Transcript of Sky News at Ten | Netanyahu hails 'historic turning point' after 'elimination' of Hezbollah leader

It's 10:00. I'm Yael Dehakim, live from Beirut. This is Sky News at 10:00. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, has been confirmed as dead after an Israeli airstrike. Israel's military calls him a murderer after releasing... Israel's military calls him a murderer, and after releasing pictures showing the coordination of the strike, says it has more capacity to fight. As the Israeli air strike on Beirut continues, Iran's Supreme Leader says the force of resistance are alongside Hezbollah. So what next for the Middle East? We'll have much more. Also ahead on Sky News at 10:00 tonight, Starma under fire as a Labor MP resigns, accusing the Prime Minister's top team of slaves. A woman who worked on Mohamed Al-Fayed's private airline tells Sky news that he sexually assaulted her. And the King returns to the Royal Spotlight, celebrating 25 years of the Scottish Parliament. Plus, we'll take a first look at tomorrow's front pages. That's in our press preview from 10:30. Hello and welcome to Beirut. The developing story today that Hassan Nasrallah, the long-time leader of Hezbollah has been confirmed dead. The IDF confirmed that the air strike they launched here on the capital in the Southern suburbs killed this 64-year-old leader.

We can show you some of those images members of that blast that took place late last night, around 6:30 in the evening, local time, where a series of blasts ended up killing the leader. Hezbollah also confirmed that he has been killed. The IDF issued a series of warnings in the dead of night, as well as today, and the airstrikes continued with many people fleeing the area. Alex Crawford has the latest. It was a night of terror for Lebanon. This was the capital city. The Israeli airstrikes have been plenty, and often, and terrifying. And there's been no stopping. Tremendous devastation as the Israeli forces hunted down one man, the leader of Hezbollah, who'd been meeting deep underground. Parts of Dakhir in the Beirut Southern suburbs have been reduced to ashes. This is a stronghold of the militant group and its loyalists, but it's also home to hundreds of thousands of people. It took until early afternoon for the militant group's television channel to declare their leader's death. Almost immediately, there was another Israeli strike on Beirut. Just a very big bang has just gone off. Albanese journalists are getting very tense. There's a lot of shouting and women screaming, actually, in the background.

Some of Nasserallah's supporters immediately took to the streets. This was the news they'd been dreading. There'll be much mourning, but also anger at his loss, a kick in the guts for the militant group. And already there are early reports of armed men roaming the streets. The militant leader hasn't been seen in public for years. The last time he gave a speech from a secret location was just over a week ago, after the coordinated booby trap pages and radio explosions used by Hezbollah members went off throughout Lebanon. He said then that Israel had dealt the group an unprecedented blow and committed a massacre against civilians. Nearly 40 people were killed, including women and children, and thousands injured. Hassan Nasrallah has a unique place in Hezbollah, a founding father of the group and political, military, and religious leader for more than three decades, as well as the leader who beat back the Israelis during two invasions. But the Israelis saw Nasrallah as enemy number one in Hezbollah, and the multiple strikes, which Iran says used powerful bunker busters, killed several commanders around him, as well as an Iranian general from the Revolutionary Guards.. The State of Israel yesterday killed the master murderer, Hassan Nasrallah.

We settled accounts with those responsible for the murder of countless Israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of Frenchmen. Nasrallah was no longer a terrorist. He was the terrorist. But the airstrikes have sparked considerable terror in the capital, with many in the Southern suburbs fleeing with their families en masse, moving from place to place overnight to try to find sanctuary. They camped on beaches, on pave, along streets, in their cars, anywhere they could find out of the way of the strikes. Emergency shelters were quickly set up on top of those already running. But there's simply not enough to cope with the huge humanitarian need right now, with aid agencies warning the situation is near to catastrophic. It's really trying to manage a house. By hours, the situation changed. This center was not here yesterday. Maybe 100 people, you see people moving in and moving out. Some people from the street coming in, some people here finding some siblings and moving in the location. To be honest, no one feels safe anywhere, but no one is even thinking about their personal safety. Looking around us. Today, we didn't even think if we were coming or not.

We just moved. The Israeli raids are by no means over yet, with no let up in the airstrikes. Hezbollah is fighting back with volleys of rockets, indicating even the loss of their leader, and all this devastation is not going to stop them. Right now, their supporters are consumed with grief. Lebanon is a country with many Hezbollah critiques, but its population is bonded right now with a communal worry and fear about the impact this will have on this volatile region. Alex Crawford, Skynews, Beirut. Well, Hassan Nasrallah had led Hezbollah for three decades. He took charge of the Lebanon Israeli's militant group after his predecessor, Abbas Al-Moussaoui, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in 1992. Nassrallah led the 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, Northern Israel, and the Golan Heights in 2006. Israel was unable to capture or kill him. Over the last three decades, Nasrallah became a trusted advisor and ally of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamaneh. Nasrallah is the most significant of the Hezbollah figures killed Israel, which has destroyed the top tier of the organization designated as terrorist by governments, including the UK. The entire operational leadership of Hezbollah is now severely degraded, limiting its ability to command its forces.

So with Israel tonight, warning that its work is not yet done, what does the future hold for the Middle East? Our Security and Defense Editor, Deborah Haynes, reports. The clearest sign yet that Israel's war with Hezbollah is about to expand even further. Israeli tanks on the border with Lebanon poised for a possible ground assault. The military chief warns of challenging days ahead. The IDF is at peak readiness, both in defense and offense, across all fronts, and is prepared for whatever comes next. A day after the killing of the leader of Hezbollah, Israel is seizing the momentum in a reversal of fortunes from last October. These reservists have just been mobilized for operations in the north. But the goal here doesn't just seem to be about securing Israeli borders. It's also about restoring deterrence in a region where military strength matters. The big question is how Hezbollah and its chief backer, Iran, will respond. On the streets of Tehran, there's anger and sorrow. Iran has declared five days of mourning. The Supreme Leader had a message of his own for Israel, read out on state television. The entire resistance forces across the region stand by Hezbollah and support it.

Resistant forces led by the proud Hezbollah are the ones who will decide the fate of this region. Israelis, though, applaud their country's operations. Just listen to the response when a lifeguard announces Nasrallah has been killed. There's resilience, too, in the face of threats. We're at the beach in Tel Aviv. People here were just enjoying the evening sunshine. Then, as you can hear, an air rage siren started. You can see behind me people now now moving, not panicking, they'd done this before, but moving to shelter. Israel is displaying a growing sense of confidence following the collapse of Hezbollah's chain of command. In Arabic, it's written to be continued. Deborah Haynes, Sky News, Tel Aviv. Well, tonight, the US President Mr. Biden said that the death of Hassan Nasrallah is a measure of justice for his many victims. Mr. Biden also insisted that the aim of the United States is now to de-escalate the conflicts in both Lebanon and Gaza. You can just hear some of the loud booms behind me as the aerial bombardment continues. It has continued here since last night with the Israelis warning that there will be no let up. Let's go live to Washington and bring in our international affairs editor, Dominic Waghorn.

Dom, the Americans have shown their support again to Israel, saying that Israel does have a right to defend itself, that this is a measure of justice, as Joe Biden said. But this idea that the situation can now be de-escalated, Just in the last few minutes, we've been hearing more bombs here in Beirut. Yeah, I think what the American President is saying is predictable. His brother is a designated terrorist organization in America, in Britain, another Western Western nations. It has killed hundreds of Americans and French nationals from other Western countries. I think it's natural that Western leaders and the American President leading amongst them should express some sense of satisfaction that Hassan Nassrallah has been killed. But also, I think Joe Biden is trying to show solidarity with the Israelis for rather strategic reasons as well. He's saying the Israelis have a right to self-defense, but he's also warning Iran from escalating or using this as an opportunity community to expand and exploit the conflict. Obviously, it's crucial for America to stand four squared with Israel because any gap between them in the minds of American policymakers could tempt the Iranians to come in and try and drive a wedge between the two.

It's very important for the Americans to show solidarity. That the logic that the Israeli Prime Minister is making for this assassination is partly a tactical one. He's saying that Hassan Esrallah was not prepared to end his attacks on Israel until the war in Gaza was over. When that became clear, he felt that there was no choice but to kill the terrorist of terrorists, as he called Hassan Nasserallah. Now, whether the Americans follow that logic or not, it's not clear. But publicly, they're showing support for the Israelis. I think behind the scenes, though, there will be a strain in the relationship, and there will be some anger and frustration, I think, because it seems while the Israelis were talking about and apparently agreeing in private to the idea of a ceasefire, they were planning a much bigger escalation in this war. In terms of a diplomatic solution, well, if you talk to the diplomats from the region, as I have been all week in the United Nations General Assembly in New York, they're in despair, really, because they say if Israel didn't take this opportunity that had been forged by the G7 countries and three Middle Eastern countries to seize and form an agree to a ceasefire.

There's very little hope of de-escalation now. In the words of one senior diplomat who knows the Israelis and the Americans very well, he said, What the Israelis have done is a kick in the teeth to Joe Biden, who would have wanted more than anything else, a ceasefire this far, a reduction in tension and conflict in the Middle East in the last month or so of his presidency, and instead, he's been given anything but. Tom, thank you so much for all of your analysis there. Well, let's bring in our special correspondent, Alex Crawford, who is here with me now. Alex, you rushed back last night from the south of the country back to Beirut. You're on the outskirts of the Southern suburbs. You have been witnessing people who, even tonight, will be sleeping in parks, in squares, because they don't feel safe going back. And we just heard those booms just now. There's a huge displacement of people. We managed to get inside Dahlia yesterday and to the hospital. There didn't seem to be a huge number of casualties. But what really struck us last night and today is how empty and eerily quiet that area is.

It's normally packed with an estimated population of 600,000 people, and there's all shops it up very, very quiet and a lot of fear and trepidation. We've been hearing all day, fairly regular bombings. It's gone on for probably around about 24 hours now after, frankly, an insane 11 days where the country, not just Beirut, has been rocked to the core with a string of events that have thrown tens of thousands of people across the country, fleeing for their lives. And then again, that was tipped up last night when more, the UNICEF was estimating dozens of thousands of people were on the move in the capital. And there's another night of that with warnings gone out from the Israeli forces that yet more areas should be evacuated. They're very broad. They're named South Lebanon, Beirut, the Southern suburbs of Beirut, and the Beccar Valley. Now, that is a huge population we're talking about, that have been told to move if they're near Hezbollah positions or Hezbollah weapons. A lot of people, even those who are staunch loyalists of Hezbollah, just don't know where those weapons are or where the fighters are based. I think there is probably an anticipation there's going to be an even greater movement of people.

The humanitarian crisis is really quite extraordinary extraordinary right now. And going out on the streets and seeing how the aid agencies are coping or not coping is literally like watching a humanitarian disaster unfolding in front of us. Yeah, very much so. And the government here continues to tell us that they are feeling overwhelmed by the movement of people. Alex, thank you so much for bringing us up to date there. Well, as you can hear, humanitarian situation unfolding as these bombardments continue. We will carry on following all the developments here from the Middle East, especially here from Beirut. But for now, Anna, back to you. Yalda, thank you. The Labor MP, Rosie Duffield, has quit the party, mounting a blistering attack on the Prime Minister. She's accused Sakeer Starmer of staggering hypocrisy for accepting thousands of pounds worth of gifts while scrapping winter fuel payments. But let's go live to Downing Street and our political correspondent, Serena Barker-Sing, and really strong words in her letter, Serena, just How awkward is this for the Prime Minister? Well, I think any backbencher quitting the party not even three months into a new government is shocking. Rosie Duffield has been open with her She's content towards the party for some time.

She's leveled criticism at Keir Starmer himself, but it's the tone and the timing of this letter, which is remarkable. The words are savage, and it's all directed towards the Prime Minister. The timing as well. The government have been waiting, hoping that this donations row would die down. Rosie Duffield is determined to keep that alive. She's written, The government is one of slees, nepotism, and apparent avarice of this government is off the scale. She says his policies, Sakeer's Dharma's policies, are cruel and unnecessary. She's linking what he's doing in government with the apparent donations and gifts that he's accepted. She says, Someone with far above average wealth choosing to keep the Conservatives two-child limit to benefit payments, which entrenches children in poverty while inexplicably accepting expensive personal gifts of designer suits and glasses is entirely undeserving of holding the title of Labor Prime Minister. So as you say, scathing attack there. Now, we approached the party tonight. They said they're not going to comment. But this is important for two reasons. As I said, it's keeping this donations row in the news agenda, something the government had hoped they'd quashed last week. But also, remember, the Conservatives were punished by voters at the ballot box this general election because of their chaos and disunity, things that Labor pointed out to voters.

Keir Starman won on a platform saying, Country first, politics second. A defection like this so early on risks sending a message that perhaps they are promising some more of the same. Serena, live in Downing Street. Thank you. Well, for more politics, do tune in tomorrow morning as all four conservative leadership candidates will be on Sunday morning with Trevor Phillips from 8:30 AM. At least 52 people have died after Hurricane Helens swept across America's Southeastern States. Tonight, officials have warned that record-breaking river flooding is ongoing in some parts. More than 3 million homes and businesses remain without power, and President Biden said the devastation was overwhelming. Our US Correspondent Martha Kellner has this report. This is 600 miles inland from where Hurricane Helene hit. But in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee, the flooding is catastrophic. More than 50 people were stranded for hours on the roof of this hospital engulfed by water. With no way of getting to them from the ground, this was the only option. It came in on the hospital. We had patients in the hospital. The chief police, along with my nephew Josh Arles, in some more, was able to get the patients to the top floor and on the roof.

I was very concerned that we was going to lose the hospital. And in Asheville, North Carolina, a tourist and university town now completes recently cut off. Rivers overflowing, straining dams, threatening to fail. This unusually large hurricane was causing havoc in Georgia, too. We got you. 911, they're coming. Wetherman Bob Van Dillon, breaking off his live report to rescue a woman trapped in her car. It's a situation we will get back to you in a little bit. I'm going to go see if I can help this lady out a little bit more, you guys. I'll be back. Then there is Bob carrying her out. Later, reuniting her with family. You good? Yeah, man. Hey, absolutely. Yeah, of course. Any time. I'll do it again. They're counting the cost of yet another hurricane in the beach towns of Florida, wondering if This life is worth it. Helen has inflicted such loss on such a colossal scale. Martha Kalmer, Sky News, Florida. A woman who worked on Mohamed Al-Fayed's private airline has told Sky News that she was sexually assaulted by the former Harrods boss. Gerry McDonald's allegations are the latest in a series of claims about Al Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94.

Sky's Matthew Thompson reports. It was supposed to be the job of her dreams. After several years working for commercial airlines, Gerry McDonald moved from her Cheshire home to the Southeast to become an air hostess for Mohamed Al Fayed's own private airline. Almost instantly, the dream became a nightmare. He'd come from behind his desk to you, and then he'd give you a hug. But it was like a grandad family member, you feel at the time. You're like, Okay. And then he'll just give you a kiss on the cheek, and then it goes from a kiss on the cheek to two kisses on the cheek. But then there was still nothing really odd up until probably my third flight that I did to Paris. I remember sitting on a chair as I am now and not having any idea that he suddenly just appeared behind me, and he just placed his hand straight into my blouse. Ultimately, she says her refusal to give in to Al-Fayed's advances cost her her job. He just told me to sit down on the settee, brought me a drink over. He sat next to me really, really, really, really closely, uncomfortably close And then he just literally grabbed my head really firmly and just pushed himself on me, started to kiss me.

And I just instinctively pushed his shoulder to get away, and he just completely turned on me, just started swearing and just told me, You're a stupid girl. What did you think I'd invited you here for? I want to have sex with you. You should take my offer because you're not going to amount to anything. Just horrible. And then he just said, Okay, well, I don't want you to work on my jet anymore. We asked Harrods Aviation for a comment on these allegations. They're yet to respond, but Harrods managing Director Michael Ward has previously said in a statement that this was a shameful period in the business's history. However, the Harrods of today is unrecognizable to Harrods under his ownership. As detailed new information has come to light over the past 18 For the next three months, the business has established a settlement process designed in consultation with independent external experts in personal injury litigation. We encourage former colleagues to contact us using this process so that we can provide the support and recourse they need. There are now dozens of women who claim to have been Al-Fayed's victims. More stories seem to appear by the day, and as they do, the questions mount for those around him.

Who knew what, when, and how was it allowed to continue? Matthew Thompson, Sky News in Essex. The King has been limiting his public appearances as he continues his treatment for cancer, and so it was inevitable that he would be asked if he was keeping well when he met people at the 25th anniversary celebrations for the Scottish Parliament today. The King told politicians at Holyrood that Scotland is a uniquely special place for the Royal family, as our correspondent, Dan Whitehead, reports. A royal fanfare for a celebration of Scottish democracy. Twenty-five years ago, the King attended the opening of the Parliament here as the Prince of Wales. Now, he returns alongside the Queen to mark a quarter century of Hollywood. We are all, at the end of each day, united by our love of Scotland because of its natural beauty, of course, but also because of its strength of character, based as it is on the extraordinary diversity of its peoples, whose range of ideas, skills, energy, passions, and frequently deeply held beliefs, never cease to inspire me. His Majesty, ensuring the subject most close to him, the climate, on his agenda. There remains much more to be done for Scotland, for the United Kingdom, and equally in addressing the challenges we all share as inhabitants of a planet whose climate is changing dangerously and whose biodiversity is being seriously depleted.

Leaders past and present filled the chamber as the royals enjoyed a spectacular Scottish culture. This was a significant public appearance for the King as he continues treatment for cancer. The King was looking extremely well today as he arrived at the Scottish Parliament, beaming with a determination to go in and mark the 25th anniversary. Met as he was by the presiding officer, he knew that the importance of the Scottish Parliament has been enormous, particularly to a nation in a time of change, but also because he cares so much about Scotland, its history, its traditions, and the direction it's choosing to go. As he met members of the community, many keen to check in on how he is. Are you keeping well, one asks, a nod from his Majesty. The King's public duties are now more limited. But this was an important visit. He is no stranger to Scotland, a place close to his heart and the Royal family as a whole. Dan Whitehead, Sky News. Let's catch up with a very latest sport now. Head to Sky Sports News and Raoul. This Sky News Sports Bulletin is brought to you by Vitality. Getting more people, more active.

Live life with Vitality. I back to Arsenal at the start of the season because I just felt as though when a team's hunting you down, eventually they get there more often than not when they're getting closer and closer in Arsenal. I thought today felt like a monumental, defining moment in this journey that Arsenal are on of trying to get to a league title. Two seasons ago, they quite simply fell apart in the last 10 games. Last season, they go so close and then you think, right, okay, they're learning, they're maturing. Some of their play, by the way, in the second half, not just a defensive play, but you think of sometimes, you used to admire the old Italian teams or the old, if you like, teams in Europe that would be able to get through and waste time and do things that frustrated the life out of you because they were so experienced. So they demonstrated that in the second half and just didn't get over the line. Look, it's nothing to do with wanting Man City to not win the title or Arsenal to win the title. In fact, we're effectively neutral with these two teams, but You just think today and tonight, where will we be in April and May with this game?

Will we be talking about going back to that final minute and what happened with the John Stones? Or will we be thinking that City win the title by one point and at that moment determines it? It's ridiculous because there'll be dropped points and there'll be mistakes and there'll be lots of victories before the end of the season. But it is that type of situation when you're up against Pep Guardioli. It makes you feel that way. There are other teams, Jamie. You're allowed to mention Liverpool who were top this morning. How are you feeling about the title race? I think it'll be a little bit similar to last season where Liverpool are just slightly behind these two teams and improving and looking to maybe really go for it next season. The manager knows everything about his squad and he looks exactly who he wants to bring in because he hasn't really bought anyone. I'm just trying to think. Keyes is more of a squad player. They brought a goalkeeper from Valencia. That's more for next season. So it's still last season's team. I still think Liverpool are the third best team. But going back to these two, I just still always want to look at the squads and I just look at that attack Manchester City have got.

De Bruyne doesn't play. I know Oldegard doesn't play, to be fair as well, but I just think they've got a little bit more in those attacking areas. I I just think they've got a little bit more. If Arsenal would have held on, it would have been a set piece goal. We know they're amazing at set pieces. We saw it last week, they win the game at Tottenham, but you can win the game on set pieces every week. Sometimes it's the quality of your players or the finish. I just think Manchester City have the edge there. It is just worth mentioning the reason we were watching the second half like that was because of the sending off just before halftime, which obviously completely changed the dynamic of that second half, which is disappointing because we wanted to see the game 11v11. We didn't see Rodri go off either. But I think that... And I think that, and I can, Arsenal will make the point, I'm sure, around the Doku kicking the ball away. They're absolutely right, too. I think we made it at the time. I think Michael Oliver had as difficult a first half as he will have for a long time because he's, quite simply, the number one referee that we have.

But it was a tough game out there for him in that first half. You could feel the heat coming upon him. But I did think that the sending off was a sending off just based upon the fact that at the start of the season, again, I'm not quite sure why they've toughened up on this rule. I sometimes think they create a problem for themselves, that the PGMOL all the way is, the IFAB, the referees body, when they create that... I'm not sure there was a big problem with kicking the ball away because of the fact now that we can add time on. If you kick the ball away for 20 seconds, I mean, I'm not saying that... If it's ridiculous to kicking it away, which I don't know what you think about it. It's almost like zero tolerance towards kicking the ball away, even if it's not nudged away a little bit. It's delaying the restart. It's not just kicking the ball away, it's actually delaying it. What I'm saying to you, were you getting wound up about delaying playing restarts last season? It wasn't something that was really bugging me. The Sky News Sports Bulletin is brought to you by Vitality.

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Com, Nancy Fielder. Welcome and great to see both of you. To the front pages then, Sunday's papers, The Observer reports on Iran threatening vengeance against Israel over the assassination of Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The Sunday Times leads with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming that Nasrallah's death will change the balance of power in the Middle East. Sunday Telegraph reports on Labor MP Rosie Duffield, leaving the party, calling Sakeer Starmer a hypocrite for accepting expensive gifts from donors while cutting winter fuel payments. The Sunday Express reports that Kemi Badenoog, a Tories leadership candidate, of course, wants to dismantle human rights laws to curb migrant boats. The Sunday People reports that British detectives have joined the probe into sex abuse claims against music mogul Sean Holmes. The Sunday Mirror reports that families of the Nottingham knife rampage victims have criticized a BBC show for what they claim are inaccuracies and sympathy towards the killer's family. A reminder, by scanning the QR code you'll see on screen during the program. You can check out those front pages while you listen to our guests. Let's head to Leon and to Nancy. Welcome to both of you. Of course, seismic changes in the Middle East with the death confirmed by both Israel and Hezbollah Hezbollah, of Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, talking about the balance of power shift by the Israeli leader today.

But this really is significant, isn't it? And what happens next, we wait and see. Yeah, incredibly significant. This has been a leader who's been in for more than 30 years of Hezbollah, so a long-standing leader there. Look, on one side, we can take solace that a terrorist leader has been eliminated, but at what cost? And what is the collateral damage of this particular operation and indeed the conflict? We're looking at numbers that say potentially 50,000 people are going to be fleeing Lebanon as a result of this. We've obviously seen a number of civilian lives being lost, as well as those of those terrorist targets that the Israeli government are targeting. So a big shift, big changes in that region again, and it appears that we're on the brink of another escalation, which is worrying for everyone. Yes, and the figures we've had from the Lebanese government today suggests a million people have been internally displaced. Clearly, A lot moving from Southern Lebanon, and now a thousand people have been killed and 6,000 wounded in the last two weeks. This started, of course, with the extraordinary pages exploding, the technology, the level of infiltration evident by Israel.

The question is now about Iran, because Hezbollah is a proxy of Iran, and the suggestion, possibly, that Iran's Supreme Leader has himself gone into hiding, such as the fear of what Israel might know. But what Iran does is to what happens next. Absolutely. I think the person they've managed to take out now and assassinate, he was in hiding, wasn't he? He was believed to have been underground. But as you say, how many thousands of lives have to be sacrificed before both sides can actually take a step forward? I know Israel are saying this is a massive thing for them. It's a historic turning point, they're saying. But I think actually the human cost is hard to get away from, and it's just going to get worse. We've been on the brink for a while. It feels like actually that has tipped now because Iran probably aren't going to sit back and do anything. We've got America that is feeling pretty powerless. It's looking pretty powerless. Actually, Israel just keeps marching on. Not everybody in Israel supports this, but it's just the human cost is absolutely staggering. Yes. Joe Biden speaking, suggesting this is a measure of justice after three decades of what you described as terrorism, reviled by many, obviously, not least in Syria, or has Hezbollah backed the work of President Assad in suppressing the Arab Spring, but loved by his followers, of which there are thousands in Lebanon still, and thousands, or the military arsenal runs to thousands.

So What happens internally? Some suggesting Lebanon should now free itself of Hezbollah after decades of a state within a state. Whether that is possible, given the thousands of militants who are in Lebanon, we don't know. We don't know. Hezbollah are severely weakened, but they have not gone away. As you say, that arsenal of weaponry is still significant. I think that's why now all eyes will be on Tehran, all eyes will be on what happens next with the Iranian response. We have to say that Throughout this conflict, the Iranian government have been relatively constrained. There's been opportunities for them to retaliate in far greater magnitude than they have. Who knows what will come after this? But I think the key thing is what's going on in Washington, DC, because ultimately, Netanyahu has no reason to listen to Biden. They're going to wait to see what happens with this knife-edge election in November. Obviously, if it's Harris, then perhaps it'll be more of the same. If it's Trump, we may well see another shift in this conflict and to see what happens there. We are at a stalemate, but just to reiterate again, what Nancy says, the human cost of this is huge, and we have to bear that in mind when discussing this story.

It's been going on now for nearly a year, October the seventh, October the eighth, marking the retaliation from Israel, many lives lost on all sides. That is a tragedy for everyone involved. I think for the future, not about what's going to happen in the next weeks on months, but we are talking about a whole generation, several generations who are growing up as children with absolutely nothing. They're seeing their friends die, they're seeing their family die. That does not warm you to a peaceful life. I think it's really actually dangerous. For as long as we can all remember this has been a problem, I don't think this response is going to make it any better. And talking is the way forward, and they're not doing it, are they? Yes. And for Israel, is the death of Nasrallah enough? Certainly, the Israeli defense minister, Yuvav Galant, has been meeting on Saturday night to see about the possibility of expanding Israel's military offensive on its northern front. We had pictures today showing the tanks massing just south of Lebanon. So whether they think an incursion is what is required, these are the pictures, as you can see, then we also wait to see.

But if there was a ceasefire agreed, has Paula always said its actions would end, if there was a ceasefire for Gaza, same with Yemen's Houthis as well, who've fired again today, then would that cause the regional escalation to calm. That's another possibility, isn't it? Well, it's certainly the hope, isn't it? And the aspiration that we find a pathway to a ceasefire. But I think up to this point, we just haven't seen that being likely. And we've had false starts and potential for ceasefires being discussed. But it doesn't seem that either side of this conflict are willing to get around the negotiating table because ultimately, there are a number of Israeli hostages that need to be released for that to happen. Is that likely? Probably not. There's, of course, the domestic political situation within Israel, which is that Benjamin Netanyahu is not terribly popular, and perhaps this conflict is helping him bolster his support at home in Israel as a means of shoring up his own political position. For me, me, I just can't see a ceasefire being realistic at this point when tensions are so high. Yes, and I suppose the point is October the seventh shows Israel's military as weakened and vulnerable, and what the Lebanon situation with the Pages, Walkie Talkies, Nasrallah, and all the other Hezbollah Commandus has done has showed them strong.

It's a strong deterrent for Israel. A year soon, October the seventh. Also that week, it'll be 100 days for the Labor Party. So let's move on to domestic matters, shall we? And excoriating letter from Rosie Duffield who talks about his technocratic style, squandering labour's lead. It's an extraordinary letter without actually having served 100 days as Prime Minister. At this stage, you're right. It's Absolutely scathing. I don't think it's as simple as some of the headlines make it out. I don't think this is just about what clothes is had for free, although we're all staggered by that. I don't think it's even just about the winterfield cuts all the free, but I don't think genuinely they get on. But I think also She knows that public opinion is on her side when it comes to anybody who says, I can't believe how terrible the Tories were. Weren't they sleazy and corrupt? And then he's doing exactly the same thing. And nobody cares if it's within the rules. If it's within the rules, the rules are wrong. And he has the power to change that. I'm just really sadden that we've got a new government that comes out and is so out of touch.

How have we got there so quickly? That's exactly the point. She says, In particular, the recent... Hold on. As Prime Minister, your managerial and technocratic approach and lack of basic politics and political instincts have come crashing down us as a party after we worked so hard, promised so much, and waited a long 14 years to be mandated by the British public to return to power. It goes on and on about the hypocrisy of it, but that lack of political sensitivity is what you really feel as you read this letter. The big problem with the last few governments was people felt they were completely different. They weren't like us. Actually, we've got a brand new one who promised different, and here they are exactly the same. What is the difference? It just sums up everybody who didn't bother to vote because they're all as bad as each other. Here's your proof within 100 days. This is the problem when you run on a holier than now ticket, which Obviously, Labor did, and you are going to come under scrutiny. Clearly, this is a blow for Keir Starmer. It's been a bad week for Keir Starmer, probably the worst of his short reign so far.

For Rosie Duffield to quit, okay, it's not going to make a dent in his huge majority, but it is pointing to a disunited Labor Party. I think as this Parliament runs on, as the political issues pile up, there's going to be some headaches for Keir Starmer going forward, and this might just be the least of his worries. Yeah, and whether it has an impact on the budget as well, whether it's toned down in any way. We'll have to wait and see after the non-Doms Will Make No Money suggestion a few days ago. We'll talk about the other side, the Tories, the leadership hopefuls, and the one who's vowing to dismantle human rights laws to curb migrant boats. Back in the night. We arrive, a secret hospital hidden in the Myanmar jungle, treating the victims of this bloody war. This is Myanmar today. It's military rulers that don't want the world to see, but we have. I fight for my own future. I fight for my generation's future. This is an actual crime. They don't care for them. My and my army is only a couple of kilometers away. So this is a major humanitarian disaster.

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Another party conference coming up, this time the Conservatives. Richie Sunak has already arrived. It feels like a blast in the past, doesn't it? There we are. Anyway, in the meantime, the four candidates who remain in the race are out in the Sunday papers. Hold on. We want to see the Sunday Express at this point, but it doesn't matter. Kemi's Vow to Stop the Boats and crushed toy leadership favorite, Robert Jenrick, is their exclusive, an interview. I feel like Stop the Boats is something we've heard a lot of. Does she have any solutions? Because elsewhere, there's more quite interesting things she said. Yes. Well, as you say, Stop the Boats, It's the same old narrative, isn't it? I think she hasn't got any new solutions other than she's saying she will be considering leaving the European Convention on Human Rights if that's what it takes. Now, it's the same narrative that we heard under the previous government. That said, I think Kemi's team will be quite pleased with this spread because she's got the splash on the Express, and she's got a splash on the Sunday Telegraph, too. And inside pages I see here in my pile as well.

But yeah, carry on. Which is not a bad spread for her. But ultimately, this is going to be an interesting conference because what can these four leadership candidates say that hasn't been said already? All four of them serve senior positions in the previous government. And the question for the voters is going to be, Well, why didn't you do it? Why didn't you advocate for it when you were around that cabinet table? Well, let's throw in something else that Kemi Badenock said. This is on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph. Not all cultures are equally valid, is the implication here. She explained that culture is more than cuisine or clothes, but is also Customs, which may be at odds with British values, we cannot be naive and assume immigrants will automatically abandon ancestral ethnic hostilities at the border, or that all cultures are equally valid. They are not. I'm struck, for example, by the number of recent immigrants to the UK who hate Israel. So who's she targeting here? And why doesn't she say it? Well, there's the point, isn't it? She's saying that nobody's saying it. I'm going to stand up and say it, but doesn't actually say it.

I mean, it's very right wing. It's very much, let's close the borders. We don't want these people in. But yet she hasn't actually got the guts to come out and what she says other people aren't saying. Actually, a lot of it is just if you read further on, she says when her family immigrated, it was all about writing letters, and it could take weeks. And so they felt really English. But now with WhatsApp, it's completely different, and you don't lose your home values. It just seems a load of nonsense. It seems like she's giving people what they want without actually any answers at all. But it's almost an attack on the idea of multiculturalism and suggesting we do need better integration, which I know many people in this country will probably agree with her about. But it's the fundamentals of who we are as a nation, isn't it? It is. And look, I think she's got a point in that there does need to be a deal of integration. My family came to this country, as all my grandparents came to this country as immigrants and did their best to integrate whilst retaining the heritage, whilst retaining those nice things about different cultures that I think we all benefit from.

But what's striking here is the line, I think, where Kemi says, Recent immigrants to the UK who hate Israel. That seems to be pointing at potentially Islamic migration to this country. I think Tony Blair made an interesting point, which was that we left the European Union, which meant that we had less European migration to this country, and it's been replaced, therefore, by more Islamic immigration from countries in Africa and Middle East and beyond. Then Kemi has to answer the question, Well, what happens with migration? Because we cannot simply say we're closing the borders, the economy will collapse. I think that's what Kemi Badenock needs to say, Robert Genwick needs to say, What's the alternative? What are you going to do? When it was a shortage of staff that led to the borders being opened to the quantity that they did for legal migration in the first place, isn't it? But they're not coming up with any answers or saying, Actually, this is how we would like to deal with people coming in. They haven't had their conference yet. You don't know, they might be. It's just very much it's easy to stir up hatred and to say these people come in with these views and it's all wrong.

Where's the solution? What are we going to do about it then? Just quickly on the Matt cartoon, which I know we haven't blown up, so you can't read it. But anyway, it's delegates arriving with no trousers on saying, I'm not wearing a suit in case people think a millionaire paid for it. So it's rumbling on, isn't it? Also from the page of the Telegraph as well, Boris Johnson, I'm no longer sure medieval lockdowns defeated COVID. Leon. Yeah, interesting. Boris is obviously doing his best to sell his book, which is his prerogative to do so. But he's ultimately saying that he's now skeptical of the role that lockdowns had in defeating COVID. I think it's going to be- He struggled with it. He called it being a prison. He had this libertarian streak, did he not? Which meant it was against the grain for him. He did it. But he still did it. But ultimately, what else could you have done at that point? We didn't have a blueprint, and maybe that's a failure of planning. But what else was there to do. We didn't know what the international fatality rate was at the time. We didn't know.

So lockdowns, in retrospect, yes, perhaps they were a little bit over the top. Perhaps they weren't great for the NHS in the backlog. But what was the alternative at that point? This is entirely reflective of how it was as Prime Minister. One day it's this, one day it's another thing. I think we can all just be relieved that actually he's just trying to write books now rather than what you dream. And final story, just very quickly as well. I believe my mother chose to end her days at Balmoral. Story on the front page of the Sunday Times, recognizing the Palace of Hollywood as well, and talking about the uniquely special place for Scotland there. Anyway, lots more still to come in the next part of our program. We will take a look at the very latest from Lebanon with the death of Hassan Nasrallah. Back in a moment. We've got your Sunday mornings covered. From the front page and the sounds of the streets to the voices of the people who make the major calls and big picture politics beyond Westminster. We'll put you at the heart of our story. A new start to Sunday.

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This is Sky News at 11:00, the headlines this evening. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, is confirmed dead after an Israeli airstrike. As the Israeli assault continues, Iran's Supreme Leader warns that Nasrallah's death will not go unavenged. But Israel calls Nasrallah a murderer and warns its work is not yet done. Also ahead, Starma under fire as a Labor MP resigns, accusing the Prime Minister's top team of slees. A woman who worked on Mohamed Al-Fayed's private airline tells Sky News that he sexually assaulted her. We'll have a full look at the front pages. That's coming up in our press preview at 11:30. Hello, good evening. The leader of Hezbollah is dead. The news confirmed by the Lebanese militant group and a development which could have seismic consequences for the Middle East. Hassan Nasrallah died following a barrage of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut. Iran has warned Israel it will regret its actions, saying all the forces of resistance stand alongside Hezbollah and that Nasrallah's death will not go unavenged. Tonight, Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that the killing was an historical turning point. And that Israel's work is not yet done. Our special correspondence, Alex Crawford, is on the outskirts of Tahrir, where Nasrallah died, and has this report.

It was a night of terror for Lebanon. This was the capital city. The Israeli airstrikes have been plenty, and often, and terrifying. There's been no stopping. Tremendous devastation as the Israeli forces hunted down one man, the leader of Hezbollah, who'd been meeting deep underground. Parts of Dakhia, in the Beirut Southern suburbs have been reduced to ashes. This is a stronghold of the militant group and its loyalists, but it's also home to hundreds of thousands of people. It took until early afternoon for the militant group's television channel to declare their leader's death. Almost immediately, there was another Israeli strike on Beirut. Just a very big bang has just gone off. Albanese journalists are getting very tense. There's a lot of shouting and women screaming, actually, in the background. Some of Nasserolli's supporters immediately took to the streets. This was the news they'd been dreading. There'll be much mourning, but also anger at his loss, a kick in the guts for the militant group. And already there are early reports of armed men roaming the streets. The militant leader hasn't been seen in public for years. The last time he to save a speech from a secret location was just over a week ago, after the coordinated booby trap pages and radio explosions used by Hezbollah members went off throughout Lebanon.

He said then that Israel had dealt the group an unprecedented blow and committed a massacre against civilians. Nearly 40 people were killed, including women and children, and thousands injured. Hassan Nasrallah has a unique place in Hezbollah, a founding father of the group and political, military, and religious as a dangerous leader for more than three decades, as well as the leader who beat back the Israelis during two invasions. But the Israelis saw Nasrallah as enemy number one in Hezbollah, and the multiple strikes, which Iran says used powerful bunker busters, killed several commanders around him, as well as an Iranian general from the Revolutionary Guards. The State of Israel yesterday killed the master murderer, Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah. We settled accounts with those responsible for the murder of countless Israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of Frenchmen. Nasrallah was no longer a terrorist. He was the terrorist. But the airstrikes have sparked considerable terror in the capital, with many in the Southern suburbs, fleeing with their families en masse, moving from place to place overnight to try to find sanctuary. They camped on beaches, on pavements, along streets, in their cars.

Was, anywhere they could find out of the way of the strikes. Emergency shelters were quickly set up on top of those already running. But there's simply not enough to cope with the huge humanitarian need right now, with aid agencies warning the situation is near to catastrophic. It's really trying to manage the chaos. By the hours, the situation changed. This center was not here yesterday. Maybe 100 people, you see people moving in and moving out. Some people from the street coming in, some people here finding some siblings and moving in their location. To be honest, no one feels safe anywhere, but no one is even thinking about their personal safety. Looking around us, today, we didn't even We don't need to come. If we're coming or not, we just move. The Israeli raids are by no means over yet, with no let up in the airstrikes. Hezbollah is fighting back with volleys of rockets, indicating even the loss of their leader, and all this devastation is not going to stop them. Right now, their supporters are consumed with grief. Lebanon's a country with many Hezbollah critiques, but its population is bonded right now with a communal worry and fear about the impact this will have on this volatile region.

Alex Crawford, Sky News, Beirut. Well, Hazan Nasrallah had led Hezbollah for three decades. He took charge of the Lebanese militant group after his predecessor, Abbas Al-Moussaoui, was assassinated in an Israeli air strike in 1992. Nasrallah led the 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, Northern Israel, and the Golan Heights in 2006. Israel then, of course, unable to capture or kill him. Over the last three decades, Nasrallah became a trusted adviser and ally of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khomeneh. Nasrallah is the most significant of the Hezbollah figures, killed by Israel, which has destroyed the top tiers of the organization. Designated as terrorist by governments, including the UK. The entire operational leadership of Hezbollah is now severely downgraded, limiting its ability to command its forces. With Israel tonight, warning that its work is not yet done. What does the future hold for the Middle East? Our Security and Defense Editor, Deborah Haynes, has more. The clearest sign yet that Israel's war with Hezbollah is about to expand even further. Israeli tanks on the border with Lebanon poised for a possible ground assault. The military chief warns of challenging days ahead. The IDF is at peak readiness, both in defense and offense, across all fronts and is prepared for whatever comes next.

A day after the killing of the leader of Hezbollah, Israel is seizing the momentum in a reversal of fortunes from last October. These reservists have just been mobilized for operations in the north. But the goal here doesn't just seem to be about securing Israeli borders. It's also about restoring deterrence in a region where military strength matters. The big question is how Hezbollah and its chief backer, Iran, will respond. On the streets of Tehran, there's anger and sorrow. Iran has declared five days of mourning. The Supreme Leader had a message of his own for Israel, read out on state television. The entire resistance forces across the region stand by Hezbollah and support it. Resistant forces led by the proud Hezbollah are the ones who will decide the fate of this region. Israelis, though, applaud their country's operations. Just listen to the response when a lifeguard announces Nassrallah has been killed. There's resilience, too, in the face of threats. We're at the beach in Tel Aviv. People here were just enjoying the evening sunshine. Then, as you can hear, an air rage siren started. You can see behind me people now moving, not panicking, they'd done this before, but moving to shelter.

Israel is displaying a growing sense of confidence following the collapse of Hezbollah's chain of command. In Arabic, it's written to be continued. Deborah Haynes, Sky News, Tel Aviv. Well, tonight, the US President, Joe Biden, said that the death of Haseran Nasrallah is a measure of justice for his many victims. Mr. Biden also insisted that the aim of the United States is now to de-escalate the conflicts in both Lebanon and Gaza through diplomatic means. Our international affairs editor, Dominic Wacorn, has more details from Washington. Yeah, I think what the American President is saying is predictable. His father is a designated terrorist organization in America, in Britain, and other Western nations. It has killed hundreds of Americans and French nationals from other Western countries. I think it's natural that Western leaders and the American President leading amongst them should express some sense of satisfaction that Hassan Nassrallah has been killed. But also, I think Joe Biden is trying to show solidarity with the Israelis for rather strategic reasons as well. He's saying the Israelis have a right to self-defense, but he's also warning Iran from escalating or using this as an opportunity to expand and exploit the conflict.

Obviously, it's crucial for America to stand four squared with Israel because any gap between them in the minds of American policymakers could tempt the Iranians to come in and try and drive a wedge between the two. It's very important for the Americans to show solidarity. That the logic that the Israeli Prime Minister is making for this assassination is partly a tactical one. He's saying that Hassan Nasserallah was not prepared to end his attacks on Israel until the war in Gaza was over. When that became clear, he felt that there was no choice but to kill the terrorist of terrorists, as he called Hassan Nasserallah. Now, whether the Americans follow that logic or not, it's not clear, but publicly, they're showing support for the Israelis. I think behind the scenes, though, there will be a strain in the relationship, and there will be some anger and frustration, I think, because it seems while the Israelis were talking about and apparently agreeing in private to the idea of a ceasefire, they were planning a much bigger escalation in this war. In terms of a diplomatic solution, well, if you talk to the diplomats from the region, as I have been all week in the United Nations General Assembly Assembly in New York, they're in despair, really, because they say if Israel didn't take this opportunity that had been forged by the G7 countries and three Middle Eastern countries to seize and form an agree to a ceasefire, there's very little hope of de-escalation now.

In the words of one senior diplomat who knows the Israelis and the Americans very well, he said, What the Israelis have done is a kick in the teeth to Joe Biden, who would have wanted more than anything else, a ceasefire, a reduction in tension and conflict in the Middle East in the last month or so of his presidency, and instead, he's been given anything but. Dominic Waghorn there, keeping an eye certainly on what is happening in Lebanon. In the meantime, to domestic matters, the Labor MP, Rosie Duffield, has quit the party, mounting a blistering attack on the Prime Minister. She has accused Sakeer Starmer of staggering hypocrisy for accepting thousands of pounds worth of gifts while scrapping winter fuel payments. Let's get more from Serena Buckersing. Well, I think any backbencher quitting the government, not even, sorry, quitting the party, not even three months into a new government is shocking. Rosie Duffield has been open with her discontent towards the party for some time. She's leveled criticism at Keir Starmer himself, but it's the tone and the timing of this letter, which is remarkable. The words are savage, and it's all directed towards the Prime Minister.

The timing as well. I mean, the government had been waiting, hoping that this donations row would die down. Rosie Duffield is determined to keep that alive. She's written, The government is one of slees, nepotism, and apparent avarice of this government is off the scale. She says, His policies, Sakeer's Dharma's policies, are cruel and unnecessary. She's linking what he's doing in government with the apparent donations and gifts that he's accepted. She says, Someone with far above average wealth choosing to keep the Conservatives two-child limit to benefit payments, which entrenches children in poverty while inexplicably accepting expensive personal gifts of designer suits and glasses is entirely undeserving of holding the title of Labor Prime Minister. So as you say, a scathing attack there. Now, we approached the party tonight. They said they're not going to comment, but this is important for two reasons. As I said, it's keeping this donations in the news agenda, something the government had hoped they'd quashed last week. But also remember that the Conservatives were punished by voters at the ballot box this general election because of their chaos and disunity, things that Labor pointed out to voters. And Keir Starman won on a platform saying, Country first, politics second.

A defection like this so early on risks sending a message that perhaps they are promising. Some more of the same. And for more politics, do tune in tomorrow morning, as all four conservative leadership candidates will be on Sunday morning with Trevor Phillips. That is from 8:30 AM, ahead of the Conservatives party conference. Now, a woman who worked on Mohamed Al-Fayed's private airline has told Sky News that she was sexually assaulted by the former Harrods boss. Gerry McDonald's allegations are the latest in a series of claims about Al-Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94. Sky's Matthew Thompson reports. It was supposed to be the job of her dreams. After several years working for commercial airlines, Gerry McDonald moved from her Cheshire home to the south-east to become an air hostess for Mohamed Al-Fiyad's own private airline. Almost instantly, the dream became a nightmare. He'd come from behind his desk to you, and then he'd give you a hug. But it was like a grandad family member, you feel at the time. You're like, Okay. And then he'll just give you a kiss on the cheek, and then it goes from a kiss on the cheek to two kisses on the cheek.

But then there was still nothing really odd up until probably my third flight that I did to Paris. And I remember sitting on a chair as I am now, and not having any idea that he suddenly just appeared he had his hand behind me and he just placed his hand straight into my blouse. Ultimately, she says her refusal to give in to Al-Fayed's advances cost her her job. He just told me to sit down on the settee, brought me a drink over, He sat next to me really, really, really closely, uncomfortably close. And then he just literally grabbed my head really firmly and just pushed himself on me, started to kiss me. And I just He instinctively pushed his shoulder to get away, and he just completely turned on me, just started swearing and just told me, You're a stupid girl. What did you think I'd invited you here for? I want to have sex with you. You should take my offer because you're not going to amount to anything. Just horrible. And then he just said, Okay, well, I don't want you to work on my jet anymore. We asked Harrods Aviation for to comment on these allegations.

They're yet to respond. But Harrods' managing director, Michael Ward, has previously said that this was a shameful period in the business's history. The Harrods of today is unrecognizable to Harrods under his ownership. As detailed new information has come to light over the past 18 months, the business has established a settlement process, designed in consultation with independent external experts in personal injury litigation. We encourage former colleagues to contact us this process so that we can provide the support and recourse they need. There are now dozens of women who claim to have been Al-Fayed's victims. More stories seem to appear by the day. And as they do, the questions mount for those around him. Who knew what, when, and how was it allowed to continue? Matthew Thompson, Sky News in Essex. At least 52 people have died after Hurricane Helens swept across America's Southeastern States. Tonight, officials have warned record-breaking river flooding is ongoing in some parts. More than 3 million homes and businesses remain without power. President Biden said the devastation was overwhelming. Our US correspondent Martha that has this report. This is 600 miles inland from where Hurricane Helene hit. But in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee, the flooding is catastrophic.

More than 50 people were stranded for hours on the roof of this hospital engulfed by water. With no way of getting to them from the ground, this was the only option. It came in on the hospital. We had patients in the hospital. The Chief Police, along with my nephew Josh Arles and some more, was able to get the patients to the top floor and on the roof. I was very concerned that we was going to lose the hospital. In Asheville, North Carolina, a tourist and university town, now completely cut off. Rivers overflowing, straining dams, threatening to fail. This unusually large hurricane was causing havoc in Georgia, too. We got you. 911, they're coming. Weatherman Bob Van Dillon, breaking off his live report to rescue a woman trapped in her car. It's a situation. We will get back to you in a little bit. I'm going to go see if I can help this lady out a little bit more, you guys. I'll I'll be back. Then there is Bob carrying her out. Later, reuniting her with family. You good? Yeah, man. Hey, absolutely. Of course. Any time. I'll do it again. They're counting the cost of yet another hurricane in the beach towns of Florida, wondering if this life is worth it.

Helen has inflicted such loss on such a colossal scale. Martha Kellner, Sky News, Florida. The King has been limiting his public appearances as he continues his treatment for cancer, and so it was inevitable that he would be asked if he was keeping well when he met people at the 25th anniversary celebrations for the Scottish Parliament today. The King told politicians at Holyrood that Scotland is a uniquely special place for the Royal family, as our correspondent, Dan Whitehead, reports. A royal fanfare for a celebration of Scottish democracy. Twenty-five years ago, the King attended the opening of the Parliament here as the Prince of Wales. Now, he returns alongside the Queen to mark a quarter century of Holyrood. We are all, at the end of each day, united by our love of Scotland, because of its natural beauty, of course, but also because of its strength of character, based, as it is, on the extraordinary diversity of its peoples, whose range of ideas, skills, energy, passions, and frequently deeply held beliefs, never cease to inspire me. Leaders past and present filled the chamber as the royals enjoyed a spectacle of Scottish culture. This was a significant public appearance for the King as he continues treatment for cancer.

The King was looking extremely well today as he arrived at the Scottish Parliament, beaming with a determination to go in and mark the 25th anniversary. Met as he was by the presiding officer, he knew that the importance of the Scottish Parliament has been enormous, particularly to a nation in a time of change, but also because he cares so much about Scotland, its history, its traditions, and the direction it's choosing to go. As he met members of the community, many keen to check in on how he is. Are you keeping well? Are you keeping well? One asks, a nod from His Majesty. The King's public duties are now more limited. But this was an important visit. He is no stranger to Scotland, a place close to his heart and the Royal family as a whole. Dan Whitehead, Sky News. Well, we've got the sport next, how Liverpool took full advantage of a slip-up by Premier League champions in Manchester City. Our app gives you the very best of sky news wherever you are. Breaking news, videos, analysis up at 6%. Podcasts, watching us live. Join It brings us life all in one place, and all at just the touch of a screen.

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I back to Arsenal at the start of the season because I just felt as though when a team's hunting you down, eventually they get there more often than not when they're getting closer and closer in Arsenal. I thought today felt like a monumental defining moment in this journey that Arsenal are on of trying to get to a league title. Two seasons ago, they quite simply fell apart in the last 10 games. Last season, they go so close and then you think, right, okay, they're learning, they're maturing. Some of their play, by the way, in the second half, not just a defensive play, but you think of sometimes, you used to admire the old Italian teams or the old, if you like, teams in Europe that would be able to get through and waste time and do things that frustrated the life out of you because they were so experienced. So they demonstrated that in the second half and just didn't get over the line. Look, it's nothing to do with wanting Manu City to not win the title or Arsenal to win the title. In fact, we're effectively neutral with these two teams. But you just think today and tonight, Where will we be in April and May with this game?

Will we be talking about going back to that final minute and what happened with the Johnstones? Or will we be thinking that City win the title by one point and at that moment determines it? It's ridiculous because there'll be dropped points and there'll be mistakes and there'll be lots of victories before the end of the season. But it is that type of situation when you're up against Pep Guardioli. It makes you feel that way. There are other teams, Jamie. You're allowed to mention Liverpool who were top this morning. How are you feeling about the title race? I think I think it'll be a little bit similar to last season where Liverpool are just slightly behind these two teams and improving and looking to maybe really go for it next season. The manager knows everything about his squad, and he looks exactly who he wants to bring in because he I didn't really bought anyone. I'm just trying to think. Keyes is more of a squad player. They brought a goalkeeper from Valencia. That's more for next season. So it's still last season's team. I still think Liverpool are the third best team. But going back to these two, I just still always want to look at the squads and I just look at that attack Manchester City have got.

De Bruyne doesn't play. I know Older God doesn't play, to be fair as well, but I just think they've got a little bit more in those attacking areas. I just think they've got a little bit more. If Arsenal would have held on. It would have been a set piece goal. We know they're amazing at set pieces. We saw it last week, they win the game at Tottenham, but you can't win the game on set pieces every week. Sometimes it's got the quality of your players or the finishing. I just think Manchester City have the edge there. It is just worth mentioning the reason we were watching the second half like that was because of the sending off just before halftime, which obviously completely changed the dynamic of that second half, which is disappointing because we wanted to see the game 11v11. We didn't see Rodri go off either. But I think that... And I can, Arsenal will make the point, I'm I'm sure around the Daku kicking the ball away. They're absolutely right, too. I think we made it at the time. I think Michael Oliver had as difficult a first half as he will have for a long time because he's quite simply, the number one referee that we have.

But it was a tough game out there for him in that first half. You could feel the heat coming upon him. But I did think that the sending off was a sending off just based upon the fact that at the start of the season... Again, I'm not quite sure why they've toughened up on this rule. I sometimes think they create a problem for themselves, the PGMOL all the way. Is it IFAB, the referee's body? When they create I'm not sure there was a big problem with kicking the ball away because of the fact now that we can add time on. If you kick the ball away for 20 seconds, I'm not saying that... If it's ridiculous to kick it away, which I don't know what you think about it. It's almost like zero tolerance towards kicking the ball away, even if it's not nudged away a little bit. It's still in the restart. It's not... The Sky News Sports Bulletin is brought to you by Vitality. We'll come up next. We have the press preview tonight, joined by the political and PR consultant, Leon Emmerali, and the Editor-in-Chief of Nationalworld. Com, Nancy Fielder. Looking at the papers, of course, including this on the front page of the Sunday Times, the headline for the paper, Israel strikes a huge blow, but for revenge.

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