hello, i'm annita mcveigh. you're watching the context on bbc news. israeli prime mnister benjamin netanyahu sacks his defence minister, anti government protesters take to the streets across israel——we look at the challenges in the new american president's in tray. will get to all of that in just a moment. will get to all of that injust a moment. now for sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's a big night in the champions league, with nine ties in total.

looking to upset sporting against manchester city which would go down well at old trafford. phil foden has given city the lead in lisbon. missing a massive chance for the home side. alonzo who's taking fire leverkusen to liverpool. the club lifted the trophy in 2005 for at and failed. scottish champion celtic, they trail by a goal — zero. elsewhere a huge match for the ac malan against real madrid, equalizing, leo has just gotten front against juventus. bologna, monaco and borussia dortmund still goal is for the earlier, psv eindhoven were 4—0 winners at home to girona. 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. 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". manchester city had another big chance in a game against sporting harlan clear of the line but city still needing through that phil foden goal for the keep up—to—date with all the scores from the champions league on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. welcome back to the context.

polling stations will be open for number of hours yet. one in pennsylvania open an action 90 minutes because of a late start in the county. the result there over all will be delayed a bit. let's go to virginia for the rowan, hello. i heard you a little earlier described virginia as being a microcosm of the usa. if that is the case what is the voting telling us so far? i wish i could tell you because i haven't seen the voting totals for the we get a snapshot of how the people of voting here for the weary are is a heavily democratic area this is the northern suburbs of virginia so i would not be surprised at the vote goes overwhelmingly to the democrats here. that is actually part of kamala harris his strategy is to drive up the

vote totals in those urban areas where she knows she will do well to try and offset the losses that she will make in the more rural areas, which is translation: territory. that's what you will see in virginia and elsewhere across the united states with what she will try and do is win over or lose by less in those rural areas by winning over some moderate republican women who may have been put off by donald trump for hopefully peel them off, announced that in such a tight election she might actually make it the white house. what sense are _ make it the white house. what sense are you _ make it the white house. what sense are you getting - make it the white house. what sense are you getting out - make it the white house. what sense are you getting out of. sense are you getting out of turn out there? that is crucial to both campaigns, both candidates getting their voters out. i candidates getting their voters out. ~ ., , candidates getting their voters out. ~ . , ., candidates getting their voters out. ~' . , . , out. i think that is what they have both — out. i think that is what they have both been _ out. i think that is what they have both been focused - out. i think that is what they have both been focused on | have both been focused on through today is getting out those people to the polls. interestingly here we're in alexandria it's actually been quite quiet here. i think that is because talking to election officials somewhere around 50% officials somewhere around 50% of people in this area voted early. in fact, 80 plus million

people already voted before election day through early voting or postal votes or what have you. it's been quite quiet here. if you look at some of the other battleground areas, places where the campaigns of really focus their efforts and will really be focusing their get out the vote effort you've seen much longer lives in those areas. it is possible that we may see a record turnout in this election. given the scale of early voting and the amount of early voting and the amount of excitement and enthusiasm there seems to be in some of there seems to be in some of the polls in the swing state areas, that could be a significant turn out do you have any intel about when we might get the results from virginia? might get the results from vir: inia? �* might get the results from viruinia? �* ., r' might get the results from viruinia? �* . , . virginia? i'm asking difficult question- — virginia? i'm asking difficult question. slightly _ virginia? i'm asking difficult question. slightly looking i question. slightly looking glass. i'll ask you anyway. if i could tell you when we would have a result of this election

i would be a very rich man because people would pay me a lot of money. just because people would pay me a lot of money-— lot of money. just in that state, lot of money. just in that state. not _ lot of money. just in that state, not the _ lot of money. just in that state, not the election. | lot of money. just in that state, not the election. i | state, not the election. i suspect we will get the result in virginia relatively quickly because people are expecting this to go democratic. it's been a bellwether state, a weather vane for the election for the last few elections. if you go back as far as 2000 it is bordered for the winning presidential candidate every year apart from 2016. but that comes with a caveat, which is the demographics of change in the demographics of change in the state and this is seen pretty much reliably to be in the democratic hold. because we're expecting that you tend to see those days being declared much earlier. rohan, we're going — declared much earlier. rohan, we're going to _ declared much earlier. rohan, we're going to cut _ declared much earlier. rohan, we're going to cut away - declared much earlier. rohan, we're going to cut away from | we're going to cut away from you to take you to washington and listening to kamala harris.

kamala harris is hidden behind all the photographers and camera operators at the moment. we will bear with these pictures and see if we can spot her. so far today she has been keeping a pretty low profile. she's been at home, we understand with family. you can see her now. she's on the phone. we're not sure who she's talking to at the moment. this is in in advance of her going to spend time with campaign staff and supporters in washington, including at the university where she spent some time and graduated from howard university in washington. .

democratic watch party there later. we expect her to be at that at some point.— that at some point. we're all doinu that at some point. we're all doing this — that at some point. we're all doing this together. - that at some point. we're all doing this together. that's . doing this together. that's right, we're all doing this together. you two. ok. i'm so excited. no, you are. —— oh, you are. i actually did some milwaukee radio interviews this morning. the milwaukee small business, the community is just thriving. i'm looking forward to paying attention to your work and supporting me. thank

you. we have all these volunteers here who are really excited to know that there are a lot of young people here calling the neighbors. all over the country. yes. tell them i said hello. ok. have a good day. talk to voters. caroline? caroline? hi, carolyn. hi, how are you?— caroline? hi, carolyn. hi, how are ou? ,, , ., , are you? she is with volunteers at one of the — are you? she is with volunteers at one of the centers _ are you? she is with volunteers at one of the centers where - at one of the centers where they are basically on the phone and encouraging people to vote for kamala harris. let's keep listening in.—

listening in. 0k. hi. i'm here with all these _ listening in. 0k. hi. i'm here with all these great - with all these great volunteers.- with all these great volunteers. ~ �* , ., ., volunteers. we're 'ust going to kee an volunteers. we're 'ust going to keep an eye h volunteers. we're 'ust going to keep an eye en_ volunteers. we're just going to keep an eye on these - volunteers. we're just going to keep an eye on these pictures| keep an eye on these pictures for a moment more. that is kamala harris speaking to voters with it what a surprise that would be if you are at home, wherever, you pick up the up home, wherever, you pick up the phone and it's one of the phone and it's one of the candidates to be the next us candidates to be the next us president on the other end of president on the other end of the line. you could hear her the line. could hear her there taking a voter that she the line. you could hear her there taking a voter that she was speaking to for their support and surrounded by was speaking to for their support and surrounded by volunteers who have been volunteers who have been looking after those phones and looking after those phones and bringing up potential voters, bringing up potential voters, encouraging them to get out and encouraging them to get out and exercise their vote. as tens of exercise their vote. as tens of millions of millions of millions of millions of americans of going to the polls. in americans of going to the polls. in washington a three meter high washington a three meter high

metalfence has washington a three meter high metal fence has been erected to metalfence has washington a three meter high metal fence has been erected to surround the white house and surround the white house and metal barriers have been set up in space is normally accessible to the public. businesses have also boarded up their windows and several states have activated the national guard. speaking today from florida donald trump speaking to his supporters that there be no violence if he lost. of course there'll be no violence. my supporters are not violent people. i don't have to tell them that. and i certainly don't want any violence, but i certainly don't have to tell... these are great people. these are people that believe in no violence. joining me now, cnn political analyst and contributor at the free press, coleman hughes, who's in new york and national correspondent for us news company puck and author of the maga diaries, tina nguyen, who's in dc. welcome to you both. great to have you on the context today.

on a really important day for the us, for democracy, for the us relationship with the rest of the world. let's begin with those security concerns for the coleman, starting with you, how worried are you that there is the possibility of conflict for the possibility of conflict for the second presidential election in a row? it’s election in a row? it's definitely _ election in a row? it's definitely a _ election in a row? it'sl definitely a possibility. election in a row? it�*s definitely a possibility. i spoke to a business owner in lower manhattan yesterday who is boarding up his business today in anticipation for riots in the event that trump wins. it is not a certainty but it's certainly a possibility. a course in other parts of the country if kamala harris wins there is also the possibility that far right groups, militias and so forth will use that as and so forth will use that as an opportunity to attack buildings that are symbols of the government or state capitals and so forth. tina, the same _ capitals and so forth. tina,

the same question - capitals and so forth. tina, the same question to - capitals and so forth. tina, the same question to you. | capitals and so forth. tina, | the same question to you. i wonder what your thoughts are on that for what significance do you think of that clip we played from donald trump in florida saying that he does not want to see any violence and he doesn't think his supporters will be involved in any violence?— will be involved in any violence? :: :: ., violence? back in 20201 was a re orter violence? back in 20201 was a reporter covering _ violence? back in 20201 was a reporter covering the - violence? back in 20201 was a reporter covering the trump l reporter covering the trump white — reporter covering the trump white house. i specialize in the period between november 2020 — the period between november 2020 and january 2021. and the notable — 2020 and january 2021. and the notable thing that i kept saying was even though trump was stoking rhetoric about how he lost — was stoking rhetoric about how he lost the election, which i anticipate he's going to do here, _ anticipate he's going to do here, even when there were explicit _ here, even when there were explicit calls to stand back and — explicit calls to stand back and not _ explicit calls to stand back and not do anything militias were — and not do anything militias were able... militias and cueing _ were able... militias and cueing on supporters, conspiracy people kept reading symbols — conspiracy people kept reading symbols and his signals into

to fight for america. militia ideology is always very dependent in america particularly on readings of law documents in the constitution that they apply their very specific interpretation of that promotes their worldview. even though— promotes their worldview. even though trump mac will say my supporters are nonviolent, does that mean— supporters are nonviolent, does that mean that his most extreme supporters are going to take that— supporters are going to take that as — supporters are going to take that as a _ supporters are going to take that as a command to step down? i don't _ that as a command to step down? i don't know, i don't think so. that's— idon't know, i don't think so. that's why— i don't know, i don't think so. that's why you are seeing dc right— that's why you are seeing dc right now— that's why you are seeing dc right now become such a hot zone — right now become such a hot zone of— right now become such a hot zone of security. i was here and — zone of security. i was here and january 20. i was here on january— and january 20. i was here on january six— and january 20. i was here on january six and 2021. people were — january six and 2021. people were literally climbing over these — were literally climbing over these 12 v, 30 feet walls in order— these 12 v, 30 feet walls in order to _ these 12 v, 30 feet walls in order to break into the capitals. order to break into the capitals-— order to break into the caitals. . capitals. the intelligence agencies. _ capitals. the intelligence agencies, law— capitals. the intelligence l agencies, law enforcement officials, they are better

prepared this time for that eventuality one would assume, coleman?— coleman? absolutely. i think art of coleman? absolutely. i think part of the — coleman? absolutely. i think part of the failure _ coleman? absolutely. i think part of the failure on - coleman? absolutely. i think part of the failure on january| part of the failure onjanuary six part of the failure on january six was that it was absolutely unthinkable that so many people could reach the capital. there was a lack of preparedness, imagination, that's a mistake is absolutely not going to happen this time. i think the nation experienced it as a trauma to see the lack of a peaceful transfer of power for the first time in nearly all of our lifetimes. it makes perfect sense that security has doubled and tripled its efforts this time around.— and tripled its efforts this time around. even if there is that greater _ time around. even if there is that greater preparedness i time around. even if there is i that greater preparedness this time, if there are any attempts at violence, if there is violence, wherever that might come potentially, how problematic is that for america's idea of democracy and how a voting process should

unfold? it how a voting process should unfold? , , unfold? it will be extremely damaging- _ unfold? it will be extremely damaging. what _ unfold? it will be extremely damaging. what happenedl unfold? it will be extremely. damaging. what happened in unfold? it will be extremely - damaging. what happened in the last election was a result, january— last election was a result, january six, was a result of a group — january six, was a result of a group of— january six, was a result of a group of people refusing to believe _ group of people refusing to believe that the election had been — believe that the election had been fairly won by biden. and coming — been fairly won by biden. and coming up with fanciful legal explanation as to whyjanuary six was — explanation as to whyjanuary six was a _ explanation as to whyjanuary six was a day where they could "take — six was a day where they could "take the _ six was a day where they could "take the country back". the more — "take the country back". the more that _ "take the country back". the more that this narrative continues to dig in on the republican side primarily the more — republican side primarily the more that the view on how an election— more that the view on how an election should or should not be run — election should or should not be run will twist against the federal— be run will twist against the federal government, the electoral system, anything down to the _ electoral system, anything down to the machines that count ballots. _ to the machines that count ballots, any way that this does not happen peacefully isjust further— not happen peacefully isjust further going to erode overall trust — further going to erode overall trust in — further going to erode overall trust in the american free and fair election process. particularly republican trust if things don't go their way.

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in the last couple of hours, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has fired defence minister yoav gallant, saying there is "crisis of trust" between them. mr netanyahu said in a statement that his trust in gallant had "eroded" in recent months. yoav gallant posted on social media that the "security of the state of israel was and will always remain the mission of my life". foreign minister israel katz is to replace gallant. a group representing the families of hostages held by hamas has urged mr katz to prioritise their release. let's get the latest from our middle east correspondentjon donnison injerusalem. those tensions have clearly come to a head.

in a statement, mr netanyahu said that at a time of war, full trust was required between a prime minister and his defence minister. and he said in recent months that trust had cracked. he said there had been differences in strategy in the wars in gaza and in lebanon, and he's now taken the decision to sack mr galant, who, of course, is from the same political party, likud. now, mr galant is thought to have been pushing to end the war in gaza now for several months in order to try and secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal. that is not something mr netanyahu agrees with, and we know now that he will be replaced by the current foreign minister, israel katz. this is one of the challenges that will be in the new american presidents in tray.

let's get from beirut and lebanon. so frontpage lose that because it still matters for this country. first public opinion, a recent poll found that 65% of israelis fixed on a truck would be better for this country and only 13% kamala harris with the rest thinking the same. in terms of what it would mean, it's continuity versus uncertainty. kamala harris was most likely continue the current biden policies for the critical but supportive as well. supports for the military effort would be critical humanitarian situation amongst the palestinians. she also supports a two state solution, something which is increasingly unpopular here. as for donald trump, he is much less certain prospect with up is always back to israel's right to defend itself, a strong supporter of this country. when he was

president move the american embassy to here injerusalem, something which was widely condemned up broad but wildly popular amongst many year. as ever with donald trump there is that degree of uncertainty. a lot of people do not want to see kamala harris being elected, they want to publish further policies. a lot of people feel the americans have been complicit in 40,000 palestinians in gaza in israel's war against hamas. they say that despite some strong words, strong statements from some american officials there hasn't been any kind of change in president bidens policy the americans had continue to support israel militarily with the weapons and the bombs that have been used in gaza. that doesn't necessarily mean they want to see donald trump being elected. he's a strong supporter of israel for the obviously, here in lebanon his brother is

backed by iran. donald trump has been a strong critic of the iranian government. and when he was president he pulled the us out of the landmark nuclear deal with iran. out of the landmark nuclear dealwith iran. he out of the landmark nuclear deal with iran. he also authorized the assassination of the iranian commander. let's show you images coming from tel aviv. these are antigovernment protesters in the wake of that news that benjamin netanyahu has sacked his defense minister galante and appointed israel cats in his place. protesters including relatives of hostages held by hamas have urged mr katz to prioritize the return of their loved ones. those pictures coming to us from tel aviv. let's continue with our discussion. let's continue with our discussion.

joining me now, cnn political analyst and contributor at the free press, coleman hughes, who's in new york and national correspondent for us news company puck and author of the maga diaries, tina nguyen, who's in dc. thank you both to continue to talk to me onto the context today. let's pick up on postelection america ends up in terms of the relationship with the rest of the world and on a number of key issues. we're looking at ukraine, china, india, the issue of the climate crisis. and of course what we have been talking about, the middle east.— middle east. coleman, iwill start with — middle east. coleman, iwill start with you. _ middle east. coleman, iwill start with you. this - middle east. coleman, iwill start with you. this election | start with you. this election has very big implication for foreign policy. we can talk about both adversaries and allies with up on the adversary on iran likely wants to see kamala harris win as your correspondent pointed out. there's been a consensus within the democratic party to make a deal with iran, essentially to free up their money supply in exchange for promises on the

nuclear end. trump blew that out. his strategy was instead to starve iran financially so that it could not fund its terror proxies around the world. iran we learn hacked the trump campaign a couple of months ago for that likely giving a signal they would prefer kamala harris. it seems like the opposite for russia. putin is infamously a master manipulator and id chess player. he is technically endorsed kamala harris but we're learning all the time about ways in which the russian regime is notjust spreading disinformation to so distrust but also likely to help donald trump win for the putin thinks trump win for the putin thinks trump is going to want to make a deal in ukraine. lees trump is going to want to make a deal in ukraine.— a deal in ukraine. as for allies... _ a deal in ukraine. as for allies... i'm _ a deal in ukraine. as for allies... i'm ge - a deal in ukraine. as for allies... i'm ge a - a deal in ukraine. as for allies... i'm ge a bring l a deal in ukraine. as for i allies... i'm ge a bring your thoughts on where the us ends up thoughts on where the us ends up in terms of international relations with the next

president put speak very strongly to the traumatic side of the aisle. he strongly to the traumatic side of the aisle.— of the aisle. he has spent ears of the aisle. he has spent years pursuing _ of the aisle. he has spent years pursuing his - of the aisle. he has spent years pursuing his self. of the aisle. he has spent years pursuing his self as| of the aisle. he has spent. years pursuing his self as a strong _ years pursuing his self as a strong man. that's the make america _ strong man. that's the make america great again in which he brings— america great again in which he brings americans for lack of a better— brings americans for lack of a better world, greatly as to a level — better world, greatly as to a level that is unchallengeable through the rest of the world like striking deals that will appease not only us enemies or exerting — appease not only us enemies or exerting force or shows of force _ exerting force or shows of force against said enemies. in israei. — force against said enemies. in israei. if— force against said enemies. in israel, if we can go back to that, — israel, if we can go back to that, i_ israel, if we can go back to that, i see that netanyahu is going — that, i see that netanyahu is going to be quite pleased with that — going to be quite pleased with that. the relationship between the us— that. the relationship between the us and israel, american right— the us and israel, american right and _ the us and israel, american right and israel specifically has been ironclad at least since _ has been ironclad at least since the 805. and trump 5ince the 805. and trump actually— since the 805. and trump actually extended a lot of the promises that they had been asking — promises that they had been asking from america for ages, a5king from america for ages, including — a5king from america for ages, including moving the american embassy tojeru5alem. i�*m

including moving the american embassy to jerusalem. i'm sorry i have to pause _ embassy to jerusalem. i'm sorry i have to pause you _ embassy to jerusalem. i'm sorry i have to pause you there - embassy to jerusalem. i'm sorry i have to pause you there for - i have to pause you there for that we're out of time. thank you very much forjoining us today. hello there. sunshine was once again in short supply across the country — most places remained cloudy. it's going to remain cloudy this evening and overnight, and it's bonfire night, of course. if you are heading out to any organised events, it should be mostly dry, fairly mild, but rather cloudy. just the chance of some drizzle across some western areas. so we've got these weather fronts loitering out to the west of the uk thanks to low pressure here. but most of us will be under the influence of high pressure, so it's generally dry through the evening and overnight period. just the chance of some of those weather fronts affecting the western isles with some rain, where we have clearer skies. then we could see temperatures dip down to one or two degrees there in northeast aberdeenshire, but for most, it's mild — 6—10 degrees. so, for wednesday then, we continue with low pressure out to the west, high pressure to the east. that'll bring us a slightly stronger southerly winds,

which will drag this very mild air up from quite a way south from the azores. so it may feel a bit milder on wednesday, particularly when we get some sunny breaks, and hopefully we should get some northern england, northern, western wales, perhaps northern ireland, the northern half of scotland. if you do, that could push temperatures up to around 17 degrees or so. but where we hold on to the cloud, generally around 14 or 15 degrees, much like we've seen over the past week or so. as we head through wednesday night, it's mostly cloudy and mild once again. again, one or two chilly spots in the north, but i think with this milder air, it won't be quite as cool as it has been where we get clear skies earlier in the week. so, for thursday, again a rather cloudy picture. we've got fresh southerly breezes and hopefully again we should see some holes in that cloud. northern and western areas i think favoured for those where it will feel quite mild. otherwise, it's the mid—teens again, where we hold on to the mist and murk and the low cloud. friday could see those weather fronts out in the atlanticjust

encroach a bit further into northern ireland and western scotland, so a few showers likely here. for most, again, it's going to be a largely dry, mild, cloudy day. temperatures range from around 12 to 15 or 16 degrees. so, the rest of this week is staying the same because of high pressure dominance, so mostly dry, cloudy, bit of fog and drizzle and you'll notice it will be mild — probably feeling a bit milder from wednesday onwards. subtle wind change direction into the weekend may mean we could see a bit more sunshine here and there, but i think for most, it will be dry and cloudy.

hello, i'm annita mcveigh. you're watching the context on bbc news. of course there'll be no violence. my supporters are not violent people. i don't have to tell them that. and i certainly don't want any violence, but i certainly don't have to tell... these are great people. these are people that believe in no violence. i don't believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy. i'll give them a seat at the table. that's what real leaders do! that's what 5trong leaders do! the lines that you can i see behind me here are, you know, fairly symptomatic of what we've seen today. - people are queuing in a very peaceful, orderly fashion. i there is no sort of signl certainly around the city of philadelphia, where we have been, that there are _ any major issues. joining me on the panel tonight are journalist robert a george,