plenty more reaction to that speech in the us congress, but before we do all of that, let's get a check on the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. the olympics are under way in paris — there's always a bit of action before the official opening ceremony and men's football is taking centre stage. there was controversy in one of the other games between argentina and morocco. javier macheserano�*s side were trailing 2—1, but appeared to score an equaliser in the 16th minute of stoppage time which led some fans to invade the pitch, forcing the argentina players to make their way quickly down tunnel. it then emerged the goal was ruled out by var. with the stadium cleared of fans, the game resumed more than an hour later to complete the final three minutes. it finally finished 2—1 to morocco. elsewhere, 2020 silver medallists spain beat debutants uzbekistan 2—1. later on, france, managed by former arsenal forward thierry henry, take on the united states in marseille. you can keep up—to—date with all of

the latest scores on the results there over on the bbc sport website. 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 new zealand's training. 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 tomorrow's match as a sign of her side's "commitment to integrity". the men's rugby sevens tournament is also under way in paris, but not the start hosts france would have wanted. high hopes coming into the games, but they were held by the usa, with boos ringing around the stade de france. not the ideal start for poster boy antoine dupont, who skipped the six nations for the competition. for more results and latest scores, head to the bbc sport website. a great start for ireland too,

beating south africa in pool a. tries from terry kennedy and jordon conroy were enough to cancel out an effort from selvyn davids at the other end. sinner knocked out of the quarterfinals that he was looking forward, he said the condition has gotten worse then said the team's doctors advised him to withdraw. in djokovic is now the top ranked player in the men's singles. the draw takes place on thursday with the first round getting under way on saturday. someone who will be there is andy murray. andy murray says it is the "right time" for him to retire from tennis after the paris olympics — and he is "happy" with the decision. the two—time olympic singles champion confirmed yesterday that the games, where he will play in the doubles with dan evans, will be his final event. a few months ago when i was sort of deciding that this was going to be the end, you know, i was unsure about finishing and was doubting whether i wanted to keep going or

not. but, yeah, no, the time is here and i'm really happy when we play davis cup sand stuff i'm happy that this is where it's going to end. team usa have announced that us open champion coco gauff will be the female flag bearer for the united states at the opening ceremony in two days�* time, joining four—time nba champion lebronjames. 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. and finally, australia will host the rearranged rugby league world cup in 2026. france was due to stage the tournament in 2025, but withdrew last year after failing to get guaranteed backing. australia will host the men's, women's and wheelchair world cups in october and november of 2026, with games also taking place in papua new guinea.

that is all the support from us for now. we will see you later on. gavin, thank you very much. a new poll out today suggests the us vice president kamala harris has a slight lead over republican presidential candidate donald trump. the polling for reuters ipsos was done afterjoe biden announced his withdrawal sunday. it shows harris leading trump by two points, but within the margin of error — so no clear leader. and remember this is national pollng. what matters more, is the polling in the swing states and particularly the decisive mid west states of wisconsin pennsylvania and michigan. at the convention last week republicans were talking about a blow out, and routes to the white house through blue states, like minnesota, colorado, milwaukee. these latest figures suggest its going to be much tigher than that. although republicans are warming to the fight. the first attack ad is out. this one from david mccormick which gives you a flavour of what is to come.

a lot of that is taken from the presidential campaign in 2019 when they were leaning into the progressive base of the party. but it's there, it's on tape and it will be used all the way until november the 5th. how does she counter that? what it took to win. very welcome you are to the programme. thank you for being with us an idea or a flavour of what is going to come at her in the coming months, what is it going to take your kamala harris to win? ~ , ., .,

going to take your kamala harris to win? ~ , . ., u, ,. win? well, she will have to campaign amon: win? well, she will have to campaign among working _ win? well, she will have to campaign among working class _ win? well, she will have to campaign among working class people - win? well, she will have to campaign among working class people in - win? well, she will have to campaign i among working class people in states primarily, went over people she hasn't so far at least had much to say to wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania are the key states as people have probably heard. so it's a great challenge, because one of the reasons why a lot of democratics wanted biden off the ticket despite his clear issues is because he showed an ability to win those states four years ago. and as that ad shows, she is a liberal, there is no game saying that. it's a challenge she has a lot of enthusiasm among young people, especially young african—americans, especially young african—america ns, of especially young african—americans, of course, that's not enough to win the election. i of course, that's not enough to win the election-— the election. i would hesitate to cuess the election. i would hesitate to guess though — the election. i would hesitate to guess though if _ the election. i would hesitate to guess though if she _ the election. i would hesitate to guess though if she was - the election. i would hesitate to guess though if she was to - the election. i would hesitate to guess though if she was to run i the election. i would hesitate to i guess though if she was to run on some of those positions, particularly in the midwest states, she would lose.— she would lose. that's probably true. she would lose. that's probably true- then _

she would lose. that's probably true. then again, _ she would lose. that's probably true. then again, there - she would lose. that's probably true. then again, there is - she would lose. that's probably true. then again, there is a - she would lose. that's probably true. then again, there is a lot| she would lose. that's probably i true. then again, there is a lot of ways that politicians are good at changing. she can say that was five years ago. i don't believe those things any more. she can say eventually it would be good to get to universal health insurance, financed by a programme like medicare, but we are a long way from that. ~ ., , ., medicare, but we are a long way from that. ~ . , . ., medicare, but we are a long way from that. ~ . , ., ., , , that. what is harder to step away from? it's _ that. what is harder to step away from? it's her _ that. what is harder to step away from? it's her record _ that. what is harder to step away from? it's her record alongside i from? it's her record alongsidejoe biden because she is still serving in the white house. and one presumes that when you've gotjoe biden on the campaign alongside you, you have to stick with many of the policy platforms that he's already set out. a lot of those are actually quite popular. it was joe a lot of those are actually quite popular. it wasjoe biden who was less popular. of course inflation which is not a policy, but a result of a lot of things that have gone on since the pandemic and also problems at the border with illegal migrants. but other policies that he's

followed, being prolabor elite unions, in favour of a transition to more environmentally conscious jobs, infrastructure programmes. even programmes that congress did not pass because democrats havejust programmes that congress did not pass because democrats have just had such a narrow majority. of course have not had one at all for the last two years, like universal prekindergarten funded by the government are very popular. so many of his policies are more popular than he was and she is going to lean into those policies that are popular. into those policies that are -o - ular. ,, ., into those policies that are --oular. ,, ., , , popular. she did that yesterday, didn't she, _ popular. she did that yesterday, didn't she. in — popular. she did that yesterday, didn't she, in wisconsin, - popular. she did that yesterday, didn't she, in wisconsin, she - popular. she did that yesterday, i didn't she, in wisconsin, she talked about reproductive freedom, she said of congress came up with a plan then she would definitely sign it and put it into law. so she is certainly going to go further on those sort of issues, which, of course, she spoken about quite a lot on the campaign already. you are a student of history. history is not particularly kind to vice president to run wild in the white house. i think the last one was al gore, who was stained by

bill clinton's affair. is it more problematic when voters are dissatisfied with a sitting president, an incumbent president to run and win in the united states? it's been a problem, hubert humphrey was the vice president in the 1960s, when lyndonjohnson bowed out. he won the nomination. but she is going to have to identify herself with the things people liked about biden's policies and make sure that people know that she is a very different kind of candidate. it will be a challenge. at the response so far at least in the next three days since biden's pull out on sunday to her campaign has been rather astonishing, actually. over $100 million, mostly in small donations, tens of thousands of new volunteers. so that didn't happen with al gore. it didn't happen with hubert humphrey. so in that sense, if you

look at the presidents, she's doing better so far then those previous vice president �*s who try to succeed a president of their own party. henge a president of their own party. have not to talk a president of their own party. have got to talk to _ a president of their own party. have got to talk to you — a president of their own party. have got to talk to you about _ a president of their own party. have got to talk to you about what's going on today in the us congress and her absence from that event. we have just been talking about prime minister benjamin netanyahu's address to thejoint minister benjamin netanyahu's address to the joint session. she was in indianapolis. it was a previously organised event, she was speaking to an african—american group there. it would have looked wrong had she cancelled that to sit behind prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but on the flip side of that, there will be those to the centre, those on the right of this discussion who say that she boycotted it and that she should have been there. it was a bit of a lose lose for her today, wasn't it? yes, of course, as you know the democratic party is split on the issue of the war in gaza and a more conservative democrat and not completely behind, the kind of people who showed up today and were

applauding him in the capital, but the progressive side of the party is very, very critical of netanyahu, and many of those people did not show up. even if they support israel which most americans still do, they want the war to end, they are not supportive of many of the ways the war has been turning out. cease—fire something would like to see and they even some republicans, so in that sense, not sure she lost by not showing up. i think the kind of voters who still vote for democrats is still there she can still make clear in the next few months that she's supportive of the long relationship they have with israel but she's not supportive of benjamin netanyahu and that is probably the line she will be taking. her netanyahu and that is probably the line she will be taking.— line she will be taking. her camp would be making _ line she will be taking. her camp would be making the _ line she will be taking. her camp would be making the point- line she will be taking. her camp would be making the point that l line she will be taking. her camp i would be making the point that they will meet tomorrow on those meetings with president biden. it is good to talk to. and thank you for coming on the programme. talk to. and thank you for coming on the programme-— talk to. and thank you for coming on

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one of the issues the new government will need to tackle is the number of migrant boats crossing the channel. six people have died in the channel in just the past two weeks more than 2000 people have arrived on small boats this month. although there is evidence the boats are getting bigger. whereas it used to be seven or eight in a boat, now it is closer to 50. in fact one group arrived this past week on a suspected stolen yacht so what is labour's plan to tackle it? the prime minister clearly is taking a very different approach — the rwanda policy has been scrapped. gone too the bibby stockholm, the barge which was housing migrants in dorset. instead home secretary yvette cooper will fastrack asylum claims, and the backlog that still exists while investing in a new border security command, that will get counter terrorism—style powers to disrupt the gangs that perpetuate the problem. this morning that plan got the support of neil basu, formerly the lead for counter terrorism policing, at

the national police chiefs' council. it's rather sad to hear there is fighting over the border border security issues in parliament yesterday, and i think migration is a national security issue and ought to be cross party agreement on it. i'm pleased to see the end of her wand up because that seemed to be a policy that was targeting the victims. this new policy is obviously targeting the suspects, the perpetrators, and i think that is exactly the right thing to do. joining us now is former chief immigration officer for border force, kevin saunders. kevin, good to speak with you. there is we know a very small working model for counter terrorism in this country which the government emulates i guess. do you think it can work? i emulates i guess. do you think it can work? ~' ., emulates i guess. do you think it can work?— emulates i guess. do you think it can work? ~ ., ~ ., ., can work? i think no. what we are

lookin: can work? i think no. what we are looking at — can work? i think no. what we are looking at is _ can work? i think no. what we are looking at is home-grown - can work? i think no. what we are looking at is home-grown people | looking at is home—grown people smugglers. we can do a lot with people smugglers if they are based in the uk, but most of them aren't based in the uk, they are based abroad, particularly in places like turkey where we have all the anti—terrorism won't stop people smugglers in turkey. we need to get the turkish authorities to do that and they don't seem inclined to at the moment. a particularly good one is that of course on the one side this is a humanitarian issue, but on the other, it is a national security issue, and you don't often hear it discussed like this, they saved is perpetrated by all across the world and people are being driven too far to the right and if you don't see

this as a national security issue, he says take a look at what is happening in other countries. he is right on that point, isn't he, that perhaps it's not far enough up the list of priorities in terms of national security. list of priorities in terms of nationalsecurity. i list of priorities in terms of national security. i wouldn't disagree with you with the fact that some european friends are moving to the right but you've only got georgina maloney and her views what the italians are doing and what europe seemed to be coming on board with the italians is to do exactly what we were doing and off shoring asylum applications. i mean they are going to do it in albania, we did it of course are wanted to do it in rwanda. so it seems that they are looking at our model and seem to think there is something along with it. 50 think there is something along with it. , ., think there is something along with it. ,, ., , think there is something along with

it. so you are still in favour of the deterrent _ it. so you are still in favour of the deterrent policy _ it. so you are still in favour of the deterrent policy are - it. so you are still in favour of the deterrent policy are you? | it. so you are still in favour of - the deterrent policy are you? you must have _ the deterrent policy are you? you must have a _ the deterrent policy are you? gm. must have a deterrent. you've got to, what we are doing is we are saying it's all the fault of the people smugglers when, of course, it isn't. what is happening is that the migrants want to come to the uk. they are coming to calais all down the french coast and trying to find a way across the channel. all the people smugglers are doing is arranging that. so if you had a big enough deterrent, if you could say to people... i enough deterrent, if you could say to people-"— to people... i take the point you are making _ to people... i take the point you are making that _ to people... i take the point you are making that they _ to people... i take the point you are making that they are - to people... i take the point you are making that they are paying | are making that they are paying money and they want to come, but what they were saying today, and we know the updated figure was that the rwanda cost was £700 million, that was the cost of the plan on these updated figures. that is more than the entire budget of the national

crime agency. it's 70% of the budget of counterterrorism policing, through better coordination all of these various agencies working together to better target the people, is that not a more coherent plan? i people, is that not a more coherent lan? ., �* ~' people, is that not a more coherent lan? ., �* ~ , ., plan? i don't think it is, no. i thank you have _ plan? i don't think it is, no. i thank you have to _ plan? i don't think it is, no. i thank you have to say - plan? i don't think it is, no. i thank you have to say to - plan? i don't think it is, no. i thank you have to say to the | thank you have to say to the people that want to come to the uk, you are not going to get all the things that you get at the moment. you've only got to listen to the department in france that has said fairly recently that part of the problem is that you brits tell us stop the boats leaving the french coast and you pay us lots of money to try to stop them, but when the illegal migrants get to the

uk, you reward them with everything being free and looked after and housing and what have you. the pull factor is too big, and of course this has been reiterated, this has been reiterated on a number of occasions so you've got to look at that as well. occasions so you've got to look at that as well-— that as well. kevin, good to get our that as well. kevin, good to get your thoughts- _ that as well. kevin, good to get your thoughts. thank _ that as well. kevin, good to get your thoughts. thank you - that as well. kevin, good to get your thoughts. thank you very i that as well. kevin, good to get - your thoughts. thank you very much indeed, the debate that continues to bubble and we will see what happens with that. clearly pressing ahead with that. clearly pressing ahead with that. clearly pressing ahead with that plan ruling himself out of the job at first glance prime minister's questions this lunch time looked pretty familiar. sir keir starmer and rishi sunak face to face across the despatch box. except of course they now stand on different sides of the house. and each with a very different role to play. instead of �*setting' policy,

it is now mr sunak�*sjob, for as long as he remains the leader of the opposition, to prod and probe how �*labour�* runs the country. that said, we are only a few days into this new parliament, and today the usual parliamentary brawl felt more like gentle sparring. maybe the hangover from the election is still wearing off! our political editor chris mason was watching. the former prime minister was facing the hundreds of labour mps who defeated him, and so chose a topic, the war in ukraine, where there is lots of agreement here. can i ask that he continues to be responsive to ukraine's new requests so that they don't just stand still, but can decisively win out against russian aggression? yes, the prime minister said, adding... i will continue to try to do that in the way that he did, which is to reach out across the house to share such information as we can to maintain the unity that is so important. but things did get spiky over the suspension of seven labour mps who defied the government. they voted, along with the scottish national party, to scrap a restriction on child welfare payments to the first two children in most families.

poverty campaigners are furious with the prime minister. - is his honeymoon over. before it's even begun? labour say scrapping the cap isn't affordable right now. westminster�*s third biggest party is the liberal democrats, so expect to see a lot more of this man. after a once in a century election, does he not think there is an opportunity for a once in a century chance to fix social care? the prime minister said he wanted to set up, in time, a national care service. there were questions too from reform uk and the green party. the house of commons — new people in new places and a new debate to listen to. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. joining us now is political reporter for the sun, noa hoffman. another theme that i picked up today. i've heard it a number of

times so far. we heard it again from the prime minister today, this crisis in the uk's public finances which he says is more severe than he expected. you get the sense they are going to throw the kitchen sink at this over the next few weeks before rachel reeves stands up to give us her budget. rachel reeves stands up to give us her ioudget-— her budget. yes, definitely. with a new labour — her budget. yes, definitely. with a new labour government _ her budget. yes, definitely. with a new labour government and - her budget. yes, definitely. with a new labour government and all. her budget. yes, definitely. with a | new labour government and all the promises of a more left—wing progressive policy that come perhaps come with after price tag, you can expect to see lots of expectation management from the leadership, from keir starmer and from rachel reeves's team. i think going into next week, some of that will really mmp next week, some of that will really ramp up. a lot of campaigners come a lot of activists come a lot of groups of people want to various things from this new government. they have demands that they expect to be fulfilled pretty quickly from leaders who sort of claim to be left—wing, claim to believe and more, sort of, socialist ideals. so

what you will see labour do is really emphasised that in an ideal world, they would love to do that. however, the tories, they will say, have left the public purse in such a state that they actually have to restrain themselves on all of these measures they want to put forward in order to get the economy growing, in order to get the economy growing, in order to get the economy growing, in order to calm things down, in order to ease inflation which could still go back up again before you see these policies such as scrapping the two child benefit coming through fruition. ~ ., two child benefit coming through fruition. ~ . , ., ., ,, ., two child benefit coming through fruition. ~ . .,~ ., , fruition. what did you make a rishi sunak's performance _ fruition. what did you make a rishi sunak's performance today? - fruition. what did you make a rishi sunak's performance today? it's i fruition. what did you make a rishi sunak's performance today? it's a | sunak's performance today? it's a difficult role to play when you are on your way out. and also he doesn't have much to go out because we are only a couple of weeks into a new government. they've not really done anything yet. i think there is a universal agreement across the political divide that in opposition and as temporary leader of the opposition, rishi sunak has carried himself with a lot of grace and has been very dignified and how he

approaches keir starmer and approaches keir starmer and approaches labour. it's not a fun or comfortable position to be in. he lost comfortable position to be in. he: lost absolutely dismally, and instead of sort of throwing a tantrum or getting nasty about it, he's been very gracious. in fact, some people sort of question where was this softer more calm and relaxed side to him ahead of the election? could that have helped him at all instead of the more tetchy sometimes neurotic version of rishi sunak we saw ahead of the election, and i thank you also see labour respond to his grace with equal amounts of cordial well tempered and polite mannerisms. so it's alljust very nice lovey—dovey happy family in the house of commons for the moment. but don't expect that to last very long, especially with the new mix of mps we have and the rise of independent voices. things could get nasty very quickly. aha, of independent voices. things could get nasty very quickly.— get nasty very quickly. a minute or so to discuss _

get nasty very quickly. a minute or so to discuss the _ get nasty very quickly. a minute or so to discuss the tory _ get nasty very quickly. a minute or so to discuss the tory leadership i so to discuss the tory leadership nominations open tonight. so far, what are you hearing, james cleverly is in. when are we going to get the others? i is in. when are we going to get the others? ~ .. , . ., others? i think we can expect a few more to come _ others? i think we can expect a few more to come out _ others? i think we can expect a few more to come out this _ others? i think we can expect a few more to come out this evening and| more to come out this evening and into tomorrow. all the names that are rumoured to be putting themselves forward are pretty much set in stone, the likes of robert jenrick on the right to we expect is going to pitch himself on a platform of taking britain out of the european court of human rights from the moderate side can expect to see tom to can hard to launch a bid as well. kemi badenoch, the sort of anti—woke outspoken and current shadow levelling up secretary will also put herself forward, perhaps on also put herself forward, perhaps on a anti—woke low tax sort of more libertarian platform. one thing that is in common with all these candidates as they are all saying they can unite the party, they can bring it back together after such a

strained fracture is. where everything seemed to go wrong for them. i think a lot of people would disagree with that. which of these candidates who have put themselves forward can actually get the attention and the respect of all wings of the conservative party. and there are quite a few. it will be a difficult task.— difficult task. they've got four months to _ difficult task. they've got four months to argue _ difficult task. they've got four months to argue it _ difficult task. they've got four months to argue it in - difficult task. they've got four months to argue it in to - difficult task. they've got four i months to argue it in to convince the rest of the party that they can do that. thank you very much for coming on the programme. our panel are standing by. we are going to look a little closer, of course at that speech from prime minister benjamin on benjamin netanyahu. we will be right back after the break. hello there. plenty of cloud around today, the thickest of that out towards the west where it's produced a few outbreaks of mostly patchy rain, but we have seen some sunshine. the best of that has been to the east of high ground, including here in northeast

scotland. the air muggy and humid, lots of moisture in it, so it's led to some coastal mist, some hill fog around through the mornings. it's the same again tonight and through the day tomorrow, so plenty of cloud tonight, some showers just tracking along the south coast in an easterly direction. some more showers for northwest scotland. it will feel quite close and uncomfortable for sleeping, and temperatures at the very coolest point of the night may not be much below 14—17 celsius for the vast majority of us. so very mild muggy feeling start to the day tomorrow, which is looking cloudier and a bit breezier than today. some more showers along the south coast, tracking up through parts of kent, maybe through the afternoon, and plenty more heavy downpours across northern ireland at times up through northwest scotland. there'll still be some breaks in the cloud, notably to the east of high ground wales and across parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire, as well as eastern scotland, of course, and that will help to lift the temperature. but then on friday, a different feel to things — look at that cold front sweep through, some fresher feeling air behind it, so friday a lot less humid. the air will be drier, there'll be more in the way of blue sky and sunshine developing for most of us. still some showers, though.

they'll be mostly out towards the north and the west, across northern ireland and across northwest scotland, blowing through into eastern scotland as well. a few showers across northern england and a few more isolated showers for england and wales. but here, it's largely dry and the sunshine will help to boost the temperatures 19—24 celsius. and there's some warmer feeling weather too, coming our way as we head through the weekend. but saturday high pressure starts to build in from the southwest. still some showers at times, notably again out towards the west, parts of northern scotland, perhaps northern england through western wales, but further south and east. although there will be some areas of cloud, there'll still be some sunny spells here and temperatures will be in the high teens at the low 20s. sunday, though, looking dry across the board. a few isolated showers, but generally dry and feeling

a little warmer as well. there'll be some sunshine around. watch out for some more wet weather in the north west into the start of next week, but further south and east it's dry, sunny and warmer. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. i now have the high privilege and distinct honour of presented to you, his excellency, benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel. when we stand together,

something very simple happens, we win, they lose. we are here today to reject. the normalisation of genocide. joining me tonight are the former uk minister for women and equalities — justine greening — and former us assistant deputy secretary of state under the obama administration, joel rubin. plenty to discuss with the panel, before that. first, the latest headlines. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has addressed a joint session of the us congress to try to bolster us support for his war in gaza. in a combative speech he said israel will keep security control over gaza for the foreseeable future.many democrats boycotted the session, for the foreseeable future. many democrats boycotted the session, while thousands protested outside the capitol.

the director of the fbi says the gunman who shot donald trump had