russia says its army will deliver a "tough response" to ukraine's cross—border incursion, as moscow says it's engaged ukrainian troops deep into russian territory. and the united states women's basketball team beat hosts france to win the last gold medal at the paris olympics, putting them top of the medals table. hello, i'm luxmy gopal. we start here in england, where the funeral has taken place for the first of three young girls fatally stabbed at a taylor swift dance class in the northern town of southport. the service for nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar was held at st patrick's catholic church in the town, where her parents were joined by family and friends. hundreds of people lined the streets as alice's coffin

was brought to the church in a horse—drawn carriage. ribbons and balloons were tied to lamp posts and garden walls, as fiona trott reports from southport. applause, sirens. a public display of love. trying to ease a parent's private pain. alice's father carried her on his shoulder, but few fathers — or mothers — have the strength to speak on a day like this. # never to part... instead, their words were read by alice's uncle. cherished every milestone, you completed us. little alice knew nothing about politics and division. how confronting it was acknowledged here today.

you have shown great courage in asking me to be here today, to speak, to give a message from you, alice's family, to say that you do not want there to be any more violence on the streets of the united kingdom in the name of your daughter. i'm ashamed, and i'm so sorry you've had to even consider this in the planning of the funeral of your beautiful daughter alice. and i hope that anyone who has taken part in the violent disorder on our streets over the past 13 days is hanging their heads in shame at the pain that they have caused you, a grieving family. this is the last photograph taken of alice — the moment she went into the taylor swift dance class that day. but it's her love of dance, her outgoing personality, that people are choosing to remember now. hey, guys! today it's me. i've got my make—up.

on to test my teacher. look at this. and now, guys, thank- you for watching all my videos. # may our lives tell your story... alice was just nine, but today everybody learned about the impact she made in her short life. applause. fiona trott, bbc news, southport. our correspondent chi chi izundu was at the funeral in southport. from start to finish, this was an incredibly moving service as alice's coffin was brought by that horse drawn carriage. the streets here were lined with people who applauded it. also, as you can seejust behind me, the streets were lined with these pink ribbons as a homage to alice and her love of dancing. it's been a beautiful day. very sunny, very bright

under these blue skies. the family insisted anything but black, so they wore white with pictures of a smiling alice on their t—shirts. they were moved by the number of people that attended today's service. it was broadcast to a lot of people outside, inside and around the streets so that they could take part. it was a moving service for the nine—year—old, and yet we have more to come. two people have died while trying to cross the english channel in a small boat. the french authorities say 5a migrants were rescued after their boat got into difficulty, six miles north of calais. another 50 people were rescued from another boat. a uk government spokesperson says... the deaths mean nine people have

lost their lives attempting to cross the world's busiest shipping lane in dangerously overloaded dinghies this month alone, and 25 since the start of the year. let's turn to the war in ukraine, and the country's cross—border offensive. russia says its army will deliver a "tough response" and appears to have acknowledged that 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. a senior ukrainian security official has been quoted as saying thousands of its troops are taking part in the kursk incursion, now in its sixth day. he said the aim was to destabilise russia and "inflict maximum losses". overnight, at least two people were killed in kyiv, as russia carried out missile and drone attacks in six regions of ukraine. gordon corera reports.

the russian flag is torn down and thrown on the ground, while that of ukraine rises in its place. for the first time since the second world war, russia has found its own territory invaded and occupied. in a move which caught moscow by surprise, ukraine has in the past week sent tanks and thousands of troops across the border, leaving destruction in their wake, an operation its president acknowledged for the first time last night. translation: i received several reports from commander in - chief syrskyii 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. tens of thousands of russians are now being hurriedly evacuated from the areas close to where ukraine is operating.

some expressed shock and anger at their government for allowing this to happen. a stern faced vladimir putin met his top officials last week, and he has described the attack as a major provocation. this operation is a bold and maybe even risky gamble by ukraine. they've sent some of their best forces into russia here, you can see it in yellow. some are reported to be operating 20 miles over the border. the idea seems to be to force russia to respond by shifting its forces away from the front lines inside ukraine, here in red, where moscow has recently been making advances. but it's not clear if ukraine simply wants to strike a psychological blow or really plans to try and hold the territory. russia's ministry of defence says it is repelling the attack. it's issued these pictures of ukrainian tanks being hit, although we've not been able to independently verify them. and overnight, ukraine said missiles fired by russia hitjust

east of its capital, kyiv, killing two. but an intercepted ukrainian missile also fell on a russian apartment building in the city of kursk, injuring 15. that's another sign that a war launched by vladimir putin on ukraine is dramatically reaching into russia. gordon corera, bbc news. let's speak to dan sabbagh, who is a defence and security editorfor the guardian. hejoins me liove now from sumy region in the north—east of ukraine. tell us where you are in relation to probably have been talking about, and tell us what the situation is in sumy. and tell us what the situation is in sum . �* ,, , ., ., sumy. i'm in sumy region, not in the ci itself. sumy. i'm in sumy region, not in the city itself- we _ sumy. i'm in sumy region, not in the city itself. we have _ sumy. i'm in sumy region, not in the city itself. we have come _ sumy. i'm in sumy region, not in the city itself. we have come over- sumy. i'm in sumy region, not in the city itself. we have come over to - city itself. we have come over to get a sense of what is going on and some of the humanitarian aspects, brother michael has been a movement of people away from the front line areas. sumy is a provincial capital

of the province. it is the nearest capital to kursk, and for the incursion is taking place. i think what we're seeing is a very interesting picture that has developed over the last six days, a very daring by the ukrainians into russian territory. it is not very clear whether they will be able to hold a territory for a long time, but it looks like they're operating 15, 18 or 20 but it looks like they're operating 15,18 or 20 miles but it looks like they're operating 15, 18 or 20 miles russian territory. and that is enormously embarrassing for the kremlin, and a big psychological boost to ukraine, which has really been struggling a bit in the last few months in the war. �* ., y ., ~ bit in the last few months in the war. �* ., , ., ~ ., bit in the last few months in the war. �* ., i. ~ ., , war. and do you think that is part ofthe war. and do you think that is part of the aim? _ war. and do you think that is part of the aim? in _ war. and do you think that is part of the aim? in terms _ war. and do you think that is part of the aim? in terms of _ war. and do you think that is part of the aim? in terms of the - of the aim? in terms of the strategic aim behind us, what do you make of the suggestion from some analyst at this as part of an effort to try to redeploy forces, russian forces, away from the eastern area of ukraine?—

forces, away from the eastern area of ukraine? ., , ., , of ukraine? there are several things auoin on of ukraine? there are several things going on here- _ of ukraine? there are several things going on here. one _ of ukraine? there are several things going on here. one of— of ukraine? there are several things going on here. one of them - of ukraine? there are several things going on here. one of them is, - going on here. one of them is, militarily, it is not obvious yet that this is going to make a dramatic difference, if you were to zoom out on the map you would see that for all the excitement and schools are relatively small area of the territory has been gained in what is still a very large geography. what ukraine is hoping for is that it will relieve pressure on the eastern front credit has been written perhaps a kilometre a week in the central donbas region, where fighting has been raging for a couple of years to come and that might force the russians to move trips around, and so is that pressure. i think but also talking about something that is political. this is really showing ukraine and its western backers that it can inflict blows on russia, and all that western supporters were to come and this is not the time for a sort of piece on what could be humiliating terms. it is also to hit

at vladimir putin's mindset, to make him think of this war is doing me reputational damage. lucidity in your report here, this is a first in russian territory has been invaded since the end of world war ii, and vladimir putin is a strongman leader are supposed to bring peace and security to his country, and this shows, perhaps, that he is not. find shows, perhaps, that he is not. and erha -s in shows, perhaps, that he is not. and perhaps in an _ shows, perhaps, that he is not. and perhaps in an attempt to try to minimise that reputational damage may have been hearing that moscow has vowed a tough response. what do you think we might see in terms of reaction? do you think a bit much of the strength of the rhetoric? moscow has had quite — the strength of the rhetoric? moscow has had quite a _ the strength of the rhetoric? moscow has had quite a few— the strength of the rhetoric? moscow has had quite a few things. _ has had quite a few things. initially it appeared that the army would be given the task of trying to push back the ukrainians to the border, but most recently they have declared a counterterrorism operation, which might suggest that the fsb, the domestic security agency, has been put in charge. it might be that the spy agency is not brilliant at dealing with the

military situation. it is a little bit unclear come in other words. what we are expecting, though, is that the russians can't live this life are very long and have to deliver some kind of response. —— can't let this lie. the speculation is that ukraine has committed to a few thousand troops. within a week on a month, russia were able to defeat them and put them right back and restored its borders, and may be advance further, what would seem like a dating incursion could end up being humiliating defeat. the current situation is unstable, but the path from here is still very unclear. . ~ the path from here is still very unclear. ., ~ , ., let's turn to the us now, and the race for the white house. joe biden has given his first television interview since ending his re—election campaign three weeks ago.

appearing on cbs news's sunday morning programme, the us president said the importance of defeating republican nominee donald trump had driven his historic decision to end his race for the white house. well, look, the polls we had showed that it was a neck and neck race. it would have been down to the wire. but what happened was, a number of my democratic colleagues in the house and senate thought that i was going to hurt them in the races, and i was concerned if i stayed in the race, that would be the topic. you'd be interviewing me about, "why did nancy pelosi say... "why did so...?" and i thought it would be a real distraction, number one. number two, when i ran the first time, i thought of myself as being a transition president. i can't even say how old i am. it's hard for me to get out of my mouth. and...but things got moving so quickly it didn't happen.

and the combination was that i thought it was a critical issue for me — still is, not a joke — maintaining this democracy, but i thought it was important because, although it is a great honour being president, i think i have an obligation to the country to do the most important thing to do, and that is we must, we must, we must defeat trump. let's speak to our north america correspondentjenny kumah, who joins me from washington. a very candid interview byjoe biden about his aides in particular, and about his aides in particular, and about the threat he in donald trump. that's right, and it is a three week since he made that announcement that he was stepping out of the race. a few days later, he addressed the nation from the oval office, but has

a dress was widely criticised for not actually explaining why she was stepping down. he did make limited reference to it, say schools saying it was time to pass a touch of the new generation, but nothing came on the way of saving democracy, not included personal ambition. the way of saving democracy, not included personalambition. but the way of saving democracy, not included personal ambition. but this was significant, because he addressed it more directly. he admitted he was becoming a distraction, that calls for him to stand down were dominating the headlines, and that members of his own party felt that she was going to damage the campaign.— own party felt that she was going to damage the campaign. journey, as you mention, damage the campaign. journey, as you mention. this — damage the campaign. journey, as you mention, this wasn't _ damage the campaign. journey, as you mention, this wasn't mentioned - damage the campaign. journey, as you mention, this wasn't mentioned at - mention, this wasn't mentioned at the time, so why wasn't this mentioned three and a half weeks ago? and also, if he felt that his age and trump were such a risk, why did he not make that decision sooner? i did he not make that decision sooner? ~' , ., , ,

sooner? i think the focus has been on basically _ sooner? i think the focus has been on basically focusing _ sooner? i think the focus has been on basically focusing on _ sooner? i think the focus has been on basically focusing on the - sooner? i think the focus has been on basically focusing on the vice i on basically focusing on the vice president, and her new campaign, endorsing her and getting that money, because the headlines here have been dominated around questions around his performance and a tv debate. and that consequential tv debate, probably most consequential discuss more consequential in history, was touched on today where he expended she was sick that day, when he said that he had no serious problem. this was a way of addressing accusations levelled at his vice president and other senior democrats that they were hiding some illness or some issue with his competence for years. i think he addressed that in today's interview as well. he also mentioned about his concerns other and there are not being a peaceful transition of power if donald trump were to lose. thus

was referencing some comments that donald trump had made around the bloodbath. the trump team have said that he wasn't referring to violence breaking out. byjoe biden says these comments should be taken seriously. she was also asked in an interview about his legacy, and whether you've got a ceasefire deal was possible. his response was he did think it was possible, and that he was working every day to see that the conflict doesn't escalate into a regional war. the conflict doesn't escalate into a regional war-— israel has ordered thousands of palestinian residents of khan younis in the south of gaza to move to designated "humanitarian zones". the order follows saturday's israeli airstrike on a school building in gaza city which the israeli military says was a

hamas command centre. more than 70 people died, according to the director of a hospital. the us vice—president and democratic presidential candidate, kamala harris, has added her voice to international condemnation of 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. 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, who has the final say on major policies. for more on this, let's speak to abbas milani, director of iranian studies, stanford university what you make of what we have heard? i think the cabinet and is —— as much ado about nothing, as many of the allies have said in the last 2a overs, this is the usual suspects. there is nothing very new except, as you indicated, and none of the serious candidates who were reformers have been included. i think he is taking an historical step but, actually when he repeatedly said that all cabinet positions will be announced after prior approval with ayatollah khamenei. he has had a kind of veto

on foreign minister position. the interior ministry, the foreign ministry, the intelligence ministry, and many other non—ministerial position. now, mr khamenei, by practice, has been given a veto power and all ministerial appointments, and that i think is an historical step back. with; appointments, and that i think is an historical step back.— historical step back. why do you think that mr— historical step back. why do you think that mr pezeshkian - historical step back. why do you think that mr pezeshkian was i historical step back. why do you - think that mr pezeshkian was viewed at such a wild card candidate? why was he regarded as such are reformers?— was he regarded as such are reformers? , ., , ., reformers? some people regarded him... i never— reformers? some people regarded him... i never did. _ reformers? some people regarded him... i never did. i— reformers? some people regarded him... i never did. i understood i reformers? some people regarded. him... i never did. i understood him to be exactly what years, and he himself had said that. some people and not the worst, some of the redeemer apologists in the west, the regime propaganda machine, try to convey that he was something very different. in fact, convey that he was something very different. infact, he convey that he was something very different. in fact, he repeatedly said that i am going to do anything,

everything that mr khamenei wants me to do. i'm not going to threaten him. that has been mr khamenei's best hope, to find someone who has some credential as it affirms, but also would be his obedient servant, as he repeatedly himself has said. as you sat long before the election, that mr khamenei is looking for someone who had some reformist credentials but is obedient to the matter, and mr pezeshkian fits that model perfectly, to his credit, from the beginning, he said, that is what i am. it is a supporter to try to create some illusions that this is the beginning of a change. thank you so much for— the beginning of a change. thank you so much forjoining _ the beginning of a change. thank you so much forjoining us. _ the beginning of a change. thank you so much forjoining us. my _ the beginning of a change. thank you so much forjoining us. my pleasure. | it's the final day of the olympics with less than two hours before

the closing ceremony kicks off. one of the finals today was the women's basketball — it was a thrilling game, as maryam moshiri explains(sot) it's the final day of the olympics with less than two hours before the closing ceremony kicks off. paris 2024 has delivered an end to competition that not even hollywood could write. the final result in the women's gold medal basketball match came down to less than a second half, a step and an excruciating one point for france. so one second half, a step and one point, that's all that was in it. neck and neck for much of the game. in the final moments, needing three points to draw a tie, the french team did launch the ball down to gabby williams. she took aim at the ball, shot for the basket, but it was good. but she was less than a step

inside the three point line. so the game at that point was over. the us victorious 67 to 66, a thriller if there ever was one. and very closely watching that with sports reporter cheryl restout, whojoins me now. cheryl, good to talk to you. absolutely amazing basketball match. that was one of the best games i think, that the united states has ever played in france was up for it. i mean, to have that whole paris crowd screaming and yelling and this was really a great game. gabby williams, i know her. she was with the chicago sky and she had 19 points. she really played well. the defence on both teams was really, you know, a checkered match, you know, to figure out who's going to do what. i thought that kahleah copper for the united states again, somebody i know she used to be with the chicago sky. she really was the game setter when it came to the second half. she had 12 points, she had rebounds. she forced the action. so it was a great game. and a'ja wilson, 21 points 13 rebounds, four block shots. this was a game for the ages. i mean, it was just unbelievable. and the thing with the the french, they had the crowd so much on their side. the atmosphere in there, must have been just out of this world. the us now eight olympics

in a row. is there any way to beat the us women's basketball team? i think the way all the other countries are moving up, up and up, that could happen in la. that would be interesting if it happened in la in 2028. but the thing is, with the us, they have a lot of women there. they all play in the wnba. we're going to see some of the new stars that we didn't see this time in the 2028. so it's going to be a really good challenge for them. let's talk about the men, because the men played yesterday and theirs was again a really amazing match, and the us men dominant at the end. you got to say steph curryjust knows how to be a moneyball winner. you know, he was hitting his three point shots. that was really key for them. that this was his first olympics. you would think all this time he's been playing in the nba, this was his first olympics, to see him do that. and of course, lebronjames was named the mvp of the tournament. he's the one that coalesced all these players to decide to play for the united states instead of taking vacations. so that was a big one.

and i have to compliment france — they were in both games. they were both, you know, close to being able to win those games. so it was a great, great tournament. i will bejoining our sports reporter later in paris ahead of the closing ceremony completing. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's been a very warm day today for all of us, but tomorrow some parts of the country could get even hotter. and i'll show you where in a moment. it won't be for northern areas, because here tonight and tomorrow morning we've got the threat of heavy rain, thunder, lightning and even some large hail that could bring some disruption. further south, where it's going to be dry, well, this is where we've got the core of the heat and high humidity.

and tomorrow afternoon in cambridgeshire, perhaps temperatures could reach 35 degrees. that'll easily be the hottest day of the year so far through this evening. in the first part of the night, many places still dry with clear skies. fewer thundery showers are beginning to break out, running northwards, but the really wet weather, gusty winds, thunder and lightning sweeps into northern ireland later in the night and towards western scotland by tomorrow morning. eastern scotland a little bit cooler the rest of the uk. it's an uncomfortably warm and muggy night for sleeping, but we soon see the back of the rain from northern ireland. sunny skies follow. this heavy rain and thunderstorms pushes across scotland, perhaps northern england, to clear away during the afternoon, with some sunshine following on behind. further south, the threat of storms is much, much lower. there'll be a lot of sunshine around, and this is where we've got the core of the heat and humidity. midlands, parts of eastern england, temperatures in many places getting over 30 degrees. further west and further north things are going to be quite a bit cooler and it will feel fresher, particularly after all that wet weather sweeps through. now this sudden surge in the heat has come up

from spain and from france. but all that heat is getting pushed eastwards across europe this week, and even the whole of western europe will turn cooler over the coming few days as we get atlantic winds arriving as well. and those atlantic winds are steering in this weather system from the atlantic. that area of low pressure actually contains a little bit of what's left of tropical storm debbie. that brought all the rain in the eastern side of the us. we're going to see some lighter, more patchy rain coming into western areas on tuesday, the winds picking up a bit as well. but ahead of that rain, the midlands and eastern england still dry, still sunny, not as hot or as humid as monday, but it is going to be a very warm day on tuesday. but after that noisy start to the week, with all those thunderstorms and heavy rain, and the heat and humidity, things get back to normal. the temperatures gradually slip away over the rest of the week,

this is bbc news. your headlines: the funeral has been held for nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar — one of three young girls killed in a knife attack in southport. hundreds turned out to celebrate the life of the nine—year—old, at the st patrick's catholic church in the town. presidentjoe biden gives his first television interview since ending his re—election campaign, saying the importance of defeating mr trump drove his decision.

russia 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. and the united states women's basketball team beat hosts, france, to win the last gold medal at the paris olympics, putting them top of the medals table. those are your bbc news headlines. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and thanks forjoining us on this sunday sportsday on the final day of paris 202a. coming up: a bronze for emily in paris as campbell secures team gb�*s 65th and final medal of the games.

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