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temperatures over the next week. commentator: what a turnaround in this final. sporting history at wimbledon, elena rybakina takes the women's singles title to become kazakhstan's first ever grand slam winner. two more cabinet ministers have, this evening, joined the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and succeed borisjohnson as prime minister — including transport secretary, grant shapps, and newly—appointed chancellor, nadhim za hawi.

theyjoin four other mp5 who have also declared: former chancellor, rishi sunak, the attorney general suella braverman, the former equalities minister kemi badenoch, and the chairman of the foreign affairs committee tom tugendhat. however, the defence secretary ben wallace has ruled himself out. i think we will seejeremy hunt, sajid javid is also expected to throw his hat in the ring, as is the foreign secretary, liz truss, who we saw a little earlier leaving their home, but saying nothing other than a polite good evening. she is saying nothing apart from about cutting taxes, which quite frankly, they all

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this many candidates, it was a little bit of time to get it down to that final two. and sure enough — just asjonathan predicted — in the last few minutes, both jeremy hunt and sajid javid have announced in tomorrow's sunday telegraph that they are indeed standing for the party leadership, bringing the number in the race to eight. and we'll be discussing their opening gambits in the papers, in about half an hour's time. the ongoing economic crisis in sri lanka has erupted today — with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombo — and setting fire to the home of the prime minister. after months of protests, huge crowds overwhelmed the security forces. the prime minister has agreed to resign — and reports say the president will step down next week as the country suffers from rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. earlier we heard from, kalani kumarasinghe, the features editor at sri lanka's daily mirror who is in colombo. over the last few hours, things really escalated. we sawjournalists

being attacked by military personnel on live news, and that really got to the crowds, which shall lead the mobs to breach the prime minister's private residence, set on fire, and after all of this, we a little while ago, received news that the president had informed the speaker that he is willing to step down on wednesday next week. this has been received with all sorts of reactions from the public, mostly they seem to be happy but there is a question about what a means for us as a country because there is no political consensus in the country right now. we just have to see what unfolds over the next few days. i will try my best to explain what life was like over the past six months. it has meant that everything that we live off, essentials, were

in short supply. that means food, medicines, we were also dealing with hyperinflation. people are finding meals unaffordable at the moment, people were forgoing meals, children and expecting mothers are forgoing meals. it means perfect nutrition for kids, it means doctors and patients can get to hospitals, and over the last couple of weeks, people in the private sector and the state sector were all unable to commute to work, because there was not a drop of fuel to be found. this is what life has been like for people from all walks of life, it has been suffering and it has been endless pain. this is what we have been living through, and today was the day that a lot of organisers, civic organisers as well as political parties, urged the crowds to come to this streets. they

travelled miles to reach the epicentre of the protest, the presidential secretariat, and it was very peaceful in the morning, but at some point they stormed the presidential secretariat. although you see moments ofjoy, it is after months of pain. a heat—health alert has been issued for parts of the uk as temperatures are predicted to hit 30 degrees celsius — higher than in los angeles, marbella and santorini. parents are advised to limit their children's sun exposure. wales is expecting a prolonged period of hot weather over the weekend and into next week. earlier i spoke to president of the royal meteorological society professor david griggs — he told me that climate change is causing average temperatures to change — every year. we are certainly expecting some hot weather countrywide over the next few days with the possible exception of northern scotland. i don't think we are seeing exceptional temperatures, i don't think we will see many records broken but we will certainly see temperatures that are breaking

the threshold for a heatwave. we define a heatwave as temperatures over a certain threshold above the average. that changes depending on where you are in the country. here in devon where i am, that threshold is 25. three consecutive days with a maximum temperature over 25 is defined as a heatwave. in london, three days over 28 degrees is defined as a heatwave. we would expect to see was threshold spoken of the next few days. what had been the patterns over recent years and looking further back? because a heatwave is defined as a threshold above the average, the problem is, the average is changing because of human—induced climate change. we are seeing more hot

temperatures, more hot extremes, but what we have to do is, if we did not change the average, and we still had the average from 100 years ago, we would have record—breaking heat waves all the time. every 30 years we change the average. last time we had the average of 1961—90, we have updated that to 1990—2020. a lot of the counties around the country have actually had to increase the threshold at which they define a heatwave. we are not getting more heat waves but that is because we are making the... sliding scale... ..higher every time because of human induced climate change. what were the levels for heat waves in those previous 30 year segments? some of them have not changed very much and some have changed by1 degrees from 27—28 for example, depending on which county you are in how much it has changed. certainly over the time of the last 100 years or so we have

seen warming of1.5, 2.5 degrees and as we move into the future with human induced climate change that will continue chaos in the capital of sri lanka over the country's dire economic crisis, as protesters storm the homes of the president and prime minister

an eruption of rage after months of shortages of basic goods — today, people vented their fury on the streets. extraordinary scenes as people took over the pool at the president's residence and marched on official buildings. we report from the scene in colombo. these protesters, they want a new beginning for sri lanka, a new political culture, so that they will not face a similar economic crisis in this country. also on the programme... for the keys to downing street and leadership of the tory party, eight candidates have now entered the race. the body of japan's assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. and moscow—born elena rybakina, representing kazakhstan, wins the women's final at wimbledon.

good evening. after months of protests in sri lanka over a deepening economic crisis, fury boiled over on the streets today as thousands of people stormed the residence of the president and set fire to the home of the prime minister. huge crowds enraged by the authorities' handling of the country's worst crisis in decades broke through police barricades and overwhelmed the security forces. the prime minister has agreed to resign and reports say the president will step down next week. from the capital, colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air,

but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already escaped. in extraordinary scenes on a tumultuous day for sri lanka, the protesters then cooled off in the president's pool after all the privations of this country's crisis, clearly relishing this moment. you can just make out a four—poster bed as the crowds enjoy the inside of his home, too, and his bathroom. this was president gotabaya rajapaksa in 2020, campaigning during parliamentary elections. his family are accused by many of catastrophic economic mismanagement. protests have been going on for weeks, but today marks a dramatic escalation. translation: we must chase them. they must go.

it's time for us to think of the country. translation: we have children. we are on the streets, leaving ourjobs, because we believe in the cause. as the protests continue, sri lankans don't know where their president even is, though one report says he's being protected by the island country's navy. it has been announced by parliament's speaker he will step down by wednesday. and this is said to be the prime minister's private residence. it was set on fire, even though he had earlier offered to resign. after a day of chaos, fury and confusion, the anti—government protesters here, they are celebrating the announcement of the planned resignations of president gotabaya rajapaksa and prime minister ranil wickremesinghe. and these protesters, they want a new beginning for sri lanka, a new political culture, so they will not face the similar economic crisis in this country. anbarasan ethirajan,

bbc news, colombo. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and millions of people are struggling to get food and fuel, while medicines are scarce. so, why is the country experiencing such turmoil? caroline hawley explains. sri lanka is best known perhaps to the world is a place of beautiful beaches. a country of 22 million people that was recovering from a vicious civil war. like everywhere else, it was hit hard by covid, but the roots of this latest crisis are far deeper than that. these are the rajapaksa brothers, who have dominated politics in sri lanka for years. on the right, the president, for a few more days. his brother, the former president, until recently prime minister in his brother's government. critics blame them directly for the woes of the country. directly for the woes of the count . ~ ., , , directly for the woes of the count .~ ., , , ., country. we got here because of sheer incompetence, _

sheer incompetence, mismanagement and agreed and the rajapaksa family embodied that, they embodied three things, first is authoritarianism, second is corruption and the third is ethnic chauvinism, all of this came to a head when gotabaya rajapaksa became president. i5 came to a head when gotabaya rajapaksa became president. is in rajapaksa became president. is in sri lanka and's — rajapaksa became president. is in sri lanka and's economic problems mounted and fuel protests rose, protests broke out earlier this year, ordinary people turning their fury on the government. on the 1st of april a state of emergency was declared but the protests went on. on the 12th of april the government announced it was defaulting on its entire foreign debt after running out of money to import supplies. in may, rajapaksa resigned as promised and had to be rescued from his home after it was stormed by protesters. by after it was stormed by protesters. byjune, the un was warning of a humanitarian emergency, anger grew as inflation hit a new record this month, leading to today's dramatic

events. whatever happens next, sri lanka's new leaders will inherit their worst economic crisis since their worst economic crisis since the country's independence, huge popular discontent and all the political challenges that will bring. caroline hawley, bbc news. two more cabinet ministers have confirmed they are entering the race to succeed borisjohnson as conservative leader. they are the chancellor, nadhim zahawi, and the transport secretary, grant shapps. and in the last hour, the former health secretaries sajid javid and jeremy hunt have also said they will run. but the defence secretary, ben wallace, who had been tipped by some as a strong potential candidate, has ruled himself out of the contest. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. who is the best shot, so far? at the forefront of britain's response to the war in ukraine, ben wallace was seen as a strong contender for prime minister. the defence secretary is popular with conservative members but he's taken what he said was a difficult decision and wished the candidates good luck. the frontrunner, for now, is rishi sunak.

the former chancellor says he'd "grip the moment" and be honest about the challenges ahead. he has supporters and detractors. he's got the experience, he's got the ability, he's got the vision and i think at this moment in time we need to move to someone who's going to walk into number ten and take over the reins of the country, they need that level of experience and ability. unfortunately, because rishi's record is saying he wants low taxes but then putting them up, he's now got to double down on that record during this campaign. waiting to make an entrance, another grassroots tory favourite, the foreign secretary, liz truss, expected to enter the race soon. do you think you'll make a good prime minister? i good evening. in the mix, too, the senior backbencher tom tugendhat, talking up his time in the military. i've spent10—15 years serving our country in uniform. i've spent six, seven years now serving our community in parliament and i'd like the chance to serve again, because i think

this country matters. among the candidates with cabinet experience, grant shapps, the transport secretary, stressing his loyalty to boris johnson while others were plotting. nadhim zahawi, chancellor since tuesday, confirmed tonight as a contender for the top job. and suella braverman, the attorney general, who was the first to say she'd stand. less well—known but tipped as a rising star, taken an uncompromising stance on cultural issues. and tonight, sajid javid, whose resignation as health secretary triggered borisjohnson's final demise, has confirmed he is standing, as hasjeremy hunt. beaten in the final two last time round, pitching now to win back trust. jonathan blake, bbc news. and bothjeremy hunt and sajid javid will be setting out their stall to be the next prime minister and conservative party leader tomorrow morning with sophie raworth at 9 o'clock on bbc one. the newly appointed education minister, andrea jenkyns, has admitted she should have shown more composure after she made a rude

gesture to a crowd gathered outside downing street. she raised her middle finger to the crowd on her way to watch borisjohnson's resignation speech on thursday. she said she had endured a huge amount of abuse over years from some people and had reacted to what she called a "baying mob". police injapan have admitted there were flaws in the security provided to the former prime minister, shinzo abe, who was shot and killed yesterday at a political rally. a 41—year—old man armed with a home—made weapon said he carried out the attack. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report, which contains some flashing images. the site where shinzo abe was gunned down on friday has now become a place of pilgrimage. many hundreds lined up this morning to lay flowers and pay their respects. it's an old cliche that japanese people don't show public emotion. not today.

at lunchtime the hearse carrying mr abe's body arrived at his home in tokyo. here, too, the emotion was palpable. as a stream of friends and dignitaries came to pay their respects. outside, we met a close friend of mr abe's, a right—wing political ally. ifeel very, very... very, very sad. and a sense of loss is so great that i do not know how to overcome. it has been striking to see the continuing outpouring of grief and anger today, notjust here but from around the world. it's hard to think of another japanese politician whose death would have inspired days of national mourning in places as far away as india and brazil. there are now serious questions being asked about what happened yesterday in nara, not the least of which is the performance

of mr abe's bodyguard team. this video shows how the gunman was able to approach mr abe from behind. completely unchallenged. the team of bodyguards are all looking the other way. the first shot missed mr abe. but the gunman has time to fire a second shot. a nervous—looking nara police chief this afternoon admitted something had gone badly wrong. "it is undeniable that there was a security problem that caused a serious result," he says. "our security measures must be immediately reviewed." that is an understatement. police today recovered a stash of home—made weapons from the suspect�*s home. but this is a country where there was just one gun fatality in the whole of last year.

little wonder that on friday, the police were taken by surprise. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. and now to chetan pathak, who is at wimbledon with all the day's sports news. there's a new name on the women's singles trophy tonight, and that name is elena rybakina. in a year when russian players were banned from competing here because of the invasion of ukraine, a player born in moscow has won the ladies singles final. rybakina changed her nationality four years ago and represents kazakhstan. the 23—year—old beat the world number two ons jabeur in three sets as our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. in this famous corner of london it was kazakhstan versus tunisia, and a clash, seemingly, of tennis styles. ons jabeur is a conjurer of shots. what a shot! first set to her.

but here comes elena rybakina. fast moving and fast improving. levelling the match. she's getting to them and putting them away. now, her power, we knew about, but she added touch and finesse. how could jabeur deal with that? she needed an answer urgently. she could not find one. third set, 6—2, the moment of victory seemed almost routine. of course, it was years in the making. rybakina's from moscow. she's represented kazakhstan since 2018. but in the year that russian players were barred from wimbledon, she's a champion some in russia claim as theirs. rybakina can't control perceptions. only her achievements. and she was outstanding through this fortnight. i want to say thank you for the royal box. i'm playing first time, it's an honour to be here, to play in front of you. thank you so much. it's just unbelievable atmosphere. thank you.

this victory for elena rybakina reallyjust reinforces how open, how fluid women's tennis seems at the moment. the last six women's champions here at wimbledon, all different names, all different nationalities. well, here's argentina and japan, fernandez and kunieda, finally defeating britain's hewett and reid after their ten consecutive wheelchair doubles grand slam titles. worth the wait. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. away from wimbledon, in cricket, england have lost their t20 series. they looked like restricting india to a manageable target at edgbaston but some late hitting from ravindra jadeja boosted the tourists to 170 for 8. england wickets tumbled regularly. india won by 49 runs and lead 2—0 with the final match in nottingham tomorrow. there was better news for england's rugby union side today, who won in australia to level their series.

but the historic wins came for wales and ireland as austin halewood reports a sight that is enough to strike fear into the hearts of irish rugby fans. they've never seen their team beat the all blacks on home soil, so a fast start was essential, and the irish delivered. andrew porter piled over inside three minutes. and the all blacks' ill discipline only helped the irish cause. throughout the game, they were shown two yellows and a red card for this clash of heads, but still, an outnumbered new zealand can hit back, as beauden barrett good an outnumbered new zealand can hit back, as beauden barrett wriggled through for their opening try. but under andy farrell, this irish side know how to handle pressure, and they wouldn't let this opportunity pass. porter crossing once again after the break, as the reliable boot ofjonny sexton kicked ireland to history. and ireland have beaten the all blacks! a famous win, and their series is still alive. just as it is in australia.

after losing their opening match last weekend, a much—improved england hit back hard to win in brisbane. now, just like ireland, wales have never won in south africa before, and that didn't look under threat, until this happened late on in bloemfontein. it'sjosh adams in the corner! that try meant wales were within one, with a kick to come, and from just inside the touchline, gareth anscombe slotted it. another memorable win on a historic day for northern hemisphere rugby. austin halewood, bbc news. and in the last few minutes, scotland have won 29—6 in argentina to level their series. that's it from me here at wimbledon. back to you. thank you, chetan. and that's all from me tonight. good night.

if you want, if you don't like heat, you might want to look away now. from tomorrow, in parts of hello there. it is going to get hotter across england and wales in the next few days. today, in northern ireland and northern scotland we've seen more in the way of cloud. for england and wales, lots of sunshine. because of a gentle north—westerly breeze temperatures today are not quite as high as they were yesterday. you can see where most of the cloud has been, actually, today. a lot of it is out in the atlantic where we find these weather fronts. at the moment, though, it is high pressure that's dominating the scene and it is underneath at high pressure that the heat is continuing to build, particularly across england and wales, as i say. here we'll have a sunny end today. clear skies overnight. a weather front has been bringing some patchy rain towards the northern isles heading to the north sea and following on from that semester in low cloud

and patchy fog moving through the north west. temperatures 11—14 degrees. there are warmer nights on the way. heading into tomorrow, after a bit of a dull start on the north—west we will see that mist, fog and low cloud burning back to the coast in the far north—west, so more in the way of sunshine more widely. a bit of patchy cloud here and there but the winds are light. sea breeze is keeping it a touch cooler along coastal areas but temperature continuing to climb by a few degrees up to around 29 celsius. moving things on into monday and there's temperatures are rising even further across england and wales getting into the low 305 once again. and we've got some big football matches in the euros taking place on monday in that heat. they are both along the south coast, and with the sea breeze it may be a little bit cooler here. but we have sunshine again across england and wales on monday. head further north and there is more cloud. brighter skies, but more cloud. thicker cloud just towards the far north—west of scotland. higher pressure is keeping it dry and sunny and giving all that heat but that cloud in the north west is pushing down on that weather front, so very weak. it is not really going to bring much rain to speak of, but it will push southwards and squeeze the heat

towards the south—east so cooler, fresher air trying to come in from the north—west on tuesday but towards the south and south—east it is still hot with temperatures of 33. so it is heating up during this weekend. the peak of the heat, likely to be on monday and tuesday but still going to be very warm if not hot for large parts of england and wales well into next week. always a little bit cooler further north.