this is bbc news i'm lewis vaughan jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. japan's longest serving prime minister shinzo abe is assasinated — the country's current leader condemns the attack. translation: i pray that somehow his life could be spared but unfortunately, he passed away despite those prayers. this is truly unfortunate. the suspect has been named by police as 41 year old yama—gami tetsuya. he's thought to be a former member of the country's navy. president biden signs an executive order to help safeguard american women's access to abortion. resigns as chancellor on tuesday — now rishi sunak sets out his stall to become british prime minister to replace boris johnson novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating

britain's cameron norrie japan's former prime minister shinzo abe has been shot dead in the street while giving an election speech. he was the country's longest serving post—war prime minister. according to police, mr abe's attacker used a home—made gun and fired two shots. world leaders have reacted with shock. us presidentjoe biden said he was "stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened" and india's prime minister narendra modi declared a day of national mourning. it all happend in nara, a city south west of tokyo. mr abe was shot near the railway station and flown by helicoper to hospital,

where he was pronunced dead several hours later. from nara, here's rupert wingfield—hayes. at 11 this morning, japan's former prime minister was out but lurking a few metres away, this man was caught on camera by a local tv crew. then suddenly two very loud bangs rang out. mr abe's bodyguards are on the assailant in seconds. held together with black tape. the former prime minister is flown to a nearby hospital, but the news is bad. he's been hit in the back and the neck and his heart has stopped. this is where mr abe was brought

and this is where doctors worked for hours to try to save his life. and it was from here and a little after 5pm that we got the news that mr abe had died. tonight, the whole ofjapan is in shock. there have been political assassinations here before, but nothing like this, certainly not in more than half a century. translation: i was really shocked, | i never thought a gun would be used. using a gun injapan? i've never heard of this. translation: it seems guns are becoming more common. i that makes me feel very sad. in tokyo, a tearful prime minister fumio kishida could barely hold back the tears. translation: | prayed that - somehow his life would be spared, but unfortunately, he has gone. this is a terrible day, and i have no words. |

this evening, police began searching the suspect�*s home, reportedly finding more home—made firearms. but no clear motives. the tributes have been pouring in from joe biden to borisjohnson to even his former golfing partner, donald trump. he certainly had his detractors too china's president. but he broughtjapan and america closer than ever before. he champion free trade in the pacific and served his country longer than any other leader. forthat, he will his country longer than any other leader. for that, he will be remembered. he gave me his first reaction and

learning the news of the former prime minister is assassination. i feel the excruciatingly tight and make excruciating pain coming within and you can only imagine the nation is in total shock and i was able to see his face and he was addressing the press yesterday afternoon and i can see that the prime minister is suffering from the grave loss that he is experiencing and you know, he became the prime minister the same year as prime minister a. —— shinzo abe, he was hand—picked in the second ministration and he spent eight and a half years roughly as prime minister shinzo abe's foreign minister. so, you can see the congeniality between the two figures

here. �* ., .. ., congeniality between the two figures here. �* ., ., . here. and on the actual incident itself, we _ here. and on the actual incident itself, we are _ here. and on the actual incident itself, we are starting _ here. and on the actual incident itself, we are starting to - here. and on the actual incident itself, we are starting to see - itself, we are starting to see footage of what happened. does it raise security concerns for you? well, we are not yet fully aware of the background behind this terrible attack. and violence as such should not be tolerated and these are the exact words of the prime minister and ijust want exact words of the prime minister and i just want to assure you and your audience that the gun issue for the gun accident or gun incident are very rare. we are a country of 107 million people in the gun, less than ten per year. so, we are in a very safe security conditions but this kind of atrocious attack against the

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. uite international politics. you are quite right- — international politics. you are quite right- i _ international politics. you are quite right. iwill_ international politics. you are quite right. i will say - international politics. you are quite right. i will say he - international politics. you are quite right. i will say he was i international politics. you are i quite right. i will say he was the most prominentjapanese leader of most prominent japanese leader of our time most prominentjapanese leader of our time and everybody, all of the leaders around the world revered him, like tim, became friends with him, like tim, became friends with him and he was a strong believer in japan, a nation he loved and he will be remembered by economic policy and he was very eager to upgradejapan�*s defence capabilities and legislation and of course, he will also be remembered as a visionary who conceived the idea of free trade in the pacific as a concept and he was also a founder of the grouping of four countries, japan, us, australia and india and we have leaders meeting in tokyo in may.

president biden has signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion. this is in response to the supreme court overturning the landmark ruling that made the procedure legal across the united states back in 1973. speaking at the white house, mr biden again condemned the supreme court's decision. what we are witnessing is not a constitutionaljudgment, it was an exercise in raw political power. on the day the decision came down, i immediately announced what i would do but i also made it clear that based on the reasoning of the courts, there is no constitutional right to choose only way to fulfil and restore that rate for women in this country is by voting. by exercising the power at the ballot box. let me explain. we need to additional pro—choice senators and part of friar

nomia iqbaljoins us from washington. theissue the issue of voting that president biden was talking about in the executive order, could you just start by reminding us what is an executive order and what is present biden trying to do here? in executive order and what is present biden trying to do here?— biden trying to do here? in that ress biden trying to do here? in that press conference, _ biden trying to do here? in that press conference, he _ biden trying to do here? in that press conference, he was - biden trying to do here? in that press conference, he was so . biden trying to do here? in that. press conference, he was so visibly angry and talked about the story of angry and talked about the story of a ten—year—old girl has been widely reported to the american press, a girl who had become pregnant after being sexually abused and could not get an abortion and ohio and travel all the way to indiana to get one both states are bending it and what kind of trauma was that poor girl be going through to face all of that and he wants to try and help women and he wants to try and help women and girls ijust in that situation but women who want to have abortions

and executive orders and decisions they can take as president without republican support, providing girls and women with access to out—of—state abortion care and the justice department is looking at that and how to safeguard access to medicaid abortions. the most common form of abortion and america. it requires the most common form of having an abortion and taking the first ten weeks of pregnancy. there is a concern about how to get access and make it easierfor women is a concern about how to get access and make it easier for women to is a concern about how to get access and make it easierfor women to be able to access that and providing leave for federal workers were travelling from medical care in the hope is that has private companies in the future. incremental steps taken to try and protect abortion access but as you heard in the clip there, to restore abortion rights to a national level, that can only happen through congress and it is clear that present biden is hoping

that this is an issue that will be on the minds of voters in the midterms elections in november. those will be honest before we know it in that issue will be front and centre now. how successful do you think it will be as an issue for president biden talking about those two senators needed and where the chances of that at the moment? historically, the president, whoever thatis, historically, the president, whoever that is, never does well in the midterms. they tend to lose the senate. president biden's approval ratings are not very high, some looking optimistic for the democratic party but they do believe that this is a big issue for voters on the day that v wade was overturned and how the supreme court are talking about various democratic lawmakers in their argument was, americans never thought that this wouldn't happen they never thought roe v wade would be overturned after half a century. there is huge

support for it. perhaps this will galvanise americans when it comes to voting but bear in mind, there are so many issues that americans are dealing with when it comes to voting. guns, for example are a big debate playing out in america but also inflation. the cost—of—living is going up and between now and november, how important abortion rights are and how much they are in the forefront of peoples minds and you won't know until the midterms. sepp blatter and michel platini — once the heads of world and european football — have been acquitted of corruption by a swiss court. prosecutors had claimed that a one point nine million dollar payment mr blatter made when he was president of fifa to mr platini when he was in charge of uefa had been illegal. both men denied wrongdoing and said the transfer was a belated payment for previous advisory work by mr platini.

now, it is finished and i am happy. i am happy for international football and i think this court for taking this matter very seriously and getting together with my lawyer, we put it together. i5 and getting together with my lawyer, we put it together.— we put it together. is this the bi est we put it together. is this the biggest victory _ we put it together. is this the biggest victory of _ we put it together. is this the biggest victory of your - we put it together. is this the biggest victory of your life? l we put it together. is this the j biggest victory of your life? it we put it together. is this the i biggest victory of your life? it is 'ustice biggest victory of your life? it is justice but _ biggest victory of your life? it is justice but it — biggest victory of your life? it is justice but it is _ biggest victory of your life? it is justice but it is a _ biggest victory of your life? it 3 justice but it is a victory for me, definitely. sure. stay with us on news, still to come: novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating britain's cameron norrie central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the host of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourite, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility

of losing hadn't even been contemplated, and celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then he asked herfor a cigarette and — on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought — summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen i can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is news, our top story: the formerjapanese prime minister, shinzo abe,

has been assassinated after being shot twice on the street while giving an election speech. the list of potential candidates to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and british prime minister has grown. and british prime it's now up to three but most experts suggest that field could grow considerably. rishi sunak — who resigned as finance secretary on tuesday has said he wants the job. but the arguments are also about more than the candidates but the timetable for the election with borisjohnson still working in downing street and many conservative mps saying he needs to leave sooner ratehr than later. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. the leadership race is on. will you be standing for the leadership? though this morning, potential candidates were keeping quiet. are you going to be the next prime minister? no answer first thing from the former chancellor. and then this afternoon, there was this. i'm standing to be the next leader of the conservative party and your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of the first to quit borisjohnson's government, today launched a slick campaign

on social media for his job. he's not the only one. tom tugendhat�*s announced his run this morning. the attorney general suella braverman has already thrown her hat in. the possible contenders are piling up, some familiar, some less so. they'll be courting supporters, weighing their chances and preparing their campaigns. and while sme want a quick contest to replace the prime minister, and while some want a quick contest to replace the prime minister, others say it has to be thorough if the party is to rebuild. the conservative party has a choice. it can fall into fractious - infighting, whoever leads it, or it can try and get behind | the new leader and prepare for the general election, | a general election which, by the way, may be beyond any leader winning given the state _ | of the economy and what's happenedj over the past few weeks and months. it's in here that the first decisions will be made. mps whittle down the long list to just two candidates. then in theory, it's up to party members, though some have suggested that that process could be cut out. not an idea welcomed

by these young conservatives from around the country. there is more to a party than just what happens in westminster. us people at grassroots level are the ones who perhaps feel the wrath on the doorstep a lot more than those in westminster. to restore the faith in the government, i want to see more integrity, more honesty from leaders. and i don't know, if you don't pass that on to members who are voting, whether you will get that. better to take a bit longer. and have to work something out in the meantime, than choose quickly. and choose wrong. westminster has calmed after the high drama of yesterday. but away from the microphones, there is still manoeuvring. borisjohnson's been clear. he's staying as prime minister until a new party leader is chosen even though some of his critics want him out sooner. number 10 says it can keep things running, but it won't introduce new policy or make a big economic decisions. so, the man in the highest office has only limited power. for now, though, he remains

in residence behind the famous black door while his party wrangles over what and who comes next. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. i'm joined now from wesminster by our political correspondent ione wells. so, comber day for you and everyone today rather than yesterday. but, on the idea of right is widening field of who can potentially replace boris johnson in a significant time group they said yes, we wanted to be him. rishi sunak launching his bid to become the new leader of the conservative party. he become the new leader of the conservative party.— become the new leader of the conservative party. become the new leader of the conservative pa . . , , , conservative party. he has been seen as one of the — conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front _ conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front runners _ conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front runners in - conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front runners in the - as one of the front runners in the tory leadership contest and joining the backbench mps tom tugendhat and suella braverman as the two others are publicly declared their bid.

there are others shoring up support and it is expected that more may announce in the coming days. widely tipped to be seriously considering leadership bids include the defence secretary, ben wallace, list trusts, the home secretary patel, there lots of names that are expected to be thrown into the ring and certainly colleagues are talking about as well. the process has yet to be announced in the timetables and they were expected tomorrow next week. i've got them all stored and leader of the opposition in the labour party, keir starmer, a good day for him. ~ .., , party, keir starmer, a good day for him. ~ , , him. we could be seeing another leadership contest _ him. we could be seeing another leadership contest starting - him. we could be seeing another leadership contest starting after| leadership contest starting after the labour leader keir starmer of course had recently said that if there founder of bridge covid—19 rules by durham police that he would

resign as labour party leader and that did not happen. he has been cleared of breaching those covid—19 regulations as is his deputy leader of the team won't be standing down as labour party leader and they have faced some questions of style this means more generally as a person, some questions from journalists and making a statement for durham police as to whether or not he is losing his best asset and losing boris johnson and his rival given some of the criticism and concerns and scandals that have happened with borisjohnson in recent months and he denied that and the contrast between him and they bring the conservatives could not be more stacked at the moment and pitting himself against this who will leave the conservative party next to see how he would define himself against them instead. how he would define himself against them instead-— them instead. thank you very much for that.

joe wilson reports. what steps these were for minority come with us following three british men. rogertaylorand come with us following three british men. roger taylor and andy murray who had done this before him and the professional era. now it was his wimbledon semifinal. 0h, professional era. now it was his wimbledon semifinal. oh, and his too. oh, and his, too. novak djokovic was the overwhelming favourite, with the experience, with the titles, with his very first service game broken. norrie burst into the match with a roar of possibility, and in a flash...

..won the first set 6—2. honestly, it's there in black and white. then djokovic put on a cap and got his head into the game. norrie scrambled, stumbled and got up, but lost the second set. and now the reigning champion was reaching everything. that's good hustle by djokovic there. with norrie 2—1 down, the crowd got chanting. crowd: let's go, norrie, let's go! and norrie did not give up. he's given wimbledon a great run. but 6—4 in the fourth and match to djokovic, a look towards a critic in the crowd and then words for his opponent. cameron didn't have much to lose. he was playing probably. the tournament of his life and obviously playing at home is never easy, but i— wish him all the best. he's a great player, _ and i have a lot of respect for him. and those steps off the court are tough ones to take. joe wilson, bbc news, at wimbledon.

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they managed to close down and claim they managed to close down and claim the second stage victory and is many days, extending the overall lead to 35 seconds. and that is all the support from us for now. right, this is bbc world news. i just want to remind you of our top story this hour. the assassination of japan's story this hour. the assassination ofjapan's former prime minister shinzo abe, he was the longest—serving prime minister. a towering internationalfigure longest—serving prime minister. a towering international figure with a legacy in so many areas, political and economic. we are starting to get more details of what happened. the man who shot him. yamagami tetsuya held a grudge against him and has been arrested. 5am in the morning in

japan at the moment so, and a couple of hours, whenjapan starts to wake up, we expect more information. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. the technical definition of a heatwave is for three consecutive days of temperatures above a certain threshold, which differs in different parts of the country. and it does look as if, as high pressure moves right across the uk this weekend, some spots in wales, not widely, but more of england from sunday will hit those thresholds and for three consecutive days — sunday, monday, tuesday. so, we are looking at a heatwave developing in some spots. scotland and northern ireland will warm up a bit, but briefly, and this is where we've been seeing over recent days quite a lot of cloud and some patchy rain and drizzle at times. and there'll still be a fair amount of cloud out there as we go through the night

and into tomorrow morning. and particularly towards northern scotland, we'll see things turning wetter on saturday. in fact, by the end of the day, some of these outbreaks of rain you can see moving in will be getting heavier. but elsewhere, in the clouds towards the north and west of scotland, for northern ireland, you could see a spot of light rain. sunny spells eastern and southern scotland and across much of england and wales, though not necessarily clear blue sky. and it's here temperatures after heating up on friday will take a little bit of a step backwards, but still feel very warm. not the hottest finals weekend at wimbledon, but it will feel hot. certainly on centre court, there will be plenty of sunshine. it will be dry out there, and this is the area of high pressure slap bang across us on sunday. deflecting rain—bearing weather fronts even further to the north, it's really towards the northern isles on sunday, especially into shetland by the afternoon. not as breezy as it's been in scotland, more places here and in northern ireland seeing some sunny spells and feeling warmer as a result. and temperatures on the up again through england and wales, near 30 in the hot spots here.

so, that heatwave starting and lasting through monday and tuesday in many areas of england, parts of wales, as we see another day of lots of sunshine. we will see a weather front approaching north west scotland late on monday, eventually bringing some outbreaks of rain here. and it's that weather front which eventually is going to sweep southwards and take cooler air southwards as the week goes on. but for monday into tuesday, we are talking about a couple of days of temperatures into the low 30s towards the south east of england before this weather front eventually moves on through. so, a very warm start actually to the week, too, across parts of scotland and northern ireland. turning cooler here, temperatures dipping below average for the time of year. cooler, too, for wales and england eventually, although the further south you are, it'll stay very warm.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. japan's longest serving prime minister shinzo abe is assasinated — you will chop twice on the street while giving a speech and airlifted to hospital where doctors tried to save his life. the suspect has been named by police as 41—year—old yamagami tetsuya. it's thought he held a grudge against him. sepp blatter and michel platini have been found not guilty by a swiss court. dos santos has

died in hospital in spain, he