they say her sister witnessed the attack and managed to escape. and on the penultimate day of the paris olympics, dozens of gold medals are up for grabs — with ethiopia setting a record—breaking win in the men's marathon. hello, i'm lucy grey. welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east — where dozens of palestinians have been killed in an israeli air strike on a school housing displaced families in gaza city. the al—ahli baptist hospital says 70 of the bodies it's received so far have been identified. the total number of those killed is expected to rise. these are some of the latest images from the scene — many are too graphic for us to show. in the past hour, the israeli military has said it killed "at least 19" hamas and islamichhad members in the strike. that's disputed by hamas which has said the dead do not include

a "single combata nt". since earlyjuly, israel has struck at least 13 schools sheltering displaced people. here's some international reaction. egypt and qatar — which have been mediating in the gaza ceasefire talks — have condemned the israeli strike. the white house says it's "deeply concerned" about the reports of civilian casualties from the attack on the school compound. the eu's foreign affairs chief josep borrell 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... the bbc has asked the israeli military for an interview, but it says no—one is available. 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. our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf, who's currently in istanbul, told me more about the school itself. look, this is a religious school — it teaches sharia law, and it's a school that is belonging to a wider charity organisation that owns about 4—5 schools, and run different mosques and different charity organisations in gaza. it's the organisation that hamas was trying to control and take over for years. they have some sort of strict rules about their members involving

in any military activity or any militant group. it's a well—known organisation, people always felt safe to be sheltering in their schools. we have seen many people sheltering in their schools in the past war, and israel never, ever in the past, i think, targeted any of their institutions. so it was a bit of a shock and surprise for the people to see the school bombed. even when the israeli tanks were operating around this area, this school has never been touched before, or get any strike in it or close to that area. so, most of the people who were there, they must have felt safe to stay inside it. and, as you know, it's verifying the information and investigating in these kind of incidents why no independentjournalists are allowed into gaza. it's always very difficult, we are trying to talk to witnesses as much as possible — but i myself know this organisation,

i have been to this school and to many of their institutions before. and, for many of the neighbours who i spoke to, it was a little bit of shocking news for them that the school was destroyed or was targeted, you know? graeme groom is an nhs orthopaedic surgeon from london, who has recently returned to gaza. he spoke to us about the daily challenges faced by the medical team on the ground — a warning, some people may find his description of surgical procedures disturbing. we have a narrow perspective. we see the folk who have made it to hospital. in other words, we see the wounded. they always outnumber the dead, and it's absolutely tragic. of the patients we have seen today, and operated on today, 60% have been under 17.

and some of them, we mean tiny scraps. a one—year—old with burns to both legs, a three—year—old with half a hand missing. a nine—year—old with terrible injuries. and yesterday, my wonderful plastics colleague, victoria rose — widely known as rosie — reconstructed two faces in two children. and she used a technique which even an orthopaedic surgeon hasn't heard of. she used a technique where she took a flap from a forehead and moved it down the face to reconstruct the nose. it's not a new technique — it was developed in india several hundred years ago, because cutting off the nose was used

as a punishment. also, the question i would ask is, what had this 14—year—old child done to deserve having his nose cut off? palestinian 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 as part of its efforts to conduct terrible genocide against the whole population of gaza. but not only there was an additional goal, which was to undermine completely any possibility of ceasefire in gaza and to undermine even the talks that are supposed to start soon about ceasefire. —— but neta nyahu

—— but netanyahu has an additional goal. pictures coming to us from tel aviv, where people are gathering to protest against benjamin netanyahu and his government. in amongst the protesters are relatives of the hostages being held in gaza. that's the scene live now, people on the streets of tel aviv to protest against the israeli government. the parents of one of the girls stabbed to death in southport say her sister witnessed the attack and managed to escape. six—year—old bebe king was the youngest of those killed. lauren and ben king shared this family photo. they said bebe�*s older sister genie, who's nine, has shown incredible strength and courage, and they're so proud of her. they say her resilience is a testament to the love and bond she shared with her little sister — and they will continue to support her as they navigate this painful journey together as a family. bebe was killed alongside

seven—year—old elsie dot stancome and nine—year—old alice da silva aguair, when a man with a knife attacked a taylor swift—themed holiday club event on 29july. olivia richwald reports. this is the king family in happy times, before their lives were ripped apart. little bebe, just six years old, was one of the victims of the knife attacks in southport less than two weeks ago. today, it's emerged that her big sister, nine—year—old genie, was also at the dance school, but escaped. in a statement released by merseyside police, they paid tribute to genie, who witnessed the attack. they said... the funeral of nine—year—old alice dasilva aguilar will take place tomorrow at the same

merseyside church where she had herfirst communion just three months ago. olivia richwald, bbc news, southport. well, disinformation that the southport suspect was a muslim asylum—seeker led to anti—immigrant and far—right riots in the days after the attack. today, thousands attended anti—racism rallies across the uk. one of the protests was outside the headquarters of the reform uk party in central london. our correspondent emily unia was therer. there's a very heavy police presence here in central london today. but nearly 1,000, possibly more than 1,000 protesters have gathered opposite reform party hq to express their opposition to the violence that has unfolded in recent days and weeks. now with me is one of the organisers of this protest, lewis neilson — he's from stand up to racism. lewis, how are you feeling about the turnout this afternoon? well, we're delighted so many

people have come out. this is in london, outside reform's hq - but across the country, we think there's tens of thousands of people out today, and we're sending a clear message that we're not going to let the far—right march through our streets, attacking muslims, attacking mosques, attacking refugees. and the size of this crowd, the size of the crowd in places like manchester, liverpool, wakefield, sheffield, shows that we're building a big movement here to stop the far—right. has there been any sign of counter—protesters of any kind this afternoon? we haven't yet seen them here today, but obviously, it was only a week ago that they were rampaging through cities in the north, in central london, as well, and we think we've beaten them back. i'm not getting complacent — i think there's a long way to go and a lot of work to do — but the scale of this movement and all the protests around the country shows that if you have unity, you have solidarity, we can stop the far—right in their tracks. and do you think that the impact you're having this afternoon will make a difference to to those people who have said they don't feel listened to, that they feel concerned, that aren't necessarily far—right thugs, but, you know, feel that they just don't have a voice in this country anymore.

well, look, the reason why we're here at reform uk is because we're saying that nigel farage is fanning the flames and giving confidence to the far—right. the language he uses about migrants, about muslims, about refugees, i think gives confidence to the thugs that you saw attacking the hotel in rotherham, the one in tamworth, and so on. so, we're saying that nigel farage is a fraud. he's a millionaire stockbroker. he went to one of the poshest private schools in britain, and he's trying to say that the enemy of working class people are people from abroad. we're saying they're not — and that's why we're building a movement of unity here. well, thank you very much for your time. the atmosphere here this afternoon has actually been very peaceful, very friendly, and welcoming. people of all colours and religious backgrounds have been here to make their voices heard. i've seen young people, old people, people in wheelchairs. it has felt very inclusive and very safe as well. 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. russia says it's evacuated more than 76,000 people from the kursk region since tuesday, and strict securit measures have come into place there and in two other regions, bryansk and belgorod. there and in two other regions, 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 sudzha. with me is our reporter oksana kundirenko. what is the aim here from ukraine? i suppose in the short term at least, it is to overstretch the russian forces, to limit their attacks on ukraine presumably. {iii forces, to limit their attacks on ukraine presumably. of course, we don't know — ukraine presumably. of course, we don't know for _ ukraine presumably. of course, we don't know for sure _ ukraine presumably. of course, we don't know for sure with _ ukraine presumably. of course, we don't know for sure with the - ukraine presumably. of course, we don't know for sure with the lack i ukraine presumably. of course, we don't know for sure with the lack ofj don't know for sure with the lack of official information on the

ukrainian side, but you're right, constructing an offensive is the main goal. russia is slowly but surely gaining an ukrainian territory, ukraine faces manpower problems, and they want to distract russian attention. whether it is working or not, we have to see. it is day five of this incursion, but some respectful military analytics say that russian command in the kremlin has so far resisted the urge to redeploy very experienced troops from eastern ukraine to the kursk region, and those fighting there now are newly recruited, fresh soldiers and those who were in russian prisons. i and those who were in russian risons. , , , ., , prisons. i suppose the question is, how lona prisons. i suppose the question is, how long can _ prisons. i suppose the question is, how long can ukraine _ prisons. i suppose the question is, how long can ukraine carry - prisons. i suppose the question is, i how long can ukraine carry on where it is before it itself is overstretched? you said it's very hard because there's so little information coming out, official

information coming out, official information — how on earth to find out what's going on there? {iii out what's going on there? of course, we don't have any official information from the ukrainian side, some official information from the ukrainian side. but this has been the most documented war in history because of social media and various videos that we can see online. example, ukrainian officials and some politicians have their telegram and whatsapp channels posting these videos, saying the ukrainian army has taken this or that village — for example, one of these videos that we can show now, it's the video of the ukrainian battalion taking the gazprom office in the town of sudzha. we as journalists gazprom office in the town of sudzha. we asjournalists have gazprom office in the town of sudzha. we as journalists have to verify these videos, and we can confirm that it has been filmed in sudzha — but whether it's indicating ukraine has taken over the entire town, we don't know, but we can for sure say they control that part of the town. so happens like this, we

go bit by bit, photographed by photograph on the russian side, we have prussian military bloggers reporting from the ground, and russian state media who sent official reports — it's very interesting because their reports say the enemy hasn't got any inch of their land, and this is honestly not true. sudzha is a key gas transport hub for the russia gas that goes to europe through ukraine. in terms of the significance of that, what is it? it in terms of the significance of that, what is it?— that, what is it? if we were speaking — that, what is it? if we were speaking a _ that, what is it? if we were speaking a year _ that, what is it? if we were speaking a year ago, - that, what is it? if we were speaking a year ago, the i that, what is it? if we were - speaking a year ago, the entirety of europe would be panicking right now, facing another cold winter and another energy crisis — but that is not the case now. even though sudzha is a key transport hub where russian gas is going to ukraine, despite the war, to the european union, europe has managed to significantly reduce

their dependency on russian gas — for example, before the war, 45% of european gas was from russia, now it's only 15%, and they plan to get rid of russian gas whatsoever. another thing i can say, this war has been going on for a third year now, and no parties have been attacking gas infrastructure. but we now have reports that the ukrainian army is controlling parts of this infrastructure, but they don't probably plan to destroy it. thank ou ve probably plan to destroy it. thank you very much- — three days of mourning have been declared in the brazilian state of sao paulo, after a plane crash which killed all 62 people on board. a black box containing flight data has been recovered from the scene. the country's civil aviation agency said that the plane had been in good working condition. simonjones has the details — a warning that you may find his report upsetting. 58 passengers, four crew members, no survivors. as the plane spiralled

towards the ground, witnesses could only look on in horror. but what caused this flight to come down? translation: the plane passed over us. - we thought it was going to fall on our home. it started to come down and down, and we said, "it's falling, it's falling." when we saw the plane again, it had crashed. the flames were very high. they burned everything. it was a horror scene. the flight came down in a residential area. one home was damaged but nobody on the ground was hurt. anxious relatives gathered at the airport where the plane, which was on a short internal flight, had been due to land. two trainee doctors are known to be among the dead. investigations are now under way into the cause of the crash. the plane's black box containing voice recordings and flight data has been recovered. brazil's civil aviation agency said the aircraft, which was built in 2010, had been in good working condition. one theory is a build—up of ice could have caused engine failure.

brazil's president paid tribute to the victims at an event where he was speaking and asked the audience to observe a minute's silence. sao paulo's state governor has declared three days of mourning. the authorities will now be determined to provide answers to the families of the 62 people who have lost their lives. simon jones, bbc news. earlier, thais carranca from bbc brazil, told me it was too early to know exactly what went wrong. the footage that is being circulated on social media shows the aeroplane spiralling, then falling abruptly to the floor. and what's been said that could cause this is freezing of the aeroplane. of course, this is an initial assumption, we don't know what happened, and experts are very cautious to say — we need perhaps weeks, even months to actually know the real cause. and its extraordinary,

isn't it, that nobody was injured or killed, in fact, on the ground itself? because it's such a built—up area, isn't it? the crash site is surrounded by houses. yes — that is one good outcome of this whole event, of course, only one house on the ground was damaged, and that house was empty. so no persons were killed on the floor. but it is considered to be a very important outcome, and something the pilot might have done, right? he might�*ve put the pilot on a direction that would that would not damage an area that so densely populated in the interior of sao paulo. a 32—year—old man has appeared in court charged with four counts of attempted murder, after a nine—year—old girl was shot in east london at the end of may. javon reily, from farnborough, appeared at westminster magistrates�* court and was remanded into custody. he is charged with an attack

on a restaurant in the dalston area, where the girl and three adults were injured. two children are among eight people killed after a mountain of waste collapsed at a landfill site in the ugandan capital, kampala. local media said several homes were engulfed in the landslide after heavy rainfall. the city authority said 1a others were rescued and taken to hospital and a rescue operation continues at the site. banksy has confirmed the sixth artwork in his new animal—themed collection across london. it's a silhouette of a cat on an empty, run—down billboard. the contractor says they're taking it down early in case someone "rips it down and leaves it unsafe". the contractor said the artwork will be brought back to their yard to see if anyone collects it. the first piece of graffiti in banksy�*s new animal—themed series, which was spotted on monday, is near kew bridge in south—west london and shows a goat with rocks falling down below it,

just above where a cctv camera is pointed. on tuesday, the artist added silhouettes of two elephants with their trunks stretched towards each other on the side of a building near chelsea, in west london. this was followed by three monkeys looking as though they were swinging underneath a bridge over brick lane, near a vintage clothing shop in the popular east london market street, not far from shoreditch high street. the fourth piece in peckham, that later appeared to be stolen, showed a black stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, painted on a white satellite dish. the fifth piece features pelicans pinching fish from a sign outside an east london chip shop. our reporters have been speeking to some cricklewood locals about what they thought of the new banksy piece in their area.

it's just amazing, he's such a seminal artist. and we saw him pop up on instagram, so we rushed down here before — hopefully — he's not nicked. but it's just been great seeing him locally nearby. we just think they're just a nice thing to cheer everybody up, basically. yeah, we just like the fact that they're animals. yeah, we do. myself and my boyfriend have been on a banksy crawl today — - so we've gone to the pelicans - in the morning, then we've just been to the monkeys in brick lane, - then we saw that banksy had posted the cats over here now. we'll go to the elephants after. i live five minutes away, and it's so nice to see free art in cricklewood! yeah, it's lovely, and it such a nice breath of fresh air here on the busy edgware road. we are on the penultimate day of the paris olympics

and still so much sport happening — it doesn't feel like anything is winding down just yet. let's take you through the day's sporting headlines so far. on the final evening of athletics, kenya's emmanuel wanyonyi has won gold in a thrilling men's 800—metres. in another tight race, masai russell of the us won the women's hundred—metre hurdles. the usa also won gold in the women's football after beating brazil 1—0. ethiopia's tamirat tola won the men's marathon, crossing the line in a new olympic record time of two hours and six seconds. new zealand's lisa carrington won her third gold of paris 2024 with victory in the kayak single 500m. while fellow new zealander lydia ko claimed victory in the women's golf. in the diving 10m platform, china took the gold, japan silver, and it was team gb�*s noah williams who took the bronze medal. that adds to his existing silver from these games that he won with tom daley in the men's

synchronised 10m platform. and an upset for france, as norway defeated the defending champions 29—21 in the women's handball final to win olympic gold. and for our uk viewers, we will have more on sportsday shortly. so do stay with us for that. hello there. it's been turning dryer for england and wales — the cloud breaking up as well. further north though, we've had more sunshine, breezy conditions too — a few showers in scotland and temperatures today have been about average. but in the next couple of days we're going to get a heat spike. temperatures are going to rise rapidly, humidity too.

not everywhere, though — there will be some rain and thunderstorms in places as well. looking dry on the whole overnight. fewer showers across northern scotland. the winds becoming lighter as well. still got some cloud across the south of england, misty and murky along the south coast. that cloud will keep it warmer here, but further north, with clearer skies and light winds, it's going to be quite cool. temperatures could be down to 7—8 celsius. it will warm up quickly, though, in the sunshine, and we'll lose those showers in northern scotland. further south, there will be some of this patchy cloud around. a southerly breeze picks up along the south — it will lift any of that mist and low cloud, mind you. and it will be a warmer day everywhere, but the higher temperatures will be for england and wales — widely into the mid—20s. we could get close to 30 celsius in the southeast of england. it's been very hot in spain — that heat is moving northwards into france and into the uk, particularly across southeastern parts of the uk. that heat and humidity building ahead of this weather front that's coming in from the atlantic — that will tend to change things in some areas. could get a few thunderstorms

as early as sunday night in the west, but it's really on monday that we'll start to see this wetter weather, with thunder and lightning pushing eastwards, mainly across the northern half of the uk. a few showers are possible in wales and the southwest, but towards the southeast, it will be dry and sunny. and the heat and humidity will be particularly uncomfortable through the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia, and the southeast. temperatures 30 celsius for many — could make 3a in the southeast of england — the hottest day of the year. now that heat and humidity will get pushed away to a certain extent, and we will see some more weather fronts coming in from the atlantic on tuesday. these will bring some early rain into northern ireland, and then that rain will push into scotland and affect western parts of england and wales. still looking dry though through the midlands, and more sunshine across east anglia and the southeast, where it's going to be another very warm day on tuesday. just not as hot and as humid as monday.

this is bbc news. the headlines: israel strikes a school building sheltering displaced palestinians in gaza city. the director of a local hospital says at least 70 people were killed. the israeli military says it killed 19 hamas and islamichhad members. bodies are recovered from the site of a plane crash in the brazilian state of sao paulo. all 62 people on board were killed.

a spokesperson said the rescue effort was being complicated by rain, and could take days. the family of bebe king — the six—year—old girl killed in the southport attack — pays tribute to their daughter. they say her sister — who's nine — witnessed the attack and managed to escape. and on the penultimate day of the paris olympics, dozens of gold medals are up for grabs, with ethiopia setting a record—breaking win in the men's marathon. those are the latest headlines. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: keep the faith — kipyegon retains her 1,500 metres title after a blistering olympic final. but it's a bronze for

britain's georgia bell.