translation: we wanted to target israel's military l intelligence or their air force because these two forces were involved in the assassination. we also wanted this target to be deep inside israel, closer to tel aviv. closer to tel aviv. the messaging app telegram the messaging app telegram says its founder and chief says its founder and chief executive pavel durov executive pavel durov has "nothing to hide" has "nothing to hide" after he was arrested after he was arrested in france. in france. and australia launches and australia launches its right to disconnect — its right to disconnect — a law allowing citizens a law allowing citizens to reasonably refuse to be to reasonably refuse to be contacted outside contacted outside of work hours. of work hours. we begin this hour we begin this hour in the middle east — in the middle east — hamas says it's rejected hamas says it's rejected new israeli conditions put new israeli conditions put forward in gaza ceasefire forward in gaza ceasefire talks, dampening hopes talks, dampening hopes of a breakthrough. of a breakthrough. the group had sent the group had sent a representative to cairo a representative to cairo where the latest us—backed where the latest us—backed negotiations are happening. negotiations are happening. the delegation has now left. the delegation has now left.

we'll have more analysis on that shortly but meanwhile sirens sounded south of tel aviv as the armed wing of hamas says it fired a rocket at the city. the israeli military said the m90 rocket landed

we felt really large explosions. we felt like an earthquake, the whole ground was moving, like my windows were all shaking, the keys in the door — like everything was shaking. so i went outside to look at it and i just saw the whole sky is bright, bright, all engines. there was an explosion like every three seconds. shrapnel from an interceptor missile was caught on camera hitting a patrol boat off the coast of nahariya, killing one officer, the army said, 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 airforce prevented it, destroying thousands of rockets at their launch sites.

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. the limited damage from this assault obscures how dangerous this moment is. for months, the conflict across 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. orgad's hotel looks out on the hills that mark the lebanese border. he thought this morning's assault was the start of a full—blown war. it's not normal times, so if a war should come and finish it... there are no tourists, no businessmen, no nothing. so we have to start living again. it sounds like you want a war? if it will finish their situation as 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, nahariya. hezbollah, 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. orla guerin reports from southern lebanon. mid—morning in southern lebanon. the very picture of war. here, it was israel targeting hezbollah firing positions. it says it destroyed thousands of rocket launchers overnight. but hezbollah says it still fired over 300 rockets into the night skies over israel.

many were intercepted, but this could be a glimpse of the future. and here, hezbollah�*s targets, military bases and barracks, maps in detail. the israeli army says most of the rockets missed their mark. hezbollah was retaliating forthis, israel's assassination of a top commander, fuad shukr, in beirut last month. he was a huge loss to the iranian—backed militia. now, hezbollah can say that he has been avenged. but it was revenge tasted cold and carefully calibrated. hezbollah�*s leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah, said tonight the group might strike again in shukr�*s name, but for now, everyone could feel at ease and get on with their lives.

after a tense few months, a welcome message for lebanon. this weekend, hezbollah has been burying more of its dead. the conflict here is far from over. both sides have now delivered a message, but have stopped short of triggering all—out war. 0rla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon. firas maksad is a senior fellow and senior director for strategic outreach at the middle east institute, a think tank in washington dc. he told me both sides say they don't want an all—out war in the region and their actions are backing this up. as far as hezbollah and iran are concerned, yes, i believe so. after 25 days of promising a devastating retaliation for the killing of its commander in beirut, i think today is the response on behalf of hezbollah was underwhelming,

to say the least. now, obviously, there's a war of narratives. israel will have you believe it was because of a very successful pre—emptive attack, a pre—dawn pre—emptive attack. others would argue that it was because hezbollah chose this to be a very calibrated response. in having to decide between restoring its deterrence through a massive operation, or actually having to tread very carefully so as not to give israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu a pretext to expand this war, they chose to play it safe. hezbollah wants lebanon, as they continue to say, to be a secondary support front to the war in gaza, very careful not to have lebanon become the primary front. so, where does this leave the cease fire talks then? because hamas has said that it's rejecting the new israeli conditions that have been put forward at the talks. in the meantime, white house national security adviser jake sullivan has said that they're still working towards a ceasefire.

well, i mean, those ceasefire negotiations are key to everything that's taking place in the region. as we noted today, both israel and hezbollah left the door open to further escalation. in its statement, hezbollah was very careful in saying that this was a preliminary response. in nasrallah's speech, he was careful to say that, in fact, they weighed various options, including a multi—front attack, including the houthis in yemen, perhaps iran itself. they chose the latter, but this could still materialise. iran has not responded to the killing of hamas chief ismail haniyeh on its soil. the reason they chose not to conduct a full—fledged attack right now is because they continue to look at the at the ceasefire negotiations concerning gaza, and they want to keep that leverage in a way that is perhaps useful for hamas in these ongoing negotiations. so, from a us administration perspective, i think through marshalling its military assets in defence of israel

in the region, they helped deter hezbollah today, but the administration needs to deliver on that on those ceasefires, the ceasefire negotiations. well, with regard to this recent round of attacks, you've said on social media that war is but diplomacy through other means. is that what you're talking about then? 0h, absolutely. and again, it was very clear through the fighting words of hassan nasrallah today that this can have a stage two of that retaliation. and obviously, iran continues to be in the mix in terms of retaliating for haniya's assassination. so, yes, the parties are keen in influencing these negotiations. they want to see the war in gaza come to a close. it's very painful for the iranian axis in the region to essentially lose its palestinian arm if hamas is defeated outright in gaza. so, yes, all eyes are on the talks, and that's what iran and hezbollah continue to focus on. and just quickly, a key to all these talks is what israel intends to do going forward. tell us what you think netanyahu is hoping to achieve with his course of

action that we've been seeing. yeah, well, i mean, netanyahu is keeping everybody guessing. clearly, there are differences of opinion within israel proper. some on the negotiating team believe that the prime minister is not giving them the leeway they need to come to a conclusion, to come to a deal. so, there are questions out there as to whether netanyahu wants to see such a deal come to. obviously, the prime minister has to face a day of reckoning once the guns fall silent in terms of what happened, his responsibility for what happened on october 7. so, it's an open question as to whether netanyahu actually wants a ceasefire. and then even if there is a deal, this is a complex multi—stage negotiation multi three stage deal. so, there's a lot of thinking that there might be a successful conclusion to this, but they might falter after the first stage of that deal. the messaging app telegram says its founder and chief executive has "nothing to hide" after he was arrested in france.

pavel durov was detained when his private jet landed in paris. he's accused of failing to moderate content, or to co—operate with investigations into the use of the platform by criminals. telegram says the claims are absurd. will vernon has more details. by the way, it's my first public appearance... he's 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 private jet at this airport in paris. french media say he's accused of failing to take action against criminals using telegram. telegram is one of the world's most downloaded apps, with almost one billion users. it's most popular in russia and ukraine, used by both pro—kremlin media and by

ukrainian officials, such as president zelensky. pro—democracy groups in places like iran and hong kong also use telegram, 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 use by drug traffickers, terrorist groups and paedophiles. 0ne german security chief called it "a medium for radicalisation". in a recent interview, pavel durov said he was right to refuse some requests to remove content. where we thought it would be crossing the line, it wouldn't be in line with our values of freedom of speech and protecting people's private correspondence, we would ignore. today, 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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. tens of thousands of rohingya refugees have rallied in camps in bangladesh, calling for an end to violence and a safe return to myanmar. chanting it comes on the seventh anniversary of the brutal military crackdown in myanmar�*s rakhine state which forced hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims to flee their homes. more than a million of them are still living in squalid camps in southern bangladesh, with little prospect of returning home. and in recent weeks, fighting has escalated in rakhine state, with thousands more rohingya believed to have fled. translation: life as a refugee feels like a life of slavery, - and we don't want to continue living this way. our future vision is to

return to our country, live in freedom, and enjoy equal rights and justice, just like everyone else in the world. tom andrews who's the un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in myanmar. he told me what's the main thing to understand about the current situation the rohingya are facing. history is repeating itself. first of all, there's a great deal of frustration among the more than one million rohingya in bangladesh because of the conditions of the camps. they're very frustrated that seven years after the genocidal attacks, no—one has been held accountable. the commander of those attacks is now the senior general of the myanmar junta. that is, of course, responsible for a military coup and controlling a large sections of the country. so, there's a great deal of frustration among the people who are in those camps. and the fundamental reality back seven years ago

that drove much of this is that the international community not only failed to hold those responsible accountable, but they largely ignored the conditions that led up to those genocidal attacks and that horror. the frustration right now is that history is repeating itself. thousands of people, as you mentioned, have been forced out of the country. tens of thousands have been displaced. villages are being attacked. we know thatjust in the past few days, dozens of people lost their lives trying to cross the naf river and bangladesh has closed its borders. so, the people that are demonstrating and the people that are on the other side of the border are deeply, deeply frustrated. they are in peril. and once again, history is repeating itself with the international community largely ignoring this horror. and tell us a bit more about how complicated

the situation is getting in rakhine state, because the rohingya people have been caught in the middle now between the myanmar army and the arakan army, which is an ethnic militia that's fighting against the army. that's right. well, the rakhine state right now is at war, and the rohingya are in between these two warring armies, both of them. both armies have been setting up encampments inside of rohingya villages, which exposes those villages to attacks. we know that the militaryjunta forces have been deliberately stoking anger and frustration between the two communities, setting up fake protests, forcing rohingya to engage in these protests, taking videos of them and then showing them, and they're circulating widely among rakhine communities. so, frustration and anger between the communities is at a very, very high pitch. it's very, very dangerous. but we know that villages are being attacked, they're being burned to the ground. reports that both sides of this

conflict are engaged in this. and once again, the rohingya are caught in between. german prosecutors have confirmed they're treating friday's mass stabbing in the city of solingen as an act of terrorism. it follows the arrest of a 26—year—old syrian man, who's accused of being a member of the islamic state group. three people were killed. eight others were wounded, four of them still in a serious condition in hospital. three people have been stabbed at the notting hill carnival in west london. police say they include a 32—year—old woman who is in a life—threatening condition in hospital. two men aged 29 and 2a were also stabbed during the first full day of the event. around 7,000 officers are patrolling this year's street festival, which is the largest in europe and is expected to attract about a million people across the two days. late night emails from the boss and unwanted work calls at a weekend could now be a thing of the past in australia, as a new "right to disconnect" law is introduced on monday.

it will allow employees to ignore any unreasonable work communications outside of their allocated hours. a recent study found that australian workers were doing over five hours of extra work a week on average, meaning they were performing 281 hours of unpaid work a year with 18 to 29—year—olds working the most overtime with an average of 7.4 unpaid hours a week. similar right to disconnect rules were first introduced in france in 2017 and a number of countries around the world have followed suit. 0n the streets of sydney this weekend, people were reacting to the announcement we are expected to deliver and we feel we have to deliver 2a hours a day if we have to do. the phone is always on, computer as i was on and we are working. i computer as i was on and we are workinu. ~ . working. i feel like i am exnected _ working. i feel like i am expected to _ working. ifeel like i am expected to be - working. ifeel like i am expected to be on - working. ifeel like i am expected to be on the l working. i feel like i am i expected to be on the line working. i feel like i am - expected to be on the line for the because i am not engaging necessarily with my boss, i am

also _ necessarily with my boss, i am also with— necessarily with my boss, i am also with clients and whatnot. there — also with clients and whatnot. there is — also with clients and whatnot. there is more of an expectation that i_ there is more of an expectation that i am — there is more of an expectation that i am on the line after hours _ that i am on the line after hours and that is fine, it is the — hours and that is fine, it is the nature of the role. i think it isn't what _ the nature of the role. i think it isn't what we _ the nature of the role. i think it isn't what we have - the nature of the role. i think it isn't what we have laws - the nature of the role. i think| it isn't what we have laws like this — it isn't what we have laws like this we — it isn't what we have laws like this. we spend _ it isn't what we have laws like this. we spend so— it isn't what we have laws like this. we spend so much- it isn't what we have laws like this. we spend so much of. it isn't what we have laws like | this. we spend so much of our time _ this. we spend so much of our time connected _ this. we spend so much of our time connected to _ this. we spend so much of our time connected to our- this. we spend so much of our time connected to our phonesl time connected to our phones and connected _ time connected to our phones and connected to _ time connected to our phones and connected to our- time connected to our phones and connected to our e—mailsj and connected to our e—mails all day— and connected to our e—mails all day and _ and connected to our e—mails all day and i_ and connected to our e—mails all day and i think— and connected to our e—mails all day and i think it - and connected to our e—mails all day and i think it is - and connected to our e—mails all day and i think it is hard . all day and i think it is hard to switch— all day and i think it is hard to switch off _ all day and i think it is hard to switch off force - all day and i think it is hard to switch off force of- all day and i think it is hard| to switch off force of having these — to switch off force of having these laws _ to switch off force of having these laws come _ to switch off force of having these laws come into- to switch off force of having these laws come into placel these laws come into place where _ these laws come into place where we _ these laws come into place where we really _ these laws come into place where we really do - these laws come into place - where we really do disconnect. well, for more on this let's cross live to melbourne where it is 10am and well within working hours and speak tojohn hopkins who is an assocaite professor at swinburne university of technology. thanks forjoining me to talk about this topic. tell us more about this new law and how it will actually be implemented in australia 7 good morning. the law that the writer disconnect has been introduced today in australia and what that does is give employees a legal right to not read, monitor or response to any work correspondence outside their normal paid working hours

unless that contact is deemed unreasonable. so in an emergency circumstance. why has this law been introduced? did the work from home movement during covid lead to its introduction? i think the need for this law was probably long before then. france introduced bearers in 2017 and it is more in response to the fact that we are so digitally connected 2a/7. it is response to growing cases of burnout and stress and anxiety due to connectedness of digital devices. it is aimed at putting a boundary on our work time and rest time so there is less of a blow between the two and the workers can have more of arrest and be more refreshed when come back to work. i and be more refreshed when come back to work-— back to work. i remembered durin: back to work. i remembered during the — back to work. i remembered during the pandemic - back to work. i remembered during the pandemic and - back to work. i remembered - during the pandemic and working from home, some felt like they were living at work. what do employers in australia make of it? are they concerned?

they must be concerned about productivity. they must be concerned about productivity-— productivity. that was chief concern in _ productivity. that was chief concern in france _ productivity. that was chief concern in france when - productivity. that was chief concern in france when it i productivity. that was chief i concern in france when it was introduced but when you look at the figures for productivity, liquor gdp for 2018 and 2019, it did not have an impact so hopefully it will be the same here in australia.— here in australia. other any other lessons _ here in australia. other any other lessons we _ here in australia. other any other lessons we can - here in australia. other any other lessons we can learn | here in australia. other any - other lessons we can learn from where this has been implemented before? it may come as a gauge of how successful this might be. at of how successful this might be. . ., ., , be. a lot of countries in the world already _ be. a lot of countries in the world already implementedj be. a lot of countries in the l world already implemented it for the between 20 and 25 but have already done it. there was a study in 2022 in europe that surveyed employees that access to the writer disconnect versus those that hadn't. it was largely positive for the less cases of stress and anxiety. higher cases of work engagement but those that have the writer disconnect. 0verall there was a 70% positive response rate for those who had it. saying it had

a very high impact or high positivity in the role. you can see the upside _ positivity in the role. you can see the upside for— positivity in the role. you can | see the upside for employees. is there an upside for employers as well? any organisation _ employers as well? any organisation that - employers as well? any organisation that has i employers as well? any i organisation that has staff that are better rested and have a better worklife balance will have staff that are less likely to have sick days, less likely to have sick days, less likely to leave the organisation was of anything that benefits the employee has benefits for the employer as well. we employee has benefits for the employer as well.— employee has benefits for the employer as well. we will have to wait and _ employer as well. we will have to wait and see _ employer as well. we will have to wait and see how— employer as well. we will have to wait and see how this - to wait and see how this impacts australia. thank you forjoining. before we go. how's this for a birthday celebration ? a 102 year old second world war veteran from suffolk has become britain's oldest skydiver, after leaping out of a plane to celebrate her birthday, and to raise money for charity. ben brown has more

afterwards, she did admit thejump had been a bit scary and that she had to keep her eyes firmly shut, but she clearly enjoyed it. there you go! you jumped, how was that? oh, it was wonderful! hip hip... all: hurray! later on, there was a more conventional celebration in a village hall. you made a wonderful, you know, celebration of the whole thing. two years ago, manette spent her 100th birthday at silverstone, behind the wheel of a ferrari. i want to inspire other people who are getting worried about being 80 and 90 that there is a future for you — even if you're coming up to being a centenarian. so who knows what other adventures await her in the future.

in a few minutes i'll be back with you on business today and discuss the reactions to the much anticipated speech from the federal reserve boss jerome powell at an annual gathering of central bankers. he said the time has come for the fed to cut interest rates, as the world's largest economy continues to grow at a solid pace. that's all for now, stay with bbc news. hello there. when it comes to rainfall totals so far this month, there's quite a marked contrast between the northwest and the southeast. hardly any rainfall in comparison to what we should be seeing for this month, but further north and west, we've had double the amount of rainfall — over 200% in the far

northwest of scotland and across the lake district as well. and in fact, that's where we're likely to see further rain to add to these totals to close out the month of august, potentially another 18mm in the extreme northwest, whereas hardly any traceable usable rain once again across eastern england and southeast england. so, for monday, we are going to see a relatively dry, quiet day. this weak weather front, a band of cloud, a few nuisance showers close to the scottish borders, northern england and north wales. to the north and south of that, sunny spells, breezy, but the winds not as strong as over the weekend, and it will feel a little warmer, which is good news for many as it's the bank holiday weekend away from scotland, so highs likely of 23 degrees. as we move into tuesday, central and southern areas under this influence of high pressure into the near continent, but a toppling around that high is another low moving in, bringing wet and windy weather,

but at the same time, the wind direction swings around to a southwesterly and just taps into some pretty warm air coming from the near continent. so, the rain still heavy as it moves out of the scottish borders and into north wales, but ahead of it, with that sunshine and that increasing warmth, we should see temperatures at 25 degrees — that's 77 fahrenheit. we're looking at mid to high teens across scotland. now, that weather front is not moving very far at all on wednesday as it continues to bump into this area of high pressure, so we could see this conveyor belt of rain just sitting across southwest england, wales and northern england for a time. and that means we'll see some increasing warmth. still a level of uncertainty where that front is going to be sitting, but potentially from hull down to the isle of wight, anywhere south and east of that could see temperatures peaking at 27 or 28 degrees — that's 82 fahrenheit. we keep some sunshine and warmth, although not quite as warm, through thursday and friday across england and wales. staying unsettled further northwest.

rate cut ahead: us shares jump as the federal reserve boss says it is time for the central bank to change its policy. plus, why more than half of fortune 500 companies view artificial intelligence as a risk.

hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin in the united states, where federal reserve boss jerome powell has made his much—anticipated speech at an annual gathering of central bankers. he said the time has come for the fed to cut interest rates, as the world's largest economy continues to grow at a solid pace with inflation and jobs data supporting a rate cut. the up—side risks to inflation have diminished, and the down—side risks to employment have increased. as we highlighted in our last fomc statement, we are attentive to the risks to both sides of our dual mandate. the time has come for policy to adjust. the direction of travel is clear, and the timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks. us stock markets edged higher on friday on powell's remarks. investors widely expect a rate cut in september, and some believe the fed will keep cutting rates through the end of

the year and into 2025. pushan dutt, professor of economics and political science