and dozens of gold medals are up for grabs, on the penultimate day of the paris olympics with team usa facing france in the blockbuster men's basketball final later today. 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 twenty 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 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. palestinians protesters have marched in the west bank city of ramallah, to condemn the killing of civilians in the israeli air strike in gaza city. among those marching was the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative, mustafa barghouti, who said the attack was carried out to damage the ceasefire talks: israel committed this horrible massacre to commit terrible genocide against the whole population of gaza. but there is an additional

goal which is to undermine completely any possibility of a ceasefire in gaza and to undermine even the talks that are supposed to talk soon about ceasefire. our middle east analyst sebastian usher had more on the international reaction to the attack, including the uk foreign secretary david lammy. he says essentially that hamas must stop its activities and israel must act according to humanitarian international law. but his message and this is the message that we will hear from western countries is that ceasefire talks must essentially take place under the ceasefire and the release of hostages must happen as soon as possible, that is the only way to extricate israel and the palestinians from the situation. i think interestingly talking of ceasefire talks, two of the main mediators, egypt and qatar, were very quick to react. egypt, the foreign ministry, said that actions like this, as i say this is what the

foreign ministry says, show that israel is not interested in ending the war in gaza and qatar called for an urgent international investigation. now, we had a statement from qatar, egypt and the us, the other main mediators in the talksjust a us, the other main mediators in the talks just a couple of days ago, an urgent message essentially saying that there is not a moment more to waste and an incident like this will underline that. for the talks to resume and for israel and hamas to finally agree a deal. now those talks are meant to resume this coming thursday, august the 15th. israel has said that it will send a negotiating team. a hamas official has said they're still looking at the latest offer. but we know for certain that there are still outstanding issues, that they haven't been able to agree on all this time, all these months and that some of still remain. we have had moments, we had a couple of weeks ago when the us was talking it up very strongly saying they feel they are this close to getting the deal.

then we had israel going into action. there was the killing of a hezbollah top leader. and then is mel honey i —— —ish mel honey i... then seen as the strongest figure in hamas, the one who survived and we think is still hiding out in gaza who was seen as the mastermind of october seven. who was seen as the mastermind of octoberseven. less who was seen as the mastermind of october seven. less of a pragmatic figure than his predecessor. so far less you would think likely to agree on some of those terms. we less you would think likely to agree on some of those terms.— less you would think likely to agree on some of those terms. we have been reachin: on some of those terms. we have been reaching out — on some of those terms. we have been reaching out to — on some of those terms. we have been reaching out to the _ on some of those terms. we have been reaching out to the idf _ on some of those terms. we have been reaching out to the idf and _ on some of those terms. we have been reaching out to the idf and the - reaching out to the idf and the israeli government for comment. here, the parents of the youngest victim of the southport stabbing

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 dot stancombe and nine year old alice da silva aguair when a man with a knife attacked a holiday club event on 29july. our 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, "our 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. now to events in russia, where a local emergency ministry says more than 76,000 people have been evacuated from areas bordering ukraine, as russian forces continue efforts to repel

a ukrainian cross—border incursion, now in its fifth day. strict security measures have come into place 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. frances read reports. filmed from a dashboard, then uploaded to social media, abandoned and burned russian troop carriers in the kursk region. the person who posted these pictures has since been arrested but the bbc has verified the footage. ukrainian assaults on russia started on tuesday and seem

to have come as a surprise. several villages have been seized. this footage from the ukrainian military is purported to show russian soldiers surrendering. reports suggest the focus is happening just north of ukraine with fighting thought to be concentrated near the town of sudzha. moscow says up to 1000 ukrainian troops are involved in a region which contains a nuclear plant. the un nuclear agency has urged restraint but the astonishing images of russianjets bombing russian territory seem to run counter to the kremlin�*s official narrative, that the war in ukraine has been going to plan. president putin holding a meeting with his security council. it is calling the ukrainian incursion terrorism. and russia is now bringing in reinforcements. but no act goes unpunished.

a russian missile attack on a supermarket in the eastern donetsk region has proved fatal. although it is not clear whether it was a direct response to ukraine's cross—border assault. this woman was there. translation: we started climbing out of the window, she says. _ we were barely outside when everything started burning. i started running one way, my colleague ran the other way. ukrainian emergency services have been searching through the rubble for signs of life, no respite for those living this reality. frances read, bbc news. phillips o'brien is a professor of strategic studies at the university of st andrews. he has been telling me about the ukraine's military strategy behind this opertion. i'm talking to ukrainians over the last few days, and the ones that i have been speaking to have said that this operation has both, you would say, 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 kharkiv, even away from the donbas because the russians have very few troops in this area. i mean, the ukrainians were able to blow through the russian lines, make pretty fast advances. so the russians, if they're going to stop this and contain this, are going to have to send a lot of force relatively quickly, and that will be difficult for them. so it's going to try and make the russians redeploy forces, and that's a military task. another military task that the ukrainians seem to be operating on is they are trying to find a new way to integrate technologies to move forward. they've actually moved forward faster than any army have moved forward since the ukrainian liberation of kharkiv back in september, 2022. so the russians have not moved 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 trying to use a new kind of combined arms operation, and that has been interesting. so these are the military objectives. the overall geopolitical strategic is it's very important for the ukrainians in their own mind to show to the world that russia isn't this sort of massive power or unstoppable force, which a lot of bad analysis has done over the last few months tended to overplay russian strengths. ukraine's saying, "look, russia's 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. i mean, that's an extraordinary advantage that they've had, and it's been mostly because the us has kept the ukrainians from attacking into russia. but apologies, professor — knowing what you know about ukraine's military capacity, their capabilities, their weapons, their ammunitions, do you think they can sustain this kind of offensive? they certainly can't sustain it...

it's 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 now and occupy it 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's what you think — i mean, 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. let's turn to the latest in bangladesh following the violent unrest that led to the country's prime minister fleeing the country. well now, bangladesh's chief justice has resigned, under pressure for being seen as sympathetic to the previous government.

the announcement came after thousands of people marched on the grounds of the bangladesh supreme court, ignoring requests by the military to vacate the premises. our south asia correspondent samira hussein is at the protests. you can hear the sounds of protesters chanting. there are thousands of people just a few hundred feet away from me. and they are here to protest because of the violence that has been inflicted on many of the minority communities here in bangladesh. now, hindus make up here in bangladesh. now, hindus make up about 8% of the population and we have heard reports of their homes and businesses being vandalised and even temples, too. some have even been burnt. but it is notjust the hindu minorities being affected here. we're hearing reports of other minority communities here in bangladesh that are victim to this kind of vigilantism. this is not the

first protest. there was a whole of the protest that happened at the supreme court. and i mention that just to give you a sense of what it is like on the streets of the capital stop because all this concern about lawlessness, there is no police force. in fact, if you look around here there is no one thatis look around here there is no one that is actually managing any of these crowds. and itjust shows you just what kind of an absence there is in terms of any kind of law and order. yes, these protests are peaceful, the protests earlier today were peaceful but there is growing concern among the people in this city about what is going to happen in the next couple of days in this country. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh. the top of the medals table at the paris olympics has long been

a two way battle between china and the usa. they entered the day on 33 gold medals each. but china have pulled clear so far on saturday, with three golds including from a sport they've completely dominated the diving. cao yuan providing an 8th gold of 8 events in paris with a dominant win in the 10 metre platform final. number 3a earlier came from liu huanhua. he put his country above the usa in the table with gold in the men's 102 kilogram weightlifting. the world champion 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 olympic champions in men's volleyball since the usa in 1988. their 15th gold of the games came after a 3—0 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. all i can say is that i don't know if many people can realise how hard it is to defend something over and over and over again, to deliver every single time i step on the stage. so today was no different but ijust stage. so today was no different but i just had the stage. so today was no different but ijust had the feeling when i woke up ijust had the feeling when i woke up that i would try my best, that todayis up that i would try my best, that today is my day and i could deliver. but yeah it was not easy at all. i cried three times probably. the first one was from pressure, the second time because i was scared of my finger on the third time ofjoy. so yeah i can say that it was a perfect day. new zealand's lydia ko appears about to complete her olympic medals set, with a gold in the women's golf at le golf national. the former world number one is leading the field.

playing the 17th hole of her final round. it's in her hands with her nearest rivals having already finished. the overnight leader has had a bit of a shocking day, five over par for her round. with a day to go of the paris olympics, the next hosts are already looking four years ahead. organisers 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. we wa nt we want to have the greatest sporting event in the history of the olympics because we are a great sporting city. so we're bringing some of the most important, traditional, most meaningful sports in our country and some of the most important, most accessible sports in the world like cricket and squash.

it will mean this will be the greatest collection of athletes the history of the world has ever seen in one place. manchester united and manchester city are back at wembley — just over two months after the fa cup final won by united over city. a result that set up today's community shield between the two. they haven't been able to get a goal yet. they have played just over an hour at wembley. manchester united have had a goal ruled out for offside. 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. and that's all the sport for now. to the french capital we now go. the men's highjump takes place to the french capital we now go. the men's high jump takes place this evening at the start of france. great excitement because you may room call the story from last time from tokyo 2020 when the high jump final ended with qatar's competitor and the italian sharing the gold medal. the two men will face each other again injust under medal. the two men will face each other again in just under two medal. the two men will face each other again injust under two hours' time so it should be quite a vinyl. it was a thrilling women's high jump last sunday. it was won by a

ukrainian and australia's competitor who won silver. they both cleared two metres. it was an unusual podium as well with four women on it. ukrainian and australian shared bronze. what a story for ukraine in australia. i'mjoined by bronze. what a story for ukraine in australia. i'm joined by someone who knows a thing or two about winning olympic gold in this event. she won olympic gold in this event. she won olympic gold in the high jump olympic gold in this event. she won olympic gold in the highjump in barcelona in 1992 for germany. what a brilliant women's event. did you enjoy? what you make of it is yellow yes, i enjoyed it. it was not a surprise for me that she will win the gold medalfor surprise for me that she will win the gold medal for me because she was the best high jumper for years, which has made her very confident and mentally strong. that

which has made her very confident and mentally strong.— and mentally strong. that is why, eah, it and mentally strong. that is why, yeah. it was _ and mentally strong. that is why, yeah, it was normally _ and mentally strong. that is why, yeah, it was normally she - and mentally strong. that is why, yeah, it was normally she will. and mentally strong. that is why, yeah, it was normally she will win the gold medal. the yeah, it was normally she will win the gold medal.— yeah, it was normally she will win the gold medal. the world record is two metres — the gold medal. the world record is two metres ten _ the gold medal. the world record is two metres ten centimetres. - the gold medal. the world record is two metres ten centimetres. that l the gold medal. the world record is| two metres ten centimetres. that is an incredible feat. what does it take to get that far? it an incredible feat. what does it take to get that far?— an incredible feat. what does it take to get that far? it is... you have to be _ take to get that far? it is... you have to be convinced _ take to get that far? it is... you have to be convinced that - take to get that far? it is... you have to be convinced that you . take to get that far? it is... you i have to be convinced that you can take to get that far? it is... you - have to be convinced that you can do it, tojump over such a great height. you need self—confidence and you need mental health too, yes, to jump you need mental health too, yes, to jump over such heights. in my time at least it was the case for me before ijumped 2.07i only had to .10 in my head. so you have to focus on what to do. .10 in my head. so you have to focus on what to de— on what to do. how does it chance on what to do. how does it change your— on what to do. how does it change your life _ on what to do. how does it change your life to _

on what to do. how does it change your life to get - on what to do. how does it change your life to get the - on what to do. how does it| change your life to get the gold medal? it change your life to get the gold medal? , ., . , medal? it is a nice feeling, it is fantastic _ medal? it is a nice feeling, it is fantastic. it _ medal? it is a nice feeling, it is fantastic. it is _ medal? it is a nice feeling, it is fantastic. it is hard _ medal? it is a nice feeling, it is fantastic. it is hard to - medal? it is a nice feeling, it is fantastic. it is hard to describe. the medal on your neck and, yeah, for all your hard work, appreciation and commitment. fik. for all your hard work, appreciation and commitment.— for all your hard work, appreciation and commitment. 0k. it is so lovely to talk to yom _ and commitment. 0k. it is so lovely to talk to you. thank _ and commitment. 0k. it is so lovely to talk to you. thank you _ and commitment. 0k. it is so lovely to talk to you. thank you for - to talk to you. thank you for joining us on bbc news. the olympic highjump champion. that olympic highjump champion. that olympic highjump champion. that olympic highjump men's is happening later on today. we will have the latest on bbc news. hello there. it has been quite breezy across northern areas today. furthersouth quite breezy across northern areas today. further south we have seen much more clout. through the rest of the weekend the temperatures are set to climb, more sunshine around a more humid as well. these are the temperatures so this afternoon. up to the mid 20s across south—eastern areas even though we are seeing more

cloud around here. some dampness heading towards east anglia later in the afternoon. the cloud for many will break up this evening and overnight. it stays cloudy and warm, misty on the south coast, showers in the far north of scotland although the far north of scotland although the winds are easing. clear skies and the rest of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, into wales, cooler than last night. temperatures as low as seven or 8 degrees. it warm up quickly in the sunshine tomorrow, fewer showers in scotland. the breeze will lift the low cloud. sunshine in southern areas and with the wind coming in from the south temperatures are set to rise. a warm 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 will be very hot for the closing ceremony of the olympics in paris. that heat is coming in ahead of this weather

front, an area of low pressure. it is destabilising the air, bringing some thunderstorms overnight into monday and some heavy rain. the wetter weather mainly for the northern half of the uk. further south this is looking mainly dry, more sunshine around, vertically towards the south—east across east anglia, the midlands, up to lincolnshire. 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 3a degrees but you can see it is not hot everywhere. we have the rain further north and west, it will clear together is late sunshine in northern scotland and northern ireland. the weather front gets pushed away, another comes in from the atlantic. it will bring outbreaks of rain into northern and western areas. ahead of that through the midlands and towards the south—east, east anglia it is still dried, very warm here. temperatures 26, 27 degrees, just not hot as

humid as monday will 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 olympics — with team usa facing france in the men's basketball final. lead speak to our colleague, who is in cricklewood. there is lead speak to our colleague, who is in cricklewood. there is a lead speak to our colleague, who is in cricklewood. there is a lot lead speak to our colleague, who is in cricklewood. there is a lot of activity around you. can you explain when you are witnessing right now? police cars here. and basically a contractor who said he works for the

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