Are hezbollah terrorists. The Cross Border strikes have intensified after a series of exploding Device Attacks on hezbollah members were blamed on israel. 0ur Chief International Correspondent 0rla Guerin has more from beirut. Explosion. Southern lebanon awoke to this. It looks like all out war. The israeli army says it hit 1,300 hezbollah sites today. There were Gaza Style warnings, telling residents to go, including from the israeli leader. Now, starting this morning the idf has warned you to get out of Harms Way. I urge you, take this warning seriously. Dont let hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. Dont let hezbollah endanger lebanon. Please get out of Harms Way now. But where to find safety in the middle of all this . Explosion. Screaming. For one man, too late. My siblings and their children were all killed here, he says. The israeli army insists its Air Strikes are destroying weapons, some hidden in homes, and it accuses hezbollah of using civilians as human shields. 0n the roads from the south, a mass exodus. So many heading to beirut that the motorway became a one way system. Ahmed says everyone fled his village because of Air Strikes and destruction. Theres no one left, he says, we took our belongings and went. So many new homeless now in this expanding war. In beirut, too, fear on the streets and a rush to get home. Are you feeling afraid . Sure, mohammed tells me. Im afraid for myself, my wife and my five children. I dont know what to do. How long will we be living through this . We cant keep going. Parents were summoned to schools to pick up their children early. There were threats by phone, he says, that theyll hit beirut. Some in the capital have been getting recorded messages telling them to go, including staff at lebanons information ministry. For months, there have been fears of a wider war. Now, the waiting is over its here. Israels escalation is a huge risk, and notjust for lebanon, but for the entire middle east. 0rla guerin, bbc news, beirut. Lets bring in Emily Harding she was a middle East Analyst at the cia, now Deputy Director of the international Security Program at the Center For Strategic And International Studies in washington. Great to have you on. What do you make of what weve been seeing in the region . Its the deadliest day of conflict across israels northern border in nearly two decades. Many people seeing this as a serious escalation. Absolutely, it seems israel serious escalation. Absolutely, it seems israel is serious escalation. Absolutely, it seems israel is following it seems israel is following through on its threat to send hezbollah a serious message. Its really hard to overstate how little tolerance for Risk Israel has right now, especially on its northern border. Since it made the declaration that it wants to send people back to the north, it seems committed to making the north safe from hezbollah attacks. ,. , the north safe from hezbollah attacks. ,. , attacks. Just looking at those casualty numbers, attacks. Just looking at those casualty numbers, nearly attacks. Just looking at those | casualty numbers, nearly 500 killed, 35 children among that number, 1600 others injured. We know Israel Issued Warnings for people in lebanon to get out of Harms Way, but does it appear to you that israel is doing enough to limit impact on civilians . Civilians . One Civilian Casualty civilians . One Civilian Casualty is civilians . One Civilian Casualty is too civilians . One Civilian Casualty is too many, j civilians . One Civilian Casualty is too many, one child killed is too many. Hezbollah tend to hide weapons in residential areas and israel issued a warning. I think its telling that 500 casualties and 58 were women, which suggests a lot of hezbollah fighters were the ones targeted. While any casualty is a tragedy, it seems israel is at least attempting to mineralise civilian casualties. To minimize civilian casualties. Casualties. To minimize civilian casualties. Casualties. To minimize civilian casualties. We know israel wants civilian casualties. We know israel wants to civilian casualties. We know israel wants to return civilian casualties. We know israel wants to return those J Israel wants to return those 60,000 displaced people to the north of the country. Can this campaign of force we are seeing now convince hezbollah to de escalate and stop firing those rockets over the border . Probably not. This is the tragic logic of this conflict. Both sides want to prove they are strong and want to have the last word. While i understand israel is deeply traumatised by what it has been through over the last year, it seems like this kind of escalation may not get them what they want very quickly. We know in a head to Head Fight Israel would win, but not without a lot of casualties in lebanon and likely not without some casualties inside israel too, so we may be at the beginning of something thats very tragic. Of something thats very tra. Ic. ,. , of something thats very tra. Ic. ,. , y of something thats very trai ic. ,. , y tragic. How do you view the role of the tragic. How do you view the role of the united tragic. How do you view the role of the United States . | role of the United States . Yesterday the president said the us doing everything it can to de escalate the situation. Today we are hearing the us is sending more troops to the region. Sending more troops to the re i ion. ,. , sending more troops to the reiion. ,. ,. ,. , region. The us has a shortTerm Role that is region. The us has a shortTerm Role that is limited region. The us has a shortTerm Role that is limited and region. The us has a shortTerm Role that is limited and A Role that is limited and a long Term Role that is significant. Getting both sides to say enough is enough, its time to calm down and maybe stop this round of fighting. The long term is trying to help lebanon get back on its feet as a whole. The stronger lebanon is, the central government, the weaker hezbollah will be. They want hezbollah to move back north, so lebanon can be a wonderful and prosperous country in the middle east. Its a beautiful place and its a shame to see this kind of fighting going on. Its a shame to see this kind of fighting going on. A shame to see this kind of fighting going on. Its been 11 months since fighting going on. Its been 11 months since the fighting going on. Its been 11 months since the attacks fighting going on. Its been 11 months since the attacks of. Months since the attacks of October The 7th and war breaking out in gaza, does it look to you now that israel and its military might not be shifting focus away from hamas and gaza, and now towards hezbollah in lebanon . It does look that way. Hezbollah in lebanon . It does look that way. Before hezbollah in lebanon . It does look that way. Before october| look that way. Before October The 7th, israel was always looking out hezbollah as its number one threat. The attention shifted to gaza and hamas after the tragedy, and now they are saying that the tolerance is significantly lower, so they seem determined to make the north safe again for the residents and push back against hezbollah. Against hezbollah. What about the role of against hezbollah. What about the role of iran . Against hezbollah. What about the role of iran . Hezbollah against hezbollah. What about the role of iran . Hezbollah isi the role of iran . Hezbollah is sponsored by iran, supplied by that country. We havent heard much from iran. There were fears it might retaliate itself after an attack on its own soil in its capital city. In its capital city. Iran really is in its capital city. Iran really is hezbollahs l really is hezbollahs lifeblood, they provide them a lot of money and weaponry. Some of the 150,000 missiles in lebanon would not be there except for iran. They are really stoking this particular file. Im sure they dont want to get involved directly in a conflict with israel because that would be bad politically and safety wise. Happy to let their proxy take this hit. This particularfire. Their proxy take this hit. This particular fire. This particular fire. Great to have you this particular fire. Great to have you on. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that he believes ukraines two year long war with russia is closer to an end. Speaking to Abc News on monday, he also pushed for the continued support of allies. It comes before expected meetings this week with us president Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to present his Victory Plan to end the conflict. Ukraine has been pleading with the us and other western allies to lift restrictions on its use of long range missiles in russia, but President Biden has yet to change his position on the issue. Mr zelensky also met with a bipartisan Senate Delegation in New York on monday. The democratic leader of the delegation voiced his support for Loosening Constraints on ukraine. Meanwhile, russian president Vladimir Putin has warned western countries that any change in policy would be considered direct participation in Military Action by the nato Military Alliance in the war. President zelensky is one of many World Leaders currently in New York for the 79th Session of the Un General Assembly. The wars in ukraine, sudan, gaza and escalating tensions along the israeli Lebanon Border will likely dominate discussions this week. Around Two Billion people currently live in conflict ridden areas. Thats almost one quarter of the worlds population. Un secretary general Antonio Guterres painted a grim outlook of the Worlds State of affairs, saying that hes concerned for the safety of civilians living along the israeli and Lebanon Border. Us president Joe Biden is in New York, and hes set to address the un assembly on tuesday morning. Hell also meet with World Leaders to discuss Co Operation in tackling threats to international peace and security, for more, lets bring in the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of defence in russia, Ukraine And Eurasia and the Executive Director at the Mcain Institute for international leadership at arzona state university, evelyn farkas. Great to have you back on the bbc. Zelensky is going to be busy at the Un General Assembly, meeting the president , several other World Leaders. What are you expecting to hear from Volodymyr Zelensky this week . � , to hear from Volodymyr Zelensky this week . This week . Apparently, he is toutini this week . Apparently, he is touting this this week . Apparently, he is touting this new this week . Apparently, he is touting this new victory this week . Apparently, he is| touting this new Victory Plan. Its unclear what is in this plan, but what he is trying to do is rally the countries that have been supporting ukraine very generously with military and economic assistance to provide him first of all with fewer restrictions on the use in particular of the military assistance, and then an endorsement of his Victory Plan. He believes this Victory Plan. He believes this Victory Plan is what it will take to convince russia that time is up and that russia has to negotiate a Peace Treaty with ukraine. ,. , ukraine. Even ust that term, Victory Plan. Ukraine. Even ust that term, Victory Plan. I ukraine. Even just that term, Victory Plan, i mean, ukraine. Even just that term, Victory Plan, i mean, this ukraine. Even just that term, Victory Plan, i mean, this is l ukraine. Even just that term, Victory Plan, i mean, this is a big change from a lot of what we have heard from ukraine. It sounds more optimistic. Zelensky telling Abc News that he believes war is closer to The End. Does it feel like the tide could be turning in this conflict . I tide could be turning in this conflict . ,. ,. , conflict . I mean, to be honest, riiht conflict . I mean, to be honest, right now conflict . I mean, to be honest, right now it conflict . I mean, to be honest, right now it doesnt conflict . I mean, to be honest, right now it doesnt feel conflict . I mean, to be honest, right now it doesnt feel that i right now it doesnt feel that way. Ukrainians are fighting what is essentially a War Of Attrition against the russians on their southern and eastern borders. This is a war, when i say attrition, its just that the Front Line stays roughly the Front Line stays roughly the same but lots of people are dying. The russians have more manpower to flow into the war, they have more weaponry. So that has been grim. Ukrainians took some initiative recently, and this is where i think the new emboldened Victory Conversation is coming from, because they seized territory inside russia. Ukrainians actually invaded russia, if you will, counter invaded, and took russian territory temporarily to use as a bargaining chip. So ina to use as a bargaining chip. So in a sense, it doesnt feel that different, it doesnt feel like the war is going to end tomorrow. But there is this a little opening, so i think people are willing to listen to what President Zelensky has to say. What President Zelensky has to sa. ~ what President Zelensky has to sa , ~. ,. ,. , what President Zelensky has to sa. ~. , what President Zelensky has to sa. , say. We also saw some relative success from say. We also saw some relative success from the say. We also saw some relative success from the Drone Success from the Drone Programme being sent into russian territory and striking an ammunition depot. We heard from the eus foreign Policy Chief saying that the g7 will discuss sending long range missiles to ukraine that could be used to hit russian territory. Is some of this recent success convincing some international leaders that they might want to loosen the reins with ukraine . With ukraine . Yes, and at the same time. With ukraine . Yes, and at the same time. I with ukraine . Yes, and at the same time, ithink with ukraine . Yes, and at the same time, i think the same time, i think the europeans are also motivated by an increased understanding that the risks them of the war spreading to European Countries and nato have increased. We have heard reports of drones and pieces of missiles falling in poland and romania. More recently, russian aircraft have gone into latvian airspace, one of the baltic countries, most countries have downplayed these incursions. But its only a matter of time before somebody loses a life and then there is a popular outcry in one of the nato countries, and then the rest of us going into direct war with russia increases. So i think the europeans have a renewed appreciation for the risks to them, and they would like to bring this war to a close. So they see an opportunity there. Close. So they see an oiortuni there. ~. ,. ,. , opportunity there. What role do ou think opportunity there. What role do you think the opportunity there. What role do you think the us opportunity there. What role do you think the us president ial. You think the us president ial election will play, will it be top of the discussions at the Un General Assembly . That top of the discussions at the un generalassembly . Un general assembly . That is the other thing Un General Assembly . That is the other thing motivating the other thing motivating President Zelensky to come now and make this Big Push with a Victory Plan. First of all, he has to paint the best place possible to republicans, democrats, all of the people running for office in the United States who might influence assistance going to ukraine. You want to be on the side of the victor, right . So you want to be for the Victory Plan. That is important to him. Regardless of who wins the president ial election, he knows congress is important. The republicans may control the senate, the democrats the house, and then a question about the white house. What does that mean for him . He has a big audience here, he is trying to show momentum is on his side and he is trying to bring some commitment, as many commitments as he can get before November The 5th from all parties. Indie before November The 5th from all parties all parties. We even saw zelensky all parties. We even saw zelensky almost all parties. We even saw zelensky almost making j all parties. We even saw. Zelensky almost making a Campaign Stop or his own, he was in pennsylvania at a munitions factory. It is almost reaching out to the american voters now . He reaching out to the american voters now . Reaching out to the american voters now . He is, and i think its very voters now . He is, and i think its very savvy voters now . He is, and i think its very savvy. At voters now . He is, and i think its very savvy. At the voters now . He is, and i think its very savvy. At the mccain | its very savvy. At the mccain institute, we thought about giving awards to Factory Managers in arizona, obvious for us, but also pennsylvania, 0hio. So many states that are not traditionally outspoken in support of ukraine, and some of their members are opposed to helping ukraine. So zelensky understands the reality and going right to the american people. I say bravo. Pi, people. I say bravo. A battleground state, may be for the ukrainian president as well. Thank you. Lets look at some other stories making news. Rachel reeves has used her first Labour Conference Speech as chancellor to rule out a return to austerity. She stood by her cuts to Winter Fuel payments for many pensioners, insisting tough decisions were needed but she would make fair choices. Ms reeves also outlined the governments plans for a covid corruption minister, to review disupted contracts from the pandemic. Nurses in england have said a Pay Rise of 5. 5 awarded by the government is not enough. Two thirds of Royal College Of Nursing members who voted online said that the rise was not fair. But the union says it is not planning to ballot its members to see if they want to take strike action. Heavy Rain And Flash flooding has Hit Parts of england and wales, causing widespread disruption, including this flood closing the a421 between Bedford And Milton keynes. Roads and houses across central and Southern England were affected, as some areas saw a Months Worth of rain in just a few hours. Its thought the worst of the weather is now over, though. Sri lankas new president has been officially sworn into office. Anura dissanayaka a left wing, anti Corruption Candidate took his oath at in the countrys judicial Capital Colombo on monday. It comes after saturdays closely contested race, which went to a second round for the first time in Sri Lankas history. The election is the first since 2022, when discontent over the economy fuelled mass protests and chased the former president from power. During the camaign, Mr Dissanayaka said he had no Magic Solution to the hardships people are suffering, but would seek a collective effort to end the economic crisis. He said his victory belonged to all Sri Lankans and vowed to restore public faith in politics. Translation i understand we inherit a Country Translation i understand we inherit a country facing translation i understand we inherit a country facing many i inherit a country facing many daunting challenges. 0ur Politics must be clean, and the people are expecting a culture of integrity. We are ready to commit to that. People hold negative opinions about politicians, and as such, we will work to restore public Respect And Trust in those who serve in politics. We are prepared to do whatever it takes from our side. 0ur South Asia Correspondent Samira Husain was outside of sri Lankas Election Commision Office Iam i am outside the office where they announced the next president. He is a leftist marxist candidate, although he has really moved away from some of the more extreme messaging that he used when he first came onto the political scene. He has now become the voice of the Working Class here in Sri Lanka. He very much campaigned on being someone who can rebuild the Countrys Economy after that crushing economic crisis two years ago. He is a candidate that is not part of the usual Sri Lankan political dynasties, and very much seen as a candidate of change. This election has really been marked with a lot of firsts, this is the first time you have seen an election in Sri Lanka not being fought on ethnic and religious lines. It was all about the economy. This is also the first time we are seeing a peaceful election. Past elections in Sri Lanka have been marred by violence. Now that akd has won the election, he has the arduous task of making good on his promises, not only to rebuild the economy but also rebuild the economy but also rebuild the economy but also rebuild the trust of the people in government. The man accused of a second Assassination Plot against Donald Trump wrote a note months earlier stating that he planned to kill the former president. Court documents show the suspect dropped the letter off at the home of an unnamed witness months before the incident. Us federal prosecutors say theyll be charging the suspect with attempting to assassinate a major political candidate. He is already facing two federal gun charges, and was ordered to remain injail ahead of a trial. And on monday, former President Trump announced he plans to return to butler, pennsylvania on october 5th, where the first Assassination Attempt took place injuly. Hell hold a rally at the same location. This comes as we are just six weeks out from Election Day here in the us, and a new poll from the New York times and Siena College shows republican Donald Trump leading his democratic opponent Kamala Harris in three key battleground states. Mr trump leads by 5 in arizona, 4 in georgia, and byjust 2 in the state of north carolina, which is within the margin of error. The three states are among seven critical Swing States that could decide the 2024 president ial election. Mr trump lost both Georgia And Arizona to President Biden in 2020 but won north carolina, which hasnt voted democratic since Barack 0bama in 2008. The Luxury Department Store harrods has launched an internal review into whether current staff were involved in any of the allegations relating to the former owner, mohammed Al Fayed, who is accused of multiple rapes and sexual assaults by several women who worked for him. It comes as one former employee tells the bbc that a manager failed to investigate her complaints of inappropriate behaviour, saying that person is still working at harrods. Al fayed died last year. Shes been talking to our correspondent ellie price. I feel pretty sick about it. Its really sickening to think of my situation and to think of other girls. Jessica was just 22 when she briefly worked at harrods in 2008. Thats not her real name, and this is the first time shes spoken about her experience. She says, like other young women, she was cherry picked for mohamed Al Fayed by another female employee. When i look back at it, i feel like she was acting as his pimp. It wasnt clear to me at that time. She was just a figure i looked up to as one of the senior management. But now i reflect back on it, its quite clear to see, you know, the actions that happened to put me in front of him came directly from her. Jessica says Al Fayed sexually assaulted her. When she went to an Hr Meeting to complain and hand in her notice, she felt too intimidated to detail what he had done. But she says she did complain about his inappropriate behaviour more generally, how he gave her large sums of money. She says she was left in no doubt that people in that meeting knew there was a sexual element to her complaint. One of those people still works at harrods. I feel quite strongly that the people that facilitated it happening also need to be brought to justice. And that is part of the reason why i am now speaking out about it. Those people, you know, i can see are still working either within the company or in other companies, and i have no doubt they have to have been fully aware of what was happening. Harrods has been under new ownership since 2010, and insists it is seeking to right the wrongs of the past chairman. In a statement tonight, the company said mohamed Al Fayed died last year aged 94, but for many of his victims, their quest for justice is not over. Ellie price, bbc news. A reminder, you can always get the latest on our top stories on our website. More on the top story, the Air Strikes in lebanon that have now killed nearly 500 people, 1600 others have been injured. Plenty more coming up at the top of the hour on bbc news. Hello. We have seen a lot of extreme rainfall over the last couple of days. Woburn in bedfordshire had 102mm of rain recorded on sunday. But on monday, it was really 0xfordshires turn to see some absolutely horrendous conditions, widespread flooding and some severe disruption. In South Newington in 0xfordshire, we recorded about 98mm through the day thats about a month and a Halfs Worth of rain. And you can see The Rain on the Radar Picture here. It is gradually easing, and over the next few hours, it will tend to become a lot lighter, a lot patchier, before becoming confined to East Anglia and south east england. So it is an improving very gradually kind of weather situation. Bit of rain coming into the far north of scotland. Thats a Cold Front that will be bringing some colder air with it, but these are the kind of temperatures youll have as you start off your tuesday morning. Tuesday, still some dribs and drabs of rain left over for East Anglia and south east england, but clearing away quite quickly. This area of more substantial rain moves southwards across scotland through the day thats our Cold Front. Much colder air spreading to the far north of scotland, where there will be a few afternoon showers. Temperatures just around 10 degrees in aberdeen. 10 as well for stornoway. Further southwards, were around 14 to 18 celsius. Now, the middle part of the week sees an area of low Pressure Move in off the atlantic, bringing more heavy rain, particularly targeted on england and wales. 0nce thats cleared through, well, then we start to get some colder air moving right the way across the country. And so for wednesday, its kind of a day where we will see rain developing from the west, so turning wet across wales, southern and western areas of england through the day. Probably a fair amount of Dry Weatherfurther northwards with some sunshine, a few showers in the forecast for Northern Areas of scotland, but it will continue to get colder across those Northern Areas. And then as we head into Wednesday Night and thursday, The Rain continues to drive its way northwards and eastwards, covering most parts of england and wales with some heavy downpours. The colder air continues to flow in across scotland and northern ireland. So temperatures in belfast, 12. 13 for edinburgh average at this time of year is 17 degrees, so quite a long way below average. And that colder air is going to move its way southwards across all parts of the country before The End of the week. The United States proposes a ban on chinese and russian technology on american roads. Plus, we speak to a victim of the largest It Outage in history, ahead of a Crowdstrike Hearing in the us. Hello and welcome to business today. Im steve lai. Lets begin in the United States, where the biden administration has proposed a ban on chinese and russian Hardware And Software in vehicles in america. The rule will apply to nearly all newer cars and trucks, which have the ability to connect to wi fi, Bluetooth Or Satellite systems. It will mark a significant escalation in us restrictions on china. The bbc� s Ritika Gupta has more from New York. Modern day cars are increasingly computers on wheels, collecting data through sensors and cameras, and the us government has concluded they cant be trusted. Back in february, President Biden ordered an investigation into whether chinese vehicles posed a national security risk, resulting in the proposed ban. If enacted, it would focus on tech that connects vehicles to the outside world, such as bluetooth, as well as driverless systems
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