nasa says two astronauts stranded on the international space station will not return to earth until february, eight months later than initially planned. 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 detained 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 said that the attack was an act of terror. translation: we do not know everything yet. - we do not know much yet. we do know one thing — this attack has struck at the heart of our country. this attack was intended to spread terror. terror among people who were celebrating peacefully together. i spoke to colin clark about the islamic state group and the claim of responsibility for the attack. always great to have you. islamic state group claiming the knife attack in germany not yet providing evidence, but what you make of the claim? i evidence, but what you make of the claim?— the claim? i take the claim as credible- _ the claim? i take the claim as credible. this _ the claim? i take the claim as credible. this is _ the claim? i take the claim as credible. this is the _ the claim? i take the claim as credible. this is the latest - the claim? i take the claim as credible. this is the latest in l credible. this is the latest in a series of attacks by the islamic state, given where it

took place in germany, this has emerged into something of a terrorist hub over the past year. i had a piece last week where we looked at islamic state recruiting heavily here and attempting to push radicalise individuals over the age and inspire them to commit attacks in their name. i do not want to speak too soon on that angle but certainly islamic state is behind this and we could be heading in that direction.— could be heading in that direction. ~ ., ., .,~ ., direction. what do you make of this method — direction. what do you make of this method of— direction. what do you make of this method of attack, - direction. what do you make of this method of attack, a - direction. what do you make of this method of attack, a knife l this method of attack, a knife attack on a large celebration there in solingen, if this was there in solingen, if this was the islamic state group. as a knife attack that in with their methods in ways that they carry out these terror attacks? it does, and isis rarely issues false claims, so we can be certain that it was isis that inspire this individual. it is both pragmatic even the weapon

available and opportunistic, and they are seeking to capitalise. there was an arrest of a 15—year—old and we do not believe he is ever arbitrator but he knew of the attack. they do not go after kids that are incredibly young, 13 or 1a or 15, some are radicalise on tiktok and isis is now inspiring them to lodge attacks evenif inspiring them to lodge attacks even if they are just a knife attack, the numbers are low in terms of lethality but that is largely a reflection of the weapons available in a german early. interestingly the last attack that isis claimed was a vehicle attack, going back several years, so i think we're on the cusp another optic right now and attacks in western europe. we have seen more plotting and now that the olympics are over in paris isis will get back to continuing to try to inspire teenagers to launch one of attacks throughout western europe and north america. i5 throughout western europe and north america.— north america. is that a new tactic by the _ north america. is that a new tactic by the islamic -

north america. is that a new tactic by the islamic state . tactic by the islamic state group, targeting younger kids? in terms of what usa, it seems they are leveraging social media sites, something like tiktok? , ., media sites, something like tiktok? , . ., , tiktok? they have always used social media _ tiktok? they have always used social media platforms - tiktok? they have always used social media platforms and - social media platforms and relied on encrypted platforms to attempt to communicate with people. i think it is more a reflection on the apps themselves, that tiktok is increasingly used by younger people, and they have picked up on that, people have talked about the kind of hipster preachers who are radicalise but also speaking the language of the youth today. we also have the israel hamas conflict that has raised the temperature and in this case isis measures that specifically and that has made attacks across the west more likely because of the images we see daily come out of gaza of dead palestinian civilians.— gaza of dead palestinian civilians. ., , civilians. that was my next question. _ civilians. that was my next question, how _ civilians. that was my next question, how link - civilians. that was my next question, how link to - civilians. that was my next question, how link to the l question, how link to the middle east when it comes to the israel hamas war to acts of

terror and the islamic state group? we know groups like the claimed their their actions are a response to that ongoing conflicts, is there a link here as well? ., ., ~' conflicts, is there a link here as well? ., ., ~ _, . as well? look, the conflict itself is an _ as well? look, the conflict itself is an accelerant - as well? look, the conflict itself is an accelerant a - itself is an accelerant a e—card of it as a fodder some of these other attacks, the people who have grievances and radicalised or going down the path of radicalisation. it is another ember on the fire, and when we see these images coming out daily, pretty horrific and 90w out daily, pretty horrific and gory images. it certainly contributes to the broader sense of radicalisation and when you have people who are poking and prodding at young people, trying to push them towards action, the result is what we have seen recently in germany and europe. in what we have seen recently in germany and europe.- germany and europe. in this calendar— germany and europe. in this calendar year— germany and europe. in this calendar year alone. - germany and europe. in this calendar year alone. you - calendar year alone. you touched on other incidents recently in europe, there was also the incident at a russian penal colony on friday that was

claimed by the islamic state group. just before i let you 90, group. just before i let you go, does it feel to you like the group has now become a bit more active in recent months? without question. the frequency and the operational tempo, we have seen some pretty high profile attacks in 2024, the attack in iran, an attack on istanbul, the moscow attack, and then several foiled plots throughout western europe. this is isis now on the move and 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 the power competition of china and russia, so it is a perfect storm, and i am concerned about what we will see in the lead—up to the us presidential election and throughout the rest of the year. reports in french say the russian founder of the telegram messaging service, pavel durov, has been arrested in paris. they say the tech billionaire

was detained at le bourget airport after his private jet landed from azerbaijan. there's been no confirmation from the authorities. those media reports say mr durov is accused of refusing to cooperate with investigations into the use of telegram by criminals. the encrypted messaging service has hundreds of millions of users worldwide. mr durov left russia a decade ago after falling out with the authorities and had been living in the united arab emirates. darren loucaides, a freelance journalist who has been writing extensively about telegram since 2021. i asked him about the telegram approach to moderation on the platform. ihis approach to moderation on the latform. , . , ., platform. his attitudes to seech platform. his attitudes to speech online _ platform. his attitudes to speech online since - platform. his attitudes to speech online since his i platform. his attitudes to i speech online since his early days has been that speech should not be censored, very much a free—speech zealot.

there is not this sort of huge moderation apparatus on telegram, as has evolved on facebook. they do claim when there are big breaking stories and events such as in gaza when the conflict broke out last year that they moderate channels and hamas channels and take down calls to violence. experts tell me that they are very slow to react to illegal content on the platform. despite claims to take down insights for violence, for example. an abandoned tanker carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil is on fire in the red sea. the greek—flagged ship was attacked by yemen's 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 october, disrupting a vital trade route. the us, uk and other allies have responded over the months with strikes on houthi targets in yemen. the houthi movement says it is standing in solidarity with palestinians. israeli air strikes in southern gaza killed at least three dozen people on saturday. that's according to palestinian hospital officials. images 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. for more on the security situation in the red sea and the middle east more broadly, i've been speaking to jamal benomar, the former longtime united nations diplomat and special envoy for yemen. what do you make of the leaders incident there in the red sea, this one involving a greek—owned oil tanker? the situation is getting out of hand. i think the militaristic approach to what happens in the red sea is backfiring. the theatre of operation is expanding, houthis are expanding, and it's no longerjust 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 more sophisticated weapons and special weapons that we have not seen before. they have more co—ordination and with other groups in the region in iraq and obviously liaising with hezbollah. this has been — should have been resolved through diplomacy, not the militarisation of the red sea. crosstalk. this military action, it seems to be backfiring. what other option is there? you said diplomacy, how possible do you think that is? there is a clear link between what is happening

in the red sea and the situation in gaza. the houthis are saying that they are taking action for the palestinians to stop the slaughter of innocent civilians in gaza. while international public opinion is demanding an end to this war in the slaughter of the palestinians and it is clear that if there is a ceasefire in gaza or other fronts like lebanon, the israeli border, the situation in the red sea will come down. to what extent do you think the houthis now are working to gather with other actors in the region, potentially a group like hezbollah? yes, they increased their cooperation with other groups in the whole region. houthis have used this us—uk bombing campaign to get more combatants back in yemen. this allows them to build their forces and the number

of combatants that they recruited recently is very high, from what i hear, in yemen. the action allows them to look good, with the public at large, the public at large in arab countries is resentful of the government and the complicity in these conflicts. it is making them look also like unimportant regional actor, an international actor, that is affecting maritime routes and the economy and so on. we should not forget that in 2014 the houthis were basically a militia, and facilitating their dialogue with otherfactions in my capacity as un special envoy for yemen.

they were a small group located in the far north of the country, so everybody underestimated them, and i think the us, uk and the supporters never expected them to take over the capital, never expected them to withstand the saudi onslaught with the going to war against the houthis. the houthis basically won this war, and the saudis have been more recently wise to withdraw from this war, and we are very cautious also when we see their reaction to what is happening now in the red sea, they never joined the us and uk coalition. let mejustjump in because we have 30 seconds left but i want to ask you briefly, do you think because we see this negotiatom continue, if they were to be an agreement in gaza, anything that might put an end to these attacks

by the houthis in the red sea? absolutely. i am certain that the inaudible the situation is that continuing war on the palestinians in gaza, if that comes to an end, the situation in lebanon and the red sea will also come to an end. palestinians in the west bank are protesting against the new israeli takeovers of their privately owned land in what is a world heritage site. this month, the israeli minister published a plan for a new jewish settlement close to bethlehem and known for its natural beauty. the governor of a russian region so the five civilians were killed after ukrainian forces shelled a town. the leader said that 12 others were hurt in ukraine has not yet commented. on saturday, ukraine marked 33 years of post—soviet independence while commemorating the thousands of civilians and soldiers killed

on the ongoing war with russia. volodymyr zelensky said moscow had tried to destroy his country at war had returned to russian soil. the authors said that ukraine has deployed a new drone missile system against russia. he was speaking in north—eastern ukraine close to the water and ukrainian forces claims to now hold 1200 square kilometres or 480 square miles of russian temperature recently launched a cross—border incursion a fortnight ago. 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 montpellier 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. sao paulo has been hit by a devastating series of wildfires that are affecting 30 different cities within the region. they are fuelled by an ongoing spell of dry, hot weather and already killed two people. the government has created an emergency committee to try to tackle those wires. our american news reporter has taken a closer look away those wires have been so bad. temperatures and low humidity have been soaking these fire conditions across the state, and this is a state that has suffered a prolonged drought. officials also are concerned that forest fires will spread rapidly due to high winds, so

this could we engulf and destroy huge areas of natural vegetation. the wildfires season usually peaks in august and september in brazil, but this year the wildfires started unusually early in late may, in the world largest wetlands, and they destroy huge areas of a precious ecosystem but this is just the latest in an ongoing saga for brazil with extreme weather going from fires too recently again a few months ago once in a century flooding in the southern most state which claimed more than 170 lives. many different extreme weather issues that is suffocating large parts of brazil but at this moment in time, fires only top priority on the agenda. nasa says two astronauts stranded on the international space station after their boeing space craft ran into trouble will not return to earth until february 2025.

sunita williams and barry wilmore will be brought back on a spacex dragon capsule. their mission had been expected to lastjust 8 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: i spoke with leroy chiao, a former nasa astronaut and engineer. can you put us inside the heads of these astronauts who went to space expecting to be there for eight days and now it looks like they will be there instead for eight months? sure, of course nobody likes surprises, especially big surprises like this. having said that, astronauts like being in space —

and although butch and suni were looking at an 8—10 day mission which had blossomed into over two months — and now looking like it will be eight months. having said that, they're also professionals, professionals who have flown long durations in the iss. they know how to operate the vehicle and how to do most of the experiments, and they have really been pitching in, so essentially they are getting a longer flight. the only thing is they were not expecting it. i'm sure it impacted some other part of their lives. but they are adjusting very well and i think they will do great. you wonder if anybody left milk in the refrigerator or something like that. just going back to the spacecraft itself, we heard the statement from boeing, and nasa has spoken about it as well. what do you make of the decision here to essentially keep the astronauts there until a different spacecraft can get them? is this overly cautious or do you think it is the right decision? i think it is absolutely the right decision and nobody

in the business is surprised by that. starliner has been behind schedule and have a lot of technical and budget problems and finally got into space and suffered these failures on the thrusters, they seem fairly minor. testing was unable to come up with a root cause, they saw disturbing problems related to overheating and apparently parts of the spacecraft around the propulsion system are getting hotter than they had expected and so it is causing some potential problems with the seals. this was the right decision. in an emergency, you would do that risk—to—reward and, of course, try to bring them down on starliner. although now the decision has been made that they will 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 not docked in september to come down without people on board and then the 9—crew comes up, which will also be the vehicle that brings the astronauts down in february. i have a question about the starliner — it will go back to earth unmanned. how is that possible? and i know everyone was excited because the starliner was going to make a different sort of landing from the way you usually see. is it still going to happen, will they get the chance to try that? yes, starliner will lead in utah at the landing zone there on the ground and i believe that will still happen. it took them literally a while, two months to come up with a software patch and upload and test it on the vehicle because previously it did not have the capability to come down autonomously but now they believe they can bring it down. the plan is to undock the starliner sometime in september and go ahead and bring it back probably for the land—landing.

this was the first attempt for boeing for a crewed mission and it has not exactly gone according to plan. where you think it leaves boeing now? and the attempt to catch up to spacex and get its own space programme going? no question, a big black eye for boeing. they are behind schedule and over budget. they have spent about $1.6 billion of its own money to keep the starliner and get it going again. to where it is now. now they will have to try to fix the problem, it will undoubtedly involve a redesign and they will have to shoulder the bulk of that cost. and nasa may contribute a little but by and large they're on the hook with a contract to develop a working vehicle and nasa wants starliner to be successful because nasa wants more than just one source or one provider to bring astronauts to and from the iss.

it has been successful, almost four years in doing that and nasa is eager to bring starliner online as well. let's turn to some other important news around the world. in canada, an arbitrator brought in to resolve a dispute over working conditions on the country's railways, has ordered employees back to work. however, the workers' union says it will file a legal challenge against it. the president of the teamsters canada rail conference said on saturday that canadian workers' rights had been "significantly diminished" by the arbitrator's order. 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. speaking from port sudan, general al—burhan said the army will continue fighting, however long it takes. the sudanese government refused to send a delegation to the talks, insisting on a return to a previous declaration made injeddah, which the rsf signed last year. the geneva talks ended on friday without a ceasefire. nearly1 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 seventeen power stations have been forced to shut down. feni has been hardest hit by the floods, which have now affected five million people across bangladesh and caused at least 18 deaths. you can get more on the top stories in our bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it looks like it's going to get warmer next week, particularly for south—eastern 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. not much rain heading into the midlands, it should stay dry towards the south—east. 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 south—east 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 south—east 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 north—west 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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