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. a century ago, the uk's largest world war i memorial was created in the lake district. join me a little later to find out

how the national trust are marking that moment with music. and coming up on the bbc news channel — francesco molinari says he can't believe that he's the new open champion. he's become the first italian to win a major. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the met office have issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england until friday. when it's at its hottest — between ”am in the the morning and 3pm in the afternoon.

amber heat warnings are issued when temperatures are forecast to hit 30 degrees celsius during the day and 15 degrees at night for at least two consecutive days. daniela relph reports. a parched dry landscape, this is hertfordshire, but it could be pretty much anywhere in england. the only hint of green, the cricket pitches which have been watered, as searing temperatures linger. at the start of another week, most of the uk's schools are on holiday and still temperatures soar. but are there signs of heatwave fatigue? i'm struggling. even like we have a meeting just now and we had to escape the office, we don't have air conditioning, it's broken. the tube is not pleasant to get to work. conditioning, it's broken. the tube is not pleasant to get to workm was good for the first five days and i think after that everyone has just gone a bit loopy now with it. i'm trying to remember that it would be like this all the time. that's basically about it. it's awful i try and wake up every day and say it's

great because in a few months it won't be like this. the met office hasissued won't be like this. the met office has issued a heat healthwatch warning, that only happens during a prolonged period of high temperatures. what we have seen this week is a run of days across central and eastern england where there is no respite from the heat and humidity, daytime temperatures have stayed above 30 degrees and by night we have seen them stay above 18—20dc and without the respite from the heat all week long this is what has prompted public health england and the met office to issue this level three alert and will start to have an impact on people's health. at this farm in leicestershire they are struggling, dried outfields, livestock without sufficient grass to eat forcing farmers to use the stored winter feed which is fast running out. the heat has become a significant problem for much of the farming industry. crops being parched to the bone, spring crops that pharmacists owed in april barely know what rain is. as you travel west towards where i am in

north wales, a bit more rain but hopefully you can see from behind me that even the tops of the hills look a nasty colour of a biscuit meaning the grass has stopped growing. despite the high temperatures here the deadliest heatwave globally is injapan. in tokyo temperatures have reached a0 degrees for the first time. 11 people alone died of heat stroke at the weekend. and that number could rise dramatically in the coming days. daniela relph, bbc news. three men have been arrested after a three—year—old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester. the men — all in their 20s — are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. the little boy was in a pushchair when he was attacked. he's been treated for burns to his face and arm but has now been discharged from hospital. phil mackie has the latest for us from worcester. phil. we often hear about acid attacks these days but never against a

person as yet as this, a three—year—old little boy attacked here on saturday afternoon. we still don't know what the was for that attack and the horrific offence which unfolded here at the weekend. saturday afternoon and specialist teams descend on a retail park near the city centre. horrified staff and shoppers tried to help before paramedics arrived. police say it was a deliberate attack. the little boy was in a pushchair with his mother when a corrosive substance was sprayed on his face and arm. the supervisorfrom home bargains came and said, "look, there was a hazardous acid used on someone." but that's all they let us know until the next day. but obviously it was just unnerving really because it was just confusion. a 39—year—old man was arrested in wolverhampton on saturday and earlier this morning three more men in their 20s were arrested in walthamstow. those suspects are currently in custody and as a consequence of that we are now forming an investigative plan to work out how we can secure all of the evidence and progress this to try and understand the motivation

and the incident... sorry, the elements that led up to this particular incident. the attack happened at the same time as a small demonstration by the edl was met by a larger counterdemonstration barely half a mile away. many feared there was a link but that doesn't seem to have been the case. there was heightened fears and heightened tensions. we hope the incidents aren't linked and this is an isolated incident. but from the city's perspective it is a city now united behind the family and the child that's been affected in this. the boy has been released from hospital, it's not clear how serious the acid burns will be on whether they will leave long—term scarring. before microbial bills remain in custody and west mercia police has

thanked the public for their support but still appear, appeal for witnesses who may have been here on saturday afternoon. —— the four men. labour are facing calls from some of their own mps to strengthen the party's rules on anti—semitism. jewish groups say a new code of conduct — agreed by the party's national executive committee — is not tough enough. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. is the anti—semitism row damaging your party? they were here to talk about preparing for government, but labour's shadow cabinet faced more questions this morning that they'd rather not have to answer about the party's stance on prejudice againstjews. one seniorjewish labour mp is sticking by her criticism ofjeremy corbyn, despite his repeated condemnation of anti—semitism. it's by his actions that he has to bejudged. and by refusing to adopt the definition in full of what anti—semitism is, he's put himself in the position that he is perceived

by many to be anti—semitic. she confronted jeremy corbyn and called him an anti—semite after labour adopted a new code of conduct including the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism, but not word—for—word some of the examples given. for some, it's an attempt to rewrite the rules. well, it wasn't trying to rewrite it. it's accepted almost all of it. what it's done is also put alongside it a code of conduct for members of the party, because we will not tolerate anti—semitism in any form whatsoever. he still has plenty of support, but there are a lot of labour mps furious at what they see as the party leader's failure to tackle this issue head—on. i look to who we've heard from in the past week, the chief rabbi of this country saying that, you know, if the party doesn't adopt it then it's 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. tonight, labour mps will meet again to urge their own party's ruling body to change its code of conduct. jeremy corbyn has said they should wait, with many members of parliament having already left for the summer. but as one mp put it, they feel they have waited long enough for labour to get its act together on anti—semitism. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. let's get the thoughts of our assistant political editor, norman smith, who is in westminster. isjeremy corbyn struggling to draw a line under this anti—semitism row? more than struggling, the prospect of this being resolved any time soon is vanishingly small, in part because it's been going on for so long, since mr corbyn became leader, both sides have become increasingly entrenched and embittered. but there is also a fundamental divide between mr corbyn's worldview and those in

many of the jewish mr corbyn's worldview and those in many of thejewish community. mr corbyn wants to allow people greater freedom to criticise israel and israeli policies. many in thejewish community believe far too often that slips into open anti—semitism and mr corbyn has done far too little to rein in those expressing such views. now we are in a sort of arms stand—off between the two camps with the threat of disciplinary action against margaret hodge who herself lost fa m ily against margaret hodge who herself lost family in the holocaust, suggestions that the parliament to party might adopt a different code of conduct to the party outside of parliament, the jewish of conduct to the party outside of parliament, thejewish labour movement, the main body forjewish opinion in the labour party threatening possible legal action against the labour party and some of mr corbyn's supporters suggesting the whole row is a put up designed to undermine his leadership. the only thing it seems to me both sides appear to agree on is the prospect of providing some kind of bridge to

golf the divide between these two sides isn't going to happen any time soon and quite possibly not while mr corbyn is leader. many thanks, norman smith. theresa may will meet her counterparts from austria, estonia and the czech republic this week to try to persuade them to back her vision of brexit. her new foreign secretaryjeremy hunt is abroad today trying to sell the uk government's message. he's in berlin where he's warned that a no—deal brexit would damage britain's relationship with europe for a generation. without a real change in approach from the eu negotiators, we do now face a real risk of no deal by accident. that would be incredibly challenging economically. britain would find that challenging, but in the end we would find a way notjust to survive but to thrive economically. but my real concern is that it would change british public attitudes to europe

for a generation. the foreign secretary in burlington. —— berlin. our correspondent damien mcguinness is in berlin. of course, germany will be key to whether the eu does a brexit deal with britain. yes, to a certain extent it is true that germany plays a crucial role here because it is the largest economy in europe, the most powerful country politically as well within the eu 27. but i think there is a danger that london overestimates the influence germany would have on the brexit negotiations themselves. while all eu 27 member states including germany will vote on the final deal, so far whenever you ask german ministers about their stance on brexit they simply say talk to michel barnier, because it's the eu commission that has been given the mandate by the eu 27 to negotiate. so far we have seen complete unity

behind brussels. interestingly there is also unity within germany on that sta nce is also unity within germany on that stance in berlin because across—the—board politically speaking everyone supports that across the german government. we haven't seen division within germany. that's really because germany. that's really because german business really wants to keep the single market intact. that essentially is more important for many german business leaders than keeping some trade going with the uk. sometimes you talk to german business leaders and they tell you they would rather take a hit on some british trade rather than risk dismantling or undermining the single market because their financial wealth, their exports comes from this integrated single market so that is their main priority and they have been strong on that. although uk ministers are touring europe on this charm offensive it is hard to know what they will achieve because it is really brussels that needs to be talked to and it is still brussels that will call the shots when it comes to the negotiation itself.

damien mcguinness in berlin, thank you. it's been revealed the uk won't block the death penalty in the case of two british men accused of being islamic state militants — if they're sent to the united states for trial. the men are alleged to be among a group of britons nicknamed the beatles who murdered western hostages in syria. now the home secretary has written to the us authorities dropping demands for assurances on whether they would be executed. our security correspondent frank gardner is here. frank, is this a change of heart on this issue by the british government. ? it has been called that although one senior government official said it's not the first time these assurances have been dropped but i'm pressing the home office for an answer and they haven't come up with one yet. to give either background, alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh are two self—confessed jihadists who to syria, joined isis, and they were ca ptu red syria, joined isis, and they were captured in january this year syria, joined isis, and they were captured injanuary this year by kurdish forces. they have been in a kind of legal limbo for six months

because understood they had been stripped of their british nationality, although no official announcement of this has been made. so the question is, where to try them for the alleged offences they are said to have committed. some people suggested the international criminal court in the hague, others suggested over here and what about the united states? prutton's view, my understanding, is they have no objection to them being tried in a civil court in the united states but if they are sent to guantanamo bay then britain would hold any intelligence it has on them and it has a lot. the metropolitan police have spent four years gathering intelligence from them, it wouldn't share that if they are sent to guantanamo bay. thank you very much, frank gardner, security correspondent. a gunman has killed two people and wounded a dozen more in, toronto according to canadian police in the city. the 29—year—old gunman opened fire on pedestrians in the city's bustling greektown neighborhood. the suspect was found dead in an alley after an exchange of gunfire with police.

president trump has stepped up his rhetoric against iran, with a warning that it will "face consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered". in a message on twitter, written entirely in capital letters, mr trump tells the iranian president he will not tolerate what he calls iran's "demented words of violence and death". richard lister reports. president trump said the deal to limit iran's nuclear programme was an embarrassment. when he signed the order in may withdrawing american support, he seemed sure of one thing... this will make america much safer. but a few months on, and the rhetoric‘s becoming more belligerent on both sides. at the weekend, iran's leaders condemned mr trump's efforts to implement new sanctions. "don't play with the lion's tail", warned president rouhani, who added that conflict with iran would be "the mother of all wars". but hours later came a blistering block—capital response

from the white house. "never, ever threaten the us again, or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before", said mr trump. "we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death". deal or no deal, the us says iran's creating instability in the middle east. it's demanding more concessions from tehran, while trying to drive a wedge between the leadership and its people. the level of corruption and wealth among the iranian leadership is that iran is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a government. governments around the world worry that confronting the islamic republic harms the cause of moderates, but these so—called moderates within the regime are all violent, islamic revolutionaries with an anti—western agenda. you only have to take their own words for it. iranians are already angry about their weakened economy. the us now wants to shut down all iranian oil sales to increase the pressure on the regime.

from washington's perspective, this is a very easy way to perhaps humble tehran, and maybe bring them back to the table in weaker terms so they can get that better deal. so, what then of the existing deal? britain and the remaining signatories are standing by it. iran is complying with it. the new american sanctions come into force next month, and tehran's response could affect the security of us all. richard lister, bbc news. the time is 1:15pm. our top story this lunchtime: an amber heatwave alert is issued for parts of england, with people being urged to stay out of the sun at the hottest part of the day. and coming up: ukraine's own lazarus — a special report on how the country's security service faked the murder of a prominentjournalist. coming up on the bbc news channel:

the arsenal midfielder and world cup winner mesut ozil has quit the german national side. he says he has faced racism and disrespect because of his turkish roots. british waste sent overseas for recycling could end upjust being buried as landfill. that's the concern of the national audit office, which says the uk is just creating the illusion of success and must do more to make sure recycling has actually taken place. 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 of 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. environmentalists want more pressure put on business to ensure that waste is recycled effectively. i think producers need to take a lot more responsibility. they designed this system with government over 20 years ago, and its creaking at the seams. it's definitely out of date. and it means that they haven't been designing packaging with recycling in mind all with reduction in mind, and so we haven't been building the facilities in the uk to handle this, either. so going forward, producers really need to think about what they're putting in the packaging, they need to be held responsible for it. 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. full—fibre broadband should be fitted as standard in all new homes. that's one of the proposals in the new national telecoms strategy drawn up by the government. under the new target, all of the uk will have full—fibre broadband coverage by 2033, replacing the copper wire network that currently delivers the service. motorists are being urged to test their eyesight because of concerns that many people don't realise they're too short—sighted to drive. the dvla is running an awareness campaign calling on drivers to check whether they can

see a number plate from 20 metres away. barclays has announced plans to create up to 2,500 newjobs in glasgow. a new campus is being developed by the bank at the city's buchanan wharf, providing a base for its functions, technology and operations teams. barclays is calling it a "flagship project", and scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it would be "transformational" for glasgow. the head of ukraine's security service has defended a controversial decision to fake the murder of a russianjournalist. two months ago, arkady babchenko, a prominent critic of president putin, pretended to be dead for nearly 2a hours before stunning journalists by walking into a news conference. our kiev correspondentjonah fisher has been piecing together what happened and talking to the key people involved. two months after he was pronounced dead, arkady babchenko is still fearful for his life.

you're wearing your disguise. this was the staged picture of the russian journalist that convinced the world that he'd 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. for the fake murder, there was of course a fake killer. the hit man 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

hit man was in fact working with ukraine's security service, the spu, and recorded all of their interactions. the spu then decided to fake the murder, to try and 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. 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 was 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. 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 that 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. confused? well, you're 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. a choir has climbed to the top of england's highest summits — to pay tribute to fallen heroes from the first world war. the singers have been on a tour of the lake district, to mark the centenary of a unique war memorial — a series of peaks across cumbria that were donated by landowners to remember the local men who died in the conflict. our correspondent robert hall joined the choirfor their last performance. singing. on the rocky slopes above borrowdale, a line of walkers is snaking upwards. there are among thousands visiting the la keland 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 mountain is creating the uk's largest and most dramatic memorial. singing. 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 3000 feet to reconnect with the past. i thought it was such a great opportunity, it's such a fantastic project. i'm a local musician and the opportunity to do anything that's 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 970 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. it's just so nice to see it all come together and see it all happen. singing. 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've taken it for granted all my life, but it's good to be doing it again now and doing the singing about it all, just to remind us what an inspirational gesture it was. # walking back home...#. robert hall, bbc news, thorneythwaite fell. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. we've been reporting on me and the heatwave warning for people in parts of england and it could be the hottest week of the year for some. heatwave weather is back, some parts will enjoy or engineer. very hot and

humid weather throughout this week. but it's not everywhere. as we look at the big picture, follow the blue arrows. it doesn't indicate its cold but it's fresher air blowing up from the atlantic towards scotland and northern ireland as we start this week with temperatures not too far from average. follow the orange arrows and the air coming from africa, you can see it hitting the midlands, eastern and south east england, where that met office amber alert is in force. this is where we will see temperatures breaking 30 celsius this week. hot sunshine into norfolk today but with cloudy skies and a weather front in the fresher, less hot areas. there is a weather front at the moment and some