tom daley has dived for the last time for team gb, he's decided to retire and will do so as the most decorated british athlete in the sport. he returned from paris earlier today after winning his fifth olympic medal — silver in the syncro ten metre platform. now 30, he first competed as a 14—year—old in bejing in 2008. his only gold came in tokyo three years ago. it's a lot but i'm really happy without everything is gone and i just think it is hard to say goodbye to any sport and so, yeah, lots of things to process but i think it is the right time and it feels like such a bonus. fifty year old valentina petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender person to compete at the paralympic games that starts later this month.

she transitioned in 2019 and has been picked to represent italy in the 200 and 400 metres sprints for visually impaired athletes. at the moment individual governing bodies set their own policies regarding eligibility in women's sport, the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told our correspondent laura scott, that a more unified approach is needed sport in general, international federations and we need them to look for a different future and i am comfortable for the moment because it is respecting the rules of the moment and the rules are there and we need to respect them. but i do think for the future, we need to focus on that of the world, they deserve an answer which cannot be, this week you can compete, maybe in the future cannot compete, we need to come up with a better, solid answerfor

to come up with a better, solid answer for that issue. and the tour de france femmes has got underway today — it's starting in netherlands and there was a dutch winner charlotta ko0l won the opening stage from rotterdam to the hague , from rotterdam to the hague, outsprinting her rivals. the second stage takes the riders back to rotterdam — so there will be plenty of home support for kool again, it's a 7 day race although they also squeeze in a time trial tomorrow after stage 2. there's a mouintain finish on alp d—huez next sunday the premier league starts on friday — plenty of activity in the transfer market, two—time winnerjulian alvarez has completed his transfer from manchester city to atletico madrid — the 2a year old argentinian forward, has signed a a six year deal that could be worth up to 82 million pounds. the dutch centre back matthijs de ligt and morroccan

full—back noussair mazraoui are on the brink of signing for manchester united from bayern munich, with both players travelling to manchester today for a medical. spains top division, la liga actually starts on thursday, with two matches a day for five days in the opening round of fixtures, barcelona start on saturday at valencia, hansi flick has been tasked with turning around barca's fortunes after they finished ten points behind champions real madrid last season and sacked their manager xavi. we have to do some things better than we did not do last year in football is so important that you have to understand the way that kind of system you want to play and in the end, if we are working altogether and each together as well and it will be successful in the end. brandt snedeker will be one of keegan bradley's vice captains for team usa at next year's ryder cup. he joins former us open champion webb simpson as a vice captain — with more still to be announced. snedeker was a nine time

winner on the pga tour and competed in two ryder cups — including being the only undefeated american in 2016. and that's all the sport for now. the family of the former england test cricketer graham thorpe — who died last week at the age of 55 — have revealed that he took his own life. graham thorpe was considered one of the best players of his generation. his family said he'd been suffering from depression and anxiety for years. ceo of mental health charity calm — simon gunning. thank you so much for being with us and what would you say first of all to the family speaking out like this because they spoke very openly about

the depression and anxiety in the cause of his death. unfortunately, words like brave _ cause of his death. unfortunately, words like brave spring _ cause of his death. unfortunately, words like brave spring to - cause of his death. unfortunately, words like brave spring to mind i words like brave spring to mind because it's so hard to do that even in 2024 and what they have done is really make progress for conversations and working to prevent suicide because we know absolutely that talking about suicide prevents it. but because of what they have done today talking about his condition over the years and very tragic what happened recently, they will have opened up the dialogue for the people to seek help and it is a really great thing they have done to reduce stigma. tell really great thing they have done to reduce stigma-— reduce stigma. tell us a bit more about male _ reduce stigma. tell us a bit more about male suicide _ reduce stigma. tell us a bit more about male suicide in _ reduce stigma. tell us a bit more about male suicide in particular. about male suicide in particular because i think now suicide at that age is particularly common, unfortunately. it age is particularly common, unfortunately.— age is particularly common, unfortunately. it is a thing very common to _ unfortunately. it is a thing very common to that _ unfortunately. it is a thing very common to that generation, i unfortunately. it is a thing very | common to that generation, my generation, generation x, the behaviour that has been with us our entire lives from childhood right

adolescence and drug middle—age. it is a feature of life which is so prevalent across society that we are afraid to confront and especially with the men, especially older men historically, just saying that word is almost impossible for so many people. they are a thousand reasons why there will be more applicable to men but the real impactful statistic is three quarters of all deaths by suicide or mail that indicates that men are less able to seek help and there so many societal and cultural reasons for that and to the family talking about this matter with such frankness and honesty, they'll be helping other people to try and change that. do helping other people to try and change that-— helping other people to try and chance that. ,, ~ ., change that. do you think part of it is that men — change that. do you think part of it is that men find _ change that. do you think part of it is that men find it _ change that. do you think part of it is that men find it very _ change that. do you think part of it is that men find it very hard - change that. do you think part of it is that men find it very hard to - is that men find it very hard to talk about their problems, by the

depression or by their anxiety, harder than women? to depression or by their anxiety, harder than women?— depression or by their anxiety, harder than women? to a large extent, it _ harder than women? to a large extent. it is _ harder than women? to a large extent, it is true. _ harder than women? to a large extent, it is true. reasons - harder than women? to a large i extent, it is true. reasons around cultural conditioning and around having to appear tough and strong working over the years with those who have been very open about their struggles with anxiety and depression are performing at the top level of cricket. it is that leadership that can change things but we're notjust leadership that can change things but we're not just talking about sporting environments, were talking about the kinds of environments where grow a pair and that kind of cultural competitiveness means that admitting, why should you need to admit, but confronting vulnerability for so many men and older men in

particular is something that is done alone, not with the collaboration of other people and we know that women being very binary but women are more able to seek this type of health care. ., able to seek this type of health care. ., ., , " able to seek this type of health care. . ., a _, able to seek this type of health care. . ., ,, ., ., care. can i ask you, apart from caettin care. can i ask you, apart from getting people _ care. can i ask you, apart from getting people to _ care. can i ask you, apart from getting people to speak - care. can i ask you, apart from getting people to speak more | care. can i ask you, apart from - getting people to speak more openly, what else can society do to try to combat the problem of suicide? aha, combat the problem of suicide? very clever guy in the university, when it is he thinks is talking about suicide prevent suicide and we all want to avoid saying that word and i know that i do because is a word filled with shame and stigma and to ask people there feeling suicidal is a directly preventative measure and culturally we have to change so that is something we can do for people that we care about. this do for people that we care about. as a society.

do for people that we care about. as a society- i — do for people that we care about. as a society. i have _ do for people that we care about. as a society. i have been _ do for people that we care about. as a society. i have been doing - do for people that we care about. as a society. i have been doing this - a society. i have been doing this for seven years _ a society. i have been doing this for seven years the _ a society. i have been doing this for seven years the road - a society. i have been doing this for seven years the road is - a society. i have been doing this i for seven years the road is changed a great deal in the seven years but seven years ago, talking about mental health was very difficult thing and suicide is becoming something that we can confront and it is changing in their organisations that provide people with so many digital tools and political tools and a helpline that we run from five to midnight, seven days a week that is free to call that you know people if you're in crisis or worrying about someone who is he can go on our website and other resources seek and maintain relationships of the people that you care about all the time and keep as a part of your social discourse. thank you for talking us through that. chief executive of the mental health charity. if you have been and remember, if you've been affected by anything we've been

talking about hereor need support, a list of organisations that can help is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

greece has appealed for international help to tackle wildfires threatening neighbourhoods close to the capital athens. the mayor of the town of marathon near athens says it has been engulfed by a wildfire and is facing "catastrophe". seven thousand residents are being evacuated from their homes. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in athens and sent this report. through the dense smoke, they battle a blaze that has reached the outskirts of athens. a path burned from the north and east, towards the greek capital. homes, businesses, even hospitals have been evacuated. translation: it hurts.

we've grown up in the forest. we feel great sadness and anger. the fight against the expanding blaze comes from the sky and from residents on the ground. people who have had to flee tell of their terror. translation: the flames - surrounded me, i couldn't see. i hit a pine tree and this happened. greece is no stranger to wildfires. but scientists warn things are getting worse because of climate change. this is a nation that just experienced its hottestjuly on record. we also have this very, very dry fuels, which contribute to the rapid spread of the fire and also they increase the chance of having a spot fire, generating away and quickly expanding wildfire.

i would say it is another very difficult day, and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and the fire behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view of controlling it. people are continuing to be evacuated from their homes. these scenes were filmed north of the capital as officers tried to bring residents to safety. medics are urging people to be cautious, especially the elderly, pregnant women, young children and those with respiratory or heart problems. high winds have fuelled these flames, and there is no relief forecast from the searing heat over the coming days. thick clouds have been hanging over the ancient acropolis, a city under siege. jessica parker, bbc news, in athens. eleni myrivili global chief heat officer at un—habitat and former deputy mayor of athens. how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is

ve bad. how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is very bad- it _ how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is very bad- it is _ how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is very bad. it is been _ how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is| very bad. it is been as mentioned, it has been a really hot year, 2023 roll it into a really hot winter, 2024, we had consecutive months of breaking records and it was try and hot month after month and we are very worried about the summer and what was going to happen and does not really come as a surprise but i do not think people understand how much this is linked to rising heat globally and how much we really have to understand that we have to prepare and build resilience towards climate change and extreme weather phenomenons that we are going to be dealing with from now on. deeds increases just _ dealing with from now on. deeds increases just going _ dealing with from now on. deeds increases just going to _ dealing with from now on. deeds increasesjust going to get i dealing with from now on. deeds| increasesjust going to get harder increases just going to get harder and harder with each passing year?

doesn't work like that. normally, it doesn't happen every year we could have a year or so were things that you will be cooler but scientists are expecting that 2024, the winter would start having lower temperatures but as you probably know record—breaking months, when after the other, most of been saying that globally we are heating up much, much faster than we expected and we are outside of the different kind of projectors they were expecting. and i think if not every year, definitely the majority of the years we have ahead of us in the next few decades, unless we really, really figure out how to stop climate change really fast, we are going to be dealing with extreme heat and notjust greece, but the

mediterranean in europe as well in your biz heating up twice as fast, it is the fastest heating right now continent in relation of all with his enormous problems of their workers, our cities, with our infrastructure, resources and it is something we have to deal with in cities particularly have been to prepare. cities particularly have been to re are. �* cities particularly have been to --reare. �* ~' , cities particularly have been to --reare. �* ~ , ., , cities particularly have been to --reare. ~ , ., , ., cities particularly have been to --reare. ~ , ., ., cities particularly have been to --reare. �* ~' , ., , . . ., ., prepare. but kris does have a lot of tourists in tourism _ prepare. but kris does have a lot of tourists in tourism is _ prepare. but kris does have a lot of tourists in tourism is a key - prepare. but kris does have a lot of tourists in tourism is a key part i prepare. but kris does have a lot of tourists in tourism is a key part of i tourists in tourism is a key part of the greek economy, are you worried that people are going to stop coming to greece because theyjust cannot face dealing with temperatures like the ones we are seeing at the moment?— the ones we are seeing at the moment? , , , ., , , ., moment? this is probably true and i think it's going _ moment? this is probably true and i think it's going to _ moment? this is probably true and i think it's going to be _ moment? this is probably true and i think it's going to be as _ moment? this is probably true and i think it's going to be as the - moment? this is probably true and i think it's going to be as the years i think it's going to be as the years go by. think it's going to be as the years go by, i think we're going to see a return of tourism towards the mountains and in the order times

before in the early 20th century, we started finding pleasure and going to beaches and being in the sun and slowly, the southern vera became more and more attractive and it became more and more touristic in the 60s, 70s, etc. in the next few decades, we might see a turn towards the north with tourism or at least towards more mountainous and cooler areas and this is a little bit of a problem because a lot of the economies all over the world in many countries that are not very rich are depending on tourism and beaches and people lying in the sun and as not going to be easy to sustain that in the future. ., �* going to be easy to sustain that in the future-— the future. you've left the athens area and have _ the future. you've left the athens area and have gone _ the future. you've left the athens area and have gone to _ the future. you've left the athens area and have gone to the - the future. you've left the athens| area and have gone to the islands, is that right?_

area and have gone to the islands, is that right?— is that right? yes, actually i'm in the island _ is that right? yes, actually i'm in the island on _ is that right? yes, actually i'm in the island on the _ is that right? yes, actually i'm in the island on the turkish - is that right? yes, actually i'm in the island on the turkish coast . the island on the turkish coast and became came here in my whole family at the beginning ofjuly because in july, we had a really big heat wave that lasted 16 consecutive days with temperatures above 37 degrees and many days is over 40 degrees in athens is impossible to work or do anything for that matter and athens and so we all moved here and we are staying here which is our summer home. a lot of people do not have that option and a lot of people do not have the option ago to their house somewhere that's a to acquire and end up staying in cities that ended up being really difficult to for some of us to arrive, or in the most vulnerable populations and have a real problem surviving and hear more and more from or the people who fearfor the summer more and more from or the people who fear for the summer months but also

our children are pregnant ladies and workers, we really have to figure out what to do to protect them but also, we also have to understand that a lot of people do not have the capacity to have air conditioning or leave the city and we have to give them the possibility of rest spied in parks and cooler spaces within cities but coming back, ijust want to come back to how terrible it is for the city itself to be losing all of this incredible forest all around it and how much of an incredible loss this is for many reasons. it is clearly devastating _ loss this is for many reasons. it is clearly devastating from the pictures you have been showing, thank you so much for your time.

researchers have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water on mars — enough to fill oceans on the planet's surface. using data from nasa's insight lander, the scientists estimated that the amount of groundwater could cover all of mars to a depth of between one and two kilometres, or about a mile. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. the red planet. for years, scientists have searched for the secrets of its watery past. its surface is marked by channels from ancient rivers, but it's now a desert. this latest study has finally found the planet's missing liquid water buried deep in the martian rock. to locate it, researchers had to listen for vibrations beneath the surface. touchdown confirmed. and that was the aim back in 2018, when i was at nasa'sjet propulsion laboratory as the team celebrated the successful landing of the mars insight probe.

it will be sending its data back here to mission control at nasa in california. it carried a seismometer, a device that picked up vibrations from inside the planet. marsquakes during its four years of quietly listening, insight, provided scientists with a record of seismic activity, and that has painted a picture of the internal structure of mars. the probe recorded more than 1300 quakes, and the researchers have now studied that record in detail, analysing exactly how mars moves. the vibrations reveal what the planet is made of, and they showed that deep in the rocky martian crust, there are reservoirs of water. we've identified places on mars where there are large amounts of liquid water. you know, water is the most important molecule in shaping the evolution of a planet and its climate. and we've identified how much of it is present and where it's sitting. this martian groundwater is between ten and 20km beneath the surface. it'll be difficult to reach,

but it could guide scientists to another promising target in the ongoing search for signs of life on mars. for now, though, this has uncovered a secret about the history of the red planet that has been buried for billions of years. victoria gill, bbc news. at the head of the study was geophysicist and assistant professor in 0ceanography at uc san diego, vashan wright. thank you forjoining us. how exciting is it this discovery? i was really excited _ exciting is it this discovery? i was really excited by _ exciting is it this discovery? i was really excited by the _ exciting is it this discovery? i was really excited by the discovery i exciting is it this discovery? i —" really excited by the discovery and for a long time, we had searched for whether there is ice in the shallow subsurface and we did not find a layer of thick ice we were not sure we would find a layer of liquid water but this is what the data is showing and i am inspired by it and hope that people who learn about it are inspired by it.—

are inspired by it. large reservoirs of water, are inspired by it. large reservoirs of water. what _ are inspired by it. large reservoirs of water, what is _ are inspired by it. large reservoirs of water, what is the _ are inspired by it. large reservoirs of water, what is the significance i of water, what is the significance of water, what is the significance of this and the implications of this discovery, do you think? this of this and the implications of this discovery, do you think?— discovery, do you think? this has many implications _ discovery, do you think? this has many implications in _ discovery, do you think? this has many implications in my - discovery, do you think? this has i many implications in my co-authors many implications in my co—authors said water effects just about everything about a planets, its history and its typography and its habitability. whether there is water and deep depths, we have microbial life in martyrs down there might actually be habitable and mars ones looked like earth 3 billion years ago and it had lakes, rivers on the surface and oceans and the big question was where is that water, we put some data and analysis this is some of it is beneath the crust. s, some of it is beneath the crust. a lot of comparisons there between mars and earth.—

mars and earth. yes, mars once looked like _ mars and earth. yes, mars once looked like when _ mars and earth. yes, mars once looked like when earth - mars and earth. yes, mars once looked like when earth looks i mars and earth. yes, mars once | looked like when earth looks like right now. looked like when earth looks like riaht now. ~ ., looked like when earth looks like riaht now. ., ., , looked like when earth looks like riahtnow.~ ., ., , right now. what does it say about the possibility _ right now. what does it say about the possibility of— right now. what does it say about the possibility of life, _ right now. what does it say about the possibility of life, do - right now. what does it say about the possibility of life, do you i the possibility of life, do you think? it the possibility of life, do you think? ., , the possibility of life, do you think? . , ., , , think? it means potentially deep down ten or— think? it means potentially deep down ten or 20 _ think? it means potentially deep down ten or 20 km _ think? it means potentially deep down ten or 20 km is _ think? it means potentially deep down ten or 20 km is a - think? it means potentially deepj down ten or 20 km is a habitable place on mars and study does not show that there is life or disprove that there isn't, just says that it is habitable. that there isn't, 'ust says that it is habitable.— that there isn't, 'ust says that it is habitable. ~ . , , , is habitable. what is the next step and what do _ is habitable. what is the next step and what do you _ is habitable. what is the next step and what do you want _ is habitable. what is the next step and what do you want to _ is habitable. what is the next step and what do you want to see i is habitable. what is the next step and what do you want to see you | is habitable. what is the next step i and what do you want to see you next in terms of research in the quest to find possibly live much deeper down? 0ne find possibly live much deeper down? one of the big things and the steps of margin studies is sample return and there is a rover on the planet has been collecting samples and we are going to go and try to get those samples and that is going to tell us a lot about the history of mars particularly with water. inside is no longer collecting new data but there's no analysis does coming forward and i really excited to see

with those analysis shelves. and with those analysis shelves. and ou're with those analysis shelves. and you're excited — with those analysis shelves. and you're excited by _ with those analysis shelves. and you're excited by the discovery and really surprised? was this something you are expecting to do take you by surprise? indie you are expecting to do take you by surrise? ~ ~ ., surprise? we knew there were other solutions to — surprise? we knew there were other solutions to where _ surprise? we knew there were other solutions to where is _ surprise? we knew there were other solutions to where is the _ surprise? we knew there were other solutions to where is the water i surprise? we knew there were other solutions to where is the water on i solutions to where is the water on mars is that it is beneath the ground and aquifers like it is on earth and there was one possibility that we knew when we were searching for it but for me and my colleagues, when we did not find ice saturated layers in the shallow crust, we were a little less hopeful but we still knew was a possibility and it is exciting to see that. it knew was a possibility and it is exciting to see that.— exciting to see that. it was an incredible _ exciting to see that. it was an incredible discovery. - exciting to see that. it was an incredible discovery. thank. exciting to see that. it was an l incredible discovery. thank you exciting to see that. it was an i incredible discovery. thank you so much for being with us. thank you for being with us on bbc

news. stay with us here on bbc news. good evening. we've reportedly had around 15,000 lightning reports across the uk in the past 24 hours, a culmination of the heat and the humidity. it has been the hottest day of the year so far, following a tropical night — that's when temperatures don't fall below 20 celsius and make it really uncomfortable for sleeping. but gradually, through the day, the heat and the humidity has been pushed to become confined to southern and eastern areas. and we have seen at least 34 celsius — we may see the odd 35 popping up as the figures come in later. but at the moment, as those storms clear away — and they clear away from shetland, as well, through this evening, overnight — the humidity lowers a little, it looks more comfortable for sleeping. but there is more rain, accompanied by brisk winds coming

into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland later in the night. but for many, temperatures of 4—5 degrees down on those of last night — so more comfortable for sleeping, and a bright, dry start under that ridge of high pressure. but this deep area of low pressure towards the northwest will bring some unusually windy weather to the irish sea coasts for the time of year. pushing that rain across northern ireland into scotland, northern and western parts of england and wales through the day. drying up behind it but remaining windy, it looks like east anglia and the southeast remain mostly dry, with some sunshine. still very warm, at 27—28, but not as hot as it's been today. and for most, a pleasant 19—21 celsius. and a ridge of high pressure builds on wednesday — so, yes, we've got the remnants of our rain band in the south and east, perhaps a few showers, but it's drier for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, and the southwest with some pleasant sunshine. 21—23 celsius, so about average for the time of year. but the window of drier weather doesn't last for long — we've got this next area of low pressure, its weather fronts moving in on thursday, meandering their way southwards into friday.

potentially another pulse of heavier rain for a time on friday towards the southeast, but the detail is difficult at this stage. and then, the ridge of high pressure may build in across the south for the weekend. but thursday, at the moment, again looks like another wet day — a spell of rain, brisk winds which will slowly push that weather front southwards. so behind it, drying up and brightening up and the rain taking longer to reach southern and eastern areas. but it's still quite warm — 24—25 — so i think it will find, or we think we'll find the humidity increasing a bit through thursday and friday once again. feeling quite muggy with the rain.

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the country to do the most important thing, which is that we must, we must beat trump. joining me tonight are my panelists julie harris, president of the national federation of republican women and jack blanchard the uk editor of politico. first — the latest headlines. president putin has vowed to �*kick the enemy out�* as ukraine continues it's surprise military offensive inside russian territory. officials in the kursk region say that more than 120—thousand residents have been evacuated so far. 180,000 have been told to leave their homes since the incursion began last tuesday. a doctor who treated the man who fatally stabbed three people in nottingham, had warned three years before the attacks that his mental illness was so severe he could "end