it's 8.00 in the morning in singapore and sam in ukraine, where the government says its forces now control a thousand square kilometres of territory inside russia. the land has been overrun in the last week following a surprise attack over the border into russia's kursk region. while officials in kyiv were cautious at first, they're now talking up the advances. moscow has been ordering evacuations in kursk, and in neighbouring belgorod. president putin has told his officials to act. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. a music video from the russian military, allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops who'd crossed the border. it's presented like a blockbuster. in reality, this is a huge problem for russia.

the governor of russia's kursk region put it in figures. he told vladimir putin that ukrainian soldiers had seized 28 settlements in his region. the kremlin leader cut him off. "leave the numbers to the military," he said. translation: the main task is with our ministry _ of defence, and that is to force the enemy from our territory. our adversary will, of course, receive a fitting response. and, without doubt, all our objectives will be met. as ukrainian troops have moved in, residents have moved out. officials say that more than 120,000 people have been evacuated in kursk region, and thousands more in the neighbouring region of belgorod. there are fears of a ukrainian incursion there too. what is happening is huge. for the first time in more

than 80 years, foreign troops

are fighting on russian soil. and yet the country's leadership describes this as a provocation, a terrorist attack. the kremlin still avoids

using the word war, as if to tell the people there's no need to panic. 0n the streets of moscow, no shock — just resignation about ukraine's offensive. "i'm not surprised," 0lga says. "it's a border area and this war has been going on for some time." what we all want is peace, and, like, the quickest resolution of this conflict. in the meantime, these volunteers are trying to do something. in moscow, they've organised a collection of food and clothes for the evacuees. there are people who lost their homes. they need shelter, they need food, they need supplies. it was their country that invaded ukraine. russians are now having to deal with unforeseen consequences. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.

for more on this lets cross live to washington and join mark cancian, who is a senior adviser for the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for your time. given we have seen evacuation orders in russia, are we in full—scale warfare? in russia, are we in full-scale warfare? ., in russia, are we in full-scale warfare?— in russia, are we in full-scale warfare? no question this is a ma'or warfare? no question this is a major attack _ warfare? no question this is a major attack and _ warfare? no question this is a major attack and it _ warfare? no question this is a major attack and it has - warfare? no question this is a| major attack and it has caused alarm on the russian side as it might well. this area has been lightly defended on both sides. what we are probably seeing is ukrainian battle groups, pretty uncoordinated moving forward, unlikely there is a continuous run so things are very fluid, but no question this is very embarrassing for russia and vladimir putin. we will get to

vladimir putin. we will get to vladimir boughton in a moment what is the endgame? you describe — what is the endgame? you describe it _ what is the endgame? you describe it as _ what is the endgame? you describe it as being - what is the endgame? you describe it as being not so concerted. describe it as being not so concerted-— concerted. there are four possible _ concerted. there are four possible and _ concerted. there are four possible and games - concerted. there are four possible and games and l concerted. there are four. possible and games and we concerted. there are four- possible and games and we will see in the next couple of games —— days the course to ukrainian state. there were reports they were digging in, could be digging in and try to hold the territory they have occupied, they could pull back to more defensible lines, to a continuous line and try to hold back, could pull all the way back, could pull all the way back to the border and consider this a raid, the least risky, but vladimir putin will claim it as a victory, or they could reinforce, bringing more troops and trying to push further into russia, perhaps even threatening kursk. what does this mean _ threatening kursk. what does this mean for— threatening kursk. what does this mean for vladimir - threatening kursk. what does this mean for vladimir putin l this mean for vladimir putin and how is it playing out? it

is not causing any panic in moscow. vladimir putin is able to control the media and most of the narrative, but if the russians cannot contain this salient, then it will become increasingly embarrassing and cause more anxiety and become a political problem for vladimir putin as well as a military problem. putin as well as a military problem-— putin as well as a military roblem. , ., ., ., _, problem. given that, how do you think he will— problem. given that, how do you think he will respond? _ problem. given that, how do you think he will respond? what - problem. given that, how do you think he will respond? what we i think he will respond? what we are seeing _ think he will respond? what we are seeing is — think he will respond? what we are seeing is the _ think he will respond? what we are seeing is the russians - think he will respond? what we are seeing is the russians are l are seeing is the russians are moving troops into the area to try to seal off this penetration by ukraine. it is taking longer than it probably should and that is embarrassing for the military, but if they can do that, get enough troops there, then they can hold the ukrainians from making further incursions, but that will mean inaudible serve deadline, perhaps weakening attacks on ukrainians perhaps further to the east. ~ .,

the east. we will leave it there. thank _ the east. we will leave it there. thank you. - let's turn to the growing tensions in the middle east and the white house has warned that iran could launch what it describes as a �*significant attack�* on israel as soon as this week. the comments were made by national security spokesman john kirby — and they come as the us is rushing an aircraft carrier strike group and a guided missile submarine to the region in a show of support for israel. iran and its ally, the lebanese militia group hezbollah, have both vowed to avenge the killings last month of the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh, who died during a visit to iran — and a hezbollah commander — they blame both deaths on israel. israel has neither confirmed nor denied any involvement. we share the same concerns and expectations with respect to potential timing. could be this week. we are continuing to watch it very closely and it is

difficult to ascertain at this particular time if there is an attack by iran and where its proxies, what that could look like. let's put all of that into context now — here's our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies. there have been intelligence reports and an increasing expectation iran will follow through with its power to respond against israel either directly or indirect me through hezbollah for those attacks believed to have been carried out by israel. in iran and in seven inaudible lebanon again seniorfigures in hamas and hezbollah. how those will take place recently do not know but the israeli government says its military is prepared for an attack. all of this comes against increasing international pressure for around two pull back from the. the americans have increased

their naval presence in the region. there has been a co—ordinated effort from the governments of france, britain and germany persuading iran not to go through with an attack. in the last few hours the british prime minister, keir starmer, has spoken to the new iranian president again emphasising that level of international concern and saying any iranian attack might jeopardise a set apiece talks set to take place later this week indirectly between hamas and israel but it is looking increasingly, perhaps uncertain those talks might not even take place. it is very difficult to second guess what the new hamas leader and the israeli prime minister want to get from those talks and whether either man is prepared to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve a ceasefire and secure the release of those hostages still being held by hamas in gaza.

since the war in gaza began, there have been concerns that the lebanese militia group hezbollah, which is a close ally of iran, could intervene against israel. there have been several exchanges of fire over the border — but so far, no full—out hostilities. however, several countries have issued warnings to their citizens in lebanon — and in the last few hours, canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau has repeated that advice — saying that the risk of escalation is �*real�*. the authorities in lebanon are also preparing for a potential emergency. here's nasser yassin, the lebanese minister in charge of coordinating emergency plans. what is happening in gaza and south lebanon is an actual war, and actual act of war that no country can stand, so we are conscious and aware of all the constraints and limitations and challenges, but we taking our responsibility as a functioning government to actually protect people of lebanon diplomatically on one track,

but also in case there is an all—out attack and aggression to be prepared to get the people into shelter, provide them the basic food, water and sanitation, medication and so on. two 12—year—old boys have become the youngest to admit taking part in the recent disorder in the uk. they can't be named because of their ages, with one of them caught on cctv, throwing an object at police during unrest in southport. he admitted violent disorder at liverpool youth court. the other, threw a missile at a police van in manchester. he admitted to two charges of violent disorder. they were among dozens of people convicted today, following widespread disorder in numerous towns and cities, in the wake of the fatal stabbings of three young girls in southport. so far, 975 people have been arrested, with 546 charged. an 11—year—old girl has been seriously injured and her mother was also wounded in a knife attack in leicester square, in central london, one of the busiest tourist areas in the capital.

a man has been arrested. members of the public helped hold the attacker down until the police arrived. here's frankie mccamley. just after 11.30 this morning, police were called here following reports that an 11—year—old girl and a woman had been stabbed. when officers arrived, a security worker and members of the public had detained a man. i heard a scream. and ijust went outside and saw one guy was having a knife. and the moment i saw it, ijumped on that guy and grabbed his hand in which he was having a knife. and then ijust put him down the floor and kicked the knife away from him. and in the meanwhile a couple of more guys came as well and they got on top of him and just held him for four orfive minutes, and in the meanwhile the police arrived as well. hearing screams, many tourists fled the scene. they didn't know what was happening now. so i told them just calm down, i'm going to go to a safe place. but they just wanted to go back to the hotel. leicester square is usually

a fun and family—friendly area. today, part of it has been cordoned off. it is now a crime scene, with bloodstains on the pavement behind me. forensics have been carrying out a fingertip search, taking photographs inside, trying to figure out exactly what happened here in an area packed full of tourists who have come to see the sights. but some today saw a horrific attack instead. a 32—year—old man was arrested. police don't think the suspect and victims were known to each other, but officers have praised those who bravely put themselves at risk and showed the best of london in doing so. frankie mccamley, bbc london. the billionaire entrepreneur elon musk is set to interview the republican presidential candidate donald trump on the x social media platform. the beginning of the interview has been hit by technical issues. the event could provide former president trump the opportunity

to seize the limelight at a time when his campaign appears to have lost some momentum. but politics aside, it's raised questions about the power of the x social media network and how elon musk is using it. and that concern has been highlighted by an open letter to elon musk by the european commission — which it says is monitoring potential risks associated with content that may incite violence, hate and racism. it also points out that mr musk has a legal obligation to ensure x's compliance with eu law. political strategist rina shah believes donald trump will try to use this interview to reinvigorate his presidential campaign. trump is coming off a disastrous couple of weeks particularly since he named his running mate, jd vance, from ohio. jd vance has proved to be 0hio. jd vance has proved to be a sandbank, there the energy out of it and proving to be quite uncharismatic. this lack of energy it seems or appeal he seems to have is something that

is privately frustrating donald trump and he is looking for a win and so this interview with somebody who is friendly to him, somebody who is probably even a friend to some extent, i think this will be something that could particularly put the wind behind his back after what we again have seen to be a tumultuous time for his campaign. tumultuous time for his campaign-— tumultuous time for his cam aiun. ., ., tumultuous time for his camaiun. ., ., ., campaign. you mentioned elon musk being _ campaign. you mentioned elon musk being friendly _ campaign. you mentioned elon musk being friendly towards i musk being friendly towards him. that hasn't always been the case. they haven't always liked each other. elon musk is fully endorsed donald trump. what did both men want to get out of it? , ., ., out of it? they want to pay less taxes. _ out of it? they want to pay less taxes. to _ out of it? they want to pay less taxes. to be - out of it? they want to pay less taxes. to be blunt, i l less taxes. to be blunt, i think when you look at most american businessmen in a certain income range or profit range, you look at them and you say, what are they trying to get out? save more money, give leicester the government and thatis leicester the government and that is not a secret. that is what the republican party has been saying for decades it would do, empower american businesses to power our economy. when you hear elon

musk in his early days actually of sounding sympathetic to donald trump, knew there was an aim and that is to get rid of what he considers the demon democrats. there is no other way to put it lightly. elon musk has really demonise the democrats in his messaging, make them sound like they are destructive to america, not just on the economic front but also on the social front. and you can keep up to date with donald trump's interview with elon musk by following our live page on the bbc news website, which is bbc.com/news. 0ne news line which donald trump might be asked about by elon musk. it's emerged he has filed a claim for damages — for $100 million against the usjustice department, over the raid on his mar—a—lago residence

two years ago. he claims that the fbi's search which recovered classified documents, was �*political persecution'. mr trump was charged with 31 counts linked to his refusal in return the top secret papers but that case was dismissed by a federaljudge last month, on the grounds that the special counsel who brought the charges was unlawfully appointed. meanwhile, the white house has confirmed that president biden will speak at the democratic national convention next week. biden pulled out of the race after losing financial and political support, following his presidential debate with donald trump. his vice—president, kamala harris, now has the nomination — and has seen a surge in donations, and in the opinion polls in recent weeks. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you are watching newsday on bbc news. thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes in greece, as wildfires spread through forests and villages. and tonight, the fires are reported to have reached the suburbs of athens —

with firefighters saying they have found a burned body inside a shop. the emergency services say homes have also been destroyed in varnavas, northeast of the greek capital. the nation is now on high alert, with soaring temperatures and strong winds expected to persist in the coming days. with the latest from athens, here's jess parker. a picture of despair. 0ur houses are burning, says this woman. many smoke—filled streets in the northeast of athens. �* ,, �* streets in the northeast of athens. �* ,, ~ ., , athens. translation: complete destruction- _ athens. translation: complete destruction. the _ athens. translation: complete destruction. the fire _ athens. translation: complete destruction. the fire was - destruction. the fire was coming from all sides for 48 hours. as soon as we call the fire department, the firemen came right away. i fire department, the firemen came right away.— came right away. i could not believe it. _ came right away. i could not believe it. as _ came right away. i could not believe it. as the _ came right away. i could not believe it. as the blaze - believe it. as the blaze reached the outskirts of greece plasma capital, look at this, a thick cloud over the acropolis, the ancient citadel covered by a smoky mist. residents have been hauled from their homes,

schools, hospitals and businesses abandoned too. people who have had to flee tell of that era. translation: the flames _ tell of that era. translation: the flames surrounded - tell of that era. translation: the flames surrounded me. . tell of that era. translation: the flames surrounded me. i l the flames surrounded me. i could not see. a hitter pine tree and this happen. == could not see. a hitter pine tree and this happen.- could not see. a hitter pine tree and this happen. -- i hit. fiareuns _ tree and this happen. -- i hit. fiareuns and _ tree and this happen. -- i hit. flareups and hotspots - tree and this happen. -- i hit. flareups and hotspots make l flareups and hotspots make these places hard to tackle and they use whatever they can. high winds and heat have allowed the flames to spread, but this is a longer—term problem. greece and this region are no strangers to wildfires and scientists warn things are getting worse because of climate change. the hottest july on record in greece came after a warm winter. we july on record in greece came after a warm winter.- after a warm winter. we also have this _ after a warm winter. we also have this very, _ after a warm winter. we also have this very, very - after a warm winter. we also have this very, very dry - after a warm winter. we also have this very, very dry fuell have this very, very dry fuel that contributes to the rapid spread of the fire and also increases the chance of having spot fires and generating quickly expanding wildfires. 0verall quickly expanding wildfires. overall i would say it is

another very difficult day and the situation right now in terms of the fire spreading and behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view of controlling the fire. the searing heat is set to continue here over the coming days. help is being sent from other countries as greece defends its inaudible and its capital. —— people. we've often reported on newsday on how plastic waste is creating problems around the world — particularly in some parts of asia. finding a solution — isn't easy, but a 12 —year—old from new delhi has created her own prize—winning answer. here she is, licypriya kangujam, who has won the international young eco hero award for her project plastic money shop. it works by encouraging people to exchange single—use plastic items for essential goods. the collected plastic is then upcycled into eco—friendly products. we spoke to her earlier.

people come up to me, they give me the single use plastic waste from the houses, etc and in return i give them inaudible stationary item or a plant sapling and after collecting all the single use plastic waste i again recycle them into school benches, desks, inaudible tiles etc so the mission of my project is to eliminate every single use plastic from our planet. well, it also stops the single use plastic waste from reaching our oceans, rivers, areas etc. imagine you see a 12—year—old climate activist, just a 12—year—old inaudible is doing all this work and making a big difference. i can amplify my voice. imagine if it does, if all the people, if wejoin hands together, if we unite and then work on not only the

global plastic pollution crisis but on all these environmental issues, climate change, whether global warming etc, then imagine the big difference, the big change we can bring together. scientists say they have discovered proof that there is a huge reservoir of liquid water on mars. the finding comes after a new analysis of data from a nasa probe, which touched down on the red planet in 2018. but where the water is located means it may be all but impossible to access. 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, nasa had to send a very sensitive piece of robotic equipment.

nasser had to listen to vibrations deep beneath the surface. lift—off of the united launch alliance atlas v rocket. and that's what they did back in 2018... touchdown confirmed. ..when i was at nasa's jet 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 1,300 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 10 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. for the last week, the street artist banksy has been unveiling new works across london and on monday, he made it eight days in a row with this rhino clambering onto an abandoned and rather broken down nissan micra. it's not clear if the traffic cone on the bonnet is part of the art but the piece was soon attracting fans to charlton, in the southeast of the city. it's the latest in an animal—themed series, which banksy has said hasn't got any deep meaning. he just wanted to do something to cheer everyone up.

that's all for now. i will be back shortly with business today. hello there. it's been a very dramatic start to the week, what with the thunder and lightning and the heat and humidity, and it was hottest across east anglia, the south east and lincolnshire. temperatures widely over 30 degrees. but it was in cambridge where we set the highest temperature of the year so far. those temperatures are ebbing away. we'll be turning cooler through the rest of the week, and while there'll be some sunshine at times, there'll also be some spells of rain. these are the temperatures early in the morning, still quite warm across southeastern areas, but elsewhere a more comfortable 10 or 11 degrees. and there is cloud and rain coming into western areas by the morning, and this rain will push very slowly eastwards. moving away from northern ireland, we'll get some sunshine. we'll see the rain pushing eastwards across scotland, moving further into northern england, wales and the southwest. but across the midlands,

lincolnshire, east anglia and the southeast, it's dry. a little bit hazy with the sunshine perhaps, especially in the afternoon, but very warm once again. temperatures 27 or 28 degrees. not as hot or as humid as it was on monday. but there is cooler air coming into the northwest. it follows that weather front that's bringing the cloud and rain. that meanders down towards the southeast. it brings a very different look to the weather across the east midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia and the southeast of england on wednesday. much more cloud around, a bit of rain and drizzle at times, although it does become drier later. but it's across the rest of the uk that we've got the fine weather this time, and it should be a fair bit of sunshine too. not that warm, perhaps making 20 degrees at best in scotland and northern ireland. a little bit warmer across england and wales. but it is turning cooler because we're seeing atlantic air coming our way, and that's going to bring with it some rain. the next weather system arriving overnight and moving down into the uk on thursday. some stronger winds with that rain in scotland and northern ireland. it's moving more

slowly southwards so it's going to be later in the day that we get some sunshine in the northwest. may well stay dry through the midlands, east anglia and the southeast, and actually quite warm here, temperatures 26 degrees or so. but it is cooling down a touch for scotland and northern ireland. that rain does eventually move southwards overnight. it may take a little while to clear away from southeastern most parts of england on friday, but otherwise following that, we've got some sunshine, blustery wind in the northwest will blow in some more showers into parts of scotland, where temperatures are still only 17 or 18 degrees, further south, 23 or 24.

oil prices rise as tensions in the middle east fuel concerns that global supply could be disrupted. it's said to be taller than the eiffel tower — find out how kashmir�*s brand—new railway bridge will help boost its economy. quite a sight. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we start with global crude oil prices, which rallied overnight to top $80 a barrel. prices are lower now when asian trade. the pop in prices came after the us announced it was increasing its deployment of military resources to the middle east to safeguard israel. israel has been preparing for retaliation by iran and the hezbollah

for nearly two weeks after the assassination of a hamas leader in tehran. 0ur energy expert explained where he sees oil prices headed after the 4% where he sees oil prices headed after the li%jump where he sees oil prices headed after the 4% jump overnight. we do believe that the oil price will continue to be volatile in this $80—$90 a barrel range. i know that there is a lot on the geopolitical side and right now expectations are higher, escalation is probably helping. i think if you talk about fundamentals, i want to make two very important key points on how to see the crisis. one, i believe the 0pec map...