the israeli military orders an evacuation for southern areas of khan younis, previously designated as a humanitarian zone. the army says it was in response to rocket fire. and rain and cooler temperatures bring some relief for firefighters battling wildfires in the canadian town of jasper. a warm welcome from a rainy and wet paris. a warm welcome from a rainy and wet paris. the morning after the night before and the city of paris is recovering after an amazing opening ceremony last night. the crowds around the river seine and the millions of viewers around the world were treated

to a wonderful spectacle, speaking to parisians this morning it seems everyone feels as if france was well represented in that opening ceremony. one person said they cried tears especially when celine dion appeared in the eiffel tower. here we have the paper and the headline is a play on words. it kind of means, you know, fast—moving, explosive but it also is a reference to the heavy rain that we saw last night and that we are seeing again today. there is the headline imagine, obviously, a play on words that of imagination but also the song imagine was played last night and you can see there are a picture of the olympic cauldron which is also a hot air balloon which is just round the other side of the bbc

studio. i wish i could show it to you but it above the heart of paris as we speak. paris 2024, all of the river sand, as we speak. paris 2024, all of the riversand, it as we speak. paris 2024, all of the river sand, it says under the pouring rain the opening ceremony was a spectacle full of surprises. there we have that and finally, breathtaking. that is the headline here. again, a beautiful photo there showing the eiffel tower with those rings bathed in white. those beautiful pegasus wings and all the crowds of athletes who were taking part in yesterday's ceremony so, as i mentioned there, the ceremony and the opening, yes, it was marred somewhat by the rain, as it is today. but the french filly took it today. but the french filly took it to heart and they are very happy this morning with how things went but as i mentioned the rain still here. the focus has shifted from the

opening ceremony to the sport and there is a lot of that happening today so let's get you started on some of the big news stories of the david of the top story, the top line todayis david of the top story, the top line today is china has won the first gold medal of the olympics in the mixed team air rifle shooting. team gb have had success already. the first medal of the paris olympics with a diving bronze in the women's synchronised three metres springboard final. the men's basketball is under way and we have been hearing that australia has secured a 92—80 victory over spain in the opening game and in the men's hockey ireland have lost 2—0 to belgium in their opening game. the defending champion scored a goal in each half and, finally, plenty happening in the pool where team gb's happening in the pool where team gb�*s men have qualified for the four - 100 gb�*s men have qualified for the four

— 100 relay. the olympic flame which had been carried by a host of global sports superstars including, you can see there, some of them. it was used to light the huge cauldron on the hot air balloon which rose high into the paris cable to be considered each other and it is absolutely gorgeous but at the culmination of the show was so emotional you can hear the roar of the crowd as the canadian icon celine dion gave her performance in four years. she son in a spectacularly eliminated eiffel tower. the first time since revealing that serious health condition. those are just a few of the headlines coming out of what is happening in the sport and with the opening ceremony but remember, yesterday, we had those huge issues with the trains coming in and out of the capital. well, today, the french prime minister has said that security forces continue to search

for the saboteurs responsible after rail networks were paralysed by those attacks on the networks. in cross live now and speak to our there for us. i want to ask a little bit about what is happening with security. we bit about what is happening with securi . ~ ~' ., bit about what is happening with securi . ~ ~ ., ., , bit about what is happening with securi .~ ~ ., ., , , security. we know that there is been a breach of security, _ security. we know that there is been a breach of security, that _ security. we know that there is been a breach of security, that there - security. we know that there is been a breach of security, that there had l a breach of security, that there had been use attacks. the authorities are investigating. what more information do we have? they have not yet said to the think is responsible for those attacks which did so much damage to the rail network in the run—up to the games. the indications are that it could be a number of different actors but there are clearly being cautious while the investigation goes on. it was a sophisticated attack, a well through attack. they knew exactly where they were going at all the points whether rail line split to make maximum damage which suggest a

level of planning and inside knowledge. now, it is also noticeable that there isn't a huge amount of security around the games. tens of thousands of police in paris where you are about those people who carried out those arson attacks, that act of sabotage, went around that act of sabotage, went around that by going to pretty remote sites where they knew these train tables, communication tables were. significant disruption. the investigation goes on. at least one of the groups behind it, trying to carry it out, fled. but it doesn't appear that anyone has yet been arrested. so, gordon, we are obviously looking at the disruption that has been caused and one of the things that i've kind of thought about, talking to a lot of security experts, is that you cannot mitigate, can you? forthis experts, is that you cannot mitigate, can you? for this type of attack because it is done in such a wake that, to be fun, isn't even it is outside the capital, so how could bar can security forces actually go on trying to protect the games? that is absolutely right and it is something that you often see. in

securities concentrated in one place to make it secure because everybody knew the opening ceremony was a worry and a potential target, then those who want to cause harm, even if it is just disruption rather than hurting people, will look to a way to go around that and that is clearly what they did. i still think there will be an element of relief that, for all that disruption that took place to the rail network, which is still going on, that there were no injuries and that the opening ceremony went off without any security worries because i think there had been concern, clearly, that, with so much of the activity going on by the river that there were a lot of potential points to secure for the french authorities and so, i think that even though they will be concerned about what will happen, they are relieved about what did not happen but still very conscious that there is a lot to do on security for the weeks ahead, for the games, with lots of different threats and concerned that they do need to worry about.— need to worry about. absolutely, gordon. need to worry about. absolutely, gordon- and _ need to worry about. absolutely, gordon. and i— need to worry about. absolutely, gordon. and i think _ need to worry about. absolutely, gordon. and i think one - need to worry about. absolutely, gordon. and i think one of - need to worry about. absolutely, gordon. and i think one of the i need to worry about. absolutely, l gordon. and i think one of the key worries for authorities was the opening ceremony because there is a

unique way in which it was taking place around the river. what other events and moments are there during the next 15 or so days that you think authorities are going to be keeping a close eye on? because there will be _ keeping a close eye on? because there will be events _ keeping a close eye on? because there will be events within - keeping a close eye on? because there will be events within the i keeping a close eye on? because. there will be events within the city again, won't i? well, that is right. and you have events within the city. very high—profile locations. some iconic locations and events taking place further afield and i think that heightens the security worries. they were worried about disruption. they're worried about protest was they're worried about cyber attacks. i think there are also worries, clearly, but certain specific events or group so there is a lot of security around the israeli athletes. of course, back in the olympics in 1972 at munich there was an attack on israeli athletes they will be particularly secured around certain groups and individuals as well as events assist what to do for this fun security forces even though they have got through the opening ceremony. qm. they have got through the opening ceremon . . ~' they have got through the opening ceremon . ., ~ , ., , . ceremony. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. _

ceremony. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. our _ ceremony. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. our security - indeed for that. our security correspondence there. music was one of the big moments of last night. the music from lady gaga and beautiful dancers, french and malian musicians, the cancan. we had so many different elements of music including opera. music was a key part of last night's ceremony and i'm very happy to say that this morning we have a guest, the music director of the 2024 olympics. victor, you are a musical director of these olympics. you composed the music for what has happened last night and it was absolutely beautiful ceremony so emotional, so moving and so very french as well. to me a bit more about how you did it. well, first, thank you so much. it is very nice to have that kind of feedback because this is very new to me and to all the team because we... it was an inside thing, 18 months

and out is all the world so it is very moving to hear what you just said. but the task is half original compositions, total creation like a score for this opening ceremony. on the other half is to conceive a sound track of french music in its total diversity, she said whatever can be opera, it can be rap, it can be stafford lady gaga about this iconic french music. celine dion sang edith pierre. i wonder what emotion you felt when you first got the call to let you

know that they wanted you to do this job, this amazing job? yeah, that was pretty amazing. i had first encounter with the olympics in tokyo 2020, in the summer of 21 because of the pandemic. they had been asked by the pandemic. they had been asked by the committee, the olympic committee to do a new version of the french national anthem and that was pretty amazing because it was the very first one and so i did it a few years ago, i did a total v orchestration with new chord progressions, etc. and it went very fine. and it was very emotional, i think, for me. and for people to hear our national anthem but with those, but over the trade to... and

i think that is why, after they asked me to be the composer and musical director for the rest of it because i think the national and then was a key thing in the colour i wanted to put into this. let then was a key thing in the colour i wanted to put into this.— then was a key thing in the colour i wanted to put into this. let me ask ou one wanted to put into this. let me ask you one more _ wanted to put into this. let me ask you one more question _ wanted to put into this. let me ask you one more question before - wanted to put into this. let me ask you one more question before i - wanted to put into this. let me ask you one more question before i let| you one more question before i let you one more question before i let you go. celine dion last night. even from here i could hear the roar of the crowd. it was such an amazing moment to have an icon like her on an iconic monument singing in that way. did you get chills in that moment as well?— way. did you get chills in that moment as well? , , ., , , , , moment as well? yes. obviously, yes. and i want to — moment as well? yes. obviously, yes. and i want to thank _ moment as well? yes. obviously, yes. and i want to thank her _ moment as well? yes. obviously, yes. and i want to thank her so, _ moment as well? yes. obviously, yes. and i want to thank her so, so - moment as well? yes. obviously, yes. and i want to thank her so, so much i and i want to thank her so, so much because she was really nice. she was really professional. she was perfect in every sense of the word. and when we worked together on this she really opened the door to my musical vision. we worked with the national orchestra and i did an arrangement of the choir and the orchestra and

it is amazing. it is amazing to see that because when you can see that, you know, to something but seeing it live in front of everybody and, as you said, like, i was struck with awe and everybody... have were crying. the other half were singing and sometimes they were doing both at the same time but that was really total chills, of course. it is at the same time but that was really total chills, of course.— total chills, of course. it is so aood to total chills, of course. it is so good to have _ total chills, of course. it is so good to have you _ total chills, of course. it is so good to have you on - total chills, of course. it is so good to have you on the - total chills, of course. it is so - good to have you on the programme. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. team gb has won its first medal of the games, as we mentioned earlier. this yasmin harper and scarlett mew jensen have won diving bronze in the women's synchronised 3m springboard final. yasmin harper's dad shaun harper said it's testament to her hard work. her a—levels, as you can imagine,

were very difficult for her. she her a-levels, as you can imagine, were very difficult for her. she was t in: to were very difficult for her. she was trying to balance — were very difficult for her. she was trying to balance doing _ were very difficult for her. she was trying to balance doing at - were very difficult for her. she was trying to balance doing at least - trying to balance doing at least 24-30 trying to balance doing at least 24—30 hours of training every week and to do her a—levels at the same time. she chose not to go to university so that she could fulfil her dream and she also turned down an offer to go to america so she has stuck by it. she has always wanted to represent her country at the olympics so, you know, during covid as well when our front lounge was turned into little mini gym, she has stuck by her dream, all the way through. she's always wanted to represent her country at this level and today is just an amazing, amazing day for her. with the games now well underway, let's take a quick look at some of the highlights coming up later.

the women's road cycling time trail is just getting under way on the streets of the capital and out into the outskirts, with the men to follow later. the men's rugby sevens actually started earlier this week, with france hoping to take the tital in the final later today. elsewhere there's tennis at roland garros, including last night's torch bearer rafael nadal in doubles action with carlos alcaraz. we'll see beach volleyball in the shadow of the eiffel tower, and over at the aquatics centre, lots of swimming today with four gold medals up for grabs. i'll be covering all throughout the day. back to you in the studio. thank you, and i hope the rain stops for you soon. thank you, and i hope the rain stops for you soon. let's bring you some breaking news from central gaza, the hamas—run ministry of health says at least 30 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people. these are the latest pictures from deir al—balah. the israel defence forces say they were targeting what they call

a "hamas command and control centre" embedded in the school. the idf claims steps were taken to reduce civilian casualties. and here are the recent pictures of ambulances bringing those killed and injured to a hospital in deir al—balah. footage verified by the bbc shows that children are among the victims. it comes after the israelis urged people to leave a part of nearby al—mawasi that had been designated a "'humanitarian zone', warning that hamas was launching attacks from there and that the idf would intervene in what it called "a forceful operation". a ten square mile area, to which hundreds of thousands have fled, told by the israeli army it would be safe, is shrinking even further. our correspondent, mark lowen, is injerusalem. well, the israeli defence forces have dropped flyers and they have sent sms messages and voice notes and made media appearances urging people to leave a part of al—mawasi. 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 has now, the israeli military say, being used to, for rocket attacks against the israeli army and for, 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 of al—mawasi is no longer a safe humanitarian zone. they have changed the delineation of al—mawasi, if you like. now, the reason that's important is because that would suggest that an israeli operation in that part of al—mawasi is imminent. why do we think that? well, because a couple of days ago, the israeli military did a similarthing. they also announced a readjustment of the lines of that humanitarian zone before they went in to retrieve the bodies of five israelis who were killed after the 7th of october hamas

attack on israel. so the fact that they have done that again, suggests that there is going to be another imminent israeli 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 from the continued interrogation. hamas and of gazan officials or whether it is potentially an israeli strike on al—mawasi because they did that a couple of weeks ago when they were targeting mohammed deif, that is, the leader of the hamas military wing in gaza and thought to be one of the architects of the 7th of october attacks, they, again, they launched a barrage of strikes in al—mawasi. so either way, it suggests that an impending israeli operation is afoot in that part of what was previously designated a humanitarian safe zone. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mike.

medals have been won on day one. and the first medals have been won at the paris olympics and it's happened at the chateauroux 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 3 metres springboard final. the chinese pair were always runaway favourites, with the americans getting silver. and there was an historic bronze for great britain — a first women's diving medalfor 64 years. celebrations for yasmin harper and scarlett mewjensen. a first medal in this event, and team gb's first medal of the games in paris. 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 2004. 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. world number one, and four—time french open champion, iga swiatek is beginning her olympic campaign on philippe chatrier. she's facing romania's irina—camelia begu, in round one. she's a set up, taking that 6—2. 0h final practise has been washed out at the belgian grand prix, ahead of qualifying later on saturday. a breif flurry of early timed laps came to an end with lance stroll�*s crash out of eau rouge. with the rain getting worse, no further signifcant running took place. the fastest time was max verstappen�*s, who will take a 10—place grid penalty this weekend. not the best of starts for england on day two of the final

test with west indies. they began the day in a spot of trouble, three wickets down, after the tourists made 282 at edgbaston. the mornings started disasterously for england — ollie pope was bowled early, before harry brook was caugh off jayden seales, leaving them 54—5. butjoe root, along with captain ben stokes, has led the recovery, his half—century taking him past west indies great bryan lara in the all time test runscorers list. we're now at lunch on day two, england are currently 157 for 5 with root unbeaten on 58 and stokes 48 not out. england trail by 125 runs with five wickets remaining. 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 8 seasons and has won

the league title 6 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 but i have not filled it out, absolutely, to extend the contract so when i said i would love to say, because i love to stay. 50 to say, because i love to stay. so that is to say, because i love to stay. sr that is why i don't want to 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 sobber—sly, 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 a few things we have to improve. the positive thing is that we kept a clean sheet. i

think we 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 created a few good attacks where created a few good chances and scored a good goal. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. keep us updated. rain and cooler temperatures have brought some relief for firefighters battling wildfires in the historic canadian town of jasper. entire streets have been affected by the blaze, with homes turned to rubble. officials say the full extent of the damage is not yet known. no deaths or injuries have been reported. our correspondent will vernon has more. as far back as you can see... in the town of jasper, entire streets have been consumed by fire. homes, businesses reduced to smouldering ruins. officials say around one third of the town has been destroyed. this is an area famous for its tourism, visited by millions

of people each year. we share the sense of loss with all of those who live in the town, who care for it, and who have helped build it. emergency services evacuated the town quickly, which officials say saved lives. 20,000 tourists and 5000 residents sought refuge in neighbouring areas. kind of frustrated, for sure, by lack of communication or communication that we did get not being accurate, but — i don't know — i am just trying not to stress. fires also burned in british columbia. in this video earlier in the week, you can see the scale of the inferno. tens of thousands of acres of land destroyed in an area back injasper, rain and cooler temperatures over the past 24

hours have helped firefighters battle the flames, but the fire is still burning and it is not yet safe for people to return to the area. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the sunshine's a little hit and miss today. it was really quite sunny earlier on, but a weather front is approaching if it hasn't reached you already. and that does mean a rather overcast afternoon and some outbreaks of rain. most of them shouldn't last very long, should be quite fleeting. now, here's the satellite picture and the radar — where you see the blobs of blue, that's where it's been raining. notice quite a few showers there across parts of northern england, especially the lake district and into southern scotland as well. but they are showers,

so they don't last for very long. and that does mean that for most of us it should be a dry day. the best of the sunshine, i think along the south coast of england and actually come the afternoon it should brighten up in the west as well. temperatures fairly modest — 22 or 23 in the south east, mostly the high teens elsewhere. now, this evening and overnight, those clouds will melt away and we'll have a clear night, a bit of mist and fog forming by the early hours of sunday, and the temperatures first thing hovering around the mid—teens in the south east of england, about ten or so in the lowlands of scotland. and actually, tomorrow promises to be a sunny day right from the word go. just a little bit of cloud developing through the course of the morning into the afternoon. skies, a little on the hazy side, i think, across northern ireland and scotland, but it's a dry day. it's a little warmer too, temperatures widely into the 20s. you really will notice that tomorrow. and also the humidity will be rising, notjust tomorrow, but gradually over the coming days. now, here's monday's weather map.

you can see a big area of high pressure there in charge of the weather across europe. a weather front does try to sweep into northwestern parts of the uk, but it's very slow moving. it really is struggling against the high pressure centred over germany. and actually what is happening, a warmer atmosphere is streaming in from the south, so temperatures will continue to rise through monday and into tuesday. in fact, if we look at monday's highs — widely into the mid 20s, pushing 28 celsius in the southeast, and that heat will keep on intensifying into tuesday, in fact, streaming out of spain across france. could be some thunderstorms with that as well. but in paris, temperatures could actually hit the mid 30s. here in the uk, in london we will probably reach 30 celsius, but for most of us further north it won't be quite so hot, but it will be very pleasant. bye— bye.

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. gaza's health ministry says at least 30 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in an israeli strike on a school housing displaced palestinian in central gaza. the israeli military orders

an evacuation for southern areas of khan younis, previously designated as a humanitarian zone. the army says it was in response to rocket fire. 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 — the interview: janet jackson. four, three, two, one! janet jackson never intended to be famous. # it's all for you...# shejust happened to be born into one of the most musically successful families of all time. i started when i was seven. i don't ever remember being asked. # what have you done for me lately...# the youngest sister of the world—famous jackson 5, she carved out her own unique space in pop and r&b. albums like control and rhythm natio helped her sell more than 100 million records worldwide.