hello again. welcome along. there were a couple of thrilling finishes to two key races in the olympic pool on monday. the women's 200m freestyle provided a shock. the men's edition of the same race less so, although it was incredibly close. romanian teenager david popovici won byjust two hundredths of a second, adding olympic gold to his world title from 2022. popovici was only third at the halfway stage but came through just at the end to pip matt richards of britain, who claimed the silver from lane one. less than a tenth of a second separated all the medal winners, with america's luke hobson taking the bronze. i felt really good, felt strong. um, you know, i thought i maybe might have got it coming into the wall, but obviously didn't know because i was breathing the other way. turned around and saw second by my name, which is a fantastic result. you know, i'd be lying if i said i didn't want to be three hundredths

quicker maybe, and be first by my name. well, no female 200m freestyle champion had successfully defended their olympic title. that is still the case after a surprise defeat for ariarne titmus in the final to her australian team—mate molly o'callaghan. titmus, was going for the double double, having already won the aoom in paris, but couldn't match o'callaghan�*s olympic record time. the women's aoom individual medley was not as close as either of those two races, with 17—year—old canadian summer mcintosh blowing her rivals away to win the gold, just two days after she lost out to ariarne titmus in that aoom freestyle. while south africa's tatiana smith came from almost nowhere to win the women's 100m breaststroke, with a late surge improving on her silver medalfrom tokyo. with a bronze in third, mona mcsharry provided ireland's first medal of the games. we all have our own strategies, our own game plans or our own ways of racing and personally, for me, it was just to focus on my own race. so even when i catch

myself wanting to look around, ijust said, close your eyes. like, i wanted to learn from tokyo and that's what i wanted to do. and i was very happy with the race. i'm very grateful that i ended up touching first. but it wasn't about that. it wasjust, you know, doing the best i can. and thomas ceccon won italy's second swimming gold of paris 2024, taking the title in the 100m backstroke. the world record holder reeled in china's xu to win in 52 seconds flat. well, sunday's dramatic race in the pool featured adam peaty, who has now revealed that he tested positive for covid the morning after winning silver in the 100m breaststroke. the british swimmer was a two—time defending champion, going for a third gold in a row, and said after the race that he had been slightly unwell while his condition worsened overnight. but the british team are still hopeful he could be part of the relay events later in the olympics, with a possible return to action as early as friday. japan have won the men's team

gymnastics gold at the olympics for a record—extending eighth time, taking the title after a dramatic late collapse by china. it came on the final apparatus when ueda su fell from the horizontal bar, handing japan's olympic individual champion daiki hashimoto the chance to overtake their rivals for the gold. china's final competitor following this routine could not make up the gap and japan win back the gold that they last claimed in rio. now, it could have been their final meeting in a singles match after 60 during their careers, but novak djokovic knocked rafael nadal out of the olympic tennis tournament. nadal says he will now decide on his future plans after the games, after losing in straight sets to a man ranked 159 places higher than the spaniard, who won his 14 french open titles at this venue at roland garros. nadal is still in the doubles in paris, though, with carlos alcaraz. now, very few gold medals

in paris will be won in such dramatic fashion as tom pidcock in the cross country mountain biking. the british rider started the race as favourite to retain the gold that he won in tokyo, and was leading the way until a puncture disrupted his plans. our sports editor dan roan has more. his race began well — by the third lap of eight he'd taken the lead. but then, at the worst possible moment, he suffered a puncture. they seemed to be slow, his team, in getting support to him, and by the time he'd managed to resume his race, he found himself almost a0 seconds back on the leader, victor koretzky of france, ninth place in the race as well, and many people perhaps would have assumed that his race was over effectively. but pidcock is known for his never say die attitude. he's resilient, and slowly, remarkably, he managed to claw his way back through the field. and then in the final, decisive moments, pidcock managed to overtake when he was in the trees with an audacious manoeuvre.

the french crowd here weren't happy to see the lead snatched away from from their man, but pidcock at that point was safely there and completed a quite staggering comeback, one of the greatest, perhaps, that mountain biking has ever seen, to retain his olympic gold. emotional scenes at the end and of course, his olympics are not yet over. he's already established himself as one of the most versatile riders in cycling, and he has the road race now to look forward to this weekend so he could be set for even more glory after a quite astonishing victory here today. yes, quite an achievement. pidcock the man from leeds in yorkshire. here he is reflecting on his gold medal race. i know how fast victor is on the last laps like this, you know, especially with the home crowd. he wouldn't have been feeling his legs, you know, and you've got 15,000 people cheering your name. but i knew if i could stay

close, i could come around him near the finish or would have a chance. and he made a mistake on the descent. so i managed to come past. well, if that was great britain's second gold of the games, it didn't come long after the first, with the team eventing providing another retained olympic title. tokyo 2020 champions laura collett and tom mcewen, joined by world number one ros cantor, sealed victory in the final showjumping stage at versailles. host nation france took the silver with japan the bronze, while collett also went on to win a bronze in the individual showjumping event. that was won by german michaeljung, his fourth olympic gold medal in the three—day competition combining dressage, cross country and then the showjumping. jung rides on chipmunk, they finished ahead of australia's christopher burton and collett. it wasjung's third individual olympics win after london 2012 and rio four years later. ukraine have their first medal of the games, an emotional one for olga kharlan in the fencing and courtesy of a big fight back against her opponent,

the sabre event dominated by french fencers. well, despite that, there might have been an even more popular winner in the canoeing. nicolas gestin was another home favourite who certainly delivered the most convincing victory of the day. the single canoe slalom's often won by hundredths of a second, but he beat his rivals by more than five seconds, obliterating the field to claim his first olympic title. adam burgess of britain was second, winning silver after he finished fourth in tokyo. paris 2024 organisers say that they are confident the olympic triathlon events will go ahead as scheduled, despite concerns over pollution in the river seine. two training sessions have now been cancelled because of the water quality, with the men's event due to take place early on tuesday. there are contingency plans, with the last resort being to lose the swimming leg of the event entirely. i always felt like they should have some sort of contingency plan, because i don't think living where we live, like northern europe, that you can rely on the weather. and that was always going to be really important in terms

of the water quality. and as we saw in the opening ceremony, there was a big downfall. and i think that's caused the issue. the problem with the seine and where it's held is there is a strong current, and the athletes really want to get in the water and feel where they need to be, because it's so important when it comes to racing. if you're going against the current, you need to know where to position yourself best. but i think it's going to be safer for the athletes not to go into the water. it's tricky. so what i've heard is that they're going to make a decision at 3:30am this morning. when the race starts at 8:00, most of the athletes will want to be down there around about 6:30, 7:00 in the morning, for their 8:00 start. so a lot of these athletes going to bed, really not knowing what's happening, a lot of uncertainty at the moment. away from the olympics, manchester united hoped to make a final decision on a potential new stadium by the end of the calendar year. united co—owner sir jim ratcliffe wants to build a wembley of the north of england, and has put together a task force

to assess the feasibility of what would be a 100,000—seater venue as part of a £2 billion redevelopment. arsenal have completed the signing of italy defender riccardo calafiori from bologna for a fee of up to £a2 million. calafiori started italy's three group games at euro 202a. he signed a five—year deal with the premier league club, who have recouped some of the money by selling midfielder emile smith rowe to fulham. they are paying £27 million initially. that is a club record. and just time to take a quick look at the medal table from the olympics. after day three of competition at paris 2024, japan's gymnastics gold has put them at the top. they've now won six. the home boost is helping the hosts — five gold medals for them already. 16, crucially, the total haul has them ahead of china, australia and south korea, who are followed by usa and then great britain. much more olympics reaction and previews at our website. head there for that and much, much more. that's it from here. thank you. bye bye.

hello there. we'll see some contrast in temperature across the uk over the next few days. slightly fresher conditions for scotland and northern ireland, but england and wales certainly holding onto the heat and the humidity for another few days. for most of us, it is looking pretty dry and pretty sunny, as well. but will we see a heat wave? it depends where you are. these are the threshold temperatures which we need to hit for at least three consecutive days. now, that's 28 celsius for parts of london and southeast england, 27 for much of england and wales — we've already seen one day above that — and actually, over the next few days across parts of the midlands, southern, southeast england, we could well see those threshold temperatures exceeded for a heat wave. now, through the day on tuesday, lots of dry, sunny weather. areas of cloud just floating around across parts of northern england, northern ireland,

and at times of scotland — so you could just see a light passing shower here, i think. further south — long, clear spells, blue skies, lifting temperatures to between about 28—32 in the southeast. typically the high teens or the low—20s, though, as we head further north. overnight tuesday night and on into wednesday, largely dry, settled, humid again — so another muggy, sticky night. just a chance of the odd shower cropping up perhaps towards the south. but look at those overnight temperatures — 18 celsius in london, but we're looking at glasgow and edinburgh around about 7—8 celsius. so a real contrast as we head into the early hours of wednesday. but again, for wednesday, lots of sunshine, it'll feel hot and humid again for england and wales in particular, where temperatures could reach 30 celsius or higher. typically again, the high teens or low—20s as we head through scotland and northern ireland. but a bit of a change into thursday, because we'll start to see this frontal system moving its way in from the west, bumping into the high pressure, bumping into the hot, humid air — that could well spark off some heavy showers and some thunderstorms. so a bit of a breakdown in the weather possible

for thursday, especially so for england and wales, but some uncertainty about the positioning of any of those thunderstorms. if you do catch one, torrential downpours could bring some localised flooding. with the threat of showers, it's not quite as hot by this stage in the south, but still could get close to 30 celsius. and then, as we head through friday into the weekend, eventually weather fronts will start to move their way eastwards, introducing something a little bit fresher coming in from the west. so, after a hot, humid few days, it is looking a little bit cooler and more unsettled as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. bye— bye.

live from washington. this is bbc news. security forces in venezuela fire tear gas and rubber bullets as thousands protest the election results. a deadly strike on a soccer field near the israel—lebanon border escalates concerns of a new war in the region. and us presidentjoe biden announces proposals for supreme court term limits and ethics rules — but they're unlikely to pass in congress. riot police in venezuela are clashing with protesters, thousands of whom have taken to the streets across the country to denounce

the official result of sunday's presidential election. in the capital, caracas, protesters set fire to cars and threw stones at riot police, who responded with tear gas. the demonstrators say president nicolas maduro�*s re—election was fraudulent and they're demanding that he leave office. groups of mr maduro�*s supporters as well as paramilitaries are also gathering in the capital. in a live address to the nation, president maduro said his government "knows how to confront this situation and defeat those who are violent". venezuela's electoral authority formally declared mr maduro the winner, despite exit polling that suggested the opposition party won. mr maduro accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup. the venezuelan opposition dismissed the electoral council's announcement as fraudulent, and candidate edmundo gonzales says his campaign has the proof it needs to show he was the winner. world leaders are also questioning

the result of the election. latin american governments will hold an emergency