—— of the international olympic committee thomas bach has said that climate change represents an "extremely serious threat, not only for sport, but for all our lives," the organising committee of paris 2024 has vowed to make these olympic games the greenest games in olympic history, and bach says that it is important that athletes use their voice for change. it is extremely important because the athletes are the best in the business. forall these the athletes are the best in the business. for all these initiatives, they find the best response and they are the ones that can really convince the millions of people around the world and there i can give as many interviews as i want to

bbc that does not have the impact and the olympic champions from today are sending this message and they are sending this message and they are very happy. that many athletes are very happy. that many athletes are very happy. that many athletes are very active in this respect. there will be several firsts at these olympics, but for andy murray, it will be his last. the three—time grand slam champion confirming that his career will officially come to an end after the olympics. for more on this, here's our reporter chetan pathak. he has confirmed it will be his final tour just he has confirmed it will be his final tourjust this morning putting a statement out on x, formerly known as twitter, with a statement saying i arrived in paris at my last ever tennis tournament, competing for team gb has been the most memorable weeks of my career and i am extremely proud. to get to do it one

final time. the image is of him winning gold at london 2012 and he backed that up four years later by winning gold in rio, the first man to win singles gold twice at olympics level in the andy murray story is a remarkable one. we know about the 77 year wait that britain had for a male wimbledon singles champion, which murray ended in 2013. he's a two time wimbledon champion. he's a three time grand slam champion, the first of his successes coming at the us open back in 2012. this a man who held his own in a time of federer and nadal. and djokovic, of course, went on to dominate the sport. and had it not been for that first hip injury that he had in 2018, it led to hip resurfacing surgery in 2019. there is a question of what could have been, but he refused to give up. he battled on and for the last few years he's had plenty of struggles with injury. he wanted to play singles at wimbledon, just gone, and that was denied in the end. he had too much nerve pain

in his right leg after having a cyst removed on his back. he did get to play doubles. at least he did get a very emotional farewell. he was playing doubles with his brotherjamie murray. of course they lost their match, but there was a farewell that included greats of the game on court like martina navratilova, john mcenroe, novak djokovic was there as well, his wife kim, two of his daughters, his parents. so he did get that fitting farewell at wimbledon, where, of course, like i said, he won two titles, but he wanted to play singles again and he's going to get to do that next week when the olympics tennis gets under way, both singles and doubles is what he intends to play. there were some questions about whether he may say farewell at the us open. i mentioned that was the first grand slam that he won, but he's now definitively put this statement out saying that this will be a goodbye from him at the paris olympics, playing at least both singles and doubles on the clay there at roland garros. and just briefly, chethan, he was he was up against federer and nadal in particular, who were massively globally popular.

—— staying with tennis... there has been a withdrawal in the women's singles, with former grand slam champion marketa vondrousova missing the olympics due to a hand injury. the czech player won silver in tokyo three years ago and became the first unseeded player to ever win wimbledon last year, and she will be replaced by katerina siniakova in the singles. another major champion who will be missing the olympics is newly—crowned tour de france winner tadej pogacar had been a favourite for the olympic road cycling race but the slovenian olympic committee cited "extreme fatigue" for his withdrawal from the games. pogacar had completed a dominant tour de france victory on sunday with a sixth stage win in the final time trial, becoming the eighth rider in history to win the giro d'italia and the tour in the same year. manchester city manager pep guardiola has said influential midfielder kevin de bruyne will stay at the club this season. de bruyne had been heavily linked with a summer move to saudi arabia and the belgian, who has a year left on his contract, said last month that he would have

to consider a move because of the �*incredible money on offer', but guardiola, speaking before city's first pre—season friendly against celtic in the usa, simply said: "kevin isn't leaving." scotland striker che adams has completed a move to italian side torino on a free transfer. the 28—year—old left newly—promoted southampton at the end of last season after his contract expired. and that's all the sport for now. welcome back to bbc news, i am geeta guru—murthy. the conservative party has set out a timetable for the leadership contest to replace rishi sunak, two and a half weeks after suffering a crushing defeat at the general election.

the winner will be confirmed in november. henry zeffman has more from westminster. rishi sunak will still be the interim leader of the conservative party almost four months after he lost the general election. so nominations open in the conservative party tomorrow and mps will have until monday to come forward. they need the support of eight mps to be on the list. but then after that it's not until september that that initial list of candidates gets whittled down by conservative mps to four remaining candidates. those four will then have the opportunity to make speeches to the conservative party membership at their annual conference, that's in early october. after that, conservative mps will then whittle it down again to two, and then conservative party members will have the final say. so it's a long process but conservative mps have clearly decided that they'd rather take their time in the hope of getting it right. the government is to hold its first formal talks withjunior doctors in england later — in a bid to resolve the long—running dispute over pay. it follows a meeting

between the health secretary, wes streeting, and the british medical association last week. mr streeting said both sides have shown a "willingness to negotiate", but that ending the dispute would "not be easy". earlier our health correspondent nick triggle gave us the latest. negotiators from the government and the british medical association will be sitting down very soon to start these fresh pay talks. these are first that have taken place since the end of last year. wes streeting willjoin them this afternoon, i understand, and they will meet again later in the week. they are working to quite a tight timescale because the bma have said they want a deal put forward that can be considered by mid—august. and wes streeting has described these talks as a chance to kind of reset what has been a bitter and long—running dispute. the strikes started last spring and there have been 11 walk—outs so far. what could a deal look like? i think if we look to wales, that's an indication of where the government might need to go.

so recentlyjunior doctors accepted a pay rise of 12.4%. that was backdated to last april, so it was for the 23—24 financial year. but crucially in wales, ministers accepted the principle of pay restoration, increasing pay in future years, to try and claw back some of what the bma says is lost pay. they want to see in total a 35% increase to make up for 15 years of below inflation pay rises. now, in england, junior doctors were given a pay rise last year of nearly 9% on average. so there's not too far to go to get it up over 12% if that is what the government is willing to do. but the interesting thing is what they are willing to give on pay restoration and promises of rises in future years. keir starmer kept saying, talked about his family working in the nhs and talked about the nhs being on its knees. this is a key test because we keep hearing doctors are leaving

the country, they can't recruit enough, not enough being trained. they have gone through the pandemic. it is crucial, isn't it, for the government to get this right. it is. if they are going to tackle the backlog, one of the key priorities in their manifesto, they've got to resolve these disputes. the walk—outs are leading to the cancellations of hundreds of thousands of operations and appointments. wes streeting has said that the 35% pay claim is not affordable all in one go, but he has talked about pay restoration being a journey, not an event. so he hints at a little bit more sympathy for the claims than the previous government was, and i think that's why there is a little bit of optimism, certainly within nhs circles that we might finally get a resolution to this dispute. time for one last story. if you enjoy going back and forth on a swing , and you have absolutely no fear of heights — then this may be the ideal tourist

attraction for you. it's what the operators claim is the highest swing in europe , set around 120 metres up on a hotel roof, overlooking alexander platz in central berlin. the adventurers are strapped in before being pushed out over the edge, as fast or slow as they like. the view — taking in the nearby television tower , is quite spectacular , but staff say that despite that, some people decide at the last minute that it's not for them, and settle for a sit down and a drink instead. i have to say i would not even dare to attempt that. i need to might, she is up next but first... —— anita might, she is up next but first... now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. some of us started off on a cloudy note this morning with some rain.

the rain now easing, the cloud breaking up, and more of us seeing some sunshine. pollen levels today are moderate or high across many parts of the country as well. we're still talking grass pollen and nettle pollen. and what's happening is the remnants of the weather front clearing away to the east, breaking up all the time with this ridge of high pressure building in, settling things down. so, the cloud continuing to break up. a few heat of the day showers bubbling up too across central parts of the country, eastern scotland, into the south—east. they will be fairly well scattered and with the onshore flow along the north sea coastline, what you'll find here today is that it will be a little bit cooler than if you move inland. but some blue skies in the east and west coasts, and if that tempts you into the sea, these are the sea temperatures — a bit above average across the english channel and the north sea. now, into this evening and overnight, still a lot of clear skies around, fair amounts of cloud too, and we'll see some mist and fog patches forming. by the end of the night we will have a weather front approaching the west introducing thicker cloud and some drizzle. our overnight lows, 9 to about 15 degrees. that's how we start tomorrow, with a lot of dry weather. again, a fair bit of sunshine around.

we could see some heat of the day showers developing in south—east scotland and north—east england. and a weather front coming in from the west making a bit more inroads into western areas with this thicker cloud and patchy light rain. these are the temperatures tomorrow, 14—25 degrees. a little bit warmer as the wind changes direction a bit along the north sea coastline. but the weather front does continue to push over towards the east overnight wednesday into thursday. and for a time we could see some heavier rain coming in across parts of southern and south—east england and wales. and then later, more rain coming in across western scotland and northern ireland. but in between, mostly dry, bar the odd shower with highs of up to about 22. as we move on through friday, eventually that front clears away and again we've got a little ridge of high pressure building across, this weather front is trying to come in to the west. so on friday the rain is slow to clear from some south—eastern areas and we've got some showers a bit further north. but as we head in through the weekend, things start to quieten up and settle down.

live from london, this is bbc news. kamala harris says she's proud to have secured pledges from enough democratic delegates to become the party's nominee for president we have doors to knock on, we have people to talk to, we have phone calls to make, and we have an election to win.

cheering. 3,000 violent crimes against women and girls every day in england and wales — police say it's a national emergency. dozens killed after israeli airstrikes hit southern gaza — as the israeli prime minister travels to washington for high—level meetings. the bbc is publishing its annual report amid controversy about the culture and treatment of contestants on strictly come dancing. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. it's only been two days sincejoe biden announced he was pulling out of the presidential race, but kamala harris�* campaign for the white house is ramping up. yesterday she announced she had

enough support to secure the democratic party's presidential nomination — and today,