of the inquiry could actually be of any sort imaginable. a huge manhunt is under way after three people were killed and four seriously injured in a knife attack at a festival in germany. and sacked bbc presenter jermaine jenas apologises for sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues — but denies any illegal activity. this is completely on me. i am 100% in the wrong and i accept full responsibility for that. hello. iam nicky i am nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the sinking of that luxury yacht off sciliy on monday in which 7 people died. italian prosecutors have confirmed that they have started a manslaughter and shipwreck investigation but they stressed that it was in the very early stages

and that they are not investigating anyone specifically at the moment. it was the first time that officials have addressed the media since the tragedy. they also said that the yacht likely sunk because of a downburst. this is a localised, powerful wind that descends from a thunderstorm and spreads out unpredictably seven people from a thunderstorm and spreads out unpredictably. seven people were killed when the vessel went down on monday inluding the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch and his daughter hannah. about 70 people were involved in the search operations each day since the yacht sank during a freak storm. here's the moment the prosecutors announced the nature of their investigation. translation: i'd like to also inform you officially that the termini - imerese prosecution has opened a case hypothesising the crime of shipwreck and manslaughter. but we are only at the initial stage

of the inquiry so far, so i'm going to confine myself to giving you only that information. but i have to emphasise that the development of the inquiry could actually be of any sort imaginable. here's what the prosecutors had to say about the weather conditions which hit the yacht — have a listen. from the information which we have obtained, it's a downburst we are talking about. no, the bodies were found in a cabin which were not theirs. but this doesn't give us any certainty about what happened. we have no idea of the reasons for them all being found in the same cabin. well, as we've been reporting the prosecutor in the case said the yacht had been hit by a �*downburst�*. let's find out more details of what that is with our weather presenter ben rich. what is a downburst

and how are they formed? down bursts and water spouts both form in association with thunderstorms and can cause quite similar sorts of damage, even on land we get reports of tornadoes which turn out not to be tornadoes but other features of thunder stones including down bursts. what is that? inside a thundercloud we have a turbulent motion and when is racing upwards and downwards very rapidly. there is a lot going on inside those storms. sometimes the wind will rush out off a storm cloud and you essentially get a blast of wind blowing downwards towards the ground which then hits the ground and spreads out in all different directions. it is like if i put the air down on the table it would reach the table and spread out. it is just like that. small localised powerful features which can cause huge amounts of damage.

why might a waterspout have initially been blamed? asi as i mentioned. they are both mentions the ring features of thunderstorms. we know there were a number of waterspouts reported across the mediterranean in the days leading up to the incident. and it is that similar damage atom, if you like, that may have led a waterspout to be blamed in this case. it is often the case that we see around these country and turbulent areas, various damage and problems are caused and it takes some time to analyse that where the situation in detail and to work out what exactly bit of the thunderstorm caused the damage. what might have caused these weather conditions? they are not that unusual. in the mediterranean, at this time of year, you do get frequent thunderstorms. these can be quite powerful. there is a lot of heat around in the

atmosphere that drives these powerful storms. waterspouts and down drafts are not that uncommon. in this case, we had low pressure in the mediterranean at this time, creating an unstable atmosphere, allowing the storm clouds to go up. we also had high sea surface temperature. record sea temperatures in the mediterranean. all of that gives a more energy to the atmosphere to provide these powerful storms. �* ., ~ , ., , . storms. ben, thank you very much. i have learnt — storms. ben, thank you very much. i have learnt a — storms. ben, thank you very much. i have learnt a lot _ storms. ben, thank you very much. i have learnt a lot in _ storms. ben, thank you very much. i have learnt a lot in the _ storms. ben, thank you very much. i have learnt a lot in the last - storms. ben, thank you very much. i have learnt a lot in the last couple i have learnt a lot in the last couple of moments. you can get more on the investigation into biot tragedy online on our live page. the prosecutors stressed that they are not investigating anyone specifically at the moment. a manhunt is under way after three

people were killed and eight others injured in a knife attack in the western german city of solingen. eight others have been injured, five seriously during the incident on friday. this is what we know so far. police say they are still looking for the attacker, with national security forces deployed to the scene. they gave no details of a motive.the man reportedly stabbed passers—by they gave no details of a motive. the man reportedly stabbed passers—by at random when the industrial city was celebrating 650 years since it was founded. our correspondent in berlin, damian mcguinness, has the latest on the hunt for the suspect. police are still searching for the suspect. there are conflicting media reports in german media about a possible arrest, but police haven't confirmed that. so i think we're waiting now for police to confirm anything they know. the next few hours, later this afternoon, police are scheduled to give a press statement and possibly a press conference. and later on today, various different political leaders

from across germany are due to visit solingen to visit the scene. what we've already seen this morning is regional police are still searching for the suspect. what we've already seen this morning is regional leaders visiting the scene, visibly moved by what they've experienced. and i think we're seeing really this sense of shock, particularly in that region, in that town, for the fact that what was supposed to be a festival of celebrating the town's diversity turned into a day of tragedy. what police have also said is that it's very difficult to get concrete information about who the perpetrator was. and that's because the eyewitnesses and the victims who are being questioned right now are finding it very difficult to give reliable information because of the trauma and the shock they've suffered. and what police have said is that they're really calling on people to avoid speculation, because we've already seen on social media and on online all sorts of fake information being spread around. and i think that's why police

are now trying to desperately put together as many as much of the facts that they know and which they expect in the next couple of hours, they'll release as much as they can in order to really undermine some of the fake news that's being being spread around online. yeah. the chancellor, olaf schultz, saying that perpetrators saying that perpetrator must be caught quickly. what do we know about the incident itself? because there were reports that he was stabbing random passers by? yes. again, some of those reports are also quite contradictory. what police have said... some police officers have said that he appears to have targeted certain people. that's one suggestion from some police officers. so, they're calling it an attack. they're not calling it a rampage, as some attacks would be called if it seems completely random. but they're also not calling it a terror incident as yet, because they don't see any motive or any confirmed motive which would

point to a terror related incident. so, so far, police are just calling it an attack because it does seem, according to some officers, that he might have targeted certain victims. but again, we haven't had a full confirmation of that just yet. what actually happened on the ground was, round about 9.40 in the evening during... there was all sorts of concerts... there was music going on. there were djs playing during this, this time when there were lots of crowds in this main square in the centre of the city, a man started stabbing people with a knife. that's pretty much as much as we know. we now know that eight people were injured, five seriously, and three people have died. so it was a major incident and of course, as you say, the main issue right now is finding this perpetrator and bringing him tojustice. damien mcguinness reporting from

berlin. "i am sorry and ashamed.2 the words of the presenter "i am sorry and ashamed." the words of the presenter and football pundit, jermainejenas after he was sacked by the bbc for sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues. in an interview with the sun newspaper, the former footballer apologised to the women for making them feel uncomfortable — and to his wife. jenas was considered by some to be a rising star on the one show and match of the day. our correspondent graham satchell reports. jermainejenas leaving his home in hertfordshire to give an interview to the sun newspaper. in it, he admits sending inappropriate texts, denies being a sex pest, and says he's ashamed. firstly to say sorry, um, to my wife, to my... you know, to my family, um, to the women involved, as well, and what i've, um, put...put them through. we've had a host of massive stars on the show, and tonight is no different. jenas, who says he was sacked by the bbc on monday, now acknowledges he has a problem — a self—destructive streak for which he says he's getting help. he says part of the reason he's speaking publicly is to correct

rumours on social media. there is nothing illegal that has happened here. um... this is consenting adults that messaged each other. now...this is completely on me. um... i am 100% in the wrong, and i accept full responsibility for that. and it's something that obviously i need to address and look at myself. jermainejenas was a midfielder who played for newcastle, spurs and england. a different approach to the game. he moved to punditry on shows like match of the day, earning close to £200,000 a year. he now says he feels like he's lost everything. the family situation is the thing that's at first — is at the forefront of my mind, that i'm trying to just piece back together. but i've also got to be able to kind of look myself in the mirror and understand where i've gone wrong, and understand that this is on me — it's not on anybody else, there's nobody else to blame here. jenas says he's still considering suing the bbc for the way it handled his sacking, but he's been dropped

by his agent, and talksport — where he also worked — have said there are no plans for him to present in the immediate future. it is a dramatic fall from grace for a star who many considered had a bright future. graham satchell, bbc news. police have arrested two more men on suspicion of murder after a woman and her three children died in a house fire in bradford. the fire killed bryonie gawith and her three children — denisty, nine, 0scar, five, and aubree birtle, 22 months. the men — aged 36 and 45 — were arrested overnight in the keighley area and were being held in custody. a 39—year—old man arrested at the scene on wednesday on suspicion of murder remains in hospital with critical injuries to ukraine next. president zelensky has used a speech on the country's independence day

to say russia's invasion has failed. he said moscow had tried to destroy his country, but instead war had returned to russian soil. mr zelensky said moscow would know what retribution was. he said by launching its full—scale invasion more than two years ago, the kremlin was seeking to destroy ukraine, but instead kyiv was celebrating its 33rd independence day. breaking news:... in a breaking development, the two sides have each exchanged 115 prisoners of war, after the united arab emirates acted as an intermediary. the russian personnel were captured during the offensive in kursk. in total 230 prisoners of also exchanged, 115 on each side between russia and ukraine. let's speak to volodymyr yermolenko, a ukrainian philosopher and chief editor at @ukraine—world.

cani can i first ask about the mood in ukraine on this independence day? thank you for having me. the mood is of course that we feel this war is a war for independence. of course that we feel this war is a warfor independence. strangely war for independence. strangely enough, warfor independence. strangely enough, after 33 years, of actual independence, or maybe after 20 something years, russia started to think that it doesn't accept this independence and therefore once to restore its empire. and this is what this war is about. so, it is a feeling that independence isn't guaranteed, it all depends on each of us and the country, in a sense, the baby, that we should take care of. is the baby, that we should take care of. , ., the baby, that we should take care of. , . ' the baby, that we should take care of. , ., ' , the baby, that we should take care of. is a moot different this year after that incursion _ of. is a moot different this year after that incursion happened i of. is a moot different this year| after that incursion happened by ukrainian forces into russian territory. ukrainian forces into russian territo . ~ ukrainian forces into russian territo .~ ., _ ., territory. well, obviously, we have much more —

territory. well, obviously, we have much more enthusiasm. _ territory. well, obviously, we have much more enthusiasm. there - territory. well, obviously, we have much more enthusiasm. there are | territory. well, obviously, we have - much more enthusiasm. there are lots of discussions. of course, it is good that ukraine has shown russia that if russia starts a war, then war will come back to the russian territory. so, we can compare this mood to the counteroffensive operations in 2022, when ukraine successfully retook a lot of territory taken by russia at the beginning of the full scale invasion. but also, we should have a sober look at this. of course, if you look at russia and russian territory, where ukraine succeeded in capturing a small and tiny part of territory, russia is now continuing its offensive in the eastern part of ukraine. so, we hope that it will change reality on the ground, and we see that not so much, even this incursion, but the strikes, deep strikes ukraine make

some russian military airfields, for example, this is what is changing the reality. but, ithink example, this is what is changing the reality. but, i think we are a little bit far from a the reality. but, i think we are a little bit farfrom a game the reality. but, i think we are a little bit far from a game changer. can i get your reaction to the news of the prison exchanged today? 230 prisoners in all, 115 from each side. there are a lot of prisoners being held by each side. absolutely. for example. _ being held by each side. absolutely. for example, some _ being held by each side. absolutely. for example, some of— being held by each side. absolutely. for example, some of them - being held by each side. absolutely. for example, some of them are - being held by each side. absolutely. for example, some of them are my| for example, some of them are my friends. 0ne for example, some of them are my friends. one of my friends is a human rights activist who joined the ukrainian army and was taken as a prisoner of war, and was given 13 years into russian prison for absolutely a phantasmagoric absolutely a pha ntasmagoric allegation. absolutely a phantasmagoric allegation. and each exchange of prisoners is a very touching event for members of the families. and of course, i mean... what is more important for human life? what is more important for humans and then taking back the family members? of course. but of course, there are

still many prisoners, ukrainian prisoners in russia. they are sometimes subject to crazy trials. finally, how long do you think that this is going to go on for? i mean... that is a question nobody knows the answer to. do not believe those who tell you. i think it is in our capacity of europeans, of ukrainian partners, to win this war as quickly as possible. we see russia is extremely vulnerable. although, it is still very strong enemy. but, if russia wins this war, then we will a century of recolonisation. it is in our common interest to win this war, and for russia to perceive this war as a war against europe and democracy. but, i

would not say that we can expect something very quick. i think that we are actually facing a situation when russia tries to restore its empire, although the empire is in decline. so, we have these two contradictory movements. my feeling is that it could take decades. thank ou ve is that it could take decades. thank you very much _ is that it could take decades. thank you very much for _ is that it could take decades. thank you very much forjoining _ is that it could take decades. thank you very much forjoining us - is that it could take decades. thank you very much forjoining us here . is that it could take decades. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. to the middle east next, where negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage deal in gaza are set to continue into their third week. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that a delegation from the group is travelling to cairo where the talks are taking place, but will not participate in the negotiations. the official said there was no change in hamas's position. it wants a complete israeli troop withdrawal from two key areas in gaza. on friday, president biden spoke with his egyptian counterpart, abdel fattah el—sisi as both countries, along with qatar push israel and hamas to accept the terms of a deal—brokered last month it

of a deal—brokered last month. it comes in a week where america's top diplomat secretary of state, antony blinken meet with regional leaders in his ninth trip to the middle east since the conflict began over ten months ago. the bbc arabic reporter in cairo, abdelbassir hassan told me more about what we can expect from these latest talks. we havejust learned from media that hamas is expected to send a delegation, a high level delegation to cairo. expectedly, as reporters say, today, to discuss the next step after the negotiations held in cairo over the last 2a hours, or 48 hours at least, on what's called a new plan. the israeli media have reported that israel introduced what can be called a map of the positions where the israeli troops are expected to be deployed during the implementation

of the first phase of any planned agreement. this has been delivered to the egyptians. the egyptians are expected to deliver it to hamas to discuss it. what it says... it says that israel is ready to withdraw from certain parts from philadelphi corridor. it's a strip along the border between egypt and qatar. gaza and the gaza strip. israel has been holding or occupying this strip since early may and refusing to withdraw from it. that's why it has been a major obstacle against reaching what can be called a compromise between at least the egyptians and the israelis over the last few days. seemingly, the pressure from the united states have gained some fruit. israel, reportedly, or benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel, reportedly agreed to a suggestion from the united states. israel can withdraw from certain points from certain positions at the corridor to try to pave the way for what can be called a compromise.

meanwhile, palestinians are protesting new israeli takeovers of their privately owned land on a unesco world heritage site in the occupied west bank. this month, a far—right israeli minister, published a plan for a newjewish settlement in the area known for its natural beauty, close to bethlehem. the announcement comes with tensions running high in the west bank since the start of the war in gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports: in the picturesque palestinian village, life carries on as it has for centuries on these ancient terraces. but there's a threat. israel has approved a newjewish settlement in this unesco world heritage site. so that is the hill that is due to be transformed by new settler houses. israel's government has recently

turbo—charged settlement growth, but people in battir had hoped that international recognition of this landscape's cultural importance could protect it. armed settlers confront this man. part of his farmland has now been taken by the israeli state, and another plot was seized late last year without even an israeli permit under international law. even an israeli permit. under international law, all settlements are considered illegal. they are not caring about the international law or the local law and even the god's law. they are stealing our land to i mean to build their dreams on our catastrophe. soon, men carrying guns arrive. 0ne tells us he's british. he orders our team to leave.

joined by activists, the family are protesting after soldiers forced them off their land in the world heritage site last month. settlers moved in as war in gaza rages on. extremists in israel's government are tightening their hold on the west bank. they took advantage of the war because all eyes on gaza. so they thought that we are helpless. it's really hard because you're fighting a system. for israel's far right politicians, the bible is thejewish people's deed to this land. they say they're fighting against the creation of a palestinian state, part of the long time international formula for peace. the failed policy of giving parts of our land to the palestinians only brought terror and bloodshed to the palestinians and the israelis. we've stopped doing that. back in battir, unesco says it's concerned about the settlers plans. but for palestinians,

this is notjust about preserving an historic site. it's about keeping hope for the future. let's turn to the us now, where robert f kennedyjunior has appeared on stage alongside donald trump, just hours after suspending his independent campaign for white house to back the republican candidate. after introducing him at a rally in arizona, mr trump promised to open an office to investigate the assassination of his uncle, the democrat presidentjohn f kennedy. this is what donald trump said when he introduced robert f kennedyjunior. for the past 16 months, bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for president of the united states. i know... ..because he also went after me a couple of times, i didn't like it. laughter. and i mean this sincerely — had he been allowed to enter the democrat primary, he would have easily beatenjoe

biden, but they wouldn't let him in. cheering. nasa are expecting to make an announcement later on how they plan to get the two astronauts who are stranded on the international space station down. sunita williams and barry wilmore might have to remain at the space station for at least eight months after the boeing spacecraft that took them into space injune, for what was meant to be eight days, suffered technical problems. finally this half hour, justin bieber is a dad. he and wife hailey have welcomed their first child just over three months after she shared the news that she was pregnant. the pair got married in 2018. justin confirmed the news posting a photo of his new son's foot — and we assume hailey�*s hand — on instagram with the caption �*welcome home, jack blues bieber�*. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, it's a bank holiday weekend for many of us and the weather is going to be quite mixed. generally breezy, cool for the time of year. certainly at first there will be some rain at times, but also some sunny spells, and most of us

will see a gradual improvement by the time we get to monday. but it's certainly been very wet across the southeastern quadrant of the uk through this morning. that rain starting to clear south east england. east anglia into the afternoon. sunny spells and thundery showers could follow on behind. elsewhere, a day of sunny spells and some showers, some heavy and thundery, particularly out towards northwest scotland. it's still windy for the time of year and temperatures are below the seasonal average, just not as windy as it was yesterday. 0vernight tonight feeling chilly for late august. there'll be lots of clear spells developing. the showers will fade away. winds freshen again from the west into tomorrow morning. we'll start the day off with temperatures in high. with temperatures in high single figures for many of us. on sunday there's more rain, more weather fronts moving in from the west. but this time the focus of most of the rain will tend to be across southwestern areas of scotland, northwest england, northern ireland. so just in the areas where we really

don't need any more wet weather. northern scotland sunny spells and some scattered showers. the rainfall totals starting to mount up across the central swathe of the uk. the rain across northern england too, but for much of england and wales then, it looks largely dry. a few showers out towards the west, some sunny spells and temperatures starting to creep up, but still very brisk westerly south—westerly winds blowing. as we move through sunday and into bank holiday monday for some of us, not a bank holiday in scotland. there's more weather fronts just waiting in the wings this time. the weather front is likely to give some showers, scattered showers across parts of northern ireland and into northwest scotland. but i think for many of us it is looking largely dry on monday, with high pressure building in from the south. there'll be some sunny spells. south—westerly winds again, quite breezy for the time of year, but temperatures now more or less back up to the seasonal average. so the high teens, the low 20s in celsius. and across england and wales, those temperatures are set to rise further as we head through the rest of the week, possibly the high 20s

in southeast england. always cloudy and cooler, windier and really quite wet at times in the north and the west. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... prosecutors in italy open a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of sicily. seven people were killed when the vessel went down on monday, inluding the british tech

entrepreneur mike lynch and his daughter hannah. police in western germany say at least three people have been killed in a mass stabbing at a festival in the city of solingen. several others have been injured. the attacker is still at large. the city was marking the 650th anniversary of its foundation. sacked bbc presenter jermaine jenas apologises for sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues — but denies any illegal activity. and the paralympic flame has just been lit at stoke mandeville hospital, where the idea for the games was born. the torch will then begin its journey to paris ahead of the start of the paralympics on wednesday. very good afternoon, if you have justjoined, you havejoined bbc news

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