sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. thank you very much, helena. let's start on the track and what run from botswana's letsile tebogo — who claimed a surprise olympic 200—metres gold medal, denying noah lyles a sprint double at paris 202a. it's a first olympic gold of all time for botswana. tebogo's winning time, 19.46 seconds, ahead of the american's kenny bednarek, who took silver, with lyles having to settle for bronze. it emerged after the race that lyles had tested positive for covid and had to be helped off the track in a wheelchair. france's benjamin thomas lit up the olympic velodrome and delighted the home fans by winning gold in the men's omnium despite coming off his bike. the 28—year—old was fourth in tokyo three years ago, but finished 11 points clear of portugal's iuri leitao, with belgium's fabio van den

bossche taking bronze. the omnium is made up of four different endurance races — the scratch, tempo, elimination and points — with riders scoring points in each for an overall total. china won its sixth gold medal in diving on thursday as it stays on track for an unprecedented sweep of all eight at the games. china has dominated diving for decades, but never has taken all eight golds. the defending champion xie siyi secured gold with 100 points in his final dive of the three—metre springboard. his compatriot wong zonyuan took silver. mexico's osmar olvera ibarra won bronze. great britain'sjordan houlden and jack laugher were fifth and seventh. the netherlands won gold in the men's hockey thanks to a dramatic penalty shoot—out victory over germany. it was 1—1 in regulaton time, both goals coming in the fourth quarter. penalties decided matters. duco telgenkamp scored the crucial one. dutch keeper pirmin blaak starred, saving three shuffles as his side won the shoot—out 3—1. victory gave the dutch their third olympic men's title and first

since they beat south korea on penalties at sydney 2000. earlier, india secured the bronze after beating spain 2—1. the first gold of the day on thursday came in the women's 10k marathon swim. this event, like the triathlons last week, was in doubt because of pollution levels in the seine, with practice scrapped a few days ago. but the race was given the go—ahead, and it was the netherlands�* sharon van rouwendaal who took gold, just as she did in rio 2016. she won silver in tokyo as well. australia's moesha johnson claimed silver, and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leah crisp was 20th. france take on spain in the final of the men's football. it will be the first time in 32 years that a european team will have won gold. thierry henry says that coaching the french team as the host nation has been like "living a dream". it doesn't happen often.

we have in france managed to do it somehow. that tells you how much we can be together when we have to be together. and that you can see in any competition in this sport. i have been telling them, again i repeat myself, to feel the emotion and become it. away from the olympics, west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer market, spending over £100 million so far. they could recoup some of that by letting kurt zouma leave. their club captain is closing in on a move to the united arab emirates. he's been in talks with dubai—based shabab al—ahli, with a deal expected to be reached over the coming days. he's one of the highest earners at the hammers since his arrival from chelsea three years ago, and his current contract expires next year. the woman who complained about red bull team principal christian horner�*s behaviour has had her appeal against the investigation that cleared him dismissed by an independent lawyer. red bull cleared horner in february after an internal investigation conducted by an independent lawyer. he has always denied the allegations of wrongdoing. another independent lawyer has now

concluded the appeal against that decision was not upheld. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more throughout the evening. see you soon. studio: thank you very much indeed, gavin. we can get more support now and go over to maryam in paris and i have to say bond swap. very good. breaking news that the 400 metres hurdles race for the women has been completed and one in olympic record time by the american sidney mclaughlin. she is now the new world and olympic record holder. second in the race was anna cockrell from the us and coming in third was the world champion from the netherlands. remember it was set up

as a big rivalry between her and sidney and seen it coming in and with an absolutely amazing race. paris has been celebrating a whole new set of olympic gold medallists overnight, but for fans of the summer olympics, the sport might be a little surprising. on wednesday afternoon, under the eiffel tower at champions park, members of the us and japan figure skating team event were awarded their gold and silver medals 2.5 years to the day since competition ended in beijing. elly duncan has more. team usa's olympic figure skating stars are finally basking in that gold medal glory. it's a feeling they've waited years for, but the reason for delay is also one the biggest controversies in the sport's history. at the close of the team event in beijing, the us finished second behind the russian olympic committee, but a day after the event, in the hours before the medal

ceremony, it was revealed that camilla valieva, a superstar of their team, had tasted positive for performance—enhancing drugs in the months before the games. with so much in the air, the medals were never awarded. what's ensued is a years—long battle of legal wrangling, a quest for answers, and for these athletes, justice. earlier this year, the court of arbitration upheld a four—year ban on valieva. her results in this team event were disqualified. russia dropped to third, and both japan and the usa moved up on the podium. it's been a long wait, but it seems well worth it for these athletes. i spoke to some of them at the team usa house last night. it's honestly been such a dream today. i'm still wrapping my head around all the emotions. it's so special to be reunited with our family. it was frustrating and difficult to understand what was happening at times, but i will say that i'm really grateful that cas took the time to deliberate and we feel

arrived at a decision that is best for clean sport. grateful to have a proper ceremony and be at an olympic games. it was so surreal. two and a half years - since the beijing olympics. in that time, so much has happened. there have been ups and downs. not sure we would receive . the medal and now we have. almost i don't knowj how to process this. it's very exciting. grateful to be here. an honour. i'm happy that i got there - with all my incredible team—mates. so, big ceremonies for the gold and silver medalists, but you might be thinking what of bronze? even with the disqualification, the roc dropped to third, but because of the war in ukraine, the athletes are not allowed to be present at these games. so those medals will be awarded at another time and place. the complicated world of a lamp —— awarding medals. and now to breaking, a new sport and comforted

world itself. earlier, i spent some time with zay to talk about this new olympic sport, and we can take a look at that chat now. he even gave me a lesson. so breaking is an exchange of movements and feelings. it's a dance like first and foremost and an art form, but we... in the exchange, it's a battle. you're trying to one—up your opponent. you want to, you know, hit the music better. you want to execute your moves better. you want to just overall, like, your style has to outshine theirs. there have been critics, though, who've said this is not a sport, this isjust dancing. what do you say to them? i draw a lot of parallels from skateboarding in terms of it is an expression, it is an art form, it is a culture first and foremost created in the bronx, new york. and i think everything starts like that, where maybe there is some opposition, people who don't understand or who haven't seen it yet. but at the same time, there is very

much a competitive nature about it, and it is a very high level, the ceiling... i mean, there is no ceiling. it's just what people do now versus what they were doing in the �*80s, �*90s, it's amazing to see the progression of it. so it must be so exciting for a breaker like you to see it getting the recognition in the olympics? absolutely. up close and personal being here to witness it, it's special cos it's a part of, like, our culture's history, too, so... right, so listen, first of all i want you to show us a few breaking moves and then teach me a few breaking moves as well because i'm super supple and i'm olympic level already. first of all, show me a couple of moves. all right, so... ok, right, ok. now i'm going to repeat that. no, i'm not. so show me some basic moves. show me some basic moves.

a little basics, get the grass on you... do i want to do that? wipe yourself down and make sure you look and feel your best. 0k... laughter. start with your top rock, it's a crossbody step and then bring it back over to the middle. and then cross. and you just with the musicjust be... your hands can be whatever they want. don't tell me that. don't tell me my hands can be what they want. i have previous. it's your personal flavour, so... ok, fantastic, fantastic. do the move as we say goodbye, thank you very much, bye—bye. i will give you a gold medal in

breakdancing but breaking, not sure. there are enough, fair enough. russian forces continued intense fighting with ukrainian troops in russia's kursk region for a third straight day. some 3000 people have had to evacuate the region and a state of emergency has been declared in the region. russia says at least 1,000 ukrainian troops, supported by tanks and armoured vehicles, crossed the border on tuesday. this is the border area where the incursion is reported to have first happened, and the fighting has continued since then. russian officials said at least five civilians had been killed and 31 wounded, six of them children, since the start of the incursion. these pictures, released by the russian ministry of defence claim to show the destruction of a us—made armoured personnel carrier used by ukrainian forces in the kursk region. ukraine has not officially commented and the depth of the incursion remains unclear.

bbc verify�*s olga robinson has been looking into what we know about the attack so far. this is what a town on the western border of ukraine looked like on wednesday morning. you can see a man here, apparaently a local resident, apparaently a local resident, looking at damaged buildings in the area. here is another video by a russian priest in suja. it was widely circulated on russian television on wednesday afternoon. he says here that the town had been shelled for 14 hours straight. russian officials say at least five people had been killed, and thousands have been evacuated from the region like the people in this image that was posted by the region governor. suja is located in the kursk region. that's about ten kilometres or six

miles away from the ukraine border. there has been intense fighting here since tuesday morning when ukraine launched the rare incursion into russia. kursk region is not new to the scene of war. there have been regular drone attacks here and reports of shelling in the past months. earlier this week, this video emerged on social media on tuesday afternoon. it shows a man watching in bewilderment as fighter jets fly over his head. russia says up to 1000 troops crossed into its territory and were supported by 11 tanks and 20 combat vehicles. however, we can't verify these claims. this is a map of the think tank the study of war. it now estimates that ukrainian forces have since made advances up to ten kilometres into the kursk region. russian sources report that fighting has been going on in a number of villages in this area, but it's been hard to assess the exact extent of it. not much footage has circulated online. one video we managed to geolocate

to the northern edge of the town of suja shows some equipment losses, and the shape of turrets here suggests that these are russian tanks. the video was initially posted by a russian war blogger as evidence of ukrainian losses until his readers pointed out the mistake. we've also verified this video, which emerged on wednesday, and it shows men with their hands raised and one with a white flag at the suja border crossing. russia's defence ministry says that fighting continues and that since the start of the incursion, ukraine has lost over 600 troops and more than 80 armoured vehicles. we've been unable to verify this. so far, the ukrainian authorities have said that the events in kursk are the result of russia's own aggression. this is not the first incursion to russia's territory from ukraine. but this one is much larger in scale than what we have seen before. peter dickinson, editor

of ukrainealert at the atlantic council, a think tank. peter isjoining me from kyiv. very good to have you with us peter once again. i have to say we have not been hearing that much from ukrainian authorities specifically about this. i did see one comment from one ukrainian mp and i'm sure you are very familiar with who told bbc that ukraine was trying to take back military initiative here. what do you make of what is happening? well, you're definitely right. ukrainian authorities have been very tight—lipped about this whole affair. they said very little. president zelensky have alluded to in his recent comments but nothing specific and nothing certainly that would give a clear indication of what ukraine's ultimate intentions are. that fits with a broader pattern of surprise. the ukrainians managed to plan this operation, it seems to be a fairly sophisticated and complex military offensive,

prepare and plan it over presumably an extended period without anybody being aware of these preparations. so certainly the russians were taken by surprise. it would seem that ukraine's wester surprise —— western report everything in by surprise and bring with making multiple in kyiv here were taken by surprise was that they seem to have achieved quite a remarkable success given the openness of the battlefield these days. these sort of ubiquitous drones and the sense certainly on the battlefield in east and south ukraine that there is no real opportunity for secrecy. here, ukraine has shown that they still can happen and still spring a surprise. can happen and still spring a surrise. . ~ can happen and still spring a surrise. ., ~ ., can happen and still spring a surrise. ., ~' ., ., surprise. talking about that surprised — surprise. talking about that surprised him _ surprise. talking about that surprised him that - surprise. talking about that surprised him that we - surprise. talking about that surprised him that we did . surprise. talking about that i surprised him that we did also surprise. talking about that - surprised him that we did also hear that washington was reportedly surprised by this. i was at the nato summitjust surprised by this. i was at the nato summit just a surprised by this. i was at the nato summitjust a few surprised by this. i was at the nato summit just a few weeks surprised by this. i was at the nato summitjust a few weeks ago there in washington and there was this continued conversation about using longer—range missiles to strike military targets deeper within russia and many of the baltic

leaders that i spoke to were all for it. washington did not back it at that stage, so ijust it. washington did not back it at that stage, so i just wonder what do you think some of these western military partners will be making of what we are seeing?— what we are seeing? well, i think that's one — what we are seeing? well, i think that's one of _ what we are seeing? well, i think that's one of the _ what we are seeing? well, i think that's one of the big _ what we are seeing? well, i think that's one of the big questions . what we are seeing? well, i think that's one of the big questions of| that's one of the big questions of this operation and perhaps also one of the reasons behind this operation. again, you're quite right to say that there has been a lot of resistance from ukraine pots and partners, particularly the us and particularly germany, about the use of western weapons in a rush against russian targets within russia. in ukraine been pushing very strongly to have those restrictions lifted, to have those restrictions lifted, to have those restrictions lifted, to have the right to be able to attack and the ukrainians been very vocal say they cannot be expected to win a war whilst they are being asked to fight it essentially with one hand tied behind their backs. so what we are seeing now with this very open and for the first time actual direct invasion of russia by the ukrainian military is then saying you don't need to fear

escalation, you need to fear russia redlines because actually russia will not react in some dramatic fashion in terms of escalation. there is nothing there. it's essentially a bluff, so ukraine is calling the bluff of russia. but also to an extent calling the bluff of its own western partners and saying, guys, you don't need to be afraid of russia, you need to give us the opportunity to fight this war, to conduct this war as we see fit. it war, to conduct this war as we see fit. ., ., , , fit. it will remain to be seen but we do see _ fit. it will remain to be seen but we do see front _ fit. it will remain to be seen but we do see front russia - fit. it will remain to be seen but - we do see front russia commitment peter dickinson, editor of ukraine alert at the atlantic council, as ever, great to get your analysis. thanks, peter.— around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

now, they were only supposed to be in space for some eight days, but now two american astronauts

could end up at the international space station for more than eight months. they couldn't return to earth as originally planned because their boeing spacecraft has been dealing with a number of problems. the pair originally left earth back in earlyjune. our north american correspondent peter bowes sent this report. three, two, one, ignition. and lift—off of- starliner and atlas 5. it was expected to be a short stay at the international space station for butch wilmore and sunita williams. but the test pilots for boeing's new starliner are in for a longer trip than they bargained for. eight days could turn into eight months because their capsule has been deemed unsafe to return to earth. problems with its propulsion system emerged during starliner�*s initial approach to the space station injune, and it still hasn't been fixed. no decision has been made yet, but it looks like the capsule will eventually return to earth, but, to be on the safe side, without the astronauts. they may have to hitch a lift with rival company spacex.

the capsule crew dragon is due to head to the space station later this year, and talks are under way with nasa to leave two empty seats so the stranded astronauts can get home on the return trip. they've already been stuck in space for two months, but the pair could be in for quite a wait, since the crew dragon won't be heading back to earth until next february. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's speak to cady coleman. she is a retired astronaut who's a veteran of two space shuttle missions, spending more than 150 days living on the international space station. i will welcome to you. i have to say when i read this have on this morning part of me kind of internally panic but of course i can see you there and you are wearing it of course what i imagine you might be wearing up there at iss. what is your reaction to it? i be wearing up there at iss. what is your reaction to it?— your reaction to it? i think if you asked me _ your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or— your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a _ your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a number- your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a number of- your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a number of my - asked me or a number of my

colleagues, we would sayjealous. in that it's what we live for and we trained for. it's a mission that we are all dedicated to, and the hard part is actually the training on the ground and getting ready. when it's your turn, ground and getting ready. when it's yourturn, it's ground and getting ready. when it's your turn, its your turn and when it's not, it's not. i think we are all there and is an amazing and wonderful great family really. and so i think i'm pretty thrilled. i think it's hard of the families but when you see these videos and pictures of butch and sonny and the rest of the crew, those smiles are not just for the rest of the crew, those smiles are notjust for the camera. it's a genuinely fascinating place to be. the work is compelling and you feel necessary it is and how important it is when you were up there. so i hope they are doing well. i don't have any word to the otherwise. you mentioned _ any word to the otherwise. you mentioned there _ any word to the otherwise. you mentioned there their families and i wonderfor the rest of mentioned there their families and i wonder for the rest of us the people back down here on earth we were watching this and are thinking do they have enough food, water and so what? is all of that there? it is.

they have enough food, water and so what? is all of that there?— what? is all of that there? it is, i assure you _ what? is all of that there? it is, i assure you and _ what? is all of that there? it is, i assure you and i _ what? is all of that there? it is, i assure you and i assure - what? is all of that there? it is, i assure you and i assure you - what? is all of that there? it is, i assure you and i assure you they| what? is all of that there? it is, i. assure you and i assure you they did not leave the gun before any of those things were calculated. now the situation is unexpected, but before they left the ground people are thinking what if they had to stay, how long can they stay, will be the first and that they run out of? and so that planning happened way ahead, and is always being readjusted at the plans change but they definitely, i assure you, no fighting over food and things like that. maybe eventually they have to eat things that are not their favourites.— eat things that are not their favourites. ., ., , ., favourites. how do you get them back, then? _ favourites. how do you get them back, then? is _ favourites. how do you get them back, then? is a _ favourites. how do you get them back, then? is a possibility - favourites. how do you get them back, then? is a possibility they| back, then? is a possibility they will have to be a rescue mission, a spacex arrival could have to be involved? i spacex arrival could have to be involved? ., , spacex arrival could have to be involved? ~' , , . involved? i like the big picture of the lan involved? i like the big picture of the plan which — involved? i like the big picture of the plan which is _ involved? i like the big picture of the plan which is the _ involved? i like the big picture of - the plan which is the primary method is to bring them home on the boeing spacecraft and itjust has not been declared safe yet. and in terms of

they collected some very important data lately to understand what was leading to the problems with the threshers and then what are the risks with those problems and by collecting that data down on the ground, how do we translate that to have the spacecraft will behave in orbit? so the primary path is still bowing, and i myself and quite optimistic. and we have to remember that this is a test flights and it's an important vehicle that has been developed and it's very complicated and actually complicated in a great way in that it brings great capability from what i understand. it's just beloved, capability from what i understand. it'sjust beloved, if capability from what i understand. it's just beloved, if the pilot spacecraft, the crew loves it and it's an important vehicle for having an alternative to this spacex in then the spacex would actually come up then the spacex would actually come up in its regular rotation... if they cannot go home on boeing, there are a number of ways to do things. one is to actuallyjust clear a place in the existing spacex of the crew that's up there so that they

can strap sonny and butch down safely and one of the other may be both so there is that kind of alternate to bring them home on the spacex that come from within there is also the alternative of bringing up is also the alternative of bringing up the next mission not with four we will adjust with two. so then those two seats could then be used to bring them home in a traditional way but they would come later, yeah, in february. i but they would come later, yeah, in februa . ., , ., ., , , february. i admire your optimism in all of it. retired _ february. i admire your optimism in all of it. retired after— february. i admire your optimism in all of it. retired after an _ february. i admire your optimism in all of it. retired after an come - february. i admire your optimism in all of it. retired after an come of i all of it. retired after an come of it you very much for sharing your thoughts with us here on bbc news. of course the programme continues, do stay with us if you can. hello there. the weather was pretty disappointing today, but tomorrow, it's looking brighter. we should have a lot more sunshine around, and it will remain quite breezy, feel a little bit warmer because of more sunshine. there'lljust be a few showers dotted around, mainly in the north and the west. so these weather fronts have been

crossing the country, bringing the cloud, the rain, lots of isobars on the charts indicating the strong winds. the rain will peter out overnight. we could see a few showers still affecting western areas. there could be some mist and murk across central and southern parts. it'll be a very warm and muggy night — 15—18 degrees, low teens further north. but as this weather front clears through, then it'll introduce some slightly fresher air. friday, we're in a run of westerly winds, fairly strong at times, and just one or two showers, but much brighter than today, with plenty of sunshine around. many areas staying dry altogether. most of the showers will be across scotland, northern ireland, perhaps north—west england. and the winds a feature. again it will be quite blustery, but at least you have the sunshine to compensate. so with more sunshine around, it should feel warmer, up to 25 degrees in the south—east, 18—20 celsius there across scotland and northern ireland. as we head through friday night, it's a fine end to the day, a few showers continuing across scotland, and then we'll see these weather fronts bring thicker cloud,

outbreaks of rain to parts of england and wales, particularly wales and south—west england. temperature—wise again, quite mild, 10—15 degrees. as we head into the weekend, we are tapping into some very hot and humid airfrom france, but this will mainly be across england and wales, with the extreme heat confined towards the south—east. so saturday's looking like this — bright across northern areas with some sunshine, a few showers across scotland. early cloud, a few showers across england and wales will melt away into the afternoon. we should see increasing sunshine. temperatures will be up to around 25—26 degrees, low 20s further north. through sunday and into monday, we draw this hot and humid air across england and wales. like i mentioned, the highest temperatures will be across the south—east corner. so, sunday, we actually see this area of low pressure bring some cloud, stronger winds and outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and western scotland, some of it heavy. but elsewhere, the sunshine will increase, and we'll start to tap into that hot air. the mid to high 20s across england and wales, up to around 30 or so in the south—east. monday, i think, is the peak of the heat, could be in the low 30s across the far south—east, but then the temperatures return

back to normal for all areas and it will become unsettled.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. you're watching the context on bbc news. if you're involved in disorder, within days, you'll be in the criminaljustice system and some people starting long terms of imprisonment. that needs to continue, and so that is my sole focus. we're not going to take our foot off the pedal on this.

the police, the criminaljustice system all have our strong support from across the government. any suggestion they're patriots i or they've got a cause that they're protesting about is nonsense. they're criminals, and frankly most of them are going to be charged . with violent disorder and most of them are going to be - going to prison for a few years. joining me tonight on the panel — nadine batchelor—hunt — reporter at politics home. and bryan lanza, former deputy director of communications to donald trump. you're watching bbc news, straight to life pictures, you can see the vice president kamala harris speaking in detroit, let's listen to what she is saying. so speaking in detroit, let's listen to what she is saying.— what she is saying. so deeply honoured. — what she is saying. so deeply honoured, because _ what she is saying. so deeply honoured, because you - what she is saying. so deeply honoured, because you walkl what she is saying. so deeply - honoured, because you walk your walk, you walk your walk, and what

we know, like we have