In beirut this morning which has seen further attacks overnight. These were the strikes on the Southern Suburbs of beirut, where israel said it was targeting hezbollah weapons depots. Earlier the Israeli Defense Forces said it was targeting what it says is hezbollah� S Headquarters in the capital. The groups leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the explosions. At least six people were killed in the attack and more than 90 injured according to lebanese officals. Simonjones has the latest. Explosions. New strikes overnight on Southern Beirut. Israels military said it was targeting buildings storing hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denied they were arms depots. Explosions. Earlier a series of massive explosions. It is not that i could hear was the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. It is unclear whether he was any of the buildings that were hit. Iran which backs hezbollah has called the attacks a dangerous game changing escalation. In the aftermath of the Barts Bbc Correspondence on the ground in Southern Beirut faced hostility from angry crowds. This Southern Beirut faced hostility from angry crowds. Southern beirut faced hostility from angry crowds. This is one ofthe from angry crowds. This is one of the roads from angry crowds. This is one of the roads leading from angry crowds. This is one of the roads leading to from angry crowds. This is one | of the roads leading to dahieh. We tried to get out of the car but was stopped by a group of men. There is chaos, there is tension, we have seen crowds gathered by the road with rucksacks and bags apparently trying to leave dahieh. Into the night. Trying to leave dahieh. Into the night, accused trying to leave dahieh. Into the night, accused to trying to leave dahieh. Into the night, accused to leave the Southern Suburbs. Israel had ordered people to evacuate some buildings for their own safety. Others took refuge on the seafront. Hezbollah has continued Firing Rockets on northern israel. Continued Firing Rockets on northern israel. Prime minister netanyahu. Northern israel. Prime minister netanyahu, are northern israel. Prime minister netanyahu, are you northern israel. Prime minister netanyahu, are you agreeing i northern israel. Prime minister| netanyahu, are you agreeing to a Ceasefire Deal or not . At netanyahu, are you agreeing to a Ceasefire Deal or not . A Ceasefire Deal or not . At the un general a Ceasefire Deal or not . At the Un General Assembly a Ceasefire Deal or not . At the Un General Assembly in a Ceasefire Deal or not . At the un generalassembly in new. Un general assembly in New York, israels Prime Minister was defiant. Was defiant. Israel has been tolerating was defiant. Israel has been tolerating this was defiant. Israel has been tolerating this intolerable i tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. I have come here today to say enough is enough. Enough is enough. Palestine will be free enough is enough. Palestine will be free but enough is enough. Palestine will be free but his enough is enough. Palestine will be free but his speech | will be free but his speech was met will be free but his speech was met with will be free but his speech was met with protests. Will be free but his speech was met with protests. It i will be free but his speech i was met with protests. It is time to face was met with protests. It is time to face the was met with protests. It is time to face The Truth was met with protests. It is time to face the Truth And L was met with protests. It 3 time to face The Truth and The Truth is unless netanyahu is stopped, unless this government is stopped, wore will encompass all of us. , u, all of us. The us is calling for restraint. All of us. The us is calling for restraint. Israel all of us. The us is calling for restraint. Israel has i all of us. The us is Calling L for restraint. Israel has the ri. Ht to for restraint. Israel has the right to defend for restraint. Israel has the right to defend itself for restraint. Israel has the L Right to defend itself against terrorism. The way it does so matters. The choices that all parties make in the coming days will determine which path this region is on. Will determine which path this region is on region is on. The us has said aaain region is on. The us has said again that region is on. The us has said again that a region is on. The us has said again that a Way Region is on. The us has said again that a way forward region is on. The us has said again that a way forward is l again that a way forward is through diplomacy, not conflict. Simon jones, bbc news. With me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. We can show viewers these live pictures we have coming in from beirut, which show further explosions in The City this morning. What is the latest on that . ,. , that . Indeed, it is now fullscale that . Indeed, it is now fullScale War that . Indeed, it is now fullScale War between full Scale War between Hezbollah And Israel on that front. Israel yesterday, as you mentioned, hit massively a target in the southern suburb of beirut, it is believed that the headquarters, that this place is the headquarter of hezbollah in that place. And since then israel never stopped showing this area schelling. The spokesperson of the israeli army, daniel hagari, asked residents to leave many parts of the southern suburb of beirut, the Stronghold Place of hezbollah and people started to evacuate and move from their homes to stay somewhere else. On the other Side Hezbollah never stopped Schelling Israeli targets overnight, they targeted many towns. We also saw pictures of Fire And Smoke from this area. Israel asked the people in these cities and other cities to stay in bunkers because they are expecting retaliation from hezbollah. find Retaliation from hezbollah. And what is the retaliation from hezbollah. And what is the impact on the civilians therein beirut who are now living under this bombardment in some parts of The City . Bombardment in some parts of the ci . ,. , The City . Indeed, the scenes we can see in The City . Indeed, the scenes we can see in beirut The City . Indeed, the scenes we can see in beirut at The City . Indeed, the scenes we can see in beirut at the The City . Indeed, the scenes we i can see in beirut at the moment are really similar to the scenes we saw in gaza in the beginning of this war. Massive amount of people leaving their homes, massive amount of explosions as we can see in the pictures overnight, and this morning. There is continuous schelling from israel to this area, massive misery and talks about lots of people under rubble, lots of people are dead. The lebanese officials talk about six people dead and 90 injured, only in that massive explosion last night, we do not know the numbers of people dead at the moment, in the misery in these areas. find the misery in these areas. And in the midst the misery in these areas. And in the midst of the misery in these areas. And in the midst of this, the misery in these areas. And in the midst of this, questions about where the leader of Hezbollah Is. fit about where the leader of Hezbollah Is. About where the leader of Hezbollah Is. U, Hezbollah Is. Of course. There are contradicting Hezbollah Is. Of course. There are contradicting News Hezbollah is. Of course. There are contradicting news about | are contradicting news about this, the israeli media, they are dealing with Hassan Nasrallah as if he is dead from the explosion last evening. There is complete silence from Hezbollah And Israeli officials as to whether nasrallah was hurt in the explosion or not, and there are american reports that are talking about that we might need to wait a week or more until we know if Hassan Nasrallah was in that place that was targeted last evening or not. Mohamed taha, thank you. We can speak now to gina abercrombie winstanley, former us ambassador and senior non Resident Scholar at the atlantic council. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. We are seeing these scenes at the moment coming in from beirut and as my colleague was mentioning there, this constant exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah, how significant significant do you think this moment is . It is yet another moment of danger. We have seen many escalations over the last 11 months, many of them undertaken by the government of israel. And we have seen some miscalculations during the last 11 months as well, unintended consequences, one of them that comes immediately to mind of course is the killing of the children in northern israel, that brought on an elevated israeli response. And so this to is yet another time where the region could be thrown into a conflagration without a focused effort toward diplomacy. And of course the challenges that the israelis are not interested in diplomacy at this moment. Hat are not interested in diplomacy at this moment. Not interested in diplomacy at this moment. Not interested in diplomacy and at this moment. Not interested in diplomacy and i at this moment. Not interested in diplomacy and i guess at this moment. Not interested in diplomacy and i guess the i in diplomacy and i guess the key player in any kind of diplomatic effort would be the united states. What do you make of the Countrys Role in all of this, because they have distanced themselves from these latest israeli strikes we have seenin latest israeli strikes we have seen in beirut. Latest israeli strikes we have seen in beirut. Yeah, well. Frustration, seen in beirut. Yeah, well. I frustration, behindthescenes frustration, behind the scenes and in front of the scenes as we have seen where the president has said we did not know this was going to happen, we had no role in the attack on the Secretary General of hezbollah. It is a huge risk, it is an attack of another level, to go after nasrallah specifically. Frustration, because the us sincerely believes diplomacy is the way to resolve these issues, that there has to be a credible, clear path for palestinians, for the Gaza Strip in order to bring safety, Security And Peace and stability for israel. Israel is a close ally but without It Being in place for both sides, all sides, Israel Cannot have it. And the israeli government is taking the position that increased violence and military operations are going to bring about what they believe will be quiet, but it will not be long term quiet. We have been here Before. Longterm quiet. We have been here Before. Here Before. And a question i ruess here Before. And a question i guess viewers here Before. And a question i guess viewers might here Before. And a question i guess viewers might be here Before. And a question i guess viewers might be the L Guess viewers might be the consequences if the united states continues to call for diplomacy, a ceasefire, and israel does not heed those calls. Any potential consequences from the united states, or will they continue to give these messages to israel . ~. Israel . We have infinite Patience Israel . We have infinite patience when israel . We have infinite patience when it israel . We have infinite patience when it comes| israel . We have infinite i patience when it comes to israel. The messages will continue, probably very direct ones, but we are patient, we recognise that they have choices to make as a sovereign government, and we are coming up government, and we are coming up on an election which definitely has an impact with what the president does as he tries to set the stage for his successor. Tries to set the stage for his successor tries to set the stage for his successor. And the question about the successor. And the question about the leader successor. And the question about the leader of successor. And the question i about the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, he was reportedly the target of israel strikes on friday, what impact would it have if he was killed in those attacks . The israelis have effectively in those attacks . The israelis have effectively taken in those attacks . The israelis have effectively taken out. In those attacks . The israelis i have effectively taken out much of Hezbollahs Leadership over the last ten months or so. To actually kill Hassan Nasrallah would put the organisation in turmoil, even greater, in compromising its medications and Sewing Distrust among them because someone must have been cooperating with the israelis for them to have been so effective in undermining the organisation. So if there isnt a leader standing in the wings clearly. Like hamas, like hezbollah in the past, someone will take over, someone will lead hezbollah, and it will likely continue the conflict with israel. The challenge with killing and killing and killing is that it breeds anger, it breeds resentment, it breeds the desire for vengeance. As the desire for vengeance. As the Prime Minister used on 8 October when he said that vengeance was going to be meted out on palestinians. Thank you to gina abercrombie winstanley. Lets speak now to rami abukalam, a british lebanese journalist living in beirut, who heard fridays explosions in beirutjust Before he was about to drive through the area to pick up his cousin from the airport. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. Just talk us through what has been like over the past 2a hours in beirut. It what has been like over the past 24 hours in beirut. It has been really past 24 hours in beirut. It has been really scary. Past 24 hours in beirut. It has been really scary. I past 24 hours in beirut. It has been really scary. I was past 24 hours in beirut. It has been really scary. I was going j been really scary. I was going to pick up my cousin from the airport which is not far from where those strikes were. It was clearly the largest and loudest set of blasts i think we have heard, there has been a lot of explosions and Sonic Booms but this was clearly unprecedented in scale. Band booms but this was clearly unprecedented in scale. And we are hearing unprecedented in scale. And we are hearing that unprecedented in scale. And we are hearing that the unprecedented in scale. And we are hearing that the airstrikes i are hearing that the airstrikes are hearing that the airstrikes are continuing in beirut, talk us through the mood in The City, yourfamily and us through the mood in The City, your family and friends that you are speaking to. It is really scary. That you are speaking to. It is really scary, there that you are speaking to. It is really scary, there is that you are speaking to. It is really scary, there is a that you are speaking to. It 3 really scary, there is a fear in the that i havent seen since the 2006 war. Wherever you go people are talking about where is the next place that will be hit, and a lot of people here are pretty resilient to war, there has been a lot of conflict over the past few decades but there is a lot of fear here and yeah, nobody knows what is going to happen next. Nobody knows what is going to happen next nobody knows what is going to happen next. You mentioned the 2006 war, happen next. You mentioned the 2006 war. And happen next. You mentioned the 2006 war, and at happen next. You mentioned the 2006 war, and at that happen next. You mentioned the 2006 war, and at that time happen next. You mentioned the 2006 war, and at that time i 2006 war, and at that time i believe you were evacuated from lebanon to cyprus by the british military. This time you are trying to leave on a commercial flight. Are trying to leave on a commercialflight. How easy are trying to leave on a commercial flight. How easy is it getting out of lebanon at the moment . It it getting out of lebanon at the moment . The moment . It is quite difficult the moment . It is quite difficult because the moment . It is quite difficult because the the moment . It is quite i difficult because the British Government keeps telling us that national here should try and leave on the earliest available flight, most flights are cancelled, the only carrier still running flight is the lebanese carrier, Middle East airlines, and they are fully booked for weeks. Flight that i am leaving on i booked a week ago, it was the earliest flight i could get, so i have been waiting day after day to get out of the country and obviously it has got worse and worse each day. Obviously it has got worse and worse each day. You are british lebanese. Worse each day. You are british lebanese, lebanon worse each day. You are british lebanese, lebanon is worse each day. You are british lebanese, lebanon is also worse each day. You are british lebanese, lebanon is also your home, how does it feel having to leave once again . It is really sad. To leave once again . It is really sad. I to leave once again . It is really sad. I feel to leave once again . It is really sad. I feel like to leave once again . It is really sad. I feel like i I To Leave once again . It is| really sad. I feel like i am really sad. Ifeel like i am leaving the country for the same reason, for the second time in a decade. And this is my country, i love this country, i come here to visit family and it is a beautiful place, but yeah. I cant tell you how sad it is to feel that once again i have to leave because it doesnt feel safe. We continue to see images of people who are displaced by this round of fighting, what kind of help is getting to people and how are you all coming together as lebanese . There has been a huge Community Response. The government here is very fragile, and i spoke to people at a school that was sheltering about 600 people that have come from the south and that is happening all across lebanon. Schools and hotels have opened their doors, people have helped people in their own houses. Living in beirut you can see The City is swelled with people, there are people sleeping on the streets, there has definitely been a big Community Response but the need is really great here. Is really great here. Thank you very much is really great here. Thank you very much for is really great here. Thank you very much forjoining is really great here. Thank you very much forjoining us, is really great here. Thank youj very much forjoining us, rami abukalam, we wish you all the best as you try to leave beirut. The situation in the Middle East has dominated this weeks united nations general assembly, with World Leaders in New York discussing the conflict. The un Secretary GeneralAntonio Guterres said ending the war in gaza was the key to resolving the conflict between israel and hezbollah. Shockwaves radiating from the unprecedented Death And Destruction in gaza, now certain to push the entire region into the abyss. A full Scale Conflagration with unimaginable consequences. Monday was the bloodiest day in lebanon since 2006. Today the Israeli Defense Forces struck civilian buildings in beirut, saying they targeted hezbollahs main headquarters located underneath. War in lebanon could lead to further escalation involving outside powers. Ifully escalation involving outside powers. I fully support the proposal for a powers. I fully support the Proposalfor A Temporary Proposal for a temporary ceasefire allowing for the delivery of humanitarian relief and paving the way for the resumption of serious negotiations for a durable peace across the blue line. We need a ceasefire now. We cannot afford endless negotiations as we have on gaza. We must avoid a regional war at all costs. Gaza remains the epicentre of the Violence And Gaza is key to ending it. Lets turn to other news now. At least 40 people have been killed in the united states after Hurricane Helene stormed in the South East of the country. Emergency services are rescuing people who have been trapped by the rising waters. Its feared that Power Outages in areas like Florida And Georgia could last weeks. Our North America CorrespondentDavid Willis has this report. Hurricane helene turned roads into rivers, left cars are submerged and cut Power Supplies to an estimated 4 Million people. Downed Power Lines added to the chaos confronting Rescue Crews as they mounted a Waterborne Search for those trapped. Anybody in your house . We have a boat �. ,. , a boat among the stranded, more than a boat among the stranded, more than 50 a boat among the stranded, more than 50 people a boat among the stranded, more than 50 people who a boat among the stranded, l more than 50 people who took the roof of this tennessee hospital. As floodwaters across several southeastern states rose to levels many areas have never seen Before. Touring the worst hit areas, Floridas Governor said Helenes Legacy would be considerable. Governor said Helenes Legacy would be considerable. When you are talkin would be considerable. When you are talking about would be considerable. When you are talking about a would be considerable. When you are talking about a storm would be considerable. When you are talking about a Storm Surge i are talking about a Storm Surge of this magnitude, we think we talked to some folks that within 20 feet where the stuff is getting washed out. That is really devastating. So it will be a lot of work to do in these areas over the next days, weeks, months and unfortunately sometimes these things take years. Sometimes these things take ears. ,. ,. , ~ years. The storm weakened in stren. Th years. The storm weakened in strength after years. The storm weakened in strength after making years. The storm weakened in strength after making landfall| strength after making landfall but early estimates have put the cost of repairs at up to 26 billion. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. Us Vice PresidentKamala Harris has proposed to toughen existing restrictions at the us Southern Border during a Campaign Trip to arizona. It was Ms Harriss first visit to the us Mexico Border in three years. In her remarks, she vowed to sign a bipartisan Border Security Bill into law a piece of legislation she says would have improved the situation at the border and blamed her political rival Donald Trump for its failure in congress. It was the strongest Border Security Bill we have seen in decades. It was endorsed by the border patrol union. And it should be in effect today, producing results, in real time, right now for our country. But Donald Trump tanked it. He picked up the phone and called some friends in congress and said stop the bill. Because you see, he prefers to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. And the american people deserve a president who cares more about Border Security than playing political games, and their personal political future. Our reporter Samantha Granville was at the Border Wall in douglas and sent this update. Kamala harris made herfirst visit to the Border Today since securing the democratic nomination for president. Harris has yet to put forward a comprehensive policy on immigration and it is something that republicans have been coming after her for months now. So Kamala Harris today met with Border Agents to talk about resources that they need to help stop the flow of migrants and drugs coming across the border. She took a tourjust down the road from here and then had a chance to speak to voters Face To face. She addressed a crowd of supporters just down the road and she talked about how she was going to make sure the border stays closed in between ports of entry, she would going to bring more Border Agents down to help settle the crisis that is happening here. And how she is going to try and crackdown on criminal organisations that are Smuggling Drugs and humans across the border. Here in Douglas County when you drive through the streets you see signs for trump and for harris, it seems to be a Pretty Split town. But when you talk to voters and you home in on their concerns, when it comes to immigration and Border Security, residents say they felt safer under president trump. We spoke to some Residents Today who took it upon their own to build Brick Walls around their homes because they were finding undocumented migrants hiding out in their backyard. When it comes to personal safety, though a lot of people say they are democrats and want to vote for the Vice President , they say they they are concerned about where she truly stands on the issue. Lets get some of the days other news now. Donald trump has told Volodymyr Zelensky the war with russia will be resolved very quickly if he is re elected to the white house. He was speaking after meeting the ukrainian president in New York. Mr zelensky said he hoped us backing for ukraine would remain strong, and that the meeting had been productive. The mayor of New York, eric adams, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal Campaign Contributions from turkish citizens. Ajudge in manhattan said she would release him on a bond, on condition that he avoided contact with witnesses or people named in the indictment. He has vowed to hold onto his job and clear his name. Hundreds of Emperor Penguin chicks that scientists feared to have died after an iceberg broke off an antartic Ice Shelf have miraculously survived. The iceberg, which is around the size of the isle of wight, blocked the Penguins Access to the sea near Halley Bay in may. Our climate and Science ReporterGeorgina Rannard explains. Honks. Majestic and proud. Penguins crave a simple life. Find a partner, raise eggs, raise checks. A good year is when mother leave their babies for weeks then return from the open seas bearing food. But in may, this happened at the Halley Bay colony. A huge iceberg tore away from a nearby Ice Shelf, and like a closed door, seemed to block Mother Split was passed back to their checks. But it was antarctic winter, meaning total darkness and no way of knowing if the penguins were alive. Way of knowing if the penguins were alive were alive. Dreading the fact that they were alive. Dreading the fact that they would were alive. Dreading the fact that they would be were alive. Dreading the fact that they would be anything | that they would be anything there at all. These icebergs are 50 feet high, so it would block off the access. Are 50 feet high, so it would block off the access. Now the sun is back block off the access. Now the sun is back and block off the access. Now the sun is back and the block off the access. Now the sun is back and the images i block off the access. Now the L Sun is back and the images are in. It doesnt look like much, but this Brown Smudge is proof that when it came to Penguins Versus iceberg, the penguins won. ,. , won. They are quite tenacious animals. Won. They are quite tenacious animals. They won. They are quite tenacious animals, they can won. They are quite tenacious animals, they can dive won. They are quite tenacious animals, they can dive down | won. They are quite tenacious l animals, they can dive down to 500 metres, so it is quite likely that if there is only a small part of it they could go underneath. So they are remarkable animals. But like most animals remarkable animals. But like most animals in remarkable animals. But like most animals in antarctica, i most animals in antarctica, Climate Change is drastically changing the penguinswas environment. Emperor penguin chicks cant swim, so they grow up chicks cant swim, so they grow up on the sea ice. But it is at record lows, reduced by a warming planet. These amazing creatures there are bigger challenges ahead than a wayward iceberg. Georgina rannard, bbc news. And a reminder of our top story, israel continues to carry out airstrikes the lebanese capital beirut. These are life pictures from The City, israel says it is targeting the headquarters of hezbollah and we will have much more on that story here on bbc news, and you can go to our website for all the latest developments. Stay with us. Hello. On friday, we had some furtherflooding problems, causing disruption on some of our Road And Railway networks, particularly focused around parts of the midlands. This was how one of our flood hit communities in warwickshire looked like, and we still have a number of Flood Warnings currently in force again, tightly clustered around the midlands. And of course, its here where weve seen extreme rainfall so far this month. The wettest place in woburn, bedfordshire, weve had over four times the September Average rainfall, well over three times the Average Rainfall in oxfordshire, and thats whats caused the flooding issues. Now, we have something of a quieter window of weather into saturday. Chilly north westerly winds with us, yes, and a few showers draped around our coastal fringes. Many inland areas, dry, clear and cold. Yes, heading into the first part of saturday morning, in the countryside, temperatures well down into single figures, cold enough for a nip of frost into parts of scotland and northern england. So saturday, a very cold start to the day for september, but plenty of sunshine for most. The exception is scotland, where weak Weather Fronts will move in, bringing some thicker cloud and a few patches of light rain. And although there could be an Odd Shower for northern ireland, the northwest of both england and wales should be mostly dry here. And certainly fine for southern parts of wales, southern england, the midlands and eastern england. Lots of sunshine, but it will be another chilly day for this time of the year. Sunday, second half of the weekend is dominated by this next area of low pressure. Its going to be another cold morning, plenty of morning sunshine, but then it turns cloudier from the southwest. The winds start to pick up and it becomes very windy for wales and Southwest England gusts here reaching around 50 or 60 miles an hour. Through the afternoon, eventually, well start to see some rain getting into northern ireland, wales and western areas of england, leaving the North And East of the uk dry, with some hazy spells of sunshine. Through Sunday Night and into monday, thats when well see some of that rain falling on our flood hit communities. One thing i would say is the Rain Isnt going to be as extreme as it has been, but clearly any extra rain is probably not going to be too helpful. A wet and windy day, then, for most of us on monday, and it will continue to be cool for the time of year temperatures from around 12 in edinburgh to about 16 in london. Heading, then, into the first part of october yeah, where has this year gone . It looks like it should be dry but on the chilly side. Bye for now. This is bbc news, the headlines israeli warplanes launch further attacks on buildings in Southern Beirut, where the military says Hezbollah Is storing weapons. The Air Strike hit several buildings in dahieh, Hezbollahs Stronghold in the south of The City. Earlier, massive explosions were seen across lebanons capital, as the israeli military targets what it says is hezbollahs central h0. The israeli military said the headquarters was located under residential buildings. Lebanese officials say Air Strikes on southern and eastern lebanon this week have killed nearly 800 people, many of them civilians. At least 43 people have died and millions left without power, as Hurricane Helene roared through the South Eastern united states. It was the most powerful storm on record to hit floridas Big Bend now on bbc news, the travel show. Im on the portuguese island of madeira. This is why we travel . An Atlantic Isle off the coast of morocco. Do you want to hold it . Ugh yep its earned the nickname the hawaii of europe, and its one of the few places that actually thrived during