hello, i'm carl nasman. the middle east remains on edge tonight, after sunday saw one of the biggest exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group hezbollah since the hamas—led october 7 attacks. israel said it bombed hezbollah rocket launchers across more than a0 sites in southern lebanon, in what it called a "pre—emptive strike". hezbollah fired hundreds of missiles into israel in retaliation for last month's killing of a senior commander. sirens were later heard in tel aviv after hamas fired a rocket at the city. us national security adviser jake sullivan on sunday urged all parties in the region to de—escalate after talks in cairo to reach a ceasefire between israel and hamas ended without a breakthrough. we are feverishly working in cairo as we speak

with our team and the teens of the other mediators as well as with the israelis to get to a ceasefire and hostage deal along the framework president biden laid out to get calm between israel and along the border between israel and lebanon and ultimately to get to a broader circumstance of regional stability. our senior international correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from northern israel. 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 fighterjets 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.

hezbollah said that its initial phase of the attack is over and did not intend its missile attacks on israel to lead to a "full scale war". the group said it had delayed its action , hoping indirect peace talks between israel and hamas would lead to a ceasefire in gaza. orla guerin reports from southern lebanon. the situation we have now is both sides have sent a message but have stopped short of triggering all—out war. we had israel putting fighterjets in the air, saying it was targeting hezbollah firing positions. hezbollah that they managed to send 300 rockets into israel. the target list it said was military bases and barracks. that is significant. hezbollah did not target civilian infrastructure or a major city. no civilians were killed inside israel and israel for its part targeted military firing positions.

the retaliation from hezbollah that was long suspected and people had been concerned about for a month was in some ways less than had been feared. that does not mean an all—out conflict could erupt. that does not mean an all—out conflict could not erupt. the two sides have been engaged for attack and counter—attack for the past ten months but for now, the immediate escalation, immediate danger seems to have failed but we have to remember the conflict in gaza which is fuelling instability around the region is continuing. for more, i'm joined in the studio by the director of the middle east program at the wilson centre merissa khurma. what do you make of this exchange we have been seeing? this was the metallic toy attack by hezbollah everybody has been waiting for the past few weeks. since the assassination in beirut. the

region has been on hold and particularly a nation and the heart of tay run. there was a lot of panic today and around the region. you heard many leaders talk about the escalation and the risk of a regional war but it seems in the speech right after the attack, they alluded but now it is over. he attack, they alluded but now it is over. , , , ., , is over. he set the first phase is over. he set the first phase is over. he set the first phase is over and — is over. he set the first phase is over and seeming - is over. he set the first phase is over and seeming to - is over. he set the first phase is over and seeming to kind . is over. he set the first phase | is over and seeming to kind of put those messages out there that they did not want this to be bigger than it was. do you agree? do you see any it seems like there were not really any major civilian targets on the list. he was interestingly _ targets on the list. he was interestingly clear - targets on the list. he was interestingly clear on - targets on the list. he was interestingly clear on that| targets on the list. he was i interestingly clear on that in his speech. thank we want to protect lebanese civilians so we did not attack any civilian targets and kept on zooming

into the intelligence and military targets. it is always a war of words because the narrative part is very important as well. we also heard reportedly that have been some messages going back between israel and hezbollah emphasising both do not want to see an all—out war. we us secretary of defence lloyd austin on sunday ordered two aircraft carriers to remain in the region. what you make of the us rolled militarily and diplomatically in trying to keep whatever response we see hero as small as possible? i think the us goal of holding everything at bay the way we have seen so far is critical and we have seen intensive rounds of diplomacy, a lot of back channels as well with iran which of course is the main patron of hezbollah,

hamas and other regions. it is critical the united states have a show of force they were its military presence. it is critical for deterrence and i think it has been very well established.— established. the was also workinu established. the was also working hard _ established. the was also working hard on - established. the was also working hard on the - established. the was also - working hard on the ceasefire talks was wrapping up without much success. i must make said it rejected due to israeli conditions what effect if any do you think this latest round of fire will have on ceasefire talks? �* , ., , of fire will have on ceasefire talks? , ., , talks? any rounds such as this one which _ talks? any rounds such as this one which is _ talks? any rounds such as this one which is very _ talks? any rounds such as this one which is very intense - talks? any rounds such as this one which is very intense will. one which is very intense will set back the talks. we did not see any progress today in cairo. i think the intent is to move forward and we had a second tony blinken and other us officials emphasise that is the only way forward for that we have also been hearing loud and clear from the we have also been hearing loud and clearfrom the israeli public that have been protesting as lately as

saturday night and also according to new polling, 60% of israel is want this deal to take place. d0 of israel is want this deal to take place-— take place. do you see that move forward _ take place. do you see that move forward with - take place. do you see that move forward with the - take place. do you see that. move forward with the prime take place. do you see that - move forward with the prime mr netanyahu himself? that move forward with the prime mr netanyahu himself?— netanyahu himself? that is the auestion netanyahu himself? that is the question everyone _ netanyahu himself? that is the question everyone is _ netanyahu himself? that is the question everyone is asking - question everyone is asking because with every military operation deemed successful from an israeli point of view such of the double assassinations, he of his ratings are up for the biz prolongs his political career. but he should also feel the pressure from within because there was pressure from the israeli public for that he reportedly also had meetings with families of some of the hostages and it was not a very pleasant meeting. the hostages and it was not a very pleasant meeting.— pleasant meeting. the prime minister of — pleasant meeting. the prime minister of cutter _ pleasant meeting. the prime minister of cutter plans - pleasant meeting. the prime minister of cutter plans to i minister of cutter plans to travel to iran to de—escalate tensions. what do you make of the royal guitar is playing? it is involved in so many different negotiations with so many different countries in the region. many different countries in the re . ion. ., many different countries in the reuion. ., , many different countries in the reuion. . , ., many different countries in the reuion. . ., , region. that is part of its regional—

region. that is part of its regional role. _ region. that is part of its regional role. it - region. that is part of its regional role. it is - region. that is part of its| regional role. it is always projected this neutrality, maintaining good relations with various neighbours and key allies. it has played a critical role. from day one on the phone constantly with all major actors and now with this visit to tay run, it is yet another attempt to back channel and emphasise regional war should be averted and perhaps also put pressure on iran to pressure hamas to move forward with this deal.— with this deal. probably turnin: with this deal. probably turning to _ with this deal. probably turning to iran - with this deal. probably turning to iran now - with this deal. probably| turning to iran now after with this deal. probably - turning to iran now after that retaliation from hezbollah. thank you as always becoming an. ., ~' thank you as always becoming an. ., ~ , ., a british man working for the reuters news agency has been killed in ukraine after a russian missile struck a hotel. ryan evans was a former british

soldier and had been working as a safety adviser. the attack happened late saturday night in the city of kramatorsk. a reuters crew filmed emergency workers searching for their colleague. six of their team members were inside the hotel when it was hit, two were hospitalised. reuters said: "we send our deepest condolences the russian defence ministry did not respond to reuters' request for comment. russia meanwhile continued to bomb infrastructure across ukraine on sunday. multiple civilian casualties were reported. and inside its own territory, russia says it is sending more artillery to the kursk region — where thousands of ukrainian troops are occupying territory. ukraine's president said sunday that the army advanced another 3km into the region. joining me live is retired colonel brendan kearney of the us marine corps. his last assignment was as chief of staff of us marine corps forces europe

and africa in stuttgart, germany, where he worked with nato and us european command. what do you make of this incursion by ukraine — has it been more successful than you anticipated? i think most of us, good to be with you tonight, most of us did not anticipate this. i did not. i will admit to that was the ones they launched this incursion became readily apparent that this is something ukraine would be continuing to exploit as the russians failed to stop the fence into that region. it is very interesting to watch and it is a classic military manoeuvre designed to draw russian forces from the south and have them have to relocate to go up there ukraine �*s advantage.

relocate to go up there ukraine "s advantage-— 's advantage. ukraine is still askin: 's advantage. ukraine is still asking for — 's advantage. ukraine is still asking for permission - 's advantage. ukraine is still asking for permission from i 's advantage. ukraine is still. asking for permission from the west from countries like the us and us to use these long—range missiles. they want to target deeper within russia. you think now, we have been seeing it used, will get the permission after what we have seen, this kind of success? i after what we have seen, this kind of success?— kind of success? i do. to answer _ kind of success? i do. to answer the _ kind of success? i do. to answer the question - kind of success? i do. to i answer the question briefly kind of success? i do. to - answer the question briefly for the i do see that the west will go ahead and reinforce the success. but to make a point made over the last two years and that is the western handcuffs on the training use of western technology is borderline stability policy decisions the west could make. that is not how you fight a war. it will end when somebody wins and unfortunately the longer we have, the more casualties we will see like ryan from voters tonight and

all sorts of catalysts ukrainian and russian civilians.— ukrainian and russian civilians. ., ., civilians. we saw an opinion iece civilians. we saw an opinion piece from _ civilians. we saw an opinion piece from today _ civilians. we saw an opinion piece from today or - civilians. we saw an opinion l piece from today or yesterday that said putin is getting rattled, that was the headline. do you think that is true? we have sent momentum shifting over to ukraine now. momentum has shifted _ over to ukraine now. momentum has shifted to — over to ukraine now. momentum has shifted to ukraine _ over to ukraine now. momentum has shifted to ukraine in - over to ukraine now. momentum has shifted to ukraine in the - has shifted to ukraine in the last couple of weeks. it is very hard to judge what his mental status. very hard to judge what his mentalstatus. he very hard to judge what his mental status. he is one interesting diabolical cat, to use a teenager phrase. i am not sure what to make of them. clearly has visions of grandeur that far exceed the capability of russia to achieve. he is a dangerous man. we are not sure, not on the about what his future ears but also we're sure who was behind him that will step up. classic beware of what

you wish for a tight quandary we face. i you wish for a tight quandary we face. ., ., , ., we face. i want to get your thoughts _ we face. i want to get your thoughts on _ we face. i want to get your thoughts on something - we face. i want to get yourl thoughts on something that seems to be taken place in belarus. ukraine is as it has been concentrating troops and weaponry about that a kilometres from its border. what do you make of that and what do you think it will mean if it's russian ally watt to get a little bit more involved in its conflict? i get a little bit more involved in its conflict?— in its conflict? i think the ukrainians _ in its conflict? i think the ukrainians i _ in its conflict? i think the ukrainians i prepared - in its conflict? i think the ukrainians i prepared for| ukrainians i prepared for it and the geography is not really, it does not bode well for belarus trying to launch an offensive into north—eastern ukraine. there is an area up there but has existed for multiple millennia. it's essentially a barrier, couple hundred square miles. a big area. any biller resume attack in ukraine is going to be in military terms channelised and thatis

military terms channelised and that is easier for ukrainians to defend against but the other thing is that belarus, lukashenko has not been popular for the blood bank prior to the invasion he hung on by a threat and i don't think belarus, the people of belarus are interested in getting into a fight on russia's behalf. iliiui’ith fight on russia's behalf. with our present _ fight on russia's behalf. with our present swap _ fight on russia's behalf. with our present swap between russia and ukraine, at 230 prisoners in total. what do you think thatis in total. what do you think that is about the ballista between ukraine and russia and the potential that at some point they could end up at the negotiating table together? prisoner swaps have always been good to maintain a degree of some type of relationship between countries. in our own country during the american civil war. country during the american civilwar. prisoner country during the american civil war. prisoner swaps went on all the time. very extensive swaps. in this particular case, i think it is a good sign and i

think there is a degree of willingness at least on some levels of both societies where they are willing to talk to each other. absent that the animosity is real, the antagonism of the ukrainians towards russians, the russians contempt for the ukrainians, this is 1000 years of history in their minds it happened last week, all the things they are mad chat about. for america's we just have a hard time relating to that type of thing but that is reality in that part of the world.- but that is reality in that part of the world. great to get our part of the world. great to get your thoughts _ part of the world. great to get your thoughts on _ part of the world. great to get your thoughts on the - part of the world. great to get your thoughts on the bbc. - part of the world. great to get i your thoughts on the bbc. thank you. your thoughts on the bbc. thank ou. ., ~' your thoughts on the bbc. thank ou. ., " . ., your thoughts on the bbc. thank ou. ., " u, ., " your thoughts on the bbc. thank ou. ., ~ ., ~ i., 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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. in a speech this week, prime minister 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. 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 of that optimism. his message now is things could get worse before they get better and lemming 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 his

predecessors. save writers exploited cracks in society created by 1a years of conservative rule. labour says they will make it difficult choices and these will generate early political headwinds. you're live with bbc news. the messaging app telegram says its founder and chief executive has "nothing to hide" after he was arrested in france. pavel durov was detained when his privatejet landed in paris on saturday. he's accused of failing to moderate content, or to co—operate with investigations into the use of the platform by criminals. telegram says the claims are "absurd." will vernon has more details. 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 almost one 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. 0ne 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. tens of thousands of rohingya refugees have rallied in camps in bangladesh, calling for an end to violence and a safe return to myanmar. 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. 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 team at the paralympics, which begin this week, will be hoping to continue its remarkable success story. they've finished near the top of the medal table at recent paralympics, but their preparations have been badly affected by the war with russia — with many athletes having to train abroad. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. he's one of ukraine's biggest paralympic hopes — da nylo 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 be going. 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. now, take a look at this. manette baillie from suffolk here in the uk has marked her 102nd birthday by doing a sky dive for charity. it was the first time she'd ever done one! speaking to the bbcjust before thejump, ms baillie said she "doesn't do fear". 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 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 southwesterly 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.

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fighters have reached the afghan capital, kabul. all flights have stopped - thousands of people continue to try and get into the airport and onto a flight. _ women have been completely marginalised since the taliban have come back to power. girls after primary school age cannot go to school. women are not able to work female university students have been told to go back home. taliban have been trying - to stop women in the afghan capital, kabul, from protesting against the restriction - of women's rights. human groups have criticised an all—male gathering of more that 4500 taliban leaders. girls' education and women's rights barely rated a mention. hours after girls started arriving the de facto authorities announced they needed to go back home. how do you erase 20 years of women's rights? they've now been left - devastated by news that we've just received, that - secondary schools for girls will not be reopening. i've seen girls crying.