that is bringing tom bateman in washington, i north. that is bringing tom . m - bateman in washington, tom, any response since we heard the israeli comments, and how concerned is the white house? we have been waiting for a pretty— we have been waiting for a pretty delayed briefing from the white house, and the national security council spokesman, john kirby, that hasn't. — spokesman, john kirby, that hasn't. or— spokesman, john kirby, that hasn't, orat spokesman, john kirby, that hasn't, or at least when i walked _ hasn't, or at least when i walked into the studio, got under_ walked into the studio, got under way i walked into the studio, got underway i said, walked into the studio, got under way i said, but a few more — under way i said, but a few more comments, but i have to say that— more comments, but i have to say that i— more comments, but i have to say that i think the public remarks _ say that i think the public remarks from us officials on this— remarks from us officials on this are _ remarks from us officials on this are extremely guarded. and it fee

tom bateman — with a rapid escalation. tom bateman in _ with a rapid escalation.th a rapid escalation. tom bateman in washington, they say much. i'll come to frank gardner injust a moment, but i wanted alive to beirut. hugo bachega is in beirut. describe what the next few hours have been like. matthew, we were in _ hours have been like. matthew, we were in the _ hours have been like. matthew, we were in the hezbollah - we were in the hezbollah stronghold in beirut. at around five o'clock, when the funeral of four of the people who were killed in the attacks yesterday was about to start, there was a a loud explosion and explosions in other parts the countries. we've heard from the lebanese health ministry saying nine people have been killed after a new wave of explosions that affected radios, walkie—talkies, another target in these attacks, and more than 300 people have been injured. so another wave of attacks, so these explosions that happened with pagers distributed by hezbollah, i2 with pagers distributed by hezbollah, 12 were killed. including a girl who was ei

tom bateman thank - those relationships. tom bateman thank you - those relationships.wers on pbs, thank you very much for watching. the rest of the viewers are still with us, we will continue our conversation with lyse doucet and john hoffman. pick up doucet and john hoffman. pick up that thought for me and the dilemma for the american administration, frustrating as tom says because to all intents and purposes they have been keptin and purposes they have been kept in the dark in recent weeks, but how much pressure are they under from their rab allies in the region? i are they under from their rab allies in the region?— allies in the region? i think tom gave _ allies in the region? i think tom gave a _ allies in the region? i think tom gave a great - allies in the region? i think| tom gave a great overview, allies in the region? i think- tom gave a great overview, on the one hand we see this, this coming out of washington about frustration, and biden, not seeing eye to eye with netanyahu. but we haven't seen change that would prevent any of these things that the united

tom bateman reporting. keir starmer hasjust tom bateman reporting.ination attempt on donald trump and this is what he said. i donald trump and this is what he said. . , , donald trump and this is what he said. ., , ., he said. i was very worried about this _ he said. i was very worried about this news, _ he said. i was very worried about this news, it - he said. i was very worried about this news, it looks l he said. i was very worried i about this news, it looks like an assassination attempt, very worried about it. there is now an investigation going on so i will not say much more about the details but i think it is really important we are very, very clear now, that is where donald trump was heading towards. he was between the fifth and the sixth holes, security sweep by the secret service that spotted the barrel of that assault rifle pointing through a chain link fence and it was that very fact that it appears ultimately protected donald trump because those secret service agents fired towards the suspect. what remains unclear is whether or not the

tom bateman and daniel de - formally admitted to this. an attack against the envoy in lebanon caught up in the toxicity and" reserves its rights under international law to take required measures deemed necessary to respond". that is a un envoy letter to the un from iran, urging condemnation from the joint security council chief. rina shah, political strategist andrew fisher, columnist at the i paper. that's get more from our panel. thank you both from being with us. obviously, we wanted to get the latest on the ground and that story in lebanon, which is moving as we speak. rina shah, we heard john kirby given a briefing in the last hour or so. what is your sense of the political mood there and the worries about escalation? there is a serious _ worries about escalation? there is a serious mood _ worries about escalation? there is a serious mood of— is a serious mood of frustration in washington about how the biden harris administration continues to handle this conflict and our role in this conflict. it feels like we are always late to every

tom bateman, bbc news, at the united nations in new york. orrespondent, yolande knell who's in jerusalem. when you listen to what tom has been saying there, it looks like diplomacy at the moment doesn't stand much of a chance, what is the mood music in the government in israel at the moment, about these calls for that 21 day ceasefire? crucially we haven't heard yet from the israeli prime minister, from binyamin netanyahu, he left in it will night, got onboard his plane for new york, where he is due to address the un general assembly tomorrow, without making any comment. at the un itself, the israeli envoy there did also say that israel preferred add diplomatic solution but if that failed it was ready to use all means at its disposal. israel has made clear its goal here is to return 60,000 people to their homes, which are close to the lebanon border in the north of israel, they have been displaced by 11 months of cross—borderfighting displaced by 11 months of cross—border fighting that has gone on with hezbollah, in parallel to the war in gaz

tom bateman, our north american _ issue.h american correspondence. - former diplomat philip reeker was the us charg d'affaires to the uk from 2021 to 2022. he says when it comes to their support for ukraine, the us and the uk are fairly aligned. i don't think there are any great differences. i think there's been an ongoing coordination and conversation between the united states and the united kingdom onjust about every issue globally, but certainly in terms of support for ukraine. i was in london, as you mentioned, uh, heading our mission there when vladimir putin attacked. of course, he had denied right up until the day he did it that it was going to happen. but we, the united states and the uk together had released intelligence information. we were prepared, we knew what was coming, and we've been pretty much lockstep since then through different prime ministers, obviously, and now a whole different government in the uk. great opportunity for prime minister keir starmer to have this sit down, this tete a tete with presiden

tom bateman they are, who was at the court in florida there for us.f dutch editor and teach of dutch editor in chief of newsmax, in florida, told me about the mood in donald trump's camp. the? in donald trump's camp. they are very concerned, _ in donald trump's camp. they are very concerned, i - in donald trump's camp. they are very concerned, i think- in donald trump's camp. they are very concerned, i think the president— are very concerned, i think the president still— are very concerned, i think the president still seems- are very concerned, i think the president still seems in- are very concerned, i think the president still seems in dutchl president still seems in dutch sees — president still seems in dutch sees himself— president still seems in dutch sees himself as _ president still seems in dutch sees himself as being - president still seems in dutch sees himself as being in- president still seems in dutch sees himself as being in a - president still seems in dutchl sees himself as being in a high risk situation, _ sees himself as being in a h

caitrÍona: tom bateman in florida, thank you.tack is the second the threat on trump's life in a little over two months and questions over the safety of presidential candidates have intensified. our analysis editor looks at the level of security surrounding trump when he was on his golf course. reporter: the trump international golf club is 330 acres and trump please there regularly. in west palm beach, florida, the golf course is 10 minutes from his home of mar-a-lago and the club's perimeter is more than 3 miles long. this is one part of it, right by a public road. there is chain-link fence. beyond that, you can easily see the golf course. this was the root donald trump was taking during his round. he reached hole five. as he played, secret service agents walked one hole ahead, which is standard. they spotted a rifle sticking out of the fence. it was somewhere in this area, later cordoned off. police say donald trump was between 300 and 500 yards away, within range of the rifle. they also released this image showing a rifle fitt

. >> i will bring in tom bateman in washington. been any response since we heard the israeli comments and how concerned is the white house? tom: well, we've been waiting for pretty delayed briefing from the white house and the national security council spokesman john kirby. there has not been -- it has not gotten underway as of yet. we have a few more comments. i have to say, i think the public remarks from u.s. officials on this are extremely guarded. it feels to me pretty reminiscent of the mood around two previous, very significant israeli attacks, namely when the israelis carried out a deadly strike on an iranian diplomatic facility in damascus. and then in july, when the israelis assassinated the political leader for hamas in tehran. what you had in the aftermath of both of those cases was the americans really tried to distance themselves from the israeli actions because they feared it could spark a regional war. at the same time, bracing for the response to it by doing everything to shield its israeli ally, both diplomatically

lucy: tom bateman for us in washington, thanks very much.ng in the author of, " america, made in britain: and the encyclopedia of the cold war." thanks for joining asked. looks like he should be talking to us about the astronauts. [laughter] anyway, obviously the big question here is whether putin is blessing or not. it's the risk they are considering. before i ask you about that, can i check what you see whether it is possible that the u.k. and europe could go ahead and give permission even if america doesn't? tom: no, they need to have america behind them. i don't think you have the you and -- unilaterally, in this case. lucy: so the reason for starmer being there, i think, is to try to talk president biden around? guest: yes, and also they have their own supersonic muscles, the americans do. they have 3700 of them. the british and french have only about 1200. so the hope is that not only would they get permission for the anglo-french but also for the american missiles. lucy: the question is how much of a difference can these weapons make,

tom bateman. let's go to our senior— again. tom bateman.0rla guerin in beirut. the word people seem to be using is escalation and whether this is likely to make a regional conflict more likely. what's your assessment? it certainly increases the risk _ it certainly increases the risk we _ it certainly increases the risk. we have now had attacks taking — risk. we have now had attacks taking place over 24 hours. first — taking place over 24 hours. first the _ taking place over 24 hours. first the wave of attacks yesterday in which pagers were blown — yesterday in which pagers were blown up. _ yesterday in which pagers were blown up, pagers being used by members — blown up, pagers being used by members of hezbollah. today, we had a _ members of hezbollah. today, we had a second round of explosions taking place — this time — explosions taking place — this time walkie—talkies. we were actually— time walkie—talkies. we were actually in the hezbollah stronghold in south beirut at the time _ stronghold in south beirut at the time when one of those e

tom bateman has this report from new york.on in a generation inflicted by israel's warplanes this week, while hezbollah rocket fire has set israeli streets ablaze. and in new york, the attempts to douse the flames. this was an emergency session of the un security council, after a scramble behind the scenes, led by france and the us, to draw up a proposalfor a temporary truce between israel and hezbollah. diplomacy is most effective when the international community unites with a shared goal and speaks with one voice. we are working with other countries on a proposal that we hope will lead to calm and enable discussions to a diplomatic solution. countries heard how the proposal would involve a 21 day ceasefire, during which mediated talks would take place. the uk described the region as on the precipice. the rockets must stop now. the air strikes must stop now. talks must start now, with an immediate ceasefire on both sides now. it is time to pull back from the brink. lebanon's envoy warned of the risk of an all—out regional war

tom bateman, bbc news, pennsylvania. news presidential debate simulcast. news coverage will start from 8:00pm east coast time on tuesday and 1:00am if you're in the uk, and the actual debate will start an hour later. this time tomorrow we shall have all the highlights, the low lights and analysis. we will be looking at that so join us for that here on bbc news. plans to end winter fuel payments for all but the poorest pensioners in england and wales will be voted on in parliament today. the chancellor's plans would see the winter allowance of up to 300 pounds become means—tested meaning millions of people would no longer be eligible. the treasury says it will save around 1.4 billion pounds. it's thought dozens of labour mps could abstain in the vote. the actorjames earljones, perhaps best known the legendary voice of darth vader in star wars, has died at the age of 93. during his long career, he won a host of awards, including emmys, tony awards, a grammy and an honorary 0scar. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. from hi

from new york here is tom bateman. the israeli leader walked straight into the question all the diplomats here at the un are asking. prime minister netanyahu, are you agreeing to a cease—fire deal or not? and he wasn't answering it in the hall, either. instead, this was defiant and a vow for hezbollah�*s backers. i have a message for the tyrants of tehran, if you strike us, we will strike you. there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach, and that is true of the entire middle east. watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. mr netanyahu didn't mention diplomacy, saying only, "surrender by hamas would be enough to stop israel's offensive." and he made no mention of the us call for a truce with lebanon, instead saying hezbollah rocket fire had to stop. yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. well, i've come here today to say enough is enough! chanting: palestine will be free! - and where mr netanyahu goes, so does dissent against israel's mili

from new york, here 5 tom bateman.l the diplomats here at the un are asking. prime minister netanyahu, are you agreeing to a ceasefire deal or not? and he wasn't answering it in the hall either. as he took to the stage, many delegates walked out. 0rder, please. but he was defiant and had a warning for hezbollah's backers. i have a message for the tyrants of tehran. if you strike us, we will strike you. there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach and that's true of the entire middle east. watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. mr netanyahu said only surrender by hamas would stop israel's offensive. he scolded iran's role in the region... it's a map of a curse. ..and defying us pressure, made no mention of the call for a ceasefire in lebanon, saying rocket fire had to stop. yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. well, i've come here today, to say enough is enough. chanting: palestine will be free. and where mr netanyahu goes, so does dis

let's speak to our north america correspondent tom bateman who's in florida, outside the golf club where took place. president trump. we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence." police have raided ryan routh�*s home in north carolina. my initial goal was to come fight... in previous news interviews and on social media, he urged people to travel to ukraine to fight against russia. it is one potential line of inquiry that may point to a motive. donald trump left his golf course under heavy golf course under heavy security, a few hours after the thwarted attack. there will be questions about how a man with a rifle was able to get so close to the former president. but donald trump has praised the secret service for their response and says he will continue to campaign this week. jon donnison, bbc news. let's speak to our north america correspondent tom bateman who's in florida, outside the golf club where this incident took place. .tom,i . tom, i don't know whether you are outside the golf club or police station. butjust tell us mac what happened, bec

from new york, here s tom bateman.re asking. prime minister netanyahu, are you agreeing to a cease—fire deal or not? and he wasn't answering it in the hall, either. instead, this was defiant and a vow for hezbollah's backers. i have a message for the tyrants of tehran, if you strike us, we will strike you. there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach, and that is true of the entire middle east. watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. mr netanyahu didn't mention diplomacy, saying only, "surrender by hamas would be enough to stop israel's offensive." and he made no mention of the us call for a truce with lebanon, instead saying hezbollah rocket fire had to stop. yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. well, i've come here today to say enough is enough! chanting: palestine will be free! - and where mr netanyahu goes, so does dissent against israel's military offensives. now lebanese flags join the palestinian ones. they accuse the us of keep

we are just coming out of that report by tom bateman because we are now monitoring that live shotin we in central london, where huw edwards, the former bbc news presenter, hasjust walked into westminster magistrates�* court where he is... he will be sentenced a little earlier today after admitting making indecent photographs of children. a large media presence there as we monitored former bbc news presenter huw edwards returning back to court, where he could be sentenced for child abuse offences. we have our correspondent there who is monitoring this for us but we will get an update from here as and when she is ready. just to let you know that former bbc news presenter huw edwards is backin news presenter huw edwards is back in court, he hasjust walked into westminster magistrates�* court here in central london. injuly, huw edwards admitted having a1 images that were sent to him on whatsapp and he hasjust arrived at westminster magistrates�* court for his sentencing here. it is due to begin at10.00 sentencing here. it is due to begin at 10.00 local time, so just under an hour�*s time.

tom bateman there.d austin told reporters the us had no prior knowledge of the attack, and urged both sides not to escalate the conflict. i spoke by phone earlier with my counterpart in israel, minister gallant. the united states was not involved in israel's operation. we had no advance warning. despite mr netanyahu ignoring much of what america has wanted. first over gaza, now they believe he's making a mockery of the us�*s calls for a truce in lebanon. after his speech mr netanyahu's office released this picture of him here in new york giving the go—ahead for the strike on beirut. the snub to his american ally, which wants restraint, could hardly be stronger. tom bateman there. meanwhile, us secretary of defense lloyd austin told reporters the us had no prior knowledge of the attack, and urged both sides not to escalate the conflict. i spoke by phone earlier with my counterpart in israel, minister gallant. the united states was not involved in israel's operation. we had no advance warning. my call wit

from new york, tom bateman reports.raight into the question all the diplomats here at the un are asking. prime minister netanyahu, are you agreeing to a ceasefire deal or not? and he wasn't answering it in the hall either. as he took to the stage, many delegates walked out. order, please. but he was defiant and had a warning for hezbollah�*s backers. i have a message for the tyrants of tehran. if you strike us, we will strike you. there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach and that's true of the entire middle east. watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. mr netanyahu said only surrender by hamas would stop israel's offensive. he scolded iran's role in the region... it's a map of a curse. ..and defying us pressure, made no mention of the call for a ceasefire in lebanon, saying rocket fire had to stop. yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. well, i've come here today, to say enough is enough. chanting: palestine will be free. and where mr

tom bateman, bbc news, johnstown, pennsylvania.ge of the abc news presidential debate simulcast. coverage starts at one am here in the uk — with the actual debate starting at two. australia is to ban children from using social media. the legislation will impose and enforce a minimum age to use platforms such as facebook and instagram by the end of the year. although the exact age hasn't been revealed the government is consulting on setting it between 1a and 16. let's listen to prime minister, anthony albanese explaining his reasoning behind the change. i want to see kids of their devices and onto the football fields and swimming pools and tennis courts. we want them to have real experiences with real people because we know that social media is causing social harm. this is a scourge and we know there is mental health consequences for what many of the young people have had to deal with. the bullying that can occur online, the access to material which causes social harm. _, , ,., harm. our correspondent in s dne harm. our corresponden

with the latest, here is tom bateman. straight into the question all the diplomats here at the un are asking. prime minister netanyahu, are you agreeing to a cease—fire deal or not? and he wasn't answering it in the hall, either. instead, this was defiant and a vow for hezbollah�*s backers. i have a message for the tyrants of tehran, if you strike us, we will strike you. there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach, and that is true of the entire middle east. watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. mr netanyahu didn't mention diplomacy, saying only, "surrender by hamas would be enough to stop israel's offensive." and he made no mention of the us call for a truce with lebanon, instead saying hezbollah rocket fire had to stop. yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. well, i've come here today to say enough is enough! chanting: palestine will be free! and where mr netanyahu goes, so does dissent against israel's military offensives. now lebanes

our correspondent tom bateman is there. belt, a rail ride past some of the last of the left behind. jack and wayne, men of steel. gradually shrinking... they laboured at these vast steel mills for years. wish it was still going. and there they helped forge america's future. but now that's all in the past. the democrats at one time was for the working man. it's not that way anymore. today they hear promises from both sides, cast in the heat of this election, to revive american industry. i would believe donald trump. i don't believe harris. she's been there three and a half years and has done nothing. now all of a sudden, she's going to do something. you know, i don't believe her. one day she's against fracking, then she's for fracking, then she's against it. so i can tell which way you're going to vote. right. here's the hat, buddy. bit of a clue. yeah. i'm100%. if it's an honest election, he'llwin. the election trail has been surging through pennsylvania. it is now an intense focus of both campaigns. but just as the state's

we will be speaking to anna foster in beirut, jon donnison injerusalem and tom bateman as president bidenursion. meanwhile israel's parameter warns the people in around the theme regime is bringing them closer to the abyss. a bbc investigation finds mcdonald's failed to stop the exploitation of nine men who'd been trafficked to the uk and forced to work in a branch of the burger chain. and the bbc releases its report into bullying allegations on strictly come dancing. we'll bring you the details. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. let's start in the middle east with the region on a knife edge. reports from the usa israel has notified the us that israel has informed them they land to launch a limited ground incursion into lebanon. cbs, bbc�*s partners in the us, said the incursion could start as soon as today. in the past hour, president biden has said he is opposed to any possible ground invasion.

now joining us is our state department correspondent tom bateman. he's at the white house. do we know about what was discussed? any decisions taken during this meeting? >> certainly, in the run-up to this, there was a lot of speculation about whether or not it could precipitate some kind of immediate decision, some kind of urgent announcement that would allow the ukrainians to fire those long-range missiles into russian territory. what we know is, there has been significant pressure from president zelenskyy, particularly, on the europeans, but also urging the americans to give them the authority to fire the weapons including the storm a shadow weapons, the european developed missiles, deep into russian territory. the issue has been, while the europeans have been a lot more sympathetic to the pleas of the ukrainians, the president of the united states has been far more cautious about all this. he was asked a few days ago whether or not there would be a change on this. his response was, it was being worked on. today it's clear the white house isn't going to make any announcem

our state department correspondent tom bateman has the latest on what sending additional u.s. y means for the conflict. tom: i think there will be a concern in the pentagon about all this and the potential risks for their own personnel. i think that's why we are seeing this announcement about the deployment. asked more directly about the wider region, patrick ryder said this was a dangerous moment. he said their concern has always been about a wider regional escalation. he said he didn't think we were there yet, but this is a significant moment. that leads to what leverage the americans have to try to resolve this crisis. they always tried to link the potential for a gaza cease-fire deal with the fact they believe that would stop the cross-border fire on the israeli lebanese border. that link i think it is now a problem for them because we have seen no progress on a cease-fire agreement that is stalled between isra and hamas, and at the same time now there is significant escalation between israel and hezbollah. i think the americans at the moment are watching, not really able t

christian: joining me from washington is our state department correspondent tom bateman, and our correspondentlem. danny, let me start with you. major intensification of bonding in recent hours. what are you hearing about the outgoing fire and what that amounts to? >> there has been intensive bombings today lebanon, as you say, fighter jets flying low over beirut as well. that is a continuation of actions we have seen for quite a long time now. israel has been targeting hezbollah targets effectively daily, daily fire from hezbollah into northern israel. although this was very much timed at the same time hassan nasrallah's speech, a show of force, i don't know if it is a change in the actual military strategy we see. we there has been a change, this week, the israeli government has made the return of citizens displaced in the north a formal war goal. it has moved a division of the israeli army to the north. there had been open talks by the defense minister of israel about a new phase of the war, about the center of gravity moving north. just this evening, comments by him released by the israeli

for more, here is tom bateman in west palm beach.nt: as more emerges about the suspect, so do more questions arise here. key to those are what exactly happened on the perimeter of this golf course. we now know, ainvestigators have revealed from mobile phone records, that ryan routh spent nearly 12 hours hidden in the bushes until 1:30 sunday afternoon when the secret service spotted the barrel of his rifle. how was he able to remain there for so long undetected? also a question being raised information, because he had any investigators have said this was an unscheduled appearance by donald trump on the golf course on sunday, and yet here was this suspect apparently waiting for him to be there. more questions for the investigation. and at the same time we are seeing the increasing politicization of the investigation itself. we had ron desantis, the republican governor of florida, say he has appointed a statewide investigator to look into this. he spent a fairly lengthy news conference recasting doubt on federal agencies to do this. an

tom bateman is outside the palm beach golf course where the incident took place and he gave this update the coming hours, there will be much focus on the suspect, named by us media as ryan wesley routh, a 58—year—old former construction worker from north carolina. what the police have said is that the suspect was apprehended around 40 the suspect was apprehended around a0 miles north of here, in a vehicle that they had traced from the scene here, a black nissan, spotted by an eyewitness who was then stopped by the local sheriff north of here on the local sheriff north of here on the interstate highway and the suspect apprehended and the vehicle then searched. the suspect is now being held in ajail then searched. the suspect is now being held in a jail in the county. what we expect in the next few hours, in the morning, is that that person will be transferred back south down here to west palm beach and the potential then for a court appearance. we heard from law enforcement officials during that news conference earlier that if they decide to book him, they can then press charges locally

we've been hearing from tom bateman at the state department who has informed reporters that there havethe border. israeli operations described as limited, focused on hezbollah infrastructure, we are told near the border. now we have been discussing there are really two threats and one is the threat from hezbollah across the border in an october seven style attack. the other is the anti—tank rounds that come from that close vicinity, 7-8 come from that close vicinity, 7—8 km from the border. it would seem that these limited operations have been going on for some time. the soldiers who were in that position south of the river, they came across the israelis in one of these small incursions last week. told them they were there for engineering purposes. so tell us it's been going on for some days now, but that would be the initial operations that would prepare herfor operations that would prepare her for a operations that would prepare herfor a much larger ground her for a much larger ground offensive. herfor a much larger ground offensive. given the targeting that we have seen over recent

let's speak to our north america correspondent tom bateman, who's in florida, outside the golf club where tell us what happened earlier but the court case. just tell us what happened earlier but the court case.— but the court case. just over an hour _ but the court case. just over an hour or— but the court case. just over an hour or so _ but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, _ but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, we - but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, we had . but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, we had a| an hour or so ago, we had a little more than a ten minute court hearing, very short, where ryan routh was led in and a bluejailjumpsuit, he was handcuffed and brought to sit next to his defence attorney. there were a few minutes where we were able to observe him before thejudge came we were able to observe him before the judge came into the court — he sat smiling, repeatedly laughing at times during the conversation with her — we couldn't hear that, but it would seem to be she was just trying to explain to him how the proceedings would w

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tom bateman has the latest from west palm beach.pect, so do more questions arise here. key to those are what exactly happened in the perimeter of the golf course? we now know as investigators have revealed from mobile phone records that ryan routh spent nearly 12 hours hidden in the bushes up until that point at 1:30 on sunday afternoon when the secret service spotted the barrel of his rifle. how was he able to remain there for so long undetected ? and also, a question being raised about whether or not he had any information. because, investigators have said this was an unscheduled appearance by donald trump on the golf course on sunday. and yet, here was this suspect, apparently waiting for him to be there. so, more questions for the investigation. and at the same time, we're seeing the increasing politicisation of the investigation itself. we've had ron desantis, the republican governor of florida, say he has appointed a stayed investigator to look into this. he spent a fairly lengthy news conference casting doubt on federal agenc

let's get the latest on this now from our north america correspondent tom bateman, who's in florida forng. tom, has anything else emerged about the suspect? quite a bit more detail after he was named by us media as ryan routh, a 58—year—old former construction worker originally from north carolina. we know the suspect had fled around a0 miles north of here when his vehicle was stopped. he was taken from the car and arrested. he is now being held in the county sheriff's office north of here, and we expect that in a few hours�* time in the morning, he will then be transferred here to palm beach county, where the police have said in a news conference held earlier that it in a news conference held earlier thatitis in a news conference held earlier that it is likely that they will book charges. we will wait to see what those are. they will be local law enforcement charges at that stage, but there is of course a federal investigation now by the fbi, and they have said it is very likely the federal charges might be brought as well. so we await that. let me give you a sense of the location, we

joining me from washington our state department correspondent tom bateman and — from jerusalem — ourone. daniel, let me start with you as a reporter at the top major offensive bombing in recent hours, what are you hearing about the outgoing fire and what that amounts to? there have been — what that amounts to? there have been intended - what that amounts to? there have been intended bombingj what that amounts to? there i have been intended bombing in southern lebanon. as you said, there were fighter jets flying low over beirut as well. that is a continuation of action we have seen for quite a long time now. israel has been targeting his brother targets effectively daily. there have been daily fire from his brother and northern israel. in fact it was very much timed as the speech and it was very much a show of force i don't know if it is a change in the actual military strategy we have seen. the thing where there has been a change is this week the israeli government has made the return of its citizens who are displaced in the north of former blueback formal war goal. it's put a divisi

tom bateman, bbc news, at the united nations in new york.e uk government has agreed to send £5 million of humanitarian aid to civilians in lebanon which the united nations will distribute. it comes as israel says it has struck more than 2000 hezbollah targets in lebanon over the past few days. waves of air strikes have been hitting rocket launchers, weapons storage sites and other infrastructure. yesterday, at least 51 people were reported to have been killed in lebanon and more than 200 injured there. the un says over 90,000 people had been forced from their homes since monday. meanwhile hezbollah has expanded its attacks, targeting israeli civilian and military sites. these included for the first time an attempted ballistic missile strike on tel aviv, intercepted by israel. we can speak now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega who's in beirut. morning, hugo. the calls for a ceasefire are one thing and the reality of what is happening on the ground is another.— ground is another. charlie, good morninu. ground is another. charlie, g

now is our bbc correspondent anna foster, live in beirut, and our state department correspondent tom batemand to have you both, and anna, i want to start with you because i understand their art strikes being heard in southern beirut. tell us what you're witnessing.— what you're witnessing. that's ri . ht, what you're witnessing. that's riaht, in what you're witnessing. that's right. in the — what you're witnessing. that's right, in the last _ what you're witnessing. that's right, in the last hour- what you're witnessing. that's right, in the last hour we - what you're witnessing. that's | right, in the last hour we heard three separate strikes, very loud, echoing off the buildings around me here. they could be heard right across the capital and i think when you see and hear what's happening on the ground here in lebanon, it is a real contrast to those words you were just hearing about de—escalation, the idea that the international community, that world leaders can try and calm tensions here. israel has made it very clear that it here. israel has made it very clear thatitis here. israel has m

and tom bateman in washington.st of all, all the indicators point to this ground incursion, this ground invasion starting pretty soon.— starting pretty soon. yeah, that's right. _ starting pretty soon. yeah, that's right. the _ starting pretty soon. yeah, that's right. the defence i that's right. the defence minister if you are saying suggesting it could happen as today, so that's really in the next few hours. the big question is what will this ground incursion involved. we understand that already some israeli special forces have been into lebanon carrying out intelligence operations, possibly dismantling some tunnels and infrastructure, but i think the question is to what extent are they going to push into southern lebanon? how deep are they going to go? are they going to stay there and try to occupy some territory or are they going to be going in crossing back over into israel? but none of those things are clear at the moment, but it definitely seems like they are going to move to next phase of the operation.— th

we can speak now to our north america correspondent tom bateman, who is in west palm beach in floridaestigation into the second apparent assassination attempt? we have been learning quite a lot more about ryan routh, the suspect in this case. you mentioned investigators established he was hiding in the woods for almost 12 hours before the apparent attempt where his barrel of the gun was seen spotted poking out of the bushes there. i was in court for the first appearance in front of a magistrate when ryan routh was brought in handcuffed. we learned about his life in hawaii. he was asked about his financial situation. he spoke in his financial situation. he spoke in his words of having zero funds, talked about having two trucks in hawaii worth just $1000 each. talked about having two trucks in hawaii worthjust $1000 each. more details about that and his potential political affiliation. he said he voted for donald trump in 2016 but then turned against him. he donated to some democratic causes more recently. what we are seeing now particularly from donald trump and his running matejd vanc