a new study proves horses are smarter than previously thought — knowing how to plan ahead and strategise. time now for sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. tom daley has confirmed his decision to retire from diving after achieving a fifth olympic medal in paris. daley was part of the 230 athletes from team gb who arrived back in london in the last couple of hours, having competed at a fifth straight olympics. and following the annoucement the 30—year—old was clearly emotional. it is a lot. but, i am really happy with how everything has gone. i just think that it is always hard when you say goodbye to your sport, so ijust...

yeah, lots of things to process... but you know, i think it is the right time. this yearfelt like such a bonus, and i got to compete in front of my family, my kids, and i got to be the flag bearer... so... yeah, the bucket list has been ticked off on every occasion. well daley contributed to a total of 65 medals for team gb at this year's games — one more than they achieved in tokyo — and back—to—back weightlifting medallist emily campbell believes paris provided a games that gb can be proud of. on the last day, i have seen everybody else to say well and bring everybody else do so well and bring back medals, doing things that they have dreamed about doing, it is really special day. and seeing a team gb�*s medal haul, surpassing what we did in tokyo and matching 2012, it can't do better than that. you are proud of every medal, but this one was a real battle to get back in shape and get back

to the the field was so much higher quality than it wasn't ok, so i knew that i had to pull out the big guns and luckily my body performed on the day. matthijs de ligt and noussair mazraoui are on the brink of signing for manchester united — with both players travelling to manchester on monday for a medical. bbc sport understands that the fee is in excess of £60 million — with the centre back alone costing united around £40 million. de ligt was the captain of erik ten hag's ajax side that reached the champions league semi—finals in 2019, with mazraoui also a key player in that squad. the two additions will make it four signings so far this summer for united. it's notjust incomings at old trafford though as bbc sport also understands that aaron wan—bissaka is due to have a medical at west ham united ahead of a move to the london stadium. wan—bissaka played 190 times in five years at the club but has struggled as the clubs first choice right back.

as the club's first choice right back. tottenham hotspur�*s yves bissouma has apologised for a "severe lack ofjudgment" after footage emerged appearing to show the midfielder inhaling laughing gas. the 27—year—old posted a video of himself on social media on saturday which showed him inhaling from a balloon. possession of nitrous oxide for recreational use has been a criminal offence in the united kingdom since 2023. tottenham have confirmed they will look in to it as an internal matter. andre rublev is buried in the final of the montreal open after a straight sets win there his opponent. after defeating jannik sinner in the last round, he continued his good form and took the first set in over half an hour. there was no way back to his opponent, the russian took the second set 6—2 to progress to the final where he will face an australian opponent. and finally to some remarkable pictures from nascar, as austin dillon was victorious in richmond. however, it came in highly

controversial circumstances on the final lap, with dillon sending joey logano into a spin before doing the same to denny hamlin moments later to take his first win for over two and a half years. dillon was not penalised for the incidents and said afterwards that he �*hated doing it, but he had to do it'. and that's all the sport for now. back to the studio. thank you. more now from greece where wildfires raging to the north of the athens are now approaching the city itself — burning less than nine kilometres from the centre. thousands of people in towns and villages have been ordered to move to safer areas. a few new developments on this story. the european union said it had received a request from greece for help to fight wildfires. the eu said: for countries have responded very quickly, italy, france, the

czech republic, and romania. france said it is sending another 180 firefighters degrees. the eu says the eu civil protection pleasant was activated on the request of the greek authorities, with those countries sending units to help. the situation is very worrying there, indeed. let's speak to athens residentjoseph mcevoy, who lives in the kypseli area of the greek capital. i don't think that we can see joseph, but we can hear him. tell us exactly where you are in the capital, and what it is like that at the moment. what can you see and smell with the pie advancing? fist the moment. what can you see and smell with the pie advancing? at the moment, i smell with the pie advancing? at the moment. i am _ smell with the pie advancing? at the moment, i am based _ smell with the pie advancing? at the moment, i am based in _ smell with the pie advancing? at the moment, i am based in athens. - smell with the pie advancing? at the moment, i am based in athens. the| moment, iam based in athens. the

city... smoke over. residents are being asked to keep things shut. the reports... in the surrounding area of athens, there has been... hospitals have had to be evacuated... i hospitals have had to be evacuated. . ._ hospitals have had to be evacuated. . . evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt _ evacuated. .. i am sorry to interrupt. i— evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt. i hope - evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt. i hope that - evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt. i hope that you | evacuated... i am sorry to i interrupt. i hope that you can evacuated... i am sorry to - interrupt. i hope that you can hear me clearly. we are having issues hearing you. the line is cutting out. it is every other second or so. we will try again. let's try again and see if it improves. he spoke about the smoke over the city, people being told to keep their windows and doors closed. you mentioned hospitals being evacuated. are you concerned you may have to move? apologies, we have lost the

line entirely. we will try to get back to him and see if that situation improves. and if we can establish better communications with him. that was joseph establish better communications with him. that wasjoseph who lives in athens at the moment. the pentagon says the us defence secretary lloyd austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the middle east and has told an aircraft carrier strike group to sail to the area more quickly. that deployment of additional fighterjets and navy warships to the middle east was announced earlier this month, as washington seeks to bolster defences following threats from iran and its allies hamas and hezbollah. meanwhile leaders of the uk, france and germany have renewed calls for an for the immediate resumption of ceasefire negotiations, saying the fighting must end and all hostages must be released. the latest push for a truce follows the killing of hamas's political leader ismail haniyeh, during a visit to iran. fresh talks for a ceasefire deal for gaza 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. israel said it will send a team of negotiators to take part. i spoke to the bbc�*s barbara plett usher and asked her where the ceasefire talks stand now. well, lucy, the mediators, that is the qatar and egypt along with the united states, have renewed a very intense push to try and get those ceasefire talks back on track and this is because of the regional tensions of the potential attack by iran following that assassination of the hamas leader on its soil. the us administration believes that a ceasefire deal in gaza is a crucial to try and get the tensions down in the region so they are really creating a push to have those talks later in the week. so, they said that the framework is on the table, this is, of course, the framework that president biden

presented at the end of may but there was differences about how to implement it and they were prepared to issue a bridging proposal if it was necessary. israel had said earlier that it was ready to send negotiators and hamas have not said anything until recently but now they have responded. they said that those ceasefire talks should resume from where they left off, that israel has since proposed new conditions but it seems that hamas is willing to participate in the talks despite the killing of its political leader, itjust doesn't really believe that israel is a serious believe that israel is serious having launched these new conditions and continuing operations in gaza. what the hamas position really is, is they're waiting to get a clear answer from the negotiators and from israel about what exactly is on the table at this point. amid ongoing warnings of a wider escalation in the middle east,

there's mounting concern about an increasingly unstable situation in the west bank. more than 600 palestinians have been killed there since the start of the war in gaza — according to the palestinian authority health ministry. the un say at least 17 israelis, including 12 security forces personnel, have also been killed in the west bank. on the palestinian side, many of the dead were believed to have been armed fighters, but others were civilians. in one recent incident, the focus fell on the killing of a young palestinian customs officer by an israeli undercover unit — an episode recorded on cctv. 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. people with type 1 diabetes currently have to inject themselves with synthetic insulin up to 10 times a day in order to survive — measuring their blood sugar levels each time. new research, which is in its early stages, could, it is hoped greatly improve their quality of life. researchers are working on new types of insulins, which mimic the body's natural response to changing blood sugar levels and respond instantly in real time. let's speak to rachel connor, director of research partnerships at the type one diabetes charityjdrf uk. thank you very much forjoining us. this sounds like an incredibly promising piece of research. first

of all, tell us exactly how this smart insulin, as it is known, differs from insulin type one diabetics currently use. thank you. the insulin — diabetics currently use. thank you. the insulin people _ diabetics currently use. thank you. the insulin people with _ diabetics currently use. thank you. the insulin people with type - diabetics currently use. thank you. the insulin people with type one i the insulin people with type one diabetes currently use to manage their condition was imperfect, it isn't like the insulin made by bodies. people who don't have type one diabetes don't make that insulin. when you are administering insulin, it doesn't work straightaway. that is one of the challenges we are looking to solve with this new funding to try and make an insulin that will work straightaway and, crucially, stop working as soon as the job is done in the body. working as soon as the 'ob is done in the body.— working as soon as the “0b is done in the body.— in the body. this is a more resraonsive _ in the body. this is a more responsive type _ in the body. this is a more responsive type of - in the body. this is a more responsive type of insulin, j responsive type of insulin, potentially? that could mean people wouldn't have to check their reign in blood sugar levels as frequently. absolutely. our hope is that by developing responsive forms of

insulin that get to work quickly, they would be able to do the job of they would be able to do the job of the pancreas... without the person with type one diabetes constantly having to interact and change their doses and measure their glucose levels. the dream would be to have one injection per day that would be able to handle the glucose levels entirely throughout the day without the person with type one diabetes doing anything at all to manage their condition. i doing anything at all to manage their condition.— doing anything at all to manage their condition. i understand that a number of universities _ their condition. i understand that a number of universities around - their condition. i understand that a number of universities around the | number of universities around the world are working in partnership on this project. you mentioned new funding, how much is this and where has it come from? san}. funding, how much is this and where has it come from?— has it come from? say, this funding amounts to — has it come from? say, this funding amounts to just _ has it come from? say, this funding amounts to just short _ has it come from? say, this funding amounts to just short of— has it come from? say, this funding amounts to just short of £3 - has it come from? say, this funding amounts to just short of £3 million l amounts to just short of £3 million in this particular phase, but this is part of a wider initiative called type one diabetes grand challenge, £50 million research funding partnership between jd £50 million research funding partnership betweenjd rf, diabetes

uk, and another charity. i partnership between jd rf, diabetes uk, and another charity.— uk, and another charity. i think an bod uk, and another charity. i think anybody with — uk, and another charity. i think anybody with type _ uk, and another charity. i think anybody with type one - uk, and another charity. i think anybody with type one diabetes uk, and another charity. i think. anybody with type one diabetes or uk, and another charity. i think- anybody with type one diabetes or as anybody with type one diabetes or as a family member orfriend anybody with type one diabetes or as a family member or friend with type one diabetes will want to know when, potentially, this might be coming into use. ., , ., ., , into use. that is a really tricky question- _ into use. that is a really tricky question- at — into use. that is a really tricky question. at the _ into use. that is a really tricky question. at the laboratory, . into use. that is a really tricky l question. at the laboratory, we into use. that is a really tricky - question. at the laboratory, we are at the laboratory stages of developing the insulin. we don't know what the future holds. what we are hoping for is that we will be able to advance the ideas of these six scientific teams around the world much closer to clinical testing, so that we begin to get to know when these insulins will work for helping people with type one diabetes manage their condition. there is a way to go yet, but we are wishing you the best way that research and the teams involved in it. thank you. research and the teams involved in it- thank yon-— research and the teams involved in it. thank you._ around | research and the teams involved in i it. thank you._ around the it. thank you. thank you. around the world and across _

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today is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far. the highest temperatures are due around the south east of england, and could hit 35 celsius. but elsewhere across the uk things are a bit cooler, and in scotland and northern england there's been a thunderstorm warning. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in lee—on—the—solent. at lee—on—the—solent, they are back in the solent. the sun has brought out the heat seekers once again in this changing summer. what do you make of the weather? lovely. very nice. hot and sunny, just how we like it. it hasn't been great this summer? the start of the summer wasn't great but it sort of picked up now, hasn't it, so that's good. it's the same across great swathes of the south and east. well, it's lovely, i mean, we have been waiting for it for ages.

so, lovely, great. it has not been a blockbuster summer, has it? no. no, it hasn't, no. we've had so much rain. in some places, it is due to go well past 30 celsius in the next few hours. can it ever get too hot because they're talking about some places being in the 30s today? yes, it can be too hot, so that's why we come out early and that's when we go home, in the heat. with the heat back on, summer means safety. this coastguard helicopter was checking from the skies whilst... the white board, no life jacket either, so we'll. keep an eye on those. ..here on the beach volunteers are scouring the shoreline making sure there are no problems. we have to keep an eye - on what we call the little people, so swimmers, the paddle boarders, people at the water's edge. - eyes on the coast, that's our motto. but it's not all sun, lightning is believed to have caused this fire at aviemore in scotland. firefighters were called during a thunderstorm, one of many due in some parts of the uk. health experts are urging

people to take people to take the usual cautions with protection and hydration. sun or rain, these past few months have thrown up a familiar story of the summer. a seventh artwork by the elusive artist banksy has appeared on the streets of london. this time he's spray painted swimming piranha's on a city of london police sentry box. it's the latest in his animal series as yasmin rufo reports. today, spray—painted piranhas on an old police sentry box. but what could it mean? i think he's definitely making a comment about policing, and i think what we've got at the moment in england is a real problem across all of these areas. we'lljust never really know because i don't think he ever really says. the fish follow a whole host of other animals that have popped up across the capital. is it art? well, i don't think the stencils are. i mean, that's advertising, isn't it?

so what do you think he's advertising? he's advertising a brand — him. there has been speculation that these artworks are designed to cheer people up after the riots, or it may have an environmental angle, but banksy is yet to comment. i like the idea of bringing more nature, especially towards, you know, places like the city of london and, you know, where you just have architecture, you see no single tree on the street, right? so, go, banksy — more of that, please! i think what i like is it helps bring us together as a community and enjoy and celebrate the art. is this the end? well, we'lljust have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. yasmin rufo, bbc news. you can lead a horse to water and, it turns out, convince it to drink if the reward is great enough. a study has shown that the animals performed better than expected in a complex reward—based game. researchers found that

when denied treats for not following the rules of the game, the horses were able to instantly switch strategies to get more of those rewards. let's speak to lead researcher, louise evans. she carried out that a study for nottingham trent university and is now based at the university of bristol. good to have you winners. exactly what it was you asking the horses today. mt; exactly what it was you asking the horses today-— exactly what it was you asking the horsestoda. g , , horses today. my phd research is all about whether _ horses today. my phd research is all about whether horses _ horses today. my phd research is all about whether horses and _ horses today. my phd research is all about whether horses and their - about whether horses and their stress levels and physiological arousal levels are related to how well they learn. i set up, me, arousal levels are related to how well they learn. iset up, me, and two other doctors who contributed to this work, we set up an experiment which trained 20 horses to touch a target. when they touched the target, they were rewarded with food. then, i introduced an extra challenge, which was a cyclist head torch, which i wore around my

middle. when i switched on the light, i wanted the horses to inhibit their learned response, which was touching the target. so, i wanted them to stop and wait. and then, when i turned the lights back up then, when i turned the lights back up again, they could touch the target and be rewarded. this is quite complex for horses, it involves them inhibiting an urge, but, we expected the horses to learn this within a few training sessions. three weeks later, the horses were still performing really poorly, they were attaching target every single time and were not paying any attention to the light at all. we had some discussions about why that might be. we wondered if forces were not good at this. it might be too difficult for them to inhibit the response. or, we wondered if they had figured out that if they touch the target every time, sometimes

they get rewarded, sometimes they don't, but there is no cost, there is no negative outcome for making those errors. 50 is no negative outcome for making those errors-— those errors. so you had to introduce — those errors. so you had to introduce a _ those errors. so you had to introduce a negative - those errors. so you had to i introduce a negative outcome those errors. so you had to - introduce a negative outcome to those errors. so you had to _ introduce a negative outcome to make them switch their behaviour? they had to work out a cost benefit analysis, which is amazing. people who work with horses will say that they know that they are very intelligent, better demonstrated in that way is fascinating. where does this put horses in the ranking of animal intelligence? 50. this put horses in the ranking of animal intelligence?— this put horses in the ranking of animal intelligence? so, we didn't directly compare _ animal intelligence? so, we didn't directly compare animal— animal intelligence? so, we didn't. directly compare animal intelligence across different species. what this study showed ours is that horses are capable of something we didn't previously think that they were, which is a perspective. the ability to look at the outcome of their actions. so, we can think of it as being like humans playing chess. you can think of a couple of moves ahead, what might happen if i move

this piece here? and this is something quite complex and difficult. ourstudies something quite complex and difficult. our studies show that horses might be capable of a similar thing where they can think about what might be the outcome of certain actions that they take for certain behavioural responses that they give. behavioural responses that they tive. ., , behavioural responses that they i ive. ., , , behavioural responses that they i ive, ., , , ., behavioural responses that they tive. ., , , ., ., give. really interesting to hear that. give. really interesting to hear that- thank — give. really interesting to hear that. thank you _ give. really interesting to hear that. thank you very _ give. really interesting to hear that. thank you very much - give. really interesting to hear that. thank you very much for| that. thank you very much for joining us and telling us more about that study. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. this current heat has culminated in some really intense showers and thunderstorms, but that heat is still with us across central and eastern areas. we are still to confirm the highest temperature, but without a doubt the warmest day of the year so far. it might be that the thermometers read 35 degrees somewhere and we'll confirm that into the evening, but with it there will be 1 or 2 isolated storms across central and eastern areas,

more prevalent further north and east, clearing the mainland but hanging on for shetland. very few showers following on behind. it's a fresher field, but still with strong it's a fresher feel, but still with strong sunshine across much of northern ireland, scotland, western parts of england and wales and even further east. look at those temperatures, 30 to 35 c with that high humidity. but behind our band of showers, the humidity will just step down a notch. so a slightly more comfortable night for sleeping in many areas of england and wales, but further west, the winds are strengthening and bringing that cloud and more rain across northern ireland so here, quite a warm and muggy night as well. in fact, we could have some misty low cloud around the coast. so, as we go into tuesday, there's that next band of rain — all tied in with low pressure, the winds a little bit stronger as well, but again, it's mostly a feature through the morning for northern ireland and for scotland. it crosses the irish sea into wales, south west england, northern england in the afternoon, but again southern and eastern areas stay largely dry and still very warm. 27—28 degrees, but windier in the north and west, and that will make it

feel a little cooler than those temperatures would suggest. now, come wednesday, that weather front is with us. we think in southern areas, probably no more than a band of cloud with a ridge of high pressure building in behind. so, drierfor northern ireland, drier for scotland and northern england, and just a few showery bursts of rain on our weather front further south. but it will take the temperatures down by then. 20 to 25 is not far off average for the time of year, just a little above in the south. come thursday, we've got more rain coming in and this time it does look set to move its way further southwards, albeit very slowly, to give drier weather. with just a few showers to the north of that weather system. and it mayjust be hanging around still in the south as we move into friday as well. so you can see that as the heat comes to an end, we will start to see more rainfall, particularly in the north and west, but eventually some rain further south and east. as ever, you can stay up to date, particularly with warnings on the website.

live from london. this is bbc news. russia evacuates parts of its belgorod region — close to kursk — as ukrainian forces continue their surprise cross—border offensive. vladimir putin says russia will respond. translation: the defence ministry's main task is to push and to kick - the enemy out of our territory. the enemy is probably trying to improve its future negotiating position. thousands of people in greece are told to flee their homes, as wildfires edge to outskirts of athens.

the greek government calls for international help. warnings were missed about the mental health of valdo calocane, who went on to kill three people in nottingham last year. after weeks of sporting excellence, the olympics have drawn to a close — now paris turns its attention to hosting the paralympics. hello, i'm annita mcveigh and welcome to verified live, three hours of checking out the day's main stories and the facts behnd them. russia's president vladimir putin has told a meeting of his senior officials that ukrainian forces must be kicked out of the country. he was speaking as ukraine continues its week long offensive with troops advancing up to 30 kilometres — that's 18 miles — inside russian territory. local authorities are now evacuating residents from a second region — belgorod — which is situated next to kursk — that's where the ukrainian offensive began last tuesday.

the acting governor of the kursk region said ukraine was in control