orla guerin and paul adams, thank you for l and paul adams, thank you for joining us.f how not just have changed in the last week but also how things have changed in the last few hours here. people are getting used to waking up in the morning and not knowing what the day will bring. i think in the next few hours and days that will become even more acute. hours and days that will become even more acute-— well, the prime minister sir keir starmer is in new york at the united nations. he has again told british nationals who are in still in lebanon to leave at once. 700 more uk military personnel are on their troops personnel are on their way to cyprus to prepare for a possible evacuation. our political editor chris mason reports from new york. the lofty urban heights of new york, the prime minister swapped his party conference for the ultimate conference of world leaders — the united nations general assembly. and uppermost in mind, lebanon. i call on the security council to seek political solutions that can break repeated cycles of violence, like that in the middle east.

paul adams _ israel is very real. paul, thank you for that. paul adams live - israel is very real. r that. paul adams live in - for that. paul adams live in northern israel. there will be a full report from the region at ten. harrods has said it has launched an internal review looking at whether any current staff were involved in any of the allegations relating to mohamed al—fayed. it comes as a former employee, known asjessica, told bbc news a managerfailed to investigate after she made allegations of innappropriate behaviour by mohamed al fayed. that manager still works at bbc news. —— that manager still works at harrods. ellie price reports. jessica was just 22 when she briefly worked at harrods in 2008. that's not her real name, and this is the first time she's spoken about her experience. she says, like other young women, she was cherry picked for mohamed al—fayed by another female employee who, in her words, facilitated his now well—documented predatory behaviour towards them. when i look back at it, ifeel like she was acting as his pent. it wasn't clear to me at that time ——

paul adams, our _ definitively come off. paul| adams, our correspondent definitively come off.word from the white house on that beirut air strike that killed those senior hezbollah commanders. the white house saying it was not aware that a beirut strike was planned, national security correspondent john kirby saying he was not aware of any communication from israel ahead of the strike in beirut. let's speak to dr elias warrak. he is an eye surgeon at saint george hospital in beirut. he has been operating on hundreds of the people who sustained eye injuries in the pager attack. thank you very much for being with us. just tell us, and must have been very, very difficult for you as a surgeon, as a doctor, to see so many terrible, terrible injuries. hello. well, actually, the past couple of days there were, it's like a nightmare scene, that much of young people that we needed to operate and unfortunately most of them, they lost they are, at least one of their eyes. looking at someone who is in their 20s and you've got an obligation to try and save this person but unfortunately we co

paul adams with the latest there- — we are headed. paul adams with the latest there.t there. thank you. _ there's consternation in the labour party after the bbc revealed that sue gray — the prime minister's top adviser — now earns more than the prime minister himself after she asked for a pay rise following the election. we've been told that she's now on a salary of £170,000. that's 3,000 more than sir keir starmer. 0ur political editor chris mason joins us now. how did it come to light, then? how this came to light is absolutely crucial to all of this because it tells you something about relationships and rows at the top of governmentjust three months in to this government. first of all, let me tell you about sue gray. who is she? she's a former civil servant, she? she's a former civil servant, she has been around westminster for years and years. you might remember that she wrote the report into what became known as partygate, the parties in downing street when boris johnson was prime minister. then she left the civil service and she went to work for the labour part

paul adams in jerusalem- — some difficult days. paul adams in jerusalem.ams in jerusalem. thank you. _ and paddy o'connell will have more on the growing crisis in the middle east, on newsnight on bbc two shortly. claims of a declaration of war over those exploding hand—held tech devices. we will pull the strands together with the lebanon ambassador together with the lebanon ambassador to the uk who will be in the studio. and at home, the prime minister has been told to ditch the freebies by a senior member of the labour party. she willjoin us here on this very sofa. bbc two at 10:30pm, iplayer and bbc news, for your nightly newsnight. and bbc news, for your nightly newsnight-— and bbc news, for your nightly newsniaht. ., , ., ~ newsnight. paddy o'connell, thank ou. more women have contacted the bbc saying that they were assaulted by the late mohamed al—fayed when he was the boss of harrods. more than 20 women who worked for him have already come forward as part of a bbc investigation accusing the egyptian billionaire, who died last year, of multiple counts

paul adams, hugo _ hezbollah and israel. paul adams, hugo referenced. hezbollah and israel.ferenced the hospital in the city of haifa transferring patients to an underground facility. could you tell us more about the advice and precautions that have been coming in from the israeli government.— coming in from the israeli government. that has been a steady increase _ government. that has been a steady increase in _ government. that has been a steady increase in the - government. that has been a steady increase in the level l government. that has been a| steady increase in the level of precautions. we heard yesterday from _ precautions. we heard yesterday from the — precautions. we heard yesterday from the authorities that all schools _ from the authorities that all schools north of haifa, a huge area _ schools north of haifa, a huge area between haifa and the lebanese border and across northern_ lebanese border and across northern israel, should be closed _ northern israel, should be closed until further notice and public— closed until further notice and public gatherings shou

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in kibbutz lavi, israel.ot seek a full—scale war. we have made our desire for peers —— my our desire for peace there are those who are not blinded by hatred of political agendas. however, israel is under attack. in the last 2a hours, northern and central israel have faced a new wave of relentless attacks. i do apologise, that was the lebanese prime minister is speaking at the un security council. we can get now more from the region, our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in israel. as dawn broke over tel aviv, another escalation. hezbollah, for the first time, firing a ballistic missile into the heart of israel — just one missile easily shot down, but an unmistakable signal of defiance from hezbollah. israel also has escalation in mind. the head of the army visiting troops close to the northern border telling them to get ready to fight inside lebanon. translation: we are preparing the process of a manoeuvre - which means that your military boots will enter enemy territory, enter villages that hezbollah ha

paul adams, bbc news, northern israel. jeremy bowen, our international editor is injersualem.ke a perilous situation. what does each side think they can get out of this escalation? it's a really dangerous moment. from hezbollah�*s point of view, they want to keep on fighting, fighting israel is in their dna, it is why they exist. and while their fight with israel goes back to the 1980s, this, as you have been hearing, goes back to the day after hamas attacked israel. the israelis have been pushing harder in recent months, escalating steadily. but in the last week, as we have been seeing, it has been going much, much harder and faster. and while they have inflicted some grievous blows on their enemies in lebanon, the hezbollah infrastructure is much bigger than that. if you look at gaza, after nearly one year, israel still hasn't managed, for example, to destroy all the hamas tunnels that have been built through sand. in lebanon they are built through rock. and the south is a much bigger area than gaza. israel effectively is gambling. what it is hoping is that by doing what it

here is more on today's events from paul adams. t contains distressing images from the start. correspondent: this was a devastating attack. in supermarkets. on the street. in cars, at home, and even in barbershops, scores, perhaps hundreds of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. [sirens] incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to even neighboring syria. each explosion was small, but some left terrible injuries. israel is saying nothing, but yesterday the defense minister told american envoys that only military action would resolve the situation in the north. >> a message repeated by the prime minister, the status quo will not continue, mr. netanyahu said, this requires a cnge in the balance of power on our northern border. correspondent: the situation there remains extremely volatile. exchanges of fire every day between israel and hezbollah. civilians on both sides exhausted by almost a year of tit-for-tat fighting. one place has been hit several times by hezbollah rockets. yesterday for the fi

paul adams reports. r a lull of several hours, has below rockets started arriving around the middle of the day. -- hezbollah rockets begin arriving around the middle of the day. this is evidence that a cease-fire is not yet on the cards. not that they appear to want one. >> we must finish this. to kill them, to stop them, but not stop the war. no. >> for the past 11 months, it felt like we've been abandoned. now, personally, i am happy that the government has started to do something in lebanon. paul: israelis just want the rockets to stop. at the scene of a recent attack, israel's foreign minister scoffed at the idea thathe country's assault on hezbollah would stop now. >> there won't be a cease-fire. we are going to win in order to change this reality. paul: israel is still signaling its willingness to escalate further, releasing these pictures of troops exercising near the lebanese border. no word yet on when or even if a ground operation will begin. we have spent the last three days in the north. occas

paul adams, bbc news, northern israel.ional correspondent orla guerin has the latest from southern lebanon. sirens wail. in the southern city of tyre the war is coming closer. israel hitting sites it says are linked to hezbollah. today we saw strike after strike. well, there'sjust been more incoming israeli fire and there is smoke rising now. we can't tell exactly what has been hit, but that is a residential area with residential blocks. there was some outgoing fire from hezbollah a few hours ago, and this is now a familiar routine in southern lebanon. the gathering storm here this week means british nationals have been told to leave lebanon immediately. isabella baker plans to go tomorrow, because she doesn't want family and friends back home to worry. but the human rights student is critical of the government. i100% think the uk government should be doing a lot more and, of course, it has to worry about its citizens, i understand that, but i think there are priorities, and we wouldn't have to leave if it weren't for the

anna, thank you, and we'll head to jerusalem with paul adams., hezbollah have been firing 100, 150 rockets into israel. tell me what you've been able to see in some of the conversations you've been having where you are. we've 'ust having where you are. we've just come — having where you are. we've just come down _ having where you are. we've just come down from - having where you are. we've just come down from the - having where you are. we've i just come down from the north, 'ust just come down from the north, just in_ just come down from the north, just in the — just come down from the north, just in the last few minutes, matthew. we were in the haifa area _ matthew. we were in the haifa area for— matthew. we were in the haifa area for much of the day. we spent — area for much of the day. we spent the _ area for much of the day. we spent the night in a kibbutz tast— spent the night in a kibbutz last night, and everywhere across _ last night, and everywhere across the north it's the same picture — across the north it's the same picture. regular

paul adams, bbc news, northern israel.rder in tyre, israeli strikes have continued today and 0rla guerin is there for us. from early morning until late tonight, israel has continued pounding targets here, about 60 locations have been hit in the course of the day. here in tyre we have heard loud explosions and plenty of ambulances, and in the past few moments, just before we came on air, we again heard the rumble of distant blasts. 50 people have been killed today, added to 550 killed on monday. war is taking hold. sirens wail. in the southern city of tyre the war is coming closer. israel hitting sites it says are linked to hezbollah. today we saw strike after strike. well, there'sjust been more incoming israeli fire and there is smoke rising now. we can't tell exactly what has been hit, but that is a residential area with residential blocks. there was some outgoing fire from hezbollah a few hours ago, and this is now a familiar routine in southern lebanon. the gathering storm here this week means british nationals have bee

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.ort, people in northern israel continue to take shelter. for more details, i spoke earlier to our correspondent daniel de simone, who's in jerusalem. there was significant fire into israel from lebanon today. overnight and into this morning. there was also a smaller number of missiles fired into israel from iraq by an islamic, an iran—backed militia in iraq. in northern israel, schools have been closed until at least tomorrow night, hospitals have been told that they can only operate in secure areas and one hospital has been transferring patients to an underground car park. beaches have been closed and people haqve been told, in some areas, have been told they need to be near secure shelters at all time, so effectively being near bomb shelters. some of the missiles that came in overnight from hezbollah has been described by the israeli military as going further and deeper than seen before during this almost year long conflict with hezbollah, so that means farther south. and we have see

paul adams reporting. time for a look at the dow's sports news now with 0lly foster.e moved up to second in the table after winning the north london derby at tottenham 1—0. gabriel scored the second—half winner with a close—range headerfrom a corner. a good start for what promises to be a tough week, they open their champions league campaign at atalanta on thursday night before a trip to leaders manchester city next sunday. they are two points behind city in the table. the next premier league game kicks off in the next 15 minutes at molineux. wolves have just one point from their three games so far. a win for newcastle would see them move up to third at the very least. really pleased with the start we have made in what is such a difficult league. yeah, we know we still haven't hit top gear, we have done well in different passages of each game, but not consistently through the 90 minutes, that is what we are looking to do, and about going into a spell where we are playing away from home, some difficult games, so we are preparing for that test. at this moment, we will p

paul adams has the latest — a warning, his report contains distressing images from the start.devastating attack... ..in supermarkets... ..on the street, in cars, at home and even in barbershops. thousands of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to the bekaa valley, and even in neighbouring syria. hospitals suddenly inundated. each explosion may have been small but men lost fingers and eyes. some had garages in their hips where the pagers were worn. israel is saying nothing, but it comes at a time when the government is threatening to step up its military effort against hezbollah. the israel and lebanon border has been extremely volatile. exchanges of fire every day between israel and hezbollah. civilians on both sides exhausted by almost a year of tit for tat fighting. kiryat shmona has been hit several times by hezbollah rockets. yesterday, for the first time, israel said its gaza war aims included allowing israelis to return to homes evacuated close to the border. translation: the status quo canno

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.our corresopndents, hugo bachega in beirut, and daniel de simone injerusalem. daniel, people sheltering in northern isreal. bring us up to date. there was significant fire, overnight and into this morning. there was a smaller number of missiles fired into israel from iraq by an islamic, and am back group. schools have been closed until at least tomorrow night, hospitals have been told they can operate insecure areas one hospital has been transferring patients to an underground car park. beaches have been caught —— were closed and people have been told they need to be near secure shelters at all time, being near bomb shelters. some of the missiles that came in overnight from hezbollah has been described as the israeli military is going further and deeper than seen before during this almost year long conflict with hezbollah, that means farther south. we have seen missiles around haifa in northern israel, we saw some houses damaged, some people have been injured and hezbollah said it was

paul adams, bbc news, northern israel. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen is injersualem. side thinks they can get out of this escalation. it's a really dangerous moment. from hezbollah�*s point of view, they want to keep on fighting, fighting israel is in their dna, it is why they exist. and while theirfight with israel goes back to the 1980s, this, as you have been hearing, goes back to the day after hamas attacked israel. the israelis have been pushing harder in recent months, escalating steadily. but in the last week, as we have been seeing, it has been going much, much harder and faster. and while they have inflicted some grievous blows on their enemies in lebanon, the hezbollah infrastructure is much bigger than that. if you look at gaza, after nearly one year, israel still hasn't managed, for example, to destroy all the hamas tunnels that have been built through sand. in lebanon they are built through rock. and the south is a much bigger area than gaza. israel effectively is gambling. what it is hoping is that by doing what it is doing, it will coerce hezbollah into

paul adams, bbc news, northern israel.emily harding, formerly middle east analyst at the cia, and now deputy director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. it's the deadliest day of conflict across israel's northern border in nearly two decades. many people seeing this as a serious escalation. absolutely, it seems israel is following through on its threat to send hezbollah a strong message. it's really hard to overstate how little tolerance for risk israel has right now, especially on its northern border. since it made the declaration that it wants to send people back to the north, it seems committed to making the north safe from hezbollah attacks. just looking at those casualty numbers, nearly 500 killed, 35 children among that number, 1,600 others injured. we know israel issued warnings for people in lebanon to get out of harm's way, but does it appear to you that israel is doing enough to limit impact on civilians? 0ne civilian casualty is too many, on

paul adams is in jerusalem paul adams is injerusalem and he told us where israel is going with this escalationber of courses there been worn worn out between israel and hezbollah for the best part of a year. it has been a war of varying intensities and it seems to be hotting up again. tens of thousands of civilians of both sides on the border have been forced to abandon their homes. hezbollah clearly is intent on showing it is still a fighting force, despite what has happened to it this week. and that means that israel needs to figure out what to do next. and how to confront what could be a very serious hezbollah reaction. the head of israel's northern command is thought to favour a limited ground invasion to create a buffer zone in southern lebanon— that hassan nasrallah locked during his speech. we don't know if that is what the government has in mind but since it is saying it wants to see the return of its civilians to those border communities, clearly, it is going to have to do something it has not tried before. tonight, we're hearing the israeli military that communities along the norther

paul adams, bbc news correspondent. of the bodies found on saturday was that of american—israeli hostage — hersh goldberg—polin. his father spoke at the funeral — paying tribute to his son — and calling for other hostages to be released. and what you would be pushing for now is to ensure that your death, the deaths of all the soldiers and so many innocent civilians are not not in vain. —— and so many innocent civilians are not in vain. your starting point would be returning all of the hostages. for 330 days, mama and i sought the proverbial stone one of the bodies found on saturday was that of american—israeli hostage — hersh goldberg—polin. his father spoke at the funeral — paying tribute to his son — and calling for other hostages to be released. and what you would be pushing for now is to ensure that your death, the deaths of all the soldiers and so many innocent civilians are not not in vain. —— and so many innocent civilians are not in vain. your starting point would be returning all of the hostages. for 330 days,

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.ve caused chaos, shock and disbelief across lebanon. how could so many devices be made to explode at the same time? 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has been investigating. the middle of the afternoon when something extraordinary happens in lebanon — explosions in people's pockets. so how did it happen? it appears that what was blowing up were these — pagers, older devices which can receive text messages. this is believed to be one of the models targeted. this is the militant group hezbollah. this summer, it was reported to have given orders for its men to switch away from mobile phones because it feared they could be tracked and calls intercepted. instead, they were told to use pagers, as they believed it offered more security. but that decision appears to have been exploited to target them. now, this is thought to be one of the pagers that blew up today. but how was it detonated? a cyber attack hacking into it remotely to make it overheat would not make a pager explode in the

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from northern israel.r tel aviv, another escalation. hezbollah, for the first time, firing a ballistic missile into the heart of israel — just one missile easily shot down, but an unmistakable signal of defiance from hezbollah. israel also has escalation in mind. the head of the army visiting troops close to the northern border telling them to get ready to fight inside lebanon. translation: we are preparing the process of a manoeuvre - which means that your military boots will enter enemy territory, enter villages that hezbollah has prepared as large military outposts. tanks have been seen moving north, and reservists are being called up. but nothing looks imminent. for now, it is mostly a threat. but its purpose is clear — to allow civilians to return to border communities evacuated a year ago. places like qiryat shemona, hit by hundreds of rockets since last october, now mostly empty. the buses are still running, but there is no—one on them. this is normally a town of around 2a,000 people. now only about

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. with emily harding, the deputy director with the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. we heard from our correspondent it is hard to think of anybody mounting such a sophisticated effort other than israel. what does this attack tell us about who was behind this? it does this attack tell us about who was behind this?- does this attack tell us about who was behind this? it was a truly sophisticated _ who was behind this? it was a truly sophisticated attack - who was behind this? it was a truly sophisticated attack the | truly sophisticated attack the combination of being able to get to these pages to be able to alter them in the way they were altered and put them back together so nobody could tell the difference and send them on the difference and send them on the way so they landed in the hands of the right people inside hezbollah is quite a sophisticated and difficult intelligence operation, you have to collect a lot of detail to execute

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more.warning, i warning, there are description images from the start. this was a devastating attack... in supermarkets... ..on the street, in cars, at home and even in barbershops scores, perhaps hundreds, of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to the bekaa valley, and even in neighbouring syria. each explosion was small, but some left terrible injuries, more than 2700 wounded, according to lebanon's health ministry, and eight dead. israel is saying nothing. but yesterday, the defence minister told american envoys that only military action would resolve the situation in the north. a message repeated by the prime minister. "the status quo will not continue," mr netanyahu said. "this requires a change in the balance of power on our northern border." the situation there remains extremely volatile. exchanges of fire every day between israel and hezbollah. civilians on both sides exhausted by almost a year of tit for

paul adams, bbc news correspondent.es found on saturday was that of american—israeli hostage hersh goldberg—polin. these are live pictures from the cemetery injerusalem where his funeral is taking place. large, large crowds gathered there for this funeral service. his fatherjon polin spoke at the funeral paying tribute to his son and calling for other hostages to be released. what you're pushing for is to make sure that the deaths are not in vain. make sure that the deaths are not in vain-— not in vain. the starting point would be _ not in vain. the starting point would be returning _ not in vain. the starting point would be returning all- not in vain. the starting point would be returning all the - would be returning all the hostages. for330 would be returning all the hostages. for 330 days, we sought the proverbial stone we could turn over to save you. maybe, just maybe, your death is the stone, the fuel that will bring home the remaining 101 hostages. let's speak to professor jonathan dekel—chen. his son has been hel

paul adams, bbc news, northern israel.uburbs of beirut — where the israeli army have been carrying out strikes. these ugc pictures — sent to us at the bbc — show the explosions and the extent of the damage in the local area, where there was still traffic on the roads at the time of the attack. less tha n less than an hour, and ijust want to show you, you can see there, this is an apartment on there, this is an apartment on the first second floor. and you can really see the damage that's been caused. the idf have described this as a precision strike when they carry out these operations in the southern suburbs. they are normally targeting the senior leadership of his brother. some of the senior commanders in this area just a few days ago. they killed hezbollah and rockets programme. they know what they been carrying out strikes and you can see also as well the aftermath of a moment like this. you can see members of hezbollah in the streets but you can also see that the army are here, you can see the sound of sirens and ambul

paul adams, bbc news, northern israel. reporting from there. sirens wail.sites it says are linked to hezbollah. today we saw strike after strike. well, there'sjust been more incoming israeli fire and there is smoke rising now. we can't tell exactly what has been hit, but that is a residential area with residential blocks. there was some outgoing fire from hezbollah a few hours ago, and this is now a familiar routine in southern lebanon. the gathering storm here this week means british nationals have been told to leave lebanon immediately. isabella baker plans to go tomorrow, because she doesn't want family and friends back home to worry. but the human rights student is critical of the government. i100% think the uk government should be doing a lot more and, of course, it has to worry about its citizens, i understand that, but i think there are priorities, and we wouldn't have to leave if it weren't for the fact that israel is bombing this country. and tonight, these men wonder if they might be next to be bombed. they're the government's civil defence team h

paul adams there.school of 0riential and african studies at the university of london's middle east institute. she told us more about israel's strategy in its conflict with hezbollah. what israel is trying to do is prevent hezbollah from using this military capacity by, for example, infiltrating its communications infrastructure, and causing disarray within the organisation. let's not forget that an attack like the pager attack will mean hezbollah will now become suspicious about practically any equipment that it has imported, and so this kind of chaos within a militant group like this is in a way more crippling than large—scale military action against it. lets look at the timeline of all of this, then — because the latest strikes come after four days of deadly attacks in lebanon widely attributed to israel, though israel has not confirmed any role. on tuesday, handheld pagers which were used by hezbollah exploded across lebanon, killing at least 12 people and injuring thousands of others. as some peopl

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. says it has warned israel that a conflict with lebanon is not in its best interests. white house national security spokespersonjohn kirby has been speaking to abc about the escalation. the prime minister can speak for himself and what policies he's trying to pursue. what operations he's trying to conduct. we're all, of course, recognise that the tensions are much higher now than they were even just a few days ago. we certainly have been monitoring the reports of strikes back and forth across that border. but all that does, george, is underscore for us how important it is to try to find a diplomatic solution. nobody�*s pollyannaish about how hard that's going to be. certainly in light of the events over the last week or so. but that doesn't mean we're going to give up on it. we don't believe that a military conflict, and we're saying this directly to our israeli counterparts, george, we don't believe that escalating this military conflict is in their best interests. it's certainly not

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.ce, a man accused of drugging his now ex—wife and recruiting dozens of other men to rape her, has admitted to all of the charges against him. in his first testimony since the trial opened, dominique pelicot admitted that he was a rapist, and said his wife gisele, who has waived her right to anonymity, "did not deserve" what happened to her. ms pelicot, who was given the chance to respond shortly after his admission of guilt, said: "it is difficult for me to listen to this. for 50 years, i lived with a man who i would've never imagined could be capable of this. i trusted him completely." the case sparked protests across france over the weekend, with thousands gathering in cities across the country. although no cameras are allowed in court, ms pelicot has requested the trial be open to the public. her legal team says a public trial will shift the shame back on the accused. andrew harding sent this report from avignon, france. prison vans arriving at the courthouse in avignon. inside, som

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. our security correspondent frank gardner is with me.s happen? well, this took two things. it took a really timely intelligence to note that this batch was coming and where it was, and it took the technical capability to insert the explosive inside it. this was military grade high explosive. i have spoken to experts on this, they think it is something called hm x, probably 10-20 something called hm x, probably 10—20 g. everybody thinks it is israel. somebody got inside of the supply chain, was able to insert the explosive ingredient disguised as a fake electronic component, that would then have been activated by something called an alphanumeric text message. once that signal was sent, damn the explosive, the next person to touch the phone to activate it... not the phone, the pager, would have detonated it. these were, 99% of cases, not fatal. they cost a lot of injuries, but less than i% were fatal. it is sent as a warning, sent as a message. it has got a massive psychological impact on hezbollah. the only comparison i can think of was b

now let's turn to paul adams. paul, you may have heard hugo there briefly.ing correctly correcting me, that it was the rambam hospital in the city of haifa that is transferring patients. that's the latest we know to its underground secure facility. that's according to the lebanese, to the israeli ministry there. could you tell us more about the advice and the precautions that have been coming in from the israeli government? yeah, so that's been a steady increase in the level of precautions. we heard yesterday from the authorities that all schools north of haifa, and that is a huge area between haifa and the lebanese border, and all the way across northern israel, should be closed until further notice that public gatherings should be kept to a minimum. and so clearly yesterday, the israeli authorities were anticipating another wave of rocket attacks from across the border. and sure enough, that came in excess of 100 rockets. we believe this morning. and some of those rockets have hit further into israel than any previous salvoes. the fact that the outskirts o

from where paul adams reports.ours, hezbollah rockets started arriving around the middle of the day. faint sirens. many landing harmlessly in the sea. but for israelis in nearby nahariyya, this was evidence that a ceasefire is not yet on the cards, not that they appear to want one. we must finish with this, to kill them, to stop them, to do something, but not stop the war. no. for the past 11 months, it just feels like we've been abandoned, and now, well, personally, i'm happy that the government has started to do something in lebanon. israelis just want the rockets to stop. at the scene of a recent attack on the outskirts of haifa, israel's foreign minister scoffed at the idea that his country's assault on hezbollah would stop now. "there won't be a ceasefire," he said. "we are going to win in order to change this reality." israel is still signalling its willingness to escalate further, releasing these pictures of troops exercising near the lebanese border. no word yet on when or even if a ground operation will be

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.s now is emily harding, the deputy director with the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. very good to see you again, thank you forjoining us tonight. we heard our correspondence that it is hard to think of anyone else capable of mounting such a sophisticated effort, other than israel. what does this tell us about who is behind this? it tell us about who is behind this? ., , tell us about who is behind this? . , ., , this? it was a truly sophisticated - this? it was a truly l sophisticated attack, this? it was a truly - sophisticated attack, the combination of being able to get to these pages, somewhere in the supply chain to be able to alter them in the way they were altered and put them back together so that no—one could tell the difference and the send them on their way so they landed in the head of the right people inside hezbollah is really quite sophisticated and difficult intelligence operation, we have to collect a lot of detail

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.s in lebanon — explosions in people's pockets. so how did it happen? it appears that what was blowing up were these — pagers, older devices which can receive text messages. this is believed to be one of the models targeted. this is the militant group hezbollah. this summer, it was reported to have given orders for its men to switch away from mobile phones because it feared they could be tracked and calls intercepted. instead, they were told to use pagers, as they believed it offered more security. but that decision appears to have been exploited to target them. now, this is thought to be one of the pagers that blew up today. but how was it detonated? a cyber attack hacking into it remotely to make it overheat would not make a pager explode in the way seen today. more likely is that the pagers destined for hezbollah were physically intercepted and had small amounts of high explosive — maybe just a few grams — planted inside, ready to be detonated with a signal. so who was behind damage

those are some of the latest lines and we will be live with anna foster and paul adams in about ten minutesments in the situation in lebanon and israel here on bbc news. that is coming up in about ten minutes. we can now look at the labour party conference that has been going on in liverpool. the prime minister has called for restraint and de—escalation on the border between lebanon and israel. keir starmer pledged to continue helping ukraine. domestically he defended the decision to cut winter fuel payments to some pensioners and promised to fix the foundations at home. that was the quote he used. 0ur correspondent has been speaking to the leader of unite, sharon graham. keir starmer— unite, sharon graham. keir starmer delivered - unite, sharon graham. keir starmer delivered his - unite, sharon graham. ifle: " starmer delivered his speech, and he covered a fair bit of ground, a bit of new policy, and a lot about tone, talking about national renewal and the trade—offs that would have to come. to get reaction we can talk to sharon graham, the general secretary of the unite union. thanks forj

ijust want to tell you that on our bbc live page, there is analysis from paul adams, who has been in a few days and just talking about the build—up at israeli tanks that have been massing close to the lebanese border and top people preparing to operate inside hezbollah stronghold. that is the latest on a possible ground invasion, still very much up in the air. you are watching bbc news. still more to come on the crisis in the middle east. to austria now, where for the first time since world war two — a far—right party has come top in the country's general election. projected results give the freedom partyjust over 29% of the vote — more than two points ahead of the ruling austrian people's party on 26.5%, with the social democrats in third. but this isn't enough for the freedom party to secure an outright majority. with all the main parties ruling out any coalition which includes the fpo leader, herbert kickl. austria's president has called for negotiations in order to find a compromise. chanting fears of the conservatives forming a coalition with the freedom party led to a small gro

paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.erzog says his government wants to get out of what he called a vicious cycle with hezbollah. he's been speaking to our partners cbs on the programme, face the nation. he was also asked about footage which emerged this week of israeli soldiers pushing dead bodies off a roof following a raid in the occupied west bank. take a listen. do you have evidence that there was an imminent attack? so i can't go into all the information itself, but it is assumed that they were planning an attack. you see today, this morning, they took out a barrage of attacks on israeli cities, towns and villages all over the northern part of israel, pounding with huge bombs and missiles on the northern part of israel. why would any nation accept it? why would any decent nation accept it? we're almost a year in such a situation of a kind of a vicious cycle. we want to get out of this vicious cycle. this past week, the ap put out graphic footage shot in the west bank, and hamas say they want an investigation, that t

northern israel have left their homes due to the escalating conflict, from where our correspondent paul adamsis had happened say a week ago, you might thought, well, here is the latest sign of the minutes that hezbollah presents to the people of northern israel, because there had been volley after volley after volley of rockets flying over the northern border. we were witness to a couple of those as we arrived here about ten miles from the lebanese border a few hours ago. there was a salvo of around 15—20 rockets that was intercepted right over our heads, so it has been a pretty spectacular day. daniel howe gary, the chief israeli ministry spokesman, said there had been as many as 200 rockets fired over the border. but they have pretty much all been dealt with. we have had no reports of any significant damage or injury, it seems as though israel's air defence systems managed to cope with the threat perfectly well. and at the same time, we heard the reports from overnight of attacks on a large number of missile targets in southern lebanon with the destruction of as many as 1000 rocket barrels,

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the un saying that lebanon is on the brink. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem, whererael. we just wejust spent we just spent the last couple of days in the north and we have seen people coping pretty well with the constant alerts and the sirens. there are quite familiar with the drill now and they have confidence in the iron dome air defence system which isjust as iron dome air defence system which is just as well because we have seen that in use a great deal and now, what we have not seen yet despite the fact that hezbollah is firing rockets and some of those rockets and some of those rockets further into israel than before, but we have not seen hezbollah doing is use as much of its supply of long range and sometimes precision guided weapons. is that because they cannot because of the damage inflicted on the group by israel of the last week? 0r because they're holding back for some reason? either way, hezbollah realises that it is the abilities to thwart israel's ambition of sending people back to the border communities and that is why it seems as though it is going

the bbc's paul adams reports. sharp fragments of a hezbollah rocket. nothing that happened the day before in israel can be compared to what happened on the other side of the border in lebanon. but hezbollah does. there are strikes back. david had seconds to hide with his family in safety room before the rocket hit their roof, a local rabbi came to support the family. david says: israel did not want this war. we are not at war with them, they started it without reason, and we are responding. everything will be fine. are you lucky today? yes, very lucky. the minister of defense of israel called on society to show composure and discipline, as well as to listen to the instructions of local authorities. and only because the family that lives. she did that here, no one was hurt. in the north of israel, sirens sounded non-stop and rain fell rockets the government says it intends to restore normal life here, to allow displaced people to return to their homes, but that won't happen until hezbollah stops firing rockets at israel. on october 8, hezbollah began sh