the most successful manager in british football, sir alex ferguson, has undergone emergency brain surgery. the club says the surgery went very well, but he now needs a period of intensive care to recover. more than 1,000 people have been arrested across russia, including opposition leader alexei navalny, during protests against president putin. police used teargas to disperse protesters, some chanting "down with the tsar." officials in hawaii are appealing for any remaining residents living near the kilauea volcano to leave the area. tremors and eruptions are continuing to hit the main island. and new pictures of the british royal baby, prince louis, have been released. the pictures show louis by himself, and also with his sister, princess charlotte, on her third birthday. it has been a hot start to the bank

holiday weekend. forecasters say it will get even hotter tomorrow and on monday. all correspondence duncan kennedy has been taking the temperature in a sunny south sea. simon, shine, heat, ways. this is southsea, enjoying a curtain raiser to the summer of 2018. when the sun comes out, what is it do to you and everybody else? it gives everyone smiley face is. everybody is happy. it reached 20 celsius here, although the water temperature was half of that. i sat out this morning having a coffee at seven o'clock. heaven. it will also get warmer tomorrow and even hotter on monday. averages

could reach 28 celsius. making it the hottest bank holiday monday since they were introduced in 1978. essexis since they were introduced in 1978. essex is also heading that way with temperatures going up. salford didn't reach that bit it was still perfect for park life. just like in cambridge. it is the best way you could enjoy your day. it is not often you can make plans over a bank holiday. this one is different. time to chill in the heat. now on bbc news — after war zones, mexico is the deadliest place to be a journalist. 2017 was a record year for the number of reporters murdered covering drug—related crime and corruption. dying to report recounts the story of two journalists who risked all to reveal corruption in high

places and the activities of the powerful drug cartels. mexico's drug war continues to claim thousands of lives. among the dying are the journalists telling the stories of the dead and the missing. the killings have muzzled most media, but a small band of brave journalists continue to put their lives on the line. this is culiacan, the drug cartel capital of mexico. mexico's bloody drug war has lasted over a decade. more than 100,000 people have died since the government launched a crackdown on the drug cartels in 2006. almost 30,000 people were killed in 2017. the dead included politicians, students and journalists.

barron is a reporter with riodoce, a small weekly newspaper in culiacan. while others have stopped reporting the war on their doorstep, riodoce continues to write about the killings, the victims and the corruption. for the past nine months, a small team have been working on an expose that could have major implications. that risk can be deadly. last year, riodoce lost its star columnist, javier valdez. tonight, we honour a man who has refused to be intimidated

into silence or self—censorship. javier valdez cardenas is a brave man. hisjournalism won him international recognition. javier was an inspiration to many in mexico. among them, marcos vizcarra, one of the few journalists still writing about corruption and crime in the city. someone else familiar with the missing and the murders was miroslava breach, a committed investigative reporter. based in chihuahua, another region blighted by the drugs trade, she was killed in march, one of three journalists murdered that month. patricia mayorga worked closely with miroslava.

miroslava was shot in front of her son as she took him to school. her killers left behind a note with a message — "for being a loudmouth". marcos takes us on a tour of the city to see one of the cartel members' favourite haunts. back at the newspaper, barron has heard someone wants to give him some secret documents. the documents detail a series of money—laundering payments linked to a local crime figure. it's not just the journalists who are running risks.

those who share secrets are also putting their lives on the line. marcos takes us to see another part of culiacan. la lomita is a quite spot, away from the city bustle. but menace is neverfar away. marcos spots something that makes him nervous — a man with a walkie—talkie. forjavier, living with the knowledge he was a target took a toll on his health. javier hoped his international profile might protect him.

his last story was to prove otherwise. priceless, because it's the only copy they have. javier had interviewed the boss of a cartel locked in a bloody turf war with the main sinaloa cartel. the sinaloa leadership didn't want its main rival to get the publicity. just as the paper went to print, ismael got a phone call. at each drop—off, the gunmen bought up every edition. a few weeks after the story was published, javier was pulled from his car and shot dead.

as with miroslava, his killers delivered a message. javier was shot 12 times at 12 o'clock, outside his place of work, riodoce — which means "river12". ismael has something to show us. it's the first time anyone outside the newspaper has seen the result of their months—long investigation. a vast multi—million dollar money—laundering operation. enough to get you killed. now in hiding, patricia says she will continue to report the stories she and miroslava used to do together. friday, and it's time to put the paper to bed. this week's cover story is marking a key anniversary of the drug war in sinaloa. hello there. saturday was a glorious day for much of the country. we saw some fine sunsets up and down the uk, like this one

here in wakefield in west yorkshire. not all areas, though, were sunny and warm. coastal parts along the irish sea were disappointing, around cornwall and devon and into western wales, south—western parts of scotland as well. this weather front has been plaguing the north—west corner of scotland, bringing strong winds and outbreaks of rain. as we start sunday morning, there should rarely be any rain here, just a bit of cloud. elsewhere it is a clear start, quite chilly across eastern parts of england. sunday promises to be another glorious day for much of the country once again. sunshine from the word go. a bit of cloud across scotland. i think we are looking at a better day through the central belt on sunday afternoon. top temperatures reaching 2a or 25 celsius, so another warm day on the cards. even warmer air is imported off the continent on bank holiday monday. that will nudge temperatures into the upper 20s celsius, potentially being a record—breaking may bank holiday. we could still see a little bit of low cloud and some murk in the irish sea.

maybe the odd shower across the northern half of scotland. that said, most places will be dry and sunny. a bit cool across the north—east of scotland. that cool air moving up towards aberdeen. this is likely to be the high temperature on bank holiday monday. it may very well break the last bank holiday record, achieved in 1999, that was 2a degrees in hampshire. tuesday, we start to see some subtle changes. this area of low pressure will bring cooler air into the western side of the uk. a weather front which will be very weak, bringing outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and western scotland. the eastern side of england, another warm day on the cards. we could be looking at 27, maybe one or two places seeing 28. a cooler and fresher feeling further north and west. next area of low pressure moves in for wednesday. this one will have more to it, stronger winds, that will make things very wet in western ireland

and northern scotland. still some sunshine across southern and eastern parts of england. a relatively fine day here. temperatures typically 20 degrees. but a much cooler and fresher feel out west. this is bbc news. i'm nkem ifejika. our top stories: sir alex ferguson, the most successful coach in british football history, undergoes emergency surgery for a brain haemmorage. he isa he is a personalfriend and i hope he has a full recovery. nearly 1,600 anti—putin protesters are arrested at rallies in russia, including his leading critic,

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