and marcel had been fired at drones and marcel had been fired at israel in retaliation _ drones and marcel had been fired at israel in retaliation for— drones and marcel had been fired at israel in retaliation for the - israel in retaliation for the killing wants commanders 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. three people were killed and eight three people were killed and eight others wounded during the attack. others wounded during the attack. anti—terrorist prosecutors have anti—terrorist prosecutors have taken over the investigation. taken over the investigation. french media report that french media report that pavel durov, the russian founder pavel durov, the russian founder of the telegram messaging service, of the telegram messaging service, has been arrested after his private has been arrested after his private jet landed in paris. jet landed in paris. you can get more on all of the you can get more on all of the stories on the bbc website and app. stories on the bbc website and app. hello. hello. it's just it's just it'sjust going it'sjust going it's just going 10:30am this sunday it's just going 10:30am this sunday morning. return to our top story, morning. return to our top story, the tensions in the middle east. the tensions in the middle east. the israeli military says it has the israeli military says it has launched a wave of pre—emptive launched a wave of pre—emptive strikes against hezbollah targets strikes against hezbollah targets across lebanon to thwart across lebanon to thwart

a large—scale attack. a large—scale attack. it said more than 200 sites had been hit and thousands of rocket launchers destroyed. these are live pictures from the israel/lebanon border. hezbollah said it had still fired more than 300 missiles towards israel in what it described as its first phase of response to the assassination of a commander last month. lieutenant colonel nadav shoshani is an idf spokesperson and told me why they had carried out the strikes.

we've hit thousands of rocket launcher barrels and we've thwarted hundreds of rockets and uavs in the air on their way to israeli communities in northern and central israel. with me now is our middle east editor sebastian usher. in your view, how significant is what has happened today? i in your view, how significant is what has happened today? i think we don't really know— what has happened today? i think we don't really know the _ what has happened today? i think we don't really know the significance - don't really know the significance yet because it is what happens next that really matters. it is certainly another escalation and largest exchange of fire between the two sides in terms of rockets fired. that two narratives at play, israel, i think we're expecting israel to do something this weekend, the signs coming from the idf and the

government in the last couple of days were that a strike by hezbollah was going to happen very, very shortly. so, from the israeli perspective, we've been hearing this was a pre—emptive strike and that they have essentially thwarted that. hezbollah are denying that single strike that they did carry out, firing more than 300 rockets, is what they intended. but this was the first phase of its response for the killing of the top military commander in beirut several weeks ago. we've been waiting for this for several weeks now. for people in the region, people may think this is not as bad as might been expected in terms of what hezbollah might have done, this because of what israel did did you? we also don't know what targets hezbollah might a batter inside israel but we do know that civilians have been killed in israel

and three people have been killed in lebanon. this does not take us beyond the red lines in terms of civilian casualties were fine for several months now. we civilian casualties were fine for several months now.— civilian casualties were fine for several months now. we wait to see what each side _ several months now. we wait to see what each side tells. _ several months now. we wait to see what each side tells. how— several months now. we wait to see what each side tells. how concerns l what each side tells. how concerns will the international community he will the international community be about this development, particularly in the context of those ceasefire talks that are going on in relation to gaza? �* , ., ., , talks that are going on in relation to gaza? �*, . ., , , to gaza? there's already been exwessions — to gaza? there's already been expressions of _ to gaza? there's already been expressions of concern - to gaza? there's already been expressions of concern from i to gaza? there's already been - expressions of concern from several countries and the un. there may be some slight relief and one might say that this is also the site has happened so far. they hezbollah it leader is due to give a speech in the next few hours. what you are done through this whole confrontation is to allow much your strategy is rather than to say precisely what will happen. he will probably say that hezbollah are intent on carrying out a bigger attack. what we have not had which was the original fear that there

might be a two pronged attack from iran and hezbollah at the same time. iran and hezbollah at the same time. iran has threatened vengeance for the killing of the political leader in tehran several weeks ago, which camejust hours after the in tehran several weeks ago, which came just hours after the killing of the hezbollah military commander in beirut. that hasn't happened. there is a sense that iran has somewhat backed off from that but still expected. in the context of all of this, the gaza talks continue. the delegation says it's just observing and not participating. it was talked up and not participating. it was talked up by and not participating. it was talked up by the us a week or so ago, those hopes have diminished. there are still big obstacles, one of them this major crossing of the southern border of gaza which netanyahu says he still wants israeli troops have some control there, hamas have rejected that. it is a big break all square at the moment. i would say there are likely to be other obstacles too. the senses that they

netanyahu and hamas leadership, yahya sinwar, not ready for a deal at this moment but hope remains. thank you. the reuters news agency says one of its team covering the war in ukraine is missing after a strike on an hotel in the east of the country. it happened in the eastern city of kramatorsk. ukrainian authorities say three journalists were wounded when their hotel was hit in a russian strike. one is still missing in the rubble. let's get more with our correspondent nick beake in kyiv. what to do we know about this incident? we what to do we know about this incident? ~ . , , ., ., incident? we have this statement now from the reuters _ incident? we have this statement now from the reuters news _ incident? we have this statement now from the reuters news agency - incident? we have this statement now from the reuters news agency saying | from the reuters news agency saying that six of their colleagues were staying in a hotel in the east of the country, in the city of kramatorsk, when it carrying out hotel was accurate last night in what they describe as an apparent missile strike. they say that two

their colleagues were taken to hospital but a third member of the team is unaccounted for and reuters are urgently trying to find more information. news agency also released some footage showing the aftermath of what happened. a very large part of this hotel has been completely flattened to. there was other video taken by other people that has been released and such is the same sort of scene, it was clearly a very powerful strike. the governor of that an extra reason that where this took place has also been talking about other details. writers confirming that this has affected a six person team in this part of the east of ukraine and that they're supporting the families of those affected at the moment while they try and get more information. meanwhile, the russian government of the boards region of belgorod says five people were killed by ukrainian shelling of belgorod says five people were killed by ukrainian shilling overnight.—

people were killed by ukrainian shilling overnight. yes, this is the latest we have _ shilling overnight. yes, this is the latest we have had _ shilling overnight. yes, this is the latest we have had from - shilling overnight. yes, this is the latest we have had from the - latest we have had from the overnight fighting. you have that from the russian side. at the same time, ukraine is a talking about more than 20 casualties in four different regions of ukraine with people being injured, including children. this is an indication of the fighting that continues. that's slightly separate from the big things we've seen of the last couple of weeks, the ukrainian forces that went into part of russia in the surprising him and what's happening in the east of the country, this war of attrition that continues with russia making gains but at quite a slow pace. russia making gains but at quite a slow ace. . ~ 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 is circular likely to say? it's a downbeat _ what is circular likely to say? it�*s a downbeat message we expect from a search here on tuesday. we have come used to this narrative from the government that they have found things have been far worse than they expected. tunnel to preparing the grounds ahead of the election to say that if we do take charge, we will have the worst inheritance and some second world war and now you have kier starmer reinforcing that idea that there are going to be unpopular decision that he won't shy away from. is a set that means fixing the foundations, in labour's words, in the long term. but things are only going to get worse is far from the promise of sunlight of hope that we got from kier starmer when he first

took charge. this is pat mcfadden. 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 the people, he's saying we will get there but it'll take time. labour elected on the promise of change, so very much the idea that people hungry for change will have to wait a bit longer. the conservatives are defending their record saying that labour have inherited an economy and better health than they are admitting, accusing them of fabricating a financial black hole and preparing the ground for tax rises. this been a lot of discussion about what rachel reeves is going to do in her budget at the end of october, she

asserted made one of what she calls asserted made one of what she calls a difficult choice to end the universal winter fuel payments, now they are going to be interested. this is being attacked alongside pay deals by the conservative party. there will be a lot of debates in the weeks to come over with the state of the public finances and rachel reeves' upcoming decisions. on tuesday, we expect from kier starmer are pretty negative message on the state of things.— ursula von der leyen, the european commission's first—everfemale president, is meeting resistance from eu governments in her request to create a gender—balanced executive team, known as the college of commissioners. despite asking each country to nominate both a man and a woman to the 26—person team, 16 men and just five women have been put forward for the role so far. to discuss the implications of this struggle, i'mjoined by jacob kirkegaard, senior fellow at the german marshall fund's brussels office.

thank you forjoining us on bbc news. just explain that what this 26—person body is. this news. just explain that what this 26-person body is.— 26-person body is. this is the commission. _ 26-person body is. this is the commission. these _ 26-person body is. this is the commission. these are, - 26-person body is. this is the - commission. these are, according to the eu treaty, each member state has one commissioner and they are led by the president ursula von der leyen, but then their portfolio, and this is the key political issue, their portfolios are going to be distributed by the president von der leyen, i confirm nominator by the european parliament. what is really going on here is that the last time, in 2019, when we had the first female president of the commission, she made some political gains for brussels by requesting member states to nominate about a man and a woman.

this time around, member states are fighting back, didn't like the commission telling them what to do and the eu treaty is quite clear, this is a member state prerogative, they decide who they nominate as commissioner, so we will see what happens. this is certainly a classic power struggle between member states and brussels aah? power struggle between member states and brusse , ., ~' power struggle between member states and brusse , ., ~ and brussels why do you think so many other— and brussels why do you think so many other states _ and brussels why do you think so many other states are _ and brussels why do you think so many other states are not - and brussels why do you think so many other states are not doing | and brussels why do you think so - many other states are not doing what ursula von der leyen has asked them to do? i ursula von der leyen has asked them to do? ., �* ~' , ursula von der leyen has asked them to do? ., �* ~ , ., to do? i don't think they are deliberately _ to do? i don't think they are deliberately trying _ to do? i don't think they are deliberately trying to - to do? i don't think they are deliberately trying to slide l to do? i don't think they are l deliberately trying to slide her to do? i don't think they are - deliberately trying to slide her but i think it's slim probably a matter of domestic politics and the fact that it seems like most of the senior commissioners that have been re—nominated, they happen to be men. this wasn't a guarantee but this is just how it turns out. this isn't a deliberate thing, it is just that for each member states, they have their own domestic politics. so may have some political gain by standing

up have some political gain by standing up to brussels, as you might put it. but it's not a deliberate attempt to put as many men to brussels as possible, it'sjust put as many men to brussels as possible, it's just a put as many men to brussels as possible, it'sjust a coincidence, i would argue, that politically, there is no—one in the member state capitals that have any interest in spilling any capital in rectifying. so this is the situation we find ourselves in.— so this is the situation we find ourselves in. how important you think it is for — ourselves in. how important you think it is for ursula _ ourselves in. how important you think it is for ursula von - ourselves in. how important you think it is for ursula von der- ourselves in. how important you l think it is for ursula von der leyen to get that gender balance right? i to get that gender balance right? i don't think personally it's that important to her. i think what she will have to do is to ensure that the european parliament assets this, but it becomes a power struggle between the european parliament and member states. between the european parliament and memberstates. i between the european parliament and member states. i think what ursula von der leyen can do is take the women that have been nominated and give them the heavier orjuiciest portfolios so that the public representation of the commission led

by herself will be much more gender balanced in the eyes of the european public, because a lot of the "surplus man" that have been nominated will get portfolios that are quite frankly not that important. so she has that card to play but there will be a political process playing out in the european parliament and will see how the newly elected parliamentarians address them.— newly elected parliamentarians address them. ., ~ , ., , . telegram is one of the most popular apps in the world but it has 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. our correspondent will vernon explains what we know about the owner.

this is coming from a number of french media quoted sources in french media quoted sources in french law enforcement who say that he was arrested last night at an airport near paris was dropping he writes on his private jet from azerbaijan and they are saying he was arrested on the basis of an arrest warrant that was issued is in connection with a telegram's photo monitor legal content and child sexual trafficking and fraud. this is something that telegram would certainly deny it but want to see now what they could appear in court today. french media think he could be indicted today and what the reaction will be. you mentioned that the russian foreign ministry have said that diplomats in paris are urgently working in connection with his arrest. , ., ,

urgently working in connection with his arrest. , . , . �* his arrest. over the years, haven't heard a lot — his arrest. over the years, haven't heard a lot about _ his arrest. over the years, haven't heard a lot about him _ his arrest. over the years, haven't heard a lot about him in _ his arrest. over the years, haven't heard a lot about him in public, i heard a lot about him in public, he's been quite a private person. recently did a long interview with tucker carlson in america and so has come out more in public? was not has. it was quite vocal when he was still in russia. inventions in 2014 he fell out with the authorities. according to him, the kremlin tried to take control of the company and tried to force vk, the company created, russia's version of facebook, try to force him to holland over information from pro——ukrainian protesters and the company failed to do that because he was forced to sell the company to buy company that closed links to the kremlin. vk is now almost totally under control of the russian security services. telegram itself, there are other governments who are concerned about encryption and what goes on itself on telegram 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 all| law enforcement agencies have all kinds of problems with telegram, from terrorism to drug trafficking and extremism. here in the uk, telegram was criticised by experts for hosting a far right groups that were instrumental in organising some of the summer riots, some of that violent disorder incidents we saw in several english cities earlier this month. telegram did actually move some of the groups after coming under pressure to do so, so that telegram is known for allowing a lots of content and not having as much moderation as other messaging apps, when it is it sometimes does at. today, the paralympic flame begins itsjourney to paris, as 24 british torchbearers head through the channel tunnel, handing the symbolic torch to french paralympians in calais. it was [it in stoke mandeville yesterday, the birthplace of the paralympic movement,

as our reporter matt gravelling explains. please, create the paralympic flame. the start of a global event began in the most british way possible. cheering. it's an absolute honour to be asked to come and light the paralympic flame here at the birthplace of the paralympic games, in stoke mandeville. i really believe that we stand on the shoulder of giants and all those people that have gone before, all those paralympians. the flame for the olympic games was created in olympia, in greece, the birthplace of the olympics. in october, the decision was made that for the paralympic games, the flame would be created here from paris forward — this, the buckinghamshire village stoke mandeville, and the birthplace of the movement. it was in the 1940s that german doctor ludwig guttmann began using sport to help rehabilitate patients with spinal injuries. in 1948, he held the first stoke mandeville games, with 16 injured service personnel competing in archery. the event grew and grew and in rome in 1960, 400 athletes completed

in what is considered the first paralympic games. fast forward to this summer, and a number of competitors has multiplied by ten, to over 4000. i think what we're going to see from paris, they're going to take it to another level and this is the first time there's really major coverage in the us. so we're going to have athletes now that aren'tjust going to be known in their own country, we could see the first set of truly global superstars coming from these games. this morning, the torch will leave buckinghamshire. 24 british torchbearers will then pass it through the channel tunnel where, at the halfway point, the flame will be passed over to 24 french torchbearers. once in calais, the flame will be split into 12 different torches, all starting its own relay across the country, with 1000 people covering around 50 towns. i truly believe that the power of the paralympics are to bring people together on a specific challenge, how we can

reduce this discrimination for people with disability. they are still the ones the most discriminated in our country to access to job, to access to transport, to access to sport, and that's something we should tackle. the 12 individual torches will all converge on paris this wednesday, the cauldron and will be lit and the games will begin. and we will have coverage of the opening ceremony from paris. there is no paralympics coverage on bbc radio 5 live and the bbc sport website and app. we should point out that if you pretty watch it on the television, you can for on our colleagues on channel 4, who had the tv rights here in the uk. 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...#. we were lucky enough to catch up with errollyn wallen and hear about her appointment. it's a real thrill and an honour. how did it come about? i was 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 his first musical appointment of his reign. it didn't take me longer to say yes. i can imagine, you must have been quite surprised. what does the role entail? it involves writing for state occasions but apart from that , 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 the king is deeply musical and cares passionately about music for everyone, and ifeel as if i can champion music—making for everyone. yes, the king, we know, does love music. so, you say you can look at the direction you take when you come to compose a piece. just take me through how you compose something, as you did for that music

for the paralympics? yes, 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 decide the tone of the music, how can you write music that will speak profoundly and authentically? that took some time. but in the end, you write something that you feel is truthful. and i love setting word sos 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 a few ideas and as you work more on it, these ideas take hold. i must stress that, being a composer, ifeel — certainly in this role — 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 together. so, what is the first

piece of music you're going to compose for the king? i don't know that yet, and in fact, the king and i are yet to have an audience. and in fact, the king and i are but composing is just part of it, i think i want to survey the landscape generally in the united kingdom and the commonwealth and encourage where i can. that is the new master of the king's music, i certainly look forward to herfirst competition. music, i certainly look forward to her first competition. taking you back to the live pictures from the israel/ lebanon border. circuit it's been an intense exchange of fire between israel and has militants in lebanon. israel says it hit more than 200 targets and what it calls a pre—emptive action to target a hezbollah attack. but the ring in—backed group says it has much more than 300 rockets into israel subsequently. now it's time for a look at

the weather with elizabeth rizzini. 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 too, 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 southwest 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 some scattered showers too for the far southeast 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 in the best 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, 28 degrees, but further north and west it's cooler with outbreaks of rain. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel launches a wave of air strikes against hezbollah in lebanon, saying it was pre—empting 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. pavel durov, the russian founder of the telegram messaging service, has been arrested after his private jet landed in paris. hello, i'm nicky schiller. 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 air strikes 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 in its first response to israel's assassination of a senior commander in beirut last month.