way in paris. the host nation france wobble at the first hurdle, but put things right come the end of the day in the rugby 75. and no tennis for sinner, who drops out of the games. the world number one suffering from tonsilitis. welcome to the programme. we'll start with the olympics, with the action now under way ahead of the opening ceremony on friday in paris. and men's football made headlines on wednesday with controversy in the game 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. the organisers said they are "working with the relevant "stakeholders to understand the causes and identify "appropriate actions." there was a winning start for hosts france in their opener with the usa in marseilles. former arsenal striker alexandre lacazette was on the scoresheet the host nation as was bayern munich's new signing michael olise, familiar to fans in the premier league from his time at crystal palace, with a strike from outside the area. loic bade powered home a header later in the second half to make it 3. the french under the stewardship of thierry henry for this tournament. france looking to go top of group a with a win. the men's rugby sevens tournament is also under way in paris, and it's been a mixed day for the host nation france.

they were held to a draw in their opening game against usa but this superb try from their star antoine dupont helped them to a 19—12 win over uruguay in front of 80,000 fans at the stade de france. dupont skipped the six nations in order to concentrate on playing sevens. britain's andy murray says he's really happy to be ending his tennis career at the paris games. he's competing in the singles, and alongside dan evans in the doubles — and thinks in that, they have a chance of getting gold. he's been talking to our sports editor dan roan. a few months ago, when i was deciding that this was going to be the end, i was unsure about finishing and i was doubting whether i wanted to keep going or not. but, yeah, now that the time is here, i'm really happy. i love being part of the british team in the olympics and davis cup cup and stuff. i'm happy that this is where it's going to end. you had that surgery

on spinal cyst. given your recovery from that, what are your realistic expectations for the competitions you've entered? i think realistically, to win a medal, the best chance will be in the doubles. i'm playing with dan evans. he's a very good singles player, but his game translates really well to doubles. we've been training really well together the last few days. it's not going to be easy. the doubles is realistically the best chance of winning a medal. there's no jannik sinner at the paris 0lympics this year, the world number one has pulled out with tonisilitis. sinner, who was knocked out in the quaterfinals at wimbledon, said he was really looking forward to being back at roland garros but said his conditions got worse and his team of doctors advised him to withdraw.

world number two novak djokovic is now the top—ranked player in men's singles. the draw takes place on thursday with the first round getting under way on saturday. 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 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 0lympics when she tested positive for covid. gauff is expected to compete in both the singles and doubles on the clay courts at roland garros. canada women's head coach bev priestman has stepped down for her side's 0lympic football opener against new zealand on thursday, and two staff members have been sent home from paris after flying drones over new zealand's training sessions. the news comes after the canada 0lympic 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:

"it doesn't represent the values the team stands for," and she would voluntarily step down for their first match as a sign of her side's "commitment to integrity". becky moody has been promoted to great britain's dressage trio following the suspension of charlotte dujardin. gb�*s joint—most decorated female 0lympian pulled out of the games after a video emerged which she said showed her "making an error ofjudgement". a warning the footage you are about to see shows a horse being whipped. dujardin is now provisionally suspended by the governing body — the fei, british equestrian and british dressage — until the outcome of the investigation. they all say they take equine welfare extremely seriously. 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. there has been widespread shock since the story broke.

the whip can be a tool to extend the information you want to give to the horse, but it has to be in a very mild way, it has to take into consideration the learning process of the horse, not using violently. it has to be used in a way so it can make sense to the horse and it must not be whipped, it's about guiding with my touches. if that is done, and i believe a whip can be used, but if it says punishment or in a violent way, stressing the horse, it's absolutely unacceptable. away from paris, the french alps have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2030 winter olympics. it's contingent on france meeting the necessary financial guarantees in the coming months, which it hasn't yet been able to do because of the recent elections. the 2034 games will be in salt lake city. european governing body uefa has sanctioned seven of the 2a competing countries

at euro 2024 for the racist or discriminatory behaviour of theirfans. the serbian, croatian, romanian, slovenian, austrian, hungarian and albanian fas have all been sanctioned. croatia have been fined 50,000 euros, and have a ban from selling tickets to their next uefa away match. and austria have been fined 20,000 euros and can't sell tickets to its next uefa away match, suspended for two years. gibraltar�*s pub team bruno's magpies are preparing for a match they likely never thought they'd play — a europa conference league qualifier against danish giants fc copenhagen. the team were founded in 2013 by friends who drink in a pub called bruno's bar and they have already seen off former irish champions derry city to set up the second qualifying round match in gibraltar on thursday. here is their director, jansen dalli. isa is a prose man. so, yes, he

actually — even the — the commentators from jerry mentioned he was the man of the match, and he was a post— man. it is really good to see this. when you see these types of games and all of a sudden, even the spanish division, when you beat real madrid, it was crazy. you never do what can happen. we have had challenges obviously in the last three years that we have gone through to win competitions and this time around some of them were saying the ages were with us, we made it, we did it. it is an amazing thing for the club. it was really nice. 0ne amazing thing for the club. it was really nice. one of the players, the captain has been with us since 2019 when we officially started in the first

division so obviously he is the first want to call me saying we did it, just imagine what we did it, just imagine what we did five years ago, only 3.5 please use a turnup to training and outlook we are. playing improvement he can. when we got accepted, it is something you dream of, something that you see so far away and it is so close now. now it is a reality. they will climb up within the next ten years, i would say. it is early days for us and we are new to this, only 11 years since we were in europe. we will succeed and we will show everybody that we are here to stay. everybody that we are here to sta . ~ ., ., ., everybody that we are here to sta .~ ., ., stay. we look forward to seeing how they will — stay. we look forward to seeing how they will get _ stay. we look forward to seeing how they will get on, _ stay. we look forward to seeing how they will get on, a - stay. we look forward to seeing how they will get on, a big - how they will get on, a big match for them. 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 about it from us. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. we've got a fairly humid and moist air mass with us at the moment. that's bringing quite a lot of low cloud, some mist and some murk around, as we start thursday. generally, through the day, it's going to continue to feel fairly humid — some spells of sunshine, but also a chance of some rain for some of us.

now, across southern counties of england, you can see a bit of rain likely here, particularly through the morning hours in the south west, probably going to push into the southeast of england by the afternoon. some of that could be quite heavy. a few scattered showers further north, particularly so for northern ireland and for scotland, too, especially in the north and the west. but in between these two areas, quite a lot of dry weather. in the sunnier spells, temperatures up to about 2k degrees, but i think most of us, we're looking at about 16 to 22. now, into thursday evening, some more spells of rain moving through the english channel, affecting southern counties of england for a time. some scattered showers continue to move in from the north. but the cloud moves away towards the south east, so still a reasonably humid night across parts of east anglia and the south east — 15 degrees or so. but most of us, a cooler, fresher feel to friday morning, and that fresher air will continue to roll in on a westerly breeze behind this weather front on friday, so a real change in the feel to the weather. with that fresher air comes more sunshine on friday. still a few showers, here and there, particularly so for northern ireland and for scotland, but there could be one or two elsewhere across england and wales.

dry and bright for many, though, especially towards the south. in the east, top temperatures up to about 2k degrees in the warmest spots, most of us, typically, 18 to 22 on friday. rolling into saturday, still a lot of dry weather, but you can see a few showers moving in from the west, potentially affecting northern ireland, scotland, western parts of england and wales. down towards the south east, you're more likely to avoid any of those showers. higher pressure holding on here and temperatures again between about 16 to 22 degrees. but this big area of high pressure builds in and sticks with us, as we head through sunday and into the first part of next week at least, weather fronts trying to move in from the atlantic but bumping into high pressure. so, sunday, ithink, dry, really, across the board. light winds, long spells of sunshine for all of us and it's going to feel that little bit warmer. so we'll start to see temperatures up at around about 25 for the warmest spots, but, quite widely, high teens and low 20s. outlook for next week — a lot of dry, settled weather. perhaps a little bit of rain, at times, later in the week, particularly in the north and north west, but it's likely

to be turning warmer, especially in the south and south east. bye— bye.

live from washington, this is bbc news. benjamin netanyahu defends israel's war in gaza in a landmark address to the us congress. as thousands of demostrators rallied in washington protesting the prime minister's visit. and joe biden explains his reason for exiting the us presidential race in an address from the oval office.

nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the us congress for the first time in nearly a decade. members of both the house and senate attended thejoint session. however, there were several notable absences by democrats including former house speaker nancy pelosi and vice president harris who presides over the senate. mr netanyahu received a warm welcome in the chamber with several standing ovations led by republicans. 0utside, thousands protested against his visit and israel's war in gaza. the israeli prime minister dismissed protesters as "iran's useful idiots." mr netanyahu defended israel's military campaign against hamas — painting it as a fight for his country's survival. he laid out a day—after plan, saying israel will retain security control of gaza for the immediate future. he called for gaza to be demilitarized and deradicalized after the war, but for the territory to be under civilian palestinian control. prime minister netanyahu also thanked us presidentjoe biden for his backing throughout the war, but called for more american aid.