out on a majority as polls shut in a snap general election. reports of intimidation at the ballot box as georgia's ruling party claims victory. and, king charles is expected to return to a normal schedule of trips abroad next year. hello, i'm martine croxall. let's start in the middle east where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been talking about israel's air attack on iran early on saturday morning. achieved all its objectives. iran's supreme leader says the attack should not be "downplayed" nor "exaggerated". echoing that stance, iran's president massoud pezeshkian said iran will respond with "foresight and intelligence".

let's speak to our middle east regional editor, sebastian usher. just expand on what each of them have been saying, sebastian, if you would, starting with benjamin netanyahu. starting with ben'amin netanyahu.fi starting with ben'amin netan ahu. , . �* ., netanyahu. yes, what ben'amin netanyahufi netanyahu. yes, what ben'amin netanyahu said i netanyahu. yes, what ben'amin netanyahu said and i netanyahu. yes, what ben'amin netanyahu said and his _ netanyahu. yes, what benjamin netanyahu said and his first - netanyahu said and his first public comment that is public office have made statements, but these are his first comments in public about the israeli attack on iran. nothing that you wouldn't expect, essentially echoing what the israeli military had said that these were precise strikes, military targets were attacked and it was highly successful and it was highly successful and highly effective. he did also have a few words for the iranian people saying israel's battle was not with them. there has been an effort by the israeli government to try to

separate its actions against the leadership of iran and all that infrastructure and the people see the aim is trying to capitalise on the fact that within iran amongst many people, the iranian authorities are not popular. we've seen mass protests in the last two years, so i think that is what he was trying to do with that. just to say that one of the events he was speaking at, he was heckled quite strongly by people who were attending, from families who had been involved in the attacks on october the 7th. israeli families who had suffered from that. so that gives a sense of the pressure and tension on the descent there still is inside israel itself. as for iran, again, we hear the same messages from different levels of the leadership which is common to be patient. that they won't do anything that quickly and what the supreme leader said

yesterday was they will act in what they see as the best interests of the country. they have asked for an emergency session of the un security council to look at the israeli attack on the iranian foreign minister has said iran reserves the right to respond. i think whatever response comes will take its time and we still have no idea whether it will raise the stakes in the direct escalation between israel and iran or lower them. the thinking at the moment from what we are hearing from israeli leaders, from iranian leaders, i apologise, israeli leaders, from iranian leaders, iapologise, eyes israeli leaders, from iranian leaders, i apologise, eyes they are still playing, not playing it down, but not making the most of it that they could if they wanted to launch another big strike against israel. i think that is where things are. but assessments have to be done on what the damage has been by

israel, by open sources, intelligence analysts and by israel. if it emerges that real, real damage was done to their military capability that would obviously add a bit more urgency to iran's sense that it must be seen to respond in an appropriate way. must be seen to respond in an appmpriate way-— appropriate way. sebastian, thank you — appropriate way. sebastian, thank you for _ appropriate way. sebastian, thank you for the _ appropriate way. sebastian, thank you for the moment, | appropriate way. sebastian, i thank you for the moment, in jerusalem. authorities in israel have confirmed they're investigating as a terror—related incident the ramming of a truck into a bus stop north of israel's commercial hub, tel aviv. at least 35 people have been injured. police said the truck driver was shot dead by armed civilians at the scene. our correspondent lucy williamson has sent this update from israel. police are telling us that most of the injured were passengers on this bus. many of them were pensioners on a day trip to a nearby museum, and they've just been dropped off when this truck rammed into them. one eyewitness said, it rammed into people

with full force and that some people were left trapped underneath the truck. the driver was shot dead by a civilian at the scene, and the police are telling us they're treating this as a terror investigation, and that the driver had an israeli id, lived not far away from here. israel is already fighting its enemies on multiple fronts, but this raises a different kind of question — how to keep its people safe from attackers already living inside israel who use vehicles as weapons. lucy williamson, bbc news, near herzliya. meanwhile, israel has continued its aerial campaign in lebanon, hitting parts of beirut overnight. explosion. the israeli military said it had killed 70 hezbollah fighters and struck 120 targets in southern lebanon including what it called weapons factories and storage facilities used by the group.

elsewhere in lebanon, authorities say an israeli air strike has killed at least five people in sidon. more than ten were injured. exit polls injapan�*s snap election suggest its ruling liberal democratic party is set to fall short of a single—party majority in the country's lower house. votes are still being counted and the final results are unclear. the right—wing ldp has been in power injapan for most of the last seven decades. our correspondent shaima khalil is in tokyo how is it looking? japan's voters have sent a strong message to the ruling party and have punished them at the ballot box and the ldp, even with the best estimates is unlikely to achieve a single party majority and will have to form a coalition and they have done it before but always from the point of strength. now japan's strongest party has been significantly weakened. shigeru ishiba has gambled and

made a political gamble when he called for the snap election and wanted a new mandate and a fresh start and wanted to tell people the ruling party has changed, but that has backfired. he and the ldp have a miss read the extent of the public anger at a ruling party that has been tarnished and embroiled in a scandal when it mishandled when it was revealed prosecutors have been investigating dozens of ldp lawmakers for pocketing what amounted to millions of dollars of fund money and not revealing it for taxation over a period of five years. all the while japanese people, the voters, have been struggling with a stagnant economy, inflation, rising prices and wages that have not changed. the opposition have made significant gains in the election but this is not about the opposition�*s appeal, it is about anger at the ldp. the party that has governed japan for most of its post—war era now has to find a way to keep governing japan but from now on it is going to be concessions,

negotiations with other parties about who will form a coalition with them. it's a very humbling position to being in a very unstable political environment. this is concerning notjust for the japanese voters but for allies and investors watching from the outside. in this election the ldp lost the single party majority but in this election nobody really one. ., ., ., ~ ,, one. for the moment, thank you very much- _ let's move to georgia where a monitoring mission from the international security group osce has raised concerns about the ability of voters to cast their votes in saturday's general election without fear of retribution. the electoral commission declared the governing georgian dream party the winners. but the result has been disputed by opposition parties who have called the result a "constitutional coup". with nearly all the votes counted, georgian dream is on more than 54%. the election is seen by some as a pivotal moment, as to whether georgia remains close to russia or moves closer to the european union and western partners. the election is considered one

of the most important parliamentary elections since the country's independence from the soviet union more than 30 years ago. a spokesman for the osce gave his assessment of the way they had been conducted. reports of pressure on voters, particularly on public sector employees, remain widespread in the campaign. this, coupled with extensive tracking on voters on election day, raised concerns about the ability of some voters to cast their vote without fear of retribution.

let's return to our top story — the situation in the middle east. as tensions between israel and iran continue, negotiations over a potential gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal are set to resume in doha in the coming days. with me now from ramallah is the secretary general and co—founder of the palestinian national initiative, mustafa ba rghouti thanks forjoining us on bbc news. what do you believe the most important factors are going to be in the upcoming talks? well there are two measures here, and the first one is whether we are talking about a temporary ceasefire or about a temporary ceasefire or a continuous and permanent ceasefire. what palestinians want to see as an end to this war and a complete exchange of prisoners, so that all the israeli captives could come back home safe and a good number of palestinian prisoners will also be released. we are talking about 1200 israeli prisoners and 15,000 palestinian prisoners held by israel including 850 children and on the other hand the other issue which is very important issue which is very important is whether benjamin netanyahu is whether benjamin netanyahu is ready to end the war and

ready to remove the israeli army from gaza or who wants to insist to keep the israeli occupation of gaza. if he keeps the occupation then the possibility of a deal will be almost impossible. most commentators here are noticing that netanyahu is trying to separate the issue of the captives, the prisoners from theissue captives, the prisoners from the issue of the ceasefire, and that would not work because palestinians are very determined to have a ceasefire since we've already lost hundred and 50 —— and 50,000 people killed and injured and the humanitarian situation is disastrous and people are smart —— starving and an act of ethnic cleansing. people are dying on the streets without any kind of medical care. who any kind of medical care. who has described _ any kind of medical care. who has described the _ any kind of medical care. who has described the actions in the north of gaza as ethnic

cleansing? though ahead of the world war ii organisation was talking about the ethnic cleansing lady —— label. because already 50,000 people are living in the north and moved from their houses in the neighbourhood and an talking about moving from the camp to gaza city on the israelis are demanding they would move further to the south. no less than 1.5 million people are stuck in the strip which is 12 square kilometres. these people who were displaced from their homes in gaza city, from the north of gaza, this is the ethnic cleansing we are talking about and the biggest fear is benjamin netanyahu has hopes and dreams about total ethnic cleansing of the people of gaza

through egypt. his generals have developed this plan of trying to empty the north of gaza, which is subject to bombardment. it gaza, which is sub'ect to bombardmenth gaza, which is sub'ect to bombardment. ., �* , , , bombardment. it won't surprise ou to bombardment. it won't surprise you to hear _ bombardment. it won't surprise you to hear that _ bombardment. it won't surprise you to hear that israel's - bombardment. it won't surprise you to hear that israel's view i you to hear that israel's view is obviously rather different and they are saying that they are trying to prevent hamas taking similar action that they've taken in the past. speaking of hamas, how effective can these talks be without a new leader in position?— without a new leader in osition? ~ . position? well, hamas has collective _ position? well, hamas has collective leadership - position? well, hamas has collective leadership and l position? well, hamas has| collective leadership and of course i know israelis will stay but the facts are the facts and 17,000 children have been slaughtered by the israeli bombardment and the fact is that 52,000 palestinians including 10,000 were bombarded and killed by israeli bombardment and now hamas has collective leadership and have declared they have a council of five leaders who are deciding about their future, and five leaders who are deciding about theirfuture, and life is

showing that the israeli claims that cinnabar was the obstacle to reaching an agreement was not true. —— sinwar. what many israelis agree with, it is benjamin netanyahu is the obstacle because for netanyahu releasing the israeli prisoners is not a priority. in the priority is to continue this war and consolidate the israeli operation gala and expand the occupation rather than ending it and the occupation has been the root cause of all of the problems we are facing today. thank you so much for talking to us. we'll start with the football — manchester city beat southampton on saturday to go top of the premier league. but will they still be there by the end of the day? four more games to come in the epl on sunday. liverpool travel to arsenal later, with hopes of returning to the top of the table.

they've had a good week too, with a win over chelsea last sunday and victory in the champions league in midweek. their manager arne slot isn't getting drawn into title talk though — and says its too early in the season to know the title challengers. nobody knows in this early stage who is going to be your competitor or your biggest competitor. but i think we all know that arsenal will be one of them. and then dropping points against them or winning points against them, that is always important. we are going to one . of the hardest grounds. and then we went to city and played — and then we went to city and played 55 _ and then we went to city and played 55 minutes _ and then we went to city and played 55 minutes with - and then we went to city and played 55 minutes with ten . and then we went to city and i played 55 minutes with ten men and tomorrow_ played 55 minutes with ten men and tomorrow is _ played 55 minutes with ten men and tomorrow is another - and tomorrow is another opportunity_ and tomorrow is another opportunity and - and tomorrow is another opportunity and the - and tomorrow is anotherl opportunity and the team and tomorrow is another - opportunity and the team has done — opportunity and the team has done fantastic— opportunity and the team has done fantastic and _ opportunity and the team has done fantastic and they- opportunity and the team has i done fantastic and they believe how good — done fantastic and they believe how good they _ done fantastic and they believe how good they are _ done fantastic and they believe how good they are and - done fantastic and they believe how good they are and that - done fantastic and they believe how good they are and that is i how good they are and that is really— how good they are and that is really important. _ the other three matches are already underway. chelsea hosting newcastle at stamford bridge. both sides looking to bounce back from losing on matchday 8. it's still goalless but chelsea have had a cole palmer goal ruled out for offside. tottenham hotspur look

to keep their good recent run going at crystal palace, and it's 0—0. with a win manchester united can go back into the top half of the table. they're also drawing 0—0 at the london stadium against west ham. top—seeded qinwen zheng won the pan pacific open in tokyo and clinched her place at the wta's season ending finals next month. the chinese player served up 16 aces as she beat american sofia kenin 7—6, 6—3. it is the 22—year—old's third title of the year and first on hardcourt since winning at guangzhou last year. the wta finals begin in riyadh in saudi arabia next saturday. the player there was really tough to beat. since the first match, we need to be focused it's not like the usual tournament, so you are seeded, so you know in the first two rounds you can get into the match rhythm and it's not easy, and it's the first time i have played in a wta final and i was so motivated but let's see what is going to happen. i don't want to have too much pressure.

the la dodgers took control of baseball's world series — against the new york yankees. they've got 2—0 up in the best—of—seven tie, to determine the mlb champions. japanese pitcher yoshinobu yamamoto impressed for the dodgers, pitching into the seventh inning, withjuan soto's homer the only hit he allowed. teoscar hernandez and freddie freeman both helped put the dodgers out in front — eventually winning 4—2. the series now moves to new york, with game three at yankee stadium on monday evening. defending motogp champion francesco bagnaia has won the thailand grand prix to cut jorge martin's championship lead to 17 points with two races of the season to go. bagnaia slipped from pole position to third place at the start, but regained the lead when he overtook martin on lap five. bagnaia then battled for first place with six—time champion marc marquez, until the spaniard slid off in wet conditions.

and from there, bagnaia held off martin to take the chequered flag by nearly three seconds. marquez remounted to finish 12th. ben an beat fellow south korean tom kim in a play—off to win the genesis championship in incheon. both finished on 17 under par but kim got himself into trouble on the first extra hole and could only make a bogey. an had no such trouble and holed this birdie putt for victory. it's his first win on the dp world tour in nine years. and just to say jack draper in action at the vienna open he's up against karen khachanov in the final looking for his first atp 500 title. he took the first set 6—4 and it's currently 4—1 in the second.

to the us, where it's only nine days to go until the presidential election — and the campaigns are rolling on. donald trump spent saturday at a campaign event at a pennsylvania university, after campaigning earlier in michigan. at a rally near detroit, muslim leaders endorsed the former president onstage, saying they believe he can bring peace to the middle east. the conflicts in gaza and lebanon are top issues there in michigan. but in pennsylvania — energy and manufacturing top the list. at his rally, donald trump promised to reduce energy prices. under kamala's high cost energy policies, pennsylvania electricity prices are already up 50% and are projected to more than double in the years ahead, a year and a half, they expect to be doubled. not only are they not going to be double, your energy prices, that is car, gasoline because we are going to end the electric mandate immediately, 0k? applause. your energy prices will be cut in half within 12 months from

january the 20th, which is when we would take over. meanwhile, kamala harris was joined by michelle obama at a campaign event in kalamazoo, michigan. former first lady introduced the vice president to the crowd. in her speech, she criticised donald trump repeatedly, and argued kamala harris is being held to a higher standard than her opponent. right now, as you know, this race is close. it's too close for my liking. and i came out here to michigan because i am someone who takes her own advice to heart. i know that if we want to help this country finally turn the page on the politics of hatred and division, we can'tjust sit around and complain — no, we've got to do something. if we want to usher in the next generation of american leadership we have got

to do something. with nine days to go, the polls are still very tight. if you draw out the overall trends, rather than the individual points, you see can see in the national polls vice president kamala harris's lead has been slipping and is now down to around a single point. but the national vote share won't determine the winner. let's turn to the seven battleground states that could be decisive in this election. trump's poll leads in north carolina, arizona, and georgia, you can see them at the bottom of the screen, are between one and two points. other states like nevada, wisconsin, and pennsylvania are even tighter. but none of the leads we're seeing are bigger than the margins of error that come with all polls. here in the uk, the education secretary bridget phillipson has insisted that labour will not break its manifesto commitment on taxes when the chancellor presents the budget on wednesday. the party has repeatedly promised not to increase taxes for "working people".

the government has also pledged £1.11 billion to build and refurbish schools across england, ahead of wednesday's budget. it comes amid warnings the school rebuilding programme, which aims to rebuild 50 schools a year, has been falling far behind target. here's our education correspondent hazel shearing. you can see the marks on the ceiling. i mean, they're old ceiling tiles. there's probably been some damp there. this was dave baker, the chief executive officer of the olympus academy trust. a few weeks ago, talking through the growing number of structural problems that the ageing patchway community school in bristol is facing. there are holes in the ceiling tiles on the roof. they're just not worth replacing because the whole thing is going to be knocked down within the next two years. we're having to think very carefully about where we prioritise spending. patchway is one of more than 500 schools on the government's school rebuilding programme. this month, the bbc revealed that 23 schools on the list had been completed and the department for education had been

missing its targets for hiring builders. today, the chancellor has announced £1.11 billion for the school rebuilding programme. the treasury says the money is intended to ramp up progress and ensure 50 schools in england are rebuilt every year. the education secretary said this morning that this investment was long overdue. for too long we've been held back. and the choice that this budget is around investment or decline and the change to the fiscal rules, what i'm setting out today around committing to our school rebuilding programme, is that this labour government chooses investment. the move is being given a cautious welcome by school leaders. the money announced today will only take the ten—year rebuilding programme back on track. it had fallen behind under the last administration so that gets us back on track. that's good news. but the last dfe funding survey or rebuilding survey suggested that we'd need another {11.4 billion invested to catch up with the maintenance of schools. so we need to see longer

term real investment. so this is a good first step, but it should be should be exactly that, a first step and a longer term programme of investment and rebuilding. the chancellor has also announced more funding for free breakfast clubs for primary school pupils, saying she will triple spending on them next year. hazel shearing, bbc news king charles will return to what royal aides call a pretty normal schedule next year after coping well with his tour of australia and samoa. here's our senior royal correspondent daniela relph. the tour of australia and samoa was the biggest test for the king since his cancer diagnosis earlier in the year. welcome, charles! those working closely with him say the visit has lifted his spirits, mood and recovery, describing it as a "perfect tonic". a senior royal official has told the bbc they are now working on a full overseas tour programme for the king and queen next year, with visits planned for the spring and autumn, as well as more engagements in the uk.

on the partnership between the king and queen, royal aides said the king took great strength from the queen being with him in australia and samoa, because, as they put it, she keeps it real. a senior palace official also gave an insight into how the king has coped with his cancer diagnosis and ongoing treatment, which resumes on his return to the uk. they described him as being a great believer in mind, body and soul, and that his sense of duty keeps his mind and soul engaged while doctors make sure his body is properly looked after. daniela relph, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there! it's been a lovely start to our sunday with plenty of sunshine around, albeit rather chilly, but with cloud, wind and rain pushing into scotland and northern ireland through the day, it means we'll see that sunshine diminish

for many of us. for the week ahead high pressure builds back in. it's going to be mostly dry for the week, often cloudy. limited sunshine and we will see some morning mist and fog. so this ridge of high pressure is what's brought us the fine and dry sunday. but this weather front pushing into northern ireland and western scotland already bringing outbreaks of rain, will spread to all areas as we head into the evening. the sunshine will fade and become hazy across northern and western england and into wales. probably the best of the sunshine throughout the day will be into the southeast, but highs of only 1a or 15 degrees, cooler than the last few days because we started the day off on a chilly note. but as we head through tonight, that cloud, breeze and rain in the north and the west spreads to all areas. it tends to fragment and become a little bit lighter. so by the end of the night, it's patchy rain here and there with a lot of cloud, a bit of a breeze in the south, lighter winds in the north and a bit milder, 7 to 11 degrees to start monday morning. but it does mean our monday morning, in fact, monday day will be rather grey and gloomy with a lot of cloud outbreaks

of patchy light rain here and there, limited spells of sunshine, the breeze a bit more of a feature in the south, lighter further north and temperature wise, a bit milder than over the weekend 16 or 17 degrees given any brightness. generally the mid—teens further north. as we head into tuesday, any weather fronts tend to fizzle out across the uk as high pressure continues to exert its force across the country. so apart from a few patches of light rain in the south, most places will be dry. it will be rather cloudy. limited sunshine, some holes appearing in the cloud here and there that will push temperatures up to 16 or 17 degrees again. so again, quite mild with light winds and generally a lot of cloud. similar story as we head into wednesday as well as high pressure really dominates the scene. there will be some weather fronts, stronger winds across the far north of scotland. that really is about it. elsewhere we start cloudy, some mist and fog, which could be slow to clear. into the afternoon, could see some holes appearing in the cloud to allow for some sunshine. maybe central, northern and eastern areas. that will push temperatures up again to around 16 degrees. similar story for thursday and friday. by the end of the week, we could start to see something a bit colder

moving down from the north with increasing sunshine and overnight frosts.

this is bbc news, the headlines. japan's ruling coalition is projected to lose out on a majority, as polls shut in a snap general election. the right wing liberal democratic party has been in powerfor most of the last 70 years.

reports of intimidation at the ballot box as counting nears completion in georgia. international election monitors have flagged concerns over voting fraud, suggesting the ruling party's victory may have been interfered with. israel's prime minister describes saturday's strikes on iran as �*precise and powerful�* claiming its goals were achieved. meanwhile, iran's supreme leader says those attacks should not be exaggerated, nor minimized. dozens of people have been injured in central israel after a truck rammed into a group waiting at a bus stop north of tel aviv. police there are treating it as a terror related incident. now on bbc news... the media show. hello, i'm katie razzall. this week, an interview with yulia navalnaya, the widow of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny. get out of my table!