after their x factor 2011 after their x factor appearance and we will bring you more on that as we get it now. un peacekeepers say an israeli tank has again fired at one of its watchtowers in southern lebanon. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has held an emergency meeting on increasing gaza aid after the us threatened to take away some military support unless israel boosted aid within 30 days. it comes as fighting continues in gaza, and israel also hit beirut for the first time in five days, while hezbollah has fired more rockets into northern israel, injuring at least two people. the government is scrambling to find more hotel spaces for migrants after a surge in small boat arrivals. almost 14,000 have arrived under labour, overtaking the number of crossings under the number of crossings under the previous government in 2024. meanwhile, italy has begun sending asylum seekers to albania under a controversial new plan, with a naval ship

arriving monday transferring 16 men from bangladesh and egypt. italy says up to 36,000 asylum seekers could be sent to albania each year , but only each year, but only non—vulnerable men from safe countries will qualify to the us. now, where donald trump has declared himself as the father of ivf during a campaign event with an all female audience. in the pre—recorded interview filmed in the battleground state of georgia, it focused on women's issues. he said we really are the for party ivf. meanwhile, his opponent kamala harris says trump's label for himself on the reproductive procedure was quite bizarre. ivf has emerged as a hot topic in the election after the alabama supreme court ruled the destruction of frozen embryos amounts to murder, classifying them as children . and finally, them as children. and finally, prince william has called for a movement that creates systematic to change end homelessness in

the uk. the prince of wales was speaking at tonight's centrepoint awards , a charity of centrepoint awards, a charity of which he is patron. it comes after he defended his work trying to tackle homelessness despite his own privileged royal life. in a new itv documentary, the prince of wales is quizzed about critics who might question whether he's the right person to lead the project, which is designed to eradicate homelessness in six locations around the uk. what was wrong with the first one.7 >> with the first one? >> there will be some people who might question whether you're the right person to lead this project and its efforts to end homelessness. how would you respond to that? >> i think everyone having a right to a safe and stable home benefits us all. i come with no other agenda than desperately trying to help people who are in need, and i see that as part of my role. is that. why else would i be here if i'm not using this role properly to influence and

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hello. welcome back. so we do have this breaking news to bring you. very sad news. former one direction member liam payne has sadly died in buenos aires at the age of 31. the report the pop the age of 31. the report the pop star reportedly fell from a third floor of a hotel in the argentinian capital of buenos aires. that is, to according american outlet tmz. several witnesses told the publication that mr payne had fallen from his room at the casa palmero hotel shortly after 5 p.m. local time on wednesday evening. emergency services are believed to be present outside the hotel , to be present outside the hotel, where a red tent has been erected at the scene. investigations into the 31 year old's death are ongoing. now he shot to fame as many people, most people really will remember back in 2010 on x factor with

former bandmates niall horan, zayn malik, harry styles and louis tomlinson. he was previously in a relationship with british pop sensation cheryl cole, and the pair welcomed their son bear grey, on march the 22nd, 2017. so you know, that is another devastating aspect of this story of course, as well. what? liam, sadly leaves behind. i'm just heafing sadly leaves behind. i'm just hearing now as well that we do actually have proper full confirmation from argentinian police. now in the last few moments confirming the death of liam payne. for more reaction on this now i'm joined by the showbiz journalist sarah robertson. sarah, a pleasure to have you on the show , albeit of have you on the show, albeit of course, under incredibly difficult and depressing circumstances. liam payne's death a total shock . death a total shock. >> massive shock. patrick indeed , >> massive shock. patrick indeed, as this news has just broken. sorry i'm speaking to you from a train carriage. yes, this news has just come through. obviously in the last few minutes this

evening and it's just unbelievable. i can't actually take it in what i've been told. liam payne only 31, as you pointed out, a member of one direction, one of the biggest boy bands in the world that we've ever seen and to have lost his life and be told this tonight and it's just it's absolutely devastating. one direction fans are obviously coming to terms with this. they can't take it in either. it is just unbelievable and i feel so, so sad and so sorry and devastated for liam's poor family and the son that he leaves behind. bear. >> no , indeed. and look, because >> no, indeed. and look, because this news has just broken in the last couple of minutes , we've last couple of minutes, we've had proper confirmation from the argentinian authorities. so, you know , we're yet to see any kind know, we're yet to see any kind of reaction from his former band mates. et cetera. but, i mean, this will actually reverberate around the world. i mean, the scale of one direction's fame is almost unfathomable, isn't it ? almost unfathomable, isn't it? >> it's absolutely huge, patrick. it really is. and something like this. you know, when you have these, these

celebrity deaths. but something of this , it's just on another of this, it's just on another level. he is, you know , they level. he is, you know, they were huge. i mean, can you remember when zayn malik quit one direction and that reverberated around the world and that was just zayn walking out of the band. there were people holding vigils, crying, and that was just for zayn leaving the band. for this . i leaving the band. for this. i can't even imagine how it's going to affect his fans. they will be devastated and in shock, but there has been a lot recently affecting liam. he's beenin recently affecting liam. he's been in the press, he's had some negative headlines previous to this. he was caught up in, in, shall we say , a salacious row shall we say, a salacious row with, with an ex—girlfriend of his and unsubstantiated claims that were coming from from that side. and you do wonder do do things like that take an impact on on the celebrities themselves when they're caught up in, in, in these scandals? it's the only

way that i can. >> so we did . so we had he had >> so we did. so we had he had quite recently had a few issues personally had he that were that were playing out . were playing out. >> yes. that's right. sorry. i'm just going to move around because i'm having problems with my phone. i don't know if you know that's fine. >> you just keep talking and we've, we've, we've obviously got things that we can play over the top of. >> you say such a serious subject. sorry about this. yes. he was caught up in something of a row and there were some negative headlines surrounding him over the last week or two, which which has been ongoing and we just don't know. i mean, we haven't we haven't had the full report yet through from from argentinian police . so we don't argentinian police. so we don't know the actual circumstances leading up to what happened to that fall from the balcony. but whether it's coincidence, i don't want to say too much at this point in time, but there has been some obviously, he's he's obviously been dealing with some negative impacts, shall we say. which has come, come, come

towards his way in the last in the last few weeks. but i mean, i'm not going to say any more about that now because we don't know. >> no, exactly. and it wouldn't be it wouldn't >> no, exactly. and it wouldn't be it