what do you make of what volker turk was saying at the un security council meeting?council meeting? this is the least that _ security council meeting? this is the least that can _ security council meeting? t�*t 3 is the least that can be expected. people in the past week have been terrorising in beirut by these israeli attacks. they were terrorised yesterday also with the bombing of the densely populated area in the south of beirut, so they expect the international community to do something about it. they can watch for the past year what the israelis have been doing in gaza and the massacres, the slaughtering of civilians in gaza and they see it coming slowly to lebanon and that creates a mood of fear and solidarity also. people in beirut, i can tell you, they feel solidarity with hezbollah, with the resistance overall. there are some critical voices but overall the people are in support of hezbollah because they can see the israelis are they can see the israelis are the ones terrorising the people here. ., , , ., �*, here. for its part, israel's un envoy says — here

human rights chief volker turk said he was appalled by those synchronised explosions of pagers whichl's tactics here? i think there was actually a mistake on the israeli side. it makes no sense to have this massive explosion all across the commander sector of hezbollah, and then there is no follow—up. this is the sort of thing that i would expect to be synchronised with moving tanks across the border in a full—scale attack. they clearly did a psychological, inflicted a psychological blow on hezbollah, but psychological blows pass after a couple of days. so whatever advantage the israelis might have gotten out of this will dissipate over the next few days. so, i suspect — this is a personal opinion — but it is rational, the israelis, for some reason, felt they were about to be discovered, that the bombs were there, and it was used them or lose them. there have been questions about the timing. the timing makes no sense to me. this is the sort of thing you do just before the tanks started rolling. what we did see today was those strikes including on an apartment block in beirut, leading

let's start with those comments from the un human rights chief volker turk. attacks represent a new development in warfare. where communication tools become weapons, simultaneously exploding across marketplaces, on street corners and in homes as daily life unfolds. authorities have reportedly dismantled unexploded devices in universities, banks and hospitals. this has unleashed widespread fear, panic and horror among people in lebanon. as we said, israel's representative to the un, danny danon — did not mention the exploding pagers and walkie talkies directly, but stressed israel's right to defend itself. we will not allow hezbollah�*s terror to dictate the future of our nation. if hezbollah does not retreat from our border and back to the north of the litani river through diplomatic efforts, israel will be left with no choice but to use any means within our rights to defend our citizens and enable the evacuees of the north to return to their homes. emergency teams are still searching for people who are blue to missing. the suburb here in beirut that was hezb

volker turk are really clear about the tactics being used.es, the statement in the last hour did not mention at all who he thinks or anyone else here in geneva thinks might be responsible and what he expressed alarm and concern about the widespread nature of the attacks which he said caused real panic in lebanon and i think if you've talked to anyone who was in beirut yesterday afternoon as i have then you knowjust how terrifying it was and the fact that... remember, we are in geneva, the home of international law, that these pages went off without the people who planned the attack knowing necessarily who was holding those pagers at the time, where they were. we do know some children were killed and also some health workers who apparently were using similar technology and this of course under international law could be classed as indiscriminate and we have heard today that this could be a violation of international law with him calling for a full and independent investigation and independent investigation and saying whoever did this should be

human rights minister volker türk confirmed the deaths of children as a result of the explosion of pagersin lebanon, calling the incident a violation of international humanitarian law, the international committee of the red cross called on all parties to take measures to descalate in order to protect civilians. well, this is a demonstrative reaction from the west, which wants switch the audience's attention from israel, as journalist gordon chunk did on fox news when the conversation turned to the preparations. by israeli intelligence services of terrorist attacks in lebanon, he suddenly started talking about china, which allegedly poses the same threat to the united states. in 2 years, israel will cease to exist if kamela haris wins the us presidential election. donald trump made this forecast at a meeting with voters of jewish origin. the republican candidate emphasized that he definitely would not have allowed hamas to attack... moscow, the kremlin, putin. you know very well, we will show more than others. sunday. on what about the key events of big politics, we are rtr. rest is to lea

the un human rights chief volker turk said he was appalled by those attacks, saying they could constitutel humanitarian law prohibits the use of booby—trap devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects, which are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material. it is a war crime to commit violence intended to spread terror among civilians. israel has been moving more troops close to the border of southern lebanon, and israel's defence minister has talked about what he has called "a new phase "of the war." some 60,000 residents of northern israel have left their homes due to the escalating conflict from where our correspondent paul adams reports. if this had happened a week ago, you might have wondered what this presents but there have been fully 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 hagari, the

let's start with those comments from the un human rights chief volker turk.se attacks represent a new development in warfare. where communication tools become weapons, simultaneously exploding across marketplaces, on street corners and in homes as daily life unfolds. authorities have reportedly dismantled unexploded devices in universities, banks and hospitals. this has unleashed widespread fear, panic and horror among people in lebanon. at the same meeting the united nations political affairs chief, rosemary dicarlo, warned that the middle east is at risk of a conflict that could "dwarf" the devastation witnessed in the region so far. as we approach a full year of near daily exchanges of fire across the blue line and bloodshed in gaza, too many lives have been lost, too many people have been displaced and too many livelihoods have been destroyed. but if things continue as they are, we risk seeing a conflagration that could dwarf even and suffering witnessed so far. it is not too late to avoid such folly. there is still room for diplomacy, which must be used

meanwhile, the un human rights chief volker turk said he was appalled by those attacks, saying they couldtional humanitarian law prohibits the use of booby—trap devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects, which are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material. it is a war crime to commit violence intended to spread terror among civilians. and you can follow all our coverage of those strikes in lebanon and the killing of the top hezbollah military commander on the bbc news website as well as our app. millions of voters across three us states are heading to the polls on friday to cast their ballots in the us presidential election. early in—person voting is under way in virginia, south dakota and minnesota. the first ballots cast come with just over six weeks left until election day on 5 november. about a dozen more states will start early in—person voting by the end of october. in total, 47 states plus the district of columbia are offering early in—person voting. our correspondent ione wells was outside of a polling location in virginia and sent this

the un human rights chief volker turk said he was appalled by the indiscriminate targeting of thousands of people in lebanon through the explosion of communication devices, saying it violated international law. it's emerged that the prime minister sir keir starmer, deputy prime minister angela rayner and chancellor rachel reeves will not accept any further donations for clothing — according to a downing street source. the prime minster has been embroiled in a row after it emerged he had repeatedly accepted gifts including sunglasses, tailoring and personal shopping for him and his wife. lawyers representing some of the 37 women who've accused mohamed al fayed of rape and sexual assault say the former harrods owner was a monster whose behaviour was enabled by the department store. it comes after a bbc investigation heard testimony from more than 20 women who said they were sexually assaulted by the billionaire, who died last year. the current owners harrods say they're appalled by the allegations, and have a settlement process in place for alleged victims. and — early voting has begun in

the un rights chief also basically um echo the lebanese uh health minister's remarks there a volker uh turk at the security council said the same exact thing and he was referring just to the tuesday and wednesday attacks calling him a a war crime uh anytime that there's such an egregious act uh or actions like this that targets civilian areas, he said it is a war crime, and that came before the 31 you just mentioned, killed friday, including seven women and three children in southern beirout. stay safe, miriam, we'll talk to you soon and thank you for that update. press tv's matty, the're joining us from lebanese capital. meanwile the israeli terror attack against lebanon by exploding communication devices has shown yet another dangerous side to the regime. in our explainer program earlier we delled. into israel's new terroristic move emit its failure to achieve its intended goals in its genocidal enslot against palestinians and the resistance groups. there's no two ways about it, it was a terrorist attack against lebanon and the lebanese, not a cyber attack against hezbella and its fighter