in other news... german police say a syrian man has confessed to carrying out a mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen. and the lawyer for telegram founder pavel durov describes his arrest in paris on saturday as an attack on freedom of speech. welcome to bbc news. i'm kasia madera. we are starting off with an address by hezbollah�*s leader. translation: by hezbollah's leader. tuna/mom- by hezbollah's leader.

translation: i? by hezbollah's leader. translation: ii ., translation: the 40th. .. the leader over the history _ translation: the 40th. .. the leader over the history and _ translation: the 40th. .. the leader over the history and he _ translation: the 40th. .. the leader over the history and he is _ translation: the 40th. .. the leader over the history and he is the... - translation: the 40th. .. the leader over the history and he is the... i - over the history and he is the... i can't hear. i can't hear him. that is hassan nasrallah, hezbollah's leader giving an address, giving a statement live now. we have a bit of an issue with our live translation, but we have got people listening across to this. the moment that we get some lines from it we will bring them to you. actually i am just being told that translation is now working so let's dip in. to being told that translation is now working so let's dip in.— working so let's dip in. to have eace working so let's dip in. to have peace on _ working so let's dip in. to have peace on the — working so let's dip in. to have

peace on the sons _ working so let's dip in. to have peace on the sons and - working so let's dip in. to have peace on the sons and children j working so let's dip in. to have i peace on the sons and children of all of his family. first also i need to turn your attention to the international event in the wife of his many visitors all over the world, inside and outside iraq, in this hot weather. they go from the as alien to heat israeli borders. —— from the israeli borders. this ear. . . from the israeli borders. this year- - - it _ from the israeli borders. this year--- it we _ from the israeli borders. this year... it we have _ from the israeli borders. this year... it we have been - from the israeli borders. this year... it we have been listening to hassan nasrallah there and we are just going to continue to monitor this a statement he is giving live

right now and he is speaking on the latest developments and anything significant we will bring that to you, but all of this we are monitoring very closely because it comes after israel launched those air strikes across lebanon and the militia group hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones at israel in a further escalation of conflict in the middle east. israel saying it hit more than 200 sites in lebanon in what they called pre—emptive strikes against the shia organisation which was retaliating for the assassination of one of its top commanders in lebanon last month. hezbollah says this first phase of its attack is over, it is backed by iran and the military apparatus of hezbollah is considered apparatus of hezbollah is considered a terrorist organisation by some governments, including the uk. in the last hour, israel's military has said one of its navy soldiers have been killed

and two injured in combat in northern israel today. as we monitor that address, let's bring you up—to—date with the latest events from john donis and he was reporting from jerusalem. 4:30 in the morning, and israel's biggest attack on hezbollah since the full—scale war back in 2006. its military says around 100 fighter jets hit hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre—emptive strikes. and the barrage went on and on. a short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah terrorist organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. in a self—defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking terror targets in lebanon, from which hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. for its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the border.

many were shot down by israel's missile defence system. but some got through. this house was hit in the northern coastal town of acre. translation: we didn't even get| the chance to close the closet door. there was a huge boom inside the house. the whole house was shaking. i remember, like, flashbacks of fire, smoke, that sort of thing. siren wails the iranian—backed lebanese militia group said it was the first phase of its response to the israeli assassination of a senior hezbollah commander in beirut last month. ever since the assassination of hezbollah's fouad shukr injuly, which was quickly followed by the killing of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh in iran, widely blamed on israel, there have been fierce diplomatic efforts to try and stop the war in gaza escalating into a wider regional conflict. 0n today's evidence, though, those efforts are failing. early this morning,

israel's prime minister convened his security cabinet and the question — what happens next? translation: we are determined to do everything to protect our country, - return the residents of the north safely to their homes and continue to uphold a simple rule — whoever hurts us, we hurt them. israel and hezbollah insist they don't want another war. but both say they're ready for it if it comes. like i say, we are continuing to monitor hassan nasrallah's address live at the moment we get lines from it we will bring those to you. we heard from the israeli prime minister speaking in the security cabinet, in donnison�*s report there. benjamin netanyahu also held a cabinet meeting later. he said israel had sucessfully thwarted a large—scale hezbollah attack and destroyed their rocket launchers, and stated that "this

is not the end of the story". translation: the israeli army has destroyed thousands - of short—range rockets, all of which were intended to harm our civilians and forces in the galilee. additionally, the israeli army intercepted all the drones that hezbollah launched at a strategic target in central israel. benjamin netanyahu speaking a little earlier. it is worth taking a closer look at what hezbollah is. let's take a closer look at hezbollah. it is a highly influential shia muslim political party and militant group in lebanon which controls the most powerful armed force in the country and its military wing is designated as a terrorist organisation by many nations. it was established in the early 1980s by the region's most dominant shia power, iran, to oppose israel. hezbollah is one of the most heavily—armed non—state military forces in the world, funded and equipped by iran. independent estimates say hezbollah has at least 20,000 militants in its fighting force.

hezbollah has an estimated minimum of 120,000 rockets and missiles. though most of its arsenal is made up of small, unguided surface—to—surface artillery rockets, it is also thought to have anti—aircraft missiles. since 1992, it has been led by shia cleric hassan nasrallah, who has close links with iran and its supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. the elusive leader has not appeared in public for years, puportedly for fear of being assassinated. but he regularly delivers televised speeches and remains revered and powerful. let's take you live to lebanon where the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah is speaking. actually announced its commitment and determination to respond to this aggression. in order to fix the equation which has been spilt a lot

of blood for that for decades. and now we cannot forgive at all, naturally there will be many i will talk about with transparency and clarity and i will answer a number of questions, why did the response delayed today. hour operation, which has happened today, the a0 day, because it has happened on the day which has got the same memory, the aoth which has got the same memory, the a0th memory, was delayed till today to respond. there are many factors of this delay, we were ready after

the funeral, our army already, which of the targets we were going to choose, we were ready at that time. the amount of the mobilisation from the sea and the air and the land in the sea and the air and the land in the us and in israel. speed might mean a failure so we should not hurry. again, the delay is punishment to the enemy and the actual day, financial index has gone down. this failure in the economy,

it was a good to... it is going to carry on going down. we will talk about the response of hezbollah and the response of iran, the response of yemen. we have some to a study about the access, we respond in the same day and the same time... we are watchin: same day and the same time... we are watching hassan _ same day and the same time... we are watching hassan nasrallah _ same day and the same time... we are watching hassan nasrallah there, - watching hassan nasrallah there, hezbollah's leader giving this live address. with me now is our middle east editor sebastian usher. 0ne one of the aspects which is really critical and hassan nasrallah touching upon it that is the timing of this attack. israel talking about the pre—emptive attacks, but the timing of what hezbollah was trying to do. why now, why wait so long after the killing of their top commander? he after the killing of their top commander?— after the killing of their top commander? , , ,

commander? he is basically giving the same message _ commander? he is basically giving the same message he _ commander? he is basically giving the same message he has - commander? he is basically giving the same message he has given i commander? he is basically giving the same message he has given in commander? he is basically giving - the same message he has given in two other speeches since the killing of fuad shukr in beirut last month, because there has been a lot of pressure on hezbollah to take action now and what he said each time is we will do it at our own pace, speed is not what we are about, and the delay itself is a form of our response to israel because of the effect this will have on israel in terms of its economy potentially, in terms of the way that its people are fearful, anticipating an attack of this nature. what he is having to do here now which is different is in the previous two speeches it was in anticipation of an attack, now we have had an attack which hezbollah says was a response to the killing of fuad shukr and it is not that much bigger, the level that has taken place, from what we have seen hezbollah do before during almost ten months of these near daily skirmishes with israel across the border. so he will have to sell,

during this speech, to his supporters both in lebanon and around the world the concept that what hezbollah has done today is a strong, sufficient response, at least as they are casting it as the first phase of its response to show that it first phase of its response to show thatitis first phase of its response to show that it is up to striking a blow against israel for what happened to fuad shukr back last month in beirut. that will not be the easiest thing to do. what one would anticipate perhaps if there is any video, that he has to show, of the attacks, may be drone video that has been carried out, what hezbollah did earlier was it released a kind of map of military bases in israel that it says were targeted, that was not a live map, it was essentially saying these are the military bases and these are among the places we were targeting in this attack. for what it will have to answer as well as israel, its narrative is it essentially prevented has wood from potentially carrying out a much

bigger attack. potentially carrying out a much biggerattack. —— potentially carrying out a much bigger attack. —— prevented hezbollah. it says it took out thousands of rocket launchers, so again he will have to present, and this is something he has proved himself over many years has been very adept at doing, that this was part of a plan that hezbollah has. so he obviously has to make it work for him to suggest... how does it play into it then, israel's pre—emptive attack? how does he balance it? arguably, israel was able to defend itself to a certain extent. we are hearing now that one israeli navy military member has been killed, but overall they were able to reduce the damage. yes. been killed, but overall they were able to reduce the damage. yes, i think essentially _ able to reduce the damage. yes, i think essentially playing _ able to reduce the damage. yes, i think essentially playing down - able to reduce the damage. yes, i l think essentially playing down what israel did and casting doubt on the figures that israel has given. i can't anticipate what was he will say, but even if you are looking at

the capacity that hezbollah has, if israel did take out several thousands of these rocket launchers, obviously hezbollah has many more, could be around 150,000 they could launch, and several sources have been speaking to news agencies about this, we are hearing hezbollah and israel have exchanged messages essentially saying they want to keep this still from going to all—out conflict. this was cause for concern, the fear worldwide after fuad shukr was killed and then afterwards set, that the response from them together that it would be such a magnitude that it will push this conflict that has been staying within certain lines to an extent manageable, that it would calibrate to be on those lines and then we

would be in territory and all bets would be in territory and all bets would be. what we are hearing and i think what we saw also overnight is that that has not yet shifted and the effort is still between hezbollah and israel not to post those lines beyond what has been happening. yes this was one of the major confrontations between the two since this new brand of conflict started ten months ago, but i would assume it would be a relatively nuanced sense that yes hezbollah has a response yet to come, but it is mindful of not pushing the region into a deeper conflagration. i am 'ust into a deeper conflagration. i am just getting _ into a deeper conflagration. i am just getting a _ into a deeper conflagration. i am just getting a line _ into a deeper conflagration. i am just getting a line about civilians that hassan nasrallah has just said hezbollah will not target civilians. is that something we have heard from

the organisation before? i is that something we have heard from the organisation before?— the organisation before? i mean, not a specifically — the organisation before? i mean, not a specifically quite _ the organisation before? i mean, not a specifically quite like _ the organisation before? i mean, not a specifically quite like this, - the organisation before? i mean, not a specifically quite like this, but - a specifically quite like this, but in terms of what it has actually done, it has essentially said each time it carried out these attacks that it time it carried out these attacks thatitis time it carried out these attacks that it is looking at military targets and the areas that have been hit in northern israel, that have been evacuated to a greater or lesser degree in israel, so the likelihood of hitting civilians have been diminished, but this latest round was caused by what israel and the us says was a has wood rockets that hit children playing in the north of israel and killed 12, and thatis north of israel and killed 12, and that is what triggered the killing of fuad shukr a couple of days later, so that revealed the danger of this tit—for—tat conflict that has bollard micro and israel are engaged in. yes they are trying to remain within the lines and there is

the danger of a rocket hitting a target it was not intended, that is probably what happened in the north of israel, but the essence of what they have been doing is not to target civilians, has bollard here's very much underlining it because again that would be seen as the red line that cannot be crossed, the line that cannot be crossed, the line that cannot be crossed, the line that would necessitate israel taking much stronger action than it has so far. likewise, if there were a major attack in beirut for example in the southern suburbs where has bollard micro is very strong, which killed a large number, that would push hezbollah into a new phase and a new way of wanting to carry out its strategy against israel. at the moment and what happened overnight, the health ministry says at least three were killed and as we have

heard from israel, they have now lifted the censorship on that and said one soldier on a navy vessel was killed and two others wounded but for now those are the only casualties we are aware of on the israeli side. casualties we are aware of on the israeli side-— israeli side. critical to get that context, thank _ israeli side. critical to get that context, thank you _ israeli side. critical to get that context, thank you so - israeli side. critical to get that context, thank you so much. l israeli side. critical to get that i context, thank you so much. our context, thank you so much. 0ur middle east editor. we continue to monitor that live address from hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, and just to bring you up—to—date with a couple of points that the hezbollah leader has said, that the hezbollah leader has said, that point about civilians, he said the group decided not to respond to the group decided not to respond to the killing of its top commander that sebastian was talking about thereby targeting civilian areas, and we are grateful to sebastien for giving us the context of that. we are of course monitoring that address from the hezbollah leader there and the moments we get more lines from it we will bring it to you. the us presidentjoe biden has directed us officials to remain close communication with israel.

president biden says they are closely monitoring events in israel and lebanon and he has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening. joe biden being very much a cat up to date and in contact with the situation on the ground. —— joe biden being kept very much up to date. any more lines we will bring them to you. german prosecutors have confirmed they're treating friday's mass stabbing in the town of solingen, in which three people died, as a terror attack. it follows the arrest of a syrian man, who's suspected of being a member of the islamic state group. damien mcguinness sent this update. german police have now confirmed to us that they have arrested

a suspect who they believe is behind the stabbing in solingen on friday night. they say that this is a 26—year—old man who is a syrian national. the case has now been handed over to public prosecutors in karlsruhe, which indicates that german officials believe this could be terror—related. reportedly, he was hiding in a courtyard behind an apartment block near the crime scene, and then he gave himself up to police late last night, saying that he was the attacker. now, of course, police have to investigate whether this is true, and they're now questioning him and piecing together the evidence they have in order to find out whether this suspect is indeed the man behind the stabbing. we are continuing to monitor the situation there as well in germany. it's understood the russian founder of the telegram messaging app, pavel durov, is to appear in court in france today. he was arrested when his private jet

arrived at an airport near paris. russia says the french authorities are not responding to requests for information about mr durov�*s detention. his lawyer has called his arrest an attack on freedom of speech. 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. the paralympic flame is on its way to paris, as 2a british torchbearers head through the channel tunnel. they'll be handing the symbolic torch to french paralympians in calais. the torch itself was lit yesterday in stoke mandeville, the birthplace of the paralympic movement. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood spoke to some of team gb�*s paralympians as they were getting

on to the eurostar. do you know your s3 from your c seven? do you know why wheelchair rugby is called murder ball? 0ver rugby is called murder ball? over the next 15 days or so we will find out because the paralympics are going to get going in paris. the olympics were a fantastic success 0lympics were a fantastic success and team gb are hoping to replicate that with the paris games. i'm joined by a couple of the swimming team who are on their way here on the eurostar. will and maisie, tell us what category and classification you compete? i us what category and classification you compete?— us what category and classification you compete?_ i - us what category and classification you compete?_ i amerl us what category and classification | you compete?_ i amer s you compete? i am as 14. i amer 5 six. how you compete? i am as 14. i amer 5 six- how you — you compete? i am as 14. i amer 5 six. how you feeling _ you compete? i am as 14. i amer 5 six. how you feeling about - you compete? i am as 14. i amer 5 six. how you feeling about these i six. how you feeling about these names? six. how you feeling about these games? really _ six. how you feeling about these games? really good, _ six. how you feeling about these games? really good, i— six. how you feeling about these games? really good, i have - six. how you feeling about these | games? really good, i have been swimmin: games? really good, i have been swimming the — games? really good, i have been swimming the fastest _ games? really good, i have been swimming the fastest i _ games? really good, i have been swimming the fastest i have - games? really good, i have been swimming the fastest i have so i swimming the fastest i have so hopefully going into the games that can continue and i will try my best to replicate —

can continue and i will try my best to replicate those medals. you broke our own to replicate those medals. you broke your own world _ to replicate those medals. you broke your own world record _ to replicate those medals. you broke your own world record recently? - to replicate those medals. you broke| your own world record recently? yes, ma in your own world record recently? yes, may in berlin — your own world record recently? yes, may in berlin and _ your own world record recently? yes, may in berlin and that _ your own world record recently? yes, may in berlin and that was a shock so i may in berlin and that was a shock so i think— may in berlin and that was a shock so i think it — may in berlin and that was a shock so i think it shows i am in a good place _ so i think it shows i am in a good place and — so i think it shows i am in a good place and hopefully that will carry on. ., . , , , place and hopefully that will carry on. ., . , , ., on. how much it supports have you not, how on. how much it supports have you got. how has _ on. how much it supports have you got, how has the _ on. how much it supports have you got, how has the public— on. how much it supports have you got, how has the public mood - on. how much it supports have you j got, how has the public mood been going? got, how has the public mood been auoin ? ., , , ' got, how has the public mood been auoin ? ., , , , ., going? completely different to to 0, going? completely different to tokyo. the _ going? completely different to tokyo, the whole _ going? completely different to tokyo, the whole crowd - going? completely different to tokyo, the whole crowd are . going? completely different to - tokyo, the whole crowd are behind us and i tokyo, the whole crowd are behind us and i think_ tokyo, the whole crowd are behind us and i think because we are so close to home, _ and i think because we are so close to home, it— and i think because we are so close to home, it will be really special and even — to home, it will be really special and even in _ to home, it will be really special and even in the station we had people — and even in the station we had people waving flags and cheering so it has— people waving flags and cheering so it has been really good so far. will this is your — it has been really good so far. ii. this is your first game is, how are you feeling about it? hot this is your first game is, how are you feeling about it?— you feeling about it? not too nervous. _ you feeling about it? not too nervous. i'm _ you feeling about it? not too nervous, i'm going _ you feeling about it? not too nervous, i'm going in - you feeling about it? not too i nervous, i'm going in favourite you feeling about it? not too - nervous, i'm going in favourite to freestyle so hopefully that will be good and it is my first games and just try and embrace the crowd, i know tokyo there was no crowd suggested trying to bring as much to the 15,000 as possible. shore suggested trying to bring as much to the 15,000 as possible.— the 15,000 as possible. are you a favourite for _ the 15,000 as possible. are you a favourite for a _ the 15,000 as possible. are you a favourite for a gold? _ the 15,000 as possible. are you a favourite for a gold? how- the 15,000 as possible. are you a favourite for a gold? how do - the 15,000 as possible. are you a favourite for a gold? how do you | favourite for a gold? how do you rate your chances? i favourite for a gold? how do you rate your chances?— favourite for a gold? how do you rate your chances? i hold the world record, rate your chances? i hold the world record. joined _ rate your chances? i hold the world record, joined with _ rate your chances? i hold the world record, joined with rhys _ rate your chances? i hold the world record, joined with rhys who - rate your chances? i hold the world record, joined with rhys who won l rate your chances? i hold the world j record, joined with rhys who won it in tokyo, so i'm going in favourite

to that by 1.8 seconds so hopefully i can handle the pressure well and try and hang on to a gold or at least get a medal, and just enjoy it as it's my first games and hopefully more to come. we as it's my first games and hopefully more to come-— as it's my first games and hopefully more to come. we have a golden train for these athletes _ more to come. we have a golden train for these athletes heading _ more to come. we have a golden train for these athletes heading to - more to come. we have a golden train for these athletes heading to paris, i for these athletes heading to paris, they are hoping this is an omen. they are aiming for between 100 and mo they are aiming for between 100 and 1a0 medals which would better what they managed in tokyo. i love that idea, a golden train wishing everyone taking part the best of luck. stay with us here on bbc news. i will be back in a few minutes' time. hello. further north and west a different story, including across the isle of man with cloud and outbreaks of rain. that wet weather also affected parts of northern ireland, wales, northern

england, up into scotland, this frontal system here, the shield of cloud working through. we will still have the remnants of this frontal system in place as we had through tonight, but it will be weakening, just a band of cloud, showers for northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england, a you shower is likely to graze in southern counties of england. for many, not quite as chilly as last night about parts of north—east scotland could get down to five, six, 7 degrees. monday is a bank holiday for most, not in scotland. this very weak ridge of high pressure will try to build but still the remains of bad weather front sitting just about here for monday morning. cloud and showers and then that will tend to drift northwards across scotland as we go through the day. further south, not as many showers, dry weather, spells of sunshine and on the whole, a drier, brighter and warmer day than we have been used to over the last few days. temperatures, 15—23 . as we head

through monday night, they went will strengthen once again through western parts as this next frontal system works into the picture, that will bring heavy rain across northern ireland, western scotland, getting into western england and wales, but head of that, warmer air. the further south and east you are, if you hold onto sunshine during tuesday i think you will feel the difference. a band of rain at becoming slow—moving, most likely across southern scotland, north—west england and wales. to the north—west of that, sunshine and showers, warmer than it has been. parts of eastern england could get to 26 degrees. into wednesday, this is our same weather front not making much progress, just stalling across western areas with outbreaks of rain, western england, wales. northern ireland, scotland, a mix of sunshine and showers back to the east of our frontal system, staying one. we could get into the high 20s. it looks like it will turn a call—up for the end of the week, a bit of

rain or indeed at showers towards the north and west.

this is bbc news, the headlines: hezbollah's leader says the group targeted an israeli military base near tel aviv in retaliation for the killing of one of its commanders. israel says it destroyed dozens of hezbollah launch sites in lebanon

to pre—empt a large—scale missile attack. anti—terrorist prosecutors have taken over the investigation into friday's mass stabbing in the town of sohlingen in western germany. a suspect who turned himself in is said to have confessed to carrying out the attack. the 26—year—old is reported to be a syrian asylum seeker, who's being investigated for links to 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. iam back i am back at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, newscast: newscast. it is another one of this episode,