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.

germany's interior minister addressed the press earlier today and called for unity. translation: we as the national | government are doing everything| possible to support the local efforts. as the minister has said, we won't be divided in times like this, but we stand together. and we will not allow such a tragic attack to divide our society. so, i urgently appeal to all those who can only see hate now. don't be swayed by those sentiments. this society needs to stand together, especially in these critical hours. the premier of the german state of north rhine—westphalia, said 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 with dw news reporterjared reed, who's in berlin. even as the investigation continues, what have we heard from the german authorities and politicians? what is the reaction so far? the reaction is of shock. we have heard from a number of political leaders. i will read out the responses of a couple. the german chancellor, he leads the government, he says the attack is a terrible incident that has appalled him, he has called for the perpetrator to be quickly brought to justice. the german head of state, the president, he has "called "on all in germany to stand together against hate "and violence," and he says, "this terrible deed has "shaken me, shaken our country," and he has thanked emergency services.

i think a bit earlier you played the clip from the premier from the state where this happened, and he has called it "an act of terror against the security "and freedom of his country." although i have to say, he is calling it an act of terror but investigators have not gone that far yet. as i say, though, they have not ruled out. can you put this attack into some context for us? there has been some growing sense of concern or at least discussions around discussions around knife crime in germany. knife crime in germany. there have been a number there have been a number of knife attacks in germany of knife attacks in germany over the past year and police over the past year and police have reported a rise have reported a rise in the number of stabbings in the number of stabbings particularly around train particularly around train stations. the government to promise stations. in may at a far—right rally, in may at a far—right rally, a police officer was killed a police officer was killed in a knife attack there. in a knife attack there.

all of this has led all of this has led the government to promise a crackdown on knife crime and to promise tougher knife laws. the interior minister, she wants to specifically reduce the length of blades that are allowed to be carried in public. the current length is 12 centimetres and she wants

to categorise this reported rise in knife crime by police as a trend simply because germany does not have very much data on knife crime at the moment because it has only been collecting this particular data for the last three years or so. i guess what this attack will do is put much more attention around this issue and calls will grow to try to do something about it. reports in french media 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 is a freelance journalist who has been writing extensively about telegram since 2021. i asked him about pavel durov and telegram's approach to moderation on the platform. pavel durov�*s attitude towards speech online since his early days has been that speech should not be censored. very much a sort of free speech zealot. there is not this sort of huge moderation apparatus on telegram, as has evolved on facebook or instagram. 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. ——incites. the governor of russia's belgorod region said sunday that five civilians were killed after ukrainian forces shelled the town of rakitnoye. the regional leader said on telegram that 12 others were hurt. ukraine has not yet commented. meanwhile, on saturday, ukraine marked 33 years of post—soviet independence, while commemorating the thousands of civilians and soldiers killed in the ongoing war with russia. in his address, president volodymyr zelensky said moscow had tried to destroy his country but that war had returned to russian soil. he also said that ukraine has deployed a new drone missile

system against russia. mr zelensky was speaking in north—eastern ukraine, close to the border with russia's kursk region. ukrainian forces claim to now hold 1,200 square kilometres — or 480 square miles — of russian territory since they launched a cross—border incursion more than a fortnight ago. 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 the houthi movement says it is standing in solidarity it is standing in solidarity with palestinians. with palestinians.

israeli air strikes in southern israeli air strikes in southern gaza killed at least three gaza killed at least three dozen people on saturday. dozen people on saturday. that's according to palestinian that's according to palestinian hospital officials. hospital officials. images and videos reviewed images and videos reviewed by the bbc confirm children by the bbc confirm children are among those are among those who were killed. who were killed. nasser hospital in khan younis nasser hospital in khan younis said it had received 33 bodies said it had received 33 bodies from three air from three air strikes in the city. strikes in the city. another hospital said it another hospital said it received three bodies received three bodies from a separate air raid. from a separate air raid. the israeli army said it is the israeli army said it is investigating the reports. investigating the reports. the idf also announced that the idf also announced that four of its soldiers four of its soldiers were killed incident there in the red sea, were killed in gaza on friday. in gaza on friday. hamas is sending a delegation hamas is sending a delegation to cairo, saying they will to cairo, saying they will "listen in" on ceasefire talks that are resuming this week. the israeli spy chief will the israeli spy chief will reportedly attend the talks. major differences still remain between israel and hamas reportedly attend the talks. on reaching a deal. for more on the security situation in the red sea and the middle east more and the middle east more broadly, i've been speaking broadly, i've been speaking to jamal benomar, the former to jamal benomar, the former longtime united nations longtime united nations diplomat and special diplomat and special envoy for yemen. envoy for yemen.

what do you make of the latest what do you make of the latest 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 and the slaughter of the palestinians and it is clear that

if there is a ceasefire in gaza

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, when i was meeting with them 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 in 2015. the houthis basically won this war, and the saudis have been more recently wise to

withdraw from this war, and they 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 negotiaton 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. some breaking news to bring you — israel says it is launching strikes on lebanon to prevent a large—scale attack

by hezbollah. the israeli military says on x: the rdf spokesperson is also providing an update and he said... the ongoing aggression and risks of dragging the people of lebanon and the people of israel and the whole region into a wider escalation. that is coming from the space present from the rdf. many have been on edge and anticipating a retaliation by hezbollah, given the recent events in the

region, that news coming in just now and we will continue to follow that story as we get more developments. 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. 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 space x 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 land 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 do 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. italian prosecutors 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 freak storm. bethany bell reports from porticello. 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. before we go, a reminder of the breaking news that israel is

seeing it is launching strikes on lebanon to prevent a larger scale by hezbollah. we are showing you live images now. this is the border looking towards lebanon. it is about 5:30am there, the sun beginning to come up. the israeli military processing earlier in an act of self—defence to remove these threats the rdf is striking targets in lebanon from which hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. we heard the rdf warning lebanese civilians to clear out of the area. we will have more on the breaking news coming up at the top of the hour. 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 stay dry towards the south—east. the winds will pick up a bit. the south—east. the winds will pick up a bit. not as strong not as strong as they were a few as they were a few days ago, but gusts days ago, but gusts of a0 miles an hour — of a0 miles an hour — wales, the midlands wales, the midlands and northern england. and northern england. and whilst it's and whilst it's going to be a bit going to be a bit warmer than it was on saturday warmer than it was on saturday in the south—east with some in the south—east with some sunshine, further north sunshine, further north those temperatures those temperatures really will struggle under the rain really will struggle under the rain and quite a poor day here. and quite a poor day here. late in the day that rain late in the day that rain will start to ease off a bit, will start to ease off a bit, and then we look out and then we look out into the atlantic, feel a bit warmer. into the atlantic, more weather systems to arrive more weather systems to arrive much later on monday. much later on monday. so, on the whole, monday so, on the whole, monday looks a better day. looks a better day. we want to see early we want to see early showers in the south—east showers in the south—east and still some cloud left for northern england, and still some cloud left for northern england, northern ireland and scotland northern ireland and scotland with one or two spots of rain. with one or two spots of rain. but many places will be dry, but many places will be dry, there'll be some spells there'll be some spells of sunshine, probably of sunshine, probably not quite as windy, not quite as windy,

i think, on monday either. i think, on monday either. and so it's going to 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.

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