to the programme. the us hasjoined israel in blaming the lebanese militant group, hezbollah, for the rocket attack that killed twelve children and teenagers in the israeli—occupied golan heights on saturday, in the town of majdal shams, calling it �*horrific�*. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with senior security officials on sunday, and was authorized to decide how and when to respond to the strike. netanyahu has said that hezbollah — which is backed by iran — will pay a heavy price. the bbc�*s paul adams sent this report from the 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, bbc news, majdal shams. western governments are urging israel to show restraint in its response to that deadly rocket attack on saturday amid fears that retaliation agaisnt hezbollah and neighbouring lebanon could ignite a regional war. our middle east correspondent marl lowen has more now from jerusalem. 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 decides 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 amoun of international pressure on both sides at the moment, coming from the us, from france and from the united nation, from the european union, 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 a 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 focused on. as miller says it carried out two attacks close to the border after israel carried out strikes. hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands were forced from their homes on both sides. we

have this update from southern lebanon on. 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. israeli forces are continuing to hit gaza. parts of central gaza have been told to move to an already crowded humanitarian zone. israeli trips are continuing a weak log operation aimed they say at eliminating hamas operatives. 66 palestinians have been killed in israeli raids across the territory this weekend, that's according to the hamas—run health ministry. meanwhile, ceasfire talks continue in rome. cia director william burns is on hand. israeli media say that israel washington its response to the latest proposals on saturday. us secretary of state antony blinken, who is currently in tokyo, has said that securing peace in gaza is the only way to prevent wider escalation in the region. one of the reasons that we are continuing to work so hard for a ceasefire in gaza is notjust for gaza but also so that we can have an opportunity to bring calm,

lasting calm across the blue line between israel and lebanon. we are determined to bring the gaza conflict to a close. it has gone on forfar too long. it has cost far too many lives and we want to see israelis, we want to see palestinians, we want to see lebanese live free from the threat of conflict and violence. i spoke to a fella. we saw israel launching this strike. strikes on israeli military targets. how deep are the fears right now that this could begin to spark potentially a broader conflict? , ., , to spark potentially a broader conflict? , . , ., conflict? yes, that is the main cuestion conflict? yes, that is the main question today. _ conflict? yes, that is the main question today. is _ conflict? yes, that is the main question today. is this - conflict? yes, that is the main question today. is this going l question today. is this going to be an all—out war or limited. i still believe both

parties do not really want an all—out warrant. for as bella, this is not a war they will sacrifice all that weapons for. —— hezbollah. and it was still not done with gutter and they will need your support in order to go for an all—out war in lebanon which is not going to happen before the elections, probably so they are both restrained and it is not in their interests. i think what we will see tonight or tomorrow is it is going to respond, definitely going to respond, but most probably it will target hezbollah military assets, infrastructure, missile factors, but not the infrastructure like for example the airport or roads, water

facilities. it will be definitely a target against hezbollah and it will probably be limited but very significant which means it could reach the suburbs of beirut. the southern suburbs of beirut. the southern suburbs where they have headquarters and military infrastructure. hezbollah. something that can be tolerated. and it will and that... �* . tolerated. and it will and that... . i, ., �* that... but all eyes wouldn't ou sa that... but all eyes wouldn't you say are _ that... but all eyes wouldn't you say are on _ that... but all eyes wouldn't you say are on the _ that... but all eyes wouldn't you say are on the israeli. you say are on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he has met with his security cabinets. how do you think you will negotiate this and of course, there is always this dog in the background the potentially there are members of this israeli government which is a very far right government, that were itching to may broaden this war and may be taken to hezbollah. definite. we heard calls

already and these costs are increasing, becoming louder, that israel has to go for an all—out war in lebanon and also invade lebanon. we heard statements asking benjamin netanyahu to invade lebanon on by force. but these goals are one thing and realities are completely different story. the can go for war now but what is this war going to look like? that is a main question. this is not going to be like a 2006 war, it would be longer and more damaging for both parties and require definitely us support and involvement because this is not going to bejust and israel— hezbollah war. we might see iran interference, iraq, syria and yemen, this will be original ball and they cannot fight this war if iran

decides to pull all its forces into this war. this is something israel cannot do without us and international support. to be involved in a wart like this, it is going to be longer and are more damaging war and the israeli army needs to restock, also needs more support and it needs the army to restock and be ready... you mentioned _ to restock and be ready... you mentioned the _ to restock and be ready... you mentioned the us. _ to restock and be ready... you mentioned the us. the us has spent all kinds of political capital. we have seen secretary blinken in the region multiple times, essentially trying to prevent this conflict with hamas spreading among players in the region. what kind of messaging do you think the biden administration will be sending over to the israeli side and of course over to lebanon on and hezbollah? i do not think that _ lebanon on and hezbollah? i do not think that the _ lebanon on and hezbollah? i u not think that the message... we have seen already pressure

by the us, by washington on israel to make sure that their response is serious but limited and i think this is a compromise that all parties are negotiating. i do not think the us is ready or has the intention and will to actually support israel's war on 11 office of the message is with your response, the us definitely is going to support israel's right to defend itself, but a war that will take all the military resources of israel and its allies will have to wait. i think the message today is not avoid or but to avoid war for now and let's wait until everybody is more ready and you're done with actions, gaza and we have reached a ceasefire before going for a second fire. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

new footage reveals the moments before a police officer stamped on a man at manchester airport. 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. greater manchester's chief constable has said the shock

and upset caused in some communities is a matter of profound regret. you're live with bbc news. polls have started to close in venezuela, in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in more than a decade. president nicolas maduro is seeking a third consecutive term. he's been in office since 2013 after the death of his mentor, hugo chavez. he told voters they have a choice between war and peace and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. mr maduro's main challenger, edmundo gonzalez, has said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter century of socialist rule. pre—election polls suggested that mr gonzalez had a wide lead over the incumbent. the opposition says it has faced harassment and the arrest of more than 100 people linked to its campaign, and its main candidate was barred from running. mr maduro's 2018 re—election was widely dismissed as neither free norfair, sparking concerns over this election. mr maduro told supporters he will win, �*by hook

or by crook�* has assured voters that election results will be free and fair. tensions were high at polling stations where voters faced off as they waited to cast their votes. mr gonzalez and president maduro each spoke after casting their ballots. 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. translation: i will recognise the electoral referee, - the official bulletins and they will be respected. the word of the electoral referee is holy.

as you say, the polls have closed and counting is under way and both sides have been speaking this evening and it is really interesting, analysing the messages they are putting out. the government's message this evening so far has been basically that people "have been voting "against the sanctions". sanctions they referred to as us sanctions imposed after the last election, that were seen as neither free or fair. that suggest they are already making a narrative about why people may not have necessarily voted for the government. it is an interesting line to be taking at this early stage of the counting. the opposition, both candidate edmundo gonzalez and leader maria corina machado, who was banned from running herself have been speaking this evening and they are urging all supporters to stay in the polling station and try to be part of the verification process. they are feeling

very optimistic. there has been a huge turnout and groundswell support but they are worried about whether this election will be free and fair. they are encouraging all their voters to be citizen officers making sure the results are free and fair. i know you've been closely following the turnout in this election, why is that such a crucial factor? thank you for having me. turnout is going to be the absolute crucial factor here. we have exit polls coming out that show edmundo gonzalez had about a 20 point—30 point lead over incumbent nicolas maduro and it looks like venezuelans have participated overwhelming in this election and that is going to make it really

difficult for the government, for the ruling party to carry out fraud and temper with the vote on the margins. speaking of those concerns about fraud or election irregularities, what is in place in venezuela? are there any systems to monitor the vote counting now that we're getting close to that point, those polls should be closing any moment? opposition actually has electoral witnesses at voting centres, thousands of voting centres around the country, and they also have technicians that are in the room observing the vote count as we speak. while polls started to close around three hours ago, we still have not seen any kind of official results from the national electoral council and the silence from venezuelan authorities right now is incredibly worrisome. it looks like both sides are poised to claim victory and that is going to set us up for major confrontation. you are worried potentially that we could see something

in the country where both sides say they have won and that could lead to some sort of tension, to say the least? yes, that's right. the truth is that if the ruling party, the ruling socialist party actually has the results, then the electoral authority should be able to prove it by publishing the results by each voting centre. the fact they have not done so suggests they have something to hide. i think we have to ask ourselves, if nicola maduro and people in his inner circle really are interested in signing up for another cycle of violence and repression. i have to think that right now, in the ruling party, in maduro's inner circle, there are some questions whether or not it might be worth to recognise their defeat and actually embrace

the transition. let's just say, if edmundo gonzalez does when it ——win this what would that mean for the country? i think there is absolutely no way that gonzalez can take office injanuary when his term would start without a very complicated process of negotiation with the ruling party, with nicolas maduro and the armed forces. the truth is neither the opposition, nor maduro can hope to govern a country in flames. we are heading towards a very complicated negotiations process about really complex issues about how to actually govern the country, how to share power and how to keep the country on track towards a democratic opening. how do you think its neighbours, brazil or colombia, are watching the results here and of course the united must be watching also? the us and our neighbours

watching this. the reality is in recent years, around eight million venezuelans have fled the country and the flow of migrants and refugees is going to continue if we see the political crisis, the economic crisis continue to drag on. i think the best hope of addressing the flow of migrants and refugees is getting to some kind of a democratic opening in the country, restoring governance and getting the country back on track and that is not going to happen unless we see both ruling parties and the opposition enter credible negotiations. what will you be watching now as these hours tick by, the voting seems to be wrapping up, what are you watching for here? all eyes need to be on venezuela's national electoral council, on the electoral authority, and whether or not they choose to publish the results from this election. if maduro is confident in his victory, he should have no problems in publishing the results. on the contrary,

if they do not, if we just see maduro claiming victory without backing it up it will be evidence of electoral thread. we will continue to track these elections. looking at some other stories making headlines. wildfire sweeping across parts of northern california. it was sparked on wednesday as a suspected arson attack. more than 360 thousands of acres of land have been bad. nearly 4000 firefighters are tackling the blaze. it isjust12% blaze. it is just 12% contained. blaze. it isjust12% contained. the fire is the largest this year in california. b pattern has won the us against plans to station long—range missiles in germany, adding moscow could respond by putting weapons in western countries. —— within range of western countries. the us announced onjuly western countries. the us announced on july ten western countries. the us announced onjuly ten that it will start deploying blonde

range missiles in germany from 2026. a former uk cabinet minister swell above it has pulled out the race to lead the conservatives are that there was no point in running. the latest to announce is a former secretary of business. day two of the paris olympic games saw big showdowns from the swimming pool to the basketball court. italy's nicolo martinenghi won the highly—anticipated men's one hundred metre breaststroke final. he forced britain's adam peaty into second place, denying him a third consecutive olympic gold medal. the hosts france won their first olympic swimming gold since 2012 as the world record holder leon marchand claimed the men's 400 metre individual medley title. my colleague maryam moshiri has been following events in paris today and sent this update on what we've seen so far —

and what's to come tomorrow. 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 there are 19 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. a brilliant weekend of sport already. very excited about what is in store later. stay with us for more here on 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, it's 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.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme.

she looked beautiful. she looked like a barbie doll. she looked fun and sweet. i remember she has, like, 1 million followers on her instagram. i was like, "yeah, i want to be like her." the rise of kat torres seemed to be the ultimate rags to riches story — from extreme poverty to international model and wellness influencer. she captivated women all over the world. everything that i saw seemed credible, seemed like she was an ex—model that decided to turn into a life coach. she was in cover of magazines, she was seen with famous people such as leonardo dicaprio. she knew a lot of very wealthy and powerful men from all walks of life — finance, government. she knew everybody. but behind the perfectly curated instagram posts

and the promise of all the love, money and self—esteem