at old first test match at old trafford. blaine hunt has won great britain's first medal on day two of the paralympics, in the velodrome. hunt had posted the fastest time in the men's c4—5 1,000m time trial until australia's korey boddington went just over a tenth of a second faster to win the gold medal for australia. that meant that britain's jody cundy and archie atkinson narrowly miss out on medals, finishing fourth and fifth respectively, but cundy does have another chance on sunday of winning a medal at eight consecutive paralympics. the northern irish club larne has made history by becoming the first irish league club to make the league stages of a european club competition — and they now know who they'll play. they will face... the welsh side new saints are also celebrating after becoming the first domestic welsh club to do the same thing — and they can look forward to a trip to florence to play fiorentina. chelsea and hearts are also

in the league stage. you can see the full fixture list on the bbc sport website. it was a night to remember for larne fcn the ceo for the club. over 2500 home fans, 14% of our time's capacity, and as you would expect, they enjoyed the evening. a lot of drama in the game itself unfolded, a lot of nerves in the stadium, but everything fell into place thankfully and we secure the result and the qualification, and there was a lot of parting and there was a lot of parting and enjoyment, as you would expect. the draw for the europa league has also been made with manchester united, tottenham and rangers finding out their fates. they will all play eight teams — rangers have drawn both manchester united and tottenham. spurs also face galatasaray among their eight, while manchester united will play porto and fenerbache. you can see the full draw on the bbc sport website. on premier league transfer deadline day, neal maupay has

—— ivan toney will be going to saudi pulley club. you can get all the latest transfer deadline day news on the bbc sport website and app. to the us open now where there's been a shock early exit for the third seed carlos alcaraz who's gone out in the second round to unseeded dutchman botic van de zandschulp. alcaraz was hoping to become the third man in history to win the french open, wimbledon and the us open in the same calendar year in the open era. however, the spaniard had a shaky start, losing the first set 6—1. he picked up in the second, but world number 7a van de zandschulp went on to win 7—5, and then 6—4 in the third the defeat ends alcaraz�*s is—match winning run at grand slams. meanwhile, the two—time champion naomi osaka said it

feels like her "heart dies every time she loses" after she went out in the second round to karolina muchova. the czech won in straight sets 6—3, 7—6. japan's osaka won the title in 2018 and 2020, but missed last year's tournament after giving birth to her daughter. max verstappen has gone fastest for the reigning grand prix. there's more at that in the bbc sport website, but that that is all for the sport for now. thank you. venezuelan prosecutors have threatened to issue an arrest warrant for the opposition presidential candidate, edmundo gonzalez, if he fails to attend a third summons for questioning on friday. mr gonzalez has been called to give evidence about his involvement in posting online voting data that appears to show he won last month's election. european union foreign ministers said they did not recognise the "democratic legitimacy" of president nicolas maduro, who

has claimed victory. let's get more on this from the director—general of an ngo that monitors elections in latin america. could you just give us a quick summary of the background of this in terms of the election results and what the election results and what the international response has been to them? {iii the international response has been to them?— the international response has been to them? of course. thank ou so been to them? of course. thank you so much _ been to them? of course. thank you so much for— been to them? of course. thank you so much for the _ been to them? of course. thank you so much for the invitation. l you so much for the invitation. the first thing is the international community has not yet recognised either of the candidates either winning or losing. what has happened is the international community is requesting the national election authority to publish the results by polling station by polling station which has not happened a month after the election. that is one of the reasons why the opposition has published these results because they have a copy of the tallies that are generated or printed from the voting machine. and thatis from the voting machine. and that is what they used but did

not publish results, then those tallies have been examined by university associated press and a panel of experts of the united nations and have asserted those tallies seem to be tallies that are effectively the ones printed by the voting machines, so so far, that is the situation.— the situation. but nicolas maduro says _ the situation. but nicolas maduro says he - the situation. but nicolas maduro says he has - the situation. but nicolas maduro says he has won | the situation. but nicolas i maduro says he has won this election and the opposition later is being repeatedly summoned for questioning. if he doesn't turn up, what happens? todayis doesn't turn up, what happens? today is the third time that he will miss the hearing has been called for. he will miss the hearing has been called for-— will miss the hearing has been called for. . , , . ., called for. he has been charged with usurping — called for. he has been charged with usurping a _ called for. he has been charged with usurping a public _ with usurping a public authority, among other charges such as terrorism, conspiracy, treason suggestion, because of the publishing of these tallies that the opposition had the right to have on election day. so it is something at this

point honestly what has been happening for the past years actually is the most prominent figures of the opposition have not been jailed, figures of the opposition have not beenjailed, but figures of the opposition have not been jailed, but their inner circle has. you have seen other political leaders, campaign staff, image people have helped the campaign her just regular citizens who provided mail services to the campaign had been persecuted and criminalised. so i do not know if mr gonzalez will be sent to jail. it seems to me that the regime is more interested in their inner circle. before we saw the case of lopez, a prominent opposition figure who was in jailfor some years. he opposition figure who was in jail for some years. he seemed to have given him a few more recognition internationally in jail, so i don't think it is a strategy they will follow the same. . ~' strategy they will follow the same. ., ~ , ., strategy they will follow the same. . ~ , ., y strategy they will follow the same. ., ~ ,, , . same. ok. thank you very much indeed. same. ok. thank you very much indeed- a _ same. ok. thank you very much indeed. a ukrainian _

same. ok. thank you very much indeed. a ukrainian pilot - same. ok. thank you very much indeed. a ukrainian pilot has - indeed. a ukrainian pilot has died after one of the f—16 warplanes that ukraine received from its western partners are crashed according to ukraine's army general staff. he had the callsign moonfish and was one of the first ukrainian pilots are trained to fly advance fighterjets, the fighterjet fighter jets, the fighter jet went fighterjets, the fighterjet went down on monday during a major rush in and drone attack. ukrainian defence forces do not believe pilot error was behind the incident. daria was lobbying for f—i6s and newly pilot who was killed. she told me a bit more about him. moonfish was a young, but a very talented pilot. he was one of the first f—i6 pilots trained to operate. he was a very experienced combat pilot using old soviet like 29, and during this operation when

russia fired 268 air targets, he managed in one flight to shut down three missiles and one drone. considering this is probably the largest in scale air raid, which was done not even during this war, but in the history of any wars, no one had such experience. of operating f—i6s and as much pressure and been so successful stop we are heeding the jet exploded in the sky. ukrainian authorities are doing an investigation so we will see after the results of the investigation but was the exact reason, but we know he deserves to be a hero of ukraine and with his life, he helped to save the many civilians from

deadly russian missiles. daria who was talking _ deadly russian missiles. daria who was talking to _ deadly russian missiles. daria who was talking to me - deadly russian missiles. daria who was talking to me a - deadly russian missiles. daria who was talking to me a little | who was talking to me a little earlier. the swiss city of basra will host an extra's eurovision song contest. geneva had been widely regarded as the favourite but was beaten by basil, a city in the north—west of the country —— by basel. they won this year's competition. also today, it is happy birthday to taiwan's oldest female panda. she turned 20 today with the dozens of her fans at taipei zoo. born in 2004, she came to taiwan in 2008 from china, along with a male panda as part of a cultural exchange programme. the pair had two clubs, four and ii the pair had two clubs, four and 11 years old, and she marked her big day with what else about some bamboo shoots. let's hope she had a lovely

birthday there in taipei. we are back with matthew in a few minutes with a full look at events in the middle east and the us and i will see you next week. have a very good weekend. in keeping with us here on bbc news, i make ita in keeping with us here on bbc news, i make it a good mate. hello there. today we've got high pressure sitting over the uk and that means dry weather and it means quite a bit of sunshine today. temperatures are maybe a degree higher than they were yesterday. we're going to peak at around 24 or 25 in the southeast of england. the cloud probably bubbling up a bit over land, but as we head into this evening, that will tend to dissipate. and we've still got light winds for a while, but the winds will pick up here in the southeast of england, and we'll start to see some cloud coming in here, maybe bringing

one or two showers. that will keep temperatures a bit higher than last night, but head further north into scotland and northern ireland and again we could see temperatures as low as 3 or 4 degrees. but there should be quite a bit of sunshine here to come on saturday. there is this cloud in the south, it's mostly high cloud. it'll push further north into england, and wales could still give one or two showers, more focus towards the far southwest and the channel islands, and the winds are going to be a bit stronger, i think on sunday, particularly so across east anglia, the southeast and through the english channel. but with that sort of wind direction, it means this part of the country should be a bit warmer to start the weekend, maybe only by a couple of degrees or so. so we're going to reach the low 20s in a few more places, and we could see temperatures a bit higher than that in the southeast as we get some late sunshine. but we're drawing in humid air and it's going to keep temperatures a lot higher across england and wales on saturday night. a more uncomfortable night for sleeping. our area of high pressure is going to gradually drift away and before we see this weather front coming in, we're going to draw in warm air from the near continent. but it brings with it the threat of some storms.

we could see a few of those on saturday night, continuing into sunday, pushing across more northern parts of england and eastern england too. and as it brightens up in that humid air in the south, we could trigger a few showers. there will be more cloud heading into scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures here not quite so high, but it will be a warmer, more humid day for england and wales, 27 or 28 degrees. now this weather front is going to come in from the west, but ahead of it our focus probably shifts to this plume of heavy rain and thunderstorms that's likely to be pushing northwards across more eastern coastal areas of england and scotland. the weather front in the west is not producing much rain, but following on from that, we do get a bit of sunshine for northern ireland, wales and the south west and the airturns a bit fresher here. still some warmth across some eastern parts of england even on monday.

live from london, this is bbc news. un agencies will start a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza this weekend after israel and hamas agree to a three—day pause in fighting. the israeli military says a senior local hamas commander was among three palestinians killed on the third day of a major military operation in the occupied west bank. kamala harris has given her first major tv interview since accepting the democratic nomination, defending her record on key policy issues like immigration and health. let's be clear, in this race, i'm the only person

who has prosecuted transnational criminal organisations who're trafficking guns, drugs and human beings. a four—day week. employees could be given the right to ask for more flexible working in the uk. and we talk to the paralympic guide runner who helped david brown become the fastest blind sprinter in the world. the un is preparing to start a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza this weekend after israel and hamas agreed a series of local pauses in fighting for three days. the aim is to vaccinate more than 640,000 children, after the first case of polio in 25 years was found there. the war has disrupted child vaccination programmes, and left most people displaced and living in crowded,

unsanitary conditions. at least 90% of children under the age of ten