battleground state of michigan. 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, welcome to the programme. the israeli military has carried out a series of air strikes in the southern suburbs of beirut. the idf issued evacuation warnings to residents in several districts in the area, which it says is a base for hezbollah. this latest strike comes after the home of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu was targeted by a drone 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. the seaside home is in the town of caesarea. these pictures show police outside the building

on saturday morning. mr netanyahu's office has 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. 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 there and that there were no casualties, but an embarrassing incident, which highlights the problem israel has with dealing with drones. there's been no let—up in israeli strikes on gaza, with officials saying dozens of people have been killed in the past day. 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. the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, told the bbc that several hundred people are believed to have been killed in what they said

was a two—week long israeli siege of northern gaza. it described conditions at the jabalia camp, where a strike on friday reportedly killed 43 three people, as absolutely catastrophic. unrwa's senior deputy director, sam rose who's in southern gaza, says he fears the worst for those trapped insidejabalia. what we have in the north right now is some of the most intense fighting that we've seen, if not the most intense fighting. tens upon tens of thousands of people trapped insidejabalia. we're hearing of hospitals being encircled, a noose that appears to be tightening around people's necks. it's very difficult to get precise information on what's going on because of the ban on internationaljournalists, but but more just because of the chaotic nature of what's happening on the ground in terms of the bombardments and in terms of the exchanges of fire. there are bakeries that

aren't functioning. functioning supplies of water were dwindling several days ago. we really, really do fear the worst for those people inside jabalia. i've been speaking to tahani mustafa — a senior analyst at the international crisis group, a policy organisation focused on preventing and resolving conflict. she says this is not an unprecedented moment for hamas. they all ready have mechanisms in place to to quickly replace its leaders. they have a history of having their leadership assassinated. so they do have institutional mechanisms in place to deal with those sorts of scenarios. and already when yahya sinwar had been appointed, his deputy had already been announced. so it could very well be that, you know, it's not long until we actually see that announcement come to fruition. and there's very few that could really

ultimately replace sinwar. so in that sense, so in that sense, you know, hamas is not you know, hamas is not a tightly centralised a tightly centralised organisation. they are not the kind organisation. they are not the kind of organisation that is reliant of organisation that is reliant necessarily on one individual. necessarily on one individual. so they, they do so they, they do effectively have mechanisms to deal with, effectively have mechanisms to deal with, with instances like this. with instances like this. so this idea that when benjamin so this idea that when benjamin netanyahu, when his ultra netanyahu, when his ultra nationalist side of the likud nationalist side of the likud of the israeli government, of the israeli government, when they talk about when they talk about this concept of getting this concept of getting rid of, of wiping out rid of, of wiping out hamas, is that feasible? hamas, is that feasible? well, no, it's not feasible. well, no, it's not feasible. and i think this was and i think this was something that many something that many were warning at the outset. were warning at the outset. after the 7th of october, after the 7th of october, israel's military still exists, israel's military objectives here were completely, um, objectives here were completely, um, you know, unachievable. you know, unachievable. hamas is more than hamas is more than just a military wing. just a military wing. it's a political and it's a political and social wing as well. social wing as well. hamas is more thanjust hamas is more thanjust what it is in gaza. what it is in gaza. it has its branches it has its branches in the west bank. in the west bank. it's based in the, you know, it's based in the, you know, in qatar, in places in qatar, in places like syria, jordan, you know. like syria, jordan, you know. so even destroying hamas so even destroying hamas in gaza is not going to be enough as long as it has its political, sorry, political strands in places like doha, and as long

as its political strand in gaza is not going

this as a military, as one military win. you know, qualifying one of his military objectives, which is to target people like sinwar. and hopefully this will now encourage israel to take ceasefire negotiations more seriously. however, after the assassination of yahya sinwar, we've seen anything but, we've seen netanyahu come out and claim that the war isn't over, that this could take now years. so it really is about putting pressure now on israel, putting political pressure on israel, raising the cost of israel's continued onslaught in gaza, because ultimately hamas is not going to change its position on this. what it is demanding is full israeli withdrawal and the return of all hostages. and that's something that no replacement to sinwar is going to be in a position to capitulate on, especially given the level of destruction in gaza and what this has cost the movement politically and even operationally in terms of human resources. it would be political suicide for them to now cede, to fully cede

to israeli demands. lots more on our website as to the developing situation across the developing situation across the middle east. you can check that out for the latest. 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 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, isn't it, it kind of beggars belief that 21 women came forward to the met with presumably very similar allegations about a wealthy man in a position of extreme power and authority and yet nothing happened. in response to the bbc a met spokesperson said, "we are carrying out full reviews of all existing allegations reported to us about al fayed to ensure there are no new lines of inquiry based on new information which has emerged." 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. the new cases included three in balochistan and one in khyber pakhtun—khwa. our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan talked me through the latest

numbers of cases. it is infectious, attacking nervous system and especially children under the age of five. it can paralysis can attack these children and that is why there have been a lot of focus on eradicating this around the globe and in most part of the world, 99.99% of this disease has been eradicated, whereas in pakistan and afghanistan, these are the only two countries where the wild polio virus is still endemic. and now we are getting the figure of 37 so far. in fact, last year there was only six cases and in 2021 there was only one reported case. that gave a lot of hope that polio virus is on the way out. but now the authorities are finding out that this is emerging in new areas. previously, they were focusing more on khyber pakhtunkhwa province that borders afghanistan, but the epicentre now moved to balochistan province, where they have now reported more than 20 cases. and that is a real cause of concern for health authorities because people are moving to different places and they have to identify them.

and they have been having, you know, successive vaccination campaigns. in fact, one was last month and they are going to have another campaign starting at the end of this month. so exactly why, when you look at the numbers, it's a significant rise but there have been vaccination programs so why this rise? in fact, i was in pakistan a couple of weeks ago, and for a unicef meeting and unicef officials were discussing about why this is happening and how they can be addressed. for example, they point out, unicef says that continuous movement of populations, because people are moving across the borders, and also the security challenges in high risk areas where the militancy is high and a genuine vaccine hesitancy among the population. many of the muslim hard line clerics, they believe that giving vaccination is a western ploy to sterilise muslims. so that is one reason, cultural and religious reason. and militants have been attacking polio workers as well as security forces who give protection to these polio workers.

more than 15 people have been killed, many of them police officers, who were escorting these polio workers to different places. and genuinely, some of these communities, they do not want to take the vaccine because they feel that the children might fall sick. so they sometimes tell the polio workers to put that ink on theirfingers of the child has a mark so that they have been vaccinated, but actually they have not vaccinated. so that is giving, you know, a lot of confusion among the authorities. and that is why, despite all these campaigns, there are some cultural and religious reasons and also security reasons having a huge impact on this vaccination campaign. now it's time for a look at today's sport. the goals have been flying in

on the premier league. the couple have gone in at old trafford. i will leave you with that. we've the had the first result of the day in the premier league. tottenham came from behind to beat west ham 4—1. dejan kulkusevski equalised by half—time after mohammed kudus had given the hammers the lead at the tottenham hotspur stadium, and spurs were 4—1 up by the hour mark with goals from yves bissouma, heung—min son, and an own goal. kudus was sent off late on for violent conduct, pushing micky van de ven and pape sarr in the face. we had to fight hard in the first half. going a goal down wasn't ideal. they are big, physical side, so we had match that. but we really sort of upped the tempo and played some quality football. we defended when we needed to and came, you

know, got ourfinishing right and we had the dominance. five othger games have kicked off manchester united are without a win in five, and host brentford at old trafford. they went behind. united not ha- they went behind. united not happy because _ they went behind. united not happy because one _ they went behind. united not happy because one of - they went behind. united not happy because one of the - happy because one of the defenders were asked to leave the field for treatment. then they equalised with a lovely volley from a tight angle. you can see some of the other games. with liverpool and manchester city both playing tomorrow, arsenal could go top later with a win at bournemouth but the maanger knows that's they'll have to work for it. they are very well coached, they are a super intense team,

really competitive, very clear idea how they want to do it. they should be having different results, in my opinion. especially against the big teams and away from home. 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 7 indian wickets for just 5a runs. that leaves new zealand needing 107 to win on the final day with 10 wickets in hand, which they should maange, 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 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.

boy spain's horge martin has extended his motogp championship lead to 16 points over title rival francesco bagnaia after winning the sprint race in australia. 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. and new zealand have successfully defended the america's cup, winning the first race of the day in barcelona to take the best of 13 series 7—2 over ineos britannia. that's their third straight america's cup victory. that's all the sport for now.

thank you so much. 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 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 i do is be me. # all i can 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. black, 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 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, you know, they call it toxic masculinity now, but to me it'sjust straight up masculinity, it's straight manhood. hello, savannah. and i love 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 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. that kamala is an african american warmer that does not just 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. in a race this close, a once loyal voting base is keeping democrats on their toes. nada tawfik, bbc news, savannah, georgia. liam payne's sister, ruth gibbins, has paid an emotional tribute to her "best friend", writing for the first time about the former one direction member since his death. the singer died on wednesday after falling from a balcony on the third floor of a hotel in argentina. his father, geoff payne, is in buenos aires and has been reading letters and messages left by fans. our culture correspondent, noor nanji, reports. a father mourning his son.

liam payne's dad geoff reading messages and looking at flowers placed outside the buenos aires hotel where he died. the singer's death has attracted massive media attention, despite the family's call for privacy. liam payne fell from a third—floor balcony. an initial postmortem said he died from multiple traumas. his hotel was found in total disorder, with items broken and multiple packets of medication were discovered. those closest to liam have continued to pay tribute to him. this afternoon, liam's sister said that she didn't feel that this world was good enough or kind enough to him. fans gathered in liam's home city of wolverhampton as a vigil was held last night in memory of the late singer. i sobbed uncontrollably, like i never knew i could do. i'm still in shock, honestly. like, i was really hoping that it wasn't real. more vigils are expected this weekend as the investigation into liam's death continues.

noor nanji, bbc news. you can read more of those tributes on our website. king charles and queen camilla have spent the first full day of their six—day visit to australia resting, as the king continues his recovery from cancer. this update from our senior royal correspondent daniela relph, contains flashing images. well, the weather has slightly improved since the arrival of the king and queen last night in torrential rain here in sydney. we watched the queen, rather cautiously and tentatively, walking down those steps of the aircraft in some pretty terrible weather. and it is an unusual start to this royal tour because it begins with a day off, and that is really unusual. royal tours normally kick in really quickly once the members of the royalfamily are on the ground in the country they are visiting, but that isn't the case this time. there is a day off built in today, and it is a reminder that this is a king and queen heading into their late 70s, and they have been given

this day off to recover after the long journey from london. it is also, of course, a nod to the fact that the king is still unwell. he has cancer, he is still undergoing cancer treatment and this whole tour has been put together on doctor's orders, under medical advice. so a day off today — the couple are resting at admiralty house, the official residence of the governor general here in sydney, and we will see them for the first time officially here tomorrow on sunday morning, when the king and queen will go to church. but what we did see last night to mark their arrival here in australia was the lighting up of the sails of the opera house, with images from past royal tours, times that the king, then as prince of wales, visited australia over the years dating back to 1966. and that projection onto the opera house came with a message from the king and queen, saying that they were excited to be here in australia to celebrate the country's

communities and culture. if you want to see the video of sydney opera house, it is on the website. lots more from me at the top of the hour. for most places saturday turned into a pleasant and awesome day. sunday is looking like a different affair. are first named storm is on the way, storm ashley which threatens to bring severe gales and flooding on the western side of scotland. we can see the way in which it has been developing on the satellite picture. a vast shield of cloud on this folk developing, is always a sure—fire sign of a storm that is strengthening. it will continue to do so as it pushes towards the north—west of the uk. look at the ice about squeezing together and we will see some strong winds. degree

the further north and west you are in full western scotland, the met office has issued an amber warning because we can see gusts of 70 to 80 mph. that could cause some damage and disruption on the cards. tonight, things start on a quiet note, chilly under clear skies but as the night wears on bc thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain and gales developing around western coasts. temperatures tending to come up as the night wears on. for most, i'll start to sunday morning but a white star underneath this band of rain. that will be moving its way quite quickly eastwards and lingering for a good part of the day as it sets and across the day as it sets and across the south east corner. behind it we will see some sunny spells, hefty showers and thunderstorms into northern ireland in western scotland where the winds will be ramping up. it will be a windy day for all but the strongest winds will be the further north and west you are. a of western scotland likely to see gusts of 70, 80 mph and scotland likely to see gusts of 70,80 mph and even a touch

stronger than that in the most exposed locations. temperatures, 13 to 18 degrees. two sunday evening this low is passing across the north of scotland and still lots of isobars on the chart and strong winds with quite a few showers. the winds will slowly ease a little as we go through the day on monday. showers to the north—west and this band of rain trying to sneak into the south east corner. in between, decent spells of sunshine and highs of 11 to 50 degrees. things look quieter and calmer traduced into wednesday. a few showers but a lot of dry weather and it will be mild for the time of year.

the hotel in argentina where the one direction star died.

this is bbc news. the headlines... israel's military carries out air strikes in the southern suburbs of beirut after the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu's home is targeted by a drone from lebanon. mr netanyahu was not home and no injuries were reported. the latest israeli strikes on northern gaza are reported to have killed dozens of palestinians. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees says another 20,000 people were forced to flee on friday. fresh questions for london's metropolitan police over its handling of allegations against former harrods owner mohammed al fayed. the bbc has learnt that the force only asked prosecutors to consider charging him in relation to two out of 21 women who accused him

of sexual offences. and liam payne's father has read tributes outside the hotel in argentina where the one direction star died. there is the headlines. now on bbc news, the bbc green sport awards. hello, and welcome along to a special programme celebrating the 2024 bbc green sport awards — set up to tell the stories of the brilliant athletes and organisations who are all playing their part to make a difference and raise awareness about the issues we are all facing. over the next half an hour, we're going to introduce you to our five winners and tell you a little bit more about the impact they are making. so many of us have loved

watching this summer of sport from back home, but thousands of fans have