i'm ben bland, in london. the headlines: record breaking heat across europe. temperatures soar, topping wednesday's highs in france, germany, belgium and the netherlands. the usjustice department reinstates the policy to use capital punishment and schedules the executions of five federal inmates on death row. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore. also in the programme: south korea says the north's test of a new type of short—range ballistic missile will not help to ease tension on the korean peninsula. and the wedding photographer who's definitely not developing traditionaol big—day pictures.

live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight here in london and 1am across central europe which is in the grip of a record—breaking heatwave. the hottest temperatures ever were experienced in germany and the netherlands this week. while in paris on thursday it was more than 42 degrees celsius — that's 108 in farenheight, the highest ever temperature in the french capital. lucy williamson reports from paris. the city of light has become the city of heat. 42 degrees, just bearable if you are mostly underwater. the government has repeatedly warned

people not to stay out in the sun, but with offices and schools closing early, and most homes without air conditioning, not everyone is listening. it's difficult to enjoy it. here we are in this most amazing city in the world and it's tough to want to go and do much. it's very hot. the summer in brazil is not like this. it's hot too but here it's too much. this is a short, sharp spike in temperatures but what a spike it is, the heat unremitting now for several days and nights and, in a city not built for this kind of weather, for many people air—conditioned shops or public fountains are the only place they can find respite. the hot weather is putting pressure on farmers, already facing a drought. this farmer says the grass his cows should be eating has died in the field. he is using up his stock of winter feed to keep them alive.

translation: our fields have become as dry as doormats. we have never seen anything like it. it's like the south of france. we have longer periods without water, we are running at a 50% loss. we'll have to adapt and find solutions. the heatwave broke temperature records across europe yesterday and then broke them again today. germany soared to 42 degrees as people flocked to lakes and fountains. in belgium the village of kleiner bruegel topped a0 degrees along with several other places. and in the netherlands the hottest day for more than 70 years saw the red cross handing out emergency water supplies to the homeless. this is the second heatwave to hit europe in a month. in paris, where streets and monuments have weathered centuries of change, some wonder if the weather itself is changing. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.

also? making news today: as many as 150 migrants may have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of libya, according to the united nations refugee agency. an additional 150 people were rescued from the same wreck by fishermen and returned to the libyan coast. if confirmed, it would be the deadliest shipwreck in the mediterranean so far this year. the unhcr say this latest tragedy must be a turning point. we know a group of around 300 people left from our homes in 0livia we know a group of around 300 people left from our homes in olivia and we re left from our homes in olivia and were rescued by localfishermen and the guard who assisted as well. —— homs. survivors have returned to libya and we are providing them with assistance and they estimate another

150 people died at sea. this tragedy comes this week after we saw more than 50 people died in an airstrike a detention centre. this has to be a moment for a change in approach to the mediterranean situation. libya sees more search and rescue boats operating at sea and more done to release people from these detention centres. saving lives now needs to become the call priority. us media are reporting that the financierjeffrey epstein has been taken to hospital after being found semi—conscious in a prison cell in new york. epstein is accused of sexually assaulting underage girls. japanese car—maker nissan has announced that it is cutting over 12,000 jobs globally — about 9% of its total workforce. nissan also announced that its net profit for the first three months of the year dropped by 9a.5% — its worst performance in a decade, as it struggles against rivals

in key markets such as the us. and look at these pictures where a 9 year—old girl suffered only minor injuries after being flipped into the air by a charging bison at yellowstone national park. a group of tourists ignored advice to stay at least 20 metres away. the federal death penalty is being reintroduced in the united states. it had been informally suspended for the past 16 years. the usjustice department has now scheduled the executions of five inmates on death row next december and january. since 2003 the only executions under the death penalty have been carried out at state rather than federal level. 0ur correspondent in washington, chris buckler, has more on the change. in many ways, a moratorium had been

set in place partly because they have been concerns about wrongful prosecutions in which people have been wrongfully convicted of crimes and later been found to be innocent. that was a concern for some people while they waited on death row in some cases. also a genuine concern that in some cases they were members of black offenders, racial disparity in terms of the conviction and sentencing of a death penalty. it was something raised time and time by campaigners. as a result, for the last 30 years there have only been really free inmates executed as a result of federal crimes. it is important to state that many more people than that have been executed because it is still... a death penalty exists in more than half of american states. what we have had from the department ofjustice as this change which will bar, the

attorney, in his view they owe it to the victims and families to carry forward the sentence imposed. this is quite a change. what do we know about the five inmates whose executions have been scheduled?m the past 30 years, where they have only been three executions as a result of a death penalty, one of the was timothy mcveigh, the 0klahoma the was timothy mcveigh, the oklahoma city bomber. but actually the five people scheduled for these executions are not particularly household names. very different cases. 0ne household names. very different cases. one of them, daniel lewis lee, a member ofa cases. one of them, daniel lewis lee, a member of a white supremacist group responsible for killing motoring family of three including an eight—year—old girl. mitchell was responsible for various serious

crimes are responsible for murder and sentenced to death. very different people who are among this group of five and i suspect that is pretty deliberate from the department ofjustice. they want to show that as far as our concern, things will be administered no matter what the circumstances and that they want to really try to make shop that of prisoners have been convicted and will be executed as the result of this change in policy. north korean says yesterdays ballistic missile test was intended to send a "solemn warning" to the south over itself continued participation in joint military excercies with the us. south korea says it belives the two missiles launched from the north appear to be a new design. the missiles were launched from the eastern north korean city of wonsan, and according to seoul travelled just under 700 kilometres. responding to the launch,

us state department spokesperson morgan 0rtagus restated the administrations committment to working level talks, calling on the north to build on the progress of previous summits. ankit panda is editor at the asia focused news outlet the diplomat and senior fellowat the federation of american scientists. so how significant is the timing? absolutely the timing is significant. the statement that the north korean authorities have stated say that by progressing with military exercises with the us it goes against the spirit of the inter— korean agreement agreed to last year in april and september. in my view, this is about telling the south koreans they should not go ahead with military exercises if they want to goodwill in the potential to proceed. how

they want to goodwill in the potentialto proceed. how surprising are these lodges coming so soon after meeting with donald trump at the demilitarised zone just last month? i think that meeting went quite well. the north korean really emphasise they are keeping the personal relationship between donald trump and kimjong—un personal relationship between donald trump and kim jong—un separate from the relationship between the two countries which remains very difficult. i was surprised the north koreans decided to conduct a launch before military exercises had actually begun. in the recent years, we saw a tit—for—tat once the exercises began. the north koreans hold exercises of their own to demonstrate they have capabilities to meet the challenges. this time they really want washington and seoul to pull off the exercises and because they have said that president trump gave kim jong—un an

assurance at the meeting that these exercises would not go forward. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. eu leaders give a robust response to the brexit threats made by britain's new prime minister borisjohnson. als oon the programme. when is a wedding photographer, not a wedding photographer? we'll find out. mission control: you can see them coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia.

but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunction of sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is newsday on the bbc. thank you for staying with us.|j thank you for staying with us. i am surrounded label in singapore. it's great to see you. hello, i am ben bland in london. our top stories. more record breaking heat across europe. temperatures topped wednesday's

highs in paris as well as germany, belgium and the netherlands. the us justice the usjustice department has reinstated a policy to use capital punishment, it schedules the executions of five federal inmates on death row. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we'll start with the korea times who are focusing on the latest missile launch from north korea. the paper reports that leading political parties in south korea have criticised the missile test and urge their northern neighbours to stop "disturbing the peace". the japan times reflects on a story from a week ago as the country marks seven days since an arson attack on a kyoto animation studio. the attack destroyed the factory in kyoto, killing 3a people. and as we've been reporting, the extreme heat is making headlines across europe.

in the uk, the independent leads on the weather describing how the uk had its second hottest day ever with climate experts warning that such extreme temperatures are the new normal. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. thank you very much. things are certainly hotting up in westminster. in his first full day in the job as prime minister, borisjohnson has repeated his commitment for the uk to leave the eu by october the 31st. he said that he would work flat out to try to get a deal — but insisted the withdrawal agreement negotiated by theresa may was dead. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. quite the occasion. a government more or less created overnight. a cabinet in a rush. good morning, secretary of state. are you looking forward to your first big meeting? so eager to get to the table, there was almost a traffic jam in number10. it's just before 8:00am and the cabinet are already gathering for theirfirst meeting. this is a new government that wants to show they really mean business.

right... and there he is, in the chair he's coveted for so long. borisjohnson, a politician who divides, trying to pull a government, a party and a country together. it is wonderful to see this new team assembled here, and reflecting, ithink, the depth and breadth of talent in our extraordinary party. the words familiar already. we're a lot less used to this show of unity. hear, hear. brexit the number—one task. how was the meeting, home secretary? brexiteers in plum jobs. oh, it's a very positive cabinet, it's a united cabinet, it's fully supporting the prime minister. the promise to leave in less than 100 days the task. well, we've had an excellent cabinet meeting. very positive, very enthusiastic. and we're all ready to go now. ready to work. yet no prime minister can be master of a government without mastering the commons. he's arrived for big moments before, but never like this. relishing making an entrance? statement, the prime minister.

thank you. our mission is to deliver brexit on october 3ist, for the purpose of uniting and re—energising our great united kingdom. he wants to leave the eu at halloween, but wants it his way. the way to the deal goes by way of the abolition of the backstop. he wants to make that guarantee against a hard border in ireland disappear — precisely what the eu says it'll never do. i hope that they will rethink their current refusal to make any changes. not her problem any more. watching a different, more straightforward game today, former colleagues in tow — theresa may at the cricket, able to laugh now. the movers on their way in to take her belongings out. her successor speeding

in at the back. downing street is firmly home for boris johnson now. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. you might well ask, how is this all going down in brussels? well there has been some strong reaction from the european union to borisjohnson‘s brexit plans. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier called the uk leader's tactics "combative" in a letter to eu member states. while in their first phone call, european commission president jean—claude juncker is understood to have told the new prime minister that the current withdrawal deal was "the best and only agreement possible." and ireland's leader leo varadkar has reitterated that there would be no changes to the withdrawal agreement made under theresa may. no deal is a british threat, the only people who can cause no deal is the united kingdom's government. and while they aren't going to speak to prime ministerjohnson over the airwaves, i look forward to meeting

him. whati airwaves, i look forward to meeting him. what i can say, is the european of their european union and oregon has not changed because of the backstop is an integral part of the withdrawal agreement was that without the backstop, there is no withdrawal agreement was that there is no transition phase, there is no limitation phase, and there will be no free trade agreement until all those matters are resolved. more than 480 million people across asia and the pacific are undernourished. but plenty of others are getting too much of the wrong kind of food. in fact, the pacific islands have the highest rates of obesity in the world. nation the problem is our diets, and the united nations has gathered experts from around the world in bangkok to find some solutions. their main goal is to develop the first international nutrition guidelines. one of the experts is professor jess fa nzo, the director of the us—based johns hopkins global food ethics and policy program. she joins us from bangkok. welcome to the programme. just how

serious is this problem of malnutrition and over nutrition in asia and pacific? thanks for having me. the burden of malnutrition in asia is very significant, debilitating to not only individuals and their health, but also development of nations, economic costs, societal costs. so it is a significant issue that is really garnering international attention. you say it's a significant issue, professor, but just how you say it's a significant issue, professor, butjust how bad is it? what are the causes are you finding of malnutrition? yeah, in asia, like most of the world, we are grappling with multiple malnutrition burdens, or multiple forms of malnutrition. we still have a lot of hunger and undernutrition in the world, but at the same time we have 2.1 billion

people who are overweight and obese. and asia holds a portion of that, we have places like australia and new zealand, papua new guinea, the pacific islands like you mentioned, that have significant burdens of obesity. 0ne that have significant burdens of obesity. one of the biggest drivers of that are our diets. these suboptimal diets, these diets — processed, packaged foods that are very high in sugar, salt and fat. do we really — it's interesting that something that is supposed to be nourishing us, that is our diets, is actually killing us. so what do you suggest is a way to tackle this problem and what can mitigate the fa ct problem and what can mitigate the fact that there is processed food all around? yeah, i think that governments... this is an opportunity and the meetings we are holding here is for governments to really negotiate a set of guidelines on how to navigate this complex food

system that we are dealing with and hold those that work in the food system, whether it's the food and beverage industries and otherfood system actors to hold them to account to start producing and selling healthier foods for consumers. all right. professorjess fanzojoining us consumers. all right. professorjess fanzo joining us there joining consumers. all right. professorjess fanzojoining us therejoining us from bangkok. thank you so much. we've all been to weddings. all over the world, couples choose the summer for their weddings — and weddings photographers are the ones who capture those special moments, often staging them. but ian weldon, who's based in britain, film the weddingsjust as they are, warts and all. his new book is called ‘i am not a wedding photographer‘ and his work is featured at a new exhibit. i would describe my work as a documentary approach to wedding

photography. i am documentary approach to wedding photography. iam in documentary approach to wedding photography. i am in weldon, documentary approach to wedding photography. iam in weldon, my documentary approach to wedding photography. i am in weldon, my new book‘ i am not a wedding photographer‘, but i‘m not, buti am. asa photographer‘, but i‘m not, buti am. as a documentary photographer, it‘s the real life that i want to ca ptu re. it‘s the real life that i want to capture. if we have everything staged, if we have everything — approaching every wedding with a template, then no wedding look any different to any other. and they are such fruitful ground for photographs and emotion and gesture and real—life and the absurdity of life but it seems rather silly to me to approach it in a stylised way. the photograph of the child pulling the funny photograph of the child pulling the fu n ny fa ces photograph of the child pulling the funny faces one of my earliest wedding photographs that wasn‘t an actual wedding photograph, it wasn‘t an expected photograph. what i really enjoyed was the irreverent

nature of the young child and eve ryo ne nature of the young child and everyone else prim and proper. that along with another image that was shot at the scene of a wedding, a picture of a braided behind her there‘s a couple really going for it —— a bride, it was those images that made me realise there was more to a wedding thanjust made me realise there was more to a wedding than just the bride and groom. it of the serious situation and the ridiculous thing happening at the same time that i found incredibly interesting. i feel it brings levity to the photographs and there isn‘t a great deal about within the wedding photography industry. everybody‘s in on the troubled start, it‘s not like i‘m pretending to be one thing and doing something else. if somebody wants something else. if somebody wants something other than that, if they wa nt something other than that, if they want traditional group shots, if they want bride— grim portraits, there are people out there that are far better at doing that than me. so the response i get is always positive from my work. i think it‘s because people don‘t know what they‘re going to get, that i get such a positive response. i think it‘s a bit of a travesty that more

photographers aren‘t applying their own unique perspective of what photography is to a subject that was make so prevalent in our society. i would like to think this is all weddings really look like, but it‘s just not often we get to see that. some great images there. any experiences of wedding photos? yeah, actually, ben, at my wedding one of my husband‘s friends ended up a little tipsy and started dancing with a golf cart and of course we never captured that photo, i wish we had it. it would be brilliant, wouldn‘t it? had it. it would be brilliant, wouldn't it? i was at a wedding recently and they try to get eve ryo ne recently and they try to get everyone lined up on the lawn, jumping. 0ne everyone lined up on the lawn, jumping. one of those classic jumping. one of those classic jumping photos. 0h, jumping. one of those classic jumping photos. oh, my goodness, time after time after time. in the end they did it, it was a lot of effort. a lot of effort. i'm glad nobody fell, then.

you have been watching newsday. iam ben i am ben bland iam ben bland in i am ben bland in london. and i‘m sharanjit leyl in singapore stay with us. hello. when weather makes news, it‘s rarely a good thing. the extreme heat has been causing problems. it's it‘s a new ukjuly record. the all—time record avoided, ultimately, it didn‘t make much difference to the sheer unpleasantness. it has been so exceptionally hot, friday will be cooler and things cool further going into the weekend as this weather front moves through. with it, some heavy rain in places as we are going to see. this is how friday‘s starting. for many, friday is going to start

dry. thunderstorms in the easternmost parts with and humid weather still wear some spots staying in the low 20s overnight. for many of us, friday will be a day of broken cloud, some sunny spells and a chance of catching a shower just about anywhere. still some rumbles of thunder with these developing through eastern parts of england. there is a weather front slowly edging east, but not a huge amount of rain on it so far. there is still some heat the further east you are, into northern scotland as well where the hotspots will be near 30 celsius. again, it is just not as hot as it has been. ahead of that weather front, it looks like it‘s going to be really going as we get to friday night and indeed stay with us to the weekend. an area of rain expanding and turning heavier, just as those temperatures coming down by day they are doing that by night as well. let‘s take a look at the big picture for the weekend. for some of us, our weekend weather will be dominated by our proximity

to this weather front. if you get the idea, it‘s going to be very wet at times, it doesn‘t move very much between saturday and sunday. there is potential for actually quite a bit of rain in parts of northern england and southern scotland in particular as well as the high parts of the pennines into north york. they could end up with up to 100 millimetres of rain, you also get the idea here that northern ireland, wales and the south—west see the driest weather and notjust on saturday, but into sunday as well. again, this weather front may not be sitting exactly right here so we‘ll just keep you updated on how that shapes up. elsewhere, it stays mainly dry. there will be one of two showers popping up, but i think for many of us that we can weather will be all about these much more comfortable temperatures.

i‘m ben bland with bbc world news. our top story: there‘s been a second day of record breaking heat across northerneurope. paris recorded an all—time high for the city on thursday, with 42 point 6 degrees celsius. that figure was also matched in germany. belgium and the netherlands also broke their temperature best for the second day in a row. the united statesjustice department has reinstated the policy to use capital punishment. it‘s scheduled the executions of five federal inmates, on death row. and this video is trending on bbc.com a 9 year—old girl suffered only minor injuries after being flipped into the air by a charging bison at yellowstone national park. a group of tourists had ignored advice to stay at least 20 metres away. that‘s all. stay with bbc world news.