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 1,000 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 the 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. and jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck, nearly 20 years after they first dated. jennifer lopez and ben affleck have tied the knot. voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. a preliminary report into the uvalde school shooting in texas 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 my biggest fear, and i also share with them at the meeting, is we will look for simple solutions to these complex answers. and we will all look and say, well, you know, that's the was —— where it was in uvalde. the people in uvalde before this, they felt it couldn't happen here. they felt that. that's the false sense of security i worry about. some of the same systems that we found here that failed that day are across the entire state and country. across the entire state and count . ,, , across the entire state and country-— across the entire state and count ., ,, country. step positive dustin burrows there. _

country. step positive dustin burrows there. -- _ country. step positive dustin burrows there. -- state - burrows there. —— state representative. i've been speaking to our correspondent, rianna croxford, in washington. she tells me the key findings in the report. the report found multiple systemic failures. we learned that nearly 400 officers attended the scene but made no attempt to stop the gunmen for more than one hour. the police response was described as chaotic, uncoordinated and devoid of clear leadership and communication. we learnt there was what was called the culture of complacency at the school which it failed to follow its own safety protocols and regularly left doors unlocked and open and thirdly, we let more about the gunmen himself, how he had no friends, how he was fired from his previous jobs, how he had dropped out of school but most importantly, how he had viewed extreme content online and one point had been nicknamed online as a school shooter and had even disclosed that he had mental health issues to a family member. it's worth saying that despite the feelers police say this isn't a blame game, there are no villains, they say,

other than the gunmen and there is no evidence anybody responding to the incident acted with any bardwell. it's not clear what happens next. there is still under investigation is under way including a federal investigation but the focus will be about her, if anybody, will be about her, if anybody, will be about her, if anybody, will be held accountable and what lessons will be learnt. absolutely. as you point out, the focus is moving on to where the focus is moving on to where the responsibility lies for this i have to say, the scrutiny on the police in the united states has been there for some time, has it there, notjust in this case but many others? . , , ., , ., others? certainly. this was one ofthe others? certainly. this was one of the worst — others? certainly. this was one of the worst primary _ others? certainly. this was one of the worst primary school - of the worst primary school shootings in us history and today's reports of the back of weeks and weeks and dellacqua pressure from families affected from the community to understand the central question of why it took police 77 minutes to respond to this shooting. they will look to see if the report paves the way for accountability.—

if the report paves the way for accountability. that was rianna croxford reported _ accountability. that was rianna croxford reported on _ accountability. that was rianna croxford reported on the - accountability. that was rianna croxford reported on the latest| croxford reported on the latest developments from the report for us in washington and we will be sure to talk you through the applications of what that means, notjust through the applications of what that means, not just for the police force there but also for the wider community. it is still coming to grips with this awful tragedy. 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. in south—western france, authorities say the situation is deteriorating. 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, i 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 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. wind and heat also made things worse at another blaze inland. authorities said tonight the situation was deteriorating. this family, from germany, has been sleeping outside, their caravan left at the camp site 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. that's the situation in france. i want to tell you what's happening in the uk. the uk's first ever red extreme heat warning came into effect at midnight as people in parts of britain brace themselves for temperatures which could reach a record—breaking 4i celsius — that's 105 fahrenheit. speed restrictions are being imposed on the rail network across england and wales, and on tuesday the east coast main line between london and york and leeds is due to close. health officials have also warned of pressure on already stretched hospital services. lots more on our website for you about this story. you can watch this explainer from bbc 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. 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. moments ago we told you about what the weather is like in the uk. let's tell you about the leadership contest which is also heading up. there are five remaining candidates for the conservative party leadership to be britain's next prime minister who 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 beat 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?! literally, jeremy 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 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 borisjohnson in your cabinet if you were pm? 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 issue 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. i rishi sunak drew the most fire in tonight's brutal blue on blue debate, as programmers do. liz truss and penny mordaunt probably cemented their status as his main challenges. tomorrow mps will eliminate another contender and by wednesday bell have chosen the final to mark before tory party members gets to pick our next prime minister. ben wright, bbc news, westminster.

if you want to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. 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. radio: i see you coming down the ladder now. i that's one small step for man... ..one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight. for the first crash i in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. _ it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity

and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. seven, six, five... thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime 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 1,000 lives. president zelensky has sacked the head of ukraine's domestic security service, as well as

the country's chief prosecutor. in a telegram post, mr zelensky explained he had fired them after hundreds of cases came to light of their agencies collaborating with russia. he said such an array of crimes against national security raised very serious questions. the ongoing conflict is now one of the deadliest in europe, since the second world war. ukranian 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. 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 exit is gathering pace. staying is a role 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. 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 mentioned 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 not just 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. let's take you 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. i think there are several urgent issues that need to be addressed regardless of who becomes the president and we will find out on wednesday for sure, but depressingly, the country needs fuel, cooking gas, it's got critical shortages of medical supplies. schoolchildren haven't been to school so there are some urgent needs that need to be addressed and that means having those ongoing negotiations with the imf which will also result in posterity cuts but i think the government here has a real opportunity to address some of

those underlying issues as well and that includes taking a good, hard look at expenditure, so the military budget for 2022 was the highest, so it is really important for the new government to address some of these pressing issues but i think 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 calling for, accountability and trust. ~ .,, , calling for, accountability and trust. i. trust. accountability and trust, trust. accountability and trust. i _ trust. accountability and trust, i am _ trust. accountability and trust, i am glad - trust. accountability and trust, i am glad you i trust. accountability and i trust, i am glad you brought thoseissues trust, i am glad you brought those issues up because of course in the mix of who sri lankans might get as their next leader is run away from —— ranil wickremesinghe. will people accept this? i ranil wickremesinghe. will people accept this?- people accept this? i don't think they _ people accept this? i don't think they will, _ people accept this? i don't think they will, i _ people accept this? i don't think they will, i think i people accept this? i don't think they will, i think he l people accept this? i don't| think they will, i think he is deeply despised by the people, in fact there are tests have

now changed from shunting gota go home to ranil go home, so the protesters are making it very clear that they want both gotabaya rajapaksa and ranil wickremesinghe to leave parliament.— wickremesinghe to leave parliament. what you have described _ parliament. what you have described as _ parliament. what you have described as a _ parliament. what you have described as a political i described as a political stalemate. we are in a position where nobody seems to be someone that sri lankans at this point might accept to be their leader, a worsening economic crisis, no sign of respite there so where do we go from here? it respite there so where do we go from here?— from here? it is difficult to sa , i from here? it is difficult to say. i think— from here? it is difficult to say, i think what _ from here? it is difficult to say, i think what is - from here? it is difficult to say, i think what is really l say, i think what is really needed at the moment is as i said earlier deep structural reform. there needs to be a fresh wave of people representing the community, represented in parliament and the people need to have a say. is that a going to take place on wednesday our votes within the parliament itself. what is actually needed is for people, those protesters across the

island to have a say in who was represented to represent them and address those needs and until people are elected by the people, representatives who are going to address those issues of accountability and trust are reflected in parliament, we won't see the changes that are desperately needed for this country to turn things around. to the golf 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 sports most prestigous prize. it was all watched by ben croucher it was a round fitting of winning any tournament stopping to do 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. has eight underpar round of 64, his second 64 of the week let up his second 64 of the week let up this famous old course, five

straight birdies starting at the 10th kickstarted his quest for the cairo jug, the 10th kickstarted his quest for the cairojug, a final birdie on 18 ensured he would become the first australian to win the open in 29 years. 1—shot clear of playing partner cameron young. has score of 20 underpar is a record here at st andrews. smith came from four shots back on the final day, rory mcilroy at the tournament he called golf�*s holy grail, he just couldn't produce when it mattered. with every part that didn't drop, it sucks the life out of the record crowd here and eventually tackle roy who is eight year major drought continues. we will remember this week for record crowds, 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, a hollywood love story nearly 20 years in the making. actress jennifer lopez

has confirmed reports that she and fellow hollywood star ben affleck got married this weekend in las vegas, nearly two decades after the first time he proposed. they met on the set of the film zhili 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 for jennifer 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. don't forget, you will find lots more on the stories we have been covering on our website including that latest story about bennifer. just had to our website or download the bbc news app and you can see thatjennifer lopez has that jennifer lopez has confirmed thatjennifer lopez has confirmed that marriage saying,

we did it, love is beautiful, love is kind, and it turns out love is kind, and it turns out love is kind, and it turns out love is patient. 20 years patient. what wonderful news indeed. that's it from us, thanks so much for watching. you've probably heard already that a national emergency has been declared on account of this unprecedented heatwave stopping 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 in scott loud probably getting there or thereabouts, northern ireland probably just thereabouts, northern ireland probablyjust missing out but this is an unprecedented spell of hot weather, the met office read extreme weather warning the first one ever issued for all of these areas of england including many of england's largest cities, that is in force from monday and tuesday, the peak of the heatwave but across sunday through tuesday for england, wales, southern scotland, we have a widespread amber warning.

scotland, we have a widespread amberwarning. impacts to amber warning. impacts to health, amberwarning. impacts to health, impacts to infrastructure are expected stopping 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 are 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 and the first couple hours of the morning, shut everything. shut the windows, shut the doors, shut your curtains, shut that exceptional heat out. we are 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 date we have ever had in our country and it is not just the daytime temperatures. 0vernight, ten o'clock monday night we are still widely into the 30s. that is going to be

horrendous for getting a good night sleet, hence the importance of keeping your flat on your houses as cool as possible. tuesday we start to see some storms break out in the west bringing some slightly fresh air into western areas but otherwise it is another day of dangerous heat. this heat is dangerous for people's health so you can mitigate some of those problems. i have already mentioned some tips stopping keeping curtains closed, only open windows and doors if it is actually cooler outside. that would often be only at the end of the night. drink plenty of water and remember a cool shower can help you cope.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello and welcome. today we are asking what role the media has in choosing the next conservative leader. how do you cover an election campaign that most of the public doesn't have a say in? and what might all this mean for a channel 4's planned privatisation? next week's media bill, which would have included details of the sale has now been delayed. my guests today, fraser nelson, editor of the spectator, a publication at the heart of the conservative

establishment.