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. and it confirms what i said last week, which is that this is a situation that escalated very quickly. it's a very violent situation, issues on both sides. the key now is that we allow the two investigations, the two parallel investigations to complete their work. so there is one investigation ongoing into a number of assaults. and that is a police investigation for people who are on police bail. and there is a second investigation into police conduct. so it's really important now, you know, lots of people have had their say on this very complicated situation in recent days. we understand that. but it's now important that we we go forward from here with those two investigations. so all of the right actions can be taken as a result. it's an absolutely fair point to allow the investigation to run its course. but people want answers.

there are tensions as a result of this. when will we know? when will the investigation give us answers as to what happened? so i do understand that frustration. and i felt it to a degree, because when you have footage that is subject to a potential criminal trial, it can'tjust be put out into the public domain. but, you know, the world in which we live is that some video emerges and other video can't be released. it's obviously a really complicated situation, but, you know, you can't put a timeline on these things. these are careful considerations that have to be made. about the whole incident. you know, looking at the whole thing start to finish and then the rightjudgements made as to the accountability for what happened. but as the mayor overseeing greater manchester police, have you been given a steer? have you asked for it? is it days, weeks, months? just a rough timeline.

well, i've said as quickly as possible. 0bviously, given the huge interest in the whole issue, and, you know, i think everyone could see that there is a public interest in that, but you can't really put a timeline on investigations. they take as long as they they take. at least now there is a fuller picture. as i said at the start, in the public domain. and it is, as i was saying last week, much more complicated than was first made out. you know, we live in a world where something appears, a fragment, and everybody rushes to judgement and then another fragment, and then everybody makes a judgement on that. it's very difficult. but now we should now accept that there are two parallel investigations. they've got to be allowed to complete their work, and then a line eventually will be able to be drawn. but as i say, there are serious issues here to be investigated on both sides. do you think the anger within the community and the public backlash that we saw initially

would have been as intense, had people seen this latest footage and knew that it wasn't isolated — what they had seen initially? well, yes. and i suppose if the whole picture had been put out straight away, it would have enabled people to make a judgement, a more rounded judgement. but as i say, it's not as easy as that. because sometimes footage will be used in a later trial, potentially. and it can'tjust be put out because that can have an impact on any potential proceedings. so, it's why in this social media age, we are kind of living now with situations where, you know, a partial picture is presented and everyone takes a sort of, if you like, a side about that, you know, a very kind of absolute position one way or another. and that's what we often see now. life is more complicated, isn't it?

the truth often lies in between. and i did say that last week. and i did also say to people, look, be careful. this isn't as simple as it looks. you know, time is needed here. there is a very complicated situation that has issues for all those involved. and, you know, to some degree, i think some people heard that. but, you know, here we are. we are where we are. i think at least we've got that fuller picture this morning. let's allow the investigators to do their work and then bring the right actions as a result of those investigations. mr burnham, you mentioned the social media impact. and there is a danger that in the absence of verified factual information in that vacuum, rumour speculation fills the void, isn't there? is that in your mind as this investigation, as you say, takes an unknown amount of time? yes, it certainly is. i think there's learning for everybody from this because this is a phenomenon of our times, isn't it?

that video will emerge from whichever source, but it will go out there and everyone then becomes a, you know, an expert on it and says, "oh, i know exactly." "and this is it," and makes a sort of absolutely sort of unequivocal judgement on the back of it. but, you know, life, as ijust said a moment ago, isn't like that. the risk is, of course, you get consequences from those judgements and that that furore that builds and that can have impact in communities, it can have an impact on public order. the thing i would say is politicians really shouldn't be part of that, you know, that rush tojudgement. but we have seen that this week on both sides of this and those people in positions of responsibility. and i, in my view, shouldn't be adding to the sort of clamour and the hype about around an incident. so i do think we have to learn

from this and, you know, from our side as well. everybody has to step back and and learn from this. these situations can be quite dangerous. you know, people's careers are on the line in these situations. i think, you know, we all feel for the police officers who were who were injured as a result of what happened. and, you know, there's a whole lot of stuff that kind of comes together. and it's really important, i think, learning from this that we, you know, we do it better the next time. it's not possible always for all of the video by everything to be in the public domain because of the nature of criminal investigations. but somehow i think certainly politicians need to lead from the front in not adding to the public furore. chancellor, rachel reeves, will make a statement to mps tomorrow where she will set out what she claims is the financial black hole in the public finances. it has been reported that ms reeves is set to officially delay a raft of road and hospital schemes as the chancellor seeks to fill an estimated £20 billion fiscal hole

she claims was left by the last conservative government. with me is our political correpondent, rajdeep sandhu. rajeep, good to see you. we are expecting her to talk about the financial black hole. we do not know the exact figure, but estimates range from between ten to 22 billions of pounds. it seems there could be delays to infrastructure projects. this morning we have heard from environment secretary steve reed under laura kunz berg show. he was asked about the state of finances. he accused the conservatives about covering up the state of finances saying that labour could not have known what was coming because things have changed since the election and conservatives have not been completely honest. he was rebutting questions about the fact

that the institute for fiscal studies has been quite clear that there will be these big financial challenges for whoever was the next government, but he is saying that actually, there were things that were not seen in the act is too precious on the finances this year. for instance, he talks about the rwanda scheme, the new labour government says it costs more than they had previously thought. he also spoke about improving flood defences on the pressure on the prison system and money to create new places would also be needed quite quickly to stand the issues there. but let's have a listen to what he had to say this morning. we knew the inheritance would be bad and i was _ we knew the inheritance would be bad and i was being flagged up through the election, but we have been into our office _ the election, but we have been into our office now, we have seen what is going _ our office now, we have seen what is going on_ our office now, we have seen what is going on and — our office now, we have seen what is going on and it is catastrophic. it going on and it is catastrophic. [it is going on and it is catastrophic. is worse? going on and it is catastrophic. it is worse? there _ going on and it is catastrophic. it is worse? there are _ going on and it is catastrophic. it is worse? there are things - going on and it is catastrophic. it is worse? there are things that l going on and it is catastrophic. it i is worse? there are things that we did not know _ is worse? there are things that we did not know through _ is worse? there are things that we

did not know through the - is worse? there are things that we did not know through the election, they deliberately covered it up. we will find out more about that tomorrow, but also today, one new candidate throwing their hat into the conservative ring. we candidate throwing their hat into the conservative ring.— candidate throwing their hat into the conservative ring. we have heard from aaain the conservative ring. we have heard from again pretty _ the conservative ring. we have heard from again pretty propel _ the conservative ring. we have heard from again pretty propel -- - the conservative ring. we have heard from again pretty propel -- priti - from again pretty propel —— priti patel today, she feels it is her right to win and she is the best candidate to lead the party and it is time to put personal vendettas aside and put the party in the country first. it is not about attacking left or right, it's about promoting conservative values. she does not think conservative failed at the election, but politicians and the infighting. she was very commentary about their party members calling them heroic, saying they should have more powers and be able to elect the party chair. throwing forward that it is party members

that will decide at the end of the lung leadership contest, who will emerge as leader throughout that. we are also expecting kemi badenoch to launch her campaign. she will have to do it before tomorrow. she is quite popular. that is according to surveys within the party. there is also potential around suella braverman, former home secretary. there is speculation that she could run, we have not heard from her yet. at the moment, we have five confirmed candidates in the latest is priti patel. confirmed candidates in the latest is ma patel.— confirmed candidates in the latest is priti patel.— is priti patel. reminders that the timin . s of is priti patel. reminders that the timings of all _ is priti patel. reminders that the timings of all this. _ is priti patel. reminders that the timings of all this. as _ is priti patel. reminders that the timings of all this. as you - is priti patel. reminders that the timings of all this. as you said, l timings of all this. as you said, 2.30 is the deadline. in ten mps have to nominate you.— have to nominate you. yes, ten mps have to nominate you. yes, ten mps have to nominate you. yes, ten mps have to nominate _ have to nominate you. yes, ten mps have to nominate you. _ have to nominate you. yes, ten mps have to nominate you. then - have to nominate you. yes, ten mps have to nominate you. then you - have to nominate you. yes, ten mps| have to nominate you. then you have to get your papers then. then we get

into the campaigning side of it, because things, social media frenzy, the full gambit of election. then they will vote for the final four, they will vote for the final four, they will vote for the final four, they will go to the conservative conference and show themselves there to the party membership and try and get support theirfrom to the party membership and try and get support their from their mps and whittle it down to the final two. that final to go out to the party membership and this will not conclude until the november two. to the olympics! 13 gold medals are up for grabs on the second day of competition at the paris 0lympics. swimmer adam peaty is hoping for a third successive gold in the 100—metres breast—stroke. it follows a strong start for team gb — securing two medals on the opening day of the games, asjoe lynsky reports. great 0lympic moments on the first days of the metals. for team gb, this statistic is their best since 1980. a silver and bronze are the first steps to the target.

by the end, they want at least 58 more. few seem destined as one for adam peaty. tonight, he could join a sports elite club. he goes in the hundred metre breaststroke. he won his semifinal and now could win gold for the third games in a row. oh, look at that. very good indeed. it is going to be an absolute privilege to be out there. we are both going through and i am loving it again. i saw a beautiful little shot of your son. don't be talking about my son, it makes me cry. he goes, "daddy, are you the fastest boy?" laughter. that is what he says. even if i had not seen him for two weeks, that is all he cares about, i guess. british success came in weather they were used to. 0n the streets, they postponed their skateboarding event. 0n the roads, it made for a time trial on a tight rope. a 32km race against rain. for some, four years of work slipped away on the cobbles. 0h, everybody is crashing. but britain's anna henderson

went for control. as a junior, she raced in slalom skiing and this year on the bike, she has broken her collarbone twice. in these conditions, just to cross the line was brave. the time was good enough for britain's first silver medal. it is a super cycling silver for great britain, for anna henderson! grace brown of australia won gold by more than 90 seconds. but henderson's career high had come about through caution. yeah, i was a bit of a grandma through the corners, but that paid off and i used the power on the straights. and, yes, i can't believe it! i burst into tears when i found out. so, all that effort this year seems to be worth it. to achieve a goal like this is unbelievable. in the men's race, josh tarling finished two seconds of a bronze. he lost time when he changed his bike for repairs. cruelly, the puncture meant he missed out on the podium. but, britain's divers were on the right end of a twist. yasmin harper and scarlett mew jensen moved into the medals when they took their last dive, but everybody expected australia to go past them.

0h! anything can happen in diving. a routine score would have put them in bronze, but on the left of the screen, a slip on the board. their agony had brought team gb history. bronze and a medal in a women's diving event, for the first time since 1960. it's been a thing. the girls have not had a medal in so many years, so coming in today, we really wanted to put our best foot forwards, and show what we can do and to come away with the first medal for so long in women's diving is incredible. this start to the games bought the hosts a lasting moment. cheering. this is antoine dupont, who since the rugby world cup, has learn to play sevens. nine months of work had led to this night. france had not qualified in tokyo

for the sport and in fiji, they beat the reigning champions. 69,000 fans here! hearts are exploding injoy. music: non, je ne regrette rien by edith piaf the first gold for france, dupont�*s greatest gamble. he left with no regrets. our sports correspondent, katie gornall, is at the bercy arena as excitment builds ahead of the women's gymnastics qualifying and further possible medals for team gb. well, there was excitement in the air here at the bercy arena as these fans gathering in the arena here get ready to get their first glimpse of simone biles in competition here in paris. she is, of course, a global superstar, the most decorated gymnast in history with seven 0lympic medals to her name, four of them gold. but remember, there was a time when we didn't know if we would see simone biles at an 0lympics again.

after the trauma that she experienced in tokyo, she withdrew from the team events at those games, most of the individual events after developing a mental block called the twisties that affected her spatial awareness mid—air. she took two years off competition after those games to focus on her mental health, but she is now here, back competing. she's calling this her redemption tour, and she will certainly receive an awful lot of support here later. first up though, in qualification is team gb. now they've been hampered by injuries coming into these games. they will hope to make it safely through to their team and individualfinals. there is so much, of course, going on elsewhere at the ladder france arena tonight. adam peaty goes in the final of the 100m breaststroke. now remember he is going for his third straight olympic gold medal in that event. he obliterated the field in tokyo in rio, but because of issues that he's had in his personal life,

some injuries and other problems coming into these games, it isn't quite the foregone conclusion that it has been in the past. however, he did qualify fastest for this final. he looks very calm, he looks very confident and i think there'll be a lot of excitement around team gb for that race. also at roland garros, we're going to see andy murray in first round action in the men's doubles. he's playing alongside dan evans. he's got four olympic gold medals to his name. murray, two of them gold. and remember this is his final tournament before heading into retirement and bringing the curtain down on a glittering career. so he'll want to go deep into that tournament and continue this great start that team gb have been enjoying to these games. earlier we spoke to morgan ayre, a freelance journalist who is at the games in paris. she told me more about what the atmosphere is like. paris has been really buzzing the last couple of days. i'm actually at the

rowing at the minute. it's a real family atmosphere. the river is just back there where they're competing. there's also lots of families around. there is even a tent where you can practise your rowing on the machines to see how fast you are, see if you can get up to olympic standards. we've already seen the women's skills, the men's skills, and we're waiting a little bit later for the women's four heat, where we'll of course see britain's helen glover. and it'sjust a really great atmosphere. and after two days of absolutely miserable weather, the sun has finally come out in the city and everyone seems to be having a really great time. i've seen a lot of a lot of dutch flags here at the rowing, but i've also seen some team gb supporters as well, along with a few german flags as well. so it's a real mix of people and everyone seems really good. there's some applause behind me. i think there's a race going on at the minute. yeah, there is indeed. all in all, a really good atmosphere, and it feels quite festival—like at the minute, i would say. and what's the reaction been to the cancelling of the first triathlon training session? because the river senne is polluted.

because there's been so many questions about the fast flowing water and pollution and whether or not it would be okay. and it seems, well, you know, day two, it isn't. yes. well, as you probably saw on the opening ceremony day, it absolutely poured with rain, as i experienced firsthand, it was a very soggy affair, and that has obviously affected the water quality in the seine. now, the olympic organisers are very confident that they can have the water cleaned up and the levels returned to the safe levels that they need it to be by the men's competition, which starts on tuesday. so 0lympic organisers are confident. so we've got men triathlon on tuesday and the women's on wednesday. if not, i think they do have some plan b's, including maybe making it a duathlon or moving it here to this venue. i know they're talking about marathon swimming, which is later in august. they will move here if needs be, but at the minute organisers seem okay about it. and it seems like it, obviously it's disappointing for the athletes

who will want to familiarise themselves with the course and the seine, but unfortunately today it's just not possible. but hopefully, hopefully by tuesday they will have it ready. and tell us about simone biles, one of the most famous 0lympians, one of the most decorated gymnasts in history. and what can we expect in terms of action from her today? yes. so this is the first day the olympic team are going to be doing their qualifying. they're also going to be doing the gymnastics individual runs today and the team as well. so simone biles will be competing. as you may remember, simone biles pulled out in tokyo 2021. she kind of said she had some mental health concerns. she was a bit, she had what they call the twisties, you know, a mental blockage where she couldn't quite... she was a bit scared to make her landing. she seems to be performing really well. she did get gold in

the trials in the us women's olympic trials. and she has seemed to be performing well. she's obviously got a new documentary out which came out quite recently, where she talked about her struggles and her comeback to the sport. so today will be the first time that we will see her in action since tokyo. and i think a lot of people are looking forward to that today as well. just want to bring you some breaking new lines coming in from the us state secretary antony blinken in japan. he has been holding a news conference there. he has been responding to the news that israel has conducted air strikes on the hezbollah occupied lebanon. the rockets that hit golan heights have been proven to be hezbollah. he says that he stands by citizens being

defended from attacks. he says they are in conversation, the us with israel and they do not want to see the conflict escalate. and camera is panning there to several people holding the news conference there. those are the latest lines coming in to us from the us secretary of state. and there we can see him there in the middle on the left—hand side. 0urtelevision there in the middle on the left—hand side. 0ur television presenter... the television presenter laura whitmore has alleged presenter... she was subjected to inappropriate behaviour while taking part in strictly come dancing eight years ago. she didn't name who was involved in her case, but she was paired with professional dancer giovanni pernice, who's previously denied threatening or abusive behaviour — and since left the programme. in a statement on social media, laura said: "i thought my experience was specific to me but i've since learned i was wrong.

the aim of this is to show a pattern of behaviour that i believe needs to stop. i am not looking for anything, just an acceptance that what happened to me in the rehearsal rooms during my time on bbc strictly was wrong and that it won't happen to anyone else again." the blackpool illuminations have been a draw for visitors for more than 100 years and preparations are already under way ahead of this year's switch on. earlier this week, some of the upcoming displays were revealed and our reporter ian haslam went to take a look. blackpool�*s big switch on is the biggest night of the year. the illuminations illuminati has been led and now he has come up with a donkey base feature. tell me about this. it is either the work of a genius or a madman.- this. it is either the work of a genius or a madman. you are absolutely — genius or a madman. you are absolutely right, _ genius or a madman. you are absolutely right, it _ genius or a madman. you are absolutely right, it is - genius or a madman. you are| absolutely right, it is perfectly poised between pleasure and pain. donkeys are synonymous with blackpool and i love ice cream and i love rushing altogether. now people

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sure it is still fantastic. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. 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, most 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 15 in 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. 2a 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 29, 30, 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. live from london, this is bbc news. funerals are taking place for a dozen young people killed by a rocket attack in the israeli—occupied golan heights. israel has blamed the lebanese militant group hezbollah, which denies involvement. it's day two of the paris 0lympics — and one of the most decorated gymnasts in history, simone biles, has returned to competition to try to add to herfour gold medals. 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. venezuelans are voting in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election — with president nicolas maduro trailing his rival in opinion polls. the biggest wildfire to hit california this year is continuing to spread rapidly, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes. hello. we start this hour in the middle east. us secretary of state antony blinken warned against an escalation in the region — after israel says it has struck a series of his brother 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