welcome to bbc news — i'm gareth barlow. our top stories... president biden tells mohammed bin salman — saudi arabia's crown prince , he holds him personally responsible for the murder of a dissidentjournalist. he basically said he was not personally responsible for it and they indicated he was. he said he was not personally responsible for it and he took action. the five candidates hoping to become conservative party leader — and british prime minister — go head to head in the first of a series of televised debates. record temperatures, health alerts and forest fires burning out of control — europe struggles to cope with an unprecedented heatwave. and — calls for thousands of unmarried women — who were forced to give up their babies for adoption, to receive a formal apology.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has told the de facto ruler of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman, that he holds him personally responsible for the murder of thejournalist, jamal khashoggi. his comments came during a vist tojedda , the latest stop on his tour of the region. the american leaderfist bumped with mohammed bin salman ahead of the talks. it comes years after he promised to make saudi arabia a �*pariah' over the murder in the saudi consulate in istanbul. (biv)at a news conference injeddah, the president told we discussed human rights and the need for political reform.

as always, as i always do, i made clear the topic was vitally important to me and to the united states. i visit at the united states. i visit at the top of the meeting. i was straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my view clear crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly for an american president to be silent in an issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we are to i am. i will always stand up for our values. let's get some more from our middle east correspondent, many people will see that striking image of the fist bump between joe striking image of the fist bump betweenjoe biden and the man he called a pariah a few years ago and will believe the very fact this meeting happened shows that though that us does

not have human rights at the top of its agenda is something like that was able to happen. we'll never really know the exact detail of what happened in that bilateral meeting, that working session as it has been described. you'll never know the exact wording that he is. i have come from a roundtable with the saudi foreign affairs minister and he talked about a candid and direct discussion. we talked about the fact that now the two men admit they have at personal relationship going forward and he sees that as being a good thing for both countries but remember, joe biden had tojustify countries but remember, joe biden had to justify this visit in advance, didn't he? four weeks ago he said he was coming here for a council meeting, not to meet the crown prince himself and that is what happened. they spent a lot of time together today. joe biden said coming here having the meeting was important for the stability of the middle east because, of course, he does not want to leave vacuum here that

the likes of china and russia can move into. he said it was a vital meeting but there will be no doubt people who see what has happened here and they question what kind of image that creates for the us on the world stage. jonathan panikoff is the director of the scowcroft middle east security initiative at the atlantic council's middle east program. at the atlantic council's hejoins us now from washington. thank you so much. president biden�*s visit has been criticised as validating the saudi government. what is your view on those comments? thank ou ve view on those comments? thank you very much — view on those comments? thank you very much for _ view on those comments? thank you very much for having - view on those comments? thank you very much for having me. . view on those comments? thank you very much for having me. i l you very much for having me. i appreciate it. i understand the criticisms but i think the move to go to saudi arabia was absolutely the right one. he did at the right way. at the meeting privately. the criticism is done privately. he said he would be bringing it up as firmly as he did or at least it sounds like you did and then

he pivoted. you pivoted to issues of mutual us and saudi economic and national security matters. and i think on the fundamental question of human rights, it is really whether or not more likely to see by engaging or criticising. the fact there was an extension on the ceasefire in yemen is an indication that by going and engaging, the president made clear his concern about human rights violations but did in the right way. fist rights violations but did in the right way.— rights violations but did in the right way. at the end of the right way. at the end of the day. — the right way. at the end of the day, saudi _ the right way. at the end of the day, saudi arabia - the right way. at the end of the day, saudi arabia is - the day, saudi arabia is important for the us. just how important? vice versa. what did the saudis get out of this? it is a critical relationship a couple of reasons. there are threats stemming from iran. but also issues that are not talked about as much. protecting the maritime areas for commercial

shipment, protecting is obviously critically important. this decision to go to saudi arabia was fundamentally about making sure there is not a vacuum that china and russia can fill and on the other hand with saudi still reliant on us weapons sales and hardware capabilities, 80% of saudi weapons and missiles come from the us. so if we talk about turning to china, the end of the day, the us is a security partner and that means there is going to have to be a relationship that is symbiotic. one comment the president made of the back of this meeting was that saudi arabia will open its airspace for aircraft flying to and from israel. what does that mean in practice. in and from israel. what does that mean in practice.— mean in practice. in practical terms what _ mean in practice. in practical terms what it _ mean in practice. in practical

terms what it means - mean in practice. in practical terms what it means is - mean in practice. in practical terms what it means is they| terms what it means is they will be shorter flights from israel to the east, to china and india. flying over saudi arabia cuts are sometime. more importantly, what it really is is a reflection that while the saudis are not ready to establish a full diplomatic relationship with israel, they are on the path and this should be used as part of a broader series of steps they have taken including opening greater business ties, commercial ties between israeli and saudi businesses. the issue of having movies real to central command area of responsibility so militarily, as you use to file an european theatre and it is now should be in the middle east under the central theatre and israel is sitting the saudi arabia and the states it is normalise relationships with already in terms of engaging

with security, dialogues, issues related to iran etc and it is critical to have everyone together and the demonstration that they are on a path towards normalisation. the united states says it will seek the immediate extradition of a mexican drug lord, who'sjust been captured in mexico. rafael caro quintero, one of the country's most wanted men, was detained by the mexican army in the northern state of sinaloa. in the operation to capture him, an army helicopter crashed, killing ia military personnel. mr caro quintero was released from prison nearly a decade ago, but he still faces numerous charges in the us, including over the murder of a dea agent in 1985. here in the uk, the five remaining candidates in the conservative leadership contest are taking part in a live debate — before further rounds of voting next week, when tory mps will whittle the five candidates down to the final two. then it'll be up to conservative party members to decide the new leader and prime minister.

here's some of what they've been saying — they were each asked whether they thought boris johnson was honest sometimes. is boris johnson honours? — sometimes. is boris johnson honours? same _ sometimes. is boris johnson honours? same again, - sometimes. is boris johnson honours? same again, think| sometimes. is boris johnson i honours? same again, think he is somebody who has an... i'm not doing yes i know because i think it would be wrong to do that. there have been some really severe issues and i think he is paid a price for that. i think he is paid a price for that. ., that. i tried to give him the benefit of _ that. i tried to give him the benefit of the _ that. i tried to give him the benefit of the doubt - that. i tried to give him the benefit of the doubt as - that. i tried to give him the | benefit of the doubt as long that. i tried to give him the i benefit of the doubt as long as possible — benefit of the doubt as long as possible and _ benefit of the doubt as long as possible and ultimately- benefit of the doubt as long as possible and ultimately reach. possible and ultimately reach the conclusion— possible and ultimately reach the conclusion i— possible and ultimately reach the conclusion i couldn't - possible and ultimately reach the conclusion i couldn't andl the conclusion i couldn't and that— the conclusion i couldn't and that is— the conclusion i couldn't and that is why— the conclusion i couldn't and that is why i _ the conclusion i couldn't and that is why i resigned. - the conclusion i couldn't and that is why i resigned. there were — that is why i resigned. there were a — that is why i resigned. there were a number— that is why i resigned. there were a number of— that is why i resigned. there were a number of reasons i that is why i resigned. there l were a number of reasons why that is why i resigned. there i were a number of reasons why i resigned — were a number of reasons why i resigned but— were a number of reasons why i resigned but transparency- were a number of reasons why i resigned but transparency and i resigned but transparency and honesty— resigned but transparency and honesty was _ resigned but transparency and honesty was part _ resigned but transparency and honesty was part of— resigned but transparency and honesty was part of that. - resigned but transparency and honesty was part of that. he i honesty was part of that. he has been — honesty was part of that. has been very clear himself that he made mistakes in government. but he had a huge range of achievements. i5

government. but he had a huge range of achievements.- government. but he had a huge range of achievements. is he an honest man? — range of achievements. is he an honest man? remake _ range of achievements. is he an honest man? remake he - range of achievements. is he an l honest man? remake he himself has said some of the statements issued were not 100% accurate so i take that at face value. is borisjohnson an honest man? earlier i spoke to lord kim darroch — who was the uk's national security advisor, as well as former british ambassador to the united states. we discussed the live debate — and i began by asking what he made of it: it was very lively so it was a good watch. it is a bit weird because, of course, you watch the debate and make your mind up the debate and make your mind up about the candidates but we don't get to vote. it is the mps and tory party members who vote so in that sense it was all a bit bizarre but i thought it was revealing what the candidates and the clip you have just shown because four

out of five could not bring themselves to say the prime minister was not honest. only one answer the question is most of us would which is no, he is not honest. there is a lot of wriggling going on amongst those who served in thejohnson government and thejohnson government and the johnson cabinet government and thejohnson cabinet and one does wonder that if the public had a vote on this, whether they would be looking more than tory mps are at some of those new faces who are completely, you know, untouched by having me on that government. you reference the fact this is a weird process in many respects that the rank—and—file will get the final say. rank—and—file will get the finalsay. how rank—and—file will get the final say. how do you think they were reviewed not only the

debate but the sniping taking part. there were drive—by shootings with regard to some of the attempts to discredit them. , ., ., ,, of the attempts to discredit them. i. ., ,, ., ._ ., them. everyone will take away a different view _ them. everyone will take away a different view of _ them. everyone will take away a different view of the _ them. everyone will take away a different view of the debates. i different view of the debates. the foreign secretary was awkward and evasive and her ideas on economic, hand—outs and tax cuts was fantasy. but whether that means he will survive in the next vote, because he had the lowest number going into it, i rather doubt. and whether her performance which as i say, was weak, will stop getting into the final three, i doubt that too. we will see how much these debates have but i would still expect the last three to be soon act and trust and penny

mordaunt and the big question is whether it is penny mordaunt or less trust who gets into the last two. , , .., or less trust who gets into the last two. , , ., last two. this became four names last two. this became four games one _ last two. this became four games one with _ last two. this became four games one with regard - last two. this became four games one with regard to | last two. this became four- games one with regard to tax. the four candidates criticising his take on taxation of the past few years. think the policies you reference the comedy think their policies and ideas add up. comedy think their policies and ideas add no— ideas add up. before you even aet into ideas add up. before you even get into taxing _ ideas add up. before you even get into taxing and _ ideas add up. before you even get into taxing and cutting - get into taxing and cutting taxes, the government has promised more defence spending, more money for the national health service, money for levelling up. so already it looks like there is massive overspending going on and then you're talking about a 30 billion hand—out to families cutting corporation tax, national insurance, because it does not add up. wejust don't have that much money to hand out. and in that sense, he may have been four games one against rishi soon act but i

thought soon act was the one who is talking most sense in economics and on the budget. we need to have sound economic management and tax cuts on top of high public spending and in the back of high inflationjust doesn't make sense. [30 the back of high inflation 'ust doesn't make sense.�* doesn't make sense. do stay with us- _ doesn't make sense. do stay with us. still— doesn't make sense. do stay with us. still to _ doesn't make sense. do stay with us. still to come, - doesn't make sense. do stay with us. still to come, why l with us. still to come, why slovenia is dismantling a razor wire fence running along the border with croatia. coming down the ladder now. it is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concord, the world's only supersonic airliner. it

was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that were part of the state of yugoslavia but a later it has been painstakingly rebuilt and opened again today. there has been a 50% decrease in quantity and an increase in malfunctioning one is unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president biden tells mohammed bin salman, saudi arabia's crown prince, he holds him personally responsible for the murder of a dissidentjournalist. temperatures are already soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france,

spain and portugal. there are also high winds and tinder—dry conditions fuelling the flames. 281 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. as our correspondent bethany bell reports. forests are aflame in southern europe. after days of searing heat, wildfires continue to spread. in south—western france hundreds of people had in portugal, the flames reached one of the country's main motorways. the emergency services are on high alert. in faro, in the algarve, some holiday—makers decided to go home early when the flames got too close. we're leaving because the fire was apparently controlled yesterday. but it's coming very

close to our house. we were renting for one week of holiday and we decided not to stay for one day with, with the risk of of fire so close to us. portugal has experienced record high temperatures this week, a grim reality. climate change is, i think, that one of the conditions that make it harder to to firefighting this kind of fires and they always get biggerfire by fire. but the firefighters are making a good, very good job. this is what the flames leave behind. scorched pine groves on the very edge of the city. this wooded area near faro is still smoldering. and there is a real danger that with the wind, sparks could fly and start another fire. it's a constant battle for the firefighters to keep this under control. after weeks of drought, the ground here is tinder dry and with temperatures rising, there are fears of more wildfires in the years to come.

bethany bell, bbc news, faro. the razor—wire along slovenia's border with croatia which was designed to keep out refugees and migrants will soon be consigned to history. but critics say it's a mistake to get rid of it while the war in ukraine is going on, and at least one of slovenia's neighbours is far from happy. the 400 mile border between slovenia and croatia forms the south—eastern border of the schengen area, the passport—free zone shared by members states of the european union. wendy urquhart reports. it's a historic day for slovenia as soldiers start to dismantle some of the 51 kilometres of razor wire along the country?— the country? border with croatia- _ the country? border with croatia. hungary - the country? border with croatia. hungary closed l the country? border with i croatia. hungary closed its border with croatia in 2015 to stop tribes of migrants and refugees from the wars in

afghanistan and syria from entering the country. that forced hundreds of thousands of people to detour through croatia and slovenia in a bid to start a new life in the european union. to control the steady flow of migrants, slovenia installed razor wire fencing along its border with croatia, but the slovenian interior minister claims the fence did nothing to stop illegal immigration. translation: these fences and this razor wire have caused many tragedies. people have gone around it and tried to avoid it and died the river. we understand there are challenges before us, but we have the will and away to slovenia secure. slovenian troops are planning to rip out around 200 metres of fencing per day, with the aim of dismantling the whole thing by the end of this year. but sceptics have warned that removing the fencing is unwise in the war in ukraine is still

raging, and hungarian officials are absolutely furious. in ukraine, russia's defence ministry has denied targeting civilians in a missile attack that hit a city south—west of kyiv, hundreds of kilometres far from the front—line of the fighting. at least 23 people — three of them children — died in the strike in vinnytsia. the bbc�*s zhanna bezpiatchuk. this is what is left after the russian missile hit the clinic in the city centre of vinnytsia. two health workers were killed here, two doctors now amputation, and a patient, a child, ——in a critical health condition, one of them has double amputation, and a patient, a child, were killed there. just next to the clinic there is a nine—storey office block, well known in vinnytsia.

normally in the morning, it's full of visitors and workers, full of life. just across the road there is the concert hall and dance clubs, also hit by two russian cruise missiles, in the square in the city centre of vinnytsia. the city which has been considered to be quite safe compared to other places in ukraine, and many people found here refuge, safety escaping the other danger zones in the east and south, much closer to the front lines. the feeling that there is no more safe place in ukraine has been just reinforced by these strikes carried out by the russian army with the help of cruise missiles. and here in the square of the big ukrainian city, you can see the crater caused by the russian missile. hundreds of thousands of unmarried women across the uk — who were forced to give up their babies for adoption —

should get a formal apology from the government. so says a cross—party group of uk polticians, who've been investigating after a series of reports by bbc news uncovered harrowing stories of cruelty towards women who had children outside marriage. duncan kennedy reports. this is the moment one group of birth mothers and adoptees heard about today's report. "an official apology should be given in recognition of lasting suffering caused by adoption practices". cries. that's brilliant, really brilliant. decades after their forced adoptions, they are still broken. really brilliant. cries. among them, judy baker, who became pregnant in 1967. she was pressured to give up her baby daughter for adoption, simply because she wasn't married.

5a years later, she still can't understand why. how can you do that to a teenager? and to an innocent baby? how can you part them? simply because i was unmarried. in post—war decades, some of the pressure on the women to give up their babies came from parents and churches. but today's report makes clear it was also state employees like social workers and nurses. the enquiry was given harrowing evidence. one birth mother said she had her baby "pulled out of her arms". another said she "screamed and hung onto her baby like a woman possessed". even during delivery, one woman was told she "deserved all the pain she got". i think the least the government can do is recognise that this shouldn't have happened then and it would never happen now, and it is right for the government to apologise. the government said:

i am still shaking actually. i can't believe that i have got this report in my hand. birth mothers and adoptees like liz harvey have welcomed today's report. liz was taken from her mother, and says she has always struggled with her identity. she believes a government apology is vital. we never thought this day would come. we hoped it would, but it means an awful lot to everybody involved in the awful, shameful historic practice of forced adoption. it will mean a great deal to people today. forced adoptions have reached out across history. other countries have already said sorry. these women say their suffering deserves recognition as well. duncan kennedy, bbc news. and there is more on that story

on our website. the oscar—winning actor julianne moore has been selected as president of the main competition jury for the 79th venice international film festival which runs from 31 august until 10 september this year. the panel includes different director whose film happening one the main prize, will decide the winners. the international olympic committee has provisionally agreed to include breakdancing, skateboarding, sports climbing, and surfing in the paris games in 2024 in a bid to attract a younger, more urban audience. venezuelan breakdancer, kenyer mendez makes his living performing this unbelievable head slide on the busy streets streets of caracas. his dream is to represent his country in paris 2024 and bring home the gold medal.

there was a meeting before this programme suggesting i finish this bulletin breakdancing, but i shan't. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @garethbarlow. hello, it's looking likely the uk will see its highest temperature on record at the start of next week. it's more likely than not that somewhere, we'll see 40 degrees celsius for the first time in the uk. that's why the met office has a red extreme heat warning in force on monday and tuesday. widespread impacts and disruption. do take a look at these warnings and what it means for you, and prepare for what's coming at the start of next week. this is the area covered by the red extreme heat warning on monday and tuesday, a large part of england. notjust a london thing — manchester, leeds in that as well with exceptionally high temperatures. all of england, wales and into southern scotland sunday to tuesday covered by a met office amber extreme heat warnings. widespread impacts in these areas as well. we've seen record temperatures in spain and portugal, this excessive heat lifting north through france and into the uk as

the weekend goes on. a natural weather pattern to get the heat from the south into the uk over summer, unnatural to see such high temperatures. the reason — climate change. now is the time to bring as much cool air into the house as possible with some temperatures in single figures as saturday begins. a good time to open the windows, if it is safe to do so. there'll be a bit of rain early on with a stiff breeze in northern scotland. that will move north across the northern isles. elsewhere, a lot of sunshine to begin with, though for northern ireland and scotland, cloud will increase more widely during the day as especially the afternoon goes on will start to introduce some patchy outbreaks of rain. for much of england and wales, it'll be a sunny day, though cloud increasing also in northern england going into the evening. it will be warmer. temperatures for england and wales low to mid 20s. midlands, centraland south—eastern parts of england, we're looking at highs of around 26—29 degrees celsius. now, overnight and into sunday, we'll take some outbreaks of rain through parts of scotland, northern ireland and into northern england as well. clear spells to the south of that. it will be a touch

warmer as sunday begins. and then early on sunday, on the damp side early northern ireland, northern england. that rain clears. scotland still seeing some rain in the far north whereas elsewhere, by the afternoon, there'll be a lot of sunshine around and it's hotter at this stage. very warm across scotland, northern ireland, but hot england and wales, more places getting above 30 degrees celsius and, of course, the heat surging even more into monday. a very warm, perhaps record—breakingly warm, night on monday night. heat again on tuesday before, thankfully, it turns cooler from midweek.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president biden has said he told saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman that he thought he was personally responsible for the murder of the journalistjamal khashoggi. mr biden said the prince denied ordering the killing in his country's consulate in istanbul four years ago. fires are continuing to burn out of control as parts of europe endure record—breaking temperatures. in france, thousands of people remain evacuated from their homes almost a week after the first blazes broke out. in portugal, the entire country has been put on alert. the five contenders in the contest to be the conservative party leader and the next british prime minister have taken part in their first live televised debate. the candidates were asked a range of questions from a studio audience on issues including tax and the nhs.