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 meeting of the organization of american states permanent council on wednesday, due to "profound concerns" over sunday election�*s outcome. peru's foreign ministry ordered venezuelan diplomats to leave the country in response to rising tensions, in no more than 72 hours. us secretary of state anthony blinken had this to say after the result was announced. we have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the venezuelan people. it is critical that every vote be counted fairly and transparently and election officials immediately share information with the opposition and independent observers without delay and that the electoral authorities published a detailed tabulation of votes. the international community is watching this very closely and will respond accordingly. the bbc�*s ione wells has this

report from caracas. protests broke out in caracas the day after the presidential elections as thousands descended towards the presidential palace to protest the disputed election result and protest against president maduro claiming he had won the election. the protests started relatively peaceful this morning as people around the streets were banging pots and pans chanting things like freedom and hoping he would step down as president. later in the day these turned more violent and people were burning rubbish and car tyres in the streets, clashing with armed police and the military were patrolling the police and tear gas was fired at protesters and we saw many paramilitaries and police on the streets some with riot shields try to stop

protesters getting too close to the present tour —— presidential palace. this will worry president majuro because these on the opposition parties disputing a result, these are not foreign governments, they are normal working people from poorer neighbourhoods in the city, places that would have voted for president majuro and his party, protesting against his party, protesting against his claims of victory in the election and that could spell trouble for him. he has on the other hand accuse the opposition of trying to initiate a coup by disputing the results but the opposition stand firm and believe they have won the election and are determined to prove it. joining me live is benjamin gedan, director of the wilson center's latin america program. what do you make of what we are seeing in venezuela tonight? protest is out on the streets after what many believe was a fraudulent election. it doesn't surprise me in the campaign has

awakened a sense of optimism and hope in venezuela that we've not seen for many years and to see the government simply steal the election with a comical result that it announced with no evidence was clearly going to enrage many people in venezuela from the opposition and those who support the government. 50 opposition and those who support the government. so you are of the — support the government. so you are of the view _ support the government. so you are of the view that _ support the government. so you are of the view that this - support the government. so you are of the view that this was - are of the view that this was indeed a win for the opposition. it indeed a win for the opposition. indeed a win for the ouosition. , , , , opposition. it seems pretty clear. polling _ opposition. it seems pretty clear. polling before - opposition. it seems pretty clear. polling before the i clear. polling before the election showed the opposition was ahead by a minimum of 30 percentage points, is some share the lead 40% and the data from the opposition collected from the opposition collected from certain precincts show that venezuela overwhelmingly voted for change. is that venezuela overwhelmingly voted for change.— voted for change. is there a wa for voted for change. is there a way for the _ voted for change. is there a way for the opposition - voted for change. is there a | way for the opposition group voted for change. is there a - way for the opposition group to challenge these results and is there a legal process that can play out in venezuela? unfortunately there is not which is why there is a risk of the fight taking place on the streets in the venice whaler as this fundamentally is a

dictatorship and the supreme court and the military, the security forces are all controlled by the authoritarian regime and it leaves the opposition with few peaceful avenues to promote change which is why the election was so important. is why the election was so important-— is why the election was so important. there have been claims of — important. there have been claims of fraud _ important. there have been claims of fraud surrounding | claims of fraud surrounding majuro and the elections he's beenin majuro and the elections he's been in all the way back to 2013 when he was in nearly elected president to succeed hugo chavez —— newly elected. do you think the protests will be successful this time and will we see him step down? i think the scale of the fraud this time is very different. we haven't seen such a lopsided result in terms of turnout and energy in the campaign, it's even clear in working—class parts of venezuela and rural parts of venezuela and rural parts there is a great desire for change. even if there wasn't enthusiasm for the opposition ticket, there are few people in venezuela who support another six year of nicolas maduro who's been in power for a nicolas maduro who's been in powerfor a decade and nicolas maduro who's been in power for a decade and 25 years of rule by the chavez regime.

at this point it is different than past elections where there were accounts of fraud but never this egregious. we hear that the organisation - never this egregious. we hear that the organisation of - that the organisation of american states will be holding a meeting on wednesday. what do you make of that and what kind of impact do you think the group could have and other international pressure we have seen? ., ., ., , ,, , seen? international pressure is an essential— seen? international pressure is an essential complement - seen? international pressure is an essential complement to - seen? international pressure is| an essential complement to see what we see taking place on the streets of venice whaler post election. the government really miscalculated in bringing the election forward. there was a sense in the corridors of power that if the playing fields were sufficiently tilted in favour of the government it might win the election and instead it is standing worldwide and especially in latin america that has been damaged by this and i'm not sure it can recover. the conversation that will take place with the organisation of american states will show unanimity in the region in terms of concern and disbelief about the announced results. ~ . ~ ., .,

results. what kind of leveraged do ou results. what kind of leveraged do you think — results. what kind of leveraged do you think the _ results. what kind of leveraged do you think the us _ results. what kind of leveraged do you think the us has - results. what kind of leveraged do you think the us has and - results. what kind of leveraged | do you think the us has and the white house when it comes to pressure on venezuela? there are still massive sanctions on the country and we saw in 2019 under the trump administration that they backed the challenge to the legitimacy of majuro and had to backtrack on it. could that complicate anything here? i don't want to exaggerate the capacity for the us to shake political outcomes in venezuela and we've learned the hard way in the last few is that even with an extraordinarily aggressive sanctions campaign the venezuelan regime was able to maintain control by repressing the people and chasing a quarter of venezuelans into exile and getting critics also bought from russia, china, iran and otheractors from russia, china, iran and other actors outside the western hemisphere but i will say this. it's not irrelevant. the sanctions that the us still has and can impose on venezuela are meaningful and damage the economy and one of the reasons the election was held in the

first place, the desire to free themselves from the sanctions and the regional isolation that venezuela will face is not irrelevant to the calculations of the government. even natural allies like the leftist presidents of colombia and brazil are distancing themselves from the venezuelan regime. we themselves from the venezuelan re . ime. ~ . themselves from the venezuelan reaime. ~ . , regime. we are seeing those fault lines — regime. we are seeing those fault lines playing _ regime. we are seeing those fault lines playing out - regime. we are seeing those fault lines playing out across| fault lines playing out across latin america. about ten seconds left, but what do you see happening next in the country?— see happening next in the count ? ~ , ., country? we will see. i fear it will -la country? we will see. i fear it will play out _ country? we will see. i fear it will play out in _ country? we will see. i fear it will play out in the _ country? we will see. i fear it will play out in the streets - country? we will see. i fear it will play out in the streets of| will play out in the streets of venezuela and provoke a brutal crackdown on dissent as we've seen that level of repression before and it echoes will be a human tragedy and paralyse the process of political transition. i hope i will be wrong but unfortunately that has been the pattern in recent years. has been the pattern in recent ears. ., ~' has been the pattern in recent ears. ., ~ , ., y has been the pattern in recent ears. . ~ ,, , . has been the pattern in recent ears. ., ~' y . ., years. thank you very much for our years. thank you very much for your thoughts. _ israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu says his country will deliver a severe response to saturday's strike on the israeli—occupied golan heights.

the rocket attack struck an soccer field in the town majdal shams, killing twelve young people. mr netanyahu cut short a tour of the united stated to visit the site of the attack on monday. he conveyed his condolences to the local community, which is mostly made up of the arab druze minority. but the prime minister was forced to leave after being heckled by locals, who accused his government of failing to protect them. on sunday, israel fired on sites in south lebanon it says belong to the militant group hezbollah. israel blames hezbollah for the attack, an accusation the group denies. as fears of large—scale israeli retaliation in lebanon grow, several international airlines, including air france and lufthansa, are suspending flights to the capital beirut. while, countries including germany, britain and the netherlands are calling on their citizens to leave lebanon urgently. 0ur correspondent mark lowen has more from jerusalem. the region is braced forjust

how israel will respond to that rocket attack on saturday that killed 12 young people playing football up in the israeli—occupied golan heights. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was up at that site today, and he warned that there would be a harsh response. there's pressure on israel to respond, both from of the coalition government here, but also from israelis up at the border with lebanon, who want to neutralise the threat from hezbollah once and for all. but also, there is an awareness of just how serious the situation is — and indications, reports and some media outlets that israel intends to respond, but perhaps falling short of leading the region into all—out war. there's been a flurry of international activity, diplomatic pressure both on israel and on lebanon, parting messages from washington, from paris, from london and elsewhere warning, calling for restraint, and warning these actors to be measured in their response. the iranian president has warned israel now that it would make a great mistake with heavy consequences if it launched into a significant military incursion into lebanon. so we await to see just the nature of the israeli

response — the israeli security cabinet has passed a resolution allowing the defence minister and prime minister to make a response, to choose the timing and nature of that response. we await to see exactly what shape that will take. now to lebanon, where our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega gave us this update. there is fear of the israeli reaction after saturday's attack and benjamin netanyahu again said that micro his brother would pay a heavy price and they accuse macro his brother of being behind this attack something the group has rejected. the fact the retaliation has not happened yet could be seen as a good

sign because if it helps lower the temperature here, it also gives more time for diplomacy to work and we've seen that that there's been a lot of diplomatic activity to limit the israeli reaction to try and avoid an escalation of tension and to avoid putting hezbollah in a position where they feel they have to respond and i think hezbollah is prepared to accept an attack that is considered to be with him what the group describes as the rules of engagement, military positions used by hezbollah and facilities used by hezbollah, so any kind of attack on the lebanese capital, beirut, on lebanese capital, beirut, on lebanese civilian infrastructure could be seen as a major provocation or escalation by israel and could trigger a response from hezbollah but we still don't

know and we are still waiting to see the israeli reaction but we are seeing signs from israel and hezbollah that they're not interested in major confrontation which could have catastrophic consequences for israel and lebanon. let's look at some other stories making news the chancellor, rachel reeves, has announced spending cuts on road and hospital building projects, as well as winter fuel payments. she told parliament this was because of a massive shortfall in funds that her labour government had inherited. around 10 million pensioners will lose their winter fuel payments under the new plans. former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. in a statement, the metropolitan police said the offences relate to images shared on a whatsapp chat. they are alleged to have taken place between december 2020 and april 2022. mr edwards will appear

in court on wednesday. the government and the bma trade union have struck an improved pay dealforjunior doctors in england worth 22 percent on average over two years. the bma's junior doctors' committee has agreed to put the offer to its members.if accepted, it would spell an end to long—running strike action which has led to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of appointments since march 2023. presidentjoe biden is proposing unprecedented changes to the us supreme court. it's part of a plan he says will "restore trust and accountability" to the nation's highest court. he laid it out the three—part plan in an opinion column in the washington post on monday. he proposes a constitutional amendment that he says would "make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office." he also supports changes to the way the court's judges

are appointed, with the the president nominating a justice every two years to serve 18 years on the court. and he also wants to impose a binding ethics code on the justices — following a series of controversies around conflicts of interest involving several members of the court. the president spoke about his proposed sweeping changes during a speech marking the 60th anniversary of the civil rights act. based on my experience i am certain we need these reforms, these reforms restore trust in the core, preserve the system of checks and balances vital to our democracy and they are also common reforms that the vast majority of american people support as well as law scholars, progressives and conservatives. i look forward to working with congress to implement these reforms and members of congress not here today. the town of southport is reeling over the killing of two children on monday in what police describe

as a �*ferocious' knife attack. nine other children were injured — six are in critical condition. the deadly incident happened shortly before a taylor swift—themed summer holiday dance class. armed police arrested a 17 year old boy. they say they are not treating the incident as terror related and added that there is no risk to the public. the king reacted to the attack, saying in a statement: "we send our most heartfelt condolences, prayers and deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who have so tragically lost their lives, and to all those affected by this truly appalling attack." 0urjudith mortiz has more. and a warning — you may find some of the details in this report upsetting. a sunny day in the school holidays, and children who had been dancing moments earlier are lying on the street. where there had been in music, there was now the sound of screaming. paramedics and police raced to them, local people too, including an off duty nurse.

i checked on my girls and ijust ran to the crowd because you put your nhs head on, don't you? and the mother there, i was consoling, the look on herface, because she knew something had happened to her child. it was like, oh, my gosh, how do you even comprehend? there's nothing you can do. the children were dancing to taylor swift when a man with a knife walked into the room. people working nearby heard the sounds of their distress. it was like a bomb had gone off, girls' bodies all over the place. me and one of my colleagues who worked with me, james, he brought one of the girls out of the building. she didn't look good at all, poor kid. the dance class had just been about to end. there were a few parents around. i have heard wailing and screaming pretty much all afternoon of parents coming

later to pick kids up, and only really finding out what has gone on. 13 people were stabbed altogether, including 11 children. they were taken to hospitals all over the region, some by air. many are critical. two children have been killed and details are still emerging about exactly what happened in the room. it is understood that the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school where the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and starting to attack inside, the children. we believe the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nana, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time and i wish to send my heartfelt condolences to them. roads surrounding the scene were closed off and this afternoon, the police arrested a teenager at a house in a village three miles north of southport,

and seized a knife. the 17—year—old was born in cardiff and is now being questioned by detectives. condolences have been offered by the king and the prime minister. the events today are just truly awful, and i know the whole country is deeply shocked at what they have seen and what they have heard. i know i speak for everybody and the whole country in saying our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, their friends and the wider community. it's almost impossible to imagine the grief that they are going through and the trauma they are going through. this is an area full of families, and everyone either know someone affected or knows of children who could have been there instead. you don't even hear about this kind of stuff on netflix. this is, like, the worst thing

you can ever imagine. my daughter was there on saturday. our friends' kids were here and i have just got slain, massacred. i have been in this community for many years, and i would say i have heard of maybe one or two stabbings, but nothing of this nature. so it's worrying. southport is a happy holiday resort which always shows its best side in summer. not today. this has been the darkest of days, and unspeakable horror has happened here instead. judith moritz, bbc news, southport. former president donald trump says he'll sit down with the fbi on thursday for a �*victim interview�* to discuss the assassination attempt against him at his pennsylvania rally earlier this month. the fbi is investigating the 20—year—old gunman and his motivations behind the shooting that killed one rally goer and seriously wounded two others.

federal investigators in pennsylvania said they wanted to get mr trump's perspective on the shooting, calling the interview �*standard' procedure us lawmakers are continuing to look into the security failures that led up to the attack. top officials with the secret service and fbi are set to testify on capitol hill tuesday. one of the frontrunners to become kamala harris' running mate — north carolina governor roy cooper — has withdrawn himself from consideration, sources close to the vetting team tells our us news partner cbs. the 67 year old was believed to be among the half—dozen contenders being vetted for the role as ms harris' vice president. he was seen as a top choice given his popularity in north carolina — a state the democrats have not won in 16 years. it is not immediately clear why governor cooper has withdrawn from consideration. thousands of firefighters continue to battle a huge wildfire in northern california. the so—called �*park fire' is the largest of several wildfires in the state, burning through butte, tehama, shasta and plumas counties,

north of the city of chico. officials say the blaze has ravaged nearly 150,000 hectares of land, making it one of the largest fires in state history. more than 26,000 residents were under evacuation orders on monday afternoon, with authorities calling for extreme caution due to a high risk of escalation. officials say it was started by a man who pushed a flaming car into a gully. the fire was able to spread quickly following multiple heat waves that have struck california since the beginning ofjune. let's turn to some other important news around the world the united states announced it will send additional military aid to ukraine. the new security package, valued up to 200 million dollars, includes air defense and anti—tank weapons, along with artillery and mortar rounds. ukrainian leaders have been urging allies for months to supply more air defense systems to counter frequent missile and drone attacks by russian forces. the us has made a 1.5 billion dollar commitment to support ukraine's defenses over the long term,

vandals have sabatoged france's telecommuncations infrastructure, just days after an attack on the country's rail system. the cut to long distance telecom cables at five sites caused isolated outages. the french telecoms regulator says the sabotage impacted 11,000 people. iowa's strict abortion law, banning almost all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, went into effect monday. the legislation allows for procedures until a fetus or embryo is detected, with exceptions for cases of rape, incest, fetal abnormalities, and when a mother's life is in danger. iowa's republican leaders had been seeking the law for years, which gained momentum after the us supreme court overturned roe v. wade in 2022. iowa's abortion providers say they will continue to operate in compliance with the new law. former south african presidentjacob zuma has been expelled from the country's governing party, the african national congress. the decision follows mr zuma's move to campaign for a rival party during the may parlimentary election. the anc lost its majority for

the first time since apartheid, forcing it share power in a coalition government. floods stranded thousands of people in north korea over the weekend, prompting leader kimjong un to declare an "emergency" — according to the country's state media. photos show submerged farmland and homes after heavy rain hit near the country's border with china. state media report kim reprimanded officials for failing to prepare and respond to the recent torrential rains. four—time 0|ympic gymnast champion simone biles returned to practice after injuring her left calf during warm ups ahead of qualifying events sunday in paris. she left the competition area after performing on the balance beam, but returned to complete routines with her left leg and ankle wrapped. the us is heavily favored to win gold in the team's final on tuesday.

ms biles is expected to compete in four events. stay with us here on bbc news. 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. 0vernight 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.

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