prime minister shigeru ishiba describes the result as a �*tough ride�* for his scandal—hit party. it's unclear who'll form the next government. iran says it's not looking for war, but will respond appropriately to saturday's israeli air strikes. the final push for votes in the us presidential election ramps up. donald trump speaks to thousands in new york, while kamala harris heads back to pennsylvania. iran has called for an urgent meeting of the un security council to discuss

israel's airstrikes on the country. it comes a day after israeli forces launched a series of strikes, saying they targeted air defences and missile sites. the strikes were a response to iranian missiles fired at israel at the start of the month. the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said they were precise and achieved all objectives. meanwhile, questions linger about how israel keeps its people safe from threats inside the country — following a suspected terror attack in tel aviv.this report from our middle east correspondent lucy williamson contains scenes you may find distressing. the slogan "death to israel" hasn't changed for generations. but for iranian leaders in this new era of direct confrontation, the question of how to respond is far more complex. the consequences far more unsure. iran's supreme leader said israel's bombing of military sites this week

was an evil act. translation: of course they are exaggerating it. | their exaggeration is wrong. but downplaying this is wrong too. it is wrong to say it was trivial and not important. israel's conflict with iran is just one front in a wider regional war. at a memorial ceremony for israeli victims today, the prime minister said the recent strike on iran was precise and powerful and achieved all its goals. harder, perhaps, to tackle threats at home. a truck driven at speed into a bus full of pensioners arriving to visit a military base. the driver shot and killed moments before this video was filmed by a passenger. rescuers struggled to free people trapped under the truck. all were later taken to hospital. police say the driver had an israeli id and lived half an hour's drive from here.

israel is already fighting wars with its enemies on multiple fronts, but incidents like this highlight its vulnerability at home and raise the question of how to protect against attack by those already living inside israel who use vehicles as weapons. police say they're treating this as a terror attack. old threats here resurfacing amid fresh fears that israel's wars are coming home. lucy williamson, bbc news, in central israel. i'm joined now by merissa khurma, director of the middle east programme at the wilson center first of all, what happens next after the strikes, if you could predict? i after the strikes, if you could redict? ~ , . predict? i think the statement ou 'ust predict? i think the statement you just made _ predict? i think the statement you just made by _ predict? i think the statement you just made by ayatollah i you just made by ayatollah khomeini, not necessarily downplaying the severity of the attacks on the damage made, but

they seem to be milder than we have heard from him before. he did not actually call for retaliation and the foreign ministry in iran issued a statement that iran has a right to defend itself, which is what they always say but they also highlighted iran has a responsibility towards regional peace and security. if they do retaliate it will be through the proxies. it's an active war in lebanon and both hamas and hezbollah are heavily supported by iran so let's hope that what president biden called for, this is the end of the direct war between israel and iran is the case and we will see how that pans out in the next few days. that pans out in the next few da s. �* , that pans out in the next few da 5. m that pans out in the next few days. as you say it seems like that is the _ days. as you say it seems like that is the rhetoric _ days. as you say it seems like that is the rhetoric but - that is the rhetoric but neither side has pulled out ——

ruled out any further retaliation. do you get the sense there is a waiting period ahead of the us election? that is art of ahead of the us election? that is part of the — ahead of the us election? that is part of the calculus. - ahead of the us election? that is part of the calculus. the - ahead of the us election? trust is part of the calculus. the us political and domestic considerations are part of benjamin netanyahu's calculus benjamin neta nyahu's calculus and benjamin netanyahu's calculus and certainly the iranians are watching for the next elected president will be. but how far this goes is yet to be seen because there is also considerations on the ground and this is also happening amidst another round of active diplomacy with all of the different intelligence and officials having a renewed set officials having a renewed set of tools for ceasefire and the egyptians have put forward a two—day ceasefire proposal and we've heard from channel 12 in his lorry on the benjamin netanyahu rejected the proposal but we haven't heard visually

from the prime ministers office to see where it stands. but the wars are still very much intense and active in lebanon and gaza and the last two weeks have been brutal for the palestinians in the north of gaza where over 1000 people have been killed by various strokes in the vast majority again being women and children. you mention benjamin netanyahu and he is facing significant domestic pressure at home in protest from the families of people who have lost their family members or hostages in the october seven attacks, so how likely is the domestic pressure likely to impact his strategy? pressure likely to impact his strate: ? w pressure likely to impact his strategy?— strategy? the fact we are seeinu strategy? the fact we are seeing this _ strategy? the fact we are seeing this renewed - strategy? the fact we are | seeing this renewed round strategy? the fact we are - seeing this renewed round where officials have had ceasefire talks as an indication perhaps the prime minister is moving towards some sort of ceasefire or humanitarian pause but also

a focus on returning the hostages. i think many people thought there would be an opportunity that netanyahu opportunity that neta nyahu would jump opportunity that netanyahu would jump on after the killing of yahya sinwar, but that didn't happen. western capitals including the us administration thought it was the perfect opportunity to focus on a ceasefire and bring the hostages home benjamin netanyahu said otherwise and said the war would continue so again, this pressure from within is going to mount, especially for those who still have loved ones and family members that are still in the hands of hamas and other groups that had taken them hostage last year. that had taken them hostage last ear. , ., ., last year. great to get your insights- — last year. great to get your insights. thank _ last year. great to get your insights. thank you - last year. great to get your insights. thank you so - last year. great to get your l insights. thank you so much.

my my colleague in japan my colleague injapan in tokyo has had a very long 2a hours. what is the latest you can tell us? it's been quite a remarkable time to be injapan and i'm here at the temple where we are looking at the day after the snap election results that have shown the ruling coalition have fallen short of attaining a majority and we will get into how rarities but let me give you the numbers of how it played out. the all—important number is 233, the number of seats needed for an overall majority. it's one of only a handful of times the dominant ldp has not been able to form a clear government since the second world war. the prime minister, shigeru ishiba who called the election after taking officers is open to try and go bone with non—traditional partners. but opposition leaders are already sounding cautious.

there were so many politicians that didn't vote for me in the ldp leadership election. i came to the prime minister with a surprise come from behind victory at the end and i'm in the party where i cannot ignore those who do not agree with what i say. in dryjune manage these dynamics, ifeel what i say. in dryjune manage these dynamics, i feel i have lost my sense of self. the opposition spans the whole political spectrum, and it's unclear whether they can form a government either. but yoshihiko noda, the leader of the constitutional democratic party has hailed the result as a success. 0ur our primary goal in this 0ur primary goal in this general— our primary goal in this general election was to force the ruling coalition to lose its majority. in that sense, we have _ its majority. in that sense, we have achieved the goal. it was a great — have achieved the goal. it was a great achievement. joining me now is our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil she's been following the events as i

she's been following the events as i have — she's been following the events as i have as well. first, remind _ as i have as well. first, remind our viewers how unusual and unprecedented this is. first — and unprecedented this is. first of— and unprecedented this is. first of all the fact we were up first of all the fact we were up almost all night trying to read into these numbers that people were kept on the edge of their seats does read into how big of a loss to the ldp has suffered. this is highly, highly unusual. the ldp has had a safe, steady presence in japanese elections and in japanese elections and in japanese politics almost unrivalled for decades, in the post—war era. and now we are looking at a ruling party that is politically wounded and has lost 50 seats in parliament in the matter of one night in the snap election and i cannot overstate how unusual this is and how surprising this is and that the japanese electorate have made their anger felt in the ballot box. they have punished the ldp in the ballot

box and this is something neither the ldp nor watchers of japanese politics have counted on. . ~' japanese politics have counted on, ., " ., , on. talking last night the exit olls on. talking last night the exit polls came — on. talking last night the exit polls came in _ on. talking last night the exit polls came in a _ on. talking last night the exit polls came in a range - on. talking last night the exit polls came in a range of- polls came in a range of numbers so we didn't know if it would be bad or very bad but now the numbers have been revealed safe to say has been very bad. tell us about what voters have been most concerned about why they wanted to punish the ruling party? the about why they wanted to punish the ruling party?— the ruling party? the main thin is the ruling party? the main thing is ldp _ the ruling party? the main thing is ldp went - the ruling party? the main thing is ldp went into - the ruling party? the main thing is ldp went into the | thing is ldp went into the election tarnished and their reputation was tarnished by a series of scandals and chief among them was a fundraising corruption scandal and this emerged late last year that dozens of ya hya emerged late last year that dozens of yahya sinwar lawmakers were investigated for pocketing millions of dollars in fundraising money over a period of five years and what happened after was months and months into this we saw the scope and scale of this but also how the ldp has mishandled it and they seemed almost

unrepentant and the changes made were cosmetic and they did not convince the public that they really wanted to change. and this i think is the political gamble with shigeru ishiba that he wanted a new mandate and restart on that has backfired and not happen at all. ~ . backfired and not happen at all. . ., ., , , , all. what will happen next is the next question. _ all. what will happen next is the next question. i - all. what will happen next is the next question. i will- all. what will happen next is the next question. i will ask| the next question. i will ask you that in a moment. �*m joined now by tomohiko taniguchi, special adviser at the think tank fujitsu future studies. if we can take a bigger picture look at what this means for japan on the international stage? japan on the international state? �* , japan on the international state? 3 , japan on the international state? i , ., ., stage? it's very important for ja an to stage? it's very important for japan to have _ stage? it's very important for japan to have political - japan to have political stability to tackle some of the mounting challenges from outside, chief among those is the challenge that comes from china — the challenge that comes from china almost daily provoking territorial waters and for china, _ territorial waters and for china, we could japan is an easier—

china, we could japan is an easier target and i think that is what — easier target and i think that is what is _ easier target and i think that is what is likely going to happen— is what is likely going to happen from now on. what does it mean for _ happen from now on. what does it mean for shigeru _ happen from now on. what does it mean for shigeru ishiba's - it mean for shigeru ishiba's dependence plans because he had intentions to make changes there. ~ ., , there. whatever plans he may have he cannot _ there. whatever plans he may have he cannot exercise - there. whatever plans he may have he cannot exercise those plans — have he cannot exercise those plans as — have he cannot exercise those plans as planned because his political— plans as planned because his political capital is so small that— political capital is so small that he _ political capital is so small that he could receive very little _ that he could receive very little without a quid pro quo constantly between the coalition partner and the opposition parties say when it comes— opposition parties say when it comes to _ opposition parties say when it comes to the defence buildup or other— comes to the defence buildup or other budgetary plans, hardly anything will be exercised and implemented as planned. what do ou see implemented as planned. what do you see happening _ implemented as planned. what do you see happening next? - implemented as planned. what do you see happening next? what - implemented as planned. what do you see happening next? what i l you see happening next? what i see happening _ you see happening next? what i see happening next—

you see happening next? what i see happening next is— you see happening next? what i see happening next is a - see happening next is a backstage negotiation in the ldp as— backstage negotiation in the ldp as to who takes ultimate responsibility of this ultimate failure — responsibility of this ultimate failure in the timeslot we are looking — failure in the timeslot we are looking at is nine or ten names -- nine — looking at is nine or ten names -- nine or— looking at is nine or ten names —— nine or ten days. most likeiy— —— nine or ten days. most likeiy the _ —— nine or ten days. most likely the 9th of november, the extraordinary session will commence and that is where the next _ commence and that is where the next prime — commence and that is where the next prime minister and cabinet must _ next prime minister and cabinet must he — next prime minister and cabinet must be chosen and if the ldp has failed _ must be chosen and if the ldp has failed to secure additional votes — has failed to secure additional votes to— has failed to secure additional votes to fill up the gap because they are in their coalition partners have not reached _ coalition partners have not reached the simple majority, then— reached the simple majority, then the _ reached the simple majority, then the race is going to be very— then the race is going to be very much unpredictable. thank ou so very much unpredictable. thank you so much — very much unpredictable. thank you so much for— very much unpredictable. thank you so much for your _ very much unpredictable. thank you so much for your time - very much unpredictable. thank you so much for your time and i you so much for your time and your insight. joining me now is our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil we've been listening to what

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