the terms of a ceasefire deal. and the olympic flag is handed overfrom paris to la after a spectacular closing ceremony in the stade de france with a bit of star power. six days since president zelensky�*s forces launched a surprise incursion and dozens of ukrainian armoured vehicles, are said to be heading into the russian region of kursk. this is their deepest incursion since the kremlin�*s full—scale invasion began in february 2022. the military activity is taking place at ukraine's northeastern border with russia. moscow has acknowledged ukraine has advanced some 30 kilometres into its territory. president zelensky confirmed his troops are fighting inside russia. in his nightly address he said his actions followed russia's launch of around 2000 cross—border strikes from kursk in recent weeks. russia says its army will deliver a "tough response." on sunday at least two people were killed

in a russian air raid near kyiv, part of a series of attacks targeting six regions of ukraine. meanwhile further south in the occupied region of zaporizhzhia a fire, at a nuclear plant has now extinguished. the region's kremlin—installed governor said there was no spike in radiation before the fire was reportedly put out. russia blamed a ukrainian drone attack — while kyiv accused russian officials who control the plant of starting the fire. ukraine's nuclear power company said a cooling tower and other equipment were damaged. the un's nuclear agency said there was no reported impact on nuclear safety following the blaze. joining me live is senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, charles kupchan. welcome to the programme. firstly i wanted to get your reaction on developments that are happening in kursk. the

ukrainians have really caught the russians on guard here they did not see this coming and the ukrainians have advanced to somewhere ten and 20 miles into russian territory. a real setback for putin. the question is what the ukrainians are up to andi is what the ukrainians are up to and i think there are several different explanations. 0ne, they are trying to bring the water the russian population to say to russians no, you cannot continue with business as usual, we will come and go into russian territory. two to shift the momentum. the battlefield has been tilting towards the russians over the last few months. zelensky needed a win and this is a win and the third goal here could be to change the negotiating leverage so that when the parties do sit down at the negotiating table the ukrainians have something to trade or at least they can say to the russians we can hurt you at will. they may be trying to

stack the stage for a diplomatic endgame. and this comes following months of pleas from president zelensky to his western allies to increase military aid to kyiv.- western allies to increase military aid to kyiv. how much is that increased _ military aid to kyiv. how much is that increased aid _ military aid to kyiv. how much is that increased aid which - military aid to kyiv. how much is that increased aid which is l is that increased aid which is now starting to get through, changing the equation for ukrainian forces? the seven month delay _ ukrainian forces? the seven month delay in _ ukrainian forces? the seven month delay in getting - ukrainian forces? the seven. month delay in getting usaid ukrainian forces? the seven - month delay in getting usaid to the troops in ukraine really did set them back. it helped rush a great gain territory in the east and now we see that aid, much of it has been delivered in the ukrainians are doing much better here. but honestly, there is no silver bullet. the f—16s are arriving and other ukrainians and were going to win? no. they face shortages in manpower, they face shortages in artillery over the long run so i think that what we are witnessing here is a significant change in the momentum on the battlefield but not a game changer. this is

not an inflection point in the war. ukrainians are using different kinds of equipment given to them by the united states and that is consistent with the change in strategy approved byjoe biden whether ukrainians can use us assets to hit targets along the border. do i think the united states and the allies are comfortable with this? i'm not sure. some yes, some no. that is one of the reasons the us and their allies have inquired about this offensive. ~ , ., allies have inquired about this offensive-— allies have inquired about this offensive. ~ ., ~ ., offensive. when you talk about this surprise — offensive. when you talk about this surprise incursion, - offensive. when you talk about this surprise incursion, remind | this surprise incursion, remind our viewers what is so significant about the kursk region where the activity has been. it is a region that borders ukraine. the russians have used it to prosecute attacks on ukrainian territory which is one of the reasons that the ukrainians wanted to go in, just like they did on the other side recently. the other the idea is to send a

message to the russians that they are not safe. that ukrainians have the combat capability to take territory from russia. they going to be able to hold this? bubbly not. but that is in part because there are some 10,000 ukrainian troops in russia and they may ultimately need them back in eastern ukraine to defend the frontline but at least for now this is a shock to the russians and it is going to affect putin's calculations. we have heard from russia saying that its army will deliver a tough response. what do you think that will look like? we response. what do you think that will look like?— that will look like? we have seen the — that will look like? we have seen the russians - that will look like? we have seen the russians retaliate | seen the russians retaliate before for attacks in crimea, for attacks on russian territory, for attacks on the bridge that connects crimea to russia. it usually means more attacks on russian, on ukrainian population centres and i think that is the most likely response here. the russians are trying to fight back but so far they have not been able to bring through

ukrainian defences that they have built up in kursk. so i think you will see a fight for the territory that ukrainians now hold, increased attacks on ukrainian population centres as a way of retaliating against this but there is no question here that this is a setback for the russians in this long war. thank you very much for taking us through those developments in ukraine and russia. us defence secretary lloyd austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the middle east amid escalating tensions in the region. the pentagon added in a statement that: "secretary austin has ordered the uss abraham "lincoln carrier strike group, equipped with f—35c fighters, "to accelerate its transit to the central command area "of responsibility" — which includes the middle east. that deployment was announced earlier this month, as washington seeks to bolster defenses

following threats from iran and its allies hamas and hezbollah. meanwhile as fresh talks for a ceasefire are slated for this week, hamas has urged mediators to implement an existing plan presented by president biden last month — and has ruled out new rounds of negotiations over the terms of a deal. the latest push for a truce follows the killing of hamas's political leader ismail haniyeh. israel said it will send a team of negotiators to take part in the meeting. sources told the bbc that the introduction of new israeli conditions — including screening displaced palestinians as they return to the north of gaza, and who controls parts of gaza's border with egypt, had been sticking points. but hamas demanded sunday that mediators come up the israeli army meanwhile has continued to bomb residential areas of gaza. video taken in a suburb of gaza city on sunday captured the moment a missile struck the bottom floor of a house. palestinian medics said the strike killed one person and injured several others. the israeli army also expanded its evacuation

order for the southern city of khan younis on sunday, where it says hamas has re—grouped. people fleeing the area said they believe there is nowhere safe to go. there's also increasing instability in the israeli—occupied west bank. 615 palestinians have been killed there since the start of the war in gaza — according to the palestinian authority's health ministry. many are armed fighters — but others are civilians. in one recent incident, security cameras captured the killing of a young palestinian customs officer by an israeli undercover unit. the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been to the west bank town of tubas, where it happened. a quiet morning in a west bank town, an anonymous white van pulls up next to a palestinian customs office. a guard, abdel nasser sarhan, emerges to see what's going on. an israeli soldier in plain clothes shoots him dead. soon, the street is swarming with other soldiers. the following day, a makeshift memorial at the spot

where abdel nasser fell, the guard post and walls riddled with bullets. the israeli army says it came to tubas to arrest two wanted men. abdel nasser, it says, was killed in an exchange of fire, but that's not how this happened. it was just after 6am and abdel nasser and a colleague had just come on shift. the white van drew up here, just across the wall. the driver got out, said hello in arabic. abdel nasser walked out to greet him. seconds later, he was shot and fell right here. translation: this rings a warning - bell, especially for us in the security services. how can we enforce law and order and offer services to the people and protect them while you are obstructing my work and killing my officers? the shooting in tubas is part of a much, much bigger problem. with all eyes focused on gaza, another war is raging

in the west bank, the israeli military cracking down on armed groups it says are being bankrolled by iran. from one city to another, one refugee camp to another, the brush fires are burning. more than 600 palestinians have been killed in the west bank since last october. as many as 10,000 have been arrested. some fear this could erupt into a full—scale uprising. if it goes into an intifada, this is a much, much bigger problem. this is a much more complicated problem to solve. militarily, we handle things. better, less, but when it goes into a civil rebel or intifada, it is a totally different story, and it might go there.

in a refugee camp on the edge of nablus, abdel nasser�*s family is grieving, drawing their own conclusions about the actions of the israeli army. he is coming to kill, just to kill. muhannad can barely comprehend the loss of his son. the idf says it's still looking into what happened. it did not, we were told, go as planned. paul adams, bbc news, on the west bank. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the family of nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar have used her funeral to called for an end to the violent disorder sparked by the attack in southport. she was one of three girls killed in a stabbing at a dance class in the town last month. bebe king, aged six, and elsie dot stancombe, seven, also died in the attack, two people have died trying to cross the channel from france on sunday morning in a small boat carrying more than 50 people. the government has described the deaths as a "tragic incident". the french authorities rescued 53 others onboard the small boat after it got into

difficulty between calais and dunkirk. a plume of heat looks set to make monday the hottest day of the year so far, while thunderstorm warnings have also been issued for northern parts of the uk.the met office has issued two yellow thunderstorm warnings which affect northern ireland, northern england and scotland tonight and into monday morning. this sudden change in our weather is partly due to tropical storm debby, which brought flooding to the eastern united states. you're live with bbc news. the world health organization said this week it is convening experts to determine if the spread of mpox — previously known as monkeypox — across africa should be declared a global emergency. at least 15 countries across africa have reported outbreaks since january. people with the virus often get a rash with lesions, along with a fever, sore throat, and headache. the virus can spread between animals and people, and is often transmitted

through skin—to—skin contact. the democratic republic of congo has seen more than 90% of reported cases across africa this year. since january last year more than 1,200 people have died. the africa centres for disease control and prevention is poised to declare a �*continental emergency�* as a new variant of mpox moves across dr congo's borders. joining me live is professor at the department of epidemiology at ucla, anne rimoin. she recently returned from the democratic republic of congo. welcome to the programme. first of all tell us what you saw on your visit. of all tell us what you saw on your visit-— your visit. thank you for havin: your visit. thank you for having me _ your visit. thank you for having me here. - your visit. thank you for having me here. i - your visit. thank you for having me here. i havel your visit. thank you for - having me here. i have been working in the democratic republic of the congo since 2002 and working on monkey box for that length of time. i think that we have seen over time cases continue to rise and

in the last few years we have seen a very sharp acceleration of cases which has been quite concerning. these cases are not only in children as we have normally seen this but now we start to see this in adult in high risk populations where we have been previously only seeing these cases last year in men who have sex with men now we see heterosexual spread as well. this we see heterosexual spread as well. �* , _ well. as we were saying in introduction _ well. as we were saying in introduction they - well. as we were saying in introduction they are, - well. as we were saying in introduction they are, the | introduction they are, the virus can spread between animals and people as well and it is often transmitted through skin to skin contact so what measures have been put in place in the drc to try and mitigate spread? in the drc to try and mitigate s - read? �* in the drc to try and mitigate sread? �* ., , in the drc to try and mitigate sread? �* .,, ., in the drc to try and mitigate sread? �* ., , ., ., spread? being able to mitigate sread of spread? being able to mitigate spread of mpox _ spread? being able to mitigate spread of mpox really - spread? being able to mitigate spread of mpox really does - spread of mpox really does require a lot of social mobilisation and giving people the understanding of how the

virus is spread. for decades we have been working on reducing spread of mpox in rural hunting villages, giving people the understanding that it can be from a variety of animals and how they may do better when they hunt or are in contact with these animals and also to isolate key people in different rooms, really stay away and avoid contact if possible. but now we talk about sexual contact and sexual contact requires a very different set of public health measures because now we are talking about and often working in vulnerable populations here, sex workers, men who have sex with men, these are groups that are often hard to reach and hard to transmit information to one how to protect themselves. ijust one how to protect themselves. i just wanted to ask as well,

you havejust i just wanted to ask as well, you have just been i just wanted to ask as well, you havejust been in i just wanted to ask as well, you have just been in the i just wanted to ask as well, you havejust been in the drc but i have been reading that there have also been, according to the who, confirmed cases in other african countries, burundi, kenya, rwanda and uganda. in countries where they have not necessarily had detection of cases before. how alarming is that? it is detection of cases before. how alarming is that?— alarming is that? it is a very, very important point. - alarming is that? it is a very, very important point. it - alarming is that? it is a very, very important point. it is - alarming is that? it is a very, very important point. it is an| very important point. it is an inflection point. an infection anywhere is potentially an affection everywhere and this is true when we talk about a highly contagious and sexually transmitted infection in this case. so i think it is very important for us to do everything we can to get in front of it and we had tools. we have vaccines, we have therapeutics that can be used but they have not yet been made available in these low resource settings. and that is a perpetual problem that we look at the global south and see

these kind of tools that we have been able to employ have just not yet made it to these areas and i think that a vaccine will play a very important role so accelerating that vaccine rollout is going to be critical to be able to get in front of what we are seeing here and really mitigate the spread. seeing here and really mitigate the spread-— the spread. what is your message _ the spread. what is your message to _ the spread. what is your message to the - the spread. what is your message to the us - the spread. what is your - message to the us government and other governments about help that can be given to these nations who are in the middle of fighting and dealing with mpox? it of fighting and dealing with m ox? , , of fighting and dealing with mox? , , ., ., mpox? it is very important for everyone _ mpox? it is very important for everyone to — mpox? it is very important for everyone to be _ mpox? it is very important for everyone to be able _ mpox? it is very important for everyone to be able to - mpox? it is very important for. everyone to be able to mobilise enough vaccines to be able to cover high risk populations in these settings are notjust here but in other countries as well. that will be important. it is notjust about getting the vaccine. there are very, very large logistics that are

associated with getting the vaccine into these populations. vaccines are also two dose vaccines so it is notjust a one and done here. it will require logistics to get these vaccines out to people and to get people fully vaccinated. that's something we struggle within all countries so you can imagine that there are going be very, very important logistics not only in getting the vaccine and getting the vaccine into these countries and then getting the vaccine to the people who need them in these places as well.— places as well. thank you very much for _ places as well. thank you very much for taking _ places as well. thank you very much for taking us _ places as well. thank you very much for taking us through . places as well. thank you very. much for taking us through that very important story. us presidentjoe biden says he ended his re—election bid because he feared democratic party in—fighting over his candidacy would be a "distraction" and that his highest priority is to defeat donald trump in november. the comments came during president biden's first television interview since ending his run for the white house three weeks ago.

speaking to cbs news the president said he let go of personal ambition for what he says is a fight for democracy. although it is a great honour being president i think i have an obligation to the country to do the most important thing you can do and that is that we must, we must defeat from. mark my words if he wins this election, watch what happens. it is genuine danger to american security. we are an inflection point in world history, we really are in the decisions we make in the next three or four years will determine what the next six decades alike is the key. i'm joined now by robert costa, cbs news chief election & campaign correspondent.

iam keen i am keen to know what it was like to sit down, first of all, and speak to president biden after what was a very to mulch was time in american politics, one of extreme uncertainty. the settin: one of extreme uncertainty. the setting was _ one of extreme uncertainty. tue: setting was important one of extreme uncertainty. tte: setting was important for one of extreme uncertainty. t"t;e: setting was important for the conversation. it was president biden �*s first ever interview on the second floor of the white house stop in the white house residence where the first family live and we were in the treaty room, a famous room used by presidents as their private office so as a reporter to be in there and to see a president incumbent sitting there it was a room of contemplation for him during his presidency and for so many presidents and from president biden, in our conversation, you had a sense of history, that it was not just about political decision, it was a personal one and a personal element that also came out over the course of our conversation. he mentioned nancy pelosi, the former house speaker as one of the democrats who encouraged him to think about leaving the race. i asked

lynn about his family, they asked about... i asked about bo biden and i did that because based on my reporting so many of his closest friends say in private he talks about bo a lot. and he thinks about his late son and the rest of his family. when he makes a decision like this and let's recall was just a few weeks ago he was in delaware when he made the decision and he has not spoken about it since. it was intensely personal as well as political and so you saw in president biden someone who was trying to talk through the moment in a political sense he is a political animal as much as anyone in politics but also trying to reflect a little bit on the other dynamics at play as he made this decision. you touched on — as he made this decision. you touched on the _ as he made this decision. you touched on the deeply personal decision—making process, of course, as we touched on in the introduction just then, course, as we touched on in the introductionjust then, robert, there were political calculations involved in the

end. �* ., end. there were. and he did not ianore end. there were. and he did not ignore them- — end. there were. and he did not ignore them. he _ end. there were. and he did not ignore them. he said _ end. there were. and he did not ignore them. he said he - end. there were. and he did not ignore them. he said he left - ignore them. he said he left the race because, in part, democrats wanted him out of the race that he said he still believed he could be donald trump in the sense that he defended where he stood on the polls based on the assessment he and his team. the most stunning thing i believe in the interview was his comments about the election. you have a sitting president saying the united states of america may not have a peaceful transfer of power. it may not be surprising to some people after what happened onjanuary 6, 2021, certainly there was a violent insurrection during the congressional certification but president biden told me that if donald trump wins the country has a democratic crisis on the horizon and if trump loses the country has a democratic and potential violent horizon because he does not believe trump will concede and what does that mean for the country? donald trump is still not conceded 2020.-

donald trump is still not conceded 2020. �* ., ., , conceded 2020. and what of his vice president _ conceded 2020. and what of his vice president who _ conceded 2020. and what of his vice president who is _ conceded 2020. and what of his vice president who is now, - vice president who is now, soon, to be at the dnc officially confirmed as the democratic candidate. he offered a _ democratic candidate. he: offered a clue in our conversation about his own role. vice president harris has picked governor walls from minnesota so he has someone from the upper midwest on the ticket. pennsylvania is still potentially vulnerable. can they win the battleground state? biden was born in pennsylvania though he represented delaware and he will return to pennsylvania with the governorjosh shapiro who almost landed on the ticket and try to be a force in making sure the democrats win pennsylvania. he offered support, i did not even ask about governor walz but he said governor walz is the kind of guy i governor walz is the kind of guy i would be a friend if i grew up in his neighbourhood. you will wrote a book, peril about 2020 and you have interviewed and covered joe biden for a while. what were your reflections on whether you see much of a change? many

people speculate on how he has changed and gotten older. do you see any differences injoe biden when you sat down with him? tt biden when you sat down with him? , , ., him? it is interesting imagine that. him? it is interesting imagine that- one _ him? it is interesting imagine that. one of— him? it is interesting imagine that. one of my _ him? it is interesting imagine that. one of my questions - him? it is interesting imagine that. one of my questions to | that. one of my questions to president biden, i asked him about march 2021. it was a moment where president biden early on in his presidency pointed at the wall and the old believers at a portrait of roosevelt and said to several democratic senators we are going big, we're going in the roosevelt direction with domestic policy. and foreign policy having a big foreign policy having a big foreign policy when it comes to america's influence aboard. that moment was documented in the book, peril that i worked on with bob woodward, a great journalist and good man and we captured early on in the presidency the simmering ambition to go big and i think even though president biden, as all presidents do, ageing offers and they become weathered by the office and that comes for every president,

all of them, based on the history, at the core ofjoe biden there is still a simmering ambition, even though he left the race, when you are with him in conversation you can feel that this is someone who may be leaving the arena but always wants to be there. fascinating stuff. thank you very much forjoining me here in the studio. that is all we have time for. stay with us here on bbc news. 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.

global markets brace for key economic data out of the world's top two economies, after a volatile start to august. plus — we take a look at how bangladesh's new interim government plans to get its economy back on track. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we start the week with a look at global markets, appearing

to recover from the sharp losses of last week. the us federal reserve has signalled a possible rate cut in september, but the us inflation data, due to be released on wednesday, could force them to adjust their initial assessment. we'll also get a reading on the chinese economy on thursday, with the release of several key metrics for the same month — retail sales, industrial production, unemployment and house prices. portfolio managerjun bei liu explains why the market volatility we saw last week is here to stay. we are going to be very, very much data dependent, and markets now pricing in us with a 50 basis point rate cut in september, so any data points that challenged that view is going to drive more volatility. we await eagerly to see what the inflation data might look like, but that is going to have quite a significant ramification for the rest of the world as well, because every central bank looks forward to what the fed is going to do and then follow suit.

speaking of the fed, what do you think the course of action will be?