live from london. this is bbc news. us secretary of state antony blinken is in israel, amid hopes that a gaza ceasefire deal can be reached. kick ukraine says it's destroyed another key bridge in russia's kursk region — almost two weeks after its offensive into russia. we have a report from inside russia and hear what local people think of the situation at their border with ukraine. for the first time in more than 80 years you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. kamala harris campaigns in the vital us swing state of pennsylvania, ahead of monday's democratic national convention. the french actor — alain delon, who was once described as the most beautiful man in cinema, dies at the age of 88.

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel on his 9th visit to the region since the war in gaza began — to push once again for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal. the us and israel have expressed careful optimism about a deal — since talks resumed last week. but hamas denies progress is being made — and accused israel of obstructing a truce deal by adding new conditions to the earlier proposals. this afternoon, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted israel could not be flexible on all issues — accusing hamas of being "obstinate." jenny hill sent this report. there's a crushing familiarity to gaza's grief. funerals for those killed overnight in israeli airstrikes. israel insists it's

targeting hamas fighters. this was an entire civilian family, mohammed says. a woman and her six children. as the human cost of this conflict surges, so too does the risk it will spill over into all—out regional war. urgent diplomacy is under way. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, arriving in tel aviv hoping to seal a ceasefire and hostage release deal. the us is talking up the chances of success. israel, too, expressing cautious optimism, but hamas doesn't trust them — says it's an illusion. the world is watching iran, keeping a close eye. it's vowed to attack israel following the assassination of hamas�*s political leader. it's widely thought that, if a deal can be agreed, that mightjust reduce, perhaps even eliminate, that threat.

violence intensifying too along israel's border with lebanon. frequent fire between israel's military and the iran backed militia hezbollah. as diplomats dart back and forth, gazans are on the move, too, fleeing again as israel continues its war on hamas. few safe places left, little time for peace. jenny hill, bbc news, tel aviv. our state department correspondent tom bateman is travelling with mr blinken, and he sent this update from tel aviv. well, antony blinken arrives for his ninth visit to the region since october 7th. that in itself, i think, shows just how hard to achieve this attempt at a conclusive gaza ceasefire and hostage release and prisoner release deal has become. now a senior administration official on the way here, saying that they believe this

is a critical moment and, in their words, an inflection point. this is all about the americans putting on pressure to try to finally drive through this deal, they hope, within the next week or two. and there is an increasing tone of optimism from the americans about the possibility of that. but i have to say that is not matched by the kind of language and the public messages, at least, from both hamas and the israeli leadership, who are both accusing the other, effectively, of obstinate cynicism, of blocking this deal. a key point there is about whether or not there would be a clause in this deal to keep some form of israeli occupation on the ground in gaza, at the south of the gaza strip, the so—called philadelphia corridor, on the border with egypt. what the americans are saying is that the time for trying to draw more concessions,

final concessions from this deal is over. they have come here, and mr blinken will meet benjamin netanyahu the israeli leader now tomorrow. and the message will be, this is the moment to take a deal. our senior international correspondent — orla guerin is in the lebanese capital, beirut, and has this assessment of how the talks are being seen in the wider region. it will be a large degree of scepticism, both here in beirut and in other arab capitals, about what the israeli leader is prepared to do to bring about a truce in gaza, as distinct from what he is currently saying. benjamin netanyahu today, at an israeli cabinet meeting, was stressing that israel was taking part in these talks, saying that it was hamas that was sticking to its refusal and saying that the pressure should be put on hamas and its leader, yahya sinwar.

but let's not forget, it was just at the end of last month that israel was accused of assassinating the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, when he was on a visit to tehran, and he was the leader at that time of the hamas negotiating team. and as the mediators, qatar put it then, in extreme frustration, how can negotiations succeed if one side assassinates the negotiator on the part of the other side and he was regarded relatively as a more moderate figure. so i think there'll be a lot of caution in arab capitals. people will be waiting to see if there actually is real progress here and real room for progress, or if this is simply the americans making a last desperate push, throwing everything at this and saying that there's cause for optimism when maybe there actually isn't. ukraine's armed forces say they have destroyed another bridge in russia's kursk region. they say the crossing was used by russians to supply troops

and its destruction will hamper the movement of weapons. it comes almost two weeks after ukraine's surprise cross border operation into russia. ukraine's offensive represents the first time in more than 80 years that a foreign army has seized and occupied russian territory. the attack has shocked the russian public. they'd been lead to believe that their country's borders were safely guarded. our russia editor steve rosenberg travelled to the town of aleksin, south of moscow, to hear russians�* reaction to the dramatic events. this is aleksin, a 700—year—old town about 100 miles from moscow. and i've come here to find out what people think about the dramatic situation which has been unfolding in kursk region with the ukrainian incursion. with ukrainian soldiers now in russia, lyubov tells me that she's worried. "i can't even watch the news on tv because i start crying," she says. "how is this possible? someone let this happen".

"people here trust our soldiers to finish the job," andrei says. "and to win". at the market, regina is selling vegetables from her garden. "the most important thing," regina says, "is that war doesn't come here, that they don't get "all the way here. "our soldiers, especially the commanders, must "be more vigilant". keep in mind, this is a nation which is constantly being reminded by those in power here of the horrors of the second world war — the horrors of invasion. world war ii is very much part of the national psyche here and now, for the first time in more than 80 years, you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. that's quite a shock. vladimir is worried but thinks that

russia will achieve victory. what exactly is victory in this war, i ask him. "victory is when there will be peace," he says. 0n the town square a patriotic pop concert. but the atmosphere is pretty subdued. people do seem worried, very worried by the situation in kursk region, by the ukrainian attack. people do want peace, there's no doubt about it. but here's the thing. they still seem to trust the man at the top, the man running the country, president putin, to secure that peace for them. the same leader who, two and a half years ago, launched the full—scale invasion of ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news, aleksin, russia. on monday, the democratic national convention gets under way in chicago — a key moment for kamala harris

to set out her stall as to why she should be the next us president. this is the live shot from the hall in chicago. her nomination is secured — afterjoe biden withdrew — and she won't make her big speech until later in the week. she's in pennsylvania today — a key battleground state for republicans and democrats. she is speaking there. this is part of a bus tour of pennsylvania at the moment she is undertaking with her running mate, governor tim walz. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. he is in los angeles. we are seeing the vice president on the campaign trail already. what kind of message does it descend, the fact she is going to pennsylvania just ahead of the national convention? pennsylvania is one of those key

states, a battleground state, as it is known. she has to win it if she is known. she has to win it if she is to become the president from the beginning of next year. battleground states of michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, nevada, here in the west, and arizona. they are the key states that either candidate must win. because of the way the system works in this country, it isn't popularity vote, the latest opinion polls are interesting because they suggest kamala harris is of donald trump nationally, that is a popularity vote. she is neck and neck. in pennsylvania where she is right now, the latest cbs poll shows she is a 50-50 with the latest cbs poll shows she is a 50—50 with donald trump in state. that shows it is very close, clearly, and she has a lot of work still to do. that is why she is there right now in the run—up to the convention. she wants to make a mark. she will no doubt be returning to these estates in the coming weeks. combined with the work she

will do in the convention in terms of reintroducing and continuing to allow the american people to get to know her, what her policies are, this is the job she now must do. some of the opinion polls have shown that some americans say they don't really know what kamala harris stands for. that is often a problem for a vice president as she currently is. that's during the administration she works and she is overshadowed. now is the time to show that she has her own woman and that she is the leading candidate for the democrats, and she will have to persuade voters that she has what it takes to become the president. and as you know, most candidates have years to prepare for a national convention like the one that is about to take place next week. she has only had a matter of weeks to prepare. how much of an impact will it have on the convention? and the message she has to share with the country? we message she has to share with the count ? ~ . . ., country? we are in uncharted territory in — country? we are in uncharted territory in terms _ country? we are in uncharted territory in terms of - country? we are in uncharted territory in terms of the -

country? we are in uncharted| territory in terms of the speed run—up to the convention. it remains to be seen. judgment will be made in five or six days. what we are currently seeing as an energised democratic party campaign, and that is in large part because of the speed with which things have happened. energised, that isn't a word we used in association withjoe biden and's campaign. there were a lot of depressed democrats who believed he couldn't win. ultimately, that is what led him to step down. he was seemingly persuaded that was the case. kamala harris, right now, seems to be riding a crest of a wave in terms of popularity. i think to it certain extent there is relief among the democrats she is now the candidate. she also seems to have brought some fun to the campaign that was lacking before. she might have been light on policy announcements so far, she did do a policy speech a couple of days ago and was talking about taxes and affordable housing, and child benefits, and those are the details

she will talk about more, but i think that for now, and in terms of the speed of the campaign, she is riding a wave of relief and popularity. riding a wave of relief and pepularity-_ riding a wave of relief and --oulari . ., ~ ~ ., riding a wave of relief and --oulari . ., ,, ~ .~ popularity. thank you. anna american peter bowes- — the remaining 31 ted baker stores in the uk are to close this week, putting more than 500 jobs at risk. all of the fashion brand's stores are expected to have shut by the end of tuesday. the fashion retailer was put into administration in march this year. ted baker began as a menswear brand in glasgow in 1988 and grew to have shops across the uk and in the united states, with licensing agreements in place for stores in cities in asia and the middle east. emer mccarthy has more. ted baker here on regent street in central london is about to close its doors for the very last time. it's one of 31 ted baker brick—and—mortar shops that are set to close by the end of the week, and that puts more

than 500 jobs at risk. now, this all comes after the firm that is in charge of ted baker here in the uk, went into administration back in march. before that, nearly 1,000 people were employed by ted baker and there were dozens of stores across the uk. now it seems that it's just another casualty of the british high street, with all stores expected to close by tuesday. now it's time for a look at today's sport. thank you. manchester city have started their premier league title defence with a 2—0 win at chelsea. erling haaland, the golden boot winner for the past two seasons, opened his account in the first half and matteo kovacic scored late on against his former club. england internationals phil foden,

john stones and kyle walker started on the bench for city after being given more time off after the euros, spanish midfielder rodri was left out of the squad after only returning to training this week. considering his restrictions when it came to selection, the city manager, was more than pleased with the start. i know these guys and what they can do. the first day, the lack of training, the team, the body language and what they have done, last season we felt we couldn't win. starting that way is good news. the bad news is we have 65 or 70 games left. be patient, it is important to start to win. for left. be patient, it is important to start to win-— start to win. for sure, we can improve — start to win. for sure, we can improve many _ start to win. for sure, we can improve many things. - start to win. for sure, we can improve many things. we - start to win. for sure, we can. improve many things. we have start to win. for sure, we can - improve many things. we havejust improve many things. we have just had six _ improve many things. we have just had six weeks together so you can imagine _ had six weeks together so you can imagine how many things we need to add and _ imagine how many things we need to add and improve. at the same time, i think— add and improve. at the same time, i think the _ add and improve. at the same time, i think the game was quite clear. we tried to _ think the game was quite clear. we tried to play our football, keep the ball, create chances against this

kind of— ball, create chances against this kind of team. it isn't easy, but we did it _ kind of team. it isn't easy, but we did it quite — kind of team. it isn't easy, but we did it quite well. brentford beat crystal palace 2—1 in the earlier match. the big talking point was ivan toney being left out of the brentford squad. the england striker is set to leave the club by the end of the transfer window, the bee's maanger thomas frank saying it's a case of when , not if he goes. when, not if he goes. they did pretty well without him, bryan mbeumo and yoan wissa scored their goals two matches in spain's la liga this sunday. real sociadad lost 2—1 at home to rayo vallecano, and real madrid start their title defence away at mallorca in the next ten minutes. this kylian mbappe will make his la liga debut. he starts, as does viniciusjunior, bellingham and rodrygo. it isa it is a strong line—up. there are four matches in serie a this sunday. bologna and udinese drew i—i. antonio conte's first match as napoli boss was an embarrassing 3—0 defeat at verona.

a couple of other games have kicked off. 0—0 at the moment. lazio also won — one against venezia. the american lauren coughlin won the women's scottish 0pen at dundonald links in ayrshire finishing on 15 under, four shots clear of the field she struggled early on with some early bogeys, but rallied on the back nine to take the title, her second on the lpga tour in the past month, following her first win at the canadian 0pen. her closest challenger was esther henseleit of germany who finished on 11 under par. england's charley hull finished in 5th. it is kind of unbelievable, two in three weeks is pretty crazy. three events. i kind of stuck in there and tried to say is present as i could. i played super solid all four days and just tried to let the wind to do what it did and not fight it too

much. and i was able to just hit the ball by i was trying to, most of the time, in a good distance and make some putts. kasia niewiadoma of poland has won the tour de france femmes by just four seconds — taking the title on the final iconic climb of l�*alpe d'huez. the defending champion deymi vollering, who was a minute and a quarter down in the standings, after crashing earlier in the race — won the stage. leaving niewiadoma having to finish within 65 seconds of the dutchwoman to keep the yellow jersey. and she made it with just four seconds to spare for the biggest win of her career. you can read all about that on the bbc sport website. i will be back with another update in the next hour. and that's all the sport for now.

misogyny will be included... the home secretary, yvette cooper, said that for too long governments had failed to address the issue. with me now as our political correspondent, helen catt. what is the home secretary hoping to achieve from this review?— secretary hoping to achieve from this review? this is a rapid review she has asked _ this review? this is a rapid review she has asked the _ this review? this is a rapid review she has asked the civil— this review? this is a rapid review she has asked the civil service - this review? this is a rapid review| she has asked the civil service and home office to carry out. she hopes it will be completed by around 0ctober, completed by around october, and the idea is to let the identification of gaps around extremism. to look at what works in terms of turning people away from these views, and to crack down on the people who push them. and so, it will look at the rise of islamist extremism, far right extremism, but it will also look at other forms of ideology which have seen a rise in recent

years, including extreme misogyny, extreme hatred of women. it also includes things like people who have a fixation on violence. considering misogyny as an extremist ideology isn't entirely new. in cell culture isn't entirely new. in cell culture is already recognised as a form of extremism. people are referred to the anti—terrorism strategy for it. that is of course in voluntary celibacy, where generally, young men, believe that they are involuntarily celibate, and they blame their problems on women and what they call alpha males. that is already form to be mac identified as already form to be mac identified as a form of extremism. there has been extreme misogyny in recent months over the rise in social media influencers like andrew tate. this review is hoping to be done quickly. it will form a new counter extremism strategy, and there hasn't been one of those since 2015. the government promised it in its manifesto. the criticism often levelled at these

reviews is that they can sometimes be a way of being a substitute for action. what a home office and home secretary is saying is: we haven't had a new strategy since 2015, we need a review to see what the new threats are. need a review to see what the new threats are-— threats are. thank you very much. helen catt- _ french film star alain delon has died, at the age of 88. the actor was part of the golden era of french cinema, known for his tough—guy persona on screen in hits including the samurai and borsalino. his family say he died peacefully at home, surrounded by his children and family. president macron has paid tribute — posting on x "alain delon played "legendary roles and made the world dream. "lending his unforgettable face to shake up our lives. "melancholic, popular, secret, he was more than a star: a french monument." entertainment reporter and radio times columnist caroline frost told us more about his most defining performances.

i guess, off the top of my head, one of the most defining things was the bookends of his relationship with romy schneider, whom he later described as the love of his life — a german actress he met in the late 1950s and co—starred with in a film called christine. she was a bigger star than him at the time, but then in later years, he recruited her back for the film that turned out to be a poignant reunion for the swimming pool, and he was desperate to reconcile. it would be...you know, we have film stars these days where we're more concerned and aware of their romances, but these two really were something quite...just typical of central european glamour at the middle of the century. nobody was more glamorous than these two, and that they were more than the sum of their parts. and you've mentioned thrillers, gangster thriller. i would have to mention borsalino as well, because he showed he could do something else, very different alongside jean—paul belmondo in 1970. and i also have to mention the samurai because alain delon�*s depiction of a lonely...a solitude—fixated man operating very

much on the other side of the law. that has been cited in so many directors and actors�* list of top influences. so we have somebody like keanu reeves talking about his character ofjohn wick, saying he based it solely on the grace of alain delon. similarly, back in the early 1980s, richard gere was sent to do his homework for american gigolo by going and watching alain delon in purple noon. so even though some of his bigger films, he tried twice or more to break into the international, the big hollywood market, he never quite cracked it. always more of a star back in his native france. nevertheless, his legacy, his influence, his creative influence, is very much permanent and concrete in more than just france. a man has been seriously injured after colliding with a whale off the coast of australia. the man — believed to be in his 40s — was in a boat when the incident happened — in waters near the border between new south wales and queensland. according to police in queensland,

the man, who was in a small metal boat, didn't know the whale was there until it appeared in front of him. the whale's tail then struck him, leaving him unconscious. nearbyjet ski riders raised the alarm and the man was brought to shore by paramedics. the ambulance service says the man is in a stable condition. the 2024 world pipe band champions have been crowned after two days of competition in glasgow. this year's line up included entries from australia, oman, and hong kong as well as plenty of bands this year's line up included entries from australia, oman, and hong kong as well as plenty of bands from closer to home. pipers from scotland triumphed ahead of bands from northern ireland and canada. it's the third time the inveraray and district pipers have won the title, following previous successes in 2017 and 2019. this year's line up featured over 7,000 pipers and drummers. you are watching bbc news.

good evening. it's been a fairly quiet weekend of weather. that's about to change. as we head into the new week, dare i say it, for some it's going to feel distinctly autumnal. there will be heavy rain at times, and the potential for some unseasonably windy weather, as well. not this evening, though. the showers are fading, the cloud will melt away, and we are in for a coolish night across central and eastern areas. could be a little bit of mist and fog for the morning rush. the nights are getting longer, it's hanging around a little later now. but further west the temperatures won't fall that much, because we will have the first signs of the cloud and patchy rain in here. so, this is the first deep area of low pressure, with its thundery rain moving through monday and tuesday. a brief respite before this system, the remains of hurricane ernesto entrained in there, so some tropical air delivering heavy rain and potentially very windy weather for this time of year. more on its way for friday. so, you will expect to see the wettest weather across parts of wales, northern ireland,

north—west england, but especially western scotland this week — in excess of 100 millimetres of rain — but not as much, or not that much, further south and east, where we will start the day with some sunshine. the mist and fog clears away, and we will hold onto that dry and fairly sunny weather in the south and the east. but already, by the middle of the day, really wet across northern ireland, the west of scotland, hence the met office warning for a couple of inches of rain in places, as it will be slow moving. strong winds with it, so not feeling very pleasant, but i do think it will feel quite warm in that sunshine in central and eastern areas. the wind is from the south west instead, and that heavy, thundery rain will push its way southwards and eastwards. not giving that much rain across southern and eastern areas, but we will continue with more heavy showers in the north and west through the night. so what we will notice about monday night is it will be much more uncomfortable again for sleeping. we've got that humid airwith us again. but it doesn't last long, because that weather front�*s out the way, and there may be another bout of heavy, thundery showers following on for a time, but then some drier weather away from the north and west.

that low pressure is anchored here, with its strong winds, so obviously it's going to feel quite cool here. and for most of us, anyway, having lost the humidity, it will be a fresher feeling day, despite some sunshine, which may well prevail in southern areas on wednesday. but by wednesday there is that next area of low pressure barrelling in, of course, with some tropical air, so it is going to give a lot of rainfall across the north and west. as ever, we will keep you posted.

this is bbc news, the headlines the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel — in his latest effort to push for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal in gaza. israel has warned there are issues in the talks it can't be flexible about. kamala harris has flown to the key swing state of pennsylvania, where she'll attend several campaign events before going on to the democratic national convention in chicago. ukraine says it has destroyed a second key bridge inside the kursk region of russia, as it presses on with its counter offensive. meanwhile russia says it has captured another village in the donetsk region. the french actor alain delon has died at the age of 88. fellow star brigitte bardot said he left a �*deep void�* that nobody could fill.