anti—terrorist prosecutors have taken over the investigation into friday's mass stabbing in the town of solingen in western germany. a suspect who turned himself in is said to have confessed to carrying out the attack. the authorities say the 26 year—old syrian is suspected of being a member of the islamic state group. the russian founder of the telegram messaging service, pavel durov, is expected to appear in court later on sunday. french media is reporting that the billionaire was arrested on saturday at an airport on the outskirts of paris. very good afternoon, if you have justjoined us, it'sjust passed 12:30pm. we are going to get more on our top story now. there's been an intense exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah militants.

these are live pictures from the israel—lebanon border. 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. we are expecting the leader of hezbollah to give a statement later in the day. our middle east editor sebastian usher gave me his analysis of today's events. i think we don't really know the significance yet because it's really what happens next, again, which really matters. i mean, it's certainly another escalation. there's no doubt about that. it's pretty much the largest exchange of fire, i think, between the two sides in terms of rockets fired. there are two narratives at play. essentially israel... i think we were expecting israel to do something this weekend. actually, the signs coming from the idf and the government over the last couple of days were that a strike by hezbollah was going to happen very, very shortly. and so from the israeli perspective, this is, we've been hearing,

is a pre—emptive strike, they say, but they have essentially stopped that, thwarted that. hezbollah denying that, saying that the strike that it did carry out, firing more than 300 rockets is what it intended. but again, importantly, as you said in your introduction, a first phase of its response to the killing of fouad shuka, its top military commander in beirut several weeks ago. now, we've been waiting for this for some time. i think in the region, people looking at this now might think, well, this is not as bad as might have been expected in terms of what hezbollah has done. is that because of what israel did in terms of a pre—emptive strike, it said, and therefore hezbollah will still try to manage a much bigger strike. we also don't know yet what targets hezbollah might have hit inside israel. what we do know is that civilians haven't been killed in israel, and three people have been killed in lebanon. that doesn't take us anywhere beyond the red lines in terms of civilian casualties that we've had throughout these months of confrontation between israel and hezbollah. so, as you say, we wait to see

what each side does next. how concerned will the international community be about this development, particularly in the context of those ceasefire talks that are going on in relation to gaza? well, there's already been, as you would imagine, expressions of concern coming from various countries, from the un. i mean, that's to be expected. again, i think there might be some slight relief. one might say that this is all that's happened so far. the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is due to give a speech in several hours. in general, what he's done during this whole confrontation is to outline what his strategy is, rather than actually saying precisely what's going to happen. i'm sure he will say that hezbollah is still intent on carrying out a much bigger attack. what we haven't had, which was a fear originally, was there might be a two pronged attack from iran and from hezbollah at the same time. now, iran has threatened revenge and has continued to do so for the killing of the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh, in tehran several weeks ago. that 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 expecting. and in the context of all of this, the gaza talks continue, they're happening in cairo at the moment. hamas sent a delegation. at the moment it says that it's just observing. it's not participating. it was very much talked up by the us a week or so ago. those hopes have diminished. there are still big obstacles, one of them being this major crossing near the southern border of gaza, which israel, netanyahu says he still wants israeli troops to have some control there. hamas has completely rejected that. that's seen as a big obstacle at the moment. i would say that there's likely to be other obstacles to, the sense still is, i think that mr netanyahu and the hamas leadership, yahya sinwar, are not prepared for the deal right at this moment. but we shall see. it is our middle east analysts. just

getting news on the israeli military, i'llshow getting news on the israeli military, i'll show you the live pictures again from the israel lebanon border. they're saying some of the restrictions that were issued after news of his brother word—mac's planned attack in parts of the country have been lifted. the idf says that some restrictions remain in place and communities along the lebanon border, which is where we can see these pictures, and also in the golan heights. you remember that a state of emergency was originally declared for 48 hours as a precaution. you can get more details on that and indeed the rest of the reaction to this escalation in the middle east on our live page. you need to do is scan the qr code that you can see on the right—hand side of your screen at the moment, and of course, any further developments we will bring you on

bbc news. 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 journalist were wounded when their hotel was hit in a russian strike. one is still missing in the rubble. our correspondent nick beake in kyiv and has this update. we have this statement now from the reuters news agency, and they say that six of their colleagues were staying in a hotel. as you say, in the east of the country, in the city of kramatorsk, when their hotel was hit last night in what they describe as an apparent missile strike, they say that two of their colleagues were taken to hospital, but a third member of the team is unaccounted for, and that reuters are urgently trying to find more information. the news agency also released some footage which showed the aftermath of what happened.

and a very large part of this hotel has been completely flattened. there was other video taken by other people that's been released and that shows the same sort of scene. it was clearly a very powerful missile strike. the governor of the donetsk region where this took place, has also been talking about similar sort of things, giving similar details. so reuters confirming that this has affected a six man team, 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 governor of the border region of belgorod says that five people were killed by ukrainian shelling overnight. yes, this is the latest we've had from the overnight fighting. you've got that from the russian authorities in that border region on the russian side. at the same time, the ukrainians are talking about more than 20 casualties in at least four different regions of this country,

of ukraine, with people being injured, including children. so this is an indication of the fighting that continues. and of course, that's slightly separate from the big things we've seen over the past couple of weeks. and that's been the ukrainian forces that actually went into part of russia in the surprise incursion. and of course, what's happening in the east of the country, this war of attrition that continues with russia, it seems making gains there, albeit at quite a slow pace. 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. our political correspondent leila nathoo told me what we can expect from the pm. well, it's a bit of a downbeat

message i think we're going to expect from keir starmer on tuesday. i mean, we've become quite used to this narrative that's come out of the government since they took charge after the election, that they've found that things have been far worse than they expected. they had done a lot of preparing the ground ahead of the election to say, "look, if we do take charge, we will have the worst inheritance "since the second world war." and now you've got keir starmer sort of reinforcing that idea that there are going to be unpopular decisions that he won't shy away from. he's going to say if that means fixing the foundations, in labour's words, for the long term. but i think this idea of �*things are only going to get worse�* is a bit of a far cry from the promise of a sunlight of hope that we heard from keir starmer when he took charge. have a listen to the senior cabinet minister, pat mcfadden, a little earlier. 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 that pretend there's a magic wand that can solve everything overnight. he's taken a very different approach. he's levelling with the people. he's saying we will get there, but it will take time. labour, of course, elected on the promise of change. so very much the idea that, look, people hungry for change will have to wait a bit longer. the conservatives, for their part, sort of defending their record, saying that in fact, labour have inherited an economy in far better health than they are admitting. accusing them of fabricating a financial black hole and sort of preparing the ground for tax rises. now, there has been a lot of discussion about what rachel reeves, the chancellor, is going to do in her budget, which we expect at the end of october. she has already made one of what she calls a �*difficult choice�* to end the universal winter fuel payments. now it�*s going to be means tested, this being attacked alongside public sector pay deals by the conservative party. so there�*s going to be a lot

of debate, i think, in the weeks to come over the state of the public finances and rachel reeves�* upcoming decisions. but certainly on tuesday, we expect from keir starmer a pretty negative message on the state of things. what is our political correspondent. now what age should a child get a mobile phone? well ee — one of the country�*s biggest mobile and broadband provider — says it should be 11. it�*s become the first major telecoms company to issue the guidance instead suggesting younger children should only be given phones capable of sending texts and making calls — so called dumb phones. one recent survey by uk regulator ofcom suggested nearly a quarter of 5—7 year olds now own a smartphone. let�*s get more from dan whitworth from bbc�*s moneybox programme. what exactly has ee been saying? any introduction that you talk about

the main headlining grabbing point they are raising, that is up to ii—year—olds shouldn�*t be having a smartphone. you and i might remember just those mobile phones capable of tax of phone calls so they can keep in touch with parents or carers. some other bits of guidance from ee, saying children up to 13 if they are introduced to smartphones should be strictly controlled by parents, using parental controls, possibly linked to family devices. a real source of conversation between parents and carers and children. thirdly and finally, when it comes to the 15, 16 years old, press controls but slightly less strict, and really encouraging those conversations. as you say, the main headline grabbing attention point from ee, up to 11, no smartphones, only dome of brick fronts capable of calls and text only. this

only dome of brick fronts capable of calls and text only.— calls and text only. this is the oint calls and text only. this is the point they're _ calls and text only. this is the point they're making, - calls and text only. this is the - point they're making, smartphones point they�*re making, smartphones have internet access and access to all those apps that parents can�*t control. how common are smartphones for younger children? and they�*re really five rods that have a smartphone with internet access? ., , , ., ., , have a smartphone with internet access? , ., ., , access? five to seven-year-olds, as ou access? five to seven-year-olds, as you mention — access? five to seven-year-olds, as you mention in _ access? five to seven-year-olds, as you mention in introductions. - access? five to seven-year-olds, as| you mention in introductions. ofcom, say they regulate look into these issues through surveys. they published a survey in april where that statistic came from. this isn�*t parents going into shock when buying a brand—new one, it�*s probably the parents upgrade their phone, and hand their old ones to the children. another statistic for you, we were talking about parents and carers concerned about it. the unfettered access to the online world, specifically social media, because there is a question about how a company like ee with millions of

customers can actually make an impact on this. for example, tiktok, snapchat, instagram, twitter. all these social media companies coming injoin until13 these social media companies coming injoin until 13 years old, but these social media companies coming in join until 13 years old, but the age verification process, they ask all of you and you tell it. it shows how a telecom company, even as big as ee, what difference can they make here? isn�*t this just a pr stunt — "mobile phone company says don�*t buy smartphones"? i�*m sure there are cynics and critics out there who�*d agree with you. i think fundamentally, though, there is a serious point here. ee is finally, some would say, getting onto this. i think the question of if this is closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. is it too little too late? there�*s also another question ee has the answer. why is it 11—year—olds should be getting smartphones, why not teenagers? why is that number set?

students will soon be going back to school, and a lot of people, especially among the parents i know, is at 11 years old, that is where conversations come up with children about whether or not they get a smartphone. one thought to you, there is a leading online safety charity called internet matters, and i�*ve got a quote here for you. this statement by e is timely and needed, and it�*s up to parents and carers about whether this moves fast enough. about whether this moves fast enou . h. . ~ about whether this moves fast enou:h. ., ~ i. about whether this moves fast enou:h. ., ~' , about whether this moves fast enou:h. . ~ ,, , . about whether this moves fast enou:h. . , . enough. thank you very much, dan, from bbc radio's _ enough. thank you very much, dan, from bbc radio's mini _ enough. thank you very much, dan, from bbc radio's mini box. - the notting hill carnival is a celebration of diversity and community — but for many living nearby, it�*s also a chance to remember those who are no longer with us. at many points along the west london parade route, grenfell tower is clearly visible — and at every carnival since 2017,

the music has been briefly paused to remember those who died. the final report of the public inquiry is due to be published soon — a significant milestone for the families of the 72 victims. our reporter ayshea buksh has been speaking to one of them. where the heart is, to the right—hand side, to where we�*re standing, that was ray�*s apartment. and we used to look out the window and, oh, the sights were just amazing. bernie�*s older brother ray, whose nickname was moses, lived on the top floor of grenfell tower with his dog marley. it was his home for over 30 years. he was such a kind person. you know, ray would share his last with anybody, and he didn�*t have very much himself. he was just lovely, very kind, gracious and a lovely human being to other human beings.

on the night of the fire, ray — who struggled with walking and had severe arthritis — was in his one—bedroom flat on the 23rd floor, and he sheltered a number of different neighbours. during the public enquiry, ray was hailed as a hero, a modern—day moses. everybody knew who moses was. he was a counsellor, he was a good friend, he was a great neighbour. and that was a testament to him on the night of the fire. people who were in his apartment at the time of their demise, and he looked after them. he was a great person. raymond bernard came to london from trinidad in the late �*60s. he worked as an electrician in the houses of parliament. he was a dj with a sound system and always loved the notting hill carnival. bernie now has a memorial bench in honour of her brother on powis square, in notting hill.

i think it allowed him to reconnect with his roots. to reconnect with the, you know, being born in trinidad and listening to soca music and coming to the uk and understanding more of the reggae music. and even if moses was here with us now, he would be round by the sound systems, listening to the music, chatting with his friends. he would be enjoying it the same way everybody else enjoys carnival. music was ray�*s — moses�*s — life and carnival, as jackie said previously, was his connection to his roots and to the forefathers that went before him with regards to carnival and what it actually represents. in just a few weeks, the long—awaited final report of the public inquiry will be published and it will outline who is accountable

for what led to the fire. there will also be recommendations to ensure that this tragedy never happens again. no—one would have thought that, seven years on, we'd just be finishing phase two of the report. and no—one thought that it would take this long. but we know it's going to take even longer. during this year�*s notting hill carnival, and every year since the fire, the sound systems are briefly turned down for a 72—second silence — one for each person who died in the grenfell tower fire. the 72—second silence is important because it�*s not only showing respect to the victims and their families, it�*s a way of remembering what actually happened at grenfell and the impact it has had on the bereaved, the survivors and the

community as a whole. it's to remind the carnival—goers, don't forget about what happened seven years ago and always keep those victims in your thoughts and in your minds and in your hearts. six months ago, a hospital in somerset became the first in the country to offer a new weight loss treatment on the nhs. it involves swallowing a capsule containing a balloon — making patients feel fuller for longer. one of the first people to try it was dave pulford — and our reporter ross pollard has been finding out how he�*s been getting on. so i�*ve managed to lose about five stone orjust over five stone since july last year. and from the balloon, i think that was about three and a half to four stone. what a few months it�*s been for dave.

back in february, he swallowed a balloon into his stomach. it made him feel fuller when eating, but this hasn�*t been a quick fix for him. he�*s had to dramatically change what and how he eats. the balloon was part of a tool that helped me educate myself on how to eat smaller portions, how to eat properly so more protein, how to slow things down when i�*m eating so that you get the trigger that you�*re full. i think with anybody, you know what you need to do. but ijust needed something that was going to help me, something that was going to guide me. and i think that�*s what the balloon did. i mean, he's done amazingly, really. 30 kilos. not just with the help of the balloon. he was losing a little bit of weight beforehand, and he's continued to lose weight in the last couple of months since the balloon has dissolved. so he's done fantastically in getting himself fit for surgery. this initial weight loss was to prepare him for his gastric

bypass surgery, where he�*ll lose even more weight. he�*s the first of many. we�*ve got a list of patients to have this balloon. they wouldn�*t have ever even been able to have surgery. and now that they can, it�*s just really rewarding. just absolutely, hugely proud of him. this is way out of his comfort zone. just so proud and really glad that he's made that step. you know, we've been so worried about him. you know, me and my sister, you know he's our baby brother. you know, we want him here longer. and we've been really, really worried about him. but i think this was the right time. i don't think he was ever really ready before, but i think this was the right time for him. they�*ve given me the opportunity. they�*ve given me the education. it�*s down to me to make it work. 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�*s mother, queen elizabeth the second. 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 long 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 words 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 the 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 that 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. 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. i congratulate her once again. now it�*s time for a look at the weather today it�*s a little drier and bright are where we are bearing the brunt of rain. the shield of cloud has been moving its way from the atlantic, bringing heavy rain through a good part of scotland. this rain perhaps easing off the bits from northern ireland. drizzly

bits from northern ireland. drizzly bits and pieces from north wales. further south and east, a little bit more tension. quite windy outside, gusts of up to 40 mass per hour across parts of north wales and northern england. temperature is just a bit higher than they were yesterday. 14—28 . this evening and tonight, some showers across the counties of england, and the remains of this when a friend across northern ireland, south—west scotland and northern england. on the whole, not as chilly as it was last night, although in the north—east of scotland it will get quite cold. aberdeen all the way down to six celsius. we head onto tomorrow, a bank holiday for most of us. still the remains of this with a friend here, bringing a zone of cloud and bits and pieces of showery rain. those showers tending to edge northwards through the day. scotland still sees some cloud and rain. further south, largely dry with some spells of sunshine. on the whole,

drier day than we have been used to as of late. a slightly warmer one as well. as we had to many nights and into tuesday, another frontal system. bring wet and rather windy weather across northern part of the uk. ahead of the weather fronts, weather across northern part of the uk. ahead of the weatherfronts, we are going to start to tap into something a little bit warmer. across many central and eastern parts of england on tuesday, we should see spells of sunshine and warmth, but for western england, wales, part of northern ireland and scotland, are mix of rain. even here, such as higher than they have been of late. 25, maybe 26 degrees in east anglia. warmer still for middle part of the week, always some outbreaks of rain further north.

good afternoon. israel has launched air strikes across lebanon, and the militia group hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and drone at israel, in a further escalation of the conflict in the middle east.

israel said it launched more than 200 strikes on dozens of sites in lebanon, in what it called a "pre—emptive strike". hezbollah — which is backed by iran — fired more than 300 missiles in retaliation for the assassination of one of its top commanders in lebanon last month. jon donnison has the latest from jerusalem. 4:30 in the morning, and israel�*s biggest attack on hezbollah telegram founder pavel durov is expected in a french court today after being arrested on saturday when 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. these are the latest pictures coming from northern israel.