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 sevenyearold 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 and prevented us from filming any more. From filming any more. They're still trying to control they're still trying to control this area even as they're this area even as they're coming under heavy attack. Coming under heavy attack. And that attack continued in beirut today. And that attack continued in beirut today. Once again, war on the horizon. Once again, war on the horizon. Israel says it killed israel says it killed a top military commander. A top military commander. If so, he's the latest if so, he's the latest in a long list. In a long list. But hezbollah is fighting on. But hezbollah is fighting on. Amid israel's deadly attacks, tens of thosands of lebanese are fleeing their homes. Ivo friejsen is the representative in lebanon of the united nations high commissioner for refugees. This has been ongoing at a lower rate of scale for nearly one year now. Lower rate of scale for nearly one 3 the south. So people go to from the south. So people go to various parts of the country, primarily along the coast. 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. She shared her analysis with me a short while ago. This is an escalation that many parties have sought to avoid before now. You think is this the beginning of an allout war in the region? i think it has the 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 done in different ways and done at different scales but they have not accomplished, frankly, the goals of either side. Therefore if there is to be a solution it is going to be a diplomatic solution. But to 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 agree a peace deal or a hostage release deal and temporary 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? you know, it is a 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, than the incentive to continue, they have no reason to do it. They have no reason to do it. Likewise, hezbollah is in likewise, hezbollah is in a difficult position itself. A difficult position itself. We tend to look we tend to look at hezbollah as a at hezbollah as a terrorist organisation terrorist organisation but it is a regional government but it is a regional government and a part of the and a part of the national government. National government. It is a militia, it carries out it is a militia, it carries out terrorist acts but it is all terrorist acts but it is all of those things and, of those things and, let's not forget that it lost let's not forget that it lost a great deal of regional a great deal of regional credibility when it went credibility when it went in full force to support in full force to support alassad syria for other alassad syria for other reasons. Reasons. Ok, you are not the underdog ok, you are not the underdog anymore, you are not fighting 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 or in any other place because first of all there is a veto right all there is a veto right for some aggressors and my for some aggressors and my all there is a veto right all there is a veto right for some aggressors to veto for some aggressors to veto statements, and my proposal has statements, and my proposal has been that the general been that the general assembly should have more power assembly should have more power if the security council if the security council is unable to fulfil is unable to fulfil their tasks. Their tasks. There will be a special there will be a special security council meeting today of deescalation. Security council meeting tomorrow on the situation in lebanon. Tomorrow on the situation in lebanon. What do you think that can what do you think that can achieve given what you have achieve given what you have said there? today there was also said there? today there was also a meeting on the security a meeting on the security council about ukraine. Council about ukraine. So it is probably so it is probably going to be the same going to be the same kind of meeting and discussion kind of meeting and discussion about what one should do. About what one should do. I do hope that i do hope that tomorrow something tomorrow something will happen and we can avoid will happen and we can avoid the escalation of this war. The escalation of this war. We heard mentions we heard mentions today of deescalation. And you mention yourself. We're nearly one year into the humanitarian situation in gaza, not only are those people still suffering still needs sustained international support. The world has another choice to make now. Will we sustain our support to help ukraine win this war and preserve its freedom or walk away from that aggression and let a nation be destroyed? i know my answer. I know many look at the world today and see difficulties and react with despair. But i do not. I won't. As leaders, we don't have the luxury. I recognise the challenges from ukraine, to gaza, to sudan and beyond. War, hunger, terrorism, brutality, record displacement of people, a climate crisis, democracy at risk, strangers in our societies, the promise of artificial intelligence, and its significant risk. The list goes on. But maybe because all i've seen and all we have done together over the decades, i have hope. 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 socalled 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 fullscale 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. Leaders at the un general assembly including president biden are renewing calls for an end to the war in sudan. Thousands of people have been killed since a civil war broke out between sudan's army and the paramilitary rapid support forces. The head of the world health organization told the bbc that starvation is almost everywhere in the warstricken african country. He said 12 million people have been displaced since fighting began in in april of 2023. During a visit to the white house earlier this week the leader of the united arab emirates and president biden issued a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire between the two sides. My colleague sumi somaskanda spoke to cindy mccain, executive director of the world food program. She described the situation on the ground in sudan. Sudan is in dire straits. There is famine in a camp and it is spreading and it is notjust because of the situation but we don't have the access that we need. There are several gates that are open or not open depending on the mood of the day, et cetera. We need unfettered access to get in and get in now to stop the rest of the country dropping into famine. What is the biggest impediment to access? a political impediment. We need political impediment. We need political support to help mitigate what is going on between the two factions so that we can get in. re between the two factions so that we can get in. that we can get in. Are you worried about _ that we can get in. Are you worried about the that we can get in. Are you worried about the safety i that we can get in. Are you worried about the safety of your teams on the ground as the war continues? your teams on the ground as the war continues? very much so. At the beginning war continues? very much so. At the beginning of war continues? very much so. At the beginning of this _ war continues? very much so. At the beginning of this we war continues? very much so. At the beginning of this we lost the beginning of this we lost some people so i am very worried about it. But again, we are in there. We are usually the first in and the last out. Can you give us an idea of what sort of aid you have been able to provide so far and what impact that has had? emergency food aid that _ impact that has had? emergency food aid that you _ impact that has had? emergency food aid that you think impact that has had? emergency food aid that you think of food aid that you think of we've also done cash based transfer switches helpful to the local economy and provides people a little more dignity as well. And we have a lot of stuff going on. 20 social programmes that we are working on but we need access and we need to be able to get in not just at the crossing and the one that comes up from the southeast but we need to get in front of the north and further in from port sudan. We just do not have the ability to really cover the country right now. ~... now. 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It is a very difficult situation right now. 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 the 58yearold 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 gunrelated charges. The attorney general, merrick garland, said the justice department would not tolerate violence that struck at th