orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.nin ghaddar, senior fellow at the washington institute. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. i want to start with antony blinken his visit to the region. what impact do you think it will have if any on the fighting that we're seeing there? is there an appetite for a cease—fire between israel and lebanon, hezbollah? yes. israel and lebanon, hezbollah? yes, definitely anthony _ israeland lebanon, hezbollah? ye: definitely anthony boykins visit is not only for israel as for saudi arabia and different countries in the region. —— antony blinken. the cease—fire and lebanon and israel and between hezbollah, the white house envoy who wasn't lebanon yesterday so far it seems that the proposal provided the lebanese government is no longerjust to expire. it seems that now we're moving beyond 1701 international resolution for a cease—fire for the interning more into more border security. which is the difference that in 2006 the 1701 was issued it was implemented only as a cease—fire resolu

our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from beirut about one civilian victim, a two—year—oldin the south. you may find orla's report distressing to watch. cries too small for the bed. too young for such pain. this is iva na. cries she has third degree burns on almost half her body. her father mohammad tries to comfort her. cries. bravo! this was ivana before the israeli airstrike, playing happily in a home video. her father says she looked like this, a normal baby. then the attack came on september 23rd without warning. all of her was black, he says. black. because of the missile dust. i carried her. something in the house was exploding. the ceiling was falling. i didn't know what was happening. this is their village in southern lebanon, and on the right the family home. they had packed the car to flee, but israel hit first. ivana was playing on the balcony when a missile landed. israel says it's targeting hezbollah, not the lebanese people. her seven—year—old sister, rahaf, also injured. she's now out of hospital, but both girls may carry their trauma through life. ivana is

orla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon.able, coming as it did hours after the news that israel had launched that a ground invasion into southern lebanon. iran also said that was in response to the killing here in beirut of the leader of hezbollah on friday, and the killing by israel in terror of ismail haniyeh, the political leader of hamas a few weeks ago. let's return tojon donnison injerusalem. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has spoken tonight and call this a mistake, there is already talk of how and when israel might respond. yes, if ou think when israel might respond. yes, if you think back— when israel might respond. yes, if you think back to _ when israel might respond. yes, if you think back to april— when israel might respond. yes, if you think back to april when - when israel might respond. yes, if you think back to april when iran l you think back to april when iran launched 300 drones and rockets towards israel, in a much more telegraphed attack that caused minimal damage, really,

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.srael, the northern city of haifa i spoke to the former us ambassador to lebanon, jeffrey feltman. i want to start with this letter that we saw. the us secretary of state and defence, unless aid to gaza he stepped up. does this letter at this point. i up. does this letter at this oint. ., , up. does this letter at this oint, ., , ., , up. does this letter at this oint. .,, .,, ., point. i hope it has real impact. _ point. i hope it has real impact. but _ point. i hope it has real impact, but i _ point. i hope it has real impact, but i think- point. i hope it has real- impact, but i think scepticism is warranted. the us set up a number of times it says it needs a number of assistance. in the israelis have... i don't know if they've nodded politely or not, but they certainly haven't agreed to this. so, i find this to be a little too little, too late, but i would have some impact because the situation in gaza is desperate. what is the response to the israeli to say they have to continue t

our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from beirut.then, one more israeli air strike. carpet bombing a city that's still home to about 1,200 people. ahmed kahil, 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 government. israel says it struck dozens of hezbollah targets in nabatieh. a un official says it killed four members of a relief team the un worked with for more than a year. and one hour away, this was the picture in oana. the name might be familiar. israel killed at least 100 civilians here when it shelled a un compound in 1996. it bombed the town again in 2006. "in every war we get our share of devastation," says the mayor here, mohammed krasht. "today, the destruction is massive, terrifying. "we still have missing people trapped under the rubble." and there is so much rubble now. israel admits causing all

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.le in israel, the northern city of haifa was again targeted by rockets fired from hezbollah — amid more israeli airstrikes into lebanon. it's been two weeks since benjamin netanyahu ordered a ground offensive into southern lebanon, and lucy williamson injerusalem has this assessment of the conflict so far. israel insists its ground invasion will be limited and targeted, but its aerial war with hezbollah is spreading. israel bombing targets further north in lebanon, and hezbollah sending more drones and rockets further south. a small, unsophisticated drone hit an army base near haifa on sunday, killing four soldiers and injuring more than 50. israel's air defences failed — not even a siren to warn of the attack. two weeks in, this ground invasion is taking place amid an expanding regional war. last week, the israeli army took internationaljournalists into a village it said was once a stronghold of hezbollah�*s elite radwan force. israeli tanks now guard the entrance. an israeli flag wav

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.s in lockdown as a majorsummit, bringing together the leaders of china, russia, india and iran culminates today. the shanghai cooperation organisation is taking place against a backdrop of rising insurgent violence in pakistan. the threat alert has been high, especially after the killing of two chinese engineers and shooting deaths of 21 miners last week. i�*m joined now by husain haqqani 7 former ambassador of pakistan to the united states , and director of the south & central asia, of the hudson institute. what�*s the main thing to understand about this summit and the circumstances in which it�*s happening, with the capital effectively locked down? the establishment was created in 2001 by russia and china to advance their interest in central asia and then it was joined by india, pakistan and iran and the grouping is primarily about political and economic cooperation as well as security cooperation on counterterrorism. for pakistan the summit is significant because it is the first big

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.e israeli military is intensifying its offensive in northern gaza where it claims hamas has regrouped. residents injabalia told the bbc the idf besieged hospitals and shelters for displaced people there, preventing critical aid from reaching civilians. the head of the un's agency for palestinian refugees has issued an urgent plea for fighting to stop to enable humanitarian aid to reach trapped people. as tensions continue to escalate in the middle east, the us�*s top diplomat is in israel continuing his bid to end the widening conflict. it's his 11th visit to the region since the war in gaza began just over a year ago. during talks on tuesday, us secretary of state antony blinken pressed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to use the killing of hamas�*s leader as an opening for peace. he also stressed the need to get more humanitarian assistance into gaza. i believe very much that the death of sinwar does create an important opportunity to bring the hostages home, to bring the wa

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut. shigeru ishiba says voters have delivered a severe judgement on his liberal democratic party. votes are still being counted but exit polls from the snap general election suggest the party may have lost its parliamentary majority in the country's lower house for the first time in 15 years. the right—wing ldp has been in power injapan for most of the last seven decades. our correspondent shaima khalil tells us more about how the vote is shaping up in tokyo. japan's voters have sent a strong message to the ruling party and have punished them at the ballot box and the ldp, even with the best estimates is unlikely to achieve a single party majority and will have to form a coalition and they have done it before but always from the a point of strength. now japan's strongest party has been significantly weakened. shigeru ishiba has gambled — he made a political gamble when he called for the snap election and wanted a new mandate and a fresh start and wanted to tell people the ruling party has

our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from southern lebanon.rom lebanon today, now passable — just — by foot. israel bombed the road overnight, claiming hezbollah was smuggling weapons beneath it. most of those struggling across this border are syrians, escaping lebanon's war to go home to their own. who wouldn't want to escape this? beirut last night — another massive israeli strike one mile from the airport. the target — the likely next leader of hezbollah, his fate unknown. day and night and country—wide, israel is bombing. this is in the south, in tyre. was there a hezbollah target here? we don't know, but locals say israel killed five people from one family, including two women and a baby. everybody here were children. family, children, everybody here. why? hassan was here outside his coffee shop when the air strike killed his neighbours at the weekend. translation: two missiles came. i saw the first one landing. i was thrown from there to there. and the second missile sent me flying again, me and the guys. now, i'm terrified if i hear thi

orla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon.says 250 hezbollah operatives have been killed since it sent ground troops into lebanon on monday night. israeli forces met fresh resistance today as they continued what they say is a "limited and targeted" incursion to destroy hezbollah infrastructure along the border. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports now from the israeli side of the israel—lebanon border, close to where clashes have been reported. hezbollah rockets are no longer a response to israeli troops in gaza but to israeli troops at home, mapping their path through lebanon's border villages. we are starting to see more signs of resistance to israeli forces on the other side of the border. even a year of airstrikes, intelligence operations, raids by special forces, have not destroyed hezbollah�*s ability to fight back just a few miles in. we just heard some bursts of small arms fire and what sounded like some grenades from the israeli army, and now we can hear the sirens going off, telling us to get out of

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.middle we canjoin our middle east expert in singapore. thanks for speaking to us and i want to get your thoughts on the 30 day ultimatum the us has placed on israel. so what do you think has pushed them to set the deadline?— has pushed them to set the deadfine? , ,, .. deadline? this is significant. first of all — deadline? this is significant. first of all it _ deadline? this is significant. first of all it is _ deadline? this is significant. first of all it is the _ deadline? this is significant. first of all it is the first - first of all it is the first time except for a minor suspension of balms —— of arm several months ago this is the first time the us has come out clearly over a difference in its long—standing difference between the us and the israelis, the access of humanitarian aid into gaza which israel has been blocking. the deadline is significant in the sense it is after the us election, in other words, that�*s the period between the election and the inauguration of the new

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.rs were taken to hospital after two passenger trains collided at slow speed in mid—wales last night. the trains were travelling in opposite directions along the same single track. the bbc understands the service carrying passengers west from shrewsbury failed to stop at a passing point. increased wages and interest payments on public debt helped push government borrowing to £16.6 billion last month, one of the highest september figures on record. it comes as the chancellor, rachel reeves, prepares for next week's budget. she has already warned that she will have to make tough decisions on tax and public spending, as she looks to fund a number of priorities. but, earlier today, the international monetary fund raised its growth forecast for the uk economy, saying it is set to accelerate. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david is here to look at what it all means. dharshini. .. it's a stark reminder of the challenges we face. billions of pounds of public money are spent every m

orla guerin, bbc news, tyre.ollah killed two people in the northern israeli town of kiryat shmona on wednesday. the mayor said a man and woman in their 405 were walking their dogs when the rocket fell near them. hezbollah also fired a barrage of rockets near the israeli port—city of haifa. some were intercepted while others fell in the area, causing injuries. there was also a mass stabbing attack in the central israeli city of hadera. at least six people were stabbed, in four different locations, by a man riding a motorcycle. local police took the suspect into custody. as israel expands operations against hezbollah in lebanon, there are growing questions over how it will respond, over how it will respond to iran's multiple missile attack a week ago. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, says any response will be "deadly, precise and surprising, and he called iran's missile attack "aggressive but imprecise". the us has called for restraint, but influential voices in israel want a powerful message sent to ira

our chief international correspondent, orla guerin, has been?hospital in beirut where israel claims millions of dollars in cash and gold are kept in a hidden in a bunker. well, we are on level minus two in the al sahel hospital. the area just behind me is where medical waste is stored. even that was opened up for us to have a look at, the morgue was opened up, all of the drawers were opened to show us there was nothing inside. doctors have been opening piles of surgical scrubs, boxes of equipment, very, very keen to show us everything there is to see and to prove that there is nothing here. well, i'm just coming now from the basement on minus two up to minus one. we've been brought around the hospital by doctors. we've also been allowed to move around on our own. doors have been opened for us in every area, cupboards, we've been allowed to see what there is to see. now, the hospital staff are adamant that there is no hidden bunker here containing millions of dollars of cash or gold, as the israelis have claimed. they say this is just a hospital

our chief international correspondent, orla guerin, has been?l well, we are on level minus two in the al sahel hospital. the area just behind me is where medical waste is stored. even that was opened up for us to have a look at, the morgue was opened up, all of the drawers were opened to show us there was nothing inside. doctors have been opening piles of surgical scrubs, boxes of equipment, very, very keen to show us everything there is to see and to prove that there is nothing here. well, i'm just coming now from the basement on minus two up to minus one. we've been brought around the hospital by doctors. we've also been allowed to move around on our own. doors have been opened for us in every area, cupboards, we've been allowed to see what there is to see. now, the hospital staff are adamant that there is no hidden bunker here containing millions of dollars of cash or gold, as he israelis have claimed. they say this is just a hospital where patients were being treated last night and where they had to be evacuated from the emergency area at gr

our senior international correspondent, orla guerin is following the latest developments from beirut. its list of targets now and is effectively blowing up a bank, a bank linked to hezbollah, a financial institution that has not only branches here in beirut but in the south of the country and in the east, where hezbollah would have strong support. now, the warnings were issued, we saw some signs of panic in the centre of beirut, people trying to get away from branches of this financial institution. there were streets jammed with cars. then the explosions began, sending dense, dark, black smoke into the night sky over beirut, now a very familiar sight. we know from what israel is saying that this institution was funnelling money to hezbollah, which israel says came from iran, and this money was being used to buy weapons, to fund weapons storage facilities, and to set up weapons launch sites. now, israel has not produced proof of that. it says it will reveal in the coming days how all of this has been happening, and how hezbollah has been using civilian institutions and charities as fro

bbc correspondent orla guerin visited the city. sir after the israeli attack.you can see the effects of a super-powerful blow. trees are uprooted from the ground, cars are overturned, one, two, three on the side of the road. opposite we can see a huge gap, the building has been destroyed along with the foundation. at this very time, the israeli army is already. started a ground war in southern lebanon. we are in the city of tyre, a city that is now completely empty. single cars pass by, people on the streets only here and there. we saw several ambulances, shop windows were boarded up, lots of broken glass. the city now resembles a war zone. at the same time, groups. hezbollah continues to attack israel, this video shows the consequences of a hezbollah rocket attack on the highway in kvar qasim near tel aviv. according to reports, one person was injured by shrapnel. lucy williamson, a bbc correspondent who is currently working in the north of israel, visited an israeli town near the border with lebanon, which was hit with rockets by the israel defense forces the

orla guerin, bbc news, tyre.ty breed. we will pull apart what has happened in the last few days and what the next course of action may be. stay with us. welcome back. it's time for the security brief. i mentioned last may to eight weeks at the idea is a deeper understanding of the military decisions being discussed in jerusalem of the military decisions being discussed injerusalem and washington right now. with us in the studio form a seam or officer in the british, far in has salt helicopters for 20 years. he's done plenty of these briefings are senior officials we're going to run it as if it were an official briefing. thank you. we were talking last week, expecting last week israeli retaliation to the missile attacks was up we talked about the potential causes. the former prime minister hasjust said in causes. the former prime minister has just said in the last few minutes that it will come, it will be deadly, precise and surprising. he wants the prime minister to hit the nuclear facilities.— the nuclear facili

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there has been some there has been brilliant reporting from jeremy bowen and lyse doucet and orla guerinften has gb news had palestinian voices on your programmes? >> well, i certainly have, because as much as you've had pro—israeli programmes on this, i mean, i, i couldn't do the mathematics of it, but i do try to always make sure that we balance the debate, including the one that we're having right now. lance, you baulked at the mention of jeremy bowen's name. >> why i did, because jeremy bowen, you know, he's at the forefront of churning this stuff out when that hostage you remember early on in this battle and there was a the al ahli hospital was was bombed and immediately the bbc came out and they said the israelis have bombed this thing. 500 people have died. it turned out early. >> i think everybody accepts that that was a mistake. there are bound to be mistakes. but the bbc, the bbc in a war mistake. >> jeremy bowen, jeremy bowen admitted that he made a mistake, but he refused to apologise for the mistake. he said oh well don't worry, it's all part of the bigger picture. >> but i

our chief international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from tyre in southern lebanon, closethin the last few moments, we've heard the sound of two explosions, that it sounds like there are still planes in the air. this site is where another air strike happened over the weekend, bringing down several buildings here. we've been told that nine people were killed here alone. hezbollah brought us to this site to show us this damage. we met this woman without hezbollah. she took us to her family home, which is no more. "my daughter in law died here," she says. her sons were injured. "my husband was there, and i was there. the room fell on top of us. there's nothing left." she lists the names of her neighbours who died. "we're just ordinary people here," she says. and then... loud bang. this time a sonic boom, an israeli warplane breaking the sound barrier. time to go. many already have, getting away before it gets any worse. well, you can see here there's been a massive strike. cars have been flipped over on their sides. trees have been ripped out of the ground. and just across on

our chief international correspondent, orla guerin, has been?our of al sahel hospital in beirut where israel claims millions of dollars in cash and gold are kept in a hidden in a bunker.? well, we are on level minus two in the al sahel hospital. the area just behind me is where medical waste is stored. even that was opened up for us to have a look at, the morgue was opened up, all of the drawers were opened to show us there was nothing inside. doctors have been opening piles of surgical scrubs, boxes of equipment, very, very keen to show us everything there is to see and to prove that there is nothing here. well, i'm just coming now from the basement on minus two up to minus one. we've been brought around the hospital by doctors. we've also been allowed to move around on our own. doors have been opened for us in every area, cupboards, we've been allowed to see what there is to see. now, the hospital staff are adamant that there is no hidden bunker here containing millions of dollars of cash or gold, as the israelis have claimed. they say this is