a little girl falls from a balcony, mercifully into his arms. the lucky little toddler, two—year—old doha muhammed, wandered out onto the balcony while her mother was cooking. the hero, feuzi zabaat, who is 17, was working in a shop on the same street when he saw doha and positioned himself below the second floor apartment, catching her before she hit the ground. the little girl walked away unscathed. translation: i caught the child mid—air before she hit the ground. i did what was necessary for the love of allah. a real hero. 0k, time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. the big story is the weather, we've had records breaking in europe, i'm

sure they'll continue, even by the time england against norway in the half, temperature —wise it will be into the high 20s, sticky, not ideal but at least they are all in the same boat. it's not as hot as that here. not yet, anyhow. in fact, we've got a little bit of cloud around and about. just across the east anglia coastline, as you can see, this was sent in about half an hour ago. for most of us we've got an abundance of sunshine, far more than yesterday. there is something, high cloud across the north—west of scotla nd high cloud across the north—west of scotland but it's still warm and bright here. what we do have today isa bright here. what we do have today is a brisk wind in the south. gusts of 50-55 is a brisk wind in the south. gusts of 50—55 miles an hour in some exposed areas which is probably masking the strength of the sun. it's at its strongest this time of year, very high uv levels across much of england and wales so you might not realise you are catching the sun with the strong and gusty wind making it feel fresher, not great for those trying to put up tents at glastonbury. further north of the wind is not so much of a problem but the temperature is really soaring, into the high 20s in

the west of scotland, compared with 15 on the east coast because of the onshore easterly breeze, which will bring the low cloud back in overnight so quite misty and murky here but stilljust overnight so quite misty and murky here but still just about co mforta ble here but still just about comfortable enough for sleeping. we are not raising the humidity can be in muchjust yet are not raising the humidity can be in much just yet but it's coming. as we go into friday that sunshine gets to work quite quickly, burning the cloud back to the east coast. we su btly cloud back to the east coast. we subtly changed the wind direction more to a southerly, more than south—easterly, so we'll see even higher temperatures tomorrow noticeable across the western side of scotland, probably the hottest day in the west tomorrow as they approach 30 degrees, just 15 on the east coast. similarly in western parts of northern ireland and western fringes of england and wales, held down further east. we see our peak on saturday further east but for europe the heat is just maintained, another few days of the scorching, dangerous heat yet to come. in the west come saturday the heat is broken with the risk of some thunderstorms here. as i say, further east we still have a lot of

fine, dry weather. look at the contrast in temperatures for eastern areas, by the time we get to saturday, into the high 20s, a very different feel but it's all changing. it's a very brief lived hot spell in the uk at least because oui’ hot spell in the uk at least because our cold weather front ushers in some much fresh atlantic air and the risk of those thundery showers as well to all parts as we go through sunday will stop more cloud on sunday, still strong sunshine mind you even though temperatures are way down but they will be back to average for sunday and for some of us average for sunday and for some of usa average for sunday and for some of us a little bit more bearable. europe braces itself for more scorching weather as a heat wave sets records forjune. that's all from the bbc news that one, it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we joined bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. good afternoon.

i'm mike bushell, it's 1:30, and here's your latest sports news from the bbc sport centre. a third successive semifinal, at a major tournament beckons for england's women tonight when they take on norway in the quarterfinals. no engand team has done that before. both teams will have to cope with the french heatwave in the northern city of le havre, along with 20,000 fans. head coach phil neville says he's not worried by the conditions, but has been urging his players not to get carried away and start thinking about potential glory to come. 0nce once you get past the halfway mark, obviously in our heads we want to be here for the duration of the tournament but i think it's so importantjust tournament but i think it's so important just to look to the tournament but i think it's so importantjust to look to the next game because your mind can start wondering and you can overthink and i think that's something that this squad has been really good at, just sticking to the task at hand. it's going to be such a difficult game, they are such a technical and physical team and they want to progress as much as us $0

physical team and they want to progress as much as us so it's a real moment of character when emotion is high and just sticking to the plan and i think that's what's going to be key, but i believe in every one of these players and i really trust in them and i'm just excited to see that we are in a world cup quarterfinal. and you can see if england can reach the semi—finals on bbc one tonight from 7:30, commentary also on five live. on to cricket and today's match, at the world cup is at old trafford where india are taking on the west indies. and taking in the sunshine down the road, is our reporter patrick gearey. hi, patrick, it's been a lively morning. what's happend so far? the indian crowd have been really noisy all morning but they have gone quiet and that is because the captain is out. he scored 72 before he was caught off the bowling of jason holding and he was a key player for west indies. you jason holding and he was a key playerfor west indies. you may jason holding and he was a key player for west indies. you may be pleased about how they are doing, it hasn't looked easy in the field but they have chipped in with wickets. the first to go was sharma. he

wasn't happy. 48 bowled by holder again and then the west indies kept chipping in with wickets. the hopes remain on the former captain. there was a missed stumping chance, he couldn't grab the ball. india going pretty well at the moment. 186 for five after 40 overs. they might as need a big finish. and india so far unbeaten and next it's england, at edgbaston on sunday? england need to win that and they can expect a really great atmosphere. at 0ld

can expect a really great atmosphere. at old trafford this morning, the atmosphere was incredible, so much noise, so much colour, so much confidence in this indian team. they believe that they are going to win this world cup and they will take that belief presumably should they get a result here to edgbaston and england will have to content with that. giving that the pitch is likely to turn, it might not feel like a home match for england but a few of those england bowlers may be leaning forward in their chairs this afternoon, just watching some of those indian dismissals. the indian batting is not infallible, they may be number one in the world but they are not unbeatable and that is what they will be telling themselves. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on the conservative leadership race, and the final two candidates have been announcing a new campaign pledge if they become the next prime minister. jeremy hunt has promised to wipe the student debt of some entrepreneurs if they start up a business, and then go on to employ people. the foreign secretary has been

explaning more about his plans during a visit to the isle of wight. i'm here in the isle of wight and there are lots of small businesses here that are supporting the tourism industry. 0ne here that are supporting the tourism industry. one of the problem is if we're going to get our brightest young graduates to start their own business and power up the british economy, they get put off by the fa ct economy, they get put off by the fact that they've got 50, 60 ground of debt when they leave university and then they take the safe option. when i was in my 20s i set up my own business, we didn't have those tuition fees. i want to encourage our brightest and best young graduates to get out there and do what bill gates did, what mark zuckerberg did, create the great companies of the future so my plan says if you're going to take the risk and managed to set up a successful business, will cancel your tuition fees. immigration, is a cap on immigration a good idea?” cap on immigration a good idea?|j think cap on immigration a good idea?” think we need to bring immigration numbers down and i think a good way to do that is bring up the skills of

our own people so they can do those well—paid jobs. at the moment, nearly one quarter of primary school leavers don't reach the required level for reading and i want is to be the conservative government that abolishes illiteracy as i think conservatives should have a social mission, notjust an economic mission, notjust an economic mission, that's the kind of party we are and if we get those skill levels up, we are and if we get those skill levels up, we can are and if we get those skill levels up, we can give those greatjobs to our own people. will you commit to bringing migration down to tens of thousands? i don't think we should have an absolute target. my commitment is to bring down levels of migration, but i think we also have to have a pro—business immigration policy because i want our economy to be the powerhouse of europe. i'm someone who set up their own business, i know the power of business to transform our country, more money for the nhs and public services, the ability to cut taxes, all the things that conservatives wa nt to all the things that conservatives want to do and i'll be the first prime minister who's been an entrepreneur and i think i can use

those skills to really transform the country. migration and what to do about the surge of arrivals on the us mexico borderfeatured heavily in the first televised debate of democratic contenders for the twenty—twenty presidential race. but healthcare, iran and gun control were also discussed with candidates desperate to use this chance to stand out in a very crowded field. gary 0'donoghue has the story from miami. 0ne party, ten candidates all vying for the chance to make a big breakthrough in front of a national tv audience. after a slow start, it was health care that stirred some patterns. candidates asked to raise their hand if they would get rid of private insurance. it is a key policy for one of the front runners, senator elizabeth warren. health care is a basic human right and i will fight for basic human rights. but one candidate, former congressman, beto o'rourke, who needed a big lift from tonight, clashed with new york mayor bill de blasio when he defended the choice of public and private health care.

i think the choice is fundamental. private insurance is not working for tens of millions of americans. when you talk about the deductibles, the premiums, the out—of—pocket expenses, it's not working. how can you defend what is not working? immigration was bound to be a central topic given the emergence of a horrifying image of a drowned man and his two—year—old daughter on the banks of the rio grande as they try to enter the united states. senator cory booker spoke for many of the candidates. when people come to this country they do not leave their human rights at the border. but on the question of solutions, there were disagreements. should crossing the border illegally be a crime?

generally the candidates stayed away from attacking donald trump, but there were some sharp words. i don't think we should conduct foreign policy in our bathrobe at five in the morning. the biggest threat to the security of the united states is donald trump. on january the 20th, 2021, we will say adios to donald trump. these ten candidates agreed on quite a lot, not surprising, because they are all from the same party but there were significant clashes on health care and immigration, a sign that there is a real choice on policy as well as personality. later today, we will do it all over again with the next ten democrats who want to be president. gary 0'donoghue, in the spin room, in miami. the un's special rapporteur on poverty, philip alston, will be presenting his report on poverty in the uk at the un in geneva tomorrow. professor alston visited british towns and cities and made preliminary findings last november — his findings will be presented to the human rights council.

philip alston spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh earlier and gave us his definition of "living in poverty". well, the united kingdom has a number of different measures but this measure relates to relative as opposed to absolute poverty but it's one of the measures that the government itself uses. yet the government itself and the chancellor philip hammond was among the members of the government to respond to your report saying he rejected the idea that there are vast numbers of people in the uk living in poverty. others have described this as barely believable, your report. what's your response to the reaction to it? to say that my report was barely believable is to say that all of the official and unofficial organisations that are monitoring poverty in the uk have

got it wrong so whether it's the commission, whether it's the rowntree trust, the institute for fiscal studies, all of these groups have documented the extent of poverty that i'm focusing on. this is a very real phenomenon on. anyone who goes out on the streets will see the homeless people, anyone who goes to the outer suburbs will see all the foodbanks, people lining up for food. they will hear stories about people on universal credit who have been sanctioned, who are getting benefits that they can't possibly live on. poverty is very, very real to the point where the rowntree trust actually claims there are 1.5 million in other words, have absolutely no resources. so the problem is real and politicians can't just wish it away and say that these sorts

of reports are "unbelievable". one of the criticisms of you report was that you had spent two weeks — and some people describe that as "only" two weeks — travelling in britain and northern ireland, but your response to that is you spent two weeks travelling but you've also combined what you found on those travels with this official record from various bodies which you have just been quoting. i got 300 submissions from all sorts of groups in advance of the visit. i did hundreds of interviews in advance with experts and all sorts of others. i have a team of people who worked on the issues and analysis, it's very thorough, very detailed and matches with all of the official statistics. it's exactly what the house of commons' various committees are focusing on. the statistics and the information in the report were deemed by a very senior dwp official a couple of weeks ago to be

completely accurate. the japanese forest minister said no—deal brexit would bring negative consequences for japanese companies in britain. there are a few japanese auto manufacturers operations in the united kingdom and some parts are coming from the continent, from europe. and right now, they have very smooth operations. the stock for each part is only for a few hours. but if there is no—deal brexit and if they have to go through actual custom inspection physically, those operations may not be able to continue. and many companies worried about implications because they don't know what is going to happen. they don't know what happens legal or physically,

so some companies already start moving their operation to other places in europe. so we do not want to disrupt economic relationships with the uk. we have been asking the uk government, let the japanese company know what they can expect and think should happen smoothly without any disruption. the family and friends of a 29 year old australian student living in north korea have reported him missing to authorities.

australia's department of foreign affairs confirmed it is providing the family of alex sigley with consular assistance. in a statement, it said it is urgently seeking clarfication with pyongyang about the situation. mr sigley speaks fluent korean and is believed to be the only australian living in north korea. he tweets often about his experiences and provides guided tours of the country. hywel griffith reports. alex sigley has been living in pyongyang since last year. he is a student of korean literature and has also developed a bit of a side business offering foreign visitors to north korea tours around the country. according to pictures on his website and social media stream, he's been quite successful in showing everyday life as it is in north korea, sometimes in very mundane detail — things like trips to the zoo or meals that he's enjoyed. he is, according to some people, who have been on those tours, very, very cautious and clear and careful to give respect to his north korean hosts. that stream of twitter messages are stopped two days ago on the 24th ofjune. according to his family in perth,

australia, that is unusual for him not to be in daily contact so clearly they are concerned. the australian government say they are urgently trying to work out his whereabouts, but they don't have an embassy in north korea so they are depending on a consular agreement with the swedish embassy, so work is going on behind the scenes to ascertain his whereabouts. there are some unconfirmed reports that he has been detained or arrested. unconfirmed, clearly — however, that is a cause for concern, given the precedent of some western people being arrested there and detained. his family clearly hoping that this will be resolved sooner rather than later and he will be back in contact with them. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: europe is in the grip of a heatwave — the highest—ever temperatures forjune have been recorded in germany, poland and the czech republic. warnings are issued

in france, spain and italy. as the race is on to find theresa may's replacement, she says she won't automatically back her successor‘s brexit strategy. scientists say they're hopeful cervical cancer could eventually be eliminated, thanks to a vaccination programme targeting the hpv virus. in the business news: us regulators have uncovered a possible new flaw in boeing's troubled 737 max aircraft that is likely to push back test flights of the modified plane. the fleet was grounded worldwide following two fatal crashes. sales of houses worth £1 million have risen in the uk — but have fallen in london. more high—end homes were sold in scotland, wales, the midlands and in the north of england — but london saw a fall. 80% of homes trading hands for more than 1 million are in the capital and the southeast.

and the environment secretary michael gove has ordered a review of the uk's entire food system to make sure it delivers healthy and affordable food "regardless of where people live or how much they earn". the study will be led by leon restaurant co—founder henry dimbleby. his recommendations will form the basis of a new national food strategy to be published in 2020. boots is one of the high—street names which has been struggling in tough market conditions. in april we heard that it might close stores as part of a review of its 2,500 outlets across the uk. today we heard that sales at boots fell in the three months. the numbers came from its us owner, walgreens boots alliance. its international sales were down 1.6% in the three months to may 31, mostly due to a 1% decline at boots uk. it comes on the same day boots opened a "store of the future" in london's covent garden, which features new beauty brands and express pick—up lanes for prescriptions. we can hear from the chief executive

of boots. i'm really excited about this store and about today. i think it's a marker not only for the customer, we serve customers up marker not only for the customer, we serve customers up and down the country, but it's a marker, it says this is a direction of travel, it lays out for our customers and suppliers for the beauty press, for everybody, what we think are great, modern, contemporary boots can be —— boots can be. bayer is taking further measures to tackle huge lawsuits facing the company over glyphosate. in march a us jury has found that one of the world's most widely—used weedkillers was a "substa ntial factor" in causing a man's cancer. bayer has strongly rejected those claims. the company has now hired an external lawyer to advise its board on the issue and is setting up a committee to resolve the litigation. shares in the german company have jumped more than 7% today, making them the biggest winner among

frankfurt's leading shares. the chief executive of nation's biggest car dealer pendragon is leaving the business less than three months afterjoining. this is following a fallout over the compa ny‘s strategy of focusing on used cars. h&m says it's ditching discounts for shoppers to help reduce the one on its own valuation. the swedish fast—fashion retailer's shares rose 10% today after it reported strong sales forjune and said it would be selling more clothes and homeware at full price. a drop in the company's operating margin though shows there is still quite a bit of work to be done. a mixed picture of the stock markets in europe. the ftse and the cac 40 in paris are in negative territory. germany's dax is rising, investors remain uncertain about a breakthrough in the trade dispute at the meeting this weekend between us president donald trump and his chinese counterpart xijinping. that's all the business news.

there will be much more coming up later. the grandmother of a toddler who drowned with her father as they tried to cross into the us to seek asylum, has told the bbc she knew she would lose them. photos of the little girl with her arm around herfather‘s neck, lying face down in a river, have sparked condemnation around the world. the family were from el salvador in central america. chris buckler reports from texas. for long stretches, the rio grande divides mexico and america. many have tried to cross this river, but the deaths of a father and his child in these waters have put in sharp focus the human cost of the crisis at this border. 0scar ramirez left el salvador with the aim of starting a new life for his family in the united states. but he drowned, alongside his daughter valeria, on the edge of america. translation: as a mother, you get a feeling.

i cried a lot when we said goodbye, because in my heart, i felt it was going to be the last time i would hug him. across this short stretch of river, america seems tantalisingly close, but there are real dangers for any families who try to get illegally into the united states. tens of thousands are captured by border patrol agents every single month, and that is beside the risks. often these are desperate people, but president trump believes bigger barriers and more security would be a greater deterrent. i hate it, and i know it could stop immediately if the democrats change the law. that journey across that river is a very dangerous journey. however, democrats believe it is mr trump who needs to change his policies, particularly with claims that migrant shelters are unclean, and that the treatment of some children has been uncaring.

now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. good afternoon. the sunshine is more abundant. it is a strong at this time of yearand abundant. it is a strong at this time of year and will continue to clear away but what it is doing is holding the temperatures back a little bit near the east coast along with the strong and gusty wind that we got in the south which means that it might mask the strength of the suna it might mask the strength of the sun a little bit which is very strong at the moment. in fact, the highest you get at this time of year. we got strong and gusty winds making it feel fresher than the 24 or 25 inland would suggest, 15 to 18 along the coast so it could be that you don't feel the effects so much. it will be strong and quite difficult for putting up a tent at glastonbury. we haven't got a strong

wind further north but we have a contrast in temperatures for the east coast in scotland to the western highlands. through the night, the easterly prevails and so the cloud will move back inland and it will turn a murky and misty in eastern areas and still comfortable but further west could become quite close with temperatures around 16 celsius but plenty of sunshine through friday and elsewhere the sun should burn most of the cloud back to the coast. we have the interesting contrast, we could be approaching 30 celsius in the northwest highlands and just 15 on the east coast because of that sea fret on the onshore breeze. the west will see the highest temperatures tomorrow but not as high as those in europe where it is likely we will see the heatwave breaking. 0ur strongest spell temperature —wise looks set to be on saturday but then it breaks as well but it is breaking by saturday across the west with the threat of thunderstorms whilst further east after a chilly day for the east coast on friday,

temperatures leap up several degrees and we could be approaching 33 or 34 celsius in the south and east so a very different day and a very different feeling day on saturday. the cold weather front will eventually bring the breakdown of heat across the uk but not across parts of the lowlands, france and iberia. the heat maintains here but for ourselves it is back to the ‘20s on sunday, average for the time of year with the risk of showers in the north. there is more on the website.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: europe bakes as temperatures rise to levels normally seen in the middle east. 40 degrees is forecast for france, spain and italy. here in the uk, it's a mere 30 degrees. a bit hotter than we expected. yeah, last night at the spanish steps, it was 41. 41? a lot of water, a lot of gelato. hat. just trying to stay cool. a medical success story — as scientists say they hope cervical cancer could eventually be eradicated, thanks to the vaccination programme against the hpv virus. what we will expect to see in the near future is that we are seeing really substantial declines in cervical cancer. the trial of the man accused of stabbing a fellow train passneger