hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start this hour in the middle east. israel has pledged to respond to a rocket attack in the israeli occupied golan heights, in which at least 12 people were killed. most of the casualties were teenagers who were playing football in the town of majdal shams. israel has blamed lebanon's hezbollah movement. it has denied responsibility. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is cutting short his visit to the us and has warned hezbollah will pay a heavy price. translation: since l was. updated about the disaster, i have been holding continuous security consultations, and i have directed that our return to israel be brought forward. as soon as i arrive, i will immediately convene the security cabinet. i can say that the state of israel will not let this pass in silence.

we wa nt we want to take you live to the scene of that incident in golan heights. there is the scene, where the israeli defence minister is visiting. as we say, 12 people, aged between ten and 20, were killed in the arab area when the football pitch was hit. as we heard, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is cutting short his visit to the united states in the wake of that deadly rocket attack. he has warned that hezbollah will pay a heavy price and it has denied any involvement. you can see where that incident happened. our correspondent in jerusalem, mark lowen, has been monitoring events and sent us this report. sirens.

early evening in the israeli—occupied golan heights, and the warning of an incoming threat about to become deadly and dangerous. a rocket struck a football field where children and teenagers were playing. several were killed in the deadliest strike since the cross—border fire between lebanon and israel began last october. the anguish of loved ones at young lives cut short, in a conflict that could be about to escalate sharply. a rocket barrage today which lit up the sky was claimed by the lebanese militant group hezbollah, but it denies firing the deadly strike onto the football field. that, the israeli army spokesman says, is a lie. this attack shows the true face of hezbollah — a terrorist organisation that targets and murders children playing soccer

on a saturday evening. we will act to restore full security on our northern border for all the citizens of the state of israel. and the question is how israel's government will react. benjamin netanyahu is returning early from the us to chair his security cabinet, where he will face calls to hit back hard. as the young injured were rushed to hospital, fear is growing that all—out war with hezbollah, a proxy of iran, could now be drawing closer. south in gaza, the other front of this war, palestinians too were scrambling to save lives, this time after israeli strikes killed dozens. here, too, it's children paying the price in a nightmare with no end. the missiles tore into a school housing displaced gazans. israel says it targeted a hamas command—and—control centre inside, but from the rubble came those simply seeking shelter. mustafa says the blast

threw him into the air and he fell to the ground. "i didn't know where to run forfear," he says, "so i fled inside the school, thinking it was safe. but then i saw heads, hands and feet." the spark from 7 october ignited gaza and now golan. the question tonight is will it start an inferno. mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem. the united nation's special co—ordinator for lebanon has appealed for restraint saying the intensified exchanges of fire could engulf the entire region in a catastrophe beyond belief. with me now is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. this is the point now, there must be concerns of that wider, regional conflict?— regional conflict? indeed. now with his attack, _ regional conflict? indeed. now with his attack, one _ regionalconflict? indeed. now with his attack, one of- regional conflict? indeed. now with his attack, one of the - with his attack, one of the most mysterious and complicated

attacks that have happened since this war started, it targeted arabs in the golan heights. these arabs are typically supporting hezbollah but israel is saying hezbollah are responsible for these projectiles that hit the children but hezbollah denying that and saying it is an israeli missile. israel is denying this. it is very complicated and mysterious as well. , . , complicated and mysterious as well. , ., , ., complicated and mysterious as well. , . , ., , well. yes, as often is the case, there _ well. yes, as often is the case, there is _ well. yes, as often is the case, there is claim - well. yes, as often is the case, there is claim and l case, there is claim and counterclaim but benjamin netanyahu is saying that hezbollah will pay a heavy price. what do you think the response will be of israel? they will target religious and hezbollah posts in southern lebanon. they did this across the wall since it started on october seven. they will continue doing that. many analysts are downsizing that

israel will go for a full wall with hezbollah as their main war is still in gaza where more than 40,000 people have died of more than 200 have died. we have seen _ more than 200 have died. we have seen pictures of the defence minister visiting the area, explain the significance of the golan heights and the druze people. of the golan heights and the druze maple-— of the golan heights and the druze people. golan heights, two-thirds — druze people. golan heights, two-thirds of _ druze people. golan heights, two-thirds of golan _ druze people. golan heights, two-thirds of golan heights l druze people. golan heights, i two-thirds of golan heights was two—thirds of golan heights was started by israel in 1967, and there are 40,000 people living there, the size of the area is really large, is four times the size of gaza. 20,000 of the people living there are arabs, some of them have embraced the israeli nationality and passport, and some of them did not want to do that and

inherited that across generations, and kept links with syria and go and get educated in syria and come back. and 20,000 people living there are israeli settlers but what this missile targeted are the arabs who are living there, making this, making these attacks very complicated and mysterious. we attacks very complicated and mysterious— attacks very complicated and m sterious. ~ . , , mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures _ mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures there _ mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures there and - mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures there and also l those pictures there and also reuters are reporting that the israeli military says they have struct hezbollah targets deep in lebanese territory, but we cannot confirm that. that is one report on reuters, the news agency. but this will raise tensions? £31 agency. but this will raise tensions?— agency. but this will raise tensions? , ., ., tensions? of course, i am not surprised- _ tensions? of course, i am not surprised. reports _ tensions? of course, i am not surprised. reports coming - tensions? of course, i am not. surprised. reports coming from southern lebanon are saying there are villages in southern lebanon that are completely destroyed, exactly like the situation in gaza. so the

israeli forces have targeted villages in southern lebanon really heavily and they have targeted many leaders of hezbollah before. we saw targets even to hamas leaders in southern suburbs of beirut. we saw attacks on the benign and the leaders of hezbollah and the leaders of hezbollah and troops of hezbollah, they never stopped in southern lebanon. israel will continue to do that to guarantee that they want to show and deter. i want to say something. that whenever we have this fear of having a wider conflict of when the houthis attacked tel aviv,, attacked targets in yemen, when iran tried to attack israel, they also replied back by doing, controlled operation against iran. this also will be against iran. this also will be a controlled response towards

hezbollah because the main scene is in gaza where the hostages are, with us there. ——hamas there. here in the uk new footage has emerged of the violence at manchester airport on tuesday. earlier this week, video was widely shared showing a man who'd been arrested being kicked and stamped on, while he was lying on the ground, by a police officer. the officer has since been suspended and is facing a criminal investigation. now, new footage has been obtained showing the minutes before. phil mccann has the latest and a warning, his report contains images that some viewers may find distressing. you've got him on the floor, stop being aggressive! it's a video which has flashed around the world, sparking debate and protests. a flashpoint in manchester airport as police are involved in an altercation with two members of the public. amid the chaos, these

shocking scenes. move back! that prompted demonstrations across the north west. greater manchester's mayor andy burnham called for restraint, stressing that the incident leading up to the video that went viral was complex. i've seen the full footage that others will not have seen. what is clear is that this is a fast—moving situation that escalates, there are issues on both sides, it's not clear cut. however, i do not step away from my initialjudgment that this was a disturbing incident. now we can see just what did happen beforehand. in this cctv footage obtained by the manchester evening news, and not verified by the bbc, three officers can be seen appearing to try to apprehend a man. a man who was next to him then approaches one of the officers and punches are thrown. the man being apprehended breaks free and punches are thrown between him and two other female officers, who both end up on the ground.

he runs towards the male officer who is now pointing his taser at the other man and pulls that officer down too. but by that time one of the other officers has got up and she tasers him. the male officer gets up and, as the footage ends, we see him kick the man's face before, as we know, the original video shows him stamping on his head. greater manchester police says all three officers were taken to hospital, one with a broken nose. four people were arrested afterwards and released on police bail. one of the officers is now facing a criminal investigation and has been suspended from duties. tonight, mayor andy burnham has repeated that the situation is complex, with two sides to it. phil mccann, bbc news. venezuela is heading to the polls in a few hours time in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election. 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 it's

time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. iona wells reports from caracus. the opposition feel they have real momentum in this campaign and feel there is potentially the chance of change. the opposition leader was banned from running as a candidate and was replaced by another candidate. that was one of a number of ways in which the opposition has been slightly due heard in their campaign so far. for example, food stalls that have served the opposition on the campaign rally and journeys around the country have been closed down in some cases. millions of venezuelans living abroad have been unable to register to vote. eu

election observers were disinvited by the government, so there are big concerns over whether or not the election will be free and fair. the last one was widely dismissed as neither free or fair. the economy has been in freefall for the last decade, causing many of went venezuelans to move abroad so much at stake, both the economy, democratic process, whether this will be a free election and whether venezuela and its government will be recognised by the international community but also migration as well. as i mentioned, nearly 8 million have moved abroad, particularly to the us and there are questions whether if president maduro is elected, whether that migration could increase. polling is open until 6pm and there will be voting all day and it may be a while until we have declarations of a result both by the official electoral authorities, controlled by president maduro and his government and also by the

opposition were doing their own independent counting process in the election. they argue they will independently verify results if they feel there has been an unfair result and they've may well challenge that after the event. here in the uk, another conservative has thrown their hat in the ring to become leader of the party. the former home secretary, priti patel, has launched her bid for the leadership, saying it is time to put unity before personal vendetta, country before party, and delivery before self—interest. our political correspondent helen catt told us more shortly after the announcement was made. she was one of the names that had be bandied around for quite some time as someone who may put themselves forward for the leadership. this evening she has come out and confirm that. she posted on her social media site x to announce she would run for leader. it is the first time she has put herself forward for the leadership, and also the first woman to put her

name forward. she is the former home secretary. the home secretary under borisjohnson and introduce things like the points —based immigration system and the rwanda plan which of course the labour government has now scrapped. she was very close to boris johnson and left government when he did but she has also been conspicuously quiet since then and not come out and criticised his successors, rishi sunak and liz truss, in the way others have. tonight we have this call for unity and she is a leading voice on the right of the conservative party. she was a leading voice in the leave campaign and she wrote a piece for the sunday telegraph and she has said that this is not about attacking left or right but she says it is about competent, grown—up, experienced and strong politicians putting authentic conservative values into practice. it's day two of the olympic games in paris and australia

are currently leading the medals table after the first full day of competition. the hosts, france, won their first gold in the men's rugby sevens, comfortably beating fiji. this is the scene live in the city. there is the sunrise and the eiffel tower bathed in sunshine as it rises. the good news is the weather forecast says it should sunny today. another 13 gold medals are due to be awarded in sports including archery, mountain biking and skateboarding. but, in the last hour, organisers have announced they are cancelling the first triathlon swimming training over pollution in the seine. they are blaming the rain that has been in paris in recent days. let's go live now to paris, where we can speak with ben waterworth, the host of the off the podium podcast. starting with the news we have just received, organisers saying they have had to cancel the first triathlon swimming training because of the

pollution?— training because of the ollution? . �*, , pollution? yeah, it's been rainin: pollution? yeah, it's been raining quite _ pollution? yeah, it's been raining quite a _ pollution? yeah, it's been raining quite a fair- pollution? yeah, it's been raining quite a fair bit - pollution? yeah, it's been raining quite a fair bit in i raining quite a fair bit in paris over the last couple of days. unfortunately, athletes have not been able to get into the river seine since the rain, but the weather is looking better today so hopefully that could mean some training tomorrow, another one is scheduled which means they may be able to get some training done. we may be able to see a good triathlon. the done. we may be able to see a good triathlon.— good triathlon. the organisers are still saying _ good triathlon. the organisers are still saying they _ good triathlon. the organisers are still saying they could - good triathlon. the organisers are still saying they could go l are still saying they could go ahead. focusing on today, what are you looking forward to? $5 are you looking forward to? as an are you looking forward to? sis an australian, are you looking forward to? is an australian, we went so well on day one and we are looking forward to the competition...

inaudible... on day one and we are looking forward to the competition... inaudible... 0k, ok, we are having trouble hearing you at the moment so we will leave it there. thank you for your time. we will have continuous coverage throughout the day of the olympics. the international olympic committee has recognised the state of palestine since 1995 and, after more than nine months of war in gaza, it has sent one of the smallest teams to the games in paris. team members say they all know people who have died during the war. athletes, trainers and support staff have all been among the victims. the war has also thwarted the ambitions of some palestinians who dream

of representing their people. paul adams reports from jerusalem. in gaza, it is hard to keep your dreams alive. here in this man's olympic village, he sticks to his routine. his home is destroyed and his family effectively twice. last december his coach was killed in an airstrike. december his coach was killed in an air strike. any faint hopes he had of going to paris have long since evaporated. but still running. translation: i still running. translation: ., ., translation: i wanted to compete — translation: i wanted to compete with _ translation: i wanted to compete with the - translation: i wanted to compete with the word's . translation: | wanted to i compete with the word's best compete with the words best athletes, like the current champion of the 1500 metres. i wanted to run alongside him, to feel what it is like to compete with the worlds best.- with the worlds best. head never want _ with the worlds best. head never want spikes - with the worlds best. head never want spikes until - with the worlds best. head never want spikes until a l with the worlds best. head i

never want spikes until a year ago but he is already represented his country twice. in china, at the asian games, he got to know other palestinian hopefuls, like the swimmer valerie tarazi. valerie has made it to paris. days away from competing in herfirst olympics. born and raised in america, she comes from one of the oldest christian families in gaza, a child of the huge palestinian dice borough, the war has touched her as well, four relatives have been killed early on. four relatives have been killed earl on. ~ . ., ., ., early on. we have had to deal with something _ early on. we have had to deal with something very - early on. we have had to deal with something very few - with something very few countries have had to deal with and for us this is our friends, family, teammates, team members, it takes a toll on us. it seems like every day and every week we have people very close to us dying. my little bit of struggle is nothing compared to what the women and children in gaza have faced every single day. i'm not worried about finding my next

meal orfinding bottled worried about finding my next meal or finding bottled water, i get tojump in a pool into whati i get tojump in a pool into what i love so my little bit of pain is absolutely nothing compared to what to what they go through every day. it compared to what to what they go through every day.- go through every day. at the headquarters _ go through every day. at the headquarters in _ go through every day. at the headquarters in the - go through every day. at the headquarters in the west - go through every day. at the i headquarters in the west bank, in the city of ramallah, is the headquarters, and this is the chief nutritionist, from training to travel, the war has thrown up countless challenges. is definitely been a setback but in terms of ambition and plan and willpower, it has not been affected and if it was effective, it was a way of getting us more determined. backin getting us more determined. back in gaza, the city is only athletics track is a war—ravaged place of refuge, it is been months since anyone has trained here. amid the date palms, this man knows his time has not yet come. he dreams of getting out, getting strong and once more, running for his country. paul adams, bbc news.

now, one of the things that people like to see at any olympics is the cauldron burning after being lit by the olympic flame during the opening ceremony. paris is no different. hundreds of people have been queuing to the see the 7m—wide cauldron which is attached to a 30m—tall balloon and is flying more than 60m in the air in gardens in the city centre. organisers say 10,000 people a day will be able to get a free ticket to see it up close. others without tickets have been trying to snap selfies with it behind. it is the first time in olympic history that it is lit up without the use of fossil fuels. the electric flame uses 40 led spotlights to illuminate the cloud created by 200 high—pressure misting nozzles. super excited to see it. it is so beautiful. i have never seen this type of olympic flame before, so it is really unique to paris. before, so it is really unique to paris— to paris. very impressive to

see. a to paris. very impressive to see- a lot — to paris. very impressive to see. a lot of _ to paris. very impressive to see. a lot of fire _ to paris. very impressive to | see. a lot of fire underneath. many— see. a lot of fire underneath. many people are here, watching it, many people are here, watching it. kind — many people are here, watching it. kind of— many people are here, watching it, kind of interesting. it�*s it, kind of interesting. it's really nice _ it, kind of interesting. it's really nice because - it, kind of interesting. it's really nice because it's such a historical_ really nice because it's such a historical moment _ really nice because it's such a historical moment and - really nice because it's such a historical moment and we - really nice because it's such a historical moment and we are here — historical moment and we are here and _ historical moment and we are here and we're _ historical moment and we are here and we're just _ historical moment and we are here and we're just passing . historical moment and we are| here and we're just passing by it so_ here and we're just passing by it so it — here and we're just passing by it so it is — here and we're just passing by it so it is really, _ here and we're just passing by it so it is really, really- it so it is really, really nice _ it so it is really, really nice. . , it so it is really, really nice. ., , ., ., it so it is really, really nice. ., ., , nice. it was one of my favourite _ nice. it was one of my favourite parts. - nice. it was one of my favourite parts. i- nice. it was one of my | favourite parts. i really enjoyed it and it was a unique and different way to light the flame. it's cool to see it in person. and a reminder you can follow the olympics from paris across the bbc. there is a special paris 2024 section on the bbc sport website and app which will follow all of today's action. you can also find a schedule of all the events there, too. let's get some of the day's other news 110w. donald trump has told a bitcoin conference he'd champion cryptocurrency if he wins the presidential election, promising to make the us the crypto capital of the world. mr trump once dismissed digital currencies as a scam but has recently sought the backing of donors from the industry. opinion polls suggest mr trump's lead in the presidential election campaign has narrowed

since kamala harris became the democrats' likely candidate. south korea's military is investigating a leak of personal information of agents assigned to an intelligence unit tasked with spying on north korea. the korea defence intelligence command, a secretive branch of the south korean military, discovered the leak about a month ago. officials have detected signs that the leaked information may have reached north korea. the us treasury secretary has announced a joint initiative with a number of south american countries to disrupt illicit activities that harm the amazon ra i nfo rest. janet yellen said illegal mining and the smuggling of wildlife and plants generated hundreds of billions of dollars each year, with such trade often involving abuse of the us financial system. enhanced information sharing and joint investigations form part of the intiative. before we go, two paddleboarders say they felt like they won the jackpot when they came across something very special, while out on the water in dorset. ben felton and nick woods were joined in their session by a pod of dolphins.

the friends said they had never experienced anything like it before in 20 years of paddleboarding. those are amazing pictures! imagine being on the paddle boards and those dolphins appeared. beautiful pictures! stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the weekend started with some more showers around, but those showers have moved away now, and for the next few days at least we can look forward to some dry weather and some sunshine. temperatures are going to be rising, particularly across england and wales. the reason for the change in the weather — well, high pressure that's building across the uk, giving us the clear skies overnight. it will be a little chilly first thing on sunday morning. it'll warm up quickly, though, in the sunshine. some cloud will affect the far north—west of scotland. otherwise it's just a bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up. not much of that, really — lots of sunshine to come and the winds will be quite light. a gentle southerly

breeze developing. some sea breezes are possible, but it's going to be a warmer day on sunday than it was on saturday. two degrees warmer generally for scotland and northern ireland, and for many parts of england and wales, temperatures will be four degrees higher than they were on saturday. the high pressure is still around as we move into monday, particularly across england and wales. there is this weather front, though, approaching the north—west. it does mean the sunnier skies will be for england and wales. the far north of england, but more especially scotland and northern ireland, will see more cloud and breeze. that weather front bringing a little bit of rain, but many places will be dry. some sunshine coming through. temperatures in scotland and northern ireland aren't going to change too much. it's across england and wales that the heat will be building. we could be getting close to 30 degrees in the south—east on monday afternoon. and generally across western parts of europe, temperatures are on the rise. that heat is pushing up from iberia, into paris for the olympics as well, and also across the uk. those temperatures rising quickly again for england

and wales on tuesday. could be over 30 degrees across the south—east of england. now, temperatures aren't going to be as high for scotland and northern ireland — 20 or 21 degrees quite widely. there will be a bit more cloud around here, but still some sunshine. it looks like being dry. plenty of sunshine for england and wales. there is more cloud, though, threatening to move from northern france across the channel, maybe bringing one or two showers. and this is where things start to change, really, because the pressure is going to be falling as we head into wednesday. some heavy showers moving up from the south, heading northwards overnight, and then this is when the weather changes. we've got showers and more cloud and slightly lower temperatures, i think, through thursday and friday. but the start of the week is going to be very warm and hot in places.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the israeli prime minister says he is cutting short his visit to the us in the wake of a rocket attack on the israeli—occupied golan heights that killed at least 12 people, including teenagers playing football. venezuela is heading to the polls in a few hours' time in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election with president nicolas maduro seeking a third term in office. new video has emerged of the events leading up to a police officer kicking a man in the head as he lay on the floor at manchester

airport last week. and its day two of the paris olympics as organisers cancel the swimming leg of the first triathlon training session due to pollution in the river seine. they are blaming rain in recent days. now on bbc news, click. this week's click is hot stuff. here is a man with a plan to power the planet. we believe that sticking

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