were also set ablaze. six of the attackers are reported to have been killed in what is thought to have been an islamist attack in a region which is predominately muslim. the governor of dagestan sergei melikov said they were trying to understand the motive behind the attack. translation: of course, we understand what's behind the organisation of these terrorist attacks. we understand what the organisers were trying to achieve. subsequent operational research and investigative measures will be carried out until all participants and their sleeper cells are identified and, of course, they had been preparing for this, course, they had been preparing forthis, including course, they had been preparing for this, including from abroad. the situation is now under the control of the government authorities and... let's speak to matthew schmidt, an associate professor of national security and political science at the university of new haven. good to have you on the programme. once again, deadly attacks, this time in douglas diamond. took us through the thoughts on who may be behind this. —— dagestan. thoughts on who may be behind this. -- dagestan.— this. -- dagestan. thank you aaain this. -- dagestan. thank you again for— this. -- dagestan. thank you again for having _ this. -- dagestan. thank you again for having me. - this. -- dagestan. thank you again for having me. i - this. -- dagestan. thank you again for having me. i think. again for having me. i think everybody�*s first thought has got to be isis—k. if we go back a few months to the deadly attack in crocus city outside of moscow, this is a region that has had extremist groups in it for quite some time. the most powerful one in this area has been something called the caucasus emirate. the levers have been killed by russian security forces so it's unclear how much of the group exist and who they are with but some portion of the group we know have pledged themselves to isis but we don't know if it was isis—k but when you put it all together, it has to be the first place everyone was looking will have to wait see beyond that.— looking will have to wait see be ond that. ~ ., ., , . beyond that. what do we expect the resnonse — beyond that. what do we expect the response to _ beyond that. what do we expect the response to be _ beyond that. what do we expect the response to be from - beyond that. what do we expect| the response to be from moscow to this? figs the response to be from moscow to this? ~ , , ., ., the response to be from moscow tothis? a , ., ., .,. to this? as show of force. you've — to this? as show of force. you've already _ to this? as show of force. you've already seen - to this? as show of force. you've already seen it. i to this? as show of force. - you've already seen it. they've declared an anti—terrorist operation and it basically means the police can stop—and—search you and arrest you and do whatever they want to do, as long as they claim you are a suspect so you will see quite a bit of a crackdown right now. do see quite a bit of a crackdown right "ow-— right now. do you think vladimir _ right now. do you think vladimir putin - right now. do you think vladimir putin is - right now. do you think- vladimir putin is concerned about the ramifications in terms of russians feeling like moscow has not got a handle on these kind of incidence because their focuses on ukraine? these kind of incidence because theirfocuses on ukraine? i their focuses on ukraine? i think that his concern is something may happen in moscow or st petersburg. his concern will be to wrap up the network that was obviously behind the attack of this sophistication and science in dagestan and make sure that this doesn't happen in his own backyard —— and size. if he has a crocus city 2.0, that's what he is worried about, but ordinary russians out there will start getting nervous that his government cannot do the basic thing it is supposed to do, to protect. in thing it is supposed to do, to rotect. . thing it is supposed to do, to rotect. , ., , ., protect. in terms of intel, you know, protect. in terms of intel, you know. and _ protect. in terms of intel, you know, and moscow's - protect. in terms of intel, you know, and moscow's handle i protect. in terms of intel, you | know, and moscow's handle on that. talk us through their systems to try and prevent these events from happening ahead of time. the these events from happening ahead of time.— ahead of time. the first thing that they do is _ ahead of time. the first thing that they do is under - ahead of time. the first thing that they do is under these . that they do is under these antiterrorism laws and even really without them, they violate all kinds of civil rights and they will arrest people and torture people and tried to get any information they came out of it. in a very sort of classically brutal soviet way. it will be worse right now in the aftermath of an event like this. there is no attempt right now to say that someone is innocent until proven guilty. again, before that with crocus city where assailants grabbed and beaten and killed and so, that's what's going on right now ——we saw that. they will gather up the raw intelligence and compare it to the significant system of surveillance that they have built—in throughout they have built—in throughout the country and will really be honing in on looking for cars and licence plates going into moscow and st petersburg region right now, so that's really the first step is to try to find out if there is another imminent attack in those cities and if so, how to stop it. just briefl , and if so, how to stop it. just briefly. how _ and if so, how to stop it. just briefly, how worried - and if so, how to stop it. just briefly, how worried is putin do you think about this? i think it has to be pretty worried. crocus city caught him by surprise. it was a major attack which means there are weaknesses in the system, and this attack also apparently caught them by surprise, right? they are supposed to have a really good intelligence system and clearly, it failed because remember, two of the alleged assailants in this attack were now dead were the sons of the regional political head. so somehow, this slipped by some obvious ways to catch this. he has to be nervous. we appreciate _ has to be nervous. we appreciate your - has to be nervous. we appreciate your thoughts on what has been going on in dagestan. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said the phase of intense fighting against hamas in rafah is finally coming to an end but he warned the war would not finish until the islamist group no longer controls the gaza strip. in his first television interview on israeli tv since the war started in october, mr netanyahu said the end of the rafah offensive would allow troops to be freed up to help in the northern border with lebanon, where fighting with the hezbollah armed group has escalated. meanwhile, the israeli defence minister yoav gallant has begun a visit to washington, where he due to hold talks about the conflict and the president biden�*s ceasefire deal. but mr netanyahu said the main objective was still to destroy hamas before the war concludes. translation: if there . is an agreement, it will be an agreement according to our terms, and our terms are not to end the war, to leave gaza and leave hamas as it is. i refuse to leave hamas as it is. we need to eliminate it. let's speak to laura blumenfeld, a middle east analyst and a former senior adviser on the israel—palestine negotiating team at the us state department. she joins us from new york. thank you forjoining us. what do you make, then, of what the prime minister has been saying in this interview? it’s prime minister has been saying in this interview?— in this interview? it's a little bit _ in this interview? it's a little bit of _ in this interview? it's a little bit of a _ in this interview? it's a little bit of a middle i in this interview? it's a i little bit of a middle east minuet, three steps forward and two steps back. he says he is no longer or he never was potentially interested in kind of a 3—phase deal that president biden publicised and said that netanyahu had indeed embraced. but the war is coming to an end anyway and i think netanyahu's feeling is we may as well get some hostages out of it. according to him, hamas rejected the deal and according to hamas, israel rejected the deal. my sources tell me the ceasefire proposal is pretty much dead. we cannot be sure of the number of hostages that are, in fact, the number of hostages that are, infact, alive. the number of hostages that are, in fact, alive. there is no end game. we have devolved into a blame game. if we could at least salvage the first part of the deal, as one is really negotiated topping, the only plans that work in the middle east are one point plans. for yoav gallant, _ east are one point plans. for yoav gallant, who _ east are one point plans. for yoav gallant, who is in washington now, the defence minister of israel, what is hoped will be achieved from that visit?— that visit? it's fascinating. it's his second _ that visit? it's fascinating. it's his second troop - that visit? it's fascinating. it's his second troop since | it's his second troop since october seven to washington and is now seen as the rival and alternative potential to prime minister netanyahu. there has been a lot of tension of course between him and the biden administration, netanyahu, so he has been treated to a buffier of bilateral meetings. —— buffier. he has been talking with both parties about preventing regional escalation and spreading of the war to other countries and when president biden sat at the beginning of the war one word, don't, to iran. he also said that israel. the very, very clear they don't want to see a widening of the war with lebanon and there is that conversation with the defence secretary, often israel no longer has the skip the line path in the us weapons world. we have given israel over $7.5 billion worth of arms and now netanyahu has been very upset because inaudible online with the other country so hopefully for israel's sake, they are hoping yoav gallant can expedite that process and bring the weapons back to that kind of line that they desperately need, especially if they will open up another front to the north. �* ., . open up another front to the north. �* . , ., ., _ open up another front to the north. �* . , ., north. but that is no easy task at all, especially _ north. but that is no easy task at all, especially as _ north. but that is no easy task| at all, especially as netanyahu kind of made it clear he was going to be focusing his attention now on the north, the border between israel and lebanon, and how that fighting there is escalating.— there is escalating. yeah, i mean, there is escalating. yeah, i mean. from _ there is escalating. yeah, i mean, from eus _ there is escalating. yeah, i mean, from eus point - there is escalating. yeah, i mean, from eus point of l there is escalating. yeah, i- mean, from eus point of view, all they want to see between and certainly the convention and certainly the convention and then election day is quiet. the israelis are saying we had 90,000 of our residents living on the north the first time in history the government ordered them to evacuate. they cannot start living in their homes. september one is the deadline. the united states is november. we will see who wins the clash. so far israel has been pushing. laura, thank you forjoining us and giving us your take on what is happening in the middle east. we're into the final full week of campaigning in the uk general election but it is being overshadowed by the gambling commission's inquiries into alleged bets placed on the timing of the election date. the bbc understands it involves more people than those publicly named so far. it comes as labour has written to the gambling regulator, urging it to release the names of everyone being investigated. so far, four senior conservatives are looked into by the commission. here's our political correspondent helen catt. that is fantastic. what's been some of your highlights? rishi sunak�*s party has already tweaked its sales pitch at this election from being all about another term of conservative government to more warnings about labour winning big. but the focus is now being repeatedly pulled away from that message by fresh details about bets allegedly placed by tories on the election date. the home secretary this morning was the latest minister to face questions about it. to your knowledge, home secretary, did any ministers put a bet on the timing of the election? not to my knowledge at all. i have been absolutely clear that from what i have read, i am not in any way going to defend the actions of these individuals but i'm also conscious that i don't have the full details — the only organisation that does is the gambling commission — and it is right that they take action, whatever the appropriate action, and they have been clear that we should not discuss this. the conservative party's chief data officer nick mason was earlier identified as the fourth conservative being investigated. he has denied wrongdoing and has taken a leave of absence. the bbc understands there are more people with links to the tories and the government being looked into. labour is making sure the questions keep coming. it's now written to the gambling commission, which hasn't named anyone it is investigating, calling on it to identify them all — it says in the public interest. the issue here is that whether those people who had insider knowledge of what was going on used that information in placing a bet. people across the country will place bets, but i think there is genuine disgust. also in the sunday times today, the levelling up secretary explained why he thinks the investigation is damaging. he said: a view echoed by the liberal democrats, who say rishi sunak needs to act. liberal democrats have already called on the prime minister to intervene personally to make sure that every single person who is being investigated is suspended immediately and that he launches a cabinet inquiry investigation. so, too, does this conservative, the former justice secretary. and i am deeply, deeply hurt and rather angry that this has happened in the middle of a campaign that is tough enough without things like this to complicate it further. do you think that the prime minister ought to suspend the people involved ? yes, i do. there's been a lot of criticism of rishi sunak�*s decision to call this election in the rain. but as it approaches the closing stages, it's the drip—drip of allegations that's doing more damage to the tories' campaign. helen catt, bbc news. flights have resumed at manchester airport a day after a power cut caused major disruptions for tens of thousands of passengers. people waited in long lines and some planes were held on runways for several hours. some flights were diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season. the managing director of the uk's third busiest airport has apologised to passengers. we will have a lot more on that in business today in 15 minutes. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. at least 1,301 pilgrims died during this year's hajj pilgrimage to mecca, which took place during an extreme heatwave — that's the first official figure we have received from the government in saudi arabia. more than 80% of those who died were unregistered, meaning they did not have official permits to be there and some of those were elderly or seriously ill. nearly 500,000 pilgrims were treated by medical teams in soaring temperatures of more than 50 degrees. the saudi authorities have been criticised for not putting enough precautions in place to make the hajj safe. zirrar ali recently returned to london from his pilgrimage with his 70—year—old father. he described what the conditions were like on the ground in mecca. it's hard to describe how hot 51 degrees feels like. i think a lot of people were not prepared, to be honest with you, what it would look like day today. i think being in tents are easier but the events for hajj are outside and before we went we thought there would be cooling systems and water provided on all of the roots and it wasn't the case. and so most pilgrims resulted two umbrellas or a part of the hajj is you cannot cover your head as part of the koran so you cannot have a hat on so a lot of the dependency is on the organisations to give you shade and shelter whichjust organisations to give you shade and shelter which just wasn't the case. it may be five—day ritual extremely extremely difficult. from my personal experience, i saw ambulances and medics on—site in most of the places i went to but what shocked me the most is they were not engaged or stepping in and people were not feeling well or had passed out and so there were cases where i saw people unconscious or looks like they were unconscious or maybe even more seriously ill and the ambulances or medics were not stepping in. i'm not sure whether that was because of how many people were being impacted by the heat but i saw them onside but to be honest with you i did not see them stepping in. that's my personal experience and it shocked me, actually. let's get some of the day's other news now. the french president emmanuel macron has promised a change in his leadership style, regardless of who wins the snap parliamentary elections in a week's time. in an open letter, mr macron said he understood that things could not continue as they were. the far—right national rally is still leading in the opinion polls ahead of the first round on 30thjune with mr macron�*s party set its second heavy election defeat in as many weeks. taiwan's president lai ching—te says democracy is not a crime after china issued harsh new penalties for those who support independence for the island. china, which views taiwan as its own territory, regards mr lai as a separatist. mr lai said china had no right to punish the people of taiwan because of the positions they hold. he called on beijing to face up to taiwan's existence. the olympic torch relay marked olympic day by winding its way through the french alps. torchbearers carried the olympic flame on foot, boat and train from evian—les—bains to chamonix—mont—blanc, where the first winter olympics were hosted 100 years ago. the relay will culminate with the lighting of the cauldron in paris during the opening ceremonies of the paris games at the end ofjuly. now to a remarkable story of hope for one 12—year—old boy who has become the first person in the world to trial a new form of treatment for epilepsy. oran knowlson, who was having multiple seizures a day, has been fitted with a device inside his skull known as a neurostimulator, sending electrical signals deep in to his brain. our medical editor fergus walsh has been following his progress — just a warning his report contains some images of surgery and seizures. would you like to try using this? 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in his skull. number one, right? we _ in his skull. number one, right? we will— in his skull. number one, right? we will start i in his skull. number one, right? we will start with i in his skull. number one, i right? we will start with 190. the device will send electrical impulses deep into oran's brain via two electrodes stop the leads have to be inserted to the thalamus, a key relay station in the brain for sensory information. screw ready for — sensory information. screw ready for the _ sensory information. screw ready for the plate - sensory information. screw ready for the plate in i sensory information. screw ready for the plate in due l ready for the plate in due course. . .,. ready for the plate in due course. , ., course. the placing of the leads require _ course. the placing of the leads require millimetre l leads require millimetre precision. leads require millimetre precision-— leads require millimetre precision. this study will hopefully _ precision. this study will hopefully allow - precision. this study will hopefully allow us i precision. this study will hopefully allow us to i precision. this study will i hopefully allow us to identify really whether this is an efficacious treatment for epilepsy and also looking at a new type of device which is particularly useful in children because the implant is in the skull and not the chest and we hope it will reduce the potential complications. not easy. potential complications. not eas . �* . easy. after inserting the electrodes, _ easy. after inserting the electrodes, they - easy. after inserting the electrodes, they are i easy. after inserting the i electrodes, they are carefully connected to the neurostimulator. then, the device is placed into a gap cut out of oran's skull. and it is finally screwed into position. in the coming months, three more patients will undergo the same surgery here at gosh as part of the first ever trial to treat severe childhood epilepsy. 1066. final checks complete, oran's surgery has gone without a hitch. it’s gone without a hitch. it's re gone without a hitch. it's pretty spot-on _ gone without a hitch. it's pretty spot-on to i gone without a hitch. it�*s pretty spot—on to me. gone without a hitch. it's pretty spot-on to me. it| gone without a hitch. it's i pretty spot-on to me. it looks very good _ pretty spot-on to me. it looks very good so _ pretty spot-on to me. it looks very good so we're _ pretty spot-on to me. it looks very good so we're very i pretty spot-on to me. it looks| very good so we're very happy. thal's— very good so we're very happy. that's great. we know we have left him — that's great. we know we have left him with the leads where we want _ left him with the leads where we want them to be survey gives the best— we want them to be survey gives the best chance possible of the device — the best chance possible of the device working and producing seizures _ device working and producing seizures. ' ' device working and producing seizures. 1.9. three mg. a month later, _ seizures. 1.9. three mg. a month later, oran - seizures. 1.9. three mg. a month later, oran and i seizures. 1.9. three mg. a month later, oran and his parents are back at great ormond street for his device to be switched on. irate ormond street for his device to be switched on.— ormond street for his device to be switched on. we are into the maximum _ be switched on. we are into the maximum now. _ be switched on. we are into the maximum now. slowly, - be switched on. we are into the maximum now. slowly, the i maximum now. slowly, the current is — maximum now. slowly, the current is increased i maximum now. slowly, the current is increased to - maximum now. slowly, the current is increased to the l current is increased to the target level.— current is increased to the | target level._ it target level. that's fine. it is heped — target level. that's fine. it is hoped constant - target level. that's fine. it is hoped constant deep - target level. that's fine. it i is hoped constant deep brain stimulation will block the abnormal electrical signals triggering his seizures. flan triggering his seizures. can ou triggering his seizures. can you reach _ triggering his seizures. can you reach it? _ triggering his seizures. can you reach it? good - triggering his seizures. (can you reach it? good man! well done! ~ . ~ ., you reach it? good man! well done!- walk - you reach it? good man! well done!- walk on, - you reach it? good man! well| done!- walk on, good done! walk on. walk on, good man. done! walk on. walk on, good man- and _ done! walk on. walk on, good man. and this _ done! walk on. walk on, good man. and this is _ done! walk on. walk on, good man. and this is oran - done! walk on. walk on, good man. and this is oran now. i man. and this is oran now. seven months _ man. and this is oran now. seven months on, - man. and this is oran now. seven months on, it - man. and this is oran now. seven months on, it is - seven months on, it is immediately clear he is more active and independent. now aged 13, epilepsy no longer dominates his life.- aged 13, epilepsy no longer dominates his life. yeah ha! seizure wild _ dominates his life. yeah ha! seizure wild microphone - dominates his life. yeah ha! seizure wild microphone we | dominates his life. yeah ha! - seizure wild microphone we have seen _ seizure wild microphone we have seen a _ seizure wild microphone we have seen a massive improvement. severity— seen a massive improvement. severity is _ seen a massive improvement. severity is less —— seizure wise~ _ severity is less —— seizure wise~ he _ severity is less —— seizure wise. he is a happy boy. we haven't_ wise. he is a happy boy. we haven't had to resuscitate him since — haven't had to resuscitate him since you _ haven't had to resuscitate him since you last saw us and just overall. — since you last saw us and just overall, we are seeing a much better— overall, we are seeing a much better quality of life, i think. _ better quality of life, i think, and he is happy. sheep! oran's daytime _ think, and he is happy. sheep! oran's daytime seizures - think, and he is happy. sheep! oran's daytime seizures have l oran's daytime seizures have reduced by 80%.— reduced by 80%. what's that bad? further _ reduced by 80%. what's that bad? further improvements| reduced by 80%. what's that i bad? further improvements are ossible bad? further improvements are possible as _ bad? further improvements are possible as doctors _ bad? further improvements are possible as doctors plan - bad? further improvements are possible as doctors plan to - possible as doctors plan to tailor his device to make it even more responsive to his brain activity. 50 you are optimistic for the future? brain activity. so you are optimistic for the future? very optimistic _ optimistic for the future? very optimistic for _ optimistic for the future? very optimistic for the _ optimistic for the future? very optimistic for the future. - optimistic for the future? very optimistic for the future. i - optimistic for the future. i think the great ormond street team gave us hope back which was something we didn't have. now, the future looks brighter. oran's family no his treatment is not a cure but they are optimistic he will continue to emerge from the shadow cast by his epilepsy. fergus walsh, bbc news, somerset. we must mention the heartbreak for scotland. they lost to hungary who scored in the last minute of the game in the euros. the defeat means they are out of the tournament. hungary will have to wait for the other results to see if they are through. business today is here next. hello. we're into ourfirst significant spell of summer heat at the moment but how long will it last? well, certainly, the heat will be widespread to start the week. quite humid by day and by night, too. 0k, not completely dry but as we go through the second half of the week, we'll notice all of us gradually turning fresher, temperatures closer to where we would normally expect this stage injune, and a bit more of a mix in conditions out there as well. back to the here and now. well, for monday morning, it's already quite humid across some southern and eastern areas. a little bit fresher for the north and west. we'll see the best of the morning sunshine. more cloud into north and west scotland through the day. some low cloud around the coasts. and this here's the remnants of that old weather front. it caused a lot of cloud during the afternoon yesterday for parts of wales and the south—west especially. it's more across the midlands and drifting into parts of south and east yorkshire later. not going to have a massive impact on temperatures — widely in the mid 20s for many. scotland 26, northern ireland at 24—25, experiencing their hottest day of the week. now, as we go into monday night, we'll see thicker cloud bring a bit more in the way of patchy light rain and drizzle to scotland and the west of northern ireland. some low cloud drifting northwards into northern england but notice where that cloud is in place. temperatures not dropping much lower than around 15—17 degrees. now, as we go into tuesday, we've got that weather front which brings rain at the end of the day in western scotland. it pushes a bit further southwards, combines with the old weather front, which is sitting here across northern england, to produce a bit more cloud for scotland, northern ireland, northern england on tuesday. the chance of a few showers breaking out later in the day. scotland, northern ireland, still warm where any sunshine gets through but nowhere near as warm as monday. the heat continues to build further south and east. up to around 28 celsius in the london area by this stage. now, as you go through tuesday night into wednesday, that first weather front starts to push away but still, remnants of it across the northern half of the country, producing one or two showers, more especially across scotland. but away from that, some sunny spells across england and wales and the heat could build even further. could get to 28, 29 celsius by the time we hit the middle part of the week. some showers and heavy downpours in northern ireland later and that's ahead of this — area of low pressure between us and iceland which will drive a cold front eastwards, sweeping away the humid air gradually as we go through thursday and into friday and introducing fresher conditions. but temperatures back closer to normal as we head towards the weekend, and a few more showers around as well. take care. handling the heat — soaring temperatures is changing the way we holiday, affecting lives and livelihoods at some of the world's tourist hotspots. we have the latest trends... what a difference a day makes — flights resume at manchester airport after a power outage causes major disruption. small steps to avoid a trade war — beijing agrees to talks with the european union over eu tariffs on chinese electric vehicles. and... a more flexible approach — india holds its first session of parliament since prime minister modi was re—elected with a reduced majority. welcome to business today, i'm sally bundock. we start with something we're onlyjust getting a taste of here in the uk this summer — and that is heat. yellow heat health alerts are in place for most of england this week, as daytime temperatures look set to reach 30 degrees celsius. significant, but cool in comparison to many parts of the world, which are currently sweltering under above average temperatures. in the us more than 100 million people were under heat warnings on sunday, with cities on the east coast bracing for record—breaking temperatures as what's called a heat dome is causing the dangerous conditions to expand.