This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 8th of October, these are our main stories,

rocket fire in the Middle East on several fronts as Israelis

mark the anniversary of the Hamas October the 7th attack, a hurricane heading

for Mexico and Florida is being called a once in a lifetime storm and a warning that the

world's rivers are drying up at their fastest rate in decades.

Also in this podcast, it's a moment kind of that we all didn't think would happen but

you've been waiting to see happen and it was electric.

A basketball legend brings his son to work for the day making NBA history but was

it a slam dunk?

Since the last edition of the podcast there have been vigils and ceremonies

around the world as Israel has marked the anniversary of the October the

seventh attacks and at the same time ongoing

launches of rockets and projectiles. The Israeli military says it

intercepted more than a hundred rockets fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon some targeting cities.

Israel says it responded by mounting 120 strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in less than an hour. The Huthies in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza

have also fired rockets and missiles into Israel. In a pre-recorded speech, the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep fighting.

We have outlined the goals at this war and we are achieving them.

Topling the rule of Hamas, bringing all the hostages home,

both the living and the deceased alike.

This is a sacred mission and we will not stop until we complete

it, eliminating any future threat from Hamas to Israel. For more details on the rocket attacks we heard from our correspondent Nick Beek, who's in Northern Israel.

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