this is bbc news. very good to have your company. i'm rich preston. our top stories: the uk health secretary, matt hancock, resigns over the publication of pictures showing him kissing a colleague in breach of covid guidance. he'll be replaced by sajid javid. he'd led the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic from the very beginning, and says he's let people down. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made. and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that is why i've got to resign. the mayor of the miami county where an apartment block collapsed has called for

immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. the us braces for an extreme and dangerous heatwave in the northwest, with supplies being handed out to the homeless in many areas. and wales�* euro 2020 dreams are over, beaten 4—0 by denmark as italy knock out austria with a 2—1 victory. hello and welcome. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has resigned, a day after admitting he'd breached social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague in his office. calls for him to step down had come from some of his own conservative party, after the publication of images showing him embracing his aide, gina coladangelo. mr hancock told the prime minister he was resigning in a letter, saying

he'd let people down. he then made a public announcement on social media. borisjohnson said mr hancock should leave office very proud of what he'd achieved. a few hours ago, the former home secretary and chancellor, sajid javid, was announced as mr hancock's replacement. our political correspondent ben wright has the story. one of the most familiar faces of the pandemic, the health secretary at the heart of decision—making as the country battled covid, and often seen at his side was this woman, gina coladangelo, a former lobbyist, adviser to the health secretary and long—term friend. but yesterday came this image of them kissing in matt hancock's office, breaking, as he admitted, the government's own covid guidelines and plunging his career into crisis. this evening, he quit. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to

stick by them, and that is why i've got to resign. matt hancock had hoped to ride out the storm, a cabinet minister with big ambition who had the backing of the prime minister. number 10 considered this matter closed and it was mr hancock who decided to step down. to be frank, it shouldn't have come to this. borisjohnson should have shown the guts, the spine, the awareness to have sacked him on friday. you cannot have a health secretary who designs the covid rules so blatantly breaking the rules in the way he did. neverfarfrom a podium, matt hancock wrote rules the rest of us were told to follow. for some tory mps, mr hancock's credibility was shot. what's been clear over the last 2a hours is that, for a sizeable minority or even majority of the public, they no longer had confidence in matt hancock. it wasn't the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy

of being someone who'd made the rules but then broke their own rules. there was another big problem. last september, gina coladangelo was appointed to the board that oversees the department of health on a taxpayer—funded salary. the government said the appointment rules were followed, but labour demanded an investigation. tonight, mrs coladangelo stepped down from her role. economic news out today? but hancock has been close to politics and power from the start of his career. chief of staff to george osborne in opposition, entering parliament in 2010 and clocking up ministerialjobs once the conservatives were in power. he became health secretary in july 2018 and even stood for the leadership of his party. i want this campaign to be about the future of britain. a marker, a signal of intent. but for now, his ministerial career is over. in his letter to matt hancock this evening, borisjohnson said "above all, it has been your task to deal with a challenge

better than any faced by your predecessors, and you have risen to that challenge." leaving hisjob, but hancock thanked those he had worked with. i'm very proud of what we have done to protect the nhs at the peak, to deliver that vaccine roll—out, one of the fastest in the world. and i look forward to supporting the government and the prime minister from the backbenches. morning, mrjavid. the former chancellor sajid javid now returns to the cabinet as the new health secretary, taking over during a pandemic that is not yet over. thank you very much indeed. in his resignation letter, matt hancock apologised to his family for putting them through all this. a spokesman declined to comment, but tonight it's understood mr hancock has also left his wife. ben wright, bbc news. let's speak now to the political commentator tim montgomerie. tim, thank you for making the time for us. some might say it

is notable that the health secretary resigned rather than being relieved of his position by the prime minister. what is your take?— your take? yes, i think that is a fair reading, _ your take? yes, i think that is a fair reading, rich. _ a fair reading, rich. unfortunately the parameters are hesitated when i think it was obvious to most members of the public i have been speaking to in recent days certainly there was an ominous silence from conservative mps who didn't call them to go but certainly won't supporting him on social media. and i think there was an awareness, certainly outside of ten downing st, that in the middle of a pandemic, you can't be a coauthor of the restrictions to protect britain from the covid epidemic and then break those rules. and i think number ten should have been faster to recognise that public mood and i think probably best to focus, now, on the fact that the

health secretary has resigned, which was the right thing to do. otherwise it would have been impossible, i think, for the health secretary to have stood up at a future downing street press conference telling the british people this is what you need to do to ensure that we defeat covid and people would have turned away and discussed ——in discussed, i think, because i think a lot of people would have remembered matt hancock's inability to abide by the rules. he matt hancock's inability to abide by the rules.- matt hancock's inability to abide by the rules. he is to be relaced abide by the rules. he is to be replaced by — abide by the rules. he is to be replaced by sajid _ abide by the rules. he is to be replaced by sajid javid. - abide by the rules. he is to be replaced by sajid javid. he - abide by the rules. he is to bei replaced by sajid javid. he has replaced by sajid javid. he has a friend of yours. how do you think he will perform? i a friend of yours. how do you think he will perform?- think he will perform? i think ou think he will perform? i think you probably _ think he will perform? i think you probably won't _ think he will perform? i think you probably won't get - think he will perform? i think you probably won't get the i think he will perform? i think i you probably won't get the most independent view of sajid javid from me. i have known him since university days. there is a man of integrity. he resigned from boris johnson's of integrity. he resigned from borisjohnson�*s cabinet last boris johnson's cabinet last yearin borisjohnson�*s cabinet last year in protest at what he thought was disproportionate influence of dominic cummings. he was the first and very most senior member of the government to warn borisjohnson that this

sort of almost rasputin ego could cause his government difficulty. i think in bring him back, borisjohnson is recognising that sajid javid was probably right about now former downing street advisor. and he is held a number of former governmentjobs. as well as chancellor, he was home secretary for a period, business secretary, culture secretary. he certainly has been around the block once or twice. he knows how whitehall works and given the huge challenges that will face the national health service after the pandemic i think his experiences certainly going to be needed. experiences certainly going to be needed-— be needed. finally, tim, and briefl , be needed. finally, tim, and briefly, does _ be needed. finally, tim, and briefly, does this _ be needed. finally, tim, and briefly, does this damage - be needed. finally, tim, and i briefly, does this damage boris johnson's reputation? we are still dealing with the pandemic. this is because issues for him? i pandemic. this is because issues for him?— pandemic. this is because issues for him? i don't think it helps- _ issues for him? i don't think it helps. but _ issues for him? i don't think it helps. but i _ issues for him? i don't think it helps. but i think- it helps. but i think conservative mps will be relieved that although it perhaps took 2a hours too long for matt hancock to resign compared to the dominic cummings controversy when he

tried to hold onto hisjob for four orfive tried to hold onto hisjob for four or five days until the media moved on from their interest, at least it has been nipped in the bud as a controversy.— nipped in the bud as a controversy. nipped in the bud as a controvers . ., controversy. tim, we will have to leave it _ controversy. tim, we will have to leave it there. _ controversy. tim, we will have to leave it there. appreciate i to leave it there. appreciate your time. rescue teams searching for survivors after an apartment building collapsed in florida on thursday say their efforts are being severely hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. the local mayor has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. five people are known to have died. more than 150 are missing. will grant reports from miami. this rescue effort is slow going, methodical, and deeply upsetting. since the i2—storey apartment block came down, only a handful of people have been found. dozens are thought to be somewhere under this rubble. the rescue is being hampered by a persistent fire, which firefighters are struggling to contain. if any resident is still trapped in air pockets in the debris, it makes their chances of survival even slimmer.

we're facing incredible difficulties with this fire. it's a very deep fire, it's extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire, and so they've been working around the clock. a small offering of solace to those still unaccounted for, but to add to their families' distress, it's been revealed that a survey on the block three years ago found a major error which affected drainage and waterproofing, and abundant cracking in the structure of the parking garage. as the days passed, the residents of surfside are beginning to accept that they may never see their missing neighbours again. if that wasn't harrowing enough, the fact that serious flaws with the building were flagged up as long as three years ago is enough to extinguish the final vestiges of hope that this community is clinging to. will grant, bbc news, surfside, florida. joining me now is pablo rodriguez, whose mother and grandmother are currently missing.

pablo, i understand this will be a very difficult time for you, so i am very grateful that you, so i am very grateful that you are able to join us. have you are able to join us. have you been given any recent update? you been given any recent u date? you been given any recent update?— you been given any recent u date? , ., update? hi, reg. there is not really any _ update? hi, reg. there is not really any updates. _ update? hi, reg. there is not really any updates. the - update? hi, reg. there is not really any updates. the only l really any updates. the only update i got to the was a phone call from somebody in the organisation who told me they are still looking for my mother and grandmother. as a family member who saw the footage and the days that have passed by we know there is no hope of them being alive. we're just hoping that maybe they find some remains of something. but there is no real ongoing information sharing. is no real ongoing information sharinu . is no real ongoing information sharin: . , ., is no real ongoing information sharinr. ., sharing. one part of the building _ sharing. one part of the building with _ sharing. one part of the building with ian? - sharing. one part of the building with ian? my i sharing. one part of the - building with ian? my mother's unit was in _ building with ian? my mother's unit was in the _ building with ian? my mother's unit was in the 11th _ building with ian? my mother's unit was in the 11th floor - building with ian? my mother's unit was in the 11th floor of - unit was in the 11th floor of the first how the collapsed. so you see the video which is all i can see when i close my eyes, her unit was the second one down from the very middle of

that tower and then the other building fell on top of it. so when i see that video that is the moment i am watching my mother and my grandmother died. had your mother raised concerns about the maintenance of the building previously? she had. so had several _ building previously? she had. so had several other- building previously? she had. so had several other unit - so had several other unit owners. they expressed concerns about mismanagement from the board, about potential corruption, aboutjust the corruption, about just the condition corruption, aboutjust the condition in the garage, around the building generally. 0bviously they didn't believe the condition it was in otherwise they would not have stayed in the building. the report which came out now showing years ago that this was a known condition and that if they didn't take action this would exponentially increase the structural integrity of the building is reaching a level of criminal negligence. that is for someone else to investigate but to me it is an constable that they let the building get

to the state it was at. in 2018 when the report was done, to allow it to get to that state of disrepair whether building is now not egress, that is clear negligence on the part of everybody involved.— everybody involved. tableau, have you _ everybody involved. tableau, have you been _ everybody involved. tableau, have you been going - everybody involved. tableau, have you been going down i everybody involved. tableau, have you been going down to j everybody involved. tableau, - have you been going down to the site to see the rescue operation? i site to see the rescue operation?— site to see the rescue operation? site to see the rescue oeration? . , ., operation? i have been down there twice. _ operation? i have been down there twice. i— operation? i have been down there twice. i went _ operation? i have been down there twice. i went down - operation? i have been down there twice. i went down the | there twice. i went down the dead occurred and i went back down to give a dna swab yesterday. i have not been down there i have friends that are involved in the rescue efforts, so i get some kind of updates from them, but not through official channels. i know the first responders and everybody working there are tirelessly doing the job that they can. but information is not forthcoming. there is not a lot of hope for any of us and it is a devastating situation. this happened — a devastating situation. this happened on _ a devastating situation. this happened on thursday. have you been given any sense of the timescale for you or other

families when you may be reunited with your relatives? we have not. we have not been given — or let me not speakfor everyone, but i have not been given a timeline of when we might be able to expect any kind of information. just to go back for a second to the point of expressing concern, the night before it happened i had talked to my mother about 7pm that day and she told me that she had woken up around 43 or fourin she had woken up around 43 or four in the morning because you heard loud noises that were corrupt. —— maggie throup. i didn't think much of it. buildings make those sounds. but it didn't occur to us that it was at this level. —— around 3am or 4am. after i saw the footage it haunts me now that we should have paid more attention.— attention. pablo, we are grateful _ attention. pablo, we are grateful to _ attention. pablo, we are grateful to you - attention. pablo, we are grateful to you sharing l attention. pablo, we are i grateful to you sharing your express with us during this

difficult time. thank you. we appreciate it.— difficult time. thank you. we appreciate it. five people have died in a hot air balloon accident in albuquerque, new mexico, in the southwestern united states. the accident caused power outages in the area for several hours after the balloon came into contact with a power line. police said the wind had pushed the balloon into power lines where it then caught fire. here is one witness describing the crash. around seven, we were just getting in the car, we heard a loud bang, my reaction was to tell my girl to get down, i didn't know if somebody was shooting but i looked up when i saw the balloon and she is screaming and everybody is screaming about the balloon. it was by itself and i said where are the baskets. i immediately reacted and started running this way. i got to right here, another gentleman and a few others and the thing was on fire. this is bbc news. the headlines.

the uk health secretary has resigned over publications of pictures of him kissing a colleague. let's stay with our main story, now. of course, the government still needs public support behind current restrictions. the whole weekend, this british government would have been opening, dominated by walk—in vaccination centres to boost jab numbers in england but of course we are focusing on the walking out of the health secretary, but despite many of the sunday front pages dominated by the story, this could be the end of what is best called a hypocritical affair. that's because as you said, matt hancock has fallen on his sword, that was because he had broken the guidelines as he had broken the guidelines as he pointed but of course, there has been a realisation over the 24 hours and since the story broke on friday that it has had a political impact, notjust in

the conservative party but public support around the country. it was making ministers, conservative mps nervous that the public were not going to follow the guidelines, they were not going to be compliant when we know that the delta variant, which is of concern notjust in the uk but around the world, is now the dominant variant in the uk, and how the uk is handling that is of international importance. matt hancock said in his resignation letter it was a distraction, to combating the delta spread, but borisjohnson doubled down on his support for the health secretary, saying he was sorry to receive the resignation and matt hancock's contribution to public life was far from contribution to public life was farfrom over, a man who only two years ago stood be prime minister. ., ., ., minister. you mentioned earlier around the _ minister. you mentioned earlier around the accusations - minister. you mentioned earlier around the accusations of - around the accusations of hypocrisy, and the government still needs public support in tackling the pandemic. ii still needs public support in tackling the pandemic. if you look at the — tackling the pandemic. if you look at the top _ tackling the pandemic. if you look at the top of _ tackling the pandemic. if you look at the top of the - tackling the pandemic. if you look at the top of the health | look at the top of the health secretary, there were two key

roles, one was to write the rules for these restrictions are to sit around the table and determine how far you could go and the second one was to convince the public. matt hancock no longer has the authority, but on the first, he was considered a lockdown dive in cabinet. is understood that borisjohnson is quite the opposite, he was not a fan of restriction so in many ways, matt hancock was one of people pushing for more protections for the health services and more restrictions for the public. many conservative mps thought he went too far with his approach, and would have been pleased to see him resigning as a result of this affair. there is an intriguing story in the sunday papers, that the cctv footage which sparked this whole story was passed on by a whistleblower in the department of health to a lockdown sceptic to pass on to the media. all of this suggesting that they may have been an impetus matt hancock

not to be around the table, which he won't be from monday onwards, when the uk looks at the restrictions that should be lifted, that have been delayed once, and may be delayed again, to ease gatherings, to remove facemask, social distancing, key decisions that need to be made that will affect people is, made that will affect people �*s�* lives here in the uk and the spread of the delta variant. the spread of the delta variant-— the spread of the delta variant. ., ,, , ., , . variant. thank you very much mark. parts of the us are seeing an extreme heat wave, with temperatures expected to intensify. all of washington and oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california were under an excessive heat warning as temperatures are set to soar 20 to 30 degrees fahrenheit above average throughout the region during the weekend and through next week, with dozens of daily record high temperatures are expected to be set, with monthly and even all—time records broken. for more on this, let's talk to 0regon's state climatologist larry 0'neill. thank you very much for being with us. how serious and

widespread are these heatwaves? this is affecting all of oregon, washington and british columbia as well, and we are seeing a number of large all—time record highs in danger, and some of these have fallen today, and will continue to fall over the next couple of days. to fall over the next couple of da s. ., , ., , ., days. people have been told that they — days. people have been told that they should _ days. people have been told that they should take - that they should take precautions. what kind of measures of people taking? abs, measures of people taking? number of things that you can do is we in the particular northwest are not used this kind of heat, so many other parts of the country in the world are used to this, so they have adapted to by having proper air—conditioning, they know what to do about hydration, they know to check on vulnerable populations and things like that, because the unprecedented nature of this in the north—west, people are not used to be so they don't have air—conditioning resources or potentially, people just air—conditioning resources or potentially, peoplejust don't know what to do essentially to

keep safe and keep call. last keep safe and keep call. last ear we keep safe and keep call. last year we saw _ keep safe and keep call. last year we saw terrible - keep safe and keep call. last year we saw terrible pictures from the region of wildfires. is there a concern that could be an issue this time as well? yes, there is a serious concern, one of the concerns that we are in the second year a multi—year drought that has shaped and influenced the united states' west and it is one of the most severe droughts we have had on our recorded history, so this is a background, and this kind of heatwave, with this very dry air and hot weather, is a cause for alarm. air and hot weather, is a cause foralarm. especially air and hot weather, is a cause for alarm. especially that this is happening so early in somerset stomach season, we still have a couple of months ago, and there is no real prospect that we will get the kind of precipitation we will need to make the fuels and the forest less flammable, so it is very much a concern, and yeah. how unusual is this, and will weather events like this in this region remain unusual, or

will they become more common? yeah, so this is an unusual amount, and in our data record we do have natural heatwaves that occur, this one is particularly strong in the data record, and what is also unusual about this one is how it is happening, this is happening so much earlier in the season so if you look back to the historical data records, we don't start getting very strong heatwaves until the middle or end ofjuly, and this is the middle to the end of june and we are getting this, so there is a very unusual aspect to it, and part of it is due to our change in climate, so we are starting to see these more unusual weather events, heatwaves becoming more intense, more frequent and longer lasting.— intense, more frequent and longer lasting. larry o'neill, state climatologist _ longer lasting. larry o'neill, state climatologist for - longer lasting. larry o'neill, i state climatologist for oregon, thank you for being with us. football, now, and at the european championship, wales

have been knocked out, losing 4—0 to denmark in the first of the tournament's round of 16 matches. the welsh conceded three goals in the second half and had a player sent off. hywel griffith was watching the action in amsterdam. they should have been walking down the aisle. instead, caitlin and jake's big day was spent cheering for their team. the pandemic forced the couple, who live in the netherlands, to postpone their wedding. so no cake, just plenty of danish. we feel lucky to be one of the tiny minority of wales fans are here today. denmark also had loved ones that couldn't be here. christian eriksen still recovering, their inspiration. wales, outnumbered again, started well, getting the ball to bale, but unable to make it count. denmark changed tack and found their flow. now wales were frustrated as the pressure builds. and as kasper dolberg cut inside, he broke wales' spirit.

denmark strike first! from holland to back home. wales needed to find a way to disrupt denmark's dominance. instead, they faltered, and dolberg doubled the lead. it's a terrible clearance. there was no choice. wales threw everything at it, but simply couldn't turn the tide. and that is the end for wales. a fourth felt cruel. the final whistle perhaps a relief for everyone. i'm disappointed for the players. i'm really proud of them. we have got a great group and i have said to them we have got to learn from this and bounce back bigger and stronger from having gone through this experience. having crisscrossed the continent, wales have reached the end of the road and are heading home proud and outplayed by a danish team who, after the most difficult start to this tournament, are living a football fairy tale. hywel griffith, bbc news.

in the second game of the round of 16, italy have beaten austria 2—1 to qualify for the quarter—finals. all three goals came in extra time. italy will now play either belgium or portugal in the quarterfinals. pride marches have drawn crowds of people around the world in support of lgbtq+ rights, after events were cancelled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. hundreds of people marched in mexico city on saturday, waving rainbow flags and calling for protections for the country's gay communities. around 30,000 people turned out in paris, starting for the first time in one of the capital's working class suburbs before finishing at place de la republique in the city centre. in rome, marchers supported an anti—homophobia law currently going through italian parliament that provides stronger measures to prevent and combat discrimination and violence on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.

meanwhile in istanbul, police in riot gearfired tear gas to disperse revellers at a banned gay pride parade. around 20 people, including a photojournalist, were detained. hello there. the first half of the weekend brought us plenty of dry weather. for many places, the second half of the weekend promises more of the same. but in southern areas, there's quite a big change on the way, blue skies in swanage on saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon will bring grey skies and some outbreaks of rain in the south. courtesy of a very slow moving weather system. you can see this curl of cloud and an area of low pressure that has become marooned just to the northwest of france. it will be throwing this band of rain northwards across the channel islands into southern counties of england through sunday morning, the odd shower running ahead of that into east anglia, the midlands, into parts of wales, more persistent rain to the south midlands and south of wales later, but all the while northern england and ireland, much of scotland will be

dry with sunny spells although thicker cloud could bring the odd spot of rain in the far northwest of scotland. 15 degrees in stornoway, 22 the high in london. some of this rain could turn pretty heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. it will move north overnight into parts of east anglia. maybe even clipping into parts of northern england. northern ireland and scotland stay dry with clear spells and temperatures staying in double digits for most of us. the slow moving weather system will still be with us into monday. that means further outbreaks of rain at times across the south with high—pressure building in further north and that is where we will see the driest of the weather. wet start across parts of wales in the southwest of england. a few more showers developing for southeast england, the midlands and east anglia through the day, maybe one or two into northern england, northern ireland and scotland should be dry with spells of sunshine, i think we see the highest temperatures across western scotland, 23, maybe 24 degrees. those showers in the south not great news for the start of wimbledon. there could be interruptions to the play on monday

and indeed heading into tuesday because our slow moving weather system will still be with us, further pulses of rain across the south of the uk where further north our area of high pressure will keep things drier, sunnier and warmer. we could see temperatures in glasgow on tuesday getting up to 25 degrees, but always the chance for outbreaks of rain further south.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has resigned, after he breached social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague in his office. mr hancock informed the prime minister he was resigning in a letter, saying he'd let people down. former chancellor sajid javid has been confirmed as the new health secretary. rescuers searching for survivors after an apartment building collapsed in florida say their efforts are being hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. it's emerged there'd been warnings three years ago about the building's structural safety. five people are known to have died, with almost 160 missing. five people have died in a hot air balloon accident in albuquerque, in southwestern united states. the accident caused power outages in the area after the balloon came into contact with a power line. police said the wind had pushed the balloon into power lines where it then caught fire.