us vice—president kamala harris adds her voice to international condemnation of the loss of civilian life in saturday's deadly israeli air strike on a school compound in gaza. also coming up on the programme. the final day of the paris olympics is under way with the women's marathon kicking off the action. 13 gold medals are up for grabs before the closing ceremony. and a sixth banksy in six days. what might the elusive street artist reveal next? hello. we start this hour with the latest on the war in ukraine. president zelensky has for the first time acknowledged that his forces are conducting a cross—border offensive inside russia. it's the most serious attack

by a foreign army on russian territory since the second world war. moscow first reported a major incursion into its kursk region on tuesday. until now, president zelensky has made only oblique references to the fighting but in his video address last night, he said ukraine's military was pushing the war onto "the aggressor�*s territory". take a listen. translation: today, i received i several reports regarding the front lines and our actions to push the war onto the aggressor�*s territory. i am grateful to every unit of the defence forces, ensuring that ukraine is proving that it can indeed restore justice and ensure the necessary pressure on the aggressor. kyiv launched its surprise attack on tuesday, rapidly advancing more than 10km inside russia — the deepest raid since moscow began its full—scale invasion of ukraine in february 2022. russian and ukrainian forces have been locked in intense fighting in kursk.

strict security measures are in place there and two other russian regions — belgorod and bryansk. thousands of civilians have been evacuated on both sides of the border. ukrainian forces have reportedly created a new front line 30 kilometres long. so how are people in the russian capital moscow reacting? let's hear from some of them. translation: i'm scared for people in general. - you want to help people but you don't know how to do it. ukrainian forces seem to be far away from us, but, at the same time, they seem to be very close. the fact is that people just had to suddenly leave. they had lived quietly and suddenly they found ukrainian soldiers on our territory. translation: so the big question is whose fault is it _ and who is going to be responsible? because, as far as we know, there are heavy casualties among the soldiers on our side as well as the destruction

of residential buildings, so who is going to be responsible for that? meanwhile, russia's attacks on ukraine continue. several regions came under a russian drone and missile attack in the early hours of sunday. these images are from kyiv. at least two people were killed in the ukrainian capital. let's speak to oleksii goncharenko, the ukrainian mp from odesa and the member of the ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. do you agree with the operation inside russian territory? absolutely. hello, definitely we need to attack with the enemy is not prepared and it looks like this time we did exactly this and it is important. also it's important politically because finally we show the russian people this awful war

that they started with their russian regime, don't believe russian people are all against this. in their majority they support this war because this what is happening on ukrainian territory but it's finally the time to show them that it is their villages, towns and cities also burn down, so definitely we are supporting the fighting. and again we showed world our army is very, very capable and really, for the first time, since the second world war, part of russian territory, 300 square kilometres, big of lichtenstein, san marino together, is occupied by ukrainian forces. there must be a concern that moscow and president putin will retaliate? how? why should we be concerned?

russia have been attacking us for more than ten years and two years we had a full—scale invasion. they are taking our territory everywhere where they can. the only language putin understands is the language of force and now we have shown to putin that we are strong enough to fight back. �* ., , ., that we are strong enough to fight back. �* ., ,, ., , ., back. and do you worry that the troo -s back. and do you worry that the tr00ps will _ back. and do you worry that the troops will be _ back. and do you worry that the troops will be spread _ back. and do you worry that the troops will be spread too - back. and do you worry that the troops will be spread too thinly | back. and do you worry that the l troops will be spread too thinly if they are doing an offensive inside russia at the same time as having the front line with the russian forces attacking you? i’m the front line with the russian forces attacking you?— the front line with the russian forces attacking you? i'm not a military person. _ forces attacking you? i'm not a military person. at _ forces attacking you? i'm not a military person. at the - forces attacking you? i'm not a l military person. at the beginning forces attacking you? i'm not a - military person. at the beginning of a full—scale invasion, we were defending kyiv so it does not allow me to make military decisions so i don't doubt the decisions of the ukrainian generals. i saw this decision was really smart and when you are defending your country is notjust you are defending your country is not just about defence, you are defending your country is notjust about defence, you also can attack in other places and a good

defence is a attack. we've clearly seen that our attack was successful and it's a big problem for russia. and what does it do for the morale of the troops and also the ukrainian people? of the troops and also the ukrainian --eole? , , , of the troops and also the ukrainian eo le? , , , , people? definitely it is helping the morale, boosting _ people? definitely it is helping the morale, boosting it, _ people? definitely it is helping the morale, boosting it, because - people? definitely it is helping the morale, boosting it, because it's l morale, boosting it, because it's great to have victories. it's important. during the last year, after our unsuccessful after our u nsuccessful cou nteroffe nsive last after our unsuccessful counteroffensive last summer, the ukrainian army did not have big success. we have success on the back seat where we destroyed more than one third of russian black sea navy fleet and in other places, but still not a big successes on the land and now we have them, definitely it's very important to have successes. does it lead, though, and help your long term aim of bringing peace back to ukraine if you are fighting

inside russia?— to ukraine if you are fighting inside russia? ~ , ~ inside russia? absolutely. i think the operation _ inside russia? absolutely. i think the operation is _ inside russia? absolutely. i think the operation is taking _ inside russia? absolutely. i think the operation is taking us - inside russia? absolutely. i think the operation is taking us much i the operation is taking us much closer to peace than 100 piece summits and speaking and talking and blah blah blah, and russia just ignores this. when russia needs to fight back on their own territory, when russian people are running, as you showed just recently your report from moscow, that's the only way to show to stop the war, we don't want the war, stop it now, leave our territory, finish. really, that's the way for peace.— territory, finish. really, that's the way for peace. thank you for “oininu us the way for peace. thank you for joining us on _ the way for peace. thank you for joining us on bbc— the way for peace. thank you for joining us on bbc news. - the way for peace. thank you for joining us on bbc news. we - the way for peace. thank you for| joining us on bbc news. we have the way for peace. thank you for. joining us on bbc news. we have a live page up and running on the bbc news website with the very latest after that confirmation from president zelensky that ukrainian military forces are conducting a

cross—border offensive inside russia's western kursk region. the impact of the riots which hit parts of the uk over the past two weeks will be felt "for years" to come. that's according to a top government minister. thousands of anti—racism protesters rallied in towns and cities across the uk on saturday with people taking to the streets in cities including belfast, birmingham, cardiff and glasgow. it follows the disorder in areas of england and northern ireland, fuelled by online disinformation following the southport attack in which three young girls were killed. more than 775 people have been arrested. with me is our political correspondentjoe pike. i mentioned this minister, the justice secretary, what is the warning that she is giving today? shabana mehmood has been warning for a long time there are problems with the court and prison system. she's

only been in a job five weeks, but now she's arguing this recent disorder has made that challenge, trying to get these two systems back to their best, much, much more difficult. we know there are more than 100 people in uk prisons either waiting for a trial or waiting for sentencing relating to this disorder. we also know that the courts have been fast tracking some of these cases meaning other people stuck in the system are waiting longer and we know there was a back log due to the covid pandemic. we spoke to the uk business secretary jonathan reynolds. your right to say the state of the judicial system the new government has inherited is not a good one, but i can tell you that there is sufficient prison capacity. the early decisions the government had to make in terms of bringing forward additional capacity means we can deal with this. in terms of the number of arrests that have been made, 718 nearly already, 350 people charged already, some of the sentences already given out

as well, so you've seen an incredibly swift and robust response to the unacceptable disorder that we have seen and then, as we were talking about today, we can make sure the recovery is handled just as well. we'll make sure we get through this very difficult period but one way i think you've also seen the best of britain came out as well in terms of how people have responded to the damage and the disorder they've seen in their own communities and making clear they will have no part of it. meanwhile, england and wales top prosecutor stephen parkinson has warned some of the people who were involved in this violence could get prison sentences of up to ten years. we've perhaps had some of the more simple cases appear before court in recent days, some of the more complex more serious cases to come and those people could be punished this prosecutor argues pretty strongly. indie this prosecutor argues pretty stronal . ~ . this prosecutor argues pretty stronal .~ ., , this prosecutor argues pretty stron.l .~ ., , , this prosecutor argues pretty stronal .~ ., , , ., strongly. we have seen shops on the hiuh street strongly. we have seen shops on the high street damage _ strongly. we have seen shops on the high street damage during _ strongly. we have seen shops on the high street damage during this - high street damage during this disorder and a business secretary urging the insurance companies to act swiftly? the urging the insurance companies to act swiftl ? ., , .,

act swiftly? the worry in government seems to be — act swiftly? the worry in government seems to be that _ act swiftly? the worry in government seems to be that some _ act swiftly? the worry in government seems to be that some of— act swiftly? the worry in government seems to be that some of these - act swiftly? the worry in government. seems to be that some of these shops could go under if they are delayed in reopening. therefore, jonathan reynolds is asking insurance companies to process claims quickly. all reject if people do not have the right insurance. if people are not insured or underinsured various compensation available under the riots compensation act 2016, and the advice for these businesses is to firstly report what has happened to the police, get a crime number, and then get to your insurance company and get that claim in fast.— and get that claim in fast. we've also learned _ and get that claim in fast. we've also learned the _ and get that claim in fast. we've also learned the prime - and get that claim in fast. we've also learned the prime ministerl and get that claim in fast. we've i also learned the prime minister has cancelled his summer holiday because of this. how much of a worry is there in government there could be further unrest? and the impact it has on communities as well? absolutely, there's a feeling from the conversation i've been having with people in number ten that they want to avoid any sense of complacency. this isn't over, we've not turned a corner, it isn'tjob done, but they know as you have touched on they have some absolutely

enormous challenges to face. one of thoseis enormous challenges to face. one of those is around community cohesion, bringing people together, when what has happened in the last ten days has happened in the last ten days has really revealed some major problems in british society for the keir starmer knows that this coming week, at downing street, and its official country residence, he'll have to try to work out how to tackle these very complex issues. joe, for the moment, thank you very much. the first of three funerals for the young girls fatally stabbed at a taylor swift dance class in southport, will take place today. nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar will be laid to rest at st patrick's catholic church in southport. the service comes after the parents of another victim, six—year—old bebe king, revealed that her older sister witnessed the attack. olivia richwald reports. alice de silva aguiar, aged nine, described as amazing, caring and confident. she was killed alongside six—year—old bebe king and seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe on july 29th.

ten others were seriously injured in the attack on a taylor swift themed dance event. last week, a memorial service, a celebration of alice's life, took place at saint patrick's church on merseyside, where alice had celebrated her first communion just a few months ago. family and friends of alice sang hymns and read tributes in portuguese and english. and today, alice's funeral will take place at the same church. fatherjohn hennigan said herfamily feel she is now in heaven. they believe that we've got to let her go dancing into heaven. that's the one of the messages they gave to me. she's going dancing into heaven. that's how they see this and this funeral is, of course, going to be profoundly sad. but it also will have that deep joy because that's what they believe. they believe she's gone home to heaven, dancing with the angels and saints. all those who were injured

in the attacks have now been released from hospital. the funerals haven't taken place yet for elsie dot stancombe and bebe king. yesterday it emerged that bebe's older sisterjeannie, aged nine, witnessed the attacks and escaped. her parents said jeannie had shown incredible strength and courage and bebe was sweet, kind and spirited. 18—year—old axel rudakubana, from southport, has been charged with three counts of murder, ten counts of attempted murder and possession of a knife. he's been detained into youth custody. olivia ringwald, bbc news, southport. let's get some of the day's other news now. a huge rubbish dump has collapsed near the ugandan capital, kampala, engulfing homes and killing at least eight people. two of the dead were children. 1a others were taken to hospital. rescuers are using excavators to search for survivors beneath mounds of waste. the authorities say the collapse was caused by structural failure, probably triggered by heavy rain.

donald trump's election campaign team has said its internal communications have been hacked, and details sent to a us political website. they said iran was behind the hack without providing any direct evidence. earlier this week, microsoft released a report saying that iranian hackers appear to have targeted the campaign of an un—named us presidential candidate. venezuela's supreme court has said the opposition won't be able to appeal against a ruling it's due to issue on the outcome of the disputed presidential election held two weeks ago. the court criticised the opposition for failing to cooperate with the process and said its decision would be final. president nicolas maduro was declared winner amid allegations of fraud. paul kagame will be sworn in as president of rwanda for a fourth term later after being re—elected with nearly 99% of the vote. he will take the oath of office in a stadium surrounded by thousands of onlookers and other

african leaders. mr kagame secured a landslide victory in last month's presidential election against the two opponents who were allowed to stand. this fresh mandate extends his 2a years in power with a constitutional amendment allowing him to potentially stay in office until 203a. to the israel—gaza war, and the us vice—president and democratic presidential candidate, kamala harris, has added her voice to international condemnation of the loss of civilian life in saturday's deadly israeli air strike on a school compound in gaza. around a thousand displaced palestinians had been sheltering in the building at the time of the dawn strike. the israeli military insists it used precision missiles to target what it claims was a hamas command centre in the compound. the director of a local hospital said the facility had received 70 bodies and the remains of at least ten more people. israel disputes those figures. this is what ms harris said

while on the campaign trail. you know, yet again, far too many civilians have been killed. i mean, israel has the right to go after the terrorists that are hamas, but, as i have said many, many times, they also have, i believe, an important responsibility to avoid civilian casualties. the biden administration has also responded to news of the attack. a white house national security council spokesperson says: "we are deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties. we are in touch with our israeli counterparts and we are asking for further details. we know hamas has been using schools as locations to gather and operate out of, but we have also said repeatedly and consistently that israel must take measures to minimize civilian harm." butjust hours before the bombing, the us state department announced it is releasing $3.5 billion of weapons funds for israel — part of a larger aid package approved earlier this year by congress.

jenny hill reports now from jerusalem. this contains images you may find distressing. woman cries. anguish, bewilderment. israel struck before dawn, shattering the sanctity of morning prayer. thousands of displaced civilians were sheltering here, a place of refuge suddenly a scene of carnage. "there isn't any safe place," this woman cries. "no place is safe." "where is the world?", he asks, "why does it stay silent in the face of these crimes?" how many times have gaza's ravaged walls echoed to the sound of a mother's grief? umm says three of her sons were killed. "i'm 80," she sobs, "i've never seen anything like this before. the way they're bombing us

is like an earthquake." but israel claims this was a legitimate target, that the school housed a hamas command centre. 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. and as palestinians mourn their dead and take shelter for another fearful

night, it's hard to see hope in the ruins of gaza. jenny hill, bbc news, tel aviv. to the olympics and after more than two weeks of celebrations, heartbreak and, at times, controversy, the paris games are drawing to a close with what's promised to be an immersive closing ceremony tonight. these are the live pictures from the french capital where the women's marathon is drawing to a close. it is one of the 13 gold medal events before that closing ceremony which will feature performances from the us artists billie eilish, snoop dogg and the red hot chili peppers as part of the handover to the next host city, los angeles. among the highlights, the usa will be chasing an historic eighth straight gold when they face the hosts france in the women's basketball final. the fixture is a repeat

of the men's final on saturday. america's dream team including lebronjames and steph curry broke local french hearts with the usa winning their fifth consecutive gold in the event defeating france 98 to 87 in a rematch of the tokyo olympics final three years ago. it was a busy night at the stade de france with the penultimate day of the athletics programme. the kenyan faith kipyegon took gold in the women's 1500 metres for the third time in a row setting a new olympic record. in other highlights, norway's jakob ingebrigtsen won the men's 5,000 metres. and the new zealander hamish kerr leapt to gold in the men's high—jump. team gb earned six medals on day 15 and are still hoping for their best ever olympic haul on foreign soil. georgia bell was among the winners on saturday, picking up a bronze in the 1500 metres. and the men's four—by—four—hundred

metres relay team also won bronze behind the united states and botswana. and away from the athletics, kate shortman and izzy thorpe won great britain's first ever olympic medal in artistic swimming. let's take a look at the medal table as went go into the final day. china are top with 39 golds, just one ahead of the united states. the hosts france are in fifth place with 16 golds. great britain are sixth with 1a golds. staying with the games, the algerian boxer imane khelif has filed a legal complaint in france over alleged online harassment regarding her participation in the paris olympics. khelif and the taiwanese fighter lin yu—ting were both embroiled in a high profile elgibility row at the games after being disqualified from last year's women's boxing world championships for reportedly failing gender testing.

after being allowed to compete in paris by the international olympic committee, khelif went on to win gold in the welterweight category whilst lin took gold in the featherweight category. and a reminder you can follow all of the action on the final day of the paris olympics and the closing ceremony later online. the bbc sport website and app has a live page running, along with today's schedule and full medal table. my my colleague will be reporting live later on. the world famous street artist bansky has been busy. on saturday a sixth artwork in as many days appeared on a billboard in london. but as paul hawkins now reports, it didn't stay up for long. six animals in six days. why london, and what do they mean? kew�*s teetering goat.

the two touching trunks in chelsea. three monkeys hanging around brick lane. the howling wolf of peckham. two peckish pelicans in walthamstow. and yesterday, cricklewood's stretching cat. but it didn't stay up for long. hours after its reveal, contractors arrived to dismantle the billboard. our guys just got a phone call to come and take it down, so it's just paint at the end of the day. we don't take banksys down every day obviously, but... yeah, we'll do our best to preserve it. if he wants to come and collect it, it's up to him. it's a shame, really. but, as you can see, there's quite a lot of people here today. it's quite nice for cricklewood. it's street art and this must remain in the street. - it's going to be taken down, which is probably best for the safety because people want to take it or deface it. what links his latest artwork is a mystery. is it the locations, the number of animals

or the animals themselves? banksy�*s press team have declined to comment on the meaning. maybe there isn't one — just enjoy them, as you never know when they'll disappear. paul hawkins, bbc news. hassan from the netherlands are just won the women's marathon gold. more to come. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. hot and humid feeling conditions particularly for southern and eastern areas of england. thunderstorms north and west, all of this to come in the forecast tonight. and tomorrow. but for the rest of the day to day across the uk it looks dry. a lot of sunshine around. it will be feeling warm. it's been a bit of a slow start towards the south coast of england. the risk of some sea mist and fog

lapping on a at times but even toward southern areas of devon, that should tend to break up as a south—easterly wind picks up with the onshore breeze, cooler towards the onshore breeze, cooler towards the coast than yesterday but temperatures widely in the low to mid 20s. maybe 2930 in london. and parts of berkshire. overnight tonight, we keep the clear skies toward the east. but here come those thunderstorms, torrential downpours for northern ireland in western scotland. showers for western wales, south—west england, temperatures across the south of england may not drop locally below 20 celsius but warm and sticky and uncomfortable for sleeping. warm and sticky and uncomfortable forsleeping. here warm and sticky and uncomfortable for sleeping. here comes the fresh feeling air on monday behind this cold front. these two air masses meet, the cool airfrom cold front. these two air masses meet, the cool air from the atlantic and the hottest streaming from southern europe will see thunderstorms break out most likely for the early part of the morning for the early part of the morning for western scotland, northern ireland, anywhere from northern yorkshire to north lincolnshire, northwoods. further south,

yorkshire to north lincolnshire, northwoods. furthersouth, largely dry. an improving picture for everybody with a lot of sunshine through the afternoon. but very hot in southern and eastern areas of england, parts of london, cambridgeshire, perhaps as high as 34 cambridgeshire, perhaps as high as 3a celsius. still warm on tuesday but not quite as hot. here come those atlantic fronts. pushing further eastwards, sunshine developing behind but no fresh feeling air. most of the uk. still 28-29 feeling air. most of the uk. still 28—29 towards southern and eastern england, cooler north and west, with further outbreaks of rain. some more widespread showers on wednesday particular for northern and western areas. again, sunny spells around. temperatures still in the low to mid 20s but many parts of england and parts of eastern wales as well. it's going to be quite unsettled through next week. fresh feeling air, some sunny spells at times but also some further outbreaks of rain. goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has acknowledged, for the first time, that his military is conducting an offensive inside russia's western kursk region. it comes as russia carries out overnight missile and drone attacks in six regions of ukraine — killing at least two people.in kyiv. killing at least two people in kyiv. the first of three funerals, for the young girls killed

at a taylor swift dance class in southport last month, will take place later today. alice da silva aguiar will be laid to rest at st patrick's catholic church in southport. it's the final day of the paris olympics and sifan hassan from the netherlands has won the first gold of the day in the women's marathon. there are 12 more gold medals up for grabs before the closing ceremony tonight. hello if you have just hello if you havejustjoined us. a uk government minister has said the impact of the riots which hit parts of the uk over the past two weeks will be felt for years to come. thousands of anti—racism protesters rallied in towns and cities across the uk on saturday with people taking to the streets in cities including belfast, birmingham, cardiff and glasgow. it follows the disorder in areas of england and northern ireland, fuelled by online disinformation following the southport attack in which three young girls were killed. more than 775 people have been arrested.

the far—right used social media to organise some of the protest. with me is lizze dearden she is a security and home affairsjournalist. i know you looked on social media and how these far right groups organise themselves. just take us through how they use social media. so what we saw... that took in all different parts of the far right both in the uk and internationally. there was a mobilisation across different social media platforms which includes x, formerly twitter, facebook, tiktok, snapchat and more encrypted and secure platforms like telegram. what they were seeking to do was really use the grief and anger and confusion that is only people felt after the murders in southport to turn that into something that would be useful to them and the way they see the world and to get their message out to

people. and so what we have seen is scenes of protest, the use of misinformation and fake news or by these different groups are trying to get their point across about how they say that non—white people are dangerous, how they say that muslims are dangerous, to a much wider pool of people. find are dangerous, to a much wider pool of --eole. �* ., ., , ., of people. and so for example on telegram. _ of people. and so for example on telegram. can — of people. and so for example on telegram, can be _ of people. and so for example on telegram, can be people - of people. and so for example on telegram, can be people would i of people. and so for example on | telegram, can be people would be involved in a group that was talking about protests? iretell involved in a group that was talking about protests?— about protests? well it works like other social _ about protests? well it works like other social media _ about protests? well it works like other social media challenge - about protests? well it works like other social media challenge is i about protests? well it works like | other social media challenge is the limit channels like for example whatsapp in that you can join individual chats or very large groups, and many groups after southport were set up so people could find them, some of them got up to 15,000, 20,000 people in them but what we saw very quickly is that when the discussion in those groups turned violent, when people started to discuss targeting asylum seekers and mosques, telegram did take them down. so they split into very much

smaller groups. we down. so they split into very much smaller grows-— down. so they split into very much smaller u-rous. ~ ., ., , ., ., smaller groups. we have any idea who is behind them? _ smaller groups. we have any idea who is behind them? yes, _ smaller groups. we have any idea who is behind them? yes, it _ smaller groups. we have any idea who is behind them? yes, it is _ smaller groups. we have any idea who is behind them? yes, it is a _ smaller groups. we have any idea who is behind them? yes, it is a range - is behind them? yes, it is a range of people- — is behind them? yes, it is a range of people- some _ is behind them? yes, it is a range of people. some people _ is behind them? yes, it is a range of people. some people have - is behind them? yes, it is a range | of people. some people have been trying to keep their identity secret, some people are actually very high profile activists who have been kind of large voices on the scene for many years. and we are seeing a kind of shift in tactics now because the police in the uk have started to very openly say that they are going to seek to go after people who have incited some of this disorder. some of these figures are now climbing down and they have stopped calling for disorder and protest but some people are doubling down and they are still trying to get people onto the streets and it remains to be seen if that will continue working. this remains to be seen if that will continue working.— continue working. this is an interesting _ continue working. this is an interesting tactic _ continue working. this is an interesting tactic from - continue working. this is an interesting tactic from the l interesting tactic from the government to push forward with those prosecutions. i know you have beenin those prosecutions. i know you have been in a number of the courts seeing people being processed. did you see while... it is seeing people being processed. did

you see while. . ._ you see while... it is actually very confusin: you see while... it is actually very confusing picture _ you see while... it is actually very confusing picture and _ you see while... it is actually very confusing picture and part - you see while. .. it is actually very confusing picture and part of- you see while... it is actually very confusing picture and part of that| confusing picture and part of that is a product of british law. a lot of the offences that people are being prosecuted for for example violent disorder and assault, they don't touch you need prosecutors to prove motivation. in court a lot of people are saying i'm not racist, i wasn't out there to attack muslims. i was caught up in the energy of the moment. at the moment i suppose we're going to the slightly more simple cases, people being caught on the scene thrown a rock but it will get more complicated and more involved in that motivation picture as we start moving into seeing people prosecuted for online offences, where they have been encouraging people to come out and organising events. so at the moment some people are denying any motivation at all really, they are just saying they were simply there. but that may change as more cases come through the courts. yes. but that may change as more cases come through the courts.— but that may change as more cases come through the courts. yes, and i su ose come through the courts. yes, and i suopose when _ come through the courts. yes, and i suopose when it _ come through the courts. yes, and i suppose when it is _ come through the courts. yes, and i suppose when it is someone - come through the courts. yes, and i suppose when it is someone who . come through the courts. yes, and i | suppose when it is someone who has done something where there is video evidence of them carrying it out it is easier to prosecute and easy for them to plead guilty, rather than

something online.— them to plead guilty, rather than something online. yes, exactly, and that is what— something online. yes, exactly, and that is what we're _ something online. yes, exactly, and that is what we're seeing _ something online. yes, exactly, and that is what we're seeing in - something online. yes, exactly, and that is what we're seeing in the - that is what we're seeing in the first wave of prosecutions. some people are being jailed within two, three, four, five days of as you say being caught physically at the scene with footage and they plead guilty and it is over very but we will start moving into a more complex space where people will start denying offences or if more serious crimes are charged then we might start in full trials was white fascinating stuff. thank you for your time. you can get more of course on all of this on the bbc news website and app. irate course on all of this on the bbc news website and app.- course on all of this on the bbc news website and app. we are going to no news website and app. we are going to to back news website and app. we are going to go back to — news website and app. we are going to go back to one _ news website and app. we are going to go back to one of _ news website and app. we are going to go back to one of our _ news website and app. we are going to go back to one of our other- news website and app. we are going to go back to one of our other top i to go back to one of our other top stories. the latest on the war in ukraine. president zelensky has for the first time acknowledged that his forces are conducting a cross—border offensive inside russia. it's the most serious attack by a foreign army on russian territory since the second world war. moscow first reported a major incursion into its kursk region on tuesday. until now, president zelensky has made only oblique references

to the fighting but in his video address last night, he said ukraine's military was pushing the war onto the aggressor�*s territory. take a listen. so we also spoke to a member of the ukrainian parliament. inna sovsun has been telling us how significant this incursion is. well, i do think that there are several levels of significance here. first of all, it did show to the world that russian army is not winning, that there are vulnerabilities in the russian defence and that ukrainian army, and that the second point is strong enough to launch a counteroffensive where it can. second, third. it was, of course, a huge boost to the morale inside ukraine. people in ukraine are tired and exhausted from the war ongoing for ten years, active phase for two—and—a—half years.

people are exhausted with living without electricity, for, you know, 20 hours a day. people are scared because the war was not going the way we expected it to go for the last year. and now we are seeing that actually, ukrainian army can fight back and that there are vulnerabilities among the russians. so it does, of course, boost the morale inside the country as well. and we hope it shows to the world that we can fight back and the world should be supporting us. we are getting a few more lines from an official in kyiv that are just coming in on the news agencies that ijust want to coming in on the news agencies that i just want to bring you coming in on the news agencies that ijust want to bring you up—to—date with. they are saying now that thousands of ukrainian troops are taking part in that russian incursion. so a bit of a significant incursion. so a bit of a significant in terms of the numbers involved. they say that the aim is to stretch russian forces and what they call destabilise russia, according to this official in kyiv. but they are

also saying that they will respect international law. indeed, they say they will strictly observe humanitarian law and it doesn't plan to annex any territory. this senior ukrainian official saying it is very important that ukraine does not violate any convention. we strictly observe humanitarian law, we do not execute prisoners, we do not rate women, we do not loot. that coming from ukrainian security official, telling the afp news agency. now, a reminder that a lot of lines are coming in after that confirmation from presidents are lenski that ukrainian forces are operating inside russia. we have a live page “p inside russia. we have a live page up and running on the bbc news website and app with the latest from our correspondence across the region. here you can see the latest. some of the post there. russia of course has launched an operation overnight and they say that 35

ukrainian drones were downed overnight. that according to russia. so again, as i said, you can get all the latest on the bbc news website and app. let's return to the us vice—president, kamala harris adding her voice to international condemnation of the loss of civilian life in an israeli air strike on a school building in gaza. the director of a local hospital said more than 70 people had died. israel disputes the figures and says it targeted hamas fighters, hiding in the complex. our correspondentjenny hill has been giving us the latest from israel. the us, arguably israel's greatest ally and of course a major supplier of weapons has expressed its dismay at the strike, as that international condemnation mounts. we heard from vice president kamala harris, who said that yet again too many civilians have been killed. she added that israel has the right to go after hamas but it also bears

a special responsibility to avoid civilian casualties. the israeli military continues to insist that it used precision missiles to target what it claims was a hamas command centre within the school compound. it has published a list of the names of 19 people killed in the strike, which it says were either hamas or islamicjihad operatives. the big question of course, as you have been asking all morning i imagine, is where does this leave any hope of a ceasefire and hostage return deal because of course the strike came at a time of very heightened tension in the middle east with the international community urging both hamas and israel to get to the negotiating table and agree upon a ceasefire and hostage return deal. kamala harris herself reiterated those demands. but listen to what hamas had to say in reaction to the strike. they described it as a horrific crime and said that israel, in effect, had escalated

the conflict. so this morning in gaza, as people continue to mourn their dead, absorb the shock and of course pray for those injured, the prospect of peace seems very remote indeed. the son of bangladesh's former prime minister sheikh hasina, has told bbc news his mother would be happy to return to the country to face trial. student leaders in the interim government are demanding she's held accountable for killings her security forces have long been accused of. her son sajeeb wazeed said his mother did not order attacks on students, but added that individuals responsible for human rights abuses while his mother was in power, should be brought tojustice. sheikh hasina's15—year rule ended after weeks of student led protests — in which hundreds were killed.

she's currently sheltering in neighbouring india, after she fled bangladesh on monday. sheikh hasina is the daughter of bangladesh's founding father who was assassinated during a military coup, along with most of his family. her son sajeeb wazed joy is based in the us. he told our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan his mother hopes to return to bangladesh — and is in regular contact with her. i actuallyjust spoke to her half an hour ago. i've been speaking to her every day. the current situation is, she is monitoring what's happening in the country, and of course we are very concerned. right now, there seems to be absolutely no law and order, there's still looting and rioting going on throughout the country, especially looting. it seems to be open season for looting. citizens are sort of banding together to guard their own neighbourhoods because there does not seem to be any government. you had the protesters demand that... the protesters vandalized the home of the chiefjustice of the supreme court, demanding his resignation,

and they submitted a list of names to be supreme courtjustices, and the interim government simply accepted that and replaced the supreme court. so you basically have the supreme court of bangladesh has just been replaced without any due process by mob rule. i have spoken to people who say that they were tortured by the security forces, that family members have been disappeared, and also we saw in recent weeks hundreds of students who were killed at those protests. what accountability should your mother take for the actions and the accusations against her security forces? i believe that everyone in the security forces and the security apparatus that was responsible for those should be brought tojustice. they should face accountability. so you can see that those things happened? because we, in the past, had denials from your mother's government and the party that these even happened. we had tried to bring things to justice. if you will remember,

when the first reports of extrajudicial killings surfaced, our government had tried and sentenced the son—in—law of one of our own ministers for his involvement with extrajudicial killings. i'm not going to deny... i'm not going to tell you that everything was perfect and mistakes weren't made. i believe that people... and many of us actually, a lot of this that we're learning, i am learning for the first time as well, because i believe that, no, our law enforcement agencies didn't do a lot of this but i think people in the chain of command perhaps went too far and they should be held accountable. you do think they should be held accountable? some of the student leaders say that if your mother was to return to bangladesh, she should face trial. that is fine. it is perfectly fine. that does not scare us, because in the previous military dictatorship that took over in 2006, they arrested my mother,

they tried to prevent my motherfrom going back. she went back, they charged her with corruption, they went to trial, and at trial she was acquitted because there was absolutely no evidence of corruption against her. in this case as well, you have to prove it in court, so let's have a trial. let's have a trial to see who was responsible. my mother did not order attacks on students. she did not. in fact, if my mother had been willing to kill students, my mother would still be in power today... but then why were hundreds of students killed in recent weeks? not hundreds. that number is exaggerated, because many of those killed were civilians. many of those killed were police as well, and no—one is mentioning that. why is no—one mentioning the police that were killed and the civilians? and who killed them? what's going to happen to your mother? she's in india at the moment. what's her next move? there's lots of speculation and rumour about her perhaps trying to go to the uk or perhaps other countries. those are all rumours. she has made no plans.

this was going to be her last term — she is 76. her dream was to retire to her village home. when the violence escalated, when they decided that the demand became the resignation of government, she decided, "look, i don't want our security forces to kill unarmed students. i don't want my own special security force and prime minister's guards..." in order to guard the prime minister's residence, they would have to open fire on the demonstrators that were marching towards it. "i don't want that loss of life. i don't want that blood on my hands." those were her exact words to me. she was going to resign, there was going to be a constitutional handover of power, probably new elections called by parliament within three months. unfortunately, with the mob marching on the prime minister's residence, there was not any time to do any of that. i was the last person to speak to her. when her special security forces took her to a secure location and the air force base had

a helicopter ready. she told my aunt, "you get on the helicopter, i'm going to stay here, i don't want to leave my country." my aunt called me immediately, i talked to her, i talked to my mum. isaid, "listen, mum, this is a mob, they are going to kill you. our priority is to keep you safe, keep you alive." and you said recently she wants to return to bangladesh. is that still the long—term plan? yes, of course. my mother does not want to live outside of bangladesh. whether it is in politics or she is retired, she wants to go home. will she be able to? that's a dream but realistically, she would not be welcomed if she would return. they said that about my family. they killed my grandfather, they slaughtered 17 members of my family, they called him a dictator. they said the same things about him, that he had become authoritarian, but the alternative in bangladesh was far worse, and so we came back and we came back stronger. were mistakes made? yes, of course, but if you look at the history of bangladesh,

the most successful government in the history of bangladesh was my mother's. emergency teams in brazil have retrieved all the bodies from the site of a plane crash near the city of sao paulo. all 62 people on board were killed. among the victims are a group of doctors, university students and three members of a venezuelan family who were returning to their country. an investigation is under way to establish the cause of the disaster. 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. we're into the second week of edinburgh festival fringe, billed as "one of the greatest celebrations of arts and culture on the planet". thousands of artists from all over the world are in the scottish capital for the event. and there to meet some of them is our reporter, courtney bembridge. i've got tim licata here with me. he's bringing a theatrical magic show to fringe this year. tell me about it, tim. it's called close up and personal, and it's actually the story about how i became a magician, which not many people know. as usual, for many magicians, it was a magic set at christmas. but for me, there were some also more unusual influences that i talk about in the show. i have a new york italian family, and it was actually my italian uncle, sal — my father's brother — who taught me my first magic tricks.

and legend has it, sal had some possible mafia connections. so there's a bit of mafia lore that i talk about. so a bit of mafia, a bit of magic. something for everyone, then. can you show us a little bit about what's going to be in the show? i would love to. i'm usually a close—up magician. this is a stage show, so i do some classic stage magic tricks, but i usually do close—up magic and i love to work with the imagination. so, will you help me out? of course. excellent. we're going to need someone else in a moment. so, er, courtney, yes? yes. i want you to... as we know, the imagination is a very important, very powerful thing. i'd like you to imagine on the little table here. oh, we have to do this first. sorry. forgot about that. very important. claire, would you come put a hand on top of my hand, please? just make sure i don't move that hand, ok? so, courtney, on the little table,

i want you to imagine four coins, there's a 10p, 20p, 50p and £1. yeah. 10p, 20p, 50p and £1. really try to visualise them. you can all do that. but it's courtney's choices that count. 0k. so, we're not going to use all four coins. courtney, we need to get rid of a couple of coins. so without thinking too much about it, first instinct, i want you to reach out, pick up two of those coins now. excellent. what did you choose? what did you leave on the table? what did you choose? i took the two lowest coins —10p, 20p. so you left the 50 and the £1? yes. happy with that? yes. you can swap if you like? no, happy with that. 50p, £1. once again, don't think too much. i want you to put one of those coins in my hand now. no, one of these that you left. oh, one of these. 0k. uh... excellent. and you take the other. what did you choose? what did you put in my hand? i've got 50, you've got £1. you chose the 50? yeah. you happy with that? you can swap if you like? i'm happy with that. 50p. toss it in the air and catch it. did it land heads or tails?

er, it landed heads. wonderful. didn't even have to look at it. wonderful imagination. open your hand up, let us see. excellent. courtney, you made all the choices. you got rid of a couple of coins, chose the 50p. i asked you if you wanted to swap, you said no, tossed it in the air and you said it landed heads facing up? before anything becomes reality, it starts in the imagination. claire, have i moved my hand? not at all. you can let go now, because i have a coin as well. it's a 50p that landed there. wow! unbelievable! there we go, tim licata! i'm still wrapping my head around that. i'm not sure how i'm supposed to keep talking after that. absolutely brilliant. and i'm guessing that crowds have been loving these kind of performances? the crowds have been fantastic. i feel really blessed. the show�*s been full. there's a lot of audience participation. two peoplejoin me at the card table. they get some free whisky. we have a great time. i love working with the audience, and, yeah, it's been fantastic. i'm on all month, close up and personal. thank you very much. that's tim licata here at edinburgh festival fringe. and also the shy claire parsons who

is one of our assistant editors here. she disappeared rather quickly in the background! it was show time for some dogs and cats, as the annual west end woofs took place in the uk — an adoption event to help dogs and cats to find their forever home. stage legends elaine paige and bernadette peters were there to help. they started the event started during the pandemic to tackle the growing number of abandoned animals. now a reminder of the breaking news from the olympics. we have had the first gold on the final day of the event and it came in the women's marathon. it was won by sifan hassan of the netherlands, she did it in two hours 22 minutes and 55 seconds, a new record. as i say, there are going to be 13 golds in all. let me take you to the live pictures from the french capital, paris. other highlights today include the usa

chasing an historic eighth straight gold when they face france in the women's basketball final. the match of course a repeat of the men's final on saturday, which saw the american successful. other gold medals up for grabs today include the women's pentathlon and also the men's water polo, old rivals serbia and croatia go head—to—head in that. we will be live in the french capital with my colleague coming up. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. hot and humid feeling conditions, particularly for southern and eastern areas of england stop all of this to come in the focus tonight and tomorrow. for the focus tonight and tomorrow. for the rest of the day to day across the rest of the day to day across the uk looks dry. a lot of sunshine around it will be feeling warm. it has been a bit of a slow start,

still the risk of mist and fog at times but even toward southern areas of devon are south easterly wind will pick up. temperatures widely in the low to mid 20s, maybe 2930 celsius in london and parts of berkshire. clearskies celsius in london and parts of berkshire. clear skies towards the east here come those torrential downpours, a few showers for west and wales, down through south—west england. temperatures across the south of england may not drop locally below 20 celsius, it will feel warm and sticky and uncomfortable for sleeping. here comes that fresher air on monday. the two air masses meet, the hot—air streaming in from what has been a very warm southern europe, thunderstorms breaking out mostly through the early part of the morning in northern ireland and scotland anywhere from north yorkshire and north lincolnshire

northwards. further south largely dry and an improving picture of everybody with a lot of sunshine through the afternoon. very hot in southern and eastern areas of england, parts of england and cambridgeshire could get as high as perhaps 3a celsius. it will still be won here on tuesday but not quite as hot. here come those atlantic fronts then pushing further eastwards, some sunshine developing behind and fresher feeling sunshine developing behind and fresherfeeling airfor sunshine developing behind and fresher feeling air for most of the uk. still 28 or 29 degrees out was he some parts of england, full cooler further west with further outbreaks of rain. sunny spells around, temperatures still in the low to mid 20s for many parts of england and parts of eastern wales as well. quite unsettled as we had through next week, so fresher feeling air, sunny spells at times but also further outbreaks of rain.

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live from london. this is bbc news. the final day of the paris olympics is under way and it was gold for the netherlands' sifan hassan in the women's marathon. there's 12 more gold medals up for grabs. i'm ina i'm in a cafe in paris will bring you news on the goals and what to expect in paris for the rest of the

day. in other news... russia carries out overnight attacks in six regions of ukraine, killing two people in kyiv as ukraine's president zelensky confirms his military is on the offensive inside russia. the funeral takes place today of nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar, one of the three young girls killed in the southport knife attack that sparked the unrest. us vice—president, kamala harris, adds her voice to international condemnation of the loss of civilian life in saturday's deadly israeli airstrike on a school compound in gaza. and a sixth banksy in six days. what might the elusive street artist reveal next? hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with the olympics. after more than two weeks of celebrations, heartbreak and, at times, controversy, the paris olympics games are coming to an end — with what's promised to be

an immersive closing ceremony tonight.