this follows last week's killings of the hamas political chief in tehran and a senior commander of the lebanese group hezbollah. there have been promises to avenge the killings. a growing list of countries, including the us and saudi arabia, is urging citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible while in gaza the hamas—run health ministry says the death toll from the war has now reached 39,623 people. in one of the latest assaults, there was an israeli airstrike on two schools in gaza city, housing displaced people. the israeli military said it struck hamas in what they called "control rooms" in the school buildings. our middle east correspondent yolande knell explained further. yeah, i mean, a lot is going on diplomatically with these different overtures towards iran, particularly through arab countries in the region, to try to urge restraint.

but as you say, it's really seen as such a humiliation, what happened in tehran last week with the assassination of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh. so, you know, iran, of course, backs different armed groups around this region. they include hamas. they include hezbollah as well. and now there is this raised expectation of an attack on israel, a major attack by iran, that could involve its proxies as well. what we've seen in the past day is a continuation across the israel—lebanon border of these exchanges of fire between the israeli military and hezbollah. but really, the expectation is of something much greater that is imminent. and you've got the pentagon that has moved some of its major military assets to the region. it's treating this notjust as a way of showing its ironclad support for israel, but as we were hearing there, a way of also protecting its own interests,

its own forces around the region, which could be potential targets as well. i mean, israel is staying defiant. we've had this meeting that lasted about four hours, discussing different possibilities for a response to an attack from iran, the different scenarios that may come about. we heard from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, a couple of times yesterday, basically, that israel was ready for any kind of scenario. we believe that the us, according to reports, is approaching the different countries that were involved in that coalition that helped israel to thwart a direct attack from iran back in april — that included the uk, it included france and jordan as well, to see if they will be involved in repelling another attack, a similar attack, if that were to happen. but really, this remains an extremely difficult time — analysts warning that, you know, this is the moment of greatest peril in years

in the middle east. now it's time for the latest from the olympics. my colleague maryam moshiri is in paris. this olympics is really interesting because it's been well documented that these games are aiming to be the most sustainable games yet. paris �*24 organisers say they're going to reduce the environmental impact whilst maximising the social and economic benefits. but how realistic are those goals? well, here to answer my questions is georgina grenon, director of environmental excellence at paris 202a. great to talk to you. thanks forjoining us on the bbc. thank you. and let's talk about sustainability, because paris has said that this is going to be the most sustainable games ever. what does that mean? well, it means, you know, it's history for us, it's a place in history. people are waiting for us to deliver a special games that are spectacular, but also are more sustainable. so for that, we have to rethink

the entire games, do things differently, you know, in every aspect of the games organisation. how difficult is it to keep things sustainable? well, it's never easy. it's never easy. we had to rethink everything. so, for example, make bold decisions very early on to reduce our emissions by 50%, compared to previous games. and that meant decided not to build, you know, going for 95% of existing or temporary infrastructure. was that something that affected the olympics in a good way, a bad way, or do you think that actually it didn't make much difference? well, in a great way, because on one hand we're, of course, reducing the emissions, but also we are creating venues like the one you have here at the foot of the eiffel tower, which is a temporary venue. we are putting sport at the heart of the city and using the city, you know, as a scenery for, for all these great moments we are experiencing. you're talking about bringing down the carbon footprint of the games, compared to the london 2012 games, for example. how does one measure that?

how do we know at the end of the games when all is done, whether you've succeeded in that goal? well, actually it doesn't, you don't have to wait until the end. right. it starts with day one by understanding where emissions are or could be, and then start cutting on everything you could. in our case, as i said, it started by cutting on massive things like constructions — not building. then what we built, we built it with a lot less carbon — like the village, for example, has 30% less carbon per square metre. we applied new construction techniques, which we're leaving as legacy. but then, you know, thinking as well of every aspect of the organisation, we connected all the stadiums to the grid, instead of using diesel generators. with that, we reduced our emissions and energy by 80%, and we're leaving that as a legacy for sports to use less fuel in the future. you know, london, for example, had used 4,000,000 of diesel just for electricity purposes and we are aiming for as close to zero as possible.

you are watching bbc news. it's august, and in scotland's capital city, that means only one thing — it's time for edinburgh festival fringe. for the next three and a half weeks, thousands of artists from all over the world will be in the city for what's billed as "one of the greatest celebrations of arts and culture on the planet". our reporter courtney bembridge is there. high. it is all happening here in edinburgh this afternoon. we have guests, acts here from 58 different countries around the world and my next guests have come all the way from korea. they are called the spirit of career and we are going to see what their show is about. i have two of the cast members. this is your first ever fringe, how is it so far? , ., , your first ever fringe, how is it so far? , . , . . far? the festival is so amazing. i love edinburgh. _ far? the festival is so amazing. i love edinburgh. and _ far? the festival is so amazing. i love edinburgh. and how- far? the festival is so amazing. i love edinburgh. and how have i love edinburgh. and how have audiences _ love edinburgh. and how have audiences been _ love edinburgh. and how have audiences been receiving - love edinburgh. and how have

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but also plenty of sunny spells in the forecast. let's look at the here and now. here is the forecast for later on today as this cold front approaches scotland, western england and wales. here it was earlier on as it moved across northern ireland. you can see the cloudier skies. really humid air ahead of this weather front. it was 18 degrees in the morning in northern ireland. and then that fresher air arrives. the yellow colours here showing temperatures sub 20 celsius where the mid 20s are expected across eastern parts of the uk in that humid southerly. through this evening and overnight the weather front continues across the country and it will gently move eastwards and northwards, delivering a fair amount of rain to south—western scotland, perhaps the lake district. early in the morning on tuesday it will be dribs and drabs of rain across central and southern england. just the odd heavier shower here and there. big temperature contrasts first thing tomorrow. ahead of that weather front it is still muggy.

out towards the west we have these fresher atlantic conditions. it will be a fairly sunny start for many of us on tuesday but then the clouds will bubble up. still the remnants of that humidity there across east anglia and temperatures of around 25, where it is more like the high teens across western parts of the uk. here is wednesday. weather front to the north of the uk, low pressure here bringing breezy conditions with frequent showers for scotland, some of these western areas as well. best chance for sunnier skies out towards the east and south. quite gusty, 30—a0 mph gusts in the north of the uk. not quite so windy in the south. high teens in scotland and low 20s midweek expected in the south. come thursday we are expecting at least potentially another weather front to sweep in. this one may bring more extensive cloud and outbreaks of rain to at least the southern half of the uk but this, i have to say, really is somewhat uncertain at the moment. the rain could be almost anywhere but the indication is there will be at least some wet weather heading our way. here is the week at a glance.

into the weekend if you have any plans it remains on the unsettled side. that is it from me. thanks for watching.

live from london, this is bbc news. after days of violent unrest across the uk, the prime minister announces a "standing army" of specialist

police to tackle the disorder. i've asked for early consideration of the earliest naming and identification of those involved in the process, who will feel the full force of the law. bangladesh's prime minister resigns and flees the country after weeks of protests. the army chief says there'll be an interim government, and widespread looting is reported in the capital dhaka. more than 300 people are thought to have been killed during weeks of anti—government protests — more than 50 on monday alone. kamala harris is expected to name her presidential running mate within the next 2a hours. iran says it needs to punish israel to prevent further instability in the region. a growing list of countries is urging citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible. and i am courtney beveridge, live