authorities, all the measures are being taken and the french authorities are represented by 180 other services around the world, not only by information, some of them are even employing the human resources and so we have good reasons to have confidence. well, it will be an opening ceremony with a difference. not taking place in the olympic stadium is a unique twist. many of the details as to who will perform, or light the cauldron remained a closely guarded secret and source of social media speculation but a floatilla will carry performers and athletes on a six kilometre stretch, finishing just in front of the eiffel tower. up to 300,000 fans are expected to line the banks of the seine. for the first time, you will see

paris, you will see the live museum —— third, all the landmarks that make paris beautiful. it is going to be beautiful for sure. make paris beautiful. it is going to be beautifulfor sure. musically, make paris beautiful. it is going to be beautifulforsure. musically, i tried to bring as much honesty into the music as possible, i think you will love what we organised with the artists. there are a lot of beautiful surprises. should be a aood beautiful surprises. should be a good watch- _ beautiful surprises. should be a good watch. no _ beautiful surprises. should be a good watch. no sport _ beautiful surprises. should be a good watch. no sport today. . meanwhile, the head coach of canada's women's soccer team has been removed from the role amidst the fallout from an alleged drone spying scandal. bev priestman voluntarily withdrew from their opening game on thursday — a 2—1win over new zealand — but has now been suspended for the rest of the tournament. earlier this week, two canadian staff were sent home after a drone

was flown over new zealand's training but canada soccer says it discovered previous drone us too predating the paris games. 0ne one of the key pieces of information was the conclusion from canada soccer that she needed to be suspended based on their accumulation of facts. i have seen some of them, some of the information we had, we have gathered some additional information ourselves that made me conclude that she was highly likely to have been aware of the incidents. england have wrestled back the initiative on the first day of the third and final test against west indies in birmingham windies won the toss, chose to bat and put on 76 for the first wicket, with kraigg brathwaite making 61. a flurry of wickets either side of the lunch interval has left them trying to rebuild. they're now 139—5. championship leader max verstappen

hasn't had it all his own way of late in formula one and it's unlikely to change this weekend after being handed a ten—place grid penalty at the belgian grand prix for a new engine. he was, however, comfortably the fastest man in the first practice session, more than half a second clear of mclaren�*s 0scar piastri. second practice begins in just over an hour. and that's all the sport for now. the uk says it is dropping its objection to the arrest warrant for benjamin netanyahu. contested the right of the prosecution are to issue the warrant but the labour government considers the issue a matterfor government considers the issue a matter for the court. with government considers the issue a matterfor the court. with me government considers the issue a matter for the court. with me to talk about this is caroline hawley, diplomatic correspondent, the new government trying to draw a distinction between the political

and illegal. it distinction between the political and illeaal. , , ., and illegal. it said this is a matter for _ and illegal. it said this is a matter for the _ and illegal. it said this is a matter for the courts, - and illegal. it said this is a matter for the courts, a i matter for the courts, a spokesperson for keir matterfor the courts, a spokesperson for keir starmer matter for the courts, a spokesperson for keir starmer saying the government leans strongly in the rule of law, believe strongly, this is a matter for the courts to decide. if we go back a little bit, it was in may that the british barrister who is the prosecutor for the icc said he was seeking these arrest warrants, at the time controversial, in israel, the conservative government objected, not helpful in securing a ceasefire, questioning the jurisdiction of the court because palestine is not a state. an issue ofjurisdiction. the new government had until today to pursue that challenge if it wanted to. today it said it does not want to, it is a matterfor to. today it said it does not want to, it is a matter for the courts. what happens next? i understand there are other submissions being discussed by the icc, the

international criminal court, global coal, must look at as well, and then you would have judges looking as well at the request for the arrest warrant. i think it is quite a long time away before, depending on how this goes, before he would be looking at any country arresting benjamin netanyahu. if it did go in that direction given what the uk has done today or decided not to do, it means caroline hawley. 35 million videos on the _ means caroline hawley. 35 million videos on the site _ means caroline hawley. 35 million videos on the site mention - means caroline hawley. 35 million i videos on the site mention booktok, but speak to a judge. the resident

librarian of the internet, jack edwards. thank you for your time today. just to be clear first of all, you were part of the judging panel to create a shortlist, that was voted on by tens of thousands of regular readers. exactly. {30 was voted on by tens of thousands of regular readers. exactly.— regular readers. exactly. go ahead, jack. it regular readers. exactly. go ahead, look it was — regular readers. exactly. go ahead, jack. it was really _ regular readers. exactly. go ahead, jack. it was really special— regular readers. exactly. go ahead, jack. it was really special to - regular readers. exactly. go ahead, jack. it was really special to get - jack. it was really special to get to be involved. it was nice we got to be involved. it was nice we got to kuwait a shortlist of special books we thought people would really love and resonate with. the booktok community of readers got to vote on their favourite community of readers got to vote on theirfavourite one, really democratic, fair situation. it their favourite one, really democratic, fair situation. it was ureat to democratic, fair situation. it was great to celebrate _ democratic, fair situation. it was great to celebrate them - democratic, fair situation. it was great to celebrate them last - democratic, fair situation. it was l great to celebrate them last night. i spoke to lisa joel, winner of the look of the year, she said how special it was earlier, readers voting for her book, but you yourself, how did you have such an

interest in books originally? you were talking about your experience is the first in your family to go to university. if you like a personal experience, something we did in isolation. but it was nice to find a community of people whojust it was nice to find a community of people who just love reading, it was nice to find a community of people whojust love reading, talk about the books, nothing better than when you final the final page of a book and tell everyone you know about it. you can find another community of other people who have had the same experience or want the same experience, so it feels like a place for book lovers to convene and discuss and it is like the world that are my biggest book club. it is fun to be a part of. during covid i realised we were all stuck at home,

looking for things to do that we could buy ourselves. reading was nothing for me and it's kind of got me through the so i'm glad i could bring that other people as well. from your perspective, seeing what all of those discussions are like on tiktok about books, what would you say has been the biggest influence of reading habits and on the profile people picking up books? i think of reading habits and on the profile people picking up books?— people picking up books? i think it has been interesting _ people picking up books? i think it has been interesting to _ people picking up books? i think it has been interesting to see - people picking up books? i think it has been interesting to see books| has been interesting to see books published years ago can be revitalised, have a new lease of life. i sell, you revitalised, have a new lease of life. isell, you may revitalised, have a new lease of life. i sell, you may see dostoevsky now on and as seen on tiktok shelf in your local book store because people started resonating with older classics. jane austen and emma. it is notjust which book has the biggest marketing budget, it is what

is resonating with the most people currently. it feels like a mirror talk see in a way and there's always something new to discover, content about books they love in their bedroom. it feels like you can see people who can sell sound that you are and who do not and get recommendations for books, that is kind of the beauty of it, i've discovered so many amazing books as a result. ., ~ , ., discovered so many amazing books as a result. ., ~ i. _, . ~ discovered so many amazing books as a result. ., ~ i. g. . ~ ., , a result. thank you, jack edwards. the internet's _ a result. thank you, jack edwards. the internet's resident _ a result. thank you, jack edwards. the internet's resident librarian, i the internet's resident librarian, part of thejudging the internet's resident librarian, part of the judging panel on the tiktok booktok awards. the scene in paris briefly, this is the palace where president emmanuel macron is greeting people. one of the main

stories we have been reporting on todayis stories we have been reporting on today is the criminal attacks, it seems, they are being treated as at the moment on railway lines around france which is causing significant disruption around the country and on the eurostar, people trying to get from the uk to france. we will keep you up—to—date with all of the developments there in paris and around france throughout the day on bbc news, as well as all the day's other main stories. 0ur weather is set to get quite a lot warmer and sunnier as we go through this weekend and into next week, as we'll see injust a moment. mind you, today is not a bad day for most of england and wales. it's dry with lots of sunshine around, just an odd isolated shower for wales and northern england. you can count yourself very unlucky if you get one of those in scotland and northern ireland, 0k, there will be quite a few

showers here, but even so probably just one 20—minute shower then the sun is out again and it will probably stay out for the rest of the day. so, overall, it's not a bad looking picture and temperatures running close to average for the time of year. for the olympics opening ceremony this evening, quite a high chance of seeing some thundery rain moving in for a time, so it might rain on the parade here. back home, it's looking like a largely dry start to the night. we could see a few mist and fog patches forming around coastal areas for wales and western england and a threat of some rain moving into northern ireland towards the end of the night. through the weekend ahead, though, it is a weekend where things will improve, it will become drier, sunnier and warmer. that said, saturday is going to be quite a showery day and that's because we've got this trough in the jet stream pattern. by sunday, a massive change in the jet stream. we get a ridge pattern over the uk and what that does is it builds an area of high pressure, so we lose these weather fronts and, by sunday, we say hi to the high. saturday, then, weather—wise, it's another showery kind of day. we start off with a bit of rain across western areas, a few mist and fog patches too. sunny spells elsewhere

to start the day. into the afternoon there will be some showers around and the heaviest of these looks set to form across eastern scotland and parts of north—east england. still, between the downpours and thejuly sunshine it's going to feel very pleasant, with temperatures quite widely into the 20s. the heat starts to build on sunday as high pressure settles the weather down, so a dry day, plenty of sunshine and those temperatures widely climbing into the 20s, reaching highs of up to 26 in the capital. for next week it is across parts of the midlands, east anglia, south—east england that we will see the highest temperatures, quite often reaching the high 20s, maybe even the low 30s, in the very hottest spots. further north and west, we'll keep the fine and dry weather for a couple of days as well, with temperatures continuing to run above average. there is a risk of seeing some thundery rain for some of us by wednesday.

live from london, this is bbc news. arson and cable attacks hit france's railways hours before the start of the olympics, leaving 800,000 affected. french prime minister gabriel attal says investigations are under way to find the culprits and urged the public to be vigilant.

translation: a targeted uncoordinated _ translation: a targeted uncoordinated sabotage . translation: a targeted - uncoordinated sabotage attack has struck the rail system. ——and coordinated sabotage attack has calls for calm as protests break—out on the streets of manchester after a man was kicked and stamped by a police officer. we'll cross live to a press conference shortly held by andy burnham. the health regulator, the cqc, is described as "not fit for purpose" as a review highlights a series of failings. good afternoon. this is bbc news. a series of fires have hit french high—speed rail lines. the french transport minister has described targeted on the malicious acts. we have just been told that the uk prime minister sir keir starmer�*s travel plans have been impacted because of all this disruption on

the eurostar. he