the, the, this is the w news coming to line for bullet physical, a militants target israel's port city of hyphen roughed. it surveyed israel's defenses and strikes the northern city. meanwhile, israel keeps up, its deadly bombardment of living on tests of repairs for a ground defense. also coming up, hurricane helene hits florida, sick states of declared emergencies with devastating floods, predicted a 1000000 residents have already lost power in more damage is expected. plus ukraine's president. 6 bipartisan support from us leaders, after talks with democrats, loved him, is landscape prepares to meet the republican presidential candidate. donald trump,

who says the us is paying too much to defend, to create the hello i'm terry margin. thanks for joining us. israel has launched more airstrikes into 11 on despite calls for a ceasefire. the mayor of the southern lebanese town of chicago says, 9 people from the same family were killed in an overnight attack. meanwhile, these really army said 10 rockets were fired toward the port city high for from 11 on on friday, triggering air siren warnings. so i'm rockets were as receptive, but others appeared to make it to street level. the militant group house ball has been firing into northern israel since the start of the war and goes up almost a year ago. lebanon's health ministry says all 700 people have died in days of constant is really bombing. i asked the w,

they route bureau chief mohammed astray to what the situation 11 on is like this morning. but some morning for a country at war. that's the situation. dustin trying to get it moved here and bailed. the main streets are almost empty and that's very unusual for a friday. but the, you know, in terms of the neighborhoods are very proud of due to the 10s of thousands of refugees who have fled their homes and are renting apartments here in the capital or staying at the family and friends. you know, everyone is anticipating the latest developments on the front line and how this may unfold. people yesterday had hoped that a european american proposal for a a ceasefire that would bring a, you know, some stability and people could take a break. but that is obviously and it still seems to be far fetched at least for

now, you know, as the military confrontation between hezbollah and as well keep going on the board . israel's airstrikes have also targeted locations in bay route. and as you say, tens of thousands of refugees have come into the city. how is a root coping with all this? as well as personal initiatives and, and volunteers are working round the clock to fill in so many gaps that the government couldn't manage to fill for, for so many reasons. but mainly the lack of preparedness and readiness to taking this influx of refugees. so individual and collective efforts are trying to offer accommodation, food and basic needs. and for, you know, the people who have flood their homes in the south and into the cottage. and,

and mainly this really shows some sort of solidarity at this levels on the human aspect as the country is. and really very divided on the political spectrum. and this war is further dividing the minis when it comes to big strategic decisions about the priority. now is to, you know, how the refugees, what is the militant group, has blog saying about the possibility of and is really ground invasion and ground invasion was most welcomed by has the last chief class on the slide. you know, the militant group leader said make no mistake. this is what we want to. this is what we're looking for. a group a and cannot fly as well as air your aerial as a pretty all you'd see and, and advanced technology bought. it believes that a ground a patient is and it's, it's bottom field it's, it's field of expertise. so to say, so there's no doubt that has been the received huge blows over the past few days

that advice explosions and the coming of the senior leadership. but it is still a very powerful administer group with, you know, a wide channels of, of tunnels and thousands of rockets and soldiers at its disposal. well, have a thank you very much for your reporting debt. was our bureau chief in be rude mohammed tray to as well as israel repairs for a possible ground invasion 11 on his face is a challenge that could prove more difficult than the situation in gaza to the cell . the militant group has voted off, has preparing for such an offensive for years with an extensive network of tunnels backed by missiles. the israeli army has carried out more than 2000 strikes and 11 on since the start of the week. it appears no closer to stopping hezbollah, firing rockets of the boulder and allowing northern israel residents to return to

towns like this one that have been almost emptied by nit daily attacks. now with tanks heading to the folder, it seems israel is preparing to send in ground forces to try and achieve what power hasn't moved from the city. you will go in and destroy the enemy. there are, this is what will allow us to safely return the residence of the nor 5 to was movie . the horn is really officials have made clear that that a missed a false hezbollah back across lebanon's la toni river, creating the buffets that the un security council quoted for back in 2006 at the end of the last war between israel and the group the area is a strong hold of has been a while. the group has been weakened by israel's killings of senior commanders. it is still thought to have between 40 and 50000 fighters as well as an off know of

a 150000 rockets. hezbollah is also believed to build an extensive tunnel network as seen and its propaganda. if it is like this one, according to his really estimates it could cover hundreds of kilometers x. but say hezbollah will likely prove even more of a challenge than home us. as the fullest as a find more bed of hot and they're much more sophisticated in terms of how they operate more independently because they operate also like i sent away. but obviously i must is as never been in the sine intensity. come back before most of them, i suppose, that had been a has why? the idea is always it prepared for us for this war. i don't know, they do know how costly is going to be, but the lebanese people will also be forced to pay the price of any ground invasion . last week, the tax have already killed. hundreds will tens of thousands more. have fled from the homes and southern 11 known in search of safety. those who have made it to

shelter like here in a root, have little faith in the prospect of a cease fire. god. the clearly is, the oil is lying. not you don't have enough photo, julio. they have been talking about cruising because i want to admit, but it has not happened once they bought them. uh, i thought that was not what dumb skits cruise isn't enough for us to return to our homes because it lasts for a short time. then we'll be displaced again and while we want to return to our homes permanently, lee, i'm with is riley falls, is conducting exercise. it's close to the lebanese border on thursday. those who have left the homes behind community weight and hope arena me roland is the military analyst with the war studies department of kings college, london. i asked her what arguments is real has for launching a ground defensive. now a good morning, terry. well, just

a very difficult question to answer, whether it will make sense for east trail. and that'll get into that. however, now from the east really point of views of the intensity of the fighting in gauls a has refused. and now the roses growing strap and the unique opportunity to weaken the hassle, especially of true the fact last week. and therefore, israel sees it as an opportunity to you during which hospitalized is slightly disoriented. i would say to push the house full of fighters back and to free that buffer zone. so air power here is not sufficient because it has to be supported by ground maneuver. and we're seeing that despite the fact that the house block has suffered damage from the walkie talkie attack, it still shows its capabilities and it can still strike east trial,

especially in this economic centers. so israel things um air power alone will not be enough to push the house full of but it has to be supported by ground forces. now let's cross over to the united states. after racing through the gulf of mexico hurricane helene has made the land fall in the west state of florida. at least one person has died. a leading hit florida is big bend area on the gulf coast late on late at night. so as a category for storm, but has since been downgraded almost a 1000000 homes and businesses have lost power supply. residents in some areas faced mandatory evacuation orders, and those who stayed were advised to write their names on their bodies. in marker pen, faleen is expected to continue to effect much of the southeastern united states with a state of emergency declared 6 states. well, that's good for now from meteorologist and journalist mouth,

you could poochie. he is in florida, monitoring the storm from a safe place with a phone connection. matthew hurricane helene is made landfill in florida. what sort of impact is it having as well, it's certainly quite disruptive. you know, we have record stating, dr. 1851. so about a 170 years worth of bookkeeping, and this is the 1st time on record that a category for has hit the big bend to florida. it brought wins guessing around, i'd say, a 160170 kilometers per hour that i observed more in terms of the official observation . a broad, serious durham sir is likely any order of 4, maybe 5 meters flooding rains and even a couple tornadoes. and even after making land fall and made land fall and move inland. so quickly that are weeks georgia before markedly weakening, giving them hurricane conditions to we were just looking at some of the pictures there as you're speaking to matthew. it,

it does look extraordinary. how are people in florida coping with this? a lot of folks have gotten out of dodge and evacuated. we always tell folks to run from the water hide from the wind. it's easy to shelter in a building in a business, in your home and wherever from when you just keep putting layers between yourself and the outside world we can, but that doesn't work with any sort of waters, right? so flooding is completely different thing. and so a lot of folks had to drive inland taylor county, florida, where i would, for example, was under a mandatory evacuation. it was expected that everybody would go in one and most folks did. but it was deemed that the danger was so high in taylor county that they wouldn't even open up the shelters there. you have to go to a different county. i think for the most part, people had been through at least some hurricane in this part of florida. granted, perhaps not one the strong. i'm hoping that when daylight dawns the next 34 hours,

that the damage isn't quite as bad as we fear. now, there were dire warnings attached to this hurricane with forecasts or saying it had the potential to be catastrophic. does it still have that kind of potential, matthew, as well? what a hurricane moved in when the weekends and its been about 7 hours give or take since it made land fall its like when you are steering your coffee in the morning, you know, the faster you stir the deeper that dip in the middle. same thing is true with a hurricane of arc into low pressure system, but once it moves inland, it's no longer being heated. it's no longer being energized. and so it's like we stop during our low pressure system and eventually the fluid sort of fills in and stuff spinning stops whirling the whole thing kinda weekend. same thing here. and, and so well, yes, it remains disruptive. it's no longer producing top tier, hurricane wins. it does still have some serious flooding in the carolinas and it

does still have some dangerous winds, but in terms of what it was a couple hours ago, it is no longer at that severe matthew, thank you very much for your update. that was matthew to put you meteorologist and journalist joining us from florida sketchup on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. new york city mayor eric adams has been charged with taking bribes and accepting illegal contributions . the indictment follows a major investigation into the mayor's campaign and close the associates. mister adams insist he's innocent and has asked new yorkers to withhold judgment until after he presents his different value over thousands of people march through mexico's capital to mark the 10th anniversary of the kidnapping and apparent murder of $43.00 students protesters and demanding a complete picture of what happened to the victims. a previous government report concluded the students were abducted by a drug gang with the help of corrupt police. no one has been convicted over the

incident. talk courts and the australian states of tubs, mania has given the green light pro one women only art exhibition a male visitor had challenged the galleries policy of excluding men from the display. the judge said the or the expedition was an attempt to promote equality by highlighting the lack of equal opportunity for with the current and present government. zalesky faces the toughest talks. yet on his trip to the united states . today, as he meets with former us present, donald trump, republican presidential candidates agreed to meet savanski, while declaring that he believes us was paying too much to back ukraine's campaign against russia. on thursdays lensky sat down at the white house with the current president who announced in a $1000000000.00 aid package for key. and he secured a commitment of unwavering support from the democratic presidential candidate kind

of a hers. lensky has been busy trying to secure bi partisan backing for his defense efforts against the head of the u. s. selections. speaking with harris, he made the case for ongoing funding and weapons. so we have to end this war. we need to adjust these and we must protect our people, gram timeless grandchildren, and everyone. trump, or just civil. do we have grateful to america for supporting ukraine all. and we will have an important meeting today, dr. outside talk to present by the end of all of the time will be 3 and i will share some details on the plan with vice president hires is crucial for us to, to be fully understandable and to work and a full coordination with that. get out of space and this morning i talked also to to the congressman both chambers,

both parties and i'm thankful for that by positive support. we believe this war can be one and just this can be close only with it. with the united states, from orland presence landscape visit to the us, i'm joined now by our corresponding mathias building in ukraine's capital. keep and by our eastern europe editor rowman guns, a rank of welcome to both. what is the last case visit to the us is happening in the middle of the presidential election campaign there. what's at stake in this trip for ukraine or yeah, i think it's no surprise. it's not a coincidence that this is happening right now before the elections, although of course, the reason was the un general assembly. but, but i think there are 2 things here. ukraine, people have very worried about a possible future. trump, administration considering, uh that trump has said that he's, he thinks judge us is spending too much on ukraine on his running mate. j divines

went even further. so this is a big concern, and this is why, of course, and then skills that sees the opportunity to talk to by and, and to try to speed up things to get as much as he can in terms of military aid before the elections or before the end of to but he's also of course meeting with drum because in the future this might be may be a very important meeting. he's trying of course to convince him that's helping you create is in the interest of america as well. that's the ukranian position, and that's why uh, talking to everybody before the election is of course vital for him. although yesterday's talks, of course, brought him a little bit if or criticism from the trump come that he would be helping a by eric harris. in this campaign,

roman donald trump has been critical of us a to ukraine. might this be playing into the hands of russia a oh yes, absolutely. um the plan is critical or dependent on the united states. uh to keep fighting in this for the process started. um, it's not just the mount of weapons that united states have been delivering, and i still delivering it to ukraine. it's the types of work. and so many of them are very, very important. things like cost missiles that the other countries are delivering. they're also dependent on us. um the rocket launchers multiple are all good launches and timer systems and country fighting vehicles. those bradley's, your granular army, desperately needs them and they have proved to be very, very effective on the battlefield. also intelligence information. uh olds as is

now um physically critically important for you, right. and if you're not state, should we throw that support? that's what i'm going to create in a very difficult position. and remember, half a year ago when that was a 6 months pause in the united states help because of the situation in the congress and other parts of the republican party blocked the that's a military package for your train. presidents wednesdays himself said in april the deep there is no help from the united states. your brain would lose this war. but to us, the winter is fast approaching that will change conditions on the battlefield and of course, crane your cranes. energy infrastructure has been compromised. how important is extra western support for ukraine in the coming months? this is the 3rd winter, the 3rd war, winter in ukraine and every year ukraine stocks into the winter in the worst condition. a lot of infrastructure has already been destroyed,

although uh you train and, and the allies are doing a tremendous stuff to keep it somehow running. um, but does cause things like ad defends vital to ukraine, survival as a functioning state as a, with a, as a function with the functioning infrastructure. so this package now that abide yesterday approved contains of cost extra and an extra patriot system and other defense devices. these, this is vital for you create to suffice mathias to thank you very much our correspondence, mathias building of the in key and we also have roman going to ranko, joining us from one. thank you very much. do you by japan's really liberal democratic party has chosen the new leader who's now set to become prime minister. she get ro, is she boss, is seen as

a military expert and served as defense minister in a previous government, in his pitch to l. d. p. members issue, but called for a kinder fairer society in japan issue, but as due to become prime minister next week, following the expected resignation of current liter for me. ok. she to who's been dogged by corruption scandals sort of thing to well let's go to tokyo where a journalist sonya bloss good has been following developments. sonya, it seems like it was a close race for the party leadership. what tip the scales in favor of issued by to yes, it was a very close race. um, i was actually surprised that in the 1st round, a female candidate talk itc managed to get most of the votes, but in the 2nd round, she was defeated. and apparently the difference was one of the differences was the so called the kingmaker, you see the outgoing prime minister, who apparently in last minute kind of to a support towards issue. and also i think that their policies and

even the characters made some difference. i felt that the speech is that both candidates gave positive the 1st round word quite to friends, and that might have also swayed people um, easy, but it was quite open about the flaws imperfections. but he said and said quite and passionately that he would do everything uh to, to unite the country and to restore trusts. what sort of topics or policies dominated those speeches you're talking about? what were the, what were the issues that emerge during these debates about the leadership? i mean, generally you can devices, these are the main topics into, to fios internal politics. and of course your politics, diplomacy. and i think this time the, the internal issues in japan play quite a big role the, as he was in broiled and scandal after scandal and the reason,

months um, over money issues, funds not being used in a proper way. and i think you see about made it clear that he would do something against that. whereas in his, uh, uh, uh, uh sorry, that's okay to so she was seen as maybe a bit too soft with regard to that. and i think also the geo political understands played a role. she is a very conservative, ultra conservative politician. and uh, some people thought it might be an issue. you know, if she goes to, yes, the queen is trying again, for example, that this might draw a very critical reactions from china. where as you see from the defense minister as seen as an expert in these things and seen as a bit more leaning towards the discussion of cooperation. so i think it was really a vote of stability, so to speak. you mentioned scandals very scandals in the lead in the

party is issue, but as 6 expected to give the party a fresh start as i think um it works to his advantage this time that he's best to be in an outside for most of his career kind of the thorn and the side of his own pots, your position in his own party. he's been very open with criticism. even towards casino knows before to him, but also to other leading members off his party. and in his speech between the 2 rounds, he emphasized that he wants to make sure all the rules are being followed. so i think also the public trusts. and when he comes to that he was the most popular um in when, when people were us on the street to know who would they like is the leader. and people seem to think that jim being this sort of outside or he might actually have a chance of making change in the policy. sonya, thank you very much for talking with us today. it was journalist,

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