. ♪ caitrÍona: hello and welcome to "bbc world news america." i'm caitrÍona perry. military released a list of nine alleged hamas members among the 18 killed in an israeli airstrike on the u.n. school on wednesday. the bbc has not been able to verify that list. it comes after the u.n. confirms six workers had been killed in the attack. the school which is located in a refugee camp is run by the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees. it has displaced refugees seeking shelter. the u.n. secretary general did -- denounced this saying it amounted to dramatic violations of international humanitarian law. the agency added wednesday's strike is the fifth time the school has been hit since the start of the war. reporter:reporter: our correspondent now reporting. in clear daylight, death from the sky. united nations agency for palestinian refugees says the israeli airstrike on the school is the deadliest of this war for the staff, killing six, meaning at least 220 employees have died since the conflict began last october. this man says people distributing aid were killed and a

i'm caitriona perry. the u.s.el is currently conducting limited operations against hezbollah infrastructure in lebanon, after a fresh wave of daily israeli airstrikes targeting the iran backed militant group. during a visit to be lebanon border, israel's defense minister said israel is ready to use forces from air, sea, and land to achieve its objectives. that includes assuring people who evacuated from their homes in northern israel are safe to return. hezbollah's deputy chief says the military is also prepared for an israeli ground offensive. president joe biden reiterated u.s. calls for an immediate cease-fire. the u.s. state department spokesperson matthew miller explained the u.s. position a little earlier. >> we recognize military pressure can enable diplomacy. it is also true that military pressure can lead to unintended consequences. we are in conversation with israel about all of these factors. these are decisions they have to make themselves, no one else can make them for them. we are going to continue t

caitrÍona: in gaza u.n.organizations have become the second stage of a major polio vaccination campaign. this rollout a month after the first case of polio seen in gaza for 25 years. the vaccine rollout began on the first of september. since then the world health organization says over 4000 children have been vaccinated in gaza. the goal is to vaccinate 640,000 children against polio. they rely on pauses in fighting between israel and hamas. a representative in the occupied territories joined me earlier from central gaza to discuss how the vaccine rollout is going. talk to us about how the polio vaccine rollout is going. how many children have you managed to give a first dose to? >> yesterday we started the campaign, phase two, which will be through the eighth of september. we might need another day. in the south and central area, 411,301 children vaccinated. of the614,000. it is an amazing achievement. caitrÍona: how are pauses in fighting working out? is it safe for parents to bring children to you? are th

. ♪ caitriona: hello and welcome to world news america. i am caitriona perry.rried out its single deadliest attack on ukraine this year, killing at least 51 people and injuring 271 others. moscow launched the missile strike on a military communication institute and a nearby hospital in the central city. ukraine's armed forces confirmed soldiers at the military institute were among the dead. emergency worrs are still working to rescue survivors from the rubble. the regional governors of poltava says 15 people are still believed to be trapped. president volodymyr zelenskyy said those responsible for the attack would be held accountable, and renewed h calls to allies for more air defenses are the white house condemned the attack and said military assistance would be arriving to ukraine in the coming weeks. will vernon has more. reporter: another ukrainian city battered by russian missiles. scores were killed and injured in what was the deadliest attack in almost a year. just minutes after air raid sirens started blaring, the missiles hit the authorities say many p

caitrÍona: ok.ussing this and the investigation but for now, jason russell, thank you for joining us on bbc news. a reminder, you can find out the latest on this apparent assassination attempt on the bbc website and the bbc news app. hugh edwards has been given a six-month suspended -- suspended prison sentence after making indecent images of children. he previously pleaded guilty to three charges after being sent 41 illegal images by a sex offender. his lawyer told the court mr. edwards was profoundly sorry and recognize the repugnant nature of the images. the bbc said he betrayed not only the corporation but also the audiences. the united nations most senior official overseeing aid and reconstruction in gaza says the world is collectively failing innocent civilians after nearly a year of war. the senior u.n. coordinator for humanitarian action and reconstruction in gaza described the territory as the most unsafe place in the world. they were appointed nine months ago to improve the delivery of aid

i'm caitrÍona perry. toll in lebanon continues to mount amid a fresh wave of israeli airstrikes. lebanon's health ministry says 492 people were killed monday, including 35 children. more than 1600 people have been injured. the israel defense forces say they struck about 1300 hezbollah targets in southern lebanon. the idf says it also carried on a strike on a senior hezbollah commander in beirut. thhezbollah says he is fine and has moved to a safe place. hezbollah continued to fire rockets at israeli military posts with rockets reaching into cities and villages across northern israel although there were no reports of casualties. these strikes are drawing concern from world leaders meeting in new york city for this week's united nations general assembly. the spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general says mr. gutierrez is concerned i the large number of civilian casualties in lebanon. >> he expresses great concern for the safety of civilians in southern lebanon and northern israel as well as u.n. staff in

caitriona: talking about u.s. measures, antony blinken was speaking earlier and he said if u.s. interests in the area were threatened, that the u.s. would take every measure available to defend them. what do you think he means by that? amb. jeffrey: i think he's stating standard u.s. policy. he's often reluctant to extend that to israel, taking every available measure when it feels its security is threatened. that is what the israelis are doing and they are getting a lot of tssk-tssk's out of washington. we heard this last year. in the end, washington goes a lot because we don't have an alternative to hamas, hezbollah and iran. caitriona: speaking of hezbollah, what do you expect the response to this will be? we don't know the status of the leader nasrallah at this point in time. if he has been killed or incapacitated, what will that mean for hezbollah? amb. jeffrey: the conventional wisdom, which the israelis are challenging, the conventional wisdom was that hezbollah would launch their 150,000 rockets in massive

i'm sure that's the case for you as well, caitriona.ntly wants to ask, "who's going to win?" and of course, that is the one question that we can't answer, we're not going to answer, nobody wants to be left with egg on their face, and it's impossible to predict these things any more in us politics, as we know, despite what the polls may or may not say. but it's great for us three to get together and have this chat, as we're doing every week on the run—in to the election, ahead of all being together in the studio on the big results night. we've been talking there about what people are saying around the world. sumi, you are at the unga in new york, all of the world leaders gathered there, so much power and influence in one place. what's the tone coming from there? yeah, well, caitriona, katty, you both know this experience very well. you know, you sit here on press island. we literally had a situation where president macron walked by yesterday, and i was standing on a box, shouting questions down to him, which, of course, he didn't answer,

caitriona, you're in a library or a fake library? i'm in a fake library. yeah. no, it's not...u see on television these days is fake. let's be honest. i don't think there's a librarian on the planet that would let me speak this loudly if i were in a library, but i am in the library corner of the bbc washington bureau, so i have nipped into the library corner to have this chat with you guys, because it is very busy in this bbc bureau. we've had a lot of reinforcements come into town for the debate this week. of course, it's been another crazy busy week and a crazy busy month and a crazy busy year, but i'm delighted that us three are going to find the time every week to just get together and have a chat about what we've noticed from the campaigns, what's impacting voters ahead, of course, of the three of us being together in studio on the big night, election results night in november, and a few days have passed since that big debate now, i think people have had a chance to come up for air and kind of think about what happened, moving away from the sort of dizzy enthusiasm that we

i'm caitrÍona perry. the campaigns for u.s.ial election rivals donald trump and kamala harris are each claiming victory in the pivotal presidential debate. former president donald trump says he believes he did a great job on stage. the republican nominee claims the debate was rigged and accused moderators of bias. the harris campaign posted a photo of newspaper clippings praising the vice presidents performance captioned "winter god" a pool of more than 200 thousand registered voters that watched at least some of the debate found at least 54% taught harris one while 34 percent thought trump did so. for harris supported the night probably went better than even the most optimistic hoped for. for trump supporters of the reaction was less favorable and some have turned frustrations to the two moderators. david muir and linsey davis. is that criticism fair? >> donald trump says the debate was rigged against him. he was asked afterwards. >> what did you think of the moderators fact checking you? >> i think the moderators were very un

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. and the european union have joined together calling on israel and hezbollah to agree to a 21—day ceasefire as the situation threatens to spiral out of control. here's what president biden told reporters as he returned here to washington.

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. in the past hour, ten countries and the european union have joined together calling on israel and hezbollah to agree to a 21—day ceasefire as the situation threatens to spiral out of control. here's what president biden told reporters as he returned here to washington. a21 a 21 day ceasefire along the israeli lebanese border will generate significant support from europe as well as the arab nations. i will have more to say tomorrow. there's been no indication yet from israel or hezbollah if they will agree to the terms of the proposed ceasefire. it all comes as israel continued deadly air raids in southern lebanon on wednesday, killing at least 72 people, according to lebanon's health ministry. it brings the death toll from israeli strikes in lebanon to nearly 600 just this week. lebanon says a quarter of those killed have been women and chlidren. israel's military chief has told troops that israel's air strikes could pave the way for a possible ground invasion into lebanon. israel sai

caitriona perry talking to some voters.ave plans to disrupt the us election. all three countries have been found using ai—powered interference campaigns for the first time. bbc verify�*s ai correspondent, marc cieslak, was given access to the nerve centre in new york. times square, new york city — an unlikely location for a secure facility which monitors attempts by foreign governments to destabilise democracy. it is, however, home to mtac, the microsoft threat analysis centre. its job is to detect, assess and disrupt cyber enabled influence threats to democracies worldwide. the work that's carried out here is extremely sensitive. we're the very first people that have been permitted to film inside. it's also the first time russian, iranian and chinese attempts to influence a us election have all been detected at once. all three are in play, and this is the first cycle where we've had all three that we can definitely point to. individuals from this organisation serve on a special presidential committee in the kremlin... repo

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.anon on thursday, rejecting calls from the international community for a three—week ceasefire with hezbollah. the israeli army says it continues to fight hezbollah with �*full force', hitting 220 hezbollah targets in 2a hours. this is footage released by the israel defence forces, showing a strike in southern beirut that killed the head of hezbollah�*s drone unit. lebanon's health ministry said the latest israel's strikes killed at least 92 people, bringing the death toll from israeli raids this week to more than 600. this week marked the deadliest period between the two sides since 2006. hezbollah began a campaign against israel on october eighth, in support of hamas, and the two sides

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. agree to a 21—day ceasefire, as the situation threatens to spiral out of control. the effort was led by the us and france and signed by australia, canada, germany, italy, japan, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, and qatar. the statement reads in part...

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.le have been killed and more than 60 injured in israeli airstrikes on a designated humanitarian zone in southern gaza. local residents told the bbc that three israeli strikes destroyed more than 20 tents housing displaced palestinians in the al mawasi area. many more are reported to be buried. the israeli military said it had targeted a hamas command centre. a volunteer for a local charity who lives near the site said the attacks left craters several metres deep.

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announcer: and now, "bbc news" >> i'm caitrÍona perry in washington.bbc world news america. support for ukraine tops the agenda as the british prime minister that is -- visits the white house. immigration takes center stage on the campaign trail. donald trump says he will carry out mass deportations if elected and president biden warns against hateful rhetoric and an update from the astronauts stranded on the international space station hundreds of miles above earth. hello and welcome to world news america. president joe biden welcome to u.k. prime minister keir starmer to the white house to discuss the next steps in support for ukraine including the question of whether the west will allow the use of its long-range missiles by ukraine against targets in russia. russian president vladimir putin warned against such a move thursday saying it would represent nato's direct participation in the ukraine war. ahead of friday's meeting the white house said there would be no policy change on u.s.-made weapons but president biden reiterated backing for you crying

one of those states is michigan, and my colleague caitriona perry has been speaking to voters there.ng county, in this battleground state, only 300 votes separated joe biden from donald trump in 2020, so that gives you an idea about just how tight some of these communities are. you'll see streets where one house has a kamala harris sign in it and their next door neighbour has a donald trump sign in their front garden, so it's very close, very tight. people reporting issues here and in the other cities we've been in michigan, just like we're hearing right across america. we're hearing about the economy, we're hearing about the cost of living, an affordability crisis, we're hearing about the rates of inflation, housing, education, immigration, the lack of good qualityjobs, as people see it. but, of course, in one part of michigan, dearborn, just outside detroit, that's home to the biggest arab—american and muslim—american community in this country. and for them, those voters are concerned about all of those issues ijust mentioned, but top of the agenda is the situation in the middle ea

caitriona perry has been speaking to voters talking to voters they are motivated by a range of interestme economy, immigration, health care, but in dearborn which is home to the largest arab american and muslim communities in the country, top of the agenda is the situation in the middle east, in gaza, lebanon and further afield and specifically us policy towards israel. the news coming from the uncommitted organisation that they do not plan to endorse kamala harris. many of them are lifelong democrats. and we spoke to someone who shares that viewpoint, who is in dearborn in michigan. it hits very close to home, i have my sister who lives in lebanon and extended family in lebanon so it is difficult to conduct your day to day without that being top of mind for many people, and i thinkjust the broader issue is there is this focused attention on foreign policy. not as much is happening from a domestic standpoint.— happening from a domestic standoint. ~ ., ., ., ., standpoint. meanwhile kamala harris live streamed _ standpoint. meanwhile kamala harris live streamed a - standpoint. meanwhile

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. gaza's civil defence agency says at least a0 people have been killed and more than 60 injured in israeli air strikes on a designated humanitarian zone in southern gaza. local residents told the bbc that three israeli strikes destroyed more than 20 tents housing displaced palestinians in the al mawasi area. many more are reported to be buried. the israeli military said it had targeted a hamas command centre. a volunteer for a local charity who lives near the site said the attacks left craters several metres deep. in the north of the territory, the un says a convoy of its staff carrying out polio vaccinations was held at gunpoint for eight hours by the israeli army on monday. the staff have now been released, but the un says it's not sure whether it can continue the vaccination campaign as planned. meanwhile, syria says at least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of israeli air strikes. syrian state media says multiple sites were targeted, including scientific res

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. israel has carried out more aerial raids on lebanon on thursday, rejecting calls from the international community for a three—week ceasefire with hezbollah. the israeli army says it continues to fight hezbollah with �*full force', hitting 220 hezbollah targets in 2a hours. this is footage released by the israel defence forces, showing a strike in southern beirut that killed the head of hezbollah�*s drone unit. lebanon's health ministry said the latest israel's strikes killed at least 92 people, bringing the death toll from israeli raids this week to more than 600. this week marked the deadliest period between the two sides since 2006. hezbollah began a campaign against israel on october eighth, in support of hamas, and the two sides have exchanged fire since then. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from lebanon on the children caught up in israel's bombardments. a warning — you may find elements of this report distressing. firefighters rushing to another air st

i'm caitriona perry. thanks for watching. bye—bye. hello there. thursday's rain. a lot of heavy rain drifting out of northern england and northern ireland. this darker blue here, a line of torrential thundery showers with some hail in there as well. already still with days to spare, woburn in bedfordshire has had its wettest september on record, but it's also had its wettest month ever on record, and we've got an amber weather warning which will remain in force for the next few hours. and so we are just going to continue to add to those rainfall totals. so a line of heavy rain will move its way south out of the midlands, down into southern england and south—east england. behind it, the wind direction swinging around to a northerly. a few scattered showers with elevation could turn a little wintry as well, as it turns colder from the north, so this weather front slowly eases away during the day this friday and then behind it, that colder air starts to tuck in. a real noticeable difference to the feel of our weather story. so yes, it will be a wet s

one of those battleground states is michigan, from where my colleague caitriona perry now reports. the north of the state, and michigan is one of those really close battle—ground states, joe biden won here in 2020, donald trump in 2016, and each time the margins between the two were just several thousand votes, very close. here in saginaw county, joe biden won byjust 300 votes, so you can see how tight this race is. michigan is a very mixed state, with urban centres like detroit, the city of dearborn, which is a democrat majority city, and you have a large swathes of rural areas, flint, michigan, and the auto industry is one of the big employers. we can chat to some people to ask them how they will vote, it is a very contentious issue, talking politics, because it is so close, but we can speak to three gentlemen now, phil, frank, and randy, you come here four days a week for your chat, so tell us how feeling ahead of the election, do you know who you are going to vote for and why? you are going to vote for and wh ? ~ ~ you are going to vote for and why? well, i think, in america, w

my colleague caitriona perry is in saginaw doing her own polling. to the west of michigan, you have very republican areas, around detroit, you have very democratic areas. of course, the news coming from dearborn today is that the uncommitted movement there who refused to vote forjoe biden in the democratic primary, have now said they cannot endorse kamala harris because of her position in support of israel. here in saginaw city, as i say, it's very mixed. so let's take a quick temperature check on how voters here are feeling about the election. we can talk to tommy here. tommy, how are you feeling about the election? who are you going to vote for and why? i will vote for donald trump this year. i am typically a democrat. i voted democrat every year until donald trump ran for office. this year and in the past, i voted for donald trump. the reasons has been economical, primarily. three and a half years ago, i made more money. i paid less taxes. gas prices were cheaper. now everything has tripled, including grocery prices. i can go to subway to get a $

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.njured in israeli air strikes on a designated humanitarian zone in southern gaza. local residents told the bbc that three israeli strikes destroyed more than 20 tents housing displaced palestinians in the al mawasi area. many more are reported to be buried. the israeli military said it had targeted a hamas command centre. a volunteer for a local charity who lives near the site said the attacks left craters several metres deep.

caitriona perry has been speaking to voters in michigan about key issues of concern to them.een tonight. we've been travelling over several cities over the last couple of days in michigan, reallyjust trying to take the temperatures of voters and see how people are feeling in this race, which is so tight. here in saginaw, it is a swing city and the swing county in the battle ground state of michigan. joe biden won the state byjust 2.7% in 2020. donald trump won it by an even smaller margin in 2016, just 0.3% or thereabouts and talking to voters here, they are motivated by a range of issues coming up time and again, the issues of economy, inflation, the cost of living, housing, immigration, health care education, but in dearborn in particular, which is home to the largest arab—american and muslim american communities in this country, top of the agenda there is the situation in the middle east, in gaza, in lebanon, further afield and specifically the us policy towards israel. i was here in april, and voters than in those areas were very concerned about the approachjoe biden was

all right, thank you, caitriona.i want to ask about the closing statement . about the closing statement from president trump because i think it was one point that his campaign team wanted to drive home, namely, if kamala harris had all these plans for the economy and immigration and so on, why hasn't she done it in the last three and a half years what is the response to that was yellow she was not president. she was at the heart of the administration she was the vice president over these last four years but she was not the leader of the free world. and if donald trump also thought he could do all the things that he said he was going to do, health care for example, he was asked very prominently, what was his plan on replacing the affordable care act? he said, i will get back to you on it, essentially. so he's not even prepared as a candidate. taste so he's not even prepared as a candidate-— candidate. we certainly talk about the — candidate. we certainly talk about the fact _ candidate. we certainly talk about the fac

caitriona perry has been speaking to voters in michigan about key issues of concern to them. like we're hearing right across america. we're hearing about the economy, we're hearing about the cost of living, an affordability crisis, we're hearing about the rates of inflation, housing, education, immigration, the lack of good qualityjobs, as people see it. but, of course, in one part of michigan, dearborn, just outside detroit, that's home to the biggest arab—american and muslim—american community in this country. the news coming from the uncommitted movement that they do not plan to endorse kamala harris. most people of course, many of them lifelong democrats. we spoke to someone who shares that viewpoint, faye is in dearborn in michigan. it hits close to home. my sister lives in lebanon and i have a lot of extended family who lives in lebanon so it's difficult conduct your day to day without that being top of mind for many people. i think just the broader issue is that there is this really focused attention on foreign policy, not as much is happening from a domestic standpoin

one of the presenters, caitriona perryjoins me now for —— from her base.f that day-to-day covering some of that day—to—day stuff as you mentioned and obviously there has been a tremendous range of really truly unprecedented happenings in this presidential cycle. they can be flown around as a stereotype but surely having to assassination attempts on canada, having a sitting president stepping down from the ticket and deciding not to run again, these are events we just not to run again, these are events wejust do not to run again, these are events we just do not see happening and not to run again, these are events wejust do not see happening and it has been really a rollercoaster so far but we do cover insofar as a candidates talk about policies but they are saying. flan candidates talk about policies but they are saying-— candidates talk about policies but they are saying. can we talk about fact checking- _ they are saying. can we talk about fact checking. jd _ they are saying. can we talk about fact checking. jd vance _ they are saying. can we talk about f