in the final day of the paris olympics — li wuhn wuhn of china takes home gold in the women's weightlifting with team gb's emily campbell securing the bronze. and banksy strikes again — the elusive street artist confirms he's created his seventh animal—themed piece in london in as many days. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. we begin this hour with the ukraine and the country's cross—border offensive. russia says its army will deliver a "tough response" and appears to have acknowledged ukrainian units have advanced deep into the western region of kursk, saying it's hit troops and equipment around 30 kilometres from the border. it's the most serious attack by a foreign army on russian territory since the second world war. overnight at least two people were killed in kyiv, as russia carried out missile and drone attacks in six

regions of ukraine. louisa pilbeam reports. rescuers desperately searched overnight through rubble where homes once stood. families had lived here near the capital kyiv, say ukrainian officials. ukraine says those who died here were killed by a russian missile. there had been fears that russia would retaliate after volodymyr zelensky launched a daring offensive more than six miles into russian territory, with video emerging of ukrainian soldiers taking down russian flags across russia's western border. translation: i received several reports from commander - in chief syrskyi 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. this footage was released by russian military forces, who say it shows them blowing up

ukrainian tanks in the kursk region. it has not been verified independently by the bbc. the kremlin is calling it a counter—terrorism operation. overnight, russia blamed a ukrainian missile for injuring at least 13 people, and destroying this apartment building. russian forces are urgently evacuating more than 76,000 people along its western border. those people will be moved to eight regions of russia, as ukraine pushes deeper into its territory. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. i'm joined by michael bociurkiw — a global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the atlantic council think—tank. he is based in ukraine, butjoins us today from palermo in italy. thank you for your time. the foreign ministry spokesperson for russia has

said that ukraine understands perfectly well that the recent attacks make no sense from a military point of view. is she right? is there no military purpose to this? . , . , ., right? is there no military purpose to this? . , ., , ., , to this? rarely anything that comes out from her _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is to _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is to be _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is to be believed. - out from her is to be believed. absolutely there is a military point to be made now after so many days and that is what the ukrainians did and that is what the ukrainians did and i do suspect they had weapon intelligence to do this with but they showed that the russians are very weak internally. they have devoted so much of their resources, both manpower and equipment, to the ukraine and russia front line and they are very weak internally. not that long ago the proposal of the wagner group... inaudible it is a huge military and pr win. it

is interesting what you said about having western intelligence. a state department spokesperson for the united states spoke to the new york times and said any use of us supplied weapons would not violate us policy here. do you believe that that point of view would be shared by all of ukraine's western allies? i suspect it would be most of them, although i don't know if the leader here would support that. i think there is a clause happening in london and washing and paris in terms of what is happening right now. and talking to my ukrainian sources in kyiv and elsewhere is that this is a big pr win among western allies in terms of the capability to strike russia and this is what they can do and also ukrainian saint of the west that they believe the war is winnable.

that is really interesting in terms of it being notjust military goal but also potentially securing support still from the west as there are so many other competing priorities. i wonder, are so many other competing priorities. iwonder, when are so many other competing priorities. i wonder, when you look at the domestic situation in russia, how you this might affect domestic support or criticism for the war, and how russia will be viewing this. i'll preface that by saying we have to be careful what we say until it is verified by trusted bodies, but seeing some videos coming out of russia, huge disgust and anger for allowing this to happen. the other thing we should note is that there are no obvious signs of insurgency or anger being shown towards the ukrainians among the regular population, is where russians took place civilians did take action. and also i have to give credit to the

ukrainians. bbc verify have shown the video of images of ukrainian troops in control of that herb and ukrainians have destroyed it or immobilised it because they know international contracts are to be honoured. ., international contracts are to be honoured-— international contracts are to be honoured. ., ., ., ., international contracts are to be honoured. ., . ., ., ., honoured. you have laid out some of the strategy — honoured. you have laid out some of the strategy chair, _ honoured. you have laid out some of the strategy chair, the _ honoured. you have laid out some of the strategy chair, the goals - honoured. you have laid out some of the strategy chair, the goals that - the strategy chair, the goals that ukraine has. to think they can sustain some of this momentum, this cross—border incursion into russia? it is going to be very difficult. number one they have some of the most skilled professional battalion is involved in this, front and centre. the further in they go the longer your supply chain is going to be. everything from basic things like keeping the men fed, but also machinery being maintained as a problem. but ukrainians will want to go as far as they can because at the end of the day, not only the russian

pow plot or that they take but they can be used in as a bargaining chip and they might choose to negotiate with seized territory. that and they might choose to negotiate with seized territory.— with seized territory. that is an interesting _ with seized territory. that is an interesting point _ with seized territory. that is an interesting point and _ with seized territory. that is an interesting point and it - with seized territory. that is an interesting point and it could . with seized territory. that is an i interesting point and it could get to that point because it could give them leveraged. really appreciate your insight. well, here in england, the first of the funerals for three young girls fatally stabbed at a taylor swift dance class in southport, is being held. nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar will be laid to rest at st patrick's catholic church in southport. olivia richwald reports. alice da 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 st 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. singing. and today, alice's funeral will take place at the same church. frjohn heneghan 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're seeing 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 sister genie, aged nine, witnessed the attacks and escaped. her parents said genie had shown incredible strength and courage, and bebe was sweet, kind and spirited. 18—year—old axel rudakubana, 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 richwald, bbc news, southport. the impact of the far—right disorder which hit parts of the uk — fuelled by online disinformation about the southport knife attack — will be felt "for years" to come. that's according to a top government minister. thousands of anti—racism protesters rallied across the uk on saturday in cities including belfast, birmingham, cardiff and glasgow. more than 775 people have now been arrested since the far—right violence erupted two weeks ago.

the bbc�*sjoe pike explains the kind of pressure the recent riots have put on the uk's court and prison system we know there are more than 100 people in uk prisons either waiting for a trial or waiting for sentencing related to this disorder. we also know that courts have been fast—tracking some of these cases, meaning that other people stuck in the system are waiting longer. and we know there was also a backlog due to the covid pandemic too. earlier on this topic, we spoke to the uk business secretary, jonathan reynolds. i understand the concerns and you're right to say the state of the judicial system the new government has inherited is not a good one. but i can tell you that there is sufficient prison capacity. the early decisions the government had to make, in terms of bringing forward additional capacity, mean we can deal with this. in terms of the number of arrests that have been made — 780 nearly already. 350 people charged already. some of the sentences already given out as well. so you've seen an incredibly swift and robust response to the unacceptable disorder

that we have seen. and then, as we're talking about today, if we can make sure the recovery is handled just as well, we'll make sure we get through this very difficult period. but one way, i think you've also seen, that the best of britain come out as well, in terms of how people have responded to the damage and the disorder they've seen in their own communities, and making clear they'll have no part of it. meanwhile, england and wales' top prosecutor stephen parkinson has warned that some of the people who were involved in this violence could get prison sentences of up to ten years. we've perhaps had some of the sort of more simple cases appear before court in recent days. some of the more complex, worse, more serious cases maybe to come, and those people could be punished, this prosecutor argues, pretty strongly. that was the bbc�*s joe that was the bbc�*sjoe pike. now to iran, where the country's new president, masoud pezeshkian has proposed his new cabinet,

including a western—friendly diplomat to be foreign minister. for only the second time since the iranian revolution, a woman has been chosen for another ministerial post. the reformist president's powers are limited by those of the supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei — sitting next to him here — who has the final say on major policies. with me is parham ghobadi from the bbc�*s persian service. thank you forjoining me. what are these choices tell us about the kind of president he plans to be, especially during a time of tensions in the middle east? his especially during a time of tensions in the middle east?— in the middle east? his supporters are extremely _ in the middle east? his supporters are extremely dismayed _ in the middle east? his supporters are extremely dismayed and - are extremely dismayed and disappointed with the choice of the ministers he has proposed and the reason is that it is a mishmash of both hardliners and reformists. he is known as a reformist candidate and he ran as a reformist candidate and he ran as a reformist candidate and he ran as a reformist candidate and he has included some of the hardliners that people voted out. and that is one of the criticisms that his supporters are mentioning, that his supporters are mentioning, that if you want to vote for hartline as you would have. they have chosen reformist so why are

their hardline elements. the example is the former intelligence minister who is under his watch and prior to that in an interview is that the most significant accomplishment he had as his tenure was that he quelled a network of israeli spies. five days later hani was assassinated. but on the other hand now the proposed foreign minister is one of the former main nuclear negotiator so that shows he has stuck to his promise of removing sanctions with a rapprochement with the west. ., . , , ., ., the west. conflicting signs go to the west. conflicting signs go to the site that _ the west. conflicting signs go to the site that a _ the west. conflicting signs go to the site that a reforming - the west. conflicting signs go to i the site that a reforming candidate was even selected to run. he also chose a female member of cabinet. he never ran on any specific proposals

for hijab laws. what does this tell you about his choice? what you think is behind it? he you about his choice? what you think is behind it?— is behind it? he had very few promises- — is behind it? he had very few promises. one _ is behind it? he had very few promises. one of _ is behind it? he had very few promises. one of the - is behind it? he had very few promises. one of the fit - is behind it? he had very few promises. one of the fit was | is behind it? he had very few l promises. one of the fit was to include religious and ethnic minorities, which it didn't. the other one was to fight against the brutal crackdown of women. he kept bringing it up. and since then there have been, at least in the past, yesterday bbc persian broke an exclusive story about the woman who was shot while driving her car over her hijab and she was shot in the chest under bullet lodged next to her spine so she has been made temporarily paraplegic and doctors don't know if she is going to be paralysed permanently or not. another horrific video appeared on social media that angered many iranians three days ago and he has been silent in the past week over the several cases of the brutal crackdown against women. but on the other hand he has proposed a female

minister. if approved she is going to be the second female minister since the revolution in 1979. everything you laid out as a reminder of the situation for women in iran, even after those processed is. ., . , in iran, even after those processed is. ., ., , . ., in iran, even after those processed is. ., . , . ., when in iran, even after those processed is-_ when it i is. nothing has changed. when it comes to the _ is. nothing has changed. when it comes to the tensions _ is. nothing has changed. when it comes to the tensions in - is. nothing has changed. when it comes to the tensions in the - is. nothing has changed. when it i comes to the tensions in the middle east where do we stand? iran did vow a strong response, revenge they said, for that assassination of haniyeh, the hamas political chief in tehran. it haniyeh, the hamas political chief in tehran. . ,, ., , haniyeh, the hamas political chief intehran. ., , , ~ ., , in tehran. it appears nobody knows for sure but — in tehran. it appears nobody knows for sure but it _ in tehran. it appears nobody knows for sure but it appears _ in tehran. it appears nobody knows for sure but it appears from - in tehran. it appears nobody knows for sure but it appears from the - for sure but it appears from the statement of the officials that iran has not made up its mind yet and especially because there is proposed ceasefire deal. iran probably sees that as an advantage. if the us can push israel and hamas to come to a ceasefire then tehran can take advantage of that and say that i was the reason behind a ceasefire and i brought back to gaza after ten months of fighting. it is

brought back to gaza after ten months of fighting.— brought back to gaza after ten months of fighting. it is all about 0 tics. months of fighting. it is all about eptics- from _ months of fighting. it is all about optics. from bbc— months of fighting. it is all about optics. from bbc persian, - months of fighting. it is all about optics. from bbc persian, thank| months of fighting. it is all about. optics. from bbc persian, thank you for your time. now it's time for a look at today's sport. 329 gold medals have been up for grabs at the olympics and all but three have been decided. women's basketball to go. few will be able to top the achievement of the netherlands�* sifan hassan — who won the women's marathon this morning — on top of two bronzes on the track in the five and 10,000 metres. she's the first woman to win medals in all three events, and did it by outkicking tigist assefa in the final 150 metres to win in an olympic record time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. and coming less than 2 days after that 10,000 final. there was a world record at the chateau de versailles where hungary's michelle gulyas won the modern pentathlon. she was second going into the final laser run but overhauled france's elodie clouval to score a record 1461 points. earlier in the day, defending champion kate french of great britain withdrew

through illness. confirmation too that usa's jordan chiles has been stripped of her gymnastics bronze, following a ruling by the court of arbitration for sport. she was upgraded 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 instead. track cyclist emma finucane and weighlifter emily campbell have won team gb's final medals at the games. finucane won her third medal in paris by taking bronze in the sprint race while cambell took bronze in the over 81kg weightlifting. campbell finished with a total of 288 kilos, celebrating with a cartwheel across the stage as china's li wenwen took gold in. it's only the ninth olympic weightlifting medal gb have won. they will end the paris olympics with 1a gold medals, 22 silver and 29 bronze — seventh in the medal.

seventh in the medal table. well, the closing ceremony takes place in the stade de france in just under six hours. billie eilish will be performing and it'll see the olympic flag handed over to los angeles, where there'll be a host of new sports included. we want to have the greatest sports' programme in the history of the olympics because we are a great sporting city. 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 words 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. (tx sor) and away from paris, just over the alps into italy where former arsenal and barcelona winger alexis sanchez is returning to udinese 18 years after first signing for them. the 35—year—old was released by inter milan when his contract expired injuly. sanchez played for udinese between 2006 and 2011 and has penned a two—year contract. it's the penultimate day

of the montreal masters 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 jannick sinner appearing to struggle with a hip injury as he lost to andrey rublev. he'll play italian matteo arnaldi next — who's into the last four of a masters 1000 event for the very first time. plenty more on the bbc sport website and app. plenty more on the bbc sport website and app. and that's all the sport for now. 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 airstrike 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. you know, yet again, there are far too many civilians who've been killed. i mean, israel has a 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. (sot) we will return to that story in the next few hours. 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. more than 20 people have died this year trying to cross the world's busiest shipping lane in dangerously overloaded dinghies. we'll bring you more on this story as it reaches us. the number of people confirmed dead

after the collapse of a huge rubbish dump in the ugandan capital kampala has risen to 12. at least two of the dead are children. 1a others have been taken to hospital. rescuers are using excavators to search for survivors beneath mounds of waste. the collapse, which followed torrential rain, engulfed homes on the edge of the site on friday. the landfill site has been kampala's main garbage dump for decades. the head of australia's domestic intelligence agency has accused unnamed allies of running foreign interference operations in the country, saying their identities would surprise people if revealed. mike burgess said his agency had identified at least three or four nations — including countries considered friends of australia — actively involved in attempts to interfere in its political system and diaspora communities.

he declined to name the countries, but said when foreign interference was identified, it was dealt with effectively. a new artwork of swimming fish — thought to be the seventh by banksy in seven days — has appeared on a police box in the city of london. the aquarium—like design differs from banksy�*s other recent 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: 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. it's right behind you. so many people were thinking that this seventh day would be some huge culmination of the week. how have people been reacting around you? the

crowds people been reacting around you? tue: crowds here people been reacting around you? tte: crowds here have people been reacting around you? t"t2 crowds here have been people been reacting around you? tt2 crowds here have been huge. people been reacting around you? t“t2 crowds here have been huge. people started gathering before one o'clock, just on the speculation that it could potentially be a banksy. and ever since he posted it on his social media is people have been turning up and taking pictures, taking pictures of them inside the post box. and this is what is unique about this particular one. whereas the others you're looking at something, here you can actually get involved. you can go inside the sentry box, sit down, and be surrounded by those piranhas. people were speculating on what it could be but we have been speaking to people here and no one seems disappointed that this is what the seventh day images. that this is what the seventh day imaaes. , , .,, ., that this is what the seventh day imaaes. , ., images. yesterday's was at risk, in some ways. _ images. yesterday's was at risk, in some ways, wasn't _ images. yesterday's was at risk, in some ways, wasn't it? _ images. yesterday's was at risk, in some ways, wasn't it? there - images. yesterday's was at risk, in some ways, wasn't it? there was l images. yesterday's was at risk, in some ways, wasn't it? there was a disagreement with the landlord, thoughts about removing it, and then earlier as well we had another piece which was in peckham which had been stolen. it was a picture of a wolf on a satellite dish. his work isn't protected, is it? tts

on a satellite dish. his work isn't protected, is it?— on a satellite dish. his work isn't protected, is it? its not, no. and when it has— protected, is it? its not, no. and when it has been _ protected, is it? its not, no. and when it has been put _ protected, is it? its not, no. and when it has been put on - protected, is it? its not, no. and when it has been put on private i when it has been put on private property or unsafe buildings like it was yesterday it can be taken down. what's unique about this one as it has been spray—painted on the sentry box. it's one that can't be peeled off, it can't be easily taken away. we spoke to someone from the city of london police earlier who said they don't think it's actually police property so we don't know who the box belongs to so we don't know whether it will stay or whether it can be taken away. for now it is very firmly staying and we have seen people trying to have a little peel of the corner to see if it does come off but i can guarantee you, it definitely doesn't come off. t off but i can guarantee you, it definitely doesn't come off. i can see peeple _ definitely doesn't come off. i can see people taking _ definitely doesn't come off. i can see people taking photos - definitely doesn't come off. i can see people taking photos next to it so there is that enthusiasm you are talking about. i wonder, in your view, what the community to receive these artworks, what you think it means to them? because this is the quickest pace of artwork we have seen from banksy. tt’s quickest pace of artwork we have seen from banksy.— seen from banksy. it's really difficult to — seen from banksy. it's really difficult to know _

seen from banksy. it's really difficult to know what - seen from banksy. it's really difficult to know what this i seen from banksy. it's really difficult to know what this is| seen from banksy. it's really i difficult to know what this is all about because he is not commenting. he has posted each one of these images on his social media every day. but without any comments, and there is speculation on what this could mean. partly it could mean it is his way of cheering people up, making people happy after the riots that have been happening. but others say there is an environmental element and he is actually trying to raise awareness of some of the environmental issues that are happening in the uk and the world right now. happening in the uk and the world riaht now. . ,., happening in the uk and the world riaht now. . . ,, right now. thanks so much. stay with us here on bbc— right now. thanks so much. stay with us here on bbc news. _ hello there. it's a very warm day today but things are going to get hotter for some today but things are going to get hotterfor some of us today but things are going to get hotter for some of us tomorrow. temperatures today are higher than they were yesterday. afternoon temperatures widely into the mid 20s for england and wales. could be reaching 30 degrees in the south—east of england. overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning things are going to be changing a bit for these areas there is a risk of heavy rain, thunder, 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. our headline temperature is 35 degrees. that could be reached in cambridgeshire tomorrow afternoon. but for this evening we are going to have some sunshine to end the day for most but there are one or two thundery showers threaten are in the south—west. those could drift into wales and the midlands, more especially into scotland. later in the night we get a spell of noisy weather with some very heavy rain, gusty winds and frequent lightning coming into northern ireland and later western scotland. these are the minimum temperatures tonight so an uncomfortably warm night for sleeping. the weather soon cheered up sleeping. the weather soon cheered up in northern ireland. we get some sunshine. thundery rain pushes eastwards tomorrow morning in scotland. it may affect northern england but it does move away in the afternoon. further south it is 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. help towards the west and north temperatures are going to be lower as we see fresh air coming in following that spell of wet weather. it has been very hot in spain and that is where the heat has been coming from. you can see right the away across western europe it is to be going to turn cooler over the week ahead as we get atlantic winds coming in. 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 is 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 is going to be very warm, if not hot. temperatures reaching 28 degrees. again further west things are a lot cooler. after this very hot and humid staff some of us, with some sundry downpours in places, the rest of the week will see temperatures gradually falling away and still rather unsettled.

this is bbc news, the headlines: moscow says its armed forces will deliver a "tough response" to ukraine's incursion into its western kursk region. the comment came as the ukrainian army forged ahead on day six of its surprise ground offensive. hundreds of mourners have gathered for the first of the funerals for three young girls killed at a dance class in southport last month. alice dasilva aguiar will be laid to rest at st patrick's

catholic church in town. the killing sparked disorder across the uk. the gold medals are rolling in on the final day of the paris olympics. li wenwen of china has won gold 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. now on bbc news: click: sustainability tech this week we have a sustainability special as we revisit some of our favourite sustainable stories from the last few months.