To dozens of deaths, including 10 firefighters. And as it pounds beirut from the air, israel is also pursuing hezbollah across its northern border. The bbc�*s lucy williamson is there and sent us this update. The gaps in israel's defences are still being tested. A rocket fired from lebanon landed near a hospital, sending shrapnel and explosives through the car park as patients lay metres away. Dr 0sama nasser left his car here five minutes before the rocket hit, his daughter's car seat still intact inside the shattered frame. I'm a lucky man. It hit the car, not me. I have a little girl also. Two years old. And with every boom and siren, she gets anxious. It is hard to be in this situation one year, it's exhausting situation. Suddenly, more sirens — the panic here sharper this time. Seconds later, the thud of rockets. Three, four, five, six? that's a lot. Just coming to the safe room here after the siren sounded again at the hospital this morning. There's been a barrage — 20, 30, a0 interceptions. Some of them sounded very close. 0utside, fresh smoke marks where rockets have landed. Another has hit a house. An elderly neighbour, frozen in shock, barely registering her injury. Part of the rocket still unexploded as bomb disposal teams are called in. Translation: since last night, we have a lot of incoming hezbollah rockets. This town has been targeted. The coming weeks will be very challenging. 0ur town has not been evacuated. Israel's ground invasion of lebanon is triggering a response, but a year after the hamas attacks, many here see war as the solution to this border conflict — and invasion as the best defence. Lucy williamson, bbc news. Meanwhile, in israel, a day of commemorations took place to mark the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. That offensive saw around 1,200 people killed and more than 250 taken hostage. Israel's military response has killed nearly 42,000 people in gaza, and prime minister netanyahu says that mission will continue as long as israel's existence is threatened. Clive myrie reports. Their tears are shared. There's a solidarity in this nation's sorrow, uniting strangers and friends, rich and poor, young and old. As a still traumatised people mourn, thousands gathered in southern israel, remembering the 383 people killed at the nova music festival. What's also being mourned is the death of promise, because so many young lives yet to be lived were snatched away. Ask this survivor of the horror of october 7th, in her early 20s. 0ur conversation about how she ran for cover, broken by the sound of artillery fire as war rages not far away in gaza. I rememberfor a few minutes, just running, not knowing where to go. Artillery fire. And the war continues. It continues — a year later and it continues, and it's very sad to say, but i'm kind of used to it by now. I'm only 23, i think it's messed up that i am used to rockets and missiles, and terror attacks. I mean. . . That is such a tragedy. I don't know how — how is it possible that one year later, we still have 101 hostages? a few miles away from here? beneath the collective trauma, there are divisions. Here in tel aviv, it's the bereaved families of the hostages still being held in gaza who held this commemoration. A different ceremony on behalf of the government — pre—recorded — was later broadcast on television. How best to get the hostages home? how best to turn military victories into longer—lasting political solutions? those are the big questions and fault lines. But for now, there's collective silence, to remember. Do you think you will ever get over your experience of what happened ? i hope so. I don't know, but i hope so. I'm wishing i will. I'm surrounded by amazing people. The whole nova community is my new family, so i am hoping i'm going to be ok, but i have to believe in that. But will israel be ok? israel's response to hamas�*s unprecedented cross—border attack has had a devastating impact on the people of gaza. Last 0ctober, areas across the north of the territory were targeted and israel began a full scale ground invasion at the end of the month. Gaza city was pounded, along with other urban centres. Hundreds of thousands of people began to flee south. Then the airstrikes spread to southern cities. By the end ofjanuary, more than half of gaza's buildings had been damaged or destroyed. An analysis of satellite data now shows, that close to two thirds of buildings across the gaza strip have been hit. The hamas—run gaza health ministry says almost 42,000 people have been killed, most of them civilians. The bbc�*s rushdi abualouf, who has reported from gaza for decades, spent weeks documenting the conflict from inside the territory, only leaving with his family on 20 november for the sake of their safety. He shared his reflections, a year after the war that forced him from his home. I was in gaza city, i lived in the western part of the city. I was about to get my kids to school. Suddenly, we saw rockets starting to fly from all over gaza — quickly we realised something big was happening. When i drove this morning. . . Explosion. That sounds like it was quite close to you. We got the chance to leave on 20 november, and we left to egypt, then to istanbul. Accessing the office was restricted during the night, from day two, so i used to do my reporting from my house. Israel decided to close the border and not allow any foreignjournalists to go into gaza. Now one year on, still the egyptians and israelis are not allowing foreign journalists in. And this makes it hard for independentjournalists to verify the information. Sometimes it takes hours to verify one small information out of gaza. It's always difficult to contact people, and it's always difficult to get testimony from many people who live in this war. And you know, journalism is all about being able to talk to people and hear their voices. And since the bbc has no independentjournalists working from gaza any more, we are relying on freelancers to get us some of the information and testimony from the people. We are trying from the outside to contact people on a daily basis and get their stories. For more on the conflict and where it's headed, let's speak to dalia dassa kaye, senior fellow at the ucla burkle center for international relations. Thank you forjoining me. Let's start with a ground invasion, what do you think israel sees as the endgame there? i don't know if there _ as the endgame there? i don't know if there is _ as the endgame there? i don't know if there is a _ as the endgame there? i don't know if there is a clear know if there is a clear endgame. There are stated objectives of the israeli town, first and foremost getting the 60,000 people back into the north of the country, having been evacuated since the back—and—forth started at the beginning of the war between israel and hezbollah, and tens of thousands of lebanese also displaced. That would be a primary objective. But i think there is also the general sense in israel that they no longer want to live with just containing threats on their borders. They saw what matt did with hamas in gaza. So it seems the objective may be to push hezbollah further back. —— they saw what that did with hamas in gaza. To degrade them more than in the past. So far it is looking like they are going to pretty extensive goals there, still unknown, but as we know from past invasions in lebanon, sometimes it's not clear where these things can end. These things can end. Turning to iran, israel— these things can end. Turning to iran, israel has _ these things can end. Turning to iran, israel has vowed these things can end. Turning to iran, israel has vowed to i to iran, israel has vowed to respond to the iranian missile attacks a week ago. What do you see as israel's options on that front? �* ,. , see as israel's options on that front? 3. , m front? it's a very difficult situation. _ front? it's a very difficult situation. The _ front? it's a very difficult situation. The iranians. Situation. The iranians themselves took a very risky move by attacking israel with about 180 ballistic missiles, in retaliation for israel upping the ante with these very high—profile assassinations of haniyah and nasrallah. The iranians took a risky move, they felt they needed to raise their credibility within their access. But now the israelis will feel the need to respond. The question is to what extent. The question is to what extent. The menu is anywhere some targeting political leaders, they could target nuclear sites, there is talk of oil facilities. . . Probably the least escalatory option would be along the lines of what we saw in april, which would be limiting retaliation to targeted military sites that may let each side claim a win and back from the brink. But right now, we are in a very dangerous escalatory environment and israel is not really feeling a lot of constraints at the moment. It feels it's really on a winning streak, so to speak. That is their perceptions. The reality is probably quite different. It's a very dangerous environment if there is a perception that iran is a paper tiger and hezbollah is weakened, so really anything is possible. It weakened, so really anything is ossible. ,. , , possible. It is a very tense time. From _ possible. It is a very tense time. From the _ possible. It is a very tense time. From the eyes possible. It is a very tense time. From the eyes of. Possible. It is a very tense time. From the eyes of tehran, is there anything israel could do that would make them say they had crossed a red line. I had a guest yesterday saying, if things really go haywire, everything could blow up. Do you see tehran saying certain things are permissible and certain things are not? it’s certain things are not? it's hard to know _ certain things are not? it�*s hard to know where the red lines are. We are one year into this war and not only have we not seen an end to the war in gaza but now we have multiple wars. Fully raging. The problem now is from the iranian perspective, a lot of lines have already been crossed. From the israeli perspective, lines have been crossed. This is why it is so dangerous. The iranians, especially if the regime, the leadership field that their survival is at stake. . . Let's say israel hits political leaders, starts assassinating political leaders, start hitting very sensitive government sites and the leaders feel they are losing a grip on the country, they may not feel they have anything to lose and they may respond with full force. Granted, israel is a lot stronger militarily, but iran have significant missile capabilities to spare, even after the last attack, and they have not yet targeted civilian infrastructure in israel, the heart of population centres in tel aviv. . . There is a lot more that can be hit. I'm not in the camp that thinks this is a situation that can be easily contained. This is why it's so important to get the party is back from the brink. It is very dangerous. Back from the brink. It is very dangemus— back from the brink. It is very dancerous. . ,. , dangerous. You mention getting the parties _ dangerous. You mention getting the parties back— dangerous. You mention getting the parties back from _ dangerous. You mention getting the parties back from the the parties back from the brink. You wrote last week that you felt there might be no better day after in gaza or the rest of the region. What would need to happen for there to be a path to peace?— a path to peace? first and foremost. _ a path to peace? first and foremost, and _ a path to peace? first and foremost, and this a path to peace? first and foremost, and this has a path to peace? first and l foremost, and this has been clear honestly from the very first week of the war, we need a ceasefire. Especially after the november ceasefire that led to the first release of hostages. A year into this, there are still 101 hostages, there are still 101 hostages, the devastation in gaza continues. We are really in a catastrophic humanitarian situation. This war has to end. Nothing else is contained in the region until the fighting in gaza stops. Nobody wins it this war, there is so much suffering on all sides. That is step number one. The second element that's really been missing is a very forceful international response. There have been attempts, there was an attempt by the americans and french in particular to get a ceasefire in lebanon. But when you have a situation where you have an israeli government and a psyche in israel after the trauma of october the seven where really there is a feeling that israel needs military wins to restore security and deterrent. It's going to be very difficult to lay in it in. There needs to be international consensus and involvement. —— to rein it in. To create a path forward for something that looks politically viable. Very difficult to do in the current circumstances. The best hope right now is stopping the bloodshed. — right now is stopping the bloodshed. Thank you for “oininu bloodshed. Thank you for joining me _ bloodshed. Thank you for joining me. Around bloodshed. Thank you for joining me. Around the l bloodshed. Thank you for joining me. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. You're live with bbc news. The us gulf coast is preparing for a dangerous storm, as category five hurricane milton makes its way to florida. Warnings have been issued for parts of florida's west coast as people prepare to evacuate. We're looking at pictures showing how enormous it's become over the past 24 hours. The national hurricane center says milton has winds up to 180 miles per hour, or 285 kilometres per hour, and that the pressue in the eye of the storm has fallen to a near—record low. The lower the pressure, the stronger the storm. The storm is expected to make landfall wednesday night or early thursday morning and could be the worst storm for parts of florida in over a century. Millions are under evacuation orders. Felecia bowser — meteorologist—in—charge at the national weather service in tallahassee, florida — has told the bbc what people in the storms path should look out for as they prepare for landfall. People should not focus on the centre of the storm. Impacts can occur well away, hundreds of miles away from the centre of the storm. So of course, there will be some wind impacts that'll have a powerful punch with it, so people need to prepare for the wind. Rainfall is also something people will have to prepare for — not only from the sky, but also from below in the form of storm surges, especially on the coast. People need to be aware of quick rising of waters, and they need to make sure they're not in that particular area when that was to occur. And when it comes to hurricanes, especially on the eastern flank of a hurricane, tornadoes will also be a possibility — so not only do we have that storm surge threat, there may also be tornadoes, as well. Bbc news's us partner cbs news is out with a new primetime interview with democratic us presidential candidate, vice president kamala harris. 60 minutes has a tradition of doing these interviews with both candidates. But they say former president donald trump, the republican nominee, backed out after agreeing to the interview. They say the campaign gave shifting explanations as to why. Among the topics of discussion with ms harris were immigration, as well as the conflict in the middle east. The democratic presidential nominee says israel has a right to defend itself, but said how it does so matters. She was also asked about the war in ukraine. Bill whitaker, host of the 60 minutes programme on cbs, pressed vice president harris about her vision for kyiv�*s success as the war reaches its third year. There will be no success in ending that war without ukraine and the un charter participating in what that success looks like. Would you meet with president vladimir putin to negotiate a solution to the war in ukraine? not bilaterally without ukraine, no. Ukraine must have a say in the future of ukraine. As president, would you support the effort to expand nato to include ukraine? those are all issues that we will deal with if and when it arrives at that point. Right now, we are supporting ukraine's ability to defend itself against russia's unprovoked aggression. Donald trump, if he were president, putin would be sitting in kyiv right now. He talks about, oh, he could end it on day one, you know what that is? it's about surrender. The mpox outbreak continues to spread across east and central africa. Around 18,000 mpox cases and more than 600 deaths have been reported this year alone, according to the africa centre for disease control. Some of those most at risk are long—distance truck drivers travelling the northern corridor? a major trade route connecting several african countries to the port of mombasa. Swahib ibrahim has been on this route, visiting the border in western uganda and drc. He s been looking at the measures being taken to protect public health. Juma pulls up to the mpondwe one—stop border post for his regular inspection. Coming into uganda from the democratic republic of congo, he now has to go through an additional layer of screening after the mpox outbreak. Translation: we move in fear, especially on the other— side of the border. We try our level best to avoid mixing with crowds. Spending a few minutes being screened is perfectly 0k. It is better than travelling while sick, only to fail to reach kampala or your final destination. Juma's truck, along with over 100 others, transport fuel and supplies every day through this uganda border into the neighbouring drc, with hundreds more expected to make the return journey. 0thers cross on foot. To prevent mpox from entering the country, uganda has increased surveillance in the nine main border points it shares with the drc, which is a hotspot for the virus. So long as the vehicle is coming from drc, we always monitor them and we make sure that everyone has stopped, all the occupants of the vehicle have moved out and have gone through the screening process. We make sure that everyone is engaged in hand washing. After that, the temperature is taken. We do also visual screening. For those people who are going a bit very far, we make sure that we have to document each and every one. The africa centres for disease control and prevention, or africa cdc, has identified long—distance truck drivers operating along the northern corridor as a high—risk group for mpox transmission. The northern corridor is a vital trade route that starts from the port of mombasa in kenya to uganda, rwanda, burundi and the eastern part of the drc. This is not the first time uganda has responded to outbreaks. The government has successfully responded to covid—19, ebola and other haemorrhagic fever outbreaks like marburg in congo, which are often concentrated in the border district of kasese, and lessons have been learned. The biggest thing to do is to mobilise the leadership and then go into community mobilisation. The magic is that you use the government structures, leadership structures and then mobilise the masses. Uganda confirmed the first two cases of mpox in july 2024 through such a routine surveillance system. In this district of kasese, the country continues to report new cases, keeping the country on alert. The ministry of health has confirmed more than 20 cases of clade 1b strain. It is lunchtime, just seven kilometres from the mpondwe—kasindi border point, and students from this primary school rush out of class. Being a school at the border of uganda and the drc, particular attention is being paid to such institutions. Children in the east of the democratic republic of congo are worst affected by the current outbreak of mpox. We normally guide them that whoever feels headache, anything, should come to us and report so that we see if it is a serious sickness. You can report to the hospital, but we have the health teacher who normally care for those children in case they are sick. 0ur border facilities treat many, many congolese nationals. Of course, health has no boundary, so the most important — identifying time, isolate and be able to control at that level. So we should not really expect a lot of escalation as long as our systems are working. On top of the surveillance, there is an added layer of protection on the way. Uganda's health ministry has received an allocation of 2,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the africa cdc. This will only cover about 1,000 individuals as they seek to secure more. The health authorities say they will prioritise health workers and border communities like this one in the vaccination campaign. It only remains to be seen whether these protections will also be effective along the unmonitored porous border crossings. Swahib ibrahim, bbc. And it's taylor's world and we're alljust living in it. Taylor swift has been named the world's richest female musician, overtaking rihanna. Forbes magazine says she has a fortune of around $1. 6 billion. The magazine says her eras tour has been the biggest boost to her wealth. Rihanna became a billionaire thanks to cosmetics and fashion brands. That's all for now — stay with bbc news. Hello. A lot going on with our weather right now. We're going to see some heavy downpours for the next couple of days, then it will turn colder. We've got low pressure in charge — you can see areas of clouds circulating around that. There's also another deep area of low pressure in the mix. This is ex—hurricane kirk — this will stay to the south of us, but it will essentially join forces with our low. Some heavy downpours over the next couple of days, then the whole lot shifts eastwards, leaving us with northerly winds and something significantly colder. But in the short—term for tuesday, still relatively mild, actually, with a mix of some sunshine, yes, but also some really heavy, thundery downpours. A band of cloud and rain moving slowly northwards across the far north of england, northern ireland, into southern scotland — some parts of southeast scotland looking very wet indeed. Northern scotland seeing a fair amount of cloud, it'll be windy, some spots of rain and drizzle. And then, further south, it is that mix of sunshine and showers, but some of the showers really heavy with some hail and thunder. The winds strengthening down towards the southwest. Temperatures north to south between 10—18 celsius, and then, these various clumps of showery rain just continue to circulate around that area of low pressure as we head on into the first part of wednesday. But these northerly winds will be strengthening up towards the north of the uk — things here will start to feel colder, and that cold air will start to sink a little bit further south as we go through the day on wednesday. Still some showery rain across parts of eastern scotland, northeast england, sunny spells and showers elsewhere. But, while it will remain relatively mild in the south, as those northerly winds strengthen — we could see gusts of 40—50mph in the north — it will really start to feel quite a lot colder. Temperatures at best in lerwick, stornoway, aberdeen at 9 celsius. And by thursday, that cold air will sink even further southwards. Now, there should be a fair amount of sunshine around on thursday, one or two showers — some of those showers wintry over the highest ground in scotland. And have a look at these — these are the afternoon highs we're expecting, north to south — around 8—12, maybe 13 degrees. And we stick with that chilly feel for the end of the week. The weekend bringing some rain towards the north and the west, drier conditions further south and east. China's state planner promises to fast—track stimulus measures, as a market rally loses steam. Plus the boss of uber tells us why chinese electric vehicles could be good for europe. Hello and welcome to business today. I'm katie silver. Let's begin in china, where the country's state planner says the downward presure on the world's second largest economy is increasing. The chairman led a press conference in beijing this morning, says he will speed up the implementation of policies to lift the property sector and boost economic growth. He added that he was confident that china will meet its growth target of around 5% this year. His comments come as chinese stock markets reopened after a week—long golden week holiday. They initially surged over 10%, but have now pared back some of the early gains we saw. Investment expertjulia lee gave us a closer look at the potential ups and downs for chinese shares.