this is bbc news. the headlines: a row over reparations — the bbc understands several countries will raise the subject at the commonwealth summit in samoa. the personal attacks intensify in the race for the white house. kamala harris steps up her condemnation of donald trump. it is clear from john kelly's words that donald trump is somebody who i quote, certainly falls into the general definition of fascist. and going down in history — a special award for the bbc television series that educates and entertains children.

we will be speaking to some of the stars. hello, i'm lucy hockings. we wa nted we wanted to bring you the latest pictures from gaza where we are hearing from health officials that 16 palestinians have been killed, some of them children. this was an israeli strike on a school in a refugee camp, what you are seeing now, the aftermath of that strike. the hospital said that the school had been operating as a shelter for displaced people. we haven't had a comment from the idf yet but we will bring you that when we get it. haskell says at least 16 palestinians were killed, some of them children, in a school that was operating as a shelter. pictures from beirut

were barred by men —— mag bombardment has continued and 20 strikes have caused the smoke which are often in the southern suburbs which is the hezbollah�*s stronghold. we do know that 19 people including six women and five children were killed in an israeli strike on a house in southern lebanon. these pictures are coming in from beirut. 0f coming in from beirut. of course, israel's invasion of lebanon in the recent weeks has brought another level of hardship to a country already suffering politically and economically. today a conference in paris looks at ways to end the fighting and put the country on a stable path. earlier, france and germany pledged more than $200 million to help people displaced

by the conflict there. speaking at the conference, the french president, emmanuel macron, repeated his call for a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah. translation: france will contribute 100 million euros to this conflict to care for the wounded, help children and families and continue to provide schooling. solutions must be found _ provide schooling. solutions must be found more - provide schooling. solutions| must be found more quickly, provide schooling. solutions - must be found more quickly, as it is vital that displacement of people from the south to beirut and other regions of lebanon does not create new divisions among the lebanese. for more on this let's speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who joins us from paris. historic ties between france and lebanon, but what is president macron offering lebanon in terms of trying to achieve a ceasefire and help? not a whole lot. a cynic would say another conflict, another conference call by the french

in paris. that may be of egging it and their intentions are decent and honourable and may be a good sum of money is raised here by the french and the appeal for international promises of aid, they are looking for half a billion to help with displaced people and they may well get money approaching that level. but the idea that this will materially affect the war and lead to a ceasefire i think is pie in the sky and i think the french know that. ~ , , , . sky and i think the french know that. ,, ., that. where is public opinion in france _ that. where is public opinion in france at _ that. where is public opinion in france at the _ that. where is public opinion in france at the moment - that. where is public opinion i in france at the moment when that. where is public opinion - in france at the moment when it comes to the work was met well, i mean, evidently, _ comes to the work was met well, i mean, evidently, people's - i mean, evidently, people's hearts go out everywhere, whether... there are people dying, here, as were elsewhere, screens and computers are

inundated with israel bombarding the less powerful, that and lebanon. it evokes a feeling of compassion on the arab side. but to go from there to say that everyone condemns israel would be a short nakhon�*s relationship with as well as complicated. israel and i ran are not well as complicated. israel and iran are not at this conference nor many of the gulf countries. macron�*s relationship with netanyahu has been very complicated in recent weeks. this was after macron was very angered by the israeli's going ahead with their attacks on lebanon after their attacks on lebanon after the french and americans had drawn up a ceasefire package, the un and then grant said something that annoyed ——

macron said something that annoyed the israelis... they said it was a short cut about israeli history so relations are enacted between france and israel at the moment. that is another part of the backdrop to all of this, the sense that france love to give itself a sense of important men in this matter —— importance in these matters, but in reality it is not the case.— matters, but in reality it is not the case. ., ~ . not the case. thank you so much and here are _ not the case. thank you so much and here are some _ not the case. thank you so much and here are some live _ not the case. thank you so much and here are some live pictures i and here are some live pictures of beirut at the moment to remind you that israel has carried out thousands of extracts across lebanon over the past four weeks. they are going for hezbollah�*s weapons and infrastructure. more strikes were overnight. let s shift our focus to the us elections, where with less than two weeks to go, the rhetoric between the two candidates is becoming increasingly combative. at a campaign event,

vice president kamala harris has labeled donald trump a fascist, echoing comments from his longest—serving chief of staff, john kelly, who this week criticised the former president. this is a window into who donald trump really is, from the people who know him best, from the people who worked with him side by side in the oval office and in the situation room. and it is clear from john kelly's words that donald trump is someone who, i quote, "certainly falls into the general definition of fascist", who in fact vowed to be a dictator on day one and vowed to use the military as his personal militia to carry out his personal and political vendettas. donald trump has responded on his truth social platform, calling vice president harris a warped mind and a threat to democracy.

trump's former chief of staff, john kelly, has been speaking to the new york times and says he believed that donald trump met the definition of a fascist. let's hear what he had to say. well, i'm looking at the definition of fascism. he chuckles it's a far right, authoritarian, ultra nationalist political ideology and movement characterised by a dictatorial leader. centralised autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy. so certainly in my experience, those are the kind of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running america. let's cross live now to new york and speak to cbs correspondentjarred hill. hejoins us from he joins us from there. good to see you. it is a real change in tone from, harris going on the attack there and kind donald trump a fascist. can you talk us through the context in which she said it and then the campaign's response in terms of

charm's response? —— trump's response. charm's response? -- trump's response-— response. this has been the hallmark — response. this has been the hallmark of _ response. this has been the hallmark of her _ response. this has been the hallmark of her campaign i response. this has been the i hallmark of her campaign ever since she became at the top of the ticket and what we southern president biden when he was running for the white house was shaping this as former president donald trump is someone who they believe is not fit to be president for a number of reasons, notjust number of reasons, not just related number of reasons, notjust related policy, but also temperament and what he would do for the country. this is also the same reason that we have seen her latching on to former republican congressmen liz cheney... saying you might not agree with the policy but at this point the policy is not the most important thing, the country is and if you do not have a country, you cannot have a policy. that has been the argument. we have seen an increasing so as they are trying to sway any of those undecided voters who may not

like former president charm's read it nor how he approaches the country —— former president trump's, hoping they could pull the country back from him. when it comes to his response, it is what we have seen in the past essentially, one, denying that these statements or conversations were ever made by him and then also saying that he believes that vice president harris is the one who should not be running the country. let's talk about who the canteens are targeting now, you mentioned the undecided voters. —— about who the campaigns are targeting. is that all? element the undecided— the undecided voters... the tram - the undecided voters... the tramp campaign _ the undecided voters... the tramp campaign says - the undecided voters... the tramp campaign says about| the undecided voters... the i tramp campaign says about 596 the undecided voters... the - tramp campaign says about 596 -- tramp campaign says about 5% —— the tramp campaign. the trump

campaign. vice president harris is trying to get folks in places like georgia or north carolina or pennsylvania who might have gone for former president donald trump in the past and try to get them to come to her side so she could get enough votes in the electoral college. for president trump we are seeing him trying to rile up the base. there is also a lot of discussion about men in particular because it seems as though any polling, men are siding with former president trump more so. so he's trying to get men across demographics, along with women, to vote for him. we see him changing his language around voting rights —— abortion rights and harris tries to soften her language around issues that may seem too far left seeing someone who

could —— to be seen as someone who could reach both sides of the aisles. let's see how the presidential candidates are polling. new polls are arriving every day, each one with its slightly different take on the figures. if you look at the overall trends, rather than the individual points, you see harris retains a small lead over trump in the national polling averages. and if we turn to the battleground states, these are the states that were very close last time around and could be decisive in this election. the polling in each one is very tight, with kamala harrisjust ahead in three and donald trump just ahead in four. here in the uk, families of footballers who died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, including the family of england 1966 world cup hero nobby stiles, have written an open letter to the government, insisting it becomes mandatory for anyone who s played contact sport to be checked for the disease when they die. cte is linked to repetitive head trauma and can cause mood changes and aggression. these families believe heading footballs killed their loved ones. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has been speaking to some of the widows affected.

kevin bird was a mansfield town legend. a no—nonsense defender, who played for the stags a50 times. loved football. thought he was a really lucky man to play football for a living. 12 years ago, sue started to notice changes in her husband. diagnosed with alzheimer's and depression, he'd gone from a loving granddad... come to mummy, to mummy. ..to snappy and aggressive. it all came to a head on new year's eve in 2019, when kevin attacked sue, but couldn't remember. i said to him, i've got to go to a&e, you'll have to come with me. i sat him on a chair and i went to the desk. sorry. i said, "my husband's got dementia and he's attacked me "and i don't know what to do." and they sectioned him. and i thought they'd give him something to calm him down, and he'd come home. but he never came

home after that. when kevin died last year, sue had his brain examined. she believes the results were unequivocal. heading the ball. football. the game he loved killed him. this is one of those sections we've examined from kevin's brain and you can see the level of damage that there is here in the brain. professor willie stewart is a consultant neuropathologist at the university of glasgow. all this brown material that you see on the screen shouldn't be there. encephalopathy. it's a form of dementia, likely caused by repetitive these brown splotches are cte, chronic traumatic encephalopathy. it's a form of dementia, likely caused by repetitive head impacts and it can only conclusively be proven after death. both dr stewart's and the fa's own studies show footballers are three—and—a—half times more likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases than the average population. all our attempts to try and find other reasons fail. we keep coming back to it is something to do with the sport. it is repetitive head impact. the english fa is phasing out deliberate heading

for under—11s over the next three seasons and says it's continuing to take a leading role in reviewing and improving the safety of the game, including investing in multiple projects to research the issue. i'm absolutely certain that it's a ticking time bomb. but the woman behind the head safe football charity believes education for the next generation is lacking. judith gates' husband, bill, played for middlesbrough. he never headed a ball again after retiring with terrible migraines the day before his 30th birthday, yet died with cte last year. cte is brutal. i would like to have a national slogan that says "think head safe, reduce heading in training." i hope that bill's legacy from ourjourney will be saving every kid who plays football on a cobbled backstreet. natalie pirks, bbc news.

some other stories around the world a some other stories around the worl. ., .y. ., some other stories around the worl ., ., world a cyclone in eastern india has _ world a cyclone in eastern india has caused - world a cyclone in eastern. india has caused thousands world a cyclone in eastern - india has caused thousands of people to flee their home. it is expected to make landfall in the coming hours and with speeds of more than 100 kilometres an hour. mcdonald's is scrambling to contain the damage from an e.coli outbreak linked to quarter pounder burgers that has killed one person and nearly 50 others fell ill. the burgers have been removed as a menu item across a dozen states in the us. 10 people have been hospitalized due to serious complications, according to the us center for disease control and prevention. a mcdonald's spokesperson said the outbreak is limited to the us.

research has revealed that as the arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounterjust 30 years ago. scientists have been examining recent blood samples collected from wild polar bears and compared them with samples collected in the same part of the arctic in the late 1980s and early 1990s. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

for 30 years, horrible histories has been helping british children learn about, and fall in love with history, from the original books to the tv show. notjust not just british notjust british children, all around the world. now the cbbc series has won a special bafta award, for having an extraordinary cultural and social impact. in a moment we'll hear from two of the cast, but first, let's take a look at this clip all about the vikings to see what people love about the series. # we'll kill and steal and burn and drink # cos us vikings don't

care what you think... # let me in, won't you please. # we're here to raid your monasteries # we're proud - and ready to attack # and we love how monks just don't fight back # you'll die or become a slave to me # but our slaves often get chucked in the sea...# - joining me now is ben willbond, who plays henry viii and alexander the great. and laurence rickard who plays special correspondent bob hale. good to see you both and congratulations.— good to see you both and congratulations. i congratulations. thank you. i said it is _ congratulations. thank you. i said it is helping _ congratulations. thank you. i said it is helping british - said it is helping british children learning and falling in love with history but the series has been so popular around the world and notjust children, i love the show to end my kids love it. we all enjoy it together so much. you have influenced so many people

buy an award like this particularly, which is a media? it is amazing —— like particularly, which is a media? it is amazing -- like— particularly, which is a media? it is amazing -- like what does it mean to _ it is amazing -- like what does it mean to you? _ it is amazing -- like what does it mean to you? you _ it is amazing -- like what does it mean to you? you never- it is amazing -- like what does i it mean to you? you never know what shows _ it mean to you? you never know what shows are _ it mean to you? you never know what shows are going _ it mean to you? you never know what shows are going to - it mean to you? you never know what shows are going to land . what shows are going to land but to have the legacy it has an last this long, it started out with kids coming up to us and saying how much they enjoy it and now it is students saying it is the reason that they have done their degree and teachers are saying it is the reason they're teaching history. it is really flattering and we are amazed. yes, we are. flattering and we are amazed. yes. we are-— yes, we are. the response in the newsroom, _ yes, we are. the response in the newsroom, the _ yes, we are. the response in the newsroom, the producer| yes, we are. the response in - the newsroom, the producer who set you up to talk to us, her daughter is doing history at university and one of the reasons is from horrible histories. what has resonate with people? just humour? when we started. _ with people? just humour? when we started. we —

with people? just humour? when we started, we set _ with people? just humour? when we started, we set out, _ with people? just humour? when we started, we set out, i - with people? just humour? when we started, we set out, i say - we started, we set out, i say we started, we set out, i say we very— we started, we set out, i say we very grandly, the production team _ we very grandly, the production team sei— we very grandly, the production team set out to we v