we also wanted this target to be deep inside israel, closer to tel aviv. these are live pictures fom inside israel where sirens have sounded as hamas says it's fired a rocket at tel aviv. the prime minister sir keir starmer is set to warn that "things will get worse" in the uk before they get better. and 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. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. sirens have sounded south of tel aviv as the armed wing of hamas says it has fired an m90 rocket at the city.

these are live pictures of tel aviv. these are live pictures of tel aviv. the reuters news agency says sirens have sounded in central israel also. that is according to the israeli defense forces. they say sirens have soundedin defense forces. they say sirens have sounded in central israel. it comes after israel launched air strikes across lebanon, and the militia group hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones at israel — in a further escalation of the conflict in the middle east. of the conflict in the region. 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 — — and it is not seeking all out war. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from nahariya in northern israel, close the border between the two countries. by the time the sirens came, northern israel was awake. israeli fighterjets bombing hezbollah launch sites, the army said, before hundreds

of drones and rockets met israel's air defences overhead. the fight, clearly visible from this house six miles from the border. we felt really large explosions. we felt, like, an earthquake. the whole ground was moving. my windows were shaking, the keys in the door, everything was shaking. so i went outside to look at it, and i just saw the whole sky is bright orange, and there was an explosion, like, every three seconds. shrapnel from an intercepted missile was caught on camera hitting a patrol boat off the coast, killing one army officer and injuring two others. very few rockets slipped through, but israel says hezbollah had planned a much wider attack, and that only a predawn bombing raid by israel's air force prevented it, destroying thousands of rockets at their launch sites.

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: who hurts us, we hurt them. the limited damage from this assault obscures how dangerous this moment is. for months, the conflict to cross this border has been widening. now, israel has sent 100 fighter jets to bomb hezbollah positions, and hezbollah rockets are flying further south, testing the tripwires for all—out war. this hotel looks out on the hills that mark the lebanese border. this man thought this morning's assault was the start of a full—blown war. it's not normal times, so if a war should come and finish it, there are no tourists, no businessmen, no nothing. so we have to start living again. it sounds like you want a war. if it will finish the situation

as it is now, yes. this border, bristling with weapons, could pull regional and global powers into a war, a war fuelled by the conflict in gaza that even israel and hezbollah say they don't want. lucy williamson, bbc news. tonight in lebanon, hezbollah said it did not intend its missile attacks on israel to lead to a "full scale war". the powerful militia group, which is backed by iran, said it had delayed its action — in the hope that that peace talks would lead to a ceasefire in gaza. orla guerin reports from southern lebanon. hezbollah�*s leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah, said tonight the group might strike again in the future but for now, everyone could feel at ease and stand down. earlier, it released this map of its targets, showing the exact locations of military bases and barracks in northern israel.

hezbollah claims its attack was a success. israel says most of the rockets missed their mark. hezbollah was retaliating for this — israel's assassination of a top commander, fuad shukr, in beirut last month. he was a huge loss to the iranian—backed group. now, it has sought revenge, but in a carefully calibrated attack. israel hit back in southern lebanon throughout the morning. this is the biggest flare—up here since the conflict began last october. well, just a few moments ago, we heard a very loud blast and you can see there — smoke is still rising in the direction of the border. now, we don't know yet exactly

what has been hit but we do know that israel has been targeting firing positions that hezbollah has been using. so, israel's strikes are continuing here now. this weekend, hezbollah has been burying more of its dead. the conflict is far from over. for now, both sides have hit hard but stopped short of triggering all—out war. and our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more analysis from tyre in southern lebanon. in which the conflict has been heating up, and a day in which we had 100 israeli fighterjets in the air, 300 hezbollah rockets firing across the border. there may actually now be a chance for a bit of a de—escalation, because the region had been

holding its breath for a month waiting for hezbollah to seek retaliation for the killing of that top commander, fouad shukr, and it has now done that, but today, top commander, fuad shukr, and it has now done that, but today, it chose military targets in israel. it did not target critical civilian infrastructure. it did not hit a major city. it did not kill civilians. and israel, for its part, also targeted military sites here across the border in lebanon. there may now be a chance for some breathing room, and i was very struck by the language used by the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. he said that this might be it for hezbollah, it might leave it at that. people could now feel easy and get on with their lives after a month in which there had been a great deal of tension, and tension, i have to say, on both sides of the border. 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. the owner of x, elon musk, has criticised the arrest of the founder of the telegram messaging service, pavel durov. he said it was a sign that freedom of speech in europe was under attack. the russian billionaire — who's also a french citizen — is accused of failing to act on reports that the platform is being used for organised crime, including fraud and drug trafficking. our correspondent will vernon has more. by the way, it's my first public appearance... he's known as russia's zuckerberg. pavel durov, the billionaire ceo of telegram, likes to show off his extravagant lifestyle, as well as his muscles,

on social media. but now, mr durov, who lives in dubai, has been arrested — shortly after landing his private jet at this airport in paris. french media say he's accused of failing to take action against criminals using telegram. telegram is one of the world's most downloaded apps, with almosti billion users. it's most popular in russia and ukraine, used by both pro—kremlin media and by ukrainian officials, such as president zelensky. pro—democracy groups in places like iran and hong kong also use telegram, but it's controversial because there's very little moderation of material posted. governments have often struggled to persuade the company to remove content. western law enforcement agencies are increasingly concerned about telegram's use by drug traffickers, terrorist groups and paedophiles. one german security chief called it "a medium for radicalisation". have you come under pressure from other governments... -

in a recent interview, pavel durov said he was right to refuse some requests to remove content. where we thought it would be crossing the line, it wouldn't be in line with our values of freedom of speech and protecting people's private correspondence, we would ignore. today, russian officials on state tv accused the west of double standards over the arrest. a lesson in democracy from the kremlin. will vernon, bbc news. 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 other journalists were wounded when their hotel was hit in a russian strike. nick beake 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. here in the uk, the prime minister is warning that things will get worse before they get better. in a speech this week, sir keir starmer will say there are no quick fixes to the problems left by the conservatives. but the tories have accused labour of "fabricating" claims of a black

hole in the nationalfinances, in order to justify planned tax rises. here's our political correspondent iain watson. the last time labour won a big majority in 1997, we were told things could only get better. there seemed to be a hint that optimism too when sir keir starmer swept to power this summer. the sunlight of hope. pale at first, but getting stronger through the day, shining once again. but this has been eclipsed. good morning, prime minister. his message now is that things could get worse before they get better, and he's blaming the previous conservative government. the prime minister says he is releasing some offenders early because of a fundamental failure of the last government to provide enough prison places. and even this is blamed on his predecessors. he says that rioters exploited cracks in society created by 1a years of conservative rule. we have inherited a society problem too. there is a lot of work to do, but the speech will also say that

progress will be made. itjust won't be made overnight. labour claims the state of the public finances are worse than anticipated. this means tough choices. the chancellor has removed winter fuel payments from the vast majority of pensioners, creating unease in their own party and criticism from opponents. it does feel a very restrictive cut that will hit pensioners when they see an increase to the energy price cap plus cuts the cost of living payments they enjoyed last winter. i think it makes it look very difficult, and in terms of change, which the government promised us during the general election, i don't think this is the change people were voting for. and the conservatives accused labour of fabricating a black hole in the public finances to clear the way for tax rises. labour say they will make difficult choices, but these will generate early political headwinds. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. there were three premier legaue

matches on sunday, arne slot�*s first competitive home game as liverpool boss saw them maintain their winning start to the season. they beat brentford 2—0. luis diaz opened the scoring at anfield on his 100th appearance for the club, before mohamed salah added the second after the interval. that's two wins without conceding a goal to start the season, and they head to manchester united next sunday. the fans love to see the team playing really well, but they also like to see them working hard. that is what we did today. and i liked what i saw. if i like it, mostly the fans like it as well. a good day for us. again, we won against infants ipswich, good teams, i'm not expecting them to be in the top six in the upcoming year. there is not for us to prove in the upcoming weeks and months. noni madueke scored a second half hattrick as chelsea beat wolves 6—2 at molineux. cole palmer provided the assist for each of madueke's goals as well as scoring himself,

that's new boss enzo maresca's first league win, they lost to manchester city on the opening weekend. newcastle drew 1—1 at bournemouth, the hosts taking the lead in the first half through marcus tavernier. anthony gordon levelled anthony gordon levelled with 15 minutes to go. with 15 minutes to go. bournemouth had a late goal ruled bournemouth had a late goal ruled out by var when dango ouattara's out by var when dango ouattara's goal was disallowed for handball, goal was disallowed for handball, even though it looked to have even though it looked to have come off his shoudler. come off his shoudler. lando norris has won his lando norris has won his second formula one race second formula one race of the season, taking the chequered of the season, taking the chequered flag at the dutch grand prix flag at the dutch grand prix at zandvoort. at zandvoort. the mclaren driver started the mclaren driver started on pole but lost the lead on pole but lost the lead to max verstappen at the very start to max verstappen at the very start norris had the pace though norris had the pace though and was back in front by the end and was back in front by the end of lap 18, and finished over 22 of lap 18, and finished over 22 seconds clear of the world champion. seconds clear of the world champion. ferarri's charles leclerc was third. ferarri's charles leclerc was third. norris is now 70 points behind norris is now 70 points behind verstappen in the drivers standings, verstappen in the drivers standings, with nine races to go and 258 points with nine races to go and 258 points at stake at stake with nine races to go with nine races to go and 258 points at stake. and 258 points at stake. i wouldn't say a perfect race,

of weeks, it is almost too good to be true. to be able to win and say you are a champion here at st andrews, not everybody has the privile-e you are a champion here at st andrews, not everybody has the privilege of you are a champion here at st andrews, not everybody has the privilege of the you are a champion here at st andrews, not everybody has the privilege of the opportunity you are a champion here at st andrews, not everybody has the privilege of the opportunity say that. and here i am, holding the trophy right now. and it is incredible. jakob ingebritsen has smashed the 3,000 metre world record that had stood for the last 28 years the norwegain athlete, had stood for the last 28 years. the norwegain athlete, who won gold in the olympic 5000 metres in paris, was competing in sunday's diamond league meeting in poland. his time of seven minutes 17.55 seconds, was over three second quicker than kenya's daniel komen record set in 1996. it was longest—standing men's world it was longest—standing men's world record in individual track events. record in individual track events. and the olympic pole vault and the olympic pole vault champion mondo duplantis, champion mondo duplantis, has broken his own world record has broken his own world record again, by a single centimetre. again, by a single centimetre. it now stands at six metres 26. it now stands at six metres 26. that's the tenth time he's broken that's the tenth time he's broken the record in the last four years. the record in the last four years. and that's all the sport for now. and that's all the sport for now.

to bring you more on our top story. hamas says it has fired a rocket at tel aviv. israel says it fired air strikes across lebanon. their work drains and rockets fired at israel in retaliation

their work drains and rockets fired 7 at i centre retaliation ., their work drains and rockets fired 7 at i centre of taliation ., their work drains and rockets fired 7 at i centre of the |tion ., their work drains and rockets fired 7 at i centre of the country towards the centre of the country towards the centre of the country towards the metropolitan tel aviv. later in the metropolitan tel aviv. later in the evening, hamas from gaza, the front israel was not necessarily focusing on today, but that war does continue, they are launching a rocket striking just south of tel aviv and into a main city. it is just another illustration of what israel has been saying for a long time: it is fighting a war on multiple fronts simultaneously. bath multiple fronts simultaneously. both israel and hezbollah said they do not want all out war. they have repeated that many times over the last ten months or so, but they'd say they are ready should that happen. what are the possibilities now? where are the opportunities for de—escalation? i now? where are the opportunities for tie-escalation?— de-escalation? i think the best opportunity _ de-escalation? i think the best opportunity for— de-escalation? i think the best opportunity for de-escalation l de-escalation? i think the best| opportunity for de-escalation is opportunity for de—escalation is what we are seeing happening in doha in qatar and what we are seeing happening in doha in qatarand in what we are seeing happening in doha in qatar and in cairo, egypt earlier today. the ongoing negotiations for a possible hostage release would

lead to a ceasefire in gaza, and hence would likely also lead to hezbollah saying: we have no reason to continue to attack israel from the north. and iran, then, also the escalating. we should remember that iran has also said they will retaliate for the killing of the hamas leader a month ago in tehran, attributed to israel. there is a lot of tension in these hostage talks. if they reach and culminate in a deal, to have the potential to de—escalate the entire region. there is no doubt what happened earlier today, has did blow off steam, firing 400 rockets mostly in northern israel. israel was able to deny them the large—scale assault they had planned, but of each side is willing to say: we have had enough for now, that could take us back to what has become the new normal. every day rockets from lebanon, everyday israeli strikes in lebanon. that isn't something we want to continue, but i would be

better than a direct escalation as was possible earlier this morning. yes. thank you. the reuters news agency has posted information saying hamas have rejected new israeli conditions put forward in the gaza ceasefire talks. they have been months off on and off talks with both sides blaming each other. it seems the goalposts are constantly shifting. there does seem to be a sticking point over the so—called philadelphia corridor. this is a stretch of land across the gaza southern border with egypt. what see as an opportunity for a breakthrough here? i as an opportunity for a breakthrough here? ~ , ., ., , , here? i think it is going to be up to the americans _ here? i think it is going to be up to the americans who _ here? i think it is going to be up to the americans who are - here? i think it is going to be up l to the americans who are exerting amazing influence and power in the region look at what is happening in the kirsch and golf where they were supposed to have sent the link an aircraft carrier to replace the roosevelt. the now, the secretary announced he is giving both of the aircraft carrier strike groups in the region. this is a part of

america flexing its muscle and trying to exert influence on what's happening in the region, including at these talks, saying that the iranians: you have to crack down on your proxies, ie hamas and hezbollah, so that they accept a deal. we know the prime minister of qatar will be visiting iran are likely tomorrow, and that is all part of signalling that we will see. the iranians have a lot of and over the leader of hamas who is still in a tunnel in gaza. hopefully this can bring both sides to agree to a deal. we also need to seek legibility on the side of the israelis. that is a strategic corridor were hamas of smuggling corridors, and israel is concerned if it they get to that area they will renew their smuggling and get back all of the weapons that were destroyed. but israel has to be creative. there has to be our way found to end this early stages can come home and we can de—escalate the conflict in the region. duo come home and we can de-escalate the conflict in the region.— conflict in the region. dua lipa eli cohen he wants _ conflict in the region. dua lipa eli cohen he wants to _ conflict in the region. dua lipa eli cohen he wants to end _ conflict in the region. dua lipa eli cohen he wants to end this - conflict in the region. dua lipa eli cohen he wants to end this in - conflict in the region. dua lipa eli cohen he wants to end this in the j cohen he wants to end this in the

near term # do you believe prime minister netanyahu wants to end this in the near term? this is nearly a year we are in the near term? this is nearly a yearwe are coming in the near term? this is nearly a year we are coming up to. do you believe that prime minister netanyahu believe that prime minister neta nyahu wants believe that prime minister netanyahu wants a deal and soon? it is a hard question. it is hard to read what is in his mind. i think he definitely once vast aegis back home. that isn't something i would question. similarly to what you just asked, does he want the wart to be over? i think he wants a deal to get the hostages, but i'm not certain once the water come to an end, because i think the war continuing does help him out politically. he is concerned that if he reaches a hostage deal that would lead to the end of the war, the more right—wing parties in his coalition would bolt, toppling the government, and he would then face a new election. and he is going to a lot of the failures that led to the october the 7th hamas massacre and this war that has

been going for more than ten months. for him, to some extent, the continuation of hostilities isn't necessarily a bad thing. therefore, it is a mixture of interests and a delicate balancing act that he needs to walk. but at the end of the day, we have to hope he gets a national interest first, and that is at least interest first, and that is at least in my view and the view of most israelis to get back the hostages even at the price of having to pay with a ceasefire that would last for maybe even several months. what with a ceasefire that would last for maybe even several months. what is the mood in — maybe even several months. what is the mood in israel? _ maybe even several months. what is the mood in israel? you _ maybe even several months. what is the mood in israel? you must- maybe even several months. what is the mood in israel? you must have l the mood in israel? you must have spoken to friends and family there today. is there a sense of fear? fear of an escalation right now with rockets coming in over the border? the rockets coming into northern israel. many of those today. we have hamas rocket into tel aviv tonight. is there a growing sense of gear for the safety of israelis?— the safety of israelis? without a doubt. i spoke _ the safety of israelis? without a doubt. i spoke to _ the safety of israelis? without a doubt. i spoke to my _ the safety of israelis? without a doubt. i spoke to my family, - the safety of israelis? without a | doubt. i spoke to my family, and the safety of israelis? without a l doubt. i spoke to my family, and i can give you as an example one of my daughters who is supposed to go to a summer trip tomorrow with a youth

group. they are meant to be going hiking in the mountains around jerusalem. that was going up in the air today. jerusalem. that was going up in the airtoday. is jerusalem. that was going up in the air today. is it going to happen or not? another daughter of mine were supposed to go to a hotel for a couple of nights for the last week before school starts. that hotel is south of a northern city and my wife and i were discussing if it is the right thing for them to go to that hotel? these things are definitely trepidations and concern, but mostly israelis are living with the new normal. �* , ., normal. and give your time. so members _ normal. and give your time. so members here _ normal. and give your time. so members here on _ normal. and give your time. so members here on bbc- normal. and give your time. so members here on bbc news. i hello there. when it comes to rainfall totals so far this month, there's quite a marked contrast between the northwest and the southeast. hardly any rainfall in comparison to what we should be seeing for this month. but further north and west, we've had double the amount of rainfall, over 200% in the far

northwest of scotland and across the lake district as well. and in fact, that's where we're likely to see further rain to add to these totals to close out the month of august, potentially another 80mm in the extreme northwest, whereas hardly any traceable usable rain once again across eastern england and southeast england. so for monday, we are going to see a relatively dry, quiet day this week. this weak weather front, a band of cloud, a few showers close to the scottish borders, northern england and north wales to the north and south of that sunny spells breezy, but the winds not as strong as over the weekend and it will feel a little warmer, which is good news for many as it's the bank holiday weekend away from scotland, so highs likely of 23 degrees. as we move into tuesday, central and southern areas under this influence of high pressure into the near continent. but toppling around that high is another low moving in bringing

wet and windy weather, but at the same time, the wind direction swings around to a south—westerly and just taps into some pretty warm air coming from the near continent. so the rain still heavy as it moves out of the scottish borders and into north wales. but ahead of it, with that sunshine and that increasing warmth, we should see temperatures at 25 degrees. that's 77 fahrenheit. we're looking at mid to high teens across scotland. now that weather front is not moving very far at all on wednesday as it continues to bump into this area of high pressure, so we could see this conveyor belt of rain just sitting across southwest england, wales and northern england for a time. and that means we'll see some increasing warmth. still a level of uncertainty where that front is going to be sitting, but potentially from hull down to the isle of wight, anywhere south and east of that could see temperatures peaking at 27 or 28 degrees. that's 82 fahrenheit. we keep some sunshine and warmth, although not quite as warm, through thursday and friday across england and wales, staying unsettled further northwest.

this is bbc news, the headlines... explosions. israel launches a wave of what it calls pre—emptive strikes across southern lebanon to thwart a large—scale attack by hezbollah... ..while hezbollah says it launched a wave of rockets and drones against military targets in retaliation for the recent assassination of a top commander.

these are live pictures fom inside israel where sirens have sounded as hamas says it's fired a rocket at tel aviv. the prime minister sir keir starmer is set to warn that "things will only get worse" in the uk before they get better. and 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. telegram has been accused of not cooperating with authorities and failing to curb criminal use of the platform. hello, i'm samantha simmon. let's take a closer look at hezbollah now... it is a highly influential shia muslim political party and militant group which controls the most powerful armed force

in lebanon and whose military apparatus is considered a terror organisation by many nations. it was established in the early 1980s by the region's most dominant shia power, iran, to oppose israel, and is still funded and equipped by tehran. hezbollah is one of the most heavily—armed, non—state military forces in the world. independent estimates say it has at least 20,000 fighters and an estimated minimum of 120,000 rockets and missiles. most are small, unguided surface—to—surface artillery rockets. since 1992, it has been led by shia cleric sheikh hassan nasrallah. who has close links with iran and its supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. the elusive leader has not appeared in public for years, supposedly for fear of being assassinated. but he regularly delivers televised speeches and remains powerful. let's speak to rami khouri in new york. he is a distinguished fellow at the american university of beirut, a journalist and author. welcome to you, get a heavy on the programme. what's your assessment of today's developments? today market a and worrying escalation? they definitely market escalation,

nasrallah said in the remarks he made today this is the first phase of hezbollah�*s response to israel killing one of its commanders in lebanon. ~ ., ., killing one of its commanders in lebanon. ., ., ~ , , lebanon. weeks ago. and this is the moment when _ lebanon. weeks ago. and this is the moment when both _ lebanon. weeks ago. and this is the moment when both sides _ lebanon. weeks ago. and this is the moment when both sides have - lebanon. weeks ago. and this is the moment when both sides have to - moment when both sides have to decide if they're going to risk going forward to a much bigger confrontation or keep doing what they're doing but at an elevated level, which is targeted attacks back and forth. mostly at nonmilitary, mostly at non—civilian targets. the israelis have killed a lot more civilians in lebanon, hezbollah has been targeting military targets. they can keep this action going for a long time, they've done it for years, actually. i still don't believe we are on the verge of a regional war, but we are certainly moving up to a more dynamic, bilateral confrontation

between hezbollah and israel. until the gaza situation is resolved. israel says that hezbollah is planning a large—scale attack, and that's what preempted his actions, and according to other reporting in the new york times, they are saying that this action by hezbollah would include rocket strikes on tel aviv. we haven't got verification, independent verification of that, but what do you believe that hezbollah actually wants, and to what extent do you believe that being led by iran?— what extent do you believe that being led by iran? well, they are very close _ being led by iran? well, they are very close to _ being led by iran? well, they are very close to iran. _ being led by iran? well, they are very close to iran. that's - being led by iran? well, they are very close to iran. that's one - being led by iran? well, they are very close to iran. that's one of. very close to iran. that's one of the reasons they've become so powerful political and technical end other reasons. i don't think iran tells them what to do, they are lebanese, hamas is a palestinian group, but they've become part of this regional axis of resistance which is headed by iran, and they share common goals. but i would not call them a proxy or an agent of iran. but very close allies. in the

same way that israel and the us are close allies. so the situation now, i think, is clear. hezbollah has got enormous technical capabilities. it is able to send rockets, they fired a couple hundred rockets yesterday, and today. these are old—fashioned simple rockets, and they are not really well targeted, they don't target very well. but it did hit some sites, it was targeting an army base which is a significant and symbolic act, not far from tel aviv. hezbollah is constantly working to keep the israeli people, army and government on edge. it's psychological warfare to some extent, they don't expect these rockets to decisively change things, but they do want to keep the israelis word, preoccupied in the north, not knowing what's coming

next and hezbollah has some more sophisticated guided, missiles with guidance systems that can hit targets inside, deeper inside israel and they've shown that they can evade israel's defensive systems. so this is, this is one of the forms of deterrence that hezbollah has the developed, that nobody else has developed, that nobody else has developed in the region which is why i don't think israel is going to risk an all—out attack on lebanon. and if the israelis are worried about hezbollah, they should really think their former about hezbollah, they should really think theirformer prime about hezbollah, they should really think their former prime minister �*s whose actions in lebanon in 1982 and in gaza created the conditions that created hezbollah anne thomas as national resistance movements, palestine fought back against israel's various aggressive actions including short—term occupations and

settlements. so this is a bigger conflict thanjust settlements. so this is a bigger conflict than just these two parties shooting rockets at each other and it really requires a way more sophisticated attempt to get to the core underlying political contest between palestine and israel. not knowing to happen with the current government but it's something to aim for. �* ,., ., ., government but it's something to aim for. �* ., ., ., , government but it's something to aim for. ., ., ., , ., for. and hezbollah are not 'ust a owerful for. and hezbollah are not 'ust a powerful military * for. and hezbollah are not 'ust a powerful military force, h for. and hezbollah are notjust a powerful military force, they - for. and hezbollah are notjust a powerful military force, they are j powerful military force, they are also political force, powerful military force, they are also politicalforce, aren't they? how much support do you think they have, and for their actions, and how much support would they have if there were to be an all—out war, and does not concern the leadership at all? it does not concern the leadership at all? . . , does not concern the leadership at all? . ., . , does not concern the leadership at all? . ., , , all? it certainly concerns them, but it robabl all? it certainly concerns them, but it probably doesn't _ all? it certainly concerns them, but it probably doesn't limit _ all? it certainly concerns them, but it probably doesn't limit what - all? it certainly concerns them, but it probably doesn't limit what theyl it probably doesn't limit what they do. hezbollah has shown that it will take actions that it feels are important to defend itself or to defend lebanon. lebanon is very divided. i would say half the country actively supports hezbollah, half the country doesn't like what

hezbollah is doing, and is sick and tired of these wars and people having to flee war zones in the south and everything. destructions of the airport and power plants and so forth. if the country, if the choice is to have lebanon under israeli tutelage, or to stop the israeli tutelage, or to stop the israeli aggressions, then they would choose to have hezbollah stay as a deterrent force to prevent israel from continuing its actions, aggressive actions against lebanon. it's a very divided country and people don't like a group like hezbollah it's very powerful, more powerful than the state, and has close ties to iran. so this has been going on since the early 80s, so there's nothing, nothing is going to change until there's a resolution of the underlying arab—israeli conflict which is a big challenge but hopefully better leaders than we have today will undertake that challenge. figs

have today will undertake that challenue. �* , . have today will undertake that challenge-— have today will undertake that challenue. ., ., , ., , challenge. as a “ournalist who is heavil challenge. as a journalist who is heavily involved _ challenge. as a journalist who is heavily involved in _ challenge. as a journalist who is heavily involved in the _ challenge. as a journalist who is heavily involved in the region, i heavily involved in the region, what's your view on what it could take to make a breakthrough in this cease—fire talks which we've seen in the last half—hour so, hamas rejected the latest proposals? the last half-hour so, hamas rejected the latest proposals? well, hamas rejected _ rejected the latest proposals? well, hamas rejected the _ rejected the latest proposals? well, hamas rejected the latest _ rejected the latest proposals? -ii hamas rejected the latest proposals because they are unilaterally israeli proposals. they accepted the july two israeli agreement thatjoe biden put forward which he said came from the israelis. hamas has accepted the core conditions that they put forward, but when they accept, netanyahu comes along and says we want this, we want this. this happened several times in the last two months or so. what it takes is a serious international, american—led effort to contain the militaristic rampage that israel is on and the colonial rampage that is on and the colonial rampage that is on in the west bank, attacking villages and expanding settlements.

and essentially, the finding of containing zionism. it is something great for many use, and the state of israel exists, we support it, but we don't support genocide, we don't support colonial expansion. the international community has to step in, this is not going to happen by itself. just as the world stopped apartheid in south africa, they can do the same in israel. find apartheid in south africa, they can do the same in israel.— do the same in israel. and israel would reject _ do the same in israel. and israel would reject that _ do the same in israel. and israel. would reject that characterisation, and would say that it's acting to defend itself against hamas. thank you so much for your time, we do appreciate it. tens of thousands of rohingya refugees have rallied in camps in bangladesh, calling for an end to violence and a safe return to myanmar. chanting. it comes on the seventh anniversary of the brutal military crackdown in myanmar�*s rakhine state which forced hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims to flee their homes. more than a million of them are still living in squalid camps in southern bangladesh, with little prospect of returning home. and in recent weeks, fighting has escalated in rakhine state, with thousands more rohingya

believed to have fled. translation: life as a refugee feels like a life of slavery, _ and we don't want to continue living this way. our future vision is to return to our country, live in freedom, and enjoy equal rights and justice, just like everyone else in the world. the paralympic flame is on its way to paris, after 24 british torchbearers carried it midway through the channel tunnel. they then handed the symbolic torch to french paralympians in calais. the torch itself was lit on saturday in stoke mandeville — the birthplace of the paralympic movement. our 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 s14, which is swimmers with, like, an intellectual impairment. and maisie, you are? i am an 56, 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'm 1.52.4, 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 very much. 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 140 medals which would better what they managed in tokyo. ukraine's paralympics athletes are preparing to take part in the competition — which begins this week. their country has a remarkable record of success in the paralympics. but inevitably ukrainian athletes have been affected by the war with russia — many of them have to train abroad. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. he is one of ukraine's biggest paralympic hopes. but how do you prepare for eight games after this? in 2022, danylo was here, then besieged of mariupol. then besieged city of mariupol. danylo, who is visually impaired, survive three weeks of shelling before his house was destroyed. translation: i was ready to die. i hoped i would survive,

but the probability of dying was so high that you just put up with it. over the last 20 years, ukraine's paralympians have become heroes at home, one of the most successful teams in the world. but they say around 500 of their sports facilities have been destroyed. danylo now trains here, where he is often interrupted by air raid sirens. this fencer has been trading in poland, to train with their team, this fencer has been training in poland, to train with their team, but he's gone back to ukraine to speak to injured soldiers about adapting to life with a prosthetic. he has even delivered jeeps to help the war effort, driving them with a little help from his fencing sword. i have only one normal leg, and three pedals, and for me, i can help with a broken epee or foil and push the clutch, and after, i can push my left leg

to another two pedals. this is a little problem! every day, all what i do, i do for my country. at the paris olympics, 15 russian athletes took part as neutrals, but at the paralympics, 90 are set to compete. for this ukrainian swimmer, who had to move to finland after the invasion, facing them will not be easy. i will try to control my emotions, but i don't know how it will go. will it give you an extra motivation to win in the paralympics? yes, yes. i want to be in it and they want to fight for ukraine, and for my family, for our paralympic team, and i want to fight. that challenge has never been greater, but ukraine will be hoping their paralympic success story can continue against all the odds.

andy swiss, bbc news. it's the first full day of the notting hill carnival — the biggest street party in europe. 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. around two million people are expected to attend the event in west london over the next two days. our reporter vincent mcaviney went along. music plays. the colourful costumes, the joyful music, the vigorous dancing, and the smells of caribbean cuisine — it could only be the spectacle of the notting hill carnival. just being able to express yourself, have a good time. everyone's out, it's a good vibe. music, the food, the vibes, everything. all good vibes. the atmosphere, the people. just the pleasure and joy it brings. well, over two million people are expected to fill the streets of west london today and on bank holiday monday

for the 56th annual notting hill carnival, and the sun has come out for what is europe's biggest street party. around 7,000 police officers are on duty to ensure everyone attending stays safe. for many here, losing the carnival in the pandemic for two years is still fresh in their minds, making them value it even more. i've been coming to carnival since 1976. since after the pandemic, we need to have the carnival to bring in all the foreigners and enjoy the carnival, and it's one of the greatest carnivals, i think, in the world. and, for many of the older generation, passing on a celebration of caribbean arts, culture and heritage, founded in protest against racist violence in the 1960s, is more important than ever after a summer which has seen far—right rioting re—emerge. it represents our culture and it reminds us of who we are

and where we come from. i think it's important because it teaches the young, you know, because they're our next generation. so i feel it teaches them how to process our culture. tomorrow will see more artists, performers and musicians taking to the streets to continue the celebrations. how's this for a birthday celebration? a 102—year—old second world war veteran from suffolk has become britain's oldest skydiver, after leaping out of a plane to celebrate her birthday, and to raise money for charity. cheering. before thejump, manette baillie said she "doesn't do fear". manette served in the women's royal naval service during the second world war and was married to a paratrooper.

afterwards, she did admit thejump had been a bit scary and that she had to keep her eyes firmly shut, but she clearly enjoyed it. there you go! you jumped, how was that? oh, it was wonderful! hip hip... all: hurray! later on, there was a more conventional celebration in a nearby pub. you made a wonderful, you know, celebration of the whole thing. two years ago, manette spent her 100th birthday at silverstone, behind the wheel of a ferrari. i want to inspire other people who are getting worried about being 80 and 90 that there is a future for you — even if you're coming up to being a centenarian. so who knows what other adventures await her in the future. what an absolute legend. now for something different — let's play a bit of oasis.

# and all the roads we have to walk are winding # and all the lights that lead us there are blinding...# there are rumours that the band could definitely — or maybe — be getting back together. our reporter charliejones is here to talk us through it, but first — just explain a bit about why they broke up in the first place. well, i mean, the two brothers became one of britain's and the world's biggest bands with hits like wonder wall. while there songs dominated the charts it was often they are fights that were dominating they are fights that were dominating the tabloid press. in 2009 they ended up splitting up. for the last 15 years they've been looking back somewhat in anger with accusations of emotional manipulation and even smashing up each other�*s instruments. and some of the polite

orjibes between them have included, he can't sing, and heat looks like a potato. but things have been getting a little bit friendlier between the pair more recently. i}!(. a little bit friendlier between the pair more recently.— a little bit friendlier between the pair more recently. ok, so listen, there have _ pair more recently. ok, so listen, there have been _ pair more recently. ok, so listen, there have been rumours - pair more recently. ok, so listen, there have been rumours for- pair more recently. ok, so listen, | there have been rumours for years that they could get back together again. and they've always quash them, haven't they? this time, not so. ., ., them, haven't they? this time, not so. so what do we think? not so because liam — so. so what do we think? not so because liam has _ so. so what do we think? not so because liam has been - so. so what do we think? not so because liam has been 30 - so. so what do we think? not so because liam has been 30 yearsj so. so what do we think? not so - because liam has been 30 years since the album definitely, may be. he dedicated one of his songs to noel, who was a little bit nicer to liam, too. when i sing a song it sounds good, but when he sings it it's great. it's got an article where it said industry insiders are convinced that the pair will reunite next summer for that the pair will reunite next summerfor the that the pair will reunite next summer for the first time in 15 years, and there are venues like wembley and glastonbury being bandied about. and liam has spent

today on social media responding to comments from users about that article, saying to one who was critical of one of the suggested venues that he'll see him at the front of the venue, and suggesting to another that possible dates for a tour could be released soon. so will it happen, the road they will have walked certainly would have been winding, but something in the lights leading us there are blinding. bier? leading us there are blinding. very aood leading us there are blinding. very good charlie. _ leading us there are blinding. very good charlie. i— leading us there are blinding. very good charlie, i wondered how many you can get through there. but what i want to know is, i'm not going to ask you how old you are but i don't think you're old enough to remember that the first time around... do you actually know many of your songs, with a resident with older audiences orjust older people like me? i wasn't there at the peak, but some of the classics, every one knows them and everyone loves them. would ou aet them and everyone loves them. would you get tickets? _ them and everyone loves them. would you get tickets? i _ them and everyone loves them. would you get tickets? i would _ them and everyone loves them. would you get tickets? i would if _ them and everyone loves them. would you get tickets? i would if they - you get tickets? i would if they weren't as _ you get tickets? i would if they weren't as expensive _ you get tickets? i would if they

weren't as expensive as - you get tickets? i would if they weren't as expensive as some | you get tickets? i would if they i weren't as expensive as some of you get tickets? i would if they - weren't as expensive as some of the tickets we've been seeing recently. well cross fingers, next time you might be reporting on the concert dates. thank you very much charlie. 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 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 a 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. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. when it comes to rainfall totals so far this month, there's quite a marked contrast between the northwest and the southeast. hardly any rainfall in comparison to what we should be seeing for this month. but further north and west, we've had double the amount of rainfall over 200% in the far northwest of scotland and across the lake district as well.

and in fact, that's where we're likely to see further rain to add to these totals to close out the month of august, potentially another 80mm in the extreme northwest, whereas hardly any traceable usable rain once again across eastern england and southeast england. so for monday, we are going to see a relatively dry, quiet day this week. weatherfront, a band of cloud, a few nuisance showers close to the scottish borders, northern england and north wales to the north and south of that sunny spells breezy, but the winds not as strong as over the weekend and it will feel a little warmer, which is good news for many as it's the bank holiday weekend away from scotland, so highs likely of 23 degrees as we move into tuesday. central and southern areas under this influence of high pressure into the near continent. but a toppling around that high is another low moving in bringing wet and windy weather, but at the same time, the wind direction swings around

to a south—westerly and just taps into some pretty warm air coming from the near continent. so the rain — still heavy as it moves out of the scottish borders and into north wales. but ahead of it, with that sunshine and that increasing warmth, we should see temperatures at 25 degrees. that's 77 fahrenheit. we're looking at mid to high teens across scotland. now that weather front is not moving very far at all on wednesday as it continues to bump into this area of high pressure so we could see this conveyor belt of rain just sitting across south west england, and into north wales. but ahead of it, with that sunshine and that increasing warmth, and that means we'll see some increasing warmth. still a level of uncertainty where that front is going to be sitting, but potentially from hull down to the isle of wight, anywhere south and east of that could see temperatures peaking at 27 or 28 degrees. that's 82 fahrenheit. we keep some sunshine and warmth, although not quite as warm, through thursday and friday across england and wales, staying unsettled further northwest.

live from london. this is bbc news. explosion. israel launches what it calls pre—emptive airstrikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon. while hezbollah says it launched a wave of rockets and drones in retaliation for the recent assassination of a top commander. translation: we wanted to target israel's 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. these are live pictures fom inside israel where sirens have sounded as hamas says it's fired a rocket at tel aviv. and 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. the prime minister sir keir starmer is set to warn that "things will only get worse" in the uk before they get better. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. welcome to the programme. sirens have sounded south of tel aviv as the armed wing of hamas says it has fired an m90 rocket at the city. this is the scene live of the tel aviv skyline. the israeli military said the m90

rocket landed "in an open area" south of the city.