hello. a second boxer who has previouslyfailed tests for elicarini a second boxer who has previously failed tests for eligibility for the women's category is currently in the ring shortly at the olympics.

taiwan's lin yuting is fighting sitora turdibekova of uzbekistan. meanwhile, angela carini has told the italian media that she's sorry for not shaking the hand of algerian fighter imane khelif. their fight lasted just 46 seconds after carini pulled out saying she wanted to protect her life. khelif was cleared to compete in the women's boxing in paris, despite being disqualified from last year's women's world championships for failing to meet eligibility criteria. sport secretary lisa nandy said there were questions to be answered. it was incredibly uncomfortable to watch for the 46 seconds it lasted and i know there's a of concern about women competitors and about whether are getting the balance right in notjust boxing but other sports as well and the decision that successive governments have made and that these are complex decisions that these are complex decisions that should be made by sporting bodies, in this case i understand the biologicalfacts are bodies, in this case i understand the biological facts are far more complicated than is being presented on social media and in some of the speculation, but as sporting bodies try to get the balance between inclusion, fairness and safety,

there is a role for government to make sure they have got the guidance and framework and support to make those decisions correctly, and it is something i will be talking to sporting bodies about over the coming weeks and months. it's been a fantastic friday for team gb, five medals, three of them gold, the most recent in the last few moments in the equestrian team jumping. in the trampoline bryony page won team gb's first—ever gold in the category — completing her set of medals after winning silver at rio 2016 and bronze in tokyo three years ago. page went into the competition as the reigning world champion and gold medalfavourite and she delivered, with tears ofjoy at the end for the 33—year—old. two of those five medals came in the rowing, where tom george and ollie wynne—griffith won silver in the men's pairfinal, pipped at the line by the croatin pair of valent and martin sinkovic. that was before emily craig and imogen grant who won gb's first gold of the day in the lightweight women's double sculls.

they led for most of the way and comfortably claimed victory, adding the olympic title to back—to—back world and european wins. and the other came in the diving, the team gb pair of anthony harding and jack laugher taking bronze in the men's synchro three metre springboard final. the gold was won by the chinese pairing of long daoyi and wang zong—yuan, continuing china's domination of the sport at these games. they have taken all four gold medals available so far. the athletics is underway at the stade de france — where team gb'sjosh kerr cruised through to the 1500 metre semi—finals, alongside rivaljakob ingebrigtsen. while the women's 100 metres heats have also been taking place. gb's daryll neita and dina asher—smith among those through to the semi—finals, neita running a season's best of 10.92 in her heat, while two—time olympic gold medallist shelly ann—fraser pryce

and mariejosee ta lou—smith are also through, ta lou—smith qualifying fastest. away from the olympics, manchester united manager erik ten hag believes the foundations are in place for success at old trafford, following a restructure off the pitch during preseason. since the arrival of new owners ineos and sirjim ratcliffe, there have been significant changes to the clubs�* boardroom and coaching staff, something ten hag feels can help manchester united progress. we knew we had to change when we started the project and it's good. the new structure, the new leadership is coming in. players... new players coming in. we improve the dressing room, but of course, the structures are still there. the club has made changes and can look forward with people with great abilities and i am sure that this will give us an even better foundation and that we can attack.

and that's all the sport for now. venezuela's foreign minister yvan gil has accused the us of being at the forefront of a coup attempt against his government, after the us secretary of state antony blinken recognised opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez as the winner of sunday's presidential election. more than a thousand people have been arrested in anti—government protests that broke out after mr maduro was declared the winner on monday. the opposition has said its heaquarters were invaded by unknown men in the early hours of thursday. from caracas, here's our south america correspondent ione wells(tx) these people desperately want answers. where are their families? what is happening to them? are they in here? this woman spots a relative inside.

shouting. all of them have relatives who were arrested in anti—government protests. the son of isabella, who didn't want us to use her real name, was one of them. translation: the national guard grabbed my son unjustly _ because he was not harming anyone. my son did not have stones, did not have weapons. he only protested. they beat him. they accused him of being a terrorist for defending their country, for wanting a change. through tears, she told me she just wanted a better future for their children and the country. i haven't been able to see him or pass him food. i can't even hand him his clothes. i don't know if he has been beaten. i don't know if he has bathed, if he has eaten. there is so much misery.

many people eating in the streets, many people dying in hospital. my daughter and son left university because there are no teachers. i had a granddaughter who died on 6th december last year because there was no oxygen in the hospitals, no medical supplies in the hospitals. lawyers say people inside aren't allowed private lawyers, in a country where the judiciary and public lawyers are controlled by the government. these public defenders are actually part of the state. so it's the whole state. i mean, the tribunals, the prosecutor, the public defender. so it's totally an imbalance injustice. so it's like the one who accuse you is the one who defends you. thousands turned out for peaceful protests. others turned more tense. tear gas and rubber bullets fired at protesters by armed police and military. cars, tyres, rubbish set on fire. president maduro accused

the opposition of starting a coup. | translation: this is all directed | by a perverse and macabre duo that has to take responsibility. edmundo gonzalez and maria corina machado. it's notjust criminal because of the violence, but because they looked for criminals to attack their own people. mass arrests and detentions are nothing new in this country. there were hundreds of political prisoners in venezuela even before the election. but now that the president has asked courts to take action against those protesting, it looks inevitable that that will increase. determination to protest endures. the fear of punishment expanding. ione wells, bbc news, in caracas. the uk culture secretary has raised concerns about the bbc�*s investigation into huw edwards, in a meeting with the corporation's director general. lisa nandy asked tim davie to explore what options

i think we have a problem with our autocue at the moment, but charlotte gallagher, our culture correspond and has the latest on this story. lisa nandy has said it was a robust conversation and that tim davie was very forthcoming in his answers. however, she says she still has some questions and he has promised to come back to her on them. and they are what the bbc knew and when it knew. she has questions surrounding whistleblowers. so essentially people who come forward within the bbc with their concerns about people and also about the money, this £200,000 that was paid to huw edwards after he was arrested in november 2023 and then he resigned in april 2024. and that's really a crucial point that huw edwards wasn't sacked by the corporation. he himself chose to stand down. he left on his own terms. so she says she's got questions about that money and she's actually gone further since then, she's told sky news that huw edwards should return

that money voluntarily. he should return the £200,000, she said. it's not a good use of taxpayers money. she said, obviously she can't make him do that, but she believes most of the people in this country will agree that that is the right thing to do. so this isn't a story that is going away for the bbc. there's lots more questions. the world health organization says more than 175,000 people die annually from extreme heat in europe. it says heat—related deaths in the region have increased by 30% over the past two decades. the who warned that more people would die from heat—related symptoms in the coming years as a result of global warming. it noted that temperatures in europe were rising at around twice the global average rate. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. i thought i'd start off with a look back at the enormous thunderstorms that developed yesterday across central and southern england. the storms that went across fairford in gloucestershire dumped 35mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour. i think that's the heaviest downpour i've seen all year. the result of those massive storms was some quite severe localised flooding problems that we had. today it's all changed weather—wise really. for the north and west of the country we've got a band of rain edging in here. for northern ireland and western scotland it's a wet afternoon. holding on to a reasonable amount of dry weather for east scotland for most of the day. for most of england and wales things are looking fine, with some sunny spells breaking through. it's still very humid across eastern england and that humidity could bring a few showers near to the east coast of east anglia and kent as we go

on through the afternoon. there is an outside chance of a rumble of thunder, but the storms won't be as severe as the ones we had on thursday. overnight tonight we'll see that band of rain push its way southwards and eastwards into parts of england and wales, but as the front continues to push eastwards it will weaken. we've got the fresh air behind the front across scotland and northern ireland, but another quite warm and humid night for england and wales. we pick up on that front on saturday morning, draped across east anglia and south—east england, with outbreaks of patchy rain. most of it is going to be quite light, but there could be a few heavier bursts mixed in. eventually that clears through the afternoon. what follows for most of the uk is a fresher feeling day, with sunny spells widespread and just a few showers running into the north and west of scotland. heading into the second half of the weekend, it's not a bad start to the day really. most areas dry with variable cloud and there should be some sunny spells coming through that as the day goes by. however, we end the day in northern ireland and western scotland with the next area of rain moving its way in. that rain is associated with the next area of low pressure that's going to be bringing rain across these north—western areas of the uk into

the early part of next week. the rain could turn out to be really quite heavy across these areas, so there is a risk of seeing some localised flooding. even beyond that, as the rain clears through, we'll be left with quite a few showers around, temperatures generally running into the high teens to low 20s across western areas. the east and south—east of the country fares a bit better. closer to an area of high pressure, at times the weather could become quite warm with some sun.

live from london. this is bbc news. free at last — three americans and a kremlin critic — imprisoned in russia — arrive on us soil — part of the biggest prisoner swap deal since the cold war. myjob is to make sure, number one, they don't get them. and if they do, we get them back. i don't buy this idea that you're going to let these people rot injail. the deal sees 24 prisoners and two minors held in seven countries set free, including hitman vadim krasikov — a member of russia's security service. prayers for ismail haniyeh — the political leader of hamas who was assassinated in iran on wednesday. venezuela's foreign minister claims the us is behind a coup attempt over the disputed re—election of president maduro.