nick eardley, thank you.ated areas of southern lebanon and of the capital, beirut. the attacks killed the mayor and 15 others and injured more than 50. the lebanese government has accused the world of being silent in the face of attacks on civilians. rescuers have also been searching for survivors today in the town of qana where, according to local officials, israeli bombardment killed seven overnight. israel's military says it killed a local hezbollah commander. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report from beirut. terrorfrom the skies. "my god, what have they done?" he says. "they've destroyed nabatieh. " then, one more israeli air strike. carpet bombing a city that's still home to about 1,200 people. ahmed, on the left, is the mayor who stayed to look after them until his last breath. he was pro—hezbollah, but he was a civilian. the mayor was killed here in the municipality building with five others from his crisis unit. they were meeting about aid, according to the lebanese gove

our correspondent nick eardley has this report. we want choice!ago, when parliament rejected changing the law. but has the debate now reached a turning point? campaigners like esther rantzen think so. the broadcaster has stage four cancer and, with the backing of her family, has been urging parliament to rethink the law. i did not expect to be alive when such a debate happened. i did not expect to be around. i did not think it would happen in time. we are talking about people who have a very serious terminal diagnosis, who will die within six months, it is about shortening that death, about the last few days, giving somebody dignity, giving somebody the choice. there will now be a vote in parliament, possibly within weeks. the prime minister previously backed assisted dying, and this morning he welcomed the opportunity for a new vote. the government will be neutral on this, as you know. i would look at the detail at whatever legislation is proposed, but the government would be neutral. it is important to make on my promise to esther rantzen that t

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.ily. the technology tycoon mike lynch, his daughter hannah, senior banker jonathan bloomer and his wife judith were among seven who died in august. 0ur reporter zoie 0'brien has sent this update from suffolk coroner's court. the inquests into the deaths of all four british nationals who died when the bayesian yacht sank off the coast of sicily on august 19th. they were opened and they were adjourned here in ipswich this morning. now, of course, mike lynch, his daughter hannah, they were alongside jonathan bloom and his wife anne, who was known asjudy. they were among seven people who died. well, this morning the senior coroner, nigel parsley, was told that the bayesian sank rapidly and for reasons which are yet to be ascertained. but he was told that the marine investigation branch, along with italian authorities, are leading this investigation into what happened during that pre—dawn storm. now, detective superintendent mike brown for suffolk police also spoke to the coroner. he said t

nick eardley there.he day meeting leaders from more than 30 of the world's most important emerging economies, who've gathered for the opening of the brics annual summit. brics stands for brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. moscow says holding the meeting in kazan is evidence that western efforts to isolate russia over its invasion of ukraine have failed. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. for the world leaders arriving in russia today, there was pomp... there was pastry... and then, putin. for russia's president, there was a golden opportunity to show that attempts by the west to isolate him have failed. china's xijinping is one of more than 20 heads of state attending the brics summit. bell tolls. it may not be the greatest show on earth, but to mark the summit, they have lit up the ancient kazan kremlin. the brics club of emerging economies represents nearly half the world's population, and more than a quarter of the global economy. russia hopes that brics will reshape the global o

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.cross the south of england over the last couple of days. and for the rest of this afternoon, the blue sky and the sunshine are just set to continue with high pressure dominating. it's slowly drifting a little further eastwards, but it's still helping to block these weather fronts approaching from the north and the west. but still more cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain across western scotland, northern ireland as we head through the rest of the day. more cloud too, increasing for eastern scotland. we'll see quite a fresh southerly to south—easterly wind blow, particularly across the western isles. rather windy here, but a lot of sunshine for england and wales, with some fairweather cloud at times. and temperatures in the best of the sunny spells could get as high as perhaps 16—18c. of course, cooler underneath the cloud and the rain, but here it's going to be a milder night. of course, as all of that cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain tend to push their way further eastwards into southern

joining me now is our political correspondent, nick eardley.n, just give me a sense of the reaction amongst the mp5 you�*ve been talking to. reaction amongst the mp5 you've been talkin: to. . , reaction amongst the mps you've been talkin: to. . ., talking to. there was always an assumption _ talking to. there was always an assumption today _ talking to. there was always an assumption today was - talking to. there was always an assumption today was going . talking to. there was always an assumption today was going to | talking to. there was always an - assumption today was going to be a big deal. labour mps wanted it to be a big deal, wanted to be something they could go and use and see to their constituents. when we talk to about change, we meant it. to an extent they didn�*t get something that was really big, a big change. we were there £40 billion of tax rises. extra borrowing, a big deal. so all of this really matters and it is labour setting up. we have the big political debate which is playing out at the moment and then we have the small p

let's look now at how the attack on wednesday in ankara unfolded with nick eardley from bbc verify.were responsible for an attack on turkish aerospace industries, a major defence companyjust outside the capital, ankara. it manufactures drones and jets, among other things, for both military and commercial use. there's a lot of footage online of what happened. here's what we verified and what we know so far. this appears to be the moment the attack began. you can see two people emerging from a yellow taxi. they are heavily armed. others run away as they emerge from the car. at least one person falls to the ground. we've verified that this took place here. here's another video we've looked at. you can see a large explosion. this has been filmed just beside the tie complex in a car park. this has been filmed just beside the tae complex in a car park. we've circled where you can see someone heavily armed. this video isn't clear enough to be sure, but it looks like it could be one of the gunmen. let's look at more verified footage. we can see two attackers, one man and one woman, approach

nick urgently has been looking into some of the video that has been emerging —— nick eardley.an army base in the north. in lebanon, the health ministry says... in gaza, there been a number of deadly strikes. rememberthat strikes. remember that international journalists strikes. remember that internationaljournalists don't have free assets, so we've been looking at open source materially — mainly videos and images we can verify online to build a picture. this map shows gaza and some of the strikes we've seen over the weekend. this is nuseirat camp, where the un was preparing to administer polio vaccines. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says 22 people were killed here with dozens more injured. we've not used all the footage we found because it's so graphic. this is jabalia refugee camp, where ten people have been reported dead after the strike. the israel defense forces say they told people to leave the area and accused hamas of preventing someone from doing so. this one here is al—shati, where five killed children were killed by a plane. its focus on al—aqsa hospital. ——

bbc verify�*s nick eardley has been looking at social media footage from the beirut strikes, includingated images. yes, israel has struck a number of bank premises in lebanon as part of the ongoing offensive against hezbollah. let me show you where some of the strikes were in the capital, beirut. you can see a couple here down in the south, within a couple of kilometres actually of the airport. there are more up here. there were more strikes as well, but these are some of the ones we've been able to confirm and verify. let me show you some of the footage, which has also been verified by the bbc team, starting with this one from southern lebanon. you can see two buildings are on fire. not this one, but this one here is a bank building. there is another video here where you can see a big fireball. in that building, there. both of these locations are registered sites of the bank, and israel says it is targeting the bank because it is used by hezbollah, it says the bank was storing funds for hezbollah, which were being used to buy weapons and pay its military. but one expert from a defence

nick eardley from bbc verify has been looking at the damage done in lebanon so far.n recent days. as we've been hearing, dozens of rockets have been fired into northern israel today by hezbollah and there has been significant damage done by israeli strikes in lebanon. this footage here is from yaroun the south—west of lebanon, and you can see buildings have been flattened over a pretty large area. we've been mapping the wider picture, and if you have a look at the screen here and focus in on the region, i can show you a map, which is based on data from the institute for the study of war. it is up—to—date as of yesterday morning so it doesn't include the most recent strikes. today it includes reported strikes, we haven't verified them all, and there may be some we don't know about, but if i focus it in here, if we zoom in down on the border area, in purple here you can see recent hezbollah attacks on israel, and in red you can see israeli strikes in lebanon. let's focus in on a few examples to show you the extent of some of the damage we have been seeing in lebanon. t

nick eardley from bbc verify has been looking at the damage in lebanon so far.here has been a significant exchange of fire in recent days, as we've been hearing, dozens of rockets have been fired into northern israel today by hezbollah and there has been significant damage done by israeli strikes in lebanon. this footage here is from yarun in the southwest of lebanon. and you can see buildings have been flattened over a pretty large area. we've been mapping the wider picture and if we have a look at this screen here and focus in on the region, i can show you a map which is based on data from the institute for the study of war. it's up to date as of yesterday morning, so it doesn't include the most recent strikes today. it includes reported strikes, we haven't verified them all, and there may be some that we don't know about. but if i focus it in here, if we zoom in down on the border area in purple here, you can see recent hezbollah attacks on israel. and in red you can see israeli strikes in lebanon. let's focus in on a few examples to show you the extent of so

nick eardley from bbc verify can explain. thanks, sophie.lishes figures showing aid trucks it has observed crossing into gaza, and the changes have been significant. before the current conflict, the average was 500 trucks a day. but if we focus in on the last year, it increases gradually. in april, 5,000 trucks crossed — that's around 170 a day. since then, a fall. and then a dramatic fall at the start of october. this equates to an average ofjust 13 a day. the un also looked at the population of gaza — just over two million people — and found 96% of them were facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse. this map shows the key entry points for aid in the last year. let's look at one — the rafah crossing. it used to be where the vast majority of aid was delivered. you can see in this satellite picture all the infrastructure around the crossings in november. this is a few weeks ago — it's empty, and buildings have been flattened after israel's military offensive in the area. rafah crossing has now been closed since may 7th — no aid is get

let's speak to nick eardley our political correspondent. hello.nds of uk nationals out of lebanon. could be thousands. the message coming from the uk government is they are going to keep these chartered flights going for as long as the security situation allows. as you point out, there are about 150 british nationals and their dependents taken out of beirut yesterday on one of these fights. there are probably 100 or thousands more that have registered their presence with the uk government and who are looking to get out as the situation unfolds. the update to give you today is that the foreign office is saying it is going to charter more flights. we don't know exactly when all of those will be but the intention is that they will continue for as long as the situation allows. remember, they are for british nationals but also for partners of british nationals and any children under 18 years old. the process so far has been the people register with the british government, they then get an e—mail saying, here is the way you can register to be on a fligh

our political correspondent nick eardley reports. we wa nt we want choice... assisted dying _ we want choice... the debate over assisted dying has _ we want choice... the debate over assisted dying has raged for - we want choice... the debate over assisted dying has raged for years. this was nine years ago when parliament rejected changing the law. has the debate now reached a turning point? campaigners like esther rantzen inc so. the broadcaster has stage four cancer and with the backing of her family has been urging parliament to rethink the law.— has been urging parliament to rethink the law. ., , . ., rethink the law. i did not expect to be alive when _ rethink the law. i did not expect to be alive when such _ rethink the law. i did not expect to be alive when such a _ rethink the law. i did not expect to be alive when such a debate - be alive when such a debate happened. i did not expect to be around. i did not think it would happen in time. we around. i did not think it would happen in time.— around. i did not think it would haen in time. ~ . ., ~ ., hap

nick eardley. were taken to hospital after two passenger trains collided at slow speed in mid—wales last night. hywel griffith is in powys. tell us more about what happened? yes, sofia, we know that the two trains collided on the trackjust behind me. you might be able to pick out their rooves of their carriages, conjoined in collision, travelling in opposite directions. we understand one train travelling westwards from shrewsbury failed to stop at a passing point, and so far, all day, investigators have been trying to establish why that happened and whether this accident could have been avoided. angled metal marks the spot where two trains met, travelling in opposite directions. accident investigators have spent the day sorting through the debris, trying to work out how the service from shrewsbury ended up going straight into a train heading there. they were moving at low speed, but passengers felt the full force of the impact. somehow, my body bent the leg of a table and ripped it off its bolts at

joining me now is our political correspondent, nick eardley.le to exaggerate the importance politically of this budget isn't it importance politically of this budget isn't i— importance politically of this budget isn't i importance politically of this budaetisn'ti- ~ , budget isn't it absolutely, we will sit there this _ budget isn't it absolutely, we will sit there this afternoon _ budget isn't it absolutely, we will sit there this afternoon and - budget isn't it absolutely, we will sit there this afternoon and try i budget isn't it absolutely, we willl sit there this afternoon and try and figure out what this means for each of us individually but this is the defining moment for this new government. forget everything you are heard, it was the precursor to today, because this is the moment that the new chancellor sets out what the priority are for this government, she said overnight, that todayis government, she said overnight, that today is about choices, so the choices that this government is prepared to make about the economy, about the tax

joining me now is our political correspondent, nick eardley. he is at the central lobby. you have picked out, certainly political? such iron it is a big deal, this budget is the obvious thing to say? rachel reeves and rishi sunak both agreed when they were speaking in the commons that big choices had been made. the? that big choices had been made. they were designed — that big choices had been made. tie: were designed to change that big choices had been made. tie1: were designed to change the course that the country's economy is no point in understating just how big some of these numbers are. £40 billion worth of tax increases, many of which will be felt by businesses. a big increase in borrowing for the investment that we've been hearing about from the government. also, a huge increase in spending, £70 billion a year more will be spent by this government by the end of this parliament under the plans that we have seen today. the nhs being by far the biggest beneficiary of that, but the education system as well. the chancellor was trying to make a very direct argument that

with more on this is bbc verify�*s nick eardley.osted on social media.— on social media. there's a lot of foota . e on social media. there's a lot of footage and _ on social media. there's a lot of footage and images _ on social media. there's a lot of footage and images being - on social media. there's a lot ofl footage and images being shared on social media which we are going through at the moment. let 14