in other news: russia carries out overnight attacks inside 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 dasilva aguiar — one of the three young girls killed in the southport knife attack that sparked violent protests in the uk. 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. and coming up — a sixth banksy in six days with a seventh rumoured to be on its way. what might the elusive street artist reveal next? hello, welcome to the programme. we start with the olympics. after more than two weeks of celebrations, heartbreak and,

at times, controversy, the paris 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 to maryam moshiri now and maryam where are you this morning? what do you think of the olympic mascot? he says hello, how are you. he said he's looking forward to the closing ceremony. i am ok, i have just had coffee today, in case you were wondering. it has been three amazing weeks of sport, iconic moments, brilliance bored, amazing athletes and that is drawing to a close in the closing ceremony later tonight. before we look ahead to those 12 gold medals coming up later today, let's look back at what happened last night because it was a huge night for sport. let's talk

about the basketball match, between france and the usa. it ended with the usa beating france. they won the gold medal, it was 93—84, a close match. but usa now have five gold medals in a row. in the men's beach volleyball sweden beat germany. formerly known as synchronised swimming, the artistic swimming ended up with team gb winning a silver medal. we saw childhood friends, kate shortman and izzy thorpe coming injust behind friends, kate shortman and izzy thorpe coming in just behind the chinese pair to rent the duet in that. it is an amazing achievement for them. they were fourth place after the technical and they did so well in the artistic that they got silver in the end. let's talk about the track. in the track, team gb won

ten medals this year, the biggest medal haulfor athletics ten medals this year, the biggest medal haul for athletics in the 1984 olympic games in la. it is a huge achievement for team gb. it's a bronze medalfor the four achievement for team gb. it's a bronze medal for the four by 400 men and women last night. we saw georgia bell coming in third to win the bronze medal in the women's 1500 bronze medal in the women's1500 metres. that was when decisively by faith kipyegon. let's take a look ahead because once the olympics are over, the paralympics will begin. we talk to one of the organisers earlier, but after that we can look ahead to the next olympic games. i don't mean los angeles 2028, i am talking about milan, 2026. the winter olympics are only 18 months away. earlierat winter olympics are only 18 months away. earlier at team italy house i caught up with the head of the winter olympics and i asked him whether italy is ready. have a look.

so it must be really exciting to be here. looking ahead as the olympics in paris draw to a close, looking ahead to the next olympics, the winter olympics in milan cortina. how do you feel? it's it's extremely exciting. they're fantastic games, so they really charge us with a lot of positive energy. and now it's it's our turn. so we are looking forward to to continue our path. it's one and a half year and it's it's going to be very, very exciting challenging as it is organising these huge events. what's the challenge going to be, do you think the biggest challenge? well the biggest, there's many challenges, you know, and some we probably will not even know right now. they may come and the world is changing every day. but i think for us is this new model of our games, which are, you know, spread games. we have milano, cortina for the first time, two cities, not just one in the name of the games. and we decided since

the candidature, to open up to several locations in the mountains so that we find the perfect infrastructure and also the knowledge, the experience of the single disciplines. and so our main challenge is to involve everyone at the same level, so that you find the same level of excitement and great experience for the athletes, for the spectators in milan and cortina and everywhere else. there's talk that a sliding centre could be based all the way over in lake placid, on the other side of the atlantic. i mean, there is talk of that. that must be something that you're considering, but is it going to be fair on people who want to watch it in one area? listen, we are now building a sliding centre in cortina. the government made that decision and we really support it at this point. we are monitoring the, the, the construction and it's really going well. so we're quite optimistic that the sliding centre will be ready in cortina. and i think that's

the best for the athletes. i mean, imagine the athletes being somewhere else while the their colleagues will stay at the village, such as an important experience and, and the fans and the spectators. so we really wish that the sliding centre will be in cortina, but we never know. so we were asked to look for alternative plans and lake placid is one of the potential alternative plans, but we really want them to be in cortina with the other athletes. looking ahead to milan, what lessons do you think you could learn from the winter olympics in beijing? well, listen, it's it was such a different circumstances and not only because of covid, but also because of the culture and the relationship with the mountains. so we observe here in paris, and i think there are in many ways more similarities between italy and paris, even if it's a winter versus summer than from italy to beijing. so we think milan, it's a big urban city, you know, with european flavours. then we have the fantastic backdrops of of the alps. so the winter games come back to the alps after three editions,

far away in more different mountains. and so we think that the alps is the home of the winter sports, and we want them as a beautiful background. are you confident we're going to get the snow that we need? well, it's climate change is a challenge. we of course are ready for our competition. and they you know, i'm sure our slopes will be ready for, you know, the best condition for the athletes. but climate change is a consideration. we're working with the local communities also to make sure that they have, you know, they think about their future. so they take this opportunity to host the games, thinking about what will happen in ten, 20 years from now. you know, these resorts live on tourism. so maybe they have to evolve. and we try we would like to be a facilitator to this to this change. we saw a few surprises in paris already, especially with the opening ceremony, with the way in which paris has integrated the games within the city. can you give us any sneak peeks, any surprises we might get

in milan cortina that we'd like to know about now, exclusive bbc? no. no, no, that's impossible, as you know, we ceremonies... everybody wants to know about ceremonies. i mean, this was so unique in paris, it's impossible to do anything close to that. so we go back to a more traditional environment, which is the stadium in milan for opening. and we will, but we will try and this will be our challenge, but also something new for ceremonies to involve the athletes that are staying far away in the cluster so they cannot come to milan. we know how important is ceremony for the athletes and the athletes for the ceremony. so we will try to create this link between the stadium and the mountains. and then the closing ceremony will be in the arena of verona. it's a roman amphitheatre, 2000 years old. i think that's something really special. never happened before in a olympic ceremony. that is looking ahead to the winter

olympics, but what is this about a us gymnast who has been stripped of their bronze medal, what is going on there? , , , u, their bronze medal, what is going on there? , , , _, , there? yes, this news coming in this morninu. there? yes, this news coming in this morning- if— there? yes, this news coming in this morning- if you _ there? yes, this news coming in this morning. if you remember _ there? yes, this news coming in this morning. if you remember the - there? yes, this news coming in this morning. if you remember the floor| morning. if you remember the floor routine in the olympics, the final. that was won by the brazilian and simone biles came second and third place was the romanian athlete and she won the bronze and she was celebrating with her flag she won the bronze and she was celebrating with herflag on she won the bronze and she was celebrating with her flag on the floor when suddenly we realised that the american coach had put in an inquiry intojordan charles final score. it was a score that brought her, i think, score. it was a score that brought her, ithink, tojust score. it was a score that brought her, i think, tojust within a hairs breath of ana barbosu. and the judges recalculated jordan's score because of the inquiry and ended up raising has scored just enough for her to then take third place. as you saw, she won the bronze medal. ana barbosu, having celebrated was told at that moment she could no longer win. there was huge controversy over this decision. a lot of it has to be

said, abuse online towardsjordan childs and there was talk at this being over—the—top. since then, the international gymnastics federation has confirmed has upgraded ana barbosu's standing from fourth to third after the ruling by the court of arbitration for sport that it was unfair to reassess, to re—judge the score at that point in the games. they argued the romanians had argued they should have done as soon as jordan chiles had competed not afterwards. so nowjordan chiles be stripped of the bronze medal. huge controversy- _ stripped of the bronze medal. huge controversy- a _ stripped of the bronze medal. huge controversy. a huge _ stripped of the bronze medal. huge controversy. a huge disappointment forjordan as well. i can see the mascot lecture, i assume that will be part of the closing ceremony tonight, what can we expect? i cannot tell you, i am sorry, it is a

big secret. kidding, i don't know anything, iam big secret. kidding, i don't know anything, i am sitting in a french cafe having orangejuice. i am topping up my cafe as well as managers. there have been rumours swirling around, first of all, it will be in the state to france, not out on the river seine, as the opening ceremony was. as we had area, the opening ceremony will be organised by the same artistic director as the closing ceremony, so they might have a similar, french vibe. we are hearing room potentially of some involvement by billie eilish, maybe snoop dog will get involved, he has been here for the nbc channel for the whole event. also potentially tom cruse getting involved, rumours. may doing some kind of stunt? who knows? the next olympic games after the winter olympics will be la 2028. here is the biggest star in hollywood? arguably tom cruise, so it would make sense for him to literally take

the flame from the beautiful cauldron and pass it on to los angeles. who knows, i don't know. but let me talk to you about how hot it has been. we had a huge heat wave week, temperatures hitting 38 degrees or something. david eaves, my esteemed colleague, former colleague of ours, he gave me this. this is a neck air—conditioner and i have to say, if you see me on the street to france, i have been putting this around my neck, i have been wearing it to cool down. look, at that neck air—conditioner is our available, hashtag bbc news. buti have been wearing this on the streets of france, it is just a bit noisy. i streets of france, it is 'ust a bit nois . . , ., streets of france, it is 'ust a bit nois. . , ., ., noisy. i have seen those on sale and thou~ht, noisy. i have seen those on sale and thought. do — noisy. i have seen those on sale and thought. do they — noisy. i have seen those on sale and thought, do they work, _ noisy. i have seen those on sale and thought, do they work, does - noisy. i have seen those on sale and thought, do they work, does it - noisy. i have seen those on sale and| thought, do they work, does it make any difference? the thought, do they work, does it make any difference?— any difference? the thing is, i have uuite thick any difference? the thing is, i have quite thick hair, _ any difference? the thing is, i have quite thick hair, so _ any difference? the thing is, i have quite thick hair, so my _ any difference? the thing is, i have quite thick hair, so my neck- any difference? the thing is, i have quite thick hair, so my neck gets i quite thick hair, so my neck gets quite thick hair, so my neck gets quite sweaty, so they do work. i

have been reading the instructions and they provide warmth and heat, so when you are outside a court in the middle of winter, i will give you this and it will warm your neck up in the same way it cools mine down. thank you very much for the moment, i know you will be back later as we look ahead to the closing ceremony. of look ahead to the closing ceremony. of course, the rest of the action thatis of course, the rest of the action that is to go on the final day of the paris olympics. the bbc sport website and app has a live page running, along with today's schedule and full medal table. another of our main stories developing this hour — 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, advancing rapidly 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. other russian regions — belgorod and bryansk. thousands of civilians have been evacuated on both sides of the border. the governor of kursk region has ordered the evacuations there to be accelerated, after 13 people were injured when a ukrainian missile hit a residential building. ukrainian forces have reportedly created a new front line 30km—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 president zelensky says russian forces probably used a north korean missile for an overnight air strike on the kyiv region, which killed a father and his four—year—old son. ukraine's air force says four north korean—made missiles were launched by russia as part of a large—scale attack across various regions overnight. it says ukrainian forces destroyed 53 out of 57 attack drones. let's speak to zhanna bezpyatchuk from the bbc�*s ukrainian service who joins us from kyiv. on those overnight attacks, what do we know? , ., , ., ., ., we know? yes, it was one of four attacks in — we know? yes, it was one of four attacks in different _ we know? yes, it was one of four attacks in different regions - we know? yes, it was one of four attacks in different regions of - attacks in different regions of ukraine in recent months. russia mostly launched a drone, drones

against ukraine. i woke up to the explosions, they were quite far away. they were somewhere in the region of kyiv. unfortunately, we know three people were killed, and one was a child and his father was killed. full some regions of ukraine they last for many hours in a row. it was 14 hours in one region. it is the longest one since the beginning of the war. there are talks whether russia might retaliate for ukraine's incursion into the border region of kursk. the biggest one is still whether this particular mostly drone

attack but also it included missiles, as it was mentioned, some missiles, as it was mentioned, some missiles might have been ballistic weapons provided by north korea to russia. but again, this attack attacked the energy infrastructure, which is the biggest fear for many ukrainians. a few more attacks might cause them the collapse of the energy infrastructure. in autumn and winter when ukrainians need heating and electricity, it might be a huge challenge. and electricity, it might be a huge challenue. ~ ., , . challenge. what is the mood after president zelensky _ challenge. what is the mood after president zelensky confirmed - challenge. what is the mood after. president zelensky confirmed there was that operation inside russia? both within the magic, but also the public there? —— the military. the public there? -- the military. the milita , public there? -- the military. the military. it _

public there? -- the military. the military. it is _ public there? -- the military. the military. it is a — public there? —— the military. iie military, it is a boost public there? —— the military. tie military, it is a boost of public there? —— the military. tij: military, it is a boost of the military. we have seen russian forces managing to advance step—by—step, sometimes really slowly but still advance in the east of ukraine and they had some land grabs there. also they carried out the incursion in the khaki region and managed to grab some land. at this stage of the war it is really important for the ukrainian forces to take initiative. many ukrainians, notjust military to take initiative. many ukrainians, not just military specialist and servicemen involved in this operation, but ordinary ukrainians, they see this as a kind of maturity of the ukrainian forces. mostly focus and what can ukraine achieve with this incursion and one of the assumptions is it can help create a

buffer zone, which is so much needed, especially for the security and safety of the border regions of ukraine which are often targeted by russia. ., .., ukraine which are often targeted by russia. ., ,, , , ., ., ukraine which are often targeted by russia. ., «i , , ., ., russia. you can keep up-to-date with all the developments _ russia. you can keep up-to-date with all the developments on _ russia. you can keep up-to-date with all the developments on the _ russia. you can keep up-to-date with all the developments on the story - russia. you can keep up-to-date with all the developments on the story on | all the developments on the story on the bbc news website. we have a special live page up and running after president zelensky confirmed for the first time that the ukrainian military is conducting that cross—border offensive inside russian territory. now it's time for a look at today's sport. i will start with a final day of the paris olympics and with the closing ceremony to come later on, the last events are happening before that gets under way. and sifan hassan added to her illustrious collection in distance running, by edging a tight women's marathon, in an olympic record time.

the dutch runner took gold in two hours 22 minutes and 55 seconds, getting past ethopia's tigst assefa with around 150 metres to go of the 26.2 mile course. hassan won bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 events in paris and this gold means it's now six olympic medals for her, adding to her three from tokyo. the united states claimed gold in the men's basketball on day 15 of the paris olympics. that's the fifth consecutive gold medalfor team usa men's basketball. stephen curry, lebronjames and kevin durant leading the americans to a 98—87 victory against host country france. curry put the game away with a three—point flurry late in the fourth quarter on his way to 24 points. for him that is now four nba championships, two mvps and now, finally, he can add olympic gold medallist to his list of achievements. team gb enjoyed a successful saturday and one of the medals they are toasting, is a first, in the artistic swimming, thanks to kate shortman and izzy thorpe. the pair took silver with their free routine in the duet. great britain have now won 63 medals, one fewer than they secured at the tokyo olympics,

with one day to go. it was a little bit of shock, i think. obviously after the attack, we were in fourth position so we had to do something big to bring us up to do something big to bring us up to the medal position. and to see our score and how well we swam the routine, even though we didn't think it went the best, it was a bit of shock on ourface. it went the best, it was a bit of shock on our face. the it went the best, it was a bit of shock on our face. the olympics are such an addictive _ shock on our face. the olympics are such an addictive experience. - shock on our face. the olympics are such an addictive experience. you . such an addictive experience. you literally— such an addictive experience. you literally get so many emotions going through _ literally get so many emotions going through it _ literally get so many emotions going through. it isjust an incredible experience, it is very addictive and we will— experience, it is very addictive and we will see — experience, it is very addictive and we will see if we are back in four years _ confirmation the team usa's jordan chiles has had her bronze medal taken away for monday's floor final — after a ruling by the court of arbitration for sport, and backed by the international gymnastics federation. romania's ana barbosu has been upgraded from fourth to third after an appeal by the romanian olympic committee,

which said an inquiry by the us team, to upgrade chiles' score fell outside the one—minute limit and should be disregarded. the international olympic committee said it will now reallocate the bronze to barbosu and is in touch with the us team regarding the return of the medal. and that's all the sport for now. ba nksy banksy has been rather busy. the sixth_ banksy has been rather busy. the sixth artwork on many days appeared on a billboard in london. but it didn't stay _ on a billboard in london. but it didn't stay un _ on a billboard in london. but it didn't stay up for— on a billboard in london. but it didn't stay up for too _ on a billboard in london. but it didn't stay up for too long. - on a billboard in london. but it didn't stay up for too long. six| didn't stay up for too long. six animals in six days, why london and what do they mean? three monkeys hanging around brick lane, the howling wolf of packham, two peckish pelicans in walthamstow and

yesterday, cricklewood stretching cat. but it didn't stay up for long. i was after its reveal, contractors arrived to dismantle the billboard. we got a phone call to come and take it down. we don't take a banksy down every day, obviously. but we will do our best to preserve it. if he wants to come and collect it, it is up to him. it to come and collect it, it is up to him. , ., , ., , ., , him. it is a shame, but that is cuite a him. it is a shame, but that is quite a lot _ him. it is a shame, but that is quite a lot of— him. it is a shame, but that is quite a lot of people - him. it is a shame, but that is quite a lot of people here - him. it is a shame, but that is i quite a lot of people here today. him. it is a shame, but that is - quite a lot of people here today. it is quite _ quite a lot of people here today. it is quite nice for cricklewood. street — is quite nice for cricklewood. street art— is quite nice for cricklewood. street art should remain in the streets — street art should remain in the streets lt— street art should remain in the streets. , ., ., , ., «i streets. it is going to be taken down which — streets. it is going to be taken down which is _ streets. it is going to be taken down which is probably - streets. it is going to be taken down which is probably best i streets. it is going to be taken l down which is probably best the safety but people want to take it at deface it. ~ ., , ., , deface it. what links his latest artwork is _ deface it. what links his latest artwork is a — deface it. what links his latest artwork is a mystery. - deface it. what links his latest artwork is a mystery. visit - deface it. what links his latest artwork is a mystery. visit the | artwork is a mystery. visit 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 will disappear. paul

hawkins, bbc news. we will have to see if a seventh one appears. let me take it to paris, this is the seen live in the french capitaljust coming up to 12.30 lunchtime. 13 gold medals in all up for grabs, the first went in the women's marathon to the netherlands. we then have the closing ceremony later tonight. will tom cruise appear? hello there. slow start towards south coast of england, the risk of some sea mist and fog lapping on

shorter times or even towards southern areas of devon thatcher break—up as the south—easterly wind breaks up and with the onshore breeze it is cooler towards north sea facing coats and yesterday but temperatures in the mid to low 20s. maybe 29 of 30 celsius for london and parts of berkshire. overnight, we keep the cloudy skies was the east but here come the torrential downpours and thunderstorms. if few showers for west and wales, down through south—west england and temperatures across the south of england may not drop locally below 20 celsius. it will feel warm, sticky and uncomfortable for sleeping. but here comes the fresh feeling air on monday he had this cold front. it is where these two air masses meet and the cool air from the atlantic and hot—air streaming in from a warm southern europe and we will see thunderstorms breaking out. in the early part of the morning for northern ireland and from northwards to north yorkshire

and lincolnshire. an improving picture for everybody with a lot of sunshine through the afternoon. very hot in southern and eastern areas in london could get as high as 34 celsius. it will still be warm here on tuesday but not quite as hot. here come those atlantic fronts pushing further eastwards and some sunshine developing behind, but no fresh feeling airfor sunshine developing behind, but no fresh feeling air for most of the uk. 28 r 29 celsius out towards southern and eastern areas of england. coolerfurther north southern and eastern areas of england. cooler further north and west with some further epics of rain. the could be widespread showers on wednesday, vertically for northern and western areas again. also some sunny spells around and temperatures still in the low to the mid 20s for many parts of england and parts of eastern wales as well. it's going to be quite unsettled as we had to do next week so fresh feeling air, some sunny spells at times but also some further outbreaks of rain.

this is bbc news, the headlines: it's the final day of the paris olympics. sifan hassan from the netherlands won the first gold of the day in the women's marathon, setting a new olympic record in the process. there are 12 more gold medals up for grabs before the closing ceremony tonight. 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 this afternoon. alice dasilva aguiar will be laid to rest at st patrick's catholic church in the town. the killing sparked disorder across the uk. now on bbc news, americast. hello, anthony. hey, marianna. how are you doing? i've been awake for probably a little bit too long. i began the day in boston, and i'm now in london. back in london. and i have a pressing question for you. yes. who is fred trump iii and why is he called fred trump iii? well, funny you should ask that.

i actuallyjust finished speaking with fred trump iii.