footage, the latest from the footage, the latest from politician saying, including some send _ politician saying, including some send a _ politician saying, including some send a police officer should be commended. joe biden tells the american public he dropped out of the us presidential race to save democracy. where outside the white house where talks are imminent between these are the pay minister and joe biden. i'm outside for the paris olympics excitement is building for the start of the _ excitement is building for the start of the opening sermon. hello. we start here in the uk, where policing is under the spotlight after a video emerged of an officer kicking and appearing to stamp on a man's head as he lay

on the floor at manchester airport. the region's police force has confirmed the suspension of one officer and that it's referred itself to the independent police watchdog. in the past hour, the lawyer for the two rochdale men involved, who're brothers, has said the condition of the injured man has worsened. in a moment, we'll get the very latest from judith moritz who is outside rochdale police station for us, and we'll also get all the political reaction from nick eardley, who's at westminster. but first, this report from lauren moss, a warning — it contains images that are distressing. shouting. "truly shocking." the assessment of greater manchester police itself after this footage emerged of what happened during an arrest at manchester airport. an officer with a taser stands above a man lying on the floor. he kicks and stamps on his head.

footage shows another person been peppe" footage shows another person been pepper sprayed. greater manchester police say, before this filming started on tuesday night, they were called to reports of a fight at the airport. when they went to make an arrest, three officers were assaulted, needing hospital treatment. a female police officer suffered a broken nose. one officer has been suspended from all duties, and the force has referred itself to the police watchdog. the prime minister says the home office is looking into what happened. look, i understand the public�*s concern. i have seen it myself, and i understand that concern. there have now been, i think, the suspension of one police officer this morning. and the home secretary is meeting the mayor of manchester to discuss this. the mayor of greater manchester, responsible for overseeing how the force is run, says the footage is disturbing.

firstly, i would say that it is a fast—moving and complicated situation in a challenging location, obviously at the airport. it is not clear—cut, i would say. and there are issues for both sides in the situation. that said, and here is where i want to be really clear, it is right that the officer has been suspended. that is the right action. i would ask for calm, because what i can assure people is that the right and proper steps have been taken in the right way. chanting. gmp, shame on you! late last night, a large crowd of people gathered outside rochdale police station in protest. this cannot be treated as an incident in isolation. this is just the latest in a catalogue of incidents that have eroded trust and confidence. it is at its most lowest, its lowest, in black, asian and minority ethnic communities.

greater manchester police says it knows communities are rightly concerned about the footage. in a series of statements released since yesterday, it says the use of such force during an arrest is unusual and they understand the immense feeling of worry and concern that people feel and fully respect their right to demonstrate their views peacefully. they say they will continue to meet and discuss these feelings with greater manchester residents and elected representatives whilst this independent investigation takes place. the video footage of a greater manchester police officer stamping on and kicking a man in manchester airport is truly shocking and disturbing. that man is one of my constituents in rochdale, and i am meeting his family later today. our police face a very difficultjob every day in keeping us all safe, but they themselves know that they have to expect the highest standards of conduct in their duties. the independent office for police conduct says it is looking to all the circumstances in a thorough and robust investigation

and will work to provide answers people want as quickly as it can. lauren moss, bbc news. we're going to go live tojudith moritz, who is in rochdale for us, and get all the political reaction from westminster. in the last hour we had that update from the lawyer and new significant information. this from the lawyer and new significant information-— information. this is a solicitor who is representing — information. this is a solicitor who is representing the _ information. this is a solicitor who is representing the family - information. this is a solicitor who is representing the family and - information. this is a solicitor who | is representing the family and says he is from birmingham, they contact him last night from here in rochdale, and said he is representing this family of brothers, three brothers, two who were at manchester airport who feature in this video and also their mother, and he is giving this information about the family this afternoon, that you spent time with them and the brother who was on the floor in that video, who you see being kicked and stomped on, he says that that brother is no in—hospital and has suffered a cyst on the

brain. i can —— i think you can hear a bitfrom brain. i can —— i think you can hear a bit from him. it was something that hasn't been seen before, such police brutality. and i could tell you guys, now that the people who were assaulted by the police are members of a police officer's family who is currently serving in the greater manchester police force. this man is now afraid to go to work. he went in today and spoke to his supervisor. and the only reason he is not going to work because he is fearing for his own safety, and he thinks like his family members were the victims, he could be a victim. judith, tell me more about what greater manchester police has set about this incident, and what is the body that actually does this

investigation?— body that actually does this investigation? well, the police themselves. — investigation? well, the police themselves, greater _ investigation? well, the police l themselves, greater manchester police, i think this is a moving picture. we had information from the last night and today, with a bit more detail, and last night, straightaway when this video was circulating online, the police very quickly said that they knew that people were shocked by it, they described it themselves are struck in, and that people were rightly extremely concerned. to give some context, they said, the police officers involved had responded to any incident in the terminal building, those police officers, or firearms officers, they said, were concerned that firearms would be taken from them during the course of the arrests, and gave background details what had happened, they say, before the point they had seen on the video, there had been fight between members of the public which police responded to. that is the context we had last night from greater manchester police. the additional information we had from todayis

additional information we had from today is that one of the officers involved, who initially had just been taken off operational duty but not suspended my but overnight more info —— information came to light, the police say, that he has not been suspended, so in terms of who is overseeing all of this, and where it goes from here, you asked who investigates the police, who oversees them, that is the police watchdog, the independent office for police conduct, and they have been asked to investigate by greater metro police themselves. they reserve them —— referred themselves to the iop c, and there will be an independent investigation that looks at everything that happened here, including the bitter to —— video material that exists, notjust the material that exists, notjust the material going online and viral but extra video which the airport amongst others have been able to provide, cctv and police body camera footage which will add to that picture. footage which will add to that icture. , ~ . , , footage which will add to that icture., ~. , , ., picture. judith marseilles or in rochdale. _ picture. judith marseilles or in rochdale, thank _ picture. judith marseilles or in rochdale, thank you. - the home secretary, yvette cooper, says that she has spoken

to greater manchester police and the mayor of greater manchester about the urgent steps they are taking in response to the incident and the video that circulated online. she says... with more on the political reaction to this incident. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. there's been an avalanche of political reactions willjust hit me through it. the political reactions will “ust hit me throu~h it. ,., . . through it. the police are operationally _ through it. the police are| operationally independent through it. the police are - operationally independent but through it. the police are _ operationally independent but when an incident like this happens there is always pressure on politicians to explain where they think the line of what is reasonable in terms of force should be drawn. the prime minister was asked about this after a speech she gave earlier, and he said he understood some of the concern, that is a message we have heard from the vast majority of politicians who

have been asked about this, including the local labour and people rochdale, who said that he too was worried about what she had seen and would be seeking more answers. there is no complete consensus about this, and one party, reformuk, led by nigel farage, some ex—mps appraise the action taken by police. one of their mps suggesting that the police involved deserves a medal. have a listen to the anderson. medal. have a listen to the anderson-— medal. have a listen to the anderson. , �* anderson. the message i'm getting loud and clear _ anderson. the message i'm getting loud and clear from _ anderson. the message i'm getting loud and clear from my _ anderson. the message i'm getting| loud and clear from my constituents is that _ loud and clear from my constituents is that they — loud and clear from my constituents is that they are put up with seen police _ is that they are put up with seen police dancing about rainbows and be nice to _ police dancing about rainbows and be nice to people. they want to police to do— nice to people. they want to police to do their— nice to people. they want to police to do theirjob, and i think the police — to do theirjob, and i think the police yesterday should be commended, in fact, i would give them _ commended, in fact, i would give them a _ commended, in fact, i would give them a middle, because from what we happened _ them a middle, because from what we happened yesterday, from what we have been told so far, female offiter— have been told so far, female officer had her nose broken, others dragged _ officer had her nose broken, others dragged to — officer had her nose broken, others dragged to the ground, we had others in hospitat _

dragged to the ground, we had others in hospital. that dragged to the ground, we had others in hosital. . . , dragged to the ground, we had others in hosital. ., ., , �* in hospital. that was lee anderson who also criticise _ in hospital. that was lee anderson who also criticise what _ in hospital. that was lee anderson who also criticise what we - in hospital. that was lee anderson who also criticise what we called i who also criticise what we called namby—pamby policing, so not everybody agrees on the responsiveness, those comments criticised by the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who said those comments were irresponsible, and other mp5 are waited to see what happens from the initial investigations into that incident and the footage we have all seen before drawing any conclusions. hick before drawing any conclusions. nick earl there before drawing any conclusions. nick early there speaking, and andy burnham has put up the statements. it was agreed the investigation will be carried out as swift as possible and will involve community stakeholders and be truly independent, i hope it provides further reinforces to people that are the right steps are being taken. that is the latest from the mayor of

greater manchester. the latest on that story dominating the headlines here in the uk. if there is more we return to that. joe biden has told the american people he quit the us presidential race to save democracy. he said, it's time to pass the torch to a new generation. the president was speaking in a televised address from the oval office to explain why he's abandoned his attempt to get re—elected to the white house, paving the way for his vice president, kamala harris, to take on donald trump in november's election. will grant reports from washington. in a speech no sitting president has delivered in more than half a century, joe biden confirmed his decision to drop out of the race to the american people. it was time for new voices and, yes, he acknowledged, younger voices. so i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. that is the best way to unite our nation. nothing could get in the way of saving democracy, said president biden,

including personal ambition. he painted november's vote as a choice between forwards or back, hope or hate, unity or division. despite republicans calling for him to resign the presidency, mr biden said he had no intention of stepping aside. over the next six months, i will be focused on doing myjob as president. that means i will continue to lower costs for hard—working families, grow our economy, i will keep defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights, from the right to vote to the right to choose. many of those watching weren't alive the last time a us president did this. in 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimately win the presidency. mr biden will hope that history won't be repeating itself with donald trump. in north carolina, the republican candidate dropped the short—lived unifying tone of his campaign, turning on both the president and his new presumptive rival alike.

we officially defeated the worst president in the history of our country, crooked joe biden. he quit because he was losing so badly in the polls, he was down in every single poll and down by a lot, so he quit. politics is all mr biden has ever known. a career which has spanned five decades from, as he put it, a kid with a stutter from scranton to the white house. this decision will define his legacy. november's vote will define whether that gamble has worked. will grant, bbc news, washington. let's speak to our state department correspondent — tom bateman — who's outside the white house. in the next while, the president is due to meet israel's prime minister. tom, that would be a crucial meeting, especially as relations between the two have been strained

for such a long time, and also because of the change, the dynamic after sunday. because of the change, the dynamic after sunday-— after sunday. that's right. in terms of mr netanyahu's _ after sunday. that's right. in terms of mr netanyahu's visit _ after sunday. that's right. in terms of mr netanyahu's visit to - of mr netanyahu's visit to washington, it's easy to track when and where he's coming because of the ruling road closures and movements of protesters checking where he's going, some more outside the white house as his visit is imminent now in the next hour. as for the substance of those talks, absolutely my sense is that we have seen some flashes of growing optimism within the us administration about the potential for that much to hope for cease—fire and hostage release deal, and i think the hope is it could be getting closer. but where is you were hearing a few weeks ago from every us official we spoke to her that it was my or blocking it, now there's much more of a sense that

they feel mr netanyahu is throwing up they feel mr netanyahu is throwing up roadblocks at the last minute, trying to harden his conditions, so i think it was talks between mr biden and mr netanyahu will focus on that, the one key breakthrough the americans as well as everyone else wants to see over this. it is always been a fraught relationship between these two men because underpinning this relationship is a vast supply of weaponry, that goes from the us to the israelis every week, and mr biden has basically stuck with that throughout bar one consignment of weapons a month ago, but you heard mr netanyahu would say in congress yesterday that it was not enough or fast enough, he will be quite irritated by that, and also about some of the things mr netanyahu said in that speech, that by any objective measure of reality was not true, and particularly the claim that it was the fault of others that humanitarian aid could not get into

gaza effectively enough. that has been a key complaint ofjoe biden, trying to push the israelis to do that which has not happened, and i suspect they will talk about that again. suspect they will talk about that a . ain. , , suspect they will talk about that aaain. , , , , suspect they will talk about that aaain. , , , . . again. just briefly, and you alluded to it, is again. just briefly, and you alluded to it. is there _ again. just briefly, and you alluded to it, is there any _ again. just briefly, and you alluded to it, is there any suggestion that i to it, is there any suggestion that the us will get really tough, turn the us will get really tough, turn the tops off in terms of some of that aid, some of the military assistance, because they have been urging the israeli prime ministers to make change, and that simply has not happened month after month? ida. not happened month after month? no, the are not happened month after month? no, they are not — not happened month after month? idrr, they are not quick to stop that military assistance at all. in fact, i spoke about that one consignment of 2500 lbs bombs, and they were being pause because they were been using densely public to areas of gaza, having a massive impact on civilians and done so during the complex, so there paused those bombs, but some other consignments, 500 lbs bombs will be turned back on

much of the movement in the other direction. i think the us believe they were able to get israelis to change tactics in terms of what they did in rafah when is really forces went into rafah, so there is no question about that, but the other important meeting is about mr netanyahu's meeting with the vice president, kamala harris, likely to be the democratic candidate, and that becomes the key relationship when it comes to the us— israel relationship overall. when it comes to the us- israel relationship overall.— relationship overall. tom, will seak relationship overall. tom, will speak again — relationship overall. tom, will speak again in _ relationship overall. tom, will speak again in the _ relationship overall. tom, will speak again in the coming - relationship overall. tom, will- speak again in the coming minutes as we get closer to that meeting and the meeting ahead, thank you. that is tom bateman in washington. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

it's 100 years since paris last staged the summer olympics, and while competition in football, rugby 7's, archery and handball are already under way,

the official opening of the games is a little over 2a hours away. we'll have extensive coverage over the next few weeks, so let's head back to paris and re—join maryam moshiri. welcome to paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world and host to the 33rd summer olympics and paralympics. this event will be the biggest event ever organised in france — a plan that has been brought to life from the moment paris was awarded the games in 2017 till today. so let's take a moment to look at some key olympic facts and figures to get us in the mood and to give you a small understanding of the scale of this event. 10,500 athletes from over 200 countries or olympic committees, plus the ioc refugee team will be competing in these games. there are now 32 olympic sports this year, including a new one called breaking —

more on that later. over 15 million visitors are expected to descend on paris for the olympic and paralympic games, and the city has 16,000 volunteers working here ready to help them. there are 35 venues around paris, france, and even one as far away as tahiti. and as you would expect, some of the most iconic sites in paris provide the backdrop to many of the events, including the eiffel tour and palace of versailles. let's sticky briefly to the louvre museum, my pictures there, you can see one of the big pre—opening sermon the events about to take place, and that is the gala dinner organised by the unpaid committee and president macron. we will see the ioc had, and president macron

attending this dinner as well as 100 heads of state and sports personalities from around the world stop the famous french chef will be serving up a feast i'm sure, not sure what is on the menu, i'm sure would be delicious, and that is the delicious, and that is a museum there holds stan a big gala dinner. . security has been tight here, increase amounts of gender arm, and military, trying to keep these games are safe as possible. our bigots asked? earlier, i spoke to neil fergus, security expert and ceo of intelligent risks, who provided security for 11 summer and winter olympic games. i asked him about the scale of security at these olympics. um, look, having worked on the french bid, uh, eight years ago, there were certainly some very careful examination of the success of the london olympics

and the redevelopment of stratford, east london. and they have tried to mirror that in terms of the works that have taken place out in the saint—denis region in the north, where the village is, and the new aquatic centre. but there was always a determination that this city of lights would showcase the city and places like you mentioned, place de la concorde. uh, there's going to be four temporary venues there. it is going to be breathtaking. but the only way to deliver that is with this extraordinary security operation which has strangled the city in a certain sense. but surprisingly, most of the parisians seem to have rolled with it. um, certainly there's some complaints by residents and by businesses, but, um, there's a degree of excitement that's mounting. let's take a closer look at the some of the sports we've got coming up today the rugby sevens matches have already kicked off at the stade de france in the heart of the city. the iconic venue has undergone extension renovation

work ahead of the games. host nation france kicked off the opening match but were left disappointed after drawing their match with the united states 12—12. but you can't say that the french team weren't prepared. the rugby sevens men have been getting dance lessons ahead of their first match — from the dancers at moulin rouge. this is them, enjoying their dance lesson. rugby sevens will be a big deal at this olympics and other pics moving forward, a new sports for the other pics. alan gilpin is chief executive of world rugby, and he spoke to me about some of the other preparations that the players will be making. so first of all, how has it been so far? it's been amazing. we were the first sport to kick off the olympic games here in paris yesterday. so a great honour packed stade de france. great atmosphere, brilliant rugby. so yeah, really, really good stuff. what does it mean for rugby sevens to be at the olympics? it's really important to us.

it's our third olympic games, but the first one was in rio. the second obviously no crowds in tokyo in 2021. soto be in a packed stade de france for six days, 550,000 spectators across six days for rugby sevens is huge, and a big global audience. and that for rugby puts us on the map in some places where maybe traditional 15 a side rugby doesn't, and that's really important for us. and we'll have plenty more from paris throughout the afternoon — stay with us on bbc news. back to matthew. they show another life picture if you come in from paris and the to olympic opening sermon. the heirs to the muggy and humid through the day, lots of moisture, mist and murky conditions, a tickler to the western facing close and hills. sunny spots at times, most of

the east of high ground, or the centre and tomorrow will be a lot more abundant, air feeling centre and tomorrow will be a lot more abundant, airfeeling pressure unless you made, still a chance of some showers, particularly in the north and west and that change is going to happen overnight tonight. she needs weather fronts push further south and east, the skies were clear, still some showers in the far north and west but a cooler start to the day tomorrow, and it should be a brighter one as well, so not quite as much cloud around tomorrow. much more in the way of sunshine from the word go for most of us. still some showers pushing eastwards on that westerly wind across scotland and northern ireland and northern england to, i solicit charts across wales and the parts of west of england, some of those charts could be heavy but the further south and east you are, then the drier your deal with the, and the drier your deal with the, and the rest of the sunshine, the temperatures will react, 19—20 c, this a differentjustice things. it changes again on saturday, high—pressure try to build in but a weather front to the west is pushing

eastwards, bringing with it cloud and some showering outbreaks of rain across northern ireland through western wales, north of england, some of the is possibly sharp and also shared across west of scotland but i gotten east anglia, the southeast of england, it could state largely dry and temperatures here will rise to 22 or 22 degrees, but with a few cooler under the layers of cloud. motion more likely to see ajraidi across of cloud. motion more likely to see a jraidi across the board on sunday because high—pressure building from the azores. more cloud towards the north and west and some heirs of cloud bubbling up here and there as we had through the afternoon, but some decently long sunny spells and temperatures more widely with peak in the low 20s, i think if you get the mid—20s across london and the southeast heading through sunday. it was temperatures in the south and east of england in particular with rice perhaps in the high 20s into monday and tuesday, more sunshine across wales in the mid—20s here but

further north and west it is cooler with the chance of some showers. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines. will come back. a lawyer for a man who was filmed being kicked in the head by a police officer at manchester airport says his condition has worsened. joe biden tells the american public he dropped out of the us presidential

race to save democracy. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due to meet mr biden at the white house — a day after delivering a fiery speech to congress. —— that speech. new met office analysis has confirmed that climate changes dramatically increasing the frequency of extreme high temperatures and wet days in the uk. and we're in paris, where the first olympic events have taken place ahead of tomorrow's opening ceremony. all that is coming up. let's cross to catch up with all the sports headlines. good evening, hugh. andy murray admits he �*ran out of time' after announcing he's withdrawing from the singles event at the paris olympics — his final competition before retiring.