Fierce cross—border clashes are continuing — with israel striking southern lebanon, and hezbollah firing dozens of rockets into northern israel. On tuesday, the israeli military said they'd killed a senior hezbollah commander in a strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction from that strike. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from tyre, where thousands of people have fled their homes. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel's massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven—year—old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, dina darwiche and her son, jad. Killed in their own home by an israeli missile. Here she was at work with the un refugee agency. It says it is outraged and deeply saddened, and civilians must be protected. A miracle rescue was filmed today. Civil defence workers prised this elderly man out from under the rubble of his own home in southern lebanon. Others are still fleeing from the south. We saw some on foot, driven from their homes by israel's war from the air. And the knowledge that things could get worse. We saw smoke still rising from a recent strike and went for a closer look. But hezbollah was watching, as we soon found out. Well, we've just seen one of the locations where there was an israeli strike. It looked like a commercial building. As soon as we arrived, hezbollah arrived, and prevented us from filming any more. They're still trying to control this area even as they're coming under heavy attack. And that attack continued in beirut today. Once again, war on the horizon. Israel says it killed a top military commander. If so, he's the latest in a long list. But hezbollah is fighting on. Our correspondent daniel de simone has the latest from jerusalem there has been no let up in the israeli literary operation. Extensive air strikes carried out in southern lebanon and elsewhere with israel saying it was targeting hezbollah weapons and infrastructure. There was also an airstrike in a densely populated area of beirut with israel saying it had eliminated the head of hezbollah�*s rockets and missiles division. This evening, the defence minister spoke to troops following a simulation of ground operations in lebanon. Saying hezbollah is very different to the organisation it wasn'tjust one week ago. The goal, stated by israel, of this operation is the return home of 60,000 israelis in the north of the country displaced i hezbollah rocket fire. But today over 300 rockets were fired into israel by hezbollah and there remain significant disruption in the north of the country. Today, world leaders urged restraint and deescalation. Again calling for a diplomatic way out of this conflict. But this evening, israel says, again, what it has says for a long time now, that its military action will continue until its goal is met. Joanne held cummings is adjunct professor and director of middle eastern studies at baylor university in waco, texas. She was previously a senior us diplomat with postings in iraq and yemen. Thank you so much for being with us, joanne. This is an escalation that many parties have sought to avoid before now. You think this is the beginning ofan now. You think this is the beginning of an all—out war in the region? i beginning of an allout war in the region?— the region? i think it has the otential the region? i think it has the potential for _ the region? i think it has the potential for being _ the region? i think it has the potential for being so. Potential for being so. Listening to potentialfor being so. Listening to president biden at the un today, even though he is not proposing some breakthrough diplomatic solution, he is pointing out something that is absolutely true and that is that there is a diplomatic solution and i say that because there is no other solution. The conflicts over the years have been repeated and they have been repeated and they have been done in different ways and done at different scales but they have not accomplished, frankly, the goals of either side. There for if there is to be a solution it is going to be a diplomatic solution. But to have a diplomatic solution you have a diplomatic solution you have to have people willing to engage with each other on a diplomatic basis, diplomatic basis always involves recognition at some level. We heard throughout the efforts to agree a peace deal or a hostage release deal in temperate ceasefire in gaza that diplomatic solutions are hard to come by wildly fighting all the exchange of fire is active as it is now and that what were seeing in lebanon. What are the potential plan through deescalation? we heard president biden refer to that today. How do you see a way to try and take the temperature down?. , ~. , ,. , down? you know, it is a difficult _ down? you know, it is a difficult issue _ down? you know, it is a difficult issue because l down? you know, it is a l difficult issue because the motivation for engaging in conflict has to be considered. For instance if the government of bibi netanyahu does not have an incentive to stop the bombardment that is greater than the incentive to continue, they have no reason to do it. Likewise, hezbollah is in a difficult position itself. We tend to look at hezbollah as a terrorist organisation but it is a regional government and a part of the national government. It is a militia, it carries out terrorist acts but it is all of those things and, let's not forget that it lost a great deal of regional credibility when it went in full force to support asada syria for other reasons. Ok, you are not the underdog anymore, you are not fighting against, you are not part of the resistance, you are supporting an oppressive government. So in a sense they had lost a lot of their political credibility and one could almost say that this conflict is giving it back to them. I conflict is giving it back to them. . ,. ,. , them. I am interested to hear our them. I am interested to hear your view _ them. I am interested to hear your view on _ them. I am interested to hear your view on the _ them. I am interested to hear your view on the us _ them. I am interested to hear your view on the us role them. I am interested to hear your view on the us role in i them. I am interested to heari your view on the us role in all of this. Your career has been spent on the diplomacy service here. As with the campaign in gaza, us military aid contributes to the attacks of israel on lebanon. Is it time for the biden harris administration to look again at the military aid it is supplying to israel, largely given any conditions attached. The easy answer would be yes, absolutely but i would like to expand on that slightly. The challenge that any administration has, because this has been an issue before, is that there is a tradition of the israeli government being given a pass on some of the legal requirements that the us has always had in place on any arms provision and arms sales. We have to know how it will be used and when, we have to be able to evaluate. If it is being used in ways that are inconsistent with the purpose for which it was sold then we're going to stop doing that. With israel have always said we trust you to make all those decisions and do all those investigations. I think what we are seeing, particularly in the last year is that when there are examples of egregious abuses of human rights, that the investigations carried out are not credible outside of the narrow circle that supports them. So it is increasingly difficult for the united states to justify the way it is handling arms transfers and we have seen some significant people involved in managing arms transfers for the us government resigning and saying i can no longer be part of this. So it is going to be a critical issue and i would suggest that harris and trump will have very different approaches to this. We will talk about that aspect of this i suspect on another occasion but for now, thank you for joining us on bbc news. With my clinic with much of the un general assembly's focus on the middle east for day one, president biden told the un security council the world cannot wane in its support for ukraine against russia's invasion. With president zelensky looking on, mr biden used his final address here to say russian president vladimir putin's war had failed in its core aim of destroying ukraine, but that kyiv still needs sustained international support. The world now has another choice to make. Will we sustain our support to help ukraine win this war or walk away from that aggression and let a nation be destroyed. I know my answer. President zelensky says the war with russia is closer to an end than some people might think. He's also due to address the un general assembly, before he presents a so—called victory plan to president biden. Mr zelensky says the plan includes further weapons donations to ukraine, diplomatic efforts to force russia to agree to peace, and holds moscow accountable for the full—scale invasion that began in 2022. Speaking to us network abc news, zelensky said his victory plan was not about negotiating with russia, but rather it was a bridge to a diplomatic way out, to stop the war. On tuesday, mr zelensky told a special session of the un security council, that the war with russia cannot be calmed by talks alone, but could only be forced into peace by united, international action. He described iran and north korea as accomplices ina criminalwar. Putin has broken so many international norms and rules and he will not stop on his own. Russia can only be forced into peace. And that is exactly what is needed. Forcing russia into peace as the sole aggressor in this war. The sole violator of the un charter. I spoke with the president of estonia, alar karis. President, in your address to the un general assembly today you spoke a lot about the power, rather, the weaknesses of the un system. Do you think the international system, is the international system, is the un failing people who are suffering desperately in places like gaza, lebanon, sudan and so many other places around the world? you are correct. I have spoken about the reform of the un last year as well. We can see that the un security council is deadlocked meaning it cannot solve these problems, these conflicts or wars either in ukraine or gaza or in any other place because first of all there is a veto right for some aggressors and my proposal has been that the general assembly should have more power if the security council is unable to fulfil their tasks. There will be a special security council meeting tomorrow on the situation in lebanon. What do you think that can achieve given what you have said there?— said there? today there was also a meeting _ said there? today there was also a meeting on _ said there? today there was also a meeting on the said there? today there was l also a meeting on the security council about ukraine. So it is probably going to be the same kind of meeting and discussion about what one should do. I do hope that tomorrow something will happen and we can avoid the escalation of this war. Taste the escalation of this war. We heard mentions today of deescalation. And you mention yourself. We're nearly one year into the humanitarian situation into the humanitarian situation in gaza, not only are those people still suffering but we see a huge loss of life now in lebanon as well. Have you seen any detail of these plans for deescalation?— any detail of these plans for deescalation? first what one can do is _ deescalation? first what one can do is to _ deescalation? first what one can do is to sit _ deescalation? first what one can do is to sit down deescalation? first what one can do is to sit down and deescalation? first what one | can do is to sit down and have a ceasefire. So we can discuss start to discuss around the table what to do next. That is not difficult, to sit down and start talking. As far as the gaza conflict is concerned. The ukrainian _ gaza conflict is concerned. The ukrainian president, vladimir zelensky, made another case today for restrictions on how weapons given to his country from allies are used. The americans say they are fearful of retaliation and that is why they do not want their long—range missiles used inside russia. What is your view of the best course of action? it is completely legitimate and you can use these weapons in the territory of russia to target military bases and so forth. So i am in this position and i hope that countries who provide these long—range weapons lift restrictions. As you see, countries like north korea as well as iran, they provide weapons to russia with no restrictions. And these weapons and missiles, they end “p weapons and missiles, they end up in houses in ukraine, in hospitals and so forth. So to lift these restrictions from weapons provided by the west to ukraine, ithink weapons provided by the west to ukraine, i think it is a must. Joe biden talks about how he is concerned about triggering a greater war with russia. In estonia you live right beside russia. How concerned are you about what comes next if they are successful in ukraine? we hope that we managed to stop this war and that russia takes weapons and armies back to russian territory. Yes, we are next to russia that it is not only estonia. All of europe is next to russia. So it needs the support of every country to be concerned about this war in ukraine and to provide any help, military or humanitarian help, military or humanitarian help to ukraine. We have seen ukraine make a push recently into russia and was also seen russia retaliate and increasing the number of bombs dropped in cities in ukraine. What is your assessment of whether conflict is at the moment? it is all that ukraine can do, to go to russian territory, and speak with russia and sit behind the table. At this moment, zelensky is peace plan should be followed and that is extremely important. The man suspected of trying to kill donald trump at his florida golf course has been charged with the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. Us prosecutors say th 58—year—old was found pointing a rifle through a fence at the club in west palm beach, while the republican nominee was playing golf there. They added he had left behind a note in which he described his intentions. The suspect hasn't yet entered a plea. He was already facing two gun—related charges. The attorney general, merrick garland, said the justice department would not tolerate violence that struck at the heart of us democracy. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Let's look at another story making news. In his first speech as prime minister at labour party conference, sir keir starmer called for restraint and de—escalation between lebanon and israel. Domesticallly he promised to fix the foundations at home. Our political editor, chris mason, was watching. People say we cannot deliver national renewal but we can and we will. We will stabilise our economy. Clear out the tory right and fix the foundation, and deliver the mandate of change. A briton built to last, with respect and with pride because together we have shown that that britain belongs to you. That that britain belongs to ou. , , ,. . , , you. This speech and this conference _ you. This speech and this conference has _ you. This speech and this conference has used you. This speech and this conference has used of. You. This speech and this. Conference has used of pride and rhetoric but also has grown under the weight of responsibility of government. Another era of cynicism about politics and squeezing living standards. You're live with bbc news. Rupert murdoch's trial ends without a verdict, leaving mr murdoch and his family waiting for a final ruling from the court. A nevada commissioner heard arguments about what child of mr murdochs will get control of the family trust, which includes high stock in fox news, news corp and the times of london after mr murdoch's death. Our correspondent emma vardy in reno. Vegas is where you go to get married, they say, and reno to get divorced. Now this has become the somewhat unlikely location for settling a family power struggle between the media mogul rupert murdoch and his children. Are you confident of victory? normally, we would be inside a courtroom like this reporting what's going on. But for this one, we are locked out. I want a broadcast network. I want to see what other news operations we can sweep up. Local tv? dad, nobody watches tv. The case has been nicknamed succession because of its resemblance to the tv show inspired by the murdoch family. Rupert murdoch owns many newspapers and television networks, include the right—wing outlet fox news. His eldest children were set to get equal power over his corporations, but now he reportedly wants to give full control to his eldest son lachlan, who is believed to share his father's more conservative views. Mr murdoch, are you confident of victory? and the laws in nevada allow the case to be held in private. There is a huge amount on the line here and here what you have is an irrevocable trust that rupert murdoch is attempting to change. So in most states, that's very difficult. In nevada, it's a little easier. Locally, there is surprise this battle has been happening on the doorstep. I might even drive past the courthouse on my way home. The fact it's being kept so secret is kind of shady. It could have so much impact on our future and the future of the information that the public receives in this country. Us audiences are already deeply divided over the way politics is portrayed on different networks. You'd hear one thing on this station and you hear the absolute opposite, and it's like, you're lying to people, and they're gullible and they're believing it. The outcome of this case matters because rupert murdoch's powerful media empire has helped shape politics and the careers of political leaders around the world, and it has a big influence on the type of news many people consume day—to—day. We may never know the full details of how this power struggle within the murdoch news empire gets resolved. On this occasion, rupert murdoch appears unwilling to become the news himself. Emma vardy, bbc news, reno. The cybersecurity firm that sparked a global computer crash — grounding thousands of flights around the world and hitting banks, the nhs and some media — has apologised again during a grilling by the us congress. A crowdstrike executive has been explaining what went wrong. Our north america technology correspondent lily jamali reports. Massive tech outages are impacting airlines, businesses, offices, companies worldwide. . . The global it outage onjuly 19th led to aeroplanes being grounded, medical appointments being cancelled and broadcasters going off air. But how did such a massive error happen? that's what lawmakers here on capitol hill were hoping to find out today. Members of congress had asked to question crowdstrike's ceo george kurtz, but the company sent its head of counter advisory operations, adam meyers, who didn't take questions on his way into the hearing room. What's your message for lawmakers today?. . Meyers instead staring straight ahead, a press handler saying he would speak only with lawmakers. Meyers began with an apology. We're deeply sorry and we are determined to prevent this from ever happening again. The outage occurred after a rogue software update sent by crowdstrike disabled up to 8. 5 million computers using microsoft operating systems. Who made the decision to launch the update? did ai do that or did an individual do that? al was not responsible for making any decision in that process. It is part of a standard process. We release 10—12 of these updates, content updates, every single day. Are we going to disneyland? we're going to disneyland right now! it's a dayjo would sooner forget. She saved her wages to take herfamily on vacation. Instead, they encountered a travel nightmare. No explanation whatsoever. Everybody was just crowding around the people who worked at the airport, and they were just like, we don't know what's going on. Now come the lawsuits. At least one major us air carrier, delta, has vowed to take legal action. Shareholders of crowdstrike have already sued, saying the company concealed the inadequacy of its testing processes. Lily jamali, bbc news, washington. A penguin living in australia is making quite the splash online. Meet pesto — a baby king penguin. Born injanuary, weighing just 200 grams or nearly half a pound, he's now a hundred times that. Twice the size of his parents. In fact he's the biggest penguin melbourne aquarium has ever seen. Pesto has millions of online followers worldwide due to his size. Experts say the penguin is perfectly healthy and will soon begin to lose weight naturally. You can keep up to date with all the news on our website. As well as on our app or check us out on your favourite social media platform. Iwill out on your favourite social media platform. I will be back shortly with lots more. Thank you for watching, take care. Hello there. Well, following the recent heavy rain, there's plenty of saturated ground out there, particularly across the south midlands, and a lot of standing water too. This photo taken by our weather watcher in warwickshire on tuesday, when there was a bit of a break in all of the wet weather. A drier—looking day, but there's more rain to come, including here over the next couple of days, and then it turns colder but also drier as we head into the weekend. So this was tuesday, then, on the satellite picture. You can see this break in the weather systems there, a nice little gap. But wednesday's low pressure system approaches from the southwest. And ahead of that for the rest of the night, there will be some heavy showers across parts of southern england. Clearer skies further north, and actually across parts of scotland, temperatures could drop as low as freezing. This is a sign of things to come, of course. But a lot milder further south under quite a lot of cloud and, of course, some misty conditions over the flooded fields. And then on wednesday morning, heavy, persistent rain will push into south—west england, moving further northwards and eastwards up through wales, approaching the south midlands and central—southern england by the time we get into the middle part of the afternoon. It does stay largely dry further north and west, a few showers across northern scotland, the cloud amounts increasing across eastern england as we head through the second half of the day. And then on wednesday night into thursday, our low pressure system continues to push further northwards and eastwards. Notice the brisk easterly winds developing across parts of north—east england, just driving more rain into northeast england. This is where we'll see the heaviest downpours, particularly over the higher ground of the north york moors. The rain stretching further west, out into northern ireland. Some showers to the north and to the south, but plenty of dry weather too. Feeling coolest, of course, across parts of scotland. And then our front starts to take a bit of a dive further south. It will really take its time as we head through thursday evening and into friday, not really clearing until the end of the day on friday. But behind it, we draw in more of a northerly wind, so temperatures are going to drop away to well below the seasonal average. And actually on friday night, as we see high pressure build in from the south—west and the winds lighten, there could be quite a widespread frost. So, these will be the temperatures as we head through the weekend. Feeling cooler but largely dry, i think, for many on saturday. Bye—bye for now. Us stock markets shrug off disappointing consumer confidence data — and notch new record highs. And we'll look at the rise of mobile phone and card payments, and how this is affecting the wallet industry. Hello and welcome to business today. I'm steve lai. Let's begin in the united states, where stock markets have reached new records. The dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 have hit new highs, even after a weaker—than—expected consumer confidence reading. Our north america business correspondent — michelle fleury has the latest from new york. The dowjones industrial average rose 84 points, marking its fourth record close in a row. The s&p 500 was up three tenths of a percent to hit its [list record close of the year, whilst the nasdaq rallied six tenths of a percent. Now, consumer confidence suffered its biggest one—month decline in more than three years. The data followed a warning from jp morgan chase ceo jamie dimon about geopolitical instability getting worse. Meanwhile, visa's share price fell more than 5% after the us justice department sued america's largest card network, accusing the company