and liam payne's sister pays an emotional tribute to the former one direction star as theirfather visits the hotel in buenos aires where he died. hello, i'm kasia madera. the israeli military has carried out at least eight air strikes on the southern suburbs of beirut. this was in the past few hours. the idf issued evacuation warnings to residents in several districts in the area, which it says is a base for hezbollah. the latest strikes came after the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu was targeted by a drone from lebanon — part of a barrage of rockets and drones launched by hezbollah.

a spokesman said neither the prime minister nor his wife were in the building at the time, and there were no casualties. his seaside home is in the town of caesarea. these pictures show police outside the building on saturday morning. earlier, mr netanyahu's office released a video message of him speaking about the killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar on wednesday. it's not clear if it 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. there's been no let—up in israeli strikes on gaza, with health officials saying at least 32 have been killed today. israeli air strikes 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, has told the bbc that several hundred people are believed to have been killed in what they say is a two—week long israeli siege of northern gaza. it described conditions at the jabalia camp as absolutely catastrophic. medics say a strike killed 33 people there on friday. unrwa's senior deputy director, sam rose spoke to us from southern gaza. 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 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. a unwra spokesperson talking about the situation in gaza in particular injabalia let's crossover to jerusalem will stop who's injerusalem. bring us up—to—date on what we know in terms of the continuing elite deteriorating situation across gaza. it elite deteriorating situation across gaza.— across gaza. it is clear the israeli offensive _ across gaza. it is clear the israeli offensive is - across gaza. it is clear the i israeli offensive is continuing in northern gaza. the last 2a hours have seen continued shelling, air strikes, we know injabalia itself —— shelling, air strikes, we know in jabalia itself —— jabalia,

is injabalia itself —— jabalia, is night in jabalia itself —— jabalia, is night there was a injabalia itself —— jabalia, is night there was a big influx of people into hospitals after the hamas backed local administration said there had been attacks on local residential areas with 33 people killed, the majority of them being women. so we have had reports today of increasing pressure on hospitals, pictures which we have not been able to verify but which look extremely bleak. of bodies wrapped in shrouds and blankets on the floors of hospitals. when we have been able to get through to hospital officials, they have been telling us of them being overrun. but also of them being overrun. but also of them being surrounded by is really troops. one doctor that we have been managing to communicate with by messenger has been telling us that two people who were in intensive care died today because the electricity had gone off and that his staff could not go outside to get to the generator because whenever anyone went to a window in the

hospital, they were being fired on by the israeli military. we have reached out to the israelis on what exactly is going on in northern gaza and they tell us they are targeting hamas militants and that around the hospitals they are not intentionally firing as they put it, on the hospitals and that they are trying to ensure that they are trying to ensure that they are trying to ensure that they can continue working as normal. 50 that they can continue working as normal-— as normal. so israel continues to strike into _ as normal. so israel continues to strike into gaza _ as normal. so israel continues to strike into gaza in - to strike into gaza in particular in northern gaza as you were saying but also striking into lebanon and in particular in southern beirut. those attacks came on the back of a drone attack targeting the private residence of the israeli prime minister, netanyahu we know a drone crossed from lebanon into israeli airspace, two drones accompanying it got shot down

but he managed to make its way 30 miles south and got close to the prime minister's private residence we cannot say for sure whether it hit it or not or indeed what happened next was linked, but there has been in the last hour or two, a sustained attack on parts of beirut, we have been told from our colleagues there. at least 12 loud explosions in different i2 loud explosions in different parts of beirut that have been caused by israeli air strikes so whether that is directly linked to the attack on the israeli prime minister's home is hard to say, but certainly there has been renewed impetus and renewed attacks on beirut today. and renewed attacks on beirut toda . . ~ and renewed attacks on beirut toda . ., ~ ,, and renewed attacks on beirut toda. ., ~ . ., today. thank you so much for brinuain today. thank you so much for bringing us — today. thank you so much for bringing us up-to-date, - today. thank you so much for| bringing us up-to-date, jonah bringing us up—to—date, jonah fisher bringing it live from jerusalem and a line coming from italy because g—7 defence ministers are meeting in naples and they have just said, they are warning iran to stop

supporting hamas and stop supporting hamas and stop supporting hezbollah so the issue —— international community issuing that warning to iran we have a life page covering every aspect on the ongoing crisis in the middle east. sudan's military—led government says it has reopened four regional airports for humanitarian flights. it follows an appeal from four western countries for both sides in the conflict to allow in urgently needed aid. until now only two airports were open, so other aid shipments had to make dangerous journeys across land. the un has accused sudan's military and the paramilitary rapid support forces of using starvation tactics against sudan's 25 million civilians — something both sides deny. the eighteen—month war has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 11 million. 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. 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. the bbc has found that the metropolitan police asked prosecutors to consider charging mohamed al fayed in relation to only 2 out of 21 women who'd accused him of sexual offences. it raises questions

about whether the force could have done more to bring to justice the one time owner of harrods and fulham football club, 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 details his sexual abuse of multiple women of the former employee of the story said the billionaire had sexually assaulted or raped them in the bbc had revealed 21 women had he refused to say exactly how many cases it passed to prosecutors for charging decisions. but we have now established the met police have 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 see if they were sexually abused by him. it raises serious

questions about the met�*s handling of affiant. it questions about the met's handling of affiant. it beggars belief that — handling of affiant. it beggars belief that 21 _ handling of affiant. it beggars belief that 21 women - handling of affiant. it beggars belief that 21 women came i belief that 21 women came forward to the met with presumably similar allegations about a wealthy man in a position of extreme power and authority and yet, nothing happened. in authority and yet, nothing happened-— authority and yet, nothing ha ened. ,,, , ., happened. in response to the bbc, he happened. in response to the sac, he met _ happened. in response to the bbc, he met spokesperson i bbc, he met spokesperson said... the bbc has established a woman has been investigated by aiding and abetting a rape by mohamed salah fayed and 44 have approached since the film with allegations spanning from 1979 to 2013. the bbc�*s own investigation has since been contacted by over 65 women with

allegations as far back as 1977. the scandal around mohammed affiant in his years of sexual abuse continues to grow. it's just over two weeks until voters head to the polls in the us election — and 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 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. let's look now at how the election is playing out on social media. two pennsylvania farmers, who decided to switch from republican to democrat, have been getting death threats online after they appeared in a kamala harris campaign ad. conspiracy theorists spread a fake rumour that the couple were paid actors, triggering an avalanche of online abuse. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas visited them to understand how their lives have been impacted by misinformation.

in the cornfields of rural pennsylvania, bob and kristina lange, long standing republicans, decided they could no longer vote for donald trump. this time around, they're firmly behind kamala harris. my parents told me, always vote republican, and i always have, until now. even willing to take part in what they thought would be a simple advert for her campaign. donald trump has not looked out for the middle class. but a post on x by a pro—trump supporter falsely accused them of being trained actors and prolific democratic donors. there's tons here, right? oh yeah. those false claims were seen by millions and sparked a wave of online abuse. okay, so there are things here that we won't say because it's too vulgar and just vulgar. how did you feel when you saw that?

it's very heavy. i mean, that's the thing when people spread hate. mhm. it spreads heaviness. you know, it spreads negativity. itjust, um, it's a very heavy feeling. misinformation often has a kernel of truth which is then twisted here. it's that the couple had appeared as extras in a low budget horror movie filmed on their farm in 2022. and yeah, wejust growl and hiss. we're not actors. it'sjust, you know, we're two ordinary citizens. farmers on a family farm. they were just trying to, you know, lead a normal life. the personal attacks put them on the defensive. kristina has a gun. i have a gun. we're prepared to defend ourselves. absolutely. so we're carrying when typically, you know, we wouldn't feel the need to carry. no. that's what's scary. the element of the unknown, of what people are capable of. bob and kristina are just the latest victims of misinformation, and they're unlikely to be the last. amid a heated political campaign, online threats have real world consequences. local police told us they're investigating the threats,

including the hate mail against the langs. as for the false claims levelled on x, publicly available records confirm that they're not democratic donors. in fact, bob himself has been a local republican official since 1998. they say they weren't paid for the ad, which the harris campaign confirmed. despite the threats, they welcomed harris at a rally this week. with the election looming, the flood of misinformation is deepening divisions in this already polarised country. merlyn thomas, bbc news, pennsylvania. we have a life page with early voting beginning and half of cuba's electrical grid collapsed again early on saturday morning — plunging the whole country into blackout for the second

time in as many days. it cames hours after the authorities announced they had begun to restore power after the failure of cuba's biggest power plant caused a nationwide blackout on friday. the capital havana came to a virtual standstill as schools closed, public transport ground to a halt and traffic lights stopped functioning. the blackout has followed weeks of power outages, lasting up to 20 hours a day in some provinces. translation: the times | we are living in with what's happening in the country, the most logical entertainment left is dominoes or any other kind of entertainment like running. we're in a total crisis. an italian coastguard vessel has collected migrants held in reception centres in?albania?to transfer them back to italy. the move comes after an italian court ruled against a plan to send migrants to albania for processing — a major policy of italy's right—wing government. the first group of migrants,

from bangladesh and egypt, were sent to albania this week. but the court in rome decided they must now be brought to italy. our europe regional editor danny aeberhard says the legal case hinged on the safety of the countries the asylum seekers came from. these are 12 men who have been picked up by the italian coastguard vessel and they are from bangladesh and egypt and they were transferred to albania by the italian navy and entered the reception centres on wednesday, so they have only been there for a few days. they have now been taken to italy and they will have their asylum claims processed in italy. this follows a judgment yesterday by an italian court that says that they didn't qualify, they didn't meet the criteria, for being sent to albania in the first place because the countries they came from were not deemed to be safe. it made that decision on the basis of a preliminary ruling by the european court ofjustice, the top court in the eu, that said basically all of a country must be considered safe for a migrant to be sent back there and not just a part of the country.

these were considered asylum seekers, not economic migrants? people put in an asylum claim, and part of the battle is that giorgia meloni, who comes from a far—right party, she is a prime minister of italy, and she has promised to stop the huge arrivals of migrants into italy across the mediterranean. she says most of the people who come across are economic migrants, they don't have a valid asylum claims, and she was in process in a third country outside the eu and has stitched up this deal with albania. swiss police have arrested austrian far—right activist martin sellner for defying a ban on entering the country. he was detained while en route to a gathering in zurich organised by an anti—islam and anti—immigration group, where he was scheduled to give a lecture. sellner is known for promoting the conspiracy theory that white europeans are being deliberately supplanted by non—white immigrants. he was barred from the uk

and the us in 2019 on public safety grounds. liam payne's sister, ruth gibbins, has paid an emotional tribute to the former one direction star. writing for the first time since his death, she called him her "best friend". 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. and in a few minutes, we'll have a special programme on the events leading up to liam payne's death. we will also look at some of the many tributes we have been

receiving and reading, stay with us for that because all of that and more to come here on bbc news. hello. for most places, saturday turned into a pleasant autumn day. sunday is looking like a very different affair. in fact, our first named storm of the season is on the way. storm ashley, which threatens to bring severe gales and coastal flooding, particularly across the western side of scotland. we can see the way in which that storm has been developing here on the satellite picture, a vast shield of cloud, this hook developing here, that's 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 all the isobars squeezing together around this low. we are going to see some very strong winds indeed, particularly the further north and west you are. and for western scotland, the met office has issued

an amber warning because here we could see gusts of 70 to 80mph. so that could cause some damage, some disruption certainly on the cards. so through tonight, things start off on a fairly quiet note. chilly under some clear skies, but as the night wears on, we see thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain, gales developing around western coasts, temperatures tending to come up as the night wears on. so for most, a mild start to sunday morning, but a very wet start underneath this band of rain. that will be moving its way quite quickly eastwards, the rain perhaps lingering for a good part of the day once it sets in across the south—east corner. but behind it, we will see some sunny spells, some hefty showers and thunderstorms into northern ireland and western scotland, where the winds really will be ramping up. it's going to be a windy day for all but the strongest winds the further north and west you are, and parts of western scotland are likely to see gusts of 70—80mph, perhaps even a touch stronger than that in the most exposed locations. temperatures 13 to 18 degrees. now, through sunday evening,

see this low passing across the north of scotland. still lots of isobars on the chart. still some very strong winds. quite a few showers as well. those winds will slowly ease a little as we go through the day on monday. some showers to the north—west. this little band of rain trying to sneak in towards the south—east corner. in between, though, some decent spells of sunshine and highs of 11 to 15 degrees. and things do look a little bit quieter, a little bit calmer through tuesday into wednesday. a few showers, but a lot of dry weather and it will be mild for the time of year.

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. israeli air strikes have also killed at least 32 people across gaza, hitting a school and homes in camps for displaced people. 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. the 31—year—old fell from a third—floor balcony on wednesday. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie greenwood hughes. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello, we're starting with football and the premier league where manchester united came from a goal down at home to brentford to win 2—1. manchester united have been under fire so it didn't look good when ethan pinnock put brentford ahead just before half time to make it 1—0. but united fought back in the second half, garnacho equalising and hoyland with the winner at old trafford. united stay mid—table. earlier, tottenham's talisman son heung—min was heavily involved in their 4—1 thrashing

of west ham including scoring a goal of his own. west ham had been in front early in the first half, but spurs were dominant and never looked in danger. kulusevski, bassouma and areola the other tottenham scorers. to make matters worse for west ham, their best player, kudus was sent off late on for violent conduct and now faces a three—match ban. we had to fight hard in the first half and going own goal down was not ideal but we clawed our way back into the game. it was not easy, they are a big physical side, game. it was not easy, they are a big physicalside, so game. it was not easy, they are a big physical side, so we had to match that. but we upped the tempo and played some quality football, defended when we needed to and got our finishing right, especially through that speu right, especially through that spell when we have the dominance. elsewhere, there were wins for in—form aston villa, brighton, leicester

and everton, who are now unbeaten in four games. arsenal are at bournemouth but it has only been going a couple of minutes. there was a great contest at the top of the scottish premiership between celtic and aberdeen. reigning champions celtic were leading 2—0 at half time after goals from reo hatate and kyogo furuhashi. but aberdeen, who like celtic, have also won every game so far this season, fought back to level the scores. sokler and shinnie with their goals. and in a frantic finale, both sides had goals disallowed but it stayed 2—2 with celtic staying top of the table on goal difference. let's look at some of the other important german bundesliga champions — bayer leverkusen are 11th after beating eintracht frankfurt. bayern munch can go top, they've just kicked off against stuttgart. in italy ac milan have been going half an hour against udinese —

they're leading 1—0 there. in france psg need a win to keep up with ligue 1 leader — monaco. their match against strasbourg kicks off at 8pm. and the same goes for real madrid in la liga who will go level on points with spanish leaders barcelona, if they win at celta vigo. great britain's hopes of a first win in the america's cup are over. they were comfortably beaten by new zealand who've now won sailing's most prestigious prize for the third successive time. leading 6—2 overnight, the defending champions needed just one more win in the best—of—13 contest. and despite some pressure from ineos britannia in barcelona, emirates new zealand secured the win they needed by 37 seconds to take an unnasailable 7—2 lead and win the auld mug. onto tennis, and unusually both finalists at the ningbo open got there after their opponents retired in the semis. daria kastakina will face mirra andreva in the final in china. kasatkina, who'll play in her sixth final this

season, was a set up against spain's paola badosa but badosa complained of dizziness and was unable to continue. in the other semifinal, andreva was also a set and a game up in the second when her opponent karolina muchova also had to retire. and finally, some cricket news and new zealand are on course for their first test victory in india since 1988. they famously bowled india all out forjust 46 in the first innings of the first test in bengaluru. india faired much better second time round, reaching a62 with sarfaraz khan hitting a century and rishabh pant 99. but new zealand's bowlers took their last seven wickets for just 5a runs. and they now only need 107 to win on the final day with ten wickets in hand. that's the sport. a very busy saturday of sport, thank you for bringing us

up—to—date. the father of liam payne has visited the hotel in argentina's capital buenos aires where the former one direction singerfell to his death from a balcony on wednesday. although the family had asked for privacy, his father s journey was tracked by local argentine tv. fans formed a barrier between mr payne and photographers as he spent some time taking in the tributes outside the hotel, reading letters and pausing around flowers, photographs and candles. his visit comes after the singer's family said they were "heartbroken" following the death, adding, "liam will forever live in our hearts and we'll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul." now on bbc news, following the death of liam payne, ione wells in buenos aires reports on the events leading up to it and hears from his fans, friends and family as they come to terms with their tragic loss. and a warning the programme contains flashing images. # you're insecure. # don't know what for. liam payne, one direction star.

the whole street would have to be shut down by police because all the fans would be outside screaming. how are you feeling over there? they were worldwide i known and just so very, very famous and successful. killed in a fall from a hotel balcony, he was just 31 years old. i needed to be here, to be present and know this is real. he had been open about his personal struggles. fame can look so glamorous, but it can really take its toll. a tragedy for liam, his family and all who knew him and admired him. i never thought we would have to say goodbye to him so soon. a lot of fans have said that they now feel as though a part of themselves has died. their childhood and their innocence. october 16th, 202a. police are called to the hotel

in argentina where liam payne was staying. it's 5:04 pm.

emergency services reached the hotel in minutes. liam payne had fallen from a third floor balcony. a short while later, his body was taken from the scene. hotel staff found liam payne's room in a state of total disorder, with several things broken. they also found the drug clonazepam, which is sometimes used to treat anxiety disorders, as well as a range of over—the—counter medications. police say that an initial post—mortem suggests liam payne died from multiple traumas, internal and external bleeding, as a result of his fall. the next day, police said they were looking into substances found inside the bedroom that, at first glance, looked like narcotics.

my reaction when i first heard the news was sadness because he's incredibly young, 31 years of age. my reaction was probably like many people, shock. it's very sad news. the thoughts immediately go to the family, to his young son. we are here in argentina. it is such a beautiful day out. liam had flown to buenos aires with his girlfriend kate cassidy. they were there to watch a concert by his former bandmate, niall horan. # ifind it so hard tojust keep it simple... liam remained in the country while kate flew home. wherever he travelled, liam was followed by fans and seen on social media almost daily. he was filmed with fans in the hours before his death. today, we ride. erm, we're going to ride some horses. when this social media post was released, there was no sign

at all of the disaster to come. fans gathered to mourn at the hotel. there was shock and disbelief. i needed to be here, to be present and know this is real. to know this is real. i didn't expect this at all, and i needed to leave it in present and. and ifound that i'm not the only one and i'm not alone. and i have people to share this feeling, that grief and pain and love. when i read about this, like my heart stopped for a second. i couldn't believe it. and like, i felt really saddened by the news. i can't believe that just a few

weeks before i was at niall'sj concert and liam was| dancing the macarena and that now this happened. i just. . .i just can't believe. we're hearing reports that a former member of one direction, liam payne, has died after falling from the third floor. when the rest of the world woke up to the news of liam's death, tributes started pouring in from far and wide. the band were all so lovely always, but liam was kind of the the grown up one in the group, the wise one, and i can't bear that this is where liam's story has ended. for liam's family, the news was devastating. "we are heartbroken"

they said. liam will forever live in our hearts and we'll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul. we are supporting each other the best we can liam's former band mates posted a joint statement. they said they were completely devastated by the news of his passing. they went on... i think we all feel incredibly kind of invested in one direction. we watched them enter the x factor as solo artists. as teenagers, we watched them get formed into a group and then every week in the competition and people were voting for them, and we kind of feel part of their success, i think. so it just felt like a real shock. but away from the tributes, there was an underlying question as to why liam's life should end here atjust 31 years old. liam was very open about his addiction issues and his problems with alcohol.

he appeared on the diary of a ceo podcast in 2021, and he spoke out about when he realised he had a problem. he said he looked back at old photos and he appeared bloated and his appearance was different. there's some stuff that i've definitely like never, never spoken about to do with it that was really, really, really severe. and it was a problem. and it was only until i saw myself after that i was like, right, i need to fix myself. there was a few pictures of me on a boat and i'm all like, bloated out and i call it pills and booze face. when we were in the band, the best way to secure us because of how big it got was just lock us in our rooms and of course, whilst — in the room. minibar. so at a certain point ithought, well, i'm going to have a party for one. and thatjust seemed to carry on throughout many years of my life. and then you look back how long you've been drinking and stuff. you're like, jesus christ, that's a long time. i think it would be too simplistic to say that addiction goes in hand in hand with fame, but i do think that one of the things we see is that people who already have

some vulnerabilities might struggle more with fame, and then when addiction comes into it, the difficulty is that somebody who has incredible wealth, incredible access, unfortunately, doesn't get those boundaries that many people do that naturally tempers that kind of behaviour. and it's also really hard for people to reach out, because if you are incredibly famous, it's very difficult to walk into a doctor's surgery or go and see a clinical psychologist and say, "i'm struggling". this is like kind of attached to it. his behaviour in recent social media posts prompted concern among his fans that he had become unstable. sorry. i'm dancing. wait. come back. bye! i think one of the real problems with being a pop star, or any kind of really highly famous person, is that actually, it's not all it's cracked up to be. there's a lot of loneliness. there's a lot of very sort of, um, you know, living in hotel rooms. you're not around your friends and family. so those people who might temper your behaviour or might challenge you and say, "hey, i'm worried about

you, or i'm worried about the amount you're drinking" are not there. days before his death, it was widely reported that liam's ex—fiancee, the us model maya henry, had started legal proceedings. her lawyers allege that liam had sent unsolicited, intimate videos of himself to her and others, and they warned him not to pass on pictures he may have of her. liam did not respond publicly to the allegations. liam had a number of high profile relationships with celebrity women. between 2016 and 2018, his partner was girls aloud singer cheryl. the couple had a son, bear, in 2017. in 2019, he briefly dated the supermodel naomi campbell. # i don't wanna be broke when i d—i—e. # wanna be livin it up. in the same year, he released his debut solo album, lp1. it attracted mixed reviews. i think when any band or anyone who works in the public eye

has separated from someone that they're previously known to work with, they cannot help but compare their success to these other previous people they've worked with. and even though they might have affection and support for one another, there's still that element of self esteem wrapped up in yourwork and yourfandom. so we see this quite a lot, with people comparing things like the number of people who are following them on social media. that becomes this metric to look at. # fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars # and let me see # what spring is like onjupiter and mars. liam payne's rise to stardom began with the tv programme x factor. liam first auditioned for the x factor when he was 1a. he didn't make it through the audition. simon cowell said to him, go away, finish school, keep practising and come back. and he did. the expectation was that

this is an opportunity and you have to grab it by everything that you have. so contestants would audition. the days would be incredibly long. they wouldn't have much chance to talk with family and friends, because if they made it past the audition stage, then they all got to live in a house together. and that was intense because they'd be off to photo calls and interviews, as well as practising for the lives that were on the saturday. so it was a really intense, micromanaged schedule. what are you going to sing today? i'm going to sing cry me a river. i he came back at 16 and re auditioned, and then was put in the band with the other boys to form one direction. # and now you say you're lonely # you cried the whole night through # well, you can cry me a river

# cry me a river # i cried a river over you...# they were all very, very young boys. they were 16, 17, boisterous, constantly play—fighting, taking the mick out of each other. and it was hard sometimes to get them to settle down and do an interview. but liam actually was the one that stood out quite differently from all the rest. he was the one that took those interviews really seriously. every person develops during their teenage years and it's a really key time to your future development of your personality, everything. so you're taking a lot of feedback from the people around you. now, when those people around you are fans, millions of fans, but also management companies, people who have a vested interest in sort of fluffing you up, that can really mess with your self—perception.

one direction released five studio albums. they won a string of awards. it's incredible. i mean, we can't believe we've come over to the us, and you know, we've got fans waiting outside our hotel and stuff. it's unbelievable. we never expected anything like this. we just found out this is number six, that we've won over the time we've been doing this, which is amazing. when we used to interview them, we'd get to the building and already the whole street would have to be shutdown by police because all the fans would be outside screaming. you just can't overstate that level of success. they catapulted into the world after x factor. they broke america. they broke the global market. they made millions. they racked up billions of streams. they had four world tours. they became millionaires as a result of their work. they got awards. they got brit awards, mtv awards. they were worldwide known. and just so very, very famous and successful. # you like midnight driving with # the windows down.... one direction�*s success undoubtedly came with huge pressure. the schedule of anything like a world tour

is absolutely insane. the amount of travel, the constant changing of location. the fact that you're kind of stuck with this small group of people and you're dependent on getting on with them because they're your band mates, so any problems you have, they're kind of stuck within that scenario as well. so there's not really a time to decompress or to step away to get that kind of moderation of your emotional experience. so i think it does become a real pressure cooker. now, let's talk more about one direction, because fans might be reeling from reports in the sun newspaper today that they're splitting up next year. there's no official comment from the group yet. in 2016, the band went on an extended hiatus. they called it an extended hiatus, i think, to - avoid the word split - or break—up to try and soften the blow for fans. i hate it so much. it's just so devastating and heartbreaking. so i don't think there's ever a question or not whether we're going to come back. ithink, you know, we've just been working

very hard for the last five years, and we just need a bit of time to kind of regroup, i guess _ otherwise i feel like we'll lose sight of it. liam talked publicly about how tensions within the group had on at least one occasion, sparked a physical confrontation. i think it was well known within the band that i don't like taking bleep at a certain point. i made it very obvious. i'm not going to tell you how. um, and there was one moment where there was an argument backstage and someone, one member in particular threw me up a wall. so i said to him, if you don't remove those hands, there's a high likelihood you'll never use them again. with the rate at which they were going for world tours, 70 million albums sold, movies about them, documentaries about them and theirfans. it was an intense schedule, and i don't know how most people, let alone young people, could cope with that level of scrutiny and work all the time personally.

in 2020, liam wrote a letter to his ten—year old self. he read it aloud on bbc radio 1. you are now famous and it feels like you've there's been an outpouring of grief from fans. they've been sharing posts online. one direction fans have always called themselves the directioners, and they really built this online community that was kind of like nothing else that had come before, and they've now reunited. they've been leaning on each other for support. a lot of them have had vigils. there was a vigil outside the hotel where liam died, and they were singing one direction songs, lighting candles, and it's very much brought the community back together again as they deal with this grief.

one direction may have been the last boy band to truly achieve global superstar status, and as part of that, liam payne's life was always under the spotlight. we may never know all the details about what led to his death here in buenos aires, but we do know from the outpouring of grief that we've seen that this is notjust deeply affected his friends and family, but his many fans around the world, too. if you have been affected by some of the issues

that report is also available on the bbc iplayer. an amateur historian has discovered a long—lost short story by the "dracula" author, bram stoker. "gibbet hill" was published in the dublin edition of the "daily express" in eighteen—ninety, but has remained undocumented since then. brian cleary came across it at the national library of ireland last year. he described how he found the story. archival research to to pass the time in the national library of ireland, and during that process, which took me several weeks, i found an advert for this story and i read the words gibbet hill, and i knew that that wasn't a bram stoker story that i'd ever heard of in any of the biographies or bibliographies, and i was just astounded,

flabbergasted. i couldn't believe it that i was potentially looking at a lost ghost story from bram stoker, and especially a lost story from bram stoker around the time he was writing dracula, and that had elements of dracula in it. what an extraordinary find, i never find things like that. hello. for most places, saturday turned into a pleasant autumn day. sunday is looking like a very different affair. in fact, our first named storm of the season is on the way. storm ashley, which threatens to bring severe gales and coastal flooding, particularly across the western side of scotland. we can see the way in which that storm has been developing here on the satellite picture, a vast shield of cloud, this hook developing here, that's 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 all the isobars

squeezing together around this low. we are going to see some very strong winds indeed, particularly the further north and west you are. and for western scotland, the met office has issued an amber warning because here we could see gusts of 70 to 80mph. so that could cause some damage, some disruption certainly on the cards. so through tonight, things start off on a fairly quiet note. chilly under some clear skies, but as the night wears on, we see thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain, gales developing around western coasts, temperatures tending to come up as the night wears on. so for most, a mild start to sunday morning, but a very wet start underneath this band of rain. that will be moving its way quite quickly eastwards, the rain perhaps lingering for a good part of the day once it sets in across the south—east corner. but behind it, we will see some sunny spells, some hefty showers and thunderstorms into northern ireland and western scotland, where the winds really will be ramping up. it's going to be a windy day for all but the strongest winds the further north and west you are, and parts of western

scotland are likely to see gusts of 70—80mph, perhaps even a touch stronger than that in the most exposed locations. temperatures 13 to 18 degrees. now, through sunday evening, see this low passing across the north of scotland. still lots of isobars on the chart. still some very strong winds. quite a few showers as well. those winds will slowly ease a little as we go through the day on monday. some showers to the north—west. this little band of rain trying to sneak in towards the south—east corner. in between, though, some decent spells of sunshine and highs of 11 to 15 degrees. and things do look a little bit quieter, a little bit calmer through tuesday into wednesday. a few showers, but a lot of dry weather and it will be mild for the time of year.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel's military pummels the southern suburbs of beirut with a series of air strikes after prime minister benjamin netanyahu's home is targeted by a hezbollah drone. israeli air strikes also kill at least 32 people across gaza, hitting a school and homes in camps for displaced people. questions for the metropolitan police over why it only sought charges against mohamed al fayed for two of 21 women who accused him of sexual offences before he died. kamala harris and donald trump both campaign in the key battleground state of michigan. with just over two weeks til the presidential election,

we'll have a special report from georgia. and liam payne's sister pays an emotional tribute to the former one direction star as theirfather visits the hotel in buenos aires where he died. the israeli military has carried out a series of air strikes in the southern suburbs of beirut, saying they were targeting hezbollah weapons storage facilities and an intelligence headquarters command centre. the idf issued evacuation warnings to residents in several districts in the area, which it says is a base for hezbollah. the latest strikes come after the home of 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 there were no casualties.