this is bbc news. the headlines... hezbollah has fired a barrage of rockets into northern israel, after an israeli strike on a residential building in southern lebanon killed ten people. the israeli army says about 55 rockets were fired across the border — with no casualties reported. officials in gaza say at least 15 people have been killed in israeli strikes. meanwhile an israeli team has said it is cautiously optimistic about the ceasefire talks — but hamas has dismissed president biden�*s claim that a deal is "closer than ever". the venezuelan opposition leader maria corina machado leads a protest in the capital, caracas. she and her supporters are angry with president maduro�*s disputed victory in the presidential election.

the ukrainian military has released video of what it says is the moment a key strategic bridge in russia's kursk region was destroyed. meanwhile russia has launched a new bombardment in the border region, around sumy. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. it all goes to plan for arne slot, with victory for the new liverpool boss, against new—boys ipswich. arsenal are looking to dethrone man city this campaign — and they're on the money against wolves at the emirates. and it's magic weekend in superleague — as london broncos provide the stardust, against hull fc at elland road. also coming up on sportsday...

team gb�*s bryony page talks to us about hitting the heights, with her gold medalfrom paris. i was just incredibly happy. a little bit relieved. all of the emotions that you can feel, just times it by so many. it was the most incredible feeling. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. and business as usualfor the big names in the premier league today. liverpool began a new regime under new head coach arne slot, with a straightforward win over new—boys ipswich town at portman road. it could be sign of how tough things will be for ipswich, on their return after such a long spell away from the top flight. patrick geary was watching. ipswich town have waited 22 years for their place in the sun. their exile from the premier league began the year ed sheeran first picked up a guitar. now they're back playing liverpool,

they must learn as fast as he did. missed chances must not become bad habits. but this was a positive start from ipswich. it took until the second half for liverpool to threaten. commentator: on to luis diaz! and lifted over the bar. they're a team beginning their own new era under manager arne slot, a dutchman who has replaced jurgen klopp with ideas of his own. and this is roughly what he wants them to do. rolls it in... jota! 1-0. diogojota set up by mo salah. the egyptian is in his eighth season with liverpool. he remains a brilliant constant — 2—0. salah going through and scoring! and a first slot test passed. people told me before i started, there's no easy game in the premier league and i think today showed this if you play a newly promoted club. it shows you every time how tough it is to win games over here. but in the end we managed to win it and it was a was a good way to start the season. so ipswich begin this premier league season just how they ended their last one — with defeat to liverpool. it's manchester city next.

welcome back. patrick geary, bbc news. so a winning start for life under arne slot for liverpool, but still plenty of reasons for optimism for ipswich according to their manager kieran mckenna. we started with this 11 today, and on the first day of the season be playing against liverpool and the ascendancy for the first half, probably the better team in that period. that is a great reflection of the achievement that we've had here. but, we also look at a second half, you know, continue to try to find ways to improve and manage that game better. for sure i feel there is a lot more positives out there today than negatives. arsenal have come the closest to dethroning manchester city in the last couple of seasons, and they started as they mean to go on, at the emirates today. the gunners beat wolves 2—0, with goals coming from kai havertz and bukayo saka. arsenal the dominant side, and rarely looked out of control against wolves side who created few

chances in the match. i think we should have opened the gap in terms of the squad line much earlier. especially in the first half. but then i liked that we showed some grit and some consistency, especially deeper, yeah, we had some giveaways especially in the first phase that were very, very tricky. i felt like 1—0, we were in the game, we thought we were more likely than them in the second goal, obviously. pleased that we were able to spoken to the players around. those little details are so important, especially if you want to compete with teams like arsenal, when you come in that final pass with those little details, at least a couple of those. newcastle united hung on to open their season with a win, against another of the newly promoted sides, southampton. saints enjoyed the better possession, and looked likely

to score, after newcastle defender fabian schar was sent off early in the first half. joelinton�*s goal on the stroke of half time proving the difference for eddie howe�*s side. it wasn't an enjoyable game to experience. of course, the end result is unbelievable. how we got there was very, very difficult. yeah, of course, sending off changes in the game totally, credit to the players for how we regrouped and managed to find a way to win. we watched so many games in preparation for this. it was all to play for. they ran over teams, steam—rolled teams. they didn't do that today in the first 80 minutes. we paid the price. but we still haven't more than enough chances to come home and win it. maybe it's that little bit of belief. i think the players should take so much from that. i'm really proud of watching the team today and i'm frustrated we haven't got anything. a miserable start for everton, who were well beaten at goodison park by brighton. the seagulls, under new manager fabian hurzeler — the premier league's youngest ever

permanent manager — were too much and won 3—0. kaoru mitoma, danny welbeck and simon adingra with the goals. a disappointing one then for everton, as they begin theirfinal campaign at their current home ground. mistakes change games. i thought it was delivered really well in the first half. we broke wide. we played diags. we effected their back line. so many good moments, and then conceded a goal at the run of the game. a good break away. they are capable of that, we know that from the way they play. the second half we can't legislate for the decisions made. it's the referee's decision for me. they are saying his foot landed on the defender, but the defender�*s foot is out of control, drugs is put away. ——but the defender�*s foot is out of control, drags the foot away. the primary league, every week, we don't get them, obviously as we have done historically. it changes everything. they make a mistake with the ball and they capitalise on it. and we get somebody sent off and that is a big ask.

i think it was a intense game, as we expected it. i think we started a little bit with two easy mistakes when we have the ball in possession. but after 20 minutes, we control the game and had some chances. i love to work against the ball. so the team did great. they helped each other. they stayed really compact. they had a close distance to each other. so there were some positives and some negative things. it wasn't a perfect result, but it's important to stay humble and keep working. bournemouth came from behind to draw 1—1 at nottingham forest. the home side's brazilian midfielder danilo was stretchered off early in the first half, after falling awkwardly in a tackle. chris wood then put forest ahead. but bournemouth improved in the second half, antoine semenyo equalised late on, to grab a share of the points for the visitors. the injury to danilo though, a real cause for concern for the forest boss. he has broken his ankle, so, yeah, it is serious. we are going to miss him not only on the pitch, but he is a wonderful boy.

you know him, always smiling, always with joy. and we wish him the best. i think he is leaving the hospital just now and then he's going to be assessed tomorrow and after tomorrow. but it is serious, but the good news is he is stable, he is stable, he is speaking, he is aware. so just needs time. and in the last few minutes julen lopetegui's first match in charge of west ham has ended in a two—one defeat to aston villa at the london stadium. villa's 50 million pound signing from everton amadou onana headed in the opening goal less than four minutes into his debut. they had chances to extend that lead. instead lucas paqueta levelled for west ham from the spot before half time. but it was villa, who finished fourth last season, who nicked it. jhon duran, who might have joined west ham earlier in the summer scoring the winner. to the championship and goals were in short supply in the lunchtime kick—offs. it was goalless in the game between west brom and leeds — and nobody on the scoresheet either

at fratton park for portsmouth against luton. rob edwards side hung on for a point after being left with ten men. keeper thomas kaminski was sent off in the first half, after he picked up two yellow cards in three minutes. the first was for time wasting — and the second for a rash foul outside the box. quick run down of the rest of the championship scores today, and derby beat middlesbrough one—nil. bristol city got the better of millwall in a seven—goal thriller. burnley thrashed cardiff 5—nil, to continue their impressive start to life in the championship. norwich and blackburn shared four goals. wane rooney picked up his first point in charge of plymouth, as they drew one—all with hull city. sheffield united drew 2—all with qpr, while there were 3—nil wins for swansea and watford against preston & stoke respectively. the fa cup final may be nine months away, but 272 non—league clubs are continuing on the long journey to wembley this weekend, in the preliminary round of the competition. it was honours even in the north—east derby between ashington and bishop auckland live

on the red button. the visitors, bishop auckland, took the lead midway through the first half in northumbria. but the two sides will have to do it all over again after the hosts — ashington — equalised, an hour into the game. the knockout stages of the league cup got under way in scotland today. defending champions rangers are on course for the quarterfinals. they're currently leading stjohnstone 2—0 thanks to goals from cyriel dessers and ross mccausland. there's just a few moments of added time left at hampden park. premiership side ross county were knocked out by league 2 spartans i—nil. aberdeen beat queen�* park i—nil. dundee thrashed airdrieonians 6—1. there was another shock as championship falkirk beat hearts 2—nil. staying with football, and crystal palace�*s england defender marc guehi has been the subject of interest from newcastle this week. despite a number of reported bids for the player though, he has spoken to kelly somers on football focus this week — and says he's very much still an eagles player. i'm aware of the attention, but it's

not something i'm looking into, if that makes any sense. i'm still in my corner. all you can control are the controllable �*s. i can't control anything else going on outside of, any exterior noise, i can only focus on my football and give it my best at any given moment. the chairman has been very complementary of you this week, describing you as a superstar, a generational talent. how does that feel to have those words thrown around about you? yeah, it's humbling, i would say. the chairman to be saying something like that is really nice, really kind words. not sure if i'm a "superstar" or a "generational talent", but, yeah, for sure, i'm really grateful for those words. the reason that this noise has come is because of the performances you put in during the euros. you've had a bit of time to decompress, to reflect. how do you look back on how you did during that stint in germany?

i did 0k, to be honest. you are smiling, but i'm being dead serious. "0k"! i say i did ok because i don't feel as if i am doing anything different to what i do at club. i know you are quite modest about your own ability, but where would you say in terms of where you are as a footballer in terms of what you can achieve. i don't know. i want to play as long as possible. if i can play until i'm 40, that would be great. i really stopped trying to figure out where i would end up, because i think, you know, you can get too wrapped up in those things. i think for me just living each and every day and giving everything. see where that gets me, because i know each day i am going to give everything. rugby league's magic weekend enters a new chapter this year, as leeds united's elland road stadium plays host for the first time. while the venue is different, the on—field product remains the same. six games, all 12 teams over two days. things got off to a fantastic start for london broncos, who picked upjust their third win of the season, as they beat

hull fc 29 points to 4, as nick parrott reports. wherever the magic weekend has been held over the years, london bronco have endured long journeys with little reward. they lost their last four matches of this showpiece and josh rourke was desperate to buck that trend. he breached hull fc�*s to fence in just the seventh minute. the black and whites were quick to pull a try back, but that was as good as it got for them. rourke then turned provider. this piece of skill and quick thinking keeping the play alive and ending with jack back in control. rourke�*s seven try in seven games made sure he would be making up with the player of the match. absolutely brilliant stuff! ollie leyland rivalled him for about a word kicking 13 points and rounding things off with a try. they stay bottom of the table on points difference and will be relegated at the end of the season

by a new club grading system, but even the sprinklers going off before the end of the match couldn't rain on their parade. nick parrot, bbc news. wigan warriors are now two points clear at the top of the table after thrashing st helens by 20 points to nil in the second magic weekend fixture. jack farrimond was named player of the match after scoring one of the warriors three tries. the third match of the day between warrington wolves and leeds rhinos is under way with the score 2—0 warrington the london spirit are into the women's hundred final after a comfortable win against oval invincibles. the invincibles could only make 113 from their 100 balls, charlie dean doing most of the damage with the ball as she took 3 wickets. and they reached their target with 9 balls to spare with georgia redmayne scoring an unbeaten half century. they'll face welsh fire in the final at lord's tomorrow. the men's eliminator, between birmingham phoenix and southern brave has not long started. stage 7 of the tour de france femme was won byjustine shekiere. the belgian rider wearing the polka

dots of the best climber took the longest stage of the race — ending with a summit finish in the alps on la grand bornand. shekiere finished ahead of maeva squiban and deymi vollering. kasia newviadoma of poland retains the yellowjersey and lead the race by 27 seconds. it all finishes tomorrow at the top of l'alpe d'huez. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. brandon mcnulty has taken the leader's red jersey at the vuelta a espana. the american was fastest on stage one, a time trial in lisbon — the tour of spain actually starts in portugal this year — and leads the race by two seconds. america's lauren coughlin made six birdies in a round of 66, to lead the women's scottish open on day three, by one shot from compatriot megan khang on 12 under par. charley hull is the leading briton on nine under. japan's hideki matsuyama is thejoint leader early in round three

of the fedex stjude championship, along with sam burns of the usa — both are on 13 under par. britain'sjustin rose is tied forfourth place, on nine under. it's all square at the top of the moto gp championship after francesco bagnaia won the sprint race at the austrian grand prix. 12 points for the defending champion means hejoins jorge martin on 250 points, after the spaniard received a penalty for taking a short cut. and new zealand avenged their rugby championship loss to argentina — with a comprehensive 42 points to 10 win in auckland, at eden park. meanwhile in perth, south africa beat australian by 30 points to 12 a week after the world champions won their first encounter. black caviar, one of the greatest racehorses of modern times, has died. nicknamed the "wonder from down under" — the australian mare won a record 25 consecutive races in her career from 2009 to 2013 — including a dramatic victory at royal ascot in 2012.

the horse was crowned the world's best sprinter on four occasions. team gb are being celebrated as part of a special olympics homecoming event in manchester tonight. one of the stars of the games in paris was bryony page — with an historic gold on the trampoline, to complete her full set. . she's been telling bbc breakfast, that she owes her success, to those before her. i was just incredibly happy, a little bit relieved. all the emotions you can feel, just times it by so many. it was just the most incredible feeling. obviously we don't want to mess up the routine, so the relief as we've actually have to get through ten skills relatively well and that happiness is like we did really well when the scores have come up. just feeling so many different things, and you have to push those emotions aside to focus on the competition in the trampoline. to focus on the competition and the trampoline. so you have to hold in your

excitement in your pride when you march out and just hold that and think about the competition. and then that moment there that we witnessed of you sort of dropping down. it was that moment where you are going, "i've done it." i momentarily forgot there was another competitor to go. so i was like celebrating as if i'd already won gold, and i knew that the score was good enough, so it wasn'tjust knowing knowing that i had medaled, it was also thinking that i had one, that i could win it. so it was really amazing. some sports we've done well and in the past you think about rowing, particularly cycling, there is a track record, excuse the pun, of people getting gold medals. is it different when you are the first? i think it is building on the foundations of what the past olympians have brought forward for trampolining. i've been inspired by them, competing for the first time, trampoline was only added to the olympics in 2000 and i was old enough to remember that. so i remember watching jamie

being inspired and the next olympian making the final, being able to go to two olympics inspired me to keep trying for the olympics as well as going for another games and another games after that. just inspired by what has happened before and that kind of pushes you on to try and, i guess lift up trampolining. it's been quite a summer for mark cavendish. he was given a knighthood, in the king's birthday honours. then became the most successful stage winner in tour de france history. and now he's gone back where it all started. the isle of man cyclist joined youngsters — to cycle round the track where it all began for him. ashlea tracey was there. born and bred on the isle of man, crowds were keen to welcome home at the manx missile. he's a bit of a legend to us all, but especially albert. the king of cycling, the greatest of all time. yeah, we are all very, very proud of him. when he crashes he just gets back

on, just gets on with it. _ last year he didn't retire, did he? he went back for one more. the 39—year—old became the most successful stage winner in tour de france history when he took his 35 victory last month, and today he was back where he began cycling competitively as a child for a lap of honour. the noise around the race circuit. it makes me proud that i get to call this home. what was special about this homecoming was an invite to young manx cyclists to join him. having so many kids on the bike around with us. my kids love to ride. and they race down here. it's where i started 30 years ago. such an inspiration. so to see so many kids out riding, some people out with flags, it is very, very beautiful. mark cavendish is a bit of a hero. we've been very proud of him, - following him for his whole career. he is manx and he's excellent, he's a great advocate for the island. adore him, really. he's just lovely with the children, stopping and talking to the mall.

he's just lovely with the children, stopping and talking to themn all. the coach played a key role in sir mark's early career. having somebody like sir mark as the inspiration, it couldn't be better. and we can expect more scenes like this next year when this very track will be renamed in his honour, sir mark cavendish raceway. ashlea tracey, bbc news. as the new season gets underway — there's a rather special connection to africa for one arsenal fan, who's designed their kit. fashion designer foday dumbayo was born in sierra leone, and grew up in london supporting the gunners — and told bbc africa's mark wilberforce he wanted the link the diaspora of the team, with the continent. this was bigger than me, it was more about the culture, it was more about africa. can we bring africa to the forefront? english premier league giants arsenal fc are celebrating their connection to africa with their new kit.

since the 1950s, the gunners have had 23 players play for their team that were either born in africa or represented the continent at international level. how does one get in the position to create a kit for a premier league team? when you pitch the idea of the kit resonating with the movement of people and the artwork can have that exact form. i think they buy into that right away. they chose the kit's colour to match those of the pan african flag. how integral is african culture towards your work and your design? it was something that was missing to me. african fashion wasn't portrayed right. i know it. african culture wasn't pretrade the right way. when you talk to the african families and the diaspora, the joy and their faces, anything that puts africa on the map means the world to those people. it means the world to me. one of the trails for the kit launch was shot in sierra leone. why was that so important to you? it was nice to take it back to where i am from to take a look at the way kids connect with football, the way people look

at football back in africa because to them football is life. during the unveiling of the kit, he met with arsenal star bukayo sa ka. i didn't realise what the inspiration for the kit was until i told him. i said we've got to win the league, you've got to win the league, i said with this, it will mean everything to him. even though he says it is inspired by pan africanism, on social media, there has been speculation about the colour scheme of the kit. even though you have made it clear that this is not a kit that is designed towards kenya, the kenyans are going to run away with this as a potential national jersey for them. they already have, they already have. we understand this isn't just representing kenya, it represents all of africa. this kit in your hand, if it was to symbolise a victory of the magnitude of winning the league, can you envisage what you would do? if that happened, then africa wins. we are talking but a continent that loves football. football is life.

i think the whole of africa will celebrate because itjust feels like africa has brought a renewed energy and good luck to arsenal because we have not won the league for 20 years. but being the big arsenal fan i am, i had to make sure he is loyal to our club. if tottenham come calling next season for you to design their kit, will you design it? no. a reminder of our top story — the premier league is back — wins for liverpool, arsenal, brighton, newcastle. you can get up with all the latest of the premier league on the bbc sport website. that is all from us here on sportsday. thank you for watching and we will see you again next time. good evening. although the sun wasn't out for all of us today, we did have a good deal of dry

weather and that's the way it will continue this evening. if anything, the cloud may break up to reveal a little bit more sunshine, and hopefully there'll be a bit more around tomorrow, but there'll still be a few showers. we've had those pushing through on the brisk wind to the north and west. that continues this evening. the odd one elsewhere, even possibly in east anglia and the southeast, where we've had the lion's share of the day's sunshine. the cloud melts, though, through the night the winds ease further and it'll be another coolish start on sunday morning. perhaps a little bit of fog if you're up early enough, because actually the winds are falling lighter through sunday as the azores high ridges closer to our shores, but still that westerly breeze in the north. although a notch down on those of today, the winds, there's still enough to carry a few showers in, possibly the odd one. northern ireland, northern western parts of england and wales. but after the morning mist it should be a largely dry, bright day with good spells of sunshine. it will feel pleasantly warm, as it did during the day today. temperatures mightjust be a degree down in the north, but with lighter winds that will compensate.

however, it is all change as we go through the new week, so high pollen levels again through monday, as you can see. but into the new week we've got wind and rain coming in. monday, i think, mostly fine and dry. so sunday into monday out of the ridge of high pressure producing some mist and fog across central and eastern areas, possibly further west with some sea fog. but that rain coming in looks quite intense, particularly the second part of the day across northern ireland, western scotland, northern scotland as well. there'll be cloud piling in around the irish sea coast, some sea fog here, but further east we've switched our wind direction, picking up more of a southwesterly, so we could again see temperatures nudging above 25,in some spots. it will be warm for all, and a warm night monday into tuesday. warm and wet. as you can see, as that weather system carries its way eastwards behind it on tuesday. lots of showers, heavy thundery showers during monday night and into tuesday as well because it's warm air so we'll still see temperatures towards the mid 20s in the south and the east, but closer to average further north and west following our rain.

but if ijust show you that rainfall as it piles up through the week, mostly in the north and west, but anywhere, really, seeing some rainfall tuesday. but the heaviest falls likely in the north and west, perhaps cumbria and north wales, with some more wet and windy weather midweek on.

live from london, this is bbc news. hezbollah retaliates after reports that at least ten people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in lebanon. venezuela's opposition leader tells her supporters she will not give up her protest against president maduro's claim to have won the election. matthew perry's death brought medical use of the drug ketamine into the spotlight. we ask an expert what people who use it are hoping to achieve. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we begin in the middle east, where lebanon says at least ten people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabatieh. the lebanese state news

agency says two children were among those killed.