100 fighterjets took part in the operation. in other news... german police say a syrian man has confessed to carrying out a mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen. telegram founder pavel durov is expected in a french court today after being arrested on saturday when his private jet landed in paris. a warm welcome to bbc news. israel has launched air strikes across lebanon, and the militia group hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and drones at israel, in a further escalation of the conflict in the middle east. israel has said it hit more than 200 sites in lebanon, in what it called a "pre—emptive strike". hezbollah, which is backed by iran, fired more than 300 missiles —

in retaliation for the assassination of one of its top commanders in lebanon last month. jon donnison has the latest from jerusalem. 4:30 in the morning, and israel's biggest attack on hezbollah since the full—scale war back in 2006. its military says around 100 fighter jets hit hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre—emptive strikes. and the barrage went on and on. a short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah terrorist organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. in a self—defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking terror targets in lebanon, from which hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. for its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the border. many were shot down by israel's

missile defence system. but some got through. this house was hit in the northern coastal town of acre. translation: we didn't even get| the chance to close the closet door. there was a huge boom inside the house. the whole house was shaking. i remember, like, flashbacks of fire, smoke, that sort of thing. siren wails the iranian—backed lebanese militia group said it was the first phase of its response to the israeli assassination of a senior hezbollah commander in beirut last month. ever since the assassination of hezbollah�*s fouad shukr injuly, which was quickly followed by the killing of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh in iran, widely blamed on israel, there have been fierce diplomatic efforts to try and stop the war in gaza escalating into a wider regional conflict. 0n today's evidence, though, those efforts are failing.

early this morning, israel's prime minister convened his security cabinet and the question — what happens next? translation: we are determined to do everything to protect our country, - return the residents of the north safely to their homes and continue to uphold a simple rule — whoever hurts us, we hurt them. israel and hezbollah insist they don't want another war. but both say they're ready for it if it comes. we are going to catch up withjon live in a moment. 0ur chief international correspondent 0rla guerin is in beirut and explained the extent of this escalation. well, we're joining you actually from the south of lebanon, where this morning we have been able to see israeli strikes taking place in the hills behind us, dark plumes of smoke rising and one massive explosion which we heard. now, we understand they are militant targets that are being struck.

this is the most serious escalation we have had in ten months, since hezbollah started targeting israeli military locations after the hamas attacks on gaza. it has mainly followed a familiar pattern, quite carefully calibrated, each side attacking military targets on the other, for the most part, sticking close to their shared border for the most part. but, in recent times, both sides have been hitting deeper inside the other�*s territory. certainly, in the past few days, there's been an uptick in the pace of the attacks. we've had an assassination here in the south. we've had strikes on ammunition dumps also in the beqaa valley, which is another hezbollah stronghold. so things have been heating up. now, this morning we had israel's pre—emptive strike, as they describe it, and we had hezbollah�*s response, both still quite carefully calibrated. no word of civilian deaths on either side. it may be the case that this is it for now, and that we go back

to the day—to—day level of violence, which still amounts to both sides playing with fire. as promised, we can go live to speak tojon whojoins us as promised, we can go live to speak tojon who joins us from jerusalem. we are seeing this escalation, hezbollah confirming this as the start of phase one, where do we go from here? i start of phase one, where do we go from here?— from here? i think that is the big cuestion. from here? i think that is the big question. hezbollah _ from here? i think that is the big question. hezbollah have - from here? i think that is the big question. hezbollah have said i from here? i think that is the big i question. hezbollah have said today this first phase of their retaliation for the assassination by israel of that senior hezbollah commander back injuly, they said that phase has concluded for now. on the other hand, we had the israeli prime minister say this is just the start of the beginning of changing the game in the north. so sight

might be right, we might go back to that routine day—to—day exchanges of fire which is relatively calibrated, but while that is happening there is always the fear they could end up being civilian casualties on either side and that could lead to a much broader escalation. jan. side and that could lead to a much broader escalation.— broader escalation. jon, we are expecting _ broader escalation. jon, we are expecting hezbollah's - broader escalation. jon, we are expecting hezbollah's leader. broader escalation. jon, we arej expecting hezbollah's leader to broader escalation. jon, we are - expecting hezbollah's leader to give some sort of press conference statement in the next few hours, can we expect to learn anything new from him because my growth he doesn't speak very often but he is due to give this address later today, televised address, and many in the region will be listening carefully to what he has to say. in region will be listening carefully to what he has to say.— region will be listening carefully to what he has to say. in the last hour or so _ to what he has to say. in the last hour or so hezbollah _ to what he has to say. in the last hour or so hezbollah put - to what he has to say. in the last hour or so hezbollah put out - hour or so hezbollah put out satellite imagery detailing what they said were their targets in israel and i think they were trying to demonstrate that they have pretty good intelligence of where they should be targeting. hassan

nasrallah has not spoken at many times since the start of the war in gaza back in october last year and so far hezbollah response to what is happening in gaza and on the border with israel has been relatively moderate. hezbollah has around 150,000 rockets, some of them capable of hitting all over israel, it is a much better equipped, much better trained force than hamas and poses a much greater threat to israel. we are going to have to wait and see what he has to say, but my sense, and what both sides are saying, israeland sense, and what both sides are saying, israel and hezbollah, sense, and what both sides are saying, israeland hezbollah, is they do not want another full—scale war at this stage. jan. they do not want another full-scale war at this stage.— war at this stage. jon, as always, thank you — war at this stage. jon, as always, thank you for— war at this stage. jon, as always, thank you for keeping _ war at this stage. jon, as always, thank you for keeping us - war at this stage. jon, as always, thank you for keeping us up - war at this stage. jon, as always, thank you for keeping us up to i war at this stage. jon, as always, i thank you for keeping us up to date. as i was saying, we are expecting that press conference from hassan nasrallah, hezbollah's leader, in the next few hours and we will be

monitoring that and bring it to you live when it comes. german prosecutors have confirmed they're treating friday's mass stabbing in the town of solingen, in which three people died, as a terror attack. it follows the arrest of a syrian man, who's suspected of being a member of the islamic state group. damien mcguinness sent this update. german police have now confirmed to us that they have arrested a suspect who they believe is behind the stabbing in solingen on friday night. they say that this is a 26—year—old man who is a syrian national. the case has now been handed over to public prosecutors in karlsruhe, which indicates that german officials believe this could be terror—related. reportedly, he was hiding in a courtyard behind an apartment block near the crime scene, and then he gave himself up to police late last night, saying that he was the attacker. now, of course, police have to investigate whether this is true, and they're now questioning him

and piecing together the evidence they have in order to find out whether this suspect is indeed the man behind the stabbing. much more of course on that on our website as well. telegram is one of the most downloaded apps in the world. it's popular with pro—democracy movements and other protesters in countries which have strict laws, but it has also been used for criminal activity. now its russian founder, pavel durov, has reportedly been arrested near paris. reports say authorities have been investigating a lack of moderators on the app, which they say allows criminal activity to take place. the russian state news says its embassy in france is taking "immediate steps" to clarify the situation. so who is pavel durov? he was born in st petersburg in 1984, but spent most of his childhood in italy. mr durov founded telegram in 2013 with his older brother nikolai. he left russia in 2014 after he refused to comply with government demands to shut down opposition communities on a separate

social media network. telegram was banned in russia in 2018 after pavel durov refused to hand over user data to the kremlin. that ban was later reversed three years later. the social media network claims to have more than 900 million monthly users worldwide. 0ur correspondent will vernonjoins me now. just bring us up—to—date. in terms of this arrest, what do we know that happened? we of this arrest, what do we know that ha ened? ~ ., , of this arrest, what do we know that hauened? ~ . , ., of this arrest, what do we know that ha ened? ~ . , ., ., happened? we are still waiting for confirmation _ happened? we are still waiting for confirmation from _ happened? we are still waiting for confirmation from the _ happened? we are still waiting for confirmation from the french i confirmation from the french authorities, but a number of different french media have reported that pavel durov was arrested last night when he arrived at an airport near paris in his privatejet on flights from azerbaijan and according to these reports, that arrest was made on the basis of a warrant in connection with telegram's failure to moderate legal content and cooperate with law enforcement over drug trafficking,

child sexual content and fraud. telegram would almost certainly deny that and we are expecting him to appear in court today. in that and we are expecting him to appear in court today.— that and we are expecting him to appear in court today. in terms of teleuram appear in court today. in terms of telegram itself, _ appear in court today. in terms of telegram itself, for— appear in court today. in terms of telegram itself, for those - appear in court today. in terms of telegram itself, for those that i telegram itself, for those that potentially don't know, i described it as one of the world's most downloaded apps but it took us through what it is. it is downloaded apps but it took us through what it is.— downloaded apps but it took us through what it is. it is one of the most popular _ through what it is. it is one of the most popular apps. _ through what it is. it is one of the most popular apps, almost i through what it is. it is one of the most popular apps, almost a i through what it is. it is one of the l most popular apps, almost a billion users. particularly popular in russia and ukraine. it is used by both sides in the war, it is used by russian state news agencies, pro—kremlin military bloggers, people spreading propaganda for the kremlin war and also by president zelensky, ukrainian officials, ordering ukrainians to keep up—to—date with the course of the war, to fund raise, support ukrainian troops. the reason it is controversial, telegram, is because there is very little moderation. western law enforcement agencies have a long list of issues with telegram, people using it for drug

trafficking, for extremism, terrorism, pornography, the list goes on and on. one german police official called it a medium of the radicalisation and here in the uk, telegram was linked to the summer riots, the violent disorder we saw in english cities earlier this month, because telegram was one of the apps of choice for these far right groups that were instrumental in organising that disorder. 50 telegram in organising that disorder. so telegram itself, it was banned in russia at one point but that has been lifted? it russia at one point but that has been lifted?— russia at one point but that has been lifted? it was a very murky affair as is _ been lifted? it was a very murky affair as is often _ been lifted? it was a very murky affair as is often the _ been lifted? it was a very murky affair as is often the case - been lifted? it was a very murky affair as is often the case in i affair as is often the case in russia but they were all kinds of rumours that perhaps pavel durov had done a deal with the kremlin to hand over the encryption keys telegram. those were never confirmed and pavel durov himself has a very common gated relationship with the kremlin, as you said in your introduction, he left the country after falling out

with the authorities over content on the vk, his other creation, the russian version of facebook. —— he had a very complicated relationship with the kremlin. he says he has no friend to any government, he is a citizen of the world and telegram was not liked to comply with requests from any government, so certainly since his request was reported this morning, lots of officials have criticised the arrest and said this is double standards by the western town is a democracy and freedom of speech. but of course, those of us who follow events in russia, hearing russian officials talk about internet freedoms is pretty absurd, bearing in mind that x, facebook, instagram, the bbc, all russian independent mainstream media are blocked in russia. has russian independent mainstream media are blocked in russia.— are blocked in russia. as you know ve well are blocked in russia. as you know very well indeed. _ are blocked in russia. as you know very well indeed. thank _ are blocked in russia. as you know very well indeed. thank you - are blocked in russia. as you know

very well indeed. thank you for i very well indeed. thank you for talking us through that and when pavel durov will potentially appear in court i know you will take us through that. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we can sports news, busy day. plenty going on. we're into the business end of the women's open. the final round is under way at st andrews in scotland, 0vernight leaderjiyai shin just about to tee off. the south korean one shot clear of defending champion lilia vu. jane dougall is at the old course for us. jane, an intriguing set—up for the day. very much so, because we know, especially on links courses, that things can change very quickly, particularly at the top of the leaderboard, and as you mentioned, the leaders are about to tee off, they are just being announced as we speak. the world number one, nelly korda, started yesterday with a three shot cushion over the rest of the field but even she had

difficulty with notoriously tough because. she had five bogeys and a double bogey at the 16th yesterday, teed off about 15 minutes ago and will be hoping to repeat her flawless round from friday, not from yesterday. she is very much in contention because she has still two shots of the need. lilia vu is the defending champion of this women's open, she has had a solid few days on the course, just one shot off the lead and played pretty consistent golf throughout which is really what you need because it seems to have paid off for her. the surprise of the tournament, and who lilia vu is playing alongside him isjust being announced right now, is the south korean jiyai announced right now, is the south koreanjiyai shin who came out of nowhere yesterday to get six birdies on the front nine and she finished top of the leaderboard on a seven under, the overnight leader and she is about to tee off now as we speak. we will keep you updated. thank you very much.

now let's go to the premier league. after wins for last season's top two, manchester city and arsenal, the team that finished third, liverpool, return to action later. brentford will be the visitors at anfield for what will be arne slot�*s first premier league home game in charge and the new liverpool boss says he's looking forward to the occasion. no, i'm not nervous at all, certainly not at this moment because i'm in the middle of preparation, prepared the team for sunday and actually, no, nerves are not there. if you've got nerves then you probably don't trust what you did before, you don't trust your team, and i trust what we as a staff do during the whole week to prepare the team in the best possible way and i trust the team a lot as well again on sunday. going into a fantastic team, against a good _ going into a fantastic team, against a good manager, following his fine

work, _ a good manager, following his fine work. his— a good manager, following his fine work, his pre—season games, and it looks_ work, his pre—season games, and it looks good, — work, his pre—season games, and it looks good, he tried to add layers to the _ looks good, he tried to add layers to the fantasticjob jurgen klopp dead. _ to the fantasticjob jurgen klopp dead. he — to the fantasticjob jurgen klopp dead, he inherited a fantastic team ithink _ dead, he inherited a fantastic team i think. maybe theyjust missed out in the _ i think. maybe theyjust missed out in the third — i think. maybe theyjust missed out in the third or fourth game last season, — in the third or fourth game last season, they were toe—to—toe with arsenal— season, they were toe—to—toe with arsenal and — season, they were toe—to—toe with arsenal and city and it is that the team _ arsenal and city and it is that the team that — arsenal and city and it is that the team that started and it is a fantastic— team that started and it is a fantastic team. before that match, two others have just got under way — newcastle are at bournemouth while chelsea have taken an early lead at wolves. nicolas jackson with a goal after 99 seconds. the paralympics get under way on wednesday with paris welcoming some 4,400 para—athletes competing in 23 different disciplines. paris 2024 president tony estanguet wants to keep the enthusiasm generated by the olympics, while shining a light on disability discrimination. translation: you will see there will also be messages _

translation: you will see there will also be messages about _ translation: you will see there will also be messages about inclusion, i also be messages about inclusion, without necessarily mentioning french art or culture. these paralympic games must be at the service of a collective reflection in the hope that people will have a more understanding in view of disability which remains the leading cause of discrimination in france. we want to see how at our level and with humility we can contribute to changing this view of disability. and for all your f1 fans the dutch grand prix is on right now so head to our website bbc.com/sport for the latest on the race. and that's all the sport for now. the uk prime minister is warning that things in britain will get worse before they get better. sir keir starmer will say this week that there are no quick fixes to the problems left by the conservatives. the tories are accusing labour of "fabricating" a financial black hole, to justify planned tax rises. here's our political correspondent leila nathoo. from poetic optimism on the morning of the election result... the sunlight of hope,

pale at first but getting stronger through the day, shining once again on a country... ..to a stark warning less than two months later. keir starmer will make a speech next week saying things will get worse before they get better. good morning, prime minister. having become prime minister on the promise of change, he'll stress again that that change will take time, pointing to what labour called a black hole in public finances, created, they say, by the last conservative government. and he'll say that people taking to the streets in recent riots were exploiting cracks in society. we haven'tjust inherited an economic problem, we've inherited a society problem, too. there's a lot of work to do what the speech will also say that progress will be made. the prime minister will say he won't shy away from unpopular decisions if it benefits the country in the long term. his chancellor, rachel reeves, has already made one — to means test the winter fuel payment. the tories claim pensioners

are being left in the cold and point to public sector workers being given above inflation pay rises. they say the economy is doing far better than labour are making out and accuse the treasury of trying to provide cover for future tax rises. the economy is now growing again but government borrowing was higher than expected last month, inflation is back close to target but food prices are still high. the battle for the economic narrative will keep ramping up as we approach 0ctober�*s budget. leila nathoo reporting. novak djokovic has called for "clear protocols" and "standardised approaches" to doping cases in tennis after world number one jannik sinner escaped a doping ban despite testing positive for a banned substance. the italian twice failed drugs tests for clostebol, a steroid that can be used to build muscle mass. he insists he has done nothing wrong despite calls from some players that he was given preferential treatment. novak djokovic was speaking ahead of the us open which starts on monday where he is looking to defend his title. i understand the frustration

of the players is there because of lack of consistency. and as i understood, his case was cleared the moment basically it was announced but, you know, i think five or six months passed since the news was brought to him and his team, so, yeah, i mean, there's a lot of issues in the system. we see lack of standardised and clear protocols. i can understand the sentiments of a lot of players that are questioning whether they are treated the same. novak djokovic their speaking ahead of the open. here, the notting hill carnival is under way in london

with a children's parade the main focus today. around two million people are expected to join the celebrations over the bank holiday weekend. the celebration of caribbean heritage, arts and culture has been running for more than 50 years. the paralympic flame is on its way to paris, as 24 british torchbearers head through the channel tunnel. they'll be handing the symbolic torch to french paralympians in calais. the torch itself was lit in stoke mandeville yesterday — the birthplace of the paralympic movement, as our reporter matt gravelling explains. please, create the paralympic flame. the start of a global event began in the most british way possible. cheering it's been an absolute honour to be asked to come and light the paralympic flame here at the birthplace of the paralympic games, in stoke mandeville. i really believe that we stand on the shoulder of giants and all those people that have gone before, all those paralympians. the flame for the olympic games

was created in olympia, in greece, the birthplace of the olympics. in october, the decision was made that for the paralympic games, the flame would be created here from paris forward — this, the buckinghamshire village stoke mandeville, and the birthplace of the movement. it was in the 1940s that german doctor ludwig guttmann began using sport to help rehabilitate patients with spinal injuries. in 1948, he held the first stoke mandeville games, with 16 injured service personnel competing in archery. the event grew and grew and in rome in 1960, 400 athletes completed in what is considered the first paralympic games. fast forward to this summer, and the number of competitors has multiplied by ten, to over 4000. i think what we're going to see from paris, they're going to take it to another level and this is the first time there's really major coverage in the us. so we're going to have athletes now that aren'tjust going to be

known in their own country, we could see the first set of truly global superstars coming from these games. this morning, the torch will leave buckinghamshire. 24 british torchbearers will then pass it through the channel tunnel where, at the halfway point, the flame will be passed over to 24 french torchbearers. once in calais, the flame will be split into 12 different torches, all starting its own relay across the country, with 1000 people covering around 50 towns. i truly believe that the power of the paralympics are to bring people together on a specific challenge, how we can reduce this discrimination for people with disability. they are still the ones the most discriminated in our country to access to job, to access to transport, to access to sport, and that's something we should tackle. the 12 individual torches will all converge on paris this wednesday,

the cauldron will be lit and the games will begin. really looking forward to it, good luck to everyone taking part. we are going to end with some more activity events because i want to show you this image. manette baillie from suffolk here in the uk has marked her 102nd birthday by doing a sky dive for charity. it was the first time she'd ever done one! speaking to the bbcjust before thejump, ms baillie said she "doesn't do fear". certainly not! hello. in southern and eastern parts of the uk, where yesterday was such a soggy affair, today it is a little drier and brighter. compare that with the situation further north and west, where we are bearing the brunt of yet more heavy rain. this shield of cloud on our earlier satellite image, which has been spinning its way

in from the atlantic, continuing to bring heavy rain across a good part of scotland through the afternoon, some of that rain into the far north of england. the rain perhaps easing off a little bit across northern ireland. some drizzly bits and pieces for parts of north wales, the south west at times. further south and east, a little bit of sunshine. quite windy out there, in fact, gusts of more than 40mph across parts of north wales and northern england. temperatures, well, maybe just a little bit higher than they were yesterday — 14 to 20 degrees. now, this evening and tonight, i think we'll see a few showers across southern counties of england. also, the remains of this weather front bringing cloud and some showers across parts of northern ireland, southwest scotland and northern england. 0n the whole, not quite as chilly as it was last night, although in the north—east of scotland it will get quite cold, aberdeen all the way down to six degrees celsius. and then we head on into tomorrow, a bank holiday for most of us, of course. still the remains of this weather front here bringing a zone of cloud and some bits and pieces of showery rain.

those showers tending to edge northwards through the day. so scotland having a bit more cloud. some showery rain at times. a few showers, perhaps, for northern ireland, for northern england. further south it should be largely dry, with some spells of sunshine. 0n the whole, a drier day than we've been used to of late, and a slightly warmer one as well. north to south, 14 to 23 degrees. as we head through monday night and into tuesday, here comes another frontal system that will bring some wet and rather windy weather across western parts of the uk. but just ahead of that weather front, we are going to start to tap into something a little bit warmer. so, across many central and eastern parts of england on tuesday we should see some spells of sunshine and some warmth. but for western england, for wales, parts of northern ireland and scotland there will be some outbreaks of rain. even here, temperatures higher than they have been of late, but 25, maybe 26 degrees. for east anglia and the south—east. it may turn warmer still for the middle parts of the week.

always some outbreaks of rain further north and west.

this is bbc news, the headlines: israel says it's destroyed dozens of hezbollah launch sites in lebanon to pre—empt a large—scale missile attack. hezbollah denied the barrage had been stopped, and said more than 300 drones and missiles had been fired at israel, in retaliation for the killing of one

of its commanders. anti—terrorist prosecutors have taken over the investigation into friday's mass stabbing in the town of sohlingen in western germany. a suspect who turned himself in is said to have confessed to carrying out the attack. the 26—year—old is reported to be a syrian asylum seeker, who's being investigated for links to the islamic state group. the russian founder of the telegram messaging service, pavel durov, is expected to appear in court later on sunday. french media is reporting that the billionaire was arrested on saturday at an airport on the outskirts of paris. iam back i am back at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, click: mind over 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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