this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. these are the top stories developing at 11am: three men have been arrested after a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office issues an amber heatwave for parts of england — warning people to stay out of the sun this week. britain abandons its objection to the us applying the death penalty for two members of is known as "the beatles". a showdown over anti—semitism — jewish labour mps will urge the party to accept a tougher code of conduct. also coming up: the plastic that's piling up. a government watchdog warns that british waste that's sent abroad to be recycled may end up in landfill sites instead. and, the hills are alive with the sound of music — as a choir peforms on nine peaks in the lake district to honour

a unique war memorial. good morning. it's monday, 23rd ofjuly. welcome to bbc newsroom live. three men have been arrested in london after a three—year—old boy was injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester on saturday. police say the child was "deliberately" targeted in a shop. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton who was arrested yesterday remains in custody. jon donnison reports. it was outside this stall where the attack took place. in broad daylight on a busy saturday afternoon. police believe the toddler was deliberately targeted. a young boy appears to have had

some form of substance, potentially acid or another corrosive substance, thrown at or sprayed towards him while he's been with his family. a really, really concerning incident, and at the moment we're treating it as though it is a deliberate act towards the child. the boy was taken to hospital with serious burns to his face and arms, but has since been charged. a spokesperson for home bargains said, "our thoughts are with this young child and their family at this very difficult time." local people have been asking just who could do such a thing. it's just really disgraceful if anything like that happens, especially — to anybody, including if it's happened to children, as well. for men have now been arrested in connection with the case. officers are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward —— four men have now been arrested. our news correspondent, phil mackie, is following the story

for us in worcester. this attack happened in broad daylight in a shopping centre. bring us daylight in a shopping centre. bring us up to date with exactly what you know? absolutely, it was saturday afternoon, 2:15pm in home bargains ona afternoon, 2:15pm in home bargains on a retail parkjust outside of the city centre of worcester when the little child, who was being pushed ina little child, who was being pushed in a pushchair by his mum, deliberately targeted. he had an acid or corrosive substance sprayed on him. it hit him in the arm and the face, and that child was taken to hospital and treated there. he has been released, so there is hope that perhaps the scarring isn't too bad, although it's too early to say whether or not there will be permanent life changing injuries. fairly soon after that, a 39—year—old man was arrested in wolverhampton. he is still in police custody today. earlier this morning, after police released some cctv images yesterday, three men in their

20s were arrested in london. we understand they are being brought back to this area to be questioned by the police. that hasn't happened just yet, we believe. there was an edl demonstration taking place short distance from here, a lot of people have suggested that may have been connected, it doesn't look like that is the case, but there has been a great deal of consternation in the city that such an awful attack should happen here, especially in broad daylight in a shopping centre ona broad daylight in a shopping centre on a saturday afternoon. we are expecting an update from west mercia police soon about their investigation, but they have thanked the public for their support, although they are still appearing for witnesses. we know this is a busy shopping retail park and there would have been plenty of people around ona would have been plenty of people around on a saturday afternoon. thank you, thaw mackay in was done. —— film career in worcester. the met office has issued an amber "heat health watch warning" for parts of england this week,

urging people to either stay out of the sun or avoid being in the sun when it is at its strongest between 11am and 3pm. the amber, or level three, warning is issued when temperatures are predicted to hit 30 degrees during the day, and 15 degrees at night, for at least two consecutive days. our weather presenter matt taylor is here. so, that's the temperatures that this applies to. what else does and a amber alert do? this is a collaboration between public health england and the met office on the back of the very strong conditions we saw back in 2003, their purpose is to give health practitioners a heads up, get them preparing for the extreme temperatures. they are good trigger warnings, extreme temperatures. they are good triggerwarnings, basically, to extreme temperatures. they are good trigger warnings, basically, to the general public, to keep an eye on those wise young, old, or have chronic health conditions. you get a prolonged period of daytime temperatures and also night—time temperatures and also night—time temperatures above certain levels. because your body is not properly

recovering, this is where it can have big health impacts, then it can have big health impacts, then it can have a knock—on effect on the health service weather warnings are placed. why are they in place? the level three health alert has been put out... let me show you the temperature mark for the day. out... let me show you the temperature mark for the daym this across the country? yes, gets gci’oss this across the country? yes, gets across the country. these are where the temperatures will be a hires today, and this is throw the week, temperatures that e—30 2 degrees by day and well above 16 degrees by night. different parts of the uk have different thresholds depending on how used you are to the heat, but all the way through to friday we could see temperatures above the 30 degrees marks, for some, not dropping below 18 degrees by night as well. how unusual these kind of temperatures? it's not often we get these sort of warnings issued for such a lengthy period of time, but we have had occasions in the past,

backin we have had occasions in the past, back in 1976, that was on the forefront of lots of people to mind that the moment, we had 15 consecutive days of above 32 degrees, we are not quite at that level. the biggest ring at the moment is the combination of day and night time, combined with humidity is. so, what is the advice? the best advice is of course to avoid the sunshine during the day. simple steps like closing your bedroom curtains in south rooms during the day, keeping the windows closed, stopping the heat coming in, and late into the night and early part of the morning as well as taking on lots of fluids if you going to be and about. some of that advice might be more realistic thanjust and about. some of that advice might be more realistic than just not going out in the sun! how long is this predicted to go one for? at least for five days. king's lynn, daytime temperatures staying above 30 degrees all the way through to the weekend. it looks like we will see a respite as temperatures drop,

still on a one side for the time of year, but their arrest for potential for the heat building back this weekend. we are going to be talking about this again? we could well be. matt, good to talk to you, thanks. labour mps will tonight debate whether the party's new code of conduct goes far enough to tackle anti—semitism. the new guidelines, which were adopted last week, have been criticised by somejewish organisations and labour members. the party says it has re—opened a consultation on the code, which is robust and internationally recognised. norman smith is our assistant political editor. norman, why is this a row that won't go away? because, so far, it's proved impossible forjeremy corbyn to draw a line under really the controversy which has been raging for months and months now. at its heart is the issue of how free people should be to criticise israel

and israeli policies amid fears of some in thejewish community that too often that slips into anti—semitism. tonight we are facing anti—semitism. tonight we are facing a potentially bruising meeting in the parliamentary labour party, where they are arguing to be allowed to adopt in full the international code on anti—semitism, and all the exa m ples code on anti—semitism, and all the examples it contains, rather than one put together by labour's on national executive committee. at the same time, of course, we know the vetera n same time, of course, we know the veteran labour mp margaret hodge is facing potential disciplinary action after she publicly accused mr corbyn of being an anti—semite and a racist. this morning, she was standing by those remarks. it's by his actions that he has to be judged. and by refusing to adopt the definition in full of what anti—semitism is, he's put himself in the position that he's perceived by many to be anti—semitic. we are nowjoined by a member of the

jewish voice for labour. why not just resolve this whole controversy of the code by doing as so many other organisations have and simply accepting the international code? 0k, accepting the international code? ok, let's be very clear about what that code is, there is no such thing as an agreed international code, there is a document which has been pushed for many years now by pro—israel organisations, and the problem with it is that it includes in its provisions are elements that are designed to prevent certain kinds of criticism of israel and finds them, it is designed to do that. the danger that this present has been identified by manyjewish commentators. we in jewish has been identified by manyjewish commentators. we injewish voice of labour and many of our friends really resent the fact that it is presented as if there is one internationally recognised definition and alljewish people wa nt definition and alljewish people want it, we don't. the most coherent critics have been leading jewish intellectuals, such as anthony lerman, rylan clark, a leading

expert on anti—semitism, and even, this is significant, kenneth stern, an american academic, who drafted the original document which has morphed into this thing, because it's —— it represses freedom of speech. why do people adopt it? if you go to a local authority, and go, we've got this thing where it it will get rid of anti—semitism, everybody goes, oh, we hate anti—semitism, the document is presented with no discussion and no debate and everybody puts their hands up. it is a fake and we are being snowed with this thing. what labour has done is to really coherently take on board everything that's good about it, everything. i mean, you can look at it line by line. what they've done where its dubious, where it in dangerous freedom of speech, they have expanded it. they have discussed it. is it anti—semitic to say that israel is a raters state? maybe it

is sometimes, but often it is not —— is sometimes, but often it is not —— isa is sometimes, but often it is not —— is a racist state. most jewish organisations and pretty much every strand of religious opinion in the jewish community has been critical of labourfor jewish community has been critical of labour for not adopting it. is the point not this, if someone sees something as racist, they feel it is racist, you should give regard to them and accept what they say rather than assuming that you know better? of course you should give regard to them, that is what... you should have regards to the perception of the victim. he did not say, and this is critical, he did not say that that alleged victim has the absolute right to decide and passjudgment on the person they allege is guilty of race hate, that's a completely different thing. these people from the jewish community, i'm afraid, are doing all of us a terrible disservice by saying that only jewish people may say if they are

victim of anti—semitism. if somebody says to me, i do not like what israel is doing, i do not like the jewish nation state bill that has just come out, which is deeply racist, if i say, that person is an anti—semite, i don't do that the law to believe me, i expect the law to look into it. that is what the labour party is trying to juggle. gelling politically, this row has been going on for months and months in different guises. can jeremy corbyn draw a line under it? this is very difficult, and i no its controversial to say this, the reason for the row is not genuine concern about real anti—semitism, there's lots of that around in poland and on the streets of westminster, is becoming terrifying, but we really are facing a rise of the militant right. but alljeremy corbyn can do to satisfy his critics, to be absolutely honest, norman, would be to resign. then it would be all stopped. so it is a pf°p would be all stopped. so it is a prop for attacking mr corbyn's

leadership? the way it has been manipulated... i mean, look at where are now. the tory government is in chaos, brexit is in chaos... what is the government doing, instead of dealing with the situation in parliament, they are attacking labour is the greatest threat to jewish people in this country. the trouble is, nobody out there believed them. your viewers are going to be thinking, what is all this about? are jewish people really concerned to shut us up about palestine and nothing else matters? it is dangerous for us. it looks like it could be a lively meeting of the parliamentary labour party this evening. norman, thank you. the uk will not attempt to block the death penalty in the case of two men accused of being islamic state members. home secretary sajid javid wrote to the us authorities to say the uk will share intelligence to help in the prosecution of two members of the so—called beatles gang, who are believed to have been involved in some of the worst atrocities in syria. in a letter leaked to the daily telegraph, mrjavid wrote:

the mother of the american journalist james foley, who was beheaded by is fighters along with two british aid workers, says she doesn't want them to receive the death sentence. this is what diane foley told bbc radio 4's today programme... i think that would just make them martyrs in their twisted ideology. i would like them held accountable by being sent to prison for the rest of their lives. that would be my preference, for sure. diane foley there. our correspondent paul adams is here. paul, this is completed. my

understanding is that basically at the moment we do not extradite suspects if they would then face the death penalty in another country that's the basis of this? that is a long—standing british policy with regards to the death penalty. and on the face of it, it would appear to bea the face of it, it would appear to be a policy that is being possibly thrown out of the window in this case. however, it is worth quoting from sajid javid's letter. because, he says that while they are not planning to seek an assurance, a death penalty assurance in this case, this does not reflect a change in our policy on assistance in us death penalty cases generally nor the uk government's stance on the death penalty currently. there will be people asking questions about what that means. we have heard from people currently concerned about this, and amnesty international in the last hour or so has called this

a deeply worrying development. it says the home secretary must insist that britain's long—standing position on the death penalty is not changed. there is nothing in equivocal about that letter. on the surface, it appears that the home secretary has unilaterally change government policy? people want to know this, what was the prime minister's view on this? if this is a change of policy, we need to know about it. before it leaks of a letter —— before it leaks in a letter —— before it leaks in a letter sent to the attorney general, thatis letter sent to the attorney general, that is not the way in which a change of british policy should be announced. the underlying point to all of this is that the british government feels that the british legal system is not currently configured in a way that would guarantee a successful prosecution of these two men, where they sent back to the uk. of course, they were also responsible for killing a number of us citizens. and so, in

the words of sajid javid in the matter, "we believe a successful federal prosecution in the us is more likely to be possible because of the difference in your stat jukebox and the restrictions on challenges to the route by which defendants appear in us courts, which you worried you mentioned." —— in your statute books. he mentioned there is legislation in the pipeline designed to address this apparent wea kness designed to address this apparent weakness in the british legal system. he seems to be saying, you are likely to do this better than we are, and therefore, they're yours. very briefly, paul, do we know where these men are at the moment? they are being held in northern syria, where they were captured earlier this year by the sdf, the syrian democratic forces, american backed. and i guess what we are seeing now, this appears to be a deal struck with the us authorities, the way is now open for their removal from syria, not to the uk, but to the us. paul adams, many thanks for that. the headlines on bbc news: three men are arrested over a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester.

the met office has issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england, warning people to stay out of the sun. the uk government has abandoned its objections to the united states applying the death penalty in the case of two notorious british islamist militants. and in sport... francesco molinari is the open champion. he becomes the first italian to win a major. he beat the likes ofjustin rose and rory mcilroy 82 shots, whilst tiger woods was just three shots behind the winner. the british teenager set a new world record in... lewis hamilton has won the german grand prix. he beat sebastian vettel, who started on pole position. and england were beaten by new zealand in the rugby world cup sevens final by 33—12. new zealand become the

first men's side to win consecutive world cup sevens titles. i'll have details on those stories and more for you just after 1138. —— 11:30am. the prime minister is chairing a meeting of the cabinet in the north east of england this morning — the last before mps break up for the summer. ministers will make a series of visits across europe this week aimed at persuading other eu countries to back the government's approach to brexit. today the health secretary, jeremy hunt has had talks with his german counterpart in berlin — he warned there was a danger that britain would end up without a deal by accident. let's cross over to berlin and get the latest from our correspondent damien mcguinness. and a stark warning from jeremy hunt. what else has emerged from this meeting? yes, these were pretty forthright words, really. because he called on the eu to change its approach. he said, otherwise, there

would be a danger of no deal by accident, as you say, but almost shifting the blame on to brussels for that. i asked shifting the blame on to brussels for that. iasked him if shifting the blame on to brussels for that. i asked him if he was in fa ct for that. i asked him if he was in fact wanting to blame brussels if there was a new deal. he avoided that question, but did go on to say that question, but did go on to say that in fact, the way that he sees it, he's said this previously as well, he wants more flexibility and creativity, that's the word he uses often, he wants that out of brussels. from the perspective of brussels. from the perspective of brussels and berlin, creativity means undermining single market rules, and that's not going to wash. today in berlin, there were lots of nice words, both sides saying they wa nt nice words, both sides saying they want a deal. it's important to respect the red lines of both sides. but at the same time, both are adamant that a deal can't be reached at any cost. and that's because the most important thing for brussels and four berlin is keeping the single market intact, despite the strong words from mrjeremy hunt today. so, without a real change in approach from the eu negotiators, we do now face a real risk of no

deal by accident. and that would be incredibly challenging economically. britain would find that challenging. but in the end, we would find a way not just to survive but to thrive economically. but my real concern is that it would change british public attitudes to europe for a generation, and it would lead to a fissure in relations which would be highly damaging for that great partnership that we've had for so many years that has been so important in sustaining the international order. damian, whatare damian, what are you hearing behind—the—scenes about how concerned the german government might be if there was a no deal scenario? i think the common concern

in germany is about of course exports and trade. german business and german politicians, all political leaders will tell you that actually they really do want to get actually they really do want to get a deal and they want to keep that trade going. but there is a question about that, and possibly more important than a deal would be keeping the single market intact. so, this is the overarching principle of german foreign policy, german domestic policy, and of german domestic policy, and of german business policy. traditionally in germany, politics and business were very much hand—in—hand. that means the key thing for german business is to keep the eu 27 together in the single market, if that single market is threatened, that would mean that german manufacturing and exports are really under threat. some german business leaders will tell you behind—the—scenes that they would rather take a hit and lose some british business than in danger at the single market. that's the principle that is driving berlin foreign policy here. also what you do hearfrom foreign policy here. also what you do hear from people foreign policy here. also what you do hearfrom people when foreign policy here. also what you do hear from people when you ask them about that, everybody says,

talk to brussels. there's been incredible unity throughout the past couple of years, really, certainly since the brexit referendum, that they've given a mandate to mr barnier, eu commissioner in brussels, and they are sticking to that. there is no sign that that unity is being lost at all. that begs the question, really, what's the point of this week—long visit of ministers throughout european capitals? really, the decisions are still being made in brussels. you can charm as much as you want, european leaders, but they all look to brussels and mr barnier to make the final decision. thank you. barclays bank has chosen glasgow city centre for a major new office development. up to 2,500 jobs will be located there. some of the roles in operations and technology are new, and others will be moved from london as part of a strategic review. paying tribute to fallen war heroes through song has been a frequent means of commemoration thoughout history, but what about doing so on top of england's highest peaks? well, that's exactly what one choir have been doing, as they

embark on a singing tour of the lake district fells, to honour a unique war memorial. our correspondent robert hall reports. choir sings. on the rocky slopes above borrowdale, a line of walkers is snaking upwards. they're among thousands visiting the lakeland landscape this summer, but these visitors are on a mission. almost a century ago, another column of men and horses was climbing into the clouds, here to build a cairn commemorating the lost lakelanders of world war i. in the years that followed, the idea grew. fell walkers raised cash to buy 12 mountains, creating the uk's largest and most dramatic memorial. now, that moment has been marked with music.

over the past three months, more than 60 singers have walked 25 miles and climbed a total of 3,000 feet to reconnect with the past. i thought it's such a great opportunity, it's such a fantastic project. i'm a local musician, and the opportunity to do anything in the fells is great. but the combination of bringing singers together in this amazing landscape, for this particular project, was just too good an offer to refuse. it was like a gift for a musician. the song cycle is just one in a series of commemorations. earlier this year, a group of park rangers defied the winter ice and rain to rebuild that memorial cairn 900 metres up on the summit of scafell pike. another reminder of the spirit of remembrance that lay behind what became known as the great gift.

it's been huge, it's been an amazing undertaking, but we've had so much help from everybody. the mountain leaders have given their time and expertise for free to help the project happen, so it's been absolutely amazing, and it's so nice to see it all come together, and see it all happen. the choir have called themselves the fellowship of hill, wind and sunshine — words used by the poet and mountaineer geoffrey winthrop young when he handed the fells to the nation. a century on, his great—nephew joined this celebration. i have taken it for granted all my life, but it's good to be doing it again now, doing this singing about it all, just to remind us what an inspirational gesture it was. # walking back home...# robert hall, bbc news, thorneythwaite fell.

and matt taylor has the weather. good afternoon... good morning, even! a week of contrast across the uk. hotand even! a week of contrast across the uk. hot and sunny at times towards the south—east, with temperatures towards 30 degrees. wales, northern england, scotland and northern ireland, is scattering of showers, the octavia one, most staying dry through the day, particularly across the highlands and islands and southern wales. temperatures more co mforta ble southern wales. temperatures more comfortable compared to what we are seeing further south and east, high 20s and low 30s, peaking at 32—33d. the heat and humidity will last into the night, an uncomfortable night across central and eastern parts, temperatures not dropping below 18 degrees force on. showers in northern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales. across the east,

the heat continues throughout the week. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... three men have been arrested after a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office issues an amber heatwave alert for parts of england — advising people to stay out of the worst of the sun for the rest of this week. britain abandons its objection to the us applying the death penalty over two notorious members of is known as the beatles. a showdown over anti—semitism in the labour party — jewish labour mps will urge the party to accept a tougher code of conduct also coming up — the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has used his first official visit abroad to warn that the uk faces the risk of a "no deal by accident". sport now and over to the bbc sports

centre. good morning. we have a new open champion and for the first time it is an italian. francesco molinari is the open champion after winning at carnoutsie. he won by two shots, beating a group of four players which included justin rose and rory mcilroy. while there was a point during the day when tiger woods took the outright lead, ten years after he last won a major. but it was molinari who produced a steady round to win the open. we did have to wait to see what the others could do before picking up the claretjug. to look at the names on that trophy, you can say it's the best in history and then to be on there is incredible, for someone like me coming from italy, not really a major golfing country. it's been an

incredible journey. the "most emotional" day was how lewis hamilton described his win at the german grand prix after he had to come from 14th place on the grid to win. his victory was also in doubt after he broke rules by crossing the pit lane line and was therefore given a reprimand. hamilton replaces sebastian vettel at the top of the standings after the german started on pole but crashed out of the race in front of his home crowd. hamilton now has a 17—point lead over vettel in the championship. would never have thought that you could do something like that today, but ijust kept pushing, i kept believing and it happened. so i really manifested my dream today, so big, big thanks to god. with 15 stages completed, there are just six to go at the tour de france, and welshman geraint thomas is heading into the last week in the leader's yellowjersey. no change in the overall standings after stage 15, with 15 stages completed, there are just six to go so thomas is still one minute 39 seconds ahead of his team leader,

the defending champion chris froome. today's a rest day before the race climbs the mountains of the pyrenees. this is the dream scenario of any tea m this is the dream scenario of any team and for us to be in this position, we've been team—mates for yea rs, position, we've been team—mates for years, we've been mates for years. we started our professional cycling together back in 2008. our careers have followed each other ever since then so this is absolutely a dream scenario for us. arsenal midfielder mesut ozil has quit international football, citing the fact that he has faced " racism and disrespectful behaviour" in germany because of his turkish roots. ozil is third—generation turkish—german and was a key member of germany's 2014 world cup—winning side. but germany failed to get beyond the group stages of the world cup in russia and the arsenal forward was heavily criticised by some after being photographed with turkey's president erdogan at a london event in may. ozil says he and his family received hate mail and threats and that he no longer wants to wear the german national team shirt.

and england were beaten by new zealand in the rugby world cup sevens final. new zealand who became the first men's side to win consecutive world cup sevens titles won by 33 points to 12 that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. this summer is set to be one of the hottest — and driest — on record. with temperatures tipping past 30 degrees, the met has today issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england, warning people to stay out of the sun. for many farmers, the hot weather and lack of rain is causing real problems for their crops and livestock. let's speak to guy smith, deputy president of the national farmers' union, whojoins me down the line from the royal welsh show. we are very grateful for your time. can you just outline to us the

impact that this hot, dry weather is having on farmers? just as we heard before the headlines in the forecast there is a bit of an east— west divide so where i fan on the east sussex coast, no rain for 50 days, which is extraordinary when you think the record for no rain in britain is 73 days. we're fast approaching beating that record and extreme heat. crops being parched to the bone, spring cups the farm is sold in april barely know what rain is. as you travel west towards where iam now is. as you travel west towards where i am now in wales, a bit more rain but even the tops of the hills here look the nasty colour of biscuit which means the grass has stopped growing. that is problems for livestock farmers because they need to have that grass growth to sustain their sheep and cows through to the winter and we are hearing that livestock farmers are now having to feed winter rations to their stock now and that will cause problems.

what else are farmers having to do in terms of trying to get hold of water? you can pray to the weather gods as a farmer but there's not much else you can do. farmers with vegetable crops like potatoes and onions, they will irrigate. that's what is done on those high—value crops but even those farmers are worried that their reservoirs of water, the water we accumulate in large ponds through the winter to irrigate in the summer, they are starting to run dry. the good news was that we had a wet spring and a wet winter, which topped reservoirs up. we're not saying it's like 1975, 1976 where we had continuous dry weather as this is on the back of a wet period. but given the intensity of the drought and heat, those reservoirs are starting to look worryingly depleted. when they run dry, it's the real problem. clearly this is very worrying for farmers.

what could the impact on food prices be? i think it's too early to tell and talking to farmers, i think farmers are relieved that the harvest isn't as bad as they were fearing, giving the extremity of the weather. so we are not at a sort of crisis point but if this weather pattern continues for another four, five, six weeks, we will see an impact on vegetable production and some of the later crops will be diminished. we are looking at a smaller harvest and there will be increasing problems for livestock farmers as they run out of grass and winter feed. but it's too early to tell at the moment. the signs are ominous. it could mean higher prices in the shops? well, we feed ourselves as a country from all over the world but there are droughts in other parts of the world. i think it's a reminder at this time as we leave the eu and think about agricultural policy in this country,

we should not take food for granted. it's very much subject to the weather which is unpredictable and sometimes politicians need to take an interest in how farmers are getting on because if we don't have safety nets to see us through bad times, we can fall through and not be there when things get really bad. i think it's a reminder, a wake—up call, for us all as a nation to think how we feed ourselves and how we manage the risk of our food supply that can be dependent on the weather. how the farmers themselves manage the risk if the kind of whether we are seeing at the moment actually continues into the future? it's not just about actually continues into the future? it's notjust about politicians putting policy in place, do farmers have to change the way they operate? well, you know, every year is different in farming, that's the problem. we may think as far as the weather is getting more extreme, we go from blood to drought quicker, but there are things farmers can do to weatherproof their fans. they can dig bigger reservoirs in the winter

to make sure they have irrigation for high—value crops through the summer for high—value crops through the summerandi for high—value crops through the summerand i think for high—value crops through the summer and i think many farmers are doing that. we like a few more incentives from government and easier planning to allow us to have large reservoirs. if the weather is going to get stormier, we can invest in our buildings to make sure thou weatherproof. there are some things farmers can do but, hey, at the end of the day, when you are farming, the weather is the boss and you have to ta ke the weather is the boss and you have to take it on the chin. guy smith, i hesitate to say enjoyed a fine weather at the show, but we are grateful for you talking to you. donald trump has launched a fierce attack on iran — via twitter — with a message posted using only capital letters. it was addressed to iran's president rouhani, and reads... never ever threaten the united states again his comments come after president rouhani warned

the us about pursuing a hostile policy against his government, suggesting that "war with iran is the mother of all wars". donald trump's secretary of state, mike pompeo, has also attacked iran, during a keynote speech in california. speaking to an audience composed mostly of iranian—americans, mr pompeo claimed iran's president and foreign minister are merely polished front—men for the regime. the level of corruption shows it is something run like a mafia more than government. the willingness to commit violent acts haven't produced any one to lead iran that can be remotely called a moderate or a statesman. 1a people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek

district of the city on sunday night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition. aaron safir reports. around ten in the evening in toronto and gunshots ring out. witnesses described hearing around 20 shops and the sound of the weapon being reloaded several times. mass shooting right beside where i live. i thought it was fireworks at first because there was rapid fire and then appals and some more fire. we didn't know what it was, we still is to people starting to run in our direction and still didn't know what it was and then more people were running so we started running and ran down a side street. it's thought the victims were spread over several blocks of the city. one person's confirmed dead and 13 have been

injured. among them a young girl in a critical condition. local media reported the suspect opened fire at police before taking his own life. so far there's no indication of a motive. compared to the us, canada has low levels of gun violence, but toronto is facing a sharp increase in incidence. canada's largest city has seen more than 200 shootings this year, more than 20 of them fatal. a new drug which can treat and cure the recurring form of malaria has been approved by regulators in the united states. some 8.5 million people fall ill with this type of malaria every year. tafenoquine is the first drug to get approval for the disease in 60 years. our global health correspondent smitha mundasad reports. malaria, a disease that can cause untold misery and sometimes a disease that can strike again and again and again. that's because in vivax malaria,

the most common type of malaria outside sub—saharan africa, the parasite can go to sleep in the liver and re—awake weeks or years later, causing recurrent illness. it's a debilitating disease. i've seen young children get infection after infection until they get sicker and eventually succumb to the actual malaria or other diseases that come along at the same time, such as pneumonia or diarrhoea. unlike other treatments, the drug tafenoquine, made by glaxosmithkline, can flush the parasite out of the liver after a single dose. the current treatment that's been around for many decades is a 14—day course and we know in the real world, very few patients actually complete that course and that leaves them exposed to further infection and tafenoquine is effective afterjust a single dose and therefore will be much easier for that patient. the hope is that getting rid of the sleeping parasite will not just treat the individual

but will ultimately mean fewer and fewer people carry the disease, stopping it spreading onto others. authorities in the united states have said it is effective, but the drug is not without its side—effects. for example, people may need blood tests to check it is safe for them to use. health experts will now need to consider whether to make it available in the countries that need it most. smitha mundasad, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... three men are arrested over a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office has issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england, warning people to stay out of the sun. the uk government has abandoned its objections to the united states applying the death penalty in the case of two notorious british islamist militants. the business news...

rya nair says its profits in the april tojune quarter have been hit by higher wage costs as the airline faces strikes by staff over pay and conditions. it said higher oil prices and a fall in fares also dented profits, which fell 20% to £285 million. ryanair is facing more strikes in the next few days. pilots in dublin will strike on tuesday, while cabin crew in europe will strike later this week. barclays has unveiled plans to create up to 2,500 jobs at a new hub in glasgow, in a major boost to scotland's financial services sector. the bank will house its technology, functions and operations teams at a campus at the planned buchanan wharf development. the move will double barclays' current workforce in scotland. full—fibre broadband should be fitted as standard in all new homes, the government has said. the proposal comes as part

of a new national telecoms strategy drawn up by the department for digital, culture, media and sport. under the targets, the whole of the uk will have full—fibre broadband coverage by 2033, replacing the copper wire network. there is more optimism about finances in most households across the uk according to a new survey. slightly higher pay and less of a squeeze from inflation is behind the more positive outlook according to the financial data company ihs markit. its monthly household finance index rose injuly to its second—highest level since december 2016 at 44.6 — up one point sincejune and above its long—run average. joining us now is chris williamson, chief business economist at ihs markit. tell me more about the index and what it shows. ok, so this is a

survey of 1500 households. we've been doing the survey for ten years now and the picture we've got for july, so this is one of the first indications we got of how the conneuy indications we got of how the connelly and households have fared injuly, is connelly and households have fared in july, is really connelly and households have fared injuly, is really quite upbeat. there's a variety of gauges in the survey but two really worth calling out as interesting is one about our incomes. in comes from employment are rising. in recent months the biggest sustained growth was in income since the financial crisis. we are also busy at work and the combination has made us more secure in ourjobs. job security index is also its highest since 2009. this has pushed up our overall feel—good factor about our future finances to the highest level forjust over two yea rs. the highest level forjust over two years. and inflation pays a big part in this, as well, doesn't it? indeed, yes. we ask people about their views on inflation and how that's impacting them. views on

inflation have pulled back a bit. we'd seen headline inflation also come down. it looks like people are beginning to see some impact there. slower growth of inflation meaning that wallets are less squeezed. with incomes are rising, obviously that's a good combination for real earnings growth. there are still a lot of people concerned about the cost of living. it's is gradually improving picture but there's no room to celebrate yet. and also the very fa ct celebrate yet. and also the very fact that could of course be a rate hike in august, the bank of england has still kept that door open even though inflation wasn't quite as high as expected. do you think that really could add a bit more of a downturn to this positive outlook going forward? well, we know this survey is one of the measures the bank of england looks at in terms of determining interest rates, so the good news we have here will actually add to the potential for the good news we have here will actually add to the potentialfor the bank good news we have here will actually add to the potential for the bank on 2nd of august to hike interest rates again. we've seen from the survey

that there's been an increasing number of households who are expecting that rate hike. they have pencilled it into their expectations, so irrespective of another gradual uptick in interest rates, we are still seeing this point the picture. it suggests households can stand an increase in their borrowing and mortgage costs without too much detrimental impact to the economy. that's quite good news. i think the bank will be even more eager to hike interest rates and we'll see that but it will all be very gradual, no big jumps in interest rates because that inflation picture is fairly benign. inflation is kind of complex for a household budget because we'd certainly seen higher fuel costs compared to 18 months ago, but it seems as though clothing is a lot cheaper. depending on the household, one is much more important than the other. yeah, so indeed we think the higherfuel and other. yeah, so indeed we think the higher fuel and oil prices other. yeah, so indeed we think the higherfuel and oil prices may feed

through to an uptake in headline inflation in the coming months. there are falls in prices of other things. food and clothing have the potential to keep inflation down. there's a lot of competition on the high street especially in the clothing market for our money. we've seen clothing market for our money. we've seen that for many years. no change in that, really, so clothing prices with summer sales coming early, perhaps, as we move into the next season. competition on the high street will probably keep prices down but the increase in oil prices, they've been through the economy from transport. it's notjust the pump prices, but transporting our goods around, packaging, a lot is made out of petrochemicals. higher oil prices can feed right through the economy so we need to keep an eye on it. thank you very much for talking to us. there has been a "significant" rise in homes being valued at less than what buyers have agreed to pay acccording the uk's largest mortgage advisers london and country. these "down valuations" by lenders

can mean buyers having to pay thousands of pounds extra up front to avoid the sale collapsing. uk finance said lenders which it represents were right to ensure property values were realistic. the number of profit warnings by ftse—listed retailers has doubled over the past year, as the sector has been hit by rising costs and subdued spending. according to ey, there were 20 in the first half of 2018 — among those who have issued profit warnings this year are debenhams, moss bros, carpetright and card factory. tens of thousands of families are trapped in temporary accommodation despite "working every hour they can", says housing charity shelter. its analysis of official data suggests 33,000 families living in temporary digs in england were also working in 2017 - up 73% on 2013. the charity blames a mix of expensive private rents, a housing benefit freeze and a lack of social housing. the government said it was investing £1.2 billion to support homeless people. let's check in with the financial markets now and the ftse 100 —

the uk's top share index — has fallen back as tensions and concerns about a global trade war rattle investors. a stronger pound weighed on the ftse‘s dollar—earning exporters, with large consumer staples including british american tobacco, drinks firm diageo and consumer goods giant reckitt benckiser taking the most points off the index. that's all the business news. see you later. thank you. you may remember the murder mystery involving russian dissident journalist arkady babchenko, who was pronounced dead by ukranian security forces, only to be unveiled alive and well at a news conference 24 hours later. in an investigation for panorama, jonah fisher has spoken to all of the key players to find out what really happened in the fake murder plot. two months after he was pronounced

dead, arkady babchenko is still fearful for his life. wearing your disguise. this was the staged picture of the russian journalist that convinced the world that he had been killed. 20 hours later, to widespread astonishment, he was unveiled alive and well. it had all been an elaborate sting operation by ukraine's security service. but as the dust settled, there were more questions than answers. to try and find out exactly what happened and why, the bbc has spoken to all the key players. for the fake murder there was, of course, a fake killer. the hitman used to be an orthodox priest that tells me he was approached by an old contact and agreed to kill arkady babchenko for $30,000.

while pretending to cooperate, the hitman was in fact working with ukraine's security service, the sbu, and recorded all their interactions. the sbu then decided to fake the murder to try to expose what it suspected was a russian plot to kill dissidents in kiev. on the big night, babchenko lay on the floor, smeared in pigs blood, and waited for the fake hit man to appear. an ambulance was called and babchenko taken to the morgue, where, away from prying eyes, he could at last stop pretending to be dead. translation: i took off my clothes all covered in blood by then i was as cold as a stray dog.

i wrapped up in a sheet like gandhi, smoking and watching the tv news about what a wonderful guy i was. all this time, his wife olga was having to keep an impossible secret. translation: i envied him because he did not have to talk to anyone. i thought he was probably in a peaceful place at this point and i was stuck in this agony. a few hours later, it was all over and babchenko made his remarkable comeback. the operation complete, ukraine's security service was quick to label it a success that had saved lives. translation: russia is using illegal methods. russia is trying to kill its opponents on foreign soil to intimidate those who are still in russia. russia denies that and joined a chorus of international disapproval for the way ukraine had played with the facts. nobody will trust ukrainians and the ukrainian government any more. but did the fake murder

achieve anything? the man who plotted with the fake assassin was arrested and we are told his mobile phone revealed a hit list of future targets and messages exchanged with a contact in russia. but there's so far been no smoking gun. are you working as an agent for russia? bizarrely, he also claims to have known it was all fake. confused? well, you are not the only one. with the babchenko affair, ukraine has made it that much harder for those looking for the truth. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. here at home it's hot and dry. let's ci’oss here at home it's hot and dry. let's cross the here at home it's hot and dry. let's cross the newsroom now. here at home it's hot and dry. let's cross the newsroom now. am i right 01’ ami am i right? you've summed it up for quite a few. very good morning. it's

been an unusual start to summer and it continues. this week, bit of a north west south east contrast. hot but mainly across some southern and eastern areas where temperatures will stay above 30 degrees through the working week. more comfortable further north and west you are and here there will be some rain but hit and miss showers by many more miss than hit. more comfortable atlantic at clashing with some very humid air coming of the continent at the moment and that setup will continue throughout this week, dividing the two are clusters of showers. pozzo central, southern and some across northern england and wales. north and west of that, very pleasant with sunny spells and isolated showers. temperature to the east of scotland hit 24 or 25 degrees this afternoon but across england and wales are widely mid to high 20s across central and eastern england, peaking at 32 or 33. in that zone, the highest of the temperatures today

where the met office and public health england have issued that level three heat health watch. it is these areas where temperatures through the week will stay above 30 degrees by day and stay above 15 or 16 by night. tonight it will be very uncomfortable across many parts of england and wales. clear skies, a few showers around the north and west, one or two across parts of southern scotland, but temperatures stay in double figures for managed but note across some central eastern areas may not drop below 19 or 20 degrees. that continues into tuesday, here is the cold front roughly separating at masses. to the south and east, a day of sunny spells, varying cloud, any early morning mist and fog clearing and heat building. across parts of wales, northern england, south—east scotland, occasional showers though many will stay dry. to the north and west, very pleasant afternoon with sunny spells and temperatures around 17 to 22 degrees. still above 30 degrees in central and eastern areas. into wednesday, the chance of

one 01’ areas. into wednesday, the chance of one or two heavy showers across eastern england but most will stay largely dry. greatest chance of rain in the highlands and islands. with sunny spells across the country, another pleasant day for many in the north and west but the south—east corner, east anglia, 31 to 33 degrees possible. really no letup on thursday and friday across many southern and eastern areas. the temperature in london staying above 30 degrees before dropping off a bit into the weekend. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. these are the top stories developing at midday: three man are arrested after a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office issues an amber heatwave alert for parts of england, warning people to stay out of the sun this week. the uk abandons its objection to the us applying the death penalty

to two british members of is. as ministers begin a european charm offensive, the foreign secretary warns britain might fall into a no—deal brexit by accident. many people in the eu are thinking that theyjust have to wait long enough and britain will blink, and that's not going to happen. also coming up: swimming with sharks. warmer waters bring increased numbers of blue sharks off the coast of cornwall. choir sings. and, the hills are alive with the sound of music, as a choir peforms on nine peaks in the lake district to honour a unique war memorial. good morning.

it's monday the 23rd july. i'm rebecca jones. welcome to bbc newsroom live. three men have been arrested in london after a three—year—old boy was injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester on saturday. police say the child was "deliberately" targeted in a shop. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton who was arrested yesterday remains in custody. jon donnison reports. it was outside this stall where the attack took place, in broad daylight on a busy saturday afternoon. police believe the toddler was deliberately targeted. a young boy appears to have had some form of substance, potentially acid or another corrosive substance, thrown at or sprayed towards him while he's been with his family. a really, really concerning incident, and at the moment we're treating it as though

it is a deliberate act towards the child. the boy was taken to hospital with serious burns to his face and arms, but has since been discharged. a spokesperson for home bargains said: "our thoughts are with this young child and their family at this very difficult time". local people have been asking just who could do such a thing. it's just really disgraceful if anything like that happens, especially — to anybody, including if it's happened to children, as well. four men have now been arrested in connection with the case. officers are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward. jon donnison, bbc news. a little earlier, i spoke to our correspondent phil mackie, who's in worcester with the latest. it was saturday afternoon, 2:15pm in home bargains here on a retail parkjust outside of the city centre of worcester when the little child, who was being pushed in a pushchair by his mum, deliberately targeted. he had an acid or a corrosive substance sprayed on him. it hit him in the arm and the face,

and that child was taken to hospital and treated there. and has been released, so there's hope that perhaps the scarring isn't too bad, although it's too early to say whether or not there will be permanent life—changing injuries. fairly soon after that, a 39—year—old man was arrested in wolverhampton. he's still in police custody today. and then earlier this morning, after police released some cctv images yesterday, three men in their 20s were arrested in london. we understand that they are being brought back to this area to be questioned by the police. that hasn't happened just yet, we believe. there was an edl demonstration taking place a very short distance from here on saturday afternoon, and a lot of people have suggested that the two may have been connected. it doesn't look like that is the case, but there has been a great deal of consternation in the city that such an awful attack should

happen here, especially in broad daylight in a shopping centre on a saturday afternoon. we are expecting an update from west mercia police soon about their investigation, but they have thanked the public for their support, although they're still appearing for witnesses. we know this is a busy shopping retail park and there would have been plenty of people around on saturday afternoon. of course, we will bring you any up dates as we get them. the met office has issued an amber heatwave warning for parts of england, urging people to stay out of the sun when it's at its strongest until friday. the amber, or level three, warning is issued when temperatures are predicted to hit 30 degrees during the day and 15 degrees at night for at least two consecutive days. earlier, my colleague matt taylor explained the purpose and function of the met office's amber warning. their primary purpose is to give

health practitioners a heads—up, get them preparing for periods of extreme temperatures. they are also good trigger warnings, basically, to the general public, to keep an eye on those who are young, old, or who have chronic health conditions. you get a prolonged period of daytime temperatures and also night—time temperatures above certain levels. because your body is not properly recovering, this is where it can have big health impacts, then it can have a knock—on effect on the health service where the warnings are placed. where are they in place? the level three health alert has been put out... let me show you the temperature map for the day. is this across the country? yes, it's across the country. you can see the deep orange colours. these are where the temperatures will be today, and this is through the week, temperatures abover 30, 32

degrees by day and well above 16 degrees by night. different parts of the uk have different thresholds depending on how used you are to the heat, but all the way through to friday we could see temperatures for some above the 30 degrees mark, for some, not dropping below 18 degrees by night as well. how unusual are these kind of temperatures? it's not often we get these sort of warnings issued for such a lengthy period of time, but we have had occasions in the past, like back in 1976, that is on the forefront of lots of people's minds at the moment, we had 15 consecutive days of above 32 degrees — we are not quite at that level yet. in old money, it is well above 90 degrees. what is the best advice? avoid the sunshine during the day. simple steps like closing your bedroom curtains in south

rooms during the day, keeping the windows closed, stopping the heat coming in, and late into the night and early part of the morning as well as taking on lots of fluids if you going to be and about. some of that advice might be more realistic than just not going out in the sun! exactly, yes! how long is this predicted to go on for? at least for five days. king's lynn, daytime temperatures staying above 30 degrees all the way through to the weekend. it looks like we will see a respite as temperatures drop at the weekend, still on the warm side for the time of year, but there is for potential for the heat building back. we are going to be talking about this again? we could well be. matt, good to talk to you, thanks. if you though it was hot here, we're not the only ones feeling the heat. temperatures injapan have soared to a record high after the country was hit by a deadly heatwave. officials have issued a new warning about the heat after reports of as many as 40 deaths due to the weather.

temperatures have peaked at 41 celsius near tokyo. the uk will not attempt to block the death penalty in the case of two men accused of being islamic state members. home secretary sajid javid wrote to the us authorities to say the uk will share intelligence to help in the prosecution of two members of the so—called beatles gang, who are believed to have been involved in some of the worst atrocities in syria. in a letter leaked to the daily telegraph, mrjavid wrote: the mother of the american journalist james foley, who was beheaded by is fighters along with two british aid workers, says she doesn't want them to receive the death sentence. this is what diane foley told bbc radio 4's today programme... i think that would just make them martyrs in their twisted ideology. i would like them held accountable

by being sent to prison for the rest of their lives. that would be my preference, for sure. i've been speaking to our correspondent paul adams, who's been telling me more about the complexities of this extradition process. on the face of it, it would appear to be a policy that is being possibly thrown out of the window in this case. however, it is worth quoting from sajid javid's letter. because, he says that while they are not planning to seek an assurance, a death penalty assurance in this case, this does not reflect a change in our policy on assistance in us death penalty cases generally, nor the uk government's stance on the death penalty. there will be a lot of people asking questions about what exactly that means.

we have heard from a number of people already concerned about this, and amnesty international in the last hour or so has called this a "deeply worrying development". and the home secretary, it says, "must unequivocally insist that britain's long—standing position on the death penalty has not changed". there is nothing unequivocal about that letter. it is somewhat equivocal. so on the surface, it appears that the home secretary has, what, unilaterally change government policy? well, i think this is what people are going to want to know. people are wondering, what was the prime minister's view on this? if this is a change of policy, we need to know about it before it leaks in a letter sent by sajid javid to the us attorney general. that is not the way in which a significant change of british policy should be announced. i think the underlying point to all of this is that the british government feels that the british legal system is not currently configured in a way that would guarantee a successful prosecution of these two men were they sent back to the uk. of course, they were also responsible for killing

a number of us citizens. and so, in the words of sajid javid in the matter, "we believe a successful federal prosecution in the us is more likely to be possible because of differences in your statute books, and the restrictions on challenges to the route by which defendants appear in us courts, which you've already mentioned." he also says that there is legislation in the pipeline designed to address some of this apparent weakness in the british legal system. and so he seems to be saying, you're likely to do this better than we are, and therefore, they're yours. very briefly, paul, do we know where these men are at the moment? they're being held in northern syria, where they were captured earlier this year by the sdf, the syrian democratic forces, american—backed. and i guess what we are seeing now, this appears to be a deal struck with the us authorities, is that the way is now open for their removalfrom syria — not to the uk, but to the us. paul adams, many thanks for that.

labour mps will tonight debate whether the party's new code of conduct goes far enough to tackle anti—semitism. the new guidelines, which were adopted last week, have been criticised by somejewish organisations and labour members. the party says it has re—opened a consultation on the code, which is robust and internationally recognised. norman smith is our assistant political editor. hejoins us now he joins us now from westminster. norman, this is a row that won't go away. can you see any possibility of jeremy corbyn drawing a line under it? it's very difficult to see how this row is solved any time soon, albeit those around jeremy corbyn this morning seemed to be trying to lower the temperature a bit, suggesting that margaret hodge will not face any significant disciplinary action after her angry exchange with mr corbyn last week,

and also suggested they will consult further with jewish organisations about the new code of conduct proposed by labour's national executive committee. however, some of mr corbyn's supporters have reacted with fury to the attacks on the labour leadership. we heard a short time ago from jewish voice for labour, whose spokeswoman suggested that the whole controversy was in effect an attempt to undermine mr corbyn's readership, and she was utterly dismissive of the international code of conduct, which labour mps hope to adopt the night. this is what you said about it. the document is presented with no discussion, no debate, everybody just put their hand up. it's a fake, norman, it is a fake, and we are being slowed with this thing. what labour has done is to really coherently take on board everything thatis coherently take on board everything that is good about it, everything. i mean, you can look at it line by line. what they've done where its

dubious, where it endangers freedom of speech, they have expanded it, they've discussed it. is it anti—semitic to say that israel is a racist state? anti—semitic to say that israel is a racist state ? maybe anti—semitic to say that israel is a racist state? maybe it is sometimes, but often it is not. we have to be free to say that when it is not anti—semitic. i'm joined by the labour mp luciana berger. just to take that argument about the international code, the criticism of some is that it is designed to inhibit legitimate argument and debate about israel. well, the code has been adopted by over 30 countries. in our own country, it has been adopted by the crown prosecution service, by over 120 local authorities, by the trade union unison, and the devolved goverment's in wales and scotland as well. it is a working definition, it's been developed and worked on foran it's been developed and worked on for an extended period of time. and, you know, this criticism is from a very french grouping. i would look

to what we've heard from in the past week —— a very french grouping. the chief rabbi of this country said that if the party does not adopt it, it is showing an unprecedented level of contempt for the british jewish community. the idea that it should be the labour party defining what anti—semitism is is frankly unfathomable. how do you respond to the view of those around journey corbyn saying, we accept the code, it is just corbyn saying, we accept the code, it isjust on corbyn saying, we accept the code, it is just on some of the examples we need to expand on those areas, to make it more effective as a disciplinary talk. the definition as it has been created is a page and a half long. it's not supposed to be cut up in pieces, it's not pick and mix it's an entire definition, which the party itself and opted in 2016. there is no other organisation that has sought to cut it up in this way. nobody is saying that if you want to embellish and develop on what is in the working definition, it's an

entire document. for the the working definition, it's an entire document. forthe labour party to seek the watered—down it and pick and mix and choose certain elements of it, that is not as how it was intended to be addressed. it is frankly unacceptable that they have done so. margaret hodge was pretty clear that she thought that jeremy corbyn is a racist and anti—semite by his actions. do you agree with her, and if not, why is jeremy corbyn pursuing this course? i listened very carefully to what margaret hodge said this morning, she said, jeremy corbyn will be judged by his actions not his words, thatis judged by his actions not his words, that is what people are looking towards. this is not a situation we find ourselves in by surprise. it has been going on for years. following the unprecedented action by the jewish community to demonstrate in parliament square backin demonstrate in parliament square back in march, it is abundantly clear that this issue of the anti—semitism by definition was a red light issue by the jewish community. look at all of those other organisations that have adopted it in full, the idea that it

is for the labour party to seek to define anti—semitism at this moment is not acceptable. if mr corbyn does not decide to accept the definition in full, where does that leave the jewish community? the labour party under the leadership of jeremy corbyn has to have a long, hard think at the moment. there was an opportunity for the labour party to reflect on what had been said loud and clear by many organisations and 68 rabbis from across the religious divide in our country and the main bodies of the jewish community, the jewish labour movement, which is the only affiliated social society about to celebrate its centenary with the labour party, that this was an absolutely critical issue. they stormed ahead anyway and decided to adopt this new code of conduct and say there is discussion now, we've had the consultation. if there is going to be any restriction of faith between the jewish immunity and the labour party, it needs to adopt the working definition in its entirety as soon as is all. briefly, are you

considering possible legal action over this was blocked there is no option taken off the table at this moment. we find ourselves in unprecedented times. it is so serious that every option is being considered. luciana berger, thank you. a difficult meeting of the parliamentary labour party tonight. labour mps will be considering whether they should adopt the international code in full even if labour's national executive committee decided against it. thank you, norman smith, ourassistant political editor. the headlines on bbc news: three men are arrested over a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office has issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england, warning people to stay out of the sun. the uk government has abandoned its objections to the united states applying the death penalty in the case of two notorious british islamist militants. sport now, and here's olly foster.

i feel ifeel an i feel an italian welcome ifeel an italian welcome is in order! indeed, rebecca, many thanks indeed. the new open champion francesco molinari says he might have to change his phone number because his phone hasn't stopped ringing. his most precious text, one from costantino rocca, his idol, formerly the most successful italian golfer. that is until molinari's moment came at carnoustie, yesterday winning the open by two shots — the first italian to win a golf major. it was a gripping final round, the lead changing hands hole by hole, a gaggle of americans, including tiger woods, rose to the top, justin rose and rory mcilroy also challenged. but it was the italian who produced a bogey—free round to win by two shots and claim the claretjug. to look at the names on that trophy, you can say they're the best golfers in history, and then to be on there is incredible, for someone

like me, coming from italy, not really a major golfing country. it's been an incrediblejourney. it's a rest day at the tour de france before the final stretch to the champs elysees on sunday starts tomorrow in the pyrenees. the big question — will gerraint thomas hang on to the yellowjersey? he is one minute and 39 seconds ahead of his teamate and tour champion, chris froome. both have been speaking today it's quite funny, because everyone is so keen to try and talk up this rivalry, but it doesn't exist. we are not looking at each other as rivals, we are looking at the other guys, rivals, we are looking at the other guys, in third, fourth and fifth, they are the ones who could put us under pressure. but between us, it just doesn't exist. it'sjust about keeping those guys behind us, really. and not rising against each other and then letting somebody else

win, that would just be the biggest sort of pick—up in, i don't know about tour history, but it would be pretty bad. arsenal midfielder mesut ozil has quit international football, saying he's faced "racism and disrespectful behaviour" in germany because of his turkish roots. germany failed to get beyond the group stages of the world cup in russia, and the arsenal forward felt he was unfairly treated after being photographed with turkey's president erdogan in may. referring to the dfb chief richard grindel, ozil said: "i will no longer stand for being a scapegoat for his incompetence and inability to do hisjob properly". that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. ollie, look forward to it, thank you. i wa nt to look forward to it, thank you. i want to bring you some news just in that three men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was attacked inside a hotel. greater

manchester police said armed officers were at the hilton hotel, which is an deans gate in manchester, following the attack. officers were flagged down by a woman with serious injuries to the neck shortly after 11am on monday morning, a little earlier today. the woman is being treated in hospital. asi woman is being treated in hospital. as i say, three men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. and we will bring you more on that as soon as we get it. meanwhile... the prime minister is chairing a meeting of the cabinet in the north east of england this morning — the last before mps break up for the summer. ministers will make a series of visits across europe this week, aimed at persuading other eu countries to back the government's approach to brexit. today, the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has had talks with his german counterpart in berlin. —— the foreign secretary. he warned there was a danger that britain would end up without a deal by accident. our correspondent damien

mcguinness has been following developments in berlin. yes, these were pretty forthright words, really. because he warned, or called on the eu to change its approach. he said, otherwise, there would be a danger of no deal by accident, as you say, but almost shifting the blame onto brussels for that. i asked him if he was in fact wanting to blame brussels if there was a new deal. he avoided that question, but did go on to say that in fact, the way that he sees it is, and he's said this previously as well, that he wants more flexibility and creativity — that's the word he uses often — he wants that out of brussels. from the perspective of brussels and berlin, creativity means undermining single market rules, and that's just not going to wash. so today in berlin, at the foreign ministry here, there were lots of nice words, both sides saying they want a deal, it's important to respect the red lines of both sides. but at the same time, both are adamant that a deal can't be reached at any cost. and that's because the most important thing for brussels and for berlin is keeping

the single market intact, despite the strong words from mrjeremy hunt today. so, without a real change in approach from the eu negotiators, we do now face a real risk of no deal by accident. and that would be incredibly challenging economically. britain would find that challenging. but in the end, we would find a way not just to survive but to thrive economically. but my real concern is that it would change british public attitudes to europe for a generation, and it would lead to a fissure in relations which would be highly damaging for that great partnership that we've had for so many years that has been so important in sustaining the international order. damien, what are you hearing behind—the—scenes about how

concerned the german government might be if there was a no—deal scenario? i think the common concern in germany is about, of course, exports and trade. so german business and german politicians, all political leaders will tell you that actually they really do want to get a deal and they want to keep that trade going. but there is a question about that, and possibly more important than a deal would be keeping the single market intact. so, this is the overarching principle of german foreign policy, german domestic policy, and of german business policy. because traditionally in germany, politics and business work very much hand—in—hand. that means the key thing for german business is to keep the eu 27 together in the single market. if that single market is threatened, that would mean that german manufacturing and exports are really under threat. some german business leaders will tell you behind—the—scenes that they would rather take a hit and lose some british business than endanger at the single market. that's the principle that's really

driving berlin foreign policy here. also what you do hear from people when you ask them about brexit, everybody says — talk to brussels. there's been incredible unity throughout the past couple of years, really, certainly since the brexit referendum, that they've given a mandate to mr barnier, eu commissioner in brussels, and they are sticking to that. there is no sign that that unity is being lost at all. that begs the question, really, what's the point of this week—long visits of ministers throughout european capitals? because, really, the decisions are still being made in brussels. you can charm as much as you want european leaders, but they all look to brussels and mr barnier to make the final decision on a deal. damian mcguinness in berlin. donald trump has launched a fierce attack on iran via twitter, with a message posted using only capital letters. it was addressed to iran's president rouhani, and reads: his comments come

after president rouhani warned the us about pursuing a hostile policy against his government, suggesting that war with iran is the mother of all wars . donald trump's secretary of state, mike pompeo, has also attacked iran during a keynote speech in california. speaking to an audience composed mostly of iranian—americans, mr pompeo claimed iran's president rouhani and foreign minister zarif are merely polished front—men for the regime. the level of corruption and wealth among iranian leaderships that iran is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a government. the regime's revolutionary goals and willingness to commit violent acts haven't produced anyone to lead iran that can be remotely called a moderate, or a statesman. barclays bank has chosen glasgow

city centre for a major new office development. up to 2,500 jobs will be located there. some of the roles in operations and technology are new, and others will be moved from london as part of a strategic review. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to nick miller. hi there, nick. hi there, rebecca. the heat is not affecting all of the uk, it is warm across most of the uk, it is warm across most of the uk, but it is warm to hot to very hot across central and eastern england in particular. this is where we are going to see the highest temperatures, in excess of 30 celsius at times. a range of weather across the uk this afternoon, parts of scotla nd across the uk this afternoon, parts of scotland and northern ireland to northern england might see some outbreaks of rain or showers, one or two possible in wales and the south

west as well. northern scotland brightening up, temperatures in the high teens. in the south—east, temperatures in excess of 30 degrees inafew temperatures in excess of 30 degrees in a few spots. an area of cloud and patchy rain through scotland towards the borders, elsewhere it becomes mainly dry, variable cloud, clear spells and a warm, humid night, but equally in the south—east. into tomorrow, early patchy rain in the borders dying away. chance of rain in eastern scotland and south—west england, isolated spots in the south—east. most will be dry, sunny spells, big range of temperatures across the uk. more widely by thursday we are going to see temperatures heading up. edinburgh and cardiff, for example. hotter still in the south—east. all parts turning cooler and fresher into the weekend. that's your latest weather. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... three men have been arrested after a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office has issued an amber heatwave alert

for parts of england — advising people to stay out of the worst of the sun for the rest of this week. britain abandons its objection to the us applying the death penalty over two notorious members of is known as the beatles. a showdown over anti—semitism in the labour party — jewish labour mps will urge the party to accept a tougher code of conduct. as ministers begin a european charm offensive, the foreign secretary warns britain might fall into a no—deal brexit by accident. 14 people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek district of the city on sunday night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition. aaron safir reports. gunfire.

around 10pm in the evening in the greektown neighbourhood of toronto, and gunshots ring out. witnesses described hearing around 20 shots, and the sound of a weapon being reloaded several times. there's a mass shooting right beside where i live... i thought it was fireworks at first, because it was rapid—fire. and then a pause, and some more fire. we didn't know what it was. we saw people starting to run in our direction, and i still didn't know what it was. and more people were running, so we started running, and we ran down a side street. it's thought the victims were spread over several blocks of the city. one person's confirmed dead, and 13 have been injured. among them, a young girl in a critical condition. local media report the suspect opened fire at police before taking his own life. so far, there's no indication of a motive. compared to the us, canada has low levels of gun violence. but toronto is facing a sharp

increase in incidents. canada's largest city has seen more than 200 shootings this year — more than 20 of them fatal. aaron safir, bbc news. waste packaging that is being sent overseas to be recycled could be ending up in landfill sites, according to a critical report. the national audit office says the uk has met eu targets, but is carrying out inadequate checks on whether recycling has actually taken place or whether waste has simply been landfilled or burned. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. 11 million tonnes — that's the estimate of packaging waste created by uk homes and businesses last year. the uk has ambitious targets for increasing the amount it sends for recycling, but the national audit office says firms have chosen to export more than half of the material rather than to deal with it in britain. much of the material for recycling

goes to developing countries less able to handle it than the uk, the report says. it wants the exports much more tightly governed. the problem with recycling material abroad is that the uk just has less visibility as to what happens to it, it has less ability to get... the uk authorities aren't able to get the same assurances as they could if it was in the uk. the report talks about additional risks of contamination, so food residue for example in the packaging. so it's reallyjust increased risks. the nao says the recycling system needs an overhaul. to people up—and—down the country who are dutifully rinsing out their plastic pots for recycling, this sort of thing creates a real erosion of trust. the government says its new waste strategy, due in the autumn, will ensure that things prepared to be recycled really do get recycled. the government can't allow people

to get cynical about recycling. without the public, recycling policy is nowhere. roger harrabin, bbc news. this summer is set to be one of the hottest — and driest — on record. with temperatures tipping past 30 degrees, the met has today issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england, warning people to stay out of the sun. for many farmers, the hot weather and lack of rain is causing real problems for their crops and livestock. earlier i spoke to guy smith, deputy president of the national farmers' union, who told me what farmers in different parts of the country are experiencing. there is a bit of an east—west divide so where i farm on the east sussex coast, no rain for 50 days, which is extraordinary when you think the record for no rain in britain is 73 days — we're fast approaching beating that record — and extreme heat. crops being parched to the bone,

spring crops the farmers sowed in april barely know what rain is. as you travel west towards where i am now in wales, a bit more rain but even the tops of the hills here look the nasty colour of biscuit which means the grass has stopped growing. that is problems for livestock farmers because they need to have that grass growth to sustain their sheep and cows through to the winter and we are hearing that livestock farmers are now having to feed winter rations to their stock now and that will cause problems. what else are farmers having to do in terms of trying to get hold of water? you can pray to the weather gods as a farmer but there's not much else you can do. farmers with vegetable crops like potatoes and onions, they will irrigate. that's what is done on those high—value crops but even those farmers are worried that their reservoirs of water, the water we accumulate in large ponds through the winter to irrigate in the summer, they are

starting to run dry. the good news was that we had a wet spring and a wet winter, which topped reservoirs up. we're not saying it's like ‘75/‘76 where we had continuous dry weather as this is on the back of a wet period. but given the intensity of the drought and heat, those reservoirs are starting to look worryingly depleted. when they run dry, that's a real problem. clearly this is very worrying forfarmers. what could the impact on food prices be? i think it's too early to tell and talking to farmers, i think farmers are relieved that the harvest isn't as bad as they were fearing, giving the extremity of the weather. so we are not at a sort of crisis point but if this weather pattern continues for another four, five, six weeks, we will see an impact on vegetable production and some of the later crops will be diminished.

we are looking at a smaller harvest and there will be increasing problems for livestock farmers as they run out of grass and winter feed. but it's too early to tell at the moment. the signs are ominous. it could mean higher prices in the shops? well, we feed ourselves as a country from all over the world but there are droughts in other parts of the world. i think it's a reminder at this time as we leave the eu and think about agricultural policy in this country, we should not take food for granted. it's very much subject to the weather which is unpredictable and sometimes politicians need to take an interest in how farmers are getting on because if we don't have safety nets to see us through bad times, we can fall through and not be there when things get really bad. i think it's a reminder, a wake—up call, for us all as a nation to think how we feed ourselves and how we manage the risk of our food supply that can be dependent on the weather. how do farmers themselves manage

the risk if the kind of weather we are seeing at the moment actually continues into the future? it's notjust about politicians putting policy in place, do farmers have to change the way they operate? well, you know, every year is different in farming, that's the problem. we think as farmers as the weather is getting more extreme, we go from flood to drought quicker, but there are things farmers can do to weatherproof their farms. they can dig bigger reservoirs in the winter to make sure they have irrigation for high—value crops through the summer and i think many farmers are doing that. we'd like a few more incentives from government and easier planning to allow us to have large reservoirs. if the weather is going to get stormier, we can invest in our buildings to make sure they're weatherproof. there are some things farmers can do but, hey, at the end of the day, when you are farming, the weather is the boss and you have to take it on the chin.

guy smith talking to us earlier. a new drug which can treat and cure the recurring form of malaria has been approved by regulators in the united states. some 8.5 million people fall ill with this type of malaria every year. this is the first drug to get approval for the disease in 60 years. our global health correspondent smitha mundasad reports. malaria, a disease that can cause untold misery and sometimes a disease that can strike again and again and again. that's because in vivax malaria, the most common type of malaria outside sub—saharan africa, the parasite can go to sleep in the liver and re—awake weeks or years later, causing recurring illness. it's a debilitating disease. i've seen young children get infection after infection until they get sicker and eventually

succumb to the actual malaria or other diseases that come along at the same time, such as pneumonia or diarrhoea. unlike other treatments, the drug tafenoquine, made by glaxosmithkline, can flush the parasite out of the liver after a single dose. the current treatment that's been around for many decades is a 14—day course and we know in the real world, very few patients actually complete that course and that leaves them exposed to further infection and tafenoquine is effective afterjust a single dose and therefore will be much easier for that patient. the hope is that getting rid of the sleeping parasite will not just treat the individual but will ultimately mean fewer and fewer people carry the disease, stopping it spreading onto others. authorities in the united states have said it is effective, but the drug is not without its side—effects. for example, people may need blood tests to check

it is safe for them to use. health experts will now need to consider whether to make it available in the countries that need it most. smitha mundasad, bbc news. let's get more now on our top story, and three men have been arrested in london after a three—year—old boy was injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester on saturday. police say the child was "deliberately" targeted in a shop. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton — who was arrested yesterday — remains in custody. a short time ago, west mercia police gave this update. we have been in the position last night where we've been able to arrest three suspects who we made a witness and media appeal for. they are currently in custody and as a consequence we are forming an investigative plan to work out how we can secure all of the evidence and progress this to try to understand the motivation and the

elements that led up to this particular incident. we know the public are concerned, we know the public are concerned, we know the public need answers as to why it happened and we are going to try to understand what's ta ken happened and we are going to try to understand what's taken place to give the public those answers and the reassurance they require. i would like to be very clear, there is no evidence to suggest in any way that this isn't does was motivated by race or anything to do with the edl by race or anything to do with the e d l protest by race or anything to do with the edl protest that took place in worcestershire this week in. it's a natural question up the board asked but we are confident they are not connected and we are seeking to maintain the cohesion of the community really well and does not have significant issues in terms of community tension. the headlines on bbc news... three men are arrested over a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office has issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england — warning people to stay out of the sun. the uk government has abandoned its objections to the united states applying the death penalty in the case of two notorious british islamist militants. you may remember the murder mystery

involving russian dissident journalist arkady babchenko, who was pronounced dead by ukranian security forces, only to be unveiled alive and well at a news conference 24 hours later. in an investigation for panorama, jonah fisher has spoken to all of the key players to find out what really happened in the fake murder plot. two months after he was pronounced dead, arkady babchenko is still fearful for his life. wearing your disguise. this was the staged picture of the russian journalist that convinced the world that he had been killed. 20 hours later, to widespread astonishment, he was unveiled alive and well. it had all been an elaborate sting operation by ukraine's security service. but as the dust settled, there

were more questions than answers. to try and find out exactly what happened and why, the bbc has spoken to all the key players. for the fake murder there was, of course, a fake killer. the hitman used to be an orthodox priest, but tells me he was approached by an old contact and agreed to kill arkady babchenko for $30,000. while pretending to cooperate, the hitman was in fact working with ukraine's security service, the sbu, and recorded all their interactions. the sbu then decided to fake the murder to try to expose what it suspected was a russian plot to kill dissidents in kiev. on the big night, babchenko lay

on the floor, smeared in pigs blood, and waited for the fake hitman to appear. an ambulance was called and babchenko taken to the morgue, where, away from prying eyes, he could at last stop pretending to be dead. translation: i took off my clothes all covered in blood. by then i was as cold as a stray dog. i'd wrapped up in a sheet like gandhi, smoking and watching the tv news about what a wonderful guy i was. all this time, his wife olga was having to keep an impossible secret. translation: i envied him because he did not have to talk to anyone. i thought he was probably in a peaceful place at this point and i was stuck in this agony. a few hours later, it was all over and babchenko made his remarkable comeback.

their operation complete, ukraine's security service was quick to label it a success that had saved lives. translation: russia is using illegal methods. russia is trying to kill its opponents on foreign soil to intimidate those who are still in russia. russia denies that and joined a chorus of international disapproval for the way ukraine had played with the facts. nobody will trust ukrainians and the ukrainian government any more. but did the fake murder achieve anything? the man who plotted with the fake assassin was arrested and we are told his mobile phone revealed a hit list of future targets and messages exchanged with a contact in russia. but there's so far been no smoking gun. are you working as an agent for russia? bizarrely, he also claims to have known it was all fake. confused? well, you are not the only one.

with the babchenko affair, ukraine has made it that much harder for those looking for the truth. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. and panorama's the fake murder that fooled the world is on bbc one tonight at 8:30pm. one of the uk's one of the uk s largest mortgage advisors says they ve seen a spike in the number of people getting down valuations on houses. that s when a lender thinks a property is worth less than someone has agreed to pay for it. and these down valuations are leading to housing chains breaking down. rick kelsey reports getting your first house is never easy but for some it's getting even harder. it wasn't until quite far on in the process when we had the mortgage valuation come back that we faced all the issues. ebony and jalisa have been told by their bank twice that the houses

they've agreed to buy are not worth the sale price. we got right through to the very end stages of buying a house that we really, really liked and had our heart set on. and then we came up against problems when the mortgage valuation came back and we had a down valuation of £10,000. a down valuation is when after agreeing a price for a house with a seller of, say, £200,000, your bank comes in and checks the house is worth what you say it is. they send a surveyor but they value it at less than that — say, £10,000 less. if the buyer can't renegotiate they may have to find that extra 10,000 in cash because the bank will only lend on what they're told the house is worth. we went back and we tried to renegotiate to see if the buyers would meet it, or if they thought that that was reasonable or not and they literally turned round and was like, we cannot take the house down ten grand. there is no chance.

the second time it happened for a similar amount. so again we were out £10,000 again, wasn't it? yeah. fortunately the seller this time, unlike in our first experience, they were happy to come and meet us halfway. so you've got this £5,000 that you've got to make up. how are you going to get around that? we had to find the money. we had to find £5,000 in a very limited amount of time. yeah. so we had to speak to family and pull family together and after a while we are going to have to start paying it back. ebony and jalisa's case is far from unique. this programme has learned that at the uk's largest mortgage broker group london & country more than half of its staff are now seeing down valuations on a daily basis. at the uk's second—biggest online estate agents emove, one in five of their houses are now being down valued. surveyors are under obligation

and they have insurance covers so they make the right decision, so when it is happening sometimes it can be somebody from out of the area who is maybe overcautious, or it can just be another surveyor knowing that the market is slightly softening and therefore they are being a bit overcautious to cover their back. down valuations aren't anything new but many mortgage advisers we have been speaking to say that this is the most they've seen them happening since the financial crash and those who are affected the most by them tend to be those who have really small deposits for their homes or those who are remortgaging after doing a bit of work. the banks who employ the surveyors told us valuations help borrowers avoid paying over the odds. yet down valuations are costing people money, at least in the short—term. and it's also adding to the slowdown in the housing market. for ebony and jalisa they hope

buying their next house won't be as complicated as this one. rick kelsey reporting. paying tribute to fallen war heroes through song has been a frequent means of commemoration thoughout history, but what about doing so on top of england's highest peaks? well, that's exactly what one choir have been doing, as it embarks on a singing tour of the lake district fells to honour a unique war memorial. our correspondent robert halljoined them as they climbed theirfinal summit. choir sings. on the rocky slopes above borrowdale, a line of walkers is snaking upwards. they're among thousands visiting the lakeland landscape this summer, but these visitors are on a mission. almost a century ago, another column of men and horses was climbing into the clouds,

here to build a cairn commemorating the lost lakelanders of world war i. in the years that followed, the idea grew. fell walkers raised cash to buy 12 mountains, creating the uk's largest and most dramatic memorial. now, that moment has been marked with music. over the past three months, more than 60 singers have walked 25 miles and climbed a total of 3,000 feet to reconnect with the past. i thought it's such a great opportunity, it's such a fantastic project. i'm a local musician, and the opportunity to do anything in the fells is great. but the combination of bringing singers together in this amazing landscape, for this particular project, was just too good an offer to refuse. it was like a gift for a musician. the song cycle is just one

in a series of commemorations. earlier this year, a group of park rangers defied the winter ice and rain to rebuild that memorial cairn 900 metres up on the summit of scafell pike. another reminder of the spirit of remembrance that lay behind what became known as the great gift. it's been huge, it's been an amazing undertaking, but we've had so much help from everybody. the mountain leaders have given their time and expertise for free to help the project happen, so it's been absolutely amazing, and it's so nice to see it all come together, and see it all happen. the choir have called themselves the fellowship of hill, wind and sunshine — words used by the poet and mountaineer geoffrey winthrop young when he handed the fells to the nation.

a century on, his great—nephew joined this celebration. i have taken it for granted all my life, but it's good to be doing it again now, doing this singing about it all, just to remind us what an inspirational gesture it was. # walking back home...# robert hall, bbc news, thorneythwaite fell. a group of divers has been photographed swimming with blue sharks off the cornish coast. diver charles hood took pictures of fellow divers close to blue sharks just off penzance. swimmers have previously been warned to stay out of the water after another blue shark was spotted in st ives harbour. blue sharks are seasonal visitors to british waters, but it's thought the warm summer weather has led to an increase in the number of blue shark sightings.

in a moment it's time for the one news with ben brown. but first, it's time for a look at the weather, with nick miller. hello. hot for some — very hot, even, in some parts of the uk this week. but others just warm. a bit of rain around in some spots, not where it's going to be hottest. and a range of weather across the uk. whether you're getting the air coming in from the atlantic towards scotland and northern ireland, it'll feel fresher here, more cloud, some outbreaks of rain at times. we're getting a feed of air to the south of the uk, particularly across parts of england and wales, where we're seeing the higher temperatures. not sunshine everywhere this afternoon. we have got cloud across much of scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england, wales, into the midlands. some outbreaks of showers. north—west scotland brightening up. the lowest temperatures here, though, in the sunshine, across central and eastern in the south—eastern england. temperatures up to 30 if not above in some spots. into the night, we will continue with cloud into scotland, northern ireland, northern england,

into wales, the south west. here you're going to see either a few showers or some outbreaks of rain at times. not all the time — some clear spells, too. variable cloud with clear spells towards central and eastern parts of england. maybe the odd patch of fog the further south you are. and our temperatures are not coming down too far after the heat of the day. increasingly difficult sleeping across the hottest part of the uk. we've got a heatwave this week, and it's humid, too. weather fronts still towards the north—western parts of the uk into tomorrow. and that means for tuesday, into scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells, but there will be either some showers or maybe some patchy rain in northern england, and into wales as well. a lot of that, though, dying away into the afternoon. so, most places will become dry. and again, that range of temperatures, depending on whether you're getting the atlantic air where it doesn't feel as hot, it feels fresher towards western parts of the uk. or if you are in the midlands, eastern and south—eastern england, a heatwave this week, with the hottest weather of the summer so far. several days where the temperature is close to if not above 30 celsius. on wednesday, most places

will see some sunny spells. again, weather fronts working very far north west. north—west scotland particularly, maybe to the west of northern ireland. and the odd shower can't be ruled out into east anglia and south—east england from some building cloud. every bit as hot here. and elsewhere, really pleasant where you get to see some sunshine. butjust not as hot. as we go into the weekend, it looks like the cooler, fresher air will build across the uk for a time. before in the next week temperatures will be on the rise once again. an amber heatwave warning for parts of england as temperatures continue to soar. people are being warned to stay out of the sun at the hottest times of the day. struggling. we have a meeting just now and we had to escape the office. we don't have a con, it's broken. now and we had to escape the office. we don't have a con, it's brokenm was good for the first five days and after that everyone has gone a bit loopy now — — after that everyone has gone a bit loopy now —— air conditioning. we'll have the latest

on the heatwave from around the uk — with warnings from farmers that crops are parched to the bone — also this lunchtime, three men are arrested over a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. labour are facing calls from some of their own mps to strengthen their rules on anti—semitism. the waste illusion: claims that some rubbish sent abroad for recycling is just buried in landfill.