has her hands on gold — after winning the marathon in an olympic record time. welcome along, thank you forjoining us as the paris 2024 olympics come to an end. it all began over a fortnight ago — and after 32 sports, 329 events and 987 medals — the games finished on sunday with a dramatic women's basketball final which changed who finished top of the medal table. more on that to come but first this — is how the closing ceremony played out in the stade de france. a chance for all the competing nations to come together and celebrate the games.

it was star studded with tom cruise among those making an appearance — as the curtain was brought down with an official handover to los angeles which will host the next olympics in 2028. well there was concern before the ceremony took place — as french police evacuated the area around the eiffel tower after a man was seen climbing the paris landmark. officials say they "immediately intervened and arrested" a man — with visitors briefly locked on the second floor allowed to exit around 30 minutes later. we were in the second floor and, uh, they closed us in the, like, in the inside part. why? because someone was climbing the stairwell. so what happened 7

so, i mean, they asked you to, like, stay there? they locked you inside that second floor, right? yes. 0k. so how long you were there? i don't know, maybe 20 minutes. yes. so, did you see the man climbing up? no, i didn't see the man climb. but some persons did. 13 medals were on offer on the final day. and the last of them was won by team usa — a victory which ensured they finished top of the medal table. all thanks to the women's basketball team who beat france in a thiller. here the us took a three point lead with little over three seconds to go — but france weren't done and thought they'd levelled — but it was judged to have come from inches inside the three—point line and that meant the usa won by a point. 67 to 66. when it comes to getting the work done and the job done, a woman's going to always step up to the plate and get it done. so, i'm not surprised at all.

i feel like the work that we put in the weight, the feel that we always carry, we wear that on our sleeves and we wear that with a lot of pride. so when it's time to shine bright under these big lights, women are going to always prevail in that because we're used to it. like this is, it's nothing, like we have women that have birthed children. there's a pregnant... it's actually someone that was like six months pregnant here, crushing it. so, like when it comes to showing up and showing out, i'm gonna always put my money on a woman because, like, we'rejust phenomenal. not trying to diss the men at all because we... i mean, love to y'all. but at the end of the day, like the things that we go through, the weight that we carry, the mental aspect that we approach like things in life. it's not a lot of people that can crush it the way we do. so shout out to all the women that's going out there and now wejoining them. yay! and so this is what that gold medal meant for the final medal table. a 40th gold for the united states which moved them above china — with 126 medals won overall. japan making up the top three,

with australia fourth and the hosts france in fifth. then come netherlands and great britain. us sportjournalist cheryl rae stout says the women's basketball victory was one of the best games the american team has ever played — and in her words was the perfect end to the olympics. that was one of the best games i think, that the united states has ever played and 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 chequered 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. yeah, certainly was a memorable end. the start of the final day was pretty dramatic too — as sifan hassan of the netherlands won gold in the women's marathon. after bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, she was first here — the 31—year—old accelerated in the final 200 metres to cross the line in an olympic record two hours 22 minutes 55 seconds, just ahead of ethiopia's tigst assefa. medals galore too on the final day in the velodrome — most notably for new zealand's ellesse andrews. her victory in the women's sprint earned her second gold — and her third medal overall. andrews now holds two olympic titles, one world championship and a commonwealth title too. it's quite overwhelming for me because i didn't come into this knowing that i could win a gold medal, let alone two gold medals, and so i think it's going to take a bit of time for me to just really relax

and enjoy it and understand sort of what this all means. there was a bronze for britain's emma finucane in the velodrome — while emily campbell here also won bronze in the 81 kilogram weightlifting event — adding to the silver she won in tokyo three years ago. great britain finishing with 65 medals overall — 1a of them gold. the final day wasn't one to rememberfor american gymnastjordan chiles though — who's had her bronze medal taken away following a ruling by the court of arbitration for sport. chiles was upgraded to third in monday's floor final after an appeal — but an inquiry found that her appeal was lodged four seconds too late — so romania's ana barbosu wins the bronze medal instead. one of the new sports in paris was the breaking event — and there's one competitor everyone's talking about. 36—year—old australian rachael gunn, known as �*raygun' — she went viral following her performance — which

unfortunately failed to earn a single point from the judges. amid the criticism — the breakers community and the world dancesport federation have been quick to show their support. on our side, we reached out an athlete and, we are aware about what is happening, especially on social media. and definitely we should put the safety of the athlete, in this case, mental safety in the first place. she was doing this to represent her country, her region, and she created some original moves which could be maybe funny or entertaining for others. but for us, she basically represented, um, uh, breaking and hip hop. she was trying to be original and bring something new to the table. and so as paris waves goodbye — the four year journey to los angeles now begins. but will there be a new person in charge of the international olympic committee by the time those games arrive?

world athletics president lord coe says he will give "serious thought" to running for the role of president of the organisation. the current person in charge, thomas bach. announced on saturday that he would stand down next year following 12 years in the role. a new president will take charge in june 2025 following elections in march in 2025. next to some news away from the olympics — chelsea continue to add to their squad ahead of the new english premier league season which begins on friday. they've confirmed the signing of portugal international pedro neto. the wingerjoins from wolves for a fee of 69 million dollars. he's signed a seven year contract and takes chelsea's current summer spending to over the 200 million dollar mark. former arsenal and manchester united forward alexis sanchez has rejoined udinese on a free transfer — 18 years after first signing for the italian club. the 35—year—old was released by inter milan when his contract expired injuly. and golfer graeme mcdowell has

been suspended for one liv golf tournament — after violating the tour�*s anti—doping policy. the former us open champion has also been fined 125,000 dollars after using a decongestant which includes a banned substance. he'll miss this week's event in west virginia and is eligible to return to competition in chicago next month. and back to the olympics to end the programme. from paris to pakistan as one gold medallist received a hero's welcome as he returned home. arshad nadeem won pakistan's first ever track and field gold medal at the games — with and olympic record throw of 92.97 metres in the men's javelin. on his return to his hometown in punjab, nadeem was given an open top bus — and was greeted by large crowds — whilst federal and provincial ministers were also on hand to greet him.

and that is all from us — there'll no doubt be more scenes like that as medal winning olympians from all across the world head home. the bbc sport website has much more reaction and reflection on the paris olympics — but from me and the team that is all for now goodbye. hello. a stormy night for some of us. and on top of that, it feels very warm and humid out there — almost tropical — with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees there on the south coast of england through the early hours of monday morning. and even in northern ireland, around 17 degrees. now, this is what the heat wave looks like across western europe. at the moment, temperatures well above the average for the time of the year. the temperatures will peak in england on monday. let's get to the forecast, then, and that stormy picture developing to the west

of the british isles. you can see the storm clouds there and the radar indicating the rainfall, flashes of lightning as well. more to come through the course of early monday. so the weather front crossing northern ireland with the downpours through early monday morning, then reaching the west coast of scotland, spreading across scotland as it moves towards the north—east. a few showers in northern england, but south of that, the picture looks generally dry and sunny in the morning. now, this is the yellow warning from the met office — a chance of frequent lightning, hail and strong winds within this area. now, because it's a yellow warning, it's a relatively low risk for any one location, but when you get it, you'll know about it. so the forecast, then, for the rest of monday, then. well, the story is going to be the heat across england. in fact, from the south—east, through east anglia, into lincolnshire, temperatures well over 30 celsius. cambridgeshire could well reach around 35 celsius. far more comfortable, i'm sure you'll agree, across western parts of the uk with the low 20s. and it will freshen up as we go through the course of the week, gradually.

weather fronts are approaching us on tuesday. that does mean cloud and some rain. and here's the forecast for early on tuesday morning, with that cloud and rain spreading into western parts, but still a very warm southerly across eastern areas of the uk. so from london, across east anglia, into lincolnshire, temperatures could still reach the high 20s. but more typically, it's going to be the low 20s or even the high teens further towards the west and north. and then on wednesday, a ridge of high pressure builds in between weather systems, so that means that the weather's looking fairly promising. many of us would call it a perfect summer's day, with fine weather midweek. towards the end of the week, there could be some rain, and then beyond that, the forecast is somewhat uncertain, with a little bit of rain but also plenty of sunshine. bye— bye.

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai reporting live from singapore. the headlines: the 2024 paris olympics has officially ended, with a dramatic closing ceremony at the stade de france. ukrainian troops advance up to 30km inside russia, in what has become the deepest and most significant incursion since the war began. the family of nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar — one of three young girls killed in a knife attack in southport — release a photo

taken just before she took part in a taylor swift dance club on the day of her funeral. amid ongoing warnings of a wider escalation in the middle east, there's mounting concern about an increasingly unstable situation in the west bank. the 2024 paris summer olympics have come to a close and the olympic flag has been passed to los angeles for the next games in four years. the closing of the games means that the button is now handed to los angeles for the next games in four years time. tom cruise took part in the handoff of the flag, driving off from paris in a motorcylce into a video showing him taking it back to los angeles where several artists including snoop dogg, dr dre, billie eilish, and the red hot chili peppers were waiting to perform live on the beach.

the us topped the final medal table, after the women's us