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in which athletes are competing for gold medals today. in fact, in the last hour, china has won the first gold medal of the olympics. teenagers sheng lihao and huang yuting won the ten metre air rifle shooting, leaving south korea with a silver. well, the games opened in spectacular style, with a stunning display of french culture, architecture, and heritage. in a world first, the olympic opening ceremony was held outside of the stadium. 6,800 athletes from 205 delegations travelled on 85 boats and barges down the river seine past some of the french capital's most famous landmarks with bridges and riverbanks used as catwalks. there was heavy rain but it didn't dampen the crowd's enthusiasm. there were surprise performances throughout, a pink feathered lady gaga and the french—malian singer, aya nakamura performed alongside teams of dancers high—kicking the can—can or perching perilously on poles. the olympic flame, which had been carried by a host of global sports superstars including rafael nadal,

serena williams and zinedine zidan, was used to light a huge cauldron on a hot—air balloon that rose high into the paris sky. the culmination of the show included an emotional return of canadian icon celine dion, her first live performance for four years. she sang on a spectacularly illuminated eiffel tower for the first time since revealing a serious health condition. our sports correspondent katie gornall, is in paris with more on that spectacular opening ceremony. there is a huge enthusiasm. i think there was a massive acknowledgement that it was a very ambitious event that the paris organisers have put on, unlike, of course, anything we've ever seen. the first olympic opening ceremony to take place outside a stadium, and they really didn't hold back, and they showed off every part of the city that you could imagine. there were some absolutely spectacular scenes, weren't there, particularly with the lighting of the olympic cauldron in the shadow of the eiffel tower that was lit up in the way it was.

but of course, with it not being in a stadium that presented so many different challenges as well, which the weather certainly didn't help for, and as a spectator experience, it would have been very different. now we saw a little bit of the opening ceremony outside from where we were. we could see people climbing on balconies and up lamp posts to get the best view they possibly could, but it was difficult for parisians, really, who didn't have those tickets in the grandstands to really get a sense of what was going on if you didn't watch it on tv. and of course, there were some unintended highlights as well, weren't there? through all of this, if you watched it, as well as the spectacular scenes and the images along the river seine, there was a clip of carl lewis and serena williams doing the rounds on social media after their very choppy, uh, boat ride down the river seine, shall we say. so there was something for everyone, perhaps a little bit of a mixed reaction, but you certainly can't fault the organisers for their ambition. some major british

stars are in action. the swimming heats get under way. adam peaty is the two—time champion in the 100 metre breaststroke. and normally, you would say he would be an absolute shoo—in to make it a three peat. that's what he's going for. but he's had a bit of a turbulent build up to these games, and he faces an awful lot of competition for that title. but he is a born winner, so his heats get under way. the gymnastics gets under way as well. max whitlock is a big star in that event, and he'll be hoping to make his way smoothly into the final. he's going to retire after these games and he wants to do that with his fourth olympic gold medal. but ia gold medals are up for grabs today, and i think there'll be a lot of focus as well on the rugby sevens, which, um, antoine dupont, the poster boy of this games for france, is competing, and they'll be hoping so much that he will finish the day with a gold medal around his neck. not a foregone conclusion, of course. they've got to navigate the semifinal first, south africa as well,

but there will be an incredible atmosphere here in france if he is able to do that. and he said that would be the ultimate, ultimate goal. and there's no better feeling than that for him than winning an olympic gold medal. so a lot of focus on the rugby sevens tonight here. and a reminder you can follow the olympics in paris across the bbc. there is a special paris 2024 section on the bbc sport website and app where you can find live coverage of today's day one events in paris. find that bbc.co.uk/sport or on the sport app. to the united states now, and donald trump and his likely us presidential rival kamala harris have sharpened their attacks on each other, as opinion polls appear to show a tightening race. in a vitriolic, hour—long address at a conservative christian conference in florida, mr trump described ms harris as a radical liberal and a bum

and mocked the pronunciation of her name. she was a bum three weeks ago, she was a bum. a failed vice president in a failed administration with millions of people crossing where the borders are. so now we have a new candidate to defeat, the most incompetent, unpopular and far left vice president in american history. that's what she is. the most incompetent but certainly the most far left. for more analysis of what donald trump had to say here's our north america correspondent david willis. an hour—long address to that christian convention, as you mentioned, in palm beach, florida. and we heard some of the mud slung by donald trump just there calling kamala harris a burn, the most far left vice president in american history. and he also attacked her record on immigration, saying that her policies and those

ofjoe biden had led to millions of people entering the country illegally. it's amazing to think thatjust a week ago, donald trump was basking in the adulation of republican party members who had conferred on him their presidential nomination for the elections in november. and now he finds himself battling against a much younger, more energetic candidate in kamala harris and somebody who is doing quite well in the opinion polls as well. latest polls show that they are basically neck and neck, the two candidates and that kamala harris has gained some of the territory lost, as far as opinion polls are concerned, tojoe biden.

and there is a two point difference between the candidates, according to that poll in the wall streetjournal in donald trump's favour. but obviously some way to go, 100 days and a little bit. but this election campaign is really heating up now. there is speculation that the chancellor will use a speech on monday to address concerns over a possible black hole in public finances of around 20 billion pounds. it's expected that rachel reeves will argue she has inherited "unfunded projects", and that some hospital and road projects will have to be delayed as a result. i asked our political correspondent rajeep sandhu, what we can expect to hear from the chancellor on monday so rachel reeves has been conducting a review of uk finances with the treasury and we are expecting her to talk about the dire financial inheritance that they receive from the conservatives. that is a theme that they have talked about many times in the first few weeks of government. we are expecting her to say that actually when she's opened up

the books and looked at them, it's worse than they expected. we don't have a finalised figure but there are figures out there of about £20 billion of a black hole that they need to fix. while labour say that this is kind of new to them, people watching the election very closely will know that it is not a total surprise because it was something that the institute for fiscal studies was warning about and saying, actually, the conservatives and labour had a conspiracy of silence. not really talking to the voters about where they would find £10 to £20 billion worth of money to spend on public services. it is not a complete surprise but in labour's defence they would say that things have changed slightly since the election. one big issue is around pay rises for public sector workers. we are expecting potential increases for nurses and teachers above inflation. i think what was budgeted previously and what sources have told the bbc was around 2% increase,

it could be a 5.5% increase because that is the amount that the independent pay review body has recommended to government. it does seem like rachel reeves would be looking to implement that in order to prevent strikes. but of course, we are now looking that that is the backdrop to this idea that she could potentially delay large infrastructure projects, projects that she thinks aren't funded properly. and also those projects that perhaps where costs have gone up since they were first announced. things like roads and hospitals, we could look at those projects being delayed further. what is the conservative response been to this? conservatives think that all of the doom and gloom from the labour party and the idea that it is worse than they thought is a way to lay the ground for future tax increases. that is something that labour ruled out on personal taxes for working people.

but the conservatives have pointed out that labour promised 50 times during the campaign, they sent a very long e—mail of all of the words that labour politicians have said outlining where they wouldn't increase taxes, they think this is a ploy to roll the pitch for tax increases. labour did say that they wouldn't increase personal taxes, of course that leaves out other taxes that could be increased. i think rachel reeves wouldn't want to pull those levers just yet and she is looking the other way she can get a bit more money in order to pay for the things that need to be paid in the immediate short term. thank you very much. some breaking news to bring you from paris. the international olympic committee has apologised for an error made during the opening ceremony of the olympics last night in which south korean athletes were incorrectly introduced as north korean. south korea's foreign

ministry had said in a statement it was an incomprehensible mistake and said it had contacted the french embassy. now, the ioc, the international olympic committee says a deeply apologises for the mistake that occurred when introducing the south korean team during the broadcast of the opening ceremony. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mike. there have been some medals, haven't they? the first medals indeed where one a couple of hours ago. hello, the first medals have been won at the paris olympics and it's happened at the chateroux shooting centre, about two hours from the capital. and the medals came, in the 10 metre, air rifle, mixed team event, in which, china have defended the title they won in tokyo, beating south korea 16—12. kazakhstan completed the podium, having beaten germany 17—5 in the bronze medal match. china have also won the first diving gold of these games, in the women's synchronised three metres springboard final. the chinese pair were always runaway favourites, with the americans getting silver, and there was historic bronze for great britain —

a first women's diving medal for 64 years. and celebrations for yasmin harper and scarlett mewjensen. a first medal for their country in this event. they were solid and benefited in the end, from a shocking mistake by the australian pair. it's the first opening day medal for team gb since athens in 200a. two—time olympic champion adam peaty is through to the 100m breaststroke semi—finals. the 2016 and 2020 champion, posted the second fastest time to reach the semis later on saturday. china's chin haiyang, the fastest man in the world this year, qualified in ninth fastest. in the women's 400m, american star katie ledecky qualified fastest for saturday's final, pushing world record holder, ariarne titmus, into second place in her heat. new zealand's erika fairweather, and summer macintosh, of canada, also booked their places.

world number one and four—time french open champion, iga swiantek is beginning her olympic campaign on philippe chatrier she's facing romania's irina—camelia begu, in round one and has made a bright start in the opening set with an early break of serve. she's currently 2 games to the good. the man in charge of the games, paris 2024 chief tony estanguet, has praised the team behind last night's ground breaking opening ceremony, which broke from tradition, by not being staged in a stadium, but along the river seine and at various locations around the city. it was important for me to make sure that there were a very, very line and also supportive with the ambition, first, and they were very supportive with this level of ambition. at the end of the day, i think they were also very proud of what we have done altogether.

some football news and pep guardiola says he could stay at manchester city beyond the end of the season. his contract expires at the end of the coming campaign.and in the aftermath of city's historic fourth successive premier league title success, guardiola raised doubts over his own future when he said, he was "closer to leaving than staying". the spaniard has been in charge of city for eight seasons and has won the league title six times. speaking to reporters in new york ahead of city's preseason encounter with ac milan, guardiola said nothing had been decided. "i didn't say i was leaving," he said. it isa it is a lot of years so we will see what happens. i'm not ruling it out absolutely, to extend the contract so when i said i would love to stay because i would love to stay. so i won't deny my feelings. i want to see my players. nine years in the same club is an eternity. nine years in the same club is an eternity. liverpool recorded their first win under arner slot as they beat real betis1—0 in pittsburgh. dominik sobbersly, scored the only goal of the game in the first

half as liverpool kicked off their preseason tour of america with a win. slot�*s side face arsenal in philadelphia next, before concluding their trip against manchester united, in columbus, south carolina. i think there were a few positive things and, of course, few things we have to improve. the positive thing is that we kept a clean sheet. i think the only conceded one big chance and that was somewhere around in the last ten minutes of the game so we controlled the game really well. and in between we had a few good attacks where we created a few good attacks where we created a few good chances and scored a good goal. and that's all the sport for now. lots more medals to come. the israeli military has ordered an evacuation for southern areas of khan younis, which was designated as a humanitarian zone. the israeli army says it is in response to rocket fire from the area. the united nations says hundreds of palestinians remain trapped in eastern khan younis amid intense hostilities and rescue teams have been prevented from reaching them

by the israeli military. our correspondent mark lowen is injerusalem with the latest well, the israeli defence forces have dropped flyers and they had sent sms messages and voice notes and made media appearances urging people to leave a part of the area. now, that is a 16 square kilometre strip of land on the coast in southern gaza which had been designated a humanitarian zone. now, a part of that zone, a southern chunk of it, the israeli military says it has been used for rocket attacks against the israeli army and four, as they call it, terrorist infrastructure so basically, what they have done is that they have redesignated or adjusted the boundaries of the humanitarian zone by saying that that southern little

bit is no longer a safe humanitarian zone. they have changed the delineation, if you like. now, the reason that is important is that it would suggest an israeli operation in that part is imminent. why do we think that? well, because a couple of days ago, the israeli military did a similarthing. of days ago, the israeli military did a similar thing. they also announced a readjustment of the lines are bad humanitarian zone therefore they went in to retrieve therefore they went in to retrieve the bodies of five israelis who were killed after the 7th of october at hamas attack on israel. so the buy that they have suggest that there is going to be another imminent operation in that area. we don't know whether it is likely to be another retrieval of israeli bodies because israel is getting a lot of intelligence now than the continued interrogation of hammers and gals and officials. or whether it is potentially an israeli strike because they did that a couple of

weeks ago when they were targeting the leader of the mass military wing in gaza thought to be one of the architects of the 7th of october attacks. they launched a barrage of attacks. they launched a barrage of attacks. it suggests that an impending operation is afoot in that part of what was previously designated a humanitarian safe site. to venezuela now where people are gearing up for a pivotal presidential election on sunday. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he is trailing in the polls and has told voters they have a choice between war and peace and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, is leading most opinion polls, but fears the vote won't be free and fair. he says it's time to re— establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule.

let's head back to paris where the british prime minister is meeting british prime minister is meeting british athletes. this comes on the day that great britain won its first medal, a bronze in diving. and the first gold medal was also one by china in the mixed rifle shooting. here starmer was at the opening ceremony last night in paris. he had to fly in. he is due to take the eurostar but due to the sabotage attacks on the high—speed rail network it was not able to take the eurostar and had to fly to the opening ceremony instead but wejust saw those pictures of him, search eurostar might meeting some of the team gb members. and let's have a look now at the picture of the triumphant chinese team. who won the ten metre mixed air rifle. the first

gold medal of these olympic games. other medals picked up by team gb in diving. and there are still another 12, no, 11 medal still to be won today. you are watching bbc news. do stay with us. hello. for many of us, today will be the cloudier day of the weekend. and it's a day where there's a greater chance of some showers around, even a few longer spells of rain for one or two. but by tomorrow sunshine and warmth will develop more widely, looking like a great summer sunday in store. out there today, though, the cloud and the greatest chance of showers comes from this fairly weak weather system that's pushing its way eastwards. hits parts of northern england, wales, the south west. we'll see some of the cloudiest weather through the afternoon. greatest chance of some outbreaks of rain continued, certainly in northern england. a scattering of showers across scotland, northern ireland, fewer than yesterday.

but across eastern scotland any that do form could become heavy and thundery. few if any showers towards the south and the east, but even here a bit more cloud. best of sunshine around the coast. for all, winds are lighter than yesterday. so once you're in the sunshine, it will feel pleasantly warm. but don't forget where the cloudier weather is, temperatures down on yesterday's values, only around 17 or 18 for some. now into this evening and overnight the showers, the cloud melts away. we'll see clearer skies for most parts. some mist and fog and a few areas of low cloud in the west. temperatures down into single figures in rural parts to start sunday morning. so maybe a little bit on the fresh side for the early risers. but a lovely start to the day and a cracking day ahead. we will see some high clouds turn the sunshine hazy at times across scotland and northern ireland. northern western isles a bit more cloud, but for most lots of sunshine, strong sunshine at that. and it will feel warm if not hot for some of you as we go through sunday. temperatures widely into the 20s,

maybe around 25, 26 degrees, if not a touch higher towards the south east corner. because we've got high pressure in charge for sunday that's keeping winds light again. that nudges eastwards into monday and we start to tap into even more warmth and humidity that will be building across france by this stage. so temperatures higher on monday. best of the sunshine england, wales but with a bit more high cloud, some thicker cloud west of scotland, northern ireland later in the day could produce some light rain or drizzle. most, though, dry and by this stage seeing 23, maybe 2a in northeastern scotland, 28 towards the south east of england. that will creep a bit further upwards still, but as we go through into tuesday and wednesday, some storms could push up from the near continent as temperatures continue to build there. so tuesday, the peak of the heat may be close to 30 degrees in the southeast. maybe some showers and storms later. rest of the week, sunshine. when it's out, it'll be warm, but a few more showers to come, too.

this is bbc news, the headlines. china wins the first gold of the olympics in the 10—metre mixed team air rifle event while team gb bags bronze in women's synchronised 3—metre springboard. meanwhile, the french authorities say rail travel is likely to remain disrupted throughout the day, after sabotage attacks on the network yesterday. donald trump uses a speech to a religious political conference to attack his likely opponent in november's us presidential election, kamala harris.

she was a bomb three years ago, a failed vice president in a failed administration. and rain and cooler temperatures bring some relief for firefighters battling wildfires in the canadian town of jasper. but officials say it's still too dangerous for evacuated people to return. now on bbc news — talking business. hello and welcome to talking business. let's take a look at what's on the programme this week. the 2024 olympics and paralympics are on. the bill for paris will be more than $8 billion. so, how can france and its president, emmanuel macron, make sure the investment turns golden and not rusty? i'll discuss that with a panel who know all about it. the woman in charge of sustainability and legacy for the games willjoin me

from paris, and i'll talk