on day 2 of the olympics, italy and france sweep up golds in swimming and britain's andy murray triumphs in his tennis doubles opener. and robert downeer announces his return to the marvel cinematic universe to play the supervillain doctor doom. you're watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. israel's security cabinet has given prime minister benjamin 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 a �*horrific�* attack. hezbollah has denied any involvement. there are fears that the rocket strike, in the town of majdal shams will trigger an all—out war in the region. paul adams sent this report 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.

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 he condemned the attack and said an international investigation was needed to find out what happened: the government of israel condemns the killing of civilians wherever they. as miller is denying it and as below usually, even in israel, it has been hitting military targets, not civilian targets so in golan heights, he knows that syria is that in a do not think that hezbollah is doing it. they could be another nation or a mistake but israeli. they are committed to investigate this event. 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. hezbollah has said it has carried out two attacks on israeli soldiers close to the lebanese border — yeah, 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 thatjust 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. let's turn now to venezuela where polls just closed in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in a generation. results should begin to emerge within hours. 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 waited in long queues to cast their votes. in the last hour, mr gonzales has told voters to stay in the polling stations while the vote is underway there are some people queueing at polling stations around the country because anybody who is in a queue is allowed to stay there until they have voted. we have been going to numerous polling stations around caracas today and they have been huge queues around the city and that was something the opposition felt was in their favour. suddenly, lots of people we spoke to say they were voting for change. however, there villagers repotted a polling

station, but the fact they were queues and some people saying very few people left in at a time causing significant delays. we have seen footage of some protests breaking up some polling stations which did not open at all, and that has been a concern on the opposition side, concerned that some people have been prevented from casting their vote. the president nicolas maduro has said people must respect the results of this reaction. by the international community and people here in venezuela. but there are concerns whether he would respect the results himself. certainly, priorto the election, they have been tactics used by the government to suppress the opposition, whether it is opposition candidate being bad from running, aids being the millions of venezuelans abroad not being able to vote. and polling stations where people have been delayed because think their vote. this is an incredibly significant result for the country whatever

happens, which has had economic turmoilfor a decade happens, which has had economic turmoil for a decade causing millions and millions of venezuelans to flee the country. venezuelans to flee the country-— venezuelans to flee the count . , ., . ., . country. the politicalverdict must be respected - country. the politicalverdict must be respected but - country. the politicalverdict must be respected but the l must be respected but the cupboard euro is also said the could be a bloodbath if not. that that nicholas maduro. we have been _ that that nicholas maduro. we have been asking people about that particular, comment as supporters say they should not be taken literally and he's to the opposition protesting if he wins the election whereas his critics have said that sort of rhetoric is at potential violence if he loses so the meaning is a slightly disputed but it raised alarm bells because there is going concern about whether the result will be respected because certainly prior to this election at the opposition had huge momentum behind them and were feeling i had on public opinion. even though the opposition leader

was banned from standing, the opposition united behind her replacement edmundo gonzalez and they feel they have the country on their side and the majority of the country behind them and they have independent counters at some polling stations were planning to count the paper votes as well as those done electronically to see if they match up. there are certainly going to be significant sound raised by the opposition of the result is not as they expect. and we have live pictures from caracas. supporters of the opposition party outside a polling station amidst a heavy security presence. they are there, we're told, to ensure that the accounting goes on in an orderly manner. it's been an eventful day in paris on day two of the olympic games. let's take a look at some of the highlights from day two.

one of france's biggest olympic hopefuls took gold in the pool — leon marchand won the men's 400 individual medley at the la defense arena, taking gold in an olympic record time and beating the rest of the field by almost six seconds. also in swimming, italy's nicolo martinenghi touching out the favourite — team gb�*s adam peaty — at the finish. in tennis, team gb�*s andy murray progressed to the second round of the men's doubles, in what is the last tounament of his career. rafael nadal also on the court on sunday — he won his first match, setting up a showdown against novak djokovic in the second round. and in gymnastics, team gb made it through to the women's team final. they'll go up against team usa, who also progressed, with simone biles making a dazzling return to olympic gymnastics, after a difficult time at the tokyo 2020 games. our correspondent maryam moshiri is following events in paris and sent this preview on what's to come on monday.

it is day three of the olympics and the heat is on in the french capital both in a meteorological sense and in a sporting one. there are 90 gold medals up for grabs today come up with exciting action in some of the most popular sports of the games. let's take you through what to watch out for today. tom daley will take to the diving board. his fifth olympics representing team gb. he is paired with 24—year—old noah williams in's ten synchro, an event in which tom daley won the dramatic tokyo gold alongside matty lee. team gb�*s teamed, three—day event as our angled position going into the final day of composition at the jumping. laura collett is in the silver individual position on london 52. the men's team gymnastics final is today with china and japan very much the ones to beat. in one sport impacted by the heavy rain on saturday

was the men's skateboarding. the final was due to take place at the weekend, but has been delayed until today. japan is expected to dominate that event which is relatively new to the olympics. so just a small taste of what we can expect from today. i brilliant weekend of sport already. very excited about what is in store later. —— a brilliant weekend. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. the united states is to give the commanders of its military forces injapan more operational control. the announcement follows talks between us secretary of state antony blinken and his japanese counterpart, who identified china as a growing risk. let's get more from frank, joining us. thank you for your time on newsday. just for

started, how significant is the announcement of that and the timing? announcement of that and the timinu? . announcement of that and the timin: ?, . ., announcement of that and the timin-2, . ., , announcement of that and the timin. 7�* . . , timing? japan have been looking for an upgrade — timing? japan have been looking for an upgrade in _ timing? japan have been looking for an upgrade in the _ timing? japan have been looking for an upgrade in the command i for an upgrade in the command centre, us forces japan, but this historic meeting between antony blinken and his counterparts from both japan and korea represent a real upgrade in the us— japan alliance. these are talk about the us— japan alliance is the most important bilateral relationship by none but what the biden administration is doing here is to multilateral eyes the security arrangements for the pacific with a us — japan plus philosophy. plus korea, philippians and a significant upgrade in the us attention being paid to the rise of china as well as the phrase posed by north korea with its nuclear arsenals. i know you touched upon this but based on the fact you're also

coming from a of being a former adviser to then senatorjoe biden. what is the message the us is brought looking to send to asia the indo—pacific? the to asia the indo-pacific? the most important _ to asia the indo—pacific? tue: most important message to asia the indo—pacific? tte: most important message is to asia the indo—pacific? tt2 most important message is one that president biden and the us are capable of managing, monitoring and indeed fighting in necessary conflicts on multiple fronts. there is unease across the indo—pacific that the war in ukraine, that the war in gaza, with palestine, between israel and are such a significant distraction that we may not be paying sufficient attention to events in east asia whether significant tensions in the south china sea, the east china sea, between china and china and taiwan and of course between north korea and its neighbour south korea and so antony blinken's mission to the region is a broad mission of reassurance. his spending ten

daysin reassurance. his spending ten days in the region, southeast asia, northeast asia, and all designed to reinforce what i need to be one of president biden �*s signature priorities which is upgrading the us alliance structures across the indo—pacific. alliance structures across the indo-pacific._ indo-pacific. and on that oint, indo-pacific. and on that point. the _ indo-pacific. and on that point, the joint _ indo-pacific. and on that | point, the joint statement indo-pacific. and on that - point, the joint statement also that it would institutionalise security cooperation, so is this the biden administration's way of trying to trump proof it is that your policy? you way of trying to trump proof it is that your policy?— is that your policy? you could no even is that your policy? you could go even beyond _ is that your policy? you could go even beyond trump - is that your policy? you could i go even beyond trump proofing. i think this is an attempt to institutionalise relationships which could be subject to political whims in many countries. we have a president is south korea very favourably disposed both to the us alliance but also to try l defence co—ordination. that might not be true with the next president of south korea so, yes, this is a nod to domestic

politics in the us, where president trump is famous for questioning the value of us alliance relationship in both europe and the indo—pacific, but frankly, it is also an attempt to rapidly advance the joint exercises, the joint meetings and institutionalise them to provide inertia sufficient to overcome political headwinds in any of the participating countries. given what you have just said about donald trump, i also want to understand that in case we are looking at a possible trump presidency, what does a donald trump return mean in terms of asia? ~ . ~ ., ., , asia? what we know from trump version 1-0. _ asia? what we know from trump version 1.0, is _ asia? what we know from trump version 1.0, is able _ asia? what we know from trump version 1.0, is able question - version 1.0, is able question whether the us is getting sufficient return on investment from its alliances across the indo—pacific and indeed europe, and so we can anticipate frustrations expressed by the trump administration towards countries like south korea,

which president trump thought should be paying more both for the defence and indeed paying a kind of surcharge to the united states. and i think many of the us allies across the indo—pacific worry that america first might translate into a kind of fortress america approach to security, which relies not on alliances and the work of alliance as president biden is trying to build but rather relies only on american force supremacy and that is greatly concerning two partners across the region.— across the region. frank januzzi. _ across the region. frank januzzi, former - across the region. frank januzzi, former adviser l across the region. frank. januzzi, former adviser to senatorjoe biden, thank you for your time on bbc news. a devastating wildfire has ripped through bushland in northern california, forcing several thousand residents to flee their homes. duncan kennedy reports.

it is california's biggest wildfire this year, ready bonding through 300,000 acres of land and it looks like some of land and it looks like some of it was started deliberately. a lot of our crews were doing cold prepping, basically getting ahead of the fire, finding those structures, communities, making sure those areas will survive the fire going through.— areas will survive the fire going through. areas will survive the fire auoin throu~h. . , going through. the centre is in northern california _ going through. the centre is in northern california in - going through. the centre is in northern california in places i northern california in places like butte county. leaving homes and cars burning and went out. the same county was hit by another fire out. the same county was hit by anotherfire in out. the same county was hit by another fire in 2018, out. the same county was hit by anotherfire in 2018, that killed 80 people. and even where vehicles can move around in this cauldron of flames and smoke, the very signs of the roads are themselves on fire. brian is now slipping out in the open, and his dog rescued from the inferno. t the open, and his dog rescued from the inferno.— from the inferno. i had two officers telling _ from the inferno. i had two officers telling me - from the inferno. i had two officers telling me i -

from the inferno. i had two| officers telling me i needed from the inferno. i had two i officers telling me i needed to get out. well, i packed up what i can pick 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. figs the other physical loss. as lona as the other physical loss. as long as i — the other physical loss. is long as i have the the other physical loss. sis long as i have the dogs and they are saved, i don't really care about many material things. t care about many material thins. , ., ., ., things. i -year-old man has been arrested _ things. i -year-old man has been arrested on _ things. i -year-old man has been arrested on suspicion | things. i -year-old man has. been arrested on suspicion of starting the butte blade by burning a running car into a galley. it is already too late for many properties. here, just the brick chimney is left standing. elsewhere, rows of homes are evacuated.- homes are evacuated. their owners in — homes are evacuated. their owners in shelters. - homes are evacuated. their owners in shelters. i- homes are evacuated. their owners in shelters. i want l homes are evacuated. their| owners in shelters. i want to go home right now but those things can be replaced, lives cannot, pets cannot, that structure will be replaced eventually. fix, structure will be replaced eventually.— eventually. a state of emergency _ eventually. a state of emergency has - eventually. a state of emergency has been | eventually. a state of - emergency has been declared eventually. a state of _ emergency has been declared as around 2500 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 to the ground to try to stop embers building back into fires. but wind and very dry shrub i 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 dollarfranchise. 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 am 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. 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 robert downey said that, you know, "new mask, same task", it'sjust 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 like 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 & wolverine already shattering records, it only came out on thursday at midnight. sojust before... or should i say friday at midnight? you know, so... 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 has taken a while to get to this. and there have 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.

they, the fans really wanted something with him back, and here he is. so, it's a very exciting time. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. sunday was a very warm day. we had the sunshine far and wide, and we've got a few more days of dry weather and sunshine to come, but the heat is going to continue to build across england and wales. and, really, across the whole of western europe, temperatures are rising, the heat is pushing up from spain into france and for the olympics. that's the temperature anomaly chart. you can see for eastern europe, things may be a little cooler than normal. here at home, though, the heat is building underneath that area

of high pressure. there is a weak weather front approaching from the north—west, and that's bringing more cloud into scotland and northern ireland on monday. the odd light shower, perhaps, but most of any rain really is in the far northwest of scotland. the cloud will break in other parts of scotland, but the best of the sunshine will be for england and wales. just a bit of patchy fair—weather cumulus. the winds will be light in england and wales. there will be some cooling sea breezes. there is a stronger breeze, though, blowing for scotland and northern ireland, where temperatures aren't changing much. it's still going to be warm for eastern scotland, but the heat is really concentrated on england and wales. inland temperatures in the southeast, 28 or 29 degrees. that weather front continues to weaken as it moves down into the high pressure overnight and into tuesday. just that sliver of cloud there. more sunshine to come for scotland and northern ireland on tuesday, the odd light shower in the far northwest. sunny skies on the whole for england and wales, a little bit hazy at times. and those temperatures continuing to rise, particularly towards the southeast of england, could make 31 or even 32 degrees here. quite different temperatures for scotland and northern ireland, and you can see the temperature difference overnight tuesday night

into wednesday morning — an uncomfortable night for sleeping in the southeast, particularly in london. there's more sunshine and generally dry weather to come on wednesday. signs of one or two showers breaking out, particularly towards the southwest of england. this could be the first signs of some change. but ahead of that, it's still going to be a hot day through the midlands and the southeast. temperatures, 29, 30 degrees quite possible once again. things are changing, though, wednesday and through the rest of the week in particular, its not going to be quite as warm. there's the chance of more cloud and some rain, which could be heavy and thundery. on wednesday night and through thursday, that moves its way northwards. and then after we start the week with high pressure, we're going to end the week with low pressure in the west.

donald trump pledges to make america the crypto capital of the world, as he courts voters and donations from the tech community. plus, we take a look at how asian brands are going for gold at the paris olympics. hello and welcome to business today. i'm arunoday mukharji. republican presidential nominee donald trump spoke at a large gathering of bitcoin enthusiasts in nashville over the weekend, saying if elected in november, he would champion the digital currency and fire the chairperson of the us

securities and exchange commission on the first day. mr trump also cited china in his speech, saying the us must not let the world's number two economy dominate the industry. if crypto is going to define the future, i want to be mined, minted and made in the usa. it's going to be... it's not going to be made anywhere else. and if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say, it's going to the moon, i want america to be the nation that leads the way. when he was president, mr trump dismissed cryptocurrency as �*highly volatile' and �*based on thin air�*. but major crypto companies and investors have recently been making big donations to his election campaign with the aim of staving off tough regulation favoured by the biden administration. meanwhile, the financial times is reporting that members of kamala harris' team have

also been reaching out to the crypto industry.