us vice president kamala harris says she had a frank and constructive meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the leader of mexico's sinaloa cartel, one of the worlds�*s most powerful drug lords, is arrested in texas. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. after years of planning and a full century after the french capital last hosted the games, final preparations are under way for today's opening ceremony of the summer olympics in paris. this morning the french railway system is facing major disruption after what appears to be a coordinated vandalism on several lines into the capital. the rail company sncf said it included arson attacks and was an attempt to paralyse the network. eurostar

operating trains from london to paris called it a coordinated act of malice. tonight's ceremony will see athletes carried on boats on the river sun in front of 20,000 spectators. the scene live at a railway station in paris —— on the river seine. sncf has said the high—speed rail network has been targeted by what it has cooled malicious acts aimed at paralysing the system, we understand several high—speed tgv lines have been hit at the west, north and east of paris and queues forming at gare montparnasse serving the west of the capital. the transport minister in france a short time ago strongly condemned what he called criminal acts that he said would affect people's holiday plans. a number of trains have been cancelled and sncf

has said the situation could last a while repairs are conducted. the sports minister described the attacks appalling and said the impact on the public and olympic athletes was being assessed. we know more than 300,000 spectators are expected in paris today alone for the opening ceremony which begins later this evening. that will see thousands of olympic athletes sailing down the river seine. in terms of details about what happened on the attacks on the transport network, sncf said fires had been set alight in that damaging facilities. a source close to the investigation told a news agency the attack involved acts of sabotage. we believe no one at the moment has admitted targeting the network. there will obviously be concern it involves apparently coordinated acts of vandalism. no idea at the moment of vandalism. no idea at the moment of who is behind it. some high—speed services have been diverted onto

other lines and this is inevitably causing a knock on effect to other services. we will continue to keep an eye on what is happening there and how it is impacting people. 0bviously and how it is impacting people. obviously the focus very much also on the games, a huge day for france and a big moment for the thousands of athletes who are taking part. years of training, build up, expectation, and of course pressure. let's speak to professor steve peters, leading sport psychiatrist and ceo of chimp management. great to have you on the programme. tell us, as i was saying, years of preparing for this really special moment, going to take place at the olympics, how do athletes prepare? 0lympics, how do athletes prepare? mentally and physically, most people will have a sports psychologist and psychiatrist doing similar work. we are looking at the physical aspects of getting fit and mental aspects. for the last few years in building up for the last few years in building up 0lympians i am working with, we

look at what will happen in the build—up to the olympics, on the day, for example, what happened this morning, unexpected things happening, you have to have focus and mental strategy of where you want your thinking and emotions to be to optimise performance. it is a skill base we are working on. these da s do skill base we are working on. these days do most _ skill base we are working on. these days do most elite _ skill base we are working on. these days do most elite athletes - skill base we are working on. these days do most elite athletes work i days do most elite athletes work with sport psychologists such as yourself? i with sport psychologists such as ourself? ~ , with sport psychologists such as ourself? ~' , ., yourself? i think they do. obviously. _ yourself? i think they do. obviously, people - yourself? i think they do. obviously, people vary i yourself? i think they do. obviously, people vary inj yourself? i think they do. - obviously, people vary in their 0bviously, people vary in their ability and what they feel they are able to do to manage themselves, not everyone will want that, but many of the athletes realise that our available techniques and support systems to show you how your mind works and how you can make it work in your favour and optimise works and how you can make it work in yourfavour and optimise physical performance. tell in your favour and optimise physical performance-— performance. tell us, you work closely with _ performance. tell us, you work closely with the _ performance. tell us, you work closely with the athlete - performance. tell us, you work closely with the athlete adam i performance. tell us, you work- closely with the athlete adam peaty, big british name competing, tell us about how he prepares, that british name, lots of eyes on him in the

games. it name, lots of eyes on him in the games. , . , ., ~ games. it is a privilege working with him, _ games. it is a privilege working with him, great— games. it is a privilege working with him, great guy, _ games. it is a privilege working with him, great guy, along - games. it is a privilege working with him, great guy, along with games. it is a privilege working . with him, great guy, along with his coach, we formed a team on the mental side of things. he works really hard on this, and applies it, he feeds back. what we do is we look at the way his mind works and the way he thinks. i work with people in a unique way, no room for sudden thoughts or behaviours that will appear at this crucial time. planning for many months ahead of time. figs planning for many months ahead of time. �* , , ., planning for many months ahead of time. a planning for many months ahead of time. , planning for many months ahead of time. a , ., time. as you say, very individual strate: time. as you say, very individual strategy you _ time. as you say, very individual strategy you employ, _ time. as you say, very individual strategy you employ, what - time. as you say, very individual strategy you employ, what kind | time. as you say, very individual. strategy you employ, what kind of techniques do you teach athletes to help them with the pressures? explore what is unique to them, for example, if you take the olympics itself, people know millions watching, one in four year opportunity to perform at your best, some athletes rise to that, they say, my belief is this is my opportunity do this. other athletes might say, ifind it

opportunity do this. other athletes might say, i find it too daunting, opportunity do this. other athletes might say, ifind it too daunting, a threat. we have to look at what negative thoughts some athletes might have and positive thoughts and say, what is the optimum thinking for that particular athlete? even when you get an athlete who seems to be positive, and opportunity, that can heighten the emotions so you start getting impaired judgment. we have to look at what works for them individually. have to look at what works for them individually-— individually. how do they block out the fact that _ individually. how do they block out the fact that millions _ individually. how do they block out the fact that millions of _ individually. how do they block out the fact that millions of eyes - individually. how do they block out the fact that millions of eyes are l the fact that millions of eyes are on them? for a lot of these athletes, 10,000 competing in these games, it may be the first time they have had cameras on them and the eyes of the world, people from all over the world watching them on tv or online, how do they block that out? �* ., ' or online, how do they block that out? ~ . ' ., , or online, how do they block that out? �* . ' . , ., 4' out? again, different athletes work in different ways, _ out? again, different athletes work in different ways, common - in different ways, common destruction techniques, but the key thing is to focus on the process of what you are actually doing —— common distraction techniques. i try an athletics on the track where you

might have 800 metre run, break down the race, focus on specific parts of the race, focus on specific parts of the race. that way their mind cannot wander off. if it does, we have a technique or a process to bring it back quite quickly. it is the way the mind works and trigger points to get focus, re—focus to occur. what get focus, re-focus to occur. what extent do sport — get focus, re—focus to occur. what extent do sport psychologists jew psychiatrists travel with teams question what you are at home —— to what extent do sports psychologists travel to the games? do they need to be with and in case they have huge anxiety? you are at home in derbyshire. anxiety? you are at home in derbyshire— anxiety? you are at home in derb shire. , ., derbyshire. very unique, some of the athletes... derbyshire. very unique, some of the athletes- -- i — derbyshire. very unique, some of the athletes... i have _ derbyshire. very unique, some of the athletes... i have travelled _ derbyshire. very unique, some of the athletes... i have travelled for - derbyshire. very unique, some of the athletes... i have travelled for the . athletes... i have travelled for the last 20 years now, a great privilege, the olympics last time, numberfive, this is number six. i believe the psychologist should be available all the time but

invisible. they give me a thumbs up if i am at the venue, that means, i do not need you. thumbs across, harbour. thumbs down, come and support, remind me, focus. it is very much teamwork.— support, remind me, focus. it is very much teamwork. how do you keep the fun in the — very much teamwork. how do you keep the fun in the games _ very much teamwork. how do you keep the fun in the games when _ very much teamwork. how do you keep the fun in the games when there - very much teamwork. how do you keep the fun in the games when there is - the fun in the games when there is so much pressure? i the fun in the games when there is so much pressure?— so much pressure? i am glad you asked that _ so much pressure? i am glad you asked that because _ so much pressure? i am glad you asked that because research - so much pressure? i am glad you l asked that because research shows athletes who go in and enjoy their sport and say they do it because it makes them happy, they are more likely to succeed. again, you cannot be dogmatic, say everyone should go in in a happy frame of mind, but the evidence is, probably self—evident, you go in happy, more likely to enjoy it and perform at your best. professor steve peters, interesting to talk to you and learn more about how athletes enjoy the games. we hope those who are you being helped

by you succeed. we are keeping an eye on paris, one railway station here being impacted by malicious acts aimed at paralysing the transport system, from the government, a french railway company sncf says its high—speed rail network has been targeted. a statement from eurostar, also impacted. this is the scene at gare montparnasse, really busy hub. eurostar has said the journey times to paris could be around an hour and a half longer because of trains needing to be diverted, they said several trains have been cancelled. they said a status update on eurostar site warns passengers, we advise you to postpone your trip, your trainer is likely to be delayed because of infrastructure issues. they said, because of coordinated acts of malice in france affecting the high—speed line between paris and lille, trains are being diverted

today. this extends the journey time by an hour and a half. several trains have been cancelled. they said, the eurostar teams are fully mobilised in stations and call centres and on board to ensure all passengers are informed and can reach their destinations. they said, customers are being informed by e—mail, message and eurostar. customers can cancel free of charge, or be refunded. but they are advising people to postpone trips because of the severe delays and obviously this will impact so many people, tens of thousands of people travelling to paris. we believe more than 20,000 spectators are in the french capital today for the start of the olympics —— more than 300,000 spectators. many will be travelling on the eurostar. this will have a huge impact on people trying to get to france and within france itself. the transport minister of france has strongly condemned what he has

called criminal acts that he said would indeed affect people's holiday plans and plans to see the olympics. the latest on all of this with paris correspondent hugh schofield. what more do we know about what has happened and the impact? it is big, serious, coordinated, _ happened and the impact? it is big, serious, coordinated, criminal. - serious, coordinated, criminal. clearly aimed at the olympics. yeah, it is what the authorities feared. it could have been obviously a lot more worse, had this been a question of lives being lost, but still quite clearly an attempt to disrupt the beginning of this very important day, this day which everyone has been waiting for, the olympic ceremony on the river seine, planning for that, and now this. it is disrupting the lives of many people, the french government is saying 800,000 people were planning

to take tgv trains today and their lives will be very much disrupted as a result of that. don't forget, not just a question of people arriving in paris for the olympics, also a question of people leaving paris in their droves for the start of the school holidays. they have been disrupted too. for the moment not just a question of delays, none of these stations are operating, until there was a minimum service returning to these lines, people have been told, don't bother turning up have been told, don't bother turning up to the main railway stations to travel on tgv trains. a big deal, criminal, and there will be an awful effort now made to find out who is behind all of this. quite clearly whoever it is wanted to write the first day of the olympics. i5 whoever it is wanted to write the first day of the olympics. is it clear at the _ first day of the olympics. is it clear at the moment - first day of the olympics. is it clear at the moment what the acts of sabotage entail? we have heard about fires being started, do we know

where and which stations? the whole system now in paralysis? can you hear me? apologies, we have lost the line to hugh but he was saying 800,000 travellers have been affected by the huge targeted attack on the transport network in paris and surrounding areas, affecting also eurostar. eurostar saying for people to keep an eye on the information coming their way but to postpone their journeys information coming their way but to postpone theirjourneys if they can. stay with us on bbc news. we will be packed with plenty more in a moment, around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the uk health secretary wes streeting says the body for

regulating health and social care services in england is not fit for purpose. it follows an independent review of the care quality commission, which identified significant failings. the cqc says it accepts the findings. honesty is the best policy. that's why i've moved quickly to publish the interim findings because there are ratings that people will be looking at today which i can't have confidence in, i don't think the public can have confidence in, and i've asked the cqc urgently to put in place transparency around those ratings so people can see how those ratings were put together and then make a judgment about whether it's a true and fair and accurate reflection of the quality of care. leadership is vital. we need a new permanent chief executive at the care quality commission and a new chief inspector of hospitals that we can work with to turn the regulator around, and we are going to get the best person for the job if we are honest about the challenge and also reassuring them that whether it's the board or indeed the government we will give them every bit

of support they need to deliver the radical reform that that organisation requires. and we've already got some work under way too. professor sir mike richards, hugely respected in this area, is already doing a rapid review of the assessment framework that's used tojudge hospitals and care providers. let's speak to our health correspondent, nick triggle. he has more on this. first, explain what the cqc is and their role. this is the main — what the cqc is and their role. ti 3 is the main regulator for health and care services. they are there to identify failings in hospital services, gp surgeries, dental surgeries, across the care sector and care homes. but the report today that will be published later this morning from what the government saysis morning from what the government says is incredibly damning. the health secretary wes streeting has said the cqc is simply not fit for

purpose and he is stunned by the failures. let us look at some of the failures. let us look at some of the failures. inspectors, asked to go into hospitals, having never been into hospitals, having never been into a hospital before. a care home inspector who had never met a person with dementia. across the board, inconsistencies in the way they inspect and assess the services. also a big backlog of inspections. one in five of services they have responsibility for have yet to receive a rating. the care quality commission has said it accepts the findings in full.— findings in full. they accept the findin . s findings in full. they accept the findings in _ findings in full. they accept the findings in full, _ findings in full. they accept the findings in full, what _ findings in full. they accept the findings in full, what happens l findings in full. they accept the - findings in full, what happens next? as you were just hearing, the health secretary is looking for a new chief executive, senior management, at the cqc. the previous chief executive stepped down last month just before

this report was published obviously. there is an interim chief executive there. sir michael rake chiz, a former chief inspector on hospitals, already at the cqc working alongside the current leadership —— sir michael richards. looking at what can be improved immediately. the cqc has been asked to report regularly to the health secretary about the steps being taken. with a full set of recommendations. we will not get that until the autumn. i suspect that until the autumn. i suspect that will be the thing that triggers a major overhaul of the regulator. what does this mean for the 90,000 different services supposed to be monitored by the cqc? how much faith can we have in our medical practitioners, hospitals, gp surgeries?— practitioners, hospitals, gp surueries? ., , , surgeries? that is the big question bein: surgeries? that is the big question being asked- _ surgeries? that is the big question being asked. services _ surgeries? that is the big question

being asked. services receive - surgeries? that is the big question being asked. services receive onel surgeries? that is the big question | being asked. services receive one of four ratings, outstanding, good, requires improvement, inadequate. the public use those when they are perhaps trying to choose a care home for a member of the family, looking for a member of the family, looking for a member of the family, looking for a gp surgery, dental surgery, even perhaps deciding which hospital in the local area to go to and to go on to the waiting list for a hip replacement for example. these are crucial pieces of information that the public does use and is very familiar with. wes streeting has said it poses questions about the accuracy of these ratings. one hospital has not been inspected for over ten years. inaudible apologies. thank you very much. apologies. thank you very much. apologies for the break—up in the sand at the end.

the us vice president kamala harris has had what she describes as a frank and constructive meeting with the visiting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in it, the democratic presidential hopeful expressed her serious concern about palestinian civilian casualties in israel's war with hamas. she also reiterated her unwavering commitment to the us ally�*s security but urged mr netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire deal. let's hear some of what kamala harris had to say after the meeting. i have met with the families of these american hostages multiple times now and i have told them each time they are not alone, and i stand with them. and president biden and i are working every day to bring them home. i also expressed with the prime minister my serious concern about the scale of human suffering in gaza, including the death of far too many innocent civilians. and i made clear my serious

concern about the dire humanitarian situation there, with over 2 million people facing high levels of food insecurity and half a million people facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. what has happened in gaza over the past nine months is devastating. the images of dead children, and desperate, hungry people, fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third orfourth time. we cannot look away in the face of these tragedies, we cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering, and i will not be silent. the family of a man who was kicked and stamped on by a police officer at manchester airport say they have been traumatised by the incident. greater manchester police has suspended an armed officer and referred itself to the independent watchdog in response.

a warning — there are distressing images in this report from our uk editor ed thomas. you've got him on the floor, stop being aggressive. chaos inside manchester airport. no, we are normal civilians! armed police, some with tasers. he's getting locked up. now watch the male officer. first a kick, then a stamp. the man in the light blue is motionless, his mother sitting over him. stop kicking people. the male officer who kicked him then moves to the man sitting on the bench, who has his hands on his head. he's stamped on. then it looks like he's hit with a taser. here, blood appears to be falling from this female officer's nose. in distress, she's taken away by a colleague. and later this happened. we understand these men witnessed the first incident. they're approached by different armed officers. one is pepper sprayed, before two were handcuffed and taken away.

you see the cut there. the brothers at the centre of the stamping incident recorded this video of their injuries. we're headed to rochdale police station. this footage was posted on social media by their solicitor. his medical condition has worsened. he told us fahir, seen here on the ground, was rushed to hospital. what's the health situation on both brothers? one brother is still in hospital, like i said, with a cyst on his brain. let's hope he makes a full recovery. one police officer has now been suspended. hundreds marched on the offices of the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who oversees gmp. he confirmed he'd seen police footage of the incident. i've seen the full footage that others will not have seen. what is clear is that this is a fast—moving situation that escalates, there are issues on both sides, it's not clear cut. however, i do not step away

from my initialjudgment that this was a disturbing incident. the police watchdog, the iopc, said it was investigating the level of force used by officers. ed thomas, bbc news, rochdale. let us return to the top story. the transport issues in paris, hours ahead of the olympic opening ceremony. the french rail company sncf says it has been hit by what it calls a massive attack, paralysing the network. this is outside of one of the key stations in paris, montparnasse, a key hub, lots of people trying to get to different places from this station. we have heard from various people in france to do with the olympic opening ceremony and this is a statement being made by one official there in the station. we will get a translation. we know 800,000 travellers, huge amount affected,

three high—speed lines connecting the capital with the west, north and east of the country have been set on fire in the past few hours and we understand a fourth arson attack has been foiled. severe delays, some cancellations, also eurostar warning people to keep an eye on what is happening, lots of trains cancelled and delayed, urging people to delay the trip if they can. stay with us here on bbc news. we will have all the latest. hello there. thursday brought with it quite a humid feel and a lot of cloud across the country. at times it was thick enough for some heavy rain. some poor visibility across the channel isles and some choppy seas, so not a day for being by the seaside. but as we move into next week, high pressure is going to build. that will quieten things down considerably, with some sunny spells around and certainly warming up, particularly down to the south. but for friday, we are still under this influence of low pressure.

still the wind direction coming from the west, so not the warmest of sources, and that's going to drive in a few scattered showers, chiefly to the far north—west to begin with, but as we go through the day, anywhere along the west will see those showers drifting further inland. perhaps across east anglia and south—east england, staying fine and dry, but still those temperatures are disappointing for this stage injuly. a scattering of showers into wales. 20 degrees the high here. more frequent showers into northern ireland and southern scotland, and some of these possibly heavy. so, temperatures again a little bit more subdued, looking at highs of 15—19 degrees. so, that is how we close out friday afternoon. friday evening into the early hours of saturday sees the isobars open up, the winds fall light. clear skies for a time, but we have got this little weak weather front starting to develop, enhancing more showers out to the west. but it means low single figures to greet us first thing for the start of our weekend. a quiet start for many, particularly

in sheltered eastern areas, but once again, we'll continue to see a few showers breaking out from the west. and these will move through the irish sea into wales, across north—west england and into scotland by the afternoon. again, to the east of the pennines, we are likely to see the best of the drier, sunnier weather, but those temperatures are still not particularly exciting for this time of year. once again ranging from 15—23 celsius, the high. but after saturday, an area of high pressure will start to build in from the west. as we go into next week, that's going to quieten things down considerably. weather fronts will try to topple in across the high but all in all it looks quite decent with that south—westerly flow allowing those temperatures to climb potentially into the high 20s. and for many of us, it's going to be a good deal of dry, settled sunny weather to look forward to for at least a few days.

this is bbc news. the headlines... as paris prepares for the olympics opening ceremony the country's high speed rail network has been vandalised in a major co—ordinated attack. hundreds of thousands ofjourneys have been affected. as tensions rise on poland's border with belarus, the polish parliament is due to vote on decriminalising the use of firearms by security forces in self—defence. typhoon gaemi arrives

in southeastern china after leaving a trail of death and destruction across taiwan and the philippines. the north of ethiopia is facing a humanitarian crisis, driven by drought, crop failure and the aftermath of a brutal war. hours ahead of the olympic opening ceremony in paris, the french railway company sncf says it's been hit by a series of "malicious acts" aimed at paralysing its high speed network. it said these included arson attacks to damage company facilities on lines connecting the capital with the west, north and east of the country. sncf said many train routes would have to be cancelled and that the situation would last at least all weekend. it urged passengers to postpone their trips and stay away from train stations. eurostar, which operates services to france from london, is also warning its passengers that their journeys

will be disrupted, with several trains cancelled.