, it is impossibly difficult but is there a way forward given both parties when it comes to benjamin netanyahu
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and formally yahya sinwar, they are at loggerheads when it comes to any situation about a ceasefire and release of hostages. ceasefire and release of hostages-_ ceasefire and release of hostaues. . , , , hostages. ultimately, this is about whether _ hostages. ultimately, this is about whether israel - hostages. ultimately, this is about whether israel is - hostages. ultimately, this is. about whether israel is willing to actually engage in the ceasefire negotiations. at every turn we have had netanyahu and head administration, with contradictory statements during ceasefire talks. israeli media itself has reported on numerous occasions when netanyahu has managed to derail ceasefire negotiations. hopefully, netanyahu negotiations. hopefully, neta nyahu will take negotiations. hopefully, netanyahu will take this as a military wing, one of them, which is to target people like sinwar, and hopefully this will now encourage israel to take ceasefire negotiations more seriously. we have seen
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netanyahu come out, however, and say that they worsen over and say that they worsen over and we could see it together so it is putting pressure on israel. ultimately, hamas is not going to change its position on this. it is demanding full israeli withdrawal any of all hostages and that is something that no replacement to sinwar will be able to... based on what this cost the movement and in terms of the cost of human resources. it would be political suicide for them to fully succeed to israel's demands. irate for them to fully succeed to israel's demands.— for them to fully succeed to israel's demands. we are out of time. israel's demands. we are out of time- thank— israel's demands. we are out of time. thank you _ israel's demands. we are out of time. thank you so _ israel's demands. we are out of time. thank you so much. - israel's demands. we are out of time. thank you so much. we i israel's demands. we are out of. time. thank you so much. we are continuing to monitor the live chat from beirut and this is our life page that many of you —— the live shot. we are bringing you up—to—date with
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the very latest developments there and like i say we are monitoring the live shot in beirut where israeli strikes have restarted their... this happens after the strike and benjamin netanyahu's residence in caesarea in northern israel. he wasn't there at the time that we are keeping an eye on the developments in the middle east. the bbc has found the metropolitan police only asked prosecutors to consider charging the former harrods owner, mohamed al fayed, in relation to two out of 21 women who accused him of sexual offences, while he was alive. it raises questions about whether the force could have done more to bring the tycoon to justice before he died last year. daniel de simone has this report. mohamed al fayed, a sexual predator. it's been a month since the bbc film that detailed his sexual abuse of multiple women at harrods, with former employees of the store saying
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the billionaire sexually assaulted or raped them. last week, the met police revealed 21 women had approached the force while he was alive to report sexual offences. he was never charged. it refused to say exactly how many cases it passed to prosecutors for charging decisions. but we've now established the met only asked prosecutors to decide whether to charge mohamed al fayed in relation to two out of the 21 women who contacted the force to say they were abused by him. it raises serious questions about the met�*s handling of al—fayed. it is shocking and kind of beggars belief that 21 women came forward to the met with presumably a very similar allegations about a wealthy man in a position of extreme power and authority and yet nothing happened. in response to the bbc are met spokesperson said...
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the bbc has also established that a woman was investigated by the met for aiding and abetting a rape by al fayed. a0 further women have approached the force since the bbc film to report sexual offences, with allegations spanning from 1979 to 2013. at least 65 women have contacted the bbc itself with allegations as far back as 1977. the scandal around al fayed and his years of sexual abuse continues to grow. daniel de simone, bbc news. health authorities in pakistan say they have confirmed four more cases of wild polio virus, taking the number of infected children to 37 this year.
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the new cases included three in balochistan and one in khyber pakhtunkhwa. our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. took us through the figures. it is infectious and attacks the nervous system in children under the age of five can get paralysis. that is why there have been a lot of focus around the globe about this. 99.99% has been eradicated whereas in pakistan and afghanistan, these are the two countries where the wild polio virus is still affecting people and now we have the figure of 37. last year there were six cases and in 2021 there was only one case. that gave a lot of hope that the polio virus is only way out. but now, authorities are finding that this is emerging in new areas. previously they were focusing on khyber pakhtunkhwa province
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but now they have moved to the word—mack province where they had more than 20 cases which is a real concern because people are moving to different places. —— to the balochistan province. so they are having more campaigns. 50 so they are having more campaigns-_ so they are having more campaigns. so they are having more camaians. ,, ., campaigns. so when you look at the numbers. — campaigns. so when you look at the numbers, there _ campaigns. so when you look at the numbers, there is _ campaigns. so when you look at the numbers, there is a - the numbers, there is a significant rise but there have been vaccination programme so why this rise? i been vaccination programme so why this rise?— why this rise? i was there a coule why this rise? i was there a coursle of — why this rise? i was there a couple of weeks _ why this rise? i was there a couple of weeks ago - why this rise? i was there a couple of weeks ago for - why this rise? i was there a couple of weeks ago for a l couple of weeks ago for a unicef meaning and unicef officials were discussing why this was happening and how we can address it. they point out that continuous moment of population, people moving across the borders and the security challenges in high—risk areas, the militancy is high and general vaccine hesitancy amongst the population. many muslims have
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the belief that giving vaccination is from the western world. militants have also been attacking polio workers so we are looking to give protection to them. more than 15 have been killed, many police officers. generally, some of these communities do not want to take the vaccine because they feel that the children might fall sick. so they sometimes study polio workers to put the ink on theirfingers, and the child polio workers to put the ink on their fingers, and the child to mark them when they have not been vaccinated. so that is giving confusion amongst the authorities and despite all these campaigns, there are cultural and religious regions which are having a huge impact on the vaccination campaign. i5 on the vaccination campaign. is a worrying trend. thank you very much for bringing it to our attention.
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now it's time for a look at today's sport. let's go to our sports centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. the day's first premier league game is approaching full—time. but they now lead 4—1. tottenham went behind against west ham, but they now lead 4—1. mohammed kudus gave west ham the lead, kulusevski eqiualised by half—time, goalfrom bissouma and son and an own goal put spurs 4—1 up there are five 3.00pm kick—offs. manchester united are without a win in five, and host with liverpool and manchester city both playing tomorrow , arsenal could go top later with a win at bournemouth. manchester united without a win in five in their home... and manchester city not in five in their home... and manchester city not playing until tomorrow but arsenal with a win reader will go top. ——
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with a win later. they are very well coached, a super intense team, very competitive, very clear of what they want to do. they should have been a different result in my opinion, some of the things they have, especially against the big teams and away from home, it is going to be a big challenge. new zealand are on course for victory in the first test against india in bengaluru. you'll remember india were bowled out forjust 46 in theirfirst innings. second time round, they fared much better, reaching a62 with sarfaraz khan making a century and rishabh pant 99. but new zealand took the last seven indian wickets for just 5a runs. that leaves new zealand needing 107 to win on the final day with ten wickets in hand, which they should manage, they haven't won a test in india since 1988. jordan cox is set to make his england test debut on the tour of new zealand next month, with jamie smith likely to miss part of the series for
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the birth of his first child. cox, who plays for essex, is the back—up wicketkeeper to smith on the current tour of pakistan. england play three tests in new zealand in november and december. formula one is in austin, qualifying for sunday's grand prix is coming up later but before that there is the sprint race with max verstappen starting on pole, boosting his hopes of winning a fourth straight world championship. verstappen�*s championhsip rival lando norris could only finish fourth. looking at the lab, if you balance issues still but to be ahead of the others is positive. i think when you look, there was a mistake and 12 and i think he would have been there also. i am happy, but i think there are a lot of fast cars around me but it is positive. spain'sjorge martin has extended his motogp championship lead to 16 points over title rival francesco bagnaia after winning the sprint race in australia
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the race was marred by a huge crash between aprilia rider maverick vinales and marco bezzecchi on his ducati. both riders were battered and bruised but with no lasting damage. martin led from start to finish. defending world champion bagnaia could only finish fourth. martin also finished top in qualifying earlier with bagnaia back in fifth ahead of sunday's grand prix. in the world rally championship, sebastien ogier has taken the lead in the central european rally after championship leader thierry neuville spun his hyundai on stage 11 and lost precious seconds getting back on the road. ogier went on to win the stage and now leads the rally with a five—second advantage. britain's elfyn evans is in third while neuville dropped to fourth with that mistake. tea m team new zealand have won in the last few minutes the latest
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race in barcelona in the last few minutes the latest race in barcelon— race in barcelona in the america's _ race in barcelona in the america's cup, - race in barcelona in the| america's cup, clinching race in barcelona in the - america's cup, clinching the america's cup, clinching the america's cup for the defenders. so heartache for britain who have lost the america's cup 7—2 with the defender is taking it. we will have more on that in the next hour. oh, breaking news, breaking hearts. there are just over two weeks until voters head to the polls in the us election, where democratic hopeful kamala harris has been looking to increase her popularity with a key group of the electorate. according to recent polling, black men are failing to support ms harris in the way they did joe biden at the last election. it's an issue for her campaign which could have a real impact in places like georgia, the key swing state with the largest population of black voters, from where our north america correspondent nada tawfik reports. georgia is one of the biggest prizes of this election and the way to win this swing
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state mayjust be through savannah and this largely democratic coastal county. in 2020, an increase in voter turnout here propelled joe biden over the line to his narrow victory in the peach state. with election day now in focus, though, kamala harris may struggle to replicate that performance with one key group. #all|do is be me...# her good vibes campaign hasn't reversed a worrying trend of young black men abandoning democrats. we spoke to a group who has no plans to vote for kamala harris. in my community, we've been voting all the time, especially black people. we vote, we vote, we vote. people promise, people promise, people promise and we never get anything. and right now, i'm just not sold on anybody. his friend, though, is all in for donald trump, who shares the very qualities
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he admires in his father. very blunt, very brash, very straightforward. they say they're going to do something, they go figure out a way to get it done. that, to me, reminds me of...they call it toxic masculinity now, but to me it'sjust straight up masculinity. it's straight manhood. hello to savannahj and hello georgia. we love georgia. to stem donald trump's potential gains here, democrats have dispatched their heavyweights. kamala harris became their first nominee to visit this county since the �*90s. bill clinton was sent out to shore up the rural vote in the southeast. and barack obama had this direct message to black men thinking of sitting out the election. part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president. now that early voting is under way here in the state of georgia, there's even more pressure on the candidates to get their message out. kamala harris is expected to get the majority of black americans, who make up a third of the electorate in this state, but her numbers with young black men
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could have an outsized impact. at georgia's oldest public, historically black college, savannah state, many of these students say kamala harris will get their vote, but not because of her race. neither candidate is a good option at this moment, but i feel like on the more professional side, kamala harris has that edge as opposed to donald trump. being that kamala's an african american woman, that does notjust particularly sway me to just go with kamala because she's black. i just really want to understand who is actually the human, who actually cares? 1542 00:22:41,578 --> 00:22
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