hello. we start this hour in the middle east. israel says it has struck a series of hezbollah targets deep inside lebanon. according to the army, terrorist infrastructure was hit, including stockpiles of weapons. it follows a deadly rocket attack on the israeli—occupied golan heights on saturday, 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. as we said, israel says it has struck a series of hezbollah targets deep inside lebanon. our correspondent barbara plett usher gave this update on what was being said.

the israelis carried out these strikes overnight in lebanon, in the southern part of the country, where those cross—border conflicts has been happening over the past months with hezbollah, but also further north in the bekaa. according to the the air force. and that is less common for the israelis to strike there. so i think that was probably a message that they are preparing for, for, for a larger operation. and certainly that is what the israeli officials are saying. the language that they're using is very tough. the defence minister has said, will ensure that hezbollah pays a heavy price for this loss. the finance minister is is calling for the the the the leader of hezbollah to pay with his head the the foreign minister's saying an all out war is approaching. so the rhetoric is pretty steep. there's going to be a security cabinet meeting later today when the prime minister returns from the united states to talk about what the next step will be. but i think everyone is expecting that the strikes that we saw overnight could be just the beginning of how the israelis will respond.

and what more details do we have about the rocket attack on the golan heights, in which at least 12 people died? well, that rocket struck a football pitch where where children and teenagers were playing football. it frankly, it could hardly have been worse than all —— all of the casualties are young people. many of the names have been released as well as the ages. the youngest was ten, the oldest was 16, and there was one family that lost four children. so it's a real tragedy. the funerals have started last night and they will continue later today. an eyewitness said that the sirens did go off when the rocket was in. —— was in the air, but there wasn't enough time to get to the shelter. the children were running towards the shelter, but the golan heights is very close to lebanon, and so the time before the warning came and the time that the rocket struck wasn't enough, and it struck between the children

and the and the shelter. —— and the shelter. so it was it was a very, very tragic and, uh, strike. and the leadership of the community has responded with great anger and great anguish against those who the hezbollah — they didn't name hezbollah — but they said against the terrorists who launched the strike, but also against the israeli authorities, saying that we really don't have enough protection here, uh, because we're right next to the border with lebanon. we need to have more protection. we've had strikes before, but this is just the deadliest one yet. hezbollah denying it was them. but israel, the idf giving details about the rocket and the bomb and saying it could only have been them. that's right. hezbollah had been carrying out some strikes earlier in the afternoon on saturday, for which it claimed responsibility, but it very strongly denied that it had hit the town of majdal shams. so when the extent of the damage became known, based on what it had said earlier, it was targeting an israeli military base in the area. so it's possible that one

of the rockets misfired. in fact, that seems probable. it's interesting to see the reaction in lebanon, because this conflict has been taking place between hezbollah and the israelis. but other constituencies in lebanon have responded clearly because they're very alarmed that this is going to lead to a bigger conflict, if not an all out war. the head of the druze community in lebanon, and i should say that the community that was hit in israel, in the israeli occupied golan heights, which is where majdal shams is located, was a community of arab druze. there are many druze also in lebanon, and the leader of that group did come out and condemn the killing of civilians. but he also said, look, hezbollah statement said they weren't responsible. we have to remember that the israelis tried to divide, incite discord and fragment the region with their efforts. and so he was putting the emphasis on israel rather than on hezbollah, and calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a ceasefire.

the lebanese government also has made various statements. it usually stays out of this ongoing conflict, but it again condemned the killing of civilians, but said that there must be a cessation of hostilities. the foreign minister has spoken recently and he said, look, i don't think hezbollah would have targeted this community. it's a community of arab druze, as i mentioned. and we have a large number of them in the country. perhaps it was a mistake either by hezbollah or by israel, but he clearly was worried that this would lead to a bigger conflict. and he said, we are talking with hezbollah and asking them not to retaliate at this present time. so i think the expectation is of a strong israeli strike. and clearly the lebanese authorities are trying to convince hezbollah not to respond to that. bbc correspondent paul adams is in golan heights. so this is where the explosion happened at about 6:30 last night here in majdal shams. you can see the crater

where the rocket landed. it blew this fence right out. and you can see children's bicycles and scooters, all among the wreckage here. and also, if you look at the fence, you can see shrapnel holes. and over in the corner, there are little pools of blood that they've tried to clear up. and there's blood also spattered on the walls. there is a bomb shelter right here next to the football pitch, and we're told that there was a siren moments before the explosion, but that no one had enough time to react. we're seeing a steady stream of visitors here in majdal shams today. government ministers, military officials and others coming to offer their condolences and also to talk about what israel does next. this is a part of the world where a conflict with lebanon, with the hezbollah fighters in lebanon has been raging ever since the war in gaza began in october. lebanon isjust over the mountain there. this is mount hermon.

lebanon is really close. the israelis say that the rocket that was fired came from a position not very far in that direction. syria is not much further in that direction. it's a very sensitive area. and at various times over the past nine, ten months, people have wondered, feared that this simmering conflict might explode into an all out war. israel has threatened a severe response in the wake of what happened here to the children here. the question is when and what form will that take? sami nader is the director of the levant institute for strategic affairs in beirut. he gave his analysis on the escalating tensions between israel and hezbollah up up to now, there is space for up to now, there is space for a up to now, there is space for a compromise is null. all diplomatic efforts to find a diplomatic

solution for this conflict had failed because of the fact the position of both parties are very far apart. on position of both parties are very farapart. on one position of both parties are very far apart. on one hand, position of both parties are very farapart. on one hand, has position of both parties are very far apart. on one hand, has bella is determined to come back to what happen before october the 7th. it wants to come back to october the 6th, while israel is fully adamant to change this rule of engagement in order to facilitate a return of all those people who were living in that corridor, their home. this is to say the area of compromise hasn't been found yet and things are on an escalation track. it is getting more and more dangerous by the day, the

prospect of an open scale war is higher than ever. because we are here in the face of a different scenario. it will either be a full—scale war or limited war that could derail into a full—scale war at any moment, because all the efforts to find a diplomatic solution have failed so far. let's speak to jotam confino in tel aviv. strong rhetoric coming from the israeli government in response to that attack. what is your analysis of what has been happening in the last 2a hours? i of what has been happening in the last 24 hours?— last 24 hours? i believe most israelis have _ last 24 hours? i believe most israelis have had _ last 24 hours? i believe most israelis have had enough - last 24 hours? i believe most israelis have had enough at l last 24 hours? i believe most i israelis have had enough at this point. most ministers in benjamin netanyahu's government calling for a response to just netanyahu's government calling for a response tojust more netanyahu's government calling for a response to just more aggressive attacks. the residents were still in

northern israel. some 60,000 israel have returned to this place and has bella started their attacks on october the 8th. those that are left behind when they feel like they have been abandoned because they suffer these attacks every day. those people are calling on benjamin netanyahu and the government to one central get rid of these has bella attacks coming from southern lebanon. —— has bella attacks. netanyahu could strike a deal in gaza which would cause a ceasefire. all he could abandon those negotiations and go to war with lebanon. he has those two options at this point. i do not think there is a middle ground. most israelis are fed up with the situation and they want either to get rid of hezbollah completely from southern lebanon all have a ceasefire to solve all of the

issues. ,, . ., ., , ., ., . ., issues. since the hamas attacks on october the — issues. since the hamas attacks on october the 7th — issues. since the hamas attacks on october the 7th and _ issues. since the hamas attacks on october the 7th and the _ issues. since the hamas attacks on october the 7th and the ongoing i issues. since the hamas attacks on | october the 7th and the ongoing war in gaza, there have been there a spark could ignite a much wider conflict. hezbollah is an enemy with 100,000 troops, with a large amount of munitions, backed by iran. do you really believe the israeli government would be prepared to take that on? flat government would be prepared to take that on? �* , ,., government would be prepared to take that on? �* , ., .,, , government would be prepared to take thaton?�* , ., , that on? at this point hamas is so damaaed that on? at this point hamas is so damaged in _ that on? at this point hamas is so damaged in gaza _ that on? at this point hamas is so damaged in gaza that _ that on? at this point hamas is so damaged in gaza that militarily i damaged in gaza that militarily israel would have the capability of starting to go to war in lebanon. the thing is, it is a completely different scale from what we have seenin different scale from what we have seen in gaza. there will be thousands and thousands of civilians killed both in lebanon and israel if israel invaded lebanon. hezbollah has 150,000 missiles as its capacity for some of whom can reach all of this well. so israel is prepared for this well. so israel is prepared for this but it will be with huge losses, losses we haven't seen so

far since october the 7th in terms of casualties. i believe that again most israelis want this to end one way or another but their patience is running thin. it cannot accept nine months into this war they still cannot live in their homes in northern israel. if it takes able to get rid of hezbollah, then so be it. —— takes a wall. get rid of hezbollah, then so be it. -- takes a wall.— -- takes a wall. netanyahu is headin: -- takes a wall. netanyahu is heading back _ -- takes a wall. netanyahu is heading back from _ -- takes a wall. netanyahu is heading back from his - -- takes a wall. netanyahu is heading back from his trip, i -- takes a wall. netanyahu is - heading back from his trip, where he had meetings with president biden, kamala harris and donald trump. we know there is a recommitment of the ironclad support for israel from president biden. if israel does go forward perhaps with the larger conflict in the north, what support do you think they will get from the us? we have had them urging for calm in the last 24 hours, as had the un and the eu. in the last 24 hours, as had the un and the eu-— in the last 24 hours, as had the un

and the eu. the us might not really have a choice. _ and the eu. the us might not really have a choice. if— and the eu. the us might not really have a choice. if israel— and the eu. the us might not really have a choice. if israel invaded - have a choice. if israel invaded lebanon, iran would likely mobilise all of its militias and they may even also themselves engage in war. they would not only hit israel, they would also hit american targets because they see them as a pair, as an alliance that should be it. american bases have also been hit throughout this war. the united states might not have an option, they might be dragged into this war and they might have to stand by israel's side. that doesn't mean they will send troops into lebanon but they might assist israel in attacking targets in lebanon and even attacking iranian targets in syria and iraq. their worst case scenario is a full on war between israel iran and israel and the united states. i think the last thing that biden will want is to have a full on war in the middle east. that is where he has done everything in his power to broker a

deal between hezbollah and israel. thank you forjoining us.— deal between hezbollah and israel. thank you forjoining us. it's day 2 of the olympic games in paris, and australia are currently leading the medals table after the first full day of competition. there is a news conference going on now. this is after the first triathlon training session had to be cancelled because of pollution in the river seine. we demonstrated once more — the river seine. we demonstrated once more the — the river seine. we demonstrated once more the aoc_ the river seine. we demonstrated once more the aoc commitment. the river seine. we demonstrated l once more the aoc commitment to the river seine. we demonstrated - once more the aoc commitment to lead by example across leadership positions. to give the key figures, the male members now account for 42% of the membership, which is an increase from 21% ten years ago. so double. women now will account at the end of the games to be precise to 46% of the board. female representation in the ioc commission

reached full parity, 50% from 10% ten years ago. so you see, when you have a willingness at the top, when you put gender equality is a key priority... we you put gender equality is a key riori ~ you put gender equality is a key priority- - -— you put gender equality is a key riori ~ , . priority... we were expecting them to talk about _ priority... we were expecting them to talk about the _ priority... we were expecting them to talk about the quality _ priority... we were expecting them to talk about the quality of - priority... we were expecting them to talk about the quality of the - to talk about the quality of the river seine, something in the run—up to the games had been a concern. the heavy rain over the past few days, heavy rain over the past few days, he is an issue still unfortunately today. it has meant the first triathlon training session in the river seine has had to be cancelled because of pollution. we'll keep an eye across that news conference and bring you any from that. —— any lines from that. the hosts, france, won theirfirst gold in the men's rugby sevens, comfortably beating fiji. this is the scene live in the city — the good news is the weather forecast says it should be sunny today. another 13 gold medals are due to be awarded in sports,

including archery, mountain biking and skateboarding. but the olympics say the swimming leg of the first triathlon training session has been cancelled because of pollution in the river seine. the decision was taken on the basis of water quality tests and officials are blaming rain in recent days. rowena birch is the president of britishjudo and former olympian. she spoke to us of the judo action to look out for today yes, today we've got chelsie giles competing. she got a bronze medal in tokyo in 2021. um, she was ourfirst british olympic medallist last time, so she's competing today. she's on great form. looks like she's got a reasonable draw. her sort of main opponent's, um, the japanese abe. but she's unlikely to meet her until the semi—finals, so it's looking strong. and she's... i'm very excited to watch it today and see how she gets on. um, as a team, we've got five women competing during the week, and i would say they've all got medal potential. you know, we had lucy renshall, who's been world number one. um, we've got three other athletes that are all... it's their olympic debut, but they've already shown that they're sort of on that

world class stage. um, we have emma reid, who got a bronze medal very recently in the world championships, who's on on, uh, thursday. so it's going to be a really exciting week ofjudo. and one of the things i love about the judo is on the day, pretty much anyone could win because it can be over in a second. if someone gets thrown flat on their back, that's an ippon. that's an outright win. the match is over. so if... even if there's sort of this person here looks like on paper that they should win, there's still a possibility for this person to catch them and get that win and then move on through. and psychologically, of course, that puts them in a very strong position. so it should be an exciting day. yeah. huge jeopardy there, as you say, could be over in a moment. you competed for team gb, didn't you? what was it — back in atlanta in �*96? so tell us how you feel on the day, what those athletes are going to be going through and how

they steady their nerves? i think it. —— i think it depends a little bit on where they're at. but i mean, i think for the people that it's their first olympics, it is just so exciting. i remember waiting outside the arena to go in for my first contest. and yourfingers, everything. you feel that adrenaline all the way through you. if you've done the preparation, you've got your best judo suit on. you've got your coach stood beside you. you then just know, right, i've just got to go and do it and i've got to enjoy it and i've got to make the most of it. and after that, you try and clear your mind so that you can just react quickly. um, and all ourjudo players would have done a lot of research on the different opponents that they're likely to have. so in the back of their mind, they're thinking, "all right, this one might be a high right hander. so therefore i need to be doing this". so there'll be a little bits of that. but it's a case of not getting overwhelmed with that. you've got to go out there

and do your ownjudo, have a clear mind to be action reaction. your opponent does one thing, and you've got to be react in an instant to even not get thrown or even to counter them. and then get the throw yourself. here in the uk, new footage has emerged of an incident at manchester airport which ended with a police officer kicking a man in the head. the cctv appears to show how three officers were trying to make arrests, when two men punched two of them to the floor. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has urged people to allow the authorities to continue their investigation. will vernon reports — and just a warning you may find some of the scenes distressing. new footage obtained by the manchester evening news appears to show more of what happened. the police are seen trying to detain one man before another starts to punch one of the officers. the man being detained in the light blue top also begins punching the female officers. he then appears to attack the officer holding the taser. after that, one of the female officers tasers the man.

you can then see another officer kick the man in the head when the footage ends. responding to the release of the video, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said it was a complicated situation, with two sides urging people not to rush tojudgement. he said... this is the footage that caused the initial controversy. no, we are normal civilians. apparently showing an officer kicking and stamping on the head of a man lying on the ground. 0h! move back, move back! the constable seen here has been suspended from duty. stop kicking people. the independent office for police conduct says he is subject to a criminal investigation. the full independent process has to be followed. it's clear that this is a complex, fast—moving incident,

but obviously there's no justification whatsoever for what we've seen, and i think the police have made that clear. that's why this officer has been suspended. but we've got to let the independent process follow its due course. as part of their investigation, the police have opened an online portal, where members of the public can submit information or material that could help with their inquiries. shame on you. the events of last week led to protests in rochdale, with some accusing greater manchester police of being institutionally racist. but the family of the men involved have appealed for calm, warning that extremists on all sides were keen to hijack this incident for their own ends. will vernon, 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 caracas. on sunday, venezuelans are going to the polls in the presidential elections. president maduro is seeking re—election, but the opposition feel they have real, real momentum in this campaign and, for the first time in decades, feel that there is potentially the chance of change. the opposition leader, though, maria corina machado, was banned from running as a candidate. she's been replaced with a candidate, edmundo gonzalez. and that's a number... one of a number of ways in which the opposition has been slightly kind of deterred in their campaigns so far. for example, food stalls that have served the opposition on their campaign rallies, on theirjourneys around the country have been closed down. in some cases, millions of venezuelans who live abroad have

been unable to register to vote. eu election observers were disinvited by the government, so there are quite big concerns about whether or not this election will be free and fair. the last election was widely dismissed as neitherfree norfair. the economy has been in freefall for the last decade, causing millions of venezuelans to move abroad. so there is a lot at stake in this election. both the economy here in venezuela, the democratic process as well, whether this will be a free election and whether venezuela will be and its government will be recognised again by the international community, but also migration to, as i mentioned, nearly 8 million venezuelans have moved abroad, particularly, for example, to the us. and there is questions about whether if president maduro is re—elected, that surge of migration could increase. polls are open until 6pm, so people will be voting all day. and it may be a while until we have declarations of results, both by the official electoral authorities, who are controlled by

president maduro and his government, and also by the opposition, who are doing their own independent counting process in this election. they argue that they will sort of independently verify results. if they feel like there has been an unfair result, they may well be trying to challenge that after the event. we will keep an eye on those results and bring you them as soon as they come into us. now, how much would you pay for a bikini? how about 175 thousand dollars? that's how much a gold bikini worn by carrie fisher in star wars: return of the jedi has been sold for. the star wars costume is one of the most famous outfits in film history. fisher's character princess leia wore the outfit as she was chained to jabba the hutt�*s throne

in the 1983 film. if you have seen the film you certainly will remember that out of it. —— certainly will remember that out of it. -- that certainly will remember that out of it. —— that outfit. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it's a sunny sunday out there for the vast majority of us, and over the next few days, a lot of dry weather to come, and for some it's going to turn increasingly hot as well, particularly to the south and the east of the country. this morning, though, the dry weather has been courtesy of an area of high pressure, that high pressure lasts throughout the day. it means that the skies have been fairly clear, a little bit of fair weather cloud building up into the afternoon, although in the northern and western isles and the fringe of the high pressure, we still have a bit more cloud. but even here some sunny spells, possible temperatures in these areas around 15 to 17 degrees with a little bit more breeze,

more so light winds, strong sunshine overhead and temperatures more widely into the 20s today, peaking at around 26 or 27 celsius towards the south east corner, around 22, in the north east of scotland. now into this evening and overnight, we will see some clear skies across scotland, northern ireland. but cloud actually increases later in the night, maybe some patchy light drizzle into the western isles before dawn. we'll see clear skies elsewhere. coolest conditions probably towards the south in rural areas, but maybe 13 to 15in northwest of scotland. we've got these weather fronts moving in for monday morning, so it brings a change here for monday across scotland and northern ireland. a lot more cloud compared with today. some outbreaks of rain, the western isles and then later in the day in the west of northern ireland. but most will be dry. and even though we'll have more clouds, still some sunny spells breaking through. a bit more high cloud across england and wales compared with today. but it's still going to be a sunny one nonetheless. and if anything, temperatures climb even further. 24 in the north east of scotland, 28, maybe 29, in the south east of england, and the humidity then builds

through monday night into tuesday, the nights becoming warmer. that's warmth coming up from the near continent. tuesday could be the hottest day as far as temperatures are concerned, especially towards the southeast corner. we could see 2930, maybe 31 celsius down a little bit, though, compared with monday across scotland and northern ireland. that's because we still have more cloudier and slightly fresher air pushed in off the atlantic as we go into tuesday itself. for england and wales, though, plenty of sunshine but hazy in places and we could just start to see a few showers and thunderstorms brew in around the english channel late in the day. that's as this area of low pressure drifts its way up for the middle part of the week. wednesday could be a stormy one. it does bring about a change. introducing atlantic air for the end of the week. so as we start dry, sunny and for some hot temperatures will drop, but still warm in the sunshine between the downpours.

this is bbc news, the headlines... israel says it has struck hezbollah targets deep inside lebanon — after a rocket attack on the israeli occupied golan heights kills at least 12 people, including teenagers playing football. it's 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 recent heavy rainfall. 13 gold medals are up for grabs on sunday. 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. 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. the biggest wildfire to hit california this year is continuing to spread rapidly, forcing around 4,000 residents to flee their homes. let's get more now on an incident at manchester airport last week and new footage has emerged which ended with a police officer kicking a man in the head. the cctv appears to show how three officers were trying to make arrests, when two men punched two of them to the floor. speaking to ben boulos on bbc breakfast, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has urged people to allow the authorities to continue their investigation. well, it is an extremely difficult situation, but at least this morning it has moved forward a degree because

people now have a fuller picture.