welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: no leadership and no urgency — a report into the mass shooting at a school in texas in may finds systemic failures in the law enforcement response to the tragedy. we'll be live in washington. wildfires triggered by extreme heat burn across southern europe. the high temperatures claim more than a thousand lives. the five tory mps hoping to replace the prime minister borisjohnson have gone head to head in their second tv debate. if he wished to serve, who here would be happy to have boris johnson in their cabinet? please raise your hands. not a single hand raised —

we'll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and what's next for sri lanka after 100 days of protests that brought down the country's president? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 6am in singapore and 5pm in texas where the repercussions of may's shooting at an elementary school in uvalde are still having a huge impact. a preliminary report into the shooting has found "systemic failures" in the police response. 19 children and two adults were killed when the 18—year—old gunmen opened fire. a texas house of representatives committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour

to confront and kill the shooter. for the latest on this, i'm joined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington. great to get you on the programme and i have to say the findings of this preliminary report are pretty stark. give us a sense of what was said at this press conference. the? said at this press conference. they are re said at this press conference. they are pretty stark — said at this press conference. they are pretty stark in _ said at this press conference. they are pretty stark in the _ said at this press conference. tie: are pretty stark in the report said at this press conference. tie11. are pretty stark in the report found there were multiple systemic failures. we learn for the first time there were nearly 400 police officers who responded to the shooting including state and federal officers who collectively failed to respond for more than an hour. the police response was called chaotic, uncoordinated and devoid of leadership and communication but there was also what was called a culture of complacency at the school which was said to have failed to follow its own safety protocols.

classroom doors were regularly left unlocked and opened and we learn more about the gunman, how he had no friends and had dropped out of school and watched lots of extreme violence and sexual content online, had been threatening online, how he had been threatening online, how he had been threatening online, how he had been nicknamed the school shooter, how he had questioned whether he was a sociopath and how the police believe he had never fired a gun before that day but the police say despite these failures this isn't a blame game, there are no villains other than the gunman and nobody else acted with bad motives. , u, ., , and nobody else acted with bad motives. , ., , ., , motives. the implications of this re ort in motives. the implications of this report in the _ motives. the implications of this report in the coming _ motives. the implications of this report in the coming days, - motives. the implications of this report in the coming days, we i motives. the implications of this | report in the coming days, we will have more of a sense of that but remind our viewers how we got to this point, the events that led up to that awful day. this this point, the events that led up to that awful day.— to that awful day. this is one of the worst _ to that awful day. this is one of the worst primary _ to that awful day. this is one of the worst primary school - to that awful day. this is one of. the worst primary school shootings in us history and this report comes off the back of week's pressure from

families who had been affected and investigators to understand why it took 77 minutes for the police to respond. we had leaks coming out about videos from inside the school showing officers standing in the whole weight failing to act and that had brought back pain for the families but now the question will be about accountability and there are other investigations including from the department forjustice so it is still to wait and see. absolutely, thanks so much for keeping us up to date on the latest lines on that story, that preliminary report and speaking to us from washington, dc. on to another big story making the headlines today — 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 16,000 people being evacuated from the area. 0ur europe correspondent, jessica parker, has more. a constant battle being fought in spain, portugal, greece and here in south—western france, where, in gironde, today... it's 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. canadairs — 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're 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've got to leave. these forests and beaches are huge tourist attraction but for some it 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 lupin 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. that's the situation in france. turning to the uk now, where the five remaining candidates for the conservative party leadership to be britain's next prime minister have clashed over the cost of living and brexit, in their second live televised debate. the stakes were high, with tory mps voting again on monday to eliminate one of the contenders. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, was watching. there's plenty ofjeopardy with these debates.

front runners hoping to hold their advantage and not to trip up. their closest rivals jockeying to break from the pack. a chance to dazzle for the outside bets. the race to be tory leader and the next prime minister remains wide open, and that's why the fight is getting fierce. rishi, you have raised taxes to the highest level in 70 years. that is not going to drive economic growth. you raised national insurance, even though people like me opposed it in cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here and say, "look, i'll cut this tax, that tax and another tax, and it will all be ok." but you know what, it won't. there's a cost to these things. that's the current foreign secretary attacking the man who was chancellor until a few days ago. a glimpse of what was to come. tax plans again dominated the argument about the cost of living crisis. where we really need - to concentrate is on growth. and under your tax trajectory, . that is going to be much harder.

you're genuinely proposing that we borrow to fund our day—to—day spending, putting those bills on a credit card?! literallyjeremy corbyn didn't think that that was the right approach! there are lots of tax and spending promises flying around this contest, and there was an appeal for candour from some of the candidates. while i was working at the treasury it was always a choice between difficult option a, terrible option b, mad option c, and we need to be honest with the public about how difficult things are. i'm finding it very difficult to understand who is disowning and who is defending the record of the last few years that they've been in government. it's pretty confusing to me, anyway. they were then asked about the reputation of the man they are seeking to replace in number ten. would you have boris johnson in your cabinet? if borisjohnson was watching this, he would have seen serving cabinet colleagues and tory mps vow to make a break with his premiership. keir starmer in two years time will hold that record against us and we need to make sure we are winning conservative seats across the country. and even really good people lent credibility to the chaos. serving in government is not easy, it requires taking -

difficult decisions. tom has never done that. it's very easy for him to criticise what we have been doing. - we have been out there on the front line, making the case... _ sorry, i have been on the front line, kemi. the five candidates were asked to put a question to each other and the mudslinging got even messier. when we both worked in the treasury, myself and other ministers raised the issues of covid loan fraud and you dismissed us and it has cost taxpayers £17 billion, why didn't you take us seriously? | in your past, you have been both| a liberal democrat and remainer. i'm just wondering which one you regretted most? - the reason i am a conservative is because i saw kids in my school being let down in leeds. i saw them not get the opportunities, not get the proper educational standards that you might have got at your school, rishi. rishi sunak drew the most far in tonight's brittle debate, while liz truss and penny mordaunt probably

cemented their status as his main challengers. tomorrow conservative mps will eliminate another contender and by wednesday they will have chosen the final two before tory party members pick our next prime minister. that leadership race is heating up. if you want to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma i'm looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: australian cameron smith hits a birdie blitz at st andrews to claim the open championship for the first time.

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karishma vaswani in singapore. the conflict in ukraine is now one of the deadliest in europe since the second world war. the number of ukrainian troops killed is highly sensitive information, but officials say more than a hundred are dying every day, while on the russian side the number of dead is said to be significantly higher. nearly 5,000 civilians have also died and today president zelensky has sacked his chief prosecutor and the head of the country's security agency and said over 650 cases of suspected treason and aiding and abetting russia by ukrainian security officials are currently being investigated. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, now reports from the donbas region of eastern ukraine, on the human and psychological cost of the war. death can come quickly in the donbas. the seconds it takes for a russian shell to land. this time among the homes of ordinary people. their elderly neighbour was killed.

she shows us the badly wounded dog. signs of normal life are disappearing fast. sloviansk, the next city in russia's sights. the exit is gathering pace. staying is a role of the dice. staying is a roll of the dice. translation: i'm leaving - because of the constant bombing, because we have to hide in cellars, because our houses explode. everything is on fire. you can hear yourself, can't you? and this is everywhere. alexei deals with death all the time. he and his men recover the bodies of troops and civilians. on average, around 100 ukrainian soldiers are dying each day. but he thinks the russians are losing three times as many. though he's lost count of the bodies he's collected. this war is also

taking its toll on him. translation: you're facing death all the time. - others can only imagine what it's like. it all catches up with you when you get home, that feeling when you're empty inside, that unfillable void. there's little respite from the shelling. on average, the russians are firing 20,000 rounds a day. tina and polina are medics on the front line. tina's recently become a grandmother. she tears up when she mentions herfamily. and this is what they do, driving towards danger to save the lives of their comrades. for every soldier killed, many more are injured, though tina's not allowed to say how many. translation: there are casualties almost every day — and notjust one, sometimes many, sometimes a lot. - but i cannot talk about this.

polina is just 21. she's trying her best not to let this war get her down. translation: rounds are constantly flying over your head. _ and there are so many wounded people. those wounded are often my friends and buddies. but if you take it to heart, it is going to be too hard. both sides are experiencing heavy casualties. some ukrainian units we visited had lost more than 50% of their men injured or dead. but they're still clinging to life and hope. and reminders of family they haven't seen for months. every soldier we spoke to said they still believe ukraine can win this war. jonathan beale, bbc news, in the donbas. staying with ukraine, because dozens of mourners have gathered to attend the funeral

of a four—year—old girl killed in a russian missile strike there. 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 claims it had hit a military target. from the ukraine conflict to sri lanka now, where anti—government protesters are marking a hundred days of their public uprising. it's a movement that's brought results, forcing president gotabaya rajapaksa to flee the country and resign. the mass campaign started as a protest against the government's handling of the economy and the soaring cost of basic supplies.

that is something that sri lanka is still dealing with right now. so what next for the people of sri lanka, as they try to navigate themselves out of this difficult political transition? we can speak with dr niro kandasamy from the university of sydney. it's great to get you on the programme and i want to start by asking, we are at this difficult political transition for sri lanka, where do we go from here? there are several urgent — where do we go from here? there are several urgent issues _ where do we go from here? there are several urgent issues that _ where do we go from here? there are several urgent issues that need - where do we go from here? there are several urgent issues that need to - several urgent issues that need to be addressed regarding who becomes president and we will find out on wednesday for sure but presently the country needs fuel, cooking gas, it has critical shortages in medical supplies and children haven't been to school so urgent needs need to be addressed and that means having negotiations with the imf which will also result in austerity cuts but

the government has an opportunity to address some of those underlying issues and that includes taking a good hard look at expenditure so the military budget for 2022 was the highest so it's important for the new government to address some of these pressing issues but beyond those immediate economic challenges that lie ahead there are some deep structural issues that need to be addressed so were talking about, as the protesters have been calling for, accountability and trust. accountability and trust, i'm glad you brought those up because in the mix of who sri lankans might get as their next leaders, ranil wickremesinghe has put his name forward for that presidentjob, he is now the acting president, seen as a close ally of the rajapaksa family, will people accept this? i

don't think they will commit he's despised by the people and their protests have now moved to chanting go home to him so it will be difficult if he beat becomes president to win over the people and protesters are making clear they wanted both gotabaya rajapaksa and ranil wickremesinghe to leave parliament. ranil wickremesinghe to leave parliament-— ranil wickremesinghe to leave parliament. ., ., ,. , parliament. what you have described is olitical parliament. what you have described is political stalemate, _ parliament. what you have described is political stalemate, a _ parliament. what you have described is political stalemate, a position - is political stalemate, a position where nobody seems to be someone that sri lankans might accept as leader, a worsening economic crisis, so where do we go from here? it’s so where do we go from here? it's difficult to — so where do we go from here? it�*s difficult to say. what's needed is deep structural reform. there needs to be a fresh wave of people representing the community in parliament and the people need to have a say so the votes that will take place on wednesday are in parliament but what is needed is for

people across the island to have a say on who was elected to represent them and until that happens and people are elected by the people, representatives who will address thoseissues representatives who will address those issues of accountability, or elected in parliament we will not see the changes that are desperately needed for this country to turn things around.— needed for this country to turn thins around. ., ~' ,, ,., . needed for this country to turn thins around. ., ~ ,, . , things around. thank you so much, dr niro kandasamy. _ things around. thank you so much, dr niro kandasamy, for— things around. thank you so much, dr niro kandasamy, for your _ things around. thank you so much, dr niro kandasamy, for your thoughts i things around. thank you so much, dr niro kandasamy, for your thoughts on that issue. we will be watching that vote in sri lanka on wednesday at very closely. let's return to our top story now — the soaring temperatures in europe. the uk government's advisers on climate change have warned that the number of heat—related deaths in the country is set to triple in the coming decades, unless the government takes action to reduce overheating in homes. as the uk braces itself for what looks set to be a record—breaking heatwave, our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has been investigating the problem. when sydney taylor moved into her flat in manchester city

centre in spring last year, she planned to buy it outright. but her dream of urban living has evaporated in the summer heat. it can get up to 36 degrees that i've measured at one point. 36 degrees?! 36. brutal temperature. i mean, you can't sleep in 36 degrees. i slept in the hallway for two nights in a row. you slept in the hallway because that was the coolest place? it was the coolest place at that time. hot homes can be deadly. there are around 2,000 heat—related deaths each year, according to government figures, and much of the risk is from high indoor temperatures. new—build apartments like sydney's are a particular problem. it's easy to see why flats like these get so hot. you've got this huge wall of glass here, like a greenhouse, then there are no windows at the back, so you can't get a through breeze. and they tend to be well insulated. great in winter but if they get hot in summer, they stay hot. experts say the risks

of overheating haven't been a priority for government. well, as there haven't been any rules that govern overheating in buildings, we've seen buildings that have been designed that don't necessarily cope particularly well with the increased temperatures we experience in summer. so, an awful lot of glazing, which we know exacerbates hot temperatures and hard standing areas, concrete in particular. new homes now need to be tested for overheating, thanks to regulations that came into effect this summer. but it is too little too late, according to the climate change committee. we've been telling the government for over ten years now— that we're nothing like well enough prepared in the uk for the really. hot weather that we're now seeing l and that we're going to get more of. if we don't take more action, we'll see probably at least i a tripling of heat—related deaths in this country. i and there is still no policy for how to deal with the millions

of existing homes that overheat. many will need costly modifications and the science is clear — we can expect more frequent and more intense heat waves in the future. justin rowlatt, bbc news, manchester. finally to sport. australia's cameron smith has won the 150th open championship at st andrews. he produced a stunning final round to overtake the overnight leaders and become the first australian in almost 30 years to lift the sport's most prestigious prize. it was all watched by ben croucher. it was a round fitting of winning any tournament. to do it here at st andrew's, at the home of golf in the 150th open championship, was quite special. cameron smith, champion golfer of the year. his 8—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'd

become the first australian to win the open in 29 years, one shot clear of playing partner cameron young. his score of 20 under par is a record here at st andrews. smith came from four shots back on the final day. viktor hovland's bid fell away whilst rory mcilroy, at the tournament he called golf�*s holy grail, he just couldn't produce when it mattered. with every putt that didn't drop, it sucked the life out of the record crowd here and eventually mcilroy, whose eight—year major drought continues. we'll remember this week for record crowds, for benign conditions and low scores, for tiger woods making an emotional walk up the 18th, but we will also remember it for an australian with his own inimitable style, becoming golf�*s latest major champion. that was ben watching all the action for us. that brings us to the end of

this hour of newsday. thanks for joining me and the team. stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines and analysis. 33 degrees across the north east wales but we have dangerous heat for monday and tuesday. the national record will be smashed on monday afternoon and seeing temperatures into the 40s will set a new mark for the uk but we are talking about dangerous heat, the met office have this extreme heat warning across these areas of england and a broader amber warning across all of england and wales and a good chunk of scotland. these areas will have an impact to people's hail due to those high temperatures and impacts to infrastructure. it's very dangerous.

0ver infrastructure. it's very dangerous. over the next few hours temperatures come down to reasonable levels as we start off monday morning 14—18 can if you're up early open your doors and windows and let the cool air into your house for 15 minutes and then shut everything because as we go through the day shot those windows and doors, it's go through the day shot those windows and doors, its is effective at blocking the heat out of the house and it will be an extraordinary day, temperatures for england and wales reaching the mid to high 30s, dangerous heat that will affect quite a few people for their hail and it's notjust those extreme temperatures by day, 10pm on monday it will be hideous with temperatures widely still in the 30s. tuesday, a bit of rain coming into northern ireland, fresher air dropping temperatures here but for scotland, england and wales another day of dangerous heat, temperatures could hit 41 celsius, smashing the

all—time uk's record and bringing further impacts for some people. it's important to keep your property as cool as can be, keep your curtains closed all day, shut windows and doors all day except first thing in the morning, drink plenty of water and remember a cooling shower could help if you feel like you're struggling to cope with the extreme heat we will have on monday and tuesday. the heatwave will end on wednesday, a weather front pushes east bringing thundery rain, still quite hot across the east but not dangerous levels and in the west, temperatures much more comfortable.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist, and adam payne, political editor at politicshome. thank you both for waiting for us. the heatwave is the lead for many,

with the metro branding tomorrow "meltdown monday" after the met office issued its first—ever red extreme weather warning. the sun says that the uk will be "hotter than the sahara", as well as other parts of africa, india and pakistan. the guardian calls the heatwave "ferocious" and says that scientists are pointing to the effects of human—made global warming. meanwhile, the independent says minsters have been urged to do more to help britain adapt to the extreme heat. alongside the heatwave, the yorkshire post reports on a group of mps suggesting there is "no clear evidence" the government's plans to send migrants to rwanda will deter channel crossings. the express says the race for number ten is getting personal, following the leadership debate as rishi sunak branded liz truss a "socialist" in response to her criticism of his handling of the cost of living crisis. the times reports on the televised leadership debate where former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss clashed over economic policies. and finally, the mail reports on criticism towards penny mordaunt for meeting the leader of the muslim council of britain.