than initially planned. the decision to keep our astronauts aboard the international space station and bring the boeing starliner uncrewed is a result of a commitment to safety. prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of the luxury yacht off the coast of sicily in which seven people died. 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. the police have arrested

a 15—year—old who they believe may have been in contact with the perpetrator before the attack. from solingen, jessica parker reports. a huge party in the heart of this west german town that soon turned to horror. as panic stricken, crowds were told not to panic. but there'd been a knife attack and they must go home. but police haven't been able to find a suspect last night or today, or work out exactly why this happened. so far we have not been able to establish a motive, but looking at the entirety of circumstances, we cannot exclude the possibility of a terrorist motivation. but this morning, a 15—year—old boy was arrested. police don't think he's the knifeman, but he is suspected of knowing about the attack in advance, in which three people died and eight were injured.

this is where last night's terrifying attack happened. and while things today here in the centre of solingen feel fairly calm, there is also a sense of unease in the wider community as the manhunt continues. timo was at the event last night. he says people in the town are in shock. it's absolutely terrible. i have no words for this because normally you hear that from paris, berlin, cologne, but not here in berlin. authorities say it appears that the attacker was unknown to his victims, while on germany's streets. there's growing concern and grief about knife crime. last night, our hearts were torn apart. we in solingen are horrified and full of sadness. as tributes continue to be left at the scene,

this man writes together we are strong despite fear and uncertainty, it's a community trying to hold together. jessica parker, bbc news, solingen. germany's interior minister addressed the press earlier today expressing her condolences to the victims. we as the national government are doing everything possible to support the local efforts. as the minister has said: we won't be divided in times like this, but we stand together. and we will not allow such a tragic attack to divide our society. so, i urgently appeal to all those who can only see hate now. don't be swayed by those sentiments. this society needs to stand together, especially in these critical hours. the us space agency, nasa says two astronauts stranded on the international space station will not return to earth until february 2025 and will be brought back not by boeing

but by space x. the boeing starliner craft will be brought back earlier without the crew. sunita williams and butch wilmor travelled to the international space station in earlyjune for a scheduled eight day trip but the starliner craft suffered technical difficulties meaning they couldn't return as planned. nasa administrator bill nelson stressed the decision has been made in the interest of safety. nasa has decided that butch and sunny will return with crew nine next february, and that starliner will return uncrewed. space flight is risky, even at its safety, safest and even at its most routine, and a test flight by nature is neither safe nor routine.

and so, the decision to keep butch and sunny aboard the international space station and bring the billionaire home uncrewed is the result of a commitment to safety. our core value is safety, and it is our north star. with me is our science editor, rebecca morelle. we had that to a tasty many times. this of course was a test flight. that is right and it has been a really difficult decision for nasa to come to. they have spent months mulling this over. the issue is really, the problem with the boeing starliner started almost as it lifted off. there were problems with his thrusters, they wear helium

leaks. forthe his thrusters, they wear helium leaks. for the last few months, nasa and boeing engineers were trying to find out what was at the root of its problems. they have decided and announced its decision that they do not think it is safe enough for its astronauts to fly home on the boeing starliner system so instead, they are going to be flying back on a spacex aircraft is dead. it has been shuffling astronauts to and from from the international space station since 2020. so, they're going to come home at next year, after a while. 50 come home at next year, after a while. , ., ., ., while. so there is a delay to that. it can'tjust _ while. so there is a delay to that. it can'tjust happen _ while. so there is a delay to that. it can'tjust happen overnight. - while. so there is a delay to that. | it can'tjust happen overnight. no, it can't 'ust happen overnight. no, this it can'tjust happen overnight. no, this reall it can'tjust happen overnight. iirr, this really complicated scheduling. this base station has to blast of, thatis this base station has to blast of, that is going to happen in september and there is going to be too astronauts on that instead of the usual four. astronauts on that instead of the usualfour. that astronauts on that instead of the usual four. that means there's going to be space the two did back—to—back stranded nationals. when that is scheduled to psalm back in february next year which is why it is

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the nationals. they made the commitment to said we want an american way to get to and from the space station. they decided to pay for a commercial taxi service, changing business model for them. the companies do it, they'd pay for their seat and that works but they went to companies to do this and not just one. so there not at the moment. just one. so there not at the moment-— just one. so there not at the moment. ,, , ., ., ., moment. space is one at the moment where russia — moment. space is one at the moment where russia and _ moment. space is one at the moment where russia and the _ moment. space is one at the moment where russia and the us _ moment. space is one at the moment where russia and the us are - moment. space is one at the moment where russia and the us are still- where russia and the us are still collaborating. i think it is really collaborating. i think it is really collaborating. it does look like boeing will still be part of that but there is a bit of a delete that happening. but there is a bit of a delete that happening-— but there is a bit of a delete that haueninu. . , . ., happening. thank you very much for caettin us happening. thank you very much for getting us up-to-date _ happening. thank you very much for getting us up-to-date with - happening. thank you very much for getting us up-to-date with all- happening. thank you very much for getting us up-to-date with all of. getting us up—to—date with all of that as the astronauts have a very extended stay on the iss. helen sharman, the first british person in space says the astronauts will be relieved to have certainity over when and how they will return to earth. i think they will have been well expecting this and to be quite honest, the whole space community would have been very surprised

and knowing how close this decision was in terms of the actual risk analysis nasa had to do. um, nasa has learned a lot of lessons. we heard just in that press conference, they mentioned the lessons from the shuttle accidents from columbia, from the challenger accidents, and that they do listen to all employees and all concerns. so they've learned that they're not going to take any risks. but interestingly, also they're talking about how they do want to continue with starliner. nasa is desperate to have an alternative to spacex's crew dragon just because they can't have all their eggs in one basket again. so yeah, it's very much a balance in in everything. but now the astronauts themselves i think will be expecting it. and actually, the certainty now will be much easier for them to deal with than the uncertainty of not sure which way it's going to go. yes. so psychologically this will have built gradually in their minds. and the challenge is psychological in terms of the physical challenges. they have everything they need up there. there are several other humans on board the iss with them? yes. i mean, they've got plenty of supplies. food, water, oxygen, all of that's fine. the concern that there is at the moment is what happens when the starliner spacecraft departs in that interim few days, hours, however long it's going to be

before the spacex crew dragon arrives with their new spacesuits and their seats to return them to earth in february. so during that time, there's going to be a bit of a bit of a lag, let's say. so the concern is then the only way they'll be able to get back to earth, if there were a dire problem on the space station, would be unsuited unseated inside crew. and this is because they came in suits that were new, that were specifically tailored to the needs of the boeing starliner capsule. that's right. so their spacesuits are only work inside the starliner spacecraft. they don't also work inside crew dragon. so yes, that's the big thing they need now. new suits to be delivered. at the moment, we're hearing the that likelihood is that those suits will be delivered on the next crew dragon spacecraft. um, ideally they would be delivered before that, perhaps on a cargo ship. but the next cargo mission isn't scheduled until october. the italian authorities have opened a manslaughter investigation, into the deaths of seven people on board the 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 all died, when the boat went down in a storm. bethany bell reports from sicily. for the first time, the grim details of the difficult and dangerous undersea recovery operation. rescuers limited to just 12 minutes per dive in the deep waters where the stricken yacht lay. one of the divers told me about the risks involved. personally, there are many dangers because any type of accident exposes us to unforeseen issues with equipment or physical conditions. the main problem when we are at sea is if we can't resurface. so any problem that arises requires a safe system to get us out. the yacht went down just over there outside the harbour. at first, people thought it sank

because of a water spout, which is a kind of mini tornado. but now, officials think it may have been hit by a localised, powerful storm known as a downburst, which descends from a thunderstorm and spreads out unpredictably. the authorities say the back of the boat sank first, then rolled onto its right side. six bodies were found in the cabins, including and his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. hannah was in a cabin by herself. the boat sank on the stern side, 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 investigation is at a very early stage. the prosecutor's office is looking into potential crimes of negligent shipwreck and manslaughter. they stressed they're not investigating anyone specific at the moment. we were told their plans to recover the yacht from the sea bed, but the operation is likely to be complex and costly, and the owner is expected to pay. it could take months before they�* re clear answers. bethany bell, bbc news, porticello. 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. 0ur 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. 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 stormclouds 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.

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. the french prime minister gabriel nissim attal has condemned the attack. translation: we have escaped an absolute tragedy _ translation: we have escaped an absolute tragedy because _ translation: we have escaped an absolute tragedy because as - absolute tragedy because as commander of the police told us, the first information physically from video ceremonies is that the

assailant was extremely determined. if the synagogue were full of worshippers at a time, people has to come out of the people, they properly would have been victims. what has happened has shocked and scandalised us i know that because the reality is that once again that the reality is that once again that the french jews the reality is that once again that the frenchjews have been targeted, attacked because of their beliefs. a woman who lives near the site of the attack described her experience. i was very shocked. the noise i heard was louder than anything i've ever heard in my life. since i've been in la grande motte, it's been over 25 years, so it was a big shock. 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. thousands of people have gathered in tel aviv to take part in anti—government protests. the protestors have been demanding a ceasefire from the war in gaza and the return of hostages held by hamas. israel's government estimates there are more than 100 hostages remaining in gaza. these rallies have become almost weekly events. protesters have also been been calling for new elections. meanwhile, intense fighting has continued in gaza, clouds of smoke could be seen rising over the central city of deir al—balah, after an israeli air strike in the area.|t�*s unclear it's unclear if there were any casualties. more than 40,000 palestinians

have been killed so far, according to gaza's health ministry since israel launched a military campaign in response to an attack by hamas gunmen on october 7th. it comes as talks have continued in cairo, with hamas sending a delegation to observe but not participate in the discussions. hamas official say 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. america's top diplomat secretary of state, antony blinken, met with regional leaders this week on his ninth trip to the middle east since the conflict began over ten months ago. 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 four thousand athletes will take part in the games. the stoke mandeville games

were first held in 19118 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.

finally this half hour justin bieber is a dad. his wife hailey and him, have welcomed their first child. the pair got married in 2018. justin confirmed the news posting a photo of his son's foot — and we assume hailey�*s hand — on instagram with the caption "welcome home, jack blues bieber". and they are off — vilnius hosted the annual corgi race. the short—legged dogs favoured by the late queen gathered from across europe to showcass their skills. some took it more seriously than others. the event first began in 2020 when two corgi owners wanted to see which of their corgis was faster. 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, will 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.

nasa says two astronauts stranded in space — after issues with their boeing starliner spacecraft — will not return to earth until february 2025. 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, including 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. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. here's what we've got coming up on our show.