hello from the bbc sport centre. britain's joint most decorated female olympian charlotte dujardin has been provisionally suspended by equestrian�*s governing body the fei. the dressage rider had already pulled out of the olympics in paris after a video emerged which she said showed her "making an error of judgment". a warning, the footage you are about to see shows a horse being whipped. dujardin is now provisionally suspended by the fei, british equestrian and british dressage until the outcome of the investigation. they all say they take equine welfare extremely seriously. "why has the video emerged now?" people are asking. the lawyer representing the claimant says their client had to think long and hard about whether to bring it to attention and understands it could have far—reaching consequences. dutch lawyer stephan wensing, representing an anonymous whistle—blower who took the video, was given permission by his client to provide the video to the bbc. equestrian�*s governing body the fei put out a statement saying... "charlotte has expressed genuine remorse

"for her actions, and we recognise and appreciate her willingness "to take responsibility. "despite the unfortunate timing, we believe this action reaffirms "the fei's commitment to welfare as the guardians of our "equine partners and the integrity of our sport." canada women's head coach bev priestman has stepped down for her side's olympic football opener against new zealand on thursday, and two staffers have been sent home from paris after flying drones over two new zealand training sessions. the news comes after the canada olympic committee revealed that there was a second instance of a drone being flown over a new zealand session last friday, along with the incident in saint—etienne on monday. in a statement, priestman said that the incidents "do not represent the values the team stands for" and she would voluntarily step down for thursday's match as a sign of her side's "commitment to integrity." the men's football tournament, has just gotten under way — spain will be looking to go one better than tokyo three years ago, where they won silver. they take on debutants uzbekistan

in their opening fixture, currently 1—0 to spain in that one, while it's also argentina 0, morocco 0. later on, france, led by former arsenal forward thierry henry, take on the united states in marseille. the men's rugby sevens tournament has also just gotten under way in paris, with fiji looking to continue their dominance with a third straight olympic gold, while hosts france play the united states in half an hour's time and uruguay later in the day. they have brought in rugby union star antoine dupont for these olympics as they bid to break fiji's streak of olympic golds. and team usa have announced that us open champion coco gauff will be the female flag bearer for the united states at the paris olympics opening ceremony, joining four—time nba champion lebron james. the 20—year—old will be the first us tennis player to carry the flag, three years after she was forced to miss the tokyo olympics when she tested positive for covid. gauff is expected to compete in both the singles and doubles on the clay courts at roland garros.

manchester city manager pep guardiola says he cannot be sure ederson will remain at the club this summer. the brazilian goalkeeper has been the subject of interest from the saudi pro league. guardiola said at the end of last season he still regarded the brazilian as his first choice goalkeeper, even though he chose back—up stefan ortega for the first leg of their champions league quarter—final with real madrid. speaking after his side's 4—3 friendly defeat by celtic in north carolina, guardiola said... "i'd like him to stay, but it depends on other clubs." and just enough time to let you know that the ioc have awarded the 2030 and 2034 winter olympics to the french alps and salt lake city respectively — the fourth time that france have lake city respectively. you can follow the latest on the olympics on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thanks very much indeed. and you're still watching bbc news.

i am geeta grew murphy. the prime minister has said he is shocked and appalled at the stabbing of a soldier in liverpool at the royal school of engineering in kent. the soldier — who was in uniform at the time — was airlifted to hospital, where he's in a serious condition. lauren moss reports. a quiet evening in this residential neighbourhood was brought to a shocking end when witnesses reported suddenly hearing screaming in the street. a soldier, who the bbc understands was in uniform, was stabbed multiple times in an attack near his home close to brompton army barracks in chillingham. he was taken to hospital, where he is in a serious condition, people living nearby stunned that this could happen on their doorstep. i heard the screams very nearby, immediately thought there was perhaps a scuffle on the street. we have heard a scuffle on the street one or two times. but you could hear the screams become more harrowing

and piercing as they went on, and realised it was something more serious. everyone has kind of got the same reaction, like, really? did that seriously happen? because it is so horrific, it is stuff that you watch on, like, tv shows, you can't believe it happens in your own neighbourhood. the home office has confirmed the stabbing is not being treated as terror—related. this is an appalling attack on a serving soldier. my thoughts go to him and to his family, wishing him a speedy recovery. i am being kept updated on the investigation, and i hope that everyone will support kent police in their investigation into this serious crime. it was just before 6pm last night when police were called to sally port gardens in chillingham, finding a man in gillingham, finding a man in his 40s with stab wounds. the attack took place just round the corner from brompton barracks, the headquarters of the army's royal school of military engineering regiment. a man was seen leaving a motorcycle. leaving

on a motorcycle. half an hour later, a local man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. police say they are looking into whether the attack was mental health—related and are reassuring the local community and armed forces. i think a lot of people are obviously frightened. i am really pleased that the police are doing some enhanced patrols in the area, just to kind of give people that reassurance. at the moment, it is being treated as an isolated incident, and i think at the moment, the focus isjust on getting the community to pull together and support the family. those living in the area have been told to expect an ongoing police presence while investigations continue. sir keir starmer faced his first prime minister's questions at the house of commons, since his labour party won the election on lithjuly. he was quizzed by rishi sunak, outgoing leader of the opposition conservative party. it was a measured exchange on the situation in ukraine and gaza. it comes after starmer suspended seven labour mps

from the parliamentary party after they voted against the new government on the two—child benefit cap. let's listen to some of that exchange, where the prime minister assured the leader of the opposition that he will continue working on cross—party support for ukraine. i cross—party support for ukraine. i am glad to hear that the minister raised a nato summit as well because i very much welcome the message that came out clear from the summit and the prime minister's words from that dispatch box on monday about ukraine pass irreversible path to nato membership. does he agree with me that fatuous russian claims on ukrainian territory must not act as a block to ukrainejoining the nato defensive alliance? i a block to ukraine joining the nato defensive alliance? i wholeheartedly a . ree defensive alliance? i wholeheartedly aaree and it defensive alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is _ defensive alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for _ defensive alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for nato _ defensive alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for nato allies - defensive alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for nato allies to - agree and it is for nato allies to decide — agree and it is for nato allies to decide who is a member of nato. form 75 years— decide who is a member of nato. form 75 years ago. _ decide who is a member of nato. form 75 years ago, proud and probably the most successful alliance that has ever been — most successful alliance that has ever been informed. and that is why

it was_ ever been informed. and that is why it was really— ever been informed. and that is why it was really important at the summit— it was really important at the summit that we were able to say that there is_ summit that we were able to say that there is now— summit that we were able to say that there is now this irreversible path to membership. that is a step forward — to membership. that is a step forward from a year ago and president zelensky was very pleased that we _ president zelensky was very pleased that we have been able to make that successful_ that we have been able to make that successful transition. that we have been able to make that successfultransition. he that we have been able to make that successful transition.— successful transition. he accused toda . returning to the us, where it seems all but certain that kamala harris will be the first black and indian—american female presidential nominee. she was born to an indian mother and ajamaican father, both of whom came to the united states to study. in kamala harris�* ancestral village in india, in the southern state of tamil nadu, residents have offered special prayers for her success in the presidential bid. reporting from there — here's bbc�*s sarada venkata subramanian. i'm in thulasendrapuram, a small village in the southern state of tamil nadu. located about 14,000km away from washington, dc, this is the ancestral village of kamala harris�* maternal grandparents. kamala harris has never visited the village, and the villagers say she has no

immediate family living here, yet prayers are being offered at the local hindu temple for her success. because it is not an easyjob for anybody to become the first lady of the most powerful nation in the world, so she deserves it, it seems. so we are proud of her. because otherwise the village name would not have come to anybody else. there is a sense of pride here, especially among women. they see her as one of their own, a symbol of what is possible for women everywhere. translation: everybody knows her. even children. "my sister, my mother," that is how they address her. she is residing in everyone's heart. we are happy that she has not forgotten her roots, even after reaching such heights, and we express our happiness. in 2020, the village had celebrated her vice presidency, bursting crackers

and having her picture featured on calendars and posters. there was even a communal feast, where hundreds enjoyed the traditional south indian dish sambar idli, which, according to one of her relatives, is among her favourites. interestingly, kamala harris�* name is also on the list of donors to this village temple. the villagers say they might be thousands of miles away from the us, but they feel connected to herjourney. they hope she will visit them someday or their village would find mention in her speech. our reporter reporting from tamil nadu there. in the news, thatisit that is it from me. hello, good afternoon. the air is still feeling rather muggy and humid, a lot of moisture in it and plenty of cloud as well for the rest of the day, the biggest out towards the west, producing showery outbreaks of rain, most of it light and patchy with the

best of the sunshine east england and east of the high ground in north—east scotland in particular. we have a couple of weather fronts out towards the west, as you can see on our pressure chart, a more active feature pushing heavier rain into western wales and south—west england as we head through the late afternoon. showers still for north—east england, north—west scotland and across northern ireland, but lots of dry weather as well, we will keep some sunshine for north—west scotland, down through parts of lincolnshire and south—east england perhaps, and where we see the sunny spell is the interpreters will be boosted to 23 or 2a degrees, but of course cooler under the cloud. overnight tonight patchy rain pushing eastwards, heavy downpours possibly across the north of scotland. it will feel muggy tonight, uncomfortable forsleeping, tonight, uncomfortable for sleeping, we tonight, uncomfortable forsleeping, we are keeping that high dew point air into tomorrow, but it will turn breezy, a westerly wind picking up again a couple of active fronts pushing further eastwards gradually across the uk, bringing heavier

downpours of rain across the far south coast, across the channel islands as well and eventually into parts of kent perhaps by the afternoon. there will be some more showers, possibly heavy and thundery, across parts of the north—west, into northern ireland and some are affecting cumbria as well. a swathes of the country up through lincolnshire, again we could see some sunny spells later and that could help boost the temperature to 24 could help boost the temperature to 2a degrees. friday looks drier, but it different feel to things. we will have lost that muggy, humid air, so feeling fresher, showers again in the north and west, but for much of england and wales it looks dry and there will be some sunny spells, temperatures here peaking in the high teens or the low 20s for most. then, as we look forward into the weekend, high—pressure out towards the south—west. it is starting to build in. still some more showers in the north and west on saturday, block lots of dry weather as the world temperature is gradually rising as we head through the

weekend, goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. protests on capitol hill as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu prepares to address congress. this is scene live now i'm live on capitol hill, where more protesters are gathering outside — for what they describe as a "day of rage".

president biden will address the nation later tonight — he'll explain why he's decided to drop out of the presidential race. kamala harris steps up her campaign for the white house. wisconsin last night, indiana in a few hours' time. we'll be there live. a distressing video is made public showing the british olympic star charlotte dujardin repeatedly whipping a horse. she says it was out of character and she's deeply ashamed — she's withdrawn from this summer's paris games. in the first prime minister's questions for keir starmer. we will be live in westminster.