we will take you back to berlin and the visit by presidentjoe biden. of honour at the bellevue palace in the city. this is where president biden is meeting the german president. let's listen to what is happening. us anthem plays. so the us national anthem being played out in berlin, as presidentjoe biden meets the german president. the us president will be awarded the order of the merit award, the highest honour of the german state, full service to the nation. this is being seen as a farewell visit by presidentjoe biden in europe. this will be his last visit to germany as us president. german anthem plays. and a little later, president biden will meet the german chancellor olaf scholz as well as the british prime minister sir keir starmer and the french president, emmanuel macron. a key focus for discussions continues to be the war going on in ukraine and the kind of support these countries could offer. yesterday, we heard from president zelensky, calling for much more support. he put forward what he called his victory plan for ukraine in the midst of

us presidentjoe biden is honoured with germany's highest order of merit by president frank—walter steinmeierbiggest overseas trip since his cancer diagnosis in february. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, live from london. this is bbc news. israel's prime minister holds a special security meeting after the killing of the hamas leader, yahya sinwar. us presidentjoe biden is honoured with germany's highest order of merit by president frank—walter steinmeier at a ceremony in berlin.

it comes as the us presidentjoe biden says leaving is a matter of life and death.weather and is pulling away into the north sea but we still have remnants of france producing rain on the other thing is you can see more of a northerly component to the win, so feeling cold in scotland. in fact, feeling quite raw. through the afternoon we hang on to the rain in the north and the east but it will brighten up the east but it will brighten up across southern parts of england, south wales and northern scotland with a few showers. some of those showers will be down to about six or 700 metres. temperatures eight to nine in northern scotland, but generally we are looking at 12 to 17 which will feel quite pleasant if you are in any sunshine. this evening and overnight at band of cloud and rain continues to sink southwards, we can all the time, clearerskies southwards, we can all the time, clearer skies follow on behind and there will be wintry showers down to 300 400 metres across parts of scotland. and you can see the blue in the charts temperatures could be minus three or m

presidentjoe biden�*s administration has put presssure on us port employers to secure a deal with thers to end the strike. economists say the strike will not initially raise consumer prices, but a prolonged stoppage could eventually affect the price of key goods like food. here's our north america business correspondent ritika gupta. it's the second day of the strikes, and neither side has shown signs of backing down. the international longshoremen�*s association turned down an offer from the united states maritime alliance for a 50% wage increase for workers over the next six years. it's notjust about the pay. the ila is also concerned about automation, technology and machines taking dock workers�* jobs. no negotiations are currently scheduled between the two sides, and the lack of progress is raising concerns on those reliant on shipments that the disruption could be prolonged. presidentjoe biden�*s administration has put pressure on the port employers, saying it's time for them to bargain. the strike has blocked goods from food to raw materials and auto shipments across dozens of p

presidentjoe biden is visiting states in the southeastern us, where hurricane helene killed at leasttop in florida on thursday morning, the president received briefings from local and state officials on the response efforts. since the category four storm hit florida one week ago, nearly 8,000 military personnel have been deployed to the region to help find those still missing and relocate displaced people. it says it's given more than $20 million in immediate assistance directly to civilians. officials are expecting a long road to recovery. just as he did in north carolina, the president was scheduled to take low altitude aerial tours in florida and georgia to survey the aftermath of the storm. officials are expecting a long road to recovery. in some areas, first responders are still waiting for floodwaters to drain before they can proceed with recovery efforts. joining me live is patrick fitzsimmons, mayor of waverville, north carolina. first of all, how are you and your community doing? after a week of no _ your community doing? after a week of no power, _ your community doing? aft

but world leaders including us presidentjoe biden have said the killing of sinwar could represent a turningn the conflict, and a fresh opportunity for ceasefire talks. lets it show you a video that has just been released lets it show you a video that hasjust been released by lets it show you a video that has just been released by the israeli military. it shows what the israelis say is one of their tanks attacking the building that the hamas leader yahya sinwar was in. on thursday the army released another video, that showed an israeli drone tracking sinwar filming him slumped in a chair covered in dust and as the drone hovered nearby it showed him throwing a stick at it in an apparent act of desperate defiance. not long afterwards, according to the israeli military tank shell was fired into the building. our international editor jeremy bowen is injerusalem — and has been looking at whether yahya sinwar�*s death could change the direction of the war. i think there is potentially an opportunity there because he was a very dominant figure on the hlas side and now he is gone so potentially ther

earlier on wednesday, us presidentjoe biden told reporters that he would not support any plans netanyahuht have to attack iran's nuclear sites, but he did say that iran has gone �*way off course'. i called a meeting of the g7 today. we're working on a joint statement that all of us agree on — from japan, france, germany etc — and what we're doing in that regard is making it clear there's things that have to be done. and obviously iran has gone way off port — we're putting together a joint statement hasn't been done yet. it'll be done before too long, by the time we land and there's going to be some sanctions imposed on iran. i spoke with our state department correspondent tom bateman a little earlier. a lot of questions being asked about what the possible israeli response might look like for that was us been saying today? i might look like for that was us been saying today?— saying today? i think we learned a few thin . s saying today? i think we learned a few things that _ saying today? i think we learned a few things that i _ saying today? i think we learned a few things that i knew _

applause presidentjoe biden as being earlier.s taking place in iran, near the capital of tehran and in garage city, which is close by — that's according to state media within iran. these are early reports, we are just getting this in, but of course that region has been bracing for a potential counter attack or retaliation after iran sent that massive ballistic missile attack to israel a couple weeks ago, hundred and 80 missiles sent in that attack, the largest israel has seen in its history. this could be — we don't know yet — but the expected retaliation which the region and many other partners of israel have been bracing for. we will bring you more information on that as we get it, explosions in tehran and the surrounding region. stay tuned for updates on that story on bbc news. hello. it is shaping up to be a rather mixed weekend of weather — and exactly what mix you get depends on exactly where you are. across england and wales, it will often be dry, and there will be some spells of sunshine. scotland and northern ireland wil

us presidentjoe biden said it appears israel only struck military targets in iran.g it. the world health organisation head warns of a catastrophic situation at gaza's medical facilities. the uk's chancellor is set to increase the national insurance rate for employers to boost funding for public services. rachel reeves is also expected to use wednesday's budget to lower the threshold for when employers start paying the tax. a video has emerged appearing to show labour mp mike amesbury shouting and swearing at a man who is lying on the pavement during an apparent disturbance in cheshire. michelle obama campaigns with kamala harris as donald trump tells americans to dream big, with ten days to go until the us presidential election.

in spite of all the developments we've just reported, us presidentjoe biden says he does not believent. he told reporters at the white house that quote "nothing" is going to happen today. but in an off—the—cuff remark, mr biden also said the us was quote "discussing" possible israeli strikes on iranian oil facilities. the cost of brent crude oil jumped 5% after he made that comment. following biden�*s comments, us state department spokesperson matthew miller said that the us is committed to israel's defence. we do think it's appropriate that israel, at this point, is bringing terrorists to justice and trying to porn wants these limited incursions of at least on this point are limited occasions to try to push hezbollah back from the border and we will see how that unfolds over the coming days but ultimately our goal is a diplomatic resolution and where we want to see this go is un security council 1701 which was adopted some years ago has never been fully implemented implemented so have security on both sides of the border and the ability for lebanese and israeli civilians to return t

us presidentjoe biden said thursday that he does not believe an israeli attack on iran is imminent.an off—the—cuff remark, mr biden also said the us was "discussing" possible israeli strikes on iranian oil facilities. the cost of brent crude oil jumped 5% after he made that comment. we'll have more analysis on the soaring oil prices a little later on business today. meanwhile, next monday will mark one year since hamas and other palestinian armed groups attacked israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 200 people hostage. the attack sparked israel's ongoing military campaign in gaza, which has killed more than 40,000 palestinians. one of the most senior leaders of hamas — which is classified a terrorist organistaion by the uk, us and other governments — sat down with the bbc in a rare interview. he said the october 7 attack was justified, on the grounds that it brought the palestinian struggle back on to the international agenda. khalil al haya, the deputy chairman of the hamas political bureau, also blamed israeli prime minister netanyahu for the failure to reach a p

us presidentjoe biden said it appears israel only struck military targets in iran.nization head warns of a catastrophic situation at gaza's medical facilities. partial results from georgia's key parliamentary election have put the long—governing georgian dream party in the lead. the election is seen as pivotal as to whether georgia moves closer to the european union, or to russia. the race for the white house enters its final stages with only ten days to go until the election. donald trump tells americans to �*dream big' at a rally in michigan. michelle obama is set to campaign with kamala harris. now on bbc news, newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's adam in the newscast

us presidentjoe biden said it appears israel only struck military targets in iran.tion head warns of a catastrophic situation at gaza's medical facilities. partial results from georgia's key parliamentary election have put the long—governing georgian dream party in the lead. the election is seen as pivotal as to whether georgia moves closer to the european union, or to russia. a video has emerged appearing to show labour mp mike amesbury shouting and swearing at a man lying on shouting and swearing

just minutes ago, us presidentjoe biden outlined the dangers the storm poses.n still wipe out communities and cause loss of life, milton. the storm surge is still expected to be up to 13 feet. so i encourage everyone in hurricane milton's path to listen to local officials and follow all the safety instructions they give. tampa is one of the cities on florida's west coast that is bracing for impact. that's where cbs news correspondent cristian benavides has been reporting — and i spoke with him just a few minutes ago. we've actually had to hunker down because of some of the rain bands that have been coming through, just so powerful. i think something you've got to keep in mind — we are now seeing that landfall could potentially happen within the next 3—4 hours — that is much earlier than what was initially anticipated. so you've got folks who perhaps are thinking, maybe they had some additional time to get to whatever location they wanted to get to, they have scrambled throughout the day. earlier today, just to give you a sense of how people are just sort of goi

this regard, we refer to the — course in this regard, we refer to the version presented by presidentjoe bidenwhat — 2735, and i think the beginning of what should be done must be the implementation of that resolution and must be the secession of violence, return of hostages, the release of the agreed — of hostages, the release of the agreed upon number of palestinian prisoners and they will withdraw the israeli forces _ will withdraw the israeli forces and the establishment of the government and structure, palestinian government and structure, void from any direct concentration by any political factions— concentration by any political factions in palestine.- factions in palestine. thank ou factions in palestine. thank you very — factions in palestine. thank you very much _ factions in palestine. thank you very much for - factions in palestine. thank you very much forjoining i factions in palestine. thank| you very much forjoining us with your observations of the way forward, as hard as that may be. lots of news coming into night, we are also getting reports of an israeli air strike targeting

the price of crude oil shot up 5% after us presidentjoe biden told reporters the us was discussing theiking iran's oil industry in response to iran filing missiles on tuesday. do you support israel striking iran's oilfacilities, sir? we're discussing that. i think that would be a little... anyway. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now to other headlines. a woman has been found guilty of manslaughter of herfour been found guilty of manslaughter of her four sons who died in a house fire while she was shopping. difficult rows had left her twins alone when a fire ripped through her home in southwest london in 2021. the boys, all underfive, were unable to escape the locked house and died under a bed. a35—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm in connection with a suspected acid attack outside a school in west london. police say tikhon macfarlane, 1a, has potentially life—saving —— life—threatening injuries. two other people are also heard, a 16—year—old boy and a staff member trying to help. a proposal to change the law to allow some

first, your- reaction to president joe biden reaction to presidentjoe biden saying he does not supporttory strike on iranian nuclear sites. the issue is — will israel follow that lead or not, israel follow that lead or not, i guess? israel follow that lead or not, i cuess? . v israel follow that lead or not, iauess? . ., ,, israel follow that lead or not, iuess? . ,, ., i guess? that's clearly yet to be seen- _ i guess? that's clearly yet to be seen. there's _ i guess? that's clearly yet to be seen. there's certainly i be seen. there's certainly concern on behalf of the biden administration and the meeting that took place with the g7 of going after the nuclear facilities and potentially causing escalation beyond what israel can set conditions for, going forward. there's been discussion openly about a proportional response — that'll be interesting to see, given almost 200 ballistic missiles came in and, had one or two of those ballistic missiles, that have an explosive above 1500 —— 1,500lb and some of them causing a mass casualty event, i think we would be having a different conversati

presidentjoe biden is visiting states in the southeastern us, where hurricane helene killed at leaste president received briefings from local and state officials on the response efforts. since the category four storm hit florida one week ago, nearly 8,000 military personnel have been deployed to the region to help find those still missing and relocate displaced people. it says it's given more than $20 million in immediate assistance directly to civilians. officials are expecting a long road to recovery. in some areas, first responders are still waiting for floodwaters to drain before they can proceed with recovery efforts. mr biden gave an update from georgia on what the government is doing to help affected communities. yesterday, i approved governor ken's request for a federal government to cover 100%, 100% of the cost for debris removal, emergency protective measures for three months. three months. i must tell you, your senator had something to do with that and he called me beforehand. but all kidding aside, we are doing that for florida as well as for north carolina. let's talk mo

and the other quite extraordinary thing is when presidentjoe biden was addressing the nation on wednesdayof hurricane milton arriving, and he was saying to people, "if you haven't left by now, it's really approaching, please don't try and leave. shelter in place, hunker down, and try and ride it out as best you can." and he spent half of his address saying that. and then the other half of his address was spent with him criticising donald trump and saying how un—american he was and what nonsense he was talking about. and itjust shows you how politicised this has become that a candidate like donald trump is saying something and you would kind of expect that from candidates — the stakes are high. but a sitting president who is not seeking re—election is also using that moment to correct those claims, but also to really severely criticise the person that's running from the other party, and it's very difficult for kamala harris in all of this. i mean, we haven't seen her as much as we've seen donald trump, because she has to defer tojoe biden — he's the president. he's the one making the addre

now president zelensky took his case to the us last week where he met with presidentjoe biden.ent ukrainian losses on the battlefield. this week, ukrainian troops had to pull out in an area near the donetsk region. he acknowledged this today and asked him about it and he said soldiers lives are more important than buildings and said that it had the right to take. but it was a blow for ukraine. this was a town that they had been defending basically since the beginning of russia's full scale invasion. let's turn to some other important news around the world. a fire in a hospital in southern taiwan has killed at least nine people, as a typhoon batters the area. about 300 patients were evacuated and some sought shelter at a nearby commercial establishment. the cause of the fire — which was put out more than three hours later — is still under investigation, but reports have suggested it was due to an electrical fault. at least 60 people are dead after a boat capsized in north—central nigeria. the boat was carrying more than 300 people — mostly woman and children — returning from a r

just minutes ago, us presidentjoe biden outlined the federal resources that have been put in place aheadon. it still carries incredible destructiveness, it can wipe out communities and cause loss of life. storm surge is expected to be up to 13 feet, i urge everyone in hurricane milton's path to listen to local officials and follow all safety instructions they give. let's bring in our north america correspondent, rowan bridge. you are months that statements, it gives an indication of how serious this hurricane is that the president is making an address of this matter. the first thing i was going to note was this or what office address which sews the gravity it is being taken. you heard joe biden comment there and you mentioned the storm surges that are likely to come and the fact that these areas have been previously hit and some by hurricane healing, and the clear up from that, so as well as all the other factors caused by the storm itself, so this would be extremely difficult and dangerous time for the residents in gardner. , �* , gardner. president biden, in his address, made _ gardner

. 0f what she plans to do differently from presidentjoe biden.be staying tonight is new messaging we�*re seeing from him andjd vance new messaging we�*re seeing from him and jd vance that kamala harris broke it and donald trump will fix it. they it being america. of course thatis it. they it being america. of course that is a new messaging we�*ve seen from the donald trump campaign in recent days as we head into these final few days, of course we talk about polling day being next tuesday but early voting is well under way already in this country. both postal voting and early and pursing voting. the latest count which is tallied by academics at the university of florida shows that almost 50 million americans have already cast their votes for that roughly half of those already casting their votes in person. the other half approximately casting their the rules are different in each state as to when the mail ballots will be counted some will be counted ahead and some will open the envelopes and start counting them on polling day itself after the poll

oil pricesjumped by 5% after us presidentjoe biden said israel was considering strikes on iran's oilndustry. he said in off—the—cuff remarks to reporters on thursday that the us was supporting israel in the move. iran is one of the world's largest oil producers and has launched a missile attack on israel earlier this week as violence in the middle east escalates. kelvin tay explains why this is a significant risk for markets. if you strike iran's oil, it represents a certain escalation of the war in the middle east and it threatens the entire region because don't forget that iran controls the whereabouts to 25—30 million oils per day. and iran, it's a significant oil producer, producing 3.5 billion barrels a day so that means that the entire oil supply from the middle east is likely to be under threat if iran decides to go and control or shutter the streets. it's not something that we can do with at this point in time when we have the ongoing ukraine—russia war. and russia is the biggest oil producer. gas and oil combined. how are you weighing the risks? the risks are high but we thi

presidentjoe biden surveys the damage left by storm helene as communities in the us southeast welcomehese are our top stories:

us presidentjoe biden is honoured with germany's highest order of merit by president frank—walter steinmeiert a ceremony in berlin. latest developments across the middle east. israeli media is reporting that benjamin netanyahu is chairing a security meeting on friday, following the killing of yahya sinwar — something which he described as the beginning of the end of the war in gaza. those reports suggest the gathering will focus on possible progress in hostage deal negotiations. more details have emerged of how yahya sinwar�*s body was identified — before being moved to an israeli forensic centre in tel aviv. he was killed with other members of hamas in fighting on wednesday, but the bodies were only inspected by the israeli defense forces the next day — when the resemblance of one of them to sinwar was noticed. because of suspected booby traps in the area, the body wasn't moved, and instead, part of a finger was removed and sent to israel for testing — which confirmed it was the hamas leader. the israeli military has also released drone footage, and how the militant organisation will react.

us presidentjoe biden says he hopes the israel's air attacks on iran are the end as the un and countriesround the world urge both sides to avoid further escalation. israel says the strikes were on 20 military and missile manufacturing sites by three waves of fighterjets, with some reports of up to 100 israeli jets involved. israel says its strikes were in response to missiles fired by iran earlier this month. the specific locations of the attacks are yet to be confirmed, but reports say that military installations in the capital tehran and military bases in the provinces of ilam and khuzestan in the south west of the country were hit. iran's armed forces said two soldiers were killed but the damage was limited. hezbollah condemned the attacks and warned of a dangerous escalation of the entire region. these pictures show iran's air defence system working to intercept israeli missiles as they head over the iranian capital. iran says it has to defend itself, but it recognises its responsibilities towards "regional peace and security". saudi arabia, egypt and the uae all warned of the danger

he served as a special assistant and senior speech writer to presidentjoe biden.is talking at the ellipse, four years ago we saw donald trump speaking there, rallying his supporters before the storming of the us capital. that would be chosen to hit on that democratic theme about democracy being on the line with this us presidential election. president biden will not be addressing, he will be in baltimore where he is expected to announce a significant injection into that signature inflation reduction act at a time when the economy remains one of the top concerns on voters' minds. then we are expecting to hear from on voters' minds. then we are expecting to hearfrom donald trump from an address from mar—a—lago in florida, it is being seen as a pre—battle to kamala harris's remarks. the question is whether he will address those controversial comments made about latinos and puerto ricans made at his closing remarks in new york, all of that coming at a time when the margins are incredibly small right now. you will then be heading to pennsylvania, a city where there is

oil prices jumped by 5% and have continued tojump in early asia training after us presidentjoe bidenel was considering strikes on iran's oil industry. he said in off—the—cuff remark, the two reporters on wednesday that the us was discarding supporting israel in the move. iran is one of the world's largest oil producers and has launched a missile attack on israel earlier this week as violent in the middle east escalates. we explain about why this is a significant risk for markets. iii this is a significant risk for markete— this is a significant risk for markets. , ., , ~ ., markets. if you strike the oil, it represents _ markets. if you strike the oil, it represents an _ markets. if you strike the oil, it represents an escalation i markets. if you strike the oil, it represents an escalation of| it represents an escalation of the war in the middle east and it flattens the entire region because don't forget that you want controls their whereabouts to 25 - want controls their whereabouts to 25 — oils per day. and you run, it's a significant oil producer, 3.5 billion barrels a day so tha

us presidentjoe biden has visited florida, as the state recovers from two back—to—back hurricanes, miltonan half a billion dollars will be made available for restoring power grids damaged by the storms. more than three million homes and businesses are without power in the wake of the hurricanes, which together killed more than 250 people across the southeastern united states. mr biden praised the resilience of floridians, and the way they had come together, not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. iam i am proud to announce $612 million for six new cutting edge projects to support communities impacted by hurricane helene and milton. that includes $47 million for gainesville utilities and another $47 million for florida power & light. this funding will not only restore power, it will make the region's power system more capable and resilient and increase the duration and extreme weather events becoming more frequent. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the government has admitted it had to have a conversation with log

. - presidentjoe biden will visit florida today to meet communities affected by hurricane milton.more than 3 million homes and businesses were left without power. our north america correspondent rowan bridge reports. from the air, the damage wrought by milton is clear. across a swathe of the state, homes and lives were turned upside down by one of the worst storms to hit in 100 years. as the clean—up continues, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses have been left without power, and the death toll has continued to rise. petrol shortages have led to frayed tempers, as people scramble to get what they can. they were fighting — like, fist fighting. one girl hit another girl with a car. it was just crazy. they were really fighting, over gas. you're seeing lines that are about a half mile long and you are seeing people get very agitated, very upset, over who's cut in line or cut people off. it's one of those things, we're telling people, given the tensions, refuelling petrol stations has become a priority. it's estimated to be storm caused $50 billion of damage as it tore across

speaking in the last few hours as he boarded a plane, us presidentjoe biden said he hoped this signalledd to the direct attacks between the two countries. i was on with the intelligence community for the last half—hour. it looks like they didn't hit anything other than military targets. my hope is this is the end. did you get a heads up from israel on the iran strike? did you get any heads up? yes. the office of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel chose its targets "in accordance with its national interests, and not according to american dictates". our north america correspondent rowan bridge has more on what us officials are saying on the strikes in iran. i think there will be a sense of relief within the white house as to the nature of the attacks that israel carried out. they were described by a senior official as precise and proportionate. i think there have been concerns, america had been putting pressure on the israelis publicly and privately not to go after and oil facilities or nuclear facilities to go after and oil facilities or nuclearfacilities for to go afte

presidentjoe biden has announced he'll be sending his top diplomat, antony blinken, back to the region landing in germany, mr biden shared details from his conversation today with mr netanyahu. our international editor, jeremy bowen has more on the dramatic events of today from jerusalem. at the beach south of tel aviv, a lifeguard picked up his microphone. "attention, all bathers. "it's not 100%, but there's a strong chance that the rat from the tunnels "known as yayha sinwar is dead." and then it was confirmed. they knew sinwar�*s death was a big victory for israel and a big defeat for hamas. the israeli army released drone footage showing he was still fighting in his last moments. they said sinwar, on a chair at the back of the room, had thrown two grenades and obviously wounded, tried to fend the drone off with a stick before he was killed. it had been a chance encounter and at first they didn't realise who they'd killed, then soldiers saw the dead man resembled sinwar. yahya sinwar, born in 1962, grew up in a refugee camp in gaza. he spent 22 years in israeli jails for killing fou

us presidentjoe biden said it appeared israel had only struck military targets in iran, amid growingescalation from around the world. iran should not respond. we will continue to work with allies to de—escalate the situation across the region. the scene live at a polling station in georgia, as the vote comes to an end. observers say there have been irregularities in the polls. thousands of supporters of far—right wing activist tommy robinson gather in central london for a planned protest. in separate action, an anti—racism demonstration is under way. in other news, with less than two weeks to go until the us election, beyonce endorses kamala harris�* bid to become president. i am not here as a celebrity. i am not here as a politician. i am here as a mother. cheering

the us presidentjoe biden is reported to be planning to meet the leaders of germany, france and britain on saturday with the middle east top of the agenda. our international editorjeremy bowen injerusalem — with his assessment of whether any de—escalation is likely. i think it's massively long way away. and i think at the moment there's almost no scope for diplomacy, though i have to say, in previous crises, for example in lebanon 2006 war and also i think i was there, but it's quite a long time ago now, the 1996, there was a big military operation by israel in lebanon. and both times there were, you know, the us secretary of state was taking part in shuttle diplomacy, going between different players, trying to find a way to get to a ceasefire eventually anyway. and there's nothing like that going on at the moment. so, i think it's a really grim picture. and, you know, essentially in the middle east there are some really deep unresolved fissures and conflicts. and one of the most fundamental is the one between israelis and palestinians for control of this land, which both of them call h

us presidentjoe biden says yahya sinwar�*s death marks a good day for israel, for the us and for theking after his death was confirmed, vice president kamala harris said us special operations and intelligence personnel had worked with their israeli counterparts to track down sinwar and other hamas leaders: israel has a right to defend itself and the threat hamas poses to israel must be eliminated. today, there is clear progress toward that goal. hamas is decimated and its leadership is eliminated. this moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in gaza. our international editor, jeremy bowen has more on the dramatic events from jerusalem. at the beach south of tel aviv, a lifeguard picked up his microphone. "attention, all bathers. "it's not 100%, but there's a strong chance that the rat from the tunnels known as yayha sinwar is dead." and then it was confirmed. they knew sinwar�*s death was a big victory for israel and a big defeat for hamas. the israeli army released drone footage showing he was still fighting in his last moments. they said sinwar, on a chair at the back

mar—a—lago, his home in florida, where he falsely said democrats had staged a "coup" to force presidentjoe biden his re—election bid. he also talked about the two attempted assassinations on him. who would want open borders, where millions of people can flow in from prisons and from gangs, gangs, the worst gang members anywhere in the world? who would want this for our country? who would want all of these transgender operations all over the place, like at will, even if you're in detention, "i want a transgender"? these are things she stood... who wants to defund the police? she's wanted her whole career to defund the police. she only changed recently. she changed on 15 different items — fracking. she was against fracking, at the highest level. wouldn't even think about it. now, all of the sudden, "oh, i like fracking very much." but they'd change after the election in about two minutes, and i think pennsylvania understands that. donald trump speaking a little earlier today. joining me from the ellipse in washington, where kamala harris is due to speak later, our correspondent samira hussain. and

in other news, presidentjoe biden surveys the damage by storm helene as communities begin to rebuild. at least five people have been killed as the idf bombed a building in central beirut and warned civilians to leave southern part of the city. on wednesday, the israeli army confirmed the death of eight of its soldiers. this is the site of an

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presidentjoe biden has announced he'll be sending his top diplomat, antony blinken, back to the regionek. here's the reaction from us vice president kamala harris israel has a right to defend itself and the threat hamas poses to israel must be eliminated. today, there is clear progress toward that goal. hamas is decimated and its leadership is eliminated. this moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in gaza. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic, who is following the story very closely. in terms of fighting, that continues.— in terms of fighting, that continues. indeed, the fighting continues. indeed, the fighting continues in _ continues. indeed, the fighting continues in gaza, _ continues. indeed, the fighting continues in gaza, in _ continues. indeed, the fighting continues in gaza, in southern | continues in gaza, in southern lebanon, and if you can see in jebali, there is massive fighting between hamas militants and the israeli forces. hamas are saying that israel is trying to evacuate the north from any inhabitants and is israel is denying that that there are lots

he's had a call with presidentjoe biden this evening when that military aid package was announced, buts president makes of it. russia has dismissed his vision today. james waterhouse, thank you. here, police and retailers are warning that organised gangs behind the recent rise in shoplifting are using more sophisticated tactics to steal on a large scale. a bbc news investigation has gained exclusive access to the work of one organisation that tracks the criminals for some of the biggest retailers in the country. jim connolly has the story, marauding gangs, violent tactics. but the reality is often much more sneaky. gangs evolving, going under the radar. we're told this woman wears a fat suit to sneak out more items. 0rganised crime gangs fuelling the rise in shoplifting. the crime adds more than £100 to a family's shopping bill each year. to get a sense of the scale of the problem and how these gangs operate, we've been given exclusive access to the workings of an organisation that follow these gangs for some of the biggest shops in the country. so we are currently tracking 63 organise

another nurse presidentjoe biden surveys the damage left by storm helene. start this hour as israel continues its airstrikes on the lebanese capital targeting what it says are hezbollah members and buildings. this was the thing in beirut a couple hours ago as israel launched what they called precise strikes on the city. lebanese officials say at least five people have been killed this evening. the idea has bombed a building in central beirut and told civilians to leave the southern parts of the city. meanwhile more than 1000 people have been killed in lebanon in the past few weeks by israeli bombardments according to lebanese officials including 46 on wednesday. israel and iran

us presidentjoe biden is honoured with a military medal by germany's president, frank walter steinmeierign secretary david lammy begins his first official visit to china, in an effort to improve relations. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted that the death of the hamas leader, yahya sinwar, does not mean the end of the war in gaza. sinwar is widely believed to be behind the october 7th attacks. israeli forces say the 61—year—old died along with two other hamas members on wednesday during a ground operation in the southern city of rafah. an israeli drone captured pictures of sinwar sitting at the back of a room in a partially destroyed building before the building was brought down. the idf carried out dna testing to confirm his identity. iran's mission to the un describes sinwar as a martyr, saying the manner of his death will strengthen the "spirit of resistance".