changed your decision? yeah. yeah. definitely. _ this is bbc world 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 that he was not personally responsible for it, i indicated that 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 the mexican navy arrests

america's most wanted fugitive, drug lord rafael caro quintero. the united states is seeking his immediate extraditon. hello and welcome to bbc news. president biden has told the de facto ruler of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman, that he holds him personally responsible for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. his comments came during a vist tojeddah, the latest stop on his tour of the region. the american leader fist—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. at a news conference injeddah, the president told reporters he made it very clear how he felt about the killing. we discussed human rights and the need for political reform.

as always — i always do, i made clear that the topic was vitally important to me and to the united states. with respect of the murder of khashoggi, i raised it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what i thought of it at the time and what i think of it now. and was exactly — i was straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my view crystal clear. i said, very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on the issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we are and who i am. i'll always stand up for our values. let's get some more from our middle east correspondent, anna foster in jeddah. there are many people who will see that striking image of the fist bump betweenjoe biden and the man he called essentially a pariah just a few years ago, and they will believe the very fact that this meeting happened, and the very fact that those images have now been beamed around the world, shows that no, the us doesn't have human rights doesn't appear at the top of its agenda if something like that

was able to happen. i think it's interesting that we will never really know the exact detail of what happened in that bilateral meeting, that working session, as it's been described. we will never know the exact wording thatjoe biden used or how forceful he was in that discussion. i've actually just come from a round table with the saudi foreign affairs minister, and he talked about a candid and direct discussion. he talked about the fact that now the two men have met, they have a personal relationship going forward and he sees that as being a good thing for both countries. but remember, joe biden had tojustify this visit in advance, didn't he? and it was only four weeks ago that he said he was coming here for the wider gulf cooperation council meeting, not to meet crown prince mohammed bin salman — and yet, that's what happened. they spent a lot of time together today. joe biden said that coming here and having that meeting was important for the stability of the middle east because, of course, he doesn't want to leave a 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. earlier i spoke tojonathan panikoff, the director of the scowcroft middle east security initiative at the atlantic council's middle east programme, and asked him about the criticism biden faced on his visit. i understand those criticisms but i think the move to go to saudi arabia was absolutely the right one and the president, more frankly, did it the right way. he had the meeting privately. the criticism was done privately without first telegraphing it to the press that he would be bringing it up as firmly as he did — or, at least, as it sounds like he did. and then, he pivoted — he pivoted to issues of mutual us and saudi economic and national security matters. and i think on the fundamental question of human rights, it's really whether or not you're more likely to succeed by engaging folks or by being distant and criticising. i think the fact that there was an extension, for instance, on the ceasefire in yemen

is an indication that by going, by engaging, the president made clear his concern about how saudi human rights violations are going, but did it in the right way. at the end of the day, saudi arabia is important for the us — that relationship is important. out of this? yeah, it's a critical relationship for a couple of reasons. the focus on iran is obviously correct and the threats stemming from iran to the region, to the us more broadly, to israel, but there's also issues that aren't talked about as much — protecting the maritime areas for commercial shipping, of aqaba and the gulf. protecting for ct issues is obviously critically important. this issue — the decision

by the president to go to saudi arabia was fundamentally about making sure that there isn't a vacuum that china and russia can fill. and on the other hand, look, saudi is still very reliant on us weapon sales, on us hardware and capabilities. 80% of saudis' weapons and missiles come from the us and so, they can talk about turning to china but, at the end of the day, the us is their preferred security partner, and that means that there's going to have to be a relationship that is symbiotic between us. one comment that the president made off the back of this meeting was that saudi arabia will open its airspace to aircraft flying to and from israel. what does that mean in practice, though? yeah, so, look, in very practical terms, what it means is that there's going to be shorter flights from israel to the east — to china and to india, because flying over saudi arabia cuts off some time. i think more importantly what it really is is a reflection that while the saudis may not be ready to establish full diplomatic

relations with israel, they're on the path to normalisation. this should be viewed as part of a broader series of steps the saudis have taken, including opening greater business ties, commercial ties between israeli and saudi businesses. the issue of having moved israel into the what's called central command aor, area of responsibility, militarily under the us guise — israel used to fall under the european theatre. it's now where it should be in the middle east under the central theatre. and practically, there is referencing in reporting, that israel is sitting with saudi arabia, with qatar and then with the states that it has normalised relations with already in terms of engaging on security, dialogues, issues related to iran et cetera. and that's pretty critical to have everybody together, but is again another demonstration that they're on a path toward normalisation.

there have been heated clashes on tax during the first live televised debate featuring the five contenders to be the next british prime minister. the former chancellor rishi sunak, who is currently attracting the most support among conservative mps, accused the foreign secretary liz truss of "fairytale economics." ms truss, who is third place, took a swipe at him during her closing remarks, saying now wasn't the time for continuity of current economic policy. the candidates were asked a range of questions from a studio audience, covering the nhs, whether boris johnson was honest, and environmental issues. our political correspondent alex forsyth now reports on the leadership race. applause. the stage was set, the candidates poised to pitch. in a matter of weeks, one of these five will be prime minister. first up, the question of trust. each said they could be trusted in government, but they were asked

is borisjohnson honest? ah... laughter. sometimes. there have been some really severe issues and i think that he has paid a price for that. i tried to give him the benefit of the doubt for as long - as possible and ultimately, i i reached the conclusion that i couldn't, and that's why i resigned. - he himself has said that some of the statements issued were not 100% accurate, so i take that at face value. tom tugendhat, is boris johnson an honest man? no. - applause. that was the first applause of the evening. then, there was disagreement over who'd taken what position on transgender rights when they were in government. i've never been in favour of self id. i would've made the system much better, but i would never have divorced it from healthcare. i didn't work with penny, but my understanding was that the previous minister who had done the rule had wanted self id, and that was something that i reversed with liz. so, who's right?

i'm not going to go around... tell the truth, liz. ..criticising other candidates in this race. tell the truth, liz. what i will be clear about is i started in the women and equalitiesjob. there was a plan to move forward on self id. exactly. which she said she changed. then, real divisions exposed over the economy — in particular whether tax rises introduced by the government should be reversed. we need to help people now, and that's why if i was elected as prime minister, i would immediately reverse the national insurance increases — which i called out in cabinet, i was opposed to them in cabinet. i'd also remove the green energy levy. so, i don't think the responsible thing to do right now is launch into some unfunded spree of borrowing and more debt. that willjust make inflation worse. just briefly. it will make the problem longer. applause. the former chancellor seemed happy to take on his colleagues. liz, we have to be honest. we have to be honest.

iam being honest! but borrowing your way out of inflation isn't a plan, it is a fairytale. i think it is wrong to put taxes up because that is what we're talking about. he found himself defending his own policy. because i was the only one who didn't vote for the rise in national insurance, - and it now seems everybody agrees with me. applause. - i did a difficult thing to make sure that the nhs... rishi, and to be fair to you... ..and you voted against it. i and that's the reality. to be fair to you, rishi, - what we did is we had a long conversation about it - and you set out your position and i asked why on earth this was going to be necessary. and you told me because the boss wanted it. - now, the reality is... gasps _ applause. this was a tussle for economic credibility. i have done two things. one is on raising income thresholds in line with inflation. but also, yes, i have said that i will halve vat on fuel at the pump. the best way to help everyone, the best way to make sure that they have money in their pocket, is to get

a grip on inflation. and that should be everybody's priority because that's the thing that's going to erode everyone's living standards. the two things, rishi, that you haven't realised is, i know you know that people are going to need more help this autumn but, actually, people need help now. tax cuts are there to let - people keep more of their own money so that they can deal with inflation and cost - of living issues. that's why we do it. it's not so that we can cut public services, i and there are other ways to do — - and there are other ways to do both _ this was a pitch notjust at party, but to country. as an engineer, i know how| to strip things down and get them to work. and with me as your prime - minister, we all have to change for the better. we're seeing division and disunity and we can pull people together. i'm not the traditional offer. i'm not the legacy candidate. but the choice at this election is who can be trusted to grip. this moment and get things done. - now is not the time for a continuity of our current economic policy. applause. time is up! the question, of course, who's gonna win?

the uk government has declared a national emergency after the met office issued its first red alert warning for extreme heat. temperatures could rise to a0 celsius for the first time ever in parts of england on monday and tuesday. temperatures are already soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder—dry conditions are fuelling the flames. 281 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. well, our reporter mark lobel has been following that story and hejust gave me this update. these wildfires that are coming early, they're more intense, they're more frequent, they're longer—lasting across france, spain and portugal, as we were hearing from bethany there. the latest in portugal is that there are about 900 firefighters tackling around ten fires and in pinhao,

the temperatures reaching 47 degrees celsius — that's a record for portugal injuly. in spain, the north is not normally exposed to really extreme temperatures. they're seeing that in the north—west, temperatures are reaching up to 42 degrees there. in france, in the south—west, about 11,000 people still unable to return to their homes there because of fires, four days after those fires. and in morocco — north africa also affected — morocco, temperatures of 45 degrees and droughts there. villages destroyed — about 1,000 families still affected by the fires there. that's continental europe and north africa but it's coming to the uk as well. high temperatures expected at the beginning of the week? that's right, gareth, and i want to show you this animation of how it's sweeping from europe and from the places that bethany was talking about here, as you can see, and it's gonna start sweeping on monday. the hot air will move on from europe to central and southern england and wales. and just to put it in

perspective, in 2020, the met forecast for 23july 2050, what the temperatures would look like, and they're saying that on tuesday in the uk — not 23 july 2050, but here in 2022 — they're gonna be very similar temperatures. and the atmospheric scientist dr simon lee was saying this is not that climate change is bringing these temperatures faster than anticipated, but it is an insight into the future — this is what it's going to be like at that time. the previous record in the uk was 38.7 degrees. the met is saying there's a 50—50 chance that it will reach a0 degrees for the first time in the uk. scorching temperatures. you mentioned there climate change — it seems to be playing an ever more important and destabilising role in our lives. yeah, it is, and the likelihood of these events is increasing, and if i canjust show you now a couple of graphs. this one is the first — it's how the average maximum daily temperatures have increased over the last century. you can see there, gareth, an accelerating upward trajectory on that one.

and if we bring on the next, this is the top ten uk hottest days ever recorded. and look at this — seven of them in the last 20 years. the hottest days recorded in the uk, seven of them in the last 20 — and that's over the last 100 years there. so, the question is, you know, is the climate being affected by human influence? that's the question we've been grappling with, haven't we, for many years now. well, because of the chances — if you justjudge it on the chances of us reaching a0 degrees celsius in the uk, this is how the chief executive of the met put it. we think that should be a 1—in—100 to 1—in—300—year event in a non—disruptive climate and we predict that it could be 1—in—15 years or even more frequent than that by 2100, and that depends on the emissions path that we choose as a species. and what she means there is that target for net zero that many countries are adopting at different time scales, that's negating the greenhouse gas emissions that a country produces.

if that moves faster, the thought is that it's less likely that you will hit these peaks. the us drug enforcement administration's most wanted fugitive, the mexican drug lord rafael caro quintero, has been captured in an operation by the mexican army in the state of sinaloa. the us attorney general merrick garland said the united states will seek his immediate extradition. the arrest came days after mexico's president, andres manuel lopez obrador, metjoe biden at the white house. claudia redmond reports. with a bounty of $20 million on his head, this is the moment drug lord rafael caro quintero was captured after a search dog found him hiding in butland. rafael caro quintero was released from prison in 2013 after a court overturned his a0—year sentence for the 1985

kidnapping and killing of a us drug enforcement administration agent —— bushland. he was added to the fbi's most wanted list in 2018. his arrest comes just days after mexico's president andres manuel lopez obrador met joe biden at the white house. both leaders said they would step up the fight against drug trafficking. the former leader of the guadalajara cartel was one of the primary suppliers of heroin, cocaine and marijuana to the united states in the late 19705. to the united states in the late1970s. in to the united states in the late 19705. in a statement late19705. in a statement confirming the arrest, it emerged that blackhawk helicopters used in the operation had crashed, killing ia operation had crashed, killing 1a of the 15 passengers on board. because of the crash is still being investigated. —— the cause of the crash is still being investigated. claudia redmond, bbc news. 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. here's 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 in a critical health condition — one of them has double amputations — and their patient, a child, was 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 much closer to the front lines in the east and south of ukraine and 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. zhanna bezpiatchuk. 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 politicians 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: another said she: even during delivery, one woman was told she: 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 it would: ..and offered its: i am still shaking, actually. i can't believe that i've got this report in my hand. birth mothers and adoptees like liz harvie have welcomed today's report.

liz was taken from her mother and says she's 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, too. duncan kennedy, bbc news. 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 unhappy. 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's border with croatia. hungary closed its border with croatia in 2015 to stop droves 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 in the river. we understand that there are challenges before us, but we have the will and a way

to make slovenia secure. slovenian troops are planning to rip out around 200m of fencing a 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 when the war in ukraine is still raging, and hungarian officials are absolutely furious. wendy urquhart, bbc news. the international olympic committee has provisionally agreed to include breakdancing, skateboarding, sports climbing, and surfing in the paris games in 202a 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 of caracas, but his dream is to represent his country in paris in 202a and bring home the gold medal. i think it goes without saying

do not try this at home or down the street. that's all from us for the moment. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @garethbarlow. thanks for watching. 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 a0 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, 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 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 up the windows if it's 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 and especially as the afternoon goes on, we'll 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'll be warmer. temperatures for england and wales low to mid 205. 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 parts of 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 journalist jamal khashoggi. mr biden said the prince denied ordering the killing in his country's consulate in istanbul four years ago. 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.