in other news. german police say a syrian man has confessed to carrying out a mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen. french media report that pavel durov— the russian founder of the telegram messaging service — has been arrested after his private jet landed in paris. and coming up — the 8 day trip to space, that's turned into 8 months... hello, this is bbc news. we start with a major development in the middle east. there's been an intense exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah militants. israel launched a wave of airstrikes against hezbollah in lebanon, saying it was pre—empting plans for a large—scale attack. israel's prime minister has promised to do everything to protect the country.

hezbollah said it fired hundreds of rockets towards israel in its first response to israel's assassination of a senior commander in beirut last month. it denied israel's assertion that it had thwarted the attack. this is the what we know this hour.the israeli military said it struck and destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launchers in southern lebanon aimed at northern israel. the israel defence forces released these pictures which it says are those strikes on lebanon. officials says around 100 fighter jets took part in the operation. lebanon says one person was killed after an israeli strike hit a car. these pictures are from the southern lebanese village of zibqin where you can see a huge cloud of smoke rising following an israeli airstrike. lebanon's state—run national news agency called a "large—scale air aggression" by israel.hezbollah said it launched more than 300 rockets and drones at israel and targeted ii

military sites in response to the killing of its top commander in beirut last month. the group has said this was an initial response and that it planned attack on israel had been "completed and accomplished". tensions between israel and the iranian—backed group escalated sharply after the assassination stoking fears of a wider middle east conflict. a state of emergency is in force in israel and the security cabinet has been meeting. prime minister, benjamin netanyhu, promised who would �*do everything' to restore security at its northern border and continue to uphold a simple rule: whoever hurts us — we hurt them". these are live pictures from the israel—lebanon border. flights to and from tel aviv�*s ben gurion airport were temporarily suspended earlier but have since been reinstated. we since been reinstated. are getting a braking line fi’l hezbollah we are getting a braking line from hezbollah who have confirmed the

death of one of its fighters from a southern lebanese town, they did not describe in what conditions the person died but it comes after the konsa mission i mentioned from labour on that one person was killed after an israeli strike hit a car. the hezbollah statement said the fighter died whilst performing his national and jihad is to duty in defence of lebanon and the south. we first learnt of israel's action from the idf — here's spokesperson rear admiral daniel hagari. from right next to the homes of lebanese civilians in the south of lebanon we can see that hezbollah is preparing to launch an extensive attack on israel while endangering the lebanese civilians. we warn the civilians located in the areas where hezbollah is operating, to move out of harm's way immediately for their own safety.

hezbollah�*s ongoing aggression risks dragging the people of lebanon, the people of israel and the whole region into a wider escalation. israel will not tolerate hezbollah�*s attacks on our civilians. we are operating in self—defence from hezbollah and any other enemy thatjoins in their attacks against us. and we are ready to do everything, everything we need to defend the people of israel. we've had some international reaction to events. presidentjoe biden is directing us officials to maintain close communication with israel. a national security spokesman said "president biden is closely monitoring events in israel and lebanon. he has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening. at his direction, senior u.s. officials have been communicating continuously with their israeli counterparts. we will keep supporting israel's right to defend itself,

and we will keep working for regional stability." pictures are coming in all the time from both israel and lebanon. i wanted to show you these still images from the epa newsagency. we're told the photos show the moment an israeli fighterjet intercepted a hezbollah unmanned aerial vehicle. you can see the explosion and debris. it was crossing from lebanon over an area near the border with israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in southern lebanon and gave us this update we have been waiting for a retaliation from hezbollah since last month when the senior commander was assassinated in beirut in an israeli operation. they signalled they would respond hard, they have held back until now,

the feeling was they were waiting to see how these talks aimed at getting a ceasefire would progress. hezbollah are insisting they managed to carry out the attack despite the pre—emptive strike, they claim they fired 300 rockets into israel and sent drones butjohn mentioned a we need to look carefully at the targets hit, 11 military targets inside israel shall not critical infrastructure on civilian areas but military targets. we have another points yet of casualties, similarly

on the side in london on the israelis have hit more than 200 targets but we have not received any reports of civilian casualties. israel's foreign minister, israel katz, posted on x to says the country was "acting to protect its citizens and territory" against what it calls an "axis of evil" led by iran, but it was not seeking "an all out war" in the region. let's go live tojon donnison our correspondent injerusalem. take us through events. this is a significant and ongoing operation, we have seen pictures in the last half hour from southern lebanon on showing more is really air strikes, lebanon on showing more is really airstrikes, presumably lebanon on showing more is really air strikes, presumably on what israel will see hezbollah targets. 100 aircraft involved overnight and it makes it the largest israeli

operation since the full—scale war in 2006. we are at a key point is we were hearing from all that, hezbollah saying they have stopped for now but there is a fear that we have had for weeks that it could lead to a wider regional war on top of what is already happening in gaza. , . , ., ., , gaza. they have been escalations between the _ gaza. they have been escalations between the sides, _ gaza. they have been escalations between the sides, we _ gaza. they have been escalations between the sides, we have - gaza. they have been escalations between the sides, we have seen j between the sides, we have seen those going on since the conflict began. those going on since the conflict bean. w , those going on since the conflict bean. , ., ., ., began. exactly, for more than ten months there _ began. exactly, for more than ten months there have _ began. exactly, for more than ten months there have been - began. exactly, for more than ten - months there have been cross-border months there have been cross—border exchanges of fire, some of them significant, the israeli assassination of the senior hezbollah commander last month we have not seen anything on the scale of what we have seen this morning. these raids were carried out around

4:30am and israel said at 5am hezbollah was planning a large—scale attack well into southern israel, the new york times reporting a senior israeli intelligence official saying that tel aviv was included in the attack. there will be a renewed diplomatic efforts to bring the tension down but at the moment we have had america really pushing for a ceasefire deal between how hamas which they see as key to de—escalating tensions. the ceasefire talks are progressing in cairo today, they are not going anywhere, no stain there will be a breakthrough and until we get that there is a danger that israel could end up fighting a war on two fronts,

in gaza and the northern border. benjamin netanyahu has been seeing has doing everything possible to protect the country, what is is your likely to do next?— likely to do next? both sides, israel and _ likely to do next? both sides, israel and hezbollah - likely to do next? both sides, israel and hezbollah say - likely to do next? both sides, israel and hezbollah say they| likely to do next? both sides, i israel and hezbollah say they do likely to do next? both sides, - israel and hezbollah say they do not want a full—scale war. it may be that things quieten down over the day and go back to the status quo with daily exchanges of fire and does not escalate further but the israel military and hezbollah saying they are ready effort comes to all—out war again. it is difficult to know where that is heading but certainly there is a fear that whilst there are such heavy exchanges of fire that can always be

a miscalculation, that could be large numbers of civilian casualties and then that could lead to a full—scale conflict. and then that could lead to a full-scale conflict.— and then that could lead to a full-scale conflict. let's speak to yossi mekelberg, an associate fellow with the middle east and north africa programme at chatham house. cani can i get your reaction to events this morning. this can i get your reaction to events this morning-— this morning. as a result of the assassination _ this morning. as a result of the assassination of _ this morning. as a result of the assassination of the _ this morning. as a result of the assassination of the chief - this morning. as a result of the assassination of the chief of. this morning. as a result of the l assassination of the chief of staff of hezbollah if you weeks ago, they committed a retaliation and this morning it seems is really intelligence detected the possibility of such an operation sending rockets and runs but this is

a point of inflection in the conflict and we should not forget it is a day the israel delegation negotiation teams leave for cairo and they are connected and there is also the west bank and yemen and iran promised to retaliate for the assassination of the hammer slid up. they are all connected and the biggest fear is not being able to contain this tit—for—tat better between sites. i5 contain this tit-for-tat better between sites.— contain this tit-for-tat better between sites. , , ., ., _, between sites. is this going to come down could be _ between sites. is this going to come down could be see _ between sites. is this going to come down could be see it _ between sites. is this going to come down could be see it escalating, - down could be see it escalating, what do you think will happen? i do not think it — what do you think will happen? i do not think it is _ what do you think will happen? i if not think it is finished for now and we are expecting the leader of

hezbollah to give a speech later about what they said this is the end for 2d, about what they said this is the end for2d, it about what they said this is the end for 2d, it means it is not done. from the israeli point of view that from the beginning of this the target should have been hezbollah because it is the more threatening larger threat to israel because of the capabilities and possess and the intention and it is a proxy of iran so by no stretch of the imagination is this done and we can expect to see more dead. the question thicken oh and he up to the parameters of attacking each other without provoking to a full—blown war. what provoking to a full-blown war. what will be the impact _ provoking to a full-blown war. what will be the impact on _ provoking to a full— blown war. what will be the impact on those peace talks? we know israel is still

standing a delegation but how mass has said it will not have the delegation there, do you think we are anywhere near having any solution to the gaza conflict. it should encourage the negotiators to reach an agreement in order to avoid a much larger war in the region between israel and hezbollah and hamas, it does not mean logic dictates the behaviour, there are other calculations by the leadership of israel and hamas, that hinder reaching an agreement. de—escalation and the wider region definitely on the border with lebanon with hamas including the release of israeli

hostages but it doesn't seem to be netanyahu's top priority.— hostages but it doesn't seem to be netanyahu's top priority. reaction to today's intense exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah militants is coming in all the time. we have a live page up and running with the very latest reports and analysis from our correspondents around the region — you can find that on the bbc news website and app. next to germany. a man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a knife attack which left three people dead and eight more injured. the 26—year—old syrian national turned himself into police and said he carried out the stabbing at a festival in the city of solingen on friday night. german federal prosecutors say they've now taken over the case as they suspect a terrorist motive. 0ur reporter, louisa pilbeam, reports. man speaks german. the moment crowds at a music

festival were told not to panic. a night of celebration in a west german city that had turned to horror. an attacker reportedly stabbed people at random, killing three and injuring eight, some critically. in the early hours of this morning, german police said they had arrested a 26—year—old man after he said he carried out the stabbings. earlier, officers were seen raiding this asylum seeker accommodation in solingen city centre. they say a person taken to a police station during that operation is currently being treated as a witness. the islamic state group have claimed responsibility without providing evidence. translation: so far, _ we have not been able to establish a motive but looking at the entirety of circumstances, we cannot exclude the possibility of a terrorist motivation. a 15—year—old boy had already been detained by police,

who made it clear they did not think the teenager was the knifeman, but he is suspected of knowing about the attack in advance. this man was at the festival. it's absolutely terrible, i have no words for it because normally you hear that from paris, berlin, cologne, but not here in solingen. authorities have said it appears the attacker was not known to his victims and have called for unity. translation: we won't be divided i in times like this but we stand i together and we will not allow such a tragic attack to divide our society. people have come to this site to leave tributes as a community grapples with the aftermath of this shocking attack. let's speak to our correspondent in berlin,

we are told some funerals will take place today, the police still there and we have seen flowers as well. the area near where it happened. let's speak to our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness. what do we know about the man arrested. quite a lot of details have been emerging over night, a top street police earlier and they told me that they confirmed he is indeed a 26—year—old syrian national, they would not confirm any other reports of whether he had come to germany as an asylum seeker which is being reported in some german media but in a television interview this morning

the interior minister of the region said the suspect had been living in refugee accommodation which has since been raided by police so there seems to be a connection with the shelter. there have been other arrests which has led to confusion about who police think is the suspect. they have been saying all along they thinkjust one person was responsible for the attack. there was a 15—year—old boy arrested yesterday, he is thought to have known about the attack in advance, he was held to be talking about it before it happened. he has been charged with not reporting a crime to the police, police are hoping he can give more information about the attack on our suspect and his motivation. another man who was taken from the refugee shelter for

questioning is being questioned by police now so he might possibly have a connection to the suspect. the next stage as police and handing over this case to the prosecutor general which is an indication the authorities are treating this as a terror —related act. we have seen the flowers being left and a church service today, still a lot of shock in the city. that is right, this was supposed to be three days of celebration, a festival which started on friday and ending today and instead it is a weekend of morning and shock. across the region of the last 2a hours festivals and festivities planned cancelled, cafe is what empty and restaurant is empty, people avoiding public transport because no one knew what was happening, there was a fear the attacker was on the loose and potentially dangerous. it appears he

went straight into hiding, reportedly hiding in a courtyard behind an apartment block near the crime scene then he gave himself up to police late last night saying he was the attacker. police have to investigate whether this is true and piecing together the evidence they have defined out whether the suspect is indeed the man behind the stabbing. telegram is one of the most downloaded apps in the world. it's popular with pro—democracy movements and other protesters in countries which have strict laws, but it has also been used for criminal activity. now its russian founder, pavel durov, has reportedly been arrested near paris. reports say authorities have been investigating a lack of moderators on the app, which they say allows criminal activity to take place. the russian state news says its embassy in france is taking "immediate steps" to clarify the situation. so who is pavel durov? he was born in st petersburg in 1984, but spent most of his childhood in italy.

mr durov founded telegram in 2013 with his older brother nikolai. he left russia in 2014 after he refused to comply with government demands to shut down opposition communities on a separate social media network. telegram was banned in russia in 2018 after pavel durov refused to hand over user data to the kremlin. that ban was later reversed three years later. the social media network claims to have more than 900 million monthly users worldwide 0ur correspondent will vernonjoins me now. give us what we know about his arrest in paris. it give us what we know about his arrest in paris.— give us what we know about his arrest in paris. it is coming from a number of — arrest in paris. it is coming from a number of french _ arrest in paris. it is coming from a number of french media - arrest in paris. it is coming from a number of french media sources | arrest in paris. it is coming from a i number of french media sources and french law enforcement to say that pavel durov was arrested last night at an airport in the paris, he had arrived on his privatejet from azerbaijan and they are saying he was arrested on the basis of a warrant that was issued in

connection with telegram's failure to moderate illegal content and cooperate with law enforcement, this is coming from french media but we will have to see whether he could appear in court. french immediate saying he could be indicted today and what the reaction will be you mentioned the russian foreign ministry have said diplomats in paris are urgently working in connection with his arrest. {lister paris are urgently working in connection with his arrest. over the ears we connection with his arrest. over the years we have _ connection with his arrest. over the years we have not _ connection with his arrest. over the years we have not heard _ connection with his arrest. over the years we have not heard a - connection with his arrest. over the years we have not heard a lot - connection with his arrest. over the years we have not heard a lot about him and public, but more recently he did a long interview with tucker carlson and has come at more than public. he carlson and has come at more than ublic. ., , carlson and has come at more than ublic. . , ., public. he was quite vocal when he was still in — public. he was quite vocal when he was still in russia, _ public. he was quite vocal when he was still in russia, you _ public. he was quite vocal when he was still in russia, you mentioned| was still in russia, you mentioned he fell out with the authorities, the kim tried to control according

to him, tried to force the company he created to hand over personal data from pro—ukrainian protesters, andrew claremont protesters and the company refused to do that and he was forced to sell it to a company with close links to the kremlin. it is now almost totally under the control of the russian security services. ., control of the russian security services. . ., ., services. telegram, there are other governments _ services. telegram, there are other governments concerned _ services. telegram, there are other governments concerned about - services. telegram, there are other governments concerned about the l governments concerned about the encryption and what goes on and how much moderation there is.— much moderation there is. western law enforcement _ much moderation there is. western law enforcement agencies - much moderation there is. western law enforcement agencies have - much moderation there is. western law enforcement agencies have alll law enforcement agencies have all kind of problems with telegram, from terrorism to drug—trafficking to extremism. in the uk it was criticised by experts for posting far right groups that instrumental in organising some of the summer riots, the final disorder incidents

we saw earlier this month. telegram removed some of the groups after coming under pressure so although they are known for allowing a lot of content not having as much moderation as other social media companies, when it does come under pressure does sometimes act. thank ou. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, it's another rather breezy day for this time of year, but not as windy as it was at the end of last week. there's yet more wet weather to come in the forecast too. most of that is out towards the north and the west because further south and east it should stay largely dry. but we've already seen the best

of the sunshine this morning, such as here in northamptonshire, a rather chilly start to the day for this time of year, to many of our temperatures back into single figures. but here comes the rain. it's slowly pushing eastwards across much of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, particularly heavy for south west scotland, northwest england, where the ground is already saturated. few patches of rain across wales and for south west england. it's windy for the time of year, especially for these irish sea coasts, but largely dry across southeast england, central southern england and east anglia, just turning cloudier through the afternoon and temperatures still below the seasonal average. now, overnight tonight, the bulk of that rain clears. a few showers for northern england, southern scotland and maybe 1 or 2 scattered showers too for the far south east of england, but lots of clear skies and it's a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was earlier on this morning. now tomorrow, bank holiday, of course, for many of us. high pressure builds in from the south, so it is looking mostly dry. any early showers across the far south and east of england and across northern england

should gradually clear. there'll be a lot of sunny spells around, largely dry, not as windy as it is today and so temperatures will be that little bit higher. in fact, we'll see back to the seasonal average. high teens, low 20s could get a 23 or 2a c in the best of the sunshine across parts of south east england. but here comes another weather front that's going to be sinking southwards and eastwards as we head through tuesday. but towards the south and the east we've got a southerly wind just pushing some warmer feeling our way. some uncertainty still on the timing and position of this weather front towards the north and the west. a scattering of showers, also some sunny spells. heavy rain under the front, but for much of england and possibly for eastern areas of wales, it remains dry. there'll be some sunshine and it will be feeling warmer again. temperatures here in the mid 20s and the peak of the heat in the southeast is likely to be on wednesday 27 or 28 c, but further north and west it's cooler with outbreaks of rain.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the israeli military says it has launched preemptive strikes against hezbollah targets in southern lebanon after detecting its plans to launch a large—scale attack on israel. hezbollah said it had since fired more than 300 rockets and drones towards israel, in what it said was its first phase response to israel's assassination

of a senior commander last month. the german police have arrested a man suspected of carrying out a mass stabbing in the western city of solingen on friday night. they said the 26—year—old turned himself in and said he was responsible for the attack. three people were killed and eight others wounded. anti—terrorist and eight others wounded. prosecutors anti-terrorist — and eight others wounded. prosecutors are anti-terrorist _ and eight others wounded. prosecutors are taken over anti—terrorist prosecutors are taken over for— anti—terrorist prosecutors are taken over for the — anti—terrorist prosecutors are taken over for the investigation. french media report that pavel durov, the russian founder of the telegram messaging service, has been arrested after his private jet landed in paris. this is bbc news. let's return to our top story — the israeli military has carried out a wave of pre—emptive strikes on hezbollah targets in lebanon after detecting plans for an extensive attack. hezbollah said it had fired more than 300 rockets and drones towards israel. these are live pictures

from the israel/lebanon border. a little earlier on today, flights to and from tel aviv�*s ben gurion airport were temporarily suspended earlier but have since been reinstated. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been holding a security cabinet meeting and has vowed to do everything he can to protect the northern border with lebanon. hezbollah confirmed that it was phase one of an attack on israel and that it had fired a wave of hundreds of rockets and drones towards israel. it did say that today's operation had been completed, though. there is a 48—hour state of emergency in force across israel. this is a major escalation of intentions and it does follow the killing of that hezbollah commander in beirut almost a month ago. let's speak to idf international spokesperson lieutenant colonel nadav shoshan.

thank you forjoining us. could you first explain why you carried out these pre—emptive strikes today? good morning, thanks for having me. it is no secret that hezbollah has been planning and threatening a wider escalation and white attack against israeli communities and billions. in the hours of this morning, we saw evidence of those rocket launchers pointed towards israel, pointed toward central israel, pointed toward central israel, towards israeli citizens and we decided to strike against this immediate threats, to thwart this and we acted in self defence to provide this wider escalation and wider attack against israeli civilians. ., , . wider attack against israeli civilians. ., . , civilians. you say self defence but hezbollah hadn't _ civilians. you say self defence but hezbollah hadn't actually - civilians. you say self defence but| hezbollah hadn't actually launched anything before you hit them? it’s

anything before you hit them? it's called a anything before you hit them? it�*s called a sorting of an active threats against civilians. we were able to thwart this attack by hezbollah that they were fighting for a wider escalation, they were threatening to hit civilians and military bases and we were able to thwart it with active defence from those rocket launchers pointed out israeli communities with rockets in them and prevent those that were fired eventually. home them and prevent those that were fired eventually.— them and prevent those that were fired eventually. how many targets do ou fired eventually. how many targets do you claim _ fired eventually. how many targets do you claim that _ fired eventually. how many targets do you claim that you _ fired eventually. how many targets do you claim that you have - fired eventually. how many targets do you claim that you have hit? - fired eventually. how many targets do you claim that you have hit? we are still in do you claim that you have hit? - are still in an ongoing operation and ongoing tension. with hit thousands of rocket launching barrels and we thwarted hundreds of rockets in the air on the way to israeli communities, to northern and central israel. and are israeli communities, to northern and central israel. and— central israel. and are you saying that there will _ central israel. and are you saying that there will be _ central israel. and are you saying that there will be more _ central israel. and are you saying that there will be more attacks i that there will be more attacks today? that that there will be more attacks toda ? �* ., ., ,, ,

today? at the moment, we are keeping hiih alerts today? at the moment, we are keeping high alerts on — today? at the moment, we are keeping high alerts on defence _ today? at the moment, we are keeping high alerts on defence and _ today? at the moment, we are keeping high alerts on defence and offence, - high alerts on defence and offence, writing for any incident that could happen. at the moment in israel, it is relatively quiet but we are ready for any incident that could happen. hezbollah is attacking israeli civilians for ten months, this is not an isolated case. yesterday there were attacks and i know hezbollah will try to attack israeli civilians tomorrow again. this hezbollah will try to attack israeli civilians tomorrow again.- hezbollah will try to attack israeli civilians tomorrow again. this is a bi break civilians tomorrow again. this is a big break escalation _ civilians tomorrow again. this is a big break escalation from - civilians tomorrow again. this is a big break escalation from that - big break escalation from that tit—for—tat that has been going on since october seven. hezbollah say this is the first of what they say is a phase because of that killing of their commander in beirut almost a month ago. of their commander in beirut almost a month ago-— of their commander in beirut almost a month ago. that is the recent were maintaining — a month ago. that is the recent were maintaining high _ a month ago. that is the recent were maintaining high readiness _ a month ago. that is the recent were maintaining high readiness and - a month ago. that is the recent were maintaining high readiness and high| maintaining high readiness and high alert in all of our units of offence and defence to protect our civilians, like any other country would do. we have our guidelines

from the people of israel to keep them safe. if you want to put this in context, this is notjust part of a retaliation to a senior commander, hezbollah began this work aware of months ago and have been killing children in a soccer field, attacking every day civilians in israel, burning houses, attacking the communities of israelis and israelis to the north of israel are going to start the school year in few days. they will not be able to do that because of the threat of how speu do that because of the threat of how spell of fire. iliiui’iilii do that because of the threat of how spell of fire-— spell of fire. will have to look at it in the wider— spell of fire. will have to look at it in the wider context _ spell of fire. will have to look at it in the wider context of - spell of fire. will have to look at it in the wider context of what i spell of fire. will have to look at i it in the wider context of what has been going on in gaza. this is a sensitive time because of the ceasefire talks in cairo. how concerned are you that this action will derail any hope of this ceasefire talks and indeed any hope

of getting your hostages out of gaza? i of getting your hostages out of gaza? ., of getting your hostages out of gaza? ~' . ., , of getting your hostages out of gaza? ~ . ., , , of getting your hostages out of gaza? ~' . ., , , ., gaza? i think the ceasefire is a se arate gaza? i think the ceasefire is a separate matter. _ gaza? i think the ceasefire is a separate matter. the - gaza? i think the ceasefire is a separate matter. the only - gaza? i think the ceasefire is a separate matter. the only realj separate matter. the only real connection between hezbollah and lebanon is lan. is the only area where sunnis and shia work together and they are funded by iran to destroy the state of israel. this is one of our main efforts, the goal of the war is to bring back the hostages and we are committed to bring back our hostages. if it's through a deal or military pressure, and i think the talks are a separate matter that we are continuing to work on. ., .., . matter that we are continuing to work on. ., _, . ., i. work on. how concerned are you, thou:h, work on. how concerned are you, though. that _ work on. how concerned are you, though, that this _ work on. how concerned are you, though, that this could _ work on. how concerned are you, though, that this could lead - work on. how concerned are you, though, that this could lead to i though, that this could lead to wider action across the region? this wider action across the region? is we've been acting all this war 20 months, we're acting in self—defence to prevent a wider escalation. the

way we carry out our operations is to thwart terror, not to get this to a wider escalation but to tell any terror organisation will not accept attacks against our civilians and thatis attacks against our civilians and that is why we conduct precise attacks against immediate threats of terror, to prevent them and to combat terror organisations that attack us. we hope we are able to prevent terror attacks from hezbollah, able to push them away from our borders, push them away from our borders, push them away from being hundreds of metres from our civilians and not get into a wider escalation.— our civilians and not get into a wider escalation. thank you for “oinini wider escalation. thank you for joining us- _ wider escalation. thank you for joining us. thank _ wider escalation. thank you for joining us. thank you _ wider escalation. thank you for joining us. thank you for i wider escalation. thank you for| joining us. thank you for having wider escalation. thank you for i joining us. thank you for having me. let's speak to ha hellyer, a scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. could i get your initial reaction to the scale of what has been going on between israel and lebanon today? i been going on between israel and lebanon today?— been going on between israel and lebanon today? i think what we've

had over the _ lebanon today? i think what we've had over the past _ lebanon today? i think what we've had over the past ten _ lebanon today? i think what we've had over the past ten months i lebanon today? i think what we've had over the past ten months has| had over the past ten months has been a continual escalation. you've seen without a fight with how the service upon part of gaza, 40,000 + civilians and combatants being taken out by israeli fire. you have seen that in the escalation between hezbollah and israelis, iran and israelis, such as a dynamic of escalation which can only stop if there is an active effort towards de—escalation. unfortunately, i think you see the consequences of not having that de—escalation and a master into place over the course of the last few hours. there are these negotiations that you mention is happening in cairo, i don't think there's a lot of optimism in cairo or elsewhere that these are going to be particularly successful because frankly the israelis have made it clear they�* re frankly the israelis have made it clear they're not interested in a ceasefire at this moment in time. perhaps in the future, they will be.

given that is, the key to de—escalation in the region really does lie with gaza. unfortunately, i think it is likely you will see these flare—ups take place, as we saw morning with lebanon, on a regular basis. the biggest where many authors have in the security arena is that this will spiral and this will get completely out of control and it won't be a tit—for—tat or something that ensigns in few hours but becomes a form original and more dangerous. you don't think the fear of that will leave the international community — the united states, egypt, qatar, etc — to put pressure on the israelis and hamas to have a deal? i on the israelis and hamas to have a deal? ., ., ., , , ., deal? i would love to say yes and i think that when _ deal? i would love to say yes and i think that when it _ deal? i would love to say yes and i think that when it comes - deal? i would love to say yes and i think that when it comes to - deal? i would love to say yes and i think that when it comes to egypt| think that when it comes to egypt and qatar on hamas and other actors on a mass, that's very true because they stand to lose the most as well

being in the region. i'm afraid what we've seen in the past ten months is that the united states has been unwilling to use the leverage that it has over the israelis in order to push them to the negotiation table in a more effective manner and that the united states has set red lines that the israelis have crossed without consequence. the israelis know that and it's been very clear over the past ten months, you just have to look at the israeli press for all of this information right there. israeli negotiators themselves are leaking to the press that benjamin netanyahu is actually sabotaging the negotiations because he doesn't want a ceasefire dear at this moment in time. and when you have an answer like that, an actor thatis have an answer like that, an actor that is escalating in the west bank, is escalating in gaza, assassinated the lead negotiator of the other

side, and i'm afraid you need to very strong actor externally, in this case united states, that is able to say we have leverage in terms of the united nations security council, in terms of arms deliveries and financial aid, you need to take these ceasefire negotiations a lot more seriously. they are not done that, they have not done that in the past 20 months and i do not expect them to do that and the next few weeks. . ., them to do that and the next few weeks. ., ,, , ., them to do that and the next few weeks-_ thank- them to do that and the next few weeks._ thank you. i in a speech next week, the prime minister sir keir starmer will warn that things will get worse in britain before they get better. in a speech on tuesday, he's likely to say there are no quick fixes to remedy what he'll call the rubble and ruin left by the conservatives. it comes as his government faces pressure over plans to cut winter fuel payments to pensioners. with me is our political correspondent leila nathoo. what are we expecting from sir keir

suite? ~ �* , , , what are we expecting from sir keir suite? �* , , suite? we've been pretty accustomed since labour — suite? we've been pretty accustomed since labour took _ suite? we've been pretty accustomed since labour took power _ suite? we've been pretty accustomed since labour took power trade - suite? we've been pretty accustomed since labour took power trade to i since labour took power trade to hearing this message of how bad things are and they have discovered they are worse than they thought. but in comparison that, it will be a downbeat speech even by those standards, talking about things getting worse before they get better swapping a far cry from the sunlight of hope, if you remember that language he was promising when labour won power. this message is that things are so bad to go deep to fix the foundations of both the economy and society. this senior cabinet minister pat mcfadden, at has been talking about that. we haven'tjust inherited an economic problem, 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. and i think it's refreshing candour compared to some speeches from politicians that we get the pretend there's

a magic wand that can solve everything overnight. he's taking a very different approach, he's levelling with people, he's saying we will get there but it'll take time. kier starmer expected to talk about having to make unpopular decisions. is under pressure already about one of those unpopular decisions, the decision to mean says the winter fuel allowance, something conservatives are attacking the government on today. conservatives are more broadly talking about this speech, the idea that things are so bad at being a ruse, in their view, for rachel reeves wanting to put up taxes in the budget in the autumn. it is clear that the labour government does want to do a bit of expectation management as we go into this next parliamentary session and delete up to the budget.— this next parliamentary session and delete up to the budget. nasa says two astronauts who went into space for eight days will now

have to wait eight months to be rescued. sunita williams and butch wilmore have been stranded on the international space station sincejune and won't be brought home to earth until a space x mission in february next year. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has more. the start of a mission that was supposed to lastjust eight days on the international space station. lots of cheering here in the room, big hugs. but nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams have now found out their stay has been extended to a total of eight months. getting a beautiful view now of starliner. boeing's starliner spacecraft they arrived on has been deemed too risky to take them home, so it will come back with no—one on board and they'll return to earth in a spacex capsule instead. space flight is risky, and so the decision to keep butch and suni aboard the international space station and bring the boeing starliner home uncrewed is a result of a commitment to safety. our core value is safety.

this was the first test flight for boeing's starliner spacecraft with a crew on board, but it had problems with some of its thrusters and several helium leaks, which delayed docking. engineers at boeing and nasa have spent months trying to overcome these technical issues but they couldn't fix them, so instead, they've turned to spacex. but because of scheduling, it means the astronauts won't return until february next year. it's disappointing that they're not coming home on starliner. but that's ok, it's a test flight. that's what they do, they knew those risks going in. but we keep them very busy, there's a lot of science and research going on on the international space station. nasa selected two companies to ferry their astronauts, spacex and boeing. spacex won a contract worth $2.6 billion for its crewed dragon spacecraft. boeing got more for starliner, $4.2 billion. spacex launched its first crewed

mission in 2020 but it's taken boeing four more years for its maiden flight. so far, spacex has launched nine crews for nasa but boeing's first mission won't finish as planned, the capsule is returning to earth empty. in a statement, boeing said — we continue to focus first it's day two of the notting hill carnival, an annual london carnival which has been going for more than 50 years. it's one of the biggest and longest—running street parties in the world, and 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. dancing is what we're going to focus on now. let's speak to liani devito, president of the samba de rainha dance school, who will be leading her samba group in a performance at the carnival later today.

thank you forjoining us on bbc news. just explain what we can expect to see your group doing today. expect to see your group doing toda . ., .., , . expect to see your group doing toda. ., ,. ., today. you can expect brazilian flavour at _ today. you can expect brazilian flavour at notting _ today. you can expect brazilian flavour at notting hill - today. you can expect brazilian flavour at notting hill carnival. | today. you can expect brazilian i flavour at notting hill carnival. we are a school of samba and you can expect brazilian drums, brazilian dance and brazilian culture. just exlain, dance and brazilian culture. just explain, because you know you were born in brazil and you are now at the notting hill carnival. how did that happen? i the notting hill carnival. how did that happen?— the notting hill carnival. how did that happen? i am originally from brazil but i _ that happen? i am originally from brazil but i am _ that happen? i am originally from brazil but i am in _ that happen? i am originally from brazil but i am in london - that happen? i am originally from brazil but i am in london for i that happen? i am originally from brazil but i am in london for over| brazil but i am in london for over 14 years. i've been working with brazilian samba for over a decade, so for me it is a way for me to keep in touch with my roots, to show my culture. i also go to brazil of course twice every year to participate in carnival in rio de janeiro. it'sjust a participate in carnival in rio de janeiro. it's just a way for me to be connected to my roots and also to

show my beautiful culture to where i chose to be my home, london. imore chose to be my home, london. we're seeini chose to be my home, london. we're seeing pictures _ chose to be my home, london. we're seeing pictures of— chose to be my home, london. we're seeing pictures of you _ chose to be my home, london. we're seeing pictures of you performing at the moment. how important is it for you to perform at something that so world famous as the notting hill carnival? it’s world famous as the notting hill carnival? �* , ., ~ , world famous as the notting hill carnival? �*, ., ~ , i. , carnival? it's wonderful. as you sit in the beginning, _ carnival? it's wonderful. as you sit in the beginning, notting - carnival? it's wonderful. as you sit in the beginning, notting hill- in the beginning, notting hill carnival is a caribbean carnival, their account up north to open for us brazilians magma so it's very important for me because it's who i am, it's where i come from and a good way to feel welcome in a country that's not mine but i chose to be my home. it's very, very important for me.— to be my home. it's very, very important for me. we're seeing some ofthe important for me. we're seeing some of the students _ important for me. we're seeing some of the students at _ important for me. we're seeing some of the students at your _ important for me. we're seeing some of the students at your dance - of the students at your dance school, how many are going to be taking part in the parade today? we have taking part in the parade today? - have 71 dancers and drummers. so

we're going to be showing brazilian culture through the streets of notting hill. and it's good to say that this is our community, our community is formed by different people from different backgrounds and it's where everyone comes together for the love of samba, the lover brazilian culture and carnival, so it's important to have a safe space to be social and meet people, so that's what is also important in a school of samba, it is the community and social aspect. i am useless at dancing, wouldn't even think about it, but if i came to your samba dance class, would you try and get a little bit of movement into me? {iii try and get a little bit of movement into me? . ., , try and get a little bit of movement into me? _, , ., ., try and get a little bit of movement into me? , ., ., , into me? of course! you can also try the drumming _ into me? of course! you can also try the drumming parts _ into me? of course! you can also try the drumming parts but _ into me? of course! you can also try the drumming parts but the - into me? of course! you can also try the drumming parts but the dance i into me? of course! you can also try the drumming parts but the dance isj the drumming parts but the dance is notjust the drumming parts but the dance is not just about to being a

professional dancer, the idea is to enjoy yourself, to celebrate who you are and celebrate your body through dance, through brazilian dance and drumming. so it's notjust only for the people who are the people who can dance, it's about the happiness and the joy that it brings to you and the joy that it brings to you and your life. i and the joy that it brings to you and your life.— and your life. i think i might be able to have _ and your life. i think i might be able to have a _ and your life. i think i might be able to have a go _ and your life. i think i might be able to have a go at _ and your life. i think i might be able to have a go at the - and your life. i think i might be i able to have a go at the drumming although my rhythm is also dire. i'm not so sure i would be good at that. do you have all surveyed strangers? is a lot of people from different cultures who are across london themselves?— cultures who are across london themselves? , ., , ., , ., themselves? yes, i have people from all over the — themselves? yes, i have people from all over the world _ themselves? yes, i have people from all over the world and _ themselves? yes, i have people from all over the world and i _ themselves? yes, i have people from all over the world and i have - themselves? yes, i have people from all over the world and i have people l all over the world and i have people coming from germany, from canada, from america, to provide with us. i have alsojust different from america, to provide with us. i have also just different and backgrounds. i am a scientist myself but i have lawyers, i have people

who work in restaurants and doctors, also the sorts of people meet up to enjoy carnival. brute also the sorts of people meet up to enjoy carnival-— also the sorts of people meet up to enjoy carnival. we hope you have an amazin: enjoy carnival. we hope you have an amazing day — enjoy carnival. we hope you have an amazing day at _ enjoy carnival. we hope you have an amazing day at the _ enjoy carnival. we hope you have an amazing day at the carnival - enjoy carnival. we hope you have an amazing day at the carnival today i amazing day at the carnival today and thank you forjoining us on bbc news. as i mentioned, notting hill carnival is on that day two today, the picnic day is tomorrow and bbc news will be bringing you the action straight to you if you can't get there from 11am tomorrow through to 4pm. we will be streaming it live so you won't miss a single upbeat. that is tomorrow, here on bbc news. i'm looking forward to it. i'll try and move my booty a little bit! a composer whose work featured at the start of the london 2012 paralympics has been appointed as master of the king's music. errollyn wallen is one of the world's most—performed living composers. her pieces marked the golden

and diamond jubilees of king charles' mother, queen elizabeth ii. here's a little taste of her work. # you would have killed for # but how things change #0h # yet stay the same...#. and i'm really pleased to be able to say that errollyn wallenjoins me now. congratulations. thank you very much. congratulations. thank you very much- it's _ congratulations. thank you very much- it's a _ congratulations. thank you very much. it's a real— congratulations. thank you very much. it's a realthrill_ congratulations. thank you very much. it's a real thrill and i congratulations. thank you very much. it's a real thrill and an i much. it's a real thrill and an honour. much. it's a realthrill and an honour. ., _, much. it's a realthrill and an honour. ., ., i] much. it's a realthrill and an honour. ., ., [m honour. how did it come about? i was contacted by — honour. how did it come about? i was contacted by one _ honour. how did it come about? i was contacted by one of— honour. how did it come about? i was contacted by one of the _ honour. how did it come about? i was contacted by one of the king's - contacted by one of the king's private secretaries and she

explained that i'd been nominated and said that the king was asking if i would accept the role of master of the king's music, which is actually the king's music, which is actually the first musical appointment of his reign. it didn't take me longer to say yes. i reign. it didn't take me longer to sa es. ., , ., , say yes. i can imagine, you must have been _ say yes. i can imagine, you must have been quite _ say yes. i can imagine, you must have been quite a _ say yes. i can imagine, you must have been quite a surprise. i say yes. i can imagine, you mustj have been quite a surprise. what say yes. i can imagine, you must. have been quite a surprise. what is the role entailed? it have been quite a surprise. what is the role entailed?— the role entailed? it involves writin: the role entailed? it involves writing for— the role entailed? it involves writing for state _ the role entailed? it involves writing for state occasions i the role entailed? it involves| writing for state occasions but apart from that is, it doesn't have any specific roles and it's for each master to shape things as they see fit. and why i feel so fortunate is because the king is deeply musical and cares passionately about music for everyone, so i feel as if i can champion music—making for everyone. the king, we know, just love music. you so you can look at the direction you take when you come to compose a

piece. itjust take me through how you compose something, as you did for that music for the paralympics? it's quite a daunting task when you've got to write music that, in that case, reached about a billion people around the world. you have to think about the tone of the music, how can you write music that will speak profoundly and authentically? that took some time. but in the end end, you write something that you feel is truthful and i love setting word so much, so in the case of the paralympics, it was a celebration of london and the atmosphere just praising the tremendous athletes. so after i got started, that's a thing, you start writing music and you have few ideas and issue work more on it, these ideas take hold. i must stress that, being a composer, my role is to serve. it's not so much about me

and my career, it's about what music can do to bring us all to do is to get which is the first piece of music you're going to compose the i don't know about that yet, the king and iii get yet have an audience. composing isjust part and iii get yet have an audience. composing is just part of it, and iii get yet have an audience. composing isjust part of it, i think i want to survey the landscape generally in the united kingdom and the commonwealth and i can. edwin wallin, congratulations _ the commonwealth and i can. edwin wallin, congratulations again - the commonwealth and i can. edwin wallin, congratulations again and we wish you the best of luck in your role for king charles, thank you for joining us here on bbc news, i look forward to hearing the first composition. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, it's another rather breezy day for this time of year, but not as windy as it was at the end of last week. there's yet more wet weather to come in the forecast too. most of that is out towards the north and the west because further south and east it should stay largely dry. but we've already seen the best of the sunshine this morning, such

as here in northamptonshire, a rather chilly start to the day for this time of year, to many of our temperatures back into single figures. but here comes the rain. it's slowly pushing eastwards across much of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, particularly heavy for south west scotland, northwest england, where the ground is already saturated. few patches of rain across wales and for southwest england. it's windy for the time of year, especially for these irish sea coasts, but largely dry across southeast england, central southern england and east anglia, just turning cloudier through the afternoon and temperatures still below the seasonal average. now, overnight tonight, the bulk of that rain clears. a few showers for northern england, southern scotland and maybe 1 or 2 scattered showers too for the far south east of england, but lots of clear skies and it's a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was earlier on this morning. now, tomorrow, bank holiday, of course, for many of us. high pressure builds in from the south, so it is looking mostly dry. any early showers across the far south and east of england

and across northern england should gradually clear. there'll be a lot of sunny spells around, largely dry, not as windy as it is today and so temperatures will be that little bit higher. in fact, we'll see back to the seasonal average. high teens, low 20s could get a 23 or 24 celsius of the sunshine across parts of southeast england. but here comes another weather front. that's going to be sinking southwards and eastwards as we head through tuesday. but towards the south and the east, we've got a southerly wind just pushing some warmer—feeling air our way. some uncertainty still on the timing and position of this weather front towards the north and the west. a scattering of showers, also some sunny spells. heavy rain under the front, but for much of england and possibly for eastern areas of wales, it remains dry. there'll be some sunshine and it will be feeling warmer again. temperatures here in the mid—20s. and the peak of the heat

in the southeast is likely to be on wednesday 27 but further north and west it's cooler with outbreaks of rain by.

live from london. this is bbc news israel launches a wave of airstrikes against hezbollah in lebanon, saying it was preempting plans for a large—scale attack. hundreds of rockets have been fired into israel. the israeli military released this footage of what it says is strikes on hezbollah rocket launchers in southern lebanon.

100 fighterjets took part in the operation. in other news. german police say a syrian man has confessed to carrying out a mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen. french media are reporting that pavel durov — the russian founder of the telegram messaging service — has been arrested after his private jet landed in paris. and coming up — the 8 day trip to space, that's turned into 8 months... hello, welcome to bbc news. we start with a major development in the middle east. there's been an intense exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah militants. israel launched a wave of airstrikes against hezbollah positions in lebanon, saying it was pre—empting plans for a large—scale attack. israel's prime minister has promised to do everything

to protect the country. hezbollah said it fired hundreds of rockets towards israel