Fierce cross—border clashes are continuing — with israel striking southern lebanon, and hezbollah firing dozens of rockets into northern israel. On tuesday the israeli military said they'd killed a senior hezbollah commander in a strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction from that strike. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from tyre, where thousands of people have fled their homes. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel's massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven—year—old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, dina darwiche and her son, jad. Killed in their own home by an israeli missile. Here she was at work with the un refugee agency. It says it is outraged and deeply saddened, and civilians must be protected. A miracle rescue was filmed today. Civil defence workers prised this elderly man out from under the rubble of his own home in southern lebanon. Others are still fleeing from the south. We saw some on foot, driven from their homes by israel's war from the air. And the knowledge that things could get worse. We saw smoke still rising from a recent strike and went for a closer look. For a closer look. But hezbollah was watching, but hezbollah was watching, as we soon found out. As we soon found out. Well, we've just seen well, we've just seen one of the locations one of the locations where there was where there was an israeli strike. An israeli strike. It looked like a it looked like a commercial building. Commercial building. As soon as we arrived, as soon as we arrived, hezbollah arrived, and prevented us hezbollah arrived, and prevented us from filming any more. From filming any more. They're still trying to control this area even as they're coming under heavy attack. Coming under heavy attack. And that attack continued and that attack continued in beirut today. In beirut today. Once again, war on the horizon. Once again, war on the horizon. Israel says it killed a top military commander. If so, he's the latest in a long list. But hezbollah is fighting on. In the last few hours we heard a lot of outgoing fire from hezbollah and heard a lot of incoming israeli air strikes and we have seen hezbollah rockets leaving a red trail streaking across the sky here. The exchanges are not as heavy as yesterday but they are continuing and what is very striking is that israel itself said today that hezbollah managed to fire 300 rockets across the border, the very thing that israel wanted to stop. This is after everything that happened yesterday, 1500 israeli strikes, more than 500 lebanese killed and entire communities emptied out. The city where i'm speaking to you from tonight is basically now a ghost town and all of that has been done and hezbollah can still fire. It is not using its heaviest weapons, it has precision guided missiles that could reach all over israel. These have not been deployed yet and it seems that hezbollah does not want an all—out war and its sponsor iran does not want an all—out war and has been saying so and the question is can a way be found to avoid this escalation is can a way be found to avoid hezbollah:ion is can a way be found to avoid hezbollah mourned actually. Hezbollah mourned their see command from a previous strike. — their see command from a previous strike. Rocket fire has been — previous strike. Rocket fire has been exchanged previous strike. Rocket fire has been exchanged in previous strike. Rocket fire | has been exchanged in that region since seven october. How has what you have seen over the last few days compared to the previous one year? figs last few days compared to the previous one year?— last few days compared to the previous one year? as you say the war has — previous one year? as you say the war has been _ previous one year? as you say the war has been going previous one year? as you say the war has been going on previous one year? as you say the war has been going on for| the war has been going on for almost a year. On monday israel sent the people of the south a message to stay away from targets a kilometre away. But people do not know where the targets would be and israeli strikes massively intensified forcing people to flee their houses. Hundreds of thousands migrated from the self. And towards beirut. The death toll on monday alone is 558 people killed and many of them, most of them according to the lebanese health ministry were civilians. There were 52 children, 94 women. . ,. , children, 94 women. You mention there that hundreds _ children, 94 women. You mention there that hundreds of— there that hundreds of thousands of people are on the move at the moment fleeing, trying to get away from what is going on. Where are they going? are there places that are perceived to be safe? the lebanese _ perceived to be safe? tue: lebanese government perceived to be safe? tte: lebanese government opened perceived to be safe? tt2 lebanese government opened some public schools to accept them but lebanon is a solidarity society so i know people who slept at strangers houses until they find shelter. Some were stuck on the road, it took people 9—12 hours to arrive in beirut from the south because of the number of people migrating. I also personally know people who slept in their own cars so, yeah, in terms of shelter. . . . T5 own cars so, yeah, in terms of shelter _ shelter. . . . Is there a sense of what _ shelter. . . . Is there a sense of what comes _ shelter. . . . Is there a sense of what comes next? shelter. . . . Is there a sense of what comes next? as shelter. . . . Is there a sense| of what comes next? as you shelter. . . . Is there a sense of what comes next? as you say, so many rockets have landed since monday, what do you and your colleagues there in lebanon anticipate will happen now? tt lebanon anticipate will happen now? , , now? it is the closest it can aet now? it is the closest it can net to now? it is the closest it can get to an — now? it is the closest it can get to an allout _ now? it is the closest it can get to an allout war. Now? it is the closest it can get to an allout war. As i now? it is the closest it can | get to an allout war. As you get to an all—out war. As you said, the only thing may be that keeps the war away for now is that hezbollah has not used precision missiles. But if monday is death toll keeps happening maybe we can start calling it a full on war. We know that hezbollah is saying they are trying to avoid an all—out war scenario and israel, as much as it says it does not want as well, its actions do not reflect. Toe actions do not reflect. Joe biden told _ actions do not reflect. Joe biden told the _ actions do not reflect. Joe biden told the un that there is a diplomatic solution possible, that there are plans for a deescalation. Do you have any idea of what that might involve? are people minded to negotiate here? t involve? are people minded to negotiate here?— negotiate here? i think, according _ negotiate here? i think, according to _ negotiate here? i think, according to the negotiate here? i think, according to the reportsi negotiate here? i think, according to the reports that we were reading, israel wants a buffer zone. They want to push hezbollah away from the border and that is partially because they do not want them to defy missiles deep into israel and mainly because they do not want a ground invasion like what happened on october seven. They want them away from the border. Hezbollah, israel occupied lebanon in 1982 so they were the first pushing them away. I don't think they will handle that compromise easily. That is the editor _ that compromise easily. That is the editor of _ that compromise easily. That is the editor of her _ that compromise easily. That is the editor of her lebanese the editor of her lebanese newspaperjoining us here on bbc news. With much of the un general assembly�*s focus on the middle east for day one, president biden told the un security council the world cannot wane in its support for ukraine against russia's invasion. With president zelensky looking on — mr biden used his final address there to say russian president vladimir putin's war had failed in its core aim of destroying ukraine, but that kyiv still needs sustained international support. The world has another choice to make now. Will we sustain our support to help ukraine win this war and preserve its freedom or walk away from that aggression and let a nation be destroyed? i know my answer. President zelensky says the war with russia is closer to an end than some people might think. He's also due to address the un general assembly, before he presents a so—called victory plan to president biden. Mr zelensky says the plan includes further weapons donations to ukraine, diplomatic efforts to force russia to agree to peace, and holds moscow accountable for the full—scale invasion that began in 2022. Speaking to us network abc news, zelensky said his victory plan was not about negotiating with russia, but rather it was a bridge to a diplomatic way out, to stop the war. My colleague sumi somaskanda spoke more in—depth about ukraine and its so—called victory plan with nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg, and debates around whether ukraine should be able to use western weapons to strike inside russia. According to international law ukraine has the right to self defence and self defence includes the right to strike legitimate military targets on the territory of the aggressor. And many allies have no restrictions on the use of weapons. Restrictions on the use of weapons_ restrictions on the use of weapons. Restrictions on the use of weaons. I. . , ,, restrictions on the use of weaons. ,,. , ,,. , weapons. Do you want the us to do so as well? _ weapons. Do you want the us to do so as well? i _ weapons. Do you want the us to do so as well? i recognise weapons. Do you want the us to do so as well? i recognise that l do so as well? i recognise that there are _ do so as well? i recognise that there are restrictions. Do so as well? i recognise that there are restrictions. And do so as well? i recognise that there are restrictions. And i. There are restrictions. And i welcome the fact that there is ongoing consultation on the position of the allies. Position of the allies. What about that _ position of the allies. What about that the _ position of the allies. What about that the president i position of the allies. What about that the president saying that doing so would amount to the west waging war on russia. I know in the past that president putin has used some of these threats, nuclear threats. Are you concerned that this time it could be the case? since the beginning of the war russia has tried to coerce us from supporting ukraine. Of course in the war there are no risk free options. The biggest risk free options. The biggest risk will be not providing ukraine with the weapons they need to ensure that president putin understands and that he will not win, that he has to sit down and talk with the ukraine. Sit down and talk with the ukraine— sit down and talk with the ukraine. , , ukraine. President zelensky said he wants _ ukraine. President zelensky said he wants to _ ukraine. President zelensky said he wants to present ukraine. President zelensky i said he wants to present allies with a plan for victory. Do you know that contours of this plan was to mark i do not know the details but i expect that will be the main topic. President zelensky and i would discuss it later today. Zelensky and i would discuss it latertoday. I zelensky and i would discuss it later today. I look forward to meeting him and of course he wants peace that he wants peace where ukraine remains a sovereign nation. If they stop defending themselves it will not be peace. Should this plan for peace involve negotiations with russia? tt for peace involve negotiations with russia?— with russia? it is hard to imagine _ with russia? it is hard to imagine an _ with russia? it is hard to imagine an outcome with russia? it is hard to l imagine an outcome where with russia? it is hard to imagine an outcome where there is no talks with the russians. President zelensky has made it clear but to talk to the russians they need to have the strength to negotiate from strength to negotiate from strength because what happens around the negotiating table is linked to the battlefield. So if we want an outcome of any negotiation where ukraine prevails, we need peaceful lasting solution. On tuesday, mr zelensky told a special session of the un security council, that the war with russia cannot be calmed by talks alone, but could only be forced into peace by united, international action. He described iran and north korea as accomplices ina criminalwar. Putin has broken so many international norms and rules and he will not stop on his own. Russia can only be forced into peace. And that is exactly what is needed. Forcing russia into peace as the sole aggressor in this war. The sole violator of the un charter. For more on this, i spoke with the president of estonia, alar karis. President, in your address to the un general assembly the ukrainian president, vladimir zelensky, made another case today for restrictions on how weapons given to his country from allies are used. The americans say they are fearful of retaliation and that is why they do not want their long—range missiles used inside russia. What is your view of the best course of action? it is completely legitimate and you can use these weapons in the territory of russia to target military bases and so forth. So i am in this position and i hope that countries who provide these long—range weapons lift restrictions. As you see, countries like north korea as well as iran, they provide weapons to russia with no restrictions. And these weapons and missiles, they end up in houses in ukraine, in hospitals and so forth. So to lift these restrictions from weapons provided by the west to ukraine, i think it is a must. Joe biden talks about how he is concerned about triggering a greater war with russia. In estonia you live right beside russia. How concerned are you about what comes next if they are successful in ukraine? we hope that we manage to stop this war and that russia takes takes its weapons and armies back to russian territory. Yes, we are next to russia but it is not only estonia. All of europe is next to russia. So it needs the support of every country to be concerned about this war in ukraine and to provide any help, military or humanitarian help to ukraine. We have seen ukraine make a push recently into russia and we have also seen russia retaliate and increasing the number of bombs dropped in cities in ukraine. What is your assessment of where that conflict is at the moment? it is all that ukraine can do, to go to russian territory, and gain territory to bargain with later and speak with russia and sit behind the table. At this moment, zelensky�*s peace plan should be followed and that is extremely important. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Let's look at another story making news. In his first speech as prime minister at labour party conference, sir keir starmer called for restraint and de—escalation between lebanon and israel. He also pledged to continue supporting ukraine. Domestically, he defended the cut to winter fuel payments for some pensioners. Sir keirsaid labour would deliver national renewal, but warned it would involve what he called trade—offs. Meanwhile the prime minister has told british nationals in lebanon that they should leave immediately. The ministry of defence is sending 700 troops to nearby cyprus to prepare for the possible evacuation of uk citizens from lebanon. The royal air force also has planes and helicopters on standby. The government continues to advise against all travel to the country. The prime minister has also announced that a hillsborough law will be introduced by april. Sir keir starmer said it would come before the next anniversary of the 1989 football stadium tragedy — in which 97 liverpool fans died. The new law would force public bodies to cooperate with investigations into major disasters, or potentially face criminal sanctions. You're live with bbc news. The man suspected of trying to kill donald trump at his florida golf course has been charged with the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. Us prosecutors say the 58—year—old was found pointing a rifle through a fence at the club in west palm beach, while the republican nominee was playing golf there. They added he had left behind a note in which he described his intentions. The suspect hasn't yet entered a plea. He was already facing two gun—related charges. The attorney general, merrick garland, said the justice department would not tolerate violence that struck at the heart of us democracy. Rupert murdoch's trial ends without a verdict, leaving mr murdoch and his family waiting for a final ruling from the court. A nevada commissioner heard arguments about which child of mr murdoch's would get control of the family trust, which includes stock in fox news, news corp and the times of london. Our correspondent emma vardy in reno. Vegas is where you go to get married, they say, and reno to get divorced. Now this has become the somewhat unlikely location for settling a family power struggle between the media mogul rupert murdoch and his children. Are you confident of victory? normally, we would be inside a courtroom like this reporting what's going on. But for this one, we are locked out. I want a broadcast network. I want to see what other news operations we can sweep up. Local tv? dad, nobody watches tv. The case has been nicknamed succession because of its resemblance to the tv show inspired by the murdoch family. Rupert murdoch owns many newspapers and television networks, include the right—wing outlet fox news. His eldest children were set to get equal power over his corporations, but now he reportedly wants to give full control to his eldest son lachlan, who is believed to share his father's more conservative views. Mr murdoch, are you confident of victory? and the laws in nevada allow the case to be held in private. There is a huge amount on the line here and here what you have is an irrevocable trust that rupert murdoch is attempting to change. So in most states, that's very difficult. In nevada, it's a little easier. Locally, there is surprise this battle has been happening on the doorstep. I might even drive past the courthouse on my way home. The fact it's being kept so secret is kind of shady. It could have so much impact on our future and the future of the information that the public receives in this country. Us audiences are already deeply divided over the way politics is portrayed on different networks. You'd hear one thing on this station and you hear the absolute opposite, and it's like, you're lying to people, and they're gullible and they're believing it. The outcome of this case matters because rupert murdoch's powerful media empire has helped shape politics and the careers of political leaders around the world, and it has a big influence on the type of news many people consume day—to—day. We may never know the full details of how this power struggle within the murdoch news empire gets resolved. On this occasion, rupert murdoch appears unwilling to become the news himself. Emma vardy, bbc news, reno. Let's turn to some other news around the world. Us senator bernie sanders said on tuesday that the maker of anti—obesity and diabetes drugs, ozempic and wegovy, is treating the us as its, quote, �*cash cow. �* the lawmaker made the comments during a hearing where the drugs' manufacture novo nordisk�*s chief executive blamed insurers, rather than his own firm, for the prices. The treatments can cost up to ten times more in the us than in parts of europe. The us state of maryland sued the owner and operator of the cargo ship that struck baltimore's francis scott key bridge in march, adding to the legal troubles facing the firm. Maryland officials said the disaster — which killed six people and collapsed the structure — was, quote, �*entirely preventable. �* the cybersecurity firm that sparked a global computer crash grounding thousands of flights around the world and hitting banks, the nhs and some media has apologised again during a grilling by the us congress. A crowdstrike executive has been explaining what went wrong. Our north america technology correspondent, lily jamali, reports massive tech outages are impacting airlines, businesses, offices, companies worldwide. . . The global it outage onjuly 19th led to aeroplanes being grounded, medical appointments being cancelled and broadcasters going off air. But how did such a massive error happen? that's what lawmakers here on capitol hill were hoping to find out today. Members of congress had asked to question crowdstrike's ceo george kurtz, but the company sent its head of counter advisory operations, adam meyers, who didn't take questions on his way into the hearing room. What's your message for lawmakers today?. . Meyers instead staring straight ahead, a press handler saying he would speak only with lawmakers. Meyers began with an apology. We're deeply sorry and we are determined to prevent this from ever happening again. The outage occurred after a rogue software update sent by crowdstrike disabled up to 8. 5 million computers using microsoft operating systems. Who made the decision to launch the update? did ai do that or did an individual do that? al was not responsible for making any decision in that process. It is part of a standard process. We release 10—12 of these updates, content updates, every single day. Are we going to disneyland? we're going to disneyland right now! it's a dayjo would sooner forget. She saved her wages to take herfamily on vacation. Instead, they encountered a travel nightmare. No explanation whatsoever. Everybody was just crowding around the people who worked at the airport, and they were just like, we don't know what's going on. Now come the lawsuits. At least one major us air carrier, delta, has vowed to take legal action. Shareholders of crowdstrike have already sued, saying the company concealed the inadequacy of its testing processes. Lily jamali, bbc news, washington. A penguin living in australia is making quite the splash online. Meet pesto — a baby king penguin. Born injanuary, weighing just 200 grams or nearly half a pound, he's now a hundred times that. Twice the size of his parents. In fact he's the biggest penguin melbourne aquarium has ever seen. Experts say the penguin is perfectly healthy. Hello there. Well, following the recent heavy rain, there's plenty of saturated ground out there, particularly across the south midlands, and a lot of standing water too. This photo taken by our weather watcher in warwickshire on tuesday, when there was a bit of a break in all of the wet weather. A drier—looking day, but there's more rain to come, including here over the next couple of days, and then it turns colder but also drier as we head into the weekend. So this was tuesday, then, on the satellite picture. You can see this break in the weather systems there, a nice little gap. But wednesday's low pressure system approaches from the southwest. And ahead of that for the rest of the night, there will be some heavy showers across parts of southern england. Clearer skies further north, and actually across parts of scotland, temperatures could drop as low as freezing. This is a sign of things to come, of course. But a lot milder further south under quite a lot of cloud and, of course, some misty conditions over the flooded fields. And then on wednesday morning, heavy, persistent rain will push into south—west england, moving further northwards and eastwards up through wales, approaching the south midlands and central—southern england by the time we get into the middle part of the afternoon. It does stay largely dry further north and west, a few showers across northern scotland, the cloud amounts increasing across eastern england as we head through the second half of the day. And then on wednesday night into thursday, our low pressure system continues to push further northwards and eastwards. Notice the brisk easterly winds developing across parts of north—east england, just driving more rain into northeast england. This is where we'll see the heaviest downpours, particularly over the higher ground of the north york moors. The rain stretching further west, out into northern ireland. Some showers to the north and to the south, but plenty of dry weather too. Feeling coolest, of course, across parts of scotland. And then our front starts to take a bit of a dive further south. It will really take its time as we head through thursday evening and into friday, not really clearing until the end of the day on friday. But behind it, we draw in more of a northerly wind, so temperatures are going to drop away to well below the seasonal average. And actually on friday night, as we see high pressure build in from the south—west and the winds lighten, there could be quite a widespread frost. So, these will be the temperatures as we head through the weekend. Feeling cooler but largely dry, i think, for many on saturday. Bye—bye for now. Voiceover: this is bbc news. We'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Welcome to hardtalk. I'm stephen sackur. We humans have a complicated relationship with animals. Some we pet, some we skin, some we eat. We destroy their wild habitats while we agonise about the loss of species diversity. It is not an equal relationship, it's exploitative, but will it ever change? and if so, how? my guest is determined that it should. Ingrid newkirk is president and co—founder of the campaign group people for the ethical treatment of animals. Is she the human ally animals need? ingrid newkirk, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much, stephen.