we also wanted this target to be deep inside israel, closer to tel aviv. the messaging app telegram says its founder and chief executive pavel durov has "nothing to hide" after he was arrested in france. the prime minister sir keir starmer is set to warn that "things will only get worse" in the uk before they get better. hello and welcome. i'm samantha simmonds. we start in the middle east. hamas says it's rejected new israeli conditions put forward in gaza ceasefire talks, dampening hopes of a breakthrough. the group had sent a representative to cairo where the latest us—backed negotiations are happening. the delegation has now left. we'll have more analysis on that shortly. meanwhile, world leaders are urging

restraint after a flare—up of fighting between israel and the lebanese militia group hezbollah. israel says it launched pre—emptive air strikes against dozens of hezbollah targets. hezbollah says it was still able to fire hundreds of missiles into israel in retaliation for the recent killing of one of its commanders. 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. 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 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 explosions 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 yuval�*s house, six miles from the border. we felt really large explosions. we felt like an earthquake, the whole ground was moving, like my windows were all shaking, the keys in the door — like everything was shaking. so i went outside to look at it and i just saw the whole sky is bright, bright, all engines. there was an explosion like every three seconds. shrapnel from an interceptor missile was caught on camera hitting a patrol boat off the coast of nahariya, killing one officer, the army said, 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 — whoever hurts us, we hurt them. the limited damage from this assault obscures how dangerous this moment is. for months, the conflict across 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. orgad's hotel looks out on the hills that mark the lebanese border. he 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 their 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, nahariya. we will return to the coverage of the middle east in a moment. ijust want to bring you some breaking news from here in london. the metropolitan police revealed that three people have been stabbed at the notting hill carnival, including a 32—year—old woman, and a life—threatening condition. that news just in. three life—threatening condition. that newsjust in. three people have been stabbed at the notting hill carnival, according to the metropolitan police, including a 32—year—old mum and, in a life—threatening condition. this is the first full day —— woman. it is

europe's largest street party. this news just in that three people have been stabbed at the carnival, including a 32—year—old woman, who is in a life—threatening condition. we will bring you more as soon as it comes into us here at bbc news. we'rejust comes into us here at bbc news. we're just getting comes into us here at bbc news. we'rejust getting in comes into us here at bbc news. we're just getting in update. two men age 29 and 2a were included in the stabbing. officers were injured in the first full day. three people have been stabbed, a 32—year—old woman, two men aged 29 and 24.15 police officers have been injured during the first full day of the event. we'll keep across the story and when you more as we get it. let's return to events for now in the middle east. 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.

o rla orla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon. the delegation has not left in israel denies changing its demands since the last round of talks. the mass accuses back tracking. yaakov katz is an israeli jounralist — formerly editor in chief of the jerusalem post. he says the united states has to put more pressure on the parties to bring about a ceasefire. i think it's up to the americans who are exerting amazing influence and power here in the region. look at what's happening right now in the persian gulf, where they were supposed to have sent the aircraft carrier. defence secretary austin

announced he'sjust carrier. defence secretary austin announced he's just keeping carrier. defence secretary austin announced he'sjust keeping both carriers. it's all part of america flexing its muscle and trying to exert influence. including on these talks. same to the iranians. —— saying to the uranian �*s that you have to crackdown on your proxies to accept a deal. we know the prime minister of qatar is going to visit iran lightly tomorrow. this is all part of signalling that we're going to see they have influence over hamas and their leader. hopefully, this can bring both sides to agree to a deal. we also need to see flexibility on the israeli side. israel is concerned that if it vacates, it will get back all the weapons. but israel has to be creative and had find a way to end this so the hostages can come home and we can de—escalate.

rami khouri, a distinguished fellow at the american university of beirut, says hezbollah is trying to keep israel on the edge through these rocket attacks. hezbollah is constantly working to keep the — hezbollah is constantly working to keep the israeli people, army and government on edge. it's psychological warfare for some extent — psychological warfare for some extent. they want to keep the israelis — extent. they want to keep the israelis worried, preoccupied in the north, _ israelis worried, preoccupied in the north, not— israelis worried, preoccupied in the north, not knowing what's coming next _ north, not knowing what's coming next. hezbollah has some more sophisticated missiles with guidance systems— sophisticated missiles with guidance systems that can hit targets inside deeper— systems that can hit targets inside deeper in— systems that can hit targets inside deeper in israel. they've shown that they can _ deeper in israel. they've shown that they can evade israel's defensive systems — they can evade israel's defensive systems. so, this is one of the forms— systems. so, this is one of the forms of— systems. so, this is one of the forms of deterrence that hezbollah has developed, which nobody else has developed _ has developed, which nobody else has developed in the region, which is why i_ developed in the region, which is why i don't— developed in the region, which is why i don't think israel is at risk

in an— why i don't think israel is at risk in an all-out _ why i don't think israel is at risk in an all—out attack on lebanon. hezbollah — in an all—out attack on lebanon. hezbollah has shown it will take actions — hezbollah has shown it will take actions that it feels are important to defend — actions that it feels are important to defend itself or defend lebanon. lebanon _ to defend itself or defend lebanon. lebanon is — to defend itself or defend lebanon. lebanon is very divided. i would say half the _ lebanon is very divided. i would say half the country actively supports his brother, have a country doesn't like what _ his brother, have a country doesn't like what they're doing. —— hezbollah. destruction of the airport— hezbollah. destruction of the airport and power plants and stuff like that — airport and power plants and stuff like that. but if the choices to have — like that. but if the choices to have lebanon under is really tutelage, they would choose to have hezbollah _ tutelage, they would choose to have hezbollah prevent israel from continuing its actions against lebahoh _ continuing its actions against lebanon. but it's a very divided country— lebanon. but it's a very divided country and people don't like a group — country and people don't like a group like hezbollah that's really powerful and has close ties to iran.

a british man working for the reuters news agency in ukraine has been killed in a missile attack on a hotel. ryan evans was a safety advisorfor a group who were staying at the hotel sapphire in kramatorsk. two journalists from the team are in hospital and one is being treated for serious injuries. the news agency said it was sending its deepest condolences and thoughts to mr evans�* family and loved ones. 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 national finances, in order to justify planned tax rises. here's our political correspondent iain watson. cheers and applause. the last time labour won a big majority, in 1997, we were told things could only get better. there seemed to be a hint of that optimism, too, when 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. 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's 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 14 years of conservative rule. we've inherited a society problem, too. there's 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 very restrictive, | a cut that will hit pensioners when we see the increase to the energy price cap, l plus cuts to cost of living payments that they enjoyed last winter. - i think it makes it look very- difficult and in terms of change, which is what the government promised us during _ the general election, i don't think this is the change that people - that people were voting for. and the conservatives are accusing labour of fabricating a black hole in the public finances to clear the way for tax rises. labour say they'll make difficult choices but these will generate early political headwinds. iain watson, bbc news. let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages. and many of the papers pick up on today's major escalation in the middle east after israel and his brother exchange the heaviest fire since the start of the war in gaza. the guardian leads with a quote from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the air strikes on hezbollah are not the end of the story. the independent reports that his brother hit 11 israeli military targets in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander last month.

turning to uk politics — the daily telegraph reports that sir keir starmer is under pressure after it was revealed a millionaire donor lord waheed alli was given a security pass for number 10. the daily mail refers to it as a "sleaze row" and claims the government has been accused of cronyism after the revelation. a government minister said "it's not unusual for people to have passes to attend political meetings". the i paper leads with fear amongst some labour mps about voter backlash following chancellor rachel reeves�*s plan to end winter fuel allowence payments for millions of pensioners. the daily express make their feelings clear, calling it a "betrayal" and claiming the government doesn't have a mandate to the stop payments. but the chancellor says the cuts are because of a "black hole" in the public finances and so "had to act" to "fix the mess". 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.

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. 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. 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's one of ukraine's biggest paralympic hopes — danylo chufarov. but how do you prepare for a games after this? in 2022, he was here — the then besieged city of mariupol.

chufarov, who's visually impaired, survived 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. chufarov now trains here, near dnipro, where he's often interrupted by air raid sirens. many athletes have had to move abroad. fencer andrii demchuk has been training in poland with their team, but he's gone back to ukraine, where he speaks to injured soldiers about adapting to life with a prosthetic. he's 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 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, their only medal in tennis. but at the paralympics, 90 are set to compete. for ukrainian swimmer anna hontar, who had to move to finland after the invasion, facing them will not be easy. i will try to close my emotions, | but i don't know how it will go. j will it give you an extra motivation to win in the paralympics? yes. yeah? yes. i want to win, i want to fight.

for ukrainians, 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. let's bring you more on the breaking news at the notting hill carnival. let's get the latest from our correspondent simonjones. what are police saying? this carnival is — what are police saying? this carnival is one _ what are police saying? this carnival is one of _ what are police saying? this carnival is one of the - what are police saying? ti 3 carnival is one of the most significant street festivals in the world. it's known for its colour, is carnival atmosphere, its costumes, its food, but police say it's a very challenging operation to police. it's thought today, hundreds of thousands of people attended the

carnival, i million expected to attend over the course of the bank holiday weekend. police say there have been three stabbings. we know a 32—year—old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed. also, two men were stabbed for, one of them said to be in a very serious condition of the hospital. the condition of the other person is not yet known. the police are waiting for an update. overall, the metropolitan police tell us there have been 90 arrests and 15 police officers have been injured. the police say this is always a difficult event because people flock to the streets of london. it's a very dense crowd and officers say the vast majority go to enjoy the atmosphere, to soak up that carnival, but there are a small minority of people who want to turn up minority of people who want to turn up and cause trouble and get involved in crime. we have news that

three people have been stabbed in the metropolitan police will be keeping us up—to—date with those events. but certainly for them, they will be hoping the second day of the carnival will give officers a chance to mingle with the public in nature people are enjoying themselves and that they can do that safely.- that they can do that safely. simon, thank ou that they can do that safely. simon, thank you very _ that they can do that safely. simon, thank you very much _ that they can do that safely. simon, thank you very much for _ that they can do that safely. simon, thank you very much for updating i that they can do that safely. simon, | thank you very much for updating on that breaking news. before we go, how's this for a birthday celebration? a io2—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. ben brown has more. 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: hooray! later on, there was a more conventional celebration in a nearby pub. it was a wonderful, you know, celebration of the whole thing. —— in a village hall. 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?

many happy returns. quite a way to celebrate. and before we go — there is growing speculation that the manchester rock band oasis might be making a long—awaited comeback. the singer liam gallagher has fuelled speculation of a reunion with his brother. the group split in 2009 after a backstage brawl between liam and noel at a festival in paris. the sunday times reported that they're expected to stage a string of concerts in manchester and london next year. when one fan criticised the manchester venue on x, liam replied, "see you down the front" and said reunion dates will be announced "next friday". we'll keep you posted. time to get a check on the weather with louise. 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 18mm 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 weak weather front, 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, 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, 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, or we will have the headlines for you at the top of the headlines for you at the top of the hour which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur.

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