rigorous, you can be completely crazy and very well organised. i want to pay tribute to the creativity in particular of the three teas,. and bravo for the outstanding ceremonies. and alongside you, all of the artists, musicians, composers, dancers, the costume makers, this incredible artistic team which has put together and orchestrated. i know how much the local authorities were also hard at work to make sure that everything ran smoothly, will we have seen incredible organisation and cooperation. the local authorities, the regional authorities,... the

rain spoiled nothing about our celebrations, quite the opposite. it enhanced our enthusiasm, our strength. and dancing in the rain for the opening ceremony was absolutely unforgettable. and the show will go on. thanks, because, thanks also to the excellence of the competitors, thank you to the excellent work of the olympic teams as well. you really put so much work into the olympic games, as the president i am very much aware of how much you and your staff and your teams have put into this. i know how much of the grassroots movement as well is important, the volunteers have supported you and us on a day—to—day basis. and have really

helped us. in organising these excellent games. as i have said, you have achieved it, we are in the top five and indeed we are second when you counts diversity of members —— of metals, if you cannot friends excelled itself in many areas. alongside the federation, allow us also to think others who have guided the huge efforts that have been put in by our sporting federations, national sporting agencies, who worked with the olympic committees from 2019 onwards to really transform the whole sporting landscape. thank you to the minister of sport. for the excellent work that you have done.

of course, great athletes, great olympic games... now, the interministerial delegation of the olympic and paralympic games, and his team worked so hard to achieve a remarkable result. and before that, john also did incredible work before moving onto new role. so, beyond the sporting organisations and movement who cooperated directly with the state, we also broke records because

the french team had the collective spirit, the state services, the military, the law enforcement agencies, the professionals, the volunteers, all came together. they were all mobilised to organise the relay of the olympic frame, of the olympic flame, parting through 73 and 68 prefectures. 68 departmental services, metropolitan and overseas france as well. this was an incredibly complex process. president macron they are addressing the media outside the back of the lec palace, today, just full of praise for the organisers of the 33rd olympic games. everyone who is involved, friends�*s true faith was

shown to the world. for months, he said it could not be done, experts said it could not be done, experts said it could not be done, experts said it was impossible but it was not. we have shown the world, bravo. these games were an incredible achievement that captured the imagination of the whole world. he went on to praise the excellence of the competitors as well and of course, france doing so well on the metal table. course, france doing so well on the metaltable. he course, france doing so well on the metal table. he isjust course, france doing so well on the metal table. he is just listing course, france doing so well on the metal table. he isjust listing all of the people who are involved and passing on his thanks to them. the 33rd olympic games coming to a dazzling end last night. in paris, and france really basking in the glow of those olympic games. let's take you to our paris correspondent, andrew harding, who is listening in. i think i lost count of all the appellate is being used by president macron as he described these games. he is clearly thrilled, is the whole country on a high today? the? he is clearly thrilled, is the whole country on a high today? they are, es, it country on a high today? they are, yes. it has — country on a high today? they are, yes. it has been — country on a high today? they are, yes, it has been extraordinary. - country on a high today? they are, yes, it has been extraordinary. i i yes, it has been extraordinary. i think everybody who has watched these past two weeks has seen france at its very best, they have seen paris at its very best. as president

macron hinted at or touched on there, a lot of people were doubtful. many people felt that this was too ambitious, too audacious, that having an olympics in the centre of paris with the river seine being such a focus even for swimming, it wasjust being such a focus even for swimming, it was just a little being such a focus even for swimming, it wasjust a little bit too overconfident. and that something would go wrong. very little in the end went wrong. the security was, i think, very impressive. and the french athletes, of course, did incredibly well. and there was a feeling of france really more relaxed, celebrating its diversity, putting on this extraordinary show for the world. and clearly, today, president macron doing something of a victory lap as us thinking everybody. this is also very good for him at a time when his political fortunes away from the olympics are still pretty tricky. i was going to say, after every party there comes a hangover, of course. and he has swept this political crisis under the rug while the world has watched the olympic games. what is going to happen now? what is his

plan, do you think? i is going to happen now? what is his plan, do you think?— plan, do you think? i think the feelin: plan, do you think? i think the feeling here — plan, do you think? i think the feeling here is _ plan, do you think? i think the feeling here is that _ plan, do you think? i think the feeling here is that the - plan, do you think? i think the i feeling here is that the hangover, which will come, is probably a few weeks off. we have got a couple of weeks off. we have got a couple of weeks now where most french people are going on holiday. except for those who are getting seriously busy for the next stage, the paralympics. which will take place towards the end of august. and it is only really after then that i think we will see the political parties returning to paris and the deadlock in parliament, the search for a new government, all of that will resume. it is possible, though, that before than president macron may announce a new caretaker or some sort of coalition prime minister auctioned that he will try to nudge forward, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes. essentially, the french parliament after the snap elections that took the country by surprise last month, the french parliament is completely divided into three sections. none of whom seems want to work with the other. he has got a hard task, the mps have

got a very difficult task. i suppose french people know that as glorious as these past two weeks have been, as these past two weeks have been, as much hope as they have four at the paralympics, pretty soon things are going to get back to usual in political terms and france has some big challenges ahead of it. the olitical big challenges ahead of it. the political dividend may not last long, particularly while people are still on holiday. what will the first priority be? is there a budget to be approved?— first priority be? is there a budget to be approved? exactly. they have not to do to be approved? exactly. they have got to do that _ to be approved? exactly. they have got to do that in _ to be approved? exactly. they have got to do that in september, - to be approved? exactly. they have got to do that in september, they l got to do that in september, they have got to present their budget. there are big issues about government debt, whether a caretaker sort of administered by a technocratic government, which may be what president macron has a mind whether they actually could come up with a proper budget or whether it will be something temporary, something sort of again a holding pattern kind of option. there are some big questions ahead, and emmanuel macron keeps on talking about the need for compromise. the

french people have essentially told people that they are not giving any politicians or majority, it is up to all of you to come up with a coalition. which is something that french people, french politicians, are not used to, not like many other european countries. so, there is a lot of work ahead.— european countries. so, there is a lot of work ahead. andrew, great to see ou lot of work ahead. andrew, great to see you as — lot of work ahead. andrew, great to see you as we _ lot of work ahead. andrew, great to see you as we continue _ lot of work ahead. andrew, great to see you as we continue to _ lot of work ahead. andrew, great to see you as we continue to look - lot of work ahead. andrew, great to see you as we continue to look as l see you as we continue to look as well at president macron addressing the media as entry has been saying, basking in the glow of what is widely considered to be a very successful olympic games. they wrapped up in paris last night. the paralympics are still to come, and we will be across all of it here on bbc news. to russia next, where authorities are evacuating residents from another border region as ukraine continues a surprise week—long offensive. the governor of belgorod urged people not to panic, but he was going door to door and asking them to leave because of enemy action. more than 76,000 have been already evacuated from the neighbouring kursk region. they have been placed in temporary accommodations across russia. ukrainian troops thought to be in their thousands have crossed up

to 30 kilometres into the kursk region of western russia and keep gaining more territory. according to russian authorities situation �*remains very tense'. our correspondent in ukraine, james waterhouse described how the russian evacuations exemplify how serious the kremlin was taking the ukrainian offensive into kursk. it suggests that this ukrainian offensive is expanding. if you've got evacuations announced in the belgorod region, if you've got clear advances to the north and northwest from where we are, this is clearly an attack ukraine is committed to. we've seen several military vehicles heading towards the border. they all have this triangle logo on, which suggests that they're part of the same operation. and dare i say, there is a sort of whiff of morale in the air for the first time in a long time, because for the first time there is movement in a year and a half. and you need to imagine that,

you know, if you if we imagine the border between russia and ukraine and the front lines in ukraine itself, its effectively a stage which russia has been directing. it's been directing its bigger forces and ukraine by mission. and president zelensky has been having to react so clearly. clearly, what has happened here is that ukraine has concentrated elite fighters here. these are well—trained soldiers on a weak part of the border. they've overwhelmed border guards there, and they've clearly made these advances. and it has russia crucially diverting forces from elsewhere. and it's undermined, uh, the kremlin's strong image, if you like, as it undertakes this, this invasion that it frames as defensive. so it's shaken things up. and i think the hope is, is that forces are redeployed from other parts of the front line. at the moment there are still russian advances in eastern ukraine. this is a high stakes move because if it doesn't come off, then it really could be catastrophic closer to home.

but for now, ukraine has, president zelensky has decided something needs to change while it is still summer. while these are favourable fighting conditions and it really is a significant moment. james waterhouse there in ukraine. to russia... our russia editor, steve rosenberg gave his analysis to the kremlin's response to ukrainian troops moving deeper into the kursk region. i think the language is very interesting here, because i was watching the flagship news show on russian state television last night, and although they did use the word invasion, they said that ukrainian soldiers had invaded russian territory. most of all, this was being portrayed as a terrorist attack and a provocation. in other words, to an extent, playing it down or trying to present to the russian people that what is happening right now in kursk region is containable. and also, i think that suggests that president putin right now doesn't want to take the next step. the next logical step, which would be, for example, a formal declaration of war against ukraine.

we have this special military operation as russia presents it going on for the last two and a half years. and i think the russian authorities want to keep it like that. they talk about special military operations. they talk about a counter—terrorism operation now going on in three regions of southern russia. they don't officially want to call this a war. a doctor who treated valdo calocane three years before he killed three people in nottingham warned his mental illness was so severe he could "end up killing someone", according to medical records seen by the bbc. in their first interview, calocane's mother and brother told bbc panorama this was one of a series of missed opportunities over three years that could have prevented the killings. navtej johal has this report... for so long we thought that it would end in tragedy. but i thought the tragedy would be him taking his own life and it was, like, infinitely worse than that. the family of valdo calocane

are talking publicly for the first time. in 2023, he fatally stabbed students barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, and school caretaker ian coates. he also seriously injured three others by driving into them. valdo calocane was convicted of manslaughter for the killings and is detained in a secure hospital. the families of his victims believe that although he was mentally ill, he knew what he was doing and should have been convicted of murder and sent to prison. calocane had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020. we've got a bunch of the medical records from valdo's time in the care of nottinghamshire health trust. the family only received these records after he was sentenced for the killings and have shared them with bbc panorama. they revealed that three years before the nottingham attacks, a psychiatrist during a ward round had expressed serious concerns. this entry is from the second admission into hospital. the second time he's been sectioned? the second time he's been sectioned. and yeah, there's an entry

here about a meeting that the doctor has, a chat he has with my brother. and, you know, my brother is so psychotic that the doctor notes that there seems to be no insight or remorse. and the danger will be that the next time this will happen again, and perhaps valdo will end up killing someone. a doctor wrote nearly three years before the nottingham attacks that valdo could end up killing someone? mm. we know valdo's care wasn't up to standard, but reading this note isjust beyond anything. you think, this could have been avoided, you could have done something. richard taylor is a forensic psychiatrist. he didn't treat calocane, but has been an expert witness in more than 150 court cases. have you ever seen it written down in medical notes? that the patient could potentially go on to kill someone? i...i can't recall of a case where i've seen that written down in the medical records.

if it's that unusual and potentially that serious, what would you expect to happen? if a psychiatrist is committing themselves to a potential risk of homicide, then i think that's something that i would expect to be taken seriously. valdo calocane was detained under the mental health act four times in two years, each time following a violent incident, but never for longer than seven weeks. i don't think it's fair to say that he was ever treated. i don't think he was ever really treated. he was sort of managed, like so he had interventions, but with regards to a proper, i guess, treatment plan, i'm not sure that we ever saw that. brian dow is deputy chief executive of rethink mental illness, a charity that campaigns for people severely affected by mental illness. i think looking back it was a question of when, not if, and unless we both invest and change the model of health care that we have so that you don't allow these crises to build up and build up, then there's the inevitable risk

that this will happen again. nottinghamshire health care nhs trust says it's committed to preventing such a tragedy reoccurring. that work continues to improve the safety and quality of services for patients, and to give its full support to learn from the events ofjune last year. the care quality commission is due to publish a report into valdo calocane's care tomorrow. calocane's family say the missed opportunities in his care are the product of a system which they say needs urgent reform. navteonhal, bbc news. to stay with us on bbc news. coming up, we will take you live to greece where there is real concern about wildfires. they are very dramatic and getting closer to athens. stay with us. stay with us.

welcome back. let's take you live to athens now where wildfires raging to the north of the capital are now approaching the city itself. thousands of people in towns and villages have been ordered to move to safer areas. more than 30 have been put under control but hundreds of firefighters, as well as waterbombing planes and helicopters are still battling a number of fires, some with flames as high as 25 metres. as nickjohnson reports. the greek capital, sweltering in temperatures nearing a0 celsius. nearby fires shrouding the country's most recognisable landmarks in thick black smoke. dozens of fires have broken out across the country over the weekend. the prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis. greece has experienced its hottest june and july on record. the hot, dry weather accompanied by strong winds to fan the flames. shouting.

thousands of residents have been told to leave their homes in the region north of athens, including residents of the historic town of marathon, and in nearby varnavas, police go door—to—door to get people out. while many have fled, some can't bear to leave. "my family have all left," yannis says. "but i'm staying nearby so i can keep an eye on my house." the army has also been on hand to help. translation: the| situation is chaotic. our military unit's been here from the beginning and we're trying to help the fire unit and the volunteer teams. we're surrounded by fire here. the night will be very hard. as night falls, fires continue to rage. local farmers coming to terms with the loss of their livelihoods. translation: the front of the fire

is really huge and it's _ uncontrollable right now. behind these mountains are all the olive groves, all the olives are burned. hundreds of wildfires have broken out across greece since may. some scientists are attributing their frequency and intensity to climate change, and there appears to be no respite in the hot, dry weather over the coming days. nickjohnson, bbc news. in the past minutes we have had an update from the fire brigade, who have said that the fire remains in full development and as we have been hearing the winds are still very strong. there are more than a0 flare—ups right now, 685 firefighters and 27 forest commanders operating from the air. 33 aircraft, 17 helicopters and 16 aircraft. that is a huge effort going into try to get these fires under control. let's speak to marina rigou,

a freelance journalist who lives in erithea near athens and has been warned she may need to evacuate at any moment... a very worrying time for you and yourfamily. how are a very worrying time for you and your family. how are things right now? ~ , , ., now? well, there wildfires broke out esterda now? well, there wildfires broke out yesterday afternoon _ now? well, there wildfires broke out yesterday afternoon in _ now? well, there wildfires broke out yesterday afternoon in the _ now? well, there wildfires broke out yesterday afternoon in the northeast| yesterday afternoon in the northeast of athens. it continues to spread uncontrollably. strong wind has fuelled the fire and quickly spread to other areas. by this morning, the fire was burning northeast of athens, the winds are constantly changing direction, that is why it is still a threat. they have expanded to the area under flame, which is estimated to cover 30 km. trees, houses, cars. since yesterday, under the suggestion of authorities, many people have been evacuated around 11 villages. at

least three hospitals have been also evacuated. throughout the night our land phone messages providing evacuation instructions were broadcast. the most recent one was sent about ten minutes to go to the residence of a suburb northeast, about 15 km from the centre of athens. so far, fortunately, there have been no casualties from the fire. shelters have been arranged for those who are evacuating their homes, as well as for stray animals that have been rescued from the affected areas. greece's minister of planet crisis and civil protection in a press conference today described the wildfire as extremely dangerous, stating that firefighting forces were struggling dramatically. the strong winds. so, authorities

haveissued the strong winds. so, authorities have issued a warning for residents to remain indoors with their windows shot. and health officials have also advised the public to minimise outdoor activities and stay inside to ensure safety.— outdoor activities and stay inside to ensure safety. marina, we have 'ust heard to ensure safety. marina, we have just heard from _ to ensure safety. marina, we have just heard from the _ to ensure safety. marina, we have just heard from the fire _ to ensure safety. marina, we have just heard from the fire brigade. l just heard from the fire brigade. you meant mentioned those messages. they have sent 112 emergency messages constantly being sent to people to evacuate. you get the sense that people are heating those calls to leave?— calls to leave? yes, indeed. there were some — calls to leave? yes, indeed. there were some evacuations _ calls to leave? yes, indeed. therej were some evacuations yesterday, calls to leave? yes, indeed. there - were some evacuations yesterday, and they wanted to go. of course, there are many people who refused to leave their houses because they want to save them. so, you know, some leave and some do not. there are evacuation instructions and the authorities say from which roads to leave the areas to be safe. marina, thank ou leave the areas to be safe. marina, thank you so _ leave the areas to be safe. marina, thank you so much, _ leave the areas to be safe. marina, thank you so much, i— leave the areas to be safe. marina,

thank you so much, i hope - leave the areas to be safe. marina, thank you so much, i hope it - leave the areas to be safe. marina, thank you so much, i hope it doesl thank you so much, i hope it does not come to you and your family having to evacuate, but it is good to see you. you are packed and ready to see you. you are packed and ready to go? that is good to hear. we will get back to you, thank you so much. just to confirm, the wildfire now approaching the northern outskirts of athens. many people have been told to evacuate. we are keeping a close eye on the story here on bbc news. stay with us. hello again. we've had some heavy thundery downpours, especially in parts of the north and the west this morning, and also some high temperatures to start the day. it's going to be hot and humid once again in parts of the south eastern quarter, with some areas potentially reaching 35 celsius. that will make it the hottest day of this year so far. now, as we go through the course of this morning into the afternoon, what you'll find is all those thunderstorms will clear away. there'll be a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine. there's a chance you could catch the odd thunderstorm in parts of lincolnshire

or yorkshire and the odd shower moving from the midlands towards the south east, but they will be the exception rather than the rule. fresher in the north and west, hot and humid with highs up to 35 in the south east and quite windy too across the northwest. that will ease as we go through the evening and overnight period. a lot of clear skies. if you're hoping to see the meteor shower, you could well be in luck. but out towards the west, the could is going to build and we'll see the arrival of some rain. the other thing is, it's still going to be quite a fresh night for many areas away from the south east, where it will still feel quite humid. now, if we pick up that weather front tomorrow, it's out in the west. through the course of the day, it's going to be drifting eastwards, but it will continue to weaken in doing so. so a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine to start the day. our weather front pushes from the west to the east. you can see how it wraps around bringing more rain into the outer hebrides. windy across parts of western scotland and northern ireland, and still hot and humid as we push down towards the south east, with highs up to 28. our weather front eventually makes it on wednesday down

towards the south east. a ridge of high pressure builds across us, so a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine as the dregs of our weather front continue to pull away. a cooler day for the south east with highs up to 2a, but that's still around about what we'd expect at this time of year and another weather front waiting in the wings. that weather front will come into the north west and sink southwards during the course of thursday. ahead of it, some sunshine and on the other side of, it too, we are looking at some sunshine as well. temperatures up to about 23 or 2a. and then as we head into friday and saturday, still a fair bit of dry weather around, you might catch the odd shower. there's some rain in the forecast as well, not all of us seeing it, and a little bit fresher.

this is bbc news. the headlines: russia is evacuating parts of the belgorod region close to kursk, where ukrainian forces continue their surprise offensive. after the dazzling success of the olympics, president macron has to deal with the political hangover. he says france has achieved the impossible. translation: you did it. you turned the games into a moment of incredible achievement. a true and extraordinary moment.

america's defense secretary orders a guided missile submarine to the middle east, as fears grow of a wider regional conflict. hello. i'm lucy hockings. we start this half—hour with news that russia is evacuating people from another border region as ukraine continues its surprise week—long attack. more than 76,000 have been already evacuated from the neighbouring kursk region. they have been placed in temporary accomodations across russia. let's try to understand the view from inside russia with someone who knows a lot about what happens inside the country. sarah rainsford was the bbc�*s moscow correspondent from until her expulsion. she is now the bbc�*s eastern europe correspondent. sarah, does this ukrainian offensive inside russia have the potential to change russian public opinion?