We will have more on all of those stories coming up. First, lets cross and catch up with the sport headlines. Sarah mulkerrins is there. Matthew, good evening. Lets start at the cricket at trent bridge, where australia are Chasing 316 to beat england in the first of five one day internationals. England won the toss and decided to bat with Ben Duckettjustifying his elevation to opener with 95 off 91 balls. He set up a good platform, didnt get to his century, with groans around the ground when he fell to marnus labuschange. England then failed to really capitalise on that platform they lost the last eight wickets for 102 runs, all out for 315. It is australia at the crease despite losing mitchell marsh, Travis Head is leading the Way And Hasjust reached his half century off 50 balls. Australia currently 96 2. Chasing 316. It might be thursday, but with the new Champions League format, there are games tonight, with arsenal in action. Good news for Theirfans Bukayo Saka is available to play in his Sides Opener at atalanta. Saka was taken off late on in Sundays Derby Win at tottenham as arteta said he could not continue. But he is back and available. Arsenal were knocked out at the Quarterfinal Stage of the Champions League last Season And Arteta is targeting better this season, and is not underestimating tonights opponents. This game, a really tough place to come. They build something amazing here and it was a beautiful story, what they achieve last season. Its a new season and i really want to keep going our way. Arsenals match one of six in the Champions League tonight, a Couple Kicking off shortly at 5. 45pm. Xabi alonso� s Bayern Leverkusen Travel to feyenoord whilst red Star Belgrade Host benfica. French Side Brest make their Champions League debut theyre at home to Sturm Graz of austria. Atletico Madrid FaceRb Leipzig and five time winners barcelona take on monaco. The new Wsl Season starts tomorrow, with defending Champions Chelsea hosting Aston Villa live on the bbc. Both clubs start their campaign under new management, but for chelseas sonia bompastor, the stakes are high with the blues aiming for a sixth successive title after the depature of former Head Coach emma hayes. When you are chelsea, you just want to win every single title, you want to win every single title, you want to compete in every competition, and we know all the teams will be ready. It will be tough. But we feel ready, and the players are really competitive, i think i am also really competitive, so this is about it, and we like to be in that position, to be able to compete. Rory mcilroy has got off to a good start at the Pga Championship at wentworth, despite a bizarre moment in round one. The World Number three was hitting his approach into the par five 12th Hole when his Club Head flew off after impact. Mcilroy still managed to register a birdie, eventually finishing his round in a tie for third at five under par. Englands Matthew Baldwin currently leads the way at seven under thanks to shots like this at the par four 16th, helping him card a blemish free 65. It was also a good day for Robert Macintyre and shane lowry, who both joined mcilroy on five under par. Meanwhile, last months british Masters WinnerNiklas Norgaard is a shot back of the lead at six under with belgiums thomas detry. Emma raducanu is through to the quarterfinals of the Korea Open after beating chinas Yue Yuan in straight sets. The 21 year old had treatment on a Foot Injury and needed seven Match Points before coming through 6 4, 6 3. Shell Play Daria Kasatkina for a place in the semifinals On Friday after the russian top seed beat american Hailey Baptiste in straight sets. Funny more on the Bbc Sport website, but that is it for me at the moment. Sarah, thanks very much. I was bringing you the latest on the european flooding. The chief has announced 11 Billion for countries hit by what she has had our heartbreaking floods, so a large amount of Eu Support for all of those countries that have been hit by those devastating floods. That news just coming into us. Lets turn to politics here, now, though. Sir Keir Starmer has been facing scrutiny about his willingness to accept gifts and hospitality, after it emerged earlier in the week that a wealthy donor had paid for clothes for his wife victoria. Our political Correspondent Leila Nathoo is in our westminster newsroom. He was asked about arsenal because hes a big arsenal fan, he was asked about arsenal because hes a big arsenalfan, and watching, but that is part of the hundred thousand or so that has had so much scrutiny, so tell me more about that particular exchange. Evening, matthew. Keir starmer has spent the day undertaking a pretty grueling round of interviews with my colleagues in the English Regions and nations. He does a Sit Down with each of the political editors, and through the course of those questions, some will be on local issues, but others will be on the national issues of the day, and we have been talking about Keir Starmer� s gifts, the hospitality he has been accepting, a lot of scrutiny on that and whether that is justified. Downing street have said he has been given two seats to watch arsenal games from the corporate area, and there has been some discussion about whether this is justified, in addition to the thousands of pounds a ticket he has excepted over the years. Have a listen to his answer when he was speaking to bbc yorkshires political Editorjames Vince and. I have been going for year after year. I have been going for year after year. Since i have been going for year after year, since ive been Prime Minister. 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He was also questioned about a story that we have been covering, the bbc reported yesterday that Keir Starmer� s Chief Of Staff sue gray, a very powerful woman, somebody at the heart of government, the Prime Ministers was senior adviser, we report Yesterday Sue Gray is being paid more than the Prime Minister after receiving a Pay Rise since coming into government, and this is significant because it reflects the discussions coming in at the top of government, among advisers, among people very close to Keir Starmer, about who is really in control. The revelation of this figure has been indicative of discontent in government about sue grays role. Keir starmer was asked today for the first time for his response to this story. He was asked by the bbc� s Charlotte Wright whether he was really in control in all of these briefings coming out. 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The message to the team is eckley the same, which is we have to deliver we eckley the same, which is we have to deliver. We were elected on a big mandate deliver. We were elected on a big mandate to deliver change, im determined we are going to do that. The Prime Minister trying to insist he is focused on delivery when asked about these rows that are going on within government over the Status And Role and the salary of his Chief Of Staff, his most senior adviser, sue gray, a former senior civil servant who went to work from the Labour Party and that has come into Downing Street in a very powerful position, Keir Starmer looking ahead to his Partys Conference this sunday that kicks off in liverpool, the Labour Party will be gathering for its first conference since coming to government. I do not think he will have expected having to defend rose about his most senior Adviser And Hospitality in the run up. Adviser and hospitality in the runu. Adviser and hospitality in the runu. ,. , Adviser And Hospitality in the runu,. ,. , Adviser And Hospitality in the runu. ,. ,. Runup. Leila, thanks very much, the latest there runup. Leila, thanks very much, the latest there from runup. Leila, thanks very much, the latest there from westminster. The us president ial election is nearing, with polls showing a race that overall is too close to call. Any leads the candidates may appear to have are still within the margin of error. So to try and win over undecided and marginal voters, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are crisscrossing the Battleground States. One of those Battleground States is michigan, where my Colleague Caitriona Perry has been speaking to voters. Well, youre welcome here to saginaw in michigan. Were in fuzzy� S Diner this morning, where people are tucking into the local specialities of Cinnamon BreadFrench Toast and corned beef hash. Saginaw county is a Swing County within the Swing State of michigan. This state was won Byjoe Biden in 2020, by Donald Trump in 2016, both times by really narrow margins. Joe biden won the state by less than 3 , but here in saginaw, he only won by 0. 3 of 1 , just about 300 voters or so separated the distance. Michigan, of course, quite a varied state. You have the metro capital of detroit. Beside that, you have dearborn, which is a muslim majority city. And just today, the uncommitted movement, who are democrats who refused to vote Forjoe Biden in the primary, have said they will not endorse, they cannot endorse Kamala Harris for president because of her position of support for israel. Elsewhere in the state, though, its quite rural, a lot of agricultural land, and of course, the auto industry, the big auto employers, formerly the Metro Motor City heyday in this state. And there are pockets of decline as that industry has declined. But lets hear from some of the voters now and see what theyre thinking ahead of the election in november. We can speak now to darlene and jan, who are in here enjoying some tasty, Delicious Food this morning. Darlene, for you, when youre making up your mind ahead of the election in november, what are the key issues for you . Jobs in saginaw and rent. People cant even find a place to rent, decent rent, wages for the waitresses. I mean, really. Why do they make 2 an hour . Thats not right. What about you, jan . What are the big issues for you . Basically, immigration and the. Basically, thats it right now. So thats. That hasjust come up to my mind. So have you made up your mind yet as to who youre going to vote for . Its not going to be trump. Why do you say that . I have never liked him, and i never will. So thats just my personal belief. And does that mean you will vote for Kamala Harris or Someone Else . Yes. Kamala harris . I dont think theres any. Jill stein of the Green Party is running as well. No. Itll be harris. What about you, darlene . Have you decided. I will not vote for harris. You wont . No. Why are you so definite on that . Because i would. I dont like trump. He doesnt know how to talk. But i like what he does. And all the immigrants that come in, thats not right. Thats not right. And why should. . Im on a Set Income and i have to pay for my my bills. Why do i have to pay for theirs too . No, they can pay for their own housing i have to and theirfood. Are you a lifelong republican voter . No, i was a dead. Iwas. Yeah, i was definitely a democrat when days were good, when things were good, back in the days. I can remember when life was good. Jobs were here, people made a decent wage. Caitriona perry talking to some voters. The head of the Microsoft Threat Analysis centre has told the bbc that russia, Iran And China all have plans to disrupt the us election. All three countries have been found using ai powered Interference Campaigns for the first time. Bbc verify� s ai correspondent, marc cieslak, was given access to the Nerve Centre in new york. Times square, new York City an unlikely location for a secure facility which monitors attempts by foreign governments to destabilise democracy. It is, however, home to mtac, the Microsoft Threat Analysis centre. Its job is to detect, assess and disrupt cyber enabled influence threats to democracies worldwide. The work thats carried out here is extremely sensitive. Were the very first people that have been permitted to film inside. Its also the first time russian, iranian and chinese attempts to influence a us election have all been detected at once. All three are in play, and this is the first cycle where weve had all three that we can definitely point to. Individuals from this organisation serve on a special president ial committee in the kremlin. Reports compiled by these analysts advise governments like the uk and us, as well as private companies, on digital threats. This team has noticed that the dramatic nature of the us election is complicating attempts at outside interference. The biggest impact of the switch of President Biden for Vice President harris has been its really thrown the russians so far off their game. They really focused on biden as somebody they needed to remove from office to get what they wanted in ukraine. Russian efforts have now pivoted to undermining the Harris Walz Campaign via a series of fake videos designed to provoke controversy. This comes after the us government directly accused russia of Election Interference. The Department Ofjustice seized 32 websites. They said they used al to create and spread disinformation via a campaign which this team has been tracking for more than two years, dubbed doppelganger. Doppelganger is best known for cloning the websites of well known international media. It makes fake versions of fox news, the washington post, which look very much like the original but are reworked entirely with pro russian propaganda. So youve got some examples up on your screen here. This one here, an article which says its from fox news, but is in fact an article which is from this group called doppelganger. Yes. This was in fact made in moscow. These analysts were instrumental in detecting iranian Election Influence Activity via a series of bogus websites. The fbi is now investigating this, as well as iranian hacking of the trump campaign. We found that in the Source Code for these websites, what they were doing was using al to rewrite content from a real place and using that for the bulk of their website. And then occasionally they would write real articles when it was a very specific political point they were trying to make. The third major player in this Election Interference is china using fake Social Media accounts to provoke a reaction in the us public. Experts are unconvinced these campaigns affect which way people actually vote, but they worry they are successful in increasing hostility on Social Media. Lets get more now on Interest Rates. The Bank Of England has held them unchanged at 5 . Our chief Economics Correspondent Dharshini david has the latest. Getting a Dream Home for yourfamily has got harder as the cost of living crisis pushed up bills, including rents, challenging even for those in work. My family helped move us, so that helped because we couldnt afford the moving vans, so they had to chip in. Like james and sophia, who have had to downsize and faced other tough choices, just as their son arrived. When i went on maternity leave, i could only go off for about ten weeks to spend with my son because we just couldnt afford any more. Even that was a major stretch, to the point where we had to put ourselves into a bit of debt. It was the Food Banks that got us through. Yeah, definitely, definitely. They were so generous, donating, like, milk and toiletries. The Bank Of England is very aware of the pain higher prices can cause. So, with inflation in some areas, services, such as airfares and hotel stays, still relatively high, it has decided not to cut Interest Rates again today. However, take a look at fixed Rate Mortgage deals. They are already coming down because they are linked to expected Interest Rates. Analysts do think that cost of borrowing will fall soon. That has injected new life into the Property Market and increased prices. Where does that leave those looking to switch from renting to buying . Housing is still actually quite expensive. For example, if you are a typical earner buying a typical first time Buyer Property with 20 deposit, that monthly Mortgage Payment is now taking about 36 of that average earner� s Take Home Pay and the long Run Average is about 30, so you can see it is much more stretched than it was before because House Prices are still high relative to earnings and because Interest Rates are so much higher than they were before. Only one member of the banks nine strong Interest Rate Panel voted for a cut today. Analysts think another Rate Reduction will come this year, but only when ther� s clearer signs lingering inflationary pressures, including on rents, are subsiding. Pressures that are also at the forefront of many households minds. I mean, even with this place, one Year Mark on the contract, the price goes up by 5 , £70 a month, and already written in, so we dont know whether we can do that. Already, starting to think of in a years time weve got to pack everything up again and move it all again dharshini david, bbc news. Just want to go to our main story because a Breaking Development from the uk Foreign Office advising foreign nationals to leave lebanon while commercial flights are still operational. Let me show you the Skyline Over Beirut because the last three hours we were listening to Hezbollahs Chief making that statement on television, again promising to retaliate against israel after two days of explosions, those pager devices exploding, those walkie talkies exposing, with 37 people being killed, and over 3000 people being killed, and over 3000 people being killed, and over 3000 people being injured. Hezbollahs chief says was a massive blow to the organisation but again, they vow to retaliate against israel. Before an office advising foreign nationals to leave lebanon while commercial flights are still operational. But the Foreign Office. Thousands of pharmacists across england, wales and Northern Ireland are to be balloted on whether to reduce services and cut opening hours, in a row about Government Funding. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Olivier runs a small group of pharmacies near reading. They can regularly open for up to 60 hours a week, but that could be cut to just a0 the minimum required under a Government Contract if theres a vote in favour of Protest Action overfunding. Work outside that contract, including some emergency contraception, Substance Misuse services and free Medicine Delivery would be suspended. He says feelings are running high about funding lagging behind rising costs. The last thing that we want is to take industrial action, but our members at the national pharmacy association, they are crying for action. They are telling us they want to stop providing services, which is why we are balloting members. But pharmacists are individual and professionals have always, always looked after their patient and never taken such actions. And the reason they havent is because they really care for their patients and they realise that the impact it would have on patients could potentially be quite dramatic. So as a result, were not taking this action lightly. The ballot is being carried out by the national pharmacy association. It has 6,500 Community Pharmacy members in the uk, out of a total of 13,000. The npa says about 1,500 have closed since 2016. Since then, core Government Funding in england has fallen by 40 after adjusting for inflation. The pharmacy first service, launched injanuary in england, extended the range of services which can be provided, including treatment of sinusitis, earache and shingles. The npa said members were not being asked to pull out of the scheme, but noted that a reduction in opening hours to a0 per week would have an impact on its effectiveness. Health is a devolved issue, and separate ballots are being carried out among pharmacists in wales and Northern Ireland because of similar concerns about funding. Theres no discussion about Protest Action in scotland, with the npa saying there is more adequate financial support. A department of Health Spokesperson covering england said pharmacies had been neglected for years and better use would be made of their skills, including more independent prescribing. Hugh pym, bbc news. The bbc understands that the prisons minister, lord timpson, is holding urgent talks with the company which supplies electronic monitoring tags for offenders after several said they had been let out under the governments early Release Programme without one. The government has blamed serco for the delays. Serco said they are working hard to clear the backlog. The us Coast Guard has released new Video Footage that shows the Moment Wreckage from the Titan Submersible was discovered on the Sea Bed in the north atlantic. The deep Sea Craft imploded injune last year, with five passengers on board, during an expedition to explore the wreck of the titanic. In south carolina, the us Coast Guard is conducting a formal hearing as a part of the investigation into the loss of the Titan Submersible lastjune. Today, we heard from renata rojas, a Mission Specialist for oceangate, who gave an emotional witness testimony. I held the bag. You know, as the Mission Specialist, come on board. People getting inside the sub, they have to take their head out, people getting inside the sub, they have to take their hat out, their Life Jacket out, and we all place that into each individual bag so they know their belongings. And i was the one holding that bag for them as they got in the sub. They were alljust very happy to go. The last memory i have, nobody was really nervous. They were excited about what they were going to see, make sure you have your camera, that type of thing. The testimony from todays hearing. One more story to bring you. A capybara missing from a Shropshire Zoo has been spotted but remains On The Run in the wild. Cinnamon managed to escape from her enclosure at Hoo Zoo in telford on saturday but has now been spotted using a thermal imaging drone in a nearby field. However, one of her keepers says locating her and catching her are two very different things. So, she remains On The Run. Let me close the programme where we started. A major store in lebanon. I showed you the pictures live from beirut as the Foreign Office advises foreign nationals to leave lebanon while commercial lights are still operational as tension remains incredibly heightened across the middle east. Thanks for watching. I will see you tomorrow. Bye bye. Hello there. Good afternoon. Well, its still warm and dry today, with plenty more blue Sky And Sunshine to come, despite that rather murky start. Now, yesterday, temperatures reached 26 celsius in the far north of scotland. Here today its slightly cooler, but still the sunshine continues, particularly out towards the west. And for the rest of the week, well, temperatures remain above the seasonal average. Its going to be cooler and cloudier always for eastern facing coasts. Expect some wet weather across the southern half of the uk On Friday and through the weekend. But High Pressure dominates today, so it is again largely dry. Small chance of an isolated shower across the south of england. Were seeing all of that low cloud still burning back towards these eastern facing coasts, where it could lingerfor some time, and with the Onshore Breeze here, its always going to be feeling cooler. Well keep that cloud across parts of aberdeenshire, perhaps down to east anglia. Highest temperatures for the far South East of england, but still warm for Western Scotland and for Northern Ireland in particular. As we head through this evening and overnight, then, its the same thing all over again. So the clearest of the skies out towards the north and the west. Expect some Mist And Fog patches to develop here. Its going to be a chilly start to the day tomorrow. The cloud again is going to work its way westwards. Very mild in the South East 11 15 or 16 celsius here into friday morning. Now again, that Mist And Fog will lift and clear readily through the morning. There will be some sunshine for the north and the west. Again, its quite a murky start for many. Showers will start to pop up across east anglia, the South East of england, track their way further westwards, maybe a rumble or two of thunder and some heavy downpours of rain. It is still warm, though 20 23 celsius in the far south and the east, and still 23 degrees, and the best of the sunshine, for Western Scotland. Expect to see more wet weather too on saturday. Again, some heavy, possibly thundery showers pushing in from the south with this unstable air across wales and the southern half of england. But again, further north with High Pressure hanging on, then its still going to be dry. And once again, the best of the sunshine will be for Western Scotland, North West England and for Northern Ireland. And then therell be more widespread thundery showers potentially on sunday. That all clears away as we head into monday. And then on tuesday were back to southwesterly winds. Its going to be quite unsettled as we head through next week, and it could possibly turn a lot colder too. Bye bye. At six the leader of hezbollah says israel crossed all Red Lines with its wave of attacks using pagers and walkie talkies as he spoke. Booms. Sonic booms from israeli War Planes flying low over beirut cause increased tension on the streets. Here in lebanon, hezbollah is still burying its dead and still able to fire across the border into israel. In the last few minutes, the Foreign Secretary has urged british nationals to leave lebanon while commercial flights are still operational. Also tonight. The late boss of harrods mohammed Al Fayed is accused of rape by several female employees. Some prisoners released early last week to ease Overcrowding Injails have not been tagged as they were supposed to be. And eerie shots from the atlantic Sea Bed footage of the wreck of the Titan Submersible is released