eight months later than initially planned. the decision to keep butch and suni aboard the international space station and bring the boeing starliner home uncrewed is the 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, i'm karin giannone. german police in the city of solingen have arrested a second person after three people were stabbed to death and eight injured at a festival last night. the attack took place in solingen

in the west of germany last night. prosecutors say they are treating the attack as a possible terrorist incident. the islamic state group have claimed responsibility for the attacks. from solingen, our correspondent jessica parker reports. a huge party in the heart of this west german city that soon turned to horror. crowds were told not to panic, but there had been a knife attack, and they must go home. now news of a police raid on a local asylum seekers�* home, and an arrest. earlier, prosecutors said they couldn't rule out terrorism. translation: 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.

another person — a 15—year—old boy — had already been detained. while police made clear they didn't think the teenager was the knifeman, he is suspected of knowing about the attack in advance, in which three people died and eight were injured — some critically. this is where last night's terrifying attack happened. a place that went, within minutes, from one of celebration to a crime scene. timo was at the event. he says people are in shock. it's absolutely terrible. i have no words for it because normally you hear that from paris, berlin, cologne, but not here in solingen. authorities have said it appears that the attacker was unknown to his victims. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility without providing evidence. translation: we won't be divided in times like this, i but we stand together and we will not allow such a tragic

attack to divide our society. as tributes continue to be left at the scene, this man writes, "together we are strong". despite fear and uncertainty, it is a community trying to hold together. jessica parker, bbc news, in solingen. let's now speak to freelance journalist james jackson, who is based in berlin. hello, thank you for talking to us. what is the latest you're hearing about the investigation? what what is the latest you're hearing about the investigation? what we have heard _ about the investigation? what we have heard recently _ about the investigation? what we have heard recently is _ about the investigation? what we have heard recently is there - about the investigation? what we have heard recently is there were j have heard recently is there were reports the attacker shouted allahu akbar, eyewitness reports, during the attack. previously, the police have said he aimed specifically at the necks of the victims. three people, of course, dead and a further eight injured, some of them

critically. what we have heard most recently is actually, according to a german newspaper, there was a police light hand which led the police from the scene of the crime to an asylum for refugees which was just 800 metres away, and just 400 metres away from where the knife was found in a bin. 0ne away from where the knife was found in a bin. one man has been arrested, which comes in conjunction with the 15—year—old arrested in relation, but probably not the perpetrator of the crime. fix, but probably not the perpetrator of the crime. �* ~ ., ., but probably not the perpetrator of the crime. �* ~ . ., , the crime. a right. we have had this claim from — the crime. a right. we have had this claim from islamic— the crime. a right. we have had this claim from islamic state _ the crime. a right. we have had this claim from islamic state they - the crime. a right. we have had this claim from islamic state they are - claim from islamic state they are responsible for this, but they have not provided evidence and we cannot verify or confirm that claim. absolutely. it is possible that this was an unrelated attack which the islamic state have claimed for themselves. they have a history of doing this, but then they have also accurately claimed responsibility in the past as well. just accurately claimed responsibility in the past as well.—

the past as well. just tell us a little, the past as well. just tell us a little. what — the past as well. just tell us a little, what do _ the past as well. just tell us a little, what do we _ the past as well. just tell us a little, what do we know- the past as well. just tell us a little, what do we know that l the past as well. just tell us a i little, what do we know that the victims and how much shock as germany in over these terrible events? , ., , , germany in over these terrible events? , . , , events? germany is absolutely in shock. events? germany is absolutely in shock- this _ events? germany is absolutely in shock. this is _ events? germany is absolutely in shock. this is the _ events? germany is absolutely in shock. this is the second - events? germany is absolutely in shock. this is the second likely . shock. this is the second likely terrorist incident in the last few months. at the end of may, there was a knife attack against an anti—islam protest in mannheim where a police officer was killed. there was already an ongoing debate about knife crime, many people connecting that to migration, this is happening just one week before crucial state elections in eastern germany where the far right alternative for germany party is tipped to win any number of them. and there are a lot of commentators wondering if this will help them, potentially, and a regional leader has said already, he has already blamed this on multiculturalism and ultimately germany is not used to these kind of

attacks. we have had comments from leading politicians that germany is mourning, hurting for the victims of this crime. find mourning, hurting for the victims of this crime. �* ,, �* �* mourning, hurting for the victims of this crime. �* , ., �* �* ., this crime. and you're in berlin, of course, this crime. and you're in berlin, of course. but _ this crime. and you're in berlin, of course. butjust — this crime. and you're in berlin, of course, butjust a _ this crime. and you're in berlin, of course, butjust a little _ this crime. and you're in berlin, of course, butjust a little about - this crime. and you're in berlin, of course, butjust a little about the i course, butjust a little about the city of solingen. this was supposed to be a festival celebrating events there come a big anniversary there. instead, this awful, awful event. absolutely. it was actually a festival of diversity. solingen, a small city near dusseldorf where people had come together to gather and celebrate and to celebrate diversity. many lives lost in this very sad, tragic attack.- very sad, tragic attack. james, thank you _ very sad, tragic attack. james, thank you so — very sad, tragic attack. james, thank you so much. _ very sad, tragic attack. james, thank you so much. james - very sad, tragic attack. james, - thank you so much. james jackson, a freelance journalist is speaking to us from berlin. 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 spacex. the boeing starliner craft will be brought back earlier without the crew. sunita williams and butch wilmore 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. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. the start of a mission that was supposed to last for just mission that was supposed to last forjust eight days on the international space station. but nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams have now found out their stay has been extended to a total of eight months. getting a beautiful view know of the starliner. boeing starliner spacecraft they arrived on has been deemed too risky to take them home, so it will come back with no one on board. they will return to earth any spacex capsule instead.— board. they will return to earth any spacex capsule instead. space flight is ris and spacex capsule instead. space flight is risky and so _ spacex capsule instead. space flight is risky and so the _ spacex capsule instead. space flight is risky and so the decision - spacex capsule instead. space flight is risky and so the decision to -

spacex capsule instead. space flight is risky and so the decision to keep i is risky and so the decision to keep butch and suni aboard the international space station and bring the boeing starliner home and crude is a result of a commitment to safety. 0ur crude is a result of a commitment to safety. our core value is safety. and liftoff of starliner. this safety. our core value is safety. and liftoff of starliner.— and liftoff of starliner. this was the first test _ and liftoff of starliner. this was the first test flight _ and liftoff of starliner. this was the first test flight for _ and liftoff of starliner. this was the first test flight for starliner| the first test flight for starliner boeing spacecraft with a crew on board but it had problems with its thrusters and helium leaks which delay docking. they have spent months trying to overcome the technical difficulties but could not fix them so turned to spacex. because of scheduling, it means the astronauts will not return until february next year. it is disappointing _ february next year. it is disappointing that - february next year. it is disappointing that they| february next year. it 3 disappointing that they are not coming own on starlight, but that is ok. it's a test flight. that's what 0k. it's a test flight. that's what we do. they knew those risks going in. but we keep them very busy. there's a lot of science and research going on on the international space station. nasa

selected to _ international space station. nasa selected to vary _ international space station. nasa selected to vary the _ international space station. nasa selected to vary the restaurants, spacex and boeing. spacex won a contract worth $2.6 billion for its crew dragon spacecraft and boeing got more for starliner, $4.2 billion. spacex launched its first great mission in 2020, but it has taken boeing for more years for its maiden flight. so far, spacex has launched nine crews from vassar, but boeing's first minute —— for nasa, but were boeing's first mission will not end as planned. in a statement, boeing said... nasa has emphasised its commitment to boeing spacecraft and said it is certain that it will fly again. but for a pitch and suni, their stay in space continues. —— butch and suni.

earlier i spoke with us astronaut colonel cady coleman, she said that the uncertainties surrounding the issues encountered during the starliner test flight led nasa to decide to bring the astronauts back to earth using a spacex craft instead. you know, basically a test flight is a little less safe than a normal flight because there's more unknowns. and in the problems that they had with the thrusters, they learned a lot about what was happening with them, but in terms of being able to control whether those things would happen and when on the ride home, so to speak, it was just really too... there were too many uncertainties, still too many questions to answer in time. and i thought this was the safest. and actually it doesn't mean that the starliner is not safe, but this was actually the way to take care of the crew. how important is the whole starliner project for nasa? i mean, obviously it's extremely important for boeing, but there seems to be the sense that this is just a temporary setback, that they'll still be on board with getting starliner up

and running as a really reliable back and forth method for astronauts. i'm hoping that's true. it has quite a lot of manual control and things that are different than the spacex dragon, and so it gives us two very different kinds of spacecraft to be able to get up and down to the space station with people, but also with supplies and things like that, so i'm hoping that they will pursue it. and i mean, it's certainly unfortunate and people all wish things were happening differently, but having two vehicles, two different ones... i think we've all experienced this when there's a problem with, you know, say an aeroplane or a train and they ground that and say, "we're not going to use that until we understand what the problem was". well, if that happens to spacex right now, you know, we don't have another way to get people up and down, so we need that alternative way. now, you flew twice on the space shuttle columbia. you spent almost six months on the international space station. i wonder if we could talk about what those astronauts might be experiencing. i mean, what is it like

psychologically, do you think, for them to go from an eight—day mission to now an eight—month mission? well, knowing the two of them — i mean, they're both, i would say, friends and certainly colleagues — you know, we leave the ground with an understanding that there's things that we don't control and that we may have to be up there longer than we think. and these are two folks like like all of us, really, i would say, that are just dedicated to the mission of exploration and they know how much work they're getting done up there. just by having two extra people on the crew, it's been phenomenal. i mean, just the amount, the backlog of the to do list. i mean, for those of us at home, you know, ithink if i organise my attic, i could find things better, but it's always bottom on the list.

they're getting a lot of those things done, and that means that there's huge room for getting more science done, and more science and more understanding of how do we design equipment. i mean, we're seeing just how hard that is to design new systems, new capsules, and it is, it's very difficult by nature. and so sonny and butch, i'm sure are up for it, although it's hard. yeah. and the fact that they were part of a test flight, really for starliner, do you think that they almost had that built into their their way of thinking that things could happen that were unexpected ? absolutely. and, you know, i mean, we could have labelled this flight, as they'll be there somewhere between eight days and eight months. also, if you see those smiles on their faces when you just see random footage from orbit, i mean, it's magical place to live and work. it is hard to be up there without your family. it's really hard on the families and it's hard on them too.

but that doesn't mean that it isn't just an amazing privilege to have to be working up there, but i do. i do hope they're... i'm sure they're doing okay. 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 said 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 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 french prime minister gabriel attal has been to visit the synagogue this afternoon and condemned the attack. translation: we have escaped an absolute tragedy because, . as the commander of the gendarmerie told us, the first information, in particular from video

surveillance, was that the assailant was extremely determined. and if the synagogue had been full of worshippers at that time, if people had come down from the building in the first minutes, they would probably have been victims. what happened here shocks and scandalises all republicans in our country. i know that because the reality is that once again, frenchjews have been targeted, attacked because of their beliefs. the sudanese army leader abdel fattah al—burhan has dismissed un—sponsored talks in switzerland aimed at ending the ongoing conflict with the paramilitary rapid support forces. general al—burhan said the army would continue fighting, even if took a hundred years. the geneva talks ended on friday without a ceasefire, as negotiators failed to bring together the two warring sides. 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. translation: 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 cannot 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 waterspout 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 mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah. hannah was in a cabin by herself. translation: the boat sank on the stern side, l and then it turned on its right side down in the sea, and that is why those on board sought refuge in the cabins on the left side because that is 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. they believe the passengers were probably asleep when the crash happened. the investigation is at a very early stage. the prosecutors office is looking into potential crimes of negligent shipwreck and manslaughter. they stress they are not investigating anyone specific at the moment. we were told there are 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 there are 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 if 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 surface temperatures, so record sea surface temperatures in the mediterranean. all of thatjust gives more energy into the atmosphere to provide these powerful storms. to the middle east, where fires are still burning on a greek—flagged oil tanker attacked by houthis earlier this week, leaving the ship adrift in the red sea with 150,000 tonnes of crude oil on board. crew members were rescued on thursday. the iranian—backed houthis in yemen have been attacking shipping in the red sea for several months, in protest against the war in gaza. the houthis have targeted more than 80 ships since october, disrupting a vital trade route that would usually see around a trillion dollars' worth of goods pass through every year. to israel, where 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 dier al—balah, after an israeli air strike in the area. 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. 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. baroness tanni grey—thompson won 11 gold medals during her career as a wheelchair athlete, which also saw her win the london wheelchair marathon six times. she explains what we know so far about the opening ceremony on wednesday. we know that the athletes are going to be at place de la concorde, and we're expecting there to be something around the champs elysees. we don't know exactly what that is. so, you know, paris were very bold taking the opening ceremony out of the stadium, but i think it's important to remember they put the athletes at the heart of the games.

as an athlete, you don't really see the opening ceremony — you spend a lot of time outside, you've eaten all your sandwiches, you parade out, the speeches, then you go home, so you've missed all the fun. so the athletes i spoke to who were on the boat had an amazing time. so i think that again, that's really interesting. you know, without the athletes you can't have the games. so i hope there's not as much rain as certainly as either the opening ceremony of the olympics or the flame lighting today. but, you know, the athletes, will feel a very different atmosphere in the city. yes, everybody must be hoping that they don't see a repeat of the weather that accompanied july's opening ceremony. that was extremely bad luck. i think now we're going to be showing, while you're talking tani, some pictures of you yourself competing and your many successes. how do you view your time and how do you view the paralympics as having changed since you were competing? you know, so my first games were seoul in �*88, so i competed

at five games, and this is the fifth games that i'll have worked on. every games grew and developed. there's lots of people who, you know, pushed the games. helen rollason, bbc presenter, she did so much for the paralympic movement. london raised the bar, and then it has been difficult. you know, rio was in a very different financial position by the time the games came around, and then, you know, covid hit tokyo really badly. so, you know, i think these games have the ability to to really put it on the map as a, as a world wide event. it's very popular in a lot of countries, but it doesn't quite have that global feel to it yet. so there's going to be some amazing performances, british athletes, you know, training really hard. but you know, you've got hunter woodall, who's a us athlete — his wife won a gold medal at the olympics for the long jump, so, you know, there's really interesting stories that are going to come out of these games. baroness tanni grey—thompson ahead of the opening ceremony of the paralympics on wednesday.

let me take you now to iraq — where millions of shi'ite muslims are gathering in karbala in their annual hussein, killed in the battle of karbala in 680. during the holy shi'ite ritual of arba'in, which will peak on august 25th, pilgrims chant and beat their chests outside the al—abbas holy shrine, before embarking on a procession decorated with religious banners and posters. much after midnight there, still happening in kerbala in iraq. thank you for watching bbc news. 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. it was the worst rioting for more than a decade. chanting: get this | scum off our streets!

get this scum off our streets! a week of mayhem in our towns and cities. # tommy, tommy, tommy robinson!# mobs whipped up by the far right on social media. you've allowed people into our towns and cities that are raping their way through our towns. they're murdering our kids left, right and centre. so why did so many take to the streets? you can have just a rip in the social fabric, and everyone's anger and frustrations come pouring out. it just takes one person to pick up a brick. and how can the government stop it happening again? it breaks my heart that, once again, i am having to make the case for why this is my country. southport, three weeks ago.

a scene of unimaginable horror. my officers were called to reports of a stabbing. multiple people, many of whom were children, had been subjected to a ferocious attack. a teenager armed with a knife attacked a taylor swift dance workshop. he brought one of the girls out the building and she didn't look good at all. poor kid. three children — bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, and alice da silva aguiar — were killed. eight other children seriously injured. two adults stabbed trying to save them. the mother that i wasjust consoling, just the look on her face because she knew something had happened to her child. it's like, oh, my gosh,

how do you even comprehend? there's nothing you can do.