the country to denounce the official result of sunday's presidential election. in the capital, caracas, protesters set fire to cars and threw stones at riot police, who responded with tear gas. the demonstrators say president nicolas maduro�*s re—election was fraudulent and they're demanding that he leave office. groups of mr maduro�*s supporters as well as paramilitaries are also gathering in the capital. president maduro has spoken in the last hour saying in a live address to the nation that his government "knows how to confront this situation and defeat those who are violent". venezuela's electoral authority formally declared mr maduro the winner, despite exit polling that suggested the opposition party won. mr maduro accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup. the venezuelan opposition dismissed the electoral council's announcement as fraudulent, and candidate edmundo gonzales says his campaign has the proof it needs to show he was the winner. world leaders are also questioning the result of the election. nine latin american governments including argentina, ecuador,

and uruguay will hold an emergency meeting of the organization of american states permanent council on wednesday, due to "profound concerns" over sunday election�*s outcome us secretary of state anthony blinken had this to say after the result was announced. we have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the venezuelan people. it is critical that every vote be counted fairly and transparently and election officials immediately share information with the opposition and independent observers without delay and that the electoral authorities published a detailed tabulation of votes. the international community is watching this very closely and will respond accordingly. joining me live is editor of axios latino, astrid galvan.

we saw the images there of clashes in the streets. how high is the risk of violence in venezuela? can you hear me? seeing if we can get the lion hooked up there. you can see some of the images coming into night from venezuela and we will see if we can get astrid back on. let's go to our correspondent ione wells who has been reporting on the election for us in venice whaler who sent us the latest. there must be respect for the popular will. which country in the world after receiving 930

criminal sanctions and suffered while we have suffered, there is to call elections. they were carried out in an exemplary manner and i carried out in an exemplary mannerand i can carried out in an exemplary manner and i can say before the people of venezuela and before the world that i am nicholas. president maduro claiming victory for a third time. asking people to respect the will of the people. the question the opposition are asking is, how he? freedom, freedom, emotional cries as the polling closed at one polling station in an election where many were voting for change. today the people of venezuela has been outrage after outrage and the illusion of human rights and executions and excessive emigration and the largest emigration in latin america without having had a

war. it america without having had a war. . , america without having had a war. ., , ., , ., america without having had a war. ., ,, war. it has to be fair because the peeple — war. it has to be fair because the people are _ war. it has to be fair because the people are already - war. it has to be fair because the people are already tired. | the people are already tired. that is why we are all here waiting for a change. we hope thatjustice is done. waiting for a change. we hope that justice is done.— thatjustice is done. they wanted a _ thatjustice is done. they wanted a change - thatjustice is done. they wanted a change from i thatjustice is done. they - wanted a change from president maduro. his party has been in powerfor maduro. his party has been in power for decades. maduro. his party has been in powerfor decades. he maduro. his party has been in power for decades. he still has some loyal supporters.- some loyal supporters. there are many _ some loyal supporters. there are many things, _ some loyal supporters. there are many things, the - some loyal supporters. there l are many things, the benefits, helpful people like me with disabilities. there are many things we have to take advantage of that no other government has given. this man asked, government has given. this man asked. why _ government has given. this man asked. why do — government has given. this man asked, why do we _ government has given. this man asked, why do we support - asked, why do we support president nicolas maduro, because he is the president of the people, the workers president, the one who believes in the working class. the last election win was widely dismissed as neither free election win was widely dismissed as neitherfree nor fair and dismissed as neitherfree nor fairand again there dismissed as neitherfree nor fair and again there are questions, was this? the president's face lining every street. protests and clashes

with authorities after some polling stations did not open at all. huge queues of people waiting to vote and delays by design. very few let in at a time. all this, buses paid for, free food handed out, government incentives to come to the president's rallies. the opposition leader, maria corina machado, was banned from running. many of her aides were detained. shops that served her closed down. but she remained confident that her replacement, edmundo gonzales, could win. the opposition claimed fraud before the result saying many observers were not allowed into election counts.— election counts. today we want to tell the _ election counts. today we want to tell the people _ election counts. today we want to tell the people of— election counts. today we want to tell the people of venice - to tell the people of venice whaler and the entire world that venezuela has a new president elect, and it is edmundo gonzales. we won, and everybody knows it. we have one in all sectors. we saw it on the streets. the regime knows

what happened. in the next few days, we will announce the actions to defend the truth, a long life, free venezuela. much was at stake — long life, free venezuela. much was at stake in _ long life, free venezuela. much was at stake in the _ long life, free venezuela. much was at stake in the selection, i was at stake in the selection, and the economy has been in freefall for more than a decade. more than half the country lives in poverty. millions of venezuelans have fled the country, many to the us, fuelling a migration crisis. the question now is if any of that will change. joining me live is editor of axios latino, astrid galvan. great to see you. what do you make of the situation they're in vain a spoiler? definitely an unstable couple of nights in the capital. == an unstable couple of nights in the capital-— the capital. -- in venezuela. thank you — the capital. -- in venezuela. thank you for _ the capital. -- in venezuela. thank you for having - the capital. -- in venezuela. thank you for having me. - the capital. -- in venezuela. | thank you for having me. it's been increasingly unstable and protests are really starting to build around venezuela, especially in caracas at the

moment with widespread discontent over president nicolas maduro's claims that he has won the election for a third time.— has won the election for a third time. we've seen this before, third time. we've seen this before. it _ third time. we've seen this before, it feels _ third time. we've seen this before, it feels like, - third time. we've seen this before, it feels like, after i before, it feels like, after elections in venezuela. maduro has managed to maintain power. what are the chances do you think that this pressure from the people, these protests might push him out of office this time?— might push him out of office this time? ,, ., ~ , ., this time? quite frankly from all of the _ this time? quite frankly from all of the sources _ this time? quite frankly from all of the sources i've - this time? quite frankly from all of the sources i've been . all of the sources i've been talking to, and the reporting we have been doing, it doesn't seem quite likely. he has faced a lot of pressure before. this is quite extreme pressure and you have to factor in there is more pressure from regional countries like colombia and chile and the us because the regionwide impacts of his presidency and what it means for venezuelans who feel they have to leave the country they will survive.—

will survive. the opposition sa s will survive. the opposition says they — will survive. the opposition says they have _ will survive. the opposition says they have evidence . will survive. the opposition l says they have evidence that the election was fraudulent. so what is it pointing to me. what does it say went wrong here and where was the fraud according to the opposition? it’s where was the fraud according to the opposition?— to the opposition? it's been fairly vague- _ to the opposition? it's been fairly vague. so _ to the opposition? it's been fairly vague. so far- to the opposition? it's been fairly vague. so far they - to the opposition? it's been fairly vague. so far they say their poll watchers were barred from observing the vote tabulation or the ones who were allowed saw much higher votes for edmundo gonzales than majuro so they are fairly certain that he won by a landslide and the administration of majuro is rigging the elections. we administration of majuro is rigging the elections. we are a heafina rigging the elections. we are a hearing talk— rigging the elections. we are a hearing talk of _ rigging the elections. we are a hearing talk of the _ rigging the elections. we are a hearing talk of the paper - hearing talk of the paper copies of the results of these precincts. nicolas maduro is accusing the opposition of attempting a coup. what do you make of those claims? i attempting a coup. what do you make of those claims?— make of those claims? i think he sa s make of those claims? i think he says that _ make of those claims? i think he says that every _ make of those claims? i think he says that every time - make of those claims? i think he says that every time there | he says that every time there is any sort of opposition to

his presidency, not an uprising that an increase in voices who are critical of him and he claims he and a victim but if you look, historically at what he's done and what his party has done in the last quarter of a century there is a pattern, a long—standing pattern of interfering in elections and dismantling democratic institutions.— dismantling democratic institutions. ., , institutions. the military in venezuela _ institutions. the military in venezuela with _ institutions. the military in venezuela with most - venezuela with most institutions are seen as loyal to nicolas maduro. how do you expect the military and security forces to react to what seems to be a growing uprising and some growing protests amongst the people there? ., �* , protests amongst the people there? . �* , , , there? that's the biggest concern amongst - there? that's the biggest concern amongst some i there? that's the biggest - concern amongst some analysts especially in venezuela where we have seen before with protests about security verses have turned on protesters and there is a lot of fear that

this could become a violent situation for more violent but it really is yet to be seen. how should the white house respond as the us has been seen ljy respond as the us has been seen by some in venezuela as meddling in its affairs and it did support when the president appointed himself with similar claims of a fraudulent election, so is there room for the white house to come out and pick a side and maybe support the opposition? the pick a side and maybe support the opposition?— the opposition? the us was behind some _ the opposition? the us was behind some negotiations l the opposition? the us was i behind some negotiations that allowed the opposition coalition to have a primary election in the first place last year and we know maduro turned his back on those promises and overturns the results of the elections and did not allow the winner maria corina machado to run against him, but at this moment the white house is being very

cautious in saying we have serious concerns about this but we really want to wait until the vote tabulation is have been released, if they are going to be released to make any furtherjudgment. we going to be released to make any furtherjudgment. any further 'udgment. we will have to any furtherjudgment. we will have to see — any furtherjudgment. we will have to see how _ any furtherjudgment. we will have to see how the - any furtherjudgment. we will have to see how the situation | have to see how the situation plays out in the next days and hours. thank you. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu says his country will deliver a severe response to saturday's strike on the israeli—occupied golan heights. the rocket attack struck an soccer field in the town majdal shams, killing twelve young people. mr netanyahu cut short a tour of the united stated to visit the site of the attack on monday. he conveyed his condolences to the local community, which is mostly made up of the arab druze minority. but the prime minister was forced to leave after being heckled by locals, who accused his government of failing to protect them. on sunday, israel fired on sites in south lebanon it says belong

to the militant group hezbollah. israel blames hezbollah for the attack, an accusation the group denies. as fears of large—scale israeli retaliation in lebanon grow, several international airlines, including air france and lufthansa, are suspending flights to the capital beirut. while, countries including germany, britain and the netherlands are calling on their citizens to leave lebanon urgently. joining me live is gadeer kamal—mreeh. she's a former member of the knesset and currently the senior envoy to thejewish agency for israel. she is also a member of the druze community. 12 young people were killed in this strike. what have you been hearing from the druze community in majdal shams? how would they like israel to respond? good evening and thank you for having me and i send my sincere

condolences to all of the druze brothers and sisters in the and all of the middle east who have been facing this massive tragedy since saturday and it's hard to imagine and it's hard to absorb, a tiny peaceful country in the north, losing i2 country in the north, losing 12 children, 12 young kids when they were playing soccer is something it is hard to imagine in this tiny peaceful community. and seeing macro his brother were aiming at this tiny community knowing there is no military base is something thatis no military base is something that is unacceptable and crossing the whole red lines and now people are demanding and now people are demanding and understanding the whole efforts, the massive efforts israel has been trying for ten months, diplomatically, peacefully, collaborating with regional allies and international bodies to put an end to those attacks and find political solution to deter his

brother —— macro to stop the resolutions to withdraw from the retaliation did not help so we had to understand that may be military operations would be the solution to deter those people, reminding viewers here that israel withdrew completely from lebanon in 2000. what it israel cup was not a tiny number of guerrilla fighters. just cup was not a tiny number of guerrilla fighters.— guerrilla fighters. just a focus briefly _ guerrilla fighters. just a focus briefly on - guerrilla fighters. just a focus briefly on the - guerrilla fighters. just a - focus briefly on the members there who are the victims of this rocket attack and we should say that they deny that they were behind it. but it is a complicated situation. we are looking at some pictures of members of the druze community heckling and being very angry against israeli officials that showed up today. how does the community view israel and the way it has been handling the conflict not only here but in

gaza? it conflict not only here but in gaza? , ., , , gaza? it is not 'ust the druze, we believe — gaza? it is notjust the druze, we believe that _ gaza? it is notjust the druze, we believe that the _ gaza? it is notjust the druze, we believe that the israelis i we believe that the israelis are now insisting and understanding that we are dealing with terrorists who are not deterred. it doesn't matter, they are denying any responsibility and taking them self away from the attack and we understand this is bad for their pr and their public relations and i'm sure you are following and seeing those horrific images and visuals and videos of children and it is bad for their coverage and i see the sentiment is my mother tongue is arabic and i am following what is happening in the middle east. it is very coverage for hezbollah. so they rushed to deny the responsibility but the idf already proved and delivered absolute proof it was hezbollah and iranian missiles loaded

with more than 50 kilos of explosive. but going back to the israelis, we understand we did not start this war. hamas launched a war against israel on october the 7th and hezbollahjoin from on october the 7th and hezbollah join from october the 8th, saved from 10 months all of the diplomatic efforts failed on this policy of containing and trying to deter them is not working anymore, so unfortunately we understand we are in a counting down mode and we don't understand yet how, when and where it will be. just to ask, when and where it will be. just to ask. what — when and where it will be. just to ask, what do _ when and where it will be. just to ask, what do you see happening next? how do you see and what would you like to see happen in terms of a decision ljy happen in terms of a decision by benjamin netanyahu? do you think he will potentially launch a large counter—attack against hezbollah? if launch a large counter-attack against hezbollah?— against hezbollah? if we go back to the _ against hezbollah? if we go back to the perspective - against hezbollah? if we go back to the perspective and i back to the perspective and understand the regional context, we understand we are not dealing solely with hamas,

hezbollah and their loses, we are dealing with a major project of expanding and controlling the middle east. they are declaring that proudly and they are controlling the capital of yemen and controlling the capital of iraq and syria, damascus, and of lebanon by route. we understand we are dealing with sophisticated enemies and they are chanting and you can simply follow their speeches, they wish to destroy israel, so we understand that military operation unfortunately might be the only solution to deter them and force them to stop attacking israel. we them and force them to stop attacking israel.— attacking israel. we have to leave it there. _ attacking israel. we have to leave it there. thank - attacking israel. we have to leave it there. thank you i attacking israel. we have to| leave it there. thank you for your perspective. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has announced spending cuts on road and hospital building

projects, as well as winter fuel payments. she told parliament this was because of a massive shortfall in funds that her labour government had inherited. around 10 million pensioners will lose their winter fuel payments under the new plans. former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. in a statement, the metropolitan police said the offences relate to images shared on a whatsapp chat. they are alleged to have taken place between december 2020 and april 2022. mr edwards will appear in court on wednesday. the government and the bma trade union have struck an improved pay dealforjunior doctors in england worth 22 percent on average over two years. the bma's junior doctors' committee has agreed to put the offer to its members. if accepted, it would spell an end to long—running strike action which has led to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of appointments since march 2023. you're live with bbc news.

presidentjoe biden is proposing unprecedented changes to the us supreme court. it's part of a plan he says will "restore trust and accountability" to the nation's highest court. he laid out the three—part plan on monday. he proposes a constitutional amendment that he says would "make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office." he also supports changes to the way the court's judges are appointed, with the the president nominating a justice every two years to serve 18 years on the and he also wants to impose a binding ethics code on the justices — following a series of controversies around conflicts of interest involving several members of the court. the president spoke about his proposed sweeping changes during a speech marking the 60th anniversary of the civil rights act. based on my experience i am certain we need these reforms,

these reforms restore trust in these reforms restore trust in the core, preserve the system of checks and balances vital to our democracy and they are also common reforms that the vast majority of american people support as well as scholars, progressives and conservatives. i look forward to working with congress to implement these reforms and members of congress not here today. former president donald trump says he'll sit down with the fbi on thursday for a 'victim interview�* to discuss the assassination attempt against him at his pennsylvania rally earlier this month. the fbi is investigating the 20—year—old gunman and his motivations behind the shooting that killed one rally goer and seriously wounded two others. federal investigators in pennsylvania said they wanted to get mr trump's perspective on the shooting, calling the interview 'standard' procedure. us lawmakers are continuing to look into the security failures that led up to the attack. top officials with the secret service and fbi are set to testify on capitol hill tuesday. the town of southport

is reeling over the killing of two children on monday in what police describe as a 'ferocious�* knife attack. nine other children were injured — six are in critical condition. 0urjudith mortiz has more. and a warning — you may find some of the details in this report upsetting. a sunny day in the school holidays, and children who had been dancing moments earlier are lying on the street. where there had been in music, there was now the sound of screaming. paramedics and police raced to them, local people too, including an off duty nurse. i checked on my girls and ijust ran to the crowd because you put your nhs head on, don't you? and the mother there, i was consoling, the look on herface, because she knew something had happened to her child. it was like, oh, my gosh, how do you even comprehend? there's nothing you can do.

the children were dancing to taylor swift when a man with a knife walked into the room. people working nearby heard the sounds of their distress. it was like a bomb had gone off, girls' bodies all over the place. me and one of my colleagues who worked with me, james, he brought one of the girls out of the building. she didn't look good at all, poor kid. the dance class had just been about to end. there were a few parents around. i have heard wailing and screaming pretty much all afternoon of parents coming later to pick kids up, and only really finding out what has gone on. 13 people were stabbed altogether, including 11 children. they were taken to hospitals all over the region, some by air. many are critical. two children have been killed and details are still emerging about exactly what happened in the room.

it is understood that the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school where the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and starting to attack inside, the children. we believe the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nana, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time and i wish to send my heartfelt condolences to them. roads running the scene were closed off and this afternoon, the police arrested a teenager at a house in a village three miles north of southport, and seized a knife. the 17—year—old was born in cardiff and is now being questioned by detectives. condolences have been offered by the king and the prime minister.

southport is a happy holiday resort which always shows its best side in summer. not today. this has been the darkest of days, and unspeakable horror has happened here instead. judith moritz, bbc news, southport. thousands of firefighters continue to battle a huge wildfire in northern california. the so—called 'park fire' is the largest of several wildfires in the state, burning through butte, tehama, shasta and plumas counties, north of the city of chico. officials say the blaze has ravaged nearly 150,000 hectares of land, making it one of the largest fires in state history. more than 26,000 residents were under evacuation orders on monday afternoon, with authorities calling for extreme caution due to a high risk of escalation. officials say it was started by a man who pushed a flaming car into a gully. the fire was able to spread quickly following multiple heat waves that have struck california since the beginning ofjune. stay with us here on bbc news.

that's it from here. thank you. hello there. we'll see some contrast in temperature across the uk over the next few days. slightly fresher conditions for scotland and northern ireland, but england and wales certainly holding onto the heat and the humidity for another few days. for most of us, it is looking pretty dry and pretty sunny, as well. but will we see a heat wave? it depends where you are. these are the threshold temperatures which we need to hit for at least three consecutive days. now, that's 28 celsius for parts of london and southeast england, 27 for much of england and wales — we've already seen one day above that — and actually, over the next few days across parts of the midlands, southern, southeast england, we could well see those threshold temperatures exceeded for a heat wave.

now, through the day on tuesday, lots of dry, sunny weather. areas of cloud just floating around across parts of northern england, northern ireland, and at times of scotland — so you could just see a light passing shower here, i think. further south — long, clear spells, blue skies, lifting temperatures to between about 28—32 in the southeast. typically the high teens or the low—20s, though, as we head further north. 0vernight tuesday night and on into wednesday, largely dry, settled, humid again — so another muggy, sticky night. just a chance of the odd shower cropping up perhaps towards the south. but look at those overnight temperatures — 18 celsius in london, but we're looking at glasgow and edinburgh around about 7—8 celsius. so a real contrast as we head into the early hours of wednesday. but again, for wednesday, lots of sunshine, it'll feel hot and humid again for england and wales in particular, where temperatures could reach 30 celsius or higher. typically again, the high teens or low—20s as we head through scotland and northern ireland. but a bit of a change into thursday, because we'll start to see this frontal system moving its way in from the west, bumping into the high pressure, bumping into the hot,

humid air — that could well spark off some heavy showers and some thunderstorms. so a bit of a breakdown in the weather possible for thursday, especially so for england and wales, but some uncertainty about the positioning of any of those thunderstorms. if you do catch one, torrential downpours could bring some localised flooding. with the threat of showers, it's not quite as hot by this stage in the south, but still could get close to 30 celsius. and then, as we head through friday into the weekend, eventually weather fronts will start to move their way eastwards, introducing something a little bit fresher coming in from the west. so, after a hot, humid few days, it is looking a little bit cooler and more unsettled as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. bye— bye.

mcdonald's sales fall, prompting a rethink from the fast food giant. customers dialled back spending. and we look at the explosion of the coffee culture in shanghai. in the us, mcdonald's was hit by its first global sales drop since 2020, as the cost of living crisis continues to

weigh on consumers. fast food giant said it is working on fixes like meal deals, which sent shares up by over 3%. with the latest, our bbc north america business correspondent. no amount of special sauce can make higher prices more palatable, as mcdonald's has found out. sales at the burger giant spluttered, consumers around the world shying away from the higher cost of burgers and fries and soft drinks. even the ceo admitted it was too expensive. last year, we warned of a more discriminating consumer, particularly among lower—income households. as this year progressed, those pressures have deepened and broadened. on a call with investors, mcdonald's said food, labour and paper costs had risen as much as a0%, forcing it to raise prices. but one analyst we spoke to noted that the golden arches had been faster on the draw with price hikes than its rivals. mcdonald's pricing increases have been faster than the rest of the industry.