japan's prime minister shigeru ishiba says voters have delivered a severe judgement on his party in the general election, as exit polls suggest it's lost its majority. reports of intimidation at the ballot box as georgia's ruling party claims victory. hello, i'm martine croxall. israeli media's reporting that one person has died after a truck rammed into a bus stop north of israel's commercial hub, tel aviv. authorities in israel have confirmed they're investigating the incident as terror—related. at least 3a other people were injured. police said the truck driver was shot dead by armed civilians. driver was shot dead the incident happened as a bus was dropping off passengers outside glilot military base in central israel. our correspondent lucy williamson has sent this update from the scene.

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. staying with the middle east, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been talking about israel's air attack on iran early on saturday morning. mr netanyahu said the attack

was "precise and powerful" and 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". here's latest from our middle east regional editor, sebastian usher what mr netanyahu said and what were his first, his first public comments. his office had had made statements, but these are his first comments in public about the israeli attack on iran. i mean, nothing i think that you wouldn't expect, essentially echoing what the israeli military had said, that these were precise strikes, military targets were attacked and that it was highly successful and highly effective. he did also have a little a few words for the iranian people saying that israel's battle wasn't with them. i mean, 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, i think, the aim is to try to capitalise on the fact that within iran, amongst many people, the iranian authorities are not popular. we've seen mass protests over the past few years. so i think that's what what he was trying to do with that, just to say, at one of the events that he was speaking at, he was heckled quite strongly by people who were attending it, 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 still of the pressure, the tension and the dissent that there still is inside israel itself. as for iran, again, we're hearing the same messages from different levels of the leadership, which is really to be patient, that they're not going

to do anything that quickly. what the supreme leader said, essentially, was that they will act in what they see as the best interests of the country. they have now asked for an emergency session of the un security council to look at the israeli attack. the iranian foreign minister has said that 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 this escalation, direct escalation between israel and iran or it will lower them. the thinking at the moment, again, from what we're hearing from israeli leaders, from iranian leaders, i do apologise is that they are still playing, not playing this down, but they're certainly not making the most of it that they could if they wanted to launch another big strike against israel. i think that's where things are.

but assessments have to be done. on what the damage has been in iran, by israel, by open sources, by intelligence analysts, and, of course, by israel. if it emerges that real, real damage was done to iran's military capability, obviously that would then add a bit more of urgency to iran's sense, but it must be seen to respond in an appropriate way. 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 eight people in sidon. more than ten were injured. our reporter nawal al—

maghafi was in the area when it happened. we arejust outside sidon�*s main hospital, and we've heard an attack. it's about 500 metres away. you can see now ambulances bringing in some of the injured. we have been told it happens around sidon�*s main city centre. we can hear the ambulances all rushing in. we are just getting out their way. we were told it happens in sidon�*s main city centre. we were there a few days ago. it is a really congested part of town. as israels bombardment of lebanon continues, the death toll is soaring. around 2,000 people have been killed in the past five weeks, and more than a million have been driven from their homes. the israel defence force says it is operating against the hezbollah terrorist organisation, not the lebanese people, but the us has said that civilian casualties have been far too high. our snr international correspondent orla guerin reports from beirut about one civilian victim 7 a two—year old girl called ivana — who was badly wounded in the south. you may find orla 5 report

distressing to watch too small for the bed. too young for such pain. this is iva na. she has third degree burns on almost half her body. her father mohammad tries to comfort her. cries. bravo! this was ivana before the israeli airstrike. playing happily in a home video. her father says she looked like this, a normal baby. then the attack came on september 23rd.

without warning. all of her was black, he says. because of the missile dust. i carried her. something in the house was exploding. the ceiling was falling. i didn't know what was happening. this is their village in southern lebanon, and on the right the family home. they had packed the car to flee, but israel hit first. ivana was playing on the balcony when a missile landed. israel says it's targeting hezbollah, not the lebanese people. her seven—year—old sister, rahaf, also injured. she's now out of hospital, but both girls may carry their trauma through life.

ivana is in the burns unit of the gitwe hospital in beirut. every day they get calls asking them to take more patients. they only have room for the worst cases. ii—year—old mohammad is now stable. he keeps track of the war from his hospital bed. the israeli strike that burnt him flattened a multi—story apartment block. the health system here is under massive pressure and under attack. ambulances have been hit. paramedics have been killed. doctors like ziad sleiman take hope from patients like ivana. she is so cute, so nice, so brave. when changing the the dressing, she does not shout. she she looks at everybody, so she sees everybody. and i think she knows everything. she's so small.

she's so cute. she's strong. she's strong, she's so strong. she's so strong, so cute. so small but so strong. so strong. so strong, the doctor says that she'll be discharged in about ten days�* time. but the airstrikes continue, and ivana will remain at risk like children across lebanon. orla guerin, bbc news, beirut. the japanese prime minister shigeru ishiba says voters have delivered a severe judgement on his liberal democratic party. votes are still being counted but exit polls from the snap general election suggest the party may have lost its parliamentary majority in the country's lower house for the first time in 15 years. the right—wing ldp has been in power injapan for most of the last seven decades. our correspondent shaima khalil tells us more about how the vote is shaping

up in tokyo. 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 a point of strength. now japan's strongest party has been significantly weakened. shigeru ishiba has gambled — he 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 misread 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 be in, 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 won.

in georgia, 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. live to tbilsi and our correspondent rayhan demytrie. tell us more about some of the problem is that voters seem to have faced?— problem is that voters seem to have faced? ., ., , ,, have faced? today the osce, the organisation _ have faced? today the osce, the organisation for _ have faced? today the osce, the organisation for security - have faced? today the osce, the organisation for security and - organisation for security and cooperation in europe gave theirfindings cooperation in europe gave their findings of the election day here on saturday and they talked about widespread irregularities during voting and on saturday, including intimidation of voters particularly from the public sector and also other international observers from the national democratic institute to mentioned pressure on socially vulnerable people, those who depend on the government for social

assistance that they were threatened with not being given that assistance. there were a number of other leg —— irregularities such as evidence of vote buying and multiple voting that were mentioned by international observers. but but that has been rejected by the party that won the election according to the central election commission, the georgian dream, and one of the members of the governing party spoke to the bbc and he said according to him there were just 17, i7 violations in over 3000 precincts and that overall the elections were conducted peacefully and voters were free to vote and all conditions were

created for them to exercise their right to vote. pro—western opposition groups are refusing to accept the results. ~ . . , ., are refusing to accept the results. ~ . ., , ., ., results. what are they going to do? it's a _ results. what are they going to do? it's a really _ results. what are they going to do? it's a really good - results. what are they going to do? it's a really good question| do? it's a really good question and i think _ do? it's a really good question and i think a _ do? it's a really good question and i think a lot _ do? it's a really good question and i think a lot of _ do? it's a really good question and i think a lot of supporters| and i think a lot of supporters want to know as well what the opposition is going to do. earlier we went to a briefing by one of the opposition coalition is and they were talking about their plans, suggesting there was a massive fraud that had happened during the elections but they are trying to find evidence, and they also claimed in this country, if you look at the results, it suggests every second voter chose the georgian dream party and they are saying it does not correspond with the reality. latertoday it does not correspond with the reality. later today they are meeting with the president of georgia and it is expected they will announce their next steps,

but we are also getting the feeling from the voters that there are no protests, they are waiting for their leaders, the opposition leaders to tell them what is going to happen next. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mark edwards 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 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 have goen to villa — - one of the hardest grounds. and then we went to city and i played 55 minutes with ten men and tomorrow is another - opportunity and the team has done fantastic and they believe how good they are and that is i really important. the other three matches are into the second half. chelsea hosting newcastle at stamford bridge and the home side are leading. alexander isak cancelled out nicolas jackson's opener but cole palmer has just scored to make it 2—1. tottenham hotspur are losing 1—0 at crystal palace. jean—philippe mateta with the goal. with a win, manchester united can go back into the top half of the table. they're drawing 0—0 at the london stadium against west ham. britain's number one jack draper has won his first atp 500 title after beating karen khachanov in the final of the vienna open. it looked like he was going to coast to victory after winning the first set against his russian opponent 6—4 and he led 4—0

in the second. khachanov then responded winning the next five games but draper held on the take the final set 7—5 and win the biggest trophy of his career so far. 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 la dodgers have taken 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 that's all the sport for now. to the us, where there are 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. the former first lady introduced 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 day to go until the election, 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. 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. officials say the tour was a perfect tonic for the king amidst his continuing treatment for cancer. 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. much more on all of our stories on the bbc news website, in particular the continued analysis of those strikes by israel on iran overnight in the early hours of saturday morning. 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 14 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 ii 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. at least one person has been killed with dozens injured in central israel after a truck rammed into a group waiting at

a bus stop north of tel aviv. israel's prime minister says saturday's strikes on iran were �*precise and powerful�*. iran's supreme leader says those attacks should not be exaggerated. japan's prime minister shigeru ishiba says voters have delivered a severe judgment on his party in the general election, as exit polls suggest it's lost its majority. reports of intimidation at the ballot box as georgia's ruling party claims victory. here in the uk — the education secretary — bridget phillipson says that "working people" will not see higher taxes on their payslips following wednesday's budget. staying with the middle east... the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been talking about israel's air attack on iran early on saturday morning. mr netanyahu said the attack was "precise and powerful" and achieved all its objectives. iran's supreme leader says the attack should not be "downplayed" nor "exaggerated".

echoing that stance, iran's president massoud