It was a grind through the corners, but it paid off and i used power on the straights. Yeah diving into the history Books A First Female medal in the sport for gb in more than 60 years, after a dramatic final round. And. The three peat s on track, as Adam Peaty qualifies for the Semi Finals in 100m breaststroke. Also coming up on sportsday. England are back on top against West Indies, after superb showings from Jamie Smith and Joe Root, who climbs the record books, jumping above a windies legend. And Max Verstappen was quickest in qualifying for the belgian grand prix, but the formula one Championship Leader Wont start the race from pole. Hello there and welcome to sportsday. They say it never rains, but it pours, and thats certainly been the case on the first day of Medal Action at the paris olympics. Its been chucking it down in the city, as we saw from the Opening Ceremony last night on the seine. Rain has caused delays, and even postponement of the skateboarding. But the Weather Ha
Hezbollah then lied to the whole world and claimed they did not carry out this attack. This is a lie. We can confirm that hezbollah murdered ten children in this brutal attack and injured more than 20 were injured in this brutal attack. All were aged between 10 to 20 years old. Lets speak to our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher injerusalem. Lets start with those comments. What do you make of the fact that the idf is clearly saying they think hezbollah carried out this attack . They have said their assessments, intelligence and observations are that it was a lebanese hezbollah attack, they were asked whether it could have been somebody else, an armed group from syria and had been quite categorical in saying that it is hezbollah. The israelis are carried out Air Strikes in lebanon earlier in the day and killed four militants. In response to that hezbollah did Fire A Barrage of rockets and claimed responsibility for striking several targets, including one that is geographically including
We will finish our assessments and we will act. This attack shows the true face of hezbollah, a terrorist organisation, but targets and murders children playing soccer on a saturday evening. We will act to restore full security on our Northern Borderfor all restore full security on our northern border for all the citizens of the state of israel. Our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher is injerusalem. Heres her assessment of israels claims that hezbollah is behind the attack. They have said their assessments, intelligence and observations are that it was a lebanese hezbollah attack, they were asked whether it could have been somebody else, an armed group from syria, and had been quite categorical in saying that it is hezbollah. The israelis carried out Air Strikes in lebanon earlier in the day and killed four militants. In response to that hezbollah did Fire A Barrage of rockets and claimed responsibility for striking several targets, including one that is geographically in this area. The
Immediately convene the security cabinet. I can say that the state of israel will not let this pass in silence, will not overlook this. Earlier, an Israeli Military spokesman had this to say about the attack. Against his brother, we will hezbollah, we will attack. This shows the true face of hezbollah. This is an organisation that targets and murders children playing soccer on a saturday evening. We will act to restore full security on our northern border for all the citizens of the state of israel. Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams is in jerusalem with more. I was with our western diplomat when news of the attack broke, and he expressed the concern that everyone here is feeling tonight which is that this is precisely what people of been worried about, fearing for the past ten months, that the simmering conflict along israels northern border with lebanon would result in a Mass Fatality Event which would trigger a much bigger conflict. I think it is inevitable that israel will rep
Underway. France pulled out all the stops for olympic size spectacle. But well live up to the hype. Kamala Harriss Rise to the top of the democratic field is already bringing some unwelcome attention and attacks from hope republican counterparts and hundreds of thousands of acres are blaze in california will get the latest on the efforts to contain that disaster live from london. This is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster 2024 Summer Olympic Games are underway in paris with the first Gold Medal is being awarded today and mixed Team Shooting and Women Synchronized Diving The Games opened with an elaborate show. It was breathtaking in size, and it was uniquely french. It was the first Opening Ceremony ever outside the stadium. It was centered around famous landmarks and the River Seine where the Teams Road in the flotilla of boats famous entertainers performed, including canadas celine dion, with a Love Song by frances late superstar Edith Piaf cnns world sports. Amanda davis joins us now, liv