i'm nicky schiller in london, the other main news this hour... 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 da silva 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. a very warm welcome to paris. it's the final day of the olympics — can you believe it.

what a brilliant three weeks it has been but alas, the games draw to a close today with the much anticipated closing ceremony at the stade de france. but before we say au revoir there are still 12 golds to be won today and plenty of sport from last night to talk about — so let's get started. 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. formerly known as synchronised swimming the artistic swimming duet final saw team gb clinching silver. childhood friends kate short man and izzy thorpe came in behind china the pair were fourth after friday's technical routine but a barnstorming free routine pulled them up to second place. 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 8a? the days of seb coe, daley thompson and tessa sanderson. both team gb men's and women's won bronze in the 4x400 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. busy morning with the women's marathon — the netherlands�* sifan hassan won gold in a sprint finish to claim her third medal of the paris olympics. the 31—year—old crossed the line in an olympic record two hours 22 minutes 55 seconds, three seconds ahead of the ethiopian runner. kenya took the bronze. hassan already won bronze in the 10,000m and the 5,000m.

the olympics might be finishing today but of course the paralympics games start in just over two weeks�* time. there's a lot of excitement about them here in the city. i caught up with former paralympic swimmer and head of paralympic integration, ludivine munoz, to talk about what we can expect. it is very amazing to welcome and it is the first time we have the paralympics in france. we decided a few years ago to deadlock the amazing picture of paralympic events, fencing and playing football. �* . ., , football. beautiful locations, beautiful locations? - football. beautiful locations, beautiful locations? very - football. beautiful locations, - beautiful locations? very pleased to welcome the — beautiful locations? very pleased to welcome the paralympics. _ beautiful locations? very pleased to welcome the paralympics. how- beautiful locations? very pleased to l welcome the paralympics. how ready is paris? i have _ welcome the paralympics. how ready is paris? i have been _ welcome the paralympics. how ready is paris? i have been on _ welcome the paralympics. how ready is paris? i have been on the - welcome the paralympics. how ready is paris? i have been on the metro i is paris? i have been on the metro and it doesn't feel to me it is very accessible? in

and it doesn't feel to me it is very accessible?— and it doesn't feel to me it is very accessible? . ., , accessible? in general, we have this abili in accessible? in general, we have this ability in the — accessible? in general, we have this ability in the city. _ accessible? in general, we have this ability in the city. the _ accessible? in general, we have this ability in the city. the city _ accessible? in general, we have this ability in the city. the city is - ability in the city. the city is more accessible and specifically for the olympic games we had 150 children to go directly from the station to the venues. you have to choose your venues and you can go in with your companion and children. tell me about you, you have had a stellar career, you are a paralympic star in france, tell me about what got you into swimming and how you started and how it feels to be a winner? ~ ., , , ., started and how it feels to be a winner? ~ .,, i. , , winner? when i was young, because i was 'ust 11 winner? when i was young, because i wasiust 11 years _ winner? when i was young, because i wasjust 11 years old, _ winner? when i was young, because i wasjust 11 years old, my _ winner? when i was young, because i wasjust 11 years old, my school- was just 11 years old, my school said it is very difficult for you to practise sport because i couldn't run very well. i liked the water and

a coach said to my parents, it is possible to do something. i started with the paralympic games and i had the chance to discover the first competition. after that i had the chance to win a gold medal in the european and then atlanta 15. we have been to a few olympics, how do you think they have compared to what france has in store for the paralympians?_ france has in store for the paralympians? france has in store for the paral mians? ~ . . ., . paralympians? we have the chance that the paralympic _ paralympians? we have the chance that the paralympic movement - paralympians? we have the chance that the paralympic movement and j that the paralympic movement and after the london paralympic games, it is totally different than before. it is an amazing and well competition which every city will rank in 171 countries. that competition which every city will rank in 171 countries.— competition which every city will rank in 171 countries. that is a big number of _ rank in 171 countries. that is a big number of countries. _ rank in 171 countries. that is a big number of countries. it _ rank in 171 countries. that is a big number of countries. it grows - rank in 171 countries. that is a big| number of countries. it grows and grows every year?—

number of countries. it grows and grows every year? yes, now they can romote a grows every year? yes, now they can promote a different _ grows every year? yes, now they can promote a different life, _ grows every year? yes, now they can promote a different life, we - grows every year? yes, now they can promote a different life, we have - promote a different life, we have many sponsors. tote promote a different life, we have many sponsors— promote a different life, we have many sponsors. we have the closing ceremon , many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony. let's _ many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony, let's get _ many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony, let's get back— many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony, let's get back to - many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony, let's get back to that, - many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony, let's get back to that, do| ceremony, let's get back to that, do you have any secrets you would like to tell me about what we are expecting, any insights, just between me and you, don't mind the camera? ., ., ., , camera? you have the same artist this director— camera? you have the same artist this director as _ camera? you have the same artist this director as the _ camera? you have the same artist this director as the opening - this director as the opening ceremony. the champs—elysees, just amazing. i want to have some surprise, ijust prefer amazing. i want to have some surprise, i just prefer to amazing. i want to have some surprise, ijust prefer to have many surprises and ijust surprise, ijust prefer to have many surprises and i just want to say to you, go to see some amazing sport and as you can imagine for me, it is the swimming. and as you can imagine for me, it is

the swimming-— the swimming. little bit of breaking news, i the swimming. little bit of breaking news. i told — the swimming. little bit of breaking news. i told you _ the swimming. little bit of breaking news, i told you that _ the swimming. little bit of breaking news, i told you that the _ the swimming. little bit of breaking news, i told you that the gold - news, i told you that the gold medals were coming thick and fast. in the last minute we have had hungary winning the gold in the modern pentathlon. france taking the silver in that event and south korea taking the bronze. modern pentathlon consists of five events, the fencing, the freestyle swimming, the showjumping, laser pistol shooting show jumping, laser pistol shooting and showjumping, laser pistol shooting and the cross—country running. those of the five events. in la in 28 m hearing they will be getting rid of the showjumping part of it and introducing an obstacle course instead. this is the last time the modern pentathlon will feature horses. let's take you further now. so that's the paralympics — but the sport does not end there because after the paralympics we're going from summer to winter and to milan/cortina 2026! yes the winter olympics are only 18 months away and i managed to catch up with the head of the winter games andrea varnier at team italy house

to talk about what we can expect and whether italy is ready. we decided to open up to several locations in the mountain so that we find the perfect infrastructure and also the knowledge, the experience of the single disciplines. our main challenge is to involve everyone on the same level so that you find the same level of excitement and a great experience for the athletes, for the spectators in milan, in cortina and everywhere else.— everywhere else. there is talk the slidin: everywhere else. there is talk the sliding centre _ everywhere else. there is talk the sliding centre could _ everywhere else. there is talk the sliding centre could be _ everywhere else. there is talk the sliding centre could be based - everywhere else. there is talk the j sliding centre could be based over in lake placid on the other side of the atlantic, there is talk of that, that must be something you are considering, but isn't that not

found people want to watch it in one area? we found people want to watch it in one area? ~ ., , found people want to watch it in one area? ~ . , , . area? we are building sliding centre in cortina and _ area? we are building sliding centre in cortina and the _ area? we are building sliding centre in cortina and the government - area? we are building sliding centre | in cortina and the government made that decision and we are supporting it at that point. we are monitoring the construction and it is going well so we are optimistic the sliding centre will be ready in cortina. i think that is the best for the athletes. can you imagine the athletes being somewhere else while their colleagues will stay at the village, it is such an important experience and for the fans and spectators. we wish 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.— other athletes. looking ahead to milan, other athletes. looking ahead to milan. what _ other athletes. looking ahead to milan, what lessons _ other athletes. looking ahead to milan, what lessons do - other athletes. looking ahead to milan, what lessons do you - other athletes. looking ahead to j milan, what lessons do you think other athletes. looking ahead to - milan, what lessons do you think you could learn from the winter olympics in beijing? could learn from the winter olympics in bei'in: ? , could learn from the winter olympics in bei'in. ? , .,, could learn from the winter olympics in bei'inu? , , . in beijing? listen, it was such different circumstances - in beijing? listen, it was such different circumstances and i in beijing? listen, it was such i different circumstances and only because of covid, but also because of the cultural and the relationship

with the mountains. there are many ways, similarities between italy and paris, even if it is winter versus summer, than from italy to beijing. we think the land, it is an urban city with european flavours. we have the fantastic backdrops of the alps, so the winter games come back to the alps. after three additions in far away and differ mountains, so we think the alps is the home of winter sports and we want them as a beautiful backdrop. remember the floorfinal remember the floor final and the gymnastics was causing controversy about who came third. romania came third. she then lost her bronze medal despite the fact she was on

the floor with the remaining flag behind her. she was celebrating and i was told that the us athlete, jordan chiles, to have a look at her difficulty score and the judges did that and raised her school. she then ended up taking third place and winning the bronze medal. since then the remaining athletic olympic committee have submitted an inquiry into the court of appeal arbitration for sport and they have agreed with romania. they have reinstated that third place and now the international olympic gymnastics federation has stripped jordan chiles of her bronze. he will be me reading more about that over the next few days, it is a controversial moment for artistic gymnastics. so let's look even further than the winter olympics and to the next summer games that will be hosted by los angeles. joining me now is david wharton, writer for los angeles times.

david, thank you forjoining us. you are in paris, as he would be because you are checking up the competition. talk to me about la and what it has in store for the olympics, do we know anything about what we can expect in 28? i know anything about what we can exoeet in 28?— know anything about what we can expect in 28? i think this will be a tou~h act expect in 28? i think this will be a tough act to _ expect in 28? i think this will be a tough act to follow. _ expect in 28? i think this will be a tough act to follow. the _ expect in 28? i think this will be a tough act to follow. the sheer - tough act to follow. the sheer beauty of paris and the way they have integrated sport into the city. it has been wonderful. i think la will have to... they cannot match the historic significance but they can have the hollywood production values and i think there will be a little bit more technology. some of the venues are very modern in la and some haven't even opened yet. so i think it will be a different kind of games and they are trying to make it very la. games and they are trying to make it ve la. �* ._ ., games and they are trying to make it ve la. , very la. and the mayor has said they want this to — very la. and the mayor has said they want this to be _ very la. and the mayor has said they want this to be a _ very la. and the mayor has said they want this to be a car _ very la. and the mayor has said they want this to be a car less _ very la. and the mayor has said they want this to be a car less olympics. |

want this to be a car less olympics. forgive me for thinking about but am wondering how does one make a carless olympics in a place like la when all these locations are quite far away from each other? i when all these locations are quite far away from each other?- far away from each other? i don't really think— far away from each other? i don't really think that's _ far away from each other? i don't really think that's going - far away from each other? i don't really think that's going to - far away from each other? i don't i really think that's going to happen. i think maybe they were overstating things a bit. there will be venues that are ours apart, la is a pretty spread out plays. i think they will try and encourage people to take public transport as much as possible. but there will be venues, the dodger stadium for baseball will be added to the list soon and they have large parking lots and i'm sure people will be driving to those. people in la are not used to public transportation. i think they will try to encourage it but i don't know how successful it's going to be. obviously there's going to be a perhaps a flavour of hollywood, david? we have been hearing for the

closing ceremony in paris, tom cruse could be involved, somehow taking the olympic flame from paris to la, do you know any more? we the olympic flame from paris to la, do you know any more?— the olympic flame from paris to la, do you know any more? we know that snoo- do you know any more? we know that snoop dog. — do you know any more? we know that snoop dog. who _ do you know any more? we know that snoop dog, who has _ do you know any more? we know that snoop dog, who has been _ do you know any more? we know that snoop dog, who has been everywhere| snoop dog, who has been everywhere in these games, it will be part of the la segment towards the end. you have billie eilish singing, i believe from los angeles. they are going to call upon that and make a statement on how they will end these wonderful games.— wonderful games. good to talk to ou, wonderful games. good to talk to you. thank— wonderful games. good to talk to you. thank you — wonderful games. good to talk to you, thank you very _ wonderful games. good to talk to you, thank you very much - wonderful games. good to talk to | you, thank you very much indeed. wonderful games. good to talk to - you, thank you very much indeed. my you, thank you very much indeed. ij�*i pleasure. asi as i hand back to you, this is the paris mascot. let me show you something else, look who i have here. look at this. do you remember this? can you name the mascot from

london? i can't, this? can you name the mascot from london? ican't, but this? can you name the mascot from london? i can't, but there were two of them, mandeville and wenlock. this is wenlock. hello. how are you. how have the game being? they have been amazing. brilliant, i am going to give you a hug. it is a very close relationship. i wanted to bring wenlock because mascots are a big deal and it will be interesting to see what la do with their mascot. france have gone with the french colours. what do you think, nikki? i prefer the french one, i have bought one and it is sitting on my sofa at home at the moment, having seen you with them the last week or so. i like the red, white and blue. la are probably going to turn on the star powerfor the olympics? probably going to turn on the star power for the olympics? thea;r probably going to turn on the star power for the olympics?- power for the olympics? they are indeed. it will— power for the olympics? they are indeed. it will be _ power for the olympics? they are indeed. it will be so _ power for the olympics? they are indeed. it will be so exciting, - power for the olympics? they are indeed. it will be so exciting, i i indeed. it will be so exciting, i wonder if you and i will go to la, we will have to have a chat with the

bbc bosses. 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. china is one gold medal ahead of the us in team gp in sixth place, a couple of gold medals behind france. that could change over the next few hours. , . .,, , that could change over the next few hours. , . .,,, . ,, that could change over the next few hours. , . , . ,, i. hours. fingers crossed, thank you. we will be — hours. fingers crossed, thank you. we will be back _ hours. fingers crossed, thank you. we will be back with _ hours. fingers crossed, thank you. we will be back with you _ hours. fingers crossed, thank you. we will be back with you later. - hours. fingers crossed, thank you. we will be back with you later. at | we will be back with you later. at the closing ceremony as well and will tom cruise appear? we will find out. now some of news from the day. now to 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. 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 30 kilometres long. 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. zhanna bezpyatchuk from the bbc�*s ukrainian service gave us this update on those overnight strikes in kyiv. it was one of the most massive attacks in different regions of ukraine within recent months. russia

mostly launched drones against ukraine and for example, i, myself, woke up two explosions. they were quite far away. they were somewhere in the region of kyiv, where, unfortunately it is reported three people were killed, one of them was a child and his father was killed. for some regions of ukraine, it lasted for many hours in a row. in one region it was 1a hours and it was the longest one since the beginning of the war. there are many talks whether russia might retaliate for ukraine's incursion in the border region of kursk. but this is not the biggest fear for many ukrainians. the biggest one is still

whether this particular mostly drone attack, but it included missiles and that it was mentioned, some missiles might have been ballistic weapons provided by north korea to russia. again, the biggest fear is the energy infrastructure. a few more attacks might force the collapse of the energy infrastructure. it is in autumn and winter when ukrainians need heating and electricity, that might be a huge challenge. let me show you some of the latest images through on the news desk now, they show what is said to be a ukrainian tank firing on something inside russia in the kursk region. these aerial images have come

from the russian defence ministry through reuters news agency. they have not been verified by the bbc. the first of the funerals, for the three young girls fatally stabbed at a taylor swift dance class in southport, will take place today. nine year—old alice dasilva 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 one of the messages they gave to me. she's going dancing into heaven. that's how they see this and this a 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 rudikabana, 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. to the israel—gaza war and 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 israeli air strike on a school compound in gaza. around 1000 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. these are live pictures from khan younis in southern gaza. this is where israel have issued new evacuation orders for the city. the orders, they are among the most expansive issue during ten months of fighting, wilful stands of thousands of palestinians to leave districts in central, eastern and western areas of khan younis. residents there have been told the affected areas have become dangerous combat

zones. they have issued several warnings since the october the 7th attack. the united nations says more than 2 million people have been displaced from their homes, many of the numerous times. those are the latest pictures looking into khan younis. 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 and tomorrow. but for the rest of the day today across the uk it looks dry. there will be a lot of sunshine around, it will be feeling warm. but it's been a bit of a slow start towards the south coast of england here, still the risk of some sea mist and fog lapping onshore at times, but even towards southern areas of devon, i think that should tend to break up as the south

easterly wind picks up. with the onshore breeze it's a bit cooler towards north sea facing coast than yesterday, but temperatures widely in the low to the mid 20s, maybe 29 or 30 celsius for london and parts of berkshire. and then overnight tonight, well, we'll keep the clear skies towards the east but here come those thunderstorms, torrential downpours potentially for northern ireland, western scotland, a few showers, too, for western wales, down through south—west england. temperatures across the south of england may not drop locally below 20 degrees celsius. it will feel warm, sticky, uncomfortable for sleeping. but here comes that fresher feeling air on monday behind this cold front. now, it's where these two air masses meet. the cool air from the atlantic, that very hot air streaming in from what's been a very warm southern europe that will see the thunderstorms break out, most likely through the early part of the morning for northern ireland, western scotland, anywhere, really, from northern yorkshire and north lincolnshire, northwards. further south, it should stay largely dry. an improving picture for everybody, with a lot of sunshine through the afternoon.

but very hot in southern eastern areas of england, parts of london, cambridgeshire could get as high as perhaps 3a celsius, and 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 but now fresher—feeling air for most of the uk. still 28 or 29 celsius out towards southern, eastern areas of england. cooler further north and west with some further outbreaks of rain. there could be some more widespread showers too on wednesday, particularly for northern and western areas again, also some sunny spells around. temperatures still in the low to the mid 20s for many parts of england and parts of eastern wales as well. but it's going to be quite unsettled as we head through next week. so fresher—feeling air, some sunny spells at times, but also some further outbreaks of rain. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the gold medals are rolling in on the final day of the paris olympics. hungary's michelle gulyas has won the women's modern pentathlon, with france taking silver and south korea bronze. earlier, the netherlands' sifan hassan won the women's marathon in an olympic record time.

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 killings sparked disorder across the uk. there has been another gold medal in the women's sprint which has gone to andrews of new zealand, her second medal of the games.