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. 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 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 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 4x400 metres and both 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 women's modern pentathlon has finished in paris at the beautiful palace of versaille. modern pentathlon is made up of five sports — showjumping, fencing, freestyle swimming, cross country running and laser pistol shooting. this will be the last olympics in which riding is featured. it's always faced criticism for what they call �*equestrian roulette�* as it involves pairing athletes with randomly assigned local horses — sometimes to competition—destroying effect when a horse and rider fail to find the same wavelength. so for the first time, the games in la 2028 will feature an obstacle course as a replacement. in today�*s final it�*s gold for hungary, france claimed the silver medal, much to the delight of the crowd, and south korea has taken the bronze. great britain�*s defending olympic champion kate french withdrew from the modern pentathlon

final because of illness. gb�*s kerenza bryson crossed the line in ninth place. emily campbell has won a bronze medal in the women�*s +81kg weightlifting category at the paris olympics. teh 30—year—old campbell lifted a combined 288kg over snatch and clean—and—jerk disciplines, to finish behind defending champion li wenwen of china and south korea�*s hyejeong park. 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.

oh, it�*s very amazing to welcome the world in paris for the first time. we have the paralympic summer in france, and we decided four and five years before to develop the amazing picture for paralympic athletes with, for example, wheelchair fencing in the grand palais or blind football in. beautiful locations, beautiful locations. we have many chances that the world is here for the olympic games. - it was just amazing during 70 days. so now we are very pleased to welcome the paralympic athletes. how ready is paris, ludivine? because i�*ve been on the metro, it doesn�*t feel to me like it�*s very accessible. yes, in general we are now we are in the dynamic to progress in the accessibility in the city. for example, the city developed 19th

quarter more accessible to have bus accessible, different streets. and the new line in subway will all totally accessible and specifically so the olympic games. we had 150 shuttle to grow up spectators with wheelchair or different disabilities, to go directly to the station, to the venues, and you have just to choose your venues. you can go in with your companion and three children in addition on the shuttle. tell me a little bit about you because you�*ve had a stellar career. you�*re a paralympic star in france. tell me a bit about what got you into swimming and how you started, and also how it feels to be a winner. when i was young, because i have just 11 years old, my my school say, it�*s very difficult for you to practice sport because i can�*t run very well. and that�*s my prothesis to this to help me to discover a federation of swimming. and i like the water. and the one more coach detected me and said, perhaps it�*s possible to say something with this young woman. and i started just after barcelona paralympic games, and i have the chance to to discover all the heartlands come back to the paralympic game. that was, for me, the first competition, and after that i had the chance to have one gold medal in european and after that to discover the paralympic game in atlanta.

at 15 years old. you�*ve been to a few olympics, haven�*t you? how do you think they�*ve compared to what france has in store for the paralympians? we have the chance to see that the paralympic movement grow day after day and after the london paralympic games it�*s totally different between before. now it�*s just an amazing and world competition with every city. now we will welcome i7i country in the... that is a that�*s a big number of countries. it grows and grows every year doesn�*t it? yes. and it�*s record after record and nice after nice because now they can promote their practices, their different life. they have many sponsors. and for me you can�*t compare atlanta like now paris in few days. we have the closing ceremony of the olympics. go back to that. do you have any little kind

of secrets you�*d like to tell me about what we�*re expecting? do you have any insights that you�*d like to share? just between me and you. don�*t worry about the camera. um, in general, ijust can say that you have the same director artistic in the ceremony, olympic and paralympic. so, as you can see, the olympic was just amazing. now, champs—elysees with place de la concorde. it could be just amazing. and i want to have some surprise, isuppose. like like you, like you. ijust prefer to have many surprises. and i just want to say to you, go directly to see some just amazing sport. and as you can imagine, for me it�*s a swimming. 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. 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. it is going to be an amazing winter olympics, i am sure. looking forward to that in 2026. let�*s talk about what it takes to holding an olympics like this, from the bidding process and then something that adds value to a country and to an olympics, especially one like the one in paris where the olympic organisers have really brought the olympics to the city and to the people. i�*m joined now by olympic and sports marketing expert terrance burns. you have been involved olympics for longer than any others, but has paris done well?—

paris done well? yes, it is a complete — paris done well? yes, it is a complete reset _ paris done well? yes, it is a complete reset for - paris done well? yes, it is a complete reset for the - paris done well? yes, it is a i complete reset for the olympic movement. complete reset for the olympic movement-— complete reset for the olympic movement. ~ ., ., ., m movement. what do you mean? we needed in every _ movement. what do you mean? we needed in every way, _ movement. what do you mean? we needed in every way, the _ movement. what do you mean? we needed in every way, the sponsors. needed in every way, the sponsors needed in every way, the sponsors needed it, we needed it. the world needed it, we needed it. the world needed it. these games have regenerated hope, optimism and hope, beyond the sport. that is what these games have brought to the world, brilliantly. it games have brought to the world, brilliantl . , . , brilliantly. it is the french way, isn't it? what _ brilliantly. it is the french way, isn't it? what they _ brilliantly. it is the french way, isn't it? what they have - brilliantly. it is the french way, isn't it? what they have done l brilliantly. it is the french way, | isn't it? what they have done by isn�*t it? what they have done by bringing the games to the people, to the streets and the way the opening ceremony was held, we have seen all of the events at such iconic places. visually, having had any better than this, i don�*t think so? i visually, having had any better than this, i don't think so?— this, i don't think so? i don't think so, _ this, i don't think so? i don't think so. my _ this, i don't think so? i don't think so, my favourite - this, i don't think so? i don't| think so, my favourite games this, i don't think so? i don't - think so, my favourite games today was sydney, for many reasons. a place paint the olympic games on a canvas, paris. la will be quite different, just as tokyo was different, just as tokyo was different, they are all different and they do it differently. paris

rose to the occasion is beyond anyone�*s expectations. talk rose to the occasion is beyond anyone's expectations. talk more about the bidding _ anyone's expectations. talk more about the bidding process, - anyone's expectations. talk more about the bidding process, what i anyone's expectations. talk more - about the bidding process, what does it take for a country to be able to bid successfully for these olympics? this bidding process, i worked for la for two years and we were competitors with paris, we were given a jewel award, for the first time seven years ago. it is like a beauty project, but it is now more strategic, and more mature and focus process to pick cities, to make sure there is enough infrastructure, no waste, it is going to be sustainable. in the past it was easy to burn right books of fiction, but now it is more focused and businesslike the way they choose the cities and brisbane is an example of that. , , , ., ., i. cities and brisbane is an example of that. , , , ., ., that. very briefly, what do you say that. very briefly, what do you say that the olympics _ that. very briefly, what do you say that the olympics has _ that. very briefly, what do you say that the olympics has become - that. very briefly, what do you say that the olympics has become too | that the olympics has become too commercialised? the commercialisation i commercialised? the | commercialisation has commercialised? tue: commercialisation has become commercialised? tte: commercialisation has become the democratisation of the olympic. when

you can go to 206 countries, from a few wealthy, liberal western economies winning medals to people from all over the world winning medals. when you have pakistan setting an olympic record in the javelin and indian getting the sylvia, that is happening because sponsors are here and there is commercial support all over the world for these athletes.- commercial support all over the world for these athletes. lovely to talk to you. _ world for these athletes. lovely to talk to you, thank _ world for these athletes. lovely to talk to you, thank you _ world for these athletes. lovely to talk to you, thank you for - world for these athletes. lovely to talk to you, thank you for coming l world for these athletes. lovely to i talk to you, thank you for coming on to speak to us. you can follow all the action. the bbc sport website has a life paid running with the latest news and team gb have, i think, 65 medals. also, on the live page, the triathlete, alec she has been chosen as team gb�*s flag bearer for the closing ceremony. —— alex

yee. now it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport with ben. after 19 days of competition, the final 13 gold medals of paris 2024 are up for grabs on sunday. most of them have already been dished out including modern pentathlon gold for hungary�*s michelle gulyas and cycling gold for ellesse andrews of new zealand but you�*ll be hard pressed to top the achievement of sifan hassan, who won bronze on the track in the five and ten thousand metres, and won the women�*s marathon this morning. it all came down to a sprint finish, pipping ethiopia�*s tigst assefa with an olympic record of two hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. her ten thousand metre final was only on friday night. she�*s the first woman to win medals in the three events in a career, let alone a single games. she also won two golds and a bronze on the track in toyko. germany and denmark are playing

for gold in the final of the men�*s handball right now, but spain edged a close encounter with slovenia to win bronze. 23—22 they won, for their 5th olympic bronze... a record for the men�*s handball at the olympics. the final gold to be won will come in the women�*s basketball with france facing usa — a rematch of the men�*s final where cafes and bars around paris on saturday night came to a standstill as the usa�*s all—stars edged out the hosts. lebronjames, stef curry and kevin durant leading the americans to a 98—87 victory. curry put the game away with a three—point flurry on his way to 2a 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. compatriotjordan chiles thought has had her gymnastics bronze taken away — following a ruling by the court of arbitration for sport. she was initially upgrades to third in monday�*s floor final after an appeal — but an inquiry found that appeal was lodged four seconds too late — so romania�*s ana barbosu will now collect the bronze medal. more medals for team gb on sunday with emily campbell winning

weightlifting bronze, the same colour for cyclist emma finucane in the individual sprint to make it a hattrick of medals for her in the velodrome. but if cycling is a sport where expectations are high, artistic swimming is very much not. kate shortman and izzy thorpe won britain�*s first medal in the sport with silver on saturday. it was a little bit of a shock i think because we were lying in fourth position so we knew we had to do something big to then bring us up to the medal position. and then to see our school as well and how well we swam the routine, even though we didn�*t think it, i think that was just a bit of shock on our face. the ol mics just a bit of shock on our face. the olympics is _ just a bit of shock on our face. the olympics is such — just a bit of shock on our face. the olympics is such an addictive experience. you literally get so many _ experience. you literally get so many emotions going through your whole _ many emotions going through your whole body, it is 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 they are here again. we will— we will see if they are here again. we will see — we will see if they are here again. we will see what happens, yeah.

well the closing ceremony takes place in the stade de france in just under seven hours. it�*ll see the olympic mantle handed over to los angeles with a host of new sports set to be included. we want to have the greatest sports programme in the history of the olympics because we are a great sporting city. and so we are bringing some of the most important, most traditional, most meaningful sports in our country — baseball, softball and flag football. and we are bringing some of the most important, most accessible sports in the world — cricket and squash. and the 36 sports we have on our programme will mean this will be the greatest collection of athletes the history of the world has ever seen in one place. and away from paris, just over the alps into italy where former arsenal and barcelona winger alexis sanchez is returning to udinese 18 years afterfirst signing for them. the 35—year—old was released by inter milan when his contract expired last month. sanchez played for udinese between 2006 and 2011 and has penned a two—year contract. it�*s the penultimate day of the montreal open tennis with alexander zverev taking on washington champion seb korda for a place in the last four. there was a surprise on the other side of the draw with janick sinner

appearing to struggle with a hip injury as he lost to andrey rublev. the russian will play italian matteo arnaldi next — who�*s into the last four of a masters 1000 event for the very first time. lots more on the website but that�*s all your sport for now. 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". moscow says its armed forces will deliver a "tough response" to the ukrainian attacks

on its border regions. russian and ukrainian forces have been locked in intense fighting in kursk. the kremlin has imposed strict security measures there and in 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. israel has ordered thousands of residents of khan younis in the south of gaza to move to designated "humanitarian zones". the order follows yesterday�*s israeli air strike on a school compound in gaza city which it says was a hamas command centre. more than 70 people died. the us vice—president and democratic presidential candidate, kamala harris, condemned the loss of civilian life. the funeral of alice da silva aguiar is due to take place today. the nine—year—old was one of three

girls fatally stabbed during a summer holiday dance club in southport last month. 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 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.

a new artwork of swimming fish — by the streets artist banksy has appeared on a police box in the city of london. the aquarium—like design on the police box differs from banksy�*s previous silhouette artworks in that the school of fish has been painted with more detail and tone. the artist has revealed a new animal artwork each day this week — including a goat, elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans and a cat. let�*s speak to our reporter yasmin rufo who�*s in the city of london where this new artwork is. explain all, yasmin? it is seven in seven days- _ explain all, yasmin? it is seven in seven days. behind _ explain all, yasmin? it is seven in seven days. behind me _ explain all, yasmin? it is seven in seven days. behind me is - explain all, yasmin? it is seven in seven days. behind me is the - explain all, yasmin? it is seven in i seven days. behind me is the banksy that has been revealed today. it is an old sentry box in the city of london police used to use. what is unique about this one is that it is done differently, it is a spray—painted stencil. behind me you can see these fish, a school of fish, set up around us. it is the

seventh one he has done this week, all of them animal themed. but we still don�*t know what they mean. we have someone from the city of london police behind the surveying it and looking at it. we don�*t know exactly who owns this building, so we don�*t know whether this can be efficiently taken down. there is a big crowd around me and we have been speaking to people all morning you have gathered to come and take pictures. they are as excited as we are, in various places around london we are seeing different banksy is popping up. we don�*t know exactly why he�*s doing this, there has been speculation that it might be because he wants to cheer people up after the riots that have been going on this week but it might be something to do with animal extinction but he is yet to comment and he has posted all of these pictures at one o�*clock on his social media but none of them have a caption. so we havejust on his social media but none of them have a caption. so we have just been speculating with the crowd today and people are really, really

interested.— people are really, really interested. ~ , interested. absolutely, yasmin. thank you _ interested. absolutely, yasmin. thank you very _ interested. absolutely, yasmin. thank you very much _ interested. absolutely, yasmin. thank you very much indeed. i interested. absolutely, yasmin. thank you very much indeed. al interested. absolutely, yasmin. - thank you very much indeed. a quick line from the olympics because italy have beaten the united states to win the olympic women�*s volleyball gold 3-0. the olympic women�*s volleyball gold 3—0. brazil beat turkey to take the bronze medal. that is the latest from the olympics and you can get more on the bbc sport website and it we will be live from paris at the top of the hour. stay here on bbc news. hello, it�*s a very warm day today but things are going to 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. but overnight tonight and into the morning things are going to be changing a bit. for these areas there�*s the risk of heavy rain and thunder and lightning and some large hail as well.

further south, it may well stay dry and for this part of the country particularly hot and humid and our headline temperature is 35 degrees, that could be reached in cambridgeshire tomorrow afternoon. this evening we are going to have sunshine to end the day for most, but there are one or two thundery showers threatening the south west. those could drift into wales and the midlands and more especially into scotland, and later in the night we get a spell of noisy weather with some very heavy rain and gusty winds and frequent lightning coming into northern ireland and later western scotland. these are the minimum temperatures for tonight, so an uncomfortably warm night for sleeping. the weather soon cheers up, though, in northern ireland, we get some sunshine. this thundery rain pushes quickly eastwards tomorrow morning in scotland, maybe affecting northern england, but it moves away in the afternoon. further south, it�*s likely to stay dry and a much lower risk of the odd shower, more in the way of sunshine. and across the midlands and eastern england temperatures will be around 30 degrees or more, but out towards the west and north temperatures will be lower as we see fresher air coming

in following the spell of wet weather. it�*s been very hot in spain and that�*s where the heat has been coming from. but you can see right the way across western europe it�*s going to be turning cooler 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 into northern and western parts with the wind picking up as well in the north west, but through the midlands and eastern england it may well be dry still on tuesday and it�*s going to be very warm if not hot with temperatures reaching 28 degrees. again further west things are a lot cooler and 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 falling away and still rather unsettled.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the gold medals are rolling in on the final day of the paris olympics. li wenwen of china has won the gold medal in the women�*s weightlifting with team gb�*s emily campbell taking bronze. the stade de france will host the closing ceremony later this evening. ukraine�*s president 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. now on bbc news, the travel show, the bahamas: natural wonders of the caribbean. i�*m reece parkinson and i�*m on a journey across the caribbean. in this programme, i�*m heading to the bahamas. it�*s considered one of the most beautiful places in the world with dazzling marine life, breathtaking coral reefs and stunning white sands.