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 of 28 villages there, president putin claimed ukraine was trying to imporve its negotiating position. translation: the defence ministry's main task is to push and _ kick the enemy out of our territory. the enemy is probably trying to improve its future negotiating conditions. what negotiations can we conduct with people who are targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure? or those trying to threaten nuclear energy safety? but the main target is a military one, to slow the russian advance in other parts of the front. so what? the speed of the russian advance has increased 1.5 times. so — what will this ukrainian advance mean in the wider context of the war? with more on this rapidly developing situation here's our security correspondent, gordon corera. russian citizens who fled their homes amid fears that fighting may spread. this is in the belgorod region today, where 11,000 people

have been told to move. it comes after more than 70,000 were evacuated from the neighbouring kursk region. that's where ukraine launched its lightning advance. people's surprise at the events as they unfolded was clear. translation: my husband kept running to the cellar _ on the first day i ran to the cellar, then i couldn't. i was in my room. i lay huddled up and it went bang, bang, bang. the attack started nearly a week ago, with elite ukrainian forces heading over the border into the kursk region. their advances here in yellow. in some cases, they've been operating 20 miles inside russia. the plan seems to be to draw russian forces away from the areas in red inside ukraine where moscow had been making steady advances. these burnt out russian military vehicles are one indication of how far moscow was taken

by surprise, but it promised a tough response to what vladimir putin has called a major provocation, and it's sending troops into the region. the battle to come and this battle has only just started. but the battles to come in this kursk pocket will be measured in days and weeks, not weeks and months, because the russians will not allow this to stand. they will. . .they will put into this pocket whatever it takes to snuff it out, whatever it takes. because they, you know, whatever happens in ukraine is less important than what happens on the russian border. and inside ukraine, the brutal war of attrition between the two sides continues, carrying with it risks. this is the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant where a fire broke out. ukraine blamed occupying russian forces, while the russians blamed ukraine for the blaze. ukraine's incursion into russia is a bold but risky move. it has changed the dynamic of the war for the moment,

but the outcome remains uncertain. gordon corera, bbc news. earlier, sergei goryashko from bbc russian gave us his analysis. putin has gathered his infamous guys who are in response of the security in russia. among them were the former minister of defence, sergey shoygu, and the people who are the closest to putin. so the leaders of the fsb and the national guard both directly work under president putin. those are now responsible for restoring order in the regions which are touched by that incursion. they are partly occupied by ukrainian forces, and they are going to do that in terms of imposing that regime of counter—terrorist operation. and the one which was imposed before in chechnya in early 2000, when russia was leading its second campaign in chechen republic,

and the one which was imposed in some of the russian regions a year ago during the infamous prigozhin�*s mutiny. so this is something really significant, and it allows the fsb and the national guard to do basically whatever they want on the territory. how is the russian media portraying this incursion by ukrainian forces? basically, as putin has already commented on that. so it's like a provocation as something that so—called kyiv regime, i mean, the ukrainian authorities are doing to get themselves into a better position to before the probable possible peace talks. and this is actually the thing where kyiv�*s statements and moscow statements align in a way. so basically, what we hearfrom kyiv is that this operation could be something which could lead to a better position for kyiv at the peace talks. and moscow is now saying the same. but the fact is that vladimir putin warned that russia is not ready to negotiate with kyiv at any point,

and even said that specifically that there is nothing to talk about with kyiv. we've often focussed, haven't we, on the capabilities of the ukrainian forces and what resources they have to hand in terms of russia responding to this ukrainian offensive, what is that going to mean on the russian front line? well, it now means basically that russia did not have their own borders secured, which allowed that incursion to happen. and this is already not a good sign. again, last week there was that infamous video of a russian convoy being bombarded by missiles and being destroyed. and that was again a significant mistake in the military operation. and third, russia would need to withdraw some of their forces eventually to prevent ukrainian forces to advance on the kursk and belgorod directions. and in order to do that, it would need to withdraw

from kharkiv direction and from donetsk, and that would probably lead there very, very slow invasion at those parts of ukraine to stall. so maybe it could lead to some changes at the front line, but it's really hard to tell at the moment because it's the first time when countries something like this, it's the first time we've seen this swift change of strategy from the ukrainian armed forces. former deputy minister of defence for ukraine, alina frovola gave us her analysis of ukraine's strategy. i think that ukraine never declared that we are ready to negotiations now. so i think that there could be a plenty of different other reasons behind, including that we do not perceive that as a like a crossing a border. we do perceive it as a like very flexible, um, border line or front line. and that's just like a change of the initiative on the front line.

so, um, that although, yes, if there would be a negotiations, which doesn't seem realistic now because russia is still not changing their position and demonstrating their readiness to negotiate, that could be some part of the pressure. so ukraine has obviously demonstrated its willingness to take the offensive into russia, but based on its capabilities, resources at the moment, i'm thinking of in particular, how long do you think this offensive can last? well, it depends on what is the purpose of this operation? we still don't know yet. this is only our conclusions from the situation. but there is a command. there is like a president and chief of defence, and they do have some picture behind it. it can be short term, it can be long term. and i think that this is still war. there are a lot of like those uh, um, uh, factors which can influence on further developments.

uh, i heard like a statements in the beginning that this would be only... aggression. and i think that very much will depend on what we would like to reach and how russians reacted on this. for now on, we don't see some kind of strong reaction from russian side. they cannot relocate troops, they cannot stop the movement of ukrainian forces. and we'll see. turning to greece, and the authorities there have appealed for international help to fight a severe wildfire that is approaching the northern outskirts of athens. it's spread across the wooded mount penteli area near the city, burning homes and a school. aircraft are being used to tackle the blaze, but residents have complained there are not enough firefighters on the ground. the fuel tanks of parked cars have exploded, creating new flare—ups. at least eight people have been taken to hospital with breathing problems. jon donnison reports. dawn in the hills around athens.

the fierce sun almost obscured as the fires close in on the greek capital. from the city's famous monuments you get a sense of how close the danger is. hundreds of fire fighters are struggling to contain the fires. and around athens, police have ordered thousands of people to flee their homes. translation: it hurts. we have grown up in the forest. we feel great sadness and anger. but some are reluctant to go. "my family have all left," iannis says, but i am staying nearby so that i can keep an eye on my house. just to the north of athens, a children's hospital had to be evacuated overnight. and the elderly are particularly vulnerable. with some having to be rescued from their homes. the army has been brought in to help

with the evacuation. translation: the| situation is chaotic. our military unit has been here from the beginning and we are trying to help the fire unit and volunteer teams. we are surrounded by fire here. the fires are being fuelled by strong winds and temperatures close to a0 degrees. after the hottestjune and july on record the ground is tinder dry. we also have this very, very dry fuels which contributes to the rapid spread of the fire and also they increase the chance of having spot fires and generating a very quickly expanding wildfire. overall i would say that it is another very difficult day and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and fire behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view of controlling the fire. greece suffers wildfires almost every year.

but scientists say their increased frequency and intensity is down to climate change. and these latest ones so close to the capital and show no sign of abating, with forecasters predicting difficult conditions in the coming days and nights. jon donnison, bbc news. a girl aged 11 and 34—year—old woman have been stabbed in leicester square in london. the girl's injuries are thought to be non—life threatening — the condition of the woman isn't known. one man's been arrested and taken into custody. police do not believe anyone else was involved. with the latest, here's our correspondent, chi chi izundu. we know that around 11:36 this morning the london ambulance service attended the scene in leicester square where an 11—year—old girl and a 34—year—old woman had been stabbed. the london ambulance service but a statement earlier saying that they sent considerable resources to the scene, an ambulance crew, and advanced paramedic and an incident officer

as well as a tactical response unit. they tried to help the 11—year—old and the 34—year—old before they were taken to a major trauma unit. police say a man has been arrested and is in police custody. however, they are not giving more information on him and do not believe that there is any other suspect involved. in case people don't know about leicester square, it is in central london and is one of the most popular tourist areas in central london, about 2.5 million weekly visitors visit the area every week and it is really popular for its theatres and cinemas. it is home of a lot of massive premiers that go on weekly. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

here in the uk, a doctor who treated valdo calocane, three years before he fatally

stabbed three people in nottingham, warned that his mental illness was so severe he could "end up killing someone". ? calocane's mother and brother have told bbc panorama it was one of a series of missed opportunities that could have prevented the killings. he was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter of caretaker ian coates, and students barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar last year. our correspondent navtej johal reports. for so long we had 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. 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. and if you are watching in the uk you can watch panorama, the nottingham attacks: a search for answers on bbc one and the bbc iplayer tonight at 8.

emmanuel macron has paid tribute to everyone who made the paris olympics what the french president described as a �*huge success'. the games drew to a close on sunday night after more than two weeks of sporting excellence, ending with a spectacular ceremony at the stade de france. there were fireworks — jubilant athletes — and even a cameo from tom cruise. translation: we did it. we turn the names into translation: we did it. we turn the games into a — translation: we did it. we turn the games into a moment _ translation: we did it. we turn the games into a moment of— translation: we did it. we turn the games into a moment of incredible i games into a moment of incredible achievement, a true and extraordinary moment which captured the imagination of the whole country, indeed, the whole world, turning this event into a huge, popular success. turning this event into a huge, popularsuccess. it turning this event into a huge, popular success. it began almost ten years ago. seven years since we have been managing this process and we haven't stopped for a day, we really

accelerated from the middle of may, where the olympic flame worked its way towards paris and we move towards the opening ceremony where a world held its breath as we saw such beautiful sites. world held its breath as we saw such beautifulsites. —— world held its breath as we saw such beautiful sites. —— such beautiful sights. we saw the athletes moving in incredible contexts, the backdrop of paris, our sportsman, in incredible contexts, the backdrop of paris, oursportsman, boxes, athletes. everybody was witness to the fruits of your work and the enthusiasm, the further which took the country. grace harbage has more details about that — and also what we can expect from the paralympics, which start later this month. here we are the day after the night before and what a closing ceremony we were treated to. it had everything, really, didn't it? i want to show you the newspapers in france today.

i start off with le figaro saying, �*paris, the game of all records'. and that amazing photo inside the stade de france showing the stage as a map of the world. crowds full, athletes there in all of their colours and uniforms and flags. i want to show you the parisian as well, simply saying, �*merci' for what a wonderful games, that iconic shot of the olympic cauldron and of course the eiffel tower. so i'm sure lots more photos of that to come. lots online of every twist and turn of the closing ceremony last night. it had everything from leon marchand taking the flame from the tuileries garden up to the stade de france, and in to the crowds there, handing over to the formalities from thomas bach and tony estanguet as well. and then, of course, that moment that had been rumoured for a long time yesterday, tom cruise came in over the top of the stade de france to collect that olympic flag from simone biles and then ride out of the stade on the motorbike with the flag right behind him, down the champs elysees, down past the eiffel tower as well.

and then there we were in la with, again, more rumoured faces from that day. there was billie eilish, red hot chilli peppers, snoop dogg and doctor dre, so it gave us a really good sense of what la will give us and what we can expect from those games in 2028. but before we get there, of course, in just over two weeks' time, we've got the paralympic games here in paris. and we've spoken to lots of people who've said these olympics, they're just a warm up to the main event being the paralympics, so we know we're in for a treat. there has been so much time and effort and energy into making the paralympics a real spectacle, a real event. we'll have 4,000 athletes expected for these games, competing in 22 sports, so it's sure to be quite the spectacle. we've heard issues from organisers about the accessibility in paris, and actually we've spoken to people who've said a lot of work has gone into making sure paris is accessible

for everyone and moving around the city won't be a problem. there are lots of cars put on for moving those athletes around. so there we go, we've had one games and now we've got plenty to look forward to with the paralympics here in paris. this afternoon the sporting heroes of team gb have been arriving back in london — with thousands at st pancras station there to welcome them. the team managed a haul of 65 medals throughout the course of the games. one of them was a silver belonging to diver tom daley. it'll be his last — with the 30—year—old confirming his retirement from the sport. right now, like, obviously it's a lot, but i, uh, you know, i'm really happy with how everything's gone. ijust think it's always hard when you say goodbye to your sport, so ijust... yeah, lots of things to process. but, you know, ithink it's the right time. like, this year felt like such a bonus. and i got to compete in front of my, um, family, my kids.

so...and i got to be flagbearer. so, yeah, like, bucket list ticked off on every occasion. and your kids must be so glad that daddy's home and, you know, they've got their daddy back, and they must be so proud of you. yeah, i'd like to think they're very proud of me. and i'm sorry. i didn't realise i wouldn't be able to actually speak. it's not very like me. you're doing very well. um, but, yeah, i, iam happy, which is not, what, like... but it's. .. yeah, it'sjust hard to talk when you have loved something so much. reseachers in rio dejaneiro say humpback whales are returning to the waters off the coast of the brazilian city , a trend they hope will continue. these giant mammals skirt the coast every year during theirjourney from antarctica. thanks to a ban on hunting their population is now estimated to number in the thousands. but despite these efforts humpback

whales are still threatened by illegal fishing, heavy shipping traffic, and water pollution. but for now they seem happy to enjoy the crystal—clear waters around the marvelous city. 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've 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 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 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 and western scotland by morning. 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.

are fighting for the fed. the independence of the us central bank sparks election disagreement as it waits for that crucial inflation data. new allegations involving india's adani group hit the company's stock price, wiping 9 billion dollars off its market value. welcome to business today. after last week's roller—coaster,

the world's financial markets are hoping this week will be somewhat more settled. monday's session in asia has been more muted and european markets are recovering. and there's not a lot of movement on wall street as us markets start their trading day because the focus is really on wednesday. that's when we get the latest us inflation data. the last reading showed prices rising at an annualised pace of 3% injuly, which is ahead of the 2% target that the central bank the federal reserve aims for. and that will have a big impact on interest rates. they are currently at a range of 5.25% — 5.5%. but a cut is widely expected in september. and with the us election campaign in full swing over the weekend the republican vice—presidential candidatejd vance has been reiterating what his new boss donald trump thinks about the future of interest rate decisions. he told cnn that �*the political leadership of this country should