welcome back to bbc news. it is election day in the us. the country decides and what could be the most consequential election in generations. people have been queuing up outside voting stations in a contest which polls suggest is too close to call. donald trump is just cast his vote in florida. kamala harris sent a male in ballis —— mail—in ballot. witnesses say air

strikes have killed 160 people in the last week. and buckingham palace as queen camilla is withdrawing from engagements this week because of a chest infection. more on that a moment or two. let's catch up with the latest sports with will parry. matthew, but to see you. a busy schedule of champions league fixtures to come this evening. manchester united's incoming head coach, ruben amorim, takes charge of sporting against manchester city. it's one of his final two matches with the portuguese club beforejoining united. manchester city midfielder and portugal international bernardo silva is a big fan of his. as a manager, tactically, you can see that he's really good.

you can see the way he prepares his teams, that sporting was always. . . it was never this. it was always going upwards and upwards, better and better after, after each season. and they're a big machine right now. to be honest, i only have compliments because have compliments because they've been flying in the portuguese league and it's going to be very tough to beat them the way they've been playing, in terms of him going to man united. well, i don't wish him very well as you can imagine, because he's going to be my rival. bur he deserves what he got. he deserves to to be in one of the best clubs in the world right now, because the work that that he did in the last, in the last years, has been unbelievable. yeah. xabi alonso says he will focus on the game and not the emotions of an anfield return

when bayer leverkusen face his old club liverpool tonight. alonso lifted the trophy with liverpool in 2005 and made over 200 appearances for them. i will tell you, probably, the question after the game, how i feel, that there will be a moment for everything. but the main thing is not me. the main thing is the players, how they can deal with those emotions that you have here in this stadium. we've got good moment for us, this challenge to play against one of the best in europe. to show our best football. it's going to be a great energy. it is a big european tie, _ which is almost always the situation if you play champions league, even in the new format. - ialso, which i will answer for thisi club, especially in europe as well, but maybe more because of how he manages leverkusen, - how strong they are domestically, as in europe last season — - they were incredible, of course. this season, in my opinion, they're still the same, - just as good, but a bit more unlucky when it comes to results. _

among the nine fixtures, a tasty clash between the holders real madrid and ac milan. scottish champions celtic welcome rb leipzig to glasgow, and juventus travel to lille. england have named an unchanged starting 15 to face australia in the autumn nations series at allianz stadium on saturday. marcus smith keeps his place at fly—half after impressing in the narrow defeat against new zealand, while jamie george continues to lead the side at hooker. there's a positional swap in the centre partnership, with henry slade moving to inside centre and ollie lawrence wearing the 13 shirt. coco gauff has secured a place in the wta semifinals in riyadh, with a landmark win over iga swiatek. gauff had lost 11 of the previous 12 meetings against swiatek, but was a 6—3, 6—4 winner, for her second victory in saudi arabia, taking control of her group. earlier, americanjessica pegula was knocked out of the finals with one group match still to play as she fell to a lacklustre straight—sets defeat against barbora krejcikova.

the wimbledon champion won 6—3, 6—3 which was her first victory at the tournament. novak djokovic will miss the season—ending atp finals, which begin in italy next week. in a statement on social media in the last few hours, the serbian apologised to fans but says his absence is down to an "ongoing injury". ronnie 0'sullivan is out of the international snooker championship after a 6—4 third—round defeat against pang junxu. the match was level at 4—1; before pang made consecutive century breaks to secure victory. he will now face welshmanjackson page in the last 16. and that's all the sport for now. see you later. will, thanks very much. let's return to the rinse of wales. he is in cape town on that four—day climate focused tour. we were watching that

speech of the last 30 minutes from prince william talking about wildlife crime. these pictures from earlier in the day, but a long speech about the help certainly for rangers that he was announcing in the last few minutes. let's speak to our royal correspondent. sean, for anyone who missed the speech, just summarise what the prince was saying there. i summarise what the prince was saying there. ~ , , , ., ~ ~ there. i think is uses no mike suggested. — there. i think is uses no mike suggested, the _ there. i think is uses no mike suggested, the front - there. i think is uses no mike suggested, the front line - there. i think is uses no mike suggested, the front line of l there. i think is uses no mike i suggested, the front line of the battle to protect wildlife —— as suggested. he wants them better trained, he wants them to have proper medical support, so it's about focusing on the ordinary people who are working as rangers to fight pictures. it's part of this build up and this promotion of this earthshot prize and trying to find different means of business ideas.

this time, it's been taken to africa for the first time.— for the first time. aside from that seech for the first time. aside from that speech earlier _ for the first time. aside from that speech earlier in _ for the first time. aside from that speech earlier in the _ for the first time. aside from that speech earlier in the day, - for the first time. aside from that speech earlier in the day, we - for the first time. aside from that l speech earlier in the day, we heard news from buckingham palace around queen camilla. for people who might have missed that, bring us up—to—date. have missed that, bring us up-to-date-_ have missed that, bring us up-to-date. have missed that, bring us u-to-date. ~ ., ., ., up-to-date. we heard earlier that the queen — up-to-date. we heard earlier that the queen won't _ up-to-date. we heard earlier that the queen won't be _ up-to-date. we heard earlier that the queen won't be going - up-to-date. we heard earlier that the queen won't be going to - up-to-date. we heard earlier that - the queen won't be going to remember its event on thursday because she has a chest infection. —— a remembrance event. we're told it's nothing to be overly worried about and there's no immediate cause for alarm. she's been away travelling, she's been to australia and stopped over on india and possibly picked up something on the way. as a measure of optimism about her return, due back on duty at the weekend for remembrance events. hopefully she'll be back at the weekend. so far, she's out of action for the next few days. she's out of action for the next few da s. ,, ., she's out of action for the next few da 5, ,, ., ., ~' she's out of action for the next few da s. ,, ., ., ~ i., she's out of action for the next few da s. ,, ., ., ~ i. ., she's out of action for the next few da 5, ,, ., ., ~' y., ., ., ~' she's out of action for the next few days. sean, thank you for taking us throu~h days. sean, thank you for taking us through both _ days. sean, thank you for taking us through both those _ days. sean, thank you for taking us through both those stories. -

israel's war in lebanon with the iranian backed group, hezbollah, is expanding. the bekaa valley, which is the militant group's heartland in the east of the country, is coming under increasing attack. in the last week, more than 160 people have been killed in israeli strikes there. israel says it only targets his brother sites, but rescue workers with lebanon's civil defence force have said a large number of civilians, including women and children are being killed. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville and camera—journalist darren conway report from lebanon's bekkaa valley. a warning, this report contain distressing images. the descendent of misery —— the descent into misery has been slow. in the last month, more than 1

has been slow. in the last month, more than1 million people have been displaced — a fifth of the population. a state that can barely take care of them before the war. in the conflict is creeping deeper into lebanon. they break in the east in the rkka valley and the rare moment of rest by. they are underpaid, overstretched and exhausted. —— bekka valley. the bekka is being hammered by relentless rounds of israeli air strikes. hezbollah holds sway and still want is less weapons attacking the north. thejust sway and still want is less weapons attacking the north. the just been another strike. this went on the road from the cdf station. all they

know that an apartment block has been hit. in command is this man. are these targeted strikes? the? been hit. in command is this man. are these targeted strikes? they are tar: etin: are these targeted strikes? they are targeting civilian _ are these targeted strikes? they are targeting civilian buildings. - are these targeted strikes? they are targeting civilian buildings. that's i targeting civilian buildings. that's against humanity. that's genocide. we are seeing kids dead. kids torn apart. what did they do wrong in my life? == apart. what did they do wrong in my life? , . apart. what did they do wrong in my life? ,. ., ~ , life? -- in life. rescue workers fled the scene. _ life? -- in life. rescue workers fled the scene. a _ life? -- in life. rescue workers fled the scene. a woman - life? -- in life. rescue workers| fled the scene. a woman pleads life? -- in life. rescue workers . fled the scene. a woman pleads to life? -- in life. rescue workers - fled the scene. a woman pleads to be let in to search for her family. they are still ringing out casualties and they don't know how many yet, but what we do know is the families that were in that building — we believe there was a number of civilians — have been displaced from the south of the country. they come here because they thought they were safe. and now they're looking for their loved ones. but some year and his crew know that there are people trapped inside the rubble —— samir.

they listen out for signs of life, and success — the young man is found buried deep inside. 0nly his leg is broken. samir helped him to safety. but as they clear up, an eight—month—old boy is still missing. hearing that child crying you get stron . er, hearing that child crying you get stronger. it _ hearing that child crying you get stronger, it gives _ hearing that child crying you get stronger, it gives you _ hearing that child crying you get stronger, it gives you strength. | stronger, it gives you strength. there were no rocks on the head. there were no rocks on the head. there was a block on his back. we tried to take out the child. the way we got in between the rocks. how do you feel after that? devastated. sad. angry.

it's... some of the pictures are stuck in our heads. they will never go away. stuck in our heads. they will never no awa . , stuck in our heads. they will never uoawa . , ~ ,, , stuck in our heads. they will never uoawa. , , ., go away. only the gentle kisses from his mother will _ go away. only the gentle kisses from his mother will quiet _ go away. only the gentle kisses from his mother will quiet his _ go away. only the gentle kisses from his mother will quiet his suffering. i his mother will quiet his suffering. the two—year—old's skull was fractured in an israeli air strike. they both survived the bekka's deadliest day. 63 people were killed — mostly women and children. translation: i heard them shouting, we cannot find — translation: i heard them shouting, we cannot find him, _ translation: i heard them shouting, we cannot find him, so _ translation: i heard them shouting, we cannot find him, so i— translation: i heard them shouting, we cannot find him, so i started - we cannot find him, so i started running — we cannot find him, so i started running and looking into the distance _ running and looking into the distance. i was wondering where my boy was _ distance. i was wondering where my boy was i_ distance. i was wondering where my boy was. i screamed, where's my son? i couldnt— boy was. i screamed, where's my son? i couldn't see _ boy was. i screamed, where's my son? i couldn't see him. then i saw icouldn't see him. then i saw somebody— i couldn't see him. then i saw somebody carrying him, saying he's alive. _ somebody carrying him, saying he's alive. he's_ somebody carrying him, saying he's alive, he's alive. i thank god that my son _ alive, he's alive. i thank god that my son is — alive, he's alive. i thank god that my son is next to me.

crying in agony, three—year—old celine graphs for comfort, but there's none to be found. she calls for her mother and father. but they were killed in the air strike that she barely survived. if neither hezbollah or israel relate here, lebanon's torment will endure. quentin sommerville, bbc news, eastern lebanon. just a pointer, quinton has written a long piece that is on the bbc website. you had there for more on that story from lebanon. —— do you —— do head there. the campaigner and former subpostmaster sir alan bates has told mps he hasn't ruled out taking

legal action over delays to compensation payments for the post office horizon scandal. he was giving evidence to a select committee, which is considering ways to help victims. sir alan said he'd written to sir keir starmer urging him to set deadlines for payments. i wrote to the prime minister about a month ago. i wrote to the prime minister about a month ago-— i wrote to the prime minister about a month ago. you've written to him twice? i a month ago. you've written to him twice? i wrote _ a month ago. you've written to him twice? i wrote him _ a month ago. you've written to him twice? i wrote him initially- a month ago. you've written to him twice? i wrote him initially a - twice? i wrote him initially a month auo, twice? i wrote him initially a month aao, and i twice? i wrote him initially a month ago. and i said _ twice? i wrote him initially a month ago, and i said that _ twice? i wrote him initially a month ago, and i said that it _ twice? i wrote him initially a month ago, and i said that it should - twice? i wrote him initially a month ago, and i said that it should be - ago, and i said that it should be finished, it needs to be finished by the end of march 2025. a deadline should be set and we ask for his help in setting this deadline. i never received a response. i wrote to him a few days ago to remind him that i've never received a response and also now, we're at five months until the end of march 2025. downing street has since issued a statement, saying that the prime minister has issued a response earlier today to sir alan's letter. sir keir starmer�*s spokesperson said there would not be a deadline imposed,

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