100 days to go is in paris for us. 100 days to go until paris 2024 and the venues that will host the games themselves are rapidly taking shape. as you can see, we are here in a temporary venue, a 13,000 seat arena. it only began work here four weeks ago also and it feels like it is almost completed. injune it will be. this is where the beach volleyball competition will take place and as you can see it is here in the shadow of the most famous parisian landmarks, the eiffel tower itself. and this is really what organisers want these games to be remembered for, sustainable venues, 95% of the infrastructure intact for these games will either be existing buildings and venues or temporary ones like this. the only really new venue that is being built to host sport is the aquatic centre in the area known as st denis, that is also where the athletes�* village is and

of course the olympic stadium itself. but organisers are saying they want to be vivid this to be a very green and sustainable games for the good of the olympic movement going forward and it is venues like this, they say, but are a good example of that. dan roan there and there are questions as well over security, the man in charge of the post—2024 0lympic security, the man in charge of the post—2024 olympic games has been telling the bbc about the security measures being put in place to help host the event. tony, a former 0lympian, said he is very satisfied with how things stand and said the games would be protected by an unprecedented security operation and that people heading to france this summer can have confidence in the organisers. it summer can have confidence in the organises-— organisers. it was 'ust after the attacks of 2015 _ organisers. it was just after the attacks of 2015 happened - organisers. it was just after the attacks of 2015 happened in - organisers. it was just after the . attacks of 2015 happened in france that we decided to go to host this event. at that time the security was really unprecedented. we invested in

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a tough task away against _ teams like madrid. and arsenal have a tough task away against bayern - a tough task away against bayern munich after their 2— to draw last week. this is by munich�*s last chance of silverware this season after the... titles. chance of silverware this season afterthe... titles. leverkusen and at the weekend was faced. they are playing for the first... for the first time in 15 years, but they will have some late fitness checks for the captain and bukayo saka. that is all the bought from me for the moment, but remember you can stay up—to—date using the bbc sport website and app. back to you for now. thank you very much, sarah. the actor hugh grant has settled a high court claim against the publisher of the sun newspaper. he said he made the decision after being advised he risked being liable for £10 million in legal costs if his case proceeded to a trial. the actor brought legal action against news group newspapers in relation to the sun, alleging he was targeted by journalists and private investigators. he had previously settled a claim with the publisher in 2012 relating to another of its titles, the news of the world, which has since ceased publication. he was among a number

of individuals, including the duke of sussex, bringing claims against ngn. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell has been looking at the finer details of this case. it had been expected that injanuary of next year he would have his time in court. in this case against news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun newspaper. he is one of several individuals, including prince harry, is suing this group for unlawful information gathering, so mr grant�*s case, that means tapping landlines, he alleges, bugging his car, using likely methods to access private information and he had been very vocal about this and so it was somewhat of a surprise when at a court hearing this morning it emerged that mr grant had in fact subtleties case. a short while later he released a long threat on x, formally known as twitter, explain why. —— he released a long thread. he said the publisher was offering me an enormous sum of money to keep

this from getting into court. he went on, he didn�*t want to settle, as he wanted to see those allegations tested in court, but his lawyers had advised him that if you went to court and he won, the damages he would be offered to even just a penny less than the settlement, he would have to pay the legal costs of both sides and he said that would amount to something like £10 million. news group newspapers have previously rejected allegations of any wrongdoing by people at the sun newspaper and they have settled more than 1000 cases without any admission of liability and that is exactly what has happened here. they have released a statement in relation to mr grant�*s case saying, we have reached an agreement to settle the case, this has been done without an admission of liability and it is in the interests financial interests of both parties not to progress to a costly trial and mr grant says he will use that settlement money to boost groups like hacked off, which campaigns against what is seen as wrongdoing by the press. sarah

re ”ortin wrongdoing by the press. sarah reporting there. _ as we�*ve been hearing, heavy rain has been battering gulf states, causing flash floods that have killed 20 people and disrupted flights at the world�*s second—busiest airport in dubai. so what�*s going on with the weather? the bbc�*s matt taylor has been looking in to it. we saw an historic rainfall event across the united arab emirates on tuesday. just take one spot, 256 millilitres of rain fell in the space ofjust one day. that is well over two times what dubai normally gets in the entire year and the average for april is only around eight millimetres. this is well above any expectations of rainfall for the region at any time of year, never mind in april. what was going on? we had an area of low pressure centred towards the south of the arabian peninsula and that dragon some warm moisture laden air all the way through into the gulf and it is that that felt the storm clouds which pummelled notjust the united arab emirates, but from bahrain

through to demand, we saw widespread flooding and that all moving on now in two parts of iran, afghanistan and pakistan as well. they had been talks about cloud seeding as well, but forecast model already put ahead of the event of seeing this record—breaking rainfall a year at least worth of rain falling in the space of one day. in a warmer climate, we would expect those clouds to hold a lot more moisture, so we start to see more in the way of extreme rainfall. but in the coming days, the heaviest rain, as i have said, go to be across parts of iran, afghanistan and pakistan and certainly into southern parts of iran is where we see the greatest risk of further flooding. matt taylor there. the german sportswear giant adidas says it expects to make profits of more than $740 million this year. the company has had a turbulent 18 months after it cut ties with the rapper, kanye west.

emily brown reports. after its break—up of partnership with kanye west, things are looking up for adidas. in fact, it says it expects to make profits of more than $740 million this year. that�*s about £598 million. the news comes after adidas reported its first losses in 30 years last month. let�*s remember the sportswear brand cut ties with kanye west in 2022 over anti—semitic comments he�*d made on social media. and in february, adidas said it planned to sell its remaining yeezy trainers for at least cost price. well, now, the company which makes samba, gazelle and campus trainers says its quarterly operating profit had significantly increased compared with a year earlier when it was hit by the split with the rapper. adidas then pledged to donate some of its proceeds made from what�*s left of the yeezy stock to charity. it said the remainder of the stock would probably be sold later this year, but without any further profit. emily brown bear. the life of france�*s first lady, brigitte macron, is going to be the basis for a new tv series. the planned six—part series, caled brigitte —

a free woman, will trace what producers have called the "storybookjourney" of emmanuel macron�*s wife. the series will start with the couple�*s first meeting and continue from there. mrs macron first met her now husband when she was a teacher at his secondary school, and the couple ended up marrying in 2007. before we go... and you might have seen this robot stumbling around your screens before. atlas, a humanoid robot which can run, somersault and dance, has been retired. maker boston dynamics says it�*s time for the robot to "kick back and relax" after 11 years. various incarnations of atlas went viral over the years. for all its pioneering dexterity and poise, it was still sometimes flummoxed by basic tasks, including falling down stairs, struggling to pick up a box and walking into a door. sounds like me! some of which you can see in this video released by its creators. atlas was first created as part of a competition for the us military, to help with search

and rescue missions. later versions were not designed for any specific purpose, but more as a means of seeing how advanced the technology could become. despite previous funding from the military, boston dynamics is now primarily focused on leasing its robots to manufacturers or the oil, gas and construction industries. quite the ode to a robot! that�*s it from me this afternoon, annita mcveigh is back in a moment. i am rajini vaidyanathan, thanks for watching. hello there. the direction of the wind will play a key role in the weather story over the next few days. lighter winds generally, today, and that�*s given us a chance for some sunshine and to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossom that we�*ve got. but it�*s still coming from the north. this high pressure is trying to dominate, but as it sits out to the west and the winds circulate around there, it means that we�*ve got showers coming

in from a north—easterly along the east coast and along the west coast as well. sandwiched in between the two for the remainder of the afternoon is where we�*re likely to see fewer showers and some sunny moments. but because the wind direction coming from the north, it�*s cool out there for the time of year, highs between 8 and 13 celsius. a few scattered showers easing away from east anglia in the south—east. clearer skies developing overnight tonight. that�*s going to allow those temperatures to fall away. gardeners and growers take note — we could see a touch of frost out to the west under those clearer skies. not quite as cold in the north—west because there�*s more cloud and yes, there�*s more rain. so rain pushing into north—west scotland, gradually drifting down to the borders, moving out of northern ireland, pushing into north—west england and north wales. so gradually, after a sunny start, clouding over, with the exception of east anglia in the south—east — here it will be a degree or so warmer with that sunshine, 15 degrees the high, but that means rain for all of us at some point through thursday night, easing away during friday morning, the high trying

to continue to establish itself, but still the wind direction coming from the north. so after a cool and sunny start on friday, we�*ll start to see cloud amounts continue to develop. a blustery afternoon for most of us, and temperatures once again a little bit under par for this time of year, but still get a bit of shelter and some sunshine. one or two of us might feel as though it�*s not too bad. now, the high pressure stays with us into the weekend. it�*s still sitting out to the north—west, which means that we still potentially feed in wind direction from the north—east. so along those exposed east coasts, it could still be a little bit disappointing. west is best, closer to that area of high pressure. so into the weekend, there is a chance that those temperatures may well continue to struggle out to the east with some showery outbreaks of rain at times. but further west, it will be warmer and there will continue to be some sun.

moving out of live from jerusalem. this is bbc news. the uk�*s foreign secretary lord cameron has urged israel to do as little as possible to escalate tensions in the middle east — but benjamin netanyahu has said israel will decide on its own steps. we hope that anything israel does is as limited and as targeted and as smart as possible. it is in no one�*s interest

that we see an escalation. translation: we will make our own decisions on our own and the state of israel will do what it needs to defend itself. an iran�*s president has warned there will be a harsh response if israel has the slightest response to its retaliatory attack over the weekend. i�*m lyse doucet injerusalem, with the latest on the response to iran�*s weekend attack i�*m annita mcveigh in london. our other main stories. a russian missile kills 14 and wounds more than 60 in chernihiv in northern ukraine. the actor hugh grant settles a long running lawsuit against the publisher of the sun newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone.