this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of firefighters continue to battle blazes across europe. in portugal, the authorities say more than 650 people have died from the intense heat so far. parts of the uk roast in high temperatures, as the country braces itself for record—breaking temperatures. a cargo plane which crashed in northern greece, killing eight people, was carrying a consignment of landmines. there are fears there are toxic materials around the crash site. the five tory mps hoping to replace the prime minister boris johnson have gone head—to—head in their second tv debate this evening.

if he wished to serve, who here would _ if he wished to serve, who here would be — if he wished to serve, who here would be happy to have borisjohnson in their_ would be happy to have borisjohnson in their cabinet? please raise your hands _ in their cabinet? please raise your hands. ., . , . in their cabinet? please raise your hands. ., ., , ., ., , in their cabinet? please raise your hands. ., . , ., ., , . hands. not a single hand raised. we will here live — hands. not a single hand raised. we will here live from _ hands. not a single hand raised. we will here live from our _ hands. not a single hand raised. we will here live from our political - will here live from our political correspondence what this tells us about the leadership race —— political correspondence. cameron smith hits a birdie blitz at st andrews to claim the open championship for the first time. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a ferocious heatwave is continuing to cause devastating wildfires and mass evacuations across western europe and parts of north africa. in portugal, the government says more than 650 people — mostly elderly — have died due to the extreme heat conditions in the last week. while the fires there

are currently under control, authorities in south—western france say the situation is deteriorating in some parts of la gironde, with more than ia,000 people being evacuated from the area. our europe correspondent jessica parker has more. a constant battle being fought in spain, portugal, greece and france. sometimes the flames are contained, sometimes they are not. in france, it has driven people from their homes to shelter in the shade of an evacuation centre. translation: they told me to leave, but i wanted to stay, _ so they came a second time and gave me five minutes to pack. i've been staying here since wednesday afternoon. she worries for her house, and then spots something. water bombers flying towards her village of cazaux. this road leads straight there.

we go in with the fire service. it's a restricted zone. smoke hangs like mist in the woods, an ever—shifting and growing adversary. translation: we see a big difference with climate change. _ we can see that the soil has become drier and drier. for us, the wildfires are the most dangerous. this road, which leads up to the evacuated village of cazaux, is closed off, and what they are really trying to do here is stop the fire from spreading from this side of the road to this side of the road, but the winds have just picked up a little and we've been told we have got to leave. these forests and nearby beaches are a huge tourist attraction, but for some, the holiday has not worked out. this family, from germany, has been sleeping outside, their caravan left at the campsite they had to flee.

translation: it�*s completely overwhelming. you see these kinds of things on tv, but i never expected to get caught up in something like this myself. it's hard work in the heat to keep blazes at bay that have already burned through over 100 square kilometres of forest across gironde. any brief moments of respite don't last for long. jessica parker, bbc news, in south—western france. an amber warning for extreme heat is in force for most of england and parts of wales, ahead of record temperatures expected on monday. the warning level will change to red for parts of england, meaning a risk of serious illness or death. temperatures could rise to as high as 41 degrees celsius, a record for the uk, beating the 38.7 set in 2019. our correspondent

jon donnison reports. with an amber heat warning for much of the country, limbering up for a half marathon perhaps not the best idea. organisers in london's richmond park advise runners to take it easy and stay hydrated. we stayed cool yesterday about drinking lots of water all day. we are wearing as little clothing as possible. and a support group will feed us water and sweets along the way. wearing a cap, staying hydrated. but as temperatures rise, the advice is to avoid strenuous outdoor exercise altogether. the coming days are expected to see the health service come under increased pressure. doctors say it comes at a challenging time after the recent surge in covid cases. the staff are already stretched

quite a bit, with staff illness at a very high level. so already our staff are cross—covering for those who are off sick due to covid, so you can imagine the system is under tremendous strain. and there are warnings about safety around water as people try to keep cool. this footage is thought to be from this week, showing peoplejumping off london's tower bridge. and in salford today, the police recovered the body of a 16—year—old boy who died swimming with friends yesterday evening. the government has urged schools to take the necessary precautions, but to stay open if possible, although some have decided to close or operate shorter days on monday and tuesday. there is also likely to be major disruption to travel, in particular because of fears about rail tracks overheating. at least one operator, lner, has said that all trains between london's king's cross

and just south of york and leeds on tuesday will be cancelled, and other operators are saying only travel if strictly necessary on both monday and tuesday. all this comes with climate scientists warning that if temperature records are broken this week, they are unlikely to stand for long. they say global warming means heatwaves are getting more frequent and more intense. jon donnison, bbc news. let's get more on this. alexander held is a fire ecologist and expert at the european forest institute resilience programme. thanks forjoining us. europe has wildfires regularly. how are these ones different?— wildfires regularly. how are these ones different? fires in europe are uuite ones different? fires in europe are quite natural- _ ones different? fires in europe are quite natural. what _ ones different? fires in europe are quite natural. what is _ ones different? fires in europe are quite natural. what is unnatural, i ones different? fires in europe are| quite natural. what is unnatural, or what is a sign of change, is what we see now, heat waves every third or

fourth year, fires occurring simultaneously, large fires, hot fires, fast spreading fires, beyond the threshold of control. so what we observe now is a state of helplessness watching climate change unfolding. you helplessness watching climate change unfoldinu. ., _ helplessness watching climate change unfoldinu. ., , ,, ,, helplessness watching climate change unfoldin.. ., , ,, ,, , unfolding. you say helplessness. is there any way _ unfolding. you say helplessness. is there any way that _ unfolding. you say helplessness. is there any way that firefighters - unfolding. you say helplessness. is there any way that firefighters can l there any way that firefighters can learn to deal with these files better? ~ , ., better? well, firefighters for the ast 40 better? well, firefighters for the past 40 years — better? well, firefighters for the past 40 years have _ better? well, firefighters for the past 40 years have learned - better? well, firefighters for the past 40 years have learned and l past 40 years have learned and evolved with the growing fire intensity and a growing spread of fire. we are getting better at fighting fires, but we also have to realise that once a fire is burning beyond the threshold of control, you can fly a lot more resources at the end and you can do whatever, but as long as it is beyond the threshold of control you do not have a lot of influence on it until the weather is changing, then you have a chance to combat the fire. but otherwise, what

we see now, you're kind of helpless. so the only approach that would work as we cannot influence the weather nor the terrain is to manage the vegetation, and we have three elements that we look at, record fuel of course, not vegetation. if we can manipulate or manage that to create a landscape that is more resilient, more continuity of fuel, then we might come to a point where we can live with these fires and our firefighters have a chance to fight them. �* ., , firefighters have a chance to fight them. �* . , , , them. are there any places around them. are there any places around the world that _ them. are there any places around the world that have _ them. are there any places around the world that have land _ them. are there any places around the world that have land to - them. are there any places around the world that have land to be - the world that have land to be able to deal with these more constant fires? ., ., ., , , fires? there are two examples in the world. fires? there are two examples in the world- one — fires? there are two examples in the world- one is— fires? there are two examples in the world. one is that _ fires? there are two examples in the world. one is that we _ fires? there are two examples in the world. one is that we can _ fires? there are two examples in the world. one is that we can see - world. one is that we can see basically all over from australia to

greece to california, once the fires are burning, there's very little can do if you are honest, and investing in more and more fire suppression is obviously not the solution because of those countries like australia would have solved the problem. there are examples out there, interestingly enough in portugal, from western australia examples from other parts of the world, australia as well, where exactly that, managing of fuel type and structure, in peacetime, or closer to nature, forestry, cover, anything where people go back, stay on the land, break up the fuel continuity and availability, we know from research

and from practice. the majority of examples is, as i have mentioned, investing in suppression, and of the fires are too big we invest in more suppression. to the time when the weather is again bad. goad suppression. to the time when the weather is again bad.— weather is again bad. good to hear what ou weather is again bad. good to hear what you have _ weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to _ weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to say, _ weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to say, thank- weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to say, thank you. l the candidates for the leadership of the conservative party in the uk have taken part in another debate. they were asked this question about the soon to be former prime minister borisjohnson. the soon to be former prime minister borisjohnson-— boris johnson. first, a little something _ boris johnson. first, a little something about _ boris johnson. first, a little something about your- boris johnson. first, a little - something about your predecessor. if he wished _ something about your predecessor. if he wished to serve, who here would be happy— he wished to serve, who here would be happy to— he wished to serve, who here would be happy to have borisjohnson in their_ be happy to have borisjohnson in their cabinet? please raise your hand _ their cabinet? please raise your hand tw0~ —

their cabinet? please raise your hand two. —— please raise your hands — hand two. —— please raise your hands if— hand two. —— please raise your hands. if you wish to serve, would you have _ hands. if you wish to serve, would you have borisjohnson in your cabinet — you have borisjohnson in your cabinet if— you have borisjohnson in your cabinet if you were prime minister. not a _ cabinet if you were prime minister. not a single person would have boris johnson _ not a single person would have boris johnson back in... | not a single person would have boris johnson back in...— johnson back in... i would like to say something — johnson back in... i would like to say something about _ johnson back in... i would like to say something about him, - johnson back in... i would like to l say something about him, because johnson back in... i would like to i say something about him, because i think it is only fair. lode say something about him, because i think it is only fair.— think it is only fair. we will come back to that _ think it is only fair. we will come back to that after _ think it is only fair. we will come back to that after the _ think it is only fair. we will come back to that after the break. - think it is only fair. we will come | back to that after the break. hold that thought, penny mordaunt, hold all thoughts on that issue, but there — all thoughts on that issue, but there are _ all thoughts on that issue, but there are notable but not a single person _ there are notable but not a single person raised their hands. more on this, i am joined _ person raised their hands. more on this, i amjoined now— person raised their hands. more on this, i am joined now by _ person raised their hands. more on this, i am joined now by a - person raised their hands. more on this, i am joined now by a uk - this, i am joined now by a uk political correspondent rob watson. let's focus on that moment for a second. what do you think was the political calculus going through the candidates' mines when they were asked that question? i candidates' mines when they were asked that question?— asked that question? i have three big takeaways _ asked that question? i have three big takeaways from _ asked that question? i have three big takeaways from that - asked that question? i have three | big takeaways from that moment. asked that question? i have three - big takeaways from that moment. the first is the astonishing downfall of borisjohnson, a man who was the golden boy of british politics three years ago, who could do no harm. to get to your question, the second one is that, the problem all of them we

have, particularly those who served in borisjohnson's cabinet, which is how on earth do you distance yourself from a man who is now regarded toxic when you are an inner part of his cabinet for some of them, particularly at liz truss and rishi sunak? in the third more general point you got from watching the whole thing, all five candidates were trying to sound as of the country needed all this great change, which would make you think the conservatives have been in opposition for the last 12 years. they haven't, they have been in government, and you can imagine the labour opposition will use this stuff to their advantage in the months ahead. did stuff to their advantage in the months ahead.— stuff to their advantage in the months ahead. did anyone set themselves — months ahead. did anyone set themselves apart _ months ahead. did anyone set themselves apart tonight, - months ahead. did anyone set themselves apart tonight, any| months ahead. did anyone set - themselves apart tonight, any real winners or losers? mr; themselves apart tonight, any real winners or losers?— winners or losers? my second big takeaway from — winners or losers? my second big takeaway from the _ winners or losers? my second big takeaway from the whole - winners or losers? my second big takeaway from the whole thing i winners or losers? my second big takeaway from the whole thing is| takeaway from the whole thing is that it takeaway from the whole thing is thatitis takeaway from the whole thing is that it is quite clear they all think that rishi sunak is the frontrunner. he used to be put on's most senior finance frontrunner. he used to be put on's

most seniorfinance minister. and if there is an ideological division between them, it is between rishi sunak and the rest of them, because he is essentially posing as an orthodox conservative, saying it is time to balance the books, not to start cutting taxes, while the rest are saying, broadly speaking, in order to get growth going and put money back in people's pockets, we need to start cutting taxes. one has to say that most economists are on the side of rishi sunak and think that cutting taxes does not make any sense, and does not necessarily bring growth. sense, and does not necessarily bring growth-— sense, and does not necessarily brin. urowth, . ., ., ., , bring growth. who are the candidates t in: to bring growth. who are the candidates trying to appeal _ bring growth. who are the candidates trying to appeal to _ bring growth. who are the candidates trying to appeal to every _ bring growth. who are the candidates trying to appeal to every moment? i trying to appeal to every moment? are they trying to appeal to their fellow mps, to party members, or are they also thinking about the wider electorate at the moment, even though it is not a general election? i think it is more the first two

categories. first of all as a candidate, you have to emerge from your colleagues in the conservative parliamentary party, then you have to get through to the membership. in the past, i would have said that the party activists are way off to the right of most british people, and way off to the right of most conservative mps. i'm not sure that is quite so true any more, i think the entire conservative party, members mps alike, have moved to the right since brexit. so i think that is what they are all focusing on, focusing on a smaller state, sounding enthusiastic about brexit, and interestingly, i don't think they are particularly turning their minds yet to be more sort of general electorate. i think otherwise, rishi sunak would not have attacked liz truss, the current foreign secretary, for having at one time been a liberal democrat, one of the smaller opposition parties, and having been a remainer. if you were thinking about the next election,

you would probably want to try to smooth over the divide between domain and leave in this country. always good to hear what you have to say, thank you, rob watson. == say, thank you, rob watson. -- remain and _ say, thank you, rob watson. -- remain and leave. dozens of mourners have gathered to attend the funeral of a four—year—old girl killed in a russian missile strike in ukraine. liza dmitrieva died on thursday after the attack on the central—west city of vinnytsia, which killed 24 people in total. the child's body was found in debris next to a pram. images of her pushing the same pram just hours before the strike have been shared around the world. the girl's mother was also seriously injured, and wasn't able to attend the funeral. the kremlin insists it hit a military target. it's been revealed that a consignment of landmines was among the cargo on board a plane which crashed in northern greece on saturday. confirmation has come from the serbian company which was shipping weapons from serbia to bangladesh. our balkans correspondent guy delauney has more. this is all that is 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—i2 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 had had a lucky escape. translation: i wonder how it did not 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 couldn't 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.

translation: instability| in the field was observed. in other words, intense smoke and heat, as well as a white substance that we don't recognise. a special armed forces team has to inform us of what it is and whether we can enter the field. the plane took off from serbia. the country's defence minister said it was transporting 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 delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. anti—government protesters in sri lanka are celebrating 100 days. they have already caused the president to flee the country and design. it started as a protest against the

government's policy. a remarkable government's policy. a remarkable government for sri lanka's anti—government protesters. sunday marks a milestone for the unprecedented public uprising. it has galvanised hundreds of thousands of people over the past few months. it started off as a movement against the mishandling of the economy by president got about how your voucher. last week he was forced to flee the country and later resigned. continue to target the acting president. he continue to target the acting president-— president. he has so many allegations _ president. he has so many allegations of _ president. he has so many allegations of corruption. l president. he has so many i allegations of corruption. he president. he has so many - allegations of corruption. he is here to do the bidding of gotabaya rajapaksa, that is why we want him to be sent home. the rajapaksa, that is why we want him

to be sent home.— to be sent home. the scenes of the ast to be sent home. the scenes of the past weeks — to be sent home. the scenes of the past weeks were — to be sent home. the scenes of the past weeks were dramatic. - to be sent home. the scenes of the - past weeks were dramatic. government buildings were stormed by furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. the prime minister's offers also did not escape. protest leaders say in the end people power has won. from a sri lankan perspective, this movement has been quite extraordinary because it managed to bring together all the three major communities in this country. after having achieved that initial goal of ousting gotabaya rajapaksa from power, now they have to reassess their priorities and strategies. but now comes the hard part. the movement is grappling with the political aftermath of gotabaya rajapaksa's departure. some argue continued demonstrations would only hinder the country's efforts to come out of the economic crisis. even so,

others feel the uprising still has a purpose. others feel the uprising still has a --urose. , , . ., purpose. the struggle must continue, we must learn — purpose. the struggle must continue, we must learn to _ purpose. the struggle must continue, we must learn to think _ purpose. the struggle must continue, we must learn to think a _ purpose. the struggle must continue, we must learn to think a little - purpose. the struggle must continue, we must learn to think a little more . we must learn to think a little more in detail of various aspects if they want to achieve something. the strenath want to achieve something. the strength of— want to achieve something. the strength of sri _ want to achieve something. the strength of sri lanka's uprising has been its leaderless organic nature. some people say it also makes it difficult to predict or control as was witnessed when crowds stormed government buildings. the protest leaders have difficult decisions to make, but for the moment, they are cherishing the victory. time now for a round—up of the sports news. the new open champion cameron smith has described his first victory

in a major as unbelieveable. the australian shot a senastional final round of 64 to finish on 20 under par. that's a record score for any open held at st andrews, beating tiger woods' old mark set in 2000. our reporter ben croucher sent us this from the course. it was a round fitting of winning any tournament. to do it here at st andrews, the home of golf, and the 150th open championship, was quite special. cameron smith, champion golfer of the year. his eight under par round of 64, his second 64 of the week, lit up this famous old course. five straight birdies starting at the tenth kick started his quest for the claretjug. a final birdie on 18 ensured he would become the first australian to win the open on 29 years, one shot clear of playing partner cameron young. his score of 20 under par is a record here st andrews. he came from four shots back on the final day. viktor hovland's bed fell away, whilst rory mcilroy could not

produce when it mattered. with every putt that did not drop, it sucks the life out of the record crowd here, and eventually rory mcilroy�*s atm major drought continues. we will remember this week for record crowds, for tiger woods making an emotional walk of the 18th, but we will also remember it for an australian with his own inimitable style becoming golf�*s latest major champion. —— an emotional walk up the 18th. india have won the one—day series against england. they bowled first in manchester and took early wickets, jonny bairstow and joe root were both out for ducks, captain jos buttler top scored with 60, but they were all out for 259 in the 46th over. an unbeaten 125 from risabh pant saw them home with nearly eight overs to spare. they won by five wickets. they also won the t20 series against england. pakistan's babar azam scored 119 on the second day of the first test against sri lanka in galle. but his was the only

significant score as they were dismissed for 218. prabath jayasuriya took five wickets. sri lanka are 36—1 in their second innings, a lead of 40 runs. we've had two more matches at the women's european championship. group c was the tightest of the lot. any two of the four teams could still qualify, the reigning champions netherlands are into the knockout round after beating switzerland 4—1. they'll play france next. sweden are through as group winners they beat portugal 5—0. they will face either iceland, belgium, or italy. some football transfer news — manchester united have confirmed their third major signing of the summer. they've reached an agreement with dutch club ajax for the argentinian defender lisandro martinez. the fee will be around £57 million. the defender will be reunited with united manager erik ten hag, who was his old boss at ajax. there was an ethiopian 1—2 in the men's marathon

at the world atheltics championships in oregon. tamirat tola is the new champion. he finished over a minute ahead of his compatriot mosinet geremew. his time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 37 seconds is a championship record. belgium's bashir abdi took bronze, just as he did at last year's olympics. belgium's yasper philipsen won an incident packed stage 15 at the tour de france. in the final 60 kilometeres, jonas vingegaard crashed in the middle of the peloton, the overall leader was able to catch up to the rest of the pack and maintain his lead over tadej pogacar to keep hold of the yellow jersey. phillipson claimed victory in a manic finish ahead of wout van aert and mads pedersen. the finest of margins splitting the three. that's all the sport for now.

it's not every weekend you bump into a hollywood star. but that is what happened in gloucestershire when tom cruise was seen challenging his top, maverick character at a local ayrshire. rumour has it he will be in the uk for a while filming a new mission impossible. —— his top gun maverick character at a local airshow. hello. exceptional heat is forecast for many parts of the uk in the days ahead. the met office has issued a highest level red warning, as it's anticipated the heat will cause problems with infrastructure and will have impacts on health. in the left—hand column, the currently held national records of temperatures, in the right—hand column the forecast highs for monday and tuesday. where is the heat coming from?

well, it has originated from spain. backstage we have seen heatwave conditions there for the last week and it is a southerly air stream that is going to be pumping in warmer air, relatively, across the uk as we go into the small hours of monday. very warm as we end the night, temperatures in the mid to high teens widely, and then come sunrise, which of course is very early at this time of the year, we willjust begin that heating process. could be a bit of early fog to the south of northern ireland, a bit more cloud and some patchy rain to the far north of scotland, but elsewhere the sun beats down, the temperatures push up. close to 30 across parts of northern ireland and scotland, close to 40 across parts of england and wales, and then that core area in excess of 40, potentially, in one or two spots. through the evening and overnight as well, yes, it does cool off somewhat, but temperatures do remain exceptional, and in some parts of uk, temperatures will sit in the mid 20s throughout

the night on tuesday, we are likely to set new overnight temperature records as well. so we start tuesday in all that warm air. we will see fresher air trying to push in from the atlantic on tuesday behind these weather fronts, but it is going to be a slowjob for them moving in, could bring some heavy and thundery rain to some areas as they approach, but the majority of the uk, we are still locked in that very warm air. all we are doing now is adding a load of humidity, so that is going to make things feel increasingly unpleasant, southern scotland i think likely to challenge its temperature record tuesday, eastern england potentially the hottest day, even hotter than monday. i think that is where we are likely to see 41 or even in excess of that. tuesday into wednesday, the rain tracks across the uk, but it is not a given that all areas will get a good dose of rain. in fact, if you look at the rain totals for that 24—hour period, just a light blue in many parts of the map, some areas getting nothing at all. it really is barely wetting the ground, that rain, but the most important thing, perhaps, is that we will transition into fresher conditions.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: parts of the uk roast in high temperatures, as the country braces itself for record—breaking heat. emergency crews deal with wildfires across europe — hundreds have died from the intense heat. the five tory leadership hopefuls have gone head to head in their second tv

debate this evening.