inquiry so far. but i have to the inquiry so far. but i have to emphasise that the development of the inquiry could actually be of any sort imaginable. a huge manhunt is underway after three people were killed and four seriously injured in a knife attack at a festival in germany. and sacked bbc presenter jermaine jenas apologises for sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues — but denies any illegal activity. this is completely on me. i am 100% in the wrong and i accept full responsibility for that. hello. i am hello. iam nicky hello. i am nicky schiller. welcome to the programme.

in the last hour, prosecutors have held their first news conference and confirmed that they have started a manslaughter and shipwreck investigation. but, they stressed it was in the very early stages and that they are not investigating anyone specifically at the moment. they also said that the yacht likely sank because of a down burst, not a water this is a localised wind so descending from a thunderstorm and spreading out unpredictably. seven people were killed when the vessel went down on monday. they included the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch and his daughter, hannah. about 70 people were involved in the operation since it sank during a freak storm. here is the moment that the prosecutors announced the nature of their investigation. translation: i would like to

formally inform _ translation: i would like to formally inform you _ translation: i would like to formally inform you that - translation: i would like to formally inform you that the l formally inform you that the prosecution has opened a case hypothesising the crime of manslaughter, but we are only at the initial stage of the inquiry so far, so i will confine myself to giving you only that information. but i have to emphasise that the development of the inquiry could be of any sort imaginable. during the presser, the prosecutors also clarified the weather conditions which hit the yacht — have a listen. from the information we have obtained it was a downdraft. the members were in cabins which were not theirs. it doesn't give us any certainty about what happened. we have no idea of the reasons for them all being found in the same cabin.

the captain and crew who were able to help get off the vessel had no legal obligation to stay initially but they hope that they will comply with the investigation that is under way. the prosecutors also asked how long it would take, again, they didn't give any timeline. they were saying the media wants things to happen quickly, but the investigation will take its time. we will be live in sicily with our correspondent bethany bell a little later in this hour, but a reminder that we have a life page up and running on the bbc news website and app with the latest on what was said in detail from that press conference held by the italian prosecutors in the last hour. they made it clear that this would be the only news conference that they hold while the investigation continues. all of the details on the bbc news website.

a manhunt is under way after three people were killed and eight others injured in a knife attack in the western german city of solingen. eight others have been injured, five seriously during the incident on friday. this is what we know so far. police say they are still looking for the attacker, with national security forces deployed to the scene. they gave no details of a motive. the man reportedly stabbed passers—by at random when the industrial city was celebrating 650 years since it was founded. jack surfleet has this report. an evening of celebration that ended in despair. before ten o'clock, crowds gathered in dam counselling and and a known perpetrator attacked several people with a knife before

fleeing the scene. so lingen is a city in western germany 80 miles west of russell dorff. thousands were on the street celebrating its history when this tragic event unfolded. ., , ., ._ unfolded. people were running away from the scene. _ unfolded. people were running away from the scene. many _ unfolded. people were running away from the scene. many were - unfolded. people were running away from the scene. many were very - unfolded. people were running away i from the scene. many were very calm, so we didn't have a panic, but it was shocking and everybody who had to see that, i can't imagine what thatis to see that, i can't imagine what that is like. i track the incident prompted a huge initial response from emergency services with armed officers attending the scene, medical workers treating victims in the street, and the reported deployment of a0 tactical vehicles to help with the search for the attacker. a cord and remain in place overnight as officers tried to piece together the events of the evening. their search for the suspect is ongoing. translation: ~ ., 4'

ongoing. translation: ~ ., ~ ., ongoing. translation: ., ~ ., ., ., translation: we would like to have a recise translation: we would like to have a precise description _ translation: we would like to have a precise description of— translation: we would like to have a precise description of the _ precise description of the perpetrator. that is difficult. witnesses are in shock and cannot speak at the moment. they are all being looked after. we have to put everything together like a jigsaw puzzle so that we can now expand our search activities and look at the moment. they are all being looked after. we have to put everything together like a jigsaw puzzle so that we can now expand our search activities and look for the perpetrator.— activities and look for the perpetrator. activities and look for the --eretrator. ., ., perpetrator. reaction has so far been sombre. _ this latest incident comes a week after the interior minister called for tougher measures on knife crime. last night's attack is likely to only amplify that call as the city grieves for those it is lost. as of that search continues, 0laf scholz has said that the perpetrator must be caught quickly and punished to the full extent of the law. these

are some of the latest pictures from solingen. up to 75 people were expected in the city this weekend to to celebrating its 650th anniversary. the three—day festival of diversity. it was set to feature music, street theatre, and comedy. the streets and there are almost empty. the police roadblocks are in place across much of the city as much of the search continues for the suspect. the remainder of the festival was cancelled shortly after the fatal attack on friday night. german police are extending those roadblocks around the city and searching for the suspect. again, he fled the scene, and the motive is unknown. at the moment there is no clear description of the attacker. we will be live in germany with the latest very shortly. we have another life page up and running on the bbc

news website and app with the very latest on that manhunt following the knife attack has left three people dead and five people seriously wounded. correspondence around germany have been giving us the latest there on the website and the app. we now turn to some of the day's other news. "i am sorry and ashamed." the words of the presenter and football pundit, jermainejenas after he was sacked by the bbc for sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues. in an interview with the sun newspaper, the former footballer apologised to the women for making them feel uncomfortable — and to his wife. jenas was considered by some to be a rising star on the one show and match of the day. 0ur correspondent graham satchell reports. this 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. um... 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. to the middle east next, where negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage deal in gaza are set to continue into their third week. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that a delegation from the group is travelling

to cairo where the talks are taking place, but will not participate in the negotiations. the official said there was no change in hamas's position. it wants a complete israeli troop withdrawal from two key areas in gaza. on friday, president biden spoke with his egyptian counterpart, abdel fattah el—sisi 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 america's top diplomat secretary of state, antony blinken meet with regional leaders in his ninth trip to the middle east since the conflict began over ten months ago. 0ur reporter in cairo, abdelbassir hassan told me more about what we can expect from these latest talks we just learned from media that hamas is expected to send a delegation, a high level delegation, to cairo expectedly, as reporters say today,

to discuss the next step after the negotiations held in cairo over the last 2a hours, or a8 hours at least, on what's called a new plan. the israelis, israeli media have reported that israel introduced what can be called a map of the positions where the israeli troops are expected to be deployed during the implementation of the first phase of any planned agreement. this has been delivered to the egyptians. the egyptians are expected to deliver it to hamas to discuss it. what it says — it says that israel is ready to withdraw from certain parts from philadelphi corridor. it's a strip along the the border between egypt and qatar and gaza, and the gaza strip. israel has been holding or occupying this strip since early may and refusing to withdraw from it. that's why it has been a major

obstacle against reaching what can be called a compromise between at least the egyptians and the israelis over the last few days. seemingly, the pressure from the united states have gained some fruit. israel, reportedly, or benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel, reportedly agreed to a suggestion from the united states. israel can withdraw from certain points from certain positions at the corridor to try to pave the way for what can be called a compromise. meanwhile, palestinians are protesting new israeli takeovers of their privately owned land on a unesco world heritage site in the occupied west bank. this month, a far—right israeli minister, published a plan for a newjewish settlement in the area known for its natural beauty, close to bethlehem. the announcement comes with tensions running high in the west bank since the start of the war in gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent,

yolande knell reports: in the picturesque palestinian village of battir, life carries on as it has for centuries on these ancient terraces. but there's a threat. israel has approved a newjewish settlement in this unesco world heritage site. so that is the hill that is due to be transformed by new settler houses. israel's government has recently turbo—charged settlement growth, but people in battir had hoped that international recognition of this landscape's cultural importance could protect it. armed settlers confront hassan 0lian — part of his farmland's now been taken by the israeli state, and another plot was seized late last year without even an israeli permit. under international law, all settlements are considered illegal. they are not caring about the international law

or the local law and even the god's law. they are stealing our land to build their dreams on our catastrophe. soon, men carrying guns arrive. 0ne tells us he's british. he orders our team to leave. joined by activists, the kassir family are protesting. soldiers forced them off their land in the world heritage site last month. settlers moved in. as war in gaza rages on, extremists in israel's government are tightening their hold on the west bank. they took advantage of the war because all eyes on gaza. so they thought that we are helpless. it's really hard because you're fighting a system. for israel's far—right politicians, the bible is thejewish people's deed to this land. they say they're fighting against the creation of a palestinian state,

part of the long—time international formula for peace here. the failed policy of giving part of our land to the palestinians only brought terror and bloodshed to the palestinians and to israelis. we've stopped doing that. back in battir, unesco says it's concerned about the settlers' plans. but for palestinians, this is notjust about preserving an historic site. it's about keeping hope for the future. yolande knell, bbc news, in the west bank. it isa it is a saturday, so busy of sport. head turner sport centre. the men's tennis world number one jannik sinner has been speaking for the first time since it was revealed he failed an anti—doping test in march. the italian was cleared of wrong doing by a tribunal last week, which found he'd been inadvertently contaminated with a steroid administed by his

physiotherapist giacomo naldi. sinner�*s now parted company with him and his fitness trainer umberto ferrara: i haven't done anything wrong. i had to play, already, months with this in my head, but you know, just remembering myself that i haven't done anything wrong. i always respected these rules, and i always will respect these rules of anti—doping. emma raducanu says she's looking forward to her return to the us open — which starts on monday. following herfairytale win in 2021 — she lost in the first round the following year, and was absent last year because of wrist and ankle surgeries. the 21—year—old faces a potentially tricky first round match against former australian open champion sofia kenin, but raducanu's relishing the challenge and happy to be back in new york:

i feel very proud when i ifeel very proud when i come here. walking past my photo every day, walking past my name on the trophy every day, i think that is such an epic achievement, and these two weeks, i completed it. for me, coming back year now, i come back with a such a different outlook, joy and proud nurse will stop and it inspires me to want to do more. the german champions bayer leverkusen have begun their bundesliga title defence with a 3—2 victory at borussia monchengladbach. leverkusen took the lead early on thanks to this stunning strike from granit xhaka — what a goal that was — they were 2—0 up by half time but threw the lead away. deep in stoppage time it was all square — when leverkusen were awarded a penalty. florian wirtz was able to put away the rebound — xabi alonso pleased with his side's spirit: it isa it is a great quality. it is difficult to train it, it is difficult to train it, it is

difficult to train it, it is difficult to buy it, you have it or you don't have it. for sure, we have shown it many times, and at the beginning of this and today as well, evenin beginning of this and today as well, even in the difficult moments when they have to score the equaliser, we kept going. so leverkusen carried on where they left off. 0ther bundesliga title hopefuls rb leipzig and borussia dortmund get their campaigns underway later. just four matches in la liga, the biggest of which sees barcelona host athletic bilbao. both ac milan and inter will be looking for their first wins. the biggest game in france sees lyon host monaco. the day's first game in the english premier league sees manchester united go to brighton — who won 3—0 at everton on the opening day. united manager eric ten hag says he feels like his side are still in pre—season because they had so many players on international duty across the summer — in contrast to today's opponents who had fewer: there are clips, also, who have less internationals. they would have had a longer pre—season together as a

team, as a squad. and they are probably a little bit further ahead in terms of the model and fitness. united's trip to brighton is one of seven games in the premier league on saturday. last yea r�*s last year's arsenal go to aston villa. american nelly korda has a three—shot lead going into the third day of the women's open golf at st andrews in scotland. she tees off in a few hours after two rounds of 68. that puts her three shots clear of england's charlie hull, and last year's champion lilia vu. china's ruoning yin is a shot behind them. you can keep across it all on the bbc sport website. england are looking to take early wickets on day four of the first test against sri lanka at old trafford. the visitors resumed a short while ago on 20a for 6 — and are currently 2ia for 6 — that's a second innings lead of 89 runs. and that's all the sport for now.

thank you very much. we return to the manhunt in germany after three people were killed in a knife attack. our correspondent damian mcguinness in berlin is with us. the police are still searching for the suspect. there are conflicting immediate reports in the german media about a possible arrest. the police haven't confirmed that. i think we are now waiting for the police to confirm anything in the next few hours. later this afternoon the police are scheduled to give a statement to the press and possibly a conference. later on today, various different political leaders from across germany are due to visit solingen to visit the scene. we have already seen this morning regional leaders are visiting the scene and being visibly moved by what they had experienced. and i think that we are

seeing, really, a sense of shock, particularly in the region and the town, for the fact that what was meant to be a festival of celebrating the town's diversity turned into a day of tragedy. what the police have also said is that it is very difficult to get concrete information about who the perpetrator was because of the eyewitnesses and the victim is being questioned right now are finding it very difficult to give reliable information because of the trauma and the shock they have suffered, and the shock they have suffered, and what the police have said is that they are really calling on people to avoid speculation. we have already seen on social media and online all sorts of fake information being spread around. that is where the police are now trying to desperately put together as much of the fact that they know and which we expect next couple of hours they will release as much as much as they can in order to really undermine some of the fake news being spread around online. fillet

some of the fake news being spread around online.— around online. olaf scholz said the perpetrator — around online. olaf scholz said the perpetrator must _ around online. olaf scholz said the perpetrator must be _ around online. olaf scholz said the perpetrator must be caught - around online. olaf scholz said the | perpetrator must be caught quickly. what we know about the incident itself? there were reports he was stabbing random passers—by. yes. stabbing random passers-by. yes. auain, stabbing random passers-by. yes. again. some _ stabbing random passers-by. yes. again. some of— stabbing random passers-by. yes. again, some of those _ stabbing random passers—by. 1353 again, some of those reports were also quite contradictory. police have said... and police have said that it appeared to have had been a targeted attack, targeting certain people. that is a suggestion from some police officers. they are calling it an attack, not a rampage, as some attacks would have been called if it seems random, but they are also not calling it a terror incident has yet to they don't see any motive or confirmed motive pointing to a terror —related incident. so far the police are calling it an attack because it seems, according to some officers, that he might have targeted some victims. again, we haven't had full confirmation of that yet. what actually happened on the ground was

at around 9:a0pm in the evening, during a concert, there were djs playing, during this time when there were lots of crowds in the main square in the centre of the city, a man began stabbing people with a knife. that is pretty much as much as we know. we now know eight people were injured, five seriously, and three people have died. it is a major incident. the main issue right now is finding the perpetrator and bringing them to justice.- bringing them to 'ustice. damien mcguinness — bringing them to justice. damien mcguinness from _ bringing them to justice. damien mcguinness from berlin, - bringing them to justice. damien mcguinness from berlin, thank l bringing them to justice. damien i mcguinness from berlin, thank you. let's turn to the us now, where robert f kennedyjunior has appeared on stage alongside donald trump, just hours after suspending his independent campaign for white house to back the republican candidate. 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.

this is what donald trump said when he introduced robert f kennedyjunior. for the past 16 months, bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for president of the united states. i know... ..because he also went after me a couple of times, i didn't like it. laughter. 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. cheering. you can get more on that and the rest of the day's news on bbc news online. and on the app. stay with us here on bbc news. the weather is going to be mixed. generally breezy. call for the time of year. the weather will be quite mixed this

weekend, cool for the time of year certainly at first, some rain at times but also some sunny spells, and most of us will see a gradual improvement by the time we get to monday. it has certainly been very wet across the south—eastern quadrant of the uk through this morning, rain starting to clear south—east england, east anglia, into the afternoon. sunny spells and thundery showers could follow on behind. some heavy and thundery, particularly out towards north—west scotland. still windy for the time of year, temperatures below the seasonal average, just not as windy as it was yesterday. 0vernight tonight, feeling chilly for late august, lots of their spells developing, showers fading away, wince fashion again, start the day off of temperatures and high single figures. for many of us. on sunday, more rain, more weatherfronts moving on from the west, but this time the focus of most of the rim will tend to be across south—western areas of scotland, north—west england, northern ireland.

the areas we do not need more wet weather. northern scotland sunny spells and some scattered showers, the rainfall total starting to mount up across the central swathe of the uk, the rain across northern england as well. but for much of england and wales, looking largely dry, shout looking largely dry, showers out towards the west, sunny spells and temperatures started to creep up, but still a very brisk westerly and south—westerly wind. as we move through sunday at inter bank holiday and into bank holiday monday for some of us, not in scotland, more weather fronts just waiting in the winds. this time, the weather fronts likely to give some front�*s likely to give some showers, scattered showers across northern ireland and into north—west scotland, but i think for many of us, looking largely dry on monday with high pressure building into the cell. us, looking largely dry on monday with high pressure building into from the south. sunny spells, south—westerly winds, again quite breezy for the time of year, but temperatures now more or less back up to the seasonal average, so the high teens, 20s in celsius. and across england and wales,

the temperature is set to rise further as we head through the rest of the week, possibly high 20s in south—east england, always cloudier, cooler, there were quite wet at times the north and west. bye— bye.

it is bbc news. the headlines. a manslaughter investigation in italy into the sinking of a yacht off the coast of sicily. seven people were

killed when the vessel went down on monday including the british tech entrepreneur, mike lynch and his daughter, hannah. police in the western german city of solingen say that at least three people have been killed in a mass stabbing in a festival in the city. several others have been injured. the attacker is still at large. the city was marking the 650th anniversary of its foundation. robert f kennedyjunior has appeared on stage alongside donald trump after suspending his independent campaign for the white house. he is now backing donald trump. six bbc presenterjermaine jenas apologises for sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues but denies any illegal activity. i have the full bulletin of news for you later, but first,

talking business.