hello, i'm kylie pentelow. we begin with breaking news from the middle east, where israeli medics say at least nine people have been killed and many others injured, after an attack which hit a football pitch in the town of majdal shams in the israeli—occupied golan heights. the israel defense forces blamed hezbollah for the attack, but the lebanese hezbollah movement has denied responsibility. our correspondent in jerusalem mark lowen has the latest. we are still getting the details in from the israeli authorities, but they are now saying that at least nine people, they believe, were killed in this attack in the north of the golan heights. now, remember, the golan heights is in the very north. it's right on the border

with lebanon and syria. it was seized by israel in 1967, the 1967 war and then formally annexed in 1981. and that is still disputed by lebanon. and this attack appears to have been in the northern part of the golan heights, in majdal shams. now, among those who are killed, we understand, they are young people between the ages of ten and 20, as rockets are said to have fallen close to a football field and a playground. now hezbollah, with whom israeli forces have been constantly involved in a tit for tat strikes since the 7th of october attacks here in israel, hezbollah has actually denied being behind this strike. that is a comment from hezbollah to bbc arabic, but also to reuters, the reuters news agency. hezbollah officials say that they were not behind this rocket, but we wait to hear more on that, because the constant fear, of course, has been since the 7th

of october attacks by hamas, that the situation in gaza could escalate into a much wider regionalwar, bringing in hezbollah from lebanon, which is an extremely powerful fighting force, much more powerful than hamas, backed by iran. and that could escalate into a regional war. so the real fear now is that this attack, which appears to be the deadliest attack in israel from across in lebanon since the 7th of october, could that now spark something even even more serious than we've seen from the since the 7th of october? and mark, we have seen some escalations, haven't we? so what makes this effectively have potentially more repercussions? well, as i say, it potentially is, is the deadliest attack that israel has suffered on its northern border with lebanon since the 7th of october. i mean, the sort of tit for tat fire, exchanges of fire that we've seen between israeli forces and hezbollah in lebanon since the 7th of october have been

kind of relatively limited in scope. they've been more skirmishes. it appeared, really, that both sides were trying to be involved in a sort of low—level war of attrition without being drawn into a much more full—scale, direct military escalation, because of course, they are very aware of quite what that would involve. i mean, lebanon has disastrous memories of the war between itself and israel in 2006, which had catastrophic consequences for lebanon. the lebanese economy is in dire straits. the lebanese of all sects, be they, you know, from, be they shia, sunni, christian, there is no appetite or there's very little appetite there for full—scale war. but of course the constant fear during these exchanges of fire that we've seen since the 7th of october are of a miscalculation. and the question now is whether this was a rocket fire

which was a miscalculation, or whether there was a misfire. we don't know who. we don't know. who was behind that rocket fire, how israel would retaliate, and whether this could potentially be could be escalated into a much into a much more serious regional war? in gaza, the 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 kha—dija school compound in deir al—balah in central gaza, it 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. here's mark lowen again from jerusalem. ambulances brought those killed and injured, including children, to a nearby hospital in deir al—balah. let's speak to akram al—satary, a freelance journalist who joins us from khan younis. we are hearing that 30 people have been cooled. can you tell us more

about what happened? yes. been cooled. can you tell us more about what happened?— been cooled. can you tell us more about what happened? yes, as are matter-of-fact _ about what happened? yes, as are matter-of-fact according _ about what happened? yes, as are matter-of-fact according to - about what happened? yes, as are matter-of-fact according to the . matter—of—fact according to the medical sources, 31 palestinians were cooled and around 100 others were cooled and around 100 others were according to the palestinian medical sources. the ones bearing the brunt of the incident are women and children. the place that was targeted is a medical point inside khadija school, used by the displaced palestinians and that explains the extremely large number of women and children cooled and another place targeted. those places are used by the population of the school and that's why the number of people is extremely high. what school and that's why the number of people is extremely high. what does it mean for the _ people is extremely high. what does it mean for the displaced _ people is extremely high. what does it mean for the displaced people? i

people is extremely high. what does | it mean for the displaced people? we have stories of people having to move more than five times. what does this need for people who were seeking refuge there?- this need for people who were seeking refuge there? some of the --eole in seeking refuge there? some of the peeple in gaza _ seeking refuge there? some of the people in gaza have _ seeking refuge there? some of the people in gaza have been - seeking refuge there? some of the people in gaza have been already l people in gaza have been already moved for the 32nd or 33rd time. most are 1a or 15 times. the ones in gaza are moving more than once in the central area. that means more death and more on safety. they have been seeking safety in areas under the honourable flag. they were surprised by the fact they were targeted by that flag. around nine or ten schools were targeted. three government schools were targeted. people lost their homes and livelihoods and were chasing the hope that they would stay safe in any area or in the north or south, but in the areas that were described

as humanitarian zones. that still continues. the incidents are still taking place, people are still dying, if not in the schools then the way to schools or between jazz and north and south. that has been reduced by the way. the humanitarian zonein reduced by the way. the humanitarian zone in gaza has been reduced 45 kilometres down to 25 by the recent of elements in khan yunis. people in eight different areas in the very south of khan yunis were asked to leave their homes and head to the humanitarian zone in the al—mawasi area, that is also seen the bloodiest attacks in the nine or ten months, around 100 people and others were. . ~' months, around 100 people and others were. . ~ ,, y months, around 100 people and others were. . ~ ,, , . months, around 100 people and others were. . ~' y . ., were. thank you very much for your

time. it's the first full day of competition at the paris olympics. (gfx) australia won its first gold of this olympics — australia won its first gold of this olympics — grace brown taking out the win in the women's cycling time trials. great britain's anna henderson won silver. china won the first gold medal of the olympics in the mixed china also took out gold in the women's 3m synchronised diving. 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. meantime, fifa has deducted six points from the canadian team at the women's football tournament, following the flying of a drone to spy on new zealand's training session on monday. maryam moshiri is in paris. the excitement is still continuing here in paris on day one of the olympics. it's not been easy to get here.

the weather has been terrible. it's been raining for about 36 hours and that rain has had an impact on some olympic events. the skateboarding, for example, has been delayed and also authorities who are organising the olympic games have actually said they're going to work out whether or not they should carry on with trials in the river seine. for the triathletes, who are, of course, competing on tuesday. they do promise, though, that the tuesday triathlon will go ahead as previously planned. so it's been a heady day of sport with many medals given out today. the excitement continues. parisians are very, very excited about what's going to happen today, but tomorrow is also a big day to watch. plenty of events to go, including 20 medal events which will happen on day two. we have rowing, badminton, we have skateboarding amongst other things. plenty of swimming as well to look forward to here at the paris olympics. one slight fly in the ointment,

though, is the problem with the trains, that continues on sunday apparently, it won't be resolved completely until monday and the investigation by french authorities into who was behind those coordinated attacks which have caused so much delay to trains coming in and out of paris, causing problems for tourists and for visitors alike and also for french people within the capital wanting to get out. we don't know who is behind it, the investigation continues, but that is still going to carry on, in terms of disruption until monday at least. but as i said, it's all about the sport now. the rain has stopped at last. it's forecast to be really hot over the next few days, so it will be great conditions for all the sports we have to look forward to for now. from paris, back to you in the studio. it's a country which has faced a string of political and economic challenges which is about to go to the polls in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election. on sunday, voters in veneuzuela

go to the ballot box. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he has told voters they have a choice between war and peace and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, said he 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. joining me now is new york times journalist anatoly kurmanaev who is in venezuela's capital, caracas. anatoly, what's the sentiment where you are, do voters feel this election will be fair? that is a crucial question. the main opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez who is practically an acolyte for the opposition leader

has refused to participate in elections for many years. telling voters the process is not a fair solution. this time she has changed tack and join the process to be able to get a lot of support throughout the country in this movement to change the government. i think people are very apprehension but they also believe this is perhaps their last opportunity to peacefully change the government to live in different countries so very much motivated to participate in the polls tomorrow we expect very high turnout. ., ., . , h, turnout. you have recently reported on the voters _ turnout. you have recently reported on the voters who _ turnout. you have recently reported on the voters who want _ turnout. you have recently reported on the voters who want change - turnout. you have recently reported on the voters who want change in i turnout. you have recently reported. on the voters who want change in the government. what are they telling you? government. what are they telling ou? , ., , , you? this government, the president of nicolas maduro _ you? this government, the president of nicolas maduro has _ you? this government, the president of nicolas maduro has been - you? this government, the president of nicolas maduro has been in - you? this government, the president of nicolas maduro has been in for - of nicolas maduro has been in for more than 25 years and early on it has lifted millions of people out of poverty by using revenue from oil.

it has been a tremendous factor for social change in the country but in the last ten years that has gone into a very dramatic reverse. we have seen that largest economic contraction outside of the war in modern history. voters very much want to change. they no longer believe in government promises about the situation will improve. they want to bring back families, millions of venezuelans have migrated in recent years and the government today appears to be the sclerotic leak of rulers that it overthrew 25 years ago. you mentioned _ overthrew 25 years ago. you mentioned a _ overthrew 25 years ago. you mentioned a couple - overthrew 25 years ago. you mentioned a couple of- overthrew 25 years ago. you mentioned a couple of topics but what are the main issues that will be at the front of people's minds when casting their ballot? i think b far the when casting their ballot? i think by far the main _ when casting their ballot? i think by far the main issue _ when casting their ballot? i think by far the main issue will - when casting their ballot? i think by far the main issue will be - by far the main issue will be weather the vote will be counted. again, if the well of the people

will be made. both sides expect results the same night, sunday night, and the electoral council is controlled by government supporters. at the same time, thus far, there has been a lot of, the selection is not free or fair because the level playing feel, the playing feel is tilted so heavily towards government but up until now, the electoral authority has broadly followed the steps that lead to fair election or at least fair casting of votes. everyone is very apprehension is to cf motorsport be transmitted in a transparent and credible way. thank ou. thank transparent and credible way. thank yon thank yon _ a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces give a statement. in the last few minutes, a spokesman for the israel defense forces gave

an statement about the attack on israeli—occupied golan, which killed at least 9 people. this evening hezbollah in lebanon fired a rocket at children playing soccer in a soccer feel in magical psalms in northern as role. —— majdal shams. hezbollah then lied to the whole world and claimed that they not carry out the attack. we can confirm hezbollah murdered ten children in this brutal attack and more than 20. were in this brutal attack. all aged between 10—20 years old. ourthoughts attack. all aged between 10—20 years old. our thoughts are with the families of the victims and our thoughts are also with the wounded that we embrace and hope for the two come well soon. we

that we embrace and hope for the two come well soon.— come well soon. we should point out hezbollah has _ come well soon. we should point out hezbollah has denied _ come well soon. we should point out hezbollah has denied responsibility l hezbollah has denied responsibility for that attack. to the united states, where donald trump plans to continue holding outdoor rallies, disregarding safety advice after he survived an assassination attempt two weeks ago. the former president said the us secret service would give him increased protection. but he said nobody could "ever be allowed to stop or impede free speech or gathering". opinion polls suggest his lead in the presidential election campaign has narrowed since kamala harris became the democrats' likely candidate. but the vitriol between the two has escalated, with donald trump calling ms harris the most far—left vice president in us history. she was a bum three weeks ago, she was a bum. applause a failed vice president in a failed administration with millions of people crossing and she was the borders czar. kamala's spokesperson hit back, describing the speech as the "bizarre and backward looking delusions of a criminal.

earlier i spoke to democratic strategist laura fink and republican strategist matt terrill, former chief of staff to marco rubio's presidential campaign. i asked laura what she thought about the growth in support for vice president harris. support is growing because we see a juggernaut of a campaign run. kamala harris is ascendant. you see she's breaking records in virtually every measurable category of campaigning, from fundraising to volunteer signup to the number of people online who have created energetic memes. and so she has taken over the internet. she has cornered the market on volunteers, she's raised record—breaking sums of money, and she's been highly successful at beginning to prosecute the case against donald trump. this is an ascendant campaign and one that republicans were not counting on as they rested in their overconfidence

at their own convention. matt, let's get your thoughts on that then. are you at all concerned now about trump's prospects? well, look, this is certainly a different race with president biden now not being at the top of the ticket and running for re—election. but vice president harris now as the presumptive democrat nominee, it's a reset, this race. but look, you know, i think this election can come down to really two main issues — inflation and immigration. many americans have many concerns with the biden—harris administration's handling on those two issues. or the roughly past four years, we've seen skyrocketing inflation, skyrocketing border crossings in terms of immigration. obviously, many americans are concerned about border security and the cost of goods and services going up. so look, i think for president trump, he's doing quite well in those two issues. at the end of the day, the democrat party is now united behind vice president harris. and you're now seeing that take shape. both political parties are going to see both of their political bases turn out. the gop base is fired up for former president trump.

they're going to turn out for him. in terms of democrat base, they're fired up for vice president harris, clearly. i think they'll turn out for her. comes down to those independent undecided voters, probably about 4% to 7% of the electorate. what do they care about? inflation, immigration, among other issues. but those two main issues are going to drive this election right now, based on polling former president trump is doing quite well on those issues. we'll see how it takes shape. and laura, some some commentators are calling this a bit of a honeymoon period for harris. she has come to this late. do you think that affects her chances at all? well, certainly any candidate when first on the stage has a little bit of a honeymoon period, but it's what you do with that honeymoon period. do you capitalise on the momentum? and we've seen the campaign in the last week or so make all the right moves, so you can see that she's got an infrastructure behind her that supports her. she has the talent and she has been flawless in her execution. if she can continue that pattern for 100 days, she is set to win the presidency. now, i don't want to sound overconfident, because my colleague is right that this will come down

to a mere handful of votes, tens of thousands of votes across a handful of swing states, and securing that means not only expanding the electorate on the democratic side, which we haven't seen a candidate do since barack obama. and she has the signs of having the potential to do that, but also capturing those swing voters. and while i will agree that certainly the economy will be central to this campaign, it's also about the future and not the past, which donald trump represents. it's about looking forward and it's about capitalising on that energy. and he failed to mention reproductive choice and freedom. and that is something that is central in the minds of many, many voters, a lot of apolitical voters who see, for the first time, women having their rights taken away by donald trump's supreme court. so i think you're going to see this campaign waged tactically, but it will also be about a vision for the future, which i think makes, uh, makes donald trump worry a little bit, because he likes to look back.

matt, it seems as though any sense of trying to foster that unity that we were talking about after trump's shooting seems to have rather disappeared, given his latest speech. we heard a little of it earlier. well, look, i think unity is certainly on the ballot. and i think right now we're going to see is that both nominees, in terms of the democrat nominee for president, former president trump, both can do their part to help champion unity. i think at the end of the day, you're going to see americans care about that. but there's other issues in the ballot as well, i think, namely inflation, immigration are going to drive this race. but certainly americans want to come together right now. i think the big test for both candidates was to unite their parties. that was a big part from a voting standpoint here. but it's important to unite the country. there's no question about that. i think at the end of the day, it's gonna be a very close election. we're certainly polarised as a country. there's no question about that. and that's something that both candidates are going to have

to to focus in on here between now and election day. i mean, it seems like the harris campaign is fighting back. they said in a statement you wouldn't want to sit near trump in a restaurant, let alone be president. of nice, happy campaigning. certainly. and welcome to politics. like in no political context, do we ever see the gloves not come off? at some point? we see donald trump has redefined political campaigning where the gloves come off early and often. he goes to extreme measures, particularly with women. and i think one of the other things that we have to mention here is that she unnerves him as a powerful woman. we saw that he really has a hard time contending with women leaders. we saw him in going toe to toe with nancy pelosi in negotiations, and he lost over and over again because it is seems to be his achilles' heel, because he does not know how to contend with someone who he has said frequently does not belong in a leadership position. so i think you're going to see that take centre stage. and again, the republican weakness is truly in their candidate because he lacks the discipline to carry a unity message for more than 30 minutes of a speech. and so he really is their wild card. and any republican consultant knows that that is the challenge because they see across the aisle a strong contender

who's disciplined. millions visit these beautiful parks in the canadian rockies every year, but wildfires are currently raging across the region. entire streets in the historic town of jasper 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. 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 a 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 5,000 residents sought refuge in neighbouring areas. i'm kind of frustrated for sure by lack of communication - or the communication that we did get. - or the communication that we did get not being accurate, but i don't know. . i'm just trying not to stress. fires also burned in nearby british columbia. in this footage, filmed 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 24 hours have helped firefighters battle the flames. but the fire is still burning and it's 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 dorset in southern england. ben felton and his friend nick woods 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. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. most of us have had a decent day of weather today, be it a little cloudy across some parts of the country. there's also a few showers around and even the risk of one or two rumbles of thunder, particularly across north—eastern parts of the uk. but the skies will be clearing a little bit later on. now, here's the satellite picture and the radar earlier on. you can see a few showers across wales, the midlands, but more especially, in northern england, northern and eastern scotland. now, the temperatures mid—evening

still hovering around 20 celsius across the south—east and east anglia, but more typically, it's around 17 degrees. so pleasant enough out there through the evening. now, tonight, the skies will clear. the winds will be light, really very quiet on the weather front, and early—morning temperatures will range from around the mid—teens in london and the south—east to about ten celsius in more rural spots of central scotland. lots of sunshine right from the word go tomorrow. through the morning into the afternoon, a few clouds will bubble up, fairweather clouds. but in scotland and northern ireland, perhaps turning hazy come the afternoon, with just that little bit closer to a weather front out in the atlantic. and warmer tomorrow. also, more humid. look at the temperatures. merseyside around the mid—20s, and really, much of yorkshire seeing temperatures well into the 20s. now, come monday, it's going to turn even hotter. we're starting to see warm air, very warm air streaming in from the southern climes. in fact, in france, temperatures will climb through the course of this week. it really will turn quite oppressive for the olympics in paris.

here in the uk, lots of sunshine on monday, temperatures not far off 30 in london and the south—east. but more typically, we're talking about the low or the mid—20s right across the uk. but a weather frontjust brushing the north—west there — perhaps a few spits and spots of rain on monday. now, that hot air will continue to stream in from the south across france towards the uk, sparking off big thunderstorms across france. but here in the uk, a dry day on tuesday, but a hot one. i think 30 is certainly on the cards. mid or high—20s across parts of northern england, and well into the 20s also in scotland and northern ireland. so here's the outlook, then, into next week. could be thundery for a time midweek, certainly by wednesday. but it does look as though those high temperatures won't last for very long. we should be back into the mid—20s by midweek.

this is bbc news. the headlines: at least ten are thought to have been killed and many others injured in a rocket attack that hit the town of majdal shams in the israeli occupied golan heights. it's the worst single attack on israel's northern border since the start of the gaza war. an israeli strike on a school — housing displaced people in gaza — has killed at least 30 people and injured more than a hundred, according to the health ministry. venezuelans ready themselves for a pivotal election — with president maduro describing

the choice as being between �*war and peace'. he has defended his decision to not allow several former latin american leaders into the country to observe the election. 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 3m springboard. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. medal success for team gb on the olympics opener, as anna henderson survives a slippery track to claim silver in cycling.

it was a grind through the corners, but it paid off