translation: after careful consideration, _ translation: after careful consideration, we _ translation: after careful consideration, we finalised l translation: after careful. consideration, we finalised our target to be the military base in glilot. german prosecutors name the syrian man who has confessed to carrying out a mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen. and the owner of x, elon musk, has criticised the arrest of telegram founder pavel durov, saying it's a sign that freedom of speech in europe is under attack. hello. israel has launched airstrikes across lebanon and the militia group hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and drones at israel in a further escalation of the conflict in the middle east. israel says it hit more than 200 sites in lebanon, than 200 sites in lebanon in what it called a "pre—emptive strike" against the lebanese shia organisation,

which was retaliating for the assassination of one of its top commanders in lebanon last month. hezbollah says the first phase of its attack is over and it is not seeking all—out war. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from nahariya in northern israel, close to the border between the two countries. by by the time the sirens came, northern israel was awake. israeli fighterjets bombing hezbollah fighter jets bombing hezbollah launch fighterjets bombing hezbollah launch sites, the army said, before hundreds of drones and rockets met israel's air defences overhead. the fight, clearly visible from this house six miles from the border. we felt really large explosions. we felt, like, an earthquake. the whole ground was moving. my windows were shaking, the keys in the door, everything was shaking. so i went outside to look at it, and ijust

saw the whole sky is bright orange, and there was an explosion, like, every three seconds. shrapnel from an intercepted missile was caught on camera hitting a patrol boat off the coast, killing one army officer and injuring two others. very few rockets slipped through, but israel says hezbollah had planned a much wider attack, and that only a predawn bombing raid by israel's air force prevented that only a predawn bombing raid by israel's airforce prevented it, destroying thousands of rockets at their launch sites. translation: ~ ., ., ., translation: we are determined to do eve hinu translation: we are determined to do eve him to translation: we are determined to do everything to protect _ translation: we are determined to do everything to protect our _ translation: we are determined to do everything to protect our country, - everything to protect our country, return the residents of the north safely to their homes, and continue to uphold a simple rule: who hurts us, we hurt them. the limited damage from this assault obscures dangerous this moment is. for months, the conflict to cross this border has been widening. now, israel has sent 100 fighterjets to bomb hezbollah positions, and

hezbollah rockets are flying further south, testing the tripwires for all—out war. this hotel looks out on the hills that mark the lebanese border. this man thought this morning's assault was the start of a full—blown war. it's not normal times, so if a war should _ it's not normal times, so if a war should come _ it's not normal times, so if a war should come and finish it, there are no tourists, — should come and finish it, there are no tourists, no businessmen, no nothing — no tourists, no businessmen, no nothing 50— no tourists, no businessmen, no nothing. so we have to start living again _ again. it - again. it sounds like again. — it sounds like you want a war. if it will finish the situation as it is now. _ if it will finish the situation as it is now, yes. this— it is now, yes. this border, bristling with weapons, could pull regional and global powers into a war, a war fuelled by the conflict in gaza that even israel and hezbollah say they don't want. lucy williamson, bbc news. tonight in lebanon, hezbollah said it did not intend its missile attacks on israel to lead to a "full—scale war". the powerful militia group, which is backed by iran, said it had delayed its action

in the hope that that peace talks would lead to a ceasefire in gaza. 0rla guerin reports from southern lebanon. hezbollah�*s leader hassan nasrallah said tonight the group might strike again in the future, but for now, everyone could feel at ease and stand down. earlier, it released this map of its targets, showing the exact locations the iranian—backed group. now, it has sou! showing ge, but in the iranian—backed group. now, it has sou! showing the but in of military bases and barracks in the iranian—backed group. now, it has sou! showing the exact locations targets, showing the exact locations of military bases and barracks in northern israel. northern israel. hezbollah claims its attack was a hezbollah claims its attack was a success. israel says most of the success. israel says most of the rockets missed their mark. rockets missed their mark. hezbollah was retaliating for this, hezbollah was retaliating for this, israel's assassination of a top israel's assassination of a top commander, fouad shukr, in beirut commander, fouad shukr, in beirut last month. he was a huge loss to last month. he was a huge loss to the iranian—backed group. now, it the iranian—backed group. now, it

has sought revenge, but in has sought revenge, but in a carefully calibrated attack. israel hit back in southern lebanon throughout the morning. this is the biggest flare—up here since the conflict began last october. just a few moments ago, we heard a very loud blast, and you can

just a few moments ago, we heard a very loud blast, and you c war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more analysis from tyre in southern lebanon. in which the conflict has been heating up, and a day in which we had 100 israeli fighterjets in the air, 300 hezbollah rockets firing across the border. there may actually now be a chance for a bit of a de—escalation, because the region had been holding its breath for a month waiting for hezbollah to seek retaliation for the killing of that top commander, fouad shukr, and it has now done that, but today, it chose military targets in israel. it did not target critical civilian infrastructure. it did not hit a major city. it did not kill civilians. and israel, for its part, also targeted military sites here

across the border in lebanon. there may now be a chance for some breathing room, and i was very struck by the language used by the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. he said that this might be it for hezbollah, it might leave it at that. people could now feel easy and get on with their lives after a month in which there had been a great deal of tension, and tension, i have to say, on both sides of the border. gina abercrombie—winstanley is a former us ambassador and president ot the middle east policy council. she told me how both sides in the conflict might de—escalate tensions. there has always been a two—sided battle, one of actual events on the ground, and a war of words. so the words, of course, give both sides leeway to do more or not more after this round of retaliatory attacks. or not do more after this round of retaliatory attacks. both sides have heeded the cautions of the international community in general, certainly the united states, with regard to israel, and the partners in the region

with regard to hezbollah and likely iran. with regard to not escalating this beyond, we cannot overlook the fact that missteps happen all the time and can happen. it is likely the attack that killed the israeli children in the north, that they were not the target, and that is just an example of how this round got started from something that was likely unintended, so they very forcefully focused on military targets, mostly targets that had been hit before, sending a clear signal that the efforts are trying to keep it at this level. the visit of a senior us military official, the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff, is carrying a message from washington and also seeing for himself on the ground and having important exchanges about the situation and about us views.

and indeed, the us defence secretary reaffirming as ever the us's ironclad commitment, as they call it, to israel's defence, and we also learned from the israeli military that they launched their military action against hezbollah in conjunction, or certainly with the agreement or advice of the us military, didn't they? even though they weren't involved militarily, it was certainly a decision they came to together about the targets. how significant is that right now? i think it is logical and expected that us intelligence might be involved in that, but again, it allows the united states to make clear our expectation that this conflict should not be escalated. so, identifying what those military targets are, what are the targets that allow the cessation or help israel protect itself. because that is a commitment the united states has made. increasingly, americans are questioning the conduct of the war in gaza.

does this serve the united states? and that is a discussion that will no doubt expand. but that commitment to israel's obviously right to exist, but to defend itself and be safe in the region is one that is ironclad. and the us's support for israel at that time for israel at this time is one that kamala harris, the democratic nominee for the presidential election, is coming under pressure over. joe biden now has just a few months left of his administration. what pressure do you think he can bring to bear upon prime minister netanyahu, given that the two have clashed so many times in the past few months, and he hasn't actually done, in many cases, what president biden has wanted him to? very, very true. the president certainly has levers, i think the world knows, several of which he could use if he were willing to, if he felt the need to. there will be some advice

and counsel he is getting on how there will be some space between what advice and counsel he is getting on how best to support israel, and what he is willing to do in and of himself. it's clear that even though he has expressed his irritation with the prime minister from time to time, he has questioned the prime minister's motives, accurately, many israelis would say, and certainly, reasonably, americans think, and suffered the embarrassment, there is no other word for it, of the prime minister gainsaying him in public even though the prime minister depends on the treasure, time, military and diplomatic cover the us provides israel. he appears to not be very grateful for it and not be very understanding about the united states' needs as well. so whether the president is willing to move from that remains to be seen, but definitely he does not

want to leave this problem for his successor, and both the vice president as well as former president trump have been clear that they believe this war needs to be wrapped up, so the pressure for a ceasefire will remain. it may intensify. the prime minister may have a surprise one way or another with who is elected in november. the vice president has made a bit of space for herself, which is important, i think, not only for the democratic party, but for the american people. german prosecutors have named the man suspected of friday's mass stabbing at a festival in the town of solingen that killed three people and injured eight. they said syrian national issa al h is suspected of being a member of the islamic state group. as is normal in the german legal system, they haven't specified his surname. the suspect turned himself in late on saturday and admitted to the crime. he appeared in front of german

prosecutors earlier on sunday. here in the uk, the prime minister is warning that things in the uk will get worse before they get better. in a speech this week, sir keir starmer will say there are no quick fixes to the problems left by the conservatives. but the tories have accused labour of "fabricating" claims of a black hole in the national finances in order to justify planned tax rises. here's our political correspondent iain watson. the last time labour won a big majority in 1997, we were told things could only get better. there seems to be a hint that optimism too when sir keir starmer swept to power this summer. the sunlight of hope. pale at first, but getting stronger through the day, shining once again. but this has been eclipsed. good morning, prime minister. his message now is that things could get worse before they get better, and he's blaming the previous conservative government. the prime minister says he is releasing some

offenders early because of a fundamental failure of the last government to provide enough prison places. and even this is blamed on his predecessors. he says that rioters exploited cracks in society created by 1a years of conservative rule. we have inherited a society problem too. there is a lot of work to do, but the speech will also say that progress will be made. itjust won't be made overnight. labour claims the state of the public finances are worse than anticipated. this means tough choices. the chancellor has removed winter fuel payments from the vast majority of pensioners, creating an ease in their own party and criticism from opponents. it does feel a very restrictive cut that will— it does feel a very restrictive cut that will hit pensioners when they see an _ that will hit pensioners when they see an increase to the energy price cap plus _ see an increase to the energy price cap plus cuts the cost of living payments they enjoyed last winter. i think it _ payments they enjoyed last winter. i think it makes it look very difficult, _ think it makes it look very difficult, and in terms of change, which _ difficult, and in terms of change, which the — difficult, and in terms of change, which the government promised us during _ which the government promised us during the — which the government promised us during the general election, i don't think— during the general election, i don't think this _ during the general election, i don't think this is — during the general election, i don't think this is the change people were voting _ think this is the change people were voting for~ _

voting for. and the conservatives voting for. — and the conservatives accused labour of fabricating a black hole in the public finances to clear the way for tax rises. labour say they will make difficult choices, but these will generate early political headwinds. the owner of x, elon musk, has criticised the arrest of the founder of the telegram messaging service, pavel durov. he said it was a sign that freedom of speech in europe was under attack. the russian billionaire, who's also a french citizen, is accused of failing to act on reports that the platform is being used for organised crime, including fraud and drug trafficking. our correspondent will vernon has more. by by the way, it is my first public appearance... he is known as russia's zuckerberg. pavel durov, the billionaire ceo of telegram, likes to show off his extravagant lifestyle as well as his muscles on social media. but now, mr durov, who lives in dubai, has been arrested, shortly after landing his

privatejet arrested, shortly after landing his private jet at this airport in paris. french media say he is accused of failing to take action against criminals using telegram. telegram is one of the world's most downloaded apps, with almost1 billion users. it is most popular in russia and ukraine, used by both pro—kremlin media and by ukrainian officials, such as president zelensky. democracy groups in places like iran and hong kong also use telegram will stop but it's controversial because there's very little moderation of material posted. governments have often struggled to persuade the company to remove content. western law enforcement agencies are increasingly concerned about telegram's used by drug traffickers, terrorist groups and paedophiles. one german security chief called it "a medium for radicalisation". have you come under pressure? in a recent interview, pavel durov said he was right to refuse some requests to remove content.

where we thought it would be crossing — where we thought it would be crossing the line, it would not be in tine _ crossing the line, it would not be in tine with — crossing the line, it would not be in line with our values of freedom of speech— in line with our values of freedom of speech and protecting people's private _ of speech and protecting people's private correspondence, we would ignore _ ignore. to- ignore. to date, russian ignore. — to date, russian officials on state tv accused the west of double standards over the arrest, a lesson in democracy from the kremlin. will vernon, bbc news. the reuters news agency says one of its journalists covering the war in ukraine is missing after an attack on a hotel. reuters said its six—person team was staying in kramatorsk, not far from the eastern front line, when it was hit apparently by a missile. two other reuters staff were taken to hospital. the company says it's "urgently seeking more information" on the whereabouts of the missing person. our correspondent nick beake in kyiv 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. 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. 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. ukraine's paralympics athletes are preparing to take part in the competition, which begins this week. their country has a remarkable record of success in the paralympics.

but inevitably, ukrainian athletes have been affected by the war with russia. many of them have to train abroad. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. he is one of ukraine's biggest paralympic hopes. but how do you prepare for eight games after this? in 2022, danilo was here, then besieged of mariupol. danilo, who is visually impaired, survive three weeks of shelling the voice house was destroyed. translation: j was destroyed. translation: ., translation: i was ready to die. i ho ed i translation: i was ready to die. i honed i would _ translation: i was ready to die. i hoped i would survive, _ translation: i was ready to die. i hoped i would survive, but - translation: i was ready to die. i hoped i would survive, but the - hoped i would survive, but the probability of dying were so high that you just put up with it. over the last 20 years, ukraine's para olympians have become heroes at home, one of the most successful teams in the world. but they say

around 400 of their sports facilities have been destroyed. —— paralympians. churafov now trains here, where he is often interrupted by air raid sirens. this fencer has been trading in poland, to train with their team, but he's gone back to ukraine to speak to injured soldiers about adapting to life with a prosthetic. he has even delivered jeeps to help the war effort, driving them with a little help from his fencing sword. i have only one normal leg, and three _ i have only one normal leg, and three pedals, and for me, i can help with a _ three pedals, and for me, i can help with a broken epee or foil and push the clutch. — with a broken epee or foil and push the clutch, and after, i can push my left leg _ the clutch, and after, i can push my left leg to— the clutch, and after, i can push my left leg to another two pedals. this is a little _ left leg to another two pedals. this is a little problem! every _ is a little problem! every day, all what i do, i do for my countrv _ every day, all what i do, i do for my country. at every day, all what i do, i do for my country-—

every day, all what i do, i do for mcount. , my country. at the paris olympics, 15 russian athletes _ my country. at the paris olympics, 15 russian athletes took _ my country. at the paris olympics, 15 russian athletes took part - my country. at the paris olympics, 15 russian athletes took part as - 15 russian athletes took part as neutrals, but at the paralympics, 90 are set to compete. for this ukrainian swimmer, who had to move to finland after the invasion, facing them will not be easy. i will try to control my emotions, but i don't know how it will go. will it give you an extra motivation to win in the paralympics? yes, yes. iwant to win in the paralympics? yes, yes. i want to be in it and they want to fight for ukraine, and for my family, for our paralympic team, and i want to fight. that challenge has never been greater, but ukraine will be hoping their paralympic success story can continue against all the odds. andy swiss, bbc news. good luck to them and all the athletes taking part in this paralympics. now, take a look at this. quite incredible.

manette baillie from suffolk here in the uk has marked her 102nd birthday by doing a sky dive for charity. it was the first time she'd ever done one! speaking to the bbcjust before thejump, ms baillie said she "doesn't do fear". jenny mitchell from the east anglia air ambulance says it's people like manette baillie who help them to provide the services that they do. i mean, it's vital. we're not regularly government funded, and it's amazing, people like doing fundraisers like this, which mean we can continue the service. so manette is pretty much responsible for saving a life, if that puts a value on it, for someone who's in really critical condition in the area. so it's really important, and we're so thankful, and she's an absolute inspiration. what do you think of what she's done today? oh, i mean, iwouldn't do it! so, i mean, she's incredible, isn't she? i mean, you can't put it into words, really. 102, being a british record holder now.

incredible. and i can't wait to see what she does next year for her 103rd birthday. she will have to go something to beat that! and before we go, there is growing speculation that the manchester rock band oasis might be making a long awaited comeback. the singer liam gallagher has fuelled speculation of a reunion with his brother. the group split in 2009 after a backstage brawl between liam and noel at a festival in paris. the sunday times reported that they're expected to stage a string of concerts in manchester and london next year. when one fan criticised the manchester venue on x, liam replied, "see you down the front" and said reunion dates will be announced "next friday". we will wait with suspense! now, ijust want we will wait with suspense! now, i just want to bring we will wait with suspense! now, ijust want to bring you a few updates of the situation after those strikes in lebanon and israel earlier today. we have had some reaction in from the united nations

secretary general antonio gutierrez, who has said he is deeply concerned by the escalation between israel and hezbollah, and calls for both parties to immediately return to a cessation of hostilities, according to his spokesperson. this is the scene live on the border between israel and lebanon this evening. the us defence secretary has ordered two aircraft carrier strike groups to remain in the middle east. there were plenty more on the bbc news life page, continually being updated on events live in the middle east. stay with us. thanks for watching. hello. southern and eastern areas have had the lion's share of the dry and relatively bright weather today. further north and west, a different story, including here across the isle of man, with cloud and outbreaks of rain. wet weather also affected parts of northern ireland or wales, of northern ireland and wales,

northern england, up into scotland. this frontal system here, this shield of cloud working through. we will still have the remnants of this frontal system in place as we head through tonight, but it will be weakening all the while. just a band of cloud, some showers in northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. a few showers also likely to graze southern counties of england. for many, not as chilly as last night, but parts of north—east scotland could get down to 5, 6 or 7 degrees. monday is a bank holiday for most of us, though not in scotland, and this ridge of high pressure will try to build, but still the remains of that weather front sitting about here for monday morning. cloud and some showers will tend to drift up across scotland throughout the day. further south, not as many showers and some spells of sunshine. on the whole, a drier, brighter and warmer day than we have been used to over the last few days. temperatures 15—23. through monday night, the winds will strengthen once again through western parts as this next frontal system works

its way into the picture. that will bring some heavy rain across northern ireland, western scotland, getting into western england and wales, but just ahead of that, we are going to tap into some warmer air. the further south and east you are, if you hold onto some sunshine during tuesday, i think you will really feel the difference. here is a band of cloud and rain becoming slow—moving across southern scotland, north—west england and wales. to the west of that, sunshine and showers. warmer than it has been, 19 for aberdeen, 20 for belfast, but parts of eastern england could get to 26. into wednesday, the same weather front not making much progress, stalling across western areas with outbreaks of rain. western england and wales, northern ireland and scotland, a mix of sunshine and showers, but to the east of our frontal system, staying warmer. we could get up to the high 20s celsius. it looks like it will turn cooler again for the end of the week, with a bit of rain or indeed showers towards the north and west.

this is bbc news. the headlines... israel launches a wave of what it calls pre—emptive strikes across southern lebanon to thwart a large—scale attack by hezbollah. while hezbollah says it launched a wave of rockets and drones against military targets in retaliation for the recent assassination of a top commander.

german prosecutors name the syrian man who has confessed to carrying out friday's mass stabbing attack in the city of solingen in western germany. the 26—year—old is reported to be a syrian asylum seeker, who's being investigated for links to the islamic state group. and the owner of x, elon musk, has criticised the arrest of telegram founder pavel durov saying it's a sign that freedom of speech in europe is under attack. telegram has been accused of not cooperating with authorities and failing to curb criminal use of the platform. those are the headlines on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm marc edwards. here's what we got coming up on our

show.