this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: baking britian — thousands flocked to beaches and pools as temperatures peaked at 38.1 degrees celsius, making it the second hottest day on record but much of the rail network couldn't cope, passengers had to be rescued as overhead power cables were damaged by the heat it is almost unprecedented. i have been working on the railway ten yea rs been working on the railway ten years and have never encountered temperatures like this. on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson predicts a golden age for britain after brexit, and welcomes in, his new cabinet. todayis today is the first day of a new approach which will and with our

exit from the eu on the 31st of october. nissan cuts its workforce by 12,500 worldwide, after reporting a 98% drop in profits. nominations are revealed for the prestigious mercury prize. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, jessica elgot, the chief political correspondent for the guardian, and lucy fisher, the defence correspondent at the times. good evening. parts of britain have basked in record breaking temperatures today. in cambridge the thermometer reached 38.1 degrees celcius, making it the hottestjuly day and the second hottest day the uk has ever recorded.

while thousands did enjoy the sunshine in parks and on beaches, thousands more were left stranded in train carriages and on platforms as parts of the rail network buckled under the intense heat. dan johnson reports. for commuters disruption, delays and cancellations. the east coast, west coast, midlands or blocked by rush—hour. coast, midlands or blocked by rush-hour. journeys took twice and long and ended in failure and fury. all of a sudden, bank, these failing ca bles all of a sudden, bank, these failing cables hitting windows, people screaming on the train. and they kept putting the on and turning it off to preserve the power. it was at least 45 degrees in that trade,

unlike me. stuck in a tunnel. precautionary speed restrictions across a network meant problems all day but the wise coming down because the real problem. king's cross is cancelled as well. i live in the midland so my wife is getting my two daughters out of bed and i am heading west and we catch up somewhere there. how do they manage oi'i somewhere there. how do they manage on the continent when it is really hot. it is not quite but almost unprecedented. i have been working for the railways for ten years and i've never encountered temperatures like this. some set out early to enjoy the weather. brighton beach with plenty of people trying to cool off. it has been lovely. some of our international visitors were not as impressed. this is not what happens

in argentina during summer. 47 degrees. 50. this is like heaven for me. cambridge topped the chart at 38.1 degrees, the highest recorded injuly. the heat was on the royal welsh show, and scotland so it's hottest day of the year so far. police had to manage cues in places. after the heat, came the rain and even hail in essex. followed by some pretty impressive lightning. a spark starting this fire. some of our infrastructure simply could not cope. 0ur transport correspondent is at st pancras station in central london and sent us this update on how the rail network is coped

with today's extreme heat. before today, we were warned that the steel on the relevant could get so the steel on the relevant could get so hot and expanded so much that they could buckle in the extreme heat. in the end it was a speed restrictions in place, and i am told not a single rail line buckled but the overhead line supplying the electricity to trains sagged in the heat and cause significant damage. the worst damage is from this station to the east midlands. they are not confident they can get it repaired overnight. a reduced service in the morning. more confident to get damaged repaired from king's cross to the north—east of scotland. still problems tomorrow. the railways are a complex matrix of moving parts. when you have chaos like today, trains and train drivers and up in the wrong place and there is a juggling act to

get everyone and everything back into place to get a normal service back into place. it is the holiday season. tomorrow is back into place. it is the holiday season. tomorrow is friday. the people travelling to different parts of the country, check because there are problems anticipated in lots of places and the extent will depend on how the repairs go overnight and how quickly services can go back to normal tomorrow. boris johnson has promised a new "golden age" during his first statement to the house of commons as prime minister. he repeated his commitment for the uk to leave the eu by october the 31st and said although he would work flat out to try to get a deal, the withdrawal agreement, negotiated by theresa may was dead. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn questioned whether borisjohnson overestimated his abilities as prime minister. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. what the occasion. a government more

or less created overnight, a cabinet ina or less created overnight, a cabinet in a rush. are you looking forward to your first in a rush. are you looking forward to yourfirst big in a rush. are you looking forward to your first big meeting? in a rush. are you looking forward to yourfirst big meeting? so eager to yourfirst big meeting? so eager to get to the table, it was almost a traffic jam outside number 10. to get to the table, it was almost a trafficjam outside number 10. they covering for the first meeting, a new government that wants to show they really mean business. and they he is, in the chair he has coveted for so long. boris johnson he is, in the chair he has coveted for so long. borisjohnson a politician who divides, trying to pull a government, a party and the country together. it is wonderful to see this new team assembled here and the depth and breadth of talent in our extraordinary party. less use of this show of unity. brexit the number one task. brexiteers in some job. it is a very positive and united cabinet. the promised live in

less tha n united cabinet. the promised live in less than 100 days, the task... we have had an excellent cabinet meeting, very positive and enthusiastic and we are ready to go now. living without a formal deal in place if need be. yet no prime minister can be muster of a government without mustering the house of commons. it has never been like this. relishing making an entrance... statement, the prime minister. our mission is to deliver brexit on the 31st of october with the purpose of uniting and re— energising our great united kingdom. he wants to leave the eu at halloween and wanted his way. he wants to leave the eu at halloween and wanted his waym goes by way of the abolition of the backstop. he wants to make that guarantee against the hard border in ireland disappear, precisely what

the eu says it will never do.|j ireland disappear, precisely what the eu says it will never do. i hope that they will rethink their current refusal to make any changes. get used to seeing this. these are the sceptics and doubters. pointing the finger already. the country is deeply worried that the new prime minister overestimates himself. the dynamic between this pair the core of our politics now. our country does not need other waving bluster but competence, seriousness and, after a decade of divisive policies for the few, to focus for once on the interests of the many. and to more just... we are the party of the many and they other party of the view. we will take this country forward , view. we will take this country forward, they, is the speaker, we'll

ta ke forward, they, is the speaker, we'll take it backwards. today tory mps delighted of boris johnson take it backwards. today tory mps delighted of borisjohnson the bulldozer. here there roles much of the country might take a different view. he wants us to drive off the cliff edge and does not even know the impact of the damage it will cause. will he bring back any brexit plan imported to the south and then put it to the people. no to that, but the allies he needs on board. we must be prepared for an ideal necessary. not her problem anymore, watching a more straightforward game today. theresa may at the cricket, able to laugh now. no such luck for her successor. opposition mobilising against borisjohnson. her successor. opposition mobilising against boris johnson. have a general election, elect a new parliament, elect a labour government. the removalvans

parliament, elect a labour government. the removal vans have done theirjobs and a new prime minister slipping into the back. borisjohnson minister slipping into the back. boris johnson tonight, at minister slipping into the back. borisjohnson tonight, at home at number10. well one of mrjohnson's first acts was to guarantee the rights of eu citizens living in the uk, but that's already caused problems within his own party with some insisting it requires a change in the law, something borisjohnson's team disputes. the new prime minister says he's also considering an australian style points based immigration system as our home editor mark easton explains. with politics so volatile, many eu nationals living in the uk watch on anxiously. today, borisjohnson offered an unequivocal guarantee that they would be allowed to remain even in the event of no deal. but a conservative mp who's been complaining on the issue is worried. there are no plans to make it the law. some member states like spain have already passed legislation to protect british citizens living, working, studying and retired there.

but it's entirely contingent on our passing first legislation to protect their citizens. is it not time we took back control of our immigration policy? controlling immigration was one of borisjohnson's battle cries during the brexit referendum. in suggesting britain might introduce an australian style points system for new migrants, mrjohnson is echoing the demands of nigel farage, both as leader of ukip and more recently the brexit party. but hold on. australian style points system? haven't we heard that before? everybody coming to work in britain will need the right number of points to prove that they've got something to give. back in 2007, labour's immigration minister announced an australian style system for non—eu migrants coming to the uk, and migrant workers still need to satisfy a points system to get a visa. once out of the european union, the conservatives' immigration proposals would extend those rules to all foreign nationals. the big challenge with

points—based systems is that because they are more centrally planned, the government has to know things like how many migrants the economy needs and what kind ofjobs most need migrant workers, and in practice that's actually really difficult for economists to work out. mrjohnson says no—one believes more strongly in the benefits of immigration than he does. he wants to scrap the government's commitment to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands and has suggested an amnesty for those in the country illegally. mrjohnson wants to sound tough and conciliatory at the same time, appealing to people on both sides of the migration debate — to those who voted for the brexit party and want to see cuts to immigration, and to those in business and public services who argue britain needs a reliable source of foreign labour. what does he really think? we need to see the small print. and that's a view echoed by many who say that so far the prime minister is offering rhetoric on immigration policy, but little in the way of real detail. mark easton, bbc news.

borisjohnson told the house of commons he would work flat out to secure a new agreement on britain's withdrawal from the eu. but the european commission presidentjean claude juncker is understood to have told the prime minister, in a telephone call today, that the current withdrawal deal was the best and only agreement possible. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels and he explained what was discussed in that phone call. what we know was said was mrjuncker said he would exchange phone numbers with boris johnson said he would exchange phone numbers with borisjohnson so he would be available at any point borisjohnson wa nts to available at any point borisjohnson wants to call to discuss any ideas to getan wants to call to discuss any ideas to get an agreement. mrjuncker said those had to be in line with the current withdrawal agreement bill stuff the eu is very conscious and may not be willing to compromise. mr

johnson may painting himself into a corner, repeating mistakes made by theresa may. the uk's choice, mr johnson's repeated today the backstop and the single market are the main issues. the agreement in place, the backstop, are there to solve those issues, hearing mr johnson say the agreement was only possible if the backstop is eliminated, well, michelle barnier, jean—claude juncker, the irish eliminated, well, michelle barnier, jean—claudejuncker, the irish prime minister also that was unacceptable because the issues have to be addressed now, they can't be kicked into the future. and the irish prime minister went further, into the future. and the irish prime ministerwent further, he into the future. and the irish prime minister went further, he said without addressing the irish border issues, there could be no withdrawal agreement bill, but also no future trade deal as well. so if there's

any sort of thoughts the eu might be sort of willing to cave and give concessions under pressure, there is no sign of it. the eu in fact saying if there is no deal, that is a uk's choice because there is a route to a deal it believes it is offering. the headlines on bbc news: baking britain — thousands flocked to beaches and pools as temperatures peaked at 38.1 degrees celsius, making it the second hottest day on record. but much of the rail network couldn't cope, passengers had to be rescued as overhead power cables were damaged by the heat. on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson heralds what he called a new start on the road to brexit. the japanese car maker, nissan, has announced it will cut 12,500 jobs worldwide in an attempt to shore up its finances after recent troubles. the company says its quarterly net profit has fallen nearly 95% and it will reduce its global production

capacity by 10% by the end of 2022. earlier i spoke to our reporter nina nanji. she told me that many of the issues faced by nissan, from falling sales to rising costs, are also being felt across the car industry. all of this has created something of a perfect storm for nissan, we have seen the numbers, not very good at all. it has essentially wiped out its profit and to put it into context, this is one of the worst quarterly performance as they have had ina quarterly performance as they have had in a decade. we've seen all of the corporate infighting and the chairman, carlos ghosn, he was accused of financial misconduct, dismissed from the company. he says management has clearly taken a view now where we need to turn around our performance, one where they've identified doing that is by cutting costs a nd identified doing that is by cutting costs and partly that is cutting production. but also cutting jobs. so where are the job is going to go? how will the uk be affected by that?

we do know is there are 12,500 jobs worldwide going to be tired. the company's worldwide going to be tired. the compa ny‘s confirmed that worldwide going to be tired. the company's confirmed that today and that's about one tenth of its global workforce. to put that in context, it's quite significant. that involves 14 plants being involved for cuts here, whether that isjust to production lines or whole factories shutting down. in the uk, we have around 7000 people employed at sunderland plant, so obviously there is uncertainty for those. the city really relies on nissan as one of its largest employers. they will be looking at that with some concern. unions today were quite optimistic about it, they don't think the arcs is going to fold too ha rd think the arcs is going to fold too hard in the uk and that's really because the sunderland plant is very efficient. a lot of its production lines are profitable and crucially, talking about electric cars they

are, it does produce the nissan leave, which is an electric car. they won't really want to scale back on that. but as we had in the package, there, brexit is causing uncertainty for businesses and a lot of car companies talk about the risks of a no—deal brexit and what this could mean in terms of disruption to supply chains for them. for nissan, we've already seen earlier this year they talked about two of their models being cut from the sunderland plant, so that is something that really scaled back on. in february they said one of their plant's on. in february they said one of their pla nt‘s new on. in february they said one of their plant's new models wasn't going to be built here in the uk, they've chosen japan going to be built here in the uk, they've chosenjapan today. they specifically cited brexit uncertainty is a reason for that. so the chief executive of nissan was talking today and he said he can't give any details at this point because they are still working the details out. it's essentially a waiting game, but it does mean a lot of uncertainty for a lot of those nissan staff. nina nanji. four teenage boys have been charged with a hate crime after a lesbian couple was subjected to a suspected homophobic attack on a london bus.

both women were treated in hospital forfacial injuries. the boys aged between 15 and 17 are due to appear in court next month. two teenage boys have been given custodial sentences after the fatal stabbing of yousef makki in the cheshire village of hale barnes in march. the 17—year—old had won a scholarship to the presitigious manchester grammar school. the court heard the two teenagers — both from wealthy families — led a double—life, indulging in what were idiotic fantasies of being gangsters. they can't be named because of their age. you are watching bbc news. it's 20 minutes past 11. the nominations have been announced for this year's mercury prize, for the best album by a british or irish artist. on the shortlist are bands including idles and the 1975, the singer—songwriter anna calvi, and the northampton rapper slowthai. lizo mzimba reports. the mercury prize prides itself on recognising an impressive breadth

of musical styles with its nominations. this year, there is the more commercial sound of the 1975... ..and the band foals. as well as the more reflective melodies of cate le bon. and ten piece jazz collective seed ensemble. singer—songwriter anna calvi has now been nominated for her first three albums, equalling coldplay‘s record. it means the world for an artist like me, to kind of get your music out there, for other people to hear about you and to be among such amazing talent. among much of that amazing talent there is a particular theme — politics. idols aren't the first band to marry music and political protest. # my blood brother is an immigrant... but they've done it with a fresh power and energy.

the whole point of us as a band is that we're trying to articulate the personal and the political as the same thing. everything isjust a heightened vision of welfare and well—being in politics, and we just wanted to try and marry that and get people to kind of feel they have a voice, even through listening. # water it down like evian # think that tyron's naive... while rapper slowthai has used his experiences growing up in northampton for his nominated album nothing great about britain. i'm not trying to say i hate this country. i love this country, i'm proud... i've got more pride in my heart for it than anything. i just feel we've lost value of what is important, and its community, and that's what i'm trying to do with this album. for artists who aren't quite household names yet, like black midi or little simz, just the nomination can be a huge boost. still, all 12 will be aiming to win in september. lizo mzimba, bbc news. earlier i spoke to lisa verrico — a musicjournalist

from the sunday times, and asked her who she thought might win. whether they think the favourite is going to be dave, psycho drama. he isa going to be dave, psycho drama. he is a 21—year—old man from london. he knows a lot about what it means to grow up black, be back in britain. his two elder brothers are in prison, it's such an echo of the coin story, very insightful, not super complex, very accessible. as i think that's going to be the bookie's favourite. and slowthai's nothing great about britain. that's very good fun and it has a good sense of humour. women are fairly well represented on the list? they aren't bad. my favourite might not win, buti

aren't bad. my favourite might not win, but i think little simz, british rap has never been so successful or so influential, yet we have david at number one and some others have won the mercury before, there is no visible woman at the moment. they are working just as ha rd moment. they are working just as hard but you don't see them. little simz has an album called grey area, it's fantastic, it's fun, it reminds mea it's fantastic, it's fun, it reminds me a little bit of missy elliott but it is obviously very british. nick and adore's for a lot of female british rap to follow, i think she would be a good win for me. lisa verrico from the sunday times. do stay with us for the papers coming up stay with us for the papers coming up after 11:30pm headlines. time for a look at the weather forecast now with chris. hello there. we've had a lot of hot

weather affecting europe, all caused by an area of low pressure off the west of europe. that is drawing up hot weather, including here in the uk. it has been a record—breaking heatwave with new all—time records that in germany, belgium and the netherlands. here in the uk, we have had a number of sites that have gone past the old july temperature record. yes, the hottestjuly day over here in the uk is that on thursday. —— all. we have this low pressure that is going to be moving m, pressure that is going to be moving in, eventually bringing in some cooler and fresher hour. if you have been struggling to sleet, damages will be easing as we go to the next 24 hours. quite a bit of cloud in the sky as compared to the recent days, and some thunderstorms across eastern areas later in the day. as

far as the temperatures go, for many of us it isn't going to be anywhere near as hard. temperatures typically in the low to mid 20s. but across eastern england and northern scotla nd eastern england and northern scotland it will be another very warm day here with temperatures in the high 20s. as far as the weekend goes, low pressure is firmly in charge and we have this very slowly moving whether front that could cause some problems with localised flash flooding as a result of thundery rain. so the worst of it stretches from lincolnshire across northern england into scotland. it's going to be slow—moving in nature and some of the rain will be quite intense as well. further west, meanwhile, quite a bit of cloud for northern ireland, some bright and sunny spells, which it should stay dry for wales and south—west england. temperatures in the low 20s, england. temperatures in the low 205, it england. temperatures in the low 20s, it should feel quite pleasant, quite comfortable. and no times this weekend we will see temperatures much, much lower than they have been —— nighttime stop for sunday, still there, still and affect in —— affecting northern england. it

should brighten up with some sunshine but it should be a freshfields of the weather here. someone within the sunshine returning to southern england, temperatures in the mid 20s in the london area. now, as far as the start of the week goes, we've got an area of low pressure approaching the south—west of the country. so the cloud thickens for wales in the south—west england, and we could see some showers moving in across scotla nd some showers moving in across scotland where again there could be quite a bit of cloud. in between we see the sunshine come out, into the mid—20s which is on the warm side for this time of year. it stays reasonably unsettled across western areas where again the threat of further showers coming and going in the west, perhaps across the north—east of scotland, some bright awesome sunny spells. temperatures again whether sunshine comes out reaching the mid—20s and the warmest areas. looking beyond that, we'll ta ke areas. looking beyond that, we'll take a look at what the jet stream's up take a look at what the jet stream's up to and for most part —— the most part, thejet up to and for most part —— the most part, the jet stream's up to and for most part —— the most

part, thejet stream's running to the north of the uk, we have an area of high pressure extending across much of greenland and the iceland area as well. across the mid—atlantic, area as well. across the mid—atla ntic, we're looking area as well. across the mid—atlantic, we're looking at a drop ora mid—atlantic, we're looking at a drop or a slow—moving low pressure system drop or a slow—moving low pressure syste m — — drop or a slow—moving low pressure system —— trust, this will bring u nsettled system —— trust, this will bring unsettled weather. close to the low is where we will see most of the renal showers, particularly across western areas of the uk. but there will be some spells of sunshine. the detail is quite uncertain but we will see big thunderstorms around of the next few days, i think. that's your weather.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines: baking britian — thousands flocked to beaches and pools as temperatures peaked at 38.1 degrees celsius, making it the second hottest day on record. but much of the rail network couldn't cope, passengers had to be rescued as overhead power cables were damaged by the heat. it is almost unprecedented. i've been working on the railway for ten years.