hello, i'm lucy hockings.fficials say an israeli strike on beit lahiya in northern gaza has killed at least 93 palestinians. in an israeli strike on beit lahiya in northern gaza. international condemnation after israel's parliament votes to ban the un's palestinian refugee agency from operating in israel and the occupied west bank. north korea 5 foreign minister visits russia today, following nato�*s condemnation of military cooperations between moscow and pyongyang. iran's government has proposed to raise its military budget by 200 per cent, as the country continues its direct conflict with israel. hello, i'm lucy hockings. officials say an israeli strike on beit lahiya in northern gaza has killed at least 93 palestinians. they say 20 children are among the dead. what are you hearing right now? we do not have equipment to people operating in the north, so it was painfulfor operating in the north, so it was painful for the operating in the north, so it was painfulfor the people to try to dig with their hands t

i'm lucy hockings in london. at the nova festival site, pictures of some of the missing and dead, many of whose families gathered to mark the anniversary. florida braces for another potentially devastating hurricane, as storm milton builds strength off the gulf of mexico. the state is reeling after hurricane helene. hello, i m lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now. memorial events are taking place in israel — and around the world — to mark one year since the attacks of october the 7th, the deadliest day in the nation's history. nearly 1200 people were killed and hundreds more taken hostage when hamas gunmen stormed across the border. in a moment, we'll go to southern israel and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who is at kibbutz be�*eri, where one in ten of the residents were killed by hamas. and to anna foster in beirut, which has seen fresh israeli strikes overnight and into this morning. but first let's turn to today's events. at exactly 6.29 this morning — flags were lowered to half mast out

hello, i m lucy hockings.elcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we interviews and reaction. start with breaking news. the we start with breaking news. in the past hour the reporting restrictions have been lifted in the case of chris kaba, the unarmed black man who was shot dead by police in london. a rare incident in the uk, this happened two years ago. on monday a police officer was acquitted of murder at the old bailey. now it can be reported that chris kaba was a core member of one of london �*s most dangerous gangs and was accused of being involved in two shootings in less than a week before he was killed by police. we can get more on this now with our correspondent adina campbell, who's at the old bailey. take us through what we have learnt now that these reporting restrictions have been lifted. well, this is a significant development. early this morning, thejudge who has been overseeing the trial involving martyn blake, who was found not guilty of murdering chri

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionergency officials in gaza say an israeli strike on the northern town of beit lahiya has killed at least 60 palestinians. just a warning that the pictures we are about to show contain some graphic images of the aftermath of the attack. footage shows bodies wrapped in blankets alongside the rubble of the multistorey, residential building; others remain buried. rescuers say that locals and displaced people were killed, including many women and children. there's been no immediate comment from israel's military, which began a new offensive in the area this month, saying hamas had been regrouping there. it comes after a vote in the israeli parliament on monday banning the un's palestinian refugee agency unrwa from working within the country. un chief antonio guterres says the ban would have devastating consequences for palestinians. the law comes into effect within three months and bars unrwa from operating in israel and annexed eastjerusalem, and severely curtails its ability to work in the

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionthe uk at their summit in samoa by agreeing to examine ways of securing reparatoryjustice for the tra ns—atla ntic slave trade. british prime minister, sir keir starmer, is now

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionthe prime minister of spain is visiting areas devastated by flash flooding, which has killed at least 95 people. pedro sanchez said the authorities were using all resources at their disposal to rebuild infrastructure, restore basic services and find people who remain unaccounted for. more than 1,000 emergency workers have been deployed to valencia and other affected regions. some locals are accusing the regional civil protection agency of not being prepared enough. they say it only issued its highest emergency alert on tuesday evening, when the flooding had already caused widespread damage. let us take you to live picture, you can see a hilly cam hovering over the skies in valencia, there has been a huge am of damage done to infrastructure. some areas we know can only be reached by aerial route, because roads are blocked by mud, debris i piles of cars you can see here under the bridge, the piles of cars and mud that are just piled the bridge, the piles of cars and mud that arejust pile

i'm lucy hockings in london.lies gathered to mark the anniversary. florida braces for another potentially devastating hurricane, as storm milton builds strength off the gulf of mexico. the state is reeling after hurricane helene.

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i'm lucy hocking. in other news...day and into the weekend, well, friday itself, there will be mist and fog to start the day. scotland and northern ireland, a weather front will come in bringing you cloud and some patchy rain. there will be a lot of dry weather this weekend, but equally expect some rain at times. this is bbc news... backed by strikes from the air, israel defense forces say they've launched a �*limited ground operation' against hezbollah in southern lebanon. this is the scene live in beirut, as lebanon's prime minister says his country is facing one of the most dangerous moments in its history. hezbollah fires missiles into central israel — a highway has been hit and air raid sirens have sounded

hello, i'm lucy hockings. if you live in america, particularly in any one of the seven swing states, you will be bombarded with political ads right now from billboards along the road, to campaign adverts like these blazing on tvs and computer screens. donald trump and kamala harris are locked in a dead heat, so this advertising is more important than ever. more than $10 billion is expected to be spent on political advertising this election. that is up more than 20% from the last us election. the information they show is not necessarily true, but do they work? let's speak to drjacob neiheisel, political communications expert at the university at buffalo. if you live in one of those battleground states it is overwhelming. anyway the political parties think they can get to you. let's take a look at some of those campaign ads. the first is from the trump campaign and the second a youtube clip from the harris campaign. radical kamala harris created the border crisis. thousands of accused murderers, rapists, even te

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionc has learned that commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the uk at their summit in samoa by agreeing to examine ways of securing reparatoryjustice for the tra ns—atla ntic slave trade. british prime minister, sir keir starmer, is now in samoa for the summit. on wednesday, sir keir starmer said that there was "no reparations could cost the uk billions of dollars. on wednesday, sir keir starmer said that there was "no question" slavery was "abhorrent", but he wanted the meeting on the pacific island to focus on the "here and now" downing street had previously said that reparations would not be on the agenda for the meeting. king charles and queen camilla are present for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the couple will complete a day of engagements before meeting with commonwealth leaders at the end of the week. frederick mitchell is the foreign minister of the bahamas. he says that the time has come to talk about reparations. i think at the moment caricom countries want

hello, i'm lucy hockings.wa nted we wanted to bring you the latest pictures from gaza where we are hearing from health officials that 16 palestinians have been killed, some of them children. this was an israeli strike on a school in a refugee camp, what you are seeing now, the aftermath of that strike. the hospital said that the school had been operating as a shelter for displaced people. we haven't had a comment from the idf yet but we will bring you that when we get it. haskell says at least 16 palestinians were killed, some of them children, in a school that was operating as a shelter. pictures from beirut were barred by men —— mag bombardment has continued and 20 strikes have caused the smoke which are often in the southern suburbs which is the hezbollah�*s stronghold. we do know that 19 people including six women and five children were killed in an israeli strike on a house in southern lebanon. these pictures are coming in from beirut. 0f coming in from beirut. of course, israel's invasion of lebanon in t

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now.th the mass rape trial in the france which has shocked and horrified the country and lots of questions are being asked about male violence and how the country deals with male violence as a result. gisele pelicot — the french woman whose former husband is on trial for drugging her and inviting more than 50 men to rape her — has taken the stand for the first time. the 72—year—old arrived at court earlier on wednesday to give evidence against him and the other men on trial. she said, "i want all women who have been raped to say, �*madame pelicot did it, i can too.”' i don't want them to be ashamed any longer." madame pelicot�*s former husband is charged with recruiting men online to attack his wife while she was under the effect of heavy sedatives and sleeping pills that he administered to her in secret for a decade. all deny the accusations. addressing her former husband as mr pelicot, and saying she could no longer bear to use his first name, she said, "i am trying to understand how thi

i'm lucy hockings.ngaged in intense fighting with hezbollah, after its troops crossed the border into southern lebanon overnight. the israel defense forces launched what they called a �*limited, localised and targeted' ground operation against hezbollah'. this map shows the border — with southern lebanon marked in red. meanwhile, hezbollah said it was targeting israeli troops with artillery fire at the border town of metula. the idf has declared metula a closed military area, meaning all entry is prohibited. hezbollah responded by firing rockets in central israel at a military base in tel aviv these pictures caught the moment when air raid sirens sounded across tel aviv. let's just show you these pictures and these are the air raid sirens, this is the moment when those sirens sounded across tel

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now. memorial benson is your land around the world to mark one year since the attacks of october the 7th. the deadliest day in the nation's history. 1200 people were killed. gunmen stormed across the border. at exactly 6:29am flags were lowered to half mast. that was the time when rockets from gaza started raining down on southern israel followed by the deadly rampage by thousands of militants. israeli communities, army bases and the festival. at the side with the festival was held the presidentjoined a memorial service. held the presidentjoined a memorialservice. more held the presidentjoined a memorial service. more than 350 people there were murdered as gunmen rampage four hours before israeli military reinforcements arrived. meanwhile, the fighting which has raged almost unabated for a year continues. prime minister netanyahu says israel is changing the security reality in the region. his forces have kept targeted beirut. israel has also launched french strikes —— make strikes. in the

hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. us election is just over a week away, donald trump will be holding a rally of his own in atlanta, georgia, and kamala harris holding a rally elsewhere. a comedian used what was described as racist language at donald trump's rally last night, describing porto rico as a floating island of garbage. the comedian john racist stereotypes and spoke about latinos and jewish people. the donald trump campaign says the comedian's comments do not reflect the republican candidate's views. described the event as a hate rally. trump told thousands of his supporters in madison square garden that he would deport millions of migrants and call harris a very low iq individual... he called him bad bunny, he is one of the us�*s top celebrities. at the location for us was our correspondent. an iconic venue in trouble's hometown. he has wanted to hold a rally here for years. wanted to hold a rally here for ears, , ., ., wanted to hold a rally here for ears, ,., ., ., " years. good evening, new york! at the r

i'm lucy hockings., have been killed after a school bus crashed near bangkok. welcome to beirut. you live with bbc news and we are keeping you up—to—date with this fast—moving story in the middle east as early this morning israel launched a ground invasion into southern lebanon. the idf have been speaking in the last hour about that and we will tell you what they had a say in a second but they had a say in a second but they described it early this morning as a limited operation and they said it would be localised and targeted on specific areas of hezbollah infrastructure across the border in southern lebanon. in areas that threaten

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, we start in lebanon, and hezbollah�*s media chief,amed afif, has said that it won't be long until the group holds israeli soldiers captive. speaking at a rare press conference in southern beirut, mr afif said that there will be no negotiations while fighting continues. he added that hezbollah takes �*full and sole�* responsibility for targeting the house of israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. israel said a drone was launched at netanyahu's holiday home on saturday. hezbollah are designated a terrorist organisation by many western countries. earlier, in the lebanese capital beirut, an israeli air strike near a hospital — killed 13 people — including a child. lebanon's health ministry says another 57 people were injured. the strike hit a building opposite rafik hariri university hospital — the country's biggest government—run hospital. at least three multistorey buildings collapsed and several others were heavily damaged. the attack happened without warning. rescuers have been searching through piles of broken concrete and twist

hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to news now. spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, is preparing to visit areas devastated by flash flooding, which has killed at least 95 people. the authorities were using all resources out their disposal to rebuild infrastructure, restore basic services and find people who remain unaccounted. more than 1,000 emergency workers have been deployed to valencia and other regions, to help restore basic services and search for dozens of people who remain missing. some residents have accused the regional civil protection agency of not being prepared enough. they say it only issued its highest emergency alert on tuesday evening, when the flooding had already caused widespread damage. let's speak to our correspondent nicky schiller who's in valencia. the pictures and stories emerging from valencia are absolutely devastating what is it like they're at the moment at what is happening?- it like they're at the moment at what is happening? yes, i am in the city _ at what is happening? yes, i am in the city of