we know from the lebanese ministry of defence, the ministry of defence, the ministry of defence, the er starmer say in that long speech talking about october the 7th, but he moved on to the situation here in lebanon. i thought it was interesting that he asked british national still here to leave again. he said anybody left, leave now. but the british government have actually finished their charter flights for now. they put on four of them, the last one was yesterday and they said unless there was a huge demand, they would not do any more. commercialflights are would not do any more. commercial flights are pretty much nonexistent. if you try to book a flight from here today you would not get one for at least two weeks. it is interesting that he is still giving that message but people here don't really have now anyway to get out should they decide to as a result of that. let me bring in nick. we were hearing sir kier starmer talk about the malign influence of iran, backing and arming the houthis, hamas and hezbollah. in the last few seconds, the israel army saying surface missiles have

documents leaked from russia's ministry of defence state andrei efimkin took part in the attack on vuhledar confirm he sustained a leg injury in february 2023 and was recalled from the front. 0leksii had no such luck. at this point, he was still starving in the basement... ..and his dad was still looking for him. in early march 2023, another battle video went viral. ukrainian troops were advancing in vuhledar, retaking the suburbs. one unit had reached number 17 sadovaya street and started to search the basement. muffled voice yelling. 0leksii was alive, rescued by a colleague from new zealand he'd fought alongside before. i know him, i know him. l he was in the brief house. kane laughs, oleksii cheers. 0leksii couldn't walk any more. he crawled towards his rescuers and they put him on a stretcher. 0leksandr was finally reunited with his son in hospital. 0leksii weighed only 42 kilos. in total, 0leksii spent 46 days in captivity under extreme circumstances. the lack of food started to affect 0leksii's mind. but the hunger was nothing compared to the overwhelming thirst. when the russians re

a statement from the ministry of defence said a total of thirty two targets had been destroyed in thecials said the attack on wednesday on a state—owned arms and aerospace company was carried out by two people — a man and a woman — who were killed. let's speak to ragip soylu — turkey bureau chief, middle east eye. thank you forjoining us. what is now known about who was responsible for that attack, even as we see these strikes by turkey in the region?— turkey in the region? there has been no official— turkey in the region? there has been no official crane _ turkey in the region? there has been no official crane by - turkey in the region? there has been no official crane by the - been no official crane by the pkk or any other group but the turkish interior minister said yesterday the initial indications suggest the attack was conducted by the pkk, the identification process is still ongoing and there's been no official announcement by the government about the specific identities of the attackers. can you tell us more about the military strikes being carried out by turkey? the military

a statement from the ministry of defence said a total of 32 targets had been destroyed in the ongoingthe attack on wednesday on a state— owned arms and aerospace company was carried out by two ragip soylu is the turkey bureau chief for the middle east eye in ankara — he says there's no official confirmation the pkk is responsible. there has been no official claim by the pkk or any other group but the turkish interior ministry said yesterday the initial indications suggest the attack was conducted by the pkk, the identification process is still ongoing, and there's been no official announcement by the government on the specific identities of the attackers. the strikes happened overnight in northern syria and northern iraq and there were also separate strikes by the turkish intelligence agency as well because they have drone capabilities, and as far as i can see in northern syria they mainly targeted the oil infrastructure controlled by the kurdish groups over there. the turkish intelligence also hit some of the tunnels and the basements and safe—guarded weapons depots but there are als

well, their start their ministry of defence right . try of defence right. >> gbnews.com/yoursay for all of your thoughts, this morning. but sue gray has quit. your thoughts, this morning. but sue gray has quit . or more sue gray has quit. or more likely, she was fired behind the scenes in her role as sir keir starmer's chief of staff, over fears that she had become a distraction. >> so her exit follows reports of, well, not reports. there were tensions in downing street, including with the prime minister's chief adviser, morgan mcsweeney. he was head of strategy, who is now stepping into her role. >> she hasn't gone completely. she's been appointed as the envoy. i love this title for the regions and nations . which means regions and nations. which means what? nothing. it's . it's what? nothing. it's. it's a grand title. the envoy for regions and nations. >> it's. >> it's. >> it's. >> i mean , envoy, if you think >> i mean, envoy, if you think of an envoy is like a middle east envoy. tony blair was in the middle east or envoy to the un,

the ministry of defence obviously deny this now, though, the veterans annual reunion at pontins is underd they are in desperate need of a sponson are in desperate need of a sponsor. and we're joined in the studio now by alan owen, the founder of labrats international, and brian unthank, a nuclear test veteran. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us, we spoke to you, alan, didn't we, a couple of weeks ago, and your story touched us. so much and touched our viewers as well. and we really wanted to get you back in here because this feels like such an unjust situation. and so just remind people who don't know what happened to the veterans, to the soldiers at the time, with the testing. >> so britain today is actually the 72nd anniversary of the first british test, operation hurricane, at the montebello islands, off australia. so it's 72 years ago that we first tested nuclear weapons , and we tested nuclear weapons, and we carried on testing as britain up until 1991, with underground testing in the nevada desert. and these men were sent to these remote locations. and brian to christmas i

experts from the ministry of defence were called in. tricted access to our analysis laboratories at porton down, where a team of scientists undertook detailed examination of the items from this incident to identify the presence of the toxin ricin. when the poison was discovered, extensive work was carried out to check the risk level. no ricin was found to have been present at the dance school in southport where the stabbing happened. this information confirmed that there was no evidence that any victims, responders, or members of the public were exposed to ricin, either as part of the incident or afterwards. 0ur detailed initial risk assessmentjudged that the risk to the community and to the wider public was low. axel rudakubana will appear at westminster magistrates�* court tomorrow morning, and his trial is expected to start injanuary. the police have urged restraint, pleading people not to speculate or share rumour to enable a fair trial and not lose sight of those who are still grieving and affected by what happened in southport. jud

there�*s some more for the ministry of defence, there�*s a rise in the minimum wage, and the health serviceg outside of covid since 2010. but if you feared the cost of filling up going up, courtesy of the chancellor, it isn�*t. so i have decided today to freeze fuel duty next year and i will maintain the existing five point cut for another year too. but the government has found a way to loads more money for longer—term spending — what they call investment — by changing their own rules on how much they can borrow. butjust like for you and me, it costs to borrow money. this is a moment of fundamental choice for britain — investing in our future, delivering change, rebuilding britain. we on these benches commend those choices and i commend this statement to the house. responding in his last big moment in thejob, rishi sunak. time and again, we conservatives warned labour would tax, borrow and spend far beyond what they were telling the country. and time and again, they denied they had such plans. but today the truth has come out — proof that they plan to do this all along. and here the reactio

the russian ministry of defence has taken over prison recruitment from the wagner group, the paramilitaryhat used convicts to fill its ranks. conditions in russianjails are so bad that some are prepared to risk death on the frontline instead. 0lga ivshina reports. this is andrey perlov�*s olympic medal. his daughter alina is showing it to us because he is in a pre—trial detention facility, facing ten years in prison. he stands accused of embezzling around 3 million rubles, almost £2a,000, from the football club where he was managing director. but the 62—year—old has been offered a way out. he can avoid a trial altogether if he signs a contract to join the army and fight in ukraine. translation: my father refused to sign the contract. _ for him it would be tantamount to admitting his guilt. he's not going to do that. a new law now obliges almost anyone accused of a crime to be offered a contract to go to war. but it hasn't always been that way. these are the faces of some of the violent criminals who fought and died for russia in ukraine. like vitezslav coches, who burned two people alive,

the uk's ministry of defence has confirmed that british forces, in their words, played a part in attemptsut the bbc understands that it means uk fighterjets were involved, as they were in april when iran last attacked israel with missiles. here's prime minister, sir keir starmer. we stand with israel, and we recognise her right to self—defence in the face of this aggression. iran must stop these attacks. together with its proxies, like hezbollah, iran has menaced the middle east forfar too long. chaos and destruction brought notjust to israel, but to the people they live amongst in lebanon and beyond. make no mistake — britain stands full square against such violence. we support israel's reasonable demand for the security of its people. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the two main candidates vying to be the next vice—president of the united states have gone head to head in their only tv debate before next months presidential election. in a debate lasting an hour and a0 minutes, 0hio senatorjd vance and minnesota governor tim walz sparred over key issues like abortion

sum for the ministry of defence, a rise in the minimum wage and the health service is getting a big chunk chunk more.— is getting a big chunk more. this is the laruest is getting a big chunk more. this is the largest real _ is getting a big chunk more. this is the largest real terms _ is getting a big chunk more. this is the largest real terms growth - is getting a big chunk more. this is the largest real terms growth in i the largest real terms growth in day—to—day nhs spending outside of covid since 2010. but day-to-day nhs spending outside of covid since 2010.— covid since 2010. but if you fear the cost of _ covid since 2010. but if you fear the cost of filling _ covid since 2010. but if you fear the cost of filling up _ covid since 2010. but if you fear the cost of filling up going - covid since 2010. but if you fear the cost of filling up going up i the cost of filling up going up courtesy of the chancellor, it isn't. t courtesy of the chancellor, it isn't. . . ., ., isn't. i have decided today to freeze fuel _ isn't. i have decided today to freeze fuel duty _ isn't. i have decided t

the uk's ministry of defence confirmed that british forces, in their words, played a part in attemptsrther escalation in the middle east. no operational details were given, but the bbc understands that it means uk fighterjets were involved, as they were in april when iran last attacked israel with missiles. on iranian soil back injuly. meanwhile, this evening, injaffa, neartelaviv, just before the missile attack, seven israelis were shot dead in what police said was a terrorist attack. for months now, the world's diplomats have tried to stop the year—long war in gaza from engulfing the region. they've failed. and after tonight's unprecedented iranian attacks, israel is expected to hit back hard. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. the uk's ministry of defence confirmed that british forces, in their words, played a part in attempts to prevent further escalation in the middle east. no operational details were given, but the bbc understands that it means uk fighterjets were involved, as they were in april when iran in very close quarters fighting with the israelis in one particular southe

experts from the ministry of defence were called in. t porton down, where a team of scientists undertook detailed examination of the items from this incident to identify the presence of the toxin ricin. when the poison was discovered, extensive work was carried out to check the risk level. no ricin was found to be present at the dance school in southport, where the stabbings happened. this information confirmed that there was no evidence that any victims, responders or members of the public were exposed to ricin — either as part of the incident or afterwards. 0ur detailed initial risk assessment judged that the risk to the community and to the wider public was low. axel rudakubana will appear at westminster magistrates court tomorrow morning and his trial is expected to start injanuary. the police have urged restraint, pleading with people not to speculate or share rumour, to enable a fair trial and not lose sight of those who are still grieving and affected by what happened in southport. judith moritz, bbc news. the uk and the us are am

experts from the ministry of defence were called in. , it also included unrestricted access to our analysis laboratories at porton down, where a team of scientists undertook detailed examination of the items from this incident to identify the presence of the toxin ricin. when the poison was discovered, extensive work was carried out to check the risk level. no ricin was found to have been present at the dance school in southport where the stabbing happened. this information confirmed that there was no evidence that any victims, responders or members of the public. were exposed to ricin, - either as part of the incident or afterwards. 0ur detailed initial- risk assessmentjudged that the risk to the community and to the wider— public was low. axel rudakubana will appear at westminster magistrates�* court tomorrow morning and his trial is expected to start injanuary. the police have urged restraint, pleading people not to speculate or share rumour to enable a fair trial and not lose sight of those who are still grieving and affected by what

experts from the ministry of defence were called in. scientific advisers, myself included, it also included unrestricted access to our analysis laboratories at porton down, where a team of scientists undertook detailed examination of the items from this incident to identify the presence of the toxin ricin. when the poison was discovered, extensive work was carried out to check the risk level. no ricin was found to have been present at the dance school in southport where the stabbing happened. this information confirmed that there was no evidence that any victims, responders or members of the public were exposed to ricin, either as part of the incident or afterwards. our detailed initial risk assessment judged that the risk to the community and to the wider public was low. axel rudakubana will appear at westminster magistrates�* court tomorrow morning and his trial is expected to start injanuary. the police have urged restraint, pleading people not to speculate or share rumour to enable a fair trial and not lose sight of those who are sti

there's some more for the ministry of defence, there's a rise in the minimum wage, and the health serviceo—day nhs spending outside of covid since 2010. but if you feared the cost of filling up going up, courtesy of the chancellor, it isn't. so i have decided today to freeze fuel duty next year and i will maintain the existing five point cut for another year too. but the government has found a way to loads more money for longer—term spending — what they call investment — by changing their own rules on how much they can borrow. butjust like for you and me, it costs to borrow money. this is a moment of fundamental choice for britain — investing in our future, delivering change, rebuilding britain. we on these benches commend those choices and i commend this statement to the house. responding in his last big moment in thejob, rishi sunak. time and again, we conservatives warned labour would tax, borrow and spend far beyond what they were telling the country. and time and again, they denied they had such plans. but today the truth has come out — proof that they plan to do this all along. and

that's the latest we are hearing from the ministry of defence.assisted dying law should be changed in england and wales. let's hearfrom dr henry marsh, a neurosurgeon a campainer for assisted dying — who has written extensively about his advanced prostate cancer. and dr gillian wright, a former palliative care doctor who now campaigns against assisted dying. dr marsh started by telling me aout his personal circumstances. i'm currently in remission from stage three b prostate cancer, but it's uncertain. and it's very common. i have always been a passionate advocate of legalising assisted dying long before i became a patient myself. so tell me, in terms of what we think is going to be put forward, the very fact that mps will be voting on this again. just give me your headline thoughts on that move, because we've not had a vote for quite a number of years. well, there are two. there are two ways of allowing assisted dying, which varies many, many countries in the world where it is allowed. and i really can't emphasise strongly enough the argument ab

saying and how you refer to the proxies, the logic of that is taking on iran, the former israeli ministry of defenced you support an attack on the nuclear facilities on would you support an attack on the nuclearfacilities on iran? christian, you are giving me the platform of the bbc. why is this about israel? why is the islamic regime of iran destabilising all of the middle east, supplying all of these weapons, that missile before that you talked about that was fired today from yemen. to me, this islamic regime of iran is something the world can face. can you imagine where we would be right now if this regime was nuclear? this is not about me wanting more. i do not want war ever, i did not ask for october seven. i think that israel for a large degree thought we were deterring, but part of that is also because we do not want war. and here we are in a war and what we have been told is to hold back, they are behind civilians, hold back. iran is behind it all, but hold back. where is the rest of the world? the islamic regime destabilising everybody. what about the world getting on board. it was said tod

according to the syrian ministry of defence killing women and children. of the senior members of hezbollah was targeted in this place and killed but no confirmation from hezbollah, as part of what is going on, before when the iranians consulate was struck by israeli air strike and some people thought it was a senior member of the iranians guard, iran responded with a barrage of drones and missiles in april, some were intercepted, the ongoing attack some targets in syria as part of the front of fire between mr netanyahu and israel and gaza. also yemen and other places. said shehata there. thank you for bringing us up to date. that is this morning in beirut. , ., , ., beirut. plumes of smoke above the ci , beirut. plumes of smoke above the city. our — beirut. plumes of smoke above the city, our website _ beirut. plumes of smoke above the city, our website keeping . the city, our website keeping you up—to—date on the latest as well. let's get some of the day's other news 110w. brazil's supreme court has lifted a ban on the social media platform, x, after it a

there's some more for the ministry of defence, there's a rise in the minimum wage, and the health servicet real—terms growth in day—to—day nhs spending outside of covid since 2010. but if you feared the cost of filling up going up, courtesy of the chancellor, it isn't. so i have decided today to freeze fuel duty next year and i will maintain the existing five point cut for another year too. but the government has found a way to loads more money for longer—term spending — what they call investment — by changing their own rules on how much they can borrow. butjust like for you and me, it costs to borrow money. this is a moment of fundamental choice for britain — investing in our future, delivering change, rebuilding britain. we on these benches commend those choices and i commend this statement to the house. responding in his last big moment in thejob, rishi sunak. time and again, we conservatives warned labour would tax, borrow and spend far beyond what they were telling the country. and time and again, they denied they had such plans. but today the truth has come out — proof that they pla

the uk's ministry of defence has confirmed that british forces, in their words, played a part in attemptstion in the middle east. no operational details were given — but the bbc understands that it means uk fighterjets were involved, as they were in april when iran last attacked israel with missiles. here's prime minister, sir keir starmer. we stand with israel, and we recognise her right to self—defence in the face of this aggression. iran must stop these attacks. together with its proxies, like hezbollah, iran has menaced the middle east forfar too long. chaos and destruction brought notjust to israel, but to the people they live amongst in lebanon and beyond. make no mistake — britain stands full square against such violence. we support israel's reasonable demand for the security of its people. let's speak to former director of cia, general david petraeus. general petraeus led allied forces in iraq during the surge of 2007—8 and in afghanistan in 2010—11, before directing the cia. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. how surprised are you that iran directly attacked israel, when many c

, director of military sciences, at the royal united services institute and formerly of the ministry of defenced he is going to guide us through what might happen next. first, let's talk about today. israeli soldiers pushed further into southern lebanon? we israeli soldiers pushed further into southern lebanon?— israeli soldiers pushed further into southern lebanon? we saw the first re orts of southern lebanon? we saw the first reports of them _ southern lebanon? we saw the first reports of them taking _ southern lebanon? we saw the first reports of them taking casualties i reports of them taking casualties which were sadly inevitable given this is hezbollah�*s home turf and they have probably been preparing for a ground operation by israel like this for several years. as your report suggested strikes are still going on further north because it's well is looking to deal with hezbollah�*s longer range rockets and ballistic missiles. this operation onlyjust ballistic missiles. this operation only just over the ballistic missiles. this operation onlyjust over the border is focusing on hezbollah�*s

think, you know, there is this there's always going to be this tension between, you know, the ministry of defencemoney for the traditional fighting force, if you like. and the other people who need it for the security services. but i think you know, as elizabeth has just said, this unsettling of people who go, oh, i don't trust that. i don't trust that. i only trust that because that person said it. even if that person is not real, that person is a bot. and all i would say is that we need all of us need to get a little bit more savvy about checking our facts. we can all have opinions, but we should check the facts and we take great care of that @gbnews certainly do . certainly do. >> joe, thank you for joining us from atlantic council and of course, andrew jenkins and joe phillips. thank you too. now next. no point crying over spilt pint. well you might be soon be increased taxes on and they could see >> needs a cigar. >> needs a cigar. >> now is the humble pint under threat? well , brewers >> now is the humble pint under threat? well, brewers and landlords are warning that chancellor rachel reev

in qatar, where he was involved in negotiating a contract between the state of qatar, the uk ministry of defence a key financial backer of terror groups like hamas. now, it does come after three jewish organisations backed a report that concluded that the bbc was institutionally hostile to israel. i'm joined now by a former bbc executive and presenter, roger bolton. rogen and presenter, roger bolton. roger, thank you very, very much. this is yet another case of the bbc managing to find a so—called impartial voice that turns out to be anything but impartial . to be anything but impartial. >> no, it's the bbc's responsibility to talk to a wide range of people and it should be duly impartial, which means that it doesn't have to accept the word of people who support terrorism or whatever. >> but it does have a job to properly examine what they say. but imagine that it didn't talk to people like the person you mentioned. imagine if it only talked to support of israel. well, what would it be doing? >> but it's how they pass it off, though, roger, isn't it? you get there. here is a noble, learned, inde

but when david cameron became foreign secretary, he spoke to people in the ministry of defence. put a stop to the deal. he put a stop to all of those negotiations. it was not the policy of the last government. by policy of the last government. by the time they went to the election to give up this territory. and then we get a new government coming in, we get a new foreign secretary and suddenly this territory is ceded for nothing in return, literally nothing. >> i don't get it. they've been in power for, what, three months now? about three months, thereabouts. and this is seemingly quite close to the top of the agenda. the top of the priority list . and what does priority list. and what does this mean for the future? we've obviously got calls from argentina now to hand back the falklands in their words, a renewed vows to get it back . renewed vows to get it back. what else are the government going to give back? >> and this is the thing. well, exactly. that's the distinction because it's not giving back. i mean, the falklands were not inhabhed mean, the falklands were not inhabited

when we both worked in the ministry of defence, and after he left and his position is very clear, optse parts that don't work for us, which is perfectly doable under the existing framework. reform the bits that aren't working for us and other countries are experiencing similar problems. but if we can't get the reforms, be prepared to walk away from that treaty. we don't want to get that to that point. first off, we want to reform the treaty. but he's been very clear he's prepared to do so if necessary. >> robert jenrick today has been speaking about those who want to reform the echr, as if they're the sort of people who were as if it's david cameron's eu negotiation strategy, the sort of failed attempt at renegotiating something about reforming something that has a membership of 46 countries that would need unanimity to agree to any change. is it really possible to reform it? >> well, it's not easy to reform these international treaties, but we're seeing other countries, germany, where they're looking at issues with deporting terrorists. we all want the same objective is how do we get

well, there was a statement overnight from the | statement overnight from the ministry of defence saying alongside france, which also helped in april, could get drawn in in a more direct way.— more direct way. lots of open questions _ more direct way. lots of open questions as _ more direct way. lots of open questions as you _ more direct way. lots of open questions as you describe - more direct way. lots of open i questions as you describe them. more direct way. lots of open - questions as you describe them. the sunday times columnist, mark abbott, thank you for your analysis. thank ou, thank you for your analysis. thank you. either- _ thank you for your analysis. thank you, either. we _ thank you for your analysis. thank you, either. we will _ thank you for your analysis. thank you, either. we will speak- thank you for your analysis. thank you, either. we will speak to - thank you for your analysis. thank you, either. we will speak to our. you, either. we will speak to our correspondence at akm. lest you, either. we will speak to our correspondence at akm. at 8am. keep an e e on corres

hundreds of flights have been cancelled. the defence ministrysia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes is in taipei where he says people are bracing for the worst. we are now really getting the full force of the storm, coming through the capital city. people are hunkered done, the island has been closed down. schools and offices are all closed, the whole of today, rail services spending all domestic flights have been cancelled, the brunt of the storm has been borne by the people on the east coast where it came ashore earlier today, it came ashore earlier today, it is an enormous storm, it is 500 kilometres across, it is packing winds at the centre of over 200 kilometres an hour, so it is a very serious storm, and thatis it is a very serious storm, and that is why the government has really shut the island down. the real dangerfrom really shut the island down. the real danger from storms like this isn't from the wind it is the amount of rain it is carrying and as it piles into the central mountains of taiwan which are very highs it will start brea

of taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry described the exercises as irrational and provocative. officials on theand said it would deploy its own forces in response but would not escalate the conflict. jurors will begin hearing evidence in the trial of three people accused of killing ten—year—old sara sharif today. herfather, stepmother and uncle all deny murder, as well as causing or allowing the death of a child. helena wilkinson reports. sara's body was discovered at her home in surrey in august last year. she was found alone. herfather, stepmother and her uncle are charged with her murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik lived with the ten year old before her death. the day before sara's body was found, they travelled to islamabad in pakistan. last week at the old bailey, a jury was sworn in ahead of their trial, and today the prosecution is expected to lay out the case against the three defendants. mr sharif, miss batool and mr malik were arrested when they returned to the uk in september last year. two days later they were charged.

of its own territory. taiwan's defence ministry has condemned what it called an "irrational and provocative act".n to last week's national day speech by the taiwanese president, lai ching—te, who vowed to resist annexation by china. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the british government has admitted it had to have a conversation with logistics firm, dp world, to secure a billion pound port investment — after one of its subsidiary companies was criticised by the transport secretary. louise haigh called for a boycott of p&0 ferries and criticised its record on workers' rights. business secretary, jonathan reynolds, said her comments didn't reflect the government's stance. the cost of borrowing money to buy a home is unlikely to return to the low levels seen over the past decade — according to the boss of the country's largest mortgage lender. charlie nunn, the chief executive of lloyds, said it did expect mortgage rates to come down though, but not to the near—zero rates they were during the 2010s. bbc news has found that a flagshi

of its own territory. taiwan �*s defence ministry has condemned what it calls any rational and a provocative act.xercises are thought to be a reaction last week �*s national day speech by the tigray knees president who vowed to resist annexation by china —— taiwanese. joining me now is rupert wingfield—hayes. good to speak to you about this. what is the main thing we should understand about china �*s recent actions? the first thing we need to say about these exercises which have been called joint saw 2024 b is the be is significant here because joint b is the be is significant here becausejoint saw b is the be is significant here because joint saw 2024 a happened back in may after president ley was inaugurated as taiwan �*s newly elected president. that was china �*s response to him becoming the president. he is, i don't think it is too strong a word to say absolutely loathed by the communist regime in beijing and because there was an a, we always thought that was going to be a b and of course after there was a national day address on taiwan �*s national day last week, we are now getting part b o

the mets under the defence ministry, — —— the mets under the defence ministry, and they are meeting about how they— ministry, and they are meeting about how they would react to all ofets up, all of this, as you say, ratchets up. raises _ all of this, as you say, ratchets up, raises the level of tension and crisis _ up, raises the level of tension and crisis to— up, raises the level of tension and crisis to one — up, raises the level of tension and crisis to one unprecedented level, and we _ crisis to one unprecedented level, and we have to wait and see what israet's _ and we have to wait and see what israel's erection would be. —— reaction _ israel's erection would be. —— reaction. also earlier that they were _ reaction. also earlier that they were seeing the consequence for iran would _ were seeing the consequence for iran would be _ were seeing the consequence for iran would be huge stop c. we have to see how widespread this offensive is, how widespread this offensive is, how these — how widespread this offensive is, how these attacks are, and depending on that— how these attacks are, and depending on that we _ how these attacks are, and depending on that we woul

has sent planes and ships encircling the island which is considered as part of its own territory stop taiwan �*s defence ministryondemned what it called an irrational and provocative act but said it had deployed appropriate forces in response. we're showing you some pictures coming to us, showing the airfield in taiwan airbase where we have seen in the last hour, jets taking off and landing. china �*s military exercises are thought to be the reaction to last week �*s national day speech either taiwanese president william lai who vowed to resist annexation by china. for more on this i am joined by our china corresponded stephen mcdonnell. tell us more about these actions by china and the timing of them. actions by china and the timing ofthem. ~ actions by china and the timing of them. ~ . . ., ., of them. according to the eo - le of them. according to the peeple "s _ of them. according to the people 's liberation - of them. according to the | people 's liberation army, of them. according to the - people 's liberation army, this people �*s liberation army, this is a sort of dress rehearsal from attacking taiwan is

of attacks, in which they targeted air defence and missile systems. elsewhere fighting between israel and hezbollah continues. on sunday, the lebanese health ministryy israeli strikes in the south of the country. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell — told me the killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar has removed well, really, the killing of the leader of hamas has changed things a lot. americans have described him as being the chief obstacle in reaching a cease fire and hostage release deal in the past. what we understand now is that the israeli intelligence director, who has been handling these negotiations, it remains in qatar to meet with the prime minister, to meet with the us intelligence chief there as well. and although hamas has not directly involved in these talks at the moment, of course we know that many hamas leaders are based in delhi, so it has been suggested that it would be possible —— based in delhi. we have had the egyptian president putting forward an idea of a two day ceasefire as a sort of testing the water measure, saying that this could help push things forward. that would see, they have proposed, for it israeli hostage

of the most important defence and aviation companies. it produces the countries first national combat aircraft among other projects. a very significant site, we are getting these reports confirmed by the interior ministryttack carried out there and he is calling it a terrorist attack and says that there are unfortunately martyrs and injured people and people killed. we are trying to gather more information for you and will bring you the latest sooners we get it. the amazon has had its worst forest fires in two decades. more than 62,000 square kilometres have been burned this year already ? an area bigger than countries like sri lanka or costa rica. the world relies on the amazon to absorb a lot of its carbon and these fires mean it is now emitting record amounts itself. let's speak to our south america correspondent, ione wells who is in sao paulo. you have just returned from the amazon, how was it?— amazon, how was it? well, it is certainly not — amazon, how was it? well, it is certainly not the _ amazon, how was it? well, it is certainly not the image - amazon, how was it? well, it is certainly not the image you - certainly not the image you might expect or imagine when you picture the amazon, the gr

of the hoke ido ireland in the northeast. it also flew for the longest time in a missile launch for about one hour and 26 minutes. what we're getting from the defence ministryuth korea, they believe this is a development in trying to fire missiles farther and higher and the significance of that is that it flew at a very sharply high angle, if it flies more horizontally it means it can cover distances towards the united states. all of this comes at a time of incredible tension between the north and the south. we have seen the ratcheting up of rhetoric, very hostile relations between the two countries and we heard from the south korean presidency saying they will launch or they will impose more sanctions on the north, inviting allies to do the same but also remember this comes less than a week ahead of the united states presidential elections that are happening on tuesday. again officials in south korea say pyongyang is probably trying to strengthen its negotiation tech x or negotiation position ahead of the presidential elections in the us. of the presidential elections in the us-— of the presidential elections in the us. ., ~ ., ., in the us. thank you for

huge plumes of smoke were seen rising just a few hundred metres from roman ruins that are listed as a unesco world heritage site. meanwhile, syria's defence ministry wounded in israeli air strikes at a military site near the western city of homs. the ministry said there had also been israeli air strikes on a neighbourhood in the capital damascus. the world health organization has postponed a polio vaccination campaign in northern gaza, blaming continued violence and a lack of humanitarian pauses that would allow health teams to reach people. the crucial second round of immunisations was due to get under way on wednesday, with almost 120,000 children set to be vaccinated. as the humanitarian challenges deepen, a former senior official on israel's national security council has called on army soldiers to refuse orders that could lead to war crimes being committed in gaza — allegations israel has denied. in his latest diplomatic tour of the region, us secretary of state antony blinken warned israel to boost aid or face possible consequences. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. if we start with what happened overnight in lebanon, southern beirut,

of cars. the hamas—run health ministry says four are dead and many more reported injured. the israel defence conflict has been reading for more than a year now, and still deadly attacks are happening on a regular basis. north carolina authorities arrested a man after threats against federal emergency management agency crews in the state. the man was arrested after alleged being seen with an assault rifle and making a comment about possibly harming fema employees working on recovery efforts. aid groups have been working since the hurricane hit north carolina over two weeks ago. fema says those crews will now work from a fixed location instead of going door to door as they have done in the past. the taliban morality ministry out to law afghanistan's taliban morality ministry vowed to enforce a law banning media from publishing images of all living things on monday. before the recent law, taliban officials in kandahar were banned from taking photos and videos of living things, but the law did not include news media. the new law also includes an order for outlets not to mock or humiliate islam.

government released these pictures of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defence minister yoav gallant following the strikes from the operation room at the israel's defence ministryiv. earlier the idf spokesman daniel hagari made this statement about the air strikes. the israel defense forces have fulfilled its mission. if the regime in iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we would be obligated to respond. our message is clear: all those who threat in the state of israel and seek to drag the region into wider escalation will pay a heavy price. we demonstrated today that we have both the capability and the resolve to act decisively, and we are prepared on offence and defence to defend the state of israel and the people of israel. ms you are we have had plenty of international reaction, including from the uk prime minister keir starmer. speaking from samoa, he warned iran against responding to the latest strikes. i am clear that israel has the right to defend itself against iranian aggression. i am equally clear that we need to avoid further regional escalation and urge all sides to show restraint. iran should not respond. we will c

of attacks, in which they targeted air defence and missile systems. elsewhere fighting between israel and hezbollah continues. on sunday, the lebanese health ministryin the south of the country. live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. let's start with these talks in doha today, we have been here before and we have discussed possible ceasefire, but it has not materialised. what is different now?— not materialised. what is different now? really, the killinu different now? really, the killing of _ different now? really, the killing of the _ different now? really, the killing of the hamas - different now? really, the| killing of the hamas leader different now? really, the - killing of the hamas leader has changed things a lot. the americans have described him as the chief obstacle in reaching a ceasefire in hostage release deal in the past. we understand now that the israeli intelligence director who has been handling this negotiation remains in qatar to meet with the prime minister to meet with the prime minister to meet with the us intelligence chief there as well. and although hamas are not directly involved in these talks

government released these pictures of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defence minister yoav gallant following the strikes from the operation room at the israel's defense ministrytel aviv. earlier the idf spokesman daniel hagari made this statement about the air strikes. the israel defense forces have fulfilled its mission. if the regime in iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we would be obligated to respond. our message is clear: all those who threat in the state who threaten the state of israel and seek to drag the region into wider escalation will pay a heavy price. we demonstrated today that we have both the capability and the resolve to act decisively, and we are prepared on offence and defence to defend the state of israel and the people of israel. let's cross live now tojerusalem and speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell. just talk us through a little bit more about what we have been hearing from the israelis. the news of this came in the early hours of the morning with reports of explosions around tehran. very quickly the israeli military said that it had begun its retaliation against iran for that big st

government released these pictures of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defence minister yoav gallant following the strikes from the operation room at the israel's defense ministryearlier the idf spokesman daniel hagari made this statement about the air strikes. the israel defense forces has fulfilled its mission. if the regime in iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we would be obligated to respond. our message is clear: all those who threaten the state of israel and seek to drag the region into wider escalation will pay a heavy price. we demonstrated today that we have both the capability and the resolve to act decisively, and we are prepared on offence and defence to defend the state of israel and the people of israel. following israel's retaliatory strike on iran overnight — let's remind you of how we got here. tensions rose in lebanon last month when at least 32 people were killed and thousands injured in lebanon, as dozens of hand—held devices like pagers and walkie—talkies — some owned by members of hezbollah, a group backed by iran — spontaneously exploded. ten days later, hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah was assassinate

government released these pictures of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defence minister yoav gallant following the strikes from the operation room at the israel�*s defense ministryier the idf spokesman daniel hagari made this statement about the air strikes. the israel defense forces have fulfilled its mission. if the regime in iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we would be obligated to respond. our message is clear: all those who threat in the state who threaten the state of israel and seek to drag the region into wider escalation will pay a heavy price. we demonstrated today that we have both the capability and the resolve to act decisively, and we are prepared on offence and defence to defend the state of israel and the people of israel. our correspondent sebastian usher is injerusalem where he says reaction so far is muted. there isn�*t really very much reaction at the moment. it�*s shabbat. if you look down around me, the streets have been very quiet until now. there�*s some traffic appearing, but you�*re not going to hear anything very, very strong from the religious nationalists who make up a very, very important part of

defences and explode in the northern port city of haifa. several people were injured. meanwhile in gaza israeli attacks are continuing. the hamas—run health ministrye were killed in strikes on a mosque and a school housing displaced palestinians. the idf says it believed hamas was re—grouping in the area. and in southern israel, a 19—year—old female sergeant with the israeli border police was killed in a shooting. at least ten others were injured in what police have called a suspected terror attack. all of this comes as israel prepares to mark the one—year anniversary of the october seventh attacks by hamas and other palestinian armed groups in which around 1200 people were killed — and more than 250 taken hostage. 97 people are still being held captive. we begin our coverage with this report from our international editor, jeremy bowen who has travelled to kibuutz kfar azr, close to israel's border with gaza. the survivors of the attack on kibbuutz kfar asr have not come back to live here. the ruins have not been touched. kfar azr on the border was one of the first targets of hamas. they killed 62 people here. they took 19 into gaza as hostages. b

defence ministry condemned what it called a provocative act. israel says four soldiers have been killed by a hezbollah drone attack on an army base in the north ofn. a spokesperson for the peacekeepers says repeated the injured ukrainians trying to stop russia's swift advances — we have a special report from the east of the country: cheering and applause. and, jubilation at spacex: a world first, as part of its rocket is captured on landing. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with china which is it has launched military drills around taiwan, describing them as a warning to any separatist act. this map provided by beijing shows where it says it has sent planes and

defences and explode in the northern port of haifa. several people were injured. meanwhile in gaza — israeli attacks are continuing. the hamas—run health ministryre killed in strikes on a mosque and a school housing displaced palestinians. the idf says it believed hamas was re—grouping in the area. and in southern israel — a 19—year—old female sergeant with the israeli border police was killed in a shooting. at least ten others were injured — in what police have called a suspected terror attack. all of this comes as israel prepares to mark the one—year anniversary of the october 7th attacks by hamas and other palestinian armed groups — in which around 1,200 people were killed — and more than 250 others taken hostage. ninety—seven people are still being held captive. we begin our coverage with this report from our international editor, jeremy bowen — who has travelled to kibuutz kfar azr — close to israel's border with gaza. the survivors have not come back. the ruins have not been touched. kfarazr on back. the ruins have not been touched. kfar azr on the border was one of the first targets of hamas. they killed 62 people here. they took 19 into