and we are currently investigating the connection between this person and the attack. prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of the luxury yacht off the coast of sicily in which seven people died. nasa is due to give an update imminently on its mission to bring home two us astronauts who are currently stuck in space on the troubled boeing starliner mission. and ahead of wednesday's opening ceremony, the paralympic flame is lit at the british hospital where the idea for the games was born. hello. police in germany are still searching for a man who stabbed three people to death at a festival in the city of solingen and wounded eight others.

the police have arrested a 15—year—old who they believe may have been in contact with the perpetrator before the attack. from solingen, jessica parker reports. a huge party in the heart of this west german town that soon turns to horror. crowds were told not to panic, but there had been a knife attack and they must go home. but police have not been able to find a suspect last night ordered today, all work out exactly why this happened. translation: so all work out exactly why this happened. translation: so far, we have not been _ happened. translation: so far, we have not been able _ happened. translation: so far, we have not been able to _ happened. translation: so far, we have not been able to establish - happened. translation: so far, we have not been able to establish a - have not been able to establish a moment to live motive but looking at his circumstances, we cannot exclude the possibility of a terrorist motivation.— the possibility of a terrorist motivation. �* , ., ., motivation. but this morning, a 50-year-old — motivation. but this morning, a 50-year-old boy _ motivation. but this morning, a

50-year-old boy was _ motivation. but this morning, a 50-year-old boy was arrested. | motivation. but this morning, a - 50-year-old boy was arrested. police 50—year—old boy was arrested. police don't know about a knifeman, but he is suspected about knowing the attack —— read about the attack in advance. —— make a 15 yard boy was arrested. whilst things were —— whilst things in the centre of nusantara feel fairly calm, the manhunt continued. he says people in the town are in shock. it is absolutely _ the town are in shock. it is absolutely terrible, - the town are in shock. it is absolutely terrible, i - the town are in shock. it is absolutely terrible, i have | the town are in shock. it 3 absolutely terrible, i have no words for it because normally, you'd hear that from paris, berlin, cologne but not here in solingen. the? that from paris, berlin, cologne but not here in solingen.— not here in solingen. they said the attackers are _ not here in solingen. they said the attackers are known _ not here in solingen. they said the attackers are known for _ not here in solingen. they said the attackers are known for his - not here in solingen. they said the| attackers are known for his victims. they said is grief about knife crime here on the street. translation: last night, our hearts were torn apart. we solingen are horrified and

full of sadness. figs apart. we solingen are horrified and full of sadness.— full of sadness. as should bees continue to _ full of sadness. as should bees continue to be _ full of sadness. as should bees continue to be left _ full of sadness. as should bees continue to be left at _ full of sadness. as should bees continue to be left at the - full of sadness. as should bees | continue to be left at the scene, this man writes, together we are stronger —— as tributes continued to be left at the scene. this is a community trying to be housed together. —— held together. we keep hearing accounts from witnesses of the attack. a dj who was playing music at the festival says he was asked to keep on performing to avoid making the situation worse. translation: everything was going well. _ i started djing at the festival, but suddenly after ten to 15 minutes, someone came up to me on stage and told me, �*we don't know much but there was a stabbing, please keep playing, �*we don't want a mass panic.�* so i carried on djing. our correspondent in berlin damian mcguiness was following the police press conference earlier today. the 15—year—old is arrested early this morning. he's not suspected of being the perpetrator himself,

according to police, two witnesses heard the 15 —year—old talk to the suspected perpetrator about the stabbing before it happened. presumably, it was only later that the witnesses realised what they'd heard. they then went to the police, and that's when police realised that this 15—year—old potentially knew the perpetrator, because that's obviously the big question. the attacker is still on the run. so what's happening right now is this 15—year—old is being questioned. he is also he presumably will be charged for not going to the police with information about a crime before or after the crime was carried out. so he presumably will be charged and he will face some sort of punishment, possibly if found guilty. but the key question really is to find out who the attacker was and to find out where he is right now, because that is the real problem. that's what's leading to a lot of worry, a lot of, you know, a lot of feelings of insecurity still in solingen and that area around it.

the italian authorities have opened a manslaughter investigation, into the deaths of seven people on board the luxury yacht, which sank off the coast of sicily on monday. the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch, his 18—year—old daughter, hannah, four of his friends and the yacht�*s cook all died, when the boat went down in a freak storm. bethany bell reports from sicily. for the first time, the grim details of the under recovery mission. one of the under recovery mission. one of the under recovery mission. one of the divers told me about the risks involved.— of the divers told me about the risks involved. personally, there are many dangers _ risks involved. personally, there are many dangers because - risks involved. personally, there are many dangers because any l risks involved. personally, there i are many dangers because any type risks involved. personally, there - are many dangers because any type of accident exposes us to unforeseen issues with equipment or physical conditions. the main problem and see

is that every country service so any problem that arises requires a safe system to get us out. —— is that it if we can't resurface. the system to get us out. -- is that it if we can't resurface.— if we can't resurface. the first --eole if we can't resurface. the first people thought _ if we can't resurface. the first people thought it _ if we can't resurface. the first people thought it sank- if we can't resurface. the first. people thought it sank because if we can't resurface. the first - people thought it sank because of the orders but which is a kind of mini tornado but now, officials think that it may have been hit by a localised powerful storm known as a down post which descends from a thunderstorm and spreads out unpredictably. the authorities say that the back of the boat sank in dress and then rolled onto its right side. six bodies were found in the cabins, including mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah. hannah was in a cabin by herself. the 18-year-old daughter hannah. hannah was in a cabin by herself.— was in a cabin by herself. the boat sank on the _ was in a cabin by herself. the boat sank on the stand _ was in a cabin by herself. the boat sank on the stand side _ was in a cabin by herself. the boat sank on the stand side and - was in a cabin by herself. the boat sank on the stand side and then i was in a cabin by herself. the boat l sank on the stand side and then said on its rights and down in the sea and that is why those on starboard board sought refuge in the cab is on

the left side because that is where the left side because that is where the air bubbles formed. they found the air bubbles formed. they found the first five bodies on on the right side and the other body in the third cabin on the left. we found all of them in the high part of the boat. , ., ., , ., ., all of them in the high part of the boat. , . ., , . . , boat. the investigation is at a very early stage- _ boat. the investigation is at a very early stage. the _ boat. the investigation is at a very early stage. the prosecutors - boat. the investigation is at a very i early stage. the prosecutors office is looking into potential crimes of negligent shipwreck and manslaughter. they stress that they are not investigating any one specific at the moment. we were told that their plans to recover the yacht from the sea bed back to the operation is likely to be a complex and costly and the owner is expected to pay. it could take months before they are clear answers. as we've been reporting, the prosecutor in the case said the yacht had been hit by a localised, powerful wind known as a downburst, rather than a water spout. our weather presenter ben rich explains. well, downbursts and waterspouts

both form in association with thunderstorms, and they can cause quite similar sorts of damage, even on land we get reports sometimes of tornadoes that actually turn out to be not tornadoes but other features of thunderstorms including downbursts. now, what is a downburst? well, inside a thundercloud, we have very turbulent motion, we have winds racing upwards and downwards very, very rapidly. there is a lot going on inside those storms and sometimes winds will rush out of the bottom of a storm cloud, so you get essentially a gust of wind that is blowing downwards towards the ground. that then hits the ground and spread out in all different directions. it is like, just like i, you know, put air down on this table, it would reach the table and then it would spread out. so it is exactly like that. they are small, localised powerful features that can cause huge amounts of damage. waterspouts and indeed these downdraughts are not that uncommon. now, in this case, we had low pressure in the mediterranean around that time so that gives the unstable atmosphere allowing these big stormclouds to go up. the other thing we had was very high sea temperatures,

so record sea surface temperatures in the mediterranean. all of thatjust gives more energy into the atmosphere to provide these powerful storms. the french president, emmanuel macron, has described an explosion outside a synagogue near montpellier as an act of terror. the blast in la grande motte injured a police officer. the authorities say it was caused by two cars being set alight, one of which had a gas cannister inside. police are hunting for a suspect, and security outsidejewish schools and places of worship has been stepped up. the incident happened during shabbat, thejewish day of rest, when religious services are held. a woman who lives near the site of the attack described her experience. i was very shocked. the noise i heard was louder than anything i've ever heard

in my life. since i've been in la grande motte, it's been over 25 years, so it was a big shock. nasa is due to give more details about how it's going to bring home two us astronauts who have been stuck in space on the troubled boeing starliner mission. sunita williams and butch wilmor travelled to the international space station in earlyjune for a scheduled eight—day trip but the starliner craft suffered technical difficulties meaning they couldn't return as planned. nasa has been looking into options of either bringing them home on the same spaceship that took them up or in a different capsule built by elon musk�*s spacex. the second option could mean their trip turning into an 8—month space odyssey. this is instead of an eight—day

space trip. this is instead of an eight—day space trip. let's speak to helan sharman, the first british person in space. ijust want i just want to know what you are making of all of this on the ground. we arejust waiting making of all of this on the ground. we are just waiting to see what nasa decides. the risk involved in keeping them up there long enough to come down on a spacex aircraft, there are risks bringing them back on the spaceship and that has got a lot ofjuggling to do and uncertainty due process and we were expecting a conference to start at six o'clock uk time and it still has not happened so i guess, they are still debating what to do behind the scenes. i still debating what to do behind the scenes. , , ., ~ ., scenes. i guess we will talk about the technical _ scenes. i guess we will talk about the technical reasons _ scenes. i guess we will talk about the technical reasons for - scenes. i guess we will talk about the technical reasons for what - scenes. i guess we will talk about | the technical reasons for what has happened, but i wanted to ask you about how you would have felt. i know that you went to the space for eight days in 1991, how would you have that headed to eight months? haven't spoken to people who have

had which is extended, my engineer, he ten months, he always says you can do the level of sv space missions. that is fine, it is just sort of rebalancing your brain and getting yourself into knowing when you're going to return for you and your family as well. i would have loved it longer than eight days, i think three months is probably the ideal time to spend in space.— time to spend in space. helen, i think -- i— time to spend in space. helen, i think -- i will— time to spend in space. helen, i think -- i will keep _ time to spend in space. helen, i think -- i will keep you - time to spend in space. helen, i think -- i will keep you with - time to spend in space. helen, i think -- i will keep you with us | time to spend in space. helen, i | think -- i will keep you with us if think —— i will keep you with us if we can. i think nasa has started the conference. let's go slave to houston. conference. let's go slave to houston-— conference. let's go slave to houston. ~ ., ., ., houston. we will return to cronulla next february- _ houston. we will return to cronulla next february. that _ houston. we will return to cronulla next february. that style _ houston. we will return to cronulla next february. that style and - houston. we will return to cronulla next february. that style and i - houston. we will return to cronulla next february. that style and i will| next february. that style and i will would turn un—crude and the specific in these schedule will be discussed momentarily. i want you to know that boeing has worked very hard with nassar to get the necessary data to make this decision. we went to

further understand the root causes and then understand the design improvements so that the boeing starliner will serve as an important part of our assured crew access to the iss. i havejust talked to part of our assured crew access to the iss. i have just talked to the new boeing ceo, i have expressed this to him and i told him how well boeing worked with our team to come to this decision. and he expressed to this decision. and he expressed to me an intention that they will continue to work the problems at once starliner is back safely and that we will have our redundancy and our crew access to the space

station. this whole discussion remember is put in the context of, we have had mistakes done in the past. we lost to space shuttles as a result of their not being a culture in which information could come forward. we have been very solicitous of all of our employees that if you have some objection, you come forward. space flight is it risky. even at is safest and even at its most routine. a test flight by nature, is neither safe,

its most routine. a test flight by nature, is neithersafe, nor routine. so the decision to keep our two astronauts aboard the international space station and a with you boeing starliner un—crude is a result of a commitment to safety. our core value is safety and it is our north star. and i am grateful to nasa and to boeing for their teams, for all the incredible and detailed work to get to this decision. i will turn it over to jim. decision. i will turn it over to jim. ., ~' , ., decision. i will turn it over to jim. ., ~ , ., ~ jim. thank you, sir. thank you deu jim. thank you, sir. thank you deputy administrator- jim. thank you, sir. thank you deputy administrator malraux| jim. thank you, sir. thank you i deputy administrator malraux for your support along the way and being here today _ your support along the way and being here today. it means a lot. i would like to _ here today. it means a lot. i would like to communicate to all of you that we _ like to communicate to all of you that we have come to the decision using _ that we have come to the decision using our— that we have come to the decision using our programme, our mission director_ using our programme, our mission director and — using our programme, our mission director and our agency level

processes. that includes the decisions _ processes. that includes the decisions that happen as the commercial crew programme and space operations— commercial crew programme and space operations mission director level ad agency— operations mission director level ad agency level and includes all of our technical— agency level and includes all of our technical authorities, from engineering safety, medical, and flight _ engineering safety, medical, and flight operations. as the minister said, _ flight operations. as the minister said. our— flight operations. as the minister said, ourfocus flight operations. as the minister said, our focus is on safety all the time _ said, our focus is on safety all the time and — said, our focus is on safety all the time and there certainly is no different _ time and there certainly is no different. they are certainly in our emergence —— —— the uncertainty in our margins— emergence —— —— the uncertainty in our margins has come to the decision _ our margins has come to the decision. that is remains in our understanding of the fittest coming on and _ understanding of the fittest coming on and the thrusters and still, we have _ on and the thrusters and still, we have some — on and the thrusters and still, we have some work to go. we will hear from _ have some work to go. we will hear from others — have some work to go. we will hear from others on the specific but i would _ from others on the specific but i would tell— from others on the specific but i would tell you that the nasa and boeing _ would tell you that the nasa and boeing team have made incredible technical— boeing team have made incredible technical progress in the model development that has gone on and on, the thruster _ development that has gone on and on, the thruster testing. understanding material— the thruster testing. understanding material properties within the valve and the _ material properties within the valve and the complicated fluid physics that are — and the complicated fluid physics that are happening inside. we will

continue _ that are happening inside. we will continue to learn, we were —— we are a learning _ continue to learn, we were —— we are a learning organisation i think we have _ a learning organisation i think we have demonstrated that here. we will learn from _ have demonstrated that here. we will learn from this effort so that our crews _ learn from this effort so that our crews who — learn from this effort so that our crews who are at the top of the pyramid — crews who are at the top of the pyramid on these missions and their families— pyramid on these missions and their families can — pyramid on these missions and their families can continue to know that we have _ families can continue to know that we have done that i will always do our best — we have done that i will always do our best. for our team, we have done that i will always do our best. for ourteam, our programmatic technical teams, our best. for ourteam, our programmatic technicalteams, both programmatic technical teams, both nasa and _ programmatic technicalteams, both nasa and the commercial crew programme and the space station programme and the space station programme and the space station programme and our bone team—mates, they have _ programme and our bone team—mates, they have worked endlessly to get to lod-e they have worked endlessly to get to lodge and _ they have worked endlessly to get to lodge and certainly in the last two months _ lodge and certainly in the last two months. they have done this in the last two— months. they have done this in the last two months. how came through florida. _ last two months. how came through florida. a _ last two months. how came through florida, a hurricane through here while _ florida, a hurricane through here while their— florida, a hurricane through here while their homes were damaged and without— while their homes were damaged and without power, they came to work. some _ without power, they came to work. some of— without power, they came to work. some of their own lost family members along the way, there kids went back— members along the way, there kids went back to school and life in general — went back to school and life in general went on, but they were here every— general went on, but they were here every day— general went on, but they were here every day working long hours. they have persevered and i want them to

know _ have persevered and i want them to know how _ have persevered and i want them to know how grateful i am that they are on our— know how grateful i am that they are on our team — know how grateful i am that they are on our team. this has not been an easy— on our team. this has not been an easy decision _ on our team. this has not been an easy decision but it is absolutely the right— easy decision but it is absolutely the right one. let me turn it over to ken_ the right one. let me turn it over to ken and — the right one. let me turn it over to ken and thank him and all that it is here _ to ken and thank him and all that it is here that —— and the ones that are not— is here that —— and the ones that are not here _ is here that —— and the ones that are not here today for their work. there _ are not here today for their work. there is, — are not here today for their work. there is, jim. and thanks to you at the administratorfor there is, jim. and thanks to you at the administrator forjoining us for this press conference for our meetings. we appreciate that. i also want to thank everybody who is here in the room with us and watching online, it says a lot that you are with us on a saturday and i want you to know how much you appreciate your support as we work to fly our mission safely. i am really proud of the nassar team and the boeing team for all their work they have been doing over the past couple of months. it has been really impressive to see how they have been very agile in testing, gathering data and completing analysis. and then having these tough discussions

that go along with processing that's data and coming to conclusions. our intent today was to have the first part of a flight readiness review, the goal of that review was to come up the goal of that review was to come up with a nasa recommendation on whether we should proceed with the crude flight test either manned or unmanned. our boeing partners told us that they would be able to execute that option and they thought that coal belongs to nasa because of our of all the risks involved. —— the call belongs to nasa. we had a core of all the organisations on the polling sheet, indicated —— indicated that we thought —— but they thought we should proceed un—crude with the flight test. our next step will be to process toward that flight test to finish those i

will have a party of the readiness review wednesday or thursday next week, we believe, to make sure that week, we believe, to make sure that we are where the two underdog and to completely test. we are still in the middle of a test flight and we have to remain vigilant. we need to get to remain vigilant. we need to get to the vehicle back on deck, go through the data and once we have done that, it will start to think about our next steps. this is for starliner�*s next flight. i would like now to pass the mic to steve to share more info and detailed. thanks, ken. and thanks for the kind words. i want to thank all of you for being here and the public and for being here and the public and for following our progress over the summer. it had been a long summer, it's been a long summerfor our team. i want to first start out by thanking our team who have worked so hard over the summer. long hours, weekends, nights, testing, analysis, reviews. i mean it has been an

incredible effort by the team. we are dealing with a very complex issue with the thrusters and i'll talk more about that, but it is challenging to predict their performers and the damages that we will see. that is why it has been tough and it has taken the time ever since we ducked back onjune the 6th. to get to this point. we are very proud of the due diligence at the team has displayed, their perseverance, theirfortitude, courage, dedication, resilience as they learn more and we got more data and different results at times than we expected. i especially want to thank the boeing team and the contracted team, the engine manufacturer, the valve manufacturer, the valve manufacturer, ortheirsuppliers manufacturer, or their suppliers that's participated manufacturer, ortheirsuppliers that's participated along with the nasa workforce, we have brought in expertise from just about every nasa centre. we did testing at the marshalls space flight centre. of

course, i will write four —— test facility, this has been a huge effort across nasa within the commercial crew programme and even beyond. determining the position to bring starliner back uncrewed was very difficult for me personally. brute very difficult for me personally. we will leave the news conference currently going on in heating there. if you want to carry on watching you can, via the bbc news website and app. we have the first british —— not with us. the break news is that those two nasa astronauts who flew to the international space to live space station injune on a boeing starliner capsule will return on a spacex vehicle in february next year. i mean we were talking about the possibility of this happening. they were not returned on the capsule that them them there, that was a test mission. how do you think this will be in terms of news for those astronauts? how do they take

this new? i those astronauts? how do they take this new? ~ , those astronauts? how do they take this new? ~' , ., this new? i think they will have been well _ this new? i think they will have been well expecting _ this new? i think they will have been well expecting this - this new? i think they will have been well expecting this and i this new? i think they will have j been well expecting this and to this new? i think they will have i been well expecting this and to be quite honest, the whole space community would have been very surprised know how close this decision was intent of the risk analysis had to do. nasa has learned analysis had to do. nasa has learned a lot of lessons. we had in that press conference, they mentioned lessons from the shutter accidents from colombia and the challenger accident. they do listen to all all employees and concerns. they have learned that they are not going to take any risk. interestingly, they are also talking about how they do want to continue with star liner —— starliner, nasa is desperate to have an alternative to spacex's crew jacket because they can't have all their eggs in one basket. the actors themselves, i think, their eggs in one basket. the actors themselves, ithink, will their eggs in one basket. the actors themselves, i think, will be expecting it to and they certainly now will be much easier for them to

do with —— the astra themselves. psychologically, this will have build gradually in their minds and the challenges psychological comment out of the physical challenges they have everything they need up there. there are several other humans aboard the iss with them. yes. there are several other humans aboard the iss with them. yes, never not to aboard the iss with them. yes, never got to plenty — aboard the iss with them. yes, never got to plenty of— aboard the iss with them. yes, never got to plenty of supplies, _ aboard the iss with them. yes, never got to plenty of supplies, food, - got to plenty of supplies, food, water, oxygen. the concern at the moment is what happens when the starliner spacecraft to pass in that interim few days, hours, however long it is going to be before the spacex cree dragon arrives with their new space suits to return them to earth in february. during that time, there's going to be of a lack, the concern is that the only way they'll be able to get back to earth if there were a dire problem in the space station would be unsuited, unseated inside crew eight. this is because they _ unseated inside crew eight. this is because they were _ unseated inside crew eight. this is because they were came _ unseated inside crew eight. this is because they were came in - unseated inside crew eight. this is because they were came in suits i unseated inside crew eight. this is i because they were came in suits that when you specifically tailored to

the needs of the boeing starliner capsule. the needs of the boeing starliner ca sule. . . the needs of the boeing starliner casule. ., , , capsule. that is right. their spaces onl work capsule. that is right. their spaces only work inside _ capsule. that is right. their spaces only work inside the _ capsule. that is right. their spaces only work inside the starliner - only work inside the starliner spacecraft, they don't work inside crew dragon. that is a big thing, they need new shoes to be delivered. at the moment, there we're that days suit will be delivered on the next three dragon spacecraft. ideally, they will be delivered before that, perhaps before —— on a cargo ship. the next cargo mission is not until october. . ~ the next cargo mission is not until october. ., ~ , ., the next cargo mission is not until october. . ~' , ., , october. thank you, helen. every time. britainback_ october. thank you, helen. every time. britainback first _ october. thank you, helen. every time. britainback first after- time. britainback first after another, giving us that news. hello. saturday turned into a decidedly soggy affair for some of us at least. this was the scene during saturday morning on the seafront in hove with cloud, with a lot of rain. but that wasn't the whole story. brighter conditions

further north and west. that was how it looked in powys, and we did see sunny skies feeding in behind this rain band, albeit with a scattering of hefty showers. now, most of those showers will continue to fade through the evening, although some will continue up towards the north and the west of the uk. and then by the end of the night, we will see cloud and some patchy rain getting back into northern ireland. but where the skies remain clear, it is going to be a rather cool night, dare i say a fairly chilly night in some places? temperatures down to around 8 or 9 degrees. so we start tomorrow morning with some dry weather in many locations. but this frontal system already bringing cloud and rain into northern ireland, and that wet weather will spread its way up across southern and central portions of scotland into north west england, parts of wales as we go through the day. to the south and east of that,

not a bad looking day, spells of sunshine, northern scotland seeing sunny spells and showers once again. it is going to be a windy day. we could see wind gusts in some places parts of northern england, for example, of around 40mph or more. temperatures, maybejust a little bit up on where they have been today. 15 to 20 degrees covers it for most of us. as we move out of sunday and into monday, which is, of course, the bank holiday for most of us, we do see this weak ridge of high pressure trying to build in, and it does mean, actually, monday should bring a decent amount of dry weather. we could have this band of cloud here, just bringing a little bit of showery rain across southern scotland and northern england first thing, and i think we will generally see increasing amounts of cloud as we go through the day. perhaps some rain getting into northern ireland later on, but on balance this is not a bad looking day if you're looking for dry weather and some spells of sunshine. it's going to feel a little bit warmer as well. and as we head deeper into the new week, while we will see frontal systems pushing in from the northwest, these weather fronts are likely to stall.

so while some of us will see outbreaks of rain, others, particularly down towards the south and the southeast, will see something warmer developing. in fact, we could see temperatures getting into the high 20s celsius. that's all from me. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... german police say they're still hunting for the suspect of a stabbing attack which killed three people in the western city of solingen. they've arrested a 15—year—old, but he's not the perpetrator. nasa says two astronauts stranded in space after issues with their boeing starliner spacecraft will not return

to earth until february 2025. prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of sicily. seven people were killed when the vessel went down on monday, including the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch and his daughter hannah. ukraine marks 33 years of independence, amidst the ongoing war with russia. president zelensky celebrated the day by describing russia's invasion as a failure and announcing a new prisoner exchange. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday.

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