gold for ethiopia's tamirat tola as he wins the men's marathon on the final weekend of the paris olympics. hello, welcome to the program. we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. there's been an israeli strike on a school housing displaced civilians in gaza city — with palestinian officials saying that about 100 people have been killed. the bbc has been unable to independently verify the figures. these are some of the latest images from the scene — many are too graphic for us to show. the israeli military says the target was a hamas command centre. it's the second time in recent days that schools in gaza have been attacked by the israelis. jenny hill is our

correspondent in tel aviv. she updated me on the situation in gaza. well, it is being described as a horrific massacre, by gaza's civil defence agency. the agency, which is hamas run, says that three israeli missiles struck the school building this morning. we are hearing reports that people inside the building who were using it as a shelter for displaced persons were actually at morning prayer when the attack happened. the israeli military has confirmed the attack, as you say. they contend that the school building was being used as a hamas command centre. and in a statement on social media, a spokesman for the israeli defence force said that they believed around 20 hamas and islamicjihad militants were operating out of the compound and using it as a base for what they would say were terrorist attacks. all of this has drawn a furious response from hamas, who have said this is a horrific crime.

they say that israel and its military are fabricating lies in order to deliberately target civilians. they also say this represents a dangerous escalation in the war. and let's not forget that this strike comes just days after a highly—unusual move by the leaders of the us, egypt and qatar. those leaders, in a statement, urged strongly both parties in this conflict to get to the negotiating table and hammer out a hostage return and ceasefire deal. we have had statements from egypt and indeed jordan in response to this, condemning the strike. and saying that it reveals in israel a lack of commitment to that peace process. and it is, as we mentioned, the second time in two days that schools have been targeted. but benjamin netanyahu has always said since october the 7th that his aim was to get rid

of hamas in gaza. yeah, and we have seen the israelis say that their efforts to dismantle hamas and go after senior commanders are ongoing but it is really worth looking at what has happened here in gaza over the last few weeks. we have seen a pattern emerging, israeli forces repeatedly targeting school buildings. that has drawn condemnation from the un. each time we have a strike like this, israel insists that these are legitimate targets in effect, saying that the schools are housing either hamas command centres or harbouring hamas operatives. and they also insist repeatedly that when they conduct these strikes they go out of their way to minimise the loss of civilian life, using for example intelligence or precision missiles. and of course a lot of people who have been displaced are sheltering in schools and this

just adds again, if it isn't safe to be in a school, the humanitarian situation inside the gaza strip. yeah, i mean you will hear humanitarian agencies saying again and again, as they have been saying now for months, that there is no safe place in gaza. these people have been displaced multiple times. take for example what is happening at the moment in the southern city of khan yunis, where once again the israeli military have urged civilians to get out of the city because they want to go back in there and conduct operations. so many of these people living in extremely rudimentary accommodation, if you can call it that, as fears over public health rise. we heard just a few days ago the world health organization saying it was going to send more than a million polio vaccines into the strip, after the un conducted tests on water and found traces of the virus there. shaina low is from the

norwegian refugee council. she gave us her reaction to the israeli strike and the latest reports from aid teams on the ground. it really draws into question whether or not israel is abiding by international humanitarian law. we have seen so many of these events over and over and over again. while i can't speak about the specifics, i'm not in gaza, i'm not able to conduct investigations, it does appear that israel is not protecting civilians and that they are not abiding by the laws, the rule of proportionality in terms of the military advantage being proportionate to the amount of civilian harm in attacks such as the one we have seen this morning. and the amount of aid that is trickling in is nowhere near what is needed to even attempt to address the growing humanitarian needs that continue to grow day by day. we've had staff report that they themselves have contracted hepatitis a, theirfamilies have gotten it, and this is because of

the unsanitary conditions, the destruction of infrastructure and the fact that aid workers just simply do not have the conditions or the materials to be able to help people survive. during the week, qatar, egypt and the us urged israel and hamas to resume negotiations over a ceasefire in gaza and the release of the remaining hostages. they were invited to resume discussions on the 15th. the us vice president, kamala harris, addressed the issue during a campaign event in arizona when she was interrupted by pro—palestinian protesters at the rally. let's take a listen to what she said to them. let me just say this, on topic of what i think i'm hearing over there. let me just speak to that for a moment and then i'm going to get back to the business at hand. cheering. so let me say, i have been clear, now is the time to get a ceasefire deal and get the hostage deal done. cheering.

now is the time. and the president and i are working around the clock every day to get that ceasefire deal done and bring the hostages home. oliver mcternan is an experienced mediator and the founder and co—director of forward thinking, a charitable organisation addressing issues related to the middle east peace process. he told me what impact this attack might have on the ceasefire process. well, all along since the breakdown in november i have had very little hope of negotiations succeeding. and the reason i say that, it was very clear to me that, from the start, netanyahu saw this as a military operation that he gave priority to. his stated aim was to see the demise of hamas in gaza. all his actions since he stated that

have been in that direction. so i have seen the talks and negotiations since november almost as a distraction from the reality of what is happening on the ground. so, sadly, i hope i'm wrong, i don't hold out much hope. i think what we need now is kamala harris to actually walk the talk. it is only if america says, yes, a ceasefire, but to ensure that we are going to stop the arms flow, we are going to stop the political protection and we are going to work with the security council to ensure we get a ceasefire. and how likely do you think that is...will happen before november's election? i only wish i could answer that but i think anyone in america who is concerned about israel and its future, especially looking at the consequences that these

actions, current actions, will have in the immediate region and the ongoing relationships between israel and its near neighbours should be deeply, deeply concerned. i think we have got to de—politicalise what is happening in gaza. it's got to go back on a moral principle, as your correspondent — or the norwegian representative — spoke earlier about putting this in the framework of international law, particularly the law of lex talionis, the proportionality. we have seen thatjust torn up and thrown out of the window with notjust the actions of last night but repeated actions since 7th of october. and do you think that the new hamas leader, yahya sinwar, will make any difference to their being possible ceasefire talks? well, i think sinwar would have had an extremely important role in the whole process since the 7th

of october, so i think the fact that he now is the official leader should not impact. at the end of the day, it was he who would have had a big say previously in whether or not to accept the terms of a ceasefire. but i keep coming back, until netanyahu changes his objectives and puts the hostages — who seem to be lost in all of this — and, i would say, the 2.3 million people in gaza who are suffering intolerable conditions. until they are put in the framework first and foremost, decisions made in light of their interests, then i think we will keep talking about a ceasefire but we will see little happening on the ground. now to events in russia. moscow is introducing strict

new security measures in three regions bordering ukraine in response to this week's surprise incursion by ukrainian forces into the kursk region. there are also concerns from the un nuclear agency, which has urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint, as fighting moves closer to a nuclear power plant. fighting has been raging since ukraine's army launched its surprise incursion this week. reports suggest they could be operating up to 30 kilometres inside russia, with intense fighting, close to the town of sudzha. frances read reports. filmed from a dashboard, then uploaded to social media, abandoned and burned russian troop carriers in the kursk region. the person who posted these pictures has since been arrested but the bbc has verified the footage. ukrainian assaults on russia started on tuesday and seem to have come as a surprise. several villages have been seized. this footage from the ukrainian military is purported to show russian soldiers surrendering.

reports suggest the focus is happening just north of ukraine with fighting thought to be concentrated near the town of sudzha. moscow says up to 1000 ukrainian troops are involved in a region which contains a nuclear plant. the un nuclear agency has urged restraint but the astonishing images of russianjets bombing russian territory seem to run counter to the kremlin�*s official narrative, that the war in ukraine has been going to plan. president putin holding a meeting with his security council. it is calling the ukrainian incursion terrorism. and russia is now bringing in reinforcements. but no act goes unpunished. a russian missile attack on a supermarket in the eastern donetsk region has proved fatal. although it is not clear

whether it was a direct response to ukraine's cross—border assault. this woman was there. translation: we started climbing out of the window, she says. _ we were barely outside when everything started burning. i started running one way, my colleague ran the other way. ukrainian emergency services have been searching through the rubble for signs of life, no respite for those living this reality. frances read, bbc news. with the latest about that surprise incursion into russia, here's our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. i think if you look at the pictures you've just seen, i think that reflects what ukraine was after in the short term at least. russia is putting more and more resources into trying to contain this offensive. we have seen a lot of men and machinery moved in the direction of kursk and neighbouring regions along the border, as ukrainian forces seemingly take

more and more territory. and they have even been frustrated in that endeavour with one convoy certainly being destroyed. and now we have what's been described as a counterterror operation, a counterterrorism operation, by the kremlin, which gives powers for cars to be searched, for phone tapping, for vehicles, the movement of vehicles and people to be extremely limited. this is something russia is having to take seriously and i think for ukraine the hope is that it will relieve pressure on the front lines on its own territory, where it is russia continuing to advance. it's important not to understate how significant this week has been because this has been a war, certainly for ukraine, of gruelling familiarity. and here we've had this sort of strange inversion where you have the sight of russian civilians reacting with fear and anger in some cases and leaving their homes.

this is something that we see across ukraine continually. and it really has sort of shaken things up in that respect. ukraine has increased the stakes and in this war of territory, where russia often talks about wanting ukraine to concede land in exchange for peace, well, now ukraine controls a chunk of russian territory. it really is a high—stakes move and it could, you know, we are still talking about ukrainian forces that are overstretched, so it has been an extraordinary few days. ukrainian journalist kateryna malofieieva outlines what she thinks was the decision—making behind the incursion. well, definitely this incursion of ukraine's forces that started five days ago plays a quite significant, significant role for overall,

the situation on the front line. one of the reasons of this happening is that ukraine wants to gain the leverage in the future negotiations with moscow. at the same time, it's also to show the weakness of the russian forces, who barely can control their own territory. at the same time, one of the reasons is to divert troops from the eastern regions of donetsk and redeploy troops. i spoke to the commander, um, from the eastern, uh, from the part from the territory of chechnya and pokrovsk. and they were aware of at least two russian brigades that were redeployed to kursk region to strengthen the russian troops. um, at the same time, this is quite a surprise operation. it's been a surprise. not only even for the soldiers who participated.

i know i'm aware of at least five brigades that take part in this offensive operation. they were sent for, um, recuperation for some sort of vacation. and during this time they were sent to the, kursk region. and what is interesting that normally during such operations, the hospitals prepare the beds for the wounded and kharkiv and sumy region territories. the cities close to the russian kursk and belgorod regions. we are not prepared. i'm interested on what the impact on this has had on morale, both within the military and also the wider ukrainian public.

well, definitely, every gain of the territory, every victory, boosts the morale of the military. and ukraine didn't have any gains for quite a while. so, undeniably, this, boosts the morale of people, you know, again, talking about the actions. the fighting hasn't stopped, but the number of shelling significantly decreasing over the past two days. uh, with regards to the civilian, of course, this also, you know, brings some feelings ofjoy and and happiness. and at the same time, uh, we've already seen today that, uh, the view a breakthrough in not only in the area of sudzha but also the ukrainian

forces took a village, in bryansk region. so we expect there will be more breakthroughs to the russian territory, more incursions, uh, overthe, uh, straight along the border with russia. so undeniably, it brings some sort of relief in the, east of the country where russia have gained over the past few months, uh, territory approach to, um, the important motorway, highway konstantinovka pokrovsky and, um, uh, currently, you know, in the vicinity of the town of. king charles has made his first public comments since the outbreak of widespread disorder across the uk last week — expressing "heartfelt thanks" to the police and emergency services. police say more than 740 people have been arrested — and more than 300 charged — since the unrest sparked by the killing of three children in southport. thomas magill has more. our street! whose street? our street! maintaining order at the latest demonstration, outside a hotel believed to be used to accommodate asylum seekers in crawley. a small number of anti—immigration

protesters were met by hundreds of others from the group stand up to racism. sussex police say they made one arrest, a ao—year—old man. he's one of more than 740 people who've been arrested in connection with the violence and disorder seen across england and northern ireland this week. this isjordan parlour, who was given 20 months in prison, not for taking part in any unrest but encouraging others online to attack this hotel in leeds, used to house asylum seekers. in northampton, tyler kay was jailed for 38 months after calling for attacks on asylum seeker hotels via the social media platform x. and richard williams from buckley was jailed for sharing a menacing post about migrants whilst also encouraging rioters. otherjailings include these men, sameer ali and adnan ghafoor. they were part of a counterprotest in leeds against far

right activists. they punched a group of white men, saying they had been provoked by anti—muslim insults. the judge said that was no excuse and gave them 20 months and two and a half years, respectively. 6000 specially—trained officers remain on duty this weekend to deal with any unrest. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says it's important forces around the country stay on high alert. i'm absolutely convinced that having the police officers in place these last few days in the right places, the swiftjustice that has been dispensed in our courts have had a real impact but we have to stay on high alert going into this weekend because we absolutely have to make sure that our communities are safe. the king has offered his heartfelt thanks to the police and emergency services during a phone call to the pm, where he praised the way that community spirit and compassion have countered the aggression and criminality seen

during the riots. 120 officers are being sent from scotland to northern ireland, despite demonstrations in belfast passing peacefully last night there are still concerns about the potential for further unrest in the city with more protests expected in the coming days. thomas magill, bbc news. now to bangladesh. thousands of people marched on the grounds of the bangladesh supreme court, ignoring requests by the military to vacate the premises. according to an official statement from the justice department, the courts have agreed to drop the charges against protesters and free those who have been put injail. but it stopped short of announcing the resignation of the chief justice. while these protests were peaceful, there is increasing concern about the lack of law and order in bangladesh. the country's police force have fled their positions, fearing reprisals for their use

of deadly force against protesters. to brazil next and investigators are trying to work out what caused a plane crash that killed 61 people. president lula has expressed solidarity with the families and friends of the victims — and the sao paulo state governor has declared three days of mourning. the flight from the city of cascavel came down on the approach to the international airport in sao paulo — there were no injuries on the ground. ione wells reports. no time to prepare for landing, only a terrifying spiral to the ground. just miles short of its destination, its final moments captured by horrified onlookers on their phones. this was a short internal flight from the brazilian state of parana to sao paulo, never reaching its destination. translation: it went down nose first. - i thought something had happened, that it had run out of gas. i ran out because i live near there.

translation: i thought it was going to fall into our back yard. _ it was scary but thank god there was no one killed on the ground. 57 passengers and four crew members were on board. local authorities say there are no survivors. news reached brazil's president, lula da silva, while he was speaking at a conference. he held a minute's silence. he said all his solidarity was with the families and friends of the victims. there are no answers yet for the friends and families of those on board, only unimaginable grief and shock. ione wells, bbc news, in sao paulo. finally this half hour, if you are afraid of snakes you might want to look away now as the annual florida python challenge has started. snake hunters head to the us state to track down burmese pythons

in the hopes of sharing in 30,000 dollars worth of prizes. this year more than 600 people have registered for the 10—day event. the goal is to humanely kill as many pythons — which are an invasive species in the everglades. prizes are awarded in three categories — professional hunters, those in the military or veterans and novice hunters. last year's challenge brought in 209 pythons. the winner gets $10,000. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. more sunshine expected as we head through the weekend, especially tomorrow, right across the uk. there will be a brief spike in heat and humidity, particularly for southern and eastern areas of england. it will be only brief because we will see fresher feeling conditions with some outbreaks of rain by the time we get to tuesday. we're not quite there yet with the heat either today. there is a lot of cloud from this

weather front towards the south of england and across wales, some patches of rain towards the west at times. still a slice of sunshine across the far south and the east. a lot of this cloud will tend to break up through the afternoon. the best of the sunshine will be across northern ireland, parts of northern england, where it should stay largely dry. a scattering of showers for north—west scotland. here it is cooler and still breezy, but elsewhere the winds are lighter than they were yesterday. highs of 16 to 25 celsius. tonight, well, it will still feel rather muggy, but a cooler night towards the north and the west with clear spells developing. a bit of mist and low cloud perhaps into tomorrow morning and the risk of some sea fog towards the south coast. across the south, again, lows of around 13 to 16 degrees. high pressure dominates as we head through sunday. we're drawing in more of a south—easterly wind and that's going to allow the temperatures to build for many of us. the sea fog could lap onshore at times, but it should all be gone, even out towards the south—west, as we head through the afternoon. some areas of cloud at times, but a lot of sunshine too.

the sunshine, of course, will help the temperatures to rise, so a warmer looking day across the board. 16 to 23 celsius in scotland, but maybe the high 20s now in the far south—east of england. on monday we're likely to see the peak of the heat towards the south and the east, but some heavy, thundery showers further north and west, just gradually tracking their way further eastwards. temperature—wise, we could get as high as perhaps 32 or even 33 degrees celsius somewhere across southern or eastern areas of england, making it the warmest day of the year so far if we do get to 33 degrees. atlantic fronts, though, pushing in from the west on tuesday will bring some fresher feeling conditions. still the high 20s in south—east england, but much cooler than that further north and west. there will be some outbreaks of rain gradually pushing eastwards. that sets the tone, really, for the rest of the week — cooler and quite unsettled at times. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: dozens of palestinians are reported to have been killed and injured in an israeli air strike on a shelter in a school in gaza city. israel's military says the school contained a hamas command centre. russia is introducing strict new security measures in three regions bordering ukraine in response to this week's surprise incursion by ukrainian forces into the kursk region. they are understood to include

powers to restrict the movement of people and vehicles and allow the use of phone taps. the king has called for unity and has offered a message of thanks to the police and emergency services for restoring peace to areas affected by violent disorder across the uk. more than 740 people have been arrested since the outbreak of widespread disorder. in paris, it is gold for ethiopia's tamirat tola after he broke the olympic record to win the men's marathon, as the final weekend of the games got under way. hello. i'm nicky schiller. let's get more on the disorder that has been playing out in towns and cities across england and northern ireland. king charles has praised the way "community spirit" and "compassion" have countered the "aggression and criminality". he says he hopes "shared values of mutual respect and understanding,

will continue to strengthen and unite the nation".