hello, i'm vishala sri—pathma. it's the first day of the paralympics in paris, after a spectacular opening ceremony, which was, like with the olympic games, held outside of a stadium in the french capital. nearly 4,500 competitors from around the world will take part in the next 11 days of events. the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the games to be an "inclusion revolution". the games will begin this morning with badminton, and later the first gold medals will be awarded in swimming, cycling and taekwondo events. elizabeth wright is an abc sports reporter and a triple paralympic medallist for australia in swimming and joins me now.

thank you forjoining us. what we have to look forward to, what are big events? i we have to look forward to, what are big events?- what are big events? i will probably _ what are big events? i will probably be _ what are big events? i will probably be quite - what are big events? i will probably be quite biased l what are big events? i will. probably be quite biased and point to where a lot of the australians i believe are going to do quite well. definitely for me it is swimming, swimming is always exciting, whether you are from australia or great britain as well, certainly great britain has produced a number of absolutely fantastic paralympic swimmers before but for me it is definitely the australian teams flag bearer from last night at the opening ceremony, brandon hall will do spectacular and alongside a number of our paralympian is on a debut in the pool. i also think that a lot of the team sports will get a lot of attention this year. thinking of how far wheelchair rugby has

come along in the past few paralympian, i think a lot more people are aware now of how exciting a lot of these spores can be. ~ . . exciting a lot of these spores canbe. . . , , can be. we have a few olympians makin: can be. we have a few olympians making them _ can be. we have a few olympians making them more _ can be. we have a few olympians making them more frequent - making them more frequent appearances, we have lucy who was a wheelchair tennis athlete, and who were the big stars you are looking out for? for me my absolute favourite would be the italian fencer, she just has this energy about her when she competes, she is absolutely mesmerising to watch, and she is a superstar. she participated in the olympic opening ceremony as well as the paralympic opening ceremony and is part of the documentary rising phoenix. she is one to watch. coming back to australia, we have our own absolute wheelchair racing marathon on a ledge and maddie who again was also a flag bearerfor who again was also a flag bearer for australia last

night. i just bearer for australia last night. ijust think bearer for australia last night. i just think that she will do amazing things this olympics, these paralympics, she has dropped one of her races so she can focus on the marathon on, the 1500 metres in the 5000 metres and this is her for the 5000 metres and this is her fifth games and i think she will absolutely win those gold medals again. i am biased. flying the australian flag for them. in terms of coverage, what is unique about these games? the kind of courage that this paralympic games are getting? i this paralympic games are caettin ? ~ ., , this paralympic games are cuettin? ~ ., , getting? i think it has really crown, getting? i think it has really grown, especially _ getting? i think it has really grown, especially from - getting? i think it has really - grown, especially from london. the london games really change the way that the paralympics were covered by media companies, and i think that has only grown and grown as each paralympics has gone by. there are difficulties during tokyo because of the pandemic and this is the first games after

that were a lot more media coverage can actually happen, a lot more media can be on the ground in paris, and in australia we are certainly seeing a lot more broader coverage. notjust across different media organisations but also in terms of the ads, in terms of radio on all platforms of media, there is a representation and i think it is indicative that we're getting closer and closer in terms of the equity with the olympics in terms of the coverage in the broadcasting. thank you very much forjoining us. elizabeth in sydney. our coverage continues on the bbc. to the middle east, and the un secretary—general antonio guterres has called on israel to halt its major military operation in the north of the occupied west bank immediately. at least 11 people have been killed by israeli forces since yesterday, according to palestinian health officials. from jenin, lucy williamson

sent this report. it was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. by morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. at least ten palestinians have been killed. hamas says six of them were its fighters. masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. translation: we felt - like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. i was unaware of what was going on. when i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. injenin, army vehicles

surrounded the city's two main hospitals. ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. israel's foreign minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing with armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and that this was a war for everything that israel must win. the idf and our security forces are operating in tulkarem, jenin and other places from which murderous attacks have been launched. we will fight to eliminate terrorism wherever it emerges. almost 600 palestinians have been killed in the west bank by israeli forces since the hamas attacks. but fighters here are still presenting israel with new tactics and new threats. israel's army has been targeting the same areas in the same cities, week after week for the past ten months, determined to dismantle the armed palestinian groups based here.

now it's launched a wider, more coordinated operation across the west bank on a scale not seen for 20 years. in al—far�*a camp, near tubas, mobile phone footage showed red crescent staff lined up against the wall of their compound in front of israeli troops. arriving injenin today, the west bank head of the red crescent. you've had ten months of these sorts of incursions. how worried are you by what's happening today? i'm very much worried because it seems there's a new stage. there's a new, er... they are escalating, scaling up their operation. when they talk about evacuating civilians and using the air force to bombing the camps, this reminds us of gaza. explosion. as night fell, explosions and gunfire from jenin�*s refugee camp.

dusk can be a signal to test the army's control. the war in gaza is changing this conflict. an old front creating new fears in the face of a regional war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jenin. you can read more about the middle east on the bbc website. next, should smoking outdoors be banned in certain places? it is part of a drive to phase out tobacco. the plans were first reported by the sun and are being proposed as part of a toughened—up version of the last government's crackdown on smoking. with me is our correspondent, nicky schiller. what's being considered ? we are talking about restrictions on outdoor smoking because already there is a ban on indoor smoking in public spaces and workplaces in the uk. this is looking at

tightening the restrictions outdoors, so talking about things like in public gardens, outdoor restaurants, also around buildings like hospitals and also sports grounds. this was first reported in the sun, i have the front page here which says it is a crazy situation, no cigarettes and alcohol, so they are picking up on the factor would be in a public gardens but it is actually part of a wider drive to out tobacco by the government. this dates back to the previous conservative government who introduced a bill which would have seen outlawing of sales of tobacco to anyone born on or after january 2009. because of the general election, they did not go forward what the current labour government have said is that they will bring it forward, it was in the king's speech and they are looking at other restrictions. headlines

like this do spark a debate and thatis like this do spark a debate and that is probably best summed up by playing a clip from newsnight when they were talking about these front—page with lord ward who was a former adviser to gordon brown and also the former conservative special adviser, also the former conservative specialadviser, have also the former conservative special adviser, have a listen to what they had to say. this feels like _ to what they had to say. this feels like a _ to what they had to say. this feels like a draconian - to what they had to say. this feels like a draconian step for people — feels like a draconian step for people who are adults and can make — people who are adults and can make decisions and legally decide _ make decisions and legally decide when to smoke. the point is that— decide when to smoke. the point is that you — decide when to smoke. the point is that you are outside in a garden _ is that you are outside in a garden in _ is that you are outside in a garden in a walled off area, you — garden in a walled off area, you do— garden in a walled off area, you do not have to stand there if you — you do not have to stand there if you don't want to experience secondhand smoke. i was a just because — secondhand smoke. i was a just because you can does not mean you should. because you can does not mean you should-— you should. what has the government _ you should. what has the government had - you should. what has the government had to - you should. what has the government had to say? | you should. what has the i government had to say? the department _ government had to say? the department of _ government had to say? tue: department of health government had to say? tte: department of health said they do not comment on this but they did issue a statement which said smoking claims 80,000 lives a year and puts huge pressure on the health system and costs taxpayers billions will still determined to protect children and

non—smokers from the house of secondhand smoke and we consider a range of measures to finally make britain smoke—free. in that statement, not denying that these other restrictions could come in. thank you forjoining us. parents in the uk are being urged to ensure their children are fully vaccinated against diseases such as measles, meningitis and polio. the uk health security agency is warning of a potential surge in measles cases during the school term this autumn. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson has the latest. this little baby was just three months old when he developed measles. he had a rash but as the virus took old he developed dangerous breathing difficulty and was rushed to hospital. his mother says she was horrified by how ill he became. the first da we by how ill he became. the first day we did _ by how ill he became. the first day we did not _ by how ill he became. the first day we did not realise - by how ill he became. the first day we did not realise it - by how ill he became. the first day we did not realise it was i by how ill he became. the first day we did not realise it was a | day we did not realise it was a series as it was because it was just the cold symptoms and the

rash. it was when he got to hospital and he started to deteriorate and his rash was spreading quickly over his whole body while we were sitting with a doctor. it was spreading from his torso down to his legs. spreading from his torso down to his legs-— to his legs. measles is a hiuhl to his legs. measles is a highly infectious - to his legs. measles is a highly infectious virus i to his legs. measles is a - highly infectious virus spread through coughing and sneezing which can be life—threatening especially to small babies. the vaccine protects against it, the first dose is given a 12 month wooloweyah secondaries at the age of three. the past year has seen the highest number of measles cases in england for more than a decade after a drop in vaccinations. health officials urged parents to get their children caught up ahead of the return to school. we have seen _ of the return to school. - have seen vaccination rates fall over recent years and we have seen already over 2000 measles cases this year and we are worried that we are now the outbreaks in schools when children go back. the health auen children go back. the health agency says _ children go back. the health agency says there _ children go back. the health agency says there has - children go back. the health agency says there has been | children go back. the health l agency says there has been an

improvement in the measles vaccine uptake in some communities which have fallen behind says there is still a long way off what is needed to keep children safe. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

in the us, the fbi says it hasn't yet found a clear motive for the attempted assassination of donald trump last month. it said the gunman thomas crooks had searched extensively online for events that involved both the former president and joe biden before settling on the trump rally in pennsylvania. officers said crooks' online activity showed a mixture of ideologies and there was no evidence of any co—conspirators. our correspondentjohn sudworth gave some background to this latest fbi briefing. the fbi has come in for intense criticism. first and foremost for its

failure to protect the former president on the day of the shooting but more recently over its handling of the investigation and evidence. this briefing was in part an attempt by the fbi to push back on some of the more recent criticisms, saying the protocols of evidence have been followed and it is doing all it can to get to the bottom of the motives of the attack. what is interesting is despite hundreds of hours of video footage they have trawled through, despite hundreds of interviews carried out, despite the intense scrutiny on the social media use and internet footprint of thomas crooks, they are no clear to establishing a motive. he remains something of an enigma. they say his social media use shows a mixture of views,

no real clues as to motive. although there was intensive planning, leading up to the event, the evidence shows thomas crooks was searching both republican and democrat events. us national security adviser jake sullivan is on the third and final day of talks with top chinese military officials in an effort to reduce tensions between the two countries. on wednesday, mr sullivan met with chinese foreign minister wang yi to set up a call between presidentsjoe biden and xijinping. the white house said both sides... on china's influence in the indo—pacific region, the white house said:

let's get more from our china correspondent laura bicker. han lin is china's country director at the asia group and joins me now from shanghai. we are into our 30 day now. what are we to expect? brute what are we to expect? we already had _ what are we to expect? - already had two announcements from these talks, the first is the phone call between president xijinping and president xi jinping and president xijinping and president biden. there is speculation that will also lead to further meetings between these two presidents before president biden leaves office. when and how we are not quite sure so we are looking for more details on that. you think we know about this is there will be more military to military communication between the united states and china and jake sullivan has become the first national security adviser to meet a top military general. from china. meeting the vice—chair of china's top military body and a personal friend of president xijinping. it is a sign of how important

it is these two sides communicate when it comes to their militaries. looking at various flashpoints, the south china sea, the taiwan strait, to military has come very close together and if there is a great fear of a miscalculation, miscommunication. there is a hope of the two militaries can work together to avoid that happening. we know those two aspects of, of the last two days of talks for that what we're looking for is more detail on what both sides may want from one another. when other issues such the war in ukraine where we are hearing jake sullivan will once again pressed his counterpart in china to stop chinese companies providing components use in its war in ukraine. they have already been a raft of sanctions against chinese companies. china is curious about this. there is much to discuss when it comes about was —— furious. trade is another tricky issue. china is very

furious at recent tariffs being placed from everything from electric cars to solar panels. the state media channel this morning has said the us should stop suppressing china and economic trade, science and technology. that is the chinese year. much to come from the next few hours.— year. much to come from the next few hours. thank you for that update- _ han lin is china's country director at the asia group and joins me now from shanghai. in terms of significance, how important is this meeting? national security adviserjake sullivan visit to china is both historic and meaningful. we take a look at last years meeting between president xi jinping and president biden in san francisco, prior to that event and even afterwards there has been a steady cadence of interactions between the us and china sides and what sieben's

visit endorses is it is important to communicate. and his visit gives political space for the lower level agencies on both sides to continue to interact with each other. the issues are complex and they really spent more than just us and china to really affect the rest of the world.— rest of the world. jake sullivan _ rest of the world. jake sullivan is _ rest of the world. jake sullivan is in - rest of the world. jake sullivan is in china - rest of the world. jake | sullivan is in china and outlines this is an important issue for president biden. what issue for president biden. what is the best he can hope for out of these talks?— of these talks? the fact he is here in beijing _ of these talks? the fact he is here in beijing meeting - of these talks? the fact he is here in beijing meeting with | here in beijing meeting with the vice—chair of the central military commission and so forth, but itself to be considered a success because what you want to do is keep that ongoing communication to reduce the risk any miscommunication or misunderstanding creates or facilitates a conflict. us and china relations are complex issues. it is not going to fall

it's off into a very quick resolution by the neser be ongoing engagement and search for ways of collaboration such as areas that are less controversial, such as climate change or law enforcement cooperation.— change or law enforcement coo eration. ., ., , cooperation. how other chinese feelin: cooperation. how other chinese feeling about — cooperation. how other chinese feeling about this _ cooperation. how other chinese feeling about this visit? - cooperation. how other chinese feeling about this visit? often l feeling about this visit? often with the two countries meet there is a lot of suspicion on both sides and issues around trust. ., , , ., trust. you bring up a good oint trust. you bring up a good point because _ trust. you bring up a good point because there - trust. you bring up a good point because there are i trust. you bring up a good i point because there are very sharp defences and how us and china see multiple different issues was whether it is russia, the middle east and for example, there was an early example, there was an early example mentioned the us and they are read out very clearly states technology should not be undermining us security and their actions would be continued to help restrain without unduly limiting investment and trade. yet when you look from the chain aside, what they want from the us is for the us to stop suppressing china in areas such as

technology, economics and so forth. there are very sharp differences but the very fact you acknowledge or by the end continue to and look for a smaller areas of understanding and collaboration, that in itself should be considered a success even if it is small. thank you very much forjoining us. more than 250,000 homes have been left without power after a typhoon made landfall on the island of kyushu in southern japan. these are live pictures there as forcasters warn the slow—moving storm could cause huge damage. auto giant toyota has suspended production at all 1a of its factories injapan, with nissan and honda also halting operations at their kyushu plants. japan airlines cancelled 275 domestic flights on thursday,

with more disruption expected into friday. more than 250,000 homes have been evacuated. as a lot of damage and disaster is expected as the typhoon makes landfall. the strongest typhoon of the year. in the southwest region. some other stories now. the european union's mission in the red sea says there was no oil spill near a tanker attacked by houthi fighters after the pentagon warned there was. they also added that the greek—flagged sounion, which has been on fire off the coast of yemen since last week, was still anchored and not drifting. a spokesman said tugs sent to salvage the vessel had been threatened with violence by the houthis. the ship is carrying more than 150,000 tonnes of crude oil.

riot police in argentina clashed with demonstrating pensioners in buenos aires. the protesters had gathered to march against an announcement by presidentjavier milei that he would veto an approved pension increase. riot police fired tear—gas and pepper—spray and beat some retirees. members of the opposition condemned the police action, saying it amounted to repression. a spacex rocket has been grounded following a failed mission as the faa investigates what went wrong. the falcon 9 rocket, which powers satellite launches as well as trips to orbit for astronauts, experienced a rare failure where its first—stage booster tipped over and exploded while attempting to land after its latest launch.

the faa's investigation will determine when the falcon 9 might return to the launchpad. if out of commission, it could mean rolling setbacks for nasa and spacex ventures. you can read more of that on our website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. wednesday brought us some big contrasts in the weather across the uk. now, for the north and west of the country, we did have a lot of cloud, and that brought some outbreaks of rain at times. you can see that on the combined satellite and radar picture. some of the heaviest rain went into western scotland, where we also had some of the lowest temperatures. for example, in harris, we only had temperatures of 1a degrees. in sharp contrast to that, skipping across these various weather fronts, we actually had plenty of sunshine and quite hot weather across east anglia and south east england,

with temperatures peaking at 30 degrees in cambridge. confirmation, then, that the weather did indeed look a lot cheerier for some. now, looking at the weather picture over the next few hours, we've got a cold front whizzing its way eastwards across the country. what that's essentially doing is it's bringing cooler and fresher air in across the uk, so it won't be so hot across eastern areas of england as we look at the forecast in detail for thursday. and for many of us, it's going to be quite a fresh start to the day. temperatures even in single figures across parts of eastern scotland. now for scotland and northern ireland, this weather front will bring a zone of thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain for a time, followed by some showers into the afternoon. there could be a few showers at times across the northwest of england, maybe across parts of wales, but these few and far between, i think across the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it's a largely dry day. still warm in the sunshine, 23 degrees. not bad, but it's not going to be as hot as it was. we're not going to see temperatures of 30, for example. then for friday and the weekend, this area of high pressure is set

to move across the uk. the other thing we've got to watch out for is the risk of a few showers coming up from france, but for the time being, it looks like they'll stay away. so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue to be quite breezy. otherwise, temperatures generally in the high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week.

ai reality check: nvidia posts record sales, but its forecasts disappoint investors — sending shares in the chip giant tumbling. also coming up: rethinking retirement. why singapore is paying companies to keep its seniors working. plus — flower power: why the food industry is waking up to nature—friendly farming. live from london, this is business today. i'm vishala sri—pathma.

we start in the us with what was billed by some as the most important company earnings report in years. nvidia — which dominates the market for al chips — has been at the centre of an investment frenzy on wall street, based on hopes that artificial intelligence will transform the business world. it's latest set of results were seen as a key test of those hopes. so how did it do? well, yet again nvidia made record sales — it earned just over $30 billion in revenue in the three months to the end ofjune. that was up 122% on the same time last year. but it's slower than the growth nvidia's been seeing in recent quarters. and its forecasts disappointed investors, sending its shares down as much as 7% in late trading. to put that in perspective, though, nvidia shares have risen 300% in the last five years and more than 150% this year alone, taking the company's stock