Iran said the attack was in retaliation for israeli aggression in gaza and lebanon. This morning, iranian backed hezbollah fighters continued to launch rockets into the north of israel. Translation i would like to send my sincere condolences to the fallen in lebanon. Were in the fallen in lebanon. Were in the middle of the top floor of the middle of the top floor of the evil axis of iran which seeks to wipe us out. This will not happen because we will stand together and with gods help we will win together. We will return our hostages in the south, return our resident in the north. We will guarantee the north. We will guarantee the eternity of israel. And in the past half an hour, president biden commented on the iranian attack. I called a meeting of the g7 today. Were working on a joint statement that All Of Us agree on from japan, france, germany etc and what were doing in that regard is making it clear theres things that have to be done. And obviously iran has gone way off port were putting together a joint Statement Hasnt been done yet. Itll be done before too long, by the time we land and theres going to be some sanctions imposed on iran. Also in the past hour, the iranian president said israel was provoking a reaction from tehran. But these cowards, instead of taking their hands off killings to stop killings in gaza and also in lebanon, and also a lot of atrocities that they have committed, no criminal has committed such atrocities in the history. And we had to respond. And if there is any need, if they any need in future, if they act differently, they will have a more severe response. They have evil intention. In the last hour, there have been statements at the un Security Council between the israeli and lebanese envoys. Saying the cycle of escalation had to end. Envoys also addressed the session. The scale of this attack is unimaginable. And yet, iran is determined to escalate further. This is notjust a threat to israel. This is a threat to the entire world. We will defend our people and our response will be swift and decisive. Those who attack us will face serious consequences. For every missile fired, we will respond with strength. For weeks i have sat in this Council Warning of the growing Threat Iran poses. Urging you to take decisive action against this regime. I warned that Irans Desire for dominance would not stop at israels border, but the inaction of this council has emboldened them. And now the missiles falling on israel are the direct result of that failure to act. The time for complacency is over. The iranian regime has shed all deniability. Adam president , words and complaints have lost their for that how many times have we come before this and warned of the catastrophic situation . How many times have we sounded the alarm that this war could become a Regional War that includes many friends . What is happening today, this unprecedented level of killing, displacement and destruction, this can no longer be tolerated or ignored. The policy of putting our heads in the sand and facing a confrontation with israel is no longer useful to the children of the south and the Southern Suburb of beirut are sleeping on the streets. Mothers are carrying their children, fleeing the horrors of the destructive strikes and missiles used against civilians. Unwavering support provided by the united states, united kingdom and certain western states to israel has given a Carte Blanche to this aggressive Terrorist Regime for all sorts of sinister behaviour. Now, more than ever, this regime has become a serious threat to international peace and security. This is a moment for this counsel to speak out with one voice and condemn iran for its own provoked attack against another state. An equally important to impose serious consequences on the Reg C for its actions. Colleagues in a broad sense, iran was complicit in the october seven attacks on israel through its funding, training, capabilities and support for the military wing of hamas. I cannot believe i have to say this but i will, because the Arrow Gc and its allies are out peddling propaganda. The decision to launch nearly 200 ballistic missiles at israel was not in any way defensive. As we mentioned most iranian missiles were intercepted before they could hit targets with one palestinian in the West Bank was killed by falling debris from one of the destroyed rockets. Our Correspondentjon Donnison has been to see the aftermath of one missile hit, after it exploded on israeli territory. This is just north of tel aviv, israels biggest city. Its where one of their iranian ballistic missiles landed. You can see this car has taken quite a lot of the force of the blast with up if you look in the middle of the road, in between the dual Carriage Way theres that mound of earth. Thats where Last Night there was an absolutely huge crater, maybe eight metres deep. Theyve already filled it in but it really gives you a sense of the force of the blast. Weve got some sort of commercial centre behind us and this is quite a built up area. If this was it may be a Tower Block or a Football Stadium or a Shopping Mall the number of casualties could have been much, much worse. Quite near to here is the headquarters of israels foreign Intelligence Agency for that were not allowed to show pictures of that under israeli censorship laws. But its possible that was the target. Israel has not seen an attack like this from iran in its history. Its unprecedented. Dozens, scores, possibly hundreds of people could have been killed. The question now is how is israel going to respond. Its almost a year since the conflict in the Middle East erupted with the October Seven Hamas attacks from gaza. For months diplomats have been trying to avoid this spiralling into a wider regional conflict. They have not managed to do that. Over the past days, israeli Air Strikes have repeatedly targeted beirut� s Southern Suburb, a Hezbollah Stronghold. Many casualties have been reported and a large number of residents have left home looking for safety elsewhere in the lebanese capital. Israel says it targets areas close to hezbollah military infrastructures, but the lebanese Militant Group denies Hiding Weapons in residential areas. The bbc� s Hugo Bachega has been with number of Media Crews invited by his brother to visit the area. This is the site of an israeli Air Strike here which is Hezbollah Stronghold in beirut. This building was hit, theres nothing left of it. Just some smoke coming from the rubble. There is a very heavy smell in the air. You could probably hear the sound of drones flying overhead. The builders nearby, there were also heavily damaged by the attacks. Some pictures of the late hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah have been set up here. The scale of this destruction gives you a sense of the power of the attack that happened here. Lets cross live to a middle East Correspondent just lets cross live to a middle East Correspondentjust bring us up to date with the very latest situation in and around southern lebanon. Latest situation in and around southern lebanon. Basically, it is really hotting southern lebanon. Basically, it is really hotting up southern lebanon. Basically, it is really hotting up in southern lebanon. Basically, it is really hotting up in the is really hotting up in the south with more Air Strikes from the israelis but also some clashes between hezbollah and the israeli forces. The Israel Defense forces said that at least eight soldiers were killed in these classes where hezbollah said theyve also destroyed three tanks for the israelis was that we Cant Confirm that, it has not been confirmed by the israeli side yet. The situation is hotting up yet. The situation is hotting up in the south. Israel continues to strike in beirut. There hasnt been any strike during the day but the night was really troubled and worrying for many people. As there are diplomatic efforts going people are really anticipating the worst to come because the invasion or the Ground Invasion that is happening in the south is ringing the bells of what happened in 2006 with the 30 day long war between Israel And Hezbollah that left the lebanese capital of beirut crippled for the people are extremely worried that this might be the scenario that israel is looking for. Its not only weakening hezbollah or destroying hezbollah infrastructure, assassinating its personnel but going into a bigger scale of war with lebanon. Bigger scale of war with lebanon bigger scale of war with lebanon. ,. , ~ ,. , bigger scale of war with lebanon. , ~ ,. , lebanon. Lena, thank you very much. Lebanon. Lena, thank you very much lets lebanon. Lena, thank you very much. Lets get lebanon. Lena, thank you very much. Lets get more lebanon. Lena, thank you very much. Lets get more analysis| much. Lets get more analysis withjohn lyndon. He is the Executive Director of the alliance for Middle East peace. If i can ask you first of all for your assessment of where were right now . Its where were right now . Its probably where were right now . Its probably the where were right now . It� s probably the most worrying moment since the initial devastating and horrifying events of october seven. One of the things that the united kingdom, the united states, the juice of a partner said very early on following the events of last g 7, one of the prime goals is to avoid a wide score two scale Regional War for them in the space of a week we have seen significant developments which suggest were either in the beginning stages of something like that or on the precipice. I think the actions we see in the coming hours and days will determine whether thatis days will determine whether that is something that will fully flower in the weeks and months to come. Which is orders of magnitude worse than anything weve seen to date. Which is saying something because this has been the worst yearin because this has been the worst year in most peoples memories in the Middle East. In the Middle East. Talked me throu~h in the Middle East. Talked me through where in the Middle East. Talked me through where the in the Middle East. Talked me through where the road in the Middle East. Talked me through where the road to in the Middle East. Talked me i through where the road to some sort of diplomatic solution is going to come from. Its going to come from. Its interesting going to come from. Its interesting we going to come from. Its interesting we were going to come from. It� s interesting we were talking about events in New York and the united nations, we have united nation Security Council resolution on the books that should address the two prime concerns for that in addition to widespread condemnation of the attack that iran mounted Last Night, which was unprecedented. Many of my israeli and palestinian colleagues were terrified. The other two main developments, the ongoing one year long war in the Gaza Strip we had it Security Council resolution in june that should guarantee a Cease Fire and a release of hostages if it is implemented. We have a un Security Council resolution 1701 thats been on the book for a decade and a half, which demands hezbollah to withdraw on the river which is the Core Demand of the israelis with regard to allowing the population to return to their homes in the north of israel. Part of the challenge we see is the international community, All Of Us collectively not being able to implement what it is we understand and agree it needs to happen to prevent this Regional Warfrom taking place. Regional war from taking place. It Regional Warfrom taking place. It seems from everything were hearing that there will be an israeli response, that seems almost guarantees considering the statement from World Leaders and events Last Night. The question is what will that be, president biden was urging something that is proportionate with Last Night attack. Its hard to know that means. Will it then be in Off Ramp in the same way that israels response was in april . Over the be the next step in the escalatory latter . If they could be in off mmp latter . If they could be in Off Ramp we need to see significant and engage diplomacy from the g7 and engage diplomacy from the g 7 leaders, arab states, the wider world to find a mechanism that ends this war, which will be eight year old on monday. Israelis are marking Rosh Hashanah today, thejewish new year to look ahead to another year to look ahead to another year of the Status Quo is heartbreaking for people in the region. Instead of the next phase, the cliche of the day after, what can we do to begin to diplomatically address the underlying conditions that have led to this tragedy . Led to this tragedy . John, good to talk to you. Led to this tragedy . John, good to talk to you. Thank led to this tragedy . John, good to talk to you. Thank you led to this tragedy . John, good to talk to you. Thank you for i to talk to you. Thank you for your assessment. Well bring you more from the escalating situation in the Middle East including work from our bbc verify team looking into what weve been able to confirm from the iranian strike. And we look at the highlights from last Nights Vice President ial debate including the controversial mic muting moment. Around the world and across the uk. This is the World Today on bbc news. Lets look now at what we have been able to confirm about the iranian Missile Attacks on israel. The full extent of any damage is not yet clear and our correspondents in Iran And Israel are not being allowed access to some locations. The bbc verify team has been looking at what we know about the missile barrage. Nawal Al Maghafi has the details. Social media has shown a barrage of missiles being fired from iran to israel. Bbc verify has been working overnight to verify the locations. Here is what we found. These missiles were fired from iran. Us intelligence warned that the attacks were incoming. Iran said the targets included israeli Air Bases and the mossad headquarters. We have been able to verify strikes in the vicinity of three key locations. This air base, a second air base, and what is reported to be the mossad headquarters. This video is from one of the airbases. The light is through the Night Sky are missiles heading for the air base. In one video we can count at least nine missiles clearly hitting the ground. The airbases believed to House F 35 fighters, but most were presumed to be airborne. The second location we have looked at is the second air base. In this video, you can see a crater not of the airbase itself but as a school a few miles away. We matched the school to recent Social Media photos plus the Size And Shape of the surrounding area to satellite imagery. We also verified videos of missiles hitting northern tel aviv. A short distance from what is believed to be israeli intelligence headquarters, this video was taken from the balcony of a Tower Block. Then, we matched it in this video. Here, you can see the crator of that attack. We have also spoken with a number of experts about rons strategy. Us officials say ron launched around 180 ballistic missiles which are hard to intercept because of their high speed. The International Institute Of Strategic Studies told us that the use of ballistic missiles in the attack indicated a deliberate strategy to minimize the Warning And Response time available to israeli defences. The idf said the missiles did hit some locations in israel but that in coordination with the us led defence coalition, the majority were intercepted. The Uks Minister of defence in playing the part to prevent further escalation in the Middle East. No operational details were given but the bbc understands that it means Uk Fighterjets were involved as they were in april when last attacked israel with missiles. Here is keir starmer. We stand with israel and we recognise her right to Self Defense in the face of aggression. I run must stop these attacks with up together with its proxies like hezbollah. Iran has met us the middle East Forfar too hezbollah. Iran has met us the Middle East for far too long. Chaos and notjust to israel but to the people they live amongst in lebanon and beyond. Make no mistake, britain stands full square against such violence. We support israels reasonable demand for the security of its people. If israel chooses to go directl , people. If israel chooses to go directly, what people. If israel chooses to go directly, what could people. If israel chooses to go directly, what could israel people. If israel chooses to go directly, what could israel do . Lets take a quick look at that. Tehran is around 2000 km away from israel. Any retaliation would probably involve israels sophisticated Air Force for the meanwhile, irans nuclear programme has been seen as a threat by israel for many years now and it has targeted before for the key facilities leaked to the programme include but some are buried deep inside mountains. They would be hard to penetrate and eva Bunker Buster TypeWeapons Khartoum is actually doing that even an important facility for the around is one of the worlds largest producers of the worlds largest producers of oil with exports worth billions of dollars every year. Could they be a softer target with their extensive field on the West And South of the country . One particular site ships some 90 of the countries Crude Oil exports for the other option could be israel hitting Irans Ground doing Background Missile Defence system. Or even potentially cyber attacks as we saw earlier we heard from the prime minister keir starmer. Hes also been in brussels to discuss the uks relationship with the eu. This is been a getting to know you day but the Mood Music has been extremely positive. Keir starmer is main message, lets Rebuild Trust and ties between the uk and the eu, especially in these dangerous times that we live in. He said he believed the british public wants to return to what he called sensible leadership when it comes to the eu, working together on security, our regular migrations, tackling those people smuggling gangs, Climate Change and on boosting economic growth. That last would be politically tricky for the Pie Put It to the prime minister that boosting trade with the eu will include a trade off. He insists there will be no budging on his red lines no return to the single market or the Customs Union or at the free movement of people. But the eu says that rather ties its hands. These brand new bilateral talks, which were told start now could get sticky pretty quickly. 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Love you guys but weve got Northern Ireland . Love you guys but weve got to Northern Ireland . Love you guys but weve got to go. Northern ireland . Love you guys but weve got to go. This but weve got to go. This Evening But Weve got to go. This evening the but weve got to go. This evening the Ship But Weve got to go. This evening the ship is but weve got to go. This evening the ship is still. But weve got to go. This evening the ship is still here. The 125 passengers have not been waiting 125 days to hit the high seas. One more story before we take a short break. Following a suspected Acid Attack outside of school in West London on monday. On monday three people were injured, including a 14 year Old Girl who was left with what police described as essentially life changing injuries. Police in london say they are currently conducting a manhunt and they say they are searching for a man who in their description was wearing a mask or some sort of Balaclava And Writing in e scooter. Just to reiterate, a 14 year Old Girl was left with life changing injuries, a teacher at a boy came to help her at the time when she was attacked. Also left with injuries. They are injuries is nowhere near this girls with this this happened outside a school in northWest London for the epic was around the Notting Hill Area for the police are still conducting a manhunt. They are clear that the man is still someone they want to find around london. More on that story is always on the bbc website. Stay with us. Hello. Well, northern parts of the uk have had plenty of sunshine today, but yet again across england, its been a cloudy picture with frequent showers. Really, the weather has left a lot to be desired, certainly after that wet september. Heres the good news if you want some drier and brighter weather thursday, friday and to an extent into saturday, the weather is looking a little bit better. Gap in the clouds at the moment with high Pressure Building across the uk, and in fact, as we go through the course of this evening, skies will tend to clear across the bulk of the country. The winds are going to be light, so that means it is going to turn quite chilly early on thursday morning. In some spots, north or south temperatures could be just a few degrees above freezing, and thats in sheltered areas out of town. Some Mist And Fog in places, too, but in bigger cities and around coastal areas, i think around 6 9 degrees. So, High Pressure firmly in charge of the weather on thursday anchored across the uk. That means light winds, prolonged sunshine, scattered fair weather clouds and this is from early morning onwards right through the course of the day. So, weve got a beautiful thursday on the way, and i think itll feel pleasant enough. The temperatures will be somewhat below the average for the time of the year, but we could do worse around 15 degrees in glasgow, 16 expected in the south of the country. Now, thursday into friday, that High Pressure is going to show signs of slipping away a little bit towards the east, giving way to atlantic weather fronts, and that does spell cloud and at least some rain across ireland and also into Western Parts of scotland. But the further East And Southeast you are, the better the weather will be on friday, and i think beautiful weather on the way for East Anglia and the southeast. 17 celsius expected in london. Further north, i think itll be a little fresher, maybe 13 15 degrees. So, thats how we end the week heres a look at the weekend and into next week. Low pressures once again sweeping off the atlantic and it is looking distinctly unsettled in the days ahead. In fact, here we have the Tail End of an Atlantic Hurricane potentially heading our way. Its still a long way off, but basically, it means that Theres Plenty of wet and windy weather in the forecast in the days ahead. So, heres a look at the weekend steadily going downhill. And then weve got Rain Icons pretty much for most of next week, but the temperatures still hovering around the mid teens. Thats it for me. Bye bye. Israel warns iran will pay for its missile attack. Its missile attack. And meanwhile, its missile attack. And meanwhile, israel its missile attack. And| meanwhile, israel says its missile attack. And meanwhile, israel says eight soldiers have been killed in southern lebanon, where his engaging hezbollah and close combat. The Charter Flight to help Nationals Escape is due to land in birmingham within the coming hours. The us Vice President ial candidates have gone head to head on everything from abortion to immigration, but who came out on top . And how the brain of a fly could shed light on the human thought process. Lets get more on our top story. Israel says eight of its soldiers have been killed in combat in southern lebanon, as the Ground Offensive against hezbollah intensifies. The Israeli Military confirmed that troops had been engaged in close Range Combat with hezbollah. Heres the latest with lucy williamson. Israels Air Force was defending other targets when irans missiles came in, slipping through defences to hit several airbases, like this one at nevatim. Another, narrowly missing an Intelligence Base in tel aviv. The crater it left, filled with visions of what if. The us said this attack had twice the scope of irans last bombardment in april. Not all the targets hit were military. One landed in this residential suburb of tel aviv, neighbours rushing through repairs before the jewish new year tonight. Temporary solutions to the problems of a Regional War