we'll have more on that in a moment, but for now, the sport with gavin. great britain's rowers failed to win a single gold in tokyo, bringing home just two medals. but what a turnaround for them so far in paris — with their first gold on the board with an incredible finish in the women's quadruple sculls. with 200 metres to go, the british boat trailed the netherlands, but they pulled it back to take the win with the final stroke. the gb quartet of lauren henry, lola anderson, hannah scott and georgina brayshaw won it by 0.15 of a second. the first time team gb had won the event either mens or womens. netherlands won the men's quad. we were trying to make growing a bit more interesting, so that's kind of what we were going for. last few strokes, i mean, laura and i were just going, we got this. we had so

much belief in our crew and all of usjust kept our much belief in our crew and all of us just kept our heads in and that's what we've been doing in training so we were ready for that and, yeah, just trust the process, that's what we did to say and that's why were standing here. overwhelmed, very overwhelmed. can't really sum _ overwhelmed, very overwhelmed. can't really sum up how 13 years worth of dreams_ really sum up how 13 years worth of dreams feels. when it comes to this sort of— dreams feels. when it comes to this sort of climax, this is unreal. best moment of— sort of climax, this is unreal. best moment of my life. and i'm so, so happy— moment of my life. and i'm so, so happy to— moment of my life. and i'm so, so happy to be — moment of my life. and i'm so, so happy to be with these girls. so a fantastic performance from the british quartet and afterwards we got the views of dame katherine grainger — double sculls gold medallist at london 2012 — and she believes the gold could inspire team gb�*s rowing team. we talked quite a lot about how different the team feels, three years ago in tokyo there were no gold medals at all, no gold medals for the women and a lot of fourth places. you can see the team itself feeling a little bit unsure of itself, here we've arrived and even

before the final started, they feel confident, they're behaving, a bounce in their step to see that first gold medal come in will really ignite the rest of the team. we've got finals every single day now right through to saturday and a gold medal chance every single day. i think we'll see enthusiasm, excitement, which actually saw some of the cruise rolling down, and their training as the national anthem was just finishing. thinking tomorrow is my chance, that will do a lot for the team. what a day it's been so far in paris. eight gold medals have already been claimed, and there are nine more to be won. great britain have surged up the medal table — with five medals in total so far on wednesday. alex yee looked like he'd have to settle for silver in the men's triathlon, just as he did in tokyo three years ago. but in the final lap of the ten kilometre run, he overcame a 11; second deficit to pass his great rival new zealand's hayden wilde and secure gold. great britain have won more triathlon medals than any other nation since the event became an olympic sport in 2000.

i think certainly i think that was a point where i wasn't sure what was going to happen, i think i was writing a bad patch between 5k, but i said to myself, you know, i'm going to give myself one more chance of this, i've worked so hard and so many other people who work so hard, for me to get to this position so you know what, i really wanted to, you know what, i really wanted to, you know, just, yeah. give it one last go and cross the finish line with no regrets and ifeel like i did that and yeah, it's amazing that i was able to achieve this but yeah, neverin i was able to achieve this but yeah, never in my wildest dreams at 5k did i think i'd head back there. the women's race, was close until the final lap of the 10k run. when france's cassandre beaugrand pulled clear to take gold ahead of switzerland'sjulie derron — with great britain's beth potter putting in a great peerformance to claim third here and take the bronze. great britain's kieran reilly secured bmx freestyle silver in a dramatic 0lympic final in paris. it was such a high quality event with argentina'sjose torres gil setting the standard with a great run that was more than enough for gold.

world champion reilly, was guaranteed a bronze going into his final run. and threw everything at it, moving up to silver. france's anthonyjeanjean took the bronze. for the second run i knew i was guaranteed a metal. it didn't really change my mindset at all because i knew growing up there it was going for gold. i puta knew growing up there it was going for gold. i put a rundown on the board that i was happy with but it wasn't my best and i wanted to go out there and do my best. and i think in that second run and the circumstances, that was ever the guy give, and i left everything on this course. there was a bronze for the british pair of andrea spendolini—sirieix and lois toulson in the women's synchronised ten metre platform diving competition earlier. china continued their perfect record, making it three golds from three diving events so far. chen yu shi and chuan hong—chan blew away the competition, finishing far out in front. third place went to spendolini—sirieix and toulson who leapfrogged canada

with this final dive. north korea on the left took their second silver of the games. away from british success — novak djokovic has eased his way into the quarterfinals in the men's singles. the 24—time grand slam champion has only ever claimed a bronze medal in the olympics. he beat germany's dominik kop—fer7—5, 6—3. he beat germany's dominik kopfer 7—5, 6—3. and will play stefanos tsitsipas next. the canada women's football team have had their appeal against a six point deduction rejected by the court of arbitartion for sport. they were punished after using a drone to spy on theirfirst opponents in the olympics new zealand. head coach bev priestman and two of her assistants were also banned from any football related activity for 12 months. that leaves canada, who are 0lympic champions, on zero points in their group, needing to beat colombia later to have any chance of reaching the quarters. and that's all the sport for now. we louvre of course keep you updated throughout the day, see you soon. hamas says the killing of its political leader, ismail haniyeh, in tehran will not go unanswered. hamas accused israel of carrying out the attack, which occurred in the early morning,

just hours after mr haniyeh attended the inauguration of the new iranian president. the armed wing of hamas says the killing will �*take the battle to new dimensions�*. there's been no official comment from israel as yet. the attack leaves efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in gaza under new strain, and threatens to tip the region into further violence. as the fears around that grows, here's my colleague, azadeh moshiri. you can barely see girls on this map. as we've seen over the course of this war, what happens on this small strip of land has far—reaching implications across the entire region. and that's because of hamas, which is a proscribed terrorist organisation by the united states and the uk as well as several other countries. and its long—standing

ties with iran, which is known to provide financing, military support, weapons training and because of that, any implications of actions, anything that happens with hamas also has implications in terms of what iran will do. and hamas is not the only one with these ties to iran, there is also hezbollah, an organisation that has considerable military power. 0ne organisation that has considerable military power. one of their leaders was assassinated supposedly by israel last night. 0ne was assassinated supposedly by israel last night. one of their representatives was also in iran during that high profile event where his smile honey —— —— ismail haniyeh. they are also known to receive military and

financial support from iran, and that's not all. there are also the rebels in yemen, the houthi rebels who are also known to have strong ties to iran. all of this is why you keep hearing that word, escalation. where there are so many concerns that a war that has largely taken place in gaza will escalate further on that border with lebanon, as well as involve other fronts including through it militias in syria who also have ties to iran. all of this is also why israel has been trying to disrupt supply chains from iran to disrupt supply chains from iran to hamas and other parts of the map you're looking at right now. whether that's through suit on, the red sea, yemen, —— sudan, orthe that's through suit on, the red sea, yemen, —— sudan, or the sinai peninsula. this isn't going to quell any of those fears from the international community, it's there reaction from their supreme leader

that says we considered our duty to avenge his blood. that's referring to the assassination of ismail haniyeh. this was an attack on their own soil during the presidential inauguration of the new president and is a new blow from your security apparatus —— a blow to their security apparatus in the region. that's where the ancient dangers we can see an escalation in a war that has seen so much death and destruction. back to yuma, matthew. —— back to you, matthew. i want to take you through some important updates. first of all, we are expecting to hear from benjamin netanyahu to address the nation. we think that in about 20 minutes, half an hour's time, we had word of that so we'll wait to hear from israel's

prime minister to actually explain in a little more detail some of israel's strategy in terms of what we've seen in the last 2a hours. i will show you quickly the pictures coming in from beirut because around this time yesterday, we got word of that strike and that's the rubble and the destruction of that building. in the last hour or so we've had those reports saying the senior military commander shukr�*s body was found. and then of course the action taken killing hamas�* political leader. so let's talk about where we are with our chief or an international correspondent lyse doucet. what your assessment of where we are? in

doucet. what your assessment of where we are?— doucet. what your assessment of where we are? in the past 24 hours israel has struck _ where we are? in the past 24 hours israel has struck out _ where we are? in the past 24 hours israel has struck out three - where we are? in the past 24 hours israel has struck out three of - where we are? in the past 24 hours israel has struck out three of their. israel has struck out three of their enemies. then an unexpected attack against the country of its arch enemy iran against her one. of course that affects hamas is well, there were also air strikes, american air strikes just south of baghdad. so very consequential night. there's a great speculation now as to what kind of retaliation will come as you've just been saying, tehran has made it clear there will be retaliation, the supreme leader who has said it is to run�*s duty. iran has been humiliated, that it its much vaunted intelligence has been... but what we know for certain? it's for certain there will be a setback to the negotiations about releasing hostages held by hamas and other

groups, and a seat —— cease fire. because hamas was a lead negotiator. aside from that it is all up to speculation but there is a sensible get worse. speculation but there is a sensible aet worse. �* ., ., ., ., get worse. before i go to some of those areas. _ get worse. before i go to some of those areas, let _ get worse. before i go to some of those areas, let me _ get worse. before i go to some of those areas, let me tell— get worse. before i go to some of those areas, let me tell you - get worse. before i go to some of| those areas, let me tell you in the last few minutes as you are speaking a spokesperson for the un's' secretary general has read out a statement. the attacks in beirut and tehran are a dangerous escalation. that's what the spokesperson for the un's secretary general was saying, going on to say we are seeing efforts to undermine the goals of teaching reading a cease—fire in hostage release. both of those assessments really bleak assessments really blea k assessments. assessments really bleak assessments.— assessments really bleak assessments. , ., , ., assessments. everyone is asking about the timing, _ assessments. everyone is asking about the timing, matthew. - assessments. everyone is asking about the timing, matthew. in i assessments. everyone is asking about the timing, matthew. in a| about the timing, matthew. in a particular group like the hostage family, some of them accompanied prime minister netanyahu to the us. they came out of the meeting excited. what they heard inside lead

them to believe that there would soon be a deal to bring, finally, their loved ones home. there was talk to the last set of talks in rome had made some progress. they didn't close all the gaps but there was a growing sense that the end was near. joe biden said it so many times. and now we are saying the exact opposite. so why did, well we may hear more when permits are netanyahu makes an address in less than half an hour. those who want to see a glimmer of light in this essay it gives present netanyahu space. —— prime minister netanyahu space. the mastermind of the october seven attack is deep underground in bunkers and guns —— in gaza. he is the top military leader of hamas, it so he can say i'm making progress, i'm achieving the goals. does this give him more room to manoeuvre later to make a deal, for the hostage families that's the

optimistic glow, but hamas will be in no mood to make a deal now and qatar is also infuriated by what has happened. we qatar is also infuriated by what has ha ened. ~ ., qatar is also infuriated by what has hauened. ~ . ,, happened. we will get a glimpse exactl as happened. we will get a glimpse exactly as you — happened. we will get a glimpse exactly as you say, _ happened. we will get a glimpse exactly as you say, when - happened. we will get a glimpse l exactly as you say, when benjamin netanyahu makes his comments in the next little while, we can get a glimpse as to whether he is prepared to see that space and take it, or pursue the same strategy. in terms of the likely responsible from hamas and hezbollah, hezbollah of course has that extraordinary arsenal. they also released in the last few weeks of drones breaching israeli airspace, the capacity for this to ratchet up still further is really there and that's why we hear so many different voices, the un secretary generaljust being the latest. if you take ismail haniyeh and tehran out of the equation, that's a lot to take out of the equation but before that happened, you would remember you talked about it on this programme. that was a diplomat to the region and also the phones were burning, telling israel to exercise

restraint after the attacks on the golan heights. don't retaliate or retaliate in a way that doesn't escalate. so hezbollah knew there would be retaliation, willett fina that it must respond and how will it choose to respond? that has become even trickier now and it's a big question now as to whether there will be a joint response, that iran, has hezbollah, hamas, will muster theirforces. but has hezbollah, hamas, will muster their forces. but there will be a response, there is this mentorfrom the beginning it's almost a joke, but not a joke, nothing is a joke. nobody wants a war. but everyone keeps making moves that bring the region closer to that all—out war that everyone is talked about from the beginning. and from the beginning after october the 7th, the israel lebanon front has always been described as the second front. always great to talk to you, thank you very much for that assessment.

we'll keep an eye across the statement from benjamin netanyahu but for the next few minutes let's turn away from the middle east to that story that's dominated here over the past few days. merseyside police now saying that they have made four arrests in connection with the markets in southport we saw overnight and say more are still to be done. officers were hurt in a mosque was damaged. demonstrators believed to be from the far right groups through bricks and sent cars a light following false information about the suspect in monday's stabbings. continue questioning the 17—year—old connection with the killings of three girls at that summer holidays dance camp. my colleague from bbc verified, jemimah herd, has been looking into the misinformation that has been circulating about the suspect of the southport stabbing incident. overnight here at bbc verify, we've been analysing footage

and social media posts about the southport riots. here's what we know so far about what unfolded. this poster called for a keep our kids safe rally outside the southport mosque at 8 pm last night. it started circulating on social media hours after the stabbing at the taylor swift themed dance class on monday. almost immediately after the incident, baseless rumours began spreading online that claimed without evidence that the attacker was a muslim and an asylum seeker who arrived to the uk by boat last year. an incorrect name was also shared widely. we know that this is incorrect because merseyside police has confirmed that the 17—year—old suspect was born in cardiff and lived locally in southport. and so far, we know the suspect has no known links to islam and police haven't released his name because he's a minor. other images like this have also been shared by influencer andrew tate, incorrectly identifying a man as the attacker and sharing a photo of an arrest that actually took place last year. but the damage was already done. post shared on social media platforms have already been viewed by millions, and this

misinformation, along with the local shock and grief, was likely a contributing factor to the anger and violence we've seen in these riots overnight. now, it's important to note that the sentiment of these riots at the mosque are very different to the 6 pm vigil held earlier in the evening to remember the victims of monday's knife attack. it was from around 7:45 pm that the large group of protesters began to gather outside the mosque. in videos gathered by our team, you can see wheelie bins and bricks and rocks being repeatedly thrown at the officer, and a police van was also set on fire in live streams. our team also monitored, some protesters repeated misinformation about the attacker and claimed that authorities were hiding information from the public. there were also chants against islam and in support of tommy robinson, the far—right activist. we also saw several people holding placards with messages like this, with anti—migrant and anti—refugee sentiment. 0ur team's also been

looking into how this information and rumours spread on social media. take a look at this. these are some of the most used words and phrases used by people posting on x with the southport hashtag. for example, you can see that islam, terror and muslim are all the most used words in these tweets, even though the suspect has no known links to islam. now, it's worth noting thatjust because posts might be using these keywords, it doesn't mean that they're all spreading misinformation. some have used these terms to push back against misinformation and racist comments. but as suggested by merseyside police, online misinformation is further stirred up online by far right english defence league supporters, and that the riot itself was led by people from out of town. meanwhile, as we go to air, misinformation continues to be shared online about southport, with more protests still being called for. let's speak tojoe mulhall,

director of research at hope not hate — the uk's leading anti—fascist organisation. welcome to the programme. an interesting background of what we were just looking at. we saw on monday at a community was totally shell—shocked by events. so where did this violence come from? lats shell-shocked by events. so where did this violence come from? lots of what's 'ust did this violence come from? lots of what's just been _ did this violence come from? lots of what'sjust been said _ did this violence come from? lots of what'sjust been said there - did this violence come from? lots of what'sjust been said there by - did this violence come from? lots of what'sjust been said there by your | what's just been said there by your colleagues at bbc verify is absolutely correct. within moments of this horrifying news of this attack on monday night, large amounts of misinformation and disinformation began to circulate much of which was being created and spread by pretty well known far right figures and the radical right and the extreme far right. what i think is so scary about this is while most of us saw that news coming on monday and were completely appalled, horrified and heartbroken, there was a section of the far right that saw this as an opportunity. saw it as an opportunity to spread them

in —— spread the misinformation, and the fear that was in the local community and directed towards the people they hate. and that is certainly what we saw with a specially talking up around the misinformation around claiming that the attacker was a muslim. in claiming this person was in asylum—seekers. and the speed, the immediacy was really telling, wasn't it, that the stuff going from online that you're talking about to the violence suddenly there on the streets. it violence suddenly there on the streets. ., , violence suddenly there on the streets. . , ., , streets. it was quite remarkable, actuall . streets. it was quite remarkable, actually. within, _ streets. it was quite remarkable, actually. within, and _ streets. it was quite remarkable, actually. within, and this - streets. it was quite remarkable, | actually. within, and this happens in two ways. when any sort of horrifying event like this happens those individuals on the far right that are predisposed to already have prejudice and discrimination against especially muslims and asylum—seekers, they presume that the attack must have been committed by a muslim or in asylum—seekers. and then there's a second section to that which is those individuals they don't care whether or not it's true and consciously think, well actually this is an opportunity to shape the narrative, to direct people �*s fury

and anger that's completely understandable and directed towards the targets that they want, and to feed into this narrative that they're pushing that multiculturalism has failed, people that don't look like them and don't have the same religion as them are somehow an instinctive and direct threat against children and women. and so there's both sides to this year but the speed was remarkable but you know, within a mean matter of moments in some cases you could see it on social media and certainly by the evening, by six o'clock we started to see very extreme social media profiles and groups being formed on social media apps like telegram, consciously encouraging individuals to start coming out and protesting the next evening. we also saw, didn't protesting the next evening. we also saw. didn't we. _ protesting the next evening. we also saw, didn't we, nigel— protesting the next evening. we also saw, didn't we, nigel farage, - protesting the next evening. we also saw, didn't we, nigel farage, a - saw, didn't we, nigel farage, a sitting mp, post on social media and he was saying that the police say it is non—terror related and he went on to say i just wonder is non—terror related and he went on to say ijust wonder if is non—terror related and he went on to say i just wonder if the truth is non—terror related and he went on to say ijust wonder if the truth is being withheld from us. what did you make of posts like that because mark had disturbed were you to hear see

that? ., ., ., , , had disturbed were you to hear see that? ., ., ., _ ., that? nigel farage has obviously got a lona that? nigel farage has obviously got a long history _ that? nigel farage has obviously got a long history of _ that? nigel farage has obviously got a long history of saying _ that? nigel farage has obviously got a long history of saying and - that? nigel farage has obviously got a long history of saying and arguing l a long history of saying and arguing far right talking points and repeating the far right rhetoric, but i think this was pretty remarkable what we saw yesterday. this is now of course a sitting member of parliament. and what he was essentially doing and i think a large part of this was a dog whistle form of politics. in the last weekend in london there was a huge far right organisation —— demonstration organised by tommy robinson. many of those speakers said for us, we are your supporters, where you coming and giving a support? ifearthe where you coming and giving a support? ifear the part of nigel farage's rhetoric in those questions that he catch them as questions rather than coming out making to the point directly, was to amplify and spread this information and it was a nod and a wink to those who are right activists that he knows are part of his base now. for an mp to both question the police cosmic official narrative but also to spread information about supposedly the individual in question that did

the individual in question that did the attack, and may be being on an mi six watch is deeply responsible —— deeply irresponsible. we mi six watch is deeply responsible -- deeply irresponsible.— mi six watch is deeply responsible -- deeply irresponsible. we have had no response — -- deeply irresponsible. we have had no response from _ -- deeply irresponsible. we have had no response from him, _ -- deeply irresponsible. we have had no response from him, but— -- deeply irresponsible. we have had no response from him, but we - -- deeply irresponsible. we have had no response from him, but we have l -- deeply irresponsible. we have had| no response from him, but we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us and giving us your thoughts here on bbc news. were coming towards the end of our programme so let's finish this hour where we started it, with that news developments here at the bbc with the bbc putting out a statement about huw edwards, given what we've seen through the day. that court appearance at the magistrates�* court earlier involving huw edwards. the bbc saying they were shocked to hear the details which have emerged in court today. there can be no place for such abhorrent behaviour and our thoughts are with all those affected. and there is a long statement issued, it is there on the bbc website but the statement ends with this line, we want to reiterate

our shock at mr edwards�* actions and our shock at mr edwards�* actions and our thoughts remain with all those affected. that�*s it for me, thanks for watching come of the six o�*clock news is next. hello there. the heatwave continues today across some parts of the country but overnight tonight and into tomorrow, the weather looks like it will start to break down. we�*ve got the risk of heavy rain, thunder and lightning, mainly across england and wales. still difficult to pin the details down because those storms are yet to develop. we�*ve had some threatening cloud here in the far southeast of england with showers close by. these are the temperatures we have this afternoon. not really changing much for the northern half of the uk, it�*s much hotter further south, but because we�*ve got an easterly breeze this time, the highest temperatures will get pushed that little further towards the west. even some showers into wales and northern ireland but things get going overnight. the wetter weather develops overnight in northern ireland and pushes across to scotland

with thundery downpours across parts of england and wales. more cloud around tonight, for scotland, warmer than last night, 5 degrees in glasgow. further south, no lower than 17 in the southeast of england. this wet weather through the midlands and northern england, heavy rain, possibly thundery, moving away with sunshine coming through, triggering more thundery showers across england and east wales. more sunshine across scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon with temperatures a shade higher than today but not quite so high further south. very warm or hot in places depending on those heavy showers. we end the week with low pressure approaching from the atlantic, so quite a turnaround in the weather. still heavy or thundery showers across eastern parts of england which will move away and as the breeze picks up in the west, outbreaks of rain moving in here. that will keep the temperatures a bit lower, only 20 degrees, though still very warm

across eastern england, up to 28 celsius here. as that weather front pushes west from saturday, pushes east from saturday, we will have cooler and fresher air following, a west or southwesterly wind and low pressure bringing rain into the northwest of the uk on sunday. in the southeast, rain to begin on saturday and the rest of the weekend dry, temperatures are lower and nearer normal for the time of year.

at six — huw edwards pleads guilty to accessing indecent images of children online. the man who was the bbc�*s highest paid newspresenter was sent hundreds of sexually explicit photos on whatsapp — 41 of them of children as young as seven. also tonight — more than 50 police officers were injured in southport last night as violence erupted outside a mosque after false rumours about the man being held following the mass stabbing that claimed the lives of three little girls — and has left several more in hospital with serious injuries — we hear from one the adults who was stabbed trying to save them. great britain�*s fifth gold! a golden day for team gb

as alex yee has a sensational sprint finish in the men�*s triathlon. it�*s gold! and triumph too in the women�*s quadruple sculls after the most dramatic photofinish. coming up on bbc news... and incredible final run taking bmx silverfor team gb moving him from to second. to accessing indecent images of children as young as seven after he was sent hundreds of sexual images on whatsapp by a man he met online. westminster magistrates court was told that 41 of them were indecent images of children.