the republican candidate. sacked bbc presenter jermaine jenas apologises for sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues but denies any illegal activity. and ukraine marks 33 years of independence, amidst the ongoing war with russia. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. we begin in germany, where police have launched a manhunt after three people were killed in a suspected knife attack in the western city of solingen. four others were seriously injured during the incident on friday. this is what we know so far. local media is reporting a man randomly stabbed passers—by as the city hosted a festival marking its 650th anniversary. police have asked local residents to avoid the area, and have imposed

a security cordon. a spokesperson for the local police force said it was not clear if the suspected attacker still poses a threat. translation: we assume a single offender. - he's on the run, he killed three people at the city festival and seriously injured at least four, so we can't say he's not dangerous. but is he still on the run and looking for more victims? that would all be speculation, but of course i can't say 100% there is no danger from this person. that's why we still advise caution. the mayor of solingen has reacted to the incident. here's more from our reporterjack surfleet. some details from the mayor of solingen, who has posted on social media. it's translated from german so it's not verbatim. he says everyone who turned out to celebrate the city's anniversary was in a state of shock, horror and great grief.

his message says the attack in solingen breaks his heart. he has thanked the emergency services. he adds that there are tears in his eyes for those who have died. he said he prayed for those still fighting for their lives and expresses his greatest sympathies for those who have had to experience this. these images must have been horrific. those who were attending the event, some have spoken to local media, again not verified by the bbc at the moment, but some are kind of talking about their confusion of finding out what was happening at the time. as you can imagine, thousands of people at the event in the market square of the city, lots of music playing, it must have been incredibly confusing, and then incredibly distressing for these people. we're talking about the statistics, but a human impact for those attending the event tonight. let's give you the latest on the british superyacht that sank near sicily. prosecutors on the italian

island will outline their initial finding of the investigation into the sinking on saturday. seven people died when the bayesian went down during a storm on monday. among those killed was the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch, and his 18—year—old daughter hannah. jessica parker reports. smiling and happy. mike lynch, a man who had carved out a highly successful career in tech, his arm around his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. in tributes today he was described as a caring man with a brilliant mind. she as ferociously intelligent, warm and kind. what is believed to be her body was the last to be brought her sister so she was endlessly supportive, caring and joyful. what is believed to be her body was the last to be brought ashore after divers spent days exploring the yacht�*s wreckage just outside porticello harbour. the bayesian is lying on the sea bed, 50 metres deep.

it went down during a violent storm in the early hours of monday morning. this sd model shows the design of the yachts. you can see the master suite, guest quarters and crew quarters, with rooms connected to the upper deck by a staircase. why couldn't some escape? the key to investigations will be this man, the captain. translation: in man, the captain. translation: ., , ., translation: in italy we have the crime of — translation: in italy we have the crime of causing _ translation: in italy we have the crime of causing a - the crime of causing a shipwreck and it will need to be determined if the captain and crew played a role. they will also investigate whether the crime of manslaughter might apply, particularly if there is evidence of negligent behaviour by the captain all the crew. guests had been celebrating mike lynch's acquittal on fraud charges. out of 22 passengers and crew, seven lost their lives. mike and hannah lynch, the morgan stanley boss jonathan bloomer and his wife judy, lawyer chris morvillo and his wife neda, and the chef recaldo thomas. but the youngest was hannah.

as her school flew its flag at half mast, one classmate said, "when i think of hannah, i think of poetry, sunshine and her beautiful eyes. " when we have those initial findings, we will bring them to you. to the us now, where robert f kenneder has appeared on stage alongside donald trump, just hours after suspending his independent campaign for the white house to back the republican candidate. # there goes my hero. after introducing him at a rally in arizona, mr trump promised to open an office to investigate the assassination of his uncle, the democrat president john f kennedy. earlier, rfkjrsaid he was pausing his campaign because he realised he had no path to victory

and he was aligned on key issues with mr trump. this is what donald trump said when he introduced robert f kenneder. for the past 16 months, bobby has won an extraordinary campaign for the president of the united states. i know, because it also went after me a couple of times. i didn't like it. and i mean this sincerely. had he been allowed to enter the democrat primary, he would have easily beatenjoe biden, but they wouldn't let him in. so who is robert f kenneder? he is the nephew of former presidentjohn f kennedy and the son of former presidential candidate robert f kennedy. he initially launched his campaign for the democratic nomination, before switching to run as an independent. mr kennedy had been running on a message of economic populism, as well as criticism of the two major parties. and since the covid—i9 pandemic, he became known for his anti—vaccine stance.

but how much does his endorsement actually matterfor november? let's speak to democrat strategist lindy li. thank you so much forjoining us. we mentioned there the big question, how much does this actually matter? opinion polls, if you look at the average, has him at about 5%. so how much does this really matter?- does this really matter? thank ou so does this really matter? thank you so much — does this really matter? thank you so much for— does this really matter? thank you so much for having - does this really matter? thank you so much for having me. i l you so much for having me. i don't think it matters that much, especially since his trajectory is downwards. his influence is waning. i think this isjust sour grapes influence is waning. i think this is just sour grapes from him, he demanded a meeting with kamala harris and didn't get one. inaudible. she and his ego is hurt, so he is trying to grab attention for himself. —— she declined. in a

himself. -- she declined. in a memo that — himself. -- she declined. in a memo that the _ himself. -- she declined. in a memo that the trump - himself. —— she declined. in a memo that the trump campaign, a pulse to put out, they said it's good news for his campaign, plain and simple. —— a pollster put out. but they keep going for the line about trump andjd keep going for the line about trump and jd vance being weird. how much of a liability could this be, this endorsement, given rfkjr�*s own history and views? given rfk jr's own history and views? , ., given rfk jr's own history and views? , ._ , , ., views? every day there seems to be another _ views? every day there seems to be another controversy. - views? every day there seems to be another controversy. just - views? every day there seems to be another controversy. just a i be another controversy. just a few weeks ago, we learned he dumped the body of a dead there in the middle of central park. i kid you not. about a presidential candidate. and i'm not going to get into his adultery and the family drama. he is nothing but bad news. honestly, this party is weird, a party that condemns women as childless cat ladies, and deranged psychopaths for not

having children. the way that governor tim walz came up with fits seamlessly.— fits seamlessly. looking at the race more _ fits seamlessly. looking at the race more broadly, _ fits seamlessly. looking at the race more broadly, when - fits seamlessly. looking at the race more broadly, when it - race more broadly, when it comes to the battleground states, kamala harris and donald trump will travel to all of those as well, i wonder at this point how close you think the race truly is? the this point how close you think the race truly is?— the race truly is? the race is widening _ the race truly is? the race is widening but _ the race truly is? the race is widening but we _ the race truly is? the race is widening but we shouldn't i the race truly is? the race is l widening but we shouldn't rest on our laurels, we should make them ten points behind. we were heartened by the poll last week indicating kamala harris ahead indicating kamala harris ahead in the states that matter most, michigan, wisconsin and my home state pennsylvania. she is going to be out there every single day and week making the stops that truly matter. just before the convention, she did a tour of western pennsylvania. she is not taking a single day for granted. it is critical because it gives her chance to

engage with americans one on a much smaller scale than the epic rallies we have seen in airport hangars.— epic rallies we have seen in airport hangars. thanks so much for our airport hangars. thanks so much for your analysis. _ to the middle east next, where negotiations for a ceasefire in gaza are set to continue into their third week. president biden spoke with his egyptian counterpart abdel fattah el—sisi on friday as both countries, along with qatar, push israel and hamas to accept the terms of a deal brokered last month. it comes in a week where the us secretary of state antony blinken met with regional leaders in his ninth trip to the middle east since the conflict began over ten months ago. hamas has so far refused to directly take part in the talks in cairo, with the group accusing the israelis of acting in bad faith. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. thanks forjoining us this morning. so often we ask how close are we to a deal. i'm

going to ask you again. where are we at? i going to ask you again. where are we at?— are we at? i think the united states is very _ are we at? i think the united states is very keen _ are we at? i think the united states is very keen to - are we at? i think the united states is very keen to make | states is very keen to make these negotiations go, whether a deal will be reached or not, may be for two reasons. first to push kamala harris's position and the democrats' position and the democrats' position in the elections, and the second reason is to avoid a widening conflict in the region that might involve iran and might involve a big conflict with hezbollah in northern israel. answering your question, how close to a deal, it's very hard to say.— it's very hard to say. when it comes to — it's very hard to say. when it comes to one _ it's very hard to say. when it comes to one of— it's very hard to say. when it comes to one of the - it's very hard to say. when it| comes to one of the tensions and stumbling blocks in the deal, there is also the issue of israel's presence on the border between gaza and egypt. could you put some of that in context, and what we have heard so far about it? i context, and what we have heard so far about it?— so far about it? i think this is the main _ so far about it? i think this is the main point - so far about it? i think this is the main point of - so far about it? i think this

is the main point of the . is the main point of the negotiations at the moment. that's why president biden called the leaders of qatar and egypt to make sure this is happening. it looks like benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, showed some flexibility that he would withdraw from some parts of this corridor, not all of it. this situation is making it look like the main point of negotiation is between israel and egypt, rather than israel and egypt, rather than israel and hamas, for reaching a ceasefire and removing the suffering of the people in gaza. ii suffering of the people in gaza. 11 people died in the last few hours. people really suffering who need a ceasefire. a reminder that the humanitarian crisis continues in the midst of all these negotiations. could you also let us know the status there? tensions on the lebanese border for example?— for example? indeed, the lebanese _ for example? indeed, the lebanese border - for example? indeed, the lebanese border now - for example? indeed, the j lebanese border now may for example? indeed, the i lebanese border now may be for example? indeed, the - lebanese border now may be one of the main fronts in the war

at the moment. both parties, in at the moment. both parties, in a subtle way, widening the area they are targeting. hezbollah announced they had lost seven sighters in the last hours. this is a big numberfor them. —— fighters. the israeli media said hezbollah targeted a widening area of northern israel, with more than 100 projectiles. it means both parties are really heading into widening this war, but the us is doing its best to avoid that. . ~ is doing its best to avoid that. . ,, , ., is doing its best to avoid that. . ,, y., is doing its best to avoid that. . ,, . here, the former bbc presenter and football pundit jermainejenas has admitted that he sent inappropriate messages to female colleagues on the one show. the former footballer was sacked by the corporation earlier this week, and has said he feels ashamed and deeply sorry. in an interview with the sun newspaper, mrjenas apologised to the women for making them feel uncomfortable, and to his wife.

our correspondent graham satchell reports. jermainejenas leaving his home in hertfordshire to give an interview to the sun newspaper. in it, he admits sending inappropriate texts, denies being a sex pest, and says he's ashamed. firstly to say sorry, um, to my wife, to my... you know, to my family, um, to the women involved, as well, and what i've, um, put...put them through. we've had a host of massive stars on the show, and tonight is no different. jenas, who says he was sacked by the bbc on monday, now acknowledges he has a problem — a self—destructive streak for which he says he's getting help. he says part of the reason he's speaking publicly is to correct rumours on social media. there is nothing illegal that has happened here. this is consenting adults that messaged each other. now...this is completely on me. um... i am 100% in the wrong, and i accept full

responsibility for that. and it's something that obviously i need to address and look at myself. jermainejenas was a midfielder who played for newcastle, spurs and england. a different approach to the game. he moved to punditry on shows like match of the day, earning close to £200,000 a year. he now says he feels like he's lost everything. the family situation is the thing that's at first — is at the forefront of my mind, that i'm trying to just piece back together. but i've also got to be able to kind of look myself in the mirror and understand where i've gone wrong, and understand that this is on me — it's not on anybody else, there's nobody else to blame here. jenas says he's still considering suing the bbc for the way it handled his sacking, but he's been dropped by his agent, and talksport — where he also worked — have said there are no plans for him to present in the immediate future. it is a dramatic fall from grace for a star who many considered had a bright future. graham satchell, bbc news.

if we have any more updates on that story, please do go on the bbc news website and we will update you on the news channel. let's get some of the day's other news now. houthi rebels have released video that allegedly shows explosions on board a greek oil tanker they attacked in the red sea. the yemeni armed group, which is backed by iran and proscribed as a terrorist state as a terrorist state by several countries, claimed the ship had links to israel. the british maritime security agency said the ship appeared to be abandoned, with large fires burning on board. it's carrying 150 thousand tonnes on crude oil on board. prosecutors in venezuela are investigating the opposition leader edmundo gonzalez over what the country's attorney general claims is publication of voting data that show he won last month's presidential election. mr gonzalez has been called to testify about his role which the government says amounted to contempt and disobedience.

nicolas maduro insists that he won the election, and with it, a third term in office. the opposition, the united states and many latin american countries have disputed the result. the tennis men's world number one, jannik sinner, says he's relived to escape a doping ban after two failed tests for a banned substance. he tested positive for the steroid clostebol in march. the italian has sacked his physiotherapist and fitness trainer in the aftermath of the investigation. the australian open champion insists he has done nothing wrong. the world health organization has already declared mpox an international health emergency, and now a new strain of the virus is rapidly spreading across parts of africa leading to a surge in infections. the epicentre of the current outbreak is in the democratic republic of congo, where more than 16,000 cases have been recorded this

year, with 570 deaths. in neighbouring burundi, one of the continent's poorest nations, there's been a rise in cases, which is worrying medical officials, who've confirmed 171 cases this week. our correspondent merchuma has travelled to bujumbura in the west of the country, where public awareness of the disease is limited, and the lack of medical facilities and vaccines means the health authorities are struggling. at one of the largest medical centres in burundi's biggest city, staff here are battling to both treat the people coming into this facility, and to monitor how far and fast the mpox virus is spreading. translation: | had | swollen lymph nodes. it was so painful i couldn't sleep. then the pain subsided up here and it moved to my legs. but i am better now.

they are currently treating 55 cases here. there are four suspected cases thatjust walked in, and their status will be confirmed after a lab result. i'm just outside the men's unit, and normally you wouldn't see this orange or red tape here, but this is a form of isolating those who are being treated and the rest of the community that may walk in to seek services in this facility. burundi is seeing a surge in mpox cases. medical officials here are concerned about limited resources. there's only one testing laboratory in the whole country, insufficient testing kits and no vaccines. access to basic resources like water is also limited. translation: this is a real challenge. | the fact that diagnosis is only done in one place, this delays detecting new cases. health centres are calling the laboratory, saying they have suspected cases, but it takes time for teams

from the lab to deploy to where the suspected cases are to take samples, and it takes even more time to release the test results. the epicentre of africa's current health care crisis is neighbouring drc, less than 20 miles from here. what is crucial for health officials here in burundi is that people understand the dangers of this disease, but that hasn't got through yet and it will take time. public awareness about mpox is quite limited here. most of those we spoke to do not even know what it is. those who do are not aware that it is spreading in their country. this lack of awareness means that while, on one side of bujumbura town, efforts are being made to help those affected survive and recover, elsewhere, life carries on as usual. containment is difficult, making the need for an adequate vaccine even more urgent.

merchuma, bbc news, bujumbura, burundi. ukraine is marking the country's ssrd anniversary of its independence from the former soviet union. as the war with russia continues, the us has warned that kyiv faced an increased threat of attacks around independence day. meanwhile, the british prime minister sir keir starmer has said the uk will �*today and always' back ukraine. let's speak to a journalist based in kyiv, jay schnell. it is an independence day that has been marked in the midst of this ongoing war. a lot of tension right now around the incursion in russia. i wonder how you would describe this phase of the war, and where ukraine is at during this independence day? i ukraine is at during this independence day? i think this independence _ independence day? i think this independence day, _ independence day? i think this independence day, in -

independence day? i think this independence day, in terms i independence day? i think this independence day, in terms ofj independence day, in terms of the increased risk we are facing here, that's completely normal. around any kind of holiday, usually that's when the russians like to strike, especially here in the capital from my experience. this specific independence day in relation to the incursion in kursk, the morale is higher than usual. some people perceive it as some kind of victory. so definitely morale is higher today coming into this independence day. when it comes to the _ this independence day. when it comes to the incursion - this independence day. when it comes to the incursion itself, . comes to the incursion itself, given some concerns around weapons for example, do you think ukraine can keep up the momentum to hold the territory? once again, i think it's quite surprising, as i've said in previous reports, that this happened. in terms of where it's going to go or continue, we are hearing about a build—up of troops in the nearby region.

so i'm not sure where the direction is going. if they can hold the territory or not. i cannot say, but definitely it's an interesting time in this war. an interesting new development.— war. an interesting new development. talking about independence, _ development. talking about independence, about - development. talking about independence, about this i independence, about this anniversary, but of course at the forefront of many diplomats' minds, the prospect of negotiation, something president zelensky has not publicly supported. do you think that is what is pressing diplomats most when it comes to their objectives on the future of the war? i their objectives on the future of the war?— of the war? i think there is a lot of internal— of the war? i think there is a lot of internal pressure - of the war? i think there is a | lot of internal pressure here, especially on zelensky, to maintain this war, because of the fact so many people have lost their lives, so many resources have gone into this war already. resources have gone into this waralready. even resources have gone into this war already. even if there was some kind of peace agreement, i don't believe the idea of peace and the feeling of peace would be embraced within the area of ukraine. another potential

attack, a full—scale russian invasion could happen even if an agreement was made, so i don't believe that is on the cards. . ~ don't believe that is on the cards. . ,, , ., don't believe that is on the cards. . ,, y., don't believe that is on the cards. . ,, . ., cards. thank you so much for our cards. thank you so much for your time- — i want to bring you an update on the top story from solingen, where three people have been killed during a festival attacked in the german city of solingen. we have updates on the reuters news agency, credited to the german police there. they have now said eight people have been injured in the incident, the stabbing. five of them are severely injured. they have also said, in terms of the search, that it is ongoing. the police are still searching for the assailant. as we have more updates, we will bring them to you, but for now... let's leave you with pictures from iceland where a volcano continues to erupt for the sixth time

in less than a year. these are live pictures of the eruption, in the southwest of the country — as you can see there lava is spewing into the air. the icelandic meteorological office said the eruption began on thursday following a series of earthquakes. the nearby fishing village of grindavik was evacuated. it's not known how many people were in the area because most of its nearly 4,000 residents left in november. plenty more to come on bbc news. you can follow me on social media. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. the weather's looking very mixed this weekend. yes, there will be some rain at times, temperatures a bit disappointing, but things are set to warm up as we push into next week, especially for england and wales. so, we will have some rain around at times this weekend, mainly across northern and western areas, though

for saturday, it's the south which will bear the brunt of some of the wettest of the weather. will be quite mild to begin saturday in the south, a bit cooler further north where we have more clear skies. but outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain affecting much of the channel islands into central and southern england, southeast wales, up into the midlands and across into eastern and southeast england. we have a met office yellow warning for the far southeast of england because we could see in excess of a couple of inches of rain here. that could lead to some localised flooding, some standing water on the roads. has been very dry across the southeast, though, for all of august. so this is very much needed rainfall — a good drink for the gardens, but it will be very wet through the morning. eventually, it clears out into the afternoon and we should see sunshine and some heavy, maybe thundery, showers moving in, too, but it does brighten up elsewhere across the country. it's a bright day from the word go with sunshine and showers, but disappointing temperatures — 16—18 celsius. that is below par for the time of year. saturday night's dry, quite cool, chilly for many, single digits across the board, but it will be turning a bit

milder, wetter and windier out west as the next weather system starts to make inroads for sunday, and you'll see more isobars on the chart so it will be a breezy, blustery day on sunday, with most of the rain in the north and the west. so, quite a wet day, i think, for northern ireland, increasingly so for scotland, northern and western england and wales, maybe a few showers getting into the midlands. but i think the southeast quadrant tending to stay drier, closer to high pressure to the south, so could be up to 20 degrees given some brightness, but rather cloudy skies and again disappointing further north — mid—teens. that system moves away during sunday night into monday. it's a bank holiday monday for many. a ridge of high pressure will start to build in a bit stronger across the south, so i think england and wales largely dry. we should see some sunshine around, but another area of low pressure will bring more of a breeze, cloud, outbreaks of rain to the far west of the uk, but temperatures responding up to 23 degrees in the south. and that's the sign of things to come. for this upcoming week, it looks like summer will make a return, especially for england and wales, where it could be very warm

indeed, with one or two spots in the southeast perhaps touching the so celsius mark.

this is bbc news. the headlines... police in western germany say at least three people have been killed in a mass stabbing at a festival in the city of solingen. several others have

been injured. the attacker is still at large. solingen was celebrating the 650th anniversary of its foundation. robert f kenneder has appeared on stage alongside donald trump, after suspending his independent campaign for the white house. he's now backed the republican candidate. donald trump has promised to release all documents pertaining to the assassination of his uncle, the democrat presidentjohn f kennedy. sacked bbc presenter jermaine jenas apologises for sending inappropriate messages to two female members of the one show team — but insists he's done nothing illegal. and ukraine marks ss years of independence amidst the ongoing war with russia. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show... you have no idea how much i'm looking forward to eating this fry—up.

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