this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in ethiopia — rebel tigrayan forces take back their regional capital from the government, but nearly two million people have fled their homes, and the need for aid is growing. our teams are ready, our supplies are ready. however, as we have stated in the last eight months, the challenge has always been we have not had consistent access to reach people who need the help most. canada's heatwave turns deadly. police in canada say more than 30 people have died in vancouver as temperatures hit new highs.

a shortage of oxygen and vaccines. injury and tears for a seven time wimbledon will —— winner. serena wimbledon... serena williams�*s slip on centre court forces her out of the second round. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and indeed around the globe. rebel forces entered in northern ethiopian are continuing to gain ground after seizing the regional capital mekelle on monday. despite the government saying there is a ceasefire. thousands are dead, 2 million people have been forced to lose their homes. rebel troops have abandoned mekelle which is far —— reached as far as shire.

our africa correspondent vivienne nunis reports. jubilation on the streets as eritrean troops are forced out of shire in tigray. similar scenes were witnessed in the capital mekelle, as ethiopian soldiers fled. the rebel tplf forces appear to have the upper hand in this bloody eight—month conflict. now, the federal government in addis ababa has called for a ceasefire. translation: for humanitarian aid to reach the needy _ without any problems and for the farming season to happen on time, and also so that internally displaced persons can return to their homes, we have been discussed ways to give political solutions to fit the farming season with the government, so the interim administration has formally asked the government for a ceasefire. but tplf forces say they won't lay down arms until all so—called invading enemies are forced out of tigray, including militia from the region of amhara and soldiers from eritrea.

the united states today issued this warning. if the government's announcement of a cessation of hostilities does not result in improvements and the situation continues to worsen, ethiopia and eritrea should anticipate further actions. we will not stand by in the face of horrors in tigray. for millions of people in tigray desperate for food and other supplies, the real question is whether the cease—fire will mean better access for those delivering aid. so far, aid agencies say there has been no improvement. this is making it even more difficult for our staff to work and deliver humanitarian assistance. we call for calm and restraint

and appeal to all parties to the conflict to abide by international law, to protect civilians. with hundreds of thousands of people at risk of famine and millions more in urgent need of food, time is running out. for them, the changing military situation needs to translate to a better chance at life. vivienne nunis, bbc news. police in western canada say more than 30 people in the vancouver area have died in the midst of the unprecedented heatwave there. most of those who died were elderly. there temperatures have been extremely challenging, a new all—time record of 49 point five celsius. it was said on tuesday and in the united states, the pacific northwest is also experiencing dangerous heat levels. i want to give you an idea of how high and localised to the temp ridges have been. some satellite photos posted by nasa. this is the area around seattle, in the north west

of the us, last friday when the heat first started rising. the darker reds indicate temperatures of around a0 degrees celsius — that's about 104 degrees fahrenheit. and this image gives you an idea of how high the air temperature was in the pacific northwest, two days ago. the dark red shows how it had risen more than fifteen degrees celsius above the average over the last seven years. let's get some of the day's other news. germany has withdrawn its last troops from afghanistan. the deployment was the first foreign deployment since the second world war for germany, and the 1100 soldiers serving with the nato mission was second in size only to the united states. in all, 59 german troops lost their lives during the near 20 year deployment. iman i man has been charged with the murder... ——a man has been charged with the murder of

the metropolitan police officer, sergeant matt rattana. the 54—year—old new zealander died last september after being shot in the custody suite of croydon police station, by a handcuffed suspect. louis de zoysa, who's been in hospital since the incident, will appear before magistrates on wednesday talks have taken place between spain's prime minister pedro sanchez and the pro independence head of catalonia's regional government, pere aragones. the talks, a week after the spanish government conditionally pardoned jailed catalan separatists — are to explore how to end the political crisis over catalan independence. mr aragones wants a referendum on independence, something not permitted under spain's current constitution, nor backed by mr sanchez. ijust want i just want to focus back on the situation in both north america and canada, on the heatwave. increasing numbers of people are succumbing to that heat. 0ur correspondence peter bowes is in los angeles

monitoring this for us. i hate to see it but i suppose with temperatures like this, it is little wonder. it temperatures like this, it is little wonder.— little wonder. it is little wonder— little wonder. it is little wonder and _ little wonder. it is little wonder and it - little wonder. it is little wonder and it is - little wonder. it is little i wonder and it is becoming little wonder. it is little - wonder and it is becoming a very serious situation now. the real problem when we are talking about these regions of canada and the pacific northwest is that the people that live there are simply not used to sky high temperatures like these and this is why the authorities are now reporting up authorities are now reporting up to possibly 69 people having lost their lives. reports of southern —— sudden deaths, they are being investigated, but the authorities and local police believe that heat was a factor. it does pose a problem moving forward when clearly we can't necessarily link this weather event with climate change but it is a fact that temperatures are rising around the world and the experts are saying that these freak events are becoming more common. it poses all sorts

of problems in terms of how you, it is deaf —— it is difficult to plan for something like this about how the authorities can deal with it when it happens.— authorities can deal with it when it happens. authorities can deal with it whenithauens. ., ., when it happens. how you can no that our when it happens. how you can no that your average _ that your average temperature... i think it was 48 degrees higher than average for the time of year it is just extraordinary. how much longer do you think this will go on? probably for a few more days. this is a phenomenon that has been affecting the entire western united states, from canada all the way down to the mexican border. ifelt myself living on the outskirts of los angeles with temperatures in the mid— 40s celsius in which even for la is extreme heat. i noticed this morning as i went outside, significantly cooler perhaps in the low 30s, which is still extremely hot, but the signs are that these high pressure that has just been hovering over the entire region, people are describing it as a pressure cooker with a lid on stop the hot air simply

trapped above the region for some it is slowly beginning to move away. some it is slowly beginning to move away-— some it is slowly beginning to move awa . ., ~ , . move away. thank you very much indeed, peter _ move away. thank you very much indeed, peter bowes _ move away. thank you very much indeed, peter bowes in _ move away. thank you very much indeed, peter bowes in los - indeed, peter bowes in los angeles on that continuing heatwave. president biden is planning to visit the site of the miami building collapse on thursday — exactly a week after the beachfront apartment block just crumbled. 12 people are known to have died but 149 are still missing. residents were warned back in april that it was in urgent need of repair. in the last couple of hours, the mayor of miami—dade said rescue teams will not give up hope. our first responders, who are the focus of our attention as they continue around the clock on this mound, are continuing the brave and very, very difficult task. putting themselves in danger. it is their life's work to search for people alive in circumstances such as this, and they are truly the best in the world and we truly have all

of the help that we need, and they have been working non—stop, as you know, for nearly six days. the challenge goes on. i want to bring you want to this, the football. and the last places in the quarter finals of euro 2020 have been decided. england have come out on top against one of their fiercest rivals. goals from raheem sterling and harry kane secured a 2—0 victory over germany — the first time england have beaten their rivals in the knock—out stages of a major tournament since the 1966 world cup final. the remaining quarterfinal place has been taken by ukraine who overcame sweden after extra time. dan roan has this report. it felt more like old times, wembley welcoming the size of crowd it hasn't enjoyed for a long time. fans sing. could england be carried by a wave of support? for most of these fans,

few fixtures stir quite as much emotion or trepidation. the challenge to defy notjust old rivals but also shoulder the weight of history. would a new generation now prove unburdened by the past? with a changed formation, england took time to settle and having scored both of their goals this tournament, raheem sterling soon almost had another. having gained the upper hand, the hosts continued to press, harry maguire, unable to take advantage. the manager was encouraged, but back came germany. not for the first time these euros, jordan pickford coming to the rescue. harry kane had struggled this tournament, and just before the break it seemed he'd finally make the breakthrough... ..before mats hummels' last—ditch clearance ensured more frustration. but then, just as the game had fallen flat, substitute jack grealish provided the spark england needed. his pass found luke shaw, who delivered the perfect cross. sterling, unstoppable once again, to finish a move he had started.

the man raised in the shadow of wembley making it his home. then, for sterling, a moment to forget, his underhit pass handing thomas muller the chance to equalise. but the precision germany are famed for had deserted them. 55 years had passed since their last knockout victory over these opponents, but it was time for history to change. grealish finding kane, so much for the captain's quiet tournament. wembley, half—full, but rarely in its long history will it have heard anything quite like this. and 25 years after his penalty heartbreak against germany here at euro 96, a sense of personal atonement for the mastermind of a defining win. for the teammates that played with me, i can't change that, so, that's always going to hurt, but what's lovely is that we've given people another day to remember, and now we've got to go and do it in rome. amazing day, amazing game. to hear wembley like this wasjust a moment none of us will ever forget, and a great performance, obviously 2—0, another clean sheet, just the perfect afternoon.

for those who had witnessed this most precious of victories, a night never to forget, and for the players, a growing belief that after this, they no longer have anything to fear. dan roan, bbc news, wembley. dared to dream, that seems to be the message. a bit of a nightmare, in germany, though. early in less than jubilant. nightmare, in germany, though. early in less thanjubilant. —— —— in berlin. -- -- in berlin. 0ur correspondentjenny hill went to a beer garden in berlin where fans shared their disappointment. yeah, pretty sad. we were really excited for the game, and now it's like i'm sad that we are out of it. are you surprised at the way it went? yes, yes. i was sure germany was going to win. but... i'm feeling really upset. i'm really depressed. for real, for real. i thought germany... deutchland! hey, quiet, quiet! i thought germany would come in the final. i don't know what went wrong,

but the english was better. - it was fair and, yeah, sometimes super sad. and this time, football was hard. gracious in defeat, though. in the other last 16 match — ukraine beat sweden with a goal in the last minutes of extra time. the game had been tied at 1—1 at full time — but when sweden's danielson was sent off in the first period of extra time, ukraine certainly started to get the upper hand. despite that the match looked set for penalties — until ukraine's dovbyk headed home in the 121st minute. ukraine will now face england for a place in the semi finals. that match will take place in rome. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: tears news, still to come: for a seven time wimbledon tears for a seven time wimbledon winner. a serena williams slips on centre court, she twists her ankle and she is out in the first round.

china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations — a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. i for the first time in 20 years, i russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit - at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. cheering and applause. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering the record that had stood for 34 years, and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson

and his crew. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: in ethiopia, tigrayan forces take back the regional capital from the government and 2 million people have fled their homes. the need for aid is growing by the day. for the first time in 55 years, england have defeated a new wave of infections is gripping indonesia and it is fuelled by the highly transmissible delta variant in the movement of more than 1 million people after ramadan. courtney bembridge has the details. 15 months into the pandemic and this has become a familiar site. pandemic and this has become a familiarsite. hospitals

pandemic and this has become a familiar site. hospitals are so full that patients are being treated in the corridors. this is indonesia, the hardest—hit country in southeast asia. translation: in country in southeast asia. translation:— country in southeast asia. translation: ., ., ., , translation: in a lot of cases, atients translation: in a lot of cases, patients are _ translation: in a lot of cases, patients are dead _ translation: in a lot of cases, patients are dead when - translation: in a lot of cases, patients are dead when they - patients are dead when they arrive because of the lack of beds. they must wait until there is bed space for they can be hospitalised to.— be hospitalised to. oxygen is in short suoplv _ be hospitalised to. oxygen is in short supply and _ be hospitalised to. oxygen is in short supply and prices - be hospitalised to. oxygen is in short supply and prices in l in short supply and prices in the capital, jakarta, have almost tripled. the red cross says the country is on the edge of catastrophe in the government is considering tougher restrictions as the relatives of the sick try desperately to get them care. translation: i desperately to get them care. translation:— translation: i have been lookin: translation: i have been looking for _ translation: i have been looking for oxygen - translation: i have been looking for oxygen tanks i translation: l have been | looking for oxygen tanks for three days now so i have come here to join the queue. hopefully i can get it here. translation: it hopefully i can get it here. translation:— hopefully i can get it here. translation: it has been so difficult to — translation: it has been so difficult to refill _ translation: it has been so difficult to refill my _ translation: it has been so difficult to refill my tank. - difficult to refill my tank. this morning i went to one market but there was a sign saying that oxygen was not

available. i went to another place and it is the same, they did not have any supplies left. indonesia is reporting a record number of cases and it is being attributed to the more infectious delta variant as well as large gatherings like this in april two mark the holy month of ramadan. without much social distancing. the country's banking on mass vaccination is to keep the —— to tackle the virus but with less than 5% of the population fully vaccinated so far there is a long way to go. wednesday marks one year since beijing imposed a wide—ranging national security law on hong kong. critics say the new law is about china controlling the city and stifling opposition. since its introduction, there have been more than 100 arrests, including some of hong kong's most prominent activists. danny vincent has been speaking to hong kongers about the changes. as a young man, lew mon—hung swam across this riverfrom mainland china into hong kong,

hoping to start a new life. it took him nine hours to reach the shores of this former british colony. nearly 50 years later, he says he was trying to escape poverty, not communism. translation: this is the critical - time for the future of one country, two systems. it's important to safeguard it and we should follow president xijinping. 0n the eve of the 100—year anniversary of the founding of the chinese communist party, many questions over hong kong's future loom large. critics say the introduction of the national security law a year ago is giving china complete control of this semi—autonomous city. control over its territory has long been a goal of the chinese communist party. every chinese schoolchild is taught about the 100 years of humiliation, when china was weak and divided

by foreign nations, when hong kong was still a british colony. there's no doubt the law is changing hong kong. ah nam was once part of the student protest movement. translation: most of our generation - is going through this. they are compelled to, or are planning to, leave their homes. many of my friends in hong kong are either arrested or have been persecuted with political cases. many others have left hong kong due to the national security law and other reasons. despite more than 100 arrests since the law was introduced, some are determined to continue speaking out. herbert chow's shop sells protest memorabilia. it was raided by the national security police. instead of trying to use the national security law as a law to protect the national security of china in hong kong, and if they decided to use it as a weapon, to silence people, and they arrest you, what can i say? what can i do? i'm not going to change the way

i live just because there is something so vague going around in society. if anything, i'm duty—bound to prove that citizens of hong kong should not live in fear. hong kong was promised certain political freedoms for 50 years after the handover. july1 marks 24 years since this city was returned to china, but today, many fear those freedoms are already being eroded. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. let's move on now with news about one of the biggest tennis players of all time, and upset at wimbledon because serena williams was forced to retire due to injury in her opening round match. 24th grand slam title still eludes the 39 she is chasing her chance to match

margaret court's all—time record. ben is a writer for the new york times and he hopes the no challenges remain in tennis podcast and hejoined me no challenges remain in tennis podcast and he joined me a short time ago. the second match on a row on centre court that was stopped due to injury which is pretty terrible. losing one of its biggest stars in serena and the second one as well. in the match before it, a player who was leading federer slipped and fell and injured himself so definitely treacherous day on centre court today. and i must ask from the point of view of serena, this elusive 24th title is becoming a bit too long a run is it not? it is not getting easier as she gets older. she came back after maternity leave at 23 and made four grand slam finals in short order but did not win any. was getting beaten consistently and just now and more people are coming along and she is getting older.

she turns 40 later this year and it is not going to get any easierfor serena. i would go onto another match that i want to focus on but before we do, roger federer, as you said, he was two sets to one down. losing federer early in wimbledon isjust a nightmare scenario for the organisers. he was quite a lucky boy, really. he was lucky, certainly, for this misfortune to befall his opponent. he was not looking sharp at all on this one. it could have been terrible to lose serena and federer back—to—back and that would have been cataclysmic for the star power. anotherfavourite, ash barty is through but, in a way, her victory over carla suarez—navarro, the story was about navarro in many ways, wasn't it? it is great to see that she is coming back on tour now after beating hodgkins lymphona and was able to play

on the centre court in front of this huge stadium. she played in front of an empty stadium at the french open so to have this huge greeting and salutation and applause throughout, and appreciative crowd on centre court. it was a heart—string moment in a positive way at that tournament. i think she is going on to the olympics so it is not quite the bowing out yet. there will be a series of wonderful finales for her. she seems quite popular. she is a popular player on tour both for her and for her style. she has a beautiful 1—handed backhand and no—one has a bad word to say. a tough way to start orfinish your wimbledon career, isuppose, playing against the world number one. quiet in the pressroom right now but you have had a couple of days to sample wimbledon under covid, if i could put it like that. how does it feel?

are most of the spectators just back to normal already do you think? it feels normal on the court, i must say. the stands are not full, there is still limited capacity but the tennis looks the same. and everyone is grateful and happy to be here. there is more of that sentiment that you can feel from the crowd there, having missed that for the first time since it was cancelled since world war ii. they are happy it is back on again. and news now of a painting by picasso. stolen nine years ago and it hasjust picasso. stolen nine years ago and it has just been found by police in greece, in fact. woman's head was taken during a work heist —— during an art heist at the national gallery. another painting by mondrian was also taken. both pieces will now return to their rightful home and they can be enjoyed by the public once

again. good news therefore art lovers the world over. and that is bbc news. hello there. so far this week, it's northern and western areas which have seen the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures. further east has been cloudier with outbreaks of rain. but as we move towards the end of this week, it looks like high pressure will start to build in, so it will turn sunnier across eastern areas. there'll still be the odd shower here and there, and then into the weekend, it looks more unsettled. for wednesday, you can see the pressure pattern — high pressure to the north and west, so largely clear with some sunshine here, but low pressure again over the near continent will affect eastern parts of the country. we'll start quite grey, i think, through this morning for many areas, but the sunshine will become more widespread across scotland and northern ireland, western england and wales. the odd shower here, there may be a odd heavy one. but eastern england, the southeast, again, a rather grey day with some patchy light rain or drizzle, feeling cool across north sea coasts with a fresh breeze here, further west with the sunshine into the low 20s

celsius. it looks like it could be another grey day on wednesday for wimbledon — and then, thursday and friday, it'll turn sunnier and warmer with temperatures reaching the mid—20s celsius. so through wednesday night, we hold onto the cloudy skies again across the east and southeast, the odd shower here. further north and west, though, you can see clearer skies — so it'll be a bit cooler where we have those clear spells, single—figure values in places. for most, i think we're looking at 10—12 celsius. for thursday, that area of low pressure starts to pull away from the east, but still close enough to produce thicker cloud and the odd shower — again, a fairly brisk northerly breeze across eastern areas will peg temperatures back. but elsewhere, plenty of sunshine around scotland and northern ireland, the midlands, western england and wales — apart from the odd shower, most places should be dry, and again, temperatures reaching the low—20s celsius. on friday, higher pressure builds in, so it looks like we should see more sunshine around even across the south—east. and it'll be warm, 25—26 celsius. there could be the odd shower around, it might well be plenty dry, but emphasis will be on dry and sunny weather. as we head on into the weekend, though, low pressure starts to take back control, meaning we will start to see increasing amounts of showers, particularly on sunday where some of them could be really heavy and thundery. but it'll be a mixture

of sunshine and showers both saturday and sunday, like i mentioned, with sunday seeing the heaviest of those downpours.

you are watching bbc news. these are the headlines. the situation in tigray continues to deteriorate as rebel forces say they have taken the regional capital mekele. forces have abandoned the capital despite the government saying there is a ceasefire in the region. police in western canada say dozens of people have died and the vancouver area during the unprecedented heatwave that is engulfing the region. record temperatures have been recorded during three days of intense heat which has also affected much of the western united states. aid agencies are warning that indonesia is on the edge of a covid-19 indonesia is on the edge of a covid—19 catastrophe as a new wave of infections drips the country. those are the main headlines.