Solidarity i received from you. I wanted to inform you that i arrived to madrid today in the i wanted to inform you that i arrived to madrid today in the morning. My departure from morning. My departure from caracas was surrounded by caracas was surrounded by pressure, coercion and threats pressure, coercion and threats i would not be allowed to i would not be allowed to leave. I trust we will soon leave. I trust we will soon continue the fight for liberty continue the fight for liberty and the return to democracy in and the return to democracy in venezuela. A big hug for venezuela. A big hug for everyone. Everyone. Venezuela. A big hug for everyone— venezuela. A big hug for everyone— venezuela. A big hug for everyone. The venezuelan venezuela. A big hug for everyone. The venezuelan opposition _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says its everyone. The venezuelan i opposition says its candidate won the presidential election opposition _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says its everyone. The venezuelan i opposition says its candidate won the presidential election held onjuly held onjuly won the presidential election held on july 28th. Won the presidential election won the presidential election held on july 28th. Won the presidential election held onjuly 28th. The us, the held onjuly 28th. The us, the eu and other nations backed eu and other nations backed those voting figures. We heard those voting figures. We heard from the us secretary of state from the us secretary of state antony blinken who said nicolas antony blinken who said nicolas maduro must not be allowed to maduro must not to cling to power by force. He has maduro must not be allowed to cling to power by force. He has beenin beenin cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor ii cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor 11 years and cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor ii cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor 11 years and said he won the election and said he won the election and moved to crush protests and moved to crush protests and legal challenges to the legal challenges to the results, ultimately forcing mr results, ultimately forcing mr gonzales to seek protection. Gonzales to seek protection. Before leaving the country, he before leaving the country, he took refuge in the spanish took refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. The embassy in caracas. The 75—year—old facing prison time figures and other opposition figures and supporters, have faced huge political crackdowns before and after these very contended, disputed elections injuly. His life was at risk, this is something another opposition leader said last week at a press conference, saying one of the main challenges for both herself and mr gonzales was to stay alive and free. Their lives were basically at risk. These intimidation campaign is launched by the maduro government against the opposition have cultivated what the un have called a climate of fear. Tactics including kidnapping and multiple detentions. The american court of human rights has described it as state terrorism. It's not only ngos resting opposition figures, journalists at risk, but also civilians. Thousands of individuals detained since july 29, when the election results were announced. Given there was _ results were announced. Given there was an — results were announced. Given there was an arrest _ results were announced. Given there was an arrest warrant. Results were announced. Given j there was an arrest warrant for mr gonzales, why do you think they let him leave. The mr gonzales, why do you think they let him leave. — they let him leave. The arrest warrant was _ they let him leave. The arrest warrant was issued _ they let him leave. The arrest warrant was issued against i they let him leave. The arrest i warrant was issued against him, and if he was arrested, he would have faced up to life in prison. The opposition are saying he was granted. . . Inaudible. He has now been granted political asylum in spain. He arrived in madrid with his wife on sunday, having been given safe passage by the maduro government. This is something maduro is keen to make evident. His vice president roderigo said they gave safe passage for him to leave for political peace in the country. The attorney general went further, saying he has been given the opportunity to abandon the national territory, and that spain would receive him happily. Spain have stood firmly in their position against maduro, not recognising him as the valid winner of those elections, and really backing the opposition. The opposition are now split geographically, but united nonetheless. That is the message they have been loud and clear about today. — clear about today. Israel has closed all — clear about today. Israel has closed all its _ clear about today. Israel has closed all its land _ clear about today. Israel has closed all its land borders i closed all its land borders with jordan after three closed all its land borders withjordan after three israeli civilians were killed in a shooting at a border crossing between jordan and shooting at a border crossing betweenjordan and the occupied west bank. The prime minister sent his condolences to the families. Israeli security forces shot dead the attacker after the incident at the bridge crossing. Thejordan bridge crossing. The jordan interior ministry later identified the attack as a jordanian citizen. The victims were thought to be private security personnel. Jordan has launched an investigation. The two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994 and have close security and economic ties. Jordan has been critical of israel's actions in gaza. Our correspondent mike thompson reports from jerusalem. The day started with a deluge of 50 rockets fired into northern israel by lebanon's hezbollah. Then a 39—year—old jordanian truck driver was said to have left his lorry at the bridge border crossing before opening fire on civilian border staff, killing three before being shot himself. The israel prime minister had this to say. In recent days, loathsome terrorists have murdered six of our hostages in cold blood and three israeli police officers. The killers do not distinguish between us. They want to murder at all. The gunman�*s motives are unclear and israel's actions in gaza are widely criticised in jordan, actions in gaza are widely criticised injordan, home to many palestinian refugees. Mr netanyahu also called for unity, but that is something that's going to be hard to achieve in this deeply divided country. Although many agree with his repeated insistence that defeating hamas is the best way to get hostages back gaza, these people are not among them. Late on saturday, an estimated 750,000 protesters poured onto the streets of israel demanding their government agrees a ceasefire and hostage release deal. But with no such agreement yet in sight, the unrest looks likely to continue. Former us president donald trump and vice president kamala harris are about even in the polls, just two days before their upcoming televised presidential debate. With fewer than 60 days left before election day, republican presidential nominee mr trump leads his democratic rival ms harris 48 to 47 percent in the latest new york times and siena college poll of likely voters. The race is also very tight races among likely voters in us battleground states — according to a cbs news and yougov poll. Harris leads by one point in michigan, and by two points in wisconsin — within the poll's the two are tied among likely voters in pennsylvania. Both presidential candidates will participate in tuesday's ninety—minute debate. They will each be given two minutes to answer questions and make rebuttals. Trump will deliver the final statement of the debate after winning a virtual coin toss earlier this week. Kadia goba, a politics reporter for semafor. All the momentum seemed to be with kamala harris in august, why do you think that momentum has stalled, what's going on? i think she was making up a gap from where president biden was. Many people blamed him for dragging down the ticket, and i think she just come a part of that enthusiasm was just heard essentially catching up. A lot of the polling is very similar to where she was when she first entered the race. And when we look ahead to the debate that is taking place, would you say it's more important for ms harris to perform well? i think the burden is on her. She still largely, she is the underdog here. For one, people need to understand who she is and hopefully for her and her team, that comes out across, comes across in her debate. But she also has to make a distinction from the administration that she's been a part of for the past four years, and both of them have to answer a lot about what they are going to do to improve the economy. She's going to be well prepared, but mrtrump, we know, is unpredictable. How on earth should she prepare do you think, for the unexpected? what she's been doing is she's been practising with a faux trump, the same person who practised with hillary clinton in 2016. I think again, her burden is for her to tell her story and to make a distinction from this last administration. I have heard so many different views and opinions on this and i'd be very interesting to hear yours. What tactic do you think that she should pursue it when it comes to the debate? should she tackle him head on, should she make it personal or talk about policy orjust address the moderators? i don't dare to tell the campaign what they're doing. When i talk to democratic members of congress, many of them say that they want her to be on the deep on the defence, or on the attack rather. She wants to be the prosecutor they saw her being during her senatorial run and when she was, you know, talking or cross—examining some of the prospective supreme court candidates, they want her to be that person. But there are also some people that think that strategy could provoke donald trump into you know, doing something or being perceived as more aggressive. So i don't know. It's. . . It's interesting about how she will, it's interesting how she will approach this and it's not clear what is going to be the winning recipe. Other than telling people what they need to understand or what they need to hear about the economy. The economy is one thing but you also mentioned that she has a need to continue to introduce herself to the american people. How important do you think that is still at this stage? i think it is, a lot of. . . One thing i hear people say is they don't know who kamala harris is. I also hear that they are not clear what her policy strategies are. That was a big part of the new york times poll recently where people were just, you know, the kind of wanted a reason to vote for her but they are just not clear on where she stands. So articulating her policy and who she is is going to be, i think i'm a very important for kamala harris if she wants to gain any advantage in this race. And we all can't wait, of course, but how high do you think the interest his here in the us in this debate. Oh, it is very. . . I mean, we saw a similar interest when donald trump faced biden a couple of months ago and see how that turned out. So people are very interested, they want to know how the former president is going to react and again, they. . . I think they are very interested and i think this could be a defining factor for many people, especially independents out there. So you think this could really help swing opinion when there are those, quite a if you still, swing opinion when there are those, quite a few still, that are undecided? is not going to change the mind of either one of their bases. We see a groundswell of support for both candidates, but i think people who are, again, trying to understand what the specific policies each candidate offers, this will be a big moment for each one of them. Of course we will all be looking for those highlight moments where, you know, one person gets a good talking point in but again, i think the american people are making a decision about who to vote for are going to be very interested in what they are saying to move forward, away from the biden administration, away from the, you know, high tax. . . High grocery store prices and gas prices, i think that is very important. They want to hear that articulated. And, here on bbc news you'll be able to watch rolling coverage of the abc news presidential debate simulcast between the democratic and republican candidates, kamala harris and donald trump. 0ur coverage will start from 8pm us east coast time on tuesday — that's1am wednesday if you're in the uk. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Let's look at another story making news in the uk. The internationally renowed specialist children's hospital at great 0rmond street in london, says it's reviewing more than 700 patients' cases, after concerns were raised about former surgeon yasarjabber. Nicky schiller has more. Now he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. Now, so far, of the 39 cases reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed, 13 of those patients severely. Now, lawyers representing some of the families treated by yaserjabber say that children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered life—changing injuries, with one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. Now, the solicitors representing seven now, great 0rmond street has said it is incredibly sorry for the worry and uncertainty that this has caused and that it has contacted all patients and families affected. Mrjabbar stepped down from his hospital position in september last year. You're live with bbc news. The paralympics have drawn to a close with a lavish three—hour ceremony in paris. And what a games it's been for athletes representing great britain and the united states. The us men's wheelchair basketball team won a historic third straight gold medal against great britain. And, the us women's sitting volleyball team won its third straight gold with a 3—1 win over china. The us team finished third overall, with 105 medals. Great britain finished runners—up in the medals table with 124, including 49 golds, behind china. 0n the final day, charlotte henshaw and laura sugar won para—canoeing golds. 0ur correspondent nikki fox takes a look now at how successful the games may have been, and where the paralympic movement, may be heading. Cheering it is amazing. Paris has been so hospitable. Very exciting here, it's wonderful. With close to 2. 5 million tickets sold, for these excited fans from around the world, the paralympics have delivered. The atmosphere is amazing. The crowd is unreal, we have been coming to every match. Ahead of the closing ceremony, i met up with paralympic greats and broadcasters tanni grey—thompson and richard whitehead. Working here has been phenomenal. I don't think it has been quite so easy for the disabled spectators. It has been quite hard. And what have you seen? a lot of steps. Awful, awful platform lift, inaccessible viewing platforms. Just the challenge of sitting with your friends and family. But acccess isn't the only nut to crack. It's about visibility. It shouldn'tjust be the paralympics, it shouldn't be once every four years, and unfortunately, yes, we will see those gold—medal moments, but will they filter down to the next generation of young people that want to take their place? the paralympic games is at a really pivotal moment. They've got some big questions to answer. The future of the sports, classification events, what happens in between games. In four years' time, the games will be in the united states, home to gold—medal winning archer matt stutzman. He is confident the popularity of the paralympic movement and the athletes is on the up. You're starting to see these performances from athletes that rival able—bodied athletes. And that's important for the world to see and acknowledge and understand, they are doing it with a disability? what?! that's almost superhuman. Like, that's what's going to grow everything. When i last met nicholas, he told me he hoped these games would bring change for disabled people living in france. How do you think the games have gone? i think overall it has been a great success. The sense of community and friendship, and what in france we are all hoping and praying for is that this sense we had for the olympics and paralympics is not going to stop on the 8th of september but is going to carry on afterwards. Nikki fox, bbc news. Jannik sinner stormed past fritz to win his second grand slam title. He became the first player to win his first two grand slam titles in the same season. I've been speaking to laura scott. The wait for an american man to win a major singles title goes on, but jannik sinner was by far the better player today, take us to the match. He better player today, take us to the match— better player today, take us to the match. . , ,. , the match. He was always going to be a difficult _ the match. He was always going to be a difficult pass _ the match. He was always going to be a difficult pass in the match. He was always going to be a difficult pass in his to be a difficult pass in his first ever grand slam fido up against the world number one, but it proved a little bit straightforward forjannik sinner. As expected from the final, bidding to become the first american man to hit a grand slam in 22 years. Matthew mcconaughey, jon bonjovi and mcconaughey, jon bon jovi and there mcconaughey, jon bonjovi and there wasn'tjust one tailor in there wasn'tjust one tailor in the house, taylor swift was also there, barely a blank space in the stadium. He broke taylor fritz�*s serve in the first game, he did break back but he managed to take that last set 6—3 and 41 minutes. It seemed he was going to steam—roll through it and when it in three sets but very late on it was a late. . . If it had beenjust a on it was a late. . . If it had been just a little on it was a late. . . If it had beenjust a little bit on it was a late. . . If it had been just a little bit flat and they were on their feet, they were cheering him hard because he was leading 5—3 but then it all really fell apart, sinner winning the next four games and taking the championship with it. He didn't do any wild celebration, he lifted his arms aloft up to the sky and then went to find his team. He gave a pretty emotional speech after dedicating it to his aunt who is not well, and also the controversy leading up to this tournament where he escaped a band despite twice testing positive for banned substances. Fritz was also emotional, apologising to american fans not able to do it this time. We should point— not able to do it this time. We should point out of course, you jannik sinner is the first italian man to win a singles title in new york, and the memes if you've mentioned on social media with taylor swift being there have been wonderful to look at. There's been some great social media comment, too. Do you think we are looking at a new era now, because we've had a couple of slams to alcaraz and a couple of slams to sinner. — of slams to sinner. That's how it is feeling — of slams to sinner. That's how it is feeling with _ of slams to sinner. That's how it is feeling with men's it is feeling with men's tennis, the changing of the guard because for so long we've got use to the grand slam titles going the way of novak djokovic and she and in the past others like andy murray, in the last couple of years so many of them have now gone to carlos alcaraz to jannik sinner, you know, it's amazing to think thatjannik sinner started this year without a grand slam title to his name and now he's got two of them. Italy is hugely proud of him. He has really felt the toll of that doping controversy, even though he was cleared. But i do think it really does feel like there is this new era and especially taylor fritz didn't win today, there is a lot of excitement at the end of this usa that american tennis as well. During this tournament there were five american men in there were five american men in the world's top 20 they really feel like american tennis on the men's side is back, it will be disappointing that it wasn't taylor fritz�*s day today, but huge excitement aboutjannik huge excitement about jannik sinner and huge excitement aboutjannik sinner and carlos alcaraz could go on to achieve. Let's turn to some other important news around the world. At least 48 people were killed on sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion after it collided with another truck carrying passengers and cattle in north—central nigeria, according to disaster management authorities. The state emergency management agency said the collision caused a powerful blast that engulfed both vehicles in flames, as well as several others nearby. They phone yagi triggered landslides and floods in the north, nearly 300 people were injured and there is more flooding to come, the typhoon is asian�*s most powerful storm this year and has disrupted power supplies and telecommunications in several regions. Acclaimed british bass guitarist herbie flowers, who worked with the likes of david bowie, paul mccartney and sir elton john, has died aged 86. Flowers played bass in pop group blue mink and rock band t. Rex, and is thought to have contributed to more than 500 hit albums by the end of the 1970s. The 0scar winning actress kate winslet has told the bbc that women should celebrate being a real body shape after recently being told on a film set to sit up straighter to hide her belly rolls. Speaking about her upcoming film lee, on sunday with laura kuenssberg, winslet said it was herjob to be like her character — the fashion model turned acclaimed world war two photographer elizabeth �*lee' miller. We are so used to perhaps not necessarily seeing that and enjoying it. The instinct, weirdly, is to see it and criticise it or comment on it in some way. And people were saying, god, how wonderful, she's saying that she doesn't care about her body. I was talking about the character, it's the character that i'm playing! of course i don't care. But it was through the conversation about playing lee. And i think my point is that as women, you know, we so need to be having that conversation and just celebrating being a real shape and being soft and maybe having a few extra rolls on me. Laura, life is too short, do you know? i don't want to look back and go, why did worry about that thing? so guess what, i don't worry any more. I don't care, i'm just going to live my life, i'm going to enjoy it, i'm going to get on with it. You've got one go around, make the most of it. And a british world war two veteran who landed in france on d—day has died, aged 104. Royal engineer donald �*don�* sheppard was among the troops who fought their way ontojuno beach on the morning of june sixth 1944. He later advanced through belgium, the netherlands and eventually on to nazi germany. Where he helped liberate bergen—belsen concentration camp. Do stay with us here on bbc news, there's plenty more to come, bye—bye. Low pressure and early warmth in september have brought flooding rains to some this weekend. A month's worth of rain fell in parts of the west midlands on the slow moving weather front on sunday, which is only slowly easing its way eastwards through the remainder of the night. So the heaviest rain does ease. The thunderstorms ease away as well, but there'll be misty low cloud and hill fog with this weather system in the east. Further west the skies start to clear and it will be chillier for scotland and northern ireland in particular. And in fact in these areas it was chillier on sunday as well. Still warm and muggy in the south and still with a lot of murky weather, first thing on monday, quite grey, quite damp on that weather front initially, but compared with sunday for wales, for north west england, for the south—west of england, it's much drier picture eastern scotland as well. But the rain does roll back in to the west of scotland, northern ireland later and this cloud, murky low cloud, could just hang on in east anglia and the south east for much of the day, where we see the sunshine — 17 or 18, but that's considerably down. And as we saw on sunday, temperatures are lower anyway in the north now. And then that rain rushes eastwards as we go through monday night. On a developing area of low pressure actually got a sting in its tail i think by the time we get to tuesday. A fresher night in the south, despite quite a bit of cloud and quite a bit of breeze as well, we'lljust notice it won't feel as close. But this weather system will slowly meander its way southwards. And then behind it, we open the doors to this northwesterly air flow. Hence, it will feel chilly midweek and the northwesterly wind is a chilly direction at any time of year. So we will notice that particularly tuesday and wednesday when the winds are strongest, lots of showers around, strong winds as well. Notjust by day, but by night — by the end of the night, the end of the week rather, we could have a touch of grass frost in the north, but that's the end of the week. However, from midweek onwards, the showers coming in thick and fast as scotland could be a little bit wintry over the top of the munros, this rainjust dragging its heels in the south. But a windier day for all of us. Gales possibly in the north and the east. And it's here where the rain hangs around, and it could give some significant rainfall across the likes of 0rkney and shetland as well, through tuesday and into wednesday. So although we'll see 12 to 18, i think those temperatures tempered by the strength of the wind particularly so on wednesday, does look as if southern areas may see a ridge of high pressure building towards the end of the week, but we will firm up on the details as the time goes on. More online. Voice—over: this is bbc news. We'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. Rugby is facing a day of reckoning. Former players are lining up to say head injuries have destroyed their lives. I signed up to get diagnosed with dementia at 38 years old. . . Idol dementia at 38 years old. . . Not knowin: dementia at 38 years old. . . Not knowing what's _ dementia at 38 years old. . . 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