hello, good afternoon. an amber warning for extreme heat has come into force for most of england and parts of wales, ahead of record temperatures forecast for the coming days. the alert will extend to southern scotland from tomorrow — when the warning in parts of england will rise to red. it comes with predictions of record temperatures of up to 41 degrees celsius. our correspondent jon donnison reports. and amber heat warning for much of the country, so what better to do than limber up for a half marathon?

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rise a further 5 degrees by tomorrow. b, rise a further 5 degrees by tomorrow— rise a further 5 degrees by tomorrow. �* , ., ., , ., tomorrow. a little bit anxious about it, to be honest. _ tomorrow. a little bit anxious about it, to be honest. we _ tomorrow. a little bit anxious about it, to be honest. we have _ tomorrow. a little bit anxious about it, to be honest. we have two - tomorrow. a little bit anxious about it, to be honest. we have two big . it, to be honest. we have two big dogs and trying to make sure we had loads of fans, looking at how people in other countries cope with it. we have blackout curtains and aircon. it cost a lot of money.— have blackout curtains and aircon. it cost a lot of money. doctors say the elderly — it cost a lot of money. doctors say the elderly and _ it cost a lot of money. doctors say the elderly and vulnerable - it cost a lot of money. doctors say the elderly and vulnerable need i it cost a lot of money. doctors say the elderly and vulnerable need to take particular care but the government insists that the health services are prepared and this morning the deputy prime minister rejected the idea of closing schools. i rejected the idea of closing schools. ., ., ., ~' rejected the idea of closing schools. ., ., ., ~ ., rejected the idea of closing schools. ., ., ., schools. i mean look, are coming to the end of— schools. i mean look, are coming to the end of the _ schools. i mean look, are coming to the end of the school— schools. i mean look, are coming to the end of the school term - schools. i mean look, are coming to the end of the school term anyway l the end of the school term anyway but i think making sure young children get the education they need is really important, particular after the pandemic. forecasters say this has already _ after the pandemic. forecasters say this has already been _ after the pandemic. forecasters say this has already been the _ after the pandemic. forecasters say this has already been the most - this has already been the most sustained heat wave in 50 years and the worst is still to come. jon donnison, bbc news. well, this as wildfires continue to spread in southern europe as the heatwave there intensifies. more fires have broken out

in south—west france, while in spain and portugal, more than 300 people have died as a result of the extreme heat. bethany bell reports from malaga, in southern spain. almost 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived there, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopters keep circling this area, trying to put out the fires and you can see just how close they've got to the built—up areas. all of these villas along here have been evacuated because the fire is just too close for comfort. 0n the road we met sharon, who's from england. she lives nearby with her daughter valentina. their home is safe but they were out trying to round up pets and animals who were left behind when their owners fled. we're supposed to help, you know, see if anyone needs any help evacuating. especially the animals, a lot of animals get left behind. frightened, yes. when we first saw the fire yesterday

because they thought it was coming to our house and we were just shaking, petrified, because we have a lot of animals in our house as well and we just thought, oh, no, we've got to evacuate them. what are we going to do with the horse? two horses, the sheep, dogs. we were very frightened. fires have also caused widespread destruction in south—western france, where more people have had to leave their homes because of the blazes. translation: it's an especially difficult summer. _ we are dealing with very considerable drought due to insufficient rainfalls over the winter and spring, an especially dry month of may and we now have particularly high temperatures, as you can currently feel. with the hot weather set to continue, southern europe remains on high alert. bethany bell, bbc news, malaga. in other news, a video's emerged on social media of a british man, thought to have been taken captive by pro—russian forces in eastern ukraine, appealing for help. john harding is understood to have

been captured in may, in the besieged city of mariupol. in the video, he urges borisjohnson to use any influence he has with president putin — otherwise, he says, he faces the death penalty. people living near the site of a plane crash in greece have been told to stay indoors because of fears that toxic chemicals may have been on board. the plane was on its way from serbia tojordan when it crashed near the town of kavala. authorities have now confirmed that it was carrying weapons — and that all eight people on board died in the crash. back here, penny mordaunt, one of the conservative mps hoping to be the next prime minister, has said that the leadership contest is being dragged down by "toxic politics". she said a number of smears against her had appeared in newspapers, but she wanted to focus on issues that matter to voters. it comes ahead of another tv debate between the five candidates this evening. 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore reports.

she may not be a household face yet but in less than two months penny mordaunt could be our next prime minister. her rapid rise, she is now one of the front runners to reach the final two, is unsettling some of her political opponents. they are questioning her views on transgender issues, claiming she is to woke to be party leader. but today the former defence secretary hit back. we all know what's going on and as i say, this is the type of toxic politics that people want to get away from. the poor british public have had month —— and you have a month of this to go. they have a month of this to go. they have a month of this to go. they have a month of as choosing their prime minister. ,, , ., , month of as choosing their prime minister. ,, , ., ., ., minister. questions also remain over whether some _ minister. questions also remain over whether some of _ minister. questions also remain over whether some of the _ minister. questions also remain over whether some of the five _ minister. questions also remain over whether some of the five remaining l whether some of the five remaining candidates have the experience to lead the country, a point made this morning by a prominent backer of the foreign secretary liz truss. irate morning by a prominent backer of the foreign secretary liz truss.— foreign secretary liz truss. we are not electing — foreign secretary liz truss. we are not electing a _ foreign secretary liz truss. we are not electing a leader _ foreign secretary liz truss. we are not electing a leader of _ foreign secretary liz truss. we are not electing a leader of the - not electing a leader of the conservative party that has two years to build their reputation that we are electing someone who will be

prime minister on day one. so you need to know when they have power and authority and government, what did they do with it? what do they get, what do they achieve? what were their main beliefs? what get, what do they achieve? what were their main beliefs?— their main beliefs? what did they drive through? _ their main beliefs? what did they drive through? for _ their main beliefs? what did they drive through? for other- their main beliefs? what did they i drive through? for other candidates like tom tugendhat, their relative inexperience is part of their pitch. i am in this race to make sure we -et i am in this race to make sure we gela— i am in this race to make sure we get a clean — i am in this race to make sure we get a clean start in the united kingdom. we have to return to service, — kingdom. we have to return to service, the government returning to the service _ service, the government returning to the service of the people, the party returning _ the service of the people, the party returning to the service of its members _ returning to the service of its members. what we need now is a leader— members. what we need now is a leader who — members. what we need now is a leader who has a vision for the united — leader who has a vision for the united kingdom who is able to deliver— united kingdom who is able to deliver on that vision. for united kingdom who is able to deliver on that vision.- united kingdom who is able to deliver on that vision. for all the candidates. _ deliver on that vision. for all the candidates, the _ deliver on that vision. for all the candidates, the former - deliver on that vision. for all the l candidates, the former chancellor rishi sunak is the man to beat. in this round of voting at least. but once the final two are decided by mps by this wednesday, it will be up to party members to decide. a reason so many of them will be tuning into tonight's debate. tony bonsignore, bbc news. at the world athletics championships in oregon, fred kerley

of the united states has won the 100 metres world title. and great britian's dina asher—smith is safely into the women's100 metre semi—finals after winning her heat. andy swiss reports from eugene, oregon. for the home fans and for fred kerley, it was a golden night. a new world champion, and a new 100 metres final to remember. starter gun kerley set off the favourite, but this was no victory procession. his us team—mates marvin bracy and trayvon bromell breathing down his neck, but kerley clung on — just. kerley perhaps gets it! after a nervous wait, gold was finally confirmed. delight for kerley, who used to be a 400 metre runner, and for the crowd, too, as america took a clean sweep of the medals. well, what a win and what a moment for fred kerley — he came here as the man to beat, and he's now the world champion. in the heats of the women's 100 metres, meanwhile, some statement from dina asher—smith. she qualified fastset for

the semifinals and with daryll neita also through impressively, the british pair will have high hopes. and laura muir is safely through to the 1500 metres final, as britain chases its first medal of these championships. andy swiss, bbc news, eugene. and golf to finish, and rory mcilroy and viktor hovland take a four—shot lead into the final round of the 150th open championship when they go out this afternoon. the ryder cup team—mates delighted the st andrews crowd during their third round yesterday. both shooting six—under—par 66's to lead on 16—under. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6.35 this evening — bye for now.

good afternoon. next to cricket, after a troubled start england have work to do in their one day decider against india at old trafford. the series is all square, england, put into bat, are currently 139 for 4. jonny bairstow and joe root both failing to make any runs. jason roy made 41 off 31 — a 54 run stand with ben stokes who was out for 27. couple of wickets for hardik pandya and two for mohammed siraj. butjos buttler and moeen ali are trying to rebuild. hampshire won county cricket's 2020

blast competition byjust one run in an extraordinary climax at edgbaston last night. lancashire needed four off the last ball to win but richard gleeson was bowled by luke wood. everyone thought that was the end. the fireworks went off and hampshire celebrated only to be told they had bowled a no ball and they would have to bowl the delivery again. lancashire just needed two to win but they couldn't get them this time so hampshire could finally celebrate. fred kerley of the usa is now the world's fastest man. kerley led an american clean sweep of the men's 100m medals on home soil in a time of 9.86 seconds. it's the 27—year—old, who won 0lympic silver last year, edged marvin bracy and trayvon bromell in 0rgeon. dina asher—smith says she has "more to give" after she set the fastest time in the women's100m heats. asher—smith, who is the 200m world champion, progressed

to the semi—finals in the second quickest time of her career. fellow briton daryll neita also qualified for the next round with a season's best. and great britain's laura muir, who won silver in tokyo last year, ran a season's best to reach tomorrow's1500 metres final. with golf, is this the day that rory mcilroy�*s eight year drought for a major comes to an end. he has a share of the lead at the open championship going into the final round. ben croucher is at st andrew's for us: mcilroy has been impressive so far, but he's not the only one in the running? hovland will also be teeing off this afternoon. history awaits at this

famous old course. for mcilroy, chasing his first major title since 2014, seemed inconceivable eight years ago that he would not win another stop he has put himself in the right position so far this year in the major tournaments. he has beenin in the major tournaments. he has been in the top ten for all of them. he will be the favourite as well, cheered on with every single tee shot, everything apart, by a very partisan crowd here in scotland. he says he will have to live in his own little world. but for hovland, the norwegian world number nine, he has looked every inch the major champion, but he is still came —— chasing his first major title and he has looked solid all week. a bogey free round. playing alongside mcilroy and dealing with the crowd cheering at the northern irishman's every move. but there is still plenty in the chasing pack you could still have a say. in including the

wrecking american, you also have the australian cameron smith, who is part yesterday was ice cold. then you have other players as well, potentially even... conditions are but a little bit damp and the golfers will not mind that one bit. either to will... wanting to join the likes of tiger woods, and others to become a major champion. an open champion right here at st andrews. thank you. that is all the champion right here at st andrews. thank you. that is all the sport champion right here at st andrews. thank you. that is all the sport for now. that is all from me for now. we continue our coverage over the heatwave sweeping the uk

and the rest of europe— first lets get more on the situation in france from our correspondentjessica parker. that wrote their heads up to a village which has been evacuated and residents are hanging around this area and an evacuation centre nearby as well, hoping to get the chance to dash back into the village under escort in order to feed their animals that they left behind, for example. we've talked to people who want to get back and see that their cat is ok. but the situation, firefighters tell us, is pretty changeable at the moment. i mean, you can't see any smoke here right now. but yesterday, for example, when we were near the evacuation centre, one moment the skies were clear. the next, there were large plumes of smoke coming out in the distance. this morning, we've seen two canadair water bombers going across the sky, heading in towards the direction of the village. and this area is very popular

with holiday—makers. and something that's happened is lots of campsites have had to be evacuated. so some people have been camping out in other areas after having to abandon that village or that area, staying in the evacuation centre as well. some are hoping to be able to get back into those campsites in order to retrieve their belongings. we spoke to a family earlier who'd had to abandon their caravan there, hoping to get back and retrieve that at some point. so a lot of people kind of hanging around here waiting for news. but as i say, what the firefighters tell us is that things are pretty changeable. and it's notjust this fire here, which is along this kind of popular stretch for holiday—makers where there's forests and beaches as well. but there's another blaze further inland in the area of land areas. and what we're told is that over 10,000 hectares of forest have been burnt through in the last week. so firefighters continuing to tackle those blazes. and there's concern as well because the temperatures here pretty hot and they're set to get to around 40 degrees by tomorrow.

in the uk, as temperatures reach unprecedented levels, beaches and outdoor spaces are expected to be especially busy. helen mulroy reports from bournemouth beach. busy morning this morning on bournemouth beach, like it's likely to be at so many of our coastal resorts across the country. as you can see, people here with their umbrellas, their beach tents, their parasols, and they've been here since 5 am. setting up to make the most of this fabulous weather and this heat wave that we're experiencing. but of course, with that comes the logistical challenges of having so many people visit the beach. it's a cool place to come to, a couple of degrees cooler than inland, but obviously there's safety concerns around the sea and around staying on the beach in the heat all day. we've spoken to the council. they've invested £1.7 million readying bournemouth beach for this summer season. they're hoping people come down and enjoy the facilities here responsibly.

we've also spoken to lifeguards here. they're welcoming people back but saying plan your visit and enjoy the sea safely. the main message, of course, swim at a to lifeguarded beach and swim between the flags here at bournemouth. they're expecting 100,000 visitors this weekend and we've been told that hotels are at 95% capacity. so a busy weekend all round here on the coast and a lovely time for families and friends to enjoy our lovely coastline. earlier i spoke to rachel ayers — who's senior 0perational meteorologist at the met office — and began by asking her how extreme this weather is.

it is pretty extreme. it's unprecedented temperatures to see 40 degrees forecast for the uk so that's 40 celsius. that's 104 degrees fahrenheit. and it's something that we've not seen before. so it is very extreme. it should be taken very seriously. can you help us understand, for those that don't know, watching around the world what 40 degrees means looks like, feels like, because in the uk today, it could hit 32, in england, what will the eight degree difference over the next couple of days mean and feel like? so it's going to feel quite noticeable, particularly the north and west. even though the temperatures aren't getting quite as high. humidity is going to rise, so it's going to feel quite sticky. and then elsewhere overnight, those temperatures are not going to be dipping below about 20 to 25 degrees in some places. so what we'd call a tropical night, it's feeling very sticky, unpleasant for sleeping during the day across the south and east, it'll be a little drier. so it's lower humidity, but still going to be feeling extremely warm and will notice sort of impacts on our infrastructure here. here, not having widespread air conditioning units and houses and even in some public places, people are going to find it quite difficult to cool down, particularly with those overnight temperatures remaining a very high.

you touched on it there that no cooling off period overnight for a couple of days. is that one of the main issues here with this? exactly. that's part of the reason we've got these extreme heat warnings in place because there's no respite from the heat overnight. temperatures are still going to be remaining high. we could see a new highest uk minimum temperature record as well over the next couple of days. and it's going to be a case of people sort of closing curtains during the day to keep the sunlight out and keep temperatures as cool as possible in the house. and if you've got fans, that might help a little bit, but sleeping without a duvet or a lighter duvet and or blankets instead of a thick duvet is going to help people overnight. yeah, it certainly feels like in parts of the uk we are beyond those small tips of of advice. what impact will these temperatures have on bodies even in the fit and healthy, would you say? so i think most people will probably

need to stay hydrated or drink more water throughout the day. you're going to notice you dehydrate more often, especially if you're spending long periods of time outside or doing any physical exercise outside as well, and checking on the vulnerable as well, making sure that they're drinking plenty and staying in the shade at midday. so people just need to make sure they take their take there. take the advice from our warnings and the nhs as well to do everything they can to stay cool at those peak times of day. let's move on from the heatwave to now. let's move on from the heatwave to now. the head of britain's armed forces says russia has lost more than 30% of its land combat effectiveness since the war in ukraine began in february. admiral sir tony radakin estimates that 50,000 estimates that 50,000 russian soldiers had either died or been injured in the conflict. and, he estimated that nearly 2000 russian tanks had been destroyed, while nearly 4,000 other armoured fighting vehicles had been taken out of action.

the important piece for president zelensky. what do his own people want? and his own people are incredibly determined that they are going to fight back with russia, that they want to restore their territory. and the more that russia does these hideous acts of of terrorism and attacks ukrainian civilians and commits war crimes that it's been doing, such as rape and attacking children, the more it strengthens the resolve of the ukrainian population that they're going to keep on fighting russia and restore their territory. and what we our role is, is to support the ukrainian choice. what about president putin? what about pressure on him? could he be toppled, regime change? so i think some of these... some of the comments that he's not well or that actually surely somebody�*s going to to assassinate him or take him out. i think they're wishful thinking forfor us as military professionals, we see a relatively stable regime in russia.

we see that president putin has been able to quash any opposition. and then we see a hierarchy that is invested in president putin. and so nobody at the top is has got the motivation to challenge president putin. and that is bleak. that's why the challenge of russia is going to endure way beyond 2022 and 2023, and 2024. this is going to go on for a long time. and what are you talking about in terms of longer term decades? so potentially decades in terms of russia as a threat. we were clear about that in our big review last year. i think it's now been amplified by russia's invasion into ukraine. and then you're seeing the response you're seeing the response by the international community, whether that's the g7, you're seeing the military response with the nato summit. let's get more on the plane crash in northern greece. the flight, which came down on saturday, was transporting

a cargo of weapons from serbia to bangladesh. 0ur balkans correspondent, guy delauney, has more. this is all that's left of the soviet era cargo plane that crashed near kavala in eastern greece. it was going to make an emergency landing at the city's airport, but it didn't make it that far. local people saw the antonov an 12 on fire as it descended. then they heard a series of explosions after it hit the ground. all eight crew on board died and locals felt they'd had a lucky escape. i wonder how it didn't fall on our houses because it came from over there. it was full of smoke. it had a noise i can't describe and went over the mountain. it passed the mountain and turned and crashed into the fields. there were flames. we were scared. a lot of cars came, but they could not approach because there was continuous explosions. the clean—up has been complicated.

emergency workers are concerned the plane was carrying hazardous materials with firefighters saying they felt their lips burning as they worked at the crash site. the plane to off from serbia, the country's defence minister said it was transporting a shipment serbia, a shipment of arms to bangladesh. he denied there was any connection with the war in ukraine, although he confirmed that the plane was operated by a ukrainian company. guy delaunay, bbc news, ljubljana. objects from a royal shipwreck are "comparable, if not better" than the mary rose, according to conservation experts. the discovery of the "gloucester", which sank off the coast of norfolk in 1682, almost killing a future

king, was made public last month. now items removed from the wreck have been sent to york for restoration. debbie tubby reports. in an undisclosed location, artefacts dating back more than 340 years all discovered off the norfolk coast now being conserved. i get very excited about stuff on the gloucester because it is a sort of range of material that we don't normally see. one of the rare finds is a pair of leather shoes. york is only one of two places in the country that has the expertise to preserve them. with the gloucester we're looking at very unique artefacts from some certain class of people, really, it is probably things being used by the crew, things that are being used by the royal passengers. neared the gas rigs beneath the surface of the north sea lies the gloucester. the two norfolk brothers who found the wreck have slowly been recovering — the future king of england —

the duke of york's items, now transported in freshwater to york. we have this rather splendid weight. it is metal — copper alloy, probably heavy loaded. small, but if you feel that weight. that is very heavy. they were preserved in an oxygen—free environment, they will then be dried and cleaned. most are small enough to fit into plastic containers so they can be transported and treated here. large items will be put into tanks like this. this is one of the combs that we found. as you can see it is quite a large comb but we think it may have been used for wigs or even possibly horses, we are not all that sure. also we had quite a small comb that was found which is in lovely condition, actually. i willjust get it out. it is a double—sided neck comb. we have gone through iron

stain removal with a particular type of acid. then we will test different methods of drying the combs out, so it could be solvent dry, air drying, freeze—drying. we'll have to test and see how they respond. it is an unusual material to survive in a marine environment due to the sea water which can be alkaline, which this material doesn't respond well to. this may be a small pot of wax but it is very significant, probably used as a seal on the letters of the future king. to have such a large shipwreck to work on, it has been fantastic. i do feel privileged and honoured to work on this. i started my career working on at the mary rose many years ago, working on the splendid finds from there, and these are comparable ever not better, actually, so it is an interesting dayjob. these items are being identified, stabilised and catalogued. slowly uncovered to be exhibited in the future. debbie tubby, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear hello. heat continues to build across the uk. in fact, during the early hours of monday morning we have our first ever extreme heat warning that's been issued by the met office and that is due to the fact that temperatures could exceed 40 degrees. temperatures like that could have a direct impact on your health, so please take extra care. for the rest of sunday however, we've got lots of blue sky and sunshine starting to develop. early morning rains easing away from the north east of scotland and england and temperatures here will peak into the mid 20s, but highest values through the rest of this afternoon, potentially into the low 30s. that's the 90s in terms of fahrenheit. first thing monday mornings, wall to wall sunshine pretty much away from the far north of scotland. these are the areas where we have

that extreme red heat warning. and as temperatures peak through the middle of the afternoon, widely into the mid to high 30s, potentially as high as 41 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat.

in england and parts of wales, an amber warning