an airstrike flattens a building bordering beirut�*s the fourth and also the last supermoon of 2024 lights up the night sky �*no longer fit for purpose�* — in hanoi, vietnam. scientists and former political leaders say the un climate talks are in need of an urgent overhaul. of 2024 lights up the night sky in hanoi, vietnam. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. president—elect donald trump has continued to cause shockwaves by nominating some of the most controversial figures in american politics to topjobs in his administration. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, among the latest nominations interviews and reaction. president—elect donald trump has continued to cause is robert f kennedyjunior shockwaves by nominating some of the most controversial for health secretary — figures in american a prominent vaccine sceptic. politics to topjobs mr trump said rfkjr in his administration. has a "great mind". on his truth social platform he said mr among the latest nominations kennedy will restore health agencies to the traditions 00:00:58,424 --> 2147483051:37:13,926 of gold standard scientific 2147483051:37:13,926 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 research, and beacons is robert f kennedyjunior for health secretary —

a prominent vaccine sceptic. mr trump said rfkjr has a "great mind". kennedy will restore health agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of transparency to end the chronic disease epidemic and to �*make america great and healthy again!�*. but there has already been backlash. the executive director of the american public health association says he and his organisation will "absolutely oppose" donald trump's appointment of robert f kenneder as health secretary. let's remind ourselves of some of the other key announcements made in the last few days. marco rubio as secretary of state, the former democrat, tulsi gabbard, for director of national intelligence and matt gaetz as attorney general. several of the posts will require senate approval.

let's speak to cbs news correspondent in new york, jarred hill. i guess a lot of controversial appointments but rfk

i guess a lot of controversial appointments bsupport get to have enough support to get confirmed? there are a lot of folks who say that they like what he is talking about but is he the right person to run this massive big bureaucratic organisation, that is the department of health and human services. we will have to wait and see. , . services. we will have to wait and see-— services. we will have to wait andsee. , ., ., ., and see. does that go for some ofthe and see. does that go for some of the other— and see. does that go for some of the other appointments - and see. does that go for some of the other appointments as i of the other appointments as well, that they are nominations but will they necessarily get through? but will they necessarily get throu~h? . , , ., through? that is the question. we know that _ through? that is the question. we know that president-electl we know that president—elect trump is going to be walking into all of this this majority into all of this this majority in the senate of republicans. in fact he has enough of a majority of the senate that he could potentially lose one or two senators who might say, no, this is not for me. there would still be enough for him to get

some of these confirmations through. there are some pushback against some of these where there are members of the republican party is saying is it worth it to use the political capital they would need for some of these individuals or should there be someone else, under the name brought in, that might be a bit more palatable across the board. there are a couple of weeks between now and went president—elect from would be inaugurated injanuary president—elect from would be inaugurated in january so president—elect from would be inaugurated injanuary so we will have to wait and see whether there are shifts from these names. these arejust nominations and just names being put forward. the other question is going to be whether the senate goes with what president—elect trump said on social media couple of days ago, that he would like to live ago, that he would like to live a more recess appointments, basically during the time that congress is out of session for an extended period, likely over the holiday break, if they would allow for him to push through some of these confirmations or some of these nominations without the vetting of a confirmation here, which is something that has happened

in the past, although not often. that would allow some of these pokes to be in the position for upwards of two years. is that going to happen? we don't know.— we don't know. thank you so much for _ we don't know. thank you so much for being _ we don't know. thank you so much for being with - we don't know. thank you so much for being with us. - air strikes have hit the southern suburbs of beirut on friday morning — sending plumes of smoke into the sky. this was the moment an israeli strike hit and levelled a building in the tayouneh area of the lebanese capital. it's not know if anyone was injured in the attack. it comes after an israeli air strike on an emergency response centre in the city of baalbek on northeastern lebanon on thursday night, which killed at least 12 rescue workers. the strike hit a building of the civil defense agency — which is linked to the lebanese government and not affiliated with the iranian—backed group hezbollah. the israeli military has not commented on the attack. in the more recent strikes in southern beirut, israeli drones fired two missiles at the beirut suburb of ghobeiry before the air force carried out what was

described as a "very heavy" strike that levelled a building near municipal offices. it followed a warning of imminent strikes issued by the israeli military on x. on that, our correspondent in beirut, hugo bachega. this attack hit a building that was being used by the civil defence agency. this is an agency that is linked to the lebanese government. it is not affiliated with hezbollah, and the lebanese health ministry reacted to the attack, calling it a barbaric attack by the israeli military. again, there hasn't been any reaction from the israeli authorities. one of the victims in that attack was the head of the civil defence agency in the region of baalbek, bilal riad, who had become well known here in the country. we here at the bbc interviewed him a number of times during this war. and what the lebanese authorities are saying is that these attacks have killed more than 180 emergency and medical workers

across the country in recent weeks, as this conflict between israel and hezbollah escalated. and we'll see now that in recent days, the israeli military has intensified its airstrikes across the country. this morning — new attacks here in beirut — the fourth consecutive day of attacks hitting this city. and this is happening amid new efforts to try to reach a ceasefire here in this conflict. yesterday, american officials delivered a letter with a proposal for a ceasefire to the lebanese authorities. we've seen some indications from hezbollah that the group is interested in reaching a ceasefire here in this conflict. but what hezbollah has been saying, and what lebanese authorities have been saying, is that they will only agree to a deal that is based on the terms of the united nations resolution 1701, which is the resolution that ended the 2006 conflict between israel and hezbollah. it requires hezbollah to remove its fighters and weapons from areas near the border with israel. but one sticking point in these talks that have been happening

is that israel wants the right to act inside lebanon, should any deal be violated — something that the authorities here consider unacceptable. so this seems to be the first step of what is likely to be a very difficult and long process for a ceasefire. hugo bachega in beirut. the uk's economy grew by 0.1% betweenjuly and september, according to the latest official figures. growth was lower than expected — and the office for national statistics said activity was subdued across most industries during the three months. with me is our business correspondent marc ashdown. pretty sluggish growth figures for the uk. pretty sluggish growth figures for the uk-_ for the uk. absolutely. it was a stron: for the uk. absolutely. it was a strong start _ for the uk. absolutely. it was a strong start to _ for the uk. absolutely. it was a strong start to the - for the uk. absolutely. it was a strong start to the year - for the uk. absolutely. it was a strong start to the year but | a strong start to the year but it has all gone a bit flat. gdp is obviously a temperature test of the economy. we get monthly figures and a quarterly figure. those quarterly figures are the ones we really look at.

september was actually negative growth overall for that month. crucially we got the reading for august, crucially we got the reading foraugust, 0ctober. if we crucially we got the reading for august, october. if we look at this chart. each of those blocks is a quarter. at the back end of last year, those two red blocks— they were two consecutive quarters of negative growth technically. that is recession. we bounced out of that pretty strongly in the first half of the year but that has come to a stuttering stop in september. manufacturing productivity is particularly bad. services sector not too bad. construction was the bright spot. that has pushed things on. but the general pathway is for 1% growth overall in the year still. certainly not what the chancellor and the government were hoping for. this is a new labour government that talked in the election campaign about growth, growth, growth. that was their big plan. growth. that was their big lan. ., growth. that was their big ian, ., ., , growth. that was their big ian. . . , , growth. that was their big plan. that was their big bush and the chancellor _ plan. that was their big bush and the chancellor said - plan. that was their big bush and the chancellor said she l plan. that was their big bush | and the chancellor said she is not satisfied with these figures. the plan is to create jobs and put the nhs back on

its feet. this is being blamed largely on doom and growing in the run—up to the election. they were laying the field for some bad news and that seems to have caused businesses to put hiring plans, expansion plans on hold for the time being, and consumers to put spending on hold. there has been a pause in some of that and that has dragged down on the economy. interesting to look at where the uk sits globally compared to other countries. 0ne the uk sits globally compared to other countries. one of the big promises of the labour government is to have the uk economy growing faster than any other g7 leading economies— the big players. the uk has now dropped to second behind the us, growing more slowly than the us. but still ahead of canada, france, italy, japan and germany. doing 0k, canada, france, italy, japan and germany. doing ok, the uk, in that global picture. donald trump is now back on the stage talking about possible trade tariffs. what that will lead to in terms of uk— us relations

and the eu as well. analysts expect growth to pick up on the back of this year and into next year because the government will spend a lot of money in the hope of boosting economic growth. the hope of boosting economic urowth. a . the hope of boosting economic urowth. . y ., ., growth. marc ashdown our business — growth. marc ashdown our business correspondent. i growth. marc ashdown our - business correspondent. plenty more to come but around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. do stay tuned.

hello again. let's take you back to our top story today. donald trump continues to cause shock waves in washington by nominating some of the most controversial figures in american politics to top positions in his new administration. let's speak to michael scherer — national political reporter with the washington post. what you make of some of these appointments, especially rfk junior, perhaps one of the most controversial.—

controversial. president trump started his _ controversial. president trump started his latest _ controversial. president trump started his latest campaign - started his latest campaign pledging one, retribution and two, to disrupt the deep state agencies across government. he is leaning in rather aggressively, picking people who are notjust controversial but at least, in one case, unlikely to be confirmed in a traditional manner, even with republicans controlling the senate by a relatively hefty margin. each of the major pics he has made has distinguished themselves during the campaign is really wanting to poke the government to bear. is really wanting to disrupt things, wanting to disrupt things, wanting to disrupt things, wanting to change the way things were done. you mention rfkjunior. he has been talking for years about what he calls corruption at all the health agencies, firing officials, changing the relationship with industry. matt gaetz, who has been nominated to the department ofjustice was under criminal investigation until

very recently with regard to accusations of drug use and paying for underage sex. he has long maintained that the us justice system is nothing other than a witchhunt so he would certainly want to clean house if he went in.— certainly want to clean house if he went in. what will be the rocess if he went in. what will be the process on — if he went in. what will be the process on approving - if he went in. what will be the process on approving these i process on approving these nominations? you talked about doubts about whether they will all go through. will they all go to the senate for approval? there was this idea that donald trump once a recess appointment where he doesn't actually have to get approval from the senate, initially at least? there is an adventurous legal theory. it is not clear whether he will try it, whether the courts will uphold it, whether republicans in the house and senate will stand for it. basically it uses phrases like the constitution would say, if he got the house to call for an adjournment at the senate, if

the senate refused, even his own republicans in the senate refused to adjourn, then he could adjourn both houses and do recess appointments which would be good for two years. what makes it an adventurous legal theory is that the us constitution is very clear that the senate has advice and consent authority over these nominations and he would be end running that by going through the house to basically overrule the house to basically overrule the senate. i think that would create a whole other legal fight. it's an option that's out there for him. it is also possible he would try to get some majority in the senate so he can do recess appointments there but that would be challenged and filibustered and they don't have enough to do that. the traditional route is just to get a majority of senators and right now republicans can lose up to four senators in each of these nominations. in the case of matt gaetz the betting right now is he has already lost more

than four. it will be hard to get that back. i think you might be able to get through these other ones but we really don't know. one of the other distinguishing features of this nomination season is that he has done these things very quickly. it's not clear there has been a lot of vetting of the people. these are not traditional pics so they are not people who have been appointed and confirmed for setup positions before. app