than 150 than 150 projectiles towards israel. german police have projectiles towards israel. german police have detained a man suspected detained a man suspected of killing three people of killing three people with a knife in the city with a knife in the city of solingen, after a huge manhunt. of solingen, after a huge manhunt. french media report that french media report that pavel durov, the russian pavel durov, the russian founder of the telegram founder of the telegram messaging service, has been messaging service, has been arrested after his private arrested after his private jet landed in paris. jet landed in paris. and, nasa says two astronauts stranded and, nasa says two astronauts stranded on the international space on the international space station won't be able to return station won't be able to return to earth until february next year. to earth until february next year. it was carrying out a large hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. welcome to the programme. we begin with an we begin with an escalating situation escalating situation in the middle east where in the middle east where the israeli defence forces says the israeli defence forces says it has begun air strikes it has begun air strikes against hezbollah in lebanon, against hezbollah in lebanon, after they identified after they identified preparations for a large—scale attacks. preparations for a large—scale attacks.

the iran—backed group said the iran—backed group said it was carrying out a large number of drone attacks in response to the killing of its top commander in beirut last month. their own

way immediately, for their own safety. hezbollah ongoing aggression risks dragging the people of lebanon, the people of israel, and the whole region into a wider escalation. israel will not tolerate the attacks by hezbollah on our civilians. we are operating in self defence from hezbollah and any other enemy thatjoins in their attacks against us. we are ready to do everything, everything, we need to defend the people of israel. with me is mohamed taha, from bbc arabic. good to hear you with us. we had daniel hagari think this is a pre—emptive strike on what we know about the information received?— know about the information received? , . , ., received? israel is saying that this pre-emptive _ received? israel is saying that this pre-emptive attack- received? israel is saying that | this pre-emptive attack against this pre—emptive attack against some targets of hezbollah in southern lebanon, these

attacks, as coming from southern the benign, varied from east parts, western parts and the middle part of these 18 area. hezbollah immediately retaliated by attacking various areas in northern israel and in the occupied areas of syria. these areas included jaffar, a car, and sulphide, the headquarters of the israeli military operation in northern israel and hezbollah is saying that they started the retaliation because of their military leader and they are targeting a specific post and they will announce that afterwards. as you rightly said, benjamin netanyahu and

the military leaders are already in a meeting through the night following the operation and they will have the security meeting very soon to announce, this security meeting has the authority to announce a full war or not so we are waiting for the announcement to be made. clearly, a very important meeting going on between benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet. i'm bringing through some lines that are coming through from hezbollah who said they have hit 11 military sites and fired more than 320 rockets and fired more than 320 rockets and sent drones flying into northern israel on sunday. they said this was an initial phase. this is ongoing. could you put some context into place because they said it is in retaliation for a top commander being killed in beirut and was of

course the killing of the top political chief for hamas. 0ne political chief for hamas. one of the steaks we are talking about? it of the steaks we are talking about? , , ,., , ., about? it is in response to the killinus about? it is in response to the killings of— about? it is in response to the killings of the _ about? it is in response to the killings of the leaders - about? it is in response to the killings of the leaders and - about? it is in response to the killings of the leaders and i i killings of the leaders and i need to emphasise these operations have been studied by israel, not by hezbollah, started by israel doing a pre—emptive strike against hezbollah posts. for the last 20 days or so, we were expecting hezbollah to retaliate for the killing of their leader and we were expecting iran to retaliate for the killing of their leader on this old but we did not see anything happen but we are thing that talks have started in doha and cairo to reach a ceasefire in gaza and i think iran and hezbollah are waiting to see what will happen on that

but today there are delegations in cairo, and they're supposed to continue the negotiations and in the midst of all of this talk about peace talks and ceasefire, we found that israel did this pre—emptive attack against hezbollah this morning. they targeted many, many villages in southern lebanon and hezbollah did not take time to think, they retaliated straightaway by striking posts in northern israel, and as you said, they launched 320 missiles against israel. the situation now in northern israel between hezbollah and israel between hezbollah and israel is very, very tense. it is threatening to be a wide war between both parties. figs

is threatening to be a wide war between both parties.- between both parties. as you mention this _ between both parties. as you mention this is _ between both parties. as you mention this is an _ between both parties. as you mention this is an ongoing i mention this is an ongoing situation with very high—stakes. there are some lines were getting from the united states, the ally of israel, and a country heavily involved in ceasefire talks that have been ongoing. again, a reminder of the steaks and the pentagon has said it is posturing to support the defence of israel and we have heard from several agencies at the white house and president joe biden has directed us officialsjeep continuously stay in communication with israeli officials — as has directed you with officials to continuously stay, head of this meeting with the war cabinet. let's stay with this story and speaking to laura blumenfeld, middle east analyst and former senior policy advisor on the state department's israeli—palestinian negotiating team. thank you for your time. the ceasefire talks, i mention those, these are ongoing so

could you put into context for us, not only what people are fearing in terms of escalation in the middle east but also the fact this could have an impact on the ceasefire talks. the ceasefire _ on the ceasefire talks. the ceasefire talks _ on the ceasefire talks. the ceasefire talks were - on the ceasefire talks. tue: ceasefire talks were dying on the ceasefire talks. tte: ceasefire talks were dying and so were the hostages, as we saw last week, six bodies recovered by the idf in gaza. for the short—term, it is clearly bad news. the talks that were expected to take place cairo on sunday will most likely be put on pause for no other reason then the airport is closed, at least for the next several hours for the team would not even be able to get into egypt. i'm optimistic, i'm american so i'm optimistic, i'm american so i will be optimistic that in the long run this could actually help the ceasefire talks because they are clearly stuck and it tonight's actions or today's actions are limited and there is regional and wider

escalation in involving iran and others, it is possible that the tit for tat could be the exchange of revenge and counter event to bring some closure at least for the assassinations, and at least he could say he has drawn hezbollah in and they have stood up for their brothers in gaza and for benjamin netanyahu and the israelis, they wanted to pre—emptively strike against lebanon in early october, days after the october seven attacks and it was joe after the october seven attacks and it wasjoe biden who pulled benjamin netanyahu back from the brink from launching that attack. so in some ways, these could be the buzzer—beater shots before the final game over. ., ., ., ., over. you mention the head of hamas, over. you mention the head of hamas. i _ over. you mention the head of hamas. i also _ over. you mention the head of hamas, i also wanted - over. you mention the head of hamas, i also wanted to - over. you mention the head of hamas, i also wanted to ask. over. you mention the head of l hamas, i also wanted to ask you about the tit—for—tat possibility, because do you think this sort of scenario would be the kind that would

satisfy iran after they were very, very much embarrassed and humiliated on the world stage as during their president's in operation, a top hamas political chief was assassinated on their own territory?— assassinated on their own territory? iran has a whole other set _ territory? iran has a whole other set of _ territory? iran has a wholel other set of considerations. territory? iran has a whole i other set of considerations. i don't think they would take it on the chin and turned the other cheek. they will strike back but not necessarily now are not militarily. they have always engaged in something called strategic patients, there is a saying in the middle east that a guy takes of revenge after 30 years of being in a hurry. they are playing a long game with israel. this week, the shi'ite major holiday, it is hard to schedule a war in the middle east, first was the olympics, maybe they're asked lebanon to hold back and then there was the democratic convention and then there was

blink and circulating the area to prevent escalation. —— antony blinken. you have civilians hurt on either side and there will be the need to escalate. t and there will be the need to escalate. ., ., and there will be the need to escalate-— escalate. i want to draw audiences _ escalate. i want to draw audiences and - escalate. i want to draw audiences and their - escalate. i want to draw- audiences and their attention to the qr code we are showing because we have a live page on our website and we have some comments that i want you to put into context because they said this was then completing an initial phase of their response and that punishment they will give out will be severe and harsh. i wonder what you make of that and whether that puts into question the idea that this could be a tit for tat finished scenario, that would not necessarily escalate into something bigger. the israelis are called for— something bigger. the israelis are called for a _ something bigger. the israelis are called for a 48-hour- something bigger. the israelis| are called for a 48-hour period are called for a 48—hour period emergency and their defence

minister is calling on the population to do that. it is notjust population to do that. it is not just one population to do that. it is notjust one night. on the other hand, so much of these exchanges since october seven has not so much been about being strong, but smart, so it is our intelligence versus your intelligence battle. the israelis were clearly caught by surprise on october seven and the assassinations that happened in tehran were clearly surprises as well. they want to shift their dignity back into balance and its possible, and it's horrible to say, that they have wounded one person in israeli territory, in our car and that may publicly be saving face. ., ~ and that may publicly be saving face. . ~ ,, and that may publicly be saving face. . ~ i. ., ., face. thank you for that mediate _ face. thank you for that update. again, - face. thank you for that update. again, i- face. thank you for that update. again, i want i face. thank you for that | update. again, i want to face. thank you for that - update. again, i want to push people to the bbc website what

we have updates and we did mention the tel aviv airport and the ben gurion airport as well as in israel and they are closed. we now know that the tel aviv airport, ben green international airport has resumed flights and passenger departures and arrivals are set to resume —— ben gurion airport and all flights in and out of the airport were cancelled previously and diverted, but the exact quote we have from the exact quote we have from the israel airport authority now is that ben green international airport is now working again, including departures and landings —— ben gurion airport. when we have more updates will come back to that. hezbollah has said it has completed an initial phase to its response and we know there

is a cabinet meeting and war cabinet meeting in israel that benjamin netanyahu has benjamin neta nyahu has convened. benjamin netanyahu has convened. as soon as we have any lines from the meeting we will bring them to you both here on the bbc news channel and on the website. again, the qr code will take you straight to the live page. to germany next, where the authorities have arrested a knifeman responsible for the fatal stabbings of three people at a festival in the western city of solingen on friday. german police said a 26—year—old suspect handed himself into the authorities, claiming responsible for the attacks in which eight people were also injured. louisa pilbeam reports. the my mentor crowd that a music festival were told not to panic. —— the moment. a night of celebration in the west german city that had turned url. an attacker reportedly

stabbed people at random, killing three and injuring eight. some critically. in the early hours of this morning german police said they had arrested a 26—year—old man after he said he carried out the stabbings. earlier, in offices within rating this asylum seeker accommodation in solingen city centre and they said i present taken to a police station during that operation is currently being treated as a witness. islamic state group have claimed responsibility without providing evidence. translation: 50 providing evidence. translation: ., ., translation: so far, we have not been able _ translation: so far, we have not been able to _ translation: so far, we have not been able to establish - translation: so far, we have not been able to establish a . not been able to establish a motive but looking at the entirety of circumstances we cannot exclude the possibility of a terrorist motivation. es, of a terrorist motivation. a 15—year—old boy had already been detained by police immediately they did not think the teenager was the knife man but he is suspected of knowing about the attack in advance. this person without the first

of all. t5 this person without the first ofall. _, , , , of all. is absolutely terrible. i have of all. is absolutely terrible. i have no — of all. is absolutely terrible. i have no words _ of all. is absolutely terrible. i have no words for - of all. is absolutely terrible. i have no words for it - of all. is absolutely terrible. i i have no words for it because normally— i have no words for it because normally you would hear that from — normally you would hear that from paris, berlin, cologne, but not _ from paris, berlin, cologne, but not here in solingen. authorities say it appears the attacker was not known to his victims and have called for unity. translation: ~ ., , translation: we will not be divided in times _ translation: we will not be divided in times like - translation: we will not be divided in times like this - translation: we will not be divided in times like this but i divided in times like this but we stand together and we will not allow such a tragic attack to divide our society.- to divide our society. people have come _ to divide our society. people have come to _ to divide our society. people have come to the _ to divide our society. people have come to the site - to divide our society. people have come to the site to - to divide our society. people i have come to the site to leave tributes as a community grapples with the aftermath of this shocking attack. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. the more updates on the top story, and that is that hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets as israel conducts pre—emptive strikes. a reminder that the military of israel is striking after learning that

hezbollah was planning to launch strikes on israel and we also now know that hezbollah rockets have been fired as well as other attacks. this is a response now from presidentjoe biden. we did tell you the white house had instructed officials to be in continuous communication with israeli officials and again, the war cabinet of benjamin netanyahu is meeting right now. the reaction from joe biden is that they will keep supporting israel's right to defend itself and that the pentagon again is also saying that the us is postured to support a defence of israel. we have also heard more from the foreign minister for israel who said that they are not seeking a full—scale war but will act according to development on the ground. a reminder that hezbollah has said it has completed its initial response and that was initial response and that was in response to one of their top

commanders having been killed in beirut and they said the punishment will be very severe and harsh. 0nce punishment will be very severe and harsh. once we have any lines that are coming up from the war cabinet meeting, that is ongoing right now in israel, will bring them to you and i encourage you to go on our live page where we were also big getting any reaction or updates to the story. next, pavel durov, the russian billionaire founder of the online messaging platform telegram, has been arrested at an airport just outside of paris. this is what we know so far. french media reports say the tech entrepreneur was detained at le bourget airport after his private jet landed from azerbaijan. we have not had any confirmation from the authorities. reports say he is accused of refusing to co—operate with investigations into the use of telegram by criminals. according to the tass news agency in moscow, russia's embassy in france is taking immediate steps to clarify the situation.

darren loucaides is a freelance journalist who has been writing extensively about telegram since 2021. it is very surprising. obviously there is a very little information so far on exactly what has happened and how far along the investigation in france is. but what we do know tonight is that i believe around 7pm local time, he was arrested, having landed in his private jet at an airport outside paris. he had been in azerbaijan and french media report that he was with his bodyguard and a woman. there is some speculation in france about why, there is speculation in french media about why he came

to france, where he has had citizenship since 2021, but if he knew there was an arrest warrant, and not cooperating with authorities there... nasa says two astronauts who went into space for eight days will now have to wait eight months to be rescued. sunita williams and butch wilmore have been stranded on the international space station sincejune and won't be brought home to earth until a space x mission in february next year. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has more. the start of a mission that was supposed to lastjust eight days on the international space station. , ., ., days on the international space station. , ., station. during in the room and bi hu:s. station. during in the room and big hugs- but — station. during in the room and big hugs. but nasa _ station. during in the room and big hugs. but nasa astronauts i big hugs. but nasa astronauts butch wilmore _ big hugs. but nasa astronauts butch wilmore and _ big hugs. but nasa astronauts butch wilmore and sunita - butch wilmore and sunita williams have found out their stay will be extended to a total of eight months. t’m total of eight months. i'm caettin total of eight months. i'm getting a _ total of eight months. t“n getting a beautiful view now...

the boeing starliner spacecraft has been deemed too risky to take them home so it will come back with no—one on board and they will return to earth on a spacex capsule instead. spaceflight is risky so the decision to keep them aboard the international space station, and bring the boeing starliner home, uncle ruth, is the result of a commitment to safety. —— without crew. 0ur safety. —— without crew. our core value is safety. safety. -- without crew. our core value is safety.- safety. -- without crew. our core value is safety. this was the first test _ core value is safety. this was the first test flight _ core value is safety. this was the first test flight for - 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, delaying docking. lea ks, delaying docking. engineers leaks, delaying docking. engineers are bowing and arthur has spent months trying to overcome the technical issues but could not fix them so instead they had turned to spacex but because of scheduling it means the astronauts will not return until february next year. tt is until february next year. it is

disappointing _ until february next year. it is disappointing that _ until february next year. tit 3 disappointing that they until february next year. tt 3 disappointing that they are not coming home on starliner but thatis coming home on starliner but that is ok, is a test flight and that's what we do, they knew the risks going in but we keep them very busy. there is a lot of science and research going on on the international space station.— space station. nasa has selected _ space station. nasa has selected two _ space station. nasa has selected two companiesj space station. nasa has i selected two companies to space station. nasa has - selected two companies to ferry their astronauts, spacex won a contract with $2.6 billion and bowing got more than starliner, $4.2 billion and spacex launched its first crew mission in 2020 but is again bowing for more years for its maiden flight in so far spacex has launched nine crews for nasa but bowing's first mission will not go as planned and it is returning to earth empty. rebecca morelle, bbc news. let's speak to former nasa astronaut susan kilrain. cannot explain how something like this can happen because many will be wondering how a

few days turned months? yeah, it is never _ few days turned months? yeah, it is never happened _ few days turned months? yeah, it is never happened were - few days turned months? yeah, it is never happened were an . it is never happened were an eight—day mission turned into eight—month! but missions have been delayed, either the launch of or the return from space is the beginning of spaceflight. that is nothing new. and both of the astronauts, they knew it was a possibility they would not be coming home after eight days. truly, sunita williams is in her happy place. i know she is happy to be there and i'm sure that butch is as well. for our sure that butch is as well. for your sense — sure that butch is as well. for your sense is _ sure that butch is as well. for your sense is that _ sure that butch is as well. for your sense is that they're happy place and where they want to be. manager, the iss programme, says they will be conducting maintenance as well as other research duties. for us, what does that mean, what will the next few months look like for them?— like for them? every day they will have a — like for them? every day they will have a schedule - like for them? every day they will have a schedule that - like for them? every day they will have a schedule that will| will have a schedule that will come up, all the astronauts do,

and it will lay out what they are doing that day and they will be doing science, they will be doing science, they will be doing maintenance tasks. it is like having a pair of extra hands and in a couple of extra hands and in a couple of months, there are going to be four astronauts arriving with crew nine anyway, so they will take the slot of two of those members.— will take the slot of two of those members. . , ., those members. nasa explained their decision _ those members. nasa explained their decision and _ those members. nasa explained their decision and said _ those members. nasa explained their decision and said that - their decision and said that spaceflight is risky. at the end of the day, as an astronaut, you are a former nasa astronauts, do you just accept these other risks and thatis accept these other risks and that is ok? accept these other risks and that is 0k?— accept these other risks and that is ok? , . ., ,, ., that is ok? yes. we all know it is ris . that is ok? yes. we all know it is risky- we — that is ok? yes. we all know it is risky. we know— that is ok? yes. we all know it is risky. we know what - that is ok? yes. we all know it is risky. we know what we - that is ok? yes. we all know it is risky. we know what we are | is risky. we know what we are getting into. ithink is risky. we know what we are getting into. i think that nasa did the right thing in taking the least risky option and they are staying in space longer, but they have a perfectly safe vehicle and the thrusters on starlinerjust need to be

tested some more and figure out why they are overheating because they need those thrusters to return to earth. susan, a former astronaut, thank you so much for your insights. thank you so much for your insights-— that is all from us tonight a reminder of the top story which is the ongoing situation between israel and hezbollah, an israeli saying it is striking hezbollah targets in lebanon after finding out about plans to launch an extensive attack. we do have updates on our live page. stay with us. 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. 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 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the israeli military says it's striking hezbollah targets in lebanon after detecting moves to fire missiles into israel. it claimed hezbollah had been preparing to launch an extensive attack. lebanese civilians have been warned to immediately leave areas

where the group is operating. the german police have arrested a man suspected of carrying out a mass stabbing in the western city of solingen on friday night. they said the 26—year—old turned himself in and said he was responsible for the attack. three people were killed and eight others wounded during the attack. french media report that pavel durov, the russian founder of the telegram messaging service, has been arrested after his privatejet landed in paris. and nasa says the two astronauts stranded on the international space station by their faulty boeing spacecraft must wait until february before they can return to earth. now on bbc news, click — mind 0ver matter. last year, i travelled to california to see the latest innovation aiming to help us live healthier lives for longer.

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