welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: a report into the mass shooting at a school in texas in may finds systemic failures in the law enforcement response to the tragedy. 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. in golf, australian cameron smith hits a birdie blitz at st andrews to claim the open championship for the first time. jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck — nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck have reportedly tied the knot. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's 7am in singapore and 6pm in texas where a preliminary report into the uvalde school shooting has found "systemic failures" in the police response. the report says that while almost 400 officers responded, there was a lack of urgency and no—one took overall command. 19 children and two adults were

killed when the 18—year—old gunmen opened fire. a texas state committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. state representative dustin burrows said the committee met the uvalde families to discuss the report, ahead of its release. my biggest fear, and i also shared this with them at the meeting, is that we will look for simple solutions to these complex answers. and we will all look and say, well, you know, that's the way it was in the valley, it's different here. it was in uvalde, it's different here. well, let me tell you, the people of uvalde before this, they felt it couldn't happen here. they felt that. that's the false sense of security i worry about. i think some of the same systems that we found here that failed that day are across the entire state and country. for the latest on this, i'mjoined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington.

it's great to get you on the programme, i know you have been looking into this very closely. talk us through some of the key findings of the report. the re ort findings of the report. the report found _ findings of the report. the report found there - findings of the report. tue: report found there were multiple systemic failures. we learned that nearly 400 officers attended the scene but made no attempt to stop the government for more than an hour. the police response was described as chaotic, uncoordinated and devoid of clear leadership and communication. we learned about our culture of complacency at the school which had failed to follow its own safety protocols and left doors unlocked and open and we learned more about the gunman, how he had no friends and was fired from previous jobs and had friends and was fired from previousjobs and had dropped out of school but most importantly how he had viewed extreme content online and at one point had been nicknamed as a school shooter, he had disclosed he had mental health

issues to a family member but despite these failures police site this isn't a blame game, they say there is no villain other than the gunman and no evidence that anyone responding to this incident acted with bad well. it's not clear what happens next, there are other investigations under way but the focus will be about who anyone will be held accountable and what lessons will be learned. and what lessons will be learned-— and what lessons will be learned. , ., learned. absolutely, and as you oint out learned. absolutely, and as you point out the — learned. absolutely, and as you point out the focus _ learned. absolutely, and as you point out the focus moving - learned. absolutely, and as you point out the focus moving on i point out the focus moving on to where the responsibility lies but the scrutiny on the police in the united states has been there for some time not just in this case but in many others. . , ., , just in this case but in many others. . , . , ., , others. certainly and this was one of the — others. certainly and this was one of the worst _ others. certainly and this was one of the worst primary - others. certainly and this was l one of the worst primary school shootings in us history and this report comes off the back of weeks of pressure from the families and the community to understand that central question about why it took the police 77 minutes to respond to

the shooting. they will be looking to see if this report paves the way for accountability. paves the way for accountabili . . ., accountability. thanks for your thou~hts accountability. thanks for your thoughts and _ accountability. thanks for your thoughts and analysis - accountability. thanks for your thoughts and analysis on - accountability. thanks for your thoughts and analysis on that l thoughts and analysis on that story, keeping us up to date on the latest developments. 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 over the last week. authorities in south—western france say the situation is deteriorating in some parts of la gironde. 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... oh, la, la! ..the blaze reached the shore. 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. voila. 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 i 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 wind and heat also made things worse at another blaze on land. authorities said tonight the situation was deteriorating. 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 i 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. turning to the uk, england and parts of wales are preparing for record temperatures. the heat could hit 41 celsius on monday, which would be a record for the uk. the weather warning has been raised to its highest level, and health officials are urging people to take precautions. the heatwave is being treated as a national emergency and there are warnings of transport disruption. lots more on our website for you about this story. you can watch an explainer from our weather forecaster ben rich about what is driving the ferocious heat that continues to affect many parts of europe. do head to bbc.com/news or simply download the bbc news app. that is of course if you haven't done so already. let's take a look at some other stories elsewhere in the world. the japanese authorities say they're worried there could be

a sudden spike in serious coronavirus cases, after daily infections reached a record high. 110,000 new cases were registered on saturday, many linked to a highly transmissable 0micron subvariant. there's concern that hospitals might see a sudden jump in those needing treatment. the white house says coronavirus infections are again spreading fast in the united states. more than 124,000 new cases are being reported each day, an increase of nearly 16% from the previous week. the ethiopian runner tamirat tola has won the men's marathon at the world athletics championships in oregon in the united states. he finished in a championship record time ofjust over two hours and five minutes. he beat the previous record, set over a decade ago by more than a minute. let's take you 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 was the right approach! there are lots of tax and spending promises flying around this contest, and there was an appeal for candourfrom 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 10. 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, kemi, i have been on the front line. 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 fire in tonight's brutal blue on blue debate, as front runners do. 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 get to pick our next prime minister. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. the race is really heating up there, isn't it? 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: victory for australian cameron smith as he claims the open championship in st andrews for the first time.

they are coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed for the first crash in the history of concord, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the former yugoslavia but now it has been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there has been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and a decrease in spirit able to swim properly. households across the country are suspiciously quiet as children bury their noses in the final

instalment of harry potter. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: a report into the mass shooting at a school in texas in may finds systemic failures in the law enforcement response to the tragedy. wildfires triggered by extreme heat are burning across southern europe. the high temperatures have claimed more than a thousand lives. to ukraine now, where the ongoing conflict is now one of the deadliest in europe, since the second world war. ukrainian officials say more than a hundred of their soldiers are dying every day, while the number is said to be much higher on the russian side. in the latest development, president zelensky has sacked two of his top officials over their staffers' "collaboration" with russia. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports from the donbas region, 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 exits gathering pace. staying is a roll of the dice. translation: i'm leaving because of the constant i 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. aleksey 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 l 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 i 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, 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. let's turn 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. dr niro kandasamy from the university of sydney says any new leader coming to power will face enormous challenges. there are 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 we're 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 leader is ranil wickremesinghe who 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, he's deeply despised by the people and their protests have now moved to chanting gota go home

to ranil go home so it will be difficult if he becomes president to win over the people and are making clear they want both gota baya rajapa ksa and ranil wickremesinghe to leave parliament. what you have described 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 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 on wednesday are within parliament but what is needed is for people across the island to have a say in who is elected to represent them and until that happens and people are elected by the people, representatives who will address those

issues of accountability, are reflected in parliament we will not see the changes that are desperately needed for this country to turn things around. that was dr niro kandasamy speaking to us from the university of sydney. to the sport now — 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 prestigous prize. it was all watched by ben croucher it was a round fitting of winning any tournament. to do it here at st andrews, 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. and before we go, us media outlets are reporting that hollywood starsjennifer lopez and ben affleck got married this weekend in las vegas — nearly 20 years after the first time he proposed.

they met on the set of the film gigli in 2002 but went their separate ways a couple of years later. they may be known as bennifer in the press, but they were listed under their legal names of benjamin geza affleck and jennifer lynn lopez on the marriage licence filed in clark county, in the state of nevada. it is the fourth marriage forjennifer lopez and the second for ben affleck. the couple have also reportedly bought a $60 million estate in los angeles, which was once owned by danny devito and rhea perlman for their blended family. notjust one but two hollywood stories on the show for you today. now, it's not every weekend you go for a day out and bump into a hollywood star. but that's what happened in gloucestershire in the west of england on saturday, when tom cruise was seen channeling his top gun maverick character at a local airshow. rumour has it he's going to be in the uk for a while, filming a new mission: impossible.

everybody looks rather happy, don't they, including him? that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. you've probably heard already that a national emergency has been declared on account of this unprecedented heat wave. the english temperature record, which is also that of the uk, is going to get obliterated over the next few days, as indeed will the record for wales. in scotland, probably getting there or thereabouts, northern ireland perhapsjust missing out, but this is an unprecedented spell of hot weather. a met office red extreme weather warning, the first one ever issued for all of these areas of england, including many of england's largest cities — that's in force for monday and tuesday, the peak of the heatwave. but across sunday through tuesday, for england and wales, southern scotland, we have a widespread amberwarning. impacts for health and infrastructure are expected. the next few hours see some showers push into northern scotland.

look at these temperatures — this is as cool as our weather gets for the next few days. so, if you're up early sunday morning, take advantage of this cool air, open your doors, open your curtains, open your windows, let that cool air into your house and into your flat. the first couple of hours of the morning, shut everything — the windows, the doors, your curtains — shut that exceptional heat out. we're going to see temperatures building widely into the 30s across england and wales as well. what follows on monday is a spell of dangerous heat. we've got sunshine across the board and temperatures hitting 40 celsius or so. the current uk temperature record is 38.7, so this is going to be the hottest day we've ever had in our country, and it's not just the daytime temperatures. overnight, ten o'clock monday night, we're still widely into the 30s. that's going to be horrendous for getting a good night's sleep, hence the importance of keeping your flats and your houses as cool as possible.

tuesday, we start to see some storms break out in the west, bringing some slightly fresher air into western areas, but otherwise, it's another day of dangerous heat. this heat is dangerous for people's health, so you can mitigate some of those problems. i've already mentioned some tips — keeping curtains closed, particularly on the sunlit side of your house, only open windows and doors if it is actually cooler outside. that will often be only at the end of the night. drink plenty of water and remember, a cool shower can help you cope.

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