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.

the gold medals are rolling in and the team gb writer got bronze which brings the medal total to 64 which equals tokyo so they can be proud of everything they have done in the olympics. i like the fact that in sports you don't really hear about forfour sports you don't really hear about for four years have come to the fore, how many people knew about bouldering and the fact and 19—year—old british person could win gold in it? he did so well and that, that what an amazing gold medal for him after his japanese rival, who was only 17 years old fell in that final lead section of the bouldering. it is one of those

sports you hear about all the olympics happen and then you watch them and in no way i think these are things that inspire the younger generation to take those sports up and perhaps take part in the olympics in four or eight years�* time. my partner does bouldering and i can imagine there will be a lot of other youngsters banging at the door and i could never do it. how do you think the french have taken to the olympics? have they taken it to their hearts? i think they really have. i think as there was in london 2012, you and i both remember very well there was a lot of cynicism about the amount of money costing to get the olympics up and running and a similar story here in france, a lot of prescience left the city and a lot of people wondering whether the olympics would be a success and a huge security operation and a big

worry about the olympics being marred by some sort of security threat but the french and christians have really ta ken threat but the french and christians have really taken these olympics to heart and when you see a french athlete in any of the sports, in the cycling in the football on the basketball, the crowd goes wild and it is crazy. i feel the french basketball, the crowd goes wild and it is crazy. ifeel the french have taken this to heart and the olympics as they are every time you watch them have iconic and brilliant moments and i have been some brilliant iconic photos taken throughout the competition here. they�*ve been pretty amazing, i think this will go down as one of my most memorable assignments that i�*ve

done. i memorable assignments that i've done. ., ., , memorable assignments that i've done. ., ., , ., done. i am only covering gymnastics. i want to talk— done. i am only covering gymnastics. i want to talk to _ done. i am only covering gymnastics. i want to talk to you _ done. i am only covering gymnastics. i want to talk to you about _ done. i am only covering gymnastics. i want to talk to you about this - i want to talk to you about this photo you took about the three athletes on the podium. tell me about that moment. being there in that moment, i wasn't sure what_ being there in that moment, i wasn't sure whatjordan was being there in that moment, i wasn't sure what jordan was signalling some moan _ sure what jordan was signalling some moan about something that it was incredible — moan about something that it was incredible and really made me emotional, just what the olympics are all— emotional, just what the olympics are all about, athletes from all over_ are all about, athletes from all over the — are all about, athletes from all over the world coming together. it was beautiful to see in person. this is an absolutely _ was beautiful to see in person. ti 3 is an absolutely beautiful scene in a french cafe bistro and it encapsulates what paris has become and if you walk around the city, this is what it looks like and it has that feel. my

this is what it looks like and it has that feel.— has that feel. my “ob at the olympics h has that feel. my “ob at the olympics is _ has that feel. my “ob at the olympics is a _ has that feel. my job at the olympics is a roma -- - has that feel. my job at the - olympics is a roma -- --roamer and olympics is a roma —— ——roamer and you are not assigned to any particular sport and you�*re told to go round and capture the pulse of the city and those are very special days when you are left alone and you can go out and capture that. you “um ed can go out and capture that. you jumped on _ can go out and capture that. you jumped on the — can go out and capture that. you jumped on the water, you went in there seine. what was that like? that was very challenging. i have done three olympics where i photographed one of the water events but this was unusual because it was the current that was the issue and it was a very fast moving river so i was not worried so much about the bacteria people are talking about with more worried i would be swept down the river and end up in the field of play. down the river and end up in the field of play-— down the river and end up in the

field of -la . ~ ., ., field of play. when ok afterwards? i've been fine. _ field of play. when ok afterwards? i've been fine. let's _ field of play. when ok afterwards? i've been fine. let's take _ field of play. when ok afterwards? i've been fine. let's take a - field of play. when ok afterwards? i've been fine. let's take a look- field of play. when ok afterwards? i've been fine. let's take a look at| i've been fine. let's take a look at a photograph _ i've been fine. let's take a look at a photograph you've _ i've been fine. let's take a look at a photograph you've taken - i've been fine. let's take a look at a photograph you've taken of- i've been fine. let's take a look at a photograph you've taken of the l a photograph you�*ve taken of the romanian gymnast. how difficult is it for you to capture moments like this because you don�*t know what they�*re going to do? this because you don't know what they're going to do?— they're going to do? something i love very much — they're going to do? something i love very much my _ they're going to do? something i love very much my gymnastic - they're going to do? something i love very much my gymnastic is l love very much my gymnastic is health— love very much my gymnastic is health photos can have a different range _ health photos can have a different range from what you are seeing in images _ range from what you are seeing in images so — range from what you are seeing in images so i — range from what you are seeing in images so i like being able to show off how— images so i like being able to show off how incredible the moves are that we — off how incredible the moves are that we see and try to make photos that we see and try to make photos that look— that we see and try to make photos that look different than just the basic— that look different than just the basic gymnastics photos. i like to really— basic gymnastics photos. i like to really create and show off how credible — really create and show off how credible those athletes are. it credible those athletes are. [it looks credible those athletes are. it looks quite mysterious. david, another photo of yours i love is of the flame cauldron, the colour of that sky. i have seen a few sunsets

like that of paris in the past three weeks. how�*s that for you? it like that of paris in the past three weeks. how's that for you? it was a very special — weeks. how's that for you? it was a very special moment _ weeks. how's that for you? it was a very special moment because - weeks. how's that for you? it was a very special moment because i - weeks. how's that for you? it was a very special moment because i had| very special moment because i had not planned to coming to cauldron and i had photographed the night before and i happened to stumble upon hundreds of people waiting for this thing to go up and it was this real moment of community and anticipation and i loved standing and clinging to the lamp post trying to get a view of it before it goes up to get a view of it before it goes up and when it did go up there was this collective moment. i up and when it did go up there was this collective moment.— this collective moment. i wish i could no this collective moment. i wish i could go and — this collective moment. i wish i could go and watch _ this collective moment. i wish i could go and watch that. - this collective moment. i wish i could go and watch that. it - this collective moment. i wish i could go and watch that. it was| this collective moment. i wish i l could go and watch that. it was a really special _ could go and watch that. it was a really special moment _ could go and watch that. it was a really special moment to - could go and watch that. it was a really special moment to be - could go and watch that. it was a really special moment to be part| could go and watch that. it was a i really special moment to be part of. you have done five olympics, you have done three, how does paris compare in terms of organising and sports and the whole feel of it? i sports and the whole feel of it? i think it has been really special seeihg — think it has been really special seeing between athletes, like the photograph of simone and andrea and

jordah~ _ photograph of simone and andrea and jordan. after covid—19i photograph of simone and andrea and jordan. after covid—19 i think it has been — jordan. after covid—19 i think it has been really special seeing all the fans— has been really special seeing all the fans come together and the atmosphere, i think it is a really special— atmosphere, i think it is a really special one. for atmosphere, i think it is a really special one-— special one. for me it is a very secial special one. for me it is a very special olympics, _ special one. for me it is a very special olympics, and - special one. for me it is a very special olympics, and i- special one. for me it is a very special olympics, and i comicl special one. for me it is a very i special olympics, and i comic -- special olympics, and i comic —— iconic city and i was really worried there was no transport so i rented a bike for a month. so there was no transport so i rented a bike for a month.— bike for a month. so you are su erfit bike for a month. so you are superfit now? _ bike for a month. so you are superfit now? i— bike for a month. so you are superfit now? i hope - bike for a month. so you are superfit now? i hope so. - bike for a month. so you are superfit now? i hope so. it l bike for a month. so you are| superfit now? i hope so. it is bike for a month. so you are i superfit now? i hope so. it is a tou~h superfit now? i hope so. it is a tough day _ superfit now? i hope so. it is a tough day to — superfit now? i hope so. it is a tough day to cycle _ superfit now? i hope so. it is a tough day to cycle today - superfit now? i hope so. it is a l tough day to cycle today because superfit now? i hope so. it is a - tough day to cycle today because it is so hot and the temperature is in the 30s and tomorrow we will peak at 37 degrees. we have enjoyed sharing with you here on the tv and through the power of social media paris 2024 is finding a whole new community

online, content creators showing viral moments, powerful performances and revealing unique stories we might not get to hear about otherwise but i have been speaking to coach jackie j otherwise but i have been speaking to coach jackiej who has more than 5000 followers on tik—tok. she talked to me about some of her most watched videos. i talked to me about some of her most watched videos.— watched videos. i posted one recently about _ watched videos. i posted one recently about the _ watched videos. i posted one recently about the beach - watched videos. i posted one - recently about the beach volleyball match between brazil and spain and there was a fight at the net in the middle of the match and to resolve theissue middle of the match and to resolve the issue but it was tense and the stadium and they went back to play the next point and the dj over the speakers plays imagine byjohn lennon. it was so funny and even the players were laughing. there was a story about an australian bmx racer who won gold after her brother and

2020 he was the reason she got into bmx riding and firstly had a really bad crash and traumatic brain injury. she also had crash in 2021 and comes out at this olympics and does so well and wince every single race and eventually the gold, absolutely amazing, and there was one more that did well, christopher falconer, an american racing cyclist was only set to do the indoor track cycling at this olympics but at the last minute is one of our road race and she goes into the road race and only started cycling seven years ago but she wanted something to do any yacht to be outside and in the middle of the patch in the race and in the last few metres absolutely beats everybody out and takes the gold in a race she wasn�*t even supposed to be in, it was incredible.— supposed to be in, it was incredible. . ., , ., incredible. and those moments that reall an incredible. and those moments that really an olympics _ incredible. and those moments that really an olympics and _ incredible. and those moments that really an olympics and i _ incredible. and those moments that really an olympics and i think- incredible. and those moments that really an olympics and i think there | really an olympics and i think there

have been so many of those moments, a few of which you have described. what you think it has been in france, have the paris olympics been for you? i france, have the paris olympics been for ou? ~ , , for you? i think the energy is exceptional, _ for you? i think the energy is exceptional, it _ for you? i think the energy is exceptional, it is _ for you? i think the energy is exceptional, it is so - for you? i think the energy is exceptional, it is so cool- for you? i think the energy is exceptional, it is so cool to l for you? i think the energy is l exceptional, it is so cool to be for you? i think the energy is - exceptional, it is so cool to be in a space where everybody is putting and cheering for something and in some cases cheering for the same thing. i was watching the world record for pole vaulting and we were all cheering for our country back at the end he was just trying to beat his own world record and a stadium of thousands of people cheering for one guy, it was so incredible. those moments in paris walking around and knowing we are all here for the same reason have been so incredible. the olympics always produces some wonderful stories, and britain�*s first—ever medallists in artistic swimming are a great example. kate shortman and izzy thorpe are childhood friends whose mothers used to compete as a pair in the sport.

they took silver in paris yesterday, and our sports correspondent katie gornall was there to see it. please welcome great britain. their names are now part of british sporting history. team gb had never won a medal in artistic swimming. kate shortman and izzy thorpe were about to see to that. the lifelong friends, whose mothers also competed together, were in fourth ahead of their free routine. so fluid in their movements. their performance was inspired by a rising phoenix — after their struggles in tokyo, it felt fitting. when the scores came in they could barely believe it. the highest of the night. they were guaranteed a medal. but what colour? only china, the favourites, could deny them gold. a wonderful routine. well, that result for china confirms that britain had won a silver medal.

three years ago they finished 14th in tokyo. now they�*ve made the podium and made history. honestly, it feels like a dream. i can�*t believe it. we have worked so hard to get. here in the grand surroundings of the grand palais. caden cunningham, here in blue, already had a silver secured. he wanted more. australia have won the silver and bronze in that event and as always eakin follow all the action and the closing ceremony happens later online. ~ ,., ., closing ceremony happens later online. ~ ., ., ., online. we will run some of that on the new channel— online. we will run some of that on the new channel and _ online. we will run some of that on the new channel and the _ online. we will run some of that on the new channel and the bbc- online. we will run some of that on | the new channel and the bbc sports channel mac app and bbc news

channel. china is top of the medals table. the magic of bbc television. china�*s top of the medals table, united states in second place and australia in fourth and france on fifth and team gb on 14 gold. that has not been updated and if we update it it will tell you team gb are on 16. no, sorry it has been, we are on 16. no, sorry it has been, we are around 65 and have surpassed 64 which means we have done better than tokyo 2024. i have been looking at the live page onjack carmen news. carling —— it looks as if he has had a bad crash and send some

discomfort. can we look forward to the closing ceremony tonight? what can we expect? what have you manage to learn? we are going to have what the organisers call an immersive ceremony. what that means i don�*t know but if you think about it the organisers and creative team behind the opening ceremony and those behind the closing ceremony so it will be fantastic and out of this world and hopefully very french and we will see some involvement from snoop dogg who has been around from the last few weeks and we will hear from billy eilish and it is also a hello to los angeles 2028 so the olympic flame will be literally passed on from the beautiful berlin cauldron to the los angeles

organisers and we are hearing some rumours that hollywood super star tom cruise will be involved and he might parachute into the stade de france with a flame in his hand. we shouldn�*t forget it is also a thank you for the athletes and a thank you to the thousands of volunteers to make sure that any olympics actually happened. 45,000 volunteers have come to this city to volunteer not only for the olympics but also for the paralympics and i talked to a number of them. unbelievably, in case you didn�*t know this at home, volunteers don�*t get paid anything, no money at all for accommodation, food or anything stop they have to come here off their own bat and organise themselves and they have

told me they have done it may be backin told me they have done it may be back in atlanta are in rio our london and got the bug and since then come to every olympics and love it, the atmosphere and sense of camaraderie and the olympic spirit that i have had a big dose off the last three weeks, the talk about bringing them back again and again and they are very helpful and smiley people which is great on the streets of paris. and we have the closing ceremony. let�*s see if tom cruise appears later tonight. let�*s get back to the events ihn russia, where the governor of kursk region has ordered the evacuation of civilians to be sped up, from vulnerable areas on the sixth day of a surprise incursion by ukraine. he said 13 people were injured when a ukrainian missile hit a residential building. a senior ukrainian security official is quoted as saying the cross—border operation has greatly raised

national morale; but he said it had not markedly weakened russia�*s long—running offensive in eastern ukraine. the emergency services in kyiv, meanwhile, say a man and his young child have been killed in an overnight russian missile attack. ukrainian forces say they destroyed over 50 attack drones and several north korean—made missiles launched by russia during an overnight air strike. i spoke earlier to oleksii goncharenko, ukrainian mp from odesa and the member of the ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. he told me why he supports ukraine�*s incursion into russia. definitely we need to attack enemy where enemy is not prepared. and it looks like this time we did exactly this. and this is important also, it�*s important politically because finally we show to russian people that this awful war that they started, the russian

regime, putin started. but don�*t believe that russian people are all against this. there is not true, in their majority they support this war because this war is happening on ukrainian territory. but it�*s finally the time to show them that it�*s their villages, towns and cities will be also burned down. so definitely we all are supporting our units for now, very bravely fighting. and again, we show to the world that our army is very, very capable. and really, for the first time from the second world war out of russian territory near 300km2, which is bigger than liechtenstein, san marino together is occupied by ukrainian forces. there must be, though, a concern that moscow and president putin will retaliate. why should we be concerned about this? because russia is attacking us for more than ten years and two years and a half of

full—scale invasion. they�*re attacking our territory everywhere where they can. the only language putin understands is the language of force. and now ukraine shows to putin that we are strong enough to fight back. and do you worry that the troops will be spread too thinly if they�*re doing an offensive inside russia, at the same time as having the front line with the russian forces attacking you? i�*m not a military person. my month in territorial defence at the beginning of full—scale invasion when we were defending kyiv does not allow me to make military decisions. so i will not doubt decision of ukrainian generals. i see that this decision was really smart. and when you are defending your country, it�*s not just about defence. you also can attack in other places and maybe the best defence is the attack. so we clearly see that our attacks were successful, is successful and it�*s a big problem for russia. and what does it do for the morale,

both of the troops and also the ukrainian people? definitely, it�*s helping the morale. it�*s boosting it because it�*s great to have victories. it�*s important. during last year, uh, after our unsuccessful have big successes. yeah, we had success in the black sea where we destroyed more than one third of russian black sea navy fleet and in other places, but still not big successes on the land. and now we have them. definitely. it�*s very important in the war 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?

absolutely. i think this operation is taking us much closer to peace than 100 peace summits and speaking and talking and blah blah blah and blah blah, blah, because we just hear this and russia just ignores this. and when russia needs to fight back on their own territory, when russian people are running, when, as you showed just recently in your reportage from moscow, people are scared, that�*s the only way to show them. stop this war. we don�*t want this war. stop it now! leave our territory. finish. so that�*s really, i think, the way to peace. some breaking news to bring you from france, where two migrants are reported to have died as they tried to cross the channel in a small boat. the french authorities say the incident happened off the coast between the ports of calais and dunkerque. about 50 migrants were rescued from the boat and the operation is still ongoing.

we�*ll bring you more on this story as it reaches us. 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. and there�*s speculation a seventh banksy could materialise today. we were talking about how britain�*s jack colling had a nasty crash but

he is walking back to the centre and we have claimed a bronze medal, a wonderful moment for emily campbell who is one of bronze in the women�*s over 81 kilograms weight lifting. the gold went to china and south korea took the silver. follow it all live on bbc one and iplayer. for a look at the weather with darren bett. it isa it is a very warm day today but things will get hotter for some of us tomorrow. temperatures today higher than yesterday, afternoon temperatures widely into the mid 20s for england and wales and could reach 30 degrees in the south—east of england. overnight tonight and into the morning things could change into the morning things could change in these areas and the risk of heavy rain and thunder and lightning and

hot large rain and for this i could stay dry and for this part of the country hot and humid and a headline temperature 35 degrees which could be reached in cambridgeshire tomorrow afternoon. this evening we will have sunshine to end the day for most but there are one or two thundery showers threatening the southwest and those could drift into wales and the midlands and more especially into scotland and later in the night a spell of noisy weather with heavy rain and gusty winds and frequent lightning coming into northern ireland and later western scotland. the minimum temperatures, so an uncomfortably warm light for sleeping. the weather scene cheers up in northern ireland were sunshine and this thundery rain pushes east tomorrow morning in scotland but it moves away in the afternoon. further south are likely to stay dry and are much lower risk of the odd shower and more sunshine and across the midlands into eastern england temperatures around 30 degrees or more. out towards the west and north temperatures will be

lower as we see fresher air coming in following the spell of wet weather. it has been very hot in spain and that is where the heat has come from right across western europe it will turn crueller over the week ahead as we get atlantic winds coming in and they start to arrive in western areas on tuesday and we see another band of rain coming to northern and western parts with the wind picking up in the north—west, but through the midlands and eastern england it may well be dry on tuesday and a very warm if not hot with temperatures reaching 28 degrees. again for the west thanks a lot cooler. after this very hot and humid start for some of us with some thundery downpours in places the rest of the week will see temperatures gradually fell away and still rather unsettled. —— fall away.

live from paris. this is bbc news. it�*s the final day of the paris olympics. li wenwen of china has just won the gold medal in the women�*s weightlifting with team gb�*s emily campbell taking bronze. as the city of lights prepares to hand over to the city of angels, the stade de france will host a closing ceremony set to feature performances from billie eilish and snoop dogg. we�*ll have all the latest

across the day. i�*m nicky schiller in london, the other main news this hour... two people are killed in kyiv, as russia carries out a wave of missile and drone attacks across ukraine, whose president confirms his military is on the offensive inside russia. the funeral will shortly take place for nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar — one of three young girls killed in a knife attack that sparked violent protests in england and northern ireland. and i�*m yasmin rufo in central london, where banksy�*s seventh artwork in seven days has just been unveiled. hello and welcome to paris. what a gorgeous sight that is, the

eiffel tower.