and one of the most decorated gymnasts in history, simone biles, has returned to competition to try to add to her four gold medals. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to bbc news. 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 defence minister blamed hezbollah, but the group has denied any involvement. today funerals have been taking place in the town of deal shams. ——of majdal shams. barbara plett usher sent this report. impossible to count the losses when they are measured

in the lives of your children. villagers gathered in their 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. explosion. 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. translation: 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 at 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's not buying it — the defence minister personally consoling the residents and promising to hit back hard. translation: 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 the tragedy could push a simmering conflict into a full—blown regional war. barbara plett usher, bbc news, jerusalem. we also heard from residents 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 how the force of the blastjust blew through this fence. there are bicycles and scooters that are all charred from the fireball that followed. and there is an air—raid shelter, but as barbara was saying in her piece, the children had absolutely no time to respond to the siren. they had literally a matter of seconds. they had no chance at all. we've been out in the town for the last hour or two talking to people. and, as barbara says, this is a town

utterly consumed by grief. you walk around the streets here, there are little groups of people walking from house to house, everyone dressed in black. they are going from one grieving family to another to express their condolences. we have seen a procession of military officials, obviously a huge media presence, and israeli politicians, as well. and of course the question is, how is israel going to respond? some people want it to be an extremely forceful response, but i have to tell you — most of the people we have spoken to in majdal shams are really afraid of a wider escalation. paul adams in the israeli—occupied golan heights. benjamin netanyahu has arrived back in israel after cutting short a trip to washington. he has been meeting his security cabinet in tel aviv. let's speak to our middle east correspondent mark lowen, who is in jerusalem. what more do we know about this meeting that has been taking place? a security cabinet meeting that has

been happening for the last couple of hours or so involving the prime minister, defence minister and other top—level ministers. it is the wide expectation that it will green light a retaliation in lebanon. the big question, as paul alluded to there, isjust how extensive question, as paul alluded to there, is just how extensive it that retaliation will be. there are some reports that have come through that suggest the pressure on the cabinet not to hit a major urban centre like beirut, for example, but clearly we have had comments from israeli ministers, the foreign minister saying the head of hezbollah should be with his head and we had benjamin netanyahu himself saying that hezbollah will pay a price it has not played up until now. so the expectation is israel will hit back hard, but that said, there is so much international pressure on both sides on the israelis and on hezbollah not to allow this to

become an all—out war because, of course, the fear it could become some kind of regional conflagration, potentially pulling in iran as well, which is, of course, a sponsor of hezbollah, which is the most important proxy of iran in the middle east. if they were to be pulled into some kind of regional conflict, that would really raise huge fears of a wider regional inferno. , , ., m, ., inferno. pressure to de-escalate. and we know _ inferno. pressure to de-escalate. and we know talks _ inferno. pressure to de-escalate. and we know talks to _ inferno. pressure to de-escalate. and we know talks to try - inferno. pressure to de-escalate. and we know talks to try and - inferno. pressure to de-escalate. and we know talks to try and get| inferno. pressure to de-escalate. | and we know talks to try and get a ceasefire on the table are going to resume in italy. this comes, of course come a day after the israeli strike on a school which killed at least 30 people. where do you see those talks heading in the context of what has happened now in the last 24 of what has happened now in the last 2a hours, and at the activity on the other side of the border? tiara 24 hours, and at the activity on the other side of the border? two parts, two france — other side of the border? two parts,

two france that _ other side of the border? two parts, two france that israel— other side of the border? two parts, two france that israel is _ other side of the border? two parts, two france that israel is fighting - two france that israel is fighting and they are linked because the cross—border fire from hezbollah into israel began at the day after the seventh of two france. they launched attacks into israel basically in solidarity to hamas, believing in the destruction of the israeli state. the probability of coming down on both fronts are low, the six talks with hamas have been a stubborn start for so long so expectations of a breakthrough talks in rome are low. those who went to represent israel in rome have come back for talks on the hezbollah front of israel has been basing more demands on hamas and hezbollah had previously said it will not have a tracer ceasefire with israel until

there is a ceasefire in gaza with my, so the two conflicts are linked. the question, of course, is that whether israel would now be ready to open up a really significant military front against hezbollah, a second front while it is still fighting hamas in gaza. israeli troops are stretched in gaza, munitions potentially running low, and benjamin netanyahu is weakened at home, his critics claiming he is prolonging the war in gaza because he does not want to face elections here, he does not want to potentially face the end of his political career in israel. could he be tempted to open up a significant second front with hezbollah, to some extent for domestic political purposes? so it is a really complex picture at the moment and the escalation of the conflict with hezbollah has come to gidey things even further. fix, hezbollah has come to gidey things even further-— even further. a mark lowen in jerusalem. — even further. a mark lowen in jerusalem, thank _ even further. a mark lowen in jerusalem, thank you - even further. a mark lowen in jerusalem, thank you very - even further. a mark lowen in i jerusalem, thank you very much.

jerusalem, thank you very much. conflict with hezbollah has complicated things even further. lebanon's foreign minister, abdallah bou habib, told the bbc that he didn't think that hezbollah carried out the strike. he condemned the attack and said an international investigation was needed to find out what happened: the government of lebanon first condemns the killing of civilians wherever they are. hezbollah is denying it, and hezbollah usually even in israel has been hitting, you know, military targets, not civilian targets. so in the golan heights it knows that there are civilians there, i don't think hezbollah would do it. there could be another organisation or a mistake by the israelis, or a mistake by hezbollah. i don't know. we need really an international committee to investigate this event. he added that an escalation of the situation was not in anyone's interests. we are concerned in lebanon. the government is concerned and the people are concerned. i don't think it should happen. if it happens, it's a disaster for everybody because there's going to be a regional war.

yes, there's going to be a lot of destruction in lebanon, but there would be also lots of destruction in israel as well. a lot of people would be killed. i think the israelis better think before they do that. this is a disaster what happened in the golan today, but it doesn't mean that we should go for more destruction and more killing. in the last few hours, hezbollah says it has carried out two attacks on israeli soldiers close to the lebanese border in response to the israeli retaliatory strikes into lebanon. let's speak to our correspondent in tyre in lebanon, hugo bachega. get to. bring is up—to—date on elated strike that hezbollah reported about. we elated strike that hezbollah reported about.— elated strike that hezbollah reorted about. ~ ., ., ., ~ reported about. we had to make statements _ reported about. we had to make statements of _ reported about. we had to make statements of -- _ reported about. we had to make statements of -- on _ reported about. we had to make statements of -- on the - reported about. we had to make statements of -- on the latest i statements of —— on the latest strikes. we had two statements and one of the attacks happened in a

town where reports are a house was hit, but there were no reports of casualties. just hours ago, we saw plumes of smoke here in the area of tyre, a city kilometres from the border, and it was a response following those attacks. this is happening today as we are waiting to see the result of these meetings of high level officials, including the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who are now discussing, as we speak, the possible is really to that attack that happened yesterday. reports here in lebanon suggest the authorities have considered this attack to be a certainty, but efforts now are happening behind the scenes to try to contain the scale of this response. as mark was singh from jerusalem, to try to avoid a big

population centre here in the country, including the capital, beirut, which has not really been affected by the war that has been happening, this conflict that has been happening between israel and hezbollah since october. so most of the violence has been contained to the violence has been contained to the border area between the two countries, but since those attacks started, we have been talking about the possibility of a miscalculation and it could have been that the attack that happened yesterday was a miscalculation that could trigger further violence and an escalation of these attacks that have been happening between israel and hezbollah. we also heard from the lebanese foreign minister saying there have been conversations between the government and hezbollah to try to convince hezbollah not to retaliate if there is a massive is really attack, but we are waiting to see the result of this meeting happening right now of top israeli government officials. hugo bachega

with the latest — government officials. hugo bachega with the latest from _ government officials. hugo bachega with the latest from lebanon. - government officials. hugo bachega| with the latest from lebanon. thank you very much for the moment. let's speak to firas maksad now. he is a senior fellow and senior director for strategic outreach at the middle east institute — a think tank in washington dc. he joins us from turkey. welcome to the programme. we have heard from various correspondence in the region and it seems to be that the region and it seems to be that the likelihood of this escalating is pretty likely. the question more is what form it might take. what do you think might come next?— what form it might take. what do you think might come next? thank you for this tood think might come next? thank you for this good question. _ think might come next? thank you for this good question. listen, _ think might come next? thank you for this good question. listen, there - think might come next? thank you for this good question. listen, there is i this good question. listen, there is a were coming. the question is what kind of work what the scope of that war is, but there is no doubt that after the israeli military cabinet meets tonight, there will be an escalation —— there is a war coming.

i have argued in my writings before, including recently in time magazine, that this war should be contained to the largely depopulated areas of south southern lebanon and northern israel. these areas have been vacated and over 100,000 lebanese have left and israelis have left and any good scenario, a positive outcome here, this escalating conflict will be limited away from the large population centres, away from beirut and tel aviv and so on. unfortunately, as we saw in that attack in mesa jams, miss calculation is happening in the fog of war and the concerning the various capitals now is what comes next can very quickly get out of hand. i5 next can very quickly get out of hand. , ., , ., , next can very quickly get out of hand. , ~, hand. is there any way diplomacy can match at the — hand. is there any way diplomacy can match at the tensions _ hand. is there any way diplomacy can match at the tensions down. - hand. is there any way diplomacy can match at the tensions down. we - hand. is there any way diplomacy can | match at the tensions down. we have heard from antony blinken and the uk foreign secretary at swell. there have been condemnation of the attack on the occupied golan heights, but

in the end, is a the anything diplomats can do to change the course of where this appears to be heading? pt course of where this appears to be headint ? �* ., ., course of where this appears to be headin. ? �* ., ., . ~ course of where this appears to be headint?�* ., ., ,". ., heading? a lot of back channel diplomacy. _ heading? a lot of back channel diplomacy, particularly - heading? a lot of back channell diplomacy, particularly between washington on one hand and iran as the sponsor, funder and armour of hezbollah, but so far that has not led to much results. the op hezbollah will contain its reaction to the upcoming israeli offensive and we would be scratch might begin to de—escalate again —— the hope is hezbollah will contain its reaction. this conflict has ebbed and flowed so both sides are keen not to get into a all out war that devastates lebanon and israel, but that does not mean we will find ourselves there through miscalculation. there is also ironically plan on the table, an american, french initiative to de—escalate which would see some of hezbollah�*s forces moved away from the border in return for israel withdrawing from some of

these contentious border areas on these contentious border areas on the so—called blue line, however, hezbollah insists that plan a negotiation will not be put into effect until there is a tree is achieved in gaza which remains elusive. ., ~ , ., , . achieved in gaza which remains elusive. ., ~ , . ., elusive. thank you very much for shafint elusive. thank you very much for sharing your _ elusive. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts _ elusive. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on - elusive. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on what i elusive. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on what is | elusive. thank you very much for. sharing your thoughts on what is a very feeble situation at the moment. i firas maksad, seniorfellow and directorfor i firas maksad, seniorfellow and director for strategic outreach at the middle east institute based in washington, dc —— a very febrile situation. the uk foreign secretary, david lammy, has been responding to the strike, condemning what happened, in this tweet saying, "we are deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation and destabilisation. we have been clear hezbollah must cease their attacks."

let's go straight to paris and other big story, the olympic games, with maryam moshiri. welcome to paris and day 2 of the olympic games, where the sun has been shining on the city of light. it comes after days of heavy rain that meant swim training for triathletes in the river seine was cancelled today after the water quality worsened. athletes will be hoping it improves before the triathlons get under way on tuesday. today has seen a number of the world's most famous athletes in action — and day two is not over yet. in just a few hours, team gb's adam peaty will be back in action at the pool. he's looking to defend his consecutive gold medal titles from the games in rio and tokyo in the men's 100 metre breastroke. also happening tonight in the pool, one of france's most anticipated 0lympic hopefuls —

leon marchand will be hoping to secure his first olympic gold medal he's qualified first in the men's 400 individual medley. he energised the crowd during heats earlier at the la defence arena. in tennis, spain's rafel nadal won his first match, setting up a second round showdown against novak djokovic in the men's singles. and in the men's doubles, britain's andy murray plays later — this 0lympics being the last tournament of his career. also india won their first medal of the games — manu bhaker won bronze in the 10 metre air pistol, joining an exclusive club of indian 0lympic medalists. but it's been gymnastics and simone biles who have dominated conversation in paris today. the most decorated gymnast in history bounced back with a dazzling performance earlier after a difficult time at tokyo 2020. at the gymnastics, including mission impossible star tom cruise, vogue editor—in—chief

anna wintour also in attendance, as was 0lympic torch—bearer snoop dog. all eyes were certainly on simone biles — take a look at these two photos taken of the press pen for photographers at the gymnastics venue. this was the scene in the arena during competition before simone biles took to the floor. and this was during her routine — you can see the huge gaggle of photographers making sure they get the best shot. following simone biles' difficulties at the games in tokyo, the former team gb gymnast sam 0ldham talked us through the immense pressure simone is facing in paris. 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 incredbly 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, i am sure it was very difficult for her to come back. but, look, she'sjust competed this morning. you listed off 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 comaneci a very long time ago. so it's incredible for the sport, but most importantly, she competed incredibly well and showed no signs of the pressure i'm sure she was feeling inside going into the games. as we mentioned at the top — another busy night expected

at the swimming finals in a few hours. 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 adam peaty�*s best friend, jack stevenson, who explained to me what he meant by that. he has come a long way and from a point where he was at the bottom of the pack and no one relied on him and now, as he has moved forward, he is the one everyone is chasing, rather than the other way round. thank you for explaining that to me. tell me a bit about what adam was like to grow up with. he tell me a bit about what adam was like to grow up with.— like to grow up with. he was like an other like to grow up with. he was like any other friend, _ like to grow up with. he was like any other friend, really. - like to grow up with. he was like any other friend, really. we i like to grow up with. he was like| any other friend, really. we have any otherfriend, really. we have known each other all our life, he has always been the funny one, made thejokes, always better has always been the funny one, made the jokes, always better at has always been the funny one, made thejokes, always better at everyone else in what he does. he is probably the best friend i could ask for, and i would say that is the same for a lot of other people as well. he is loving, caring, and wants nothing but the best for everyone around

him. ., , but the best for everyone around him. . , ., h, him. tell me a little bit about the swimming- _ him. tell me a little bit about the swimming- it— him. tell me a little bit about the swimming. it must _ him. tell me a little bit about the swimming. it must have - him. tell me a little bit about the swimming. it must have taken i him. tell me a little bit about the l swimming. it must have taken him away from your friendship, his friends, away from yourfriendship, his friends, it away from your friendship, his friends, it is grilling having to train for friends, it is grilling having to trainforswimming. friends, it is grilling having to train for swimming. what was that like for him and your friendship as well? very hard work. i like for him and your friendship as well? very hard work.— like for him and your friendship as well? very hard work. i think when ou're well? very hard work. i think when you're that — well? very hard work. i think when you're that young _ well? very hard work. i think when you're that young and _ well? very hard work. i think when you're that young and you - well? very hard work. i think when you're that young and you get i well? very hard work. i think when you're that young and you get into| you're that young and you get into anything, really, it is difficult, especially with swimming, because his whole life revolved around it. it is notjust like eating after skill, it was before school, after—school, and everything around it. it was not likejust after—school, and everything around it. it was not like just after school. he is still giving up a lot to where he has this moment in time. i think probably when you're that young, you do not understand what people are doing around you and you want to be a little bit selfish and it's not fair you can spend time with your best friend and things like that. it's challenging. yeah, it's very difficult, especially at

such a young age from when he started. , , , ., elsewhere at the games today — controversy at the men's beach volleyball, as the dutch player steven van de velde — a convicted child rapist — was met with boos at his 0lympic debut. he was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016, but was selected for the dutch team. fans outside the venue gave their reaction to his inclusion at the games. we want to ask you about stephen van de velde? i'm not going to comment. um... i don't want to answer that question, i'm sorry. will you support him today? i will support matthew immers. i'm very astonished that a raper, as a supporter, is now playing the beach volleyball tournament. he should not be allowed to play. are you aware of his story? yes, lam. i think it's no longer an issue. do you think it was right he was selected for the olympics? of course, because he has been punished and now it is over and he can continue with his life.

controversy aside, the beach volleyball is taking place today, as it is at the skateboarding as well. we have seen the rowers in action and also the artistic gymnasts, both the women's team, gb, america, and it has been really busy day of sport, which will get even busier. tomorrow, we will have 19 gold medals up for grabs, so as the weather hots up here in paris, the sporting action is hotting up as well and the temperature is supposed to be hitting about 35 celsius or 31t by about tuesday, which will be really, really hot, especially for a lot of the outdoor events here in france. it will be interesting to see how it all pans out over the next few days. back to the studio. studio: thank you very much. i hope you're squashing the mosquitoes away and we look forward to hearing from you throughout the olympics in paris! before we go, how much would you pay for a bikini?

how about $175,000? 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. 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, and the dip in thejet stream with the weather fronts there — that's the bad weather that recently affected paris and the opening ceremony. here in the uk, admittedly it is not gin—clear everywhere,

the blue skies are further south. in scotland and northern ireland here, it's a little 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's going to be a warm and clear night, but just to the north—west this weak weather front is trying to push in, it does not make much progress. but maybe some cloudier skies and damp weather here in the far north—west. the rest of the country — it's 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, and just the risk of a shower here and there. so cooler, around 20 celsius, but the bulk of england and wales again well into the 20s and the high 20s expected across

the south—east and east anglia. and that heat will continue to build. as we head through the course of tuesday, we see that hot air spreading in from france, really quite oppressive for the olympics, in the south of france pushing 1t0 celsius, paris the mid 30s. here in the uk in the extreme case we might even get around 31 or 32 in some southern and south—eastern part of the country. now i'm going to 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 then for the week ahead, this increasing cloud here on the weather apps, that's an indication of those storms starting to build by that stage. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... funerals have been taking place for a dozen people killed by a rocket attack in the israeli—occupied golan heights. israel has blamed the lebanese militant group hezbollah, which denies involvement. 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. venezuelan president nicolas maduro has cast his ballot in caracas in a crucial presidential election. he is seeking a third consecutive term in office, amid allegations that the opposition has been harassed and the vote may

not be free and fair. the biggest wildfire to hit california this year is continuing to spread rapidly, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes. the so—called �*park fire' — which started after a suspected arson attack — has consumed over 350,000 acres of land. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. there was more joy for france at their home 0lympics. pauline ferrand—prevot with their second gold of the games. it came in the cross—country mountain bike. the circuit at ellancourt hilljust outside the city has been criticised for not being hard enough, but the five—time world champion, who had never won a medal at the olympic games in three previous attempts, streaked clear of the field to win by almost three minutes

from the american haley batten, who won silver, and sweden'sjenny rissveds won bronze. three years after suffering from the so called twisties at the tokyo 0lympics, that temporary loss of spatial awareness, simone biles looks back to her best as she led the usa team in securing qualification for tuesday's women's team final. starting out on the beam, biles went on to produce performances in all four of her routines in a score good enough to win the past three all—round world championships. the only slight concern is that she has aggravated a calf injury. tennis continues today. rafa nadal set up a blockbuster second round clash with novak djokovic having overcome both hungary's martin fucsovics and concerns over a thigh injury. nadal won his doubles match with carlos alcaraz on saturday, but hinted he may pull out of the singles. he won the first set comfortably, 6—1. but lost the second. into the decider, nadal won the crucial break in game five

before taking the third 6—4. andy murray will start his doubles campaign soon soon, his final competitive appearance, alongside dan evans. they take onjapanese pair taro daniel and kei nishikori in the first round at roland garros. evans won his singles match a short while ago. cam norrie has pulled out of the singles with an injury. to basketball, where team usa, 0lympic champions at the past four games are playing their first match in paris. they are facing a tough opener against serbia, whose star man is nba two—time most valuable player nikola jokic. kevin durant scored 21 points for the states in the first half as they led by nine points at the break. into the third quarter and it's 57—65. 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. there was a british one—two at the belgian grand prix as george russell held off his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton at spa but russell's car was found to be 1.5kg below the minum permitted weight and stewards are currently deciding whether or not he should be disqualified. ferrari's charles leclerc started from pole after max verstappen was handed a ten—place grid penalty for using too many engines this season. three laps from the start, hamilton had risen from third on the grid to lead. tactics came into play, with russell gambling onjust having one pit stop when everyone else made two. but he is now waiting to see whether the win stands. verstappen finished fifth,

but still leads the championship by 78 points after finishing ahead of his closest title rival, lando norris. those points might change depending what happens to russell. england put on a scintillating display at edgbaston to clinch the third and final test against west indies at edgbaston. chasing 82 to win on day three, captain ben stokes, who opened for the injured zak crawley, hit the fastest test half—century by an englishman, offjust21t balls. he also hit the winning runs with a six. earlier, mark wood took five wickets after lunch forjust nine runs as windies were bowled out for 175. england winning by ten wickets to claim a 3—0 series win. keep a grasp that formula 1 developing story, will george russell's when stand? deep cross that on the bbc news web —— keep across that on the bbc sport website or on the app. here in the uk, 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 that you may find this report by phil mccann distressing. you have got him on the floor, stop being aggressive! you have got him on the floor. 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 in 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 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 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. earlier, i spoke to metropolitan police chief superintendent dal babu. he gave his reaction to the latest video of the incident. well, what we now seeing is a very violent attack on police officers, where multiple punches are thrown on two female officers and a male officer is punched severely by one of the suspects. i think one of the suspects was tasered. i think that's totally appropriate use of force. and what we need to understand is the level of force that police can use has to be appropriate, reasonable and proportionate. and i think in this case, given the way that those police officers were attacked by these suspects, the police use appropriate, proportionate and reasonable force in subduing them. obviously this is subject now to an investigation. but just to reiterate what you've

said, then, you think that the force used by the police, including kicking somebody who was on the ground, do you think that was appropriate? no, no, no, i didn't say that. no, i said that in terms of the incident, the new video, sorry, i'm talking about, not the old video. ok. the new video. we've seen you have seen the police officer has been attacked, punched, and severely attacked by the two suspects. the force that was used by those police officers to subdue those individuals was proportionate and reasonable, including the use of taser in that new video that's been shown. ok. thanks for clarifying that. what would you have done if you were in charge of greater manchester police? well, i think the second video that

has been shown or the original video that shows a police officer then kicking the man who is lying down, who has just been tasered and stamping on his head, was the video that caused quite an outcry. and i think that's excessive force. what manchester police, greater manchester police should have done was the chief constable should have come out straightaway and then spoken with community members. i think they should have perhaps released these videos much sooner than they did. and i'm not sure that this was this was produced by a newspaper outlet as opposed to greater manchester police. but i think in order to give a fuller picture, i think all of this information should have been put into the public domain, and then people could have made their own decisions. but there's two issues here. one is the amount of force, which i think is proportionate and reasonable in arresting these two individuals after they've attacked the police officers, which includes use of taser and holding them.

and i think that's totally appropriate given the way they were attacking police officers. i think the the part which i think is excessive force is when the man was down, having been tasered, then to be kicked in the head and stamped on his head. i think that was that was not reasonable. and i think now the matter has been investigated, as you said, we've had the independent office for police conduct who have taken over the investigation. so it will be done independently from greater manchester police, which is what should have happened. and i think now is a time for calmness. i don't think it's necessary for any demonstrations or people to come out on the street. theyjust need to wait for the outcome of the independent 0ffice for police conduct investigation. and they've moved fairly quickly in saying that they're going to interview under caution the police officer who struck the man in the face and stamped on his head. yeah. and you mentioned the community reaction. i mean, both of those videos have elicited a very strong and passionate response from all sections of the community and the family involved, who have a police officer

in the family, have urged people to stay calm. but of course there are people who are very upset about this, so i wanted to get your thoughts on that and what you would advise would be the best way to ensure that the investigations continue fairly, and that people remain calm about this. you're right, rajini, i think i think you need to listen to what the family are saying. the family are not supporting any demonstrations. they want the matter to be investigated by i0pc, which has been done. and now, as you rightly pointed out, the brother of these two individuals who were detained and subsequently bailed is a serving police officer. so i think what we need now is for some calmness. we need people not to demonstrate, people to accept that the i0pc is investigating this matter, and they seem to be acting very, very quickly. i think there's probably some lessons for greater manchester police to learn here in terms of engagement with the communities, quickly sharing information at the earliest opportunity, and i think when you have those

gaps, when you have that uncertainty, people were asking lots of questions. but i think now we have two sets of video. well, there's several videos out there, but we have two clear videos. one of the arrest, where the brothers are attacking police officers quite violently and have been subdued using significant amounts of force, but i think is proportionate and reasonable. and then that has followed, where one of the brothers has been kicked in the face and stamped on, which i think is what the concern there was in the public. and in my opinion, i think that was unnecessary in the circumstances. that was the former chief superintendent of the london metropolitan police speaking to me a short while ago. reports from northern ethiopia say at least 19 people have drowned after their boat sank on saturday. the vessel was taking passengers

across the tekeze river, which runs up to and along ethiopia's northern border with eritrea. media access to northern ethiopia is heavily restricted by authorities. the region has seen recent clashes between the military and an ethnic amhara militia known as the fano. 0ur reporter kalkidan yibeltal has been following the story and gave this update from ethiopia's capital, addis ababa. here is what we know so far. as you said, the area is remote and there is little access to media organisations. so the information is coming out slowly. but what we managed to find from local authorities so far is at least 26 people were travelling using a wooden boat and they were travelling to attend a funeral from one village to another, and they were crossing over the tekeze river. this is one of the major rivers in northern ethiopia. and it happened that there was a flash flood while they were crossing the river.

and then the boat capsized and they drowned. so far, the authorities have confirmed four of these passengers are dead because they have managed to retrieve their body from the river. seven others were rescued and they were hoping for more people to swim to safety on the banks of the river. but there are still several people remaining missing. and there is a high possibility of them being presumed dead. so that's what we know so far. ok. and the amhara region is one of great political instability, isn't it? yes, definitely. snce august last year, there had been conflicts between local militias and the government. and, in fact, because of that ongoing conflict the government was forced to declare a state of emergency for ten months, they only lifted that state of emergency a few months ago. but the fighting has continued and that has impacted humanitarian

access for other incidents, other emergencies, because this is not the only emergency in the region. there had been areas impacted by droughts, which are leaving millions of people dependent on aid. there is also the impact of the conflict itself. and now extreme weather events like this are happening. but because of the weather, because of the conflict, providing aid quickly has been impacted. that has been hampered. voting is under way in venezuela in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in a generation. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he told voters they have a choice between war and peace, and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. 0pposition 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. tensions across the country are high. there have been clashes at polling

stations as people wait in long queues to cast their votes. 0ur south america correspondent, ione wells, has the latest from caracas. there have been huge queues up and down the country already at this election in venezuela, with some people even queuing all through the night to try and vote early. president maduro is seeking his third re—election into office. he has said this morning that he wants the international community to respect the result, and that he doesn't want them to, in his words, meddle in a result of this election. but there are concerns about whether he will respect the result himself. the last elections were widely dismissed as neitherfree norfair, and there have already been concerns about the way in which the government has attempted to suppress the opposition vote. this ranged from opposition candidates being banned from running, to opposition aides being detained in the build up to the election, but also other methods as well, including the fact that millions of venezuelans who live abroad have struggled

to register to vote. eu election observers have been disinvited as well from monitoring the election today, so there are concerns about whether this vote will be fair. and the reason for that is because the opposition campaign in this election has had huge momentum, even though the opposition leader was banned from running, there has been a lot of momentum behind the campaign and the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, who is backed by the opposition leader, maria corina machado, who herself was banned from running. certainly some people we've spoken to today have already said that they are feeling, for the first time in years, optimistic that change could be on the way. we will stay across those collections. —— elections. 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. now there's some big news for superhero movie fans. iron man star robert downeer is making a shock return to the marvel cinematic universe after five years away from the multi—billion dollar franchise. but this time, he'll be playing supervillain doctor doom. he was unmasked at the comic—con event in san diego on saturday. the actor previously played billionaire tony stark, whose iron man alterego was one of the series biggest stars, and told fans at the event "new mask, same task". earlier i spoke to film critic ashanti 0mkar. i started by asking her what she made of robert downeer�*s return to the marvel cinematic universe. i'm absolutely gleeful about this news.

i wish i was in hall h when they unveiled it, because what an epic moment. there were many fans who were actually chanting his name even before he unveiled his mask. i guess that people were waiting to see him in some form. robert downeer is one of those, you know, one of the best actors in the world, as the russo brothers said. and they'll be directing him. it's a very exciting phase for the marvel cinematic universe, and certainly i'm excited for it. and how do you think fans will react to this news? it's been interesting to see because everyone is wondering, iron man was a man who did so much good. how is he going to come back as this very evil, evil doctor doom? how is this going to happen with the same actor? but one thing to remember is that doctor doom never removes his mask. so when when robert downey said that, you know, same mask, same task, it's just a bit like, you know, it's a new mask. he won't be removing it

in this case. we may not be seeing his face very much in this, but it'll be very interesting to see how they take this forward, because at the moment, it's all shrouded in mystery. yeah. and where does this take the overall marvel franchise going forward as well? well, this is a very good time for them to do a reboot. i guess this is at phase six, as the geeks call it, and they've had many years, about 16 years now, to bring the marvel cinematic universe to what it is at the moment. with deadpool and wolverine already shattering records, it only came out on thursday at midnight, or should i say friday at midnight, you know, so that film has already shattered records for an r—rated movie. and that's almost the start of this reboot. the whole introduction of the mutants and the x—men into the marvel cinematic universe, there's lots of big changes going on. this had taken a while to get to this, and there've been hits and misses, but mainly hits because $30 billion —

this is like one of the biggest franchises of all time, especially for superheroes. and now it's been a time to kind of reboot it because they had jonathan majors as kang the conqueror. he was going to be the big villain. and with him and the harassment charges and everything that's gone on with him, they've had to change this very much. and what they've done is to give the fans what they want, which is robert downeer. the fans really wanted something with him back and here he is. so it's a very exciting time. yeah. and i wanted to ask you about this before i let you go as well because avengers doomsday is going to be directed byjoe and anthony russo. so they're also returning to the marvel franchise as well. they've directed four of the marvel films, i believe. that's right. the russo brothers are coming back. they are the masters of action cinema. so it's a very good time to bring them back. harrison ford coming back into the marvel cinematic universe — again, these are actors that fans have really wanted. and what i love about kevin feige and the way he has planned his universe, his mcu, is that he has been listening to fans.

he's been taking in a lot of feedback and then tweaking as they go along. and that's what's exciting with these new films that are coming out — fantastic four is going to come out, there's going to be a new blade movie, avengers doomsday, as you mentioned, avengers: secret wars. so there's lots of big things happening. a spider—man: no way home sequel is also coming out. so we have lots to anticipate. and for those who love going to the cinema and just feeling the magic of fans screaming and laughing and just feeling joyous, that's what this brings to you. the king has been speaking to members of the public as he walked to church at sandringham this morning. well—wishers turned out to see charles as he strolled to the service at st mary magdalene. the king — who is continuing to receive treatment following a cancer diagnosis — was greeted by the reverend canon dr paul williams and he also spoke to air cadets. that is it from me this afternoon.

do stay with us here on bbc news, there's plenty more on all of the day's news on the bbc news website and on the bbc news app stop thanks for watching, and on the bbc news app stop thanks forwatching, do and on the bbc news app stop thanks for watching, do stay with us. 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, and the dip in thejet stream with the weather fronts there — that's the bad weather that recently affected paris and the opening ceremony. here in the uk, admittedly it is not gin—clear everywhere, the blue skies are further south.

in scotland and northern ireland here, it's a little 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's going to be a warm and clear night, but just to the north—west this weak weather front is trying to push in, it does not make much progress. but maybe some cloudier skies and damp weather here in the far north—west. the rest of the country — it's 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, and just the risk of a shower here and there. so cooler, around 20 celsius, but the bulk of england and wales again well into the 20s and the high 20s expected across the south—east and east anglia.

and that heat will continue to build. as we head through the course of tuesday, we see that hot air spreading in from france, really quite oppressive for the olympics, in the south of france pushing 1t0 celsius, paris the mid 30s. here in the uk in the extreme case we might even get around 31 or 32 in some southern and south—eastern part of the country. now i'm going to 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 then for the week ahead, this increasing cloud here on the weather apps, that's an indication of those storms starting to build by that stage. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. funerals have been taking place for the victims of a rocket attack in the israeli—occupied golan heights. israel blames lebanese militant group hezbollah, which denies involvement. venezuelans are voting in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election, with president nicolas maduro trailing his rival in opinion polls. 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. 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. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. 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 defence minister blamed hezbollah but the group has denied any involvement. today funerals have been taking place in the town of madjal shams. paul adams reports from israeli—occupied golan heights. through the streets of majdal shams, the coffins came one by one — a town

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