country to do the most important thing i can do. we must defeat trump. the funeral has been held for nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar — one of three young girls killed in the knife attack in southport. and the final event of the paris olympics is under way, with the united states seeking a historic eighth straight gold in the women's basketball final against france. welcome to the programme. we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and the country's cross—border offensive. russia says its army will deliver a "tough response" and appears to have acknowledged that ukrainian units have advanced deep into the western region of kursk, saying it's hit troops and equipment around 30 kilometres from the border. it's the most serious attack by a foreign army on russian territory, since the second world war.

a senior ukrainian security official has been quoted as saying thousands of its troops are taking part in the kursk incursion, now in its sixth day. he said the aim was to destabilise russia and "inflict maximum losses". overnight at least two people were killed in kyiv, as russia carried out missile and drone attacks in six regions of ukraine. louisa pilbeam reports. rescuers desperately searched overnight through rubble where homes once stood. families had lived here near the capital kyiv, say ukrainian officials. ukraine says those who died here were killed by a russian missile. the attack came six days after volodymyr zelensky launched a daring offensive into russian territory, with video emerging of ukrainian soldiers taking down russian flags well inside the russian border. translation: i received several reports from commander - in chief syrskyi regarding the front

lines and our actions to push the war onto the aggressor�*s territory. i am grateful to every unit of the defence forces, ensuring that ukraine is proving that it can indeed restore justice and ensure the necessary pressure on the aggressor. this footage was released by russian military forces, who say it shows them blowing up ukrainian tanks in the kursk region. it has not been verified independently by the bbc. the kremlin is calling it a counter—terrorism operation. overnight, russia blamed a ukrainian missile for injuring at least 13 people, and destroying this apartment building. russian forces are urgently evacuating more than 76,000 people along its western border. those people will be moved to eight regions of russia, as ukraine pushes deeper into its territory. louisa pilbeam, bbc news.

hundreds of mourners have been attending the funeral of nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar, one of three young girls killed in a knife attack at a dance class in southport in the north of england. her parents werejoined by family and friends at st patrick's catholic church in the town. members of the public lined the street and applauded as the funeral cortege arrived, with the coffin in a carriage drawn by two white horses. let's speak to our correspondent chi chi izundu. this is a reminder of the public support here, that this is a whole community affected and at the heart of it are three young girls who have been killed. of it are three young girls who have been killed-— been killed. indeed. and that was reiterated again _ been killed. indeed. and that was reiterated again and _ been killed. indeed. and that was reiterated again and again - reiterated again and again throughout this afternoon's mass. as you said, hundreds lined the streets towards the church and it wasn't just the people. little pink ribbons were tied across every lamp post,

every fence that can be found, as a mark of respect. as you said there was a round of applause as alice's small coffin was drawn in with a horse carriage. and then the funeral began. it was highlighted as a celebration, a celebration of alice's nine years on earth. we didn't get to hear from her parents but her uncle richard spoke on their behalf and said that she completed them. she brought them peace, she brought them joy. we also heard from the head of the liverpool police service who spoke of the anguish and hurt that a number of the emergency services had felt the day they had to attend to alice and the other people that were tragically stamped that day. she talked about the fact that, and as you can see just behind me, there are people who are still

coming out of the church. the police officer talked about the fact that the emergency services, as you can imagine, were utterly broken at the scene they had to attend that day. we also heard from alice's head teacher and she was very moving in her speech about alice. she asked everyone to adopt seven alice tributes, alice qualities that she felt everyone could benefit from living their life against, including to have a big smile. be polite and respectful and above all of your family. she ended her speech by saying, we are letting you go dancing, alice. teach those angels new dance moves.— dancing, alice. teach those angels new dance moves. thank you for that and we will — new dance moves. thank you for that and we will hear _ new dance moves. thank you for that and we will hear more _ new dance moves. thank you for that and we will hear more and _ new dance moves. thank you for that and we will hear more and there - new dance moves. thank you for that and we will hear more and there is i and we will hear more and there is more on the funeral and the commemorations on the bbc news

website. let's turn to the us now and the race for the white house. joe biden has given his first television interview since ending his re—election campaign three weeks ago. appearing on our us media partner cbs news's sunday morning programme, the us president said the importance of defeating donald trump had driven his historic decision to end his race for the white house. well, look, the polls we had showed that it was a neck and neck race. it would have been down to the wire. but what happened was, a number of my democratic colleagues in the house and senate thought that i was going to hurt them in the races, and i was concerned if i stayed in the race, that would be the topic. you'd be interviewing me about, "why did nancy pelosi say, why did so..?" and i thought it would be a real distraction, number one. number two, when i ran the first time, i thought of myself as being a transition president. i can't even say how old i am.

it's hard for me to get out of my mouth. and, uh, but things got moving so quickly it didn't happen. and the combination was that i thought it was a critical issue for me. still is, not a joke — maintaining this democracy, but i thought it was important because although i was a great honour being president, i think i have an obligation to the country to do the most important thing to do, and that is we must, we must, we must defeat trump. srael has ordered thousands of palestinian residents of khan younis in the south of gaza to move to designated "humanitarian zones" the order follows saturday's israeli airstrike on a school building in gaza city which the israeli military says was a hamas command centre. more than 70 people died, according to the director of a hospital. earlier david mencer,

from the office of the israeli prime minister, defended the strike on the school. the hamas murderer in chief yahya sinwar, has said many times that gazan deaths support his cause. so since the 7th of october, a massacre on my people, hamas and islamichhad terrorists have been systematically abusing ordinary gazans to pursue their own deadly terrorist, jew—killing agenda. the massive terror tunnel network beneath hospitals, mosques, schools and un facilities twice the size of the london underground, weapons storage and, of course, the imprisonment of our hostages. 115 israelis for 310 days. unimaginable cruelty. look, the latest disgraceful act is for hamas to abuse these sites, to turn them into terror military facilities. over the last few weeks, our intelligence has been closely monitoring an active hamas and islamichhad military facility,

where two dozen hamas and islamichhad were militants were operating. we've released the names of these and the photos of these 19 terrorist killers that we targeted and eliminated at this compound. and we also published intelligence that an islamichhad brigade commander was at this military facility. we received clear intelligence of the threat posed by these terrorists. so in accordance with international humanitarian law, we took all possible steps to mitigate the risk to civilians, including using aerial surveillance prior to the strike and selecting very precise munitions to avoid civilian casualties. does the israeli government have its own death toll to share? so what i can tell you is that when we struck it, there were no women and children present. we've released the video of this fact. the compound is still

indeed actually intact. there's no significant cratering or damage to the main structure. there is systematic abuse of schools for military activities by hamas and islamichhad. it put puts gazans in danger as well as israeli civilians. now, with hamas routinely overinflating the casualty figures, hamas routinely count terrorists as civilians, and hamas can routinely rely on western media to unfortunately repeat their claims. it is hamas government information office in gaza. go ahead. sorry. i understand that's why i'd like to be clear in terms of what the israeli government can tell us. so according to you, their intelligence, your intelligence said there were no women or children present. was that intelligence

verified after the fact? can you is the israeli government saying that no women or children were killed in this attack? so we're currently making our own assessment. we're a democracy. we pride ourselves on getting the facts correct rather than shooting from the hip, which is what hamas have done. we will show you a longer version of that interview and western allies have said there are too many civilian casualties once again and in the uk foreign secretary's words he said he was appalled by the attack. ~ , , ., ., ., attack. we will bring you a longer version as we _ attack. we will bring you a longer version as we this _ attack. we will bring you a longer version as we this is _ attack. we will bring you a longer version as we this is the - attack. we will bring you a longer version as we this is the first - attack. we will bring you a longer version as we this is the first we i version as we this is the first we have following that attack. now it's time for a look at today's sport with ben. it was all on the line for the usa in the final

medal match in paris. win the women's basketball and they'd top the medal table. lose and they'd be pipped by china. they are taking on france. it was all square at half time, 25—25, before the french delighted the bercy arena with 10 unanswered points. but back came the usa. we are now into the final 90 seconds or so. the usa are currently leading 62-59 with or so. the usa are currently leading 62—59 with just or so. the usa are currently leading 62-59 with just 55 or so. the usa are currently leading 62—59 with just 55 seconds on the clock. you can stay up—to—date with that one over on the bbc sport website. 13 golds in total decided on sunday with two forjapan in wrestling, italy winning women's volleyball gold and serbia winning a third straight men's water polo title but maybe the most impressive came first thing this morning through the netherlands�* sifan hassan in the women's marathon. impressive enough to win olympic gold, yes — but more so when you considered she race and medalled in the five and 10,000 metres on the track. after more than 42 thousand metres on the road,

it came down to the last 100 with the dutch runner out sprinting ethiopia's tigist assefa to take the tape with an olympic record 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. it adds to her three medals from tokyo too. michelle gulyas of hungary stormed home for a gold medal in the women's modern pentathlon, and set a new world record in the process. starting the laser run 13 seconds behind home favourite elodie clouvel, gulyas quickly took the lead after rapidly getting through the first shooting stop, holding onto it to cross the line with a new women's record points haul of 1,461. earlier, defending champion kate french from great britain withdrew through illness. denmark have become just the third reigning world champions to win handball olympic gold. they beat germany comfortable in the final, 39—26. it's their second olympic gold. earlier spain pipped slovenia by a goal to take bronze. confirmation too that usa's jordan chiles has been stripped of her gymnastics bronze, following a ruling by the court of arbitration for sport.

she was upgraded to third in monday's floorfinal after an appeal but an inquiry found that appeal was lodged four seconds too late, so romania's ana barbosu will now collect the bronze instead. as for team gb — they'll finish the paris games with 65 medals in total after two bronzes on the final day with emma finucane in track cycling's individual sprint and emma campbell in weightlifting. campbell — silver medallist in tokyo — stood one step lower on the rostrum in the over 81 kilo category. she lifted a total of 288 kilograms and celebrated with a cartwheel across the stage. china's li wenwen took gold. great britain will end with 1a gold medals, 22 silver and 29 bronze — one more than they managed in tokyo but with eight fewer golds. so this is how the medal table shapes up then. china on a0 golds. the usa can go above them if they win that women's basketball. 17

seconds to go in that one. still the usa with a three—point lead. still the usa with a three—point lead. japan up to third with a couple of wrestling golds on sunday. hosts france are in fifth place. that is not going to change now. after the unique open ceremony on a rain soaked seien a fortnight ago, it's a more orthodox denoument to the games in — what, four hours' time. the stade de france hosting the usual mix of dancing, entertainment including billie eilish and the tradition of handing the olympic flag over to los angeles. the 2028 games set to feature a host of new sports too. we want to have the greatest sports' programme in the history of the olympics because we are a great sporting city. so we are bringing some of the most important, most traditional, most meaningful sports in our country — baseball, softball and flag football — and we are bringing some of the most important, most accessible sports in the world — cricket and squash — and the 36 sports we have on our programme will mean this will be the greatest collection of athletes the history of the world has ever seen in one place. across the english channel

and chelsea have confirmed the signing of portugal international pedro neto. the wingerjoins from wolves for a fee of £54 million — about 69 million dollars. he's signed a seven year contract and takes chelsea summer spending over the 200 million dollar mark. and that's all the sport for now. iam maryam i am maryam moshiri and i have been covering some of the sport. i'm going to bring you something a bit different and that is a look at the closing ceremony of the olympics. that happens later on. unlike the opening ceremonyjust over 2 weeks ago, the closing one will take place in the stade de france. there will be the traditional parade of athletes. we will see katie le dickie bearing the flag of the united states. and team gb announced

that alex yeh will be the flag bearer for them. the ceremony will celebrate and thank the 115,000 volunteers who have worked tirelessly and for free to help make the games run smoothly. the medal ceremony for the women's marathon?which was won by the netherlands sifan hassan. we will also see the extinguishing of the olympic flame, which will be brought from tuileries, where the cauldron has been on display and visited by tens of thousands of fans. then comes the proclamation of the end of the olympic games, made by the president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, and the handover of the olympic flag from anne hidalgo to karen bass — the respective mayors of paris and los angeles. and in terms of things we don't really know... well, we think tom cruise will be performing some type

of stunt at the ceremony. in los angeles billie eilish and the red hot chili peppers look set to perform and have their performances beamed into the stadium. and the uniquitous snoop dog will be involved too. the olympics might be finishing today but of course the paralympics games start in just over two weeks time. there's a lot of excitement about them here in the city. i caught up with former paralympic swimmer and head of paralympic integration, ludivine munoz, to talk about what we can expect. it's very amazing to welcome the world to paris. we decided four and five years before to develop the amazing pitch. wheelchairfencing on line football. amazing pitch. wheelchair fencing on line football-— line football. beautiful locations. and we have _ line football. beautiful locations. and we have many _ line football. beautiful locations. and we have many chants. - line football. beautiful locations. and we have many chants. it - line football. beautiful locations. j and we have many chants. it was line football. beautiful locations. - and we have many chants. it wasjust and we have many chants. it was just amazing during 70 days so now we are very pleased to welcome paralympian

is. ., . , very pleased to welcome paralympian is. ., ., , , very pleased to welcome paralympian is. how ready is paris? it doesn't feel to me _ is. how ready is paris? it doesn't feel to me like _ is. how ready is paris? it doesn't feel to me like the _ is. how ready is paris? it doesn't feel to me like the metro - is. how ready is paris? it doesn't feel to me like the metro is - feel to me like the metro is accessible.— feel to me like the metro is accessible. we are trying to progress — accessible. we are trying to progress accessibility - accessible. we are trying to progress accessibility in - accessible. we are trying to progress accessibility in the accessible. we are trying to - progress accessibility in the city. it is more accessible, to have bus accessible on different streets and new lines on the subway will also be accessible. we have 150 shuttles to go directly to the station to the venues and you have just choose your venues. you can go in with your companion. venues. you can go in with your companion-— venues. you can go in with your com anion. ., ,., i. ., companion. tell me about you. you had a stellar _ companion. tell me about you. you had a stellar career, _ companion. tell me about you. you had a stellar career, you _ companion. tell me about you. you had a stellar career, you are - companion. tell me about you. you had a stellar career, you are a - had a stellar career, you are a paralympic star in france. tell me about what got you into swimming and how you started, and how it feels to be a winner. how you started, and how it feels to be a winner-— be a winner. when i was young, because i _

be a winner. when i was young, because i was — be a winner. when i was young, because i wasjust _ be a winner. when i was young, because i wasjust 11 _ be a winner. when i was young, because i wasjust 11 years - be a winner. when i was young, because i wasjust 11 years old, | be a winner. when i was young, i because i wasjust 11 years old, my because i was just 11 years old, my school says it is difficult for you to practice sport because i can't run very well. and i helped me to discover a federation of swimming and i like the water. the coach said to me perhaps it is possible. and i started just after barcelona paralympic games and had a chance to discover. it was for me the first competition and after that i have a chance to have one gold medal in the europeans and after that and went to atlanta at 15 years old. you europeans and after that and went to atlanta at 15 years old.— atlanta at 15 years old. you have been to a _ atlanta at 15 years old. you have been to a few — atlanta at 15 years old. you have been to a few olympics. - atlanta at 15 years old. you have been to a few olympics. how - atlanta at 15 years old. you have been to a few olympics. how do | atlanta at 15 years old. you have - been to a few olympics. how do you think they have compared to what france has in store? we think they have compared to what france has in store?— france has in store? we have a chance to _ france has in store? we have a chance to see _ france has in store? we have a chance to see the _ france has in store? we have a chance to see the limbic - france has in store? we have a - chance to see the limbic movement grow and after the london games it is totally different. now it is an

amazing and world competition. now we will welcome 171 countries. that is a big number— we will welcome 171 countries. that is a big number of— we will welcome 171 countries. that is a big number of countries. it grows every year.— grows every year. yes. it is a record and — grows every year. yes. it is a record and now _ grows every year. yes. it is a record and now they - grows every year. yes. it is a record and now they can - grows every year. yes. it is a - record and now they can promote. we have many sponsors. irate record and now they can promote. we have many sponsors.— have many sponsors. we have the closin: have many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony _ have many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony of _ have many sponsors. we have the closing ceremony of the _ have many sponsors. we have the | closing ceremony of the olympics. you have any little secrets you would like to tell me about what we are expecting? to have any insight you would like to share such as between me and you, don't worry about the camera. in between me and you, don't worry about the camera.— between me and you, don't worry about the camera. in general we have the same artistic— about the camera. in general we have the same artistic director _ about the camera. in general we have the same artistic director in _ about the camera. in general we have the same artistic director in the - the same artistic director in the ceremony so as you can see it was just amazing and now it could be just amazing and now it could be just as amazing. and i want to have some surprise. ijust prefer to have many surprises and i just want to say to you go directly to see some

and as you can imagine, for me it is the swimming. let and as you can imagine, for me it is the swimming-— the swimming. let me bring some breakin: the swimming. let me bring some breaking news _ the swimming. let me bring some breaking news that _ the swimming. let me bring some breaking news that has _ the swimming. let me bring some breaking news that has just - the swimming. let me bring some breaking news that hasjust come | breaking news that has just come into us from just down the road. the united states have beaten france in the women's basketball. it was quite a match. it ended 67—66. it was so tight at the end but the united states just edging out their french opponents. they now when the basketball. they win that all—important gold. that takes them up all—important gold. that takes them up to a0 gold medals but more importantly for that, it takes them ahead of china in the olympic gold medal table. that means the united states is at the top of that gold medal table and france get the silver in the women's basketball. there were so many people dare to watch this event. lebrunjames and the whole of the men's team who of course won their yesterday. we had emmanuel macron and his wife in the audience as well and kamala harris�*s

husband was there watching and cheering on the united states. this is a huge dealfor us cheering on the united states. this is a huge deal for us women because it now means they have won eight olympic golds in a row. the last time they lost a match was barcelona in 1992 in the semifinal, just give you a bit of context. absolutely incredible. and that's, i think, you a bit of context. absolutely incredible. and that's, ithink, is all i have time for. i will send you back. sorry, lets give you one more little taste of what is to come. after the paralympic games we are going to be looking ahead to the winter olympic games. in 2026 milan cutting is where we will see the winter olympics taking place. if you think about it is only 18 months away. our italy ready. that a question i put to team italy. he is the head of the winter games. have a listen. ., the head of the winter games. have a listen. . ., , . ., , listen. there are many challenges and some we _ listen. there are many challenges and some we probably _ listen. there are many challenges and some we probably don't - listen. there are many challenges and some we probably don't even | listen. there are many challenges - and some we probably don't even know right now. they may come when the

world is changing every day. but i think for us there was a new model of our games. for the first time it is two cities. we decided to open up to several locations in the mountain so we find the perfect infrastructure and the knowledge and experience of the single disciplines. our main challenge is to involve everyone on the same level so you find the same level of excitement and great experience for the athletes, for the spectators in milan in cortina, and everyone else. there is talk of events in lake placid. that must be something you are considering, but it is it fair on people who want to watch it in one area? irate on people who want to watch it in one area? ~ ., on people who want to watch it in one area?— on people who want to watch it in one area? ~ . , ., . one area? we are building a centre in cortina and _ one area? we are building a centre in cortina and the _ one area? we are building a centre in cortina and the government - one area? we are building a centre in cortina and the government are| in cortina and the government are supportive of that point. we are

monitoring the construction. it is really going well. we are quite optimistic at the centre will be ready in cortina. that is the best for the athletes. imagine the athletes being somewhere else while their colleagues will stay in the village. that's an important experience, and the fans and the spectators. we really wish the centre will be in cortina. but we never know. we were asked to look for alternative plans and lake placid is one of the potential alternative plans. but we really want them to be in cortina with the other athletes.— other athletes. looking ahead to milan what _ other athletes. looking ahead to milan what lessons _ other athletes. looking ahead to milan what lessons do _ other athletes. looking ahead to milan what lessons do you - other athletes. looking ahead to milan what lessons do you think| other athletes. looking ahead to . milan what lessons do you think you could learn from the winter olympics in beijing? it could learn from the winter olympics in bei'in: ? , . ' in beijing? it such different circumstances, _ in beijing? it such different circumstances, not - in beijing? it such different circumstances, not only - in beijing? it such different - circumstances, not only because of covid but also because of the culture and the relationship with the mountains. there are in many ways more similarities between italy and paris, even if it is winter

versus summer, than from italy to beijing. we think milan, it is a big urban city, european flavours, and then we have a fantastic backdrops of the alps. so the winter games come back to the alps after three editions far away, different mountains, and so we think that the alps is the home of winter sports and we want them as a beautiful background. that is it for me, more from paris late on today. hello there. it's a very warm day today but things are going to get hotter for some of us tomorrow. temperatures today are higher than they were yesterday. afternoon temperatures widely into the mid 20s for england and wales. could be reaching 30 degrees in the south—east of england. overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning things are going to be changing a bit.

for these areas there is a risk of heavy rain, thunder, lightning and some large hail as well. further south, it may well stay dry and for this part of the country, particularly hot and humid. our headline temperature is 35 degrees. that could be reached in cambridgeshire tomorrow afternoon. but for this evening we are going to have some sunshine to end the day for most, but there are one or two thundery showers threatening the south—west. those could drift into wales and the midlands, more especially into scotland. later in the night we get a spell of noisy weather with some very heavy rain, gusty winds and frequent lightning coming into northern ireland and, later, western scotland. these are the minimum temperatures tonight so an uncomfortably warm night for sleeping. the weather soon cheers up in northern ireland. we get some sunshine. thundery rain pushes quickly eastwards tomorrow morning in scotland. it may affect northern england but it does move away in the afternoon. further south it is likely to stay dry and a much lower risk of the odd shower. more in the way of sunshine and across the midlands and eastern england temperatures will be around

30 degrees or more. out towards the west and north temperatures are going to be lower, as we see fresher air coming in following that spell of wet weather. it has been very hot in spain, and that is where the heat has been coming from. you can see, right the way across western europe, it is to be going to turn cooler over the week ahead as we get atlantic winds coming in. they start to arrive in western areas on tuesday, and we see another band of rain coming into northern and western parts, with the winds picking up as well in the north—west. but through the midlands and eastern england it may well be dry still on tuesday, and it is going to be very warm, if not hot. temperatures reaching 28 degrees. again further west things are a lot cooler. after this very hot and humid start some of us, with some sundry downpours in places, the rest of the week will see temperatures gradually falling away, and still rather unsettled.

this is bbc news, the headlines: russia says its armed forces will deliver a "tough response" to ukraine's incursion into its western kursk region. the comment came as the ukrainian army forged ahead on day six of its surprise ground offensive. hundreds of mourners have been attending the funeral

of nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar, who was one of three girls killed in a knife attack at a dance class in southport last month. alice is being laid to rest at st patrick's catholic church in southport. the killing sparked disorder across the uk. the final event of the paris olympics has just ended, with the united states claiming a historic eighth straight gold in the women's basketball final against france. the closing ceremony of the games will take place at the stade de france in a few hours' time. 110w now it is newscast. hello. throughout the summer newscast is devoting sundaes to long chats with interesting people. in this episode, we are speaking to lord bird, john bird who, in 1991 setup the big issue magazine which

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