hello. funerals have been held for some of the 12 young people killed when a rocket hit a football pitch in the israeli—occupied golan heights yesterday. the rocket struck a town close to the border. the israeli defence minister blamed hezbollah, in neighbouring lebanon, and the white house says the group was responsible for what the us has called a �*horrific�* attack. hezbollah has denied any involvement. there are fears that the rocket strike, in the town of majal shams, will trigger all—out war in the region. paul adams reports from israeli—occupied golan heights. through the streets of majdal shams, the coffins came one by one. a town reeling in shock, consumed by collective grief, terrified about what happens next. for months, they feared a disaster. but they never imagined it would take away their children.

at the football pitch where they all died, moments of silent reflection. efforts to comprehend the speed of this tragedy. a playground, transformed in an instant into a place ofjagged metal, discarded belongings and, in the corner, the blood of the victims. we're told that a siren sounded just seconds before the rocket landed here, and blew the fence right back. and look, just outside the pitch, metres away, there's a bomb shelter. but the children, the children on the pitch, those watching, those on their bikes and scooters, they had no time to react. the mood changes as government officials arrive to pay their respects. there's real anger now, even from one man in uniform. "they've been bombarding us for ten months," he shouts. "my children are crying every day!" after thousands of hezbollah rockets since last october,

people here just want it all to end. when israel's hardline finance minister shows up, some urge the government to strike back hard. but others turn on him. "get out of here, you criminal," one says. the government has yet to decide how to respond. the army says it just needs the word. we are ready. we said we are ready for several weeks or even months, and we continue to be ready. and every day that is passing, we are preparing more, and more, and more. but in this druze minority town, captured from syria in 1967, such talk is causing anxiety. i'm afraid for the consequences. if this happened yesterday, what about tomorrow, if it happens? like, if it gets to an all—out war. it's going to be pretty tough. more people are going to die, on all sides.

milar sha'ar was ten years old, the youngest victim. his uncle and cousin struggling to comprehend their sudden loss. he is loved by everyone. his family says the war which killed him has to end. paul adams. i spoke to mark lowen, our middle east correspondent, and asked him how israel might respond. i think the expectation is absolutely that there will be a green—lighting of a military operation of some sort, a retaliatory strike by israel into lebanon. but quite what form that takes and where, indeed, the israelis decide to strike are unknown, and they will be critical as to determining just how dangerous this moment is. all the reports we're getting is that the pressure is on israel not to strike in major urban centres like beirut, for example. and then there will be pressure on hezbollah, in lebanon, as to how they would respond to an israeli retaliatory strike, because there is a huge amount of international pressure on both sides at the moment —

coming from the us, from france, from the united nations, from the european union — on both, on both hezbollah and on the israeli government not to allow this to escalate into a full—scale regional inferno, if you like. remember, hezbollah is the most important middle east proxy of iran. it is sponsored by iran. and so, a full—on confrontation with hezbollah risks bringing in tehran, potentially, risks spreading this into a much wider regional conflagration. so that is what all the international mediation attempts at the moment are focussed on. as we mentioned, the us says hezbollah was behind the strike, and authorities have been in discussions with israeli and lebanese counterparts since the attack to work on a diplomatic solution. 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. in the last few hours, hezbollah has said it has carried out two attacks on israeli soldiers close to the lebanese border — in response to israeli retaliatory strikes into lebanon. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, brought us up to date. so, hezbollah said it had carried out two attacks targeting israeli military positions today. one of those attacks happened in the town of shtula,

where reports suggest a house was hit, but there were no reports of casualties. now, obviously, this happens as there is the expectation of an israeli response following the attack on saturday, that deadly attack that israel says was carried out by hezbollah. we heard there that hezbollah has denied being behind this attack. it is very important to mention that just before the scale of this attack became clear, hezbollah had claimed responsibility for an attack in the area of this explosion using an iranian—made missile. now, they say that they were not behind this attack, that this was possibly the result of fragments from an israeli missile from israel's air—defence system — something that the israelis have rejected. they say that this was an attack that was carried out by hezbollah from lebanon, using an iranian—made missile. and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, earlier today also said that all evidence suggests that this was an attack

that was orchestrated and carried out by hezbollah. now, we still haven't heard yet from israeli officials about that meeting that has been taking place between the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and top security officials in israel. they are discussing now how to respond to that attack. they've promised a strong response. there have been reports during the day here in lebanon suggesting that the authorities consider that, as a certainty, that there will be a massive israeli attack, but there have been some efforts behind the scenes to try to limit the scope of this attack, to try to avoid large population centres, including the capital of beirut. we've heard also from the lebanese foreign minister earlier today, who said conversations were happening between the lebanese authorities and hezbollah to try to prevent an escalation and prevent a response from hezbollah to a possible israeli attack.

so i think people in lebanon, many are waiting to see the result of this israeli meeting today and whether there will be a massive israeli response. 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 — you may find this report by phil mccann distressing. you've got him on the floor, stop being agressive! the man in blue here is fahir amaaz — now known to millions as the man who has 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.

greater manchester police are appealing for information about the series of earlier events last tuesday that happened before their officers arrived. at 7.20pm, there was an altercation between passengers on a qatar airways flight from doha. they say it may have taken place on board or in the baggage hall, although the airline denies it happened on the plane. then, at 8.22pm, the police say there was a violent altercation involving members of the public in a branch of starbucks at manchester's terminal two. that happened six minutes before the altercation involving the police. four people were arrested after that incident and released on police bail. a police officer is facing a criminal investigation over kicking, stamping and using incapacitant spray. we understand the police officers involved are still under the care of medical professionals. sources we have spoken to close to the family say that fahir is still traumatised and still needs medical scans. they say the family is not a criminal family, they say that if anyone is found to have broken the law, they should face due process. they also say that there is no context that could justify

an assault on someone who's lying on the ground. shame on you! the original video sparked protests, including in the home town of the brothers involved in the incident, in rochdale. 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. 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. opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country, after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. tensions across the country are high — there have been clashes at polling stations, as people wait in long queues to cast their votes. speaking after casting his vote in caracas, edmundo gonzalez said

the will of the people must be respected, and urged venezuelans to �*verify�* all information they receive today. translation: to all venezuelans l around the world, your strength l and your commitment, we feel it and it encourages us. we are one people, united in our search for freedom. thank you to all those who are working today to ensure that the will of the venezuelan people is respected. i ask that you verify any information that reaches you today. it's a day when the misinformation professionals will be very active, trying to confuse people. our 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 the results 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 has 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. reports from northern ethiopia say at least 12 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. our 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. but while seven others were rescued, and they're hoping they were hoping and they're hoping, 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, uh, there is a high possibility of them being, uh, presumed dead. so that's what we know so far. now it's time for a look at today's sport, with olly. a really busy day in paris and lots of medals to be won. yes, and we were hoping to be seeing

history in the olympic swimming in the last half an hour, but great britain's adam peaty felljust short. he was bidding tojoin and —— michael phelps in winning a medal in the same event in three straight olympics. he took silver in the men's 100m breaststroke. he took silver behind italy's nicolo martinenghi in the men's 100m breaststroke. having claimed gold in both rio and tokyo, peaty missed out by two hundreths of a second to martinenghi. america's nick fink finished joint second with peaty. china's oin haiyang, the fastest in the world this year, was back in seventh. one of the poster—boys of the olympics, leon marchand, won france's second gold medal of the day, as he completely dominated the field in the aoom individual medley. the 22—year—old ended france's 12—year wait for swimming gold, as he surged to victory in an olympic record, just shy of his own world record — finishing almost six seconds clear of japan's matsushita tomoyuki. usa's carson foster took bronze.

to the tennis, after the most extraordinary comeback in the men's doubles by great britain's andy murray and his partner, dan evans. remember, this is the last competitive outing by murray, the three—time grand slam winner. he will retire after the olympics and it's the only event he is taking part in. they lost the first set against the japanese pair of taro daniel and kei nishikori, and came from a break down in the second to level, which meant the match would be decided on a ten—point tie—break. murray and evans saved five match points against the japanese, and won seven points in a row to take the match at the first opportunity. murray's retirement is on hold. rafa nadal will play novak djokovic in the second round of the singles, after beating hungary's martin fucsovics. nadal won his doubles match with carlos alcaraz on saturday, but hinted he may pull out of the singles with a thigh problem. he won the first set comfortably, 6—1, but lost the second,

before taking the decider 6—4. that sets up a 60th meeting against his great rival, djokovic. japan have their third gold medal of the games, after 14—year—old yoshizawa coco won the women's street skateboard. a skater�*s highest—scoring run and two highest—scoring tricks combine to provide an overall score, and yoshizawa's penultimate trick was enough to move her from 4th to top spot on the podium, ahead of compatriot akama liz and brazil's rayssa leal. in basketball, lebronjames inspired the usa as they began the defence of their olympic crown, with a dominant victory over serbia and nikola jokic. appearing in his fourth olympics, lebron impressed in all facets of the game, finishing with 21 points, seven rebounds and nine assists. he was ably supported by kevin durant, who scored 23 points off the bench, as team usa won a convincing opener 110 points to sa. george russell was denied a stunning

victory at the belgium grand prix, after he was disqualified two and a half hours later, after his car was found to be underweight. team—mate lewis hamilton was subsequently awarded the win. russell had taken the chequered flag after a brilliant one—stop performance, which saw him hold off hamilton to secure his second win of the season and mercedes�* third in four races. russell's car was initially weighed at 798kg, which is exactly on the minimum weight limit for car and driver combined, but stewards found the car had not been fully drained of fuel and, when it was, its weight was just 796.5kg. 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, offjust 2a 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. we have just seen the medal ceremony in paris. adam peaty taking the joint silver. so he couldn't get his third gold in a row. and that's all the sport for now. an update later. thank you very much. a devastating wildfire has ripped through bushland in northern california, forcing several thousand residents to flee their homes. 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.

breaking news regarding the race to be the next leader of the conservative party. kemi badenoch who is the former business secretary has announced she is running to be the leader. she has written an article in the times newspaper explaining her reasons for doing so. she is now the sixth confirmed candidate in the contest. she pledged that under her leadership, the conservatives would speak the truth again and she says that the party's renewal needs to start from first principles. this comes after the conservative party would be in the conservative party would be in the uk election a month ago. she is currently the shadow housing secretary. shejoins priti patel, mel stride, robertjenrick, tom tugendhat and james cleverly on the ballot. so that is the news kemi badenoch hasjoined ballot. so that is the news kemi badenoch has joined the ballot. so that is the news kemi badenoch hasjoined the race ballot. so that is the news kemi badenoch has joined the race to ballot. so that is the news kemi badenoch hasjoined the race to be the next leader of the conservative

party. let's turn to one of our main stories today — the olympics. this report from paris. the sun is shining. it's absolutely beautiful. we had two days of solid rain. it had a huge impact on so much. for example, the opening ceremony was a bit of a washout. i mean, it was a success, but it was very wet indeed. then, of course, we had some news in terms of the triathletes. their training session, which was due to take place today, has been cancelled. now, authorities say the river is too dirty for them to swim in, but they're hoping that at some point, potentially, it'll get better and that by tuesday, it will be back to normal pollution levels and the triathletes can swim. now, it's been a really big day in terms of sport today. we've had action at the tennis. rafael nadal, for example, won his first—round match, and that sets him up for a really interesting second—round match against novak djokovic. simone biles, the gymnastics superstar, has been on the floor and on the apparatus once again today. she's wowed the crowds,

after that very difficult outing she had in tokyo 2020. she will go through now, as it's hoped that other members of her team will, to the final. the gymnastics, the artistic gymnastics, carries on for a good few days here in paris. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. well, it's been a beautiful sunday across most of the uk — very warm, scattered fairweather clouds. a little cooler and cloudier in scotland and northern ireland, we're just that bit closer to a weather front. but here's the main message — heat building over the next day or two. here's the satellite picture, and you canjust about make out the jetstream. it's away to the north of us. that means the doors have been opened to the heat coming in from the south, and the dip in thejet stream to the east there with the clouds, that's the bad weather that swept across paris during the olympic opening ceremony. so skies have been generally quite sunny through the day across the bulk of the country.

thicker cloud here in the north—west. and the temperatures at 9pm, still around 19 celsius in the lowlands of scotland and as high as the low—20s from yorkshire towards the midlands and the south—east. so after a warm and sunny day, a generally clear night to come across the bulk of england and wales. a bit more cloud here in the north—west, with that weather front brushing the western isles and also northern ireland. morning temperatures, whether you're north or south, will be about the same. so a gloriously sunny start to the day across many parts of the country with this high pressure in charge of the weather — at least, across england and wales. here in northern ireland and scotland, a weak weather front moving through, so that does mean thicker cloud at times, layers of cloud in the sky and some spots of rain around the western isles, maybe the coasts of northern ireland too. but the further east and south you are, the sunnier it'll be. and, in fact, clear blue skies possible across east anglia and the south—east. temperatures possibly nudging up to 30 celsius in the south. and that heat will continue to build into tuesday from spain into france, where it will be very hot.

infact, in paris, it'll probably hit the mid—30s. here in the uk, it's possible we'll get in excess of 30 celsius. hot spots could be 31 or 32, but for scotland and northern ireland, more comfortable here — in the low, possibly even the mid—20s. now, we're going to speed up the weather forecast through tuesday into wednesday and thursday. we could see some storms breaking out across the south of the uk as early as wednesday, and certainly by thursday, they could become quite widespread. so the potential for some really nasty downpours to come from around about midweek onwards. so here's the outlook. quite hot first half of the week, then not as hot, and a chance of some storms. that's it from me, bye—bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: thousands of people have been attending funerals for the 12 children who were killed by a rocket strike in the golan heights. the white house says the attack was carried out by hezbollah. new video emerges 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 footage shows a fight between two officers and two men. 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. edna o'brien, one of ireland's best—known writers, has died aged ninety—three. she made her name with a series of novels focusing on how young irish women were treated by their country. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. let's return to our top story — funerals have been held for some of the 12 young people killed when a rocket hit a football pitch in the israeli—occupied golan heights yesterday. the rocket struck a town close to the border. the israeli defence minister blamed hezbollah in neighbouring lebanon; and the white house says the group was responsible for what the us has called a "horrific" attack. hezbollah has denied any involvement. paul adams gave us an update from the aftermath of the blast in israeli—occupied golan heights. this is a town absolutely plunged into grief.

the entire town is full of people, groups of people, all dressed in black, moving from one house to another, expressing condolences for the families of the 12 youngsters who died right here. it's been an awful day in which people have come here to look at what happened to take in the speed and the and the and the kind of brutality of what happened here 2a hours ago. and to think about what happens next. we've we've had a whole array of israeli military and political officials who've come here. some of them have been welcomed, others have not. there have been some quite angry scenes at times. but as we've walked around the town, away from the kind of hubbub down here on the football pitch, you really get a sense of profound apprehension. these people have stayed here throughout the past ten months. they have not evacuated during that time. they are determined to stay in their homes and they have been used to rockets flying overhead.

they knew that someday something would happen. what they didn't know, of course, is that that something would take away so many of their children. and now, with lots of talk in israeli political circles about a massive israeli response, they are really worried that the situation, which is bad enough already could get a whole lot worse. and so they're all saying to us, almost to a man and a woman, don't do this. we don't need this war to escalate any further. now, you heard from hugo. just the reference to antony blinken, and the americans saying that they support israel's right to defend itself, but they are also calling for restraint. that is the question. is the israeli government in any mood to exercise restraint today, or is it, after ten months of tit—for—tat fighting along israel's northern border, has it finally reached the conclusion that it needs to do something much, much more dramatic?

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. opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. tensions across the country are high — there have been clashes at polling stations as people wait in long queues to cast their votes. let's speak to wanda cedeno, who is from votojoven, an organisation that promotes political participation among young people in venezuela. thank you forjoining us. people are turning out to vote today. what has turning out to vote today. what has turn out build fleet not been like, our people engage with the selection?— our people engage with the selection? ., ~ , ., .,

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electoral observation, international observation was run from venezuela. but still people trust in this process because we're seeing a possibility of a change in by ourselves what is going on. wanda, thank ou ourselves what is going on. wanda, thank you for— ourselves what is going on. wanda, thank you for your _ ourselves what is going on. wanda, thank you for your time. _ ourselves what is going on. wanda, | thank you for your time. coordinator at the organisation vote. let me remind you of our breaking news from the conservative party in the uk kerry bade not the former secretary of state is now cheese product to be the leader of the party. the six of the contest. writing in tomorrow's times newspaper she says that under her leadership the conservatives would speak the truth again. we also learned that the former home secretary suella braverman will not stand at the conservative leadership rate two rays writing in the newspaper she had the necessary ten mps willing to back her but there was no point in someone like her

running to lead the party when most of the mps disagree with her diagnosis and prescription. 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 £20bn fiscal hole she claims was left by the last conservative government. our political correpondent, helen catt told us what can we expect from the chancellors statement. when she went into the treasury, one of the first things she did was to commission what she's calling a spending audit, looking at all the plans or the spending plans that the last government had put in place. because, she says, as soon as she got and open the books, there were some nasty surprises. and she wants to get it all out there and see what they're dealing with. so she we're expecting her to give a statement tomorrow in which she will set out area

by area, what she says is different to what it was anticipated. now here is what the environment secretary, steve reid, had to say about this earlier. we knew the inheritance was going to be bad and that was that was being flagged up through the election. but we've got into our offices now. we've seen what's really been going on, and it's catastrophic. it's worse? there were things that we could not have known during the election because the conservatives had not only not released the information, but in some cases they deliberately covered it up. now, the conservatives say this just isn't the case. they say that everything about the state of the economy had been publicly available all along. they say this is labour rolling the pitch, to use that awful phrase to for what they say are to inevitably raise taxes. and during the election campaign, there was some talk from economists about the state of the economy that they said, well, at the time they said that neither labour nor the conservatives were really giving a full picture of the state of the economy going forward,

and that they would have to be tough decisions made. what steve reid is saying is that there have been surprises in areas like, for example, prisons. now, of course, there was a lot of information about the state of prisons before the election. the weekly capacity numbers are published and we knew that they were very full. we knew that there had been there was reporting of conversations that had been happening in government. but steve reid was saying, look, still, when we got in, there were things we still didn't know about that which which meant know about that which meant that prisons were going to be full by august if they hadn't taken steps. so that's the argument they're making. when we get this speech tomorrow from rachel reeves, then we'll be able to look at some of the detail of that and maybe look at some of those, those claims about what they're saying they have found and be able to examine those more fully. but there is always a degree of framing going on here. we've had a consistent message from the government since they took over virtually in every department, saying things are worse than we thought, and that is in some part a bit of framing that will then allow them, if they have to do unpopular things

down the line to say, well, look, it's all the inheritance of the conservatives left us. and it should also say it's pretty much what the conservatives did in 2010 when they took overfrom labour. andy murray — who intends to retire after the games are over — has extended his career with a tremendous win in the olympics men's double opener. despite a rocky start, murray and his doubles partner — dan evans — staged a fight back against theirjapanese opponents to make it through the first round. their dramatic turnaround was watched by our tennis correspondent russell fuller — hejoins me now. i watched more of this match than i should've seeing as i am at work. it epitomised andy murray as an absolute roller coaster. what epitomised andy murray as an absolute roller coaster. what was our take absolute roller coaster. what was your take on _ absolute roller coaster. what was your take on a? _ absolute roller coaster. what was your take on a? that _ absolute roller coaster. what was your take on a? that was - absolute roller coaster. what was your take on a? that was his - your take on a? that was his career in a nutshell, wasn't it? it's a reminder of how much he still loves the sport, how desperate he is to be able to bring every single last drop

out of a 21 year professional career, that is with the help of dan evans who played and not in considerable part in the conclusion. they managed to save five match points you come back from 9—4 down in the first of a ten point tie—breaker that was going to decide the match. they won seven points in a row to make sure that they take their place in the second round. the celebrations afterward were really quite special because they've achieved so much in their careers. andy murray, especially, they've been davis cup team—mates but i think dan evans who is also still in the singles competition says that he is prioritising the doubles here as is prioritising the doubles here as is andy murray because he knows the significance of this final event for that murray, given he's already won two olympic gold medals in the silver and the mixed doubles in 2012, also because they are playing with the british short on their backs. you need to win four matches

it to win in the doubles. that's one down and probably three to go. russell, you know andy murray well, you follow his career for many years. when he is five match points down as he considered to feed or does he always think is going to win at? i does he always think is going to win at? ~ .,, does he always think is going to win at? ~ at? i think most professionals, especially _ at? i think most professionals, especially those _ at? i think most professionals, especially those as _ at? i think most professionals, especially those as successfull at? i think most professionals, i especially those as successful and driven is andy murray are still thinking about how they can turn that match around. i don't think he will have been contemplating as he prepared to serve out one 2815 match points out this was possibly the final stroke of his head his tennis career. i'd be very surprised if you did that in his mind for the murray has done that so many times before. three grand slam signals titles in the run to those titles there have been very hairy situations where murray has been able to come back and showed matches around. he certainly did it in the davis cup in 2015, when great britain won the title for the first time in 79

years. i think there isjust title for the first time in 79 years. i think there is just that absolute belief, that love of the game, the competitive spirit that will never wane even though at some point in the next six or seven days andy murray is going to be a retired professional tennis player. here andy murray is going to be a retired professional tennis player.- professional tennis player. here in the uk we talked _ professional tennis player. here in the uk we talked about _ professional tennis player. here in the uk we talked about andy - professional tennis player. here in l the uk we talked about andy murray professional tennis player. here in - the uk we talked about andy murray a lot. do other countries which put stop talking about him and focus on other players such as the doll in alcaraz and the other british dues brilliant players?— brilliant players? know, ithink --eole brilliant players? know, ithink people enjoy — brilliant players? know, ithink people enjoy the _ brilliant players? know, ithink people enjoy the great - brilliant players? know, i think. people enjoy the great champions playing as long as i can. i think novak djokovic haven't found himself second best to follow alcaraz in wimbledon in the second year in a row, it's becoming perhaps even more loved by spectators and parts of the world where he hasn't always been universally popular. here's suddenly a hugely successful 2a grand slam champion who is defying the odds and i was the underdog in a sense. he's trying to beat the younger guys if you've got rafael nadal and you got

novak djokovic and you still andy murray for a little bit longer than people really treasure them. they don't want them to play to the point where it gets ridiculous, where they can barely move around the court. andy murray know he's a on borrowed time. he knows his body is effectively given up on him. this is the final event of his career. if he can manage it lasting another two or three matches then fantastic, they might be one mark olympic medal at the end of the week.— the end of the week. we've also got an excitin: the end of the week. we've also got an exciting match _ the end of the week. we've also got an exciting match between - the end of the week. we've also got an exciting match between nadal. the end of the week. we've also got| an exciting match between nadal and djokovic, how you're expecting when you go? bill djokovic, how you're expecting when ou no? �* ., djokovic, how you're expecting when ou io? �* ., ., djokovic, how you're expecting when ou no? �* ., ., ., ., djokovic, how you're expecting when ou:o? �* ., ., ., ., ., ., you go? all of the two rafael nadal has had the — you go? all of the two rafael nadal has had the far— you go? all of the two rafael nadal has had the far busier _ you go? all of the two rafael nadal has had the far busier weekend - has had the far busier weekend for them it's a six—year term of these you are going to meet so that no men have met that many times in professional tennis. have met that many times in professionaltennis. —— have met that many times in professional tennis. —— 60. 3029, leading, could be closer. in the last meeting was actually two years ago at roland garros with the french open stage every year and the doll won that match in the quarterfinals

for the djokovic had an easy for a strong wind here, and the doll struggled with the came through today in three sets and managed to get that wind that sets up a second round match with djokovic. —— rafael nadal. he was getting soaked in the river seine on the opening ceremony on friday nights he displayed double for that he is less rusted, i'm not sure. this is roland garros with he has one 30 french open titles was that we could never underestimate them there. that we could never underestimate them there-— them there. exciting stuff. thank ou for them there. exciting stuff. thank you for talking — them there. exciting stuff. thank you for talking to _ them there. exciting stuff. thank you for talking to us. _ blackpool illuminations have been a draw for visitors for more than 100 years and preparations are already underway 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 its events calendar.

for many years, celebrity tv designer laurence llewelyn—bowen has led the illuminations illuminati. now he's come up with this donkey—based feature. tell me about this. i can't work out. it's either the work of a genius or a madman. i love the fact that you are absolutely right, it is perfectly poised between pleasure and pain. donkeys are so synonymous with blackpool. and actually i love the idea of northern soul. and i love the idea of ice creams, and i love the idea of kind of mushing it all together. now, people want that kind of, you know, instagram—able moment. something this town is rarely short of. blackpool design is like design you won't find anywhere else in the uk. but of course this is what inspired las vegas. we did it here first. even though we're world leading, we're the ones that always understated, but i think not so much this year. yeah, and the ice cream as well. it's not quite the tallest around, but... this is the most frustrating thing. we found out this morning that it's not the tallest ice cream in the world. so we have decided that actually we can get over this inadequacy by adding a 30 centimetre cherry.

what we create here in blackpool is art, light art. and it's an amazing display which can be, you know, seen from space, which people have an amazing amount of affection for. do you think some astronauts go into space just to look down and see the blackpool lights? i would hope so. this year, local art students have helped with the designing. i mean, i remember going- when i was quite little as well, and i've never really thought too - much about the design process of it. i think it's quite interesting - for a lot of people to see newer, designs coming in. at blackpool�*s new short town museum of entertainment, there's a gallery dedicated to the illuminations. kids or adults can design their own and see what they'd look like. oh, and there it is on the prom. arguably my finest hour, this. blackpool�*s history with illuminations runs back all the way through to 1878, when we first installed electric streetlights on the promenade, and thousands of people came

to the prom to see them be switched on, and it's snowballed from there. this is the old and the new is very much thriving as well, isn't it? it is. yeah. i mean, the format has still been the same. it boosts civic pride and it celebrates blackpool�*s local history. this year's illuminations switch—on is on august 30th. ian haslam, bbc news. rugby league's kevin sinfield says he's committed to 3 more challenges to raise money for mnd charities in honour of his friend rob burrow, who died last month. the former leeds rhinos captain and now england coach was at the university of leeds to receive an honorary degree, as amy garcia reports. i'm honoured to present - to you for the degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa, kevin sinfield. - kevin, congratulations. what does this honorary degree mean to you? thank you. ijust think it's incredibly

humbling to be here today to share in a special day with so many people who have worked so hard. and being amongst so many people who are graduating and with their family and friends, and it's such an important day for them. so, yeah, ifeel very humble. looks great to be back in leeds. you're a lad from the other side of the pennines, but yorkshire, leeds in particular is really special to you, isn't it? less yorkshire, more leeds. rob inspired me to be a better person, a betterfriend, to be more kind, to think of others. by doing this, amazing things happen. life becomes so much more fulfilling and special. that beautiful speech, it was very much about love and friendship, wasn't it? i played in a team for a long time where medals and trophies were so important. but now we're finished, it's the memories and the friendships that are what we all hold the dearest. and to make the most of the special

moments we have with people we love and care about, and to cherish those moments. rob has been a huge part of my life. when you think we played together for so long, and then how close we became over the last four and a half years. and i spoke about him today. i think his impact across the uk, throughout the mnd community will never be forgotten. together, you and rob raised over 15 million for mnd charities. you always said that you were just helping out a mate. the challenges, the fund raising, does that continue now? yeah, probably more so than ever. the challenge is to, you know, i've committed to another three, you know, probably first time i've said that. but it means we've done seven running challenges then. can you tell us any more about that? well, the first one is the only one that had been planned. in the next two, we'll see what happens. how will you best remember rob? in probably the best way possible, which was that smile. obviously the stuff he did on the field was incredible, but everybody saw the bloke

in the dressing room. the guy who was cracking jokes and what he's done the last four and a half years, i think for somebody to be so brave and courageous is, it just shows what a special guy he is and was. and it won't be forgotten. 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". film critic ashanti omkar told us 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 to see him in some form. robert downeer is one of those, you know, one of the best actors in the world as as the russo brothers said. and they will be directing him. it's a very exciting phase for the for the marvel cinematic universe, and certainly i'm excited for it. 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. 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. sojust before... 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 of the mutants and the x—men into the marvel cinematic universe. there's lots of big changes going on. this has taken a while to get to this, and they'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. that film is out in may 2026. still a little bit of a wait. you are watching bbc. hello. well, it's been a beautiful sunday across most of the uk — very warm, scattered fairweather clouds. a little cooler and cloudier in scotland and northern ireland, we're just that bit closer to a weather front. but here's the main message — heat building over the next day or two. here's the satellite picture, and you canjust about make out the jetstream. it's away to the north of us. that means the doors have been opened to the heat coming in from the south, and the dip in thejet stream to the east there with the clouds, that's the bad weather that swept across paris during the olympic opening ceremony.

so skies have been generally quite sunny through the day across the bulk of the country. thicker cloud here in the north—west. and the temperatures at 9pm, still around 19 celsius in the lowlands of scotland and as high as the low—20s from yorkshire towards the midlands and the south—east. so after a warm and sunny day, a generally clear night to come across the bulk of england and wales. a bit more cloud here in the north—west, with that weather front brushing the western isles and also northern ireland. morning temperatures, whether you're north or south, will be about the same. so a gloriously sunny start to the day across many parts of the country with this high pressure in charge of the weather — at least, across england and wales. here in northern ireland and scotland, a weak weather front moving through, so that does mean thicker cloud at times, layers of cloud in the sky and some spots of rain around the western isles, maybe the coasts of northern ireland too. but the further east and south you are, the sunnier it'll be. and, in fact, clear blue skies possible across east anglia and the south—east. temperatures possibly nudging up to 30 celsius in the south. and that heat will continue to build

into tuesday from spain into france, where it will be very hot. infact, in paris, it'll probably hit the mid—30s. here in the uk, it's possible we'll get in excess of 30 celsius. hot spots could be 31 or 32, but for scotland and northern ireland, more comfortable here — in the low, possibly even the mid—20s. now, we're going to speed up the weather forecast through tuesday into wednesday and thursday. we could see some storms breaking out across the south of the uk as early as wednesday, and certainly by thursday, they could become quite widespread. so the potential for some really nasty downpours to come from around about midweek onwards. so here's the outlook. quite hot first half of the week, then not as hot, and a chance of some storms. that's it from me, bye—bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. thousands attend funerals for the 12 children killed by a rocket strike in the golan heights. the white house says the attack was carried out by hezbollah. venezuelans vote in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election, with president nicolas maduro trailing his rival in opinion polls. former business secretary kemi badenoch becomes the sixth confirmed candidate to enter the race for conservative party leadership. edna o'brien, one of ireland's best—known writers, has died, aged 93.

hello, i'm anjana gadgil. israel's security cabinet has given prime minister netanyahu and his defence minister the authority to decide on the scale and timing of israel's response to saturday's deadly rocket attack in the israeli—occupied golan heights. earlier, funerals were held for some of the 12 young people killed when a rocket hit a football pitch in a town close to the border. the israeli defence minister blamed hezbollah, in neighbouring lebanon, and the white house says the group was responsible for what the us has called an �*horrific�* attack. hezbollah has denied any involvement. there are fears that the rocket strike, in the town of majdal shams, will trigger all—out war in the region. paul adams reports from israeli—occupied golan heights. through the streets of majdal shams, the coffins came one by one.