has returned to competition to try to add to her four gold medals. hello and welcome. the israeli airforce says it's carried out strikes against the hezbollah group in lebanon, after a rocket hit a football pitch in the israeli—occupied golan heights, killing 12 young people. the rocket struck a druze arab town close to the border with lebanon. the israeli defense minister blamed hezbollah but the group has denied any involvement. today funerals have been taking place in the town of majal shams. barbara plett usher has sent this report. impossible to count the losses when they are measured in the lives of your children. villagers gathered in the thousands to mourn their unspeakable tragedy.

this druze arab minority stayed in the occupied golan heights after israel captured it from syria. now, part of the front line in israel's conflict with lebanon's hezbollah. so many children and teenagers killed, the youngest just ten years old. this is the moment the rocket struck a football pitch in the middle of a game on saturday afternoon, with little warning and no time to run. rescue workers scrambled through the carnage to save who they could. they heard sirens. they ran to shelter. it might have taken them, like, 15 seconds but they couldn't reach the shelter because the rocket hit the site between the ground and the shelter. there were many people on the football pitch so there were many casualties. the attack can't really be described. israel's border with lebanon has been in conflict for months, fighting in parallel

with the gaza war. but this strike marks a new and dangerous phase. hezbollah denied responsibility. but israel is not buying it. the defense minister personally consoling the residence consoling the residents and promising to hit back hard. a terrible tragedy. innocent boys and girls. our heart breaks. and i told you, hezbollah is responsible for this and they will pay the price. israel's leaders are talking now about what that will be. majdal shams is consumed with grief. many fear their tragedy could push a simmering conflict into a full—blown regional war. barbara plett usher, bbc news, jerusalem. us secretary of state antony blinken said the us was working to prevent escalation and bring peace to the region. he was speaking from tokyo. one of the reasons we are continuing to work so hard for a ceasefire in gaza is notjust for gaza but also so that we can

really unlock an opportunity to bring calm, lasting calm, across the blue line between israel and lebanon. we are determined to bring the gaza conflict to a close. it's gone on for far too long, it's cost far too many lives. we want to see israelis, we want to see palestinians, we want to see lebanese live free from the threat of conflict and violence. we also heard from this resident of majal shams, the town hit by the strike. translation: our children are not more precious or more innocent - than children killed anywhere else, including in southern lebanon and in gaza. our children are not more precious than them. we are human beings, we want to live our lives in peace and tranquillity. we need to strive now to sign a deal and stop this war. we want to live, we don't want to die.

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in the israeli occupied golan heights at the site of saturday's attack. this is exactly where the rocket landed around 20 hours ago, you can see the force of the blastjust blew through the fence. there are bicycles and scooters, or child from the fireball that followed. —— all charred. as barbaro sang in her piece, the children had absolutely no time to respond the siren, they had no chance at all. we have been out in the town for the last hour or two, talking to people, as barbara pat usher says, this is a town utterly consumed by grief, you will crown the streets, there are little groups of people, working from house to house, dressed in black, going from one grieving family to another to express their condolences we have seen a procession of military officials, obviously a huge media

presents and israeli politicians. and of course the question is, how will israel respond? some wanted to be an extremely forceful response but i have to tell you, most of the people we have spoken to in majdal shams are extremely afraid of a wider escalation. the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham says we now have a fuller picture of the manchester airport incident, after new footage emerged late last night showing the moments before a police officer kicked and stamped on a man last week. the new video, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows two police officers being punched to the ground after trying to restrain one of the men. a warning — you may find this report by phil mccann distressing. the man in blue here is now known to millions as the man who had his head stamped on by a police officer. this new footage, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows what happened just beforehand. as police appear to try to apprehend the man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. the man in blue breaks free and more punches are thrown between him

and two other officers who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down as he holds a taser towards the man in grey. one of the other officers tasers him. and this footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. a man with his hands up, who is later hit on the back of the head with a taser, appears to be the same man seen in grey in the new video. it is an extremely difficult situation, but at least this morning it has moved forward, i'd agree, 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 was a very violent situation. issues on both sides. four people were arrested after the incident and released on police bail. a police officer is now facing a criminal investigation over kicking, stamping and using incapacitant spray. shame on you! the original video sparked protests,

including in the hometown of the brothers involved in the incident, in rochdale. we should be clear in that the actions of the officer, of kicking that person on the ground in that particular way, is very uncharacteristic of british policing and something that we are not used to, and should be called out as equally as the violence towards the police. greater manchester's chief constable has said the shock and upset caused in some communities is a matter of profound regret. phil mccann, bbc news. let's go now to our other main story today and the paris 0lympics. for the latest on day two of the games, let'sjoin maryam moshiri in paris. yes, welcome to paris and day two of the olympic games. after days of torrential rain, which affected the opening ceremony on friday, the sun is finally shining. the beautiful weather has brought out the visitors but it has come a bit too late

for the triathlon atheletes. their training session in the river seine had to be cancelled because the rain increased the pollution levels in the river. 0rganisers said the levels should go back to normal by the actual event on tuesday. let's take a moment now to bring you the top stories from the sports here and there are plenty of medals up for grabs today and lots of sporting legends in action. team gb�*s adam peaty qualified fastest for tonight's final as he chases a sensational third consecutive 100m breaststroke gold in paris. he is aiming to become the second man after the us star michael phelps to win the same individual event at three games in a row. in the tennis andy murray begins the final tournament of his career as he competes with dan evans againstjapan. but cameron norrie has pulled outjust hours before he was due on court, it's thought the british number two has suffered an injury. meanwhile rafael nadal makes his singles return which could set up a second round match with rival novak djokovic.

global gymnastics star simone biles is competing today. the most decorated gymnast in history had a difficult time in tokyo in 2020 but is back to her best and hoping to add to her 37 olympic and world golds. and if you like star spotting then you will love the gymnastics venue in paris today — it is a veritable who's who of celebrities. mission impossible and top gun star tom cruise is there, as are wicked the musical actors ariana grande and cynthia erivo. anna wintour — editor in chief of british vogue is also there to cheer on biles and all the other gynmasts competing today, as is olympic torch bearer and rap superstar, snoop dogg. as i mentioned, a big day for gymnastics, over at the bercy arena — a key culture and sport venue to the south east of the city, built back in 1984 with a distinctive pyramid shaped design.

as well as sports events, it's hosted shows from stars like madonna, daft punk and paul mccartney. but it's the gymnastics taking centre stage today, and particularly one woman. simone biles has returned to the games in spectacular form for team usa, after pulling out of events in tokyo with a mental block which she called the twisties. one of the world's greatest gymnasts, she's been working through the disciplines in the women's artistic gymnastics qualifying today. you can see the interest in her from this picture of the packed photographer pen as she competed. and this is what it looked like for other gymnasts. good in one way but not in another, because of the amount of pressure that must be on her.

team gb, who took the bronze in at the 2020 games, are waiting for the results after the men qualified yesterday. back to simone biles, her struggles have been well documented in the media, there is a documentary about her at the moment. joining me now is former team gb gymnast sam 0ldham. it's good to talk to you, you're very much a mental health advocate within the world of sport and gymnastics, how difficult must it have been for simone biles to make this come back after what happened in tokyo? it’s this come back after what happened in to 0? �* , ., this come back after what happened into o? �*, ., .,, in tokyo? it's great to be here, thank you _ in tokyo? it's great to be here, thank you for— in tokyo? it's great to be here, thank you for having _ in tokyo? it's great to be here, thank you for having me. - in tokyo? it's great to be here, thank you for having me. yes, | in tokyo? it's great to be here, i thank you for having me. yes, the spotlight was on her back in tokyo, when she pulled out of the competition, she was kind of front—page news all around the world and i think it would have been difficult then. after that, considering everything she had dealt with with the #metoo movement we'd had in gymnastics, all of that combined, and then pulling out of an

olympic games, and in many ways being called out for potentially quitting, iam being called out for potentially quitting, i am sure it was very difficult for her to come back. but look, shejust difficult for her to come back. but look, she just completed this morning. you listed of the stars and names that were watching her today in the arena. i don't think there's ever been that kind of spotlight or even interest in gymnastics, ever before, probably since the likes of nadia, natch a long time ago, so it's incredible for this purpose most important she competed incredibly well and showed no signs of the pressure that i'm sure she was feeling inside going into the games. was feeling inside going into the names. . ~' was feeling inside going into the names. ., ~ ., ., , ., games. talk to me a bit about what she described _ games. talk to me a bit about what she described as _ games. talk to me a bit about what she described as the _ games. talk to me a bit about what she described as the twisties - games. talk to me a bit about what she described as the twisties is - she described as the twisties is called the twisties by some, describe what this meant a blog is about. ,, �* , ,., describe what this meant a blog is about. ,, �*, ., �*, about. sure, it's something that's very common _ about. sure, it's something that's very common in — about. sure, it's something that's very common in gymnastics. - about. sure, it's something that's| very common in gymnastics. when about. sure, it's something that's i very common in gymnastics. when it came out at the time back in tokyo,

as being a gymnast myself, competed at very high level, lots of people would ask me about this, and i think one thing that may got lost in translation a bit was because in america, the language she uses in terms of the twisties, it sounds almost a bit comical, not quite serious. and i think that's why there was a bit of loss of translation and language that was used around that time. i've experienced it myself, essentially what it is, an athlete or a gymnast will want to do a certain skill that has a certain amount of twists, or maybe doesn't have any twists in it, and they have a mental block that happens where there are not able to perform that skill and end up performing something completely different. so in simone biles' case, the olympics in tokyo, she wanted to do a somersault on the vote with 2.5 twists. she got lost in the air and only 1.5 twists and essentially opened out too early and she was very lucky that she was ready for the floor, because it was completely blind landing, and you know, that

could be very, very serious. when you are two or three metres in the air, you don't have any idea where you are, it's a very scary thing. so she made the decision very quickly with her coaches to pull out. which says to me at that time, she was probably having issues with that in the build—up, will be in her training, and shejust decided, right, this is going to be very unsafe. and what she didn't want to do was go and have more mistakes or get seriously injured or potential put the team score atjeopardy. so that's essentially what it is. it's very common. we had an experience with this going into 2012 in my team, the men's gymnastic team that took bronze, one of my team—mates, at the beginning of the year, had a mental block on the floor with his dismount which was a back somersault with a twist, and what they ended up doing as a coaching team and as a team, he changed that skill to be a front somersault with no twists. he didn't have to worry about the twist and actually, he was the second to last gymnast that competed on the floor that secured the olympic bronze medalfor our

floor that secured the olympic bronze medal for our team, floor that secured the olympic bronze medalfor our team, which was the first medal in 100 years, but he did so with a brand—new temple that meant he didn't have to worry about going backwards and potentially doing the wrong skill, the skill he didn't plan to do —— with a brand—new tumble. so, yes, really difficult. brand-new tumble. so, yes, really difficult. . , brand-new tumble. so, yes, really difficult. ., , , ., difficult. really interesting to hear coming _ difficult. really interesting to hear coming from _ difficult. really interesting to hear coming from you, - difficult. really interesting to | hear coming from you, bronze difficult. really interesting to - hear coming from you, bronze medal winner at gymnastics 0lympic level, i really appreciate you talking about this, thanks very much indeed. we will try and get him back to talk about gymnastics may be at the end of the competition, he has a lot of experience, particularly in teaching young kids to come up through gymnastics. let's take you from the gymnastics. let's take you from the gymnastics arena to the aquatics centre. it was a busy night in the pool over at la defense arena to the west of paris last night, you can see it on one of our very well made maps here, which is hosting the swimming. it was gold for the usa in the men's 4 x 100 relay,

whilst australia took the top podium with an olympic record for the women. there was also a gold for australia in the women's 400 metre freestyle, and germany's lukas maertens took the gold in the men's race. there were also a lot of qualifying races setting up the finals for the next few days. team gb�*s adam peaty is looking for that third consecutive 100m breaststroke gold. after qualifying for tonight's final, he described himself as "the person with the bow and arrow and not the one being fired at." someone who knows adam better than most is his best friend, jack stevenson, who explained to me what he meant by that. he has come a long way. he's come from a point where he was sort of the bottom of the pack and no one really relied on him, and now as he is moved forward, the one that everyone is chasing rather than the other way round.— other way round. thank you for exolaining _ other way round. thank you for explaining that _ other way round. thank you for explaining that to _ other way round. thank you for explaining that to me. - other way round. thank you for explaining that to me. tell - other way round. thank you for explaining that to me. tell me | other way round. thank you forl explaining that to me. tell me a little bit about what adam was like to grow up with. he little bit about what adam was like to grow no with-— to grow up with. he was like any other friend, _ to grow up with. he was like any other friend, really. _ to grow up with. he was like any other friend, really. we - to grow up with. he was like any other friend, really. we have - to grow up with. he was like any - other friend, really. we have known otherfriend, really. we have known each other all my life. he's always

been the funny one, always made the jokes. his eye was been better than everyone else at everything he does. he has been the best friend i could ever have asked for, and i will probably say that's the same for a lot of other people as well. he is loving, he is caring and he wants nothing but the best for everyone around him. tell nothing but the best for everyone around him-— around him. tell me a little bit about the _ around him. tell me a little bit about the swimming. - around him. tell me a little bit about the swimming. that - around him. tell me a little bit| about the swimming. that must around him. tell me a little bit- about the swimming. that must have taken him away from your friendship, from his friends. it's gruelling, home to train for swimming. what was that like for him and for your friendship as well?— that like for him and for your friendship as well? very hard work. i think when — friendship as well? very hard work. i think when you're _ friendship as well? very hard work. i think when you're that _ friendship as well? very hard work. i think when you're that young - friendship as well? very hard work. i think when you're that young and | i think when you're that young and you get into anything, really, it's difficult, especially with swimming, because his whole life, sort of revolved around it. it's notjust a thing after school. it was before school, after school and everything around it. it was difficult. he has given up a lot to get where he is today. and he is still giving upa giving up a lot to be working is at this moment in time. i think when

you're that young you don't really understand what people are doing around you, you want to be a bit selfish, it's not fair that you can spend time with your best friend and things like that. it's challenging. it's very difficult, especially in europe such a young age, from when he started. —— especially when you are at such a young age. adam peaty�*s best friend jack talking to us, really amazing to speak to someone who knows him so well giving some insight into what it takes to become the best. and someone else who can give us insight is that the sport centric waiting for me now, gavin, over to you! i like that, thank you very much indeed! another big day to come at the olympics with plenty of big names in action — simone biles has made herfirst appearance at the games for team usa, in the artistic gymnastics qualification in the last hour, while her compatriots will start their bid for a fifth straight basketball gold medal when they take on serbia, who have the nba's mvp

nikola jokic in their team. later, great britain's adam peaty will aim to emulate michael phelps, by winning a third straight gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke. tennis continues today too. rafa nadal will play his singles match against hungary's martin fucsovics, despite concerns over a thigh injury. nadal won his doubles match with carlos alcaraz on saturday, but hinted he may pull out of the singles. team captain david ferrer says he is ready to play. but britain's cameron norrie has pulled out a couple of hours before he was due on court, due to injury. the british men's number two was set to play tallon griekspoor of the netherlands. and andy murray will start his doubles journey later with fellow brit dan evans. they take onjapanese pair taro daniel and kei nishikori in the first round at roland garros. the olympics triathlon swimming training session scheduled for sunday has been cancelled after recent heavy rain in paris affected pollution levels in the seine. paris mayor anne hidalgo promised a swimmable river for residents, will be a key legacy of the games, and took a dip in the build up.

but organisers say "the tests carried out in the seine revealed water quality levels, that in the view of the international federation of world triathlon, did not provide sufficient guarantees to allow the event to be held." they said they are confident that water quality would improve before the event begins on tuesday. convicted child rapist steven van de velde made his 0lympic beach volleyball debut on sunday, to a mixed reaction in paris, with audible boos. he and volleyball partner matthew immers lost 2—1 to italy's alex ranghieri and adrian carambula at the eiffel tower stadium earlier. his playing partner immers, speaking after the match, says he feels it was right that van de velde could compete at the games. we talked about it one time and we want to enjoy every moment on this stage because we qualified for it, we gave everything together for the best three years, two use, to qualify. i am best three years, two use, to qualify. iam really best three years, two use, to qualify. i am really happy about it, that we can stand here and so, next match we will give everything. you believe it is —

match we will give everything. you believe it is right that he is here at the olympics?— believe it is right that he is here at the olympics? yes, of course. we uualified. at the olympics? yes, of course. we qualified- we — at the olympics? yes, of course. we qualified. we gave _ at the olympics? yes, of course. we qualified. we gave two _ at the olympics? yes, of course. we qualified. we gave two use, - qualified. we gave two use, everything for it. i think it is right. —— we gave two years. day three of the third test is just underway at edgbaston, where england are looking for a 3—0 series win over west indies. the tourists, who started the day on 33—2, are currently 46—2 in their second innings, i beg your pardon, there and now 151-5 at i beg your pardon, there and now 151—5 at lunch on day three, and west indies lead, england closing in potentially if they can get the job done today or maybe tomorrow. update on the bbc sport website too. south korea's ryu hae—ran leads the canadian women's open after saturday's third round. she birdied the first four holes on her way to an eight—under 64, which means she has a one—stroke lead. american lauren coughlin, seeking her first lpga title, is currently in second, and japan's mao saigo third.

and aaronjudge hit his 37th home run of the season as the new york yankees beat rivals the boston red sox11—8. judge homered for the second straight night to raise his big league—leading total, and tied a career best with his tenth four—hit game. judge joins baseball royalty babe ruth and lou gehrig as the only yankees to reach base at least six times with at least three rbi — runs batted in — against the red sox. and in about a0 minutes' time, you can follow the belgian grand prix, where charles leclerc is on pole. follow that on our website — as well as all the latest from the paris 0lympics. and that's all the sport for now. 0ver over to you in the studio. thanks very much, we will see you later. a devastating wildfire has ripped through bushland in northern california, forcing around 4000 residents to flee their homes. it's been described as the biggest blaze to hit the state this year and is thought to have been started deliberately. duncan kennedy reports. it's california's biggest wildfire

this year, already burning through more than 300,000 acres of land. and it looks like some of it was started deliberately. a lot of our crews are what's doing called prepping, basically getting out ahead of the fire, um, finding those structures, communities, making sure those areas are more survivable should the fire go through. the centre of the fire is in northern california, in places like butte county, leaving homes and cars burning. . .and burned out. the same county was hit by another fire in 2018 that killed 80 people. agh! your house down there, too? and even when vehicles can move around in this cauldron of flames and smoke, the very sides of the roads are themselves on fire. in chico, brian is now sleeping out in the open, just his dog rescued from the inferno. right about the time i go out the door, i got two city pd officers at the door telling me i needed to get out. and, uh, well, i packed up

what i could pack up in the car — me and the dog — and i got out. sherry made sure she got out with all of her 12 dogs, her most precious companions, amid the other physical loss. as long as i have the dogs and they're safe, i don't really care about many material things, you know. a 42—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the butte blaze by rolling a burning car into a gully. it's already too late for many properties — here, just the brick chimney is left standing. elsewhere, rows of homes are evacuated, their owners in shelters. i want to go home right now, but, uh, those things can be replaced. lives can't, pets can't. you know what i mean? that structure will be replaced eventually. a state of emergency has been declared, as around 2,500 fire crews and emergency workers try to contain what they can, when they can. in some places, that means creating fire breaks and hosing down the ground to try to stop embers building back into fires. but wind and very dry shrub

are making this another summer of destruction. duncan kennedy, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. sunny skies with temperatures well into the 20s across much of the uk and whether you like it or not, the first half of the week will be really quite hot, particularly across southern and central areas of the uk. let me show you the satellite picture with the jet stream superimposed. here it is, this big ridge allowing the hot air to come in from the south,

that's the bad weather that was affecting paris and the opening ceremony. here in the uk, admittedly it is not clear everywhere, the blue skies for the south, in scotland and northern ireland have at it with a more hazy with fair weather clouds, and cooler around 21 celsius in belfast and glasgow, but the rest of the country, typically inland, in the mid 20s. so after a warm and sunny day, it will be a warm and clear night, but just to the north—west this weak weather front trying to push on, does not make much progress. but maybe some damp skies in the further north—west. but in the rest of the country, a dry and sunny morning. and we do it all over again on monday, with high pressure in charge and just weak weather fronts trying to move into north—western parts of the uk. so right from the word go, it is blue skies once again across many parts of england and wales. a little bit more cloud here in the north—west of the uk, just the risk of a shower here and there. so cooler, around 20 celsius, but the bulk of england and wales into the 20s and the high 20s expected across the south—east and east anglia.

and the heat will continue to build as we head through the course of tuesday. we see that hot air spreading in from france, quite oppressive for the olympics, in the south of france pushing a0 celsius, paris the mid 30s. here in the uk in the extreme case we might even get around 31 or 32 in some southern or south—eastern part of the country. i will speed up the weather forecast, tuesday into wednesday, then wednesday night with the heat, we are going to see some showers and thunderstorms developing, i think more especially by the time we get to thursday, but trying to pinpoint where they are going to be at this stage is going to be very hard. but here is the summary for the week ahead, this increasing cloud here indicating those storms starting to build by that stage. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines — 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 olympics, 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.

the mayor of greater manchester called it a "complicated situation." at least we have got a fuller picture this morning. let's allow investigators to do their work, and then bring the right actions as a result of those investigations. now on bbc news, pedal for paris. 500 miles, eight days, one destination. bbc sport is cycling from manchester to paris, looking at climate change and sustainability, as well as meeting some of the athletes heading to the games this summer. leading the peloton — chris boardman, former olympic champion cyclist and now sporting ambassador. climate change is not a political issue. it's a species—threatening issue. and so sport has to get involved too, and it is. here comes the rain.

today is an absolute scorcher. hottest day of the year.