600 record in the sensational 400 metre gold. it is close for the usa and the all—stars are into the men's basketball final at the men's basketball final at the olympics as they are pushed all the way by serbia. and away from the olympics, west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer markets. could kurt sumer be about to leave? welcome to the programme. another big night of headlines at the olympics on thursday with the track providing plenty of drama. the men's 200 metres or a surprise winner take home the gold and there was a new world record set in the men's 400 metres hurdles. that was down to the usa, breaking her own record time. she was untouchable on the final state.

improving on her own record time earlier this year. 50.37 seconds and was far ahead of her compatriot anna cockrell who won silver and the netherlands who took the bronze. and there was a shock somewhat in the men's 200 metres where all eyes were on noah lyles who was hoping for a sprint double at the games to add to his own 100 metre. not to be. he was below par and tested positive for covid after the race. the headlined belonged to letsile tebogo who won gold. it was a first in botswana's history as tebogo came home with a winning time of 19.46 seconds ahead of americans kenneth bednarek with liles having to settle for bronze. ., ., ., ., bronze. for me, i am not an arrogant— bronze. for me, i am not an arrogant or— bronze. for me, i am not an arrogant or a _ bronze. for me, i am not an arrogant or a loud _ bronze. for me, i am not an arrogant or a loud person i bronze. for me, i am not an l arrogant or a loud person like no other, so i believe in

athletics.— no other, so i believe in athletics. . . �*, �* ., athletics. france's ben'amin thomas athletics. france's ben'amin rhomas at i athletics. france's ben'amin thomas lit up i athletics. france's ben'amin thomas lit up the h athletics. france's benjamin| thomas lit up the velodrome athletics. france's benjamin - thomas lit up the velodrome and delighted fans in winning gold despite coming off his bike. the 28—year—old was fourth in tokyo previously but finished 11 points clear of portugal with belgium taking bronze. the omnium is made up of four different endurance races — scratch, tempo, elimination and rider scoring points in it for an overall total. basketball and there was a scare with serbia. united states trailed by as much as 17 points in second half but outscored serbia 32—15 in the final to escape and when—91 so the likes of lebronjames and steph curry can shift their attention to the olympics where they will face france. the netherlands won gold in the men's hockey thanks to a dramatic penalty shootout victory over germany. it was 1—1 in regulation time

with both goals coming in iii quarter. dugald score one and the dutch keeper. it gave them their first olympic men's title and the first since they scored on penalties in 2000. earlier, india secured the bronze after beating spain to—1. china's won its sixth gold medal in diving up its sixth gold medal in diving up it stays on track for an unprecedented sweep. they have dominated diving for decades but has never taken all a goals. the defending champion secured gold with 100 points in his final dive and his compatriot took silver. mexico's one bronze and great britain'sjordan houlden and britain's jordan houlden and jack britain'sjordan houlden and jack laugher were fifth and seventh. the first of the goal on thursday came in the women's ten kilometre marathon swim. was in doubt because of

pollution levels in the river with practice cracked a few days ago but the race was given the go—ahead and it was the netherlands's sharon ben rimmer who took gold. australia named silver and italy took bronze. great britain's leah crisp was 20th. and there was gold for team gb in sailings thanks to ellie aldridge bringing the total up to 13. it is the first time at the women's kite has been at the olympics. the win a moment of history for aldridge and gigabits. it involves competitors flying above the water at up to 40 knots, powered by a huge kite. aldridge opted for a smaller kite as opposed to 21 metres and spoke about that decision afterwards. b, and spoke about that decision afterwards-— and spoke about that decision afterwards. �* , ., , afterwards. a big gamble. there is alwa s afterwards. a big gamble. there is always going _ afterwards. a big gamble. there is always going to _ afterwards. a big gamble. there is always going to be _ afterwards. a big gamble. there is always going to be a - afterwards. a big gamble. there is always going to be a risk- afterwards. a big gamble. there is always going to be a risk of. is always going to be a risk of doing something different to everyone else, but i went out on a 21 to begin with and — i

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to get on the podium, so i think our hearts are really in it this time to go for the results and notjust the experience and see where we come. we are really fighting for those top spaces.- come. we are really fighting for those top spaces. best of luck to them. _ for those top spaces. best of luck to them. away - for those top spaces. best of luck to them. away from - for those top spaces. best of luck to them. away from the | luck to them. away from the olympics, west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer market, spending over £100 million so far. they could get some of that back by letting kurt zouma leave. he has been in talks with dubai with a deal expected to be reached over coming days. he is one of the highest owners since his arrival from chelsea three years ago and his current contract expires next year. on the eve of the start of the english football season, sports governing bodies have met with government officials to discuss how they can calm rising tensions during the worst riots in a decade. islands in towns and cities in england and northern ireland have resulted in hundreds of arrests. the

northeast of england is one area that has been affected and on thursday the newcastle manager had this to say. newcastle, as you say, is my home, and no—one, ithink, associated with newcastle united wanted to see any trouble at the weekend on the streets. newcastle is an amazing place with brilliant people and ijust hope that there is a confrontation, there is no aggressive scenes. we want to promote inclusivity for everyone connected with newcastle and we want to see the place respected in the way that it should be. just the place respected in the way that it should be.— that it should be. just a bit of time to _ that it should be. just a bit of time to recover - that it should be. just a bit of time to recover our - that it should be. just a bit of time to recover our top | of time to recover our top story — and new world record in the women's 400 metres hurdles for the usa's mclaughlin levronne and a gold fought letsile tebogo in the men's 400 metres. let's have a look at the paris 2024 medal table before we finish and the gold fought maclachlan has the usa

just out in front with 30 — one ahead of china. australia art next with 18, some way back, with the host nation, france on 14. great britain are fifth on 13 after the gold in the sailing. and that is just about it from us. you can get all the latest sports news from the usual places, the bbc sport at all from our website, but from me and the rest of the team, thanks for watching and we will see you next time. hello there. we did have a lot of cloud through thursday afternoon, and with that came drizzle, some heavier outbreaks of rain across northern portions of the uk — for example, here in stirling. with that rain, some low cloud and misty conditions. the air�*s actually been very humid. the humidity caused by southwesterly winds brought in by a warm sector. cold front out in the atlantic is going to be spreading fresher air in from the west over the next

few hours, and with that, drizzle will tend to ease away from scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, eventually leaving the rather humid airto start the day on friday across east anglia, south—east england, where there could well still be a few patches of drizzle, a bit of mist around, too. but that lot should clear out of the way quite quickly, and then we're looking at those fresher conditions spreading across all of the uk. sunny spells widespread. ok, there could be some patches of cloud at times across england and wales, won't be completely gin—clear sunny skies, and there will be some showers, particularly for western scotland, one or two possible for northern ireland and north wales. but there will be a lot of dry weather through the afternoon and plenty of pleasant, warm spells of august sunshine. now, for the weekend, we have weak weather fronts pestering england and wales, bringing a rather mixed weather picture here. cloud will vary through the day. it will tend to come and go. there could be a few patches of rain, but equally some warm spells of sunshine. the sunniest weather, though, will be further northwards for scotland, northern ireland, northern england. could be a few showers, though, for western scotland once again. temperatures widely climbing

into the low to mid—20s, so again it's going to feel warm in that august sunshine. but then, for some of us, it gets hot on sunday. the reason? well, we get this ridge in thejet stream. that encourages air to descend over parts of the uk, and that boosts temperatures. now, the hottest weather on sunday will always be across parts of england and wales. to the northwest, we're going to have to watch this area of potentially heavy, thundery rain. it could get into northern ireland and western scotland through the day, so it certainly won't be hot and sunny absolutely everywhere, but it will be pretty humid for most of us. and in the sunshine across england and wales, yes, you do have hot weather, high 20s to low 30s. sunday night and into monday, quite extensive, heavy and thundery outbreaks of rain across the uk. could cause some localised surface waterflooding issues, but towards the south—east and probably parts of east anglia, it's another hot day — temperatures peaking somewhere between 30—33 celsius before those temperatures drop away again as we head into tuesday. bye for now.

live from washington. this is bbc news. former us president trump and vice president harris agree to their first presidential debate on september 10, hosted by the network abc. israel agrees to take part in fresh talks aimed at cementing a gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. and ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says his troops took russian forces by surprise in a major

cross—border offensive. the first presidential debate between kamala harris and donald trump is officially set for september 10 — according to abc news, which will televise it. the confirmation came after republican nominee, former president donald trump, said he had agreed to three possible debate dates in september. he spoke during a rare news conference at his florida home. trump's democratic rival, vice president kamala harris, continued to tour through us swing states seeking to build on fresh momentum in the race after president biden dropped out. new polling shows ms harris has gained ground against mr trump in a nationwide survey of likely voters — taking a 6% lead. the poll by marquette released on thursday found that the vice president leads the former president 53% to 47%. that's among people who expressed a strong interest in voting.