Hello, i m lucy hockings, welcome to Bbc News now. Memorial events are taking place in israel and Around The World to mark one year since the attacks of October The 7th, the deadliest day in the nations history. Nearly 1200 people were killed and hundreds more taken hostage when hamas gunmen stormed across the border. In a moment, well go to Southern Israel and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who is at kibbutz be eri, where one in ten of the residents were killed by hamas. And to Anna Foster In Beirut, which has seen fresh israeli strikes overnight and into this morning. But first lets turn to todays events. At exactly 6. 29 this morning flags were lowered to Half Mast outside the knesset. That was the time when rockets from gaza started raining down on Southern Israel, followed by the deadly rampage by thousands of hamas led militants on israeli communities, Army Bases and the nova music festival. At the festival site, president Isaac Herzog this morning joined a me
And wet for some but a mild start. Single figures into the far north of scotland. That line of showers will continue to drift its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. More showers piling in from the South West pushing further inland so we keep that showery theme for tuesday but come on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly down to the South West. 18 and 19 degrees. When starting to swing Round And Cooler in the far north of scotland. It will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its Hurricane Identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. Still taking it towards Northern Spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the Wind Direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. So it could be a glancing blow across the Channel Islands in the Kent Coast from kirk at the moment. A rash of showers coming of the
Families remembering the people that they love, that they lost and a lot of them telling me that they cant come to terms with its still still wrestle with it every day. I think the images speak strong of a word here milton is now a hurricane. So please keep an eye on this storm. Are going to have storm surge. Were going to have flooding were going to have massive grants and guess what means, youre gonna lose power some people say youll never have an election again, this would be your last election. And i can see it. We have our family by blood and then we have im our family by love. And i have both newsroom with Max Foster and Christina Macfarlane hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And Around The World. Im Max Foster and im Christina Macfarlane. Its monday, October 7, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 11 00 a. M. In israel, where the country is marking one year since the deadly attack by hamas that killed at least 1,200 people in Southern Israel. Survivors and famili
Beirut, is said to have suffered one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the south of the city. Lebanese authorities described the attacks as very violent. These pictures show a large explosion following one of those strikes. Earlier on saturday, the Israeli Military had issued orders to residents of specific buildings in Southern Beirut to evacuate. We dont yet know what was hit in the strikes but israeli forces have bombed areas reported to be hezbollah strongholds. They have also clashed with hezbollah fighters in lebanons southern Border Region. The Israeli Military says it has killed 440 hezbollah fighters since the start of the ground invasion. Meanwhile, the Border Region remains tense as hezbollah has fired rockets into northern israel, with reports that residential buildings were hit. Also on saturday, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed iran s Missile Attack on his country earlier this week saying israel has
Im Kasia Madera in london. In other news and as i was saying. Picking up where he left off Donald Trump returns to the very stage in butler, pennsylvania, where he survived an assassination attempt. And as mpox kills nearly 1,000 people this year, the drc launches its first Vaccination Campaign to fight the virus. And here in the uk, the prime ministers top adviser Sue Gray resigns from her position as downing Street Chief of staff. You are watching bbc news. This place turned into a slaughter a year ago. You can see the Memorial Site for nearly 400 young people, festivalgoers, who were murdered in the early hours of october seven. You can hear the 0ctober seven. You can hear the artillery still going off. This will be the Scene Tomorrow of an official commemoration to remember all those who lost their lives here and those who are still held hostage. In a moment we will speak to a photographer who is here that day who is also a survivor of the festival. But first, lets look at the late