prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of sicily in which seven people died. nasa is due to give an update shortly on its mission to bring home two us astronauts who are stuck in space on the troubled boeing starliner mission. and the paralympic flame has been lit at the british hospital where the idea for the games was born ahead of the games in paris. hello, i'm kasia madera. german police say they're still hunting for the suspect of a stabbing attack which killed

three people and injured multiple others in the western city of sohlingen. police have arrested a 15—year—old old who they say isn't accused of carrying out the attack. two men and a woman have been killed. investigators say they don't yet know the suspect�*s motive, but that they cannot currently rule out a �*terrorist�* motive. the attacker reportedly stabbed passers—by at random during a festival marking 650 years since the city was founded. in a press conference, german police shared details about the number of those killed and injured. translation: unfortunately, three people did lose - their lives last night. eight people have been injured physically by the attack, four of whom are seriously injured. the psychological damage that will have been caused too many people is, of course, a much wider issue

for many more people. there has been an arrest of a 15—year—old and we are currently investigating the connection between this person and the attack. we believe at the moment that there is one perpetrator. we will, however, of course explore all avenues in our investigation. that press conference took place a little bit earlier. we'll also hear accounts from the attack. a dj who was playing music at the festival says he was asked to keep on performing to avoid making the situation worse. translation: everything was going well. _ i started djing at the festival, but suddenly after ten to 15 minutes, someone came up to me on stage and told me,

�*we don't know much but there was a stabbing, please keep playing, �*we don't want a mass panic.�* so i carried on djing. our correspondent in berlin damian mcguiness has the following. but what's happening there is that the 15—year—old is is arrested early this morning. he's not suspected of being the perpetrator himself, according to police, two witnesses heard the 15—year—old talk to the suspected perpetrator about the stabbing before it happened. presumably, it was only later that the witnesses realised what they'd heard. they then went to the police, and that's when police realised that this 15—year—old potentially knew the perpetrator, because that's obviously the big question. the attacker is still on the run. so what's happening right now is this 15 year

old is being questioned. he is also he presumably will be charged for not going to the police with information about a crime before or after the crime was was carried out. so he presumably will be charged and he will face some sort of punishment, possibly if found guilty. but the key question really is to find out who the attacker was and to find out where he is right now, because that is the real problem. that's what's leading to a lot of worry, a lot of, you know, a lot of feelings of insecurity still in solingen and that area around it. that was our correspondent is speaking to me a little after the peace conference. and they were talking about the motive, they did not have a motive but they were not ruling out that this was a terror —related attack. you canjust confirm from the reuters news website that the premiere of the state of north rhine was aware this attack took place yesterday evening.

the premiere of the estate says that this stabbing was an act of terror —— make the premiere of the estate. this press conference has just been taken place and the premiere of the german state of north rhine has said that it was an act of terror. just to reiterate is that they are still looking for the perpetrator. the german people are asking people not to speculate online as to the whereabouts. you can find it much more on this touring on our live page where we are continuing to monitor the very latest lines from the earlier press conference and also just from the one that took place where north rhine, this gem estate where this attack happened last night saying that this was an act of terror —— make the german state where this attack happened.

the french president, emmanuel macron, has described an explosion outside a synagogue near montpellier as an act of terror. the blast in la grande motte injured a police officer. the authorities say it was caused by two cars being set alight, one of which had a gas cannister inside. police are hunting for a suspect, and security outsidejewish schools and places of worship has been stepped up. the incident happened during shabbat, thejewish day of rest, when religious services are held. a woman who lives near the site of the attack described her experience. translation: i was very shocked, the noise was louder _ translation: i was very shocked, the noise was louder than _ translation: i was very shocked, the noise was louder than everything - noise was louder than everything i've ever had. since i have lived here, it has been over 25 years so it was a big shock.—

it was a big shock. much more on that now website _ it was a big shock. much more on that now website as _ it was a big shock. much more on that now website as well. - the former head of a hospital in eastern india, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered earlier this month, has been charged with corruption. federal investigators have accused sandip ghosh of financial irregularities at the facility in kolkata and he has been critcised for not acting promptly when the victim's body was found. the rape and murder of the doctor has sparked widespread protests and anger across india. the main suspect, a police volunteer, has already been arrested. italian officials, have opened a manslaughter investigation, into the deaths of seven people on board a luxury yacht, which sank off the coast of sicily on monday. the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch, his 18—year—old daughter, hannah, four of his friends and the yacht�*s cook died, when the boat went down. bethany bell reports from sicily. it's been a long, dangerous and complicated recovery operation for the luxury bayesian yacht

which stand off porticello harbour early on monday morning with 22 people on board. now, formal details have begun to emerge as to what happened and how seven people lost their lives, as those involved in the rescue spoke for the first time. and then, it turned on its right side down in the sea, and that's why those on board sought refuge in the cabins on the left side, because that's where the air bubbles formed. they found the first five bodies in the first cabin on the left side, and the other body in the third cabin on the left. we found all of them in the high part of the boat. the prosecutor also officially confirmed the identities of the dead. hannah's body was last to be found on friday. the day before, they recovered mike lynch's body. on thursday, they found the bodies ofjonathan bloomer and his wife judy, chris morvillo, neda morvillo. the body of the yacht�*s chef recaldo thomas

was found earlier this week. officials say the yacht sank likely not because of a waterspout but because of a localised powerful wind that descends from a thunderstorm and spreads out unpredictably. translation: these phenomena happen really suddenly. _ downbursts last only a few seconds so it's difficult for satellite systems to recognise it precisely, but according to the data, we can surmise that this was a downburst. the investigation is at a very early stage. the prosecutor's office is looking into potential crimes of negligent shipwreck and manslaughter. they stressed that they are not investigating anyone specifically at the moment. there are plans to recover the yacht from the sea bed but the operation is likely to be complex and costly. it could take months before there are clear answers. bethany bell, bbc news, termini imerese.

as we've been reporting, the prosecutor in the case said the yacht had been hit by a localised, powerful wind known as a downburst, rather than a water spout. our weather presenter ben rich explains. well, downbursts and waterspouts both form in association with thunderstorms, and they can cause quite similar sorts of damage, even on land, we get reports sometimes of tornadoes that actually turn out to be not tornadoes, but other features of thunderstorms including downbursts. now, what is a downburst? well, inside a thundercloud, we have very turbulent motion, we have winds racing upwards and downwards very, very rapidly. and sometimes, winds will rush there is a lot going on inside those storms and sometimes, winds will rush out of the bottom of a storm cloud, so you get essentially a gust of wind that is blowing downwards towards the ground. that then hits the ground and spread out in all different directions.

it is like, just like i, you know, put air down on this table, it would reach the table and then it would spread out. so it is exactly like that. they are small, localised powerful features that can cause huge amounts of damage. waterspouts and indeed these downdraughts are not that uncommon. now, in this case, we had low pressure in the mediterranean around that time so that gives the unstable atmosphere allowing these big storm clouds to go up. the other thing we had was very high sea temperatures, so record sea surface temperatures in the mediterranean. all of thatjust gives more energy into the atmosphere to provide these powerful storms. much more on our website as well. the paralympic flame has been lit at the hospital in stoke mandeville in buckinghamshire here in the uk where the idea for the games was born. the torch will then begin its journey to paris ahead of the opening ceremony on wednesday. more than 4,000 athletes will take part in the games. the stoke mandeville games

were first held in 1948 for a small group of wheelchair athletes who had sustained spinal injuries during world war ii. those later grew into the first paralympic games, which took place in rome in 1960. it was then in 2012 ahead of the london paralympics where the heritage flame ceremony took place for the first time in stoke mandeville and now, this year is the second such ceremony. 0ur sports reporter matt graveling is in stoke mandeville and he gave us more details. at stoke mandeville stadium, we're just across from the hospital, which was really the birthplace of the movement, and you may be able to see just behind me, i'm not sure, butjust behind me they're packing up all the seats from the 250 invited guests to the torch lighting, which i think a lot of the organisers were probably biting their fingernails this morning when they saw the weather forecast, but it did get under way. i think we can bring some pictures of you that for that now. and, um, as of october,

there was the decision made that actually every future paralympic games, starting from paris, will see the torch lit and created here at stoke mandeville. and that's because, as i say, this is the birthplace of the paralympic games. a little bit earlier we had two former paralympians. we had helen rainsford, who is a paralympic rowing champion, and also the three time wheelchair curling champ gregor ewen. they lit the olympic, the paralympic flame and it's been kept in a safe place this evening in buckinghamshire. and then tomorrow, it's going to be taken by 2a torch bearers down through the channel tunnel, where hopefully they'll be blessed with a little bit of a better weather. and then in calais, it will be received and it'll actually be split into 12 separate torches, and then it's going to go all the way around france again, hopefully with better weather before it reconvenes. and the flames recombine in paris on wednesday for the opening ceremony. thanks to matt for bearing with the elements there. let's keep on with

the sporting theme for the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we've had two wins, manchester city. they came behind ipswich, four games, erling haaland completed his hat—trick later on. a crazy stuck to the game, four goals in the opening 16 minutes with three from city coming in the space of is four minutes. after... kevin de bruyne scored in between highlands pot roast first two. brighton also maintained their perfect start to the ceiling didn't matter a season. they were happy. they beat manchester united, 2—1. pedro scored in the fifth minute of injury time. the seagulls took three daniel welbeck�*s hundred premier league goal. this was before pedro's let her work on the south coast. i think

we deserved _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it was - her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it was a - her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it was a good l we deserved to win, it was a good game, it was not a perfect game. we had a chance to win the game but in the end, i think it is deserved and i am very proud of the team. they showed the value of never giving up and that is very important. i showed the value of never giving up and that is very important.- and that is very important. i have seen some _ and that is very important. i have seen some good _ and that is very important. i have seen some good spells, we - and that is very important. i have seen some good spells, we took| seen some good spells, we took control_ seen some good spells, we took control of— seen some good spells, we took control of the game. we created some -ood control of the game. we created some good chances and it's a pity. it is pity that — good chances and it's a pity. it is pity that we _ good chances and it's a pity. it is pity that we are without any points here, _ pity that we are without any points here, but — pity that we are without any points here, but is— pity that we are without any points here, but is top football and we had to take _ here, but is top football and we had to take it— here, but is top football and we had to take it and now, we have to show resilience _ to take it and now, we have to show resilience and get up and go for the next big _ resilience and get up and go for the next big game that is coming up. there _ next big game that is coming up. there are — next big game that is coming up. there are the other premier league results. fulham beat leicester 2—i, results. fulham beat leicester 2—1, with alex iwobi getting the winner.

white scored the only goal. not whom got to southampton,. aston villa kick off against arsenal. in just under 15 minutes' time. england's cricketers are chasing 205 to win the first test against sri lanka at old trafford. the tourists dug in on day four, thanks to a century from kamindu mendis and 79 from dinesh chandimal saw them make a respectable 326 in their second innings. england have lost three wickets in pursuit. dan lawrence was out for 3h but ben duckett and ollie pope went cheaply. indian got one another 100 and run requires to win. —— mike england got another 101 runs a cry to wing. bad weather is forecast for the final day. it's the third round at the women's open at st andrew's, the final golf major of the year.

nelly korda still leads the way. the world number one has a three shot lead. jiyai shin and lilia vu arejoint second. first round leader england's charley hull has dropped off the pace a bit, two over for the day, three under overall. mclaren's lando norris has spoiled the party at zandvoort taking pole for sunday's dutch grand prix ahead of home favourite and championship leader max verstappen. norris is the first driver other than verstappen to take pole since the race returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 36—year break. norris' was a third of a second quicker than the red bull, and his team—mate 0scar piastri will start third on the grid. an amazing day. nice to be back, and start with a poll. it was a nice lap, the qualifying was always pretty smooth and putting some good laps, especially the one at the end which is always the most important

so, greatjob by the team and i am happy with today. and that's all the sport for now. joe root and harry brute going well and arsenal kick off shortly at aston villa. as always, thanks. nasa is due to give an update on its mission to bring home two us astronauts who have been stuck in space on the troubled boeing starliner mission. the space agency is due to hold a press briefing in houston next hour. astronauts sunita williams and butch wilmor travelled to the international space station in earlyjune. but the starliner craft suffered technical difficulties so they did not return after eight days as scheduled. nasa is finally nearing a decision on whether to bring them home in the same spaceship that took them up there or in a different capsule built by elon musk�*s spacex,

but that second option could turn their 8—day voyage, into an 8—month space odyssey. yes is because all the implications and possibilities. —— let's discuss all the implications and possibilities. let's speak to astrophysicist and science communicator, dr megan argo. first of all, it is incredibly important to say that the two astronauts are incredibly experience and would have been trade for something like this. absolutely, the are something like this. absolutely, they are incredibly _ something like this. absolutely, they are incredibly experience . something like this. absolutely, l they are incredibly experience and when they got on the ship, they would have known that this was a possibility. their beds experience as soon as i have both have done rotations on the international space station. they know how these things go i would have been well aware that there was a chance that they could be up there for much longer than planned. 50 be up there for much longer than lanned. ., ., , ,,

planned. so following the press conference _ planned. so following the press conference from _ planned. so following the press conference from nasa, - planned. so following the press conference from nasa, what - planned. so following the press| conference from nasa, what was planned. so following the press - conference from nasa, what was the issue with the boeing? it conference from nasa, what was the issue with the boeing?— issue with the boeing? it has been in development _ issue with the boeing? it has been in development since _ issue with the boeing? it has been in development since 2014, - issue with the boeing? it has been in development since 2014, which | in development since 2014, which coincidentally, was the same time that the spacex development started. boeing has taken a lot longer to the point that it was actually ready to go to the international space station. when they were launching the test vehicles and the unmanned one, they discovered their way helium leaks in parts of the system and there were various other issues. they were subsequently fixed. the helium licks that, they thought they had fixed, had resurfaced on their own nation. where they are, are the reaction control systems and they other thrusters that allow you to manoeuvre while in space. the reaction control thrusters are really important for manoeuvring to get you to the international space station. they are to compensate to get you to space age. they worry foil nasa and the engineers, is if

there is such as once they leave this base station, they are quite vital to get the space craft to get them back on the correct trajectory. if enough of those sausages fail in the wrong way, it could —— if enough of those thrusters fail in the wrong way, it could potentiallyjeopardise the safety of those astronauts. you must get enough data as you possibly can. when the capsule comes back into the atmosphere, it will separate into two halves, the top of his crew capsule, the second half contains those capitals. the crew capsule, uses air to cushion the final impact. the parts containing the thrusters, it is anti land in the thrusters, it is anti land in the ocean and be lost. the only way to figure out what is wrong what is wrong with the success as you test while in space. that is what they are winding up to this point and the review that is ongoing now, will will hopefully hear about it in the

press confit eminently, it is whether the data that the engineers have from this test, a test that boeing have been doing on the same kind of thrusters thrusters is sufficient for them, for the management to be happy that it is safe enough to bring back the action is back or whether they're going to go for the ultimate option to get the tried and tested vehicle to get him back in six months to live time. instead of an eight—day mission, they were stuck there through christmas and will have to come back in february. it is christmas and will have to come back in februa . , ., christmas and will have to come back in february-— in february. it is an agonising decision. _ in february. it is an agonising decision, isn't _ in february. it is an agonising decision, isn't it? _ in february. it is an agonising decision, isn't it? it— in february. it is an agonising decision, isn't it? it will- in february. it is an agonising decision, isn't it? it will be i decision, isn't it? it will be fascinating to watch the conference. arguably, using elon musk�*s spacex, thatis arguably, using elon musk�*s spacex, that is safe to and a tried and tested way of doing it. am i right in saying that? we tested way of doing it. am i right in saying that?— tested way of doing it. am i right in saying that? we think that is the safer option- _ in saying that? we think that is the safer option. there _ in saying that? we think that is the safer option. there is _ in saying that? we think that is the safer option. there is nothing - in saying that? we think that is the safer option. there is nothing safe | safer option. there is nothing safe about space travel, things can go wrong on a mission. but that

particular vehicle, having friends i will fetch a space station and the engineers no no and they more so if it did back to site and... instead of taken for utterance, they would take to and there is an imminent mission evil. nasa's safety culture has evolved over the years. two of the safety soft shovels were lost. in review of this particular incident, criticised nancy's attitude to safety and that people were putting safety because as were being dismissed and not being listened to. that is what contributed those people be lost. nasa has improved greatly to those bb people being lost. this is well below the management grid at the top so, from the fans of it, the safety

culture has improved hugely which is why they are doing the review. white is taken that amount of time bring people home... is taken that amount of time bring peeple home- - -— people home... ugly, it is a no-brainer_ people home... ugly, it is a no-brainer isn't _ people home... ugly, it is a no-brainer isn't it. - people home... ugly, it is a no-brainer isn't it. it - people home... ugly, it is a no-brainer isn't it. it is - people home... ugly, it is a no-brainer isn't it. it is a . people home... ugly, it is a l no-brainer isn't it. it is a heck people home... ugly, it is a - no-brainer isn't it. it is a heck of no—brainer isn't it. it is a heck of a gamble —— arguably, it is a no—brainer isn't it? when you talk about fixing the issues. paint a picture for us, is it sunny doing it themselves?— picture for us, is it sunny doing it themselves? what they have been doin: it themselves? what they have been doing it themselves. _ themselves? what they have been doing it themselves. it _ themselves? what they have been doing it themselves. it is - themselves? what they have been doing it themselves. it is testing l doing it themselves. it is testing the same types of options. there are a few posts that seem to be something to do with seals in parts of the fuel system and those seals are bulging in ways that they shouldn't and it is causing you to leak out of the pipe length. he added test every vehicle, there's always going to be fs time to put crew in the vehicle to become usable and it is also going to be —— it is always going to be a more risky

mission then the other missions. nasa says their first preference is to bring them back on styli liner and on the boeing craft, that is the way the mission was intended to function. by doing that, they get their feedback function. by doing that, they get theirfeedback and function. by doing that, they get their feedback and the crew as to how it's behaved on re—entry. if don't do that this time, and you end “p don't do that this time, and you end up doing that on spacex, you can't —— you have to do that autonomy. that is really important and you can't get that any other way other than having humans on the spacecraft. expressly experience a schnapps. nasa's first choice would be to bring them back... iltiui’iiiii schnapps. nasa's first choice would be to bring them back. . ._ be to bring them back... will find out what they _ be to bring them back... will find out what they decide _ be to bring them back... will findj out what they decide imminently. be to bring them back... will find - out what they decide imminently. we really appreciate your expertise.

we did see sunny skies feeding in behind this rembrandt, albeit with a scattering of hefty showers. hello. saturday turned into a decidedly soggy affair for some of us at least. this was the scene during saturday morning on the seafront in hove with cloud, with a lot of rain. but that wasn't the whole story. brighter conditions further north and west. that was how it looked in powys, and we did see sunny skies feeding in behind this rain band, albeit with a scattering of hefty showers. now, most of those showers will continue to fade through the evening, although some will continue up towards the north and the west of the uk. and then by the end of the night, we will see cloud and some patchy rain getting back into northern ireland. but where the skies remain clear, it is going to be a rather cool night, dare i say a fairly chilly night in some places? temperatures down to around 8 or 9 degrees. so we start tomorrow morning with some dry weather in many locations. but this frontal system already bringing cloud and rain

into northern ireland, and that wet weather will spread its way up across southern and central portions of scotland into north west england, parts of wales as we go through the day. to the south and east of that, not a bad looking day, spells of sunshine, northern scotland seeing sunny spells and showers once again. it is going to be a windy day. we could see wind gusts in some places parts of northern england, for example, of around 40mph or more. temperatures, or maybe just a little bit up on where they have been today. 15 to 20 degrees covers it for most of us as we move out of sunday and into monday, which is, of course, the bank holiday for most of us, we do see this weak ridge of high pressure trying to build in, and it does mean, actually, monday should bring a decent amount of dry weather. we could have this band of cloud here, just bringing a little bit of showery rain across southern scotland and northern england first thing, and i think we will generally see increasing amounts of cloud as we go through the day. perhaps some rain getting into northern ireland later on, but on balance this is not a bad looking day if you're looking for dry weather and some spells of sunshine. it's going to feel a little bit warmer as well. and as we head deeper into the new week, while we will see

frontal systems pushing in from the northwest, but these weather fronts are likely to stall. so while some of us will see outbreaks of rain, others, particularly down towards the south and the southeast, we'll see something warmer developing. in fact, we could see temperatures getting into the high 20s celsius. that's all from me. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... german police say they're still hunting for the suspect of a stabbing attack which killed three people in the western city of solingen. they've arrested a 15—year—old but he's not the perpetrator.

prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of sicily. seven people were killed when the vessel went down on monday, inluding the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch and his daughter hannah. ukraine marks 33 years of independence, amidst the ongoing war with russia. president zelensky celebrated the day by describing russia's invasion as a failure and announcing a new prisoner exchange. and nasa is due to give an update shortly on its mission to bring home two us astronauts who are stuck in space on the troubled boeing starliner mission. to ukraine now. president zelensky has used a speech on the country's independence day to say russia's invasion has failed. he said moscow had tried to destroy his country, but instead war had returned to the russian soil. it's also been announced that the two sides have each exchanged 115 prisoners of war,

after the united arab emirates acted as an intermediary. the russian personnel were captured during the offensive in kursk. to mark ukraine's independence day, i spoke to drjames burch — who hosts a ukrainian family in the uk. and victoria murych — who moved to lancashire as a ukrainian refugee and works as there a community development coordinator. i am very proud to be ukrainian and when people ask me, "what is your superpower?" i always respond, "i am ukrainian." i believe our people are very courageous and i'm sure everything will be ok in our country because we are fighting very desperately. i am sure our country will definitely be independent. victoria, you join us from beautiful polyana in the mountains there. when will you be going back to lancashire, where you are active in the local community?

yeah. when i relocated to the uk due to the war in my country, we started to cook and work with other refugees from ukraine, and cooking, it was how we could keep our national identity, how we could bring feelings of home, because home was always a place you could feel smells and tastes of your favourite recipes and dishes. that is how our idea started and that is how we decided to create this cookbook. we are looking at some of the gorgeous images of some of the foods you have been making, and i know within my polish community, we have been very careful to name, change the names of so many delicious recipes, from pierogi — used to be ruskie pierogi, of course — we are now calling it ukrainskie pierogi, the dumplings that are so delicious. food is incredibly important

to the ukrainian community, isn't it, victoria ? yes, because food is notjust food, it is a central element of celebration, like life events and occasions. that is why we included in our recipe books, different recipes, from daily easy—to—make to festive foods. also we took foods from different areas of ukraine, we took recipes we took shacks sugar, just breakfast, from so theories of ukraine, and of course we include lots of recipes from authentic western parts of ukraine. also there are lots of recipes we are very confident you will like all of these dishes.

pancakes, absolutely delicious! dr birch, i'm sure having hosted a ukrainian family since the start of russia's full—scale invasion, you have been able to experience the ukrainian culture, the food not least that victoria was deliciously describing for us. how important, how big a change has it been on your life, hosting a family? i guess it to a certain extent it has been an enhancement. has been an enhancement of our life. we have been fortunate, we have a family with us, a mother and son, and they have been incredibly considerate guests and they have enhanced our lives in the way victoria was elaborating. i recognised all sorts of foods there, and i am pretty sure when they have departed from us, in generations to come, our family will still have some of those recipes and we'll be using them. but also it is the wider ramifications of the food and the history of ukraine, things we were not even aware of.

it certainly wasn't on our radar until all this happened. it has been, you know, it is not only us it has enhanced but the whole community because our guests, alla is part of the writing of that cookbook. she serves in a local shop. the son is now off to university, prestigious university, having done his a levels here. we have been very privileged to be part of their life journey. we cannot understand what they are going through but we can support on the sides by giving them safety and security. so that has been a very positive experience. when so many of those ukrainians initially were fleeing following russia's full—scale invasion, we saw the images, i witnessed first—hand,

thousands upon thousands of people leaving. it must be very difficult to have that conversation with your family about a possible return. speaking to so many ukrainians, they really want to go back. yes. it is not something we broach — we don't talk about the situation unless they bring it up with us. but little bits and bobs trickle out, and i guess ala, just an example of a family, she is at a bit of a watershed because her son is off to university. i guess in any family that is a watershed moment. she is in poland at the moment visiting relatives because her son cannot go back to ukraine because he would be drafted. we don't know what is happening yet but we willjust be there to support and help out in any way that is appropriate. are thanks to doctorjames birch, who was hosting a ukrainian family, ala and her son,

who was hosting a ukrainian family, ala and herson, and who was hosting a ukrainian family, ala and her son, and we also heard from victoria, joining us from ukraine, has family in lancashire now, and has written a cookbook with ukrainian food, talking to us on ukraine's independence day. 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, met with regional leaders in his ninth trip to the middle east since the conflict began over ten months ago. the bbc arabic reporter in cairo, abdelbassir hassan explains what we can expect from these latest talks we are just learning from the 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 24 hours or 48 hours at least on what is called a new plan. the israelis, the 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 levelled to the egyptians. the egyptians are expected to deliver to hamas to discuss it. what it says, it says that israel is ready to withdraw from certain parts, from philadelphi corridor,

it is a strip along the border between egypt and gaza, and the gaza strip. israel has been holding or occupying this strip since early may and refusing to withdraw from it. that is 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, their pressure from the united states has gained some fruit. israel, reportedly, or benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, reportedly agreed to a suggestion from the united states that israel can withdraw from certain points from certain positions in 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 this picturesque palestinian village, 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 this man. part of his farmland has 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 i mean 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 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 parts of our land to the palestinians only brought terror and bloodshed to the palestinians and the 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. let's ta ke let's take this opportunity to take you live to let's take this opportunity to take ou live tr , . let's take this opportunity to take ou live t. , ., ., ~ you live to israel, to tel aviv in fact, you live to israel, to tel aviv in fact. where _

you live to israel, to tel aviv in fact, where protests _ you live to israel, to tel aviv in fact, where protests are - you live to israel, to tel aviv in fact, where protests are taking j fact, where protests are taking place. these are anti—government protests that have been gripping tel aviv stock they are taking place alive now, with people protesting, demanding a ceasefire deal, and demanding a ceasefire deal, and demanding a ceasefire deal, and demanding a return of those hostages still held by hamas. ideal of which is trying to be brokered. antony blinken has been to the region for the ninth time now, but still unable to make a deal to reach that critical deal, and the protesters once again on the streets of tel aviv in their tens, wealth, it looks like tens of thousands once again stop they are trying to get their voices heard, not happy about this lack of a ceasefire deal, and obviously really concerned about the situation with those remaining hostages that are held by hamas after that attack on the 7th of october in which 1200, more than

1200 people were killed, mostly civilians. we willjust keep an eye on those protests in tel aviv. now, let's turn to brazil. sao paulo state has been hit with a devastating series of wildfires that have affected or are threatening to engulf 30 cities within the region. the fires, fuelled by an ongoing spell of dry, hot weather, have already claimed two lives. the sao paulo state government has created an emergency committee to handle the fires. with me is our latin america news reporter mimi swaby. just bring us up to date. this sread just bring us up to date. this spread across _ just bring us up to date. this spread across brazil's - just bring us up to date. try 3 spread across brazil's most popular state, sao paulo, and has prompted 34 cities to be put on the highest level of alert, and the state, the government state, has created this

crisis cabinet to coordinate the efforts to try and battle these flames, flames which have already killed two individuals. these were two people who were trying to fend the fire, hold it back in an industrial plant. the government have not shared any more details on these deaths. they have said at the moment these fires have not directly reach sao paulo, the state's capital, which is home to more than 11 million people. however, we are seeing images and local media reports saying that sky is in the part of the capital has been blocked tjy part of the capital has been blocked by thick grey smoke, and the city has been shrouded in a grey haze, with fire and smoke really disrupting traffic on dozens of highways around the city, but also across the state. i highways around the city, but also across the state.— highways around the city, but also across the state. i mentioned there was a really — across the state. i mentioned there was a really dry. — across the state. i mentioned there was a really dry, hot _ across the state. i mentioned there was a really dry, hot weather - across the state. i mentioned there was a really dry, hot weather at - across the state. i mentioned there j was a really dry, hot weather at the moment. is that what is stoking these fires?— moment. is that what is stoking these fires? ,, ., ., , ., , these fires? soaring temperatures and low humidity _ these fires? soaring temperatures and low humidity have _ these fires? soaring temperatures and low humidity have been - these fires? soaring temperatures i and low humidity have been stroking these really dangerous fire conditions across the state, and this is a state which has been suffering a prolonged drought. state

officials are also very concerned that forest fires will spread rapidly due to high winds, and that this could really engulf and destroy huge areas of natural vegetation. the wildfire season usually peaks in august and september in brazil, but this year these wild fires started unusually early, in late may in the region of the world to's largest wetlands. this destroy huge areas are really precious, rich, diverse ecosystem. thisjust are really precious, rich, diverse ecosystem. this just the latest in an ongoing saga in brazil, with extreme weather going fires to recently again only a few months ago once in a century flooding in the southernmost state, which came with an hundred many different extreme weather issues which is suffocating large parts of brazil.

police have arrested two more men on suspicion of murder after a woman and her three children died in a house fire in bradford. the fire killed bryonie gawith and her three children aged nine, five, and 22 months. 0ur correspondent yunis mulla is in keighly — ten miles from bradford. he told us what we know right now. 0vernight, searches have taken place of properties at four separate locations here in keighley — at least three are within walking distance of each other — as part of this murder investigation that was launched by west yorkshire police. warrants were executed and west yorkshire police say that a 35—year—old man and a 46—year—old man were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody. now, bryonie gawith, who was 29, and her three children, denisty who was nine, her brother 0scar who was five, and aubree who was 22 months died as a result of a blaze around ten miles from here in bradford.

at the time, a 39—year—old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. he remains in a critical condition in hospital. now, clearly the police say the family are devastated at what has taken place. they are appealing for any information that may help them as part of their investigation. and what they are saying today is that extensive inquiries remain ongoing and this remains an active and live investigation. the presenter and football pundit, jermainejenas, says he feels deeply ashamed — after he was sacked by the bbc, for sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues. in an interview with the sun newspaper, the former footballer apologises 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. frances read reports. you could see that he had a plan...

a presenterfor some of the bbc�*s biggest shows, like match of the day and the one show, jermainejenas now sat in front of a different camera, that of the sun newspaper, to apologise after being sacked. firstly, to say sorry. to my wife, to my family, to the women involved as well. and what i have put them through. but also, there is kind of like... there are rumours, and i think it is really important that i put my point across that there is nothing illegal that has happened here. this is consenting adults that messaged each other. this is on me, it isn't on anybody else. there is nobody else to blame here. before being a highly paid star at the bbc, as a footballer, he played for newcastle, spurs, and england.

he is married with four children. jermainejenas said he is receiving help for a self—destructive streak and accepted he fell below the standards of the bbc. a change of tone from his initial reaction earlier in the week. i am not happy about it. but currently, as it stands, i am going to have to let the lawyers deal with it. you know, there are two sides to every story. jermainejenas had been presenting on talksport as the news was breaking earlier this week. it says it has no plans for him to appear in future. the bbc hasn't commented sincejermainejenas's interview with the sun, but the newspaper said it believes that his lawyers are still looking at the way that the corporation handled his sacking. his future as a rising star on some of the bbc�*s flagship programmes now appears to be over.

in the us, 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. # 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 presidentjohn f kennedy. introducing robert f kennedyjunior, donald trump said this. 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.

the body set up to provide compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal in the uk has been given the power to start making payments. 3,000 people died and 30,000 others were infected with hiv and hepatitis c in what has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. the infected blood compensation authority is expected to make the first payments to those infected at the end of the year. somerset house in central london will reopen to the public today after it was damaged by fire last weekend. the building is home to several priceless works of art, including some by van gogh. the cause of the blaze is still being investigated. anyone found guilty of stealing a cat or dog in england and northern ireland could now face up to five years in prison, under a new law that's come into force today. previously the theft of a household animal was treated in the same way as the stealing of an object. catriona renton reports.

an american bulldog dragged from her garden a terrified from her garden, a terrified miniature dachshund taken by a man who'd broken into her home, a collie snatched from outside a shop. all these dogs were retrieved safely, but some never come home. and it's notjust dogs that are stolen. betty went missing after she and her owner, agatha, moved to their new home. two weeks later, she was found for sale on the internet. agatha got the police involved. betty was dumped back at the house. it was pretty horrible all along. while i was searching for her. i started panicking instantly. you know, "where's she gone?" "where is she?" "why?" she never was, you know, missing before. and we are very close.

like, we've got very strong emotional bond with my pet, you know, with betty. so it was very painful. during the covid lockdown, there were concerns that more cats and dogs were being stolen which led to the uk government setting up the pet theft task force. it found that, in 2020, there were around 2,000 dog thefts reported to police in england and wales and more than 400 cats stolen across the uk. under the new law, anyone convicted of stealing a cat or a dog could face a fine or a maximum of five years in prison. the law also provides powers to extend the legislation to cover other pets if necessary. until now, pets were treated as property. the new bill was introduced by then backbench conservative mp anna firth. we've regarded our pets and dogs as nothing more than the loss of a mobile phone or a power tool being stolen out of your garden, which is plainly not what our pets are to us in our modern day society. so this is a game changer. we are updating the law, finally, after years of campaigning. campaigners have been calling

for the new law that reflects the emotional value of pets to their owners and the distress associated with their theft. animals are very valuable. kittens fetch a lot of money, especially pedigree ones, and we know that criminals are willing to do that, so this really helps to stop animals from being exploited in that way. agata was delighted to be reunited with betty. it's hoped the new law will deter people from abducting much loved pets. that is it for me, but do stay with us here on bbc news. goodbye. hello. saturday turned into a decidedly soggy affair for some of us at least. this was the scene during saturday morning on the seafront in hove with cloud, with a lot of rain. but that wasn't the whole story. brighter conditions further north and west. that was how it looked in powys,

and we did see sunny skies feeding in behind this rain band, albeit with a scattering of hefty showers. now, most of those showers will continue to fade through the evening, although some will continue up towards the north and the west of the uk. and then by the end of the night, we will see cloud and some patchy rain getting back into northern ireland. but where the skies remain clear, it is going to be a rather cool night, dare i say a fairly chilly night in some places? temperatures down to around 8 or 9 degrees. so we start tomorrow morning with some dry weather in many locations. but this frontal system already bringing cloud and rain into northern ireland, and that wet weather will spread its way up across southern and central portions of scotland into north west england, parts of wales as we go through the day. to the south and east of that, not a bad looking day, spells of sunshine, northern scotland seeing sunny spells and showers once again. it is going to be a windy day.

we could see wind gusts in some places parts of northern england, for example, of around 40mph or more. temperatures, maybejust a little bit up on where they have been today. 15 to 20 degrees covers it for most of us. as we move out of sunday and into monday, which is, of course, the bank holiday for most of us, we do see this weak ridge of high pressure trying to build in, and it does mean, actually, monday should bring a decent amount of dry weather. we could have this band of cloud here, just bringing a little bit of showery rain across southern scotland and northern england first thing, and i think we will generally see increasing amounts of cloud as we go through the day. perhaps some rain getting into northern ireland later on, but on balance this is not a bad looking day if you're looking for dry weather and some spells of sunshine. it's going to feel a little bit warmer as well. and as we head deeper into the new week, while we will see frontal systems pushing in from the northwest, these weather fronts are likely to stall. so while some of us will see outbreaks of rain, others, particularly down towards the south and the southeast, we'll see and the southeast, will see

something warmer developing. in fact, we could see temperatures getting into the high 20s celsius. that's all from me. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. german police say they're still searching for the suspect in a stabbing attack which killed three people. they arrest a 15—year—old, but say he's not the perpetrator. translation: there has been

an arrest of a 15-year-old, - and we are currently investigating the connection between this person and the attack. prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of the luxury yacht off the coast of sicily in which seven people died. nasa is due to give an update imminently on its mission to bring home two us astronauts who are currently stuck in space on the troubled boeing starliner mission. and ahead of wednesday's opening ceremony, the paralympic flame is lit at the british hospital where the idea for the games was born. hello. police in germany are still searching for a man who stabbed three people to death at a festival in the city of solingen and wounded eight others.