russia is trying for a fifth day to repel a massive cross—border incursion by ukraine. tight security measures are now in force. and there's 39 gold medals up for grabs on the penultimate day of the paris olympics — with team usa facing france in the blockbuster men's basketball final tonight. hello. i'm nicky schiller. we start this hour with the latest on the israel—gaza war after dozens of palestinians were killed in an israeli air strike on a school housing displaced families in gaza city. the al—ahli baptist hospital says 70 bodies that it's received so far have been identified. the total number of those killed is expected to be higher. these are some of the latest images from the scene — many are too graphic for us to show.

the israeli military says around twenty hamas and islamichhad militants were operating from the building. but hamas says the dead do not include a "single combatant" and has described it as a �*horrific crime�*. the israeli military has confirmed that it's hit 14 schools since the 6th ofjuly. qatar is demanding an urgent international investigation, involving independent un experts, to establish the facts regarding the df�*s targeting of schools and shelters for displaced persons. the health ministry in gaza says the deaths bring the total number of palestinians killed since the war began to 39,790. the eu's foreign affairs chiefjosep borrell says he's "horrified by images from a sheltering school in gaza, hit by an israeli strike". he says there's no justification for these massacres. we've heard from some gazans

at the scene of the strike. take a listen... these are people who have been repeatedly displaced from one place to another. there isn't any safe place. no place is safe. i received the news about the strike on the school and came to see what happened. you can't even recognise bodies. there were scattered remains everywhere. the ones who were struck are displaced people taking shelter in the school. was it their fault? what have they done wrong? this is a shelter school, i housing innocent civilians who are at no fault. they were doing morning prayers when the israeli. authorities struck them. what have they done wrong? they are just innocent pe0ple praying - where is the world? why is it remaining silent. in the face of these crimes? where are the muslim

and arab countries? l rushdi abualuof is our gaza correspondent — and is currently based in istanbul. he updated me on the situation in gaza — with the information he's gleaned from his contacts in the territory.( i have been to this school and the area. , ., ., ,~ area. there is a mask within the eastern side _ area. there is a mask within the eastern side of _ area. there is a mask within the eastern side of the _ area. there is a mask within the eastern side of the school. - eastern side of the school. according to a neighbour i spoke to this morning, people were performing the prayer. the strike happened at five o'clock in the morning. the

aftermath, as he described it to me, was very horrific. i rested my father and the neighbours to help the people, but we could not do anything for them. the area was full of bodies there were bodies everywhere and blood everywhere. it was a chaotic scene. the civil defence led by her ma said about hundred people were killed. the city has only one very small hospital. it was overwhelmed by the number of injured. they were all rested when go to a very small hospital. it does not have the equipment. they managed to identify about 70 names. they

said because the bodies were very damaged, people could not recognise their brothers and sisters who were killed in the strike. but overall, the scene was terrific, described by the scene was terrific, described by the people in the area. it is a complex houses about 350 families. some of them had fled from the area thatis some of them had fled from the area that is rarely work destroying in the north. there were a few families were ordered to evacuate. as you know, so far, two or three hamas spokesman denied what the israelis said about them having a command centre inside the school. they told me how could a moscow people go five times every day to pray ba part of a

military wing. that what he said. he was describing what happened as a horrific massacre. this is has just this is hasjust broken this is has just broken the last half an hour. there was an horrific stabbing just two weeks ago in southport. the family of the youngest victim, six—year—old, have issued a tribute to her and all those involved. they said that their world was shattered by the loss of their precious daughter along with two other beautiful souls, elsie and alice. they were h7n9 full. she was taken from us in an unimaginable act of violence. i'll beloved bb was only six—year—old. she was full of

light and leather. she will only route was remain in our heart as a sweet kind and spirited girl we adored. we want to acknowledge our older daughter, jeannie, who witnessed the attack and managed to escape. she has shown such incredible strength and courage and we are so proud of her. her resilience is testament to the length been born she shared with her little sister. we will continue to support as we navigate this painful journey together as a family. that is a first confirmation that we have had from the family of bebe king. you can see her parents on this picture. the family do go on to say that the outpouring of love and support has been a source of incredible comfort during this

unimaginable lead difficult time. many cards and candles have been left in her memory. we have been overwhelmed by the kind of compassion shown to our family. the plants from southport and the whole of liverpool and even further afield has deeply touched our hearts and we are grateful to everyone who has reached out to us. that is a statement from bebe king's family. this then sparked and rested we have seen over the last of weeks. king charles made his first public comments since the outbreak of the widespread disorder across the uk, expressing heartfelt thanks to the police and emergency services. police say that more than 740 people had been arrested and more than 300 charged since the unrest that followed the killing of the three children in southport. thomas magill has more. 0ur street! whose street?

0ur 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 40—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. 0therjailings 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. 6,000 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 events in russia. moscow has imposed a tight security regime on areas bordering ukraine after this week's surprise incursion by ukrainian forces. it says freshly arrived tanks have taken up positions to help repel the ukrainians. russia's nuclear agency has warned the incursion poses a direct threat to the kursk nuclear power plant. the un nuclear agency has urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint, as fighting moves closer to the plant.

clashes have been raging since ukraine's army launched its surprise incursion on tuesday. reports suggest they could be operating up to 30 kilometres inside russia, with intense fighting close to the town of sudzha. frances reed 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. anya 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 the suprise 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. a total of 39 medals are up for grabs on saturday — the penultimate day of the games. the first of those was won a couple of hours ago by tamirat tola in the men's marathon. the ethiopian took gold with a time of two hours, six minutes and 26 seconds — setting a new 0lympic record and securing ethiopia's first gold of the games. great britain's emile cairess missed out on a medal, finishing in 4th place, while kenya's eliud kipchoge — regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time — failed to finish. and there was a gold medal for slovenian janja garnbret, who won the women's boulder and lead

final in the last hour. garnbret won gold at the 2020 games in speed climbing. great britain's erin mcneice finished fifth. she is a player currently a one—shot lead over second and third places. the defending champion, the american, is that four shots adrift having just played six holes in her final road round. the english community shield between manchester city and manchester united takes place at wembley later — a reminder that while the olympics are still on, the premier league season is only a week away. united boss erik ten hag, who has led the team

to the league cup and fa cup during his time in charge, wants to see them take the next step and now challenge for the title. we wa nt we want to bring in some consistency. i don't think there are lower class teams in the premier league. we want to win the points. 0ur league. we want to win the points. our other teams are ahead of us in that respect. we have to catch up. we are getting better and better. we are playing at a higher level. they are playing at a higher level. they are on_ are playing at a higher level. they are on fire — are playing at a higher level. they are on fire. united will be back. everyone — are on fire. united will be back. everyone wants the crown that we had for years _ west ham have confirmed the arrival

of nice defenderjean clair todibo on an initial season—long loan. the hammers will have an obligation to buy the french international forjust under $45 million. west ham are believed to have beaten manchester united and juventus to the signing, with the former being blocked buying him due to co—owner sirjim ratcliffe's involvement with nice. world champions south africa dismantled hosts australia in the opening game of this year's rugby championship. 33—7 it finished to the springboks. kurt—lee arendse scored two tries in brisbane as south africa equalled their biggest win against the wallabies on australian soil. the teams meet again in perth in a week's time. elsewhere, argentina upset reigning champions new zealand with a 38—30 victory in their opener in wellington. it was the most points new zealand have ever conceded at home and their third defeat to argentina in four years. there was a shock in the canadian 0pen — women's number one seed coco gauff is out.

the defending us open champion lost in straight sets against diana shnaider of russia, in a match that lasted 70 minutes. gauff was playing herfirst hard—court event since april and will play next week in cincinnati — the final tournament before the us open. aryna sabalenka is also through the quarter—finals after beating katie boulter in straight sets — the two—time grand slam champion will now meet amanda anisimova on the next round. and that's all the sport for now. 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. let's get more on the disorder that has been playing out in towns and cities across england and northern ireland. a library that was set on fire during the violence in liverpool, had served one of the most deprived communities in the city. well now, hundreds of thousands of pounds have been raised to rebuild it, as phil mccann reports. this was the moment rioters tried to destroy the hub of this community. i seen it online, i seen flames on the inside of our amazing building, so i was just devastated. and this is the spellow hub today. normally, you'd come here to borrow a book, get help from the council, go tojob workshops, and there were classes like these for children. they've had to move down the road.

such a loss... kelly runs the classes. it's their sense of community, it's somewhere where they can come and belong and just be children. we haven't got that much money in this community, so everything that we have we look after. so to see this is really shocking. well, the damage here might look devastating, but it is much less severe in the rest of this facility. there is still a lot of smoke damage, though, and so it might take quite some time to get this place back online for this community. two online fundraising campaigns will help. together, they've raised nearly £250,000. and they've had donations from authors like nigella lawson, matt haig and the children's laureate frank cottrell—boyce. liam, who's a local school librarian, started one of them. i've been blown away by the response. i initially set a target for £500, aimed specifically at family and friends. donations have come from around the world, but also from this community in the streets around everton�*s goodison park.

i think that just shows how close the community are in liverpool. | when it actually matters, - they are there for one another. thank you to everyone who's raised any money for it, and i hope it's put to good use and we get a bullet—proof library that no—one can get into. the council here says the support is appreciated and humbling. phil mccann, bbc news, liverpool. the austrian public broadcasting corporation, orf says it will show the film of the "taylor swift: the eras tour" concert recorded in la as a worldwide exclusive free tv premiere on saturday night. it follows the cancellation of the three taylor swift vienna concerts, after police said they had uncovered plans for attacks at the venue. a number of events are being organised for disappointed swift fans across vienna. there are hopes one of england's

most endangered birds can stage a comeback, after being reintroduced to the fenlands of norfolk. the corncrake is a small, secretive bird known for its distinctive call which it sings from dusk until dawn. conservationists say at least nine calling males were heard this year, up from only three in 2021. stay with us here on bbc news. it has been quite breezy across northern areas today. to the rest of the weekend, the temperatures are set to climb and there will be more sunshine around and it will turn warmer. we will be getting up to the mid 20s and some south—eastern areas although there will be some more

cloud around here. the cloud for many will tend to break up this evening and overnight. it stays a bit cloudy and warm it was south, missing along the south coast. some showers on the north of scotland. clear skies in the west of scotland, northern ireland and england and wales it is going to be a bit cooler than last night. it could be seven or eight celsius. if a woman quickly in the sunshine tomorrow. a southerly breeze will pick up and lift that misty low cloud and some sunshine will come through across southern areas and with the wind is coming in from the south, those temperatures are set to rise. a warmer day on sunday, but particularly warm across england and wales. temperatures in the south—east could be close to 30 celsius. it has been very hot in spain in that heat is pushing through france and towards england and wales. it will be very hard for the closing ceremony of the olympics in paris. that heat is coming in

ahead of this front of low pressure. it is beginning to bring in some thunderstorms overnight into monday and heavy rain. that wet weather mainly for the northern half of the uk. furthersouth, it will mainly for the northern half of the uk. further south, it will be more dry and there will be some sunshine around towards the south—east, across east anglia and the midlands after lincolnshire. this is where we have heat and humidity. it is likely to be the hottest day of the year so far. we could make 34 celsius. you can see that it is not hot everywhere. there is rain further north and west. there were clear to give us rain in northern scotland. a new road weather front is coming in from atlantic and it will bring rain to western areas. particularly in the midlands and towards the south—east. it will still be dry in the east anglia. full stop 26 or 27 celsius, just not as hot as monday.

this is bbc news, the headlines: dozens of palestinians have been killed in an israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in gaza city. the israeli military says hamas and islamichhad militants were operating there and steps were taken to minimize civilian casualties. the family of bebe king, the six—year—old girl killed in the southport attack, have paid tribute to their daughter and revealed that her older sister

saw the attack and escaped. 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 now been arrested. ethiopia's tamirat tola has secured gold in the men's marathon on the final weekend of the paris olympics. team usa face france in the blockbuster men's basketball final tonight. 39 gold medals are up for grabs on saturday. now on bbc news...the sky at night: will an asteroid destroy earth? right now in the solar system, there are around 1,500 asteroids that scientists have identified as a possible threat to earth. but it's thought there could be millions of asteroids out there that we haven't even found yet.