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. 13 gold medals are up for grabs on the final day. let's go live to paris. maryam, where are you this morning? i'm so sorry, i didn't realise i was on air. apologies for that. i'm a french cafe. when in france do as the french, right? we are sitting in a beautiful cafe dreaming about the last few weeks and what are three weeks it has been. i can't believe it's been this long now. we've had so many amazing sporting moments but things are now coming to a close as far as the olympics are concerned. it's been a much anticipated closing ceremony coming up later on. there are plenty of medals are still up for grabs today so let's take you so admits of what is going on today. last night had an amazing final in men's basketball. in the men's basketball,

team usa beat france in thrilling final at the bercy arena 93—84. it was close but the usa can now boast gold in five olympics in a row, an astounding achievement. in the men's beach volleyball, sweden won gold with a convincing victory over germany. beach volleyball has been a huge hit in front of the iconic eiffel tower. formerly known as synchronised swimming, the artistic swimming duet final saw team gb clinching silver. childhood friends kate shortman and izzy thorpe came in behind china. the pair were fourth after friday's technical routine but a barnstorming free routine pulled them up. in the taekwondo 80kg plus, gold went to arian salimi of iran. gb�*s caden cunningham takes silver. on the track, team gb have come away with ten medals overall. the highest medal count for athletics since la 1984. remember �*84? the days of seb coe, daley thompson and tessa sanderson. both team gb men's and women's won bronze in the four by 400 metres

events won by team usa. georgia bell got bronze in the women's 1500 metre which was won decisively by kenya's faith kipyegon. and now a look at what's on today. plenty of gold medals still up for grabs today. more basketball later and a repeat of then men's final for the women. as france take on team usa. that will happen later on this evening. much more track cycling on today for both the men and the women, three golds on offer. and golds up for grabs in weightlifting, water polo and volleyball plenty to come. let me just show you if i may their beautiful mascot, she has been with us for a while now. it's the mascot for the olympics but in a few days' time, once the olympics are over, were going to the beginning of the paralympics. everyone here is really geared up towards that. we will see even more

sporting legends, even more sporting medals and iconic moments when the paralympics begin. having breakfast with me i'm pleased to say. joining me now is former paralympic swimmer and head of paralympic integration, ludivine munzo. very much involved in the paralympics. it's so lovely to meet you. please enjoy the french breakfast we have got for you. tell me about the paralympics and what they mean for paris.— they mean for paris. hello, it's very amazing _ they mean for paris. hello, it's very amazing to _ they mean for paris. hello, it's very amazing to welcome - they mean for paris. hello, it's very amazing to welcome the l they mean for paris. hello, it's - very amazing to welcome the world to paris for the first time, the paralympic summer in france. we decided four orfive paralympic summer in france. we decided four or five years ago to develop an amazing picture of paralympic athletics, fencing, blind football. �* ., paralympic athletics, fencing, blind football. �* . ., , paralympic athletics, fencing, blind football._ the i football. beautiful locations. the world is here _ football. beautiful locations. the world is here for _ football. beautiful locations. the world is here for the _ football. beautiful locations. the world is here for the olympic - football. beautiful locations. the - world is here for the olympic games, it was amazing so now we are very pleased to welcome the paralympic athletes. ., . ,

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and now we will welcome 171 countries. and now we will welcome 171 countries-— and now we will welcome 171 countries. . , ., , , and now we will welcome 171 countries. . , . , , ., countries. that is a big number of countries. that is a big number of countries and _ countries. that is a big number of countries and it _ countries. that is a big number of countries and it grows _ countries. that is a big number of countries and it grows and - countries. that is a big number of countries and it grows and growsl countries and it grows and grows every year, doesn't it?— countries and it grows and grows every year, doesn't it? yes, we have a record, every year, doesn't it? yes, we have a record. night— every year, doesn't it? yes, we have a record, night after— every year, doesn't it? yes, we have a record, night after night, _ every year, doesn't it? yes, we have a record, night after night, they - a record, night after night, they can promote, get sponsors, and you can't compare atlanta to now, paris, in few days. we can't compare atlanta to now, paris, in few data-— in few days. we have a closing ceremony _ in few days. we have a closing ceremony so _ in few days. we have a closing ceremony so do _ in few days. we have a closing ceremony so do you _ in few days. we have a closing ceremony so do you have - in few days. we have a closing ceremony so do you have anyl in few days. we have a closing - ceremony so do you have any little kind of secret you would like to tell me about what to expect? just between you and me. don't worry about the camera. in between you and me. don't worry about the camera.— between you and me. don't worry about the camera. in general, you have the same _ about the camera. in general, you have the same artistic _ about the camera. in general, you have the same artistic director - about the camera. in general, you have the same artistic director in l have the same artistic director in the ceremony as the paralympics so as you can see, the olympics were amazing another sham silly is a and plaster concorde, will be amazing. i want to have some surprises. ijust want to have some surprises. ijust want to have many surprises. and i just want to say to you watch and see some amazing sport and as you

can imagine for me it is the swimming. t can imagine for me it is the swimming-— can imagine for me it is the swimminu. �* ., ., swimming. i can't wait for the paralympics- _ swimming. i can't wait for the paralympics. thank— swimming. i can't wait for the paralympics. thank you - swimming. i can't wait for the paralympics. thank you so . swimming. i can't wait for the - paralympics. thank you so much. we've had so much sport and so much more to come. she's not giving away any secrets and i don't have any secrets with regards to the closing ceremony but all i can tell you it happening in the stadler france and there's rumours about potentially in tom cruise, i don't know, i'm not sure, have you heard anything from london? studio: i've heard snoop doggy dog, the red hot chilly peppers, billie eilish, but the big one is tom cruise, so if he turns up and flies into the stadium on a paraglider or something that will be quite something. exactly, and you know is well known for doing his own stunts so that could well be a possibility and he was in the crowd when the usa women beat brazil in that football final, so he is definitely in paris and that rumour may have something, some truth to it but before i go i want to ask you, i've been here for three weeks and i've missed you so much, what is your favourite sport

you have watched in the olympics? studio: i like the diving and tom daley winning that silver was the highlight for me. as was the bouldering, the team gb 19—year—old toby winning that. what has been your highlights? i have to say simone biles coming back from what happened to her in tokyo 2020, when she pulled out of the competition and she talked about her mental health issues and she brought them to the fore, i thought i was so important for a sports person to do that, but then to come back in the way she did at these olympics and to win so many gold medals, i think that was the most amazing incredible thing and that was probably my moment of the olympics so far encapsulating what the olympics are all about to be honest so yeah, that's my moment and who knows, another big moment may happen because as i mentioned before there is still a few spots to go, 30 medal today, one is been won by the netherlands and the women's marathon but 12 more including tae kwon do, weightlifting, team gb could do well in the track cycling, one to look

out for, but leave me now because i'm very busy having my coffee and my french bread. goodbye. thank you. do i dip it? what do you think? i have no idea. i will lead you to your coffee and your baguette. thank you. there are 13 gold medals up for grabs in all before the closing ceremony and you can find all of the details on the bbc sport website and 3pp details on the bbc sport website and app which has a live page up and running with all the developments from paris. now another developing main story this hour. 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. president zelensky one that has just said that russian forces used north korean missiles in the region, that strike that killed two people, so that's just in from president zelensky claiming that a north korean missile was used. let's speak to cyrille amoursky, ukraine correspondent for lci, and an independenr war reporter, who's regularly visits front lines in ukraine. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. do you have any more understanding of what ukraine's objective is going into russia? ukraine is chosen to remain pretty silent on what's happening right now. in kursk can you heard from president zelensky but what's happening but before that he was pretty silent on that. it goes the same way for the army, we don't have

regional updates from the ukrainian side that most updates happen from open intelligence forces, for example social media, but we also have them from the russians, the telegram channels and people on the ground have information from the soldiers that are there obviously from the russian side. and for now it seems like it is a diversion in a sense because it allows the ukrainians to attack the russian region of kursk whilst at the same time forcing russian troops to move from the north of the region from ukraine. it forces them to move back to kursk because they have to do something about the situation for the same goes for the east because right now the situation in the east is pretty tough. ukraine is losing ground every day and for the past month it's lost about 200 square kilometres. so this type of diversion allows ukraine to do an attack and also have an impact on

the russian morale because as you just showed, the russians are shocked at what is happening and don't understand what the situation is. they don't understand how it is possible. in the past five days ukrainians are kept on going and moving forwards to other villages and cities, about ten kilometres into russian territory, but certain sources say it actually up to 50 kilometres inside russia, but we cannot confirm that because we do not have images but we do know some soldiers were captured because ukrainians posted some videos but it's hard to know exactly what part of the region is taken and under ukrainian control.— of the region is taken and under ukrainian control. what will be the reaction from _ ukrainian control. what will be the reaction from president _ ukrainian control. what will be the reaction from president putin, - ukrainian control. what will be the reaction from president putin, the| reaction from president putin, the fact ukrainian troops are inside russia and it's causing that concern and worry amongst citizens? the russians are _ and worry amongst citizens? tt2 russians are waiting for a staunch

response from the russian government and i think it's pretty much impossible for the russian government to talk about the situation. as we are witnessing it right now, the russians do not have that many troops in kursk because it was not a region they thought would be invaded and was not a battle ground and a war zone, just a border but now, they have to secure it and send more troops and take care of it and one of the reasons it's not secure is first of all ukraine managed to move that far into russian territory but also because russian territory but also because russia does not use that many weapons in the region. they do use heavy weapons like missiles, but usually the use missiles for very valuable targets for example when they strike civilian infrastructure like they did this evening in the region of kyiv. but now they really

don't use that much artillery shells for example that they were dues on a battlefield because i don't have them. but we expect the russians in 24 them. but we expect the russians in 2a hours, we don't see an answer but i think it's impossible, untenable for russian not to respond to because the internal criticism, because the internal criticism, because of internal shock, and also because of internal shock, and also because we see what russia does to ukraine, we see how they destroyed buildings, cities, so it's impossible to imagine that russia would not answer to such an attack but so far the ukrainians have managed to move very far into russian territory. it's pretty surprising because nobody expected ukrainians to perform so well. thank ou ve ukrainians to perform so well. thank you very much _ ukrainians to perform so well. thank you very much for — ukrainians to perform so well. thank you very much for your— ukrainians to perform so well. thank you very much for your time, - ukrainians to perform so well. thank you very much for your time, we - you very much for your time, we appreciate that. and you can stay up to date with all the developments of this story across the day on the bbc news website and live page as well as the bbc news app.

president zelensky is saying a russian forces used a north korean missile on its overnight air strike on kyiv and also saying ukrainian military destroyed 53 attack drones launched by russia during their overnight strike. you can get all of that on the bbc news website and app. 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. here's the bbc�*sjoe pike who explained the kind of pressure these recent riots in the uk have put on the court and prison system.

we know there are more than 100 people in uk prisons either waiting for a trial or waiting for sentencing related to this disorder. we also know that the courts have been fast—tracking some of these cases, meaning that other people stuck in the system are waiting longer and we know there was a back log due to the covid pandemic, too. earlier on this topic we spoke to the uk business secretary jonathan reynolds. i understand the concerns and you are 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 meaning we can deal with this. in terms of the number of arrests have been made, 718 nearly already, 350 people charged already. some of the sentences already given out as well. so you have seen an incredibly swift and robust response to the unacceptable disorder that we have seen. and then as we are talking about today, if we can make sure

the recovery is handled just as well we will make sure we get through this very difficult period. but one way i think you have also seen the best of britain come out as well in terms of how people have responded to the damage and the disorder they have seen in their own communities and making clear they will have no part of it. meanwhile, england and wales's top prosecutor stephen parkinson has warned that some of the people who were involved in this violence could get prison sentences of up to ten years. we perhaps have had some of the more simple cases appear before court in recent days, some of the more complex, worse, more serious cases maybe to come and those people could be punished, this prosecutor argues, pretty strongly. now we have seen shops and high street firms damaged during this disorder and the business secretary urging the insurance companies to act swiftly. the worry in government seems to be, nicky, that some of the shops could go under if they are delayed in reopening. and thereforejonathan reynolds is asking the insurance companies to process claims quickly or i suppose reject them if people

do not have the right insurance. if people are underinsured or uninsured though there is one compensation available under the riots compensation act 2016. 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. now we have also learnt the prime minister has cancelled his summer holiday because of this. how much of a worry is there in government that there could be further unrest and the impact it has on communities as well? absolutely. there is this feeling from the conversation that i've been having with people in number ten that they want to avoid any sense of complacency. this isn't over, we have 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 those is around community cohesion, bringing people together when what has happened in the last ten days has really revealed some major problems

in the british society. keir starmer knows that this coming week when he is going to be at downing street and also at his official country residence, chequers, he knows he will have to start trying to work out how to tackle these very complex issues. 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 airstrike 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.

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.

we'll keep an eye out if there is one which appears today. we had a bronze medalfor spain at one which appears today. we had a bronze medal for spain at the olympics in paris, in the handball, so that bronze medal match, there is the picture live in paris. of course, the closing ceremony will be later today with rumours of billie eilish, snoop dog and the red hot chilly peppers performing as part of that in the french capital as they hand over to the next host city los angeles. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. hot and humid feeling conditions particularly for southern and eastern areas of england. thunderstorms further north and west. all of this to come in the forecast tonight. but for the rest of the day to day, across the uk, it looks dry. a lot of sunshine around and it will be warm. it's been a slow start towards the south coast of england. the risk of some sea mist and fog on shore at times but

even toward southern areas of devon i think that should break up as the south—easterly wind picks up. temperatures widely in the low to mid 20s, maybe 2930 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 warm here on tuesday but not quite as hot. here come those atlantic fronts then pushing further eastwards, some 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. goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... it's the final day of the paris olympics. 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 at stade de france.

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. 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 dasilva aguiar will be laid to rest at st patrick's catholic church in town. the killing sparked disorder across the uk. hello, welcome to the programme. we will focus in the next ten minutes or so on the olympics. the paris games will come to a close later but before that, there are more chances for great britain to increase its already impressive medal haul. yesterday the tally grew to 63 after a successful day on the track,

the taekwondo mat, and the pool. our sports correspondent joe lynskey has the round—up.