to earth until february — eight months later than initially planned. the decision to keep butch and suni aboard the international space station and bring the boeing starliner home on crude is the result of a commitment to safety. 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. prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation

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. some breaking news in the past few minutes — a report from the german newspaper der spiegel saying that officers the bbc hasn't yet been able to verify this. the incident took place in solingen in the west of germany last night. prosecutors say they're treating the attack as a possible terrorist incident. and 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. 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 allowl 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. freelance journalist james jackson is based in berlin and told me more about the latest developments. there are reports that the jerk the —— the attacker had shouted "allahu

akbar". he aimed at the next of the victim, three dead, some injured critically. according to adjournment newspaper, there was a police bloodhound that led the police from the seat of the crime to an asylum home for refugees which was 100 metres away. just 400 metres away with a knife was found in a bin. this comes in conjunction with a 15—year—old who was arrested, but probably not the perpetrator. irate 15-year-old who was arrested, but probably not the perpetrator. we did have this claim _ probably not the perpetrator. we did have this claim from _ probably not the perpetrator. we did have this claim from the _ probably not the perpetrator. we did have this claim from the islamic- have this claim from the islamic state that they were responsible, and we cannot verify or confirm that claim. �* , and we cannot verify or confirm that claim. �*, , and we cannot verify or confirm that claim. �*, ., , and we cannot verify or confirm that claim. ., , claim. it's possible that this was an unrelated _ claim. it's possible that this was an unrelated attack _ claim. it's possible that this was an unrelated attack which - claim. it's possible that this was an unrelated attack which the i an unrelated attack which the islamic state have claimed for themselves. they have a history of

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has already blamed this on multiculturalism. germany is not used to these kind of attacks. we've had comments from leading politicians that germany is mourning, it's hurting for the victims of this crime. find mourning, it's hurting for the victims of this crime. and you're in berlin, but — victims of this crime. and you're in berlin. butjust _ victims of this crime. and you're in berlin, butjust a _ victims of this crime. and you're in berlin, butjust a little _ victims of this crime. and you're in berlin, butjust a little bit - victims of this crime. and you're in berlin, butjust a little bit of- victims of this crime. and you're in berlin, butjust a little bit of the i berlin, butjust a little bit of the city of solingen. this was supposed to be a festival. instead, this awful event.— to be a festival. instead, this awful event. to be a festival. instead, this awfulevent. , ., awful event. absolutely, and it was awful event. absolutely, and it was a festival of — awful event. absolutely, and it was a festival of diversity. _ awful event. absolutely, and it was a festival of diversity. solingen - awful event. absolutely, and it was a festival of diversity. solingen is i a festival of diversity. solingen is a festival of diversity. solingen is a small city near dusseldorf, where people had come together to get out there and celebrate diversity. many lives lost in this very sad, tragic attack. , ., ,_, . ~ , ., 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 just eight days on the international space station. lots of cheering here in the room. big hugs. 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 now of starliner. .. the 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 and they'll return to earth in a spacex capsule instead. space flight is risky, and so the decision to keep butch and suni aboard the international space station and bring the boeing starliner home uncrewed is a result of a commitment to safety. our core value is safety.

and lift—off of starliner... this was the first test flight for boeing starliner spacecraft with a crew on board, but it had problems with some of its thrusters and several helium leaks, which delayed docking. engineers at boeing and nasa have spent months trying to overcome these technical issues but they couldn't fix them, so instead, they've turned to spacex. but because of scheduling, it means the astronauts won't return until february next year. it's disappointing that they're not coming home on starliner, but that's ok. 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 two companies to ferry their astronauts — spacex and boeing.

spacex won a contract worth $2.6 billion for its crew dragon spacecraft. boeing got more for starliner, $4.2 billion. spacex launched its first crewed mission in 2020, but it's taken boeing four more years for its maiden flight. so far, spacex had launched nine crews for nasa, but boeing's first mission won't finish as planned — the capsule is returning to earth empty. in a statement, boeing said... nasa has emphasised its commitment to boeing's spacecraft. they say they're certain it will fly again. but for butch and suni, their stay in space continues. rebecca morelle, bbc news. 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 7 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 montpelier 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. the french prime minister gabriel attal has been to visit the synagogue 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. that's the french prime minister as we were listening to the french prime minister align from first tv stations of the they are reporting that french police have arrested the man suspected of the attempted arson is the synagogue. just outline on bfm tv that french police have arrested a man suspected of the impact of martin arson. 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. officials believe that the passengers who died were probably asleep at the time of the incident. at this very early stage, the prosecutor's office is looking into potential crimes of negligent shipwreck and manslaughter, but stress they are not investigating any one 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.

breaking news from france. we are sitting on reuters that piled to rolf, the billionaire founder and ceo of the telegram messaging app, has been arrested at the airport outside paris. according to tfr tv. and bfm tv, british tv sources. they had that he had been targeted by an arrest warrant and france. police to

consider the situation may have allowed criminal activity go along undeterred on the encrypted messaging app telegram. those reports coming in from french media, that the billionaire founder and ceo of telegram, was arrested outside paris this evening. palestinians are protesting against new israeli takeovers of their privately owned land, on what is a unesco world heritage site in the occupied west bank. this month, a far—right israeli government minister, published a plan for a newjewish settlement in battir, which is close to bethlehem, and is known for its natural beauty. it comes at a time of widening attacks by settlers in the west

bank, and violence there that has increased alongside the war in gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. in the picturesque palestinian village of battir, life carries on as it has for centuries on these ancient terraces. but there's a threat. israel has approved a newjewish settlement in this unesco world heritage site. so that is the hill that is due to be transformed by new settler houses. israel's government has recently turbo—charged settlement growth, but people in battir had hoped that international recognition of this landscape's cultural importance could protect it. armed settlers confront ghassan 0lian. 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, the army, 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 is british. he orders our team to leave. joined by activists, the casilla 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 are 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.

unesco says is concerned about the plans. but for palestinians, this is notjust plans. but for palestinians, this is not just about preserving plans. but for palestinians, this is notjust about preserving the historic site, it's about giving hope for the future. to the terrible stabbing of people in a festival of germany. the regional manager has said the police have released to the life of video

of that boy who allegedly killed the kid. the islamic state group have claimed responsibility, but that hasn't been verified or confirmed for the bbc. 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 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.

let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages. a few of the papers pick up on prime minister sir keir starmer�*s speech next week where he is expected to say that things will get worse before they get better for working people. sir keir starmer will blame the conservatives for what he'll call the economic and societal black holes that labour inherited. the tories say the government is trying to persuade the public to accept tax rises. the sunday telegraph quotes the pm as claiming there is "rot deep in the heart" of britain with the paper believing he is laying the groundwork for sweeping tax rises and spending cuts. the observer focuses on starmer�*s likely assertions that the government will make "unpopular decisions" and "tough choices" in defiance of criticism around cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners. the sunday express leads with anger from probation officers critical of labour's early release of prisoners because of overcrowded prisons. the independent carries the story of an afghan pilot who fought with british troops against the taliban in afghanistan. he has been reunited with his wife and child after they were granted the righto remain in the uk.

and the mail on sunday reports that tv presenter kirstie allsopp was questioned by social services after her 15—year—old son went interrailing with a friend. in what the paper called an extraordinary intervention, a social worker contacted allsopp demanding to know what safeguards had been put in place for her son's trip. and finally — vilnius has hosted the annual corgi race. the short—legged dogs favoured by the late queen gathered from across europe to showcase 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. 0n those little legs. now let's catch up but the latest weather.

hello there. it looks like it's going to get warmer next week, particularly for southeastern parts of the uk. quite cool though for these areas in particular on saturday, where we had the cloud and rain. a weather front has taken the wet weather away, but there's more weather systems to come in from the atlantic to bring some rain in from the west, together with some stronger winds on sunday. it's quite cool air still, so temperatures are going to be on the low side to start with. from the west, with some rain coming in mainly for the northern half of the uk. briefly some rain in wales and the southwest before it cheers up in the afternoon. not much rain heading into the midlands, it should stay dry towards the southeast. the winds will pick up a bit. not as strong as they were a few days ago, but gusts of 40mph — wales, the midlands and northern england. and whilst it's going to be a bit warmer than it was on saturday in the southeast with some sunshine, further north, those temperatures really will struggle under the rain — quite a poor day here. late in the day that rain

will start to ease off a bit, and then we look out into the atlantic, more weather systems to arrive much later on monday. so on the whole, monday looks a better day. cloud left for northern england, northern ireland and scotland with one or two spots of rain. but many places will be dry, there'll be some spells of sunshine, probably not quite as windy, i think, on monday either. and so it's going to feel a bit warmer. temperatures will be a bit higher. nothing startling, but still could make the low 20s across eastern parts of england. and then these weather systems will bring some rain into the northwest overnight. we'll keep some wet weather going into tuesday, but the rain isn't going to move very far. it's getting blocked by that large area of high pressure, and that will allow the temperatures to rise ahead of the weather front, which is bringing the rain. to rise ahead of the weather front, there will be some rain, though, on tuesday for scotland, and northern ireland — could be a bit heavy over the hills as well. slowly, that rain will push its way over the irish sea into northern and western parts of england and wales. but ahead of that, the midlands towards the southeast, dry, some sunshine. here, it's starting to warm up with temperatures back into the mid 20s, but where we've got cloud and rain further north and west, temperatures will be pegged

at 18—20 degrees. and those numbers won't change here on wednesday. we've still got the rain around, it's not moving very far, but it allows the heat to build across the midlands and some eastern parts of england.

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