hello, i'm carl nasman. the middle east remains on edge tonight, after sunday saw one of the biggest exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group hezbollah since the hamas—led october 7 attacks. israel said it bombed hezbollah rocket launchers across more than a0 sites in southern lebanon, in what it called a "pre—emptive strike". hezbollah fired hundreds of missiles into israel in retaliation for last month's killing of a senior commander. sirens were later heard in tel aviv after hamas fired a rocket at the city. us national security adviser jake sullivan on sunday urged all parties in the region to de—escalate after talks in cairo to reach a ceasefire between israel and hamas ended without a breakthrough.

to get to a ceasefire in hostage deal along the framework president biden laid out to get calm between israel and along the border between israel and lebanon and ultimately to get to a broader circumstance of regional stability. our senior international correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from northern israel. explosions by the time the sirens came, northern israel was awake. israeli 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 yuval�*s house, six miles from the border. 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 said that its initial phase of the attack is over and did not intend its missile attacks on israel to lead to a "full scale war". the group said it had delayed its action, hoping indirect peace talks between israel and hamas would lead to a ceasefire in gaza. orla guerin reports from southern lebanon. the situation we have now is both sides have sent a message but have stopped short of triggering all—out war. we had israel putting fighterjets in the air, saying it was targeting his —— hezbollah firing positions. the target list it said was military bases and barracks. that is significant for the hezbollah did not target civilian infrastructure or a major city. no civilians were killed inside israel and israel for its part targeted military firing

positions. the retaliation from hezbollah that was long inspected people had been concerned about for a month was in some ways less than had been feared. but does not mean an all—out conflict could erupt. the two sides have been engaged for attack and counter—attack for attack and counter—attack for the past ten months but for now, the immediate escalation, immediate danger seems to have failed but we have to remember the conflict in gaza which is fuelling instability around the region is continuing. for more on what's happening in the middle east. let's bring in norman roule, senior adviser with the warfare, irregular threats, and terrorism program at the centre for strategic and international studies. we are still getting more details but at this point how do you think hezbollah planned attack was shaping up to be? was it going to be that serious attack the region was bracing for? it

attack the region was bracing for? , _, . attack the region was bracing for? , . ., . . for? it is correct that the organisation _ for? it is correct that the organisation planned - for? it is correct that the organisation planned a i for? it is correct that the - organisation planned a major attack upon israel and what we have seen has been on the extraordinary display of israeli military capability by an extraordinary display of israeli intelligence collection. this enabled israel to strike literally thousands of missiles along the ground which have a certificate impact on hezbollah�*s capability and constructing a lot of missile launches on the ground they will also have an impact. nonetheless we should expect further violence and further attacks from hezbollah that could produce a serious bike in regional tensions. could produce a serious bike in regionaltensions. it could produce a serious bike in regional tensions.— regional tensions. it may not be easy to — regional tensions. it may not be easy to give _ regional tensions. it may not be easy to give me _ regional tensions. it may not be easy to give me an - regional tensions. it may not be easy to give me an exactl be easy to give me an exact answer but as you mentioned, it might have built a pretty serious blow to hezbollah and destroying the ability to launch them. where does it leave hezbollah now?- launch them. where does it leave hezbollah now? even if israel destroyed _ leave hezbollah now? even if israel destroyed 7000 - leave hezbollah now? even if. israel destroyed 7000 hezbollah missiles, they have reported

hundred 50000 and it's for the question becomes not how many muscles were destroyed but how many were the important position guided missiles hezbollah used to target specific targets including israel leadership and military command and control i think israel poppe is making intelligence capacity has demonstrated an ability to focusing on key areas. i would not be surprised if hezbollah had certificate blow to its capability today.- had certificate blow to its capability today. had certificate blow to its caabili toda .~ capability today. when you look at the target — capability today. when you look at the target here, _ capability today. when you look at the target here, and - capability today. when you look at the target here, and on - capability today. when you look at the target here, and on the l at the target here, and on the buy hezbollah but also israel in terms of what was struck and what might have been targeted. no civilian targets and a lot was limited to military sites. do you see a calibration on both sides to try and avoid a larger conflict breaking out? certainly israel and lebanese hezbollah further nature of their attacks have demonstrated an interest in keeping a broader water from occurring.

most of the attacks occurred in southern lebanon away from major cities but the likelihood of further aggression is very high. we could have another spike at any time. the united states maintain a mass of an unprecedented amount of military hardware in the region by the presence of the hardware did not deter lebanese hezbollah from planning this attack. it hezbollah from planning this attack. ., attack. it did deter them from ”lannin attack. it did deter them from planning the _ attack. it did deter them from planning the attack _ attack. it did deter them from planning the attack but - attack. it did deter them from planning the attack but we - planning the attack but we heard from lloyd austin today saying a couple of very large ships remain individual. as it were attending a broader or mossy was attacked either by hezbollah or iran?— hezbollah or iran? certainly. there is no _ hezbollah or iran? certainly. there is no question - hezbollah or iran? certainly. there is no question the - there is no question the presence of the two aircraft carriers that contain sophisticated aircraft to an agent never been deployed or f 35 c �*s. it is shooting down

arrows, not touching the arduous and because of this, the arduous in iran are capable of firing lower—level attacks at some point they believe would not ignite a war and the centres for lebanese hezbollah which would have a height like that of such attacks.— which would have a height like that of such attacks. what sort of message — that of such attacks. what sort of message do _ that of such attacks. what sort of message do you _ that of such attacks. what sort of message do you think- that of such attacks. what sort of message do you think iran l of message do you think iran might have taken by watching the weapons planned attack this plato and the way israel was able to snip it out and put it down quickly? d0 able to snip it out and put it down quickly?— able to snip it out and put it down quickly? do things, first is exceptional _ down quickly? do things, first is exceptional information - down quickly? do things, first is exceptional information on | is exceptional information on the occasion of hezbollah, weapon caches and launches. israel was able to put other aircraft in the year and conduct hundreds of strikes in a short time period which shows operational efficiency with that if you're in iran you have but not on what the israelis

know but how crisply and quickly israel can execute operations to decapitate elements of the regime or its missile programme. if} elements of the regime or its missile programme. 30 seconds left but looking _ missile programme. 30 seconds left but looking ahead, - missile programme. 30 seconds left but looking ahead, a - missile programme. 30 seconds left but looking ahead, a lot - left but looking ahead, a lot of people want to know what effect this flareup of violence will have on the all—important ceasefire talks that have wrapped up at least for the day in cairo? it wrapped up at least for the day in cairo? , ~ , in cairo? it is unlikely the attacks will— in cairo? it is unlikely the attacks will have - in cairo? it is unlikely the attacks will have an - in cairo? it is unlikely the. attacks will have an impact in cairo? it is unlikely the - attacks will have an impact on those talks. there is little evidence to suggest these talks will be a success. they do have a delegation in cairo to hear any proposals that we don't have an indication they will make success of the talks. thank you for your time. a british man working for the reuters news agency has been killed in ukraine after a russian missile struck

a hotel. ryan evans was a former british soldier and had been working as a safety adviser. the attack happened late saturday night in the city of kramatorsk. a reuters crew filmed emergency workers searching for their colleague. six of their team members were inside the hotel when it was hit, two were hospitalised. reuters said: "we send our deepest condolences and thoughts to ryan's family and loved ones. ryan has helped so many of our journalists cover events around the world, we will miss him terribly. the russian defence ministry did not respond to reuters' request for comment. russia meanwhile continued to bomb infrastructure across ukraine on sunday. multiple civilian casualties were reported and inside its own territory, russia says it is sending more artillery to the kursk region — where thousands of ukrainian troops are occupying territory. ukraine's president said sunday that the army advanced another 3km into the region.

joining me live is charles kupchan, seniorfellow at the council on foreign relations. he also served on the national security council in the barack obama administration. ukraine claiming it has taken more territory in russia's kursk region. have you been surprised at how successful its incursion has been? i think most analysts have been surprised by how easily view training and military was able to take a sizeable chunk, for hundred square miles of russia. i think russia got caught slipping. the ukrainians did a good job of hiding their preparations, they made the russians think they were only engaging in manoeuvres and exercises and swept in and a relatively short period of time. quickly conquered some small villages. pushed some russians out. we don't know how

long it will last or how long the russians will try to a mass necessary bosses to push them up necessary bosses to push them up but this is a real boost for zelensky and the ukrainians. it put russia on the defensive and it is an embarrassment for the cream went to have a chunk of russian territory currently occupied by a foreign power. we have not seen this since world war ii. how effective has it been in terms of actually slowing russia's fight? that is a different kind of issue. in the sense that yes, ukrainians have succeeded in impeding russian territory. no, ukrainians have not succeeded in changing the broader picture. even though the focus has been on the russians have

been chipping away at the frontline, gaining territory. one town here, one sound pushing towards the boundaries. that is apparently what prison wants for the i think ukrainians hoped the russians would divert some of their best troops to the theatre in southern russia where the fighting is occurring and they have not done so. they are moving trips through other parts of russia and are taking some troops in ukraine. but from southern parts, not taken trips from the key frontline. they seem to be something brewing now. ukraine drove forces away from its border. gf

believes they are building up a large amount of force there. what do you make of this and what could that mean if belarus does decide to get involved in some way in this conflict? we have seen _ some way in this conflict? - have seen russians use television territory early on an inpatient to prepare the way and for russian troops that attempted but failed to seeds kyiv. but we are seeing now is a bit of a cat and mouse game with the bella russians have responded to the ukraine innovation and are saying we better prepare for whatever the ukrainians might do along the border with us, with belarus. i also think this may have been ordered by russia. russia telling them where to build up on the ukrainian border as a way of trying to get the ukrainians to divert their troops and in some ways the

same plant ukrainians poured when it comes to russian forces. not a game changer. different players attempting to get forces to adjust on the battlefield the big picture remains unchanged for the big russians continuing to chip away at territorian ukraine. the ukrainians have additional leverage they did not have before. which means they may want to pivot to the negotiating table sooner or later. perhaps trading some territory they have in russia for territory russia holds in ukraine. �* , ., . ukraine. briefly, how valuable of a bargaining _ ukraine. briefly, how valuable of a bargaining chip _ ukraine. briefly, how valuable of a bargaining chip would - ukraine. briefly, how valuable| of a bargaining chip would that be for ukraine? i of a bargaining chip would that be for ukraine?— be for ukraine? i think it is a bargaining — be for ukraine? i think it is a bargaining chip _ be for ukraine? i think it is a bargaining chip as _ be for ukraine? i think it is a bargaining chip as long - be for ukraine? i think it is a bargaining chip as long as i be for ukraine? i think it is a l bargaining chip as long as they can hold it. the bigger bargaining chip as if they said to prudent we can hurt you and will. we can bring the war to russians. we can make average

russians. we can make average russians feel this war in ways they have not before. that may make it more attractive for prudent to go to the go shedding tables. we don't know yet. it may be worth testing the waters. yet. it may be worth testing the waters-— the waters. appreciate your time. thank _ the waters. appreciate your time. thank you. _ the waters. appreciate your time. thank you. good - the waters. appreciate your time. thank you. good to i the waters. appreciate your| time. thank you. good to be with yon — 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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. in a speech this week, prime minister 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. here's our political correspondent iain watson. good morning, prime minister. his matches as things could get worse before they get better and blaming the previous conservative government. the prime minister says he is releasing some offenders early because of the fundamental failure of the last government to providing of present places and this is blamed on his intercessors. he says that rioters exploited cracks in society created by ia years of conservative rule. labour claims the state of the public finances are worse than anticipated — this means tough choices. you're live with bbc news. 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 privatejet landed in paris on saturday. 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. one german security chief called it "a medium for radicalisation". have you come under pressure from other governments... 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. tens of thousands of rohingya refugees have rallied in camps in bangladesh, calling for an end to violence and a safe return to myanmar. 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. in recent weeks, fighting has escalated in rakhine state, with thousands more rohingya believed to have fled. 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. ukraine's team at the paralympics, which begin this week, will be hoping to continue its remarkable success story. they've finished near the top of the medal table at recent paralympics. winning nearly 100 medals at the last games in tokyo. but their preparations have been badly affected by the war with russia with many athletes having to train abroad. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. he's one of ukraine's biggest paralympic hopes — da nylo chufarov. but how do you prepare for a games after this? in 2022, he was here — the then besieged city of mariupol. chufarov, who's visually impaired, survived three weeks of shelling before his house was destroyed. translation: i was ready to die. i hoped i would survive, but the probability of dying was so high that you just put up with it.

over the last 20 years, ukraine's paralympians have become heroes at home — one of the most successful teams in the world. but they say around 500 of their sports facilities have been destroyed. chufarov now trains here, near dnipro, where he's often interrupted by air raid sirens. many athletes have had to move abroad. fencer andrii demchuk has been training in poland with their team, but he's gone back to ukraine, where he speaks to injured soldiers about adapting to life with a prosthetic. he's 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 pedals. and, for me, i can help with broken epee or foil and push the clutch, and after, i can push my left leg to another two pedals.

this is a little problem. every day, all what i do, i do for my country. at the paris olympics, 15 russian athletes took part as neutrals, their only medal in tennis. but at the paralympics, 90 are set to compete. for ukrainian swimmer anna hontar, who had to move to finland after the invasion, facing them will not be easy. i will try to close my emotions, but i don't know how it will be going. will it give you an extra motivation to win in the paralympics? yes. yeah? yes. i want to win, i want to fight for ukrainians, 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.

and before we go, a new law has come into force in australia, offering relief to millions of people who feel obliged to reply to employers after they finish their day's work. the "right to disconnect" law aims to redress the work—life balance by allowing workers to ignore after hours communications if they choose, without fear of being punished by their employers. about two dozen other countries, mainly in europe and latin america, have similar laws. please don't e—mail me until the top of the hour. i will be back then. stay with us here on 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 cuts 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 powell's remarks. but here in asia, markets are trading lower on monday, with japan's nikkei 225 index losing around i%. investors widely expect

a rate cut in september, and some believe the fed will keep cutting rates