The us national Security Adviser has warned the risk of an escalation in fighting between Israel And Hezbollah |s acute a nd real these are the latest pictures weve received, showing explosions lighting up the Night Sky in southern lebanon. Saturday has seen a string of Cross Border attacks between israel and the iranian backed lebanese group, hezbollah. An Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Daniel hagari said, the military was using dozens of fighterjets to attack hezbollah targets, saying the group was threatening a large scale attack. Lebanons Health Ministry now says 37 people, including women and children, were killed in yesterdays israeli attack on beirut. Rescue workers have been searching through the rubble of a high Rise Building that was targeted in the attack. Hezbollah has confirmed two of its senior commanders were killed in the strike. Jake sullivan said the killing of a top his brother of a top Hezbollah Leader was justice. The Cross Border attacks follow the Pager And Walkie talkie explosions in lebanon last week which killed 37 people and injured thousands of people thought to be carried out by israel. We start with this report from our Middle East correspondent, hugo bachega. As morning broke, the destruction became clear. An israeli Air Strike hitting dahieh, Hezbollahs Heartland in southern beirut, its conflict with israel returning with force to a place they considered safe. Many here were still incredulous. Translation people were walking, going. Out and coming home. People were heading back from work, and there were those who were coming to pick their children up from the nursery. This is a terrorist act. Unbelievable. Among the missing, a four year old girl caught up in a war without being a threat to anyone. This is as close as we can get to the site of the attack. And as you can see, this is a densely populated neighbourhood of beirut. And all morning theres been intense activity from emergency services. The search continues for people who are believed to be under the rubble. And the situation here is still very tense. This footage captured the moment of the attack. Israel has called it a Precision Strike targeting top hezbollah officials. It says they were meeting on the ground of this building to plan more attacks. Among the dead is ibrahim aqil, a senior military commander. The us had put a 7 Million bounty on his head, accusing him of being involved in the killings of americans in beirut in the 1980s. This is another humiliation for hezbollah but it is also a blow to a country already exhausted by this conflict. Translation the israeli army, with all its continued crimes with the excuse of pursuing the hezbollah movement, has targeted a residential compound. Its committed a massacre in a residential building against unarmed children, women at home. How hezbollah is going to respond isnt clear. It doesnt want to spark a wider war with israel, and its supporters in iran dont want a major confrontation, either. But israel says this is just the beginning. Hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. Our senior international Correspondent Orla Guerin is in beirut. She told me about the impact of these attacks on hezbollah. I think the organisation is very exposed and very much weakened after the attacks of the past few days, which really have been unprecedented. First of all we had the wave of explosions of pagers and walkie talkies, which basically shattered the internal Communication Network used by hezbollah. Then yesterday we had the high Profile Israeli Assassination here in beirut in the Hezbollah Stronghold of dahieh and that targeted a senior Hezbollah Leader, ibrahim aqil, who was killed along with about a dozen other seniorfigures, and some of them have been buried today. There is a real sense that people just dont know what is coming next. At the funerals of some of those hezbollah Fighters Today we did hear plenty of the usual defiance pledges that the organisation would fight on. But i think there is a big question now about what is it capable of doing, now that so much damage has been inflicted. Throughout the day we know hezbollah has been Firing Rockets across the border into northern israel. Once again about 90 rockets, the israelis say. Israel, for its part, has carried on with an Intense Bombardment of Air Strikes about 100 so far today. Thats a huge uptick on the volume of the last two or three days, even though we have seen Cross Border fighting going on for the past year. The lebanese government is certainly extremely worried about what may come next. The prime Minister Najib Mikati has cancelled a planned trip to the un general assembly, saying that nothing is more urgent than trying to stop what he called a massacre is being carried out by israel. Nomi Bar Yaacov is an international Negotiator And Expert in diplomacy and the Middle East, and associate fellow at chatham house. I asked her about the likelihood of an escalation. I think there is definitely going to be an escalation. It is very unfortunate but that is very clearly the case. On tuesday we saw the beepers, the pagers go. On wednesday the radio communication. Huge, huge toll, both in terms of deaths and in terms of very serious injuries including blindness, and then the targeted assassinations of very senior Hezbollah Leaders. This was followed by Intense Bombardment of Hezbollah Rocket launchers. So there is definitely an escalation. It is not a question of whether there is going to be an escalation. This is a huge escalation to the crossfire we have steadily seen operate under unwritten rules since the 8th of october. How do you assess the potential for this to spin Out Of Control . Whether it is spinning Out Of Control, it certainly will have regional ramifications. I think there are shia militias in iraq, in syria, we have the houthis in yemen. There is no doubt whatsoever that there will be a response. The question is the Nature And Scope of that. And how things are going to evolve in gaza and the West Bank. And it is not looking good. It doesnt look like there is going to be a ceasefire in gaza but the Military Operation is continuing there. There are 101 hostages home and it is dividing israeli society. I think as long as netanyahu is in power, at least until november, at least until the us elections, i dont think there is going to be a ceasefire. And that really is terrible because that is the key to stability and the De Escalation in the region. And at the same time the West Bank is on the brink of explosion. You mentioned october the 8th. We are of course nearly a year since the terrible events of october the 7th. Where does this end . Does it . Its not looking like it is going to end anytime soon unfortunately. It looks like the israeli Government And Army have made a decision to continue the attacks against hamas, escalate the attacks against hezbollah and they are using quite a lot of force in the West Bank. And at the same time you are seeing more and more resistance, strengthening of hamas in the West Bank, and i think the attacks on hezbollah will only embolden them. They are maybe weakened militarily at the moment. Their communications have been disrupted, and certainly they have taken a moral hit and a physical hit on launchers, but it will only embolden them and make them want to fight even more once they recover, and they will recover their capabilities. The hamas run gaza Health Ministry says 22 people have been killed in an israeli Air Strike on a school sheltering displaced people. The un has found numbers from the Health Ministry in previous conflicts reliable. The Health Ministry says most of the victims were women and children. The Israel Defense forces say a Hamas Command Room at the school was targeted. There are reports of an unborn child being among the killed. Bbc verify has looked at several videos of the aftermath and clips appear to show a foetus being carried by a civil defence worker. Lawyers representing women allegedly raped or sexually assaulted by the late egyptian billionaire, mohammed Al Fayed, Say Theyve received about 100 new enquiries about the investigation. The former Harrods Owner has been accused of Sexual Assault by more than 20 Ex Employees of the Luxury Department Store while it was under his ownership. Harrods current owners say they are appalled by the allegations. And Fulham Football Club has said its trying to establish if anyone at The Club has been affected. Al fayed bought The Club in 1997 for 30 million. The manager of fulhams former Womens Team said precautions were put in place to protect female players from him. Our correspondent ellie pricejoins me. So many stories beginning to emerge. What is the latest . Today we have had dozens of women contact us about all of this. I have testimony here. I have spoken to a number of them. Of course the egyptian billionaire mohammed Al Fayed owned harris between 1985 and 2010. He died last year but we have been hearing about a network of what people call enablers. People enabled the abuse to happen and there have been questions about what their role in this was. I spoke to two women who described that they were pipped by senior members of harrods, of senior managers, who thought they were attractive, who thought that mohammed Al Fayed would find them attractive, and that they should be promoted intojobs. And they both allege that he sexually assaulted them. Another former worker said sexually assaulted them. Anotherformer worker said her Line Manager brushed it off when she voiced some of her concerns. We have been hearing more from the lawyers today, lawyers representing those victims who have described this as the worst case of corporate sexual exploitation of young women potentially that the world has ever seen. Only now are we getting to understand publiclyjust how much and i used the Word Monster Yesterday and i stand by that just how much of a monster he was. Did the bastions of society, did those in Power And Influence protect him . I dont know the answer to that question. What i do know is he died without taking responsibility. Given the number of women who are now speaking out, how are they likely to speak justice, also because mohammed Al Fayed is no longer alive . I also because mohammed Al Fayed is no longer alive . Is no longer alive . I have spoken is no longer alive . I have spoken to is no longer alive . I have spoken to a is no longer alive . I have spoken to a number is no longer alive . I have spoken to a number who| is no longer alive . I have i spoken to a number who say is no longer alive . I have spoken to a number who say this is about closure, talking about what has been happened and feeling like their voices have been heard. There are 37 women involved in the civil case. Hundreds more, we have told, have come forward. Some of those are victims but some have evidence of what happened, so it is for the lawton to sort through what may be added to the case. I think it is worth noting that this is, as the lawyers say, an international case now, and we are focusing on harrods and Fulham Football Club. But the abuse has been detailed is happening in paris. There are also victims who have come forward from the us, from dubai, australia, romania. The list goes on. This becomes an international case where lawyers will seek to sort through it examine what happened in that network. It is worth noting, Harrods Have said that they are appalled by what has happened and they accept that many victims were failed. And they are under new management now. And they are under new manaaement now. ~ ,. management now. Absolutely. The Business Management now. Absolutely. The business was management now. Absolutely. The business was sold management now. Absolutely. The business was sold to management now. Absolutely. The business was sold to Them Management now. Absolutely. The business was sold to them in business was sold to them in 2010 and so we are talking about 1k years ago. But quite clearly this is very raw for a number of people who are affected. This case will very much ask questions of who was involved then and of course there are a number of people who were involved during the time in The Business who have remained in post or who have gone on to other senior roles in business here in the uk. Thank you very much, ali price. Votes are being counted in sri Lankas President ial election widely seen as a referendum on the governments handling of the economy. There were a record 38 candidates running to lead the country, including the incumbent, Ranil Wickremesinghe all of them are men. The full results are not expected until at least sunday. Sri lankans are looking for a leader who will be able to further repair the countrys finances after an economic collapse two years ago. Thousands of protesters faced with skyrocketing inflation and severe Food Shortages forced the Countrys President at the time, gotabaya rajapaksha, to flee and later resign. Our correspondent Samira Hussain is following the story from colombo, and sent this update. The economy was certainly one of the biggest issues for voters going into this election. The country is still reeling from the effects of that economic crisis two years ago. Sri lanka had to borrow billions of dollars and as a result we are seeing that actually everyday Sri Lankans are paying higher taxes and they are paying much more for basics like food and medicine. At the same time, what has also been important, is to see political stability. That economic crisis was largely due to financial mismanagement by previous governments. And so a lot of voters were also talking about looking for a government that was no longer corrupt, that would actually have the best interest of Sri Lankans in terms of their mandates. If you look at the Voter Turnout we see that about 75 80 of people came out to cast a ballot in these elections. And that is A Little Bit lower than what we have seen in the past two elections in sri lanka. And there are some that actually attribute that to a real loss of confidence among the people in terms of their political leaders. Going forward, in terms of when we are going to get some kind of result, most people dont expect to know any clear winner until well into sunday. That is because there are 38 candidates that are vying for the position of president , which means that it is going to take, notjust everyones first choice into consideration, but it is going to have to take peoples second and third choices into consideration when calculating who has won these elections. We will bring you the results of that election at some point on sunday. Sir Keir Starmer has promised to show how his government will Fix The Foundations and rebuild the uk, when he addresses the Labour Conference in liverpool. The partys first annual gathering in powerfor 15 years follows criticism over donations and gifts accepted by members of the new cabinet, and calls to abandon the decision to scrap Winter Fuel payments for pensioners. There have been protests outside the conference demanding an end to the war in gaza and urging the Uk Government implement a full Arms Embargo on israel. Our political correspondent Iain Watson is following events. Cheers for Keir Starmer, but its been a difficult week. His suits, specs and his staff salaries, dominating the headlines. The Labour Leader now wants to shift the focus. Welcome back to liverpool. Welcome to conference. Our biggest conference ever. Last time labour held a conference in government was 15 years ago. So long ago, some of its many new mps werent even old enough to vote. The last time we were in government, i was a teenager. I couldnt even grow a beard back then. Its now turning grey. So its great to be here and great to be in government. But there are rather sober messages amid the celebrations. The head of the pro starmer group, labourtogether, lost his seat and he warns that Labours Victory is more fragile than some of its mps might think. Voters can easily give, they can easily take away. If anything, i am the living, breathing, walking, talking proof of that. The days of safe seats or mps having seats for life are long gone. And that is why my message to my colleagues in the parliamentary Labour Party is to really focus on the peoples priorities. Despite labours massive majority at the election, there are fears here about voter volatility. Unions have been meeting Keir Starmer Behind Closed Doors and some of them are suggesting there might even need to be a change of direction for some key policies to maintain voters trust. Labour, now in government, are having to face the harsh realities. If labour fails to listen to us on the issues about realjobs in places like Oil And Gas and Steel And Manufacturing and industry, the difficulty they will have is, communities will get hollowed out, people lose theirjobs and the only winners will be the far right in this country. Should you have taken those freebies, pri