Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, Land And Sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Mr gallant also said the next phase of the war against Lebanons Hezbollah will begin soon and that the killing of hezbollah� S Leader was not the final step. Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged that Hassan Nasrallah� s assassination was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. We are hearing the British Government has chartered a flight for vulnerable british citizens. Presidentjoe biden maintained his call for an end to fighting. Weve also heard from the us department of defense. Deputy Pentagon PressSecretary Sabrina Singh spoke to the bbc about the conflict in the last hour. What doing along the Northern Border is conducting limited operations to dismantle Hezbollah Infrastructure, but again its really for the israelis to speak to in their own operations, but the secretary continues to urge to seek a diplomatic solution. We certainly want to see regional tensions cool, we want to see. We see the best path forward is three people medical needs and so that is what we are continuing to push for. Through diplomatic means. With me now is our Bbc Correspondent Anna foster, Live in beirut, and our State Department CorrespondentTom Bateman here with me. Good to have you both, and anna, i want to start with you because i understand their art strikes being heard in southern beirut. Tell us what youre witnessing. What youre witnessing. Thats ri. Ht, what youre witnessing. Thats riaht, in what youre witnessing. Thats right. In the what youre witnessing. Thats right, in the last what youre witnessing. Thats right, in the last hour what youre witnessing. Thats right, in the last hour we what youre witnessing. Thats | right, in the last hour we heard three separate strikes, very loud, echoing off the buildings around me here. They could be heard right across the capital and i think when you see and hear whats happening on the ground here in lebanon, it is a real contrast to those words you were just hearing about de escalation, the idea that the international community, that World Leaders can try and calm tensions here. Israel has made it very clear that it here. Israel has made it very clear thatitis here. Israel has made it very clear that it is preparing to launch a Ground Operation into lebanon. Now, we dont know when or how or if that might begin. We know that talks to try and cool tensions here will continue until the very last minute, but israel has really been showing momentum over this last week. It began with those strikes a week ago in the south of the country and in the east, we saw the killing of hossein mr allah, the leader of hezbollah, on friday evening, and it looks like israels going to take that momentum and try and push hezbollah away from its border once and for all Hassan Nasrallah. Tom, you heard what anna said, it is a different situation in washington. How is the us to describe what we are witnessing . Are witnessing . First of all when asked what are witnessing . First of all when asked what is are witnessing . First of all when asked what is having are witnessing . First of all when asked what is having on are witnessing . First of all when asked what is having on the ground, we have asked what is having on the ground, we have heard from Sabrina Singh and matthew we have heard from Sabrina Singh and matthew miller, the State Department spokesperson, the is really have told them spokesperson, the is really have told them that they are conducting limited told them that they are conducting limited operations, as they describe it, limited operations, as they describe it. And limited operations, as they describe it. And that limited operations, as they describe it, and that appears to beat largely to dismantle Hezbollah Infrastructure in areas close to the border, infrastructure in areas close to the border, on infrastructure in areas close to the border, on the lebanese side, but there border, on the lebanese side, but there are border, on the lebanese side, but there are or border, on the lebanese side, but there are or have been is really boots there are or have been is really boots on there are or have been is really Boots On The Ground inside lebanon. But it Boots On The Ground inside lebanon. But it seems as though that is going in and but it seems as though that is going in and out, but it seems as though that is going in and out, possibly trying to destroy in and out, possibly trying to destroy tunnels or other infrastructure where there may be Weapons Infrastructure where there may be weapons held, and then coming back, as to the weapons held, and then coming back, as to the wider question, about what The Americans have been trying to do here, The Americans have been trying to do here, this The Americans have been trying to do here, this effectively is a failure of what here, this effectively is a failure of what their policy has been for marry of what their policy has been for many months. It reached its crescendo last week at the united nations, crescendo last week at the united nations, where the us led to diplomatic Charge Calling for restraint from both Israel And Hezbollah, that is not for the birds because hezbollah, that is not for the birds because this thing is rapidly escalating. We saw the Air Strikes that killed escalating. We saw the Air Strikes that killed Hassan Nasrallah last week, that killed Hassan Nasrallah last week, more than A Thousand people dead in week, more than A Thousand people dead in lebanon due to the israeli Air Strikes dead in lebanon due to the israeli Air Strikes according to lebanese authorities and more than A Million people authorities and more than A Million people displaced, so this is an extremely serious and grave crisis, and what extremely serious and grave crisis, and what The Americans have and try to stop and what The Americans have and try to stop all and what The Americans have and try to stop all of that, the reality is, now, to stop all of that, the reality is, now, having said that, they support the beginning of nasrallah, but as for the the beginning of nasrallah, but as for the rest of it, what this means for the rest of it, what this means for the for the rest of it, what this means for the region, they are concerned, but they for the region, they are concerned, but they can for the region, they are concerned, but they can do nothing other than io but they can do nothing other than go with but they can do nothing other than go with this now because they are all in go with this now because they are all in and go with this now because they are all in and they have to back the israelis all in and they have to back the israelis in all in and they have to back the israelis in terms of this operation going israelis in terms of this operation going ahead. Israelis in terms of this operation going ahead israelis in terms of this Operation Auoin ahead. ,. ,. , going ahead. Anna, i imagine people there in beirut going ahead. Anna, i imagine people there in beirut early going ahead. Anna, i imagine people there in beirut early bracing going ahead. Anna, i imagine people there in beirut early bracing for there in beirut early bracing for what might come. Can you give a sense of how people are feeling about times things are . Sense of how people are feeling about times things are . Yeah, this ci is. About times things are . Yeah, this city is i about times things are . Yeah, this City Ism iwas about times things are . Yeah, this city is. I was talking about times things are . Yeah, this city is. I was talking today about times things are . Yeah, this city is. I was talking today to city is. I was talking today to somebody who said this was not the beirut that they recognise. If you look at the southern suburbs, a lot of people have fled there, they have just moved out altogether to try and be safe. Not all of them have somewhere to go, so there people again spending the night on the streets here in Central Beirut is evening, a lot of them left at that major is strike that killed Hassan Nasrallah will to be of good other people internally displaced around the south, people who are just out of their homes with nowhere to go, but then you also have a situation where people who want to leave the country cannot. Pretty much every commercial airline has now stopped flying into and out of lebanon, with the exception of the lebanese national carrier Middle East airlines. There were some women to place happening from iraq as well, but trying to find a seat on those planes is almost impossible some flights happening from iraq. The british in this he has said it is going prioritise vulnerable Uk Nationals and theirfamilies, they prioritise vulnerable Uk Nationals and their families, they will be able to buy seats on that plane, but it is one plane and there is one more than one Plane Load of citizens here. The us said something similar, it was ask us citizens in lebanon to register if theyre interested in trying to buy seats to get out the country. The problem has been the expense of those planes and the availability, but they will not want to find themselves in a position where we see this escalating more here and foreign citizens are unable to Live. Citizens are unable to Live. Tom, Ust Ve citizens are unable to Live. Tom, jUst Very briefly. Citizens are unable to Live. Tom, jUst Very briefly, where citizens are unable to Live. Tom, jUst Very briefly, where does citizens are unable to Live. Tom, jUst Very briefly, where does all| jUst Very briefly, where does all of this leave the us in different Attic Efforts with blue we heard President Biden say himself, he wants to stop diplomatic efforts . He biden say himself, he wants to stop diplomatic efforts . Diplomatic efforts . He wants a ceasefire diplomatic efforts . He wants a ceasefire. That diplomatic efforts . He wants a ceasefire. That is diplomatic efforts . He wants a ceasefire. That is clearly diplomatic efforts . He wants a ceasefire. That is clearly on cease fire. That is clearly on happening. Their only strategic decision happening. Their only strategic decision is going with what the is really decision is going with what the is really are decision is going with what the is really are trying to do currently, but they really are trying to do currently, but they are trying to rein it in the stars but they are trying to rein it in the stars possible. They dont want to see the stars possible. They dont want to see a the stars possible. They dont want to see a Ground Invasion across a 90 km front. To see a Ground Invasion across a 90 km front. But to see a Ground Invasion across a 90 km front, but theyre calling for this to km front, but theyre calling for this to be km front, but theyre calling for this to be is when it is possible, basically this to be is when it is possible, basicall. , ~. ,. , basically. 0k, tom, anna, really aood to basically. 0k, tom, anna, really good to get basically. 0k, tom, anna, really good to get the basically. 0k, tom, anna, really good to get the latest basically. 0k, tom, anna, really good to get the latest from basically. 0k, tom, anna, really good to get the latest from you. | good to get the latest from you. Thank you very much. Officials in lebanon say more than 1,000 people have been killed in the last two weeks. Lebanese prime Minister Najib Mikati says recent israeli Air Strikes could result in the largest Displacement Movement that his country has ever seen. He said the number of displaced people could reach up to A Million. The World Food Programme launched an Emergency Operation in lebanon. Lets talk about the latest developments now. Joining me Live is congressman mike turner, republican from ohio who serves as chairman of the House Intelligence committee. Chairman, always good to have you on bbc news, thanks forjoining us. As the chairman of the House Intelligence, d, iwant the chairman of the House Intelligence, d, i want to ask you, what can you tell us, is an israeli full Ground Incursion into lebanon imminent . Taste full Ground Incursion into lebanon imminent . ~. ,. , full Ground Incursion into lebanon imminent . Full Ground Incursion into lebanon imminent . ~. ,. , imminent . We will have to see. One oint that imminent . We will have to see. One point that tom imminent . We will have to see. One point that Tom It imminent . We will have to see. One point that Tom It i imminent . We will have to see. One point that Tom It i thought imminent . We will have to see. One point that Tom It i thought was imminent . We will have to see. One point that Tom It i thought was so i point that Tom It i thought was so important in your Panel Discussion is that this really is a failure of the Biting Munition biting It Ministration. Israel cannot sustain the Status Quo after October 7 and the unbelievable atrocities that occurred with hamas entering into israel and slaughtering average citizens, and now with the threat of hezbollah to the north of israel. The biden administration is got to begin to take a look at this as, this is israels chance and the Palestinians Chance and lebanese chance to free themselves from the iranian proxy. Let me ask you a bit more about that strategy, because President Biden and Vice President harris, dave said they support the israeli strike that killed Hassan Nasrallah, saying it is a measure ofjustice, he had blood on his hands, but they say it is time to de escalate because of some of these numb as we are seeing, the number of people killed and displaced in lebanon, what is continuing in gaza. Do you agree that it continuing in gaza. Do you agree thatitis continuing in gaza. Do you agree that it is time for Israel And Hezbollah to lay down arms and try to find some sort of dip the Medic Solution . ,. ,. ,. , solution . You included, Israel And Hezbollah. Solution . You included, Israel And Hezbollah, and solution . You included, Israel And Hezbollah, and you solution . You included, Israel And Hezbollah, and you know solution . You included, Israel And Hezbollah, and you know that solution . You included, Israel And Hezbollah, and you know that is i solution . You included, Israel And Hezbollah, and you know that is a| solution . You included, israel and i hezbollah, and you know that is a in a possibility. The admits Ration Filter draw the Collection Connection this is not. This is a Challenge And Attack and undermining by iran to openly limited israel and what we have is a great opportunity for lebanon, because lebanon to an extent is being occupied hezbollah. This is not an invitation by lebanon. Iran through hezbollah, their proxy, their franchise, occupies lebanon and continues to put lebanese people at risk as date from lebanese territory attack israel. Israel has no other options but to defend themselves and then to go and to take out that military presence that is there. They cannot use Missile Defence to protect the people of israel, they have to take to hezbollah, the iranian proxy. Let me ask you this, because we know members of benjamin netanyahus government have been critical of him not having an N Strategy for the war in gaza, so what would it look like to destroy hezbollah in the been on . The palestinian people havejust a great opportunity as lebanon does. They need to put off the shackles of hamas, which is really rainy and control of the gaza territory, they need to come as they talk about even a two state solution, it is going to require a governing body. They dont even have governance because they been occupied by this terrorist organisation, hamas, in gaza. There is much captive and threatened by their Lives, as we see from the Containment Conflict thats ongoing, as israelis are. 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I think it brings the iranian bring with it . I think it brings the iranian proxy bring with it . I think it brings the iranian proxy the bring with it . I think it brings the iranian proxy the military iranian proxy the Military Force that iran has occupying that portion of lebanon, the destabilised effect of lebanon, the destabilised effect of the continued ability to cope people in israel. Israel has both, through the exploding technology device, the pagers, the radios, they have really made it an insecure environment for hezbollah to operate and taking the attacks directly to the leadership of hezbollah, this is a great opportunity for lebanon to get its independence from iranian occupation and then go to Peace Negotiations between lebanon and israel. ~. ,. ,. ,. , israel. While we have you, want to ask ou israel. While we have you, want to ask you about israel. While we have you, want to ask you about ukraine. Israel. While we have you, want to ask you about ukraine. You israel. While we have you, want to ask you about ukraine. You met i ask you about ukraine. You met with President Zelensky while he was in the us last week. He was here backing his plan for victory, and we dont have the exact details of that plan, but it is likely to request to use western missiles into russian territory. From your discussions with him, with this claiming victory for Ukraine Coachella i believe so, because of the restrictions the biting It Ministration is put on ukraine, russias not feeling the effects of the conflict, it is ukraine fighting with one arm behind his back. But ukraine fighting with one arm behind his back. �. ,. , his back. But we are beginning to see the drone his back. But we are beginning to see the Drone Systems his back. But we are beginning to see the drone Systems Ukraine i his back. But we are beginning to see the drone Systems Ukraine isj see the drone Systems Ukraine is building being sent into russia and being taken, to take out some of the weapons stores, some of the weapon capabilities used to kill people in ukraine, but imagine if that had been something permitted in the beginning of this conflict. Russias ability to continue to prosecute this would be greatly diminished and one of the main targets they are hitting his iranian drones that are being shipped into russia. Hater . Being shipped into russia. Very tuickl , being shipped into russia. Very quickly. 30 being shipped into russia. Very quickly, 30 seconds being shipped into russia. Very quickly, 30 seconds left, we saw President Zelensky meet with former President Zelensky meet with former President Trump, who said he has a good relation with putin and with select ski and it takes two to tango. Are you worried about the message that sends . I tango. Are you worried about the message that sends . Tango. Are you worried about the message that sends . I thought it was a treat message that sends . I thought it was a great Meeting Message that sends . I thought it was a great meeting. Trump message that sends . I thought it was a great meeting. Trump himself a great meeting. Trump himself openly said, it is too early to say what any of the details would be, clearly he supports ukraine in democracy and as you know he was the first to give lethal weapons to ukraine. The Obama Administration having failed to do so when the first incursion in crimea occurred. They had a very warm conversation, they spoke very warm about the time period they had a relationship with President Trump was president , so i thought it was a very good, foresight into the future as to how this relationship can really put pressure on russia and hopefully bring an end to the conflict. Chairman, always good to have you on bbc news, thank you so much. Here in the us, the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene is becoming ever clearer. 116 people have so far been confirmed dead across florida, georgia, virginia, tennessee, north and south carolina. But with 600 people still unaccounted for, the us Homeland Security Chief has warned that the Death Toll could rise. Thousands of Search And Rescue personnel have been deployed through states in the southeast to find those still missing. President biden says he plans to visit flood ravaged North Carolina on wednesday. The president addressed the damage in little earlier. Iam here i am here to so everything was survivor in these impacted areas that we will be there with you as long as it takes. Excuse me. You and yourfamilies, i urge everyone to listen to local officials and take this seriously. Please be safe. Helene Made Landfall last thursday in floridas Big Bend as a powerful category 4 storm. The hurricane then moved north over georgia, bringing historic levels of damage. Over the weekend, helene ploughed through eastern North Carolina, where it was downgraded to a severe tropical storm. But that did nothing to slow its impact in North Carolina, as the storm unleashed devastating floods. The States GovernorRoy Cooper said many communities were wiped off the map. Our Correspondent Carl Nasman has more. Days after Hurricane HeleneMade Landfall, the scale of the devastation is becoming clear. From florida to georgia. And here in North Carolina, homes and Livelihoods washed away. More than 100 people have now died across six states, and with scores still missing, White House officials fear the Death Toll could rise as high as 600. Ive never seen so many people homeless as what i have right now. This is the third storm in a year. Like, i dont know how much more we can take, and then theyre telling us theres another one out there. Mountain regions of North Carolina are some of the hardest hit the splintered remains of peoples homes now floating in floodwaters. Even before the officer got to me, the water was all the way up to my chest inside my car. I couldnt even think, what was going on . It happened so fast to me and scared the life out of me. Rescuers are still trying to reach residents cut off by damaged roads and a lack of cell phone service. Some of these states most affected are expected to be decisive in Novembers President ial election, so with just over five weeks until polling day, former President Donald Trump visited flood ravaged georgia. His rival, kamala harris, says shell be in the region soon. People hope the worst is over, but with two months of Hurricane Season left, helene may not be the last storm on the horizon. Carl nasman, bbc news. A short while ago, i got an update on the response from jaclyn rothenberg, the fema Public Affairs director. Right now, the administrators on the ground in North Carolina. Ijust came back from travelling with her in florida and georgia. What hurricane Hurricane Helene was a Multistate Event we have federal personnel spread across all of these states to help people recover. My heart goes out to everyone impacted. The biden Harris Demonstration has been. Right now it is an active response in North Carolina. What youre seeing is people expensing the aftermath of floodwaters and mudslides so it is really important for people to know that it is safe to do so if it is safe to go so, go to a shelter. We dont want people waiting through floodwaters or in a dangerous situation. Facing debris or downed power lines. Officials in nepal say at least 200 people have been killed by landslides and floods in recent days. More than 20 others are still missing. Nepals army says more than 4,000 people have been rescued, with helicopters, motorboats and rafts bringing stranded people to safety, after roads and bridges in several areas were washed away. Concerns have also been raised by aid groups about providing food, shelter, Water And Sanitation for those impacted by the floods. Frances most prominent far right politician, marine Le Pen, is on trial accused of embezzling european parliamentary funds to the advantage of her party. Attending court in paris, she said she was pleased to have a two Month Trial to show that no rules were broken. She and 26 political associates are charged with paying their personal Party Staff using money meant for Eu Parliament assistants. If found guilty, ms Le Pen, a three time president ial candidate, may be banned from public office for five years. That would dash her hope of running against Emmanuel Macron in three years time. Hugh schofield has more from the courthouse in paris. This case concerns a system, allegedly, which the national front, as it was, or the national rally as it is now, put in place about ten years or so ago now, at a time when it had a big haul of meps you know, European Deputies in strasbourg and in brussels but found itself chronically short of cash. And its way out of that was to essentially use european parliamentary money, the money that went or supposedly went to pay parliamentary assistants for the meps in brussels, and to use that money to actually employ Party Workers here in paris. So Party Workers here in paris had this fiction of a job in brussels and strasbourg which, in fact, they never performed at all. For example, its alleged that marine Le Pens own bodyguard was technically a european parliamentary aide, which he clearly wasnt. Thats the prosecutions case. The party itself and marine Le Pen, of course, they deny all this. Its going to be a long trial, a couple of months as they go through all the evidence. At The End of it, though, whats crucial and why this trial matters is that its marine Le Pens political future which is very much at stake. Why . Because one of the potential penalties she could suffer if shes found guilty is an ineligibility for office. She could be banned from standing for public office for a period of, say, five years, and that would mean she couldnt stand in the next president ial election in 2027. Marine Le Pen is Riding High right now in french politics. Her party did very well in the last elections. It can make or break this Sitting Government of michel barnier. Her next step is this bid for the presidency again in 2027. But if this guilty verdict, if its a guilty verdict and it ends in an ineligibility from office, that obviously means that that plan is up in Smoke And Shell need urgently a plan b. Now to some other headlines. Nigerias Air Force said there was credible intelligence. There was a mistaken Air Strike by nigerian Air Force last year. The man charged in Trump Assassination Plot plead not guilty on monday. Prosecutors say Ryan Routh was spotted with a rifle as he hid in the bushes near trumps Golf Course in West Palm Beach earlier this month. If convicted, routh faces a maximum sentence of life in prison on the assassination charge. The Rock Band Oasis says they will ditch dynamic pricing for their tours in the us after it caused an unacceptable experience for uk fans. The system automatically raised the prices of Concert Tickets at times of high demands. The band faced backlash and an investigation was opened in the uk to see if ticketmaster violated consumer protection law. Oasiss manager said they want to avoid this issue for the us, canada and mexico tours. Prince harry has made a rare public appearance in the uk, to celebrate the achievements of young people and their families dealing with serious health conditions. The duke of sussex attended the annual wellchild Awards Ceremony in central london, a charity of which hes patron. It isnt known whether hell see his father, the king, or his brother, prince william, while hes there. In the next couple of hours, the uks last Coal FiredPower Station will shut for good. Ratcliffe on saw in nottinghamshire has been generating power for the last 57 years, but when operations end, the uk will become the first major economy to quit coal. Heres justin rowlatt. Coal made modern britain, it was this countrys abundant deposits of coal that enabled it to pioneer the industrial revolution. Take a look at this. Look how demand for coal grew from the 1700s onwards. This country was using 200 Million tonnes of the stuff a year by The End of the 19th century. Coal use only began to decline in the 1950s, falling rapidly until today. So how did we wean ourselves off the most polluting of all the Fossil Fuels . Well, first off, from the 1990s, the uks supplies of cleaner, cheaper North Sea Gas began to squeeze coal off the electricity grid. Government policy helped, too. It passed clean Air Laws in the 1950s and more recently committed to cutting carbon emissions, giving industry a clear signal that coal was on the way out. The uk was also an early and a big investor in renewable power, particularly offshore wind, creating a clean alternative to coal. And finally, theres been a big fall in electricity demand. Our electrical devices have got much more efficient led lights, for example. But also many of the uks energy intensive industries have closed down. Now, the government has promised that the Uk Grid will be zero carbon by 2030. That is a very tough target, say analysts, and it wont be popular with everyone. It will mean more pylons, more solar farms, more Wind Turbines across the country. And there is another challenge. Take a look at this. British industry pays some of the highest prices for electricity in the developed world. Look at britain there at The End. A reminder that its notjust how we generate our electricity, but also how much it costs us, which is important. Our climate Editorjustin Rowlatt there. Our Coverage And Analysis of the days events continues in the next half hour. With 35 days to go until the us president ial election, we are reporting the latest on the campaign trail. You will also hear more about the humanitarian crisis in sudan due to the conflict between the sudanese Armed Forces and rapid support forces in darfur. Stay with us on bbc news. We are back injust we are back in just a few minutes. Hello there. Well, as we start off october, things are looking a little drier for a couple of days, but it has been a very wet september across the southern half of the uk. In fact, some spots towards the South Of England have seen three or four times the average september rainfall. And its notjust been the wettest september on record for some places, its also been the wettest month on record. Theres been more flooding in didcot in oxfordshire here on monday, more Flood Warnings in force as we head through the rest of the night, mostly for central and north western areas of england, where were seeing the heaviest of the downpours. But that low has now pulled out into the North Sea. Still strong, gusty winds for these North Sea facing coasts, some more rain gradually sinking further southwards and eastwards across central southern england. But some clear skies out towards the north and the west, so, here, a locally chilly start to the day On Tuesday. Now, On Tuesday, that low is still bringing some more cloud and some rainjust swirling around it. Some of that rain could push a little further westwards at times, it will be lighter than on monday, of course, and weve still got that brisk north easterly wind across coastal areas of yorkshire, lincolnshire and down through northern areas of norfolk too. The best of the sunshine out towards the west, for much of scotland, into northern ireland, Western Wales and south west england. And here, we could see temperatures rise to around 16 or 17 celsius. And then on wednesday, well, High Pressure starts to edge down from the north, so were all going to be seeing that dry, sunnier Feeling Weather as we head through wednesday and thursday. But its going to take a while, i think, still for that low to clear across south east england, east anglia. Still some showers here and a bit more in the way of cloud. Some of the showers blowing a little further westwards at times, but lots of sunshine further north and west, some areas of cloud at times. Chance of one or two isolated showers, but temperatures 15 to 17 celsius in the best of the brightness. And on thursday, its going to be a locally chilly start to the day. A touch of frost, perhaps, in the north, a bit of mist around with those lighter winds, but for the vast majority of us, a dry day with plenty of sunshine. Cloud developing here and there, and temperatures have now returned to the seasonal average, so 1a to 17 degrees north to south. On friday, we start to see more Cloud Edging from the north and the west. The best of the sunshine further south and east. And over the weekend, well, weve got rain pushing eastwards again. Bye bye for now. Im Sumi Somaskanda in washington and this is bbc world news america. The us says, israel is currently conducting limited operations against Hezbollah Infrastructure in lebanon. Here in the us, Vice President ial hopefuls tim Walz And Jd vance prepare to hit the Debate StageOn Tuesday night. Chances for a ceasefire in sudan seems to be fading after the paramilitary rapid support forces said it will instead seek a Military Option to end the conflict. Welcome to world news america. Returning to our top story the Middle East braces for a possible israeli incursion into lebanon. The us State Department says israel is currently conducting limited operations targeting hezbollah inside lebanon. Tanks are beginning to gather on israels Northern Border where three areas have been declared closed military zones. Three closed military zones. Areas have been closed military zones. Three areas have been closed military zones. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, Land And Sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Mr gallant also said the next phase of the war against Lebanons Hezbollah will begin soon, and that the killing of Hezbollahs Leader was not the final step. As thousands continue to flee our senior international correspondent has the latest from beirut