going to be able to take it in any kind of normal fashion. it's just a bit stressful. it makes me, like, a bit worried that when we get there, - it'sjust going to be a bit chaotic, basically, and not quite the halfl day off work i was expecting. but i'm hoping to get there. the opening ceremony is under way, but with high—speed rail links to paris sabotaged and the journeys of hundreds of thousands of people disrupted, it's not the start the organisers of the paris olympics would have hoped for. the prime minister of israel finds time to chat with donald trump at his home in florida. one of the world's most powerful drug lords is arrested along with the son of another, el chapo, as the us authorities intensify efforts to break up the mexican cartels. and the illegal drugs found in vapes confiscated from british schoolchildren.

so the paris olympics is finally under way. the opening ceremony kicked off a little earlier — taking place in the city itself rather than a stadium — with thousands of athletes paraded by boat along the river seine. but it was a very different picture just hours earlier. on one of the busiest days imaginable for the french capital, the rail network in and around paris was thrown into chaos by a series of acts of sabotage. it's been called "a massive attack" after signal boxes and electrical wires on the high—speed rail system were vandalised, causing fires. our paris correspondent andrew harding has the story. confusion this morning at europe's busiest railway station, the gare du nord in central paris. news about the overnight attacks on three french railway lines spreading fast. delays and cancellations piling up, prompting

frustration and some anxiety. are you concerned about these attacks? i'm not happy about them. i don't... as long as that's it, i'm happy, but i am concerned, cos i've got the family, and i want to make sure that we get home safe and sound. i'm concerned that... i don't want to be here with my little one any longer than what i need to be. footage here shows passengers being escorted off one train and taken across the tracks after getting stuck on the outskirts of paris. this is one of the sabotaged sites, on the high—speed eurostar line that joins paris to london. a photo shows cables deliberately set on fire. but by whom? paris is already on high alert amid concerns about potential russian cyberattacks and violent islamist groups.

the french prime minister noted today's sabotage was no amateur effort. translation: what we can see is that this operation _ was planned and coordinated, that sensitive targets were chosen, which shows some knowledge of the rail network and where to strike it. among those in the queue at st pancras station in london, the parents of one british athlete playing in the women's rugby sevens. we checked on eurostar, and as far as we're concerned, we came up here, and we're prepared to wait for however long just to get out to paris, so, you know, that's the thing. in france, engineers are racing to fix the damage, replacing cables on the three affected lines. there are plenty of frustrated travellers here, but the good news is that, while the high—speed lines have been affected across france, the bulk of the rail network is still operating just fine, and is trying to pick up the slack. the trains are moving. we are running the majority. of trains today, albeit slower,

so most of the people . who want to get to paris should be able to do so. an upbeat assessment, but this has been an alarming experience for a city anxiously hoping nothing else will go wrong this olympic summer. not the start the olympics organisers would have wanted, but with the opening ceremony now under way, it's hoped the focus can now be on the show itself. let's head over to paris and my colleague maryam moshiri. maryam. go to the olympics, they said come it will be amazing, they said. some are in paris, they said and here i am. it is so wet and miserable here. don't feel sorry for me, because i'm kind of undercover here. at those poor people who are watching the ceremony now, they are getting drenched. wearing all kinds of different outfits to keep themselves drive. they've got their big umbrellas up. any which way they

can. but ultimately is absolutely soaking. not the weather the organisers of the olympics wanted. look at them, so brave, so brave. it's not the weather �*s the organisers wanted. they would've like this to be a beautiful warm sunny day as it has been here in paris over the last few days. but, alas, it wasn't it be will stop i'm in paris. i've been here for a few days now, i am here watching the opening ceremony from where i am. at some point later on in the evening, actually, it is going to end just behind me thereby the eiffel tower. i'm sure there will be some amazing fireworks. i will be here to watch them and with me as our sports correspondent, natalie, who has spent the last wee hours with me talking about the ceremony. you've been here at the olympic ceremonies now forfour years, it's been here at the olympic ceremonies now for four years, it's your fourth olympics will stop how does this when compared to the other ones? well, of course, it's incredible different. it's never been done like this before, we have never seen it take place outside of a stadium.

there are obviously inherent risks with that, but it's a very high risk high reward strategy for the french, like you said, they would not have wanted this weather because the weather has really put a damper on things. wejust weather has really put a damper on things. we just saw a pianist, weather has really put a damper on things. wejust saw a pianist, the rain absolutely slamming down on the lid of his piano. rain absolutely slamming down on the lid of his name-— lid of his piano. slippery fingers? very slippery _ lid of his piano. slippery fingers? very slippery fingers. _ lid of his piano. slippery fingers? very slippery fingers, but, - lid of his piano. slippery fingers? very slippery fingers, but, you i very slippery fingers, but, you know, they are enjoying it. you can see them all out in the rain. they've all got their umbrellas. incredibly british weather, isn't it? ~ incredibly british weather, isn't it? . . , incredibly british weather, isn't it? ~ ., , ., , . it? we are used to this. we live throu~h it? we are used to this. we live through the _ it? we are used to this. we live through the summer _ it? we are used to this. we live through the summer after - it? we are used to this. we live - through the summer after summer. we just see those pics of lady gaga. huge personality, and she really knockedit huge personality, and she really knocked it out of the park without song. it knocked it out of the park without son. . , , . ., knocked it out of the park without son 1 , ., , , ., ., ., , song. it was the start of the games that everyone _ song. it was the start of the games that everyone was _ song. it was the start of the games that everyone was hoping - song. it was the start of the games that everyone was hoping for. - song. it was the start of the games that everyone was hoping for. she | that everyone was hoping for. she came down the stairs with pink huge fans covering her as the big reveal and of course it was her. she sang in french. she's got a french mum, i think i'm an italian dad. and she knockedit think i'm an italian dad. and she knocked it out of the park. a huge

icon. ' . , , icon. the difference between this and all the _ icon. the difference between this and all the other— icon. the difference between this and all the other ones _ icon. the difference between this and all the other ones we've - icon. the difference between this| and all the other ones we've seen in the past, you've been to so many of them is this. athletes on boats and barges along the river. it still happening now, luxembourg on the live feed. it is their turn to go along and wave at fans and the crowds. of the athletes are on these boats and barges and it has just been so lovely to see them, hasn't it? ., ., , ., ., it? normally what you get are the arade of it? normally what you get are the parade of nations _ it? normally what you get are the parade of nations towards - it? normally what you get are the parade of nations towards the - it? normally what you get are the j parade of nations towards the end it? normally what you get are the i parade of nations towards the end of ceremony, it takes hours and hours and what we have done here as they have started with it. the boats have played their part as well in the whole artistic show of everything and we saw whole artistic show of everything and we sanamaica whole artistic show of everything and we saw jamaica really getting into eights, spain loving life because they've had a brilliant sporting summer. italy, they were really excited. so close to rica giving it a little bit with their ponchos. not so much perhaps, but... july in europe, it's going to be

good, but it's absolute misery. tell me about the flag bearers, because they are important, are they? at such a symbolic link to be asked to do. 5 such a symbolic link to be asked to do. �* ,, , such a symbolic link to be asked to do. 's hugely symbolic to do for our do. 's hugely symbolic to do for your country- — do. 's hugely symbolic to do for your country. most _ do. 's hugely symbolic to do for your country. most of— do. 's hugely symbolic to do for your country. most of the - do. 's hugely symbolic to do for your country. most of the time | do. 's hugely symbolic to do for i your country. most of the time it is voted for by the other athletes, so for example, as that was the case with the flag bearers. the youngest to ever have the flag for the us. she is just 20 years old, the to ever have the flag for the us. she isjust 20 years old, the us open winner. and she is holding it along the brown james, who really needs no introduction. the most famous basketball player in the world. the us men's team have won olympic gold for the last four olympics running. so they would be a shoein olympics running. so they would be a shoe in for that. we havejust seen a part of the opening ceremony, all of that sisterhood. and they had ten historical french women rising as statues. in those ten statues will be gifted to the city of paris afterwards because there are 250 statues of historical men around the city and only a0 of women. of course, this is the first gender parity games, where there is equal

metals for men and women. find parity games, where there is equal metals for men and women. and the athletes' village, _ metals for men and women. and the athletes' village, someone - metals for men and women. and the athletes' village, someone told - metals for men and women. and the athletes' village, someone told mel athletes' village, someone told me there is a... in in years gone by, they were not be that many women in they were not be that many women in the athletes' village. you they were not be that many women in the athletes' village.— the athletes' village. you wouldn't have consider _ the athletes' village. you wouldn't have consider bringing _ the athletes' village. you wouldn't have consider bringing your- the athletes' village. you wouldn'tl have consider bringing your children to the olympics or even having children. of course the flag bearer has three children and was the first british woman to become a parent and come to an olympics when she did that in tokyo. huge steps being taken for sisterhood.— that in tokyo. huge steps being taken for sisterhood. more pictures of all the flag _ taken for sisterhood. more pictures of all the flag bearers _ taken for sisterhood. more pictures of all the flag bearers and - taken for sisterhood. more pictures of all the flag bearers and all - taken for sisterhood. more pictures of all the flag bearers and all the i of all the flag bearers and all the countries as they have been moving past us. we talked a little earlier about some of the other symbolic things that we saw. we've got a minute left, but to let me tell people about half an hour ago we saw this bit of a big heart being formed in the sky with a big heart smoke ring and then five minutes ago we saw a fly past. ring and then five minutes ago we saw a fly past-— saw a fly past. that's the thing about these — saw a fly past. that's the thing about these specific _ saw a fly past. that's the thing about these specific opening i about these specific opening ceremonies, they wanted to do things that you might�*ve seen before but not in the same way that we have seen it before. we

not in the same way that we have seen it before.— seen it before. we are not in the stadium and _ seen it before. we are not in the stadium and how— seen it before. we are not in the stadium and how lovely - seen it before. we are not in the stadium and how lovely is - seen it before. we are not in the stadium and how lovely is that? l stadium and how lovely is that? that's what they are trying to do, to bring it up to the whole of paris, the whole of france. they are calling these the athletes games. they are trying to be get out to the athletes and the people and make it athletes and the people and make it a spectacle for absolutely everyone. so by bringing everyone intimate is the first time we will have had this many spectators ever seeing something like this up close because, of course, if it's in a stadium, maximum 80,000. so they really are making an effort with a slight problem with the weather, which has dampened things like the fly past, for example. the which has dampened things like the fly past, for example.— fly past, for example. the weather is not fly past, for example. the weather is rrot great. _ fly past, for example. the weather is not great, it's _ fly past, for example. the weather is not great, it's been _ fly past, for example. the weather is not great, it's been lovely - fly past, for example. the weather is not great, it's been lovely to - is not great, it's been lovely to talk to you. i'm looking forward to that big finale with the fireworks, which i'm sure will happen behind us. there we go, there was a heart we were talking about earlier. that was so sweet. i'm a big softy. same. fantastic. glad _ was so sweet. i'm a big softy. same. fantastic. glad we _ was so sweet. i'm a big softy. same. fantastic. glad we agree. _ was so sweet. i'm a big softy. same. fantastic. glad we agree. i'm - was so sweet. i'm a big softy. same. fantastic. glad we agree. i'm here i fantastic. glad we agree. i'm here an a at fantastic. glad we agree. i'm here anyway at the _ fantastic. glad we agree. i'm here anyway at the paris _ fantastic. glad we agree. i'm here anyway at the paris olympics, - fantastic. glad we agree. i'm here anyway at the paris olympics, as l fantastic. glad we agree. i'm here| anyway at the paris olympics, as is natalie. covering all the latest sports news and of course the story behind the sport as we have this evening on the bbc news channel. for now, it is back to you with a

context. lovely, thank you so much. i think we are up to the m, more than halfway through the alphabet, but they are long, these parades. how many athletes are there altogether?— how many athletes are there alto . ether? . . . ., ,. altogether? ted and a half thousand. wow. got altogether? ted and a half thousand. wow- got the — altogether? ted and a half thousand. wow. got the stats _ altogether? ted and a half thousand. wow. got the stats right _ altogether? ted and a half thousand. wow. got the stats right on - altogether? ted and a half thousand. wow. got the stats right on your - wow. got the stats right on your fingers. thank you so much for bringing us stop don't talk about fingers, sarah. we will be back with you. no doubt. enjoy the ceremony and stay out of the rain. thank you so much. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you heard it there, ten and a half thousand competitors for —— from more than 200 countries and spectators from across the world converging in one location, security for the olympics will have been long planned, and yet on the first day, there has been significant disruption. many questions are being asked today about whether this is a security failure.

our correspondent azadeh moshiri takes a closer look at the impact of france's rail lines. so let's look at the overall picture in france. this map shows the lines, the high speed lines that have been affected. you'll see there are three main ones here because of these three attacks in these areas. now, those lines are called the atlantic, the nur and the est. you'll also notice there's one attack here in blue. now that one is a foiled attack. according to media reports, local media reports in the area of lyon, there was an attack that was foiled earlier this morning. now, according to the sncf, which is a state—owned rail company, 250,000 people will have theirjourneys affected today. overall, 800,000 people will be affected across the weekend, so this isn't a one—day story. why? well, according to the sncf, it's because these fires affected conduits carrying multiple fibre—optic cables. and those cables were

meant to pass on safety information to the drivers. it's going to take days and hundreds of workers to fix these cables one—by—one. and it's going to take a huge concerted effort. now it's also affecting the eurostar. it's already announced that one in four trains will be cancelled today, and it's expecting this to happen on saturday and sunday as well. so this is going to affect their operations through to monday. so let's go back to our map to try and understand why the eurostar is being affected. well, they use this line here from lille to paris. and because of this one attack here, it's going to affect all trains going each way. and so they have said that because of, in their words, these acts of vandalism, they're going to have to use the classic line. that's what they call it. and that's going to add an hour and a half ofjourney time for customers.

now, there is a bigger picture here, and that's that the olympics are going on. the sports minister, amelie oudea—castera, has said "to play against the games is to play against france. it's to play against your camp". she said, "france is meant to shine in front of the world and that these games don't belong to the government. "they belong to the people who've been working for years, thousands of people who've been working for years to pull off these games. "they belong to the people of france, to the country, and they belong to the athletes who've been dreaming of these olympic games". the events of today and just how disruptive they been. with me to discuss is dale buckner, ceo of global guardian, a global security risk company who advised on the sochi and pyeongchang olympic winter games. well—versed in how much security is required for a massive global sporting events such as this. and

your thoughts really on day one of the paris olympics and what has already been severely disrupted. thank you. yes, i think obviously there is disruption, but in the world i live in, nobody has been injured, nobody has been killed, i know that it's disruptive, it can be frustrating for travellers, but the opening ceremony is ongoing. there's been no issues, no injuries and all the entertainment has been fabulous. the french are delivering a very unique opening ceremony and so far very secure. so from that perspective, yes disruptive, but i think the french are wildly sophisticated. they will fix this and we will move on.— sophisticated. they will fix this and we will move on. when you are ”lannin and we will move on. when you are planning security — and we will move on. when you are planning security for _ and we will move on. when you are planning security for an _ and we will move on. when you are planning security for an event - planning security for an event of this magnitude, so when you look at the olympics that you've been involved with, presumably you have to try to think of every single issue which might arise, every single aspect, here is three

relatively small which have been well away from paris but have caused... 50 well away from paris but have caused- - -_ well away from paris but have caused... ~' i. . . caused... so i think your average erson is caused... so i think your average person is thinking _ caused... so i think your average | person is thinking very myopically on paris. if you think about the rail system, there are thousands of them across the country. no country could lock down their entire communication system in this case. i think that all governments, and in this case the french, bringing a0 plus thousand military drones, counter drones, they are going to do a greatjob, but it shows it's almost an impossible task, every inch of that rail system. the focus

will be who _ inch of that rail system. the focus will be who carried _ inch of that rail system. the focus will be who carried it _ inch of that rail system. the focus will be who carried it out - inch of that rail system. the focus will be who carried it out come i will be who carried it out come attacks, and what will be looked at? i think we think about not speaking in a negative tone here. it'sjust i think we think about not speaking in a negative tone here. it's just a simple reality. you think about... you think about the war, the second or on the planet right now, there is a very large contingents population in a very large in the suburbs of paris. and then you have the most recent election, so you've got layers of both internal pressure, religious, socioeconomic. then you've got national conflict where you've got national conflict where you create a whole host of groups that will be looked at, investigated and ultimately they will figure out who this is through the investigation, but right now with

obvious intent.— investigation, but right now with obvious intent. have the way the paralympics _ obvious intent. have the way the paralympics been _ obvious intent. have the way the paralympics been plan _ obvious intent. have the way the paralympics been plan made - obvious intent. have the way the paralympics been plan made it i obvious intent. have the way the - paralympics been plan made it more of difficult through a security perspective. the athletes have tried to bring in the whole of paris and make this the location, from your perspective trying to plan for that. that must be more complicated. without question. if you think of a soccer game in europe or an nfl game in the us, you are in a controlled environment. so on and so forth. there are approximately 300 thousand people who bought tickets to be along the river right now. you just saw in the us, the most robust aggressive security challenge as far as an olympics goes, all the previous olympics that we have seen,

it's been a controlled environment and it's always been much easier, frankly, to protect our clients and our families frankly, to protect our clients and ourfamilies and in frankly, to protect our clients and our families and in this case frankly, to protect our clients and ourfamilies and in this case it simply a very, very difficult from a security perspective event to secure, not mentioning or thinking about the marathons, the triathlons and a lot of people also don't think about the fact that the olympics are spread, they are operating in each cities across france. it's notjust paris, even though paris is getting all the attention right now and it is the centre of gravity, ultimately it is across the entire country. just finally, if you were in charge of the security of the paris olympics, with the events of today have made you more concerned about the next two weeks and then of course the pearland pics afterwards as well? what would you be doing? would you have to step up security and think differently about your security plan? i and think differently about your security plan?— and think differently about your security plan? i think the french have done _ security plan? i think the french have done a _ security plan? i think the french have done a great _ security plan? i think the french have done a great job. - security plan? i think the french have done a great job. i - security plan? i think the french have done a great job. i think i security plan? i think the french l have done a great job. i think they have done a greatjob. i think they have done a greatjob. i think they have thought differently and i think when you look at it, again, the

aggressiveness of this, to put on a very unique show to the world, they should be congratulated for that. from a pure security perspective, i again think western governments, western militaries, cyber agencies, security agencies from around the world are all supporting and they have put their best foot forward, if you will and i thank you are going to have a very secure environment, as much as it is feasible. but there are things that will never be completely secure, and there are elements that can never be perfectly secure. so as i woke up this morning and i saw this disruptive event with the fires, my initial response was i was not surprised as all as we have ramped up over the last year getting ready for this. none of us should be surprised. it's an imperfect science, but i do think that if the french, if they can foresee it and they can control the environment, they can control the environment, they will defend these olympics. bill, ceo of global guardian, really good to talk to you. thank you very

much for your time.— with me now is our news reporter leigh milner. a huge amount of disruption across europe and here in the uk. what has it like europe and here in the uk. what has it lik , ~ . . it like been like at saint pancreas? honestl , it like been like at saint pancreas? honestly. on _ it like been like at saint pancreas? honestly. on a _ it like been like at saint pancreas? honestly, on a day _ it like been like at saint pancreas? honestly, on a day where - it like been like at saint pancreas? i honestly, on a day where everything had to go right, really, everything went wrong. it's been absolutely horrible for thousands of people in london trying to leave the uk to reach paris, but it's also affected hundreds of thousands of french people as well who are hoping perhaps to get to that opening ceremony this evening which is well under way for stopping stud we woke up under way for stopping stud we woke up to the news that three key high—speed lines from paris, the north in lille and to the east and stroudsburg and to the west and southwest in bordeaux had been attacked. look, it's been miserable for thousands of people who have their tickets ready to board those trains around two and a half thousand people suddenly realise that they weren't going anywhere felt ps, you can get a refund, yes

you can postpone, but like we heard earlier our travel expert, many of those trains had already been booked up. so it because whose issues here, with the excitement of the games, think there were mixed feelings amongst them. it's just a bit stressful, it makes me a bit worried that when we get there it is just going to be a bit chaotic, basically, and not quite the half day off work i was expecting, but hoping to get there. 0ur train is actually running completely on time at the moment, but they say there will be a bit of a delay on the time we arrive into paris, so overall ok so far. i have been very- stressed all of today. |i've been praying that the trains| are going to come, and that i am going to be able to get. there because i'm going to the basketball tomorrow, i so i'm hoping that i will be up to see that and it won't get - delayed, so, yeah, very stressed. yeah, worried for a bit. i did check to see if most things were ok, so was like, "ok, i'lljust come in and see what happens". it's kind of been fine, there'sjust a lot of people milling around,

and it seems there is quite a lot of order. there's a lot of people from eurostar hanging around and telling us where to go, which seems, i was surprised to be honest, i was expecting absolute chaos, and it does not seem that way so far. that was a little earlier. what does the situation now?— the situation now? good news, we have heard — the situation now? good news, we have heard from _ the situation now? good news, we have heard from france _ the situation now? good news, we have heard from france that - the situation now? good news, we| have heard from france that things are actually getting better. you're going to get about two thirds of the normal trains on the line from the north from lille to paris, that will include most euros * trains as well as trains from the netherlands and from belgium as well as bats, 80% of the normal trains from the west line and southwest to bordeaux and from stroudsburg, there is a full service they reckon, believe it or not, which means they've done incredibly well and great news for people who are hoping to travel to the olympics because that is the main line. but for those who are maybe hoping to catch a flight but don't do that because as we have been hearing, there is a no—fly zone in place in

northern france until midnight, and would you believe, sarah, prices for long—distance bus services are rising to £200, so itjust depends how much you want to get there. i how much you want to get there. i think a lot of people do want to get there. thank you so much for that update. the very latest on the news to the olympics. plenty more to come. to stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. scotland and northern ireland saw quite a few showers during friday, and this was one of those shower clouds working across the horizon in highland. now, there will be more of these showers to come on saturday, but by sunday, we see a big change in our weather patterns as it becomes drier, sunnier and warmer. and the change is all down to the jet stream, which is also going to change. now, on saturday, we've got this trough pattern — that encourages air to rise and showers to form, but by sunday, the jet stream has this pattern, which has a ridge. that encourages air to descend down through the atmosphere,

and as that happens, the clouds evaporate and we get an area of high pressure forming. here comes the high on sunday — it's going to bring us several days of fine, sunny and warm weather. now, before we get there, still a few showers to come through this evening, mostly across western scotland, probably a spell of rain for a time in northern ireland overnight. otherwise, clear spells temperatures about 9—13 celsius, so it's not too cold to start to the day on saturday — maybe a few early—morning mist and fog patches across parts of wales and western england around the coast and hills. showers then move in quickly to these western areas through the afternoon. probably the heaviest showers will be across east scotland and northeast england, but nowhere is immune from seeing an odd downpour. still, there will be some pleasant july spells of sunshine between and temperatures near average. it will feel warm in that sunshine. it's by sunday as that area of high pressure builds across the uk. the weather becomes dry for the vast majority of the country. a bit of patchy cloud, maybe an odd shower for shetland — that's about it.

and temperatures for most of us reach the low 20s, feeling pleasantly warm, but up to 26 towards southeast england. that's going to start to feel, i think, very warm, really. on into monday's forecast — again, the high pressure's hanging around, so for most of us, it's anotherfine, dry, settled sunny day. maybe an odd shower coming into the hebrides, otherwise fine. and those temperatures 20s again — 22 for aberdeen, 21 for belfast but we're up to 28 degrees in london area. i wouldn't be too surprised if we saw somewhere across eastern england early next week threaten the 30—degree mark. but it looks like we'll see a spell of thundery rain start to move up from france as we head into the middle of the week. so, the northwest of the uk, probably a change to more generally unsettled weather conditions by the time we get to thursday.

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from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. hi, sarah. the paris olympics have officially begun after an incredible opening ceremony in paris. a global audience of over one billion people are thought to have watched as the whole of central paris was turned into an open—air theatre. the ceremony included pop singer, lady gaga singing in french. it began with the french tricolor in fireworks, before a parade of boats carrying more than 10,000 athletes travelled down the river seine — starting with greece, the birthplace of the olympics. britain's flag—bearers were double gold medallist helen glover and diver tom daley. it's the first time the opening ceremony has not taken place in a stadium. well, canada's women's soccer head coach was not involved in the ceremony. bev priestman has been sent home and suspended from her role amidst the fallout from an alleged drone spying scandal. priestman voluntarily withdrew from the defending champion's opening game on thursday — a 2—1 win over new zealand — but has now been suspended for the remainder of the tournament.