as houthis in yemen release a video claiming to show their forces attacking the vessel. hello, i'm carl nasman. we start in germany, where authorities say they've arrested a man suspected of carrying out a mass stabbing in the city of solingen on friday evening, which left three people dead and eight injured. german media reports say the suspect handed himself in to a police patrol. this brings the total number of people arrested in connection with the attack to three, including a 15—year—old on suspicion of having been in contact with the perpetrator before the attack. the islamic state group have claimed responsibility for the attack, but have provided no evidence — and earlier on saturday, police were seen raiding a property, usually a home for refugees, in the city of solingen.

the premier of the german state of north rhine—westphalia said the attack was an "act of terror". translation: he speaks german a short while ago, i spoke to colin clarke, director of research at the soufan group — about the islamic state group and its claims of responsibility in this attack. collin, always great to have you here. the islamic state group not providing any evidence, but what do you make of the claimant self? i evidence, but what do you make of the claimant self?— of the claimant self? i think the claim — of the claimant self? i think the claim is _ of the claimant self? i think the claim is credible. - of the claimant self? i think the claim is credible. this i of the claimant self? i thinki the claim is credible. this is kind of the latest of a series of attacks by the islamic

state. given warrant take place in north rhine, this is emerged in north rhine, this is emerged in something of a terrorist hub. i did a piece with nicholas doc hammer last week where we looked at islamic state recruiting, pushing people over the edge and having them carry out attacks and their names. we could be heading in the direction. what do ou heading in the direction. what do you make _ heading in the direction. what do you make of _ heading in the direction. what do you make of this _ heading in the direction. what do you make of this method i heading in the direction. what do you make of this method of attack, i knife attack on a large celebration there if this was the islamic state group? does that fit in with their methods and wades they carry out these terror attacks? it does, and we can be sure it was isis that inspired this individual. it's both pragmatic given the weapons, and

opportunistic, and they are looking to capitalise. there was an arrest of a 15—year—old who knew of the attack, but not the perpetrator. they have been going after incredibly young kids, 14, 15 years old. isis is now inspiring them to want to attack even if they are quote unquote just a knife attack. that's largely a reflection of the weapons available in germany. the last attack isis claimed was a vehicle attack going out several years, so i think we're on the cusp of another uptick right now in attacks in western europe. we've seen more plotting now that the olympics are over in paris. isis is going to get back to inspiring teenagers to launch one—off attacks throughout western europe and north america. i5 throughout western europe and north america.— north america. is in a new tactic by — north america. is in a new tactic by the _ north america. is in a new tactic by the islamic -

north america. is in a new tactic by the islamic state | tactic by the islamic state group, targeting young kids? it seems they're leveraging social media sites, something like tiktok. �* , ., tiktok. it's old wine, new bottles- _ tiktok. it's old wine, new bottles. they've - tiktok. it's old wine, new bottles. they've always . tiktok. it's old wine, new i bottles. they've always use forms to communicate with people. i think it's more a reflection on the apps themselves, that tiktok has been increasingly used by younger folks, been increasingly used by youngerfolks, they been increasingly used by younger folks, they picked been increasingly used by youngerfolks, they picked up on that. people have talked about the kind of hipster e mum, radicalised but speaking the language of today's youth —— back iman. isis mentioned this specifically, and it made attacks more likely because of the images we're seeing come out of volvo. ==

the images we're seeing come out of volvo.— out of volvo. -- out of god 's love. out of volvo. -- out of god 's love- that's _ out of volvo. -- out of god 's love. that's what _ out of volvo. -- out of god 's love. that's what we're - out of volvo. -- out of god 's i love. that's what we're seeing, acts of terror. —— out of —— gaza. -- gaza. it is kind ofjust -- gaza. it is kind of 'ust fodderi -- gaza. it is kind of 'ust fodder for i -- gaza. it is kind of 'ust fodder for some * -- gaza. it is kind of 'ust fodder for some of h -- gaza. it is kind ofjust fodder for some of these -- gaza. it is kind ofjust - fodder for some of these other attacks or people that have grievances, for people that are radicalised or going down the path of radicalisation. it's just another ember on the fire. when we see these images coming out daily, pretty horrific and 90w out daily, pretty horrific and gory images, this certainly contributes to this broader sense radicalisation when you have people that are poking and prodding at young folks, trying to push them towards action. the result is what we've seen in germany and several plots destructive.— destructive. colin, you touch on some _ destructive. colin, you touch on some incidents _ destructive. colin, you touch on some incidents recently l destructive. colin, you touch| on some incidents recently in europe. there was also this incident on a russian penal

colony claimed by the islamic state group. does it feel to you like the group has now become a bit more active in recent months?— recent months? without question. _ recent months? without question, carl. - recent months? without question, carl. the - recent months? without - question, carl. the frequency, the tempo, we've seen some pretty high—profile attacks just to get into a 24. the claremont attack in iran, istanbul. severalfoiled plots istanbul. several foiled plots throughout istanbul. severalfoiled plots throughout western europe. this is isis now on the move. they feel a sense of momentum and this is happening at the same time that the united states and its allies are overly focused on what we call great power competition. china, russia, occupy and it's, it's a bit of a perfect storm. i'm a bit concerned about what we're going to see in the us to the —— lead up to the us election and the rest of the year.

an abandoned tanker carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude oil is on fire in the red sea. the greek—flagged ship was attacked by yemen's houthis houthis on wednesday. the iran—backed movement — which is designated a terrorist organisation by the us — released this footage of the attack. the tanker�*s crew was evacuated to safety on thursday. experts are warning of a possible ecological disaster in the red sea due to the amount of oil on board. houthis have targeted more than 80 ships since since october, disrupting a vital trade route. the us, uk and other allies have responded over the months with strikes on houthi targets targets in yemen. the houthi movement says it is standing in solidarity with palestinians. live now to jamal benomar, the former long—time united nations diplomat and special envoy for yemen. the situation is getting out of hand. i think the militaristic is approach to what happens in

the red sea is backfiring. the theatre of operation is expanding, houthis are expanding, houthis are expanding, and it's no longer just the red sea. it's south of aden and the indian ocean. they're threatening operations in the mediterranean. let's see whether this is serious or not. it's no longerjust the red sea. the frequency has increased. they are using works of his good weapons and special weapons that we haven't seen before. —— special weapons. particular motions in iraq, they are liaising with hezbollah. this has been resolved through diplomacy and not the militarisation of the red sea. i not the militarisation of the red sea. ., not the militarisation of the red sea. . ., not the militarisation of the red sea-— not the militarisation of the red sea. . ., ., red sea. i wanted to ask you... crosstalk _

crosstalk this seems to be backfiring. what is the other option. you said diplomacy. how possible you think that is with a group like the houthis?— like the houthis? there is a clear link— like the houthis? there is a clear link between - like the houthis? there is a clear link between what's i clear link between what's happening in the red sea and the situation in gaza. the houthis are saying that they're taking action with the palestinians to stop the slaughter of innocent civilians in gaza. international public opinion is demanding an end to this war and the slaughtering of civilians and it's very clear that if there is a cease—fire, in gaza or on the front like lebanon and israel border. it will come down. to what extent do you think the houthis are working together with other actors in the region — potentially a group like hezbollah? - potentially a group like hezbollah?— - potentially a group like hezbollah? , , . hezbollah? yes, they increase their cooperation _ hezbollah? yes, they increase their cooperation with - hezbollah? yes, they increase their cooperation with groups | their cooperation with groups and the whole region. but these

have used this us, uk campaign to occlude more combatants back in yemen. this allows them to build theirforces and in yemen. this allows them to build their forces and the number of combatants that they recruited recently is very high from what i hearing directly from what i hearing directly from the mnes —— people in yemen. their action allows them to look good with the public at large. it is very resentful of the government in putin's complacency in this conflict. —— complicity. it's making them look like an unimportant actor thatis look like an unimportant actor that is affecting maritime routes and international economy and so on and so on. we

shouldn't forget that in 2014, houthis are basically a ragtag militia. when i was meeting with them, as un special envoy for yemen, they were a small group located in the far north of the country. everybody underestimated them. they never expected them to withstand or take over the capital. to withstand the saudi onslaught when saudi arabia decided to go to war against the houthis. they basically won this war. they basically won this war. the saudis have been more recently wise to withdrawal from this war. they are very cautious when they see this reaction to what's happening now in the red sea. he never

joined the us—uk coalition. let joined the us-uk coalition. let me 'ust joined the us—uk coalition. let me justjump joined the us—uk coalition. let mejustjump in, do joined the us—uk coalition. let me justjump in, do you think mejustjump in, do you think because we see these negotiations continue, if there were to be an agreement in gaza, this might put an end to these attacks by the houthis was yellow absolutely. my very certain was yellow absolutely. my very certai ., , ., ., , certain that the situation is continuing _ certain that the situation is continuing war _ certain that the situation is continuing war and - certain that the situation is - continuing war and palestinians in gaza. if that comes to an end, the situation will also come to an end.— end, the situation will also come to an end. great to get our come to an end. great to get your perspective _ come to an end. great to get your perspective of— come to an end. great to get your perspective of this, - come to an end. great to get i your perspective of this, jamal your perspective of this, jamal benomar. long—time farmer secretary special envoy for yemen, thank you very much. israeli air strikes in southern gaza killed at least three dozen people on saturday. that's according to palestinian hospital officials. iamges and videos reviewed

by the bbc confirm children are among those who were killed. nasser hospital in khan younis said it had received 33 bodies from three air strikes in the city. another hospital said it received three bodies from a separate air raid. the israeli army said it is investigating the reports. the idf also announced that four of its soldiers were killed in gaza on friday. hamas is sending a delegation to cairo, saying they will "listen in on" ceasefire talks that are resuming this week. the israeli spy chief will reportedly attend the talks. major differences still remain between israel and hamas on reaching a deal. palestinians in the occupied west bank are protesting against new israeli takeovers of their privately—owned land, on what is a unesco world heritage site. this month, a far—right israeli minister, published a plan for a newjewish settlement in battir, which is close to bethlehem, and is known for its natural beauty. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. we'll bring you therefore we

can. we don't have that story at the moment. france's interior minister says police have arrested a man suspected of causing an explosion outside a synagogue in the south of the country. the french president, emmanuel macron, earlier described the incident near montpelier as an act of terror. two cars, one with a gas bottle inside, were set alight in the town of la grande motte, injuring a police officer. security outside jewish 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. some breaking news — the afp news agency is reporting that telegram chief pavel durov has been detained at a french airport. the french tv channel

tfi reported that durov was arrested at bourget airport outside paris on saturday night. citing an unnamed source, tfi said he was arrested after travelling from azerbaijan on his privatejet and had been targeted by an arrest warrant in france. russia's embassy in france said it is is taking "immediate steps" to clarify the situation around the arrest of the russian—born businessman. brazil's sao paulo state has been hit by a devastating (00v)the fires, fuelled by an ongoing spell of dry hot series of wildfires that are affecting or threatening 30 cities within the region. the fires, fuelled by an ongoing spell of dry, hot weather, have already killed two people. the state government has created an emergency committee to handle the fires. our latin america news reporter mimi swaby has been taking a closer look at why the fires have been so bad. temperatures and really low humidity have been stoking these really dangerous fire conditions across the state. and this is a state which has been suffering

a prolonged drought. state officials are also really concerned that forest fires will spread rapidly due to high winds. now, this could really engulf and destroy huge areas of natural vegetation. the wildfire season usually peaks in august and september in brazil. however, this year these wildfires started unusually early in late may in the pantanal region, the world's largest wetlands. rich, diverse ecosystem. but this is just the latest in an ongoing saga for brazil, with extreme weather going from fires to recently, again, only a few months ago, some once—in—a—century flooding in the southernmost state of rio grande do sul, which claimed more than 170 lives, so many different extreme weather issues which are suffocating large parts of brazil. but at this moment in time, fires are now at the top priority on the agenda.

nasa says two astronauts stranded on the international space station after their boeing spacecraft ran into trouble will not return to earth until february 2025. sunita williams and barry wilmore will be brought back on a space x dragon capsule. their mission had been expected to lastjust eight days, before the boeing starliner was affected by a string of problems. the stricken space craft will be brought back earlier without the crew. boeing released a statement saying... for more, here's our science editor rebecca morelle. the start of a mission that was supposed to lastjust 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 emphasisedits 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 leroy chiao, a former nasa astronaut and engineer. first of all, just inside the heads of these are not expecting to be in space for eight days, but now in eight months —— for eight months instead. months -- for eight months instead. ., ,., , months -- for eight months instead. ., , ~ , months -- for eight months instead. , ~ ,, , , , instead. nobody likes surprises like this, but— instead. nobody likes surprises like this, but having _ instead. nobody likes surprises like this, but having said - like this, but having said that, after not like being themselves —— in space. although butch and suni were going for an eight—day mission, having said that, they're

professionals. they both flowed long durations before, so they know how to operate the vehicle and do most of the experiments and do most of the experiments and they have already been pitching in. essentially, they're getting they�* re getting another long—duration they're getting another long—duration flight. the only thing is they weren't expecting, so i'm sure it impacted other parts of their lives, but they're seemingly adjusting very well and doing great. adjusting very well and doing areat. ., ., adjusting very well and doing treat. ., ., ., , , great. you wonder if anybody left a carton _ great. you wonder if anybody left a carton of _ great. you wonder if anybody left a carton of milk- great. you wonder if anybody left a carton of milk in - great. you wonder if anybody left a carton of milk in the . left a carton of milk in the refrigerator! just going back to the spacecraft and this statement from boeing and nassau, what do you make of the decision to essentially keep them there until different spacecraft can get them? is overly cautious with the right decision —— nasa? i overly cautious with the right decision -- nasa?— overly cautious with the right decision -- nasa? i think this is the right— decision -- nasa? i think this is the right decision - decision -- nasa? i think this is the right decision and - is the right decision and nobody in the business is the price. starliner has been behind schedule, i had a lot of technical and budget problems, finally got into space and

suffer these failures on the thrusters. they seem fairly minor. they were unable to agree on a root cause and saw some disturbing problems relating to overheating. apparently parts of the spacecraft are getting harder than they had expected, so it's causing some potential problems with the seals. this was the right decision. i think in an emergency, you would do the risk reward, and of course try to bring them down on starliner, although no decision has been made that they are going to wait and prepare the dragon that is up there, the spacex vehicle, to come back with six instead of four in this period of time between when the starliner is undocked in september to come down without people on board and the crew nine vehicle coming up, which will also be the vehicle that brings butch and suni down in february. that brings butch and suni down in february-— in february. you mentioned it's auoin in february. you mentioned it's going back _ in february. you mentioned it's going back to — in february. you mentioned it's going back to earth _ in february. you mentioned it's going back to earth unmanned. j going back to earth unmanned. how is that possible? i know

that everyone was really excited because the starliner was going to make a different sort of landing than you usually see. is that still going to happen? will they get the chance to try that out? yes, starliner i believe is going to land in utah, i think still on the ground, so i believe that will still happen. yeah, they took them literally a wild. two months to come up with the software patch, uploaded and tested on the vehicle because previously, it did not have the capability to come down autonomously. i found they believe they can bring it down, so the plan is to undock the starliner sometime in september and bring it back for the land landing. this september and bring it back for the land landing.— the land landing. this was itoeing's _ the land landing. this was boeing's first _ the land landing. this was boeing's first real - the land landing. this was| boeing's first real attempt the land landing. this was i boeing's first real attempt at a crew dimension. it hasn't actually go on according to plan. where do you think this leaves boeing now in his attempts —— crewed mission?

sure, this is no question in a big black eye for boeing. they're behind schedule, over budget. they spent about 1.6 billion of his own money to kind of keep the starliner and get it going and get to where it is now. now they have to fix the problem. it is undoubtedly going to involve some redesign. they have to shoulder the bulk of the cost, but by and large, they're on the the contract to develop a working vehicle. nasa wants starliner to be wants sta rliner to be successful wants starliner to be successful because nasa wants more than just one source or one provider to bring astronauts to and from iss. spacex very successful, almost four years now and doing that. nasais four years now and doing that. nasa is eager to bring starliner online. quick check on some _ starliner online. quick check on some of— starliner online. quick check on some of their _ starliner online. quick check on some of their stories. - nearly a million people in bangladesh are without power

as a result of devastating floods. the energy ministry says about half of those without electricity are in the south—eastern district of feni, where 17 power stations have been forced to shut down. —— other stories. feni has been hardest hit by the floods, which have now affected five million people across bangladesh and caused at least 18 deaths. millions of shia muslims are gathering in karbala, iraq, in their annual pilgrimage to mark the killing of prophet muhammad's grandson, hussein in the battle of prophet muhammad's grandson hussein in the battle of karbala in 680. during the holy shia ritual of arbaeen, pilgrims chant and beat their chests outside the al—abbas holy shrine and embark on a procession decorated with religious banners and posters. the pilgrimage will peak on august 25. more news coming up at the top of the hour. 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. some early sunshine in the east, it does cloud over though 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. 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 40 miles an hour — 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 and 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. we want to see early showers in the southeast and still some 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. 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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