as well, but we will do it in a proper way and make sure that the sums add up. israel says it's intercepted a missile launched from yemen — after the israeli air force carried out a series of strikes in the country. health authorities in india issue an alert after a 14—year—old boy dies of the nipah virus. and seconds away from victory — south sudan's basketball team just miss out on an upset win against the united states. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. we start here in the uk where the chancellor rachel reeves says the government will "make sure the sums add up" before agreeing to fund a recommended 5.5% pay increase to teachers and nhs staff. the above inflation rise has been recommended by independent pay review bodies.

here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. it's a decision that will affect millions of teachers and nhs workers: whether to accept the independent recommendation of pay review bodies and give them a pay rise of 5.5%, or offer a more modest increase and risk disappointing millions of labour voters, as well as potentially more industrial action. today, in herfirst big interview since the election, rachel reeves dropped a big hint that above—inflation rises for public sector workers are on the way. we also know that there is a cost to not settling, a cost of further industrial action, a cost in terms of the challenge that we face in recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers as well. but we'll do it in a proper way and make sure that the sums add up. but those sums, she said, had to take into account the economy the new government had inherited.

well, we've also seen just this week the government borrowing numbers, which are significantly higher than people had anticipated. and that goes to the real, true extent of the public finances and the public spending pressures. we also saw labour market data: unemployment up, economic inactivity up. so i really don't buy this idea that somehow we've been handed a golden inheritance. that claim has angered the conservatives, still reeling from their election defeat. they claim it's merely labour preparing the ground for future tax rises. what is absolute nonsense is this business of the worst economic inheritance since the second world wan _ i mean, you only need to look at the last time a government changed hands between parties in 2010. compared to then, inflation is nearly half what it was. we then we had markets collapsing. now we have the fastest growth in the g7. we have unemployment nearly half what it was then. it's a very transformed picture. economists, though, say that higher

pay for nhs workers and teachers will have an impact. 5.5% pay rises for millionsi of workers is above what's been budgeted for. it's above what's built - into existing spending plans. so it leaves the treasury having to find several billion pounds i from somewhere to make up the gap. now, that would probably mean some combination of high taxes _ or higher borrowing, - or perhaps cuts to something else, but it wouldn't be i an easy decision to make. rachel reeves has promised that decisions on public sector pay will be made before mps rise for the summer recess at the end of this month. but it's clear that even tougher decisions lie ahead in the autumn. to the middle east next where israel's military says its air defence system has intercepted a missile fired from yemen before it could enter israeli airspace over the southern region of eilat. the attack comes after israeli fighterjets carried out air strikes on saturday on on the houthi

controlled port of hodeidah in yemen. the reuters news agency reports that six were killed and dozens injured — when israel struck oil storage facilities and a power plant. it's the first time israel has responded directly to what it says have been hundreds of yemeni drones and missiles aimed at its territory. hannah porter is an independent analyst on yemen. she gave me her thoughts on the israeli attack. well, the israeli strikes on houthi—held territories i don't think will have positive outcomes for israel, certainly since january we have seen the us and uk have been attempting to degrade houthis�* military capabilities to prevent them from carrying out further attacks on ships in the red sea. those efforts to degrade their capabilities have so far failed as we have recently seen an uptick in attacks. likewise, the houthi attacks on israel and recent varna which inflicted casualties is certainly a huge escalation for the region in general but a huge success for the houthis. this is a big win for them politically and in terms of their messaging and has the potential to boost their popularity locally, regionally

and potentially internationally. given that's how they view it, could this lead to further escalation? yes, it likely well. an extremely unlikely these strikes conducted by israel or us or uk will deter the houthis. it will be quite the opposite. houthis will be emboldened to carry out further attacks. we have already seen evidence of this. doesn't it seem that it may not be in particular israel's interest to escalate this any further? the supreme court in bangladesh has scrapped most of the quotas on governmentjobs, that have triggered widespread anti—government protests in which more than 110 people were killed. meanwhile, a nationwide curfew has been extended and the government has declared sunday and monday public holidays. security forces used live rounds, rubber bullets and tear—gas against protesters who defied the curfew and blocked roads.

our south asia correspondent yogita limaye — gave me the latest update. at least one group of students that they won't stop protesting until the government issues a notice that reflects their demand. a minister speaking to the police service a short while ago has said they will implement the ruling of the supreme court as early as tuesday. as you said, today and monday our holidays in bangladesh so the earliest they can do that is tuesday. but very little information is trickling in from bangladesh at the moment. there is a near communication blackout, an internet shutdown and even trying to make regular phone calls is extremely difficult, the line is patchy. texts are also not really going through. on the streets their armoured vehicles, soldiers, the military deployed to control the situation, helicopters surveilling the situation from the air. as far as we know today they have

not been any significant incidents of violence but given all of that and the nationwide curfew, bangladesh is using all of its might to bring the situation under control. remind us how we got the situation. the protests are about a 13% reservation in governmentjobs for the families or descendants of those who fought in the bangladesh war of independence from pakistan in 1971. today what the supreme court has done is say it should be no more than 5% and 5% should be reserved for the families of veterans. what started really is a protest from a single university in dhaka spread across the country. they cruise the president of making derogatory comments and accuse security forces of a brutal crackdown.

they said the attacks and student protesters are shocking and unacceptable. it's difficult to say whether that anger can be brought under control is more than 100 people have been killed in the violence. we will find out in the hours and days to come. health authorities in india's southern state of kerala have issued an alert after a fourteen—year—old boy died of the nipah virus. the virus has been classified as a priority pathogen by the world health organization because of its potential to trigger an epidemic. i've been discussing how much a threat the virus could be with dr bharat pankhania, who is a consultant in communicable disease control at the university of exeter medical school.

it is a threat in those areas where we have fruit bats, animal farming, especially pigs and a high density human population. it can go from bats to humans or backs to be extremely humans and also humans to humans. they can so would be in those areas where the fruit bats are present, the pigs and humans are present. just talk and see what are the potential symptoms and what happens with this. you start off with a fever, i have fever and sore throat and feeling generally unwell. muscle weakness which is a week sign, so shall take. then you become unable to breathe very well. it can sometimes go to cover lighters which is an inflammation of the brain. then fatality is 70 to a0%.

it is quite serious because not everyone is going to get better once affected. what is their potential for it to become an epidemic of red to spread? if you do not have proper control measures and what it is circulating in the human population, you can have human—to—human transmission and there after, generate more cases. the incubation period is a0 four to 11; days. so you can create a lot of cases if we do not have that test, trade and contain a strategy in your country. donald trump has told a campaign rally in michigan that he is not a threat to democracy, saying he took a bullet for democracy — a reference to the failed assassination attempt against him last saturday. addressing thousands of republican supporters, mr trump said he was sure he'd win the presidential election in november. he repeatedly mocked joe biden,

saying the democratic party still did not know who its candidate would be in november due to concerns over the president's health. our correspondent, jenny kumah, reports. rina shah is a political analyst and former senior republican aide. she gave me her reaction to the rally it was a bit of a continuation of what we saw donald trump project and he is just one week out from that attempt on his life that really shook a lot of americans regardless of your political affiliation. we had never seen anything like that and the fact he came away from it largely unscathed does tend to challenge the consciousness of how that event continues to help trump. he has continued to propagate the narrative that he is a victim and he doesn't do what we typically hear candidates do at this point in a race. we hear them talk about solutions, get more detailed in their plans. he instead is trying to rewrite basically history and tell

people that he is not who he was when he was in the white house, he is a changed man and not the very things he said he was even a few weeks ago. let's explore that, this idea that at these rallies, who do you think he is appealing to? is it the fans there? i say fans because sometimes the atmosphere really is like that. or is he wasting an opportunity and these rallies aren't appealing to a broader base? what you think the strategy is? grievance politics rules the day here. our politics is entirely characterised by that and we've seen lots of people on the right expressing frustration with the past four years. people tend to forget that in this recovery post—pandemic era, the policies of the biden administration will try to cool the impact of inflation on our daily lives.

have they been fully successful in black and white, yes, but the feeling of our economy, the general malaise around how our system functions is what is turning people away from showing up at rallies. what you see are the most ardent and fervent supporters of trump and they haven't been that many. they are dwindling in size. yesterday's rally was different, 12,000 people at an arena showing up because of the monumental event of last week. that assassination attempt. people are fascinated to see how trump behaves now, they wanted to see him in person but it was really largely the same rambling, incoherent talk, not giving solutions and not fighting back at the biden administration on substance. more than 1,400 migrants crossed the english channel in overloaded boats in the past week,

home office figures show. 228 people were brought to dover yesterday, and more than more than 15,000 have arrived so far this year. the government says it's recruiting a �*highly—skilled' border security commander to deal with the crossings. the welsh health secretary,baroness morgan has said that she will seriously consider entering the race to become the next first minister. eluned morgan said she was looking to run on a �*unity ticket�* with the climate change secretary, huw irranca—davies. welsh labour wants to appoint a new leader by mid—september. this follows the resignation of vaughan gething last week afterjust four months in the job. the suspected frontrunner for the job, jeremy miles, who resigned in protest at mr gething's leadership has ruled himself out of the race, and thrown his backing behind baroness morgan. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre.

it's turning into a fascinating final day at the open where it's very tight at the top of the leaderboard. it's turning into a fascinating final day at the open where it's very tight at the top of the leaderboard. we could see an englishman lift the claret jug for the first time in 32 years. let's take you to royal troon where ben croucher can update us. ben, it's changing all the time. absolutely. 20 mph gusts of wind and half way through the final round of the major championship, six or eight players still think they have a realistic chance of winning. we hear tears in all corners of the royal troon. this could be an all—time classic we have a free way tie for a lead. rose is bidding to become the first englishman to win this is

1982. a steely look in his eyes to the abbey theatre grandstand alongside him three birdies and a bogey for the overnight leader billy horschel, and the south african despite missing the cut in the last two events, not doing bad. and the pga champion making back to back birdies, shane lowry, scottie scheffler, the world number one, inexplicably made a double bogey on the ninth but with still a couple of hours to go, one gust of wind or errant shot could unravel everything. we don't know where the dog will be sleeping tonight, could be up in the breezy scottish air. the west indies have begun their chase in the second innings of the second test at trent bridge. their target is 385 after england were bowled out for 425. joe root reached his 32nd test century for england,

eventually going for 122, he left the field to a standing ovation. harry brook also got his century. the windies are 25 without loss. england lead the series 1—0. oscar piastri has won his first grand prix, taking the chequered flag in hungary. he finished ahead of his mclaren team mate lando norris, giving them their first one two finish for three years. the 23—year—old australian started from second and took the lead at the first corner. piastri stayed ahead of norris, who had been on pole until the second round of pit stops, when team tactics meant they swapped position. the brit handed the lead back with two laps to go. lewis hamilton completed the podium, despite colliding with championship leader max verstappen who finished fifth. not long until the start of the paris olympics, but australia's chef de mission says the team are trying to replace the missing luggage of the matildas�* soccer team ahead of their paris

debut in four days�* time. anna meares says they are having to find medical equipment like tape, scissors and massage tables that got lost after they took a private jet from spain's marbella to marseille. the australian olympic chief told reporters that football australia decided to hire a chartered flight to try to avoid those issues, but unfortunately, some bags still got lost. the matildas arrive in paris after a run of 11; sold—out matches in their home nation. the longest rowing boat in the world is taking part in the olympic torch relay on sunday, in the lead up to the games. the maximum rowers in competitions is eight, but this one takes 2a people on board. as it is a0 metres in length, the boat comes in six pieces to be assembled to form one very long rowing boat.

don't forget, you can follow the last day of the tour de france live now on the bbc sport website. the south sudan basketball team has fallen painfully short of a historic upset, going down byjust one point to team usa in a thrilling friendly match in london. south sudan — ranked 33rd in the world — were leading for much of the game, but a basket by lebronjames in the final seconds secured the win for the us — 101-100. both teams are preparing to compete in the paris olympics next week. isaac fanin from bbc sport was at yesterday's game. he told more about how close south sudan came to a monotonous upset against the dream team. it was sensational. i was reporting for the new state programme and was speaking to south sudan fans before the game

and there was a lot of hype but no real expectation, just pride that this country which hadn't existed 13 years ago was going to be replaying at this tournament against such a tight in the us and many thought the us would absolutely roll over south sudan but they put in a sensational performance, finding their scoring stroke. their point guard really controlled everything and it became so close, the fact they with 11; points clear at half—time was insane and i was sat near the us bench and you could see these superstars, lebronjames, walking back to the locker room with a look of shock on their face that they were losing and if south sudan had been able to carry on and get this win, it would have been the greatest shock notjust in basketball history but sport history.

lebronjames, one of the greatest of all time, showed why he is the best. he led from the front, 39 years old, he is a marvel and the reason why south sudan were able to get that mag weren't able to get victory yesterday. can we read anything into the olympics? will questions be asked now by the us team? i don't think so. they play germany on monday evening but that will be a test. germany knocked them out of the cup last year which was a big surprise but this time round, they have lots of really big name players, a number of big names in star players, 12 players who are all nba players and then at the top of the game. lebronjames has won olympic titles multiple times. they will be the stone

cold favourites. i don't think there's a need to look at. the coach the blame and said he didn't prepare the blame dam acting properly. so south sudan will definitely be a team to watch. with less than a week to go until the olympics kick off, athletes from the uk's team gb are heading to paris today. members of the athletics and rowing teams are making their way to the french capital on the eurostar from london this morning. chi chi izundu caught up with the athletes as they prepared to leave london well, i can tell you now, it's quite noisy in here because all of the athletes that you can see in the background are so excited. earlier, about two hours ago,

we waved off the rowing team. this is team gb�*s athletics team and they are super excited. i want to introduce you to some of them. here is gemma. gemma, this isn't yourfirst olympics but how excited are you? i'm so excited to experience the paris olympics because i went to tokyo and there were no crowds or anything, so i'm excited to go out there and experience a big olympics. and when you walked through the station, how were you greeted? oh, it was so special. i almost cried, actually. it was a very emotional day. i think everyone makes it so special. and it's itjust makes the send—off so much better. this is your first olympics. so how are you feeling? what are you expecting? i'm so, so, so excited. i think this will be a similar feeling to london. i think it's the closest olympic experience we're going to get with tokyo and rio, not being quite what people expected. so i think we're really excited to experience the village. fantastic. you've done something a little bit special, have you not? i got the olympic rings tattooed on my waist. i that was, that was it was straight after the tokyo olympics. - i think you'll find a lot of— olympians with the olympic tattoo. and it'sjust something that, -

you know, it's such a unique club to be a part of, and i wanted it sort of branded on me. - well, i can understand. how have you prepared for today? i think it's been such. a whirlwind of a season. i think we've always been thinking about going to paris, _ but now that it's finally here, i think we can actually start l to get excited. you know, there's . not much to do now. we've done all the hard work, so we're just going to enjoy . it and make the most of it. fantastic. richard, i'm not going to ask if you've got any tattoos, but i can see you're wearing a beautiful necklace. why did you get that? well, i have got the tattoo and the necklace, so. yeah. a lot of people do get tattoos, rings, necklaces. because like i said, the olympics is such a special thing. we all dream of going to the olympics when we're children. and it's the biggest sporting event in the world. so it's a very special team to be part of as an olympian. so yeah, people get the tattoos, whatever they want. and now you're here, how does it feel? it feels amazing. i think i'm the oldest person on the team now to my third olympics. so it's really refreshing to see a mixture of youngsters, people that have been in the teams

with for a long time. i've known these girls for a long time and i've been through lots of different generations of athletes. i'm just really proud to be here as my third olympics, and it'll certainly be my last. but it's amazing to be here with a mixture of experience of all different athletes on the team. so are you hoping to be the person that shows people how it works at the olympic park, where to go for food, what to do? with certainly some of the youngsters, i'll be guiding them and showing them the ropes a little bit. fantastic, guys. i think there's going to be a little bit of a surprise as you're heading on the train, which is very, very shortly. so yes, the athletics team will be getting on the eurostar. a little statistic for you. they're expecting to serve around 21,000 glasses of champagne throughout the olympics, not just today. and it won't be just for the athletes. it will be for anyone that's travelling to and from paris. but we're hoping some of that will be drunk by the athletes when they bring home their medals. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. for most of us, the weather's pleasant enough today, a little cloudy in some areas, but wherever you are, the chances are that there will be at least some sunshine today. and so far, the best of the sun's been across northern and eastern parts of the country. if you look at the satellite picture earlier, clearerskies in eastern scotland, also around yorkshire and lincolnshire. but even here, clouds have been developing through the course of the day. so what have we got? a gentle breeze blowing out of the southwest, pushing in some thicker cloud across ireland. that might mean some rain for belfast this evening and overnight, but elsewhere it's a case of sunnier moments, cloudier moments, the odd shower and temperatures pleasant enough, high teens, low 20s. now here's that small weather system that will be moving through ireland and into the irish sea, and eventually it'll end up around northern england and southern scotland, also affecting parts of wales.

so damp weather early in the morning it's relatively mild. 15 in london, a little bit colder there in the north of scotland, perhaps single figures. so tomorrow it's fairly cloudy and damp, at least for a time in parts of scotland. elsewhere it's a day of prolonged spells of sunshine, occasional showers and actually quite brisk winds. so if you're in the south and the southwest, those winds will be quite gusty, particularly close to the coast and the temperatures around the low to perhaps mid 20s. and that small area of low pressure and its weather front moves to the east. and we see this bump in the high pressure. this is what's called a ridge of high pressure. so where the air is generally sinking and what we typically find is fair weather clouds, just the odd shower on the edge. but for the bulk of the uk, a fine day. the temperatures could be a little bit high. we might even reach 25 degrees on tuesday. so let's have a look at the outlook then, because it does look as though at least the computer models

are pointing to high pressure becoming more dominant towards the end of the month. and when we see high pressure during the summer months, that means much warmer, drierweather. and in fact, if we scan our apps and you look at the forecast even beyond this coming weekend, you should be able to see those fair weather symbols and perhaps those temperatures starting to creep up. so perhaps a sign things are settling down.

now on bbc news: trump assassination attempt: what happened? if you really want to see something that's sad, take a look at what happened... an attempt to kill donald trump. i thought it was firecrackers to begin with. somebody over there was screaming "he's been shot!" bow, bow, bow, bow — 4—5 shots rang out. - the former us president has been shot. he is bloodied and defiant. did you see him say anything or hear him say anything? i heard "fight, fight, fight." i personally tweeted that this was divine intervention. one person in the crowd lays dead. two more are critically wounded. it's the most serious attempt to assassinate a former or current president in four decades. there is such a stark

level of polarisation between the two sides.