in other news: german prosecutors name the syrian man who has confessed to carrying out a mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen. and the lawyer for telegram founder pavel durov describes his arrest in paris on saturday as an attack on freedom of speech. hello. israel has launched airstrikes 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 says it hit more than 200 sites in lebanon in what it called a "preemptive strike" against the lebanese shia organisation, which was retaliating for the assassination of one of its top commanders in lebanon last month.

hezbollah says the first phase of its attack is over. speaking within the last hour, its leader hassan nasrallah said the attack was focused on striking military and intelligence targets involved in the killing of a senior member of hezbollah, fouad shukr. our middle east correspondent jon donnison explains more about the latest escalation. 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 fighterjets 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 heard from the israeli prime minister speaking in the security cabinet injon donnison�*s report there. benjamin netanyahu also held a cabinet meeting later. he said israel had sucessfullly thwarted a large—scale hezbollah

attack and destroyed their rocket launchers, and stated that "this is not the end of the story". translation: the israeli army has destroyed thousands - of short—range rockets, all of which were intended to harm our civilians and forces in the galilee. additionally, the israeli army intercepted all the drones that hezbollah launched at a strategic target in central israel. for the first hour, the leader of his brother has been giving an address to the nation. some of the points that he made, he explained why his brother had waited a0 days to retaliate. translation: hour operation, which has happened — translation: hour operation, which has happened today, _ translation: hour operation, which has happened today, the _ translation: hour operation, which has happened today, the day - translation: hour operation, which has happened today, the day of - translation: hour operation, which has happened today, the day of the i has happened today, the day of the a0 day, because it has happened on the day which has got the same memory, the a0th memory. why delay

to today till respond? there are many factors. one of these factors, we were ready after the funeral of our people already. which of the targets were we going to choose? but we were ready at the time. the amount of the mobilisation from the sea and airand amount of the mobilisation from the sea and air and the land in the us and in israel. speed might mean a failure, so we should not hurry. again, delay as punishment to the

enemy, and the actual day financial index has gone down. this failure in the economy was good. it is going to carry on going down. it is worth unpicking some of what his brother's leader hassan nasrallah said there. with me now is our middle east editor sebastian usher. you are monitoring very closely that. nearly an hour of address by hassan nasrallah. we talked earlier about the implication of waiting, because of course, this was a retaliation for the killing of one of their top commanders, but that happened previously, so why the delay, why the attack now? this is something that hassan nasrallah has been addressing in the two previous speeches he gave as well since fouad shukr was assassinated in beirut, because of

course, there is this huge anticipation, and his brother has said his officials, and nasrallah himself had said, this will be a major and very harsh response. so, as we were hearing, the whole region, people in lebanon were essentially leaving lebanon because of a concern that there would be a conflagration. airlines have essentially stopped their flights to lebanon. almost panic there, in a way that almost all lebanese who go, the expatriate lebanese go back to lebanon every summer, they are hardened to this. this is the first time they felt they needed to leave. so this delay, he is saying it affected israel financially, but it also affected lebanon financially. he has to answer for that. he was giving reasons earlier. he talks of the financial cost it could be for israel because of its own tourism, things like that. also, the heavy mobilisation he was suggesting from the west. i don't know whether he was suggesting it is less now than it was back then. i don't think that

is actually the case, but i don't know that he was suggesting the stop the sense of time going past was how his brother was trying to punish israel for this. we also don't have it in that clip, but he said it was to give time to the ceasefire negotiations in gaza, which are continuing. we had them resumed last week in doha, and they are in cairo at the moment. the optimism over it has dimmed to some extent, and he essentially said there is no need to wait any more, because they are not going to go anywhere. he tipped his hat to a number of different issues that he is giving as justifications for why his brother held back, because there is this sense, this pressure, there are two macro pressures really, in some ways. one is the lebanese themselves who don't really want it to be too extreme, because the whole of lebanon could because the whole of lebanon could be overrun in an israeli reaction, an incursion like in 2006, but on the other side, there are people who

mock him for not having done enough. there are even memes and pictures that have been put up today, including a chicken coop that was struck, and there are lots of memes of hassan nasrallah sitting on a chicken, calling him a chicken, things like that. so there are two different constituencies he is talking to. i think it was trying to bridge the gap, saying, we knew what we were doing throughout, this was part of our strategy, to do it this way. but as you were saying, arguably if those talks in cairo were not going well, this would not have happened. so that is the timing of it. he also spoke about the specific targets that they had decided to target in this, and previously, he had said they were not targeting civilian targets. let'sjust they were not targeting civilian targets. let's just listen into a little of what hassan nasrallah said regarding the targets. translation: we wanted to attack a tar: et that translation: we wanted to attack a target that has _ translation: we wanted to attack a target that has links _ translation: we wanted to attack a target that has links with _ translation: we wanted to attack a target that has links with the - target that has links with the

assassination of the hezbollah leader. we wanted to target israeli military intelligence or their air force because these two forces were involved in the assassination. we also wanted this target to be deep inside israel, closer to tel aviv, so after careful consideration, we finalised our target to be the military base. what do we read into him being quite forthright in talking about those targets? targets ? very targets? very much, again, trying to put the point that this was very much a precision and very well thought out strategy by hezbollah. he made a big point that they would not hit civilians. he said we would be justified and that because in the strike that killed fouad shukr, the hezbollah military commander, there were civilians killed, so he said we could have done, but we are not going to do that. that is not our intention. he also wanted to make clear it was notjust intention. he also wanted to make clear it was not just a intention. he also wanted to make clear it was notjust a random attack, but very much trying to go for the heart of israel's military apparatus, and as he said there

specifically, he was suggesting that this base, which is military intelligence, could well have been the one that was used in the targeting of fouad shukr, so i think that was very much a message she was trying to give, and also this idea that the rockets were fired, around 300 of them, and that was essentially trying to divert ireland dome, the great protection israel has against rockets coming both from hezbollah, from london that would lebanon, but also from gaza, and that would allow drones then, precision guided, to hit their targets. we have not heard from the israeli side of that has been any damage done to these sites, and hassan nasrallah didn't produce any drone video or anything like that to back up that claim. there is still a news blackout from israel in terms of what might have been hit, though they have denied that this base did have any damage done to it. so we still have to wait on that. but very much again, the message he is giving is that we thought about this, this

was very much a well thought out teaching plan to hit israel where it would hurt them, and where it would have particular relevance to the killing of fouad shukr, but it would not push for conflict with israel beyond the red lines that already exist between the two sides. it would not push them into an all—out war. he made that clear as he continued in his speech. he also said there had been discussion over whether they would do it in collaboration with iran, and attack at the same time. they decided in the end that the particular groups that are backed by iran don't feel the need to act together, so within thatis the need to act together, so within that is a threat to some extent that the next phase, if there is one, might not be from hezbollah but from one of the other is rainy iranians proxies around the region. he also said hezbollah would assess the success of what damage they might have been able to do to israel, and then would assess whether it was

mission accomplished as to their response to the killing of fouad shukr, orwhether response to the killing of fouad shukr, or whether they need to do more. thank you very much for keeping us across all of that, sebastien usher. israel not talking about any strategic targets, but they said on reuters, as we reported earlier, that one navy soldier was killed, two wounded. thank you so much. as you can understand, us president joe biden has directed us officials to main close communication with israel. a national security spokesman said: "president biden is closely monitoring events in israel and lebanon. he has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening. at his direction, senior us officials have been communicating continuously with their israeli counterparts. we will keep supporting israel's right to defend itself, and we will keep working for regional stability." let's speak to arman mahmoudian, research fellow of middle east at the global and national security institute. welcome to bbc news. given what we

are seeing with this pre—emptive strike, with the strikes from hezbollah, are we to read into this that the talks in cairo are not going in the direction everybody would want them to? i didn't find hezbollah�*s strike or retaliation for the killing of fouad shukr particularly surprising, or in a shocking way. hezbollah has proved itself since its 1983 foundation to be very practical ideology militia, meaning they always aim for the low—cost victory, and i think their strategy that the militia maintaining or pursuing the last few weeks is, since the killing of fouad shukr, the initial hope was that there will be a ceasefire between hamas and hezbollah and israel, and then hezbollah would be able to claim a victory or a share of it, saying that if it was not the pressure for us, if not the threat we made to retaliate for the killing

of fouad shukr, israelis would have backed off. and then, they also wanted to wait, as you already know, as you mentioned, to find out where is the cease fire going, because they did not want to bear the political cost of disrupting any negotiation. i understand the negotiation. i understand the negotiation is still continuing, but it seems neither of the parties share the optimism toward that they have at least two weeks or a week ago, and i think one of the reasons hezbollah decided now it is the moment is that they realise negotiations were now are not going anywhere or going in a positive direction, and if they launch retaliation, first of all, they can save face, they can tell the base and also the rest of those who will criticise them for lack of action that they took action. secondly, since the resolution has a really been resolved in a significant manner, nobody would blame us, so we wouldn't lose our influence over the palestinians are lebanese and would not be introduced as the cause of the prolonging of the war in gaza.

thank you for your answer. we heard in terms of how this is a first phase, arguably, and the damage that this puts of course on israel but also in lebanon itself. we heard from our correspondence talking about how people in lebanon feel unsafe and that they need to leave. arguably, if this isjust unsafe and that they need to leave. arguably, if this is just the first phase, when is a potential second phase, when is a potential second phase going to appear? when is a good time, if those talks in cairo are still going on? i do believe that hezbollah, as of the moment they launch the atelier shall, now have actually a shorter window, so unlike prior to the retaliation, when they had a relatively unknown or uncertain window of launching the attack, today, they cannot continue the issue. as your editor said, lebanese people are actually paying a higher cost of the uncertainty rather than

israelis. the idea of hassan nasrallah's speech indicated he is trying to make his response uncertain, to impose a great deal of psychological pain over the israelis, is not quite actually rational. since its foundation in 19a8, israel has been a state at war at least every two decades, if not in every single decade. they are used to it. they have a better economy, betterfinancial used to it. they have a better economy, better financial support from international actors. lebanese people don't, and we are seeing it right now, how it is going to make an impact. i think nasrallah actually has a very narrow window now that he has started the retaliation to continue this level of uncertainty or continue it and the effect it is having on the lebanese people. i don't think you can get to the end of september. i believe whatever hassan nasrallah and hezbollah are planning to do is going to be done or exposed by mid—september, but i believe the window for them is very narrow now. on that note, we will have to leave

it there, but we appreciate your expertise. thank you so much for your time and expertise. and we have a life page that is continuing to monitor developments across the middle east for any developments. there's a live page. check that out. there's a live page. check that out. the team is on the ground in jerusalem, and a course in lebanon as well. just keeping you up to date. here and bbc news, we will move on. german prosecutors have named the man suspected of friday's mass stabbing at a festival in the town of solingen that killed three people and injured eight. they said syrian national issa al h is suspected of being a member of the islamic state group. as is normal in the german legal system, they haven't specified his surname. the suspect turned himself in late on saturday and admitted to the crime. he appeared in front of german prosecutors earlier on sunday.

we will be monitoring that as well, of course. the lawyer representing pavel durov, the founder of the telegram messaging service, has described his arrest in france as "absolutely ridiculous" and an attack on freedom of speech. the 39—year—old billionaire is reported to have been arrested when his privatejet landed at an airport on the outskirts of paris on saturday and is due in court today. telegram, which is known telegram, which is known for its strong encryption, has been for its strong encryption, has been accused of not cooperating accused of not cooperating with investigations into drug with investigations into drug trafficking, child sex trafficking, child sex abuse images and fraud. abuse images and fraud. mr durov was born in russia mr durov was born in russia but lives in dubai. but lives in dubai. he is also a french citizen. he is also a french citizen. legal content and cooperate with law a number of different french media a number of different french media have reported that pavel durov have reported that pavel durov was arrested last night was arrested last night when he arrived at an airport when he arrived at an airport near paris in his privatejet near paris in his privatejet on flights from azerbaijan on flights from azerbaijan and according to these reports, and according to these reports, that arrest was made on the basis that arrest was made on the basis of a warrant in connection of a warrant in connection with telegram's failure to moderate with telegram's failure to moderate

legal content and cooperate with law with telegram's failure to moderate illegal 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 terms of telegram itself, for those that potentially don't know, i described it as one of the world's most downloaded apps, but talk us through what it is.

of issues with telegram, people using it for drug trafficking, for extremism, terrorism, pornography, the list goes on and on. 0ne german police official called it a medium of the radicalisation 0ne german police official called it a medium of 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. so telegram itself, it was banned in russia at one point but that has been lifted? it was a very murky affair, as is often the case in russia, but there were all kinds of rumours that perhaps pavel durov had done a deal with the kremlin to hand over the encryption keys to telegram. those were never confirmed, and pavel durov himself has a very

complicated relationship with the kremlin, as you said in your introduction. he left the country after falling out with the authorities over content on vk, his other creation, the russian version of facebook. he says he's no friend to any government, he is a citizen of the world and telegram does not like to comply with requests from any government. so it is unclear what his relationship is with the russian authorities. certainly since his request was reported this morning, lots of officials have criticised the arrest and said this is double standards by the west. they say it is hypocrisy. 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. the reuters news agency says one of its team covering the war in ukraine is missing after a strike on an hotel in the east of the country. ukrainian authorities say three journalists were wounded when their hotel was hit in a russian strike. one is still missing in the rubble. 0ur correspondent nick beake in kyiv and has this update. we have this statement now from the reuters news agency, and they say that six of their colleagues were staying in a hotel, as you say, in the east of the country, in the city of kramatorsk, when their hotel was hit last night, in what they describe as an apparent missile strike. they say that two of their colleagues were taken to hospital, but a third member of the team is unaccounted for, and that reuters are urgently trying to find more information. the news agency also released some footage which showed the aftermath of what happened. a very large part of this hotel has been completely flattened.

there was other video taken by other people that's been released, and that shows the same sort of scene. it was clearly a very powerful missile strike. the governor of the donetsk region, where this took place, has also been talking about similar sort of things, giving similar details. so reuters confirming that this has affected a six—man team, a six—person team in this part of the east of ukraine, and that they're supporting the families of those affected at the moment while they try and get more information. this is the latest we've had from the overnight fighting. you've got that from the russian authorities in that border region on the russian side. at the same time, the ukrainians are talking about more than 20 casualties in at least four different regions of this country, of ukraine, with people being injured, including children. so this is an indication of the fighting that continues. and, of course, that's slightly separate from the big things we've seen over the past couple of weeks. and that's been the ukrainian forces that actually went into part of russia in the surprise incursion. and, of course, what's happening in the east of the country,

this war of attrition that continues with russia, it seems, making gains there, albeit at quite a slow pace. nick with that update. more on our website. we will end on a high note. 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! she has admitted that she does not do fear. landed safely! happy birthday to her, me and the team. hello. southern and eastern areas have had the lion's share of the dry and relatively bright weather today. further north and west, a different story, including here across the isle of man, with cloud and outbreaks of rain. wet weather also affected parts of northern ireland or wales, affected parts of northern ireland

orwales, northern affected parts of northern ireland or wales, northern england, affected parts of northern ireland orwales, northern england, up affected parts of northern ireland or wales, northern england, up into scotland. this frontal system here, this shield of cloud working through. we will still have the remnants of this frontal system in place as we head through tonight, but it will be weakening all the while. just a band of cloud, some shower in northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. if you show is also likely to graze southern counties of england. for many, not as chilly as last night, but parts of north—east scotland could get down to five, six or 7 degrees. monday is a bank holiday for most of us, though not in scotland, and this ridge of high pressure will try to build, but still the remains of that weather front sitting about here in monday morning. rain, cloud and showers will tend to drift up across scotland throughout the day. further south, not as many showers and some spells of sunshine. 0n the whole, are drier, brighter and warmer day and we have been used to over the last few days. temperatures 15—23. through monday night, the winds will

strengthen once again through western parts of this next frontal system works its way into the picture. that will bring some heavy rain across northern ireland, western scotland, getting into western scotland, getting into western england and wales, butjust ahead of that, we are going to tap into some warmer air. the further south and issue are, if you hold onto some sunshine during tuesday, i think you will really feel the difference. here is a band of cloud and rain moving across southern scotland, north—east england and wales. to the west of that, sunshine and showers. warmer than it has been, 19 for aberdeen, 2a belfast, parts of eastern england could get to 26. into wednesday, the same weather front not making much progress, stalling across areas with outbreaks of rain. western england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a mix of sunshine and showers, but to the east of our frontal system, saying warmer. we could get up to the high 20s celsius. it looks like it will turn cooler again for the end of the week, with a bit of rain or indeed

showers towards the north and west.

this is bbc news. the headlines... hezbollah�*s leader says the group targeted an israeli military base near tel aviv in retaliation for the killing of one of its commanders. israel says it destroyed dozens of hezbollah launch sites in lebanon to pre—empt a large—scale missile attack. german prosecutors name the syrian man who has confessed to carrying

out friday's mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen in western germany. the 26—year—old is reported to be a syrian asylum seeker, who's being investigated for links to the islamic state group. and the lawyer for telegram founder pavel durov describes his arrest in paris on saturday as "absolutely ridiculous" and an attack on freedom of speech. mr durov is accused of failing to take steps to curb criminal uses of telegram and is due to appear in court later. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. many thanks indeed. we've had two results so far in the premier league. picking the best 11 from chelsea's huge squad must be the toughestjob in football, but enzo maresca got them to click against wolves. they won 6—2 at molineux.

noni madueke scored a second—half hat—trick after the two sides had gone into the break all square at 2—2. although cole palmer will share top billing, he provided the assist for each of madueke's goals as well as scoring himself. that's new boss maresca's first league win, they lost to manchester city on the opening day. newcastle drew 1—1 at bournemouth, the hosts taking the lead in the first half through marcus tavernier. anthony gordon levelled with 15 minutes to go. bournemouth had a late goal ruled out controversially when dango 0uattara's goal was disallowed for handball, was disallowed for handball. the cherries boss was booked for protesting the decision. it is so obvious. i think everyone who has watched the game would agree. i think the shoulder, the ball never touches the skin, let's say, and the fact is it doesn't touch the arm. it is a shoulder, it is a clear goal, and it is three

points for us. you take two points from us. liverpool currently lead 1—0 against brentford, luis diaz with the goal on his 100th appearance for the club. you can follow that on the bbc sport website and app. the leaderboard is changing all the time in the final round of the women's open at st andrews. the final groups are on the back nine, with the world number 0ne, the reigning chmapion and another former winner all in the mix. jane dougall is at the course. who has the lead at the moment? it does look like it is going to be pretty close here at st andrews, and it is world number one nelly korda who is two shots clear of the rest of the pack. she had back to back birdies, and are still out on the course. the reason she has two shots ahead is because the overnight

leader bogeyed the third and has just bogeyed her 11th. that has dropped to 6—under par. alongside her is lydia ko, who has played pretty consistently but i had a couple of bogeys as well. lillia vu is a little further back. charley hull looks like she will be out of contention. she has had a pretty erratic day on the course today, i didn't fare too well yesterday either. conditions are not been great with high winds and pretty persistent rain which cannot have helped the players in this pretty punishing course at st andrews. still lots of golf to be played in the final round. lando norris has won his second formula one race of the season, taking the chequered flag at the dutch grand prix at zandvoort. the mclaren driver started on pole but lost the lead

to max verstappen at the very start. norris had the pace, though, and was back in front on lap 18, and finished over 22 seconds clear of the world champion. ferarri's charles leclerc came in at third. norris is now 70 points behind verstappen in the drivers' standings. big athletics news. jakob ingebritsen has smashed the 3,000 metre world record that had stood for the last 28 years. the norwegain athlete, who won gold in the olympic 5,000 metres in paris, was competing in sunday's diamond league meeting in poland. his time of 7:17.55 was over three second quicker three seconds quicker than kenya's daniel komen record in 1996. it was longest—standing men's world record in individual track events. and the olympic pole vault champion mondo duplantis has broken his own world record again, by a single centimetre. it now stands at 6 metres 26. that's the 10th time he's broken

the record in the last a years. he gets a very healthy bonus every time he does it, which is why he only puts it up by a centimetre each time. i'll be back with another update later on. studio: thank you very much, 0lly foster. 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 going winter fuel payment. to means test the winter fuel payment. but 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, bbc news. the paralympic flame is on its way to paris, as 2a british torchbearers head through the channel tunnel. they'll be handing the symbolic torch to french paralympians in calais. the torch itself was lit yesterday in stoke mandeville the birthplace in stoke mandeville, the birthplace of the paralympic movement. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood spoke to some of team gb�*s paralympians as they were getting on to the eurostar. do you know your s3 from your c7? do you know why wheelchair rugby is called murderball? well, over the next 15 days or so we're going to find out, because the paralympics are going to get going in paris. now, of course, the olympics were a fantastic success and team gb are hoping to replicate that with the paris games. i'm joined now by a couple of the swimming team who are on their way here on the eurostar at st pancras. will and maisie, tell us which category and classification do you both compete in?

so, i am s1a, which is swimmers with, like, an intellectual impairment. and maisie, you are? i am an s6, and that's kind of in the middle of the physical impairments, yeah. now, maisie, you were at tokyo and you had great success, you are one of our big medal hopes. how are you feeling about these games? yeah, really good. you know, this year i have been swimming the fastest i have, so hopefully going into the games that can continue and i will try my best to hopefully replicate those medals. you broke your own world record recently? yeah, in may in berlin, so that was kind of a shock for that point in the season, so i think it shows that i am in a really good place and hopefully that will carry on for over the next few weeks. and how much sort of support have you got, how has the public mood around these games been going? completely different to tokyo. i think, you know, the whole crowd are behind us and i think because we are so close to home in paris, it is going to be really special and even down here in the station, you know, we had everyone waving flags and cheering for us, so yeah, it has been really good so far. and will, this is your first games,

how are you feeling about it? nervous? not too nervous, no. i'm going in favourite for 200 freestyle which is on the 31st, so yeah, hopefully that will be good, and yeah, it's my first games, just try and embrace the crowd. i know in tokyo there was no crowd, so just try and bring as much of the 15,000 people in as possible. so do you think, are you a favourite for a gold? how do you rate your chances? yeah, so i hold the world record, well, joint with reece dunn who won it in tokyo, i'm1.52.a, so i'm going in favourite for that by 1.8 seconds. so hopefully i can handle the pressure well and try and just hang onto a gold or at least get a medal, and just enjoy the moment. it's my first games, so hopefully many more to come as well. will, maisie, thank you. now, of course, we have a golden train for these athletes heading to paris, they are hoping this is an omen. they are aiming for anywhere between 100 and 1a0 medals which would better what they managed in tokyo. i love the idea that they are on a

gold train! best of luck to everybody. 0ur gold train! best of luck to everybody. our thanks tojoe inward. seven—time paralympic gold medallist racer hannah cockroft is busy preparing for the paris games which kick off later this week, where she's hoping to add to her medal collection— and also inspire the next generation. she's part of a new campaign called super movers for every body which aims to get more children with disabilities and special educational needs to take part in sport at primary school. let's take a look. getting in a race chair really, for me, was the first time that ifelt like i could do everything for myself, and i think that's what i love — i love the control, i love that everything when i am in that chair is down to me. so, hannah, let's take you back to where it all started for you, because i believe you were about 12 years old you were first when introduced to para sport, and that was through the cardinals wheelchair basketball team coming to your school, right? the team were the first disabled people that i ever met. i'd never seen it on television, it wasn't in magazines, the paralympics games weren't on tv, you know? i literally didn't know anyone

like me, so i think for me, meeting them and seeing what they could do made me realise that sport is for everyone. and it goes to show the power of visibility as well, doesn't it? 100%. visibility is so important. when you have a disability, you get told all the time what you can't do, but you're never really told what you can do. you know, you go along to a local sports club and you're told, "oh," you know, "we can't let you join in". and that's really hard to hear over and over again when you're young. to know that now, hopefully, young people can see me on their screens, doing what i am do, and going, "i want to do that". so, what is it about wheelchair racing and why do you love that sport so much? when i first got in that chair at 15 years old, it gave me a real sense of independence for the first time. i was still 15 and i couldn't catch a bus into town on my own, i couldn't go and stay at friends' houses because i couldn't get up the stairs to their toilet.

getting in the race chair, really, for me was the first time that ifelt like i could do everything for myself. and i think that's what i love — i love the control, i love that everything when i'm in that chair is down to me. it's kind of the only area of my life that i get that, so i think that's still what draws me to it. have there been any challenges that you've faced as a wheelchair racer? is there anything that you've found difficult to overcome? i went up to my local athletics club and they told me that i couldn't race there because i was a health and safety risk to everyone else, even though i wanted to do athletics like everyone else. so, sometimes, it'sjust people's attitudes that have been the biggest barrier because once i'm in the chair, i show them what i can do. she giggles. exactly, you let that do the talking and they can just watch and see. exactly! obviously, the importance of surrounding yourself with good people is something that's really massive for you. could you just talk to me about the importance of allyship when it comes to being a professional sportsperson? disability sport needs allyship. we shout about what we do as loud as we can but kind of into a very disabled world. to get that to reach non—disabled viewers,

it's quite difficult. so, we need, you know, allyship in the media, we need coverage, we need people to write about us, we need people to come and watch us compete, and we need people to be fans. you know, that's such a huge part of sport. it can't be ignored that fans are so important. looking ahead to paris 202a, how are you feeling right now? i think paris has a massive opportunity to be as big, if not bigger, than london 2012. i think we really need that kick—start now as a paralympic movement to get our faces back on the screens, for new paralympic heroes and legends to be born, and for more people to see what we do and to be inspired by it. wishing her the best of luck.

it's day two of the notting hill carnival — an annual london carnival which has been going for more than 50 years. it's a celebration of diversity and community — but for many living nearby, it's also a chance to remember those who are no longer with us. at many points along the west london parade route, grenfell tower is clearly visible — where a high—rise fire broke out in 2017, killing 72 people. at every carnival since, the music has been briefly paused to remember those who died. the final report of the public inquiry is due to be published soon. 0ur reporter ayshea buksh has been speaking to one of them. where the heart is, to the right—hand side, to where we're standing, that was ray's apartment. and we used to look out the window and, oh, the sights were just amazing. bernie's older brother ray, whose nickname was moses, lived on the top floor of grenfell tower with his dog marley. it was his home for over 30 years. he was such a kind person.

you know, ray would share his last with anybody, and he didn't have very much himself. he was just lovely, very kind, gracious and a lovely human being to other human beings. 0n the night of the fire, ray who struggled with walking and had severe arthritis was in his one—bedroom flat on the 23rd floor, and he sheltered a number of different neighbours. during the public inquiry, ray was hailed as a hero, a modern—day moses. everybody knew who moses was. he was a counsellor, he was a good friend, he was a great neighbour. and that was a testament to him on the night of the fire. people who were in his apartment at the time of their demise, and he looked after them. he was a great person. raymond bernard came to london

from trinidad in the late �*60s. he worked as an electrician in the houses of parliament. he was a dj with a sound system and always loved the notting hill carnival. bernie now has a memorial bench in honour of her brother on powis square, in notting hill. i think it allowed him to reconnect with his roots. to reconnect with the, you know, being born in trinidad and listening to soca music and coming to the uk and understanding more of the reggae music. and even if moses was here with us now, he would be round by the sound systems, listening to the music, chatting with his friends. he would be enjoying it the same way everybody else enjoys carnival. music was ray's moses's life and carnival, as jackie said previously, was his connection to his roots and to the forefathers that went before him with regards to carnival and what it actually represents.

in just a few weeks, the long—awaited final report of the public inquiry will be published and it will outline who is accountable for what led to the fire. there will also be recommendations to ensure that this tragedy never happens again. no—one would have thought that, seven years on, we'd just be finishing phase two of the report. and no—one thought that it would take this long. but we know it's going to take even longer. during this year's notting hill carnival, and every year since the fire, the sound systems are briefly turned down for a 72—second silence — one for each person who died in the grenfell tower fire. the 72—second silence is important because it's not only showing respect to the victims and their families, it's a way

of remembering what actually happened at grenfell and the impact it has had on the bereaved, the survivors and the community as a whole. it's to remind the carnival—goers, don't forget about what happened seven years ago and always keep those victims in your thoughts and in your minds and in your hearts. remembering the victims of the grenfell tower, right at the heart of the community where nothing hill carnival takes place. —— notting hill carnival. and it's an opportunity for people from the uk and beyond to come

together and celebrate caribbean heritage, arts and culture — including the music, food and dancing. one of the bands performing at the carnival tomorrow is baque de axe — they're a percussion band playing traditional brazilian maracatu music. we are going to be talking to the band's leader, sam alexander in a moment, but let'sjust band's leader, sam alexander in a moment, but let's just take a listen. marcatu music maracatu music

iam i am thrilled to say that sam joins us now, the leader of the band, and just tells a little bit, place where you are, because you are at notting hill carnival, and you have to go inside, because with so many phones, the connection is a bit of an issue there! ~ . ., , ., there! we are rehearsing at the summer hall— there! we are rehearsing at the summer hall social _ there! we are rehearsing at the summer hall social club - there! we are rehearsing at the summer hall social club which i there! we are rehearsing at the | summer hall social club which is just round the corner from grenfell tower. thank just round the corner from grenfell thank you for taking the time to talk to us. tell us about the inspiration behind the band. we play -e of inspiration behind the band. we play type of music _ inspiration behind the band. we play type of music that _ inspiration behind the band. we play type of music that resembles - inspiration behind the band. we play type of music that resembles sam i inspiration behind the band. we play l type of music that resembles sam bob but was developed during the time of slavery, when bands would have to register a carnival to be a carnival band. they would have to make noise and play the music... 50.

band. they would have to make noise and play the music...— and play the music... so, how long have ou and play the music... so, how long have you guys _ and play the music... so, how long have you guys been _ and play the music... so, how long have you guys been taking - and play the music... so, how long have you guys been taking part - and play the music... so, how long have you guys been taking part in l have you guys been taking part in carnival? �* , . ~ carnival? i've been taking part in the carnival— carnival? i've been taking part in the carnival was _ carnival? i've been taking part in the carnival was 39 _ carnival? i've been taking part in the carnival was 39 years. - carnival? i've been taking part in the carnival was 39 years. i - carnival? i've been taking part in the carnival was 39 years. i have | the carnival was 39 years. i have been, this band have been in the carnival bird two years now. does my congratulations, and just give us a flavour of the atmosphere. anybody who knows the carnival knows it is so alive. ., ., , .g so alive. there for a whistle off all the time, _ so alive. there for a whistle off all the time, there _ so alive. there for a whistle off all the time, there are - so alive. there for a whistle off all the time, there are lots - so alive. there for a whistle off. all the time, there are lots people being friendly and helping each other and looking out for each other. it is great.— other and looking out for each other. it is great. and in terms of when you — other. it is great. and in terms of when you guys — other. it is great. and in terms of when you guys rehearse, - other. it is great. and in terms of when you guys rehearse, how- other. it is great. and in terms of l when you guys rehearse, how much work and effort goes into your performances? put work and effort goes into your performances?— work and effort goes into your performances? work and effort goes into your erformances? , ._ ., ., performances? put it this way, a lot of us don't — performances? put it this way, a lot of us don't really _ performances? put it this way, a lot of us don't really bother _ performances? put it this way, a lot of us don't really bother about - of us don't really bother about christmas and birthdays, it is carnival. every year, we mark our year at the beginning and end with carnival. it year at the beginning and end with carnival. , ,., year at the beginning and end with carnival. , ., carnival. it is so important. i know, carnival. it is so important. i know. living _ carnival. it is so important. i know, living locally, - carnival. it is so important. i know, living locally, the - carnival. it is so important. i- know, living locally, the amount of work and the amount of costumes, the

work and the amount of costumes, the work that goes into the costumes, just talk us through how much the preparation and effort in the style of costumes as well that you guys have? tells about the costumes. aha, have? tells about the costumes. lot of the costumes, they look like old kinds of middle ages or medieval, they are full of finery, here we go, have a look at this. this is the kind of costume for someone like a king or a prince who comes out in our royal court, and it is full of embroidery, very thick top it look so good. this is the kind of stuff that we are inspired by. it kind of stuff that we are inspired b . , kind of stuff that we are inspired by. it is absolutely stunning. he makes them? _ by. it is absolutely stunning. he makes them? some _ by. it is absolutely stunning. he makes them? some of- by. it is absolutely stunning. he makes them? some of these i by. it is absolutely stunning. he | makes them? some of these are by. it is absolutely stunning. he - makes them? some of these are made b the crew makes them? some of these are made by the crew that _ makes them? some of these are made by the crew that we _ makes them? some of these are made by the crew that we work _ makes them? some of these are made by the crew that we work with, - makes them? some of these are made by the crew that we work with, but - by the crew that we work with, but we make quite a lot of our costumes ourselves. we have little sewing

groups and we make our own drums, and it is all... the groups and we make our own drums, and it is all...— and it is all... the costumes look amazing- — and it is all... the costumes look amazing- we _ and it is all... the costumes look amazing. we are _ and it is all... the costumes look amazing. we are seeing - and it is all... the costumes look amazing. we are seeing a - and it is all... the costumes look amazing. we are seeing a bit - and it is all... the costumes look amazing. we are seeing a bit of. and it is all... the costumes look- amazing. we are seeing a bit of your performance from some pre—recorded material that we have. when it comes to the carnival itself, when do we get to see you? what are the timing site? it is quite fluid. taste get to see you? what are the timing site? it is quite fluid.— site? it is quite fluid. we always ho -e to site? it is quite fluid. we always hope to be _ site? it is quite fluid. we always hope to be going _ site? it is quite fluid. we always hope to be going through - site? it is quite fluid. we always hope to be going through by - site? it is quite fluid. we always hope to be going through by thej hope to be going through by the judgment point of the carnival route, around midday. but we'll leave to get onto the road at around nine o'clock in the morning. we take our time to go around the route, and we should be backed by that point in the afternoon. cosmic how large and how many of you are there? this year they should be about 95 of us. it will be all out. my they should be about 95 of us. it will be all out.— they should be about 95 of us. it will be all out. my goodness, 85 to

90 if ou will be all out. my goodness, 85 to 90 if you are _ will be all out. my goodness, 85 to 90 if you are wearing _ will be all out. my goodness, 85 to 90 if you are wearing those - will be all out. my goodness, 85 to. 90 if you are wearing those amazing costumes? ., .,, ., , costumes? now, those are 'ust the dancers. we — costumes? now, those are 'ust the dancers. we have t costumes? now, those are 'ust the dancers. we have 45 h costumes? now, those are just the dancers. we have 45 drummers, i costumes? now, those are just the | dancers. we have 45 drummers, all costumes? now, those are just the i dancers. we have 45 drummers, all in dancers. we have a5 drummers, all in costume and dancers. for dancers. we have 45 drummers, all in costume and dancers.— costume and dancers. for all those --eole costume and dancers. for all those people lucky _ costume and dancers. for all those people lucky enough _ costume and dancers. for all those people lucky enough to _ costume and dancers. for all those people lucky enough to be - costume and dancers. for all those people lucky enough to be a - people lucky enough to be a carnival, some dance moves, little dance moves that we can potentially get involved with?— get involved with? watch out for when they open _ get involved with? watch out for when they open their _ get involved with? watch out for when they open their arms - get involved with? watch out for when they open their arms and l get involved with? watch out for - when they open their arms and dance like that. it is the movement of the waves. it like that. it is the movement of the waves. , , , ., , waves. it represents the movements ofthe waves. it represents the movements of the ways? — waves. it represents the movements of the ways? that _ waves. it represents the movements of the ways? that is _ waves. it represents the movements of the ways? that is right. _ waves. it represents the movements of the ways? that is right. what - of the ways? that is right. what else can you _ of the ways? that is right. what else can you show— of the ways? that is right. what else can you show us _ of the ways? that is right. what else can you show us in - of the ways? that is right. what else can you show us in a - of the ways? that is right. what else can you show us in a small| of the ways? that is right. what - else can you show us in a small box and a window on your mobile? i am a drummer, soi and a window on your mobile? i am a drummer, so i was really the kind of drums we have. . drummer, so i was really the kind of drums we have.— drummer, so i was really the kind of drums we have. , these are handmade and hand skinned. _ drums we have. , these are handmade and hand skinned. they _ drums we have. , these are handmade and hand skinned. they are _ drums we have. , these are handmade and hand skinned. they are strung - drums we have. , these are handmade and hand skinned. they are strung up| and hand skinned. they are strung up ljy and hand skinned. they are strung up by ropes, and the main it we use... can you hear that?—

by ropes, and the main it we use... can you hear that? love it. imagine that, 40 odd _ can you hear that? love it. imagine that, 40 odd drummers _ can you hear that? love it. imagine that, 40 odd drummers making - can you hear that? love it. imagine that, 40 odd drummers making all| can you hear that? love it. imagine i that, 40 odd drummers making all of that, a0 odd drummers making all of that. in a word, sum up, it isjust going to be glorious, isn't it. it is community in action, friendship, love, peace and harmony. it is all of us working together with the common aim. of us working together with the common aim-— of us working together with the common aim. ~ . . , ., ., ., ~ of us working together with the common aim. ~ . ., , ., ., common aim. what a beautiful look to end it on. common aim. what a beautiful look to end it on- sam — common aim. what a beautiful look to end it on. sam alexander, _ common aim. what a beautiful look to end it on. sam alexander, from - common aim. what a beautiful look to end it on. sam alexander, from the i end it on. sam alexander, from the baque de axe percussion band, that will be a good time to end it, we will be a good time to end it, we will be a good time to end it, we will be taking that time on monday. good time to end it. hello. southern and eastern areas have had the lion's share of the dry and relatively bright weather today. further north and west, a different story, including here across the isle of man with cloud, with outbreaks of rain. that wet weather also affected parts of northern ireland, parts of wales, northern england, up into scotland. this frontal system here,

this shield of cloud working its way through. now, we will still have the remnants of this frontal system in place as we head through tonight. but it will be weakening all the while. just a band of cloud, some showers for northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. a few showers also likely to graze southern counties of england. for many of us, not quite as chilly as it was last night, but parts of northeast scotland could get down to five, 6 or 7 degrees. now monday is, of course, a bank holiday for most of us. not in scotland, and this very weak ridge of high pressure will try to build. but still the remains of that weather front sitting just about here for monday morning. cloud and some showers, and then that will tend to drift northwards up across scotland as we go through the day. further south, not as many showers, more dry weather, some spells of sunshine and on the whole this is a drier, brighter and warmer day than we've been used to over the last few days. temperatures 15 to 23 degrees.

as we head through monday night, the winds will strengthen once again across western parts, as this next frontal system works its way into the picture. that will bring some heavy rain across northern ireland, western scotland, getting into western england and wales. but just ahead of that, we are going to tap into some warmer air. so the further south and east you are, if you hold on to some sunshine during tuesday, i think you really will feel the difference. here's our weather front, a band of cloud and rain becoming slow moving, most likely across southern scotland, northwest england and wales. to the northwest of that, sunshine and showers. warmer than it has been — 19 for aberdeen, 20 for belfast. but parts of eastern england could get to 26 degrees. now into wednesday, this is our same weather fronts. not making much progress, just stalling across some of these western areas with some outbreaks of rain. western england, wales, northern ireland, scotland, a mix of sunshine and showers but to the east of our frontal system staying warm. in fact, we could get up into the high 20s celsius. it does look like it will turn cooler again for the end of the week.

a bit of rain or indeed some showers towards the north and the west.

live from london, this is bbc news. hezbollah targets an israeli military base near tel aviv in retaliation for the killing of one of its commanders. the address from the group's leader

comes after israel launched a wave of airstrikes against hezbollah in lebanon, saying it was preempting plans for a large—scale attack. the owner of x, elon musk, has criticised the arrest of telegram founder pavel durov, saying it's a sign that freedom of speech in europe is under attack. german prosecutors named the syrian man who has confessed to carrying out a mass stabbing attack in the city of s0lingen. hello. israel has launched airstrikes 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 says it hit more than 200 sites in lebanon in what it called a "pre—emptive strike" against the lebanese shia organisation, which was retaliating for the assassination of one of its top commanders in lebanon last month. hezbollah says the first phase of its attack is over. speaking earlier, its leader hassan nasrallah said the attack