we will focus in on that visit very shortly but first let's get a look at the sport. here's gavin. the olympics in paris edge ever closer, but a blow for great britain, and one of their big medal hopes, charlotte dujardin, britain'sjoint most successful female olympian has been provisionally suspended for six months over a video which surfaced showing her making what she describes as an error ofjudgement. the dressage star pulled out of the games earlier, after the sport's governing body said they received footage showing the three—time olympic gold medallist "engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare — of horse welfare" — during a training session conducted at ms durjardin�*s private stable. dujardin has said she will withdraw from all competition while an investigation takes place. staying with the olympics — andy murray has said his career will officially come to an end after the games. the three—time grand slam champion is planning to compete in the singles and doubles for team gb in paris, in what will

be his fifth games. posting on social media, the 37—year—old said "competing for team gb has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and i'm extremely proud to get to do it one more time". here's how some fans reacted. sad, very sad, but i think it's inevitable, isn't it, that the younger generation comes in and he moves on. �* , ., moves on. he's getting an opportunity _ moves on. he's getting an opportunity here, - moves on. he's getting an l opportunity here, hopefully moves on. he's getting an - opportunity here, hopefully he can win us_ opportunity here, hopefully he can win us a _ opportunity here, hopefully he can win us a metal, he's done wonders for the _ win us a metal, he's done wonders for the sport— win us a metal, he's done wonders for the sport and has a stellar careen — for the sport and has a stellar careen |_ for the sport and has a stellar career. , . ., . ., , career. i wish he could continue but he's getting — career. i wish he could continue but he's getting old _ career. i wish he could continue but he's getting old like _ career. i wish he could continue but he's getting old like everybody - he's getting old like everybody else _ well, with just three days to go until the opening ceremony, the president of the international olympic committee thomas bach has exclusively told the bbc that climate change represents an "extremely serious threat, not only for sport, but for all our lives," the organising committee of paris 2024 has vowed to make these olympic games the greenest games in olympic history, and bach says that it is important that athletes use their voice for change.

it's extremely important because the athletes are the best ambassadors they find the best response and they are the ones who can really convince millions of people around the world. i can give us many interviews as i want to the bbc, it doesn't have the impact when an olympic champion from today is sending these messages, and we are very happy that many athletes are very active in this respect. the premier league, professional footballer�*s association and several other european domestic leagues

and unions have launched legal action against fifa, over what they allege is abuse of a dominant position. they've accused football's world governing body of taking "unilateral decisions" on the international match calendar, which they believe is "beyond saturation". the leagues and unions say fifa's conduct has "harmed the economic interests of national leagues and the welfare of players" — and argue fifa's role as a regulator and competition organiser is a conflict of interest. uefa has opened "disciplinary proceedings" against spain captain alvaro morata and team—mate rodri, after they chanted "gibraltar is spanish" during their euro 2024 victory celebrations. the chanting took place in front of tens of thousands of fans in madrid on the isthjuly as players celebrated their 2—1 win over england. the gibraltar football association made an official complaint to uefa, and morata and rodri have now been charged with bringing the game into disrepute. and that's all the sport for now. we'll have more later on, we'll see you then _ benjamin netanyahu has arrived

in washington as israeli forces you can see there is a sitting there, capitol police are trying to remove people one by one. the looks as if it's a jewish group who are protesting against the supply of arms to israel. prime minister netanyahu do to speak to congress tomorrow, a joint session expected tomorrow, a joint session expected tomorrow afternoon, and this has been ongoing for the last 20 minutes we've been watching these pictures. it's going to be a long process as they attempt to remove them one by one. benjamin netanyahu has arrived in washington as israeli forces continue to strike khan younis, gaza's second biggest city. around 80 people have been killed there since monday according to figures from the hamas run health ministry. the israeli's are shelling areas to the east of the city, previously designated a safe zone, from which the israeli's believe hamas has been firing rockets. medics say more than 200 people were injured in the air strikes,

with hospitals now overwhelmed by the casualties. the un human rights office ocha slammed the evacuation order which it said was "confusing" and "gave no time for civilians to know from which areas they were required to leave or where they should go." earlier i spoke with sam rose, from unrwa, which provides health care, and humanitarian aid to palestinians. he has just left gaza. the population of gaza woke up yet again yesterday to another series of evacuation orders. people ordered to evacuate and move from an area that had previously been declared safe, uh, into furtherwest, into other parts of gaza which were already cramped or already heavily overcrowded. we estimate that that about a quarter of a million people are living inside the affected area. and as of sundown yesterday, about 150,000 of those people,

we believe had moved. we have lots of people on the ground monitoring movement. we have hundreds of staff working in our facilities in that area. and those were the estimates that that, that we were able to gather. and the reports coming back from colleagues on the ground were deeply upsetting, deeply disturbing in terms of the conditions that people find themselves in people on donkey themselves in, people on donkey carts, in wheelchairs, with black bin liners quite distraught, a sense of panic because i think this time the evacuation orders were issued and they fall out of the sky or on people's phones. and quite soon after that, the bombardments and the operations started. so people fleeing in quite a high sense of panic. and these were already highly distressed people, people and these were already

highly distressed people. the israelis put the onus for the humanitarian operation on the un. i've got a tweet here from your commissioner general, philippe lazzarini, who said yesterday, or this is some day teams were travelling in clearly marked un armoured cars, wearing un vests and came under fire. five bullets fired at the vehicle they were travelling in. what can you tell us about that incident and what the response of the israelis has been? i'm not aware of the response of the israelis at this point in time. i imagine it's being investigated. i mean, this was a very, very near miss for our staff who are on their way heading north. had they'd been in the back seat of the car, we'd be dealing with a very different situation. there's been a similar incident today involving unicef, uh, at the same checkpoint, i believe. and that reallyjust talks to the level of of insecurity to the level of insecurity and the dangers and the risks that that the entire, uh, population of gaza is exposed to, including humanitarian workers

who have protected status under international law. and unrwa is already counting almost 200 of our staff are amongst the dead over the past ten months, which is more than than the united nations has ever recorded in any conflict anywhere in, in the world now breaking records isn't, isn't the right phrase for it. it's really plumbing the depths in terms of the despair and the savagery of what's happening and what unfortunately shows no sense of, or seems to be no closer to coming to an end, at least not if you're a person inside gaza who yet again is being forced to flee. well, on that issue, sam, you'll be aware that the daily tick tock of events in gaza has sort of drifted off the news agenda as we deal with the politics in the united states. tomorrow, the israeli prime minister will address congress, and we will hear about the humanitarian effort and how that has to be run separately to the war against hamas. for you, how does the rhetoric compare to the daily events

of what you and your staff are witnessing inside gaza? i mean, i think a few things. i think the rhetoric which is often adversarial, is not helpful. it makes our staff feel more insecure and more at risk at a time when we have to be doing everything collectively, including israel, including hamas, to meet the humanitarian needs or support the humanitarian needs of the population. it undermines that. i think we are a world away from the political rhetoric and the geopolitics of all this, to the realities of life on the ground for people in gaza desperate for a ceasefire, but also fearful of what comes next in terms of their ability to put their lives back together, what they're dealing with in terms of loss, in terms of homes, limbs, family members, livelihoods, etc. and i think the, the other thing

i would say is as, as you said, christian, it's a normalisation of of of all of this that sadly becomes doom scrolling on on mobile phones, we almost treat as normal now that 7080 people are being killed 70—80 people are being killed on a daily basis, which is absolutely not the way that we should be looking at this. it's not the way that we have ever looked at this in conflicts in gaza and palestine in the past. but i think it's testimonyjust to how desperate, uh, the situation has become that these things can almost be considered normal. we are considering to watch the pictures in the rotunda of the house in washington. you can see a jewish group sit in, they are, may be about 100, 150 people who the capital police are trying to remove, but it's a slow process. before leaving

for washington, it's a slow process. before leaving forwashington, mr it's a slow process. before leaving for washington, mr netanyahu said he would be emphasising tomorrow the bipartisan nature of the relationship. although it is well known that the invitation was not entirely at the instigation of the white house. mr netenyahu relies on the biden administration for diplomatic and military support. but there is impatience in the white house, with the us election just three months away. the administration is concerned the death toll is rising, amid continued difficulties of getting humanitarian aid into gaza. and right now there is no sign the us brokered ceasefire will be agreed and upheld by either side. our state department correspondent tom batemanjoins me now from capitol hill. he is not at the house part of the us congress, he's in the senate part, so your sweat slightly away from this protest. talk to me about the vice president's role in this because that's where all eyes are at the moment. she does have a right to preside over thejoint the moment. she does have a right to preside over the joint session tomorrow but she's not going to be there. a previously arranged

campaign stop, which i guess is fortuitous for her in the current climate. ,, , ., , fortuitous for her in the current climate. ,, , , ., , climate. seems to be, yeah, these reviousl climate. seems to be, yeah, these previously arranged _ climate. seems to be, yeah, these previously arranged things - climate. seems to be, yeah, these previously arranged things coming | climate. seems to be, yeah, these i previously arranged things coming in quite handy for politicians who are trying to swerve things for other reasons of course. it is significant that the current vice president now presumptive nominee for the democrats running for the presidency, won't be presiding over that event. and not the only one, because there are quite a lot of democrats that have said they won't be there, too. they are saying so explicitly because they say they want to boycott or protest the event itself. and that's fundamentally one of the issues here is that the democratic party is split over israel, it split over benjamin netanyahu's visit, there will be many democrats there but there will be others not there, and in a sense i think the fact that the republican speaker, the house of representatives mikejohnson, was

the driving force of this invitation to mr netanyahu to make this joint address. it was really according to some democrats, part of the design but this was supposed to expose those rifts within the democratic party, that have really gone right up party, that have really gone right up to the very top. criticism of president biden's handling of the war in gaza, over these many, many months. so i think we are going to see a pretty febrile day in washington tomorrow, already one protest group saying that it will have tens of thousands of protesters outside congress tomorrow and various parts of washington. and again, rememberthat various parts of washington. and again, remember that the other part of all this is that president biden has not invited mr netanyahu to washington since mr netanyahu was reelected a year and a half ago. he doesn't like the fact that mr netanyahu has had to rely on the far right ultranationalist to create

that coalition, there is a deep rift over that but of course as you say, all of this underpinned by that military support the us gives to israel so i think we can expect a pretty bumpy couple of days, next 48 hours here in washington. figs pretty bumpy couple of days, next 48 hours here in washington.— hours here in washington. as you sa , this hours here in washington. as you say. this is _ hours here in washington. as you say. this is not — hours here in washington. as you say, this is not at _ hours here in washington. as you say, this is not at the _ hours here in washington. as you say, this is not at the instigation l say, this is not at the instigation of the white house even though they will certainly meet him on thursday, kamala harris will be there to make the prime minister off the side of that get—together. —— meet the prime minister off the side. what about donald trump and his relationship with prime minister netanyahu? absolutely full vocal support from the republicans who will be watching this speech. as for donald trump, well, you know, that has been a relationship with mr netanyahu, remember when donald trump was president, he did two things. on this front. the first one was he tried to impose or tried to put

together what he had referred to as the deal of the century, when it came to israelis and palestinians. the framework deal that was heavily weighted towards israel but in effect would have locked in the current status of military occupation of israel over the palestinian territories. it was utterly rejected by the palestinians, the whole thing crashed and burned, went into the waste paper bin of history in the middle east. but the other thing that president trump did was preside over the abraham accords, this was normalisation between israel, relationships between several arab countries and the region. they were seen as brokering a historic deal on that front, so that was championed by mr netanyahu. the last time he was in washington was when he was signing that deal with the arab country leaders on the lawn of the white house. now the two men have had a very fractious relationship.

mr trump in an interview, after he was president, used a pretty strong expletive, christian, iwon't was president, used a pretty strong expletive, christian, i won't repeat it in company. about mr netanyahu, and it's not thought they particularly had spoken since then so at this will be coming back together and of course mr netanyahu looking ahead to the potential that donald trump becomes the next us president. donald trump becomes the next us resident. , ., ., , , president. tense relations between all sides of the _ president. tense relations between all sides of the moment, _ president. tense relations between all sides of the moment, tom - president. tense relations between - all sides of the moment, tom bateman in washington, thank you very much for that. around the world and across the uk, it your watching bbc news.

the french president emmanuel macron had hoped the paris olympics would be the highlight of his second term. but a failed bet on that snap parliamentary election — in which his coalition lost seats — has left him in a fragile political position. the last time he opened a major sporting event, the rugby world cup, he was booed in the stade de france. a repeat of that would certainly overshadow the opening

ceremony on friday. tonight ahead of the games he spoke for the first time about the results of the election. he made a direct appeal for a political truce until after the olympic games, with a caretaker government remaining in place, and ruled out resigning before the end of his term. renau girard from le figaro joins me now from paris. he was with us for the election a couple of weeks ago, nice to see you. what did you make of what he had to say this evening, it's the first time he spoke in. did he put some clarity behind what he's trying to do? , �* , some clarity behind what he's trying todo? , �*, ., to do? yes, it's quite important seech to do? yes, it's quite important speech because _ to do? yes, it's quite important speech because he _ to do? yes, it's quite important speech because he said, - to do? yes, it's quite important| speech because he said, number to do? yes, it's quite important - speech because he said, number one, the there would be a truce and the government will be appointed not before 15th of august. so after the end of the olympic games. this is point number one. point number two is, he will not yield to the left

because he said that the left did not actually win the elections. they had a maximum of 27% of votes, he said that he should listen to the voters of the national rally, who will want more security and address this problem of security in the streets and at the borders and in the schools. he said also that it was out of question because the left would like to propose a new law abrogating the last law that you know, extended the age of pension at 64, 64 years old. and he said no way

will we go back. 64, 64 years old. and he said no way will we go back-— will we go back. which has been a central demand. _ will we go back. which has been a central demand. the _ will we go back. which has been a central demand. the one - will we go back. which has been a central demand. the one problem will we go back. which has been a - central demand. the one problem has been finding a prime minister, if seems the popularfront, the been finding a prime minister, if seems the popular front, the left block that came together for the election, unable to find someone in their number to become next prime minister. at one point as he has too intervene and choose someone above their heads? it intervene and choose someone above their heads?— their heads? it was quite fragile, m oint their heads? it was quite fragile, my point this _ their heads? it was quite fragile, my point this phase, but - their heads? it was quite fragile, my point this phase, but it - their heads? it was quite fragile, my point this phase, but it didn't speak too much. the left having its divisions and fighting each other in the civil political parties that compose the new left front. and now that they cannot agree on a name, his hands are free or and it will probably choose maybe somebody from what we call the republican right which is the right which is not the

far right. 50 which is the right which is not the far rirht. . ., far right. so a rainbow coalition, would it, from... _ far right. so a rainbow coalition, would it, from... exactly, - would it, from... exactly, socialists, _ would it, from... exactly, socialists, centrists - would it, from... exactly, socialists, centrists and i would it, from... exactly, - socialists, centrists and goalless. and without the extreme right. lligiiiiii and without the extreme right. will have to leave you there, we are pressed for time tonight but thank you very much for bringing us up—to—date with that, and we'll see how that plays when emmanuel macron opens the games on friday, looking forward to that. tomorrow the conservative party begins the long process of replacing rishi sunak. the party has set out a plan for a three—month leadership contest which will end with the announcement of a new tory leader on two november. only james cleverly the former foreign secretary has confirmed he is standing but we have quite a list of names rumoured tojoin him including the former work and pensions secretary mel stride, the former immigration minister robertjenrick, we have got three former home secretaries suella braverman, dame priti patel. also likely to be in the race tom tugendhat and former trade secretary kemi badenoch.

the daily mirror columnist also known as fleet street fox and one of our regular panelists susie bonifacejoins me now. nice to see you. so do we get a flood of entries tomorrow, james cleverley out first, went not the others? wire the others holding their powder at moment? you've got a ve small their powder at moment? you've got a very small number _ their powder at moment? you've got a very small number of _ their powder at moment? you've got a very small number of people _ their powder at moment? you've got a very small number of people left - their powder at moment? you've got a very small number of people left in - very small number of people left in the conservative party in the house of commons now. remember, the number of commons now. remember, the number of mps have been drastically reduced, in theory you could have a contest for all of them, very few of them to fight over it. it's like the bald man fighting over a cone. the fact that people who are the first out—of—the—box, and almost all leadership contests are virtually the one that succeeds in the end, i suspect we've got is an awful lot of people who have been very recently in government, and who are very used to power and who would like to have a shot at moulding the conservative

party in their image and thinking they're right, that they are going to be going to rebuild it. i think if they were able to, and the length of the leadership campaign that we've got coming on is not going to be until november two that we get a new leader, i think hopefully during the course of that process they may come to realise that the rest of the country whether they are conservative or labour voters, thinks that whoever was passed of this government but they were in, is by default tainted and almost radioactive as far as voters are concerned. the first people out of the blocks, if they are big names, people you can recognise and remember as being associated with this government of rishi sunak or liz truss or borisjohnson, what we've lived through the last five years, i think they are by definition not going to be the one to win a general election. there might be able to win the tory party leadership contact but they're going to have to, they're not going to get into power if they have that tainted

about them. into power if they have that tainted about them-— into power if they have that tainted about them. ~ ., ., ,, ., ~ ., about them. what do you make of the lenrth of about them. what do you make of the length of time — about them. what do you make of the length of time they _ about them. what do you make of the length of time they are _ about them. what do you make of the length of time they are going - about them. what do you make of the length of time they are going to - length of time they are going to take to decide on this later? all the way to... i'm slightly confused by the date, november two, that's just a few days before the presidential election so they're going to be fighting for oxygen at a time when everyone is looking at washington. why four months to decide who will be? i washington. why four months to decide who will be?— washington. why four months to decide who will be? i think that's a trium - h decide who will be? i think that's a triumh of decide who will be? i think that's a triumph of cool _ decide who will be? i think that's a triumph of cool heads _ decide who will be? i think that's a triumph of cool heads actually, - triumph of cool heads actually, amongst the ones left in the conservative party, it's the rash ones who want a quicker decision who think they only have so long to grab the attention and they wish to do it straightaway, the idea of having it longer is perhaps to have more check, more thoughts about who comes next. i think that's for everyone's best interest however you voted on in the last election, everyone needs a healthy strong opposition and one that's able to deal with keir starmer on his terms in a way, and in the place where he is going to be politicking from. and the best person to do that is someone who is moderate like him who can have that

despatch box, not an extremist as we've seen in government the past for years. we've seen in government the past for ears. , , w' , we've seen in government the past for ears. , , w , ., for years. just quickly, the name from the one _ for years. just quickly, the name from the one nation _ for years. just quickly, the name from the one nation tory's - for years. just quickly, the name from the one nation tory's who l for years. just quickly, the name i from the one nation tory's who will lead their charge? i from the one nation tory's who will lead their charge?— lead their charge? i think tom tugendhat _ lead their charge? i think tom tugendhat is _ lead their charge? i think tom tugendhat is the _ lead their charge? i think tom tugendhat is the main - lead their charge? i think tom i tugendhat is the main moderate, although he was a minister in the last government, he wasn't sort of publicly contaminated. publicly mined by things, he speaks arabic, he's a former serviceman, you got a french wife, he is a fascinating individual, i think he and keir starmer could make a very good little twosome at the despatch box, the other ones... mil little twosome at the despatch box, the other ones. . ._ the other ones... all right, susie, thank you — the other ones... all right, susie, thank you very — the other ones... all right, susie, thank you very much _ the other ones... all right, susie, thank you very much for - the other ones... all right, susie, thank you very much for that, - the other ones... all right, susie, l thank you very much for that, we'll keep watching tomorrow as those nominations come through. hello there. the weather through the rest of the week is looking a little bit mixed, but today, there was some warm sunshine for most of us. some of the best weather was to be found in western parts of scotland. lovely weather watcher picture that. and also across northern ireland,

where we had blue skies through much of the day. but these areas may not do quite so well in the next few days. there is more cloud coming in from the atlantic that will push its way steadily eastwards — maybe bring a little rain. ahead of that though, arriving, any showers that are formed across eastern areas won't last long at all, and the cloud will come and go a bit overnight. it should be dry overnight, the winds will be light, and those temperatures by the end of the night, typically 11 or 12 degrees. now there is more cloud coming in from the atlantic tomorrow. there will be some sunshine at times, could be a little bit hazy, mind you, and across some eastern areas we may well find one or two showers breaking out as well. but it's towards the west where we've got the cloud thickening in northern ireland, later westernmost parts of scotland, wales and the southwest, where we'll see damp weather moving in as well. and so for these areas in the west, temperatures are going to be a little bit lower on wednesday. further east, it will be warmer. could reach 26 degrees in the south east of england — depends how much sunshine there's going to be. but as we head into thursday, it's cloudy skies that will dominate a tangle of weather fronts across the uk. rather messy sort of picture.

cloudy skies, a bit of rain from time—to—time here and there, particularly in the west. there's a risk of some heavy rain pushing its way eastwards across southern parts of england, especially into the afternoon, but further north across eastern england and eastern scotland, they may well be dry, and temperatures here reaching the low 20s at best on thursday. things are a bit more straightforward by the end of the week, because these weather fronts are going to move away, taking rain away from overnight. the rain still not far away from the south east of england through much of friday, but otherwise we'll see some sunny spells. there will be a few showers breaking out, and these are most likely where the winds are a bit stronger in northern ireland and across scotland — some of those showers could be a little on the sharp side. temperatures are back down to 18 degrees in glasgow, and a high of 23 celsius in the south east of england. but what of the weekend? well, saturday we'll see some sunshine. some showers for the northern half of the uk. should be drier though on sunday, and in some sunshine,

maybe a bit warmer as well.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. this campaign is notjust about us versus donald trump, this campaign is about who we fight for. applause so now that the process is played

out, from the grassroots bottom up, we are here today to throw our support behind vice president kamala harris. i'm clapping, you don't have to. kamala harris will- fight for our freedom. fight for our families, kamala harris will fight for our future. i'm proud to strongly. endorse kamala harris. joining me tonight are doug heye, the former communications director for the republican national committee and sir kim darroch — former uk ambassador to the united states. looking forward to talking to our panelists this evening, but before that, the latest headlines.

kamala harris has addressed voters in the swing state of wisconsin