in the southport attack, pay tribute to their daughter. they say her sister witnessed the attack but managed to escape. hello. i'm azadeh moshiri. we start this hour with the latest on the israel—gaza war after dozens of palestinians were killed in an israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced families in gaza city. the al—ahli baptist hospital says 70 bodies that it's received so far have been identified. the total number of those killed is expected to be higher. these are some of the latest images from the scene — many are too graphic for us to show. the israeli military says around 20 hamas and islamichhad militants were operating from the building. but hamas says the dead do not include a single combatant and has described it as a horrific crime.

some international reaction: egypt and qatar — which have been mediating in the gaza ceasefire talks — have condemned the israeli strike. the eu's foreign affairs chief josep borrell says he's horrified by the images from the school. he says there's no justification for these massacres. and the uk's foreign secretary david lammy says he's appalled by the strike and the tragic loss of life, adding, we need an immediate ceasefire to protect civilians, free all hostages, and end restrictions on aid. this report from jenny hill in tel aviv contains images you may find distressing. anguish, bewilderment — dawn prayers shattered by three israeli missiles. "there isn't any safe place," this woman cries. "no place is safe."

"where is the world?" he says. "why does it stay silent in the face of these crimes?" the school served as a shelter for civilians, displaced many times over. but israel claims this was a hamas command centre, too. in a statement on social media, an israeli defence force spokesman said around 20 hamas and islamichhad militants were operating out of the compound. israel has repeatedly struck school buildings in recent weeks. each time they insist they conceal hamas bases and each time they insist they strive to minimise civilian casualties. the strike comes at a time of heightened tension in the middle east. international governments are urging hamas and israel to agree a ceasefire and hostage—return deal as soon as possible. and extensive diplomacy is ongoing to try to stop the conflict in gaza from spiralling

into an all—out regional war. hard to see hope in the ruins of gaza — as they mourn their dead, try to find shelter, the world struggles to deliver than peace. jenny hill, bbc news, tel aviv. i am joined now by un special rapporteur on the occupied palestinian territory, francesca albanese. thank francesca albanese. you so much for your time. this thank you so much for your time. this is one of several attacks in the last few weeks. what have you heard about this one and the number of people killed? i’m heard about this one and the number of peeple killed?— of people killed? i'm sure you mean in the last few _ of people killed? i'm sure you mean in the last few months. _ of people killed? i'm sure you mean in the last few months. it _ of people killed? i'm sure you mean in the last few months. it is - of people killed? i'm sure you mean in the last few months. it is very - in the last few months. it is very weird because today i woke up and all of a sudden i could see statements from western countries and the number of interviews including the bbc would not call me

for five including the bbc would not call me forfive or six months. what is particular about this massacre? because there have been dozens of massacres from march when i sent my report saying israel was committing genocide, until today. report saying israel was committing genocide, untiltoday. so i'm surprised. but what happened today? israel alleges, once again, that there were hamas commanders, militants, whatever in a place that was sheltering refugees, displaced neara was sheltering refugees, displaced near a mosque. was sheltering refugees, displaced neara mosque. hundreds was sheltering refugees, displaced near a mosque. hundreds have been reportedly killed. we are still defining what axa glee happen. let's assume that for a moment what israel has said is true and by the way it is killed nearly 40,000 palestinians by bombing and snipers for ten months without providing an inch of evidence that there were hamas competence, justifying such a level

of disruption. whatever. even if there were hamas competence, active competence out there, it should have taken precautions in order not to kill, not to massacre 100 people. it didn't do that, it is a war crime. we are going to hope to put a lot of that to someone from the israeli element or the idf, we have reached out. just to put it into context by what i meant by a few weeks, and i'm hoping we can get some contact from you on this. according to the un, 477 out of 564 school buildings in gaza had been directly hit or damaged as of a month ago. with at least another 14 targeted since. could you give us a picture of the reality on the ground for civilians? i wish i could be more accurate than just my feeling. you know, if you take the report that has produced satellite evidence and what has been

produced by forensic architecture, you can see that gaza is destroyed. when i published my genocide report, israel had hit all universities, since you ask about structures, and 300 schools. now you mention around 450. i stopped counting because it doesn't matter. gaza is destroyed. what matters for me is to save the lives that are still there. and this is why there is the need to have a ceasefire. that is not going to happen unless and until western states obliged by international law imposed sanctions, suspension of relations with. .. imposed sanctions, suspension of relations with... abide by international law. it doesn't matter how many schools are destroyed, gaza is destroyed and people have been killed or tortured, brutalised, tormented. it will take decades to

rebuild gaza from a humane point of view. we rebuild gaza from a humane point of view. ~ . ., ., ., _, view. we are waiting for the outcome ofthe view. we are waiting for the outcome of the icj case- _ view. we are waiting for the outcome of the icj case. of _ view. we are waiting for the outcome of the icj case. of course _ view. we are waiting for the outcome of the icj case. of course the - view. we are waiting for the outcome of the icj case. of course the un's i of the icj case. of course the un's top court is specifically looking into these claims of genocide, something that israel has been denying and saying that it has been acting in self—defence. i want to give you a chance to actually weigh in on some of what they have been saying because as you have mentioned, they are that this was a hamas command centre. that there were fighters who were at the school in particular. from your point of view, if that were the case, would thatjustify view, if that were the case, would that justify what we see has happened, the dozens of civilians that would have been killed? just one oint, that would have been killed? just one point, just because it is not entirely accurate what you said that you need to wait until i assume this is what you say that you need to

wait until the final dart now, i just said that the case was pending but you to your point it is about... true, correct. the case is ending but there is a case, there are two cases ending for genocide and these oblige international, including uk, to take actions to prevent genocide. and why they are not doing that, it is beyond to say. but let's assume that there were jihad fighters from a military point of view to assume and decide that there is a military necessity to strike and kill 100 people you need to assume that there was a very serious threat posed by these 20 jihadis or whatever. israel needs to provide evidence and i have been spending the entire morning, of

course this is public source documentation and photo evidence that i have been seeing as of this morning. as i said, i need to fully assess what happened. there were no weapons that appeared in the pictures, just links, parts of bodies scattered all over. and again, the principle of precaution would have been violated even if they were active competence out there. but ten months, it is decades that israel keeps on saying that hamas or the use palestinians as human shields. from a legal point of view this has zero validity because you cannot choose a blanket argument of human shielding in order to carry out, tojustify of human shielding in order to carry out, to justify atrocities.— out, to 'ustify atrocities. thank out, to 'ustify atrocities. thank ou for out, to justify atrocities. thank you for your — out, to justify atrocities. thank you for your time. _ out, to justify atrocities. thank you for your time. and - out, to justify atrocities. thank you for your time. and again, i out, to justify atrocities. thank. you for your time. and again, we out, to justify atrocities. thank- you for your time. and again, we are going to be hearing from the icj at some point as they make their ruling

on that. thank you so much, we do appreciate your time on that. now to events in russia. russia's defence ministry says its forces are still trying to repel a ukrainian cross—border incursion which is now in its fifth day. strict security measures have come into effect in southwestern kursk region and two others along the frontier — bryansk and belgorod. russia's nuclear agency has warned the incursion poses a direct threat to the kursk nuclear power plant. the un nuclear agency has urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint, as fighting moves closer to the plant. reports suggest ukraine's army could be operating up to 35 kilometres inside russia, with intense fighting close to the town of sudkha.

with the latest about the surprise incursion into russia — here's our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. i think if you look at the pictures you've just seen, i think that reflects what ukraine was after in the short term at least. russia is putting more and more resources into trying to contain this offensive. we have seen a lot of men and machinery moved in the direction of kursk and neighbouring regions along the border, as ukrainian forces seemingly take more and more territory. and they have even been frustrated in that endeavour with one convoy certainly being destroyed. and now we have what's been described as a counterterror operation, a counterterrorism operation, by the kremlin, which gives powers for cars to be searched, for phone tapping, for vehicles, the movement of vehicles and people to be extremely limited. this is something russia is having to take seriously and i think for ukraine the hope is that it will relieve pressure on the front lines on its own territory, where it is russia continuing to advance. it's important not to understate how significant this week has been because this has been a war,

certainly for ukraine, of gruelling familiarity. and here we've had this sort of strange inversion where you have the sight of russian civilians reacting with fear and anger in some cases and leaving their homes. this is something that we see across ukraine continually. and it really has sort of shaken things up in that respect. ukraine has increased the stakes and in this war of territory, where russia often talks about wanting ukraine to concede land in exchange for peace, well, now ukraine controls a chunk of russian territory. it really is a high—stakes move and it could, you know, we are still talking about ukrainian forces that are overstretched, so it has been an extraordinary few days. let's speak to phillips 0'brien, professor of strategic studies at the university of st.andrews thank you so much for your time. we

heard there from james describing this as a high—stakes move but we haven't had much from the ukrainian government on this. so i wonder from your perspective what you believe their strategy is here? j’m your perspective what you believe their strategy is here?- their strategy is here? i'm talking to ukrainians _ their strategy is here? i'm talking to ukrainians over— their strategy is here? i'm talking to ukrainians over the _ their strategy is here? i'm talking to ukrainians over the last - their strategy is here? i'm talking to ukrainians over the last few . their strategy is here? i'm talking l to ukrainians over the last few days and the ones that i have been speaking to say that this operation has both a military and political objective. the military objective, the basic one, which your correspondentjust mentioned, is this can draw russian troops away from other theatres, perhaps away from other theatres, perhaps away from kharkiv, of the donbas because the russians have very few troops in this area. the ukrainians were able to blow through the russian lines make fast advances. if the russians are going to contain this they are going to send a lot of force quickly and that will be difficult for them. it is going to try and make the russians redeploy forces, that is a military task. another military task that the ukrainians seem to be operating on is there trying to find

a new way to integrate technologies to move forward. they have actually moved forward faster than any army have moved forward since the ukrainian liberation of kharkiv back in september 2022. the russians have not move this fast in any of their offensives in the last nine months and the ukrainians are testing out different ways of using uavs, electronic warfare. they seem to be using a new combined arms operation and that has been interesting. so these are the military objectives. the overall geopolitical strategic is it is very important for the ukrainians in their own mind to show to the world that russia isn't the sort of massive power or unstoppable force, which a lot of battle analysis has done over the last few months is overplay russian strengths. ukraine is saying look russia has been fighting this war with huge advantage and that is they haven't had to defend their own border. they can throw all their

troops into ukraine and that is an extraordinary advantage that they have had and it has been mostly because the us has kept the ukrainians from attacking into russia. ~ ., , ukrainians from attacking into russia. m_, , ., russia. apologies, professor, knowina russia. apologies, professor, knowing what _ russia. apologies, professor, knowing what you _ russia. apologies, professor, knowing what you know - russia. apologies, professor, knowing what you know aboutj knowing what you know about ukraine's military capacity, their capabilities, their weapon and ammunition, do you think they can sustain this kind of offensive? the? sustain this kind of offensive? they certainly can't _ sustain this kind of offensive? they certainly can't sustain _ sustain this kind of offensive? tue: certainly can't sustain it. it sustain this kind of offensive? tue:1: certainly can't sustain it. it is not a question of going to moscow. if you think they're going to invade all the way and take the kremlin, no, they're not going to do this. i think the question is how deep do they want to go and what they want to achieve strategically? they certainly can carve out a part of russia here and occupy and defend it and that will be a real problem for the russians because the ukrainians have the forces there now, they can dig in. we have seen once you do dig in how difficult it is to be dislodged. so i think it is what you think, they're not going to take over russia but they certainly can take a chunk here over the border

and they have that capability and right now the russians don't have the ability to stop them. pure right now the russians don't have the ability to stop them. are right, professor brian _ the ability to stop them. are right, professor brian thank _ the ability to stop them. are right, professor brian thank you - the ability to stop them. are right, professor brian thank you so - the ability to stop them. are right, professor brian thank you so much j professor brian thank you so much for your analysis there. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh. the top of the medals table at the paris 0lympics has long been a two way battle between china and the usa. they entered the day on 33 gold medals each — but china have won two gold medals on saturday with a third to come from a sport they've completely dominated the diving. number 34 earlier came from liu huanhua. he put his country above the usa in the table with gold in the men's 102 kilogram weightlifting. he totalled 406 kilograms with his two disciplines of what is a new weight discipline in paris. it's another gold medal for home nation france in the men's volleyball — defending their title from tokyo. they are the first back—to—back 0lympic champions in men's volleyball since the usa in 1988.

their 15th gold of the games came after a 3—0 sets win over poland, who came into the tournament as the world's number one ranked team. meanwhile, slovenia doubled their gold medal tally in paris thanks to climberjanja garnbret, who's won the women's boulder and lead title three years after winning gold in climbing's speed discipline. great britain's erin mcneice finished fifth. the first gold on the penultimate day in paris went early on saturday, but in an event that might be the hardest work of the day. the men's marathon was won by tamirat tola. the ethiopian took gold with a time of two hours, six minutes and 26 seconds — setting a new 0lympic record and securing ethiopia's first gold of the games. great britain's emile cairess missed out on a medal, finishing in 4th place, while kenya's eliud kipchoge — regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time — failed to finish. with a day to go of the paris 0lympics,

the next hosts are already looking four years ahead. 0rganisers of la28 are promising a no car games to try and combat los angeles' notorious traffic problems, while they've also been explaining why they've chosen some new sports among the 36 that'll be on show. 0ur games got 0urgames gotan 0ur games got an exemption this year which is three years earlier than any event in history the country, which means the federal government is activated and engaged and working already on how dilemma helping us deliver and secure the games. 0ur mantra is we need to be the safest place but we need to be the greatest experience as well and we're not going to sacrifice one for other. there is a team of people here from all levels of our public safety cooperative observing and engaging. and we are going to be incredibly diligent in that. the english community shield between manchester city and manchester united is under way. they are meeting at the same place

at manchester united beat manchester city in the fa cup finaljust over a couple months ago. that is the reason why they are playing against the premier league champions. still goalless. they have had nearly 20 minutes at wembley. meanwhile, manchester united could be about to add to their ranks for the new premier league season with bayern munich accepting a bid of around $50 million for matthijs de ligt. the centre—back was captain of ajax when current united boss erik ten hag was in charge for their run to the champions league semi final in 2019 and would help ease the club's defensive injury problems. they've also agreed a fee for another bayern defender, morocco international noussair mazraoui. one player manchester united have been unable to sign is jean clair todibo. the france international defender has been signed by west ham on a season long loan instead, with united being blocked from doing a deal due to co—owner sirjim ratcliffe's involvement with nice. meanwhile, tottenham have completed the signing of dominic solanke from bournemouth for a fee of up to $82 million. the striker�*s agreed a six year deal.

world champions south africa dismantled hosts australia in the opening game of this year's rugby championship. 33-7 it finished to the springboks. kurt—lee arendse scored two tries in brisbane as south africa equalled their biggest win against the wallabies on australian soil. the teams meet again in perth in a week's time. elsewhere, argentina upset reigning champions new zealand with a 38—30 victory in their opener in wellington. it was the most points new zealand have ever conceded at home and their third defeat to argentina in four years. you can follow the football and the olympics via our app. and that's all the sport for now. here, the parents of the youngest victim of the southport stabbing attack have paid tribute to their daughter, six year—old bebe king. lauren and ben king also shared this photo of them with their older daughter, revealing she witnessed the stabbing. bebe was killed alongside seven year—old elsie

and nine—year—old alice da silva aguair when a man with a knofe attacked a holiday club event on 29july. 0ur correspondent nicky schiller has more on the family statement. this is the first time we've heard from the parents of six—year—old bebe king. now, she was the youngest victim of the stabbing attack in southport. and we should say that this statement has been issued through the merseyside police, and it comes from lauren and ben king — who say, as you can imagine, their world has been shattered by the loss of what they describe as their precious daughter. i want to read you what they wrote. they say, "0ur beloved bebe was full ofjoy, light and love, and she will always remain in our hearts as the sweet, kind and spirited girl that we adore." they go on to say, "our hearts are broken but we find some comfort in knowing that bebe was so deeply loved by all who knew her." they also go on to say that they have got a lot of support and comfort from the outpouring

in the community. they talk about how buildings were lit up pink. and they also, as we've seen from those pictures, the amount of tributes and flowers and cuddly toys and balloons that were left at the scene after the attack, they say that they have drawn a lot of comfort from that. they say, "the response from southport, the whole of liverpool and even further afield has deeply touched our hearts and we are so grateful to everyone who has reached out to us." so, azadeh, not only paying tribute to bebe, but also showing how they had got that support from the outpouring of grief amongst the community. and certainly, that was the feeling i got when i was there reporting just a day after the stabbing had happened — just how much the community was coming together. and nicky, we've learned that their older daughter, bebe's sister, witnessed the attack. what more can you tell us about that? yes, that's right —

in this statement, we got new information from the parents of bebe, saying their older daughter, genie, had witnessed the attack and had managed to escape. this is what they wrote about her. they said that "she'd shown such incredible strength and courage and we are so proud of her". they go on to say, "her resilience is a testament to the love and bond she shared with her little sister, and we will continue to support her as we navigate this painful journey together as a family." azadeh. tributes are being paid to the former google executive and youtube ceo, susan wojcicki, who's died following a two—year battle with cancer. the 56—year—old led the video platform for nine years — from 2014 — during a period of huge growth. she famously became involved

with the company after renting the garage of her californian home to the company's founders larry page and sergey brin, who went on to hire her as the fledgling search engine's first marketing executive. the austrian public broadcasting corporation, 0rf, says it will show the film of the "taylor swift: the eras tour" concert recorded in la as a worldwide exclusive free tv premiere on saturday night. it follows the cancellation of three taylor swift concerts in vienna, after police said they had uncovered plans for attacks at the venue. a number of events are being organised for disappointed swift fans across vienna. finally this half hour, if you are afraid of snakes you might want to look away now as the annual florida python challenge has started. snake hunters head to the us state to track down burmese pythons in the hopes of sharing in 30,000

dollars worth of prizes. this year more than 600 people have registered for the 10—day event. the goal is to humanely kill as many pythons — which are an invasive species in the everglades. prizes are awarded in three categories — professional hunters, those in the military or are veterans and novice hunters. plenty more coming up, non—— related news. you stay with us. hello there. it has been quite breezy across northern areas today. further south we have seen much more cloud. a little bit of dampness in that as well. but through the rest of the weekend the temperatures are set to climb, they'll be more sunshine around and it will turn more humid as well. these are the temperatures though this afternoon. we are getting up to the mid 20s across some south—eastern areas, even though we are seeing more cloud around here. some dampness heading its way towards east anglia

later in the afternoon. the cloud for many will tend to break up this evening and overnight. it stays a bit cloudy and warm towards the south, misty along the south coast, still some showers in the far north of scotland, although the winds are easing. but with clearer skies in the rest of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, down into wales, it is going to be a bit cooler than last night. temperatures could be as low as seven or 8 degrees. but it will warm up quickly in the sunshine tomorrow, there will be fewer showers in northern scotland. a southerly breeze will pick up, it will tend to lift that mist and low cloud. we will see some sunshine coming through across southern areas but with the wind is coming in from the south at those temperatures are set to rise. so a warmer day on sunday but it is particular warm across england and wales. temperatures towards the south—east could get close to 30 degrees later on in the day. it has been very hot in spain and that heat is pushing through france and towards england and wales. it is going to be very hot for the closing ceremony of the olympics in paris. and that heat is coming in ahead of this weather front, an area of low pressure, that is destabilising the air. it is beginning to bring some thunderstorms overnight into monday.

some heavy rain. that wetter weather mainly for the northern half of the uk. further south it is looking mainly dry, there will be more sunshine around, particular towards the south—east, across east anglia, the midlands, up to lincolnshire. and this is where we have got the heat and humidity. it is likely to be the hottest day of the year so far. it could make 34 degrees but you can see it is not hot everywhere, we have the rain further north and west. that will clear to give us late sunshine in western scotland and northern ireland and that weather front gets pushed away. another one comes in from the atlantic, this one is going to bring with it some outbreaks of rain into northern and western areas. but ahead of that through the midlands and particular towards the south—east, east anglia, it is still dry. still very warm actually here. temperatures 26, 27 degrees, not quite as hot or as humid as monday is going to be.

this is bbc news. the headlines... israel strikes a school building sheltering displaced palestinians in gaza city. the director of a local hospital said at least 70 were dead. the israeli military said it was targeting hamas and islamichhad fighters who were operating there. russia is trying for a fifth day to repel a massive cross—border

incursion by ukraine. russia has imposed strict security measures in border areas. meanwhile, three people have been killed in separate russian missile strikes in the donetsk and kharkiv regions of ukraine. the family of bebe king — the six—year—old girl killed in the southport attack — pay tribute to their daughter. they said her sister witnessed the attack and managed to escape. and dozens of gold medals are up for grabs on the penultimate day of the paris 0lympics — with team usa facing france in the blockbuster men's basketball final. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome back. let's get more now on the dozens of deaths in an israeli air strike on a school housing displaced families in gaza city. the al—ahli baptist hospital says 70 bodies that it's received so far have been identified. the total number of those killed is expected to be higher.