this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. could the uk's former chancellor rishi sunak be the conservative party's new leader as he becomes the latest mp to enter the race to be the next prime minister. sri lanka's president reportedly flees his residence after protesters storm the building calling for him to resign, as people grapple with the country's worst economic crisis in decades. the body of japan's former prime minister, shinzo abe, is brought back to his tokyo residence, a day after he was shot dead during a political rally. elon musk is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a $41; billion deal to buy the social media platform twitter.

as italy battles its worst drought in 70 years, we report from communities which are seeing a third of their agricultural produce threatened. and, all eyes on the wimbledon women's singles final as ons jabeur and elena rybakina each prepare to make history when they meet later on centre court. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the race to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party is gathering pace, with four mps launching their campaigns to become the next prime minister. they include former chancellor, rishi sunak, whose resignation earlier this week helped trigger

the mass walkout of ministers that forced mr johnson to stand down. this weekend, more candidates are expected to announce their intention to stand, as our political correspondent, ione wells, reports. will you be standing for the leadership? who is in the running to be the next tory party leader? are you going to be the next prime minister? some, like former chancellor rishi sunak, have publicly said they will be. he launched his bid in a slick video on friday. that's why i'm standing to be the next leader of the conservative party and your prime minister. he was the second cabinet minister to resign from borisjohnson�*s government, and says his campaign will focus on integrity. he has had the backing of some prominent conservative mps already. he's got the right values. he is competent, he's honest. and i think he's the sort of conservative i want to see. he believes in cutting taxes, but he's going to be honest with people. we can only cut taxes if we control spending and if we get growth

going in the economy. rishi sunakjoined backbench tory mp tom dougan hart and attorney general suella braverman. last night kemi badenoch also announced she would be running. and others who also sat in borisjohnson�*s government like sajid javid, liz truss, nadhim zahawi, priti patel and grant shapps are among those said to be seriously considering bids. some have been privately shoring up support among mp colleagues, and are expected to announce their bids in the coming days. first, fellow tory mps here in westminster will whittle down the long list of contenders. then, in previous contests, conservative members have had a vote to decide between final two. the full process and timetable is expected to be announced next week. but it is expected that a new prime minister will be in place by september. as temperatures are set to soar this weekend, the leadership race is hotting up to.

those who want to lead the country now need to spend their summer battling it out. ione wells, bbc news. leading brexiteer mp steve baker has formally decided not to run for the conservative leadership, and has instead thrown his weight behind the attorney general suella braverman. what changed is that i flushed out that i would not be able to win. i was very clear that i was realistic, that without cabinet experience it is difficult for anyone to get into the last two. much as i would love to seriously run, i will get the prime minister i run with suella braverman. i'm so enthusiastic to back someone with all the skills and talents and beliefs, so i am delighted to back her and i would have been a candidate without any hope of reaching the last two. i don't want to waste the public �*s time, or mps time by standing when i wouldn't make the last two.

mark spencer told bbc breakfast he is backing rishi sunak, who was at the moment the front runner. he has not the the moment the front runner. he has got the experience, _ the moment the front runner. he has got the experience, the _ the moment the front runner. he has got the experience, the ability, - the moment the front runner. he has got the experience, the ability, the i got the experience, the ability, the vision, _ got the experience, the ability, the vision, and — got the experience, the ability, the vision, and i— got the experience, the ability, the vision, and i think at this moment in time, _ vision, and i think at this moment in time, you — vision, and i think at this moment in time, you know, we need to move to someone — in time, you know, we need to move to someone who is going to walk into number_ to someone who is going to walk into number ten _ to someone who is going to walk into numberten and take to someone who is going to walk into number ten and take over the reins ofthe— number ten and take over the reins of the country and have that level of the country and have that level of experience and ability. mark sencer, of experience and ability. mark spencer. one _ of experience and ability. mark spencer, one of _ of experience and ability. mark spencer, one of the _ of experience and ability. mark spencer, one of the current - of experience and ability. i— spencer, one of the current members of the cabinet. let's speak to our political correspondent, david wallace. it is going to be a busy few days, isn't it? we are already seeing steve baker withdraw. no was greatly surprised but may have been surprised he was even contemplating to run, but someone said this morning this is all about pushing yourself into the shop window. not at —— not necessarily because you think you will become prime minister, but you hope that whoever does become that will feel obliged to give you a nicejob. he does become that will feel obliged to give you a nice job.— to give you a nice 'ob. he is, there can sometimes _ to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be _ to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be two _ to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be two strands - to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be two strands to l can sometimes be two strands to declare in you are going to run. there's a feeling that you know you

don't have much hope, and at this point there are a lot of candidates who are considering a run, and some of them are possibly hoping to set down a marker because they may have thrown their hat down at some point, they might get a government minister off the back of that. if we cast our minds back a bit too when theresa may became prime minister, she went down to the last two with andrea leadsom, who at that point was not a huge name in the public consciousness, but she did become within one vote of becoming prime minister. ultimately, she withdrew before that a vote and the rest is history. but at this point, it does look like a lot of people are potentially going to throw their hat in the ring, and when the rules for this contest are decided on monday, as they will be, i suspect the 1922 committee that represents backbench conservative mps may want to put some threshold in place that would allow them to whittle the numbers

down quite quickly. in allow them to whittle the numbers down quite quickly.— down quite quickly. in terms of britain 's place _ down quite quickly. in terms of britain 's place in _ down quite quickly. in terms of britain 's place in the _ down quite quickly. in terms of britain 's place in the world, i down quite quickly. in terms of| britain 's place in the world, the britain �*s place in the world, the british prime minister, well i was at the g7 summit in munich a couple of weeks ago, and then madrid for the nato summit, we are still in the uk members of the un security council, we are still a nuclear—weapons nation, so this is a figure who will have some potential clout at least internationally, and the rest of the world will presumably be watching quite closely what the british conservative party does and what signals it sends to the outside world in choosing its next leader. i’m the outside world in choosing its next leader-— the outside world in choosing its next leader. �* , , , next leader. i'm sure they will be. i sunpose. — next leader. i'm sure they will be. i sunpose. we _ next leader. i'm sure they will be. i suppose, we could _ next leader. i'm sure they will be. i suppose, we could put _ next leader. i'm sure they will be. i suppose, we could put one - next leader. i'm sure they will be. i suppose, we could put one issue i next leader. i'm sure they will be. i i suppose, we could put one issue to the side here with a relationship with the eu. there is currently legislation going through that could potentially unilaterally change parts of the brexit deal not going down well in the eu, and that's something i'm sure we will hear a lot from the candidates about what

they will do, but broadly speaking on a borisjohnson �*s international stance, particularly thinking of ukraine and the support he has been willing to give ukraine in its fight against russia, i don't see that changing greatly. actually, when we had dozens of ministers resigning this week, publishing their resignation letters online, quite often they had a paragraph in there where they specifically talked about what boris johnson where they specifically talked about what borisjohnson had done well and ukraine was always coming up. i suspect we will see a continuation of his policy on those matters by whoever ultimately becomes the conservative leader.— whoever ultimately becomes the conservative leader. david, thank ou. you. now, baronessjenkinjoins you. now, baroness jenkin joins us you. now, baronessjenkin joins us from essex. thank you for talking to us. what a week. essex. thank you for talking to us. what a week-— essex. thank you for talking to us. what a week. ~ . .. ,., , ., what a week. what can i say? i mean, i have been — what a week. what can i say? i mean, i have been in — what a week. what can i say? i mean, i have been in politics _ what a week. what can i say? i mean, i have been in politics since _ what a week. what can i say? i mean, i have been in politics since 1976, - i have been in politics since 1976, when i started to work in the house of commons and i have seen quite a lot of comings and goings and ins and outs, but this one isthocking,

and outs, but this one is shocking, even to me. i and outs, but this one is shocking, even to me— and outs, but this one is shocking, even to me. , ., ., , ., even to me. i 'ust wanted to be over as cuickl even to me. i 'ust wanted to be over as quickly as — even to me. ijust wanted to be over as quickly as possible _ even to me. ijust wanted to be over as quickly as possible and _ even to me. ijust wanted to be over as quickly as possible and if- even to me. ijust wanted to be over as quickly as possible and if the - as quickly as possible and if the 1922 committee can find a way of shortening the process, i would be in favour of that. what has been the mood among your colleagues on the conservative benches in the house of lords in the last few weeks? have you been troubled by what has been happening in the cabinet? yes. you been troubled by what has been happening in the cabinet?— happening in the cabinet? yes, of course. ithink, _ happening in the cabinet? yes, of course. ithink, most— happening in the cabinet? yes, of course. i think, most are - course. i think, most are embarrassed. for most people, for almost everybody in public life, values really matter. if you step up into it, you want that reflected in our government. and ijust hope that this is an opportunity to reset and to put our country, i mean, at this current stage of the economic cycle and everything else, our next prime minister needs to put the country at

the front of everything they do, every waking moment, the whole government needs to be about getting us into a good, healthy state to come out the other side in a good way. come out the other side in a good wa . come out the other side in a good wa , , . ., ., come out the other side in a good wa . , .. ., ., come out the other side in a good wa. , ., ., ., way. the implication of that was that that was _ way. the implication of that was that that was not _ way. the implication of that was that that was not happening, . way. the implication of that was that that was not happening, at| that that was not happening, at least in the last few months, whether or not in the whole leadership of borisjohnson. i mean, what lesson do you think his successor, he or she, should learn from these events? some of them were sitting round the cabinet table with him, and presumably, i'm not asking you to take a view on which candidate, it is far too soon and you may want to keep that to yourself, but nonetheless, that will be one question, i suppose party members will ask. where were you when this was all going wrong? drama is ve time when this was all going wrong? drama is very time consuming, _ when this was all going wrong? drama is very time consuming, as _ when this was all going wrong? drama is very time consuming, as you - when this was all going wrong? drama is very time consuming, as you are - is very time consuming, as you are in the middle of crisis management all the time, you can't be focused on what really matters. in terms of the candidates, i would like to say that i am pleased to see two women so far, and may be more, coming forward. i run a campaign about

getting more women into parliament, and if the last few weeks and months have shown us anything, it is that we certainly need more women. all the mps that are currently embarrassing my party, it's clear that none of them are women, and i very much hope that any candidate will make a commitment to not only clean out if there is more cleaning out to do, but also to ensure that more women are elected. the other point i would like to make is that the two women, hats off to the two women who have stepped forward, grow for those who don't know, it is suella braverman, and kemi badenoch. yes, and my point really is that they suffer from imposter syndrome. they are not sure they are good enough. i hope that anybody watching this may feel that they are role models, that even if our politics is not their politics, they may feel with these two women who have thrown their hats into the ring, they are

prepared to do it. you know, women need to be asked and i hope they will encourage other people to do the same. i will encourage other people to do the same. ~ ., , ., will encourage other people to do the same. ~ .,, ., , ., ~ , the same. i think, as a bloke, it is nearly 50 — the same. i think, as a bloke, it is nearly 50 years — the same. i think, as a bloke, it is nearly 50 years since _ the same. i think, as a bloke, it is nearly 50 years since margaret - nearly 50 years since margaret thatcher won the conservative leadership, so any sense of impostor syndrome is wholly misplaced. it’s syndrome is wholly misplaced. it's not uuite syndrome is wholly misplaced. it�*s not quite true because she was very unsure of herself to start with, and if you don't start the journey, you know, if you don't buy the ticket you won't win the lottery. beautifully put. but she did and she won, and very few people afterwards could say she wasn't there through ability and talent. thank you, good to speak to you. baronessjenkin there. forthose to speak to you. baronessjenkin there. for those who perhaps don't remember, margaret thatcher was briton �*s first of two so far female pro ministers. —— prime ministers.

some breaking news from sri lanka, where protesters have stormed the president's official residence in colombo as the country's economic crisis deepens. the whereabouts of the president are unknown. police fired tear gas in an effort to disperse huge crowds gathered to demand the resignation of president rajapaksa. numerous groups have travelled from to the capital to join the demonstration. thousands of troops and police officers have been deployed. it's the latest protest to be sparked by the country's worst economic crisis in decades. joining me from delhi is our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan. good to see you. this is a bad day for sri lanka. unfortunately, the latest of many days of frustration for people there. you have been in the country frequently over the last few months and what is your assessment of the events today? there have been some dramatic developments in the past few hours. protests have been going on for the past few months, since sri lanka against the government demanding president, demanding the president stepped down because of the ongoing economic crisis. the world is already affected by the cost of

living crisis, and sri lanka was also hard hit because of this crisis. and then came the foreign currency shortage, a crippling shortage of foreign currency. the government was unable to import enough fuel, food and medicine because the crisis skyrocketed the price of cooking gas cylinders. the price of cooking gas cylinders. the price of cooking gas cylinders. the price of those have doubled, medicines and fuel, and that is what made people come to the streets. in colombo they have a protest site in the galle face, but they saw more shortages of fuel and food, and people have been waiting for days to get even a litre of petrol and diesel, and that is why on social media there was a big call to join for this protesters and thousands of people have been coming in vans and cars and buses since last night. the government decided to impose a curfew last night to stop these

protesters, but then it was withdrawn, following strong objections from civil society groups and opposition parties. as you said, the protesters stormed the official residence of the present but he had moved to a safer location. he does not live there. but more and more people arejoining these not live there. but more and more people are joining these protests at the galle face in colombo and they are complaining that the economic hardship have not been solved by the new government. they took over two months ago when the prime minister resigned, but people complain that they are going through more difficulties, and that is why they are protesting and demanding the president stepped down. band are protesting and demanding the president stepped down. and what is our president stepped down. and what is vourjudgment. _ president stepped down. and what is yourjudgment, from _ president stepped down. and what is yourjudgment, from having - president stepped down. and what is yourjudgment, from having been - president stepped down. and what is yourjudgment, from having been in| yourjudgment, from having been in the country so much and following its politics so closely, to what extent is this crisis down to bad governance, and to what extent is it just down to global factors that are genuinely outside of the ability of shri lanka to deal with them? this

genuinely outside of the ability of shri lanka to deal with them? as far as the debt — shri lanka to deal with them? as far as the debt is _ shri lanka to deal with them? as far as the debt is concerned, _ shri lanka to deal with them? as far as the debt is concerned, they - shri lanka to deal with them? as far as the debt is concerned, they have | as the debt is concerned, they have about $51 billion of foreign debt, and theirforeign about $51 billion of foreign debt, and their foreign currency reserves are running out. they are literally running out of foreign currency reserves a few weeks ago, and now about $250 million are usable reserves. this is down mainly to the politics. economists have been warning, i was in sri lanka late last year and if economists have been warning that the country would face a crisis and the government should step in and go to the imf for a bailout loan. but because of various coalition party compulsions, people said that going to the imf means a restructuring and people will lose jobs and then the government will have to cut back on the welfare programmes, so they did not do it. then the government sacked the central bank governor and other top officials and reappointed a new team. but it was too late and they were depending on india �*s credit line for more than $2 million forfull the magnitude

credit line for more than $2 million for full the magnitude and feel. you have to show how you will reduce your expenses and increase revenue if you go to the imf. bus fares have gone up, fuel has increased, so this is morejob losses. the imf once a concrete plan but the government has been struggling and nobody is giving them fuel because of bank guarantees and their credit rating has come down. international creditors are now waiting for sri lanka to come out with a debt restructuring plan. the government, successive governments have used the money for big infrastructure projects, which did not give them enough returns. and also, because of political compulsions going for tax concessions, that reduce their expenditure so that is why they are blaming the political class. our southeast age editor, thank you for your time. —— south—east asian editor. there was lots more on our bbc website for

regarding this crisis. the body of the former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taken to the capital, tokyo, a day after he was assassinated while speaking at a political campaign rally. police say an unemployed forty—one—year—old man has admitted the killing, using a homemade gun. investigators say he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group. mario oi in tokyo. i am standing outside shinzo abe's home here in tokyo, where his body was brought back all the way from the city of nara, earlier this afternoon. he was assassinated in nara on friday, and shortly after his body came back, we saw the current prime minister coming here to pay a visit. also we have been seeing a number of politicians, government officials, coming here to pay their respects, as well as some members of the japanese public, holding flowers, waiting sometimes for hours for his return as well.

but, as the country mourns, people are asking questions about the security. this shocking event happened in the middle of an election campaign. how could a former prime minister be allowed to just be campaigning on the street with a couple of bodyguards, and whether or not they acted quickly enough. so, a lot of questions remain to be answered, but at the same time, we have just learned that his funeral will take place on tuesday, after the election on sunday, which is still going ahead. thank you. twitter and elon musk are in an extraordinary standoff over his more than $40 billion deal to buy the social media company. the world's richest man wants to pull out of the deal, claiming he's not recieved the data he asked for about the number of fake or spam accounts on the platform. but twitter�*s board says it will sue mr musk to enforce the deal. here's james clayton.

in april, elon musk seemed excited. he'd had a $41; billion bid for twitter accepted. yes! he exclaimed, predictably on twitter. but a lot has happened since then. elon musk has had a very public spat with twitter�*s chief executive, parag agrawal. twitter does have a problem with fake accounts, sometimes known as bots. what elon musk wanted to know was how many users, actual people, does twitter have. in a filing to the market regulator, he claimed the responses he had received from twitter weren't adequate. that twitter was in breach of contract and that he was pulling out of the deal. but twitter�*s board hit back, saying mr musk couldn't pull out of the deal and that they expected the sale to go through at the price agreed. i imagine there's some very dramatic talks happening as we speak but unless something comes

to fruition over the weekend, they come to some kind of terms on maybe a renegotiated price for this deal, i would imagine a lawsuit is either being drafted currently and being filed or will be filed on monday. there has been speculation that mr musk has an ulterior motive here. with the economy looking worse than it was, the deal was looking increasingly like a bad one for the world's richest man. whether mr musk now has to buy twitter will be decided in the us court with some very expensive lawyers, which, fortunately for him, elon musk can very much afford. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. it's being called northern italy's worst drought in 70 years as water levels in its longest river hit record lows. the po cuts through the country's northern heartlands with five surrounding regions now under a state of emergency. 0ur europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from those communities that rely on the vital po river. this heat makes you thirsty. here, they're hoping for rain to help fill the empty outlook. translation: to me

it looks desolate. it makes me feel bad, because i've never seen it like that. i hope that the weather changes and little by little that could return to normal. it is a disaster for everybody, for the companies around here too. this valley saw some of the final stages of world war ii. low water levels are revealing the river's hidden history. locals say that in a normal year, even in high summer, i couldn't do what i'm doing right now — which is walk across this stretch of the river po without even getting my feet wet. this riverbed has become a sandbank. high temperatures, along with the lack of rain and snow since winter, has led to a state of emergency for five northern regions. a weaker river means sea is seeping inland miles further than usual.

normally you will see that the seawater enters the mouth of the river for a few kilometres. at the moment, official data shows an ingression up to 30 kilometres from the mouth, of seawater. you actually have the tide coming in. that water is used for irrigation, and therefore you can imagine that the farmers may suffer huge economic damage from this. so, this is salt, here? yes, si. on his farm close to the adriatic, giampaolo says some salt is normal — but not this much. translation: we fear the progress of salt inland because this _ makes the soil arid, . and it's affecting more and more of our land, i making it more difficult to cultivate and less productive. so this is what giampaolo is growing here, peanuts. and in the green areas you can see things are going pretty well. in the brown areas, not so well. rather than finding this when you pull up

the root of the plant, you might find nothing. water must flow one way or another, but for many, this record—breaking drought has heightened fears about the effects of climate change. translation: i'm 67. i've lived here since i was born. this is the worst year ever. giuliano has been looking out at this land all his life, and says he sees a hard future ahead. jessica parker, bbc news, in northern italy. ukraine has urged its allies to send more weapons to slow russia's military advance through the eastern donbas region. officials have reported towns and villages being shelled ahead of an expected push for more territory. one way other countries are helping ukraine is by training recruits. in the uk, a special programme has begun that offers both military and survival skills. the ministry of defence says it aims to prepare up to 10,000 ukrainians for the conflict against russia.

well, for more i'm joined byjustin crump. he's the ceo of sibylline, an international intelligence and risk analysis consultancy and joins me now from stockbridge. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. let me ask you first of all, what difference does this kind of training make, given it is taking place in another country? in a simple way, it is clearly a different kind of environment in which to be learning how to fight. yes, what is good is that it is using resources that ukraine would otherwise allocate to training, so using british instructors who are not only getting the expertise, you are getting a higher ratio of instructors to trainees. it is also taking place, of course, somewhere thatis taking place, of course, somewhere that is not in a war zone will stop a number of the recruits in the uk were victims of an air on the way as they came back to the uk, so that

highlight the dangers you have with trying to train in a country where you are at war, as opposed to being able to focus on training in an environment away from the front line. and that is fairly conventional in most wars it is going to be better to train people away and bring them back because then they can focus on the training and not on the day today. that has been really good. this is a new part of the british army that only stood up of the british army that only stood up at the end of last year to do exactly this, so the timing has come together remarkably well. i’m exactly this, so the timing has come together remarkably well.— together remarkably well. i'm going together remarkably well. i'm going to interru -t together remarkably well. i'm going to interrunt you _ together remarkably well. i'm going to interrupt you at _ together remarkably well. i'm going to interrupt you at that _ together remarkably well. i'm going to interrupt you at that point, - together remarkably well. i'm going to interrupt you at that point, just i to interrupt you at that point, just because we are about to lose our viewers around the world. viewers can rejoin us later. this is bbc news. let us continue our conversation for viewers here in the uk, and those who can see us on other platforms that receive their signal differently. in terms of the kind of strategic choices that the

british have made, i mean, you can provide equipment but teaching people to injure and to kill enemy soldiers, i mean, that is explicitly taking sides, isn't it? it is one of the ways in which we are slowly blurring the line to be in the war, or supporting the war. i blurring the line to be in the war, or supporting the war.— blurring the line to be in the war, or supporting the war. i mean, there is a blurring — or supporting the war. i mean, there is a blurring line _ or supporting the war. i mean, there is a blurring line in _ or supporting the war. i mean, there is a blurring line in general _ or supporting the war. i mean, there is a blurring line in general with - is a blurring line in general with any of this, looking at any level of support. i think russia in any way is worried about the long—range weapons systems that could strike their territory and they are more worried about that. in all of this it looks like russia has made the cut collation that the support given to ukraine is not sufficient for them to win the conflict. the russians seem reasonably confident that they will achieve what they want to achieve in ukraine, and in the meantime, the expenditure we are giving to support ukraine, means we are ina giving to support ukraine, means we are in a grey area. that has been a constant in this conflict. but

training is not necessarily anything that will shift it, and all of these things, i won't say they are being donein things, i won't say they are being done in moderation, but you can't just supply equipment with no training and that's one of the reasons ukraine has not been given lots of equipment. it would just sit around. so it is all part of a pipeline of support. it's not unusual, this brigade is set up to provide exactly this sort of training to nations that are struggling with conflict. we have given help to libya in the past, algeria and others, where specialist training teams have been used. this is an extreme example of training people who are, by all accounts, working from 6am until 11pm every day because they are so motivated to get back into the fight. yes. day because they are so motivated to get back into the fight.— get back into the fight. yes, in so man of get back into the fight. yes, in so many of these — get back into the fight. yes, in so many of these other _ get back into the fight. yes, in so many of these other conflicts, - get back into the fight. yes, in so| many of these other conflicts, you are effectively inserting knowledge or training into a civil war. here, it appears that so great a proportion of these people are motivated by resisting, even some who in the past have been so enthusiastic about good relations

with russia, this experience has changed them. that must give ukraine quite a powerful psychological advantage in fighting this war, and therefore in motivating people who would not otherwise dream of picking up would not otherwise dream of picking up a gun. would not otherwise dream of picking u- a nun. , ., would not otherwise dream of picking u- a iun. , ., ., up a gun. yes, and you have three components. _ up a gun. yes, and you have three components, the _ up a gun. yes, and you have three components, the physical, - up a gun. yes, and you have three components, the physical, the - up a gun. yes, and you have three i components, the physical, the moral and the conceptual. physical is what you have, moral is what your attitude is and conception is how to use it. the physical part at the start, then the moral part has been huge and they are now being helped with the conceptual part. it is a broad front of support that will be so keen for ukraine.— so keen for ukraine. justin, thank ou. so keen for ukraine. justin, thank you. fascinating _ so keen for ukraine. justin, thank you. fascinating to _ so keen for ukraine. justin, thank you. fascinating to get _ so keen for ukraine. justin, thank you. fascinating to get some - so keen for ukraine. justin, thank you. fascinating to get some kind so keen for ukraine. justin, thank. you. fascinating to get some kind of understanding of where this all comes from, and the potential of this kind of training. thank you. it's time for a look at the weather with sarah. hello.

a warm, sunny weekend ahead and if you are hoping for a bit of rain for your gardens we are not going to be seeing much, certainly over the next few days. temperatures build, high pressure in charge. still a fair amount of cloud lingering in the far north—west, parts of northern ireland, north and west scotland as well, some rain for the northern isles where temperatures in lerwick will be around 13 degrees. but down towards central and southern england 27 there towards the london region and it is going to be pretty hot for the women's final at wimbledon today, 27 there. hot and dry though for the men's final tomorrow stop 29, it could be 30 degrees on centre court. moving through this evening and overnight, a fine, warm end to the day, lots of late sunshine, light winds around. some mist and low cloud forming, particularly around some the irish sea coast throughout the day tomorrow. temperatures ten to 1a degrees to start the day. sunday promises more of the same, more widespread sunshine, very high levels of uv, high levels of pollen as well. hot and dry, sea breezes along the south coast but inland we could see temperatures between about 21 to 29 degrees. bye— bye.