i'm maryam moshiri, with the first full day of the olympics after the opening ceremony. china wins the first gold of the olympics in the 10m mixed team air rifle event while team gb bags bronze in women's synchronised 3m springboard. meanwhile, the french authorities say rail travel is likely to remain disrupted throughout the day after sabotage attacks on the network yesterday. hello, welcome to this hour. we begin in the middle east, where gaza's health ministry says at least 30 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a school which was sheltering displaced people.

israeli missiles hit the khadija school compound in deir al—balah in central gaza, which had been housing palestinians who'd been forced to flee their homes since the war began. the israeli army says the strike targeted a hamas command and control centre which was inside the school. ambulances brought those killed and injured, including children, to a nearby hospital in deir al—balah. earlier, the israeli army ordered an evacuation of southern parts of khan younis, previously designated a humanitarian zone. this is a map of where palestinians have been ordered to move. the military says the evacuation was in response to rocket fire. let's speak to our correspondent mark lowen injerusalem. let's start with what we are hearing from deir al—balah and that strike on the school, what more can you tell us? , , ., , , ,

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that hamas is operating in a corner of it and launching attacks on israeli soldiers, so they have basically reduced the size of the humanitarian zone and drop flyers and send messages to people telling them to move in that area. it's the second time in a week the idf have adjusted the boundaries of that humanitarian zone. last week they did so just before an operation by soldiers there to retrieve the bodies of five israeli hostages seized by hamas on the 7th of october. we do not know what kind of 0ctober. we do not know what kind of operation would be launched now but the israeli army say they are preparing for what they call a forceful operation and an intervention in that area. the . uestion intervention in that area. the question then _ intervention in that area. the question then is, _ intervention in that area. the question then is, where can these people who have been continuously displaced moving from place to place, where can they go and what our aid agency saying about this? the arts basically moving into other parts of the area, which is already

small and deeply overcrowded, as i say, and it is becoming even smaller and the humanitarian zone is shrinking everfurther. you mentioned aid agencies there, the, they have said that there are examples of polio present in the sewage, and 70% of sewage pipes are destroyed, i3 sewage, and 70% of sewage pipes are destroyed, 13 hospitals are operational, and the lack of food and clean water and it is a breeding ground for viruses including polio and that is a real concern on the ground. and that is a real concern on the round. . ~ and that is a real concern on the round. ., ~' ,, , and that is a real concern on the round. ., ~ i. , . ., ground. thank you very much for the moment. ground. thank you very much for the moment we — ground. thank you very much for the moment. we will _ ground. thank you very much for the moment. we will have _ ground. thank you very much for the moment. we will have more - ground. thank you very much for the moment. we will have more on - ground. thank you very much for the moment. we will have more on that| moment. we will have more on that story throughout the day. and you can of course get more on that story over on the bbc news

website and app. let's go now to our other main story today and that is the olympic games in paris. there's been quite a lot of rain in the last 12 hours. for more how it could impact some of the events, and on the latest on day one of the games, let's go straight to my colleague maryam moshiri in paris. thank you very much. welcome to 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, full of music, dance, culture and love. the french media have taken it upon themselves to congratulate the organisers of the paris 0lympics. look at this, i don't know if you can see this. there is the figaro, one of the barges carrying athletes

along the river seine. there is a flotilla of athletes who came towards the eiffel tower behind me. this newspaper shows in image of the balloon, the flame was lit there at the end of the ceremony and the word there is a magic, the song played during the ceremony. this is a play on words, it means something speedy, very quick, very forceful, referring to that explosion of french flag smoke, but also referring to the rain because it reigned through the entire ceremony, it was really damp. here's the parisienne, which says breathtaking. that is a reference to some of the beautiful imagery we saw

during the ceremony. you can see here, at the end of the ceremony, the beautiful eiffel tower lit up for the athletes of the flagbearers taking part in that tail end of the ceremony. as you can see behind me, the rain is very much still here and organisers have said the rain is likely to impact the quality of the water in the river seine over the next couple of days. they say a training session in the river on sunday may be cancelled, but they say they are still confident that the triathlon on tuesday will take place as planned in the seine. but there is plenty of sport already happening. let's get started with some of the big news of the day. china has won the first gold medal of the olympics in the mixed team air rifle shooting. britain's yasmin harper and scarlett mewjensen has won team gb�*s first medal of paris 2024

with diving bronze in the women's synchronised 3m springboard final. men's basketball is under way with australia securing a 92—80 victory over spain in the opening game at bercy arena. in the men's hockey, ireland have lost 2—0 to belgium in their opening game of pool a. the defending champions scored a goal in each half from tom boon and alexander hendrickx. and plenty happerning in the pool today as team gb�*s men qualifty for this evenings 4 by 100m freestyle relay. so those are just a few of the headlines coming out of the sport, but let's look at some of the highlights of the opening ceremony. the olympic flame, which was carried by a host of global sports superstars including rafael nadal, serena williams and zinedine zidane, and then was used to light a huge cauldron on a hot—air balloon that rose high into the paris sky. it is still hovering above the heart of paris today.

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. well, the opening ceremony followed a day of transport chaos after rail networks were paralysed. the french authorities say rail travel is likely to remain disrupted during saturday, with seven out of ten high speed trains running, with delays of one or two hours. the french transport minister, patrice vergriete, says traffic on the network should be back to normal service by monday. translation: we deployed very much i more significant means immediately i afterwards, certainly. but these kind of security measures are reinforced on a regular basis. and obviously, in years to come, we will continue to increase those security measures.

so there's no problem about supporters coming to paris in the next couple of days. i think there will be some disturbances tomorrow, but there is certainly a transport plan for tomorrow and for the days ahead. but certainly for today and tomorrow, there will be emergency measures. authorities are still investigating the incident, as the french capital remains on high alert. paul hawkins has more. a visible sign that france is on alert. these were extinction rebellion protesters questioned by police in paris this morning. the authorities taking no chances with the security.

after friday's attack on three high—speed rail lines, no—one has claimed responsibility but the investigation is ongoing, with engineers working overnight to repair the damage but disruption will continue through the weekend. meanwhile, passengers continue to check departure boards and their phones. three out of ten high—speed trains have been cancelled today, with those that do run on major lines in and out of paris facing delays of up to two hours. that means a quarter of eurostar services are also cancelled. and those that are running are packed. today, eurostar was planning to run 15 trains from london to paris, gare du nord. four of those have been cancelled. that means 3,000 people are now looking for alternative ways to get to paris. including some world leaders, like this one, meeting team gb athletes today. i'm not going to pretend it wasn't frustrating, because it was. and for very many people,

it made travel so much harder. we had to change our plans. i'm not complaining about that, but it's just an example of how frustrating it was. normal service isn't expected to resume until monday. by then, the french rail company sncf say 800,000 people will have been affected, not to mention the start of the world's biggest sports event. paul hawkins, bbc news. back to last night's spectacular opening ceremony now though — earlier i spoke to victor le masne, the paris 0lympics' musical director and composer, who composed the official theme of these 0lympic and paralympic games and is director of music for all the ceremonies. my task is a musical director, so it's, let's say half is original compositions, total creation that i did, like a score for this opening ceremony. and the other half is to conceive

a soundtrack of french music, but in its total diversity, as you said, it can be opera or it can be rap, it can be stuff with lady gaga. but about this iconic french singer called zizi jeanmaire or celine dion who's doing edith piaf, so there's a lot of plurality in what i do. 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. 0n the torre eiffel singing in that way. did you get chills in that moment as well? yes. 0bviously yes. 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 0rchestre national de france. i did an arrangement with the choir and all the orchestra and it's amazing. it's amazing to see that because when you conceive it, you know, it's something. but seeing live in front of everybody and, as you said, like i was at trocadero, you know, and everybody, half of the people were crying, the other half were singing and sometimes, they were doing both at the same time. but, yeah, that was a really a good, totally, totally chills. yeah, of course. that was the director of music for the olympic games, telling me how amazing it was to get that phone call to me he had got thejob. prime minister keir starmer is in paris enjoying proceedings, even sitting through last night's opening ceremony in the rain

without a poncho. it doesn't get more british than that. he was asked for his thoughts on the spectacle, and how he's been enjoying meeting athletes from team gb. i thought it was spectacular. it was really incredible across the whole of the city to see everything then coming up the river, and then the final part of the show was really fantastic, and it gave it that spirit that i think and hope will be carried on throughout the games. so, yes, there was some rain, but that didn't dampen it. it was a fantastic spectacle, you know, well done, france. absolutely amazing and a real sense because they've got, you know, they've done so much physical training and sort of mental training and now it's all about getting into the frame of mind that they need. some of them are starting in the next day or two. so you really appreciate notjust the hard yards they've already put in,

but this vital next stage. and i've been saying to them, look, the whole country is going to be watching you because we will. and that's great for them because it knows the country's behind them, adds a little bit to the pressure, but they're an incredible team of athletes going into this and they're full of hope, determination. but also i really detected a sort of calm confidence that they bring to what they do, which is, i think, that necessary added ingredients. it is calm confidence that took team gb to its first bronze medal of the games. 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 a testament to her hard work. her a—levels, as you can imagine, were really difficult for her. she was trying to balance doing at least 2a to 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's always wanted to represent her country at the olympics. so, you know, during covid as well, when our front lounge was turned into a little mini gym, she's 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. that is brilliant to see such a proud parent. if you want to know a little more about the rest of the day's sport, i am handing over to my colleague gavin in the bbc sport centre. hello there, a busy one ahead on the first day of action at the olympics after the opening ceremony and the first medals have been won in paris.

at the chateroux shooting centre, about two hours from the capital, the medals came in the ten 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 chang yani and chen yiwen were always runaway favourites, with the america's sarah bacon and kassidy cook 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 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. world number one and four—time french open champion iga swiatek is off to a win in her 0lympic campaign. she beat romania's irina—camelia begu in round one in straight sets, winning 6—2, 7—5. in other big matches today, novak djokovic has just beaten matthew ebden 6—0, 6—1. carlos alcaraz is a set up in his match and closing in on victory against hady habib. final practise has been washed out at the belgian grand prix ahead of qualifying later on saturday. a brief 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 io—place grid penalty this weekend. england and west indies are back out after lunch on day two of the third and final test. and england will be looking to put some more runs on the board, as they look to stay in this one at edgbaston. the morning started

disasterously for england, 0llie pope was bowled early before harry brook was caught off jayden seales, leaving them 54—5. butjoe root, along with captain ben stokes, led the recovery, both with half centuries. root�*s taking him past west indies great bryan lara in the all time test runscorers list, passing 12,000 test runs. stokes went for sa off alzarri joseph. england 191—6. -- 206 - —— 206 — six. 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's a lot of years, so we will see

what happens, but i don't rule it out absolutely to extend the contract, so i would love to stay because i would love to stay. so thatis because i would love to stay. so that is why i don't want to deny my feelings, i want to see my players, nine years today in the same club is maternity. carlos alcaraz has just won his first match in paris and some other things to keep an eye on today, the rugby sevens and semifinals and the women's road race as well. we will have updates from those and the rest of the olympic news later on you can follow it on the bbc sport website for live updates. that is all a spot for live updates. that is all a spot for now, we will have more later on. 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. 0ur 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 renowned for its natural beauty. back injasper, rain and cooler temperatures over the past 2a 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. will vernon, bbc news. before we go, a couple of paddleboarders said they won the jackpot when they came across these whilst out on the water in poole. ben felton and his friend nick woods, both from bournemouth, were enjoying the water when they were joined by the small pod of dolphins. they said they had "never experienced anything like it before" after 12 years of paddling.

plenty more on the bbc news website, including the latest on development including the latest on development in the middle east following that israeli strike on a school in gaza. 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... 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. israel palestinian in central gaza. says that hamas was h inside. 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. 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. china wins the first gold of the olympics in the 10m mixed team air rifle event while team gb bags bronze in women's synchronised 3m springboard. meanwhile, french authorities say rail travel is likely to remain disrupted throughout the day, after attacks on the network yesterday. now on bbc news — americast. americast. americast from bbc news. hello, it'sjustin in the worldwide headquarters of americast in london, england. and it's anthony in the washington bureau of bbc news. and it is marianna, aka miss information. still not back in the worldwide headquarters, but still in greece. well, you're missing out on some excitement here, mariana.

it has been an incredibly busy time in the us for political news.