Hello, im kasia madera. The escalating crisis in the Middle East began a year ago this monday on October The 7th when hamas gunmen attacked israel. 0n the morning of october 7th, waves of hamas gunmen stormed across Gazas Border into israel, killing about 1,200 people. Hamas took more than 250 others to gaza as hostages. Soon well hear from voices who remember that day. But first, the latest on the war the lebanese capital, beirut, has seen one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet with large explosions reported across the south of the city. Pictures from overnight show a large Fireball Lighting up beirut s skyline. And the strikes continued into the morning. Israel has issued fresh Evacuation Orders for residents of several areas in southern lebanon, calling on them to head immediately to the north of the awali river. Lebanese officials have said 23 people died and an additional 93 were wounded as a result of the israeli air Strikes Yesterday and raids across the country. O
Killed by israeli fire. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports now on the growing pressures on israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, Israels Army says they were shot by hamas in a Tunnel Under Rafah as israeli forces battled above them. Almog seroussi, alexander lobanov, ori danino, eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, theyve caught me. And hersh goldberg polin, a 23 year old us israeli citizen, and carmel gat, a therapist who was described by other hostages as their guardian angel. Carmel s family said she and hersh were due to be released in a deal outlined in july. Her Cousin Today inconsolable. Its too late for us. Its too late for carmel. I will never hug her again. B
Will become drier and quieter as we head into the night. The gusty wind easing and changing direction and the more persistent rain pushing away and eventually we see some clearer skies later in the night. Theres Temperature Holding at around 11, 13 degrees by tomorrow morning. By Which Point Storm Patricia is heading away. And following that we get the wind coming in from the north or north west. A cool breeze blowing as we head into tomorrow. That brings with it a mixture of sunshine and showers. The best of the sunshine early on, The Cloud Building quickly and we have showers in northern parts of scotland from the word go and they could develop almost any word tomorrow. The threat of some thunderstorms around. But with Shelter Temperatures in glasgow could reach 20 degrees. And a bit warmer along the south east. But on friday most of the showers will be coming in because Eastern Parts of england with the threat of thunderstorms later in the day in the south east. Maybe not quite as w
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china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the 100 nominations by tory mps needed to enter the race to be the next prime minister. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected to declare his candidacy soon. the former chancellor now has more than 100 mps publicly backing him to be the prime minister. the big question in westminster is now if