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obviously condemnable. this is a densely populated district of central beirut and there is a growing feeling ill that nowhere in the city is really say. -- safe. translation: we were just sitting there like everyone else in our homes and suddenly, there was an explosion. my wife and daughter were under the rubble. is israel listening to its allies? as un peacekeepers are injured for a second day. what will happen next in this region? the new labour government is about to mark its first 100 rather than after the second deadly hurricane in florida in as many weeks, how the federal government's response impact the presidential election.

we start in the middle east. the u.s. added its way to calls israel the safety of u.n. peacekeepers in lebanon. it comes after two peacekeepers close to the border were shot and wounded by israeli forces. the israeli military says it is carrying out a high-level review and insists its troops were responding to a threat. the u.n. sayit was the second consecutive day the base came under fire from israeli forces. the u.s. defense secretary called israel's defense minister in the past hour or so, urging him to ensure the safety of uniformed forces and coordinate efforts to pivot from military operations to a diplomatic pathway as soon as feasible. that is a reference to the u.n. peacekeeper mission there. it stands for united nation interim force in lebanon. this is what president biden has had to say in reonse to a reporter's question at the white house a short time ago.

>> are you asking israel to stop hitting u.n. peacekeepers? >> absolutely positively. >> here, downing street sayst is appalled on reports israel deliberately fired on you and peacekeepers. there is also growing anxiety and the lebanese capital after israeli strikes in the center of the city last night in which 22 people were killed. from beirut, reporting --our correspondent reports. >> in beirut, smoke still rising from israel's latest attack on the capital. it came without warning, no time to run. officials say the dead were all civilians. so far, the bodies of four children have been reclaimed and in the south, israel is accused of hitting the wrong targets. u.n. troops sent to keep the

peace where there is none. we filmed is footage in july when they could still risk going on patrol. the u.n. says this week, peacekeeper was hit by several times, including at their headquarters. >> there has been an israeli tank, opening fire on an observation post. >> it was yesterday, it opened fire. inside of our headquarters. it is a well-known place, the largest se because that is where the head of mission and force commander is and where the main heart of the mission is. and the peacekeepers were injured because of that. >> this is very deliberate. this cannot be a mistake. >> we are looking into that. but how can this be a mistake from an army that is prepared, know what they're doing. >> an army that released this

video of its chief of staff said to be filmed inside lebanon. as israel charts its next moves, it is under attack for targeting u.n. troops. the invading forces insist they target hezbollah. two more u.n. peacekeepers were injured today. the army said this was inadvertent and there will be a thorough review. could this be a war crime? we had some suggestions of someone from the italian government it is a war crime being committed by israel. >> i know it is several governments have been very vocal. you can look into that, but it is serious development. >> the peacekeeper will be staying at their post, the u.n. says despite israeli requests to pull back and despite israeli attacks.

>> lets go live to our correspondent in beirut. if i can start with you. in beirut, we have seen the strike, the repeated international warnings from israel. we know israel is targeting hezbollah leaders. >> the operation carries on, airstrikes over the past 24 hours. 60 dead in total. this is the death toll the lebanese are kind of getting used to. it is interesting the world is concerned about the you and peacekeepers who suffered slight injuries, but very little is said about these constant strikes. surgical, say israel. powerful with a lot of civilian casualties. i think they will continue. although israel says it takes it very seriously, what the u.n. complained about what has

happened to them, with thousands of israeli troops in southern lebanon, where they probably will be, and certainly at the moment fighting hezbollah units, it is inevitable those peacekeepers will remain at risk in their bases. they said they will not leave because they have a mandate to be there. and they are there supposedly to protect lebanon's territorial integrity, even at the time where there is a defect israeli inflation. >> is there any sense of benjamin netanyahu heating these calls for diplomatic rather than a military path? we have seen joe biden question about what is going on within the last hour or so. european leaders also putting out statements calling for diplomacy for caution. worries about escalation, these hits on you and peacekeepers. >> israel will do what it sees fit. has not seen much international criticism. the attack against the base may

be a redline. it is interesting joe biden and european leaders have come out and told the israelis not to repeat this accident, if it was an accident. the israelis have said not officially from the government, but the israeli army that it was target after they felt they came to threat. and attacking that target, a u.n. base 50 meters away was hit. refers to one incident. we've had two incidents were israeli fire has hit u.n. basis and it is clearly a redline even israel's allies who have been tightlipped so far feel it cannot cross. so you might see such incides not repeating themselves. but it doesn't mean israel will withdraw from southern lebanon or continue targeting hezbollah and targets inside cities like beirut. it must be pointed out israel's

offensive in gaza is escalating and continuing as a major military operation in northern gaza. at msf medicine, they have said the thousands of people are trapped inside the refugee camp. even though the israeli army ordered people to leave. when people tried to leave, they were fired upon and have nowhere to go. killed in northern gaza. been while much of the attention is focused on events on the northern border, there is an increasing and dire humanitarian situation according to the world health organization in gaza and people are still being killed in za as we speak. >> if you have time to look at this in the next few minutes. reuters and the afp news agency says several areas in central israel regarding hostile aircraft infiltration and details under review. we are in this incredibly tense

situation for everyone in the region. >> one of the most important dates in the israeli -- jewish calendar is happening right now. most of israel is pretty quiet. including in west jerusalem in the jewish areas of israel. it does not mean hezbollah has stopped firing rockets and projectiles over israel. according to bbc colleagues, there have been interceptions over israel. we have not had the big israeli response against iran which many people expect in coming days. i think once the holy date is over, there might be more development stored the end of the weekend. >> we have seen a lot of civilians caught up in what is going on with its military action. but of course hezbollah still have a big stronghold and are amongst the civilian population.

>> they are, certainly in parts of beirut. that is why they get targeted. but we don't know how badly hezbollah has been damaged by the powerful israeli strikes, which has killed a lot of their leaders. one of the media people came out and gave a statement condemning israel but warning that you've only seen very few of our strikes so far. a reminder has bullet does have a formidable arsenal of missiles and rockets. the israelis have hit quite a few of its weapons dumps. some of its biggest weapons have not been used so far. they could reach israeli cities. so this conflict still has a long way to go. it is hard to see what developments will be in the next few weeks. >> thank you very much. fatima is a nonresident scholar at the middle east institution. former advisor to the yemeni

embassy in washington. thank you for being with us. we are seeing everyone watch this situation escalate and waiting for the israeli response to those attacks. what is your sense of where this is going? we have seen talks between joe biden and benjamin netanyahu. is there anything positive to be takefrom that, in terms of the direction of peace? >> the prospects of peace or the direction of peace is really challenging. especially with reports we just heard in southern lebanon. deeply troubling attacks on civilians and the impact on the u.n. peacekeepers, which kind of complicated what is happening at the moment.

there are multiple funds with israel, lebanon, the broader regional tensions. all of these situations are getting complicated. so peace might be a bit of a stretch. but if we are thinking more realistically, the escalation stabilization rather than outright peace in the short term. there might be a cease-fire agreement or diplomatic interventions. with the fact that there are ground troops in the area and lebanon, the prospect of that seems to be very unlikely. >> looking at yemen, given your expertise, what is the likelihood of more involvement from the houthis if there is a big strike from israel to iran and a response again to that?

>> absolutely. this is probably iran's strategy. when they've attacked israel, that was an immediate response from iran. but it would prefer to access resistance members of which they are all part of. and the who tse are not necessarily shy about saying that they want to do this. there rhetoric again israel, the u.s., the jews in particular has been the same for the past 10 years. it is a golden opportunity for them to respond because in a sense, it gives the opportunity to say they started it and we are doing it. so they will come to support iran.

this is iran's strategy all along because they want to stretch israeli defenses and put civilians in a volatile situation in israel. and of course, the entire region erupts in chaos as a result. >> just briefly, we have seen the iranian and russian leaders meeting today, u.s. sanctions on iran. is there a danger that the u.s. and the west pushes its opponents closer together by isolating them like this? >> to be honest, nobody wantto see this type of escalation. so the u.s. foreign policy has been trying, especially when it comes to iran, trying to be measured, or even the former trump administration. so they want to continue to advocate a measure and strategic

response from israel. but everybody is walking a tight rope. on one hand, the u.s. fully supports israel and its right to defend itself. that has been a consistent stance. but on the other hand, they are pushing for a response that is proportionate and does not risk igniting broader -- conflict. they are also concerned about the global energy markets and how these can get affected. an also, ignite a huge humanitarian capacity. all arms and intervention. so turmoil for a decade without a resolution that ended up weakening the countries for reliable allies in yemen or

syria to work with. extremely complex. >> it is. thank you very much for being with us. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ >> president biden says experts are estimating the damage from hurricane milton at up to $50 billion. has vowed to ask congress for funds. people are beginning to return to their homes in florida to assess the damage. 16 people are known to have died. many areas remain flooded like this neighborhood in hillsborough county. more than 2.5 million households and businesses still without power. there were some dramatic rescues including this one involving a coast guard crew airlifting to safety. a man clinging to a cooler in the gulf of mexico about 30 miles off of the florida coast. -- from the iem served as associate administrator of the federal management agency.

can you take us through the next steps for this rescue operation? >> thank you very much. as a disaster, survivors are looking at what comes next to them. what will happen is the federal government, fema, and other federal agencies as well as states and local communities and the private nonprofit organizations will come together to assess the damages and what the saster survivors need to reclaim their lives after the worst day of their life. these individuals will be signing up for assistance through fema. they will go in and look at their homes to be able to see what needs to be taken care of as far as mucking out sand, debris, if there's any personal possessions they can have, and begin to rebuild their lives moving forward.

there has still been a lot of misinformation about what people are entitled to. do you think authorities have managed to get on top of that to get informatiot yes, the federt has done all they can to get the right information out. fe has set up on their website a specific portal to go in and find out the real facts. it is important people know the facts and are not trying to provide misinformation. it is harmful to the disaster survivors as they are trying to figure out their next steps. >> to what degree do you think people will start to try and get homes back and possessions back, and life and health is the most important thing in this situation. but are people going to think about whether they want to stay in the most at risk areas? do you think it will be a bigger change in terms of the landscape as to where people choose to live? >> yes. people should be taking a look

at where they live, what they can do to make their homes more resilient. if they can elevate their home so the water, the storm surge is most at following hurricanes, so if they are able to do something to retrofit their homes so they can go back in or look to where they should be moving to make sure people are not living in harm's way at the same level as the ocean. >> the pictures are stagring as we look at them now. how much of the cleanup, the assistance program will be watched by the u.s. as part of how they judge the government, kamala harris, all critical parties in the response? >> everybody will be watching. it is important to know the local community is in charge of this disaster recovery. the state comes to assist locals with what they can't do. and the federal government comes into assist the state in what

they are not able to handle. so locals are in charge, but everybody gets watched closely in these efforts to make sure people are quickly being taken care of and there are no delays in any type of information and the resources they need to be able to recover their lives at this time. >> take you for being with us. the u.k. government is launching its investment summit on monday with the budget at the end of the month. omits warnings from the labour party of paying ahead and higher taxes and tougher rules brought by the conservatives this year, how many of the super wealthy are actually leaving the u.k.? according to the millionaires tracker, the u.k. is set to lose the greatest proportion of billionaires in the world within this parliament. he predicts the share of the population who are millionaires will fall by 20% by 2028.

the institute defines millionaires as those who have over one million u.s. dollars in net wealth across asset classes. including but not limited to cash shares, poverty, and private pension funds. so does in exodus matter? i'm joined by phil white, who joins us on the line. you are from the patriotic millionaires co., do you think even if some people are leaving, does it matter? some people would argue the extra taxes paid by the super wealthy did amount to a great deal in the overall government funds. >> we do have a problem in this country that we tax income very heavily, but we don't tax wealth and income from wealth as heavily as we tax income from work. so we are not getting the levels we should from what we're doing.

in terms of whether people will leave, i don't believe that is true. we have seen the stories. but there are three reasons why people will not see it. people have already gone the route, regimes in different countries, and people have not generally left to go to those. secondly, there was a story in norway where it was reported 30 million left switzerland. it did not mention 250,000 stayed. the key thing is millionaires live in this country, work in this country, they have roots here, families here and so on. this is the place we choose to live. generally, we can afford to pay more taxes, and that is a message of -- we can take that tax from the people where -- who have the

broadest shoulders as the phrase goes. and actually we are not going to leave, or maybe one or two peop will. but at that point, does it matter? there are more pressing issues. >> anecdotally, i know people who they also know a lot of people in the same position. but that is a relatively small number of people. there is a good question about raising taxes, it is a right way forward for the government saying it wants investment, entrepreneurs, to encourage growth. do you can get ascending sending the right signals? >> it is setting the right signals. the key thing is there's a lot of national renewal we need to do. to achieve that, they need the wealthy to contribute more on all aspects.

we talk about investing. why do people invest in the u.k.? it is a prosperous country becausthey have a good standard of living, one of the wealthiest countries in the world. and because people like to live here. it is a healthy society. if we don't have those things, people will not want to invest in the u.k. it is a complicated picture. but it is important. >> great to talk to p hopefully we catch up further. we are back with much more. stay with us on the context announcer: funding f presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs.

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