hello, this is bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the headlines from the uk and around the world. a heatwave in parts of southern europe sees wildfires spread across large areas, prompting mass evacuations of residents and tourists. i'm in the area of la teste—de—buch, where one of the main fires here in the gironde region has been raging for nearly a week now, the road here pretty much closed to motor traffic. britain's first—ever red extreme heat warning comes into effect for most of england as the country gets ready for what could become the hottest day on record and london one of the hottest places in the world. high temperatures are forecast across the uk — with amber warnings in the rest

of england, all of wales, and parts of scotland with warnings of travel disruption. we just all, we think, have to be sensible and steady, and in particular take measures to stay hydrated, stay in the shade. do all the things that you would think are the sort of things you might do on a hot day on holiday overseas. ukraine's president suspends his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that members of their departments were collaborating with russia. in the uk, conservative leadership rivals attack each other�*s records and policies in their latest tv debate as they vye to become the next prime minister. 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. in your past, you have been both a liberal democrat and a remainer. i wasjust wondering which one you regretted most. it's no silver bullet solution. a cross—party committee of mps says

there's no evidence the uk government's asylum agreement with rwanda is deterring people from crossing the channel in small boats. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. western europe is experiencing its second fierce heatwave in recent weeks, causing wildfires and mass evacuations in several countries. it comes as the uk faces what could be its hottest day celsius forecast, and the first ever �*red warning' being issued. more on the uk in a moment, but first, this report from mark lobel. almost a week on, the wildfires in the south—west of france continue to spread.

more than 1a,000 people have been evacuated as two forest fires engulf over 11,000 hectares of land. translation: the developments are not favourable. _ and the next few hours, until monday evening at least, will be tough, even critical. why? mainly because the winds are going to turn. the portuguese government says over 650 mostly elderly people have died from the heat over the past week. currently, there's more than a dozen fires demanding the attention of over 1,000 firefighters. translation: it will be a very hard job as it's a fire that _ will last for many hours. we will continue on the ground but it will take time. this is why people have been told to leave their homes in parts of spain, hosing down flames in catalonia. this, one of dozens of fires that have appeared over the past week. the heat wave's next

stop is england. this was the scene during a heat wave three years ago. train passengers are being warned not to travel on monday unless absolutely necessary, with major cancellations and speed restrictions across the network, as the capital is set to become one of the hottest places in the world, rising above the western sahara and the caribbean. as the temperatures drew people to the coast over the weekend, the uk's weather office has issued its first ever red warning for extreme heat, cautioning there is a risk to life. scientists say human—induced climate change means heatwaves like these have become more frequent, more intense and last longer. it's terrifying. yesterday, last year, where we live was like completely flooded with rain. we were thinking how different it is today from last year.

like, that scares me a lot and it's real. it's serious, and we definitely need to do something about it. to save our planet and the generations that are to come. so it's been a gruelling week across southern europe with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures. and with the heatwave moving to the uk and temperatures in places like spain forecast to remain abnormally high, there is little relief on the horizon. mark lobel, bbc news. in the uk, potentially record—breaking temperatures expected to have an impact on the nhs, roads, railways, schools and workplaces. large parts of england are on a met office red alert — which means there's a risk to life — while wales and southern scotland on an amberwarning. 0ur climate correspondent jonah fisher has been to see how different groups are preparing. it might be a very busy next few days for the fire service in oxford.

this weekend we've already had a couple of incidents where people have got into trouble in the water, and we've had to come and rescue them. so, my message would be, please, please stay out of the water. stay out of open water. it is hugely, hugely dangerous. extremely hot weather, sadly, means more people dying. take last year, for example — the government estimates there were 1,600 excess deaths caused by the heat. and last year wasn't even particularly hot — the top temperature was 32.2 degrees. over the next couple of days, it could be eight degrees hotter than that. the message for those in areas where a red warning is in place is that it can't be business as usual. the weather heading this way from southern europe is so hot that people should think about changing their routines and plans. to make sure that they have access to water, that they drink plenty

of water, that they stay in the shade, that they remain cool, and that they take simple precautions to make sure that they avoid the adverse impact on health that these high temperatures can have. the government has asked us to look out for vulnerable relatives and neighbours, and has increased capacity on the call—handling service for ambulances. i would encourage people to heed the warnings that are out there. we have that balance where we might not see very much good weather and we want to enjoy it, but it's... we're talking about temperatures that we've not experienced in this country — ever, never mind for a long time. 0ur bodies, our houses, our culture, our way of life arejust not geared up for it. but we're going to have to get used to it. the greenhouse gases we put into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels trap the sun's energy and warm the earth at a rate of about a quarter of a degree every ten years.

well, heatwaves is one of the clearest signs in extreme weather of human influence on climate. it's one of the extreme weather events that we can be most confident about are being affected by rising global temperatures. so is it too late for us to turn this around? it's absolutely not too late because future warming is determined by future emissions. if we stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the world will stop warming. it's that simple. but rapid action on emissions has not proved simple. will the soaring temperatures outside make fighting climate change a real priority? jonah fisher, bbc news. meanwhile our correspondent jessica parker is in south—west france and sent us this update. so, i'm in the area of the tested bush. this is one of their main

fires here in the gironde region. it has been raging for nearly a week now. the road where i am is pretty much close to most traffic but a lot of activity still going on in terms of activity still going on in terms of fire trucks going back—and—forth. we have seen hep helicopters overhead today as well. in the latest update we have had from authorities last night is that the situation is deteriorating both here and at another fire situation is deteriorating both here and at anotherfire in lined. why? the heat has been a huge problem. rising temperatures today are going to post new challenges for fire fighters again today. and we had changing winds. the fire near the atlantic coast had pushed to the shore. there were videos on social media of people almost on the sea taking videos of raging fires that tore through the fires here, and then further inland, and what we're hearing is that many of forest have been burnt through. this is the region known for its beaches and

forests as well. a tourist destination, too. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is in malaga in southern spain. here in spain, the emergency services are continuing to battle wildfires that have broken out in various parts of the country. in catalonia, in the west of the country and in the north—west. and in the north west last night, a fireman died as he battled the flames. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez said on twitter that he sends his condolences to fireman�*s family, and he also extended his thanks to all of the people who were out battling the flames. spain has been going through a period of very hot weather recently, and it has made conditions for the emergency services very difficult indeed. but we have been out watching, as helicopters try to extinguish fires. and they return again and again, dropping huge buckets of water on the fires, and it takes them a very long time to extinguish them.

here, near malaga, the authorities managed to extinguish or to bring under control a fire that is burning, has been burning here since friday, and people are now beginning to return to their homes. let's talk a bit more about the record heat in the uk. kevin courtney, general secretery of the national union of educationjoins us now. hello. what things can schools do to mitigate the heat for their staff and of course their pupils? fiur and of course their pupils? our schools are _ and of course their pupils? oi" schools are doing what they can, organising water sprays, making sure children have parts, letting up on the uniform rules, ensuring children are using the hits phrase, etc. following what they would told about how to keep the classroom caller. but there are an awful lot of schools where because of a lack of investment over decades, they are still portakabins on the playground,

and they are far too hot to use. there are very few schools with adequate ventilation and very few with air—conditioning, so there are things that are hard to do, and that is why some schools are proposing to close for the afternoon and some are closing for the whole day. they don't want to be in that place, but there if there is not that investment, it is hard to keep the room is hard to keep the rooms cooler to be safe and allow the children to engage with education. do you think your government should haveissued do you think your government should have issued guidance to say the school should be shut today and tomorrow. we school should be shut today and tomorrow— school should be shut today and tomorrow. ~ ~ ., ., . tomorrow. we know that the french government — tomorrow. we know that the french government did _ tomorrow. we know that the french government did that _ tomorrow. we know that the french government did that in _ tomorrow. we know that the french government did that in july, - tomorrow. we know that the french government did that in july, and - government did that injuly, and schools in france and spain are closed over there in the holidays. that would have been an option that they could have taken, but schools want to stay open if they could stay open. the main point we are making is there needs to be a real

investment in infrastructure structure in our school. we have been calling for the whole of last yearfor been calling for the whole of last year for reinvestment in beds delay —— in ventilation in our schools. and we have been calling for that through covid—19 because we know it is known to reduce the spread. improving the amount of oxygen and decreasing the amount of c02 in the room actually helps learning. but we clearly need ventilation now, as well, for the heat situation that we are facing. so we are calling for the government to invest in our young people because my education. the outgoing labour government in 2010 had a programme first calls for the future. that was one of the first that their incoming coalition government cut away. we still haven't got back the spending that sort of level so there is increasing dilapidation in our schools and a lack of investment. a lot of projects have to be done from

removing and adjusting to the climate. we need to invest in our young people. the climate. we need to invest in our young people-— climate. we need to invest in our ouna --eole. ., ., young people. the government would sa we young people. the government would say we have — young people. the government would say we have invested _ young people. the government would say we have invested billions, - say we have invested billions, particularly after covid—19, not specifically in ventilation, but certainly in making sure kids have caught up in missing so much during covid—19. caught up in missing so much during covid-19. ~ ., covid-19. well, the government might be sa in: covid-19. well, the government might be saying that. — covid-19. well, the government might be saying that, but _ covid-19. well, the government might be saying that, but they _ covid-19. well, the government might be saying that, but they wouldn't - covid-19. well, the government might be saying that, but they wouldn't be . be saying that, but they wouldn't be telling the truth. they recruited kevin collins who asked for 15 billion and the government gave 5 billion. that's right, so they are not matching us for the level of spending in the us and the netherlands, and they did put £1 billion into capital funding netherlands, and they did put £1 billion into capitalfunding last week. we welcome that. but it does not even get to the level that labour was spending annually in 2010, and there is a huge backlog

because we have not been spending our school capital since then. thank our school capital since then. thank ou ve our school capital since then. thank you very much _ our school capital since then. thank you very much for — our school capital since then. thank you very much for talking _ our school capital since then. thank you very much for talking to - our school capital since then. thank you very much for talking to us. - for the very latest information on how to stay cool, and guard against heat exhaustion and heat stroke, just go to bbc.co.uk/news, or the bbc news app. president zelensky has suspended his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that some members of their departments were collaborating with russia. of the sacked officials, one is a childhood friend of the president, while the other has played a key role in the prosecution of russian war crimes. in a televised address mr zelensky said over 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. translation: more than 60 employees of the prosecutor's office _ and security service of ukraine have remained in their occupied territory and are working against our state.

the former head of the main department of the security service in the autonomous republic of crimea was detained. i dismissed them in the beginning of the full—scale invasion. as we can see, the decision was justified. sufficient evidence has been collected to give notice of suspicion of state treason to this person. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood gave us the latest on the situation from kyiv. in many ways the idea that the russians have been tried to infiltrate the office here won't be a surprise to many ukrainians. the scale of this, the idea that there are 650 people all being investigated for high treason and under defy undermine the defences of the country at the crucial time is really quite shocking. because of

that, what is seen as widespread failures across both of their departments, these two allies of the president have both been suspended. there were initial support —— reports they had been fired, but they have corrected to say they have been temporarily suspended to stop any kind of interference in any investigation will —— which will now be happening. they will also, as well as the 650, the idea there were 60 people working for the ukrainians who are now actively working with the occupation authorities. that really will come as a surprise, i think. in terms of the occupation of the south, if this is the area, other than the darden bass, where the russians have had most success, holding territory, that i think the feeling here given the actions of this people, if proven, really undermining the territory at the very worst moment.

a preliminary report into a mass shooting at a school in texas in may has found �*systemic failures' in the response of law enforcement. nineteen children and two teachers were killed when an 18 year old gunman opened fire at the school in uvalde. the report says that while almost 400 officers responded, there was a lack of urgency and no one took overall command. sylvia lennan—spence has the details. 19 children and two teachers killed amid systematic failures and poor decision—making. that's the damning conclusion from the most exhaustive probe of why it took nearly 400 police and other officers more than an hour to confront and kill an 18—year—old gunman here in may, in what texan legislators described as a chaotic scene marked by a lack of clear leadership and sufficient urgency. their report found that law—enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training and failed to prioritise saving the lives of innocent victims

over their own safety, blaming the officers' lackadaisical approach. 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. that false sense of security started at the robb elementary school's gates. the five—foot—tall exterior school fence couldn't impede the gunman. exterior and interior doors were unlocked, or propped open, due to non—compliance by school personnel, allowing the gunman to easily enter through an unlocked door. i promise you, i promise you, you do not want this to happen to you. i promise you. last week, relatives of schoolchildren gunned down and seriously injured called for an assault—weapons ban, horrified by new footage showing it took officers more than 70 minutes

to confront the perpetrator. the findings suggest the attacker fired around 100 of approximately 142 rounds before any officer entered the school, but adds that victims could have survived if they had not had to wait so long to be rescued. uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo, who many thought was in charge that day, was suspended, pending an investigation, and has since resigned. but the report points out there were better—trained and equipped responders present, as its release poses another urgent question — whether the security systems in many american schools can be trusted. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. in the uk, one of the five remaining candidates for the conservative party leadership will be eliminated tonight — when tory mps vote again.

the winner of the contest will become the new prime minister. last night the hopefuls clashed over the cost of living and brexit, in their second live televised debate. tax was again one of the key issues on which candidates aimed their fire at each other. 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 am opposed it in cabinet at the time. i’d people like me am opposed it in cabinet at the time.— cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here _ cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here and _ cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here and say _ cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here and say i'll- cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here and say i'll cut - cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here and say i'll cut this| stand here and say i'll cut this tax, _ stand here and say i'll cut this tax. that— stand here and say i'll cut this tax, that tax, and another tax and it will_ tax, that tax, and another tax and it will all— tax, that tax, and another tax and it will all be — tax, that tax, and another tax and it will all be ok. but you know what? — it will all be ok. but you know what? it — it will all be ok. but you know what? it won't? there is always —— and another key point was the legacy and impact of the current government,

and how the candidates would move on or not from borisjohnson's leadership kissed armour in the leadership race is going _ kissed armour in the leadership race is going to _ kissed armour in the leadership race is going to hold that against us and to sit— is going to hold that against us and to sit years — is going to hold that against us and to sit years time. ——. people want a tweak— to sit years time. ——. people want a break from — to sit years time. ——. people want a break from the politics of the past. they want — break from the politics of the past. they want us to be putting forward positive _ they want us to be putting forward positive ideas and valuing colleagues. the poor viewers have months _ colleagues. the poor viewers have months of— colleagues. the poor viewers have months of this to come and i hope we can have _ months of this to come and i hope we can have a _ months of this to come and i hope we can have a better contest. jonathan blakejoins us from westminster. is it possible to say he won that debate? i is it possible to say he won that debate? ., �* ~' is it possible to say he won that debate? ., �* ,, ,., �* debate? i don't think so. but i think what _ debate? i don't think so. but i think what did _ debate? i don't think so. but i think what did emerge - debate? i don't think so. but i think what did emerge prettyl debate? i don't think so. but i - think what did emerge pretty clearly is the clash between rishi sunak and liz truss in this contest. he is out in front among mps and liz truss is in front among mps and liz truss is in third place in the contest so far. they are opposed very strongly, as you heard there, on economic

policy. rishi sunak saying it is not the time to cut taxes. you need to get inflation under control first before you do that. liz truss is saying the opposite and saying the way to stimulate the economy is to reduce the burden of tax attention straightaway. things got pretty nasty between them. especially in that first section where they were asked to put a question to one another. rishi sunak put it to her that she was a remainder and had been a liberal democrat and asked which he regretted —— which he regretted the most. she turned that on him and said she was trying to help those who did not have birds privileged background as he did. we are going to see, i think, some pretty breezy contest over the summer. there are, of course at the moment five candidates in the race. 0ne moment five candidates in the race. one will lead the contest by the end of the day when mps vote later on.

it is expected to be time to contact. it is expected his campaign is running out of steam and there is only a certain amount of supporting parliament. people believe he will be eliminated by the end of the day. kemi baden are his enforced place in the running. she has certainly cut through in this con text, particularly those on the right of the party. she left him this morning and vowed to stay in the race. i will be fighting hard for every single — will be fighting hard for every single vote, and i am not taking anything — single vote, and i am not taking anything for granted but i am optimistic. anything for granted but i am optimistic— anything for granted but i am otimistic. ., g , ., , optimistic. thank you. just a brief few words from _ optimistic. thank you. just a brief few words from her. _ optimistic. thank you. just a brief few words from her. she - optimistic. thank you. just a brief few words from her. she and - optimistic. thank you. just a brief few words from her. she and the | few words from her. she and the other candidates will be off westminster today to take part in another round of hustings where mps get to question the candidates on different areas of policy, and then another round of voting takes part at 5pm this evening with the result announced that 8pm. {elite

at 5pm this evening with the result announced that 8pm.— at 5pm this evening with the result announced that 8pm. joining me now is deputy editor of the website and blog conservative home, henry hill. what did you think? i think the baffling thing for me is why are they having tea the debates now? it is the mp stage, there are five candidates. the only votes that matter amongst mps that know all these people personally. why are they giving the five candidates a tv debate? and i would have thought the best time to have this would be in the final t n —— the final two and we could really get them under the microscope. we could really get them under the microscope-— microscope. you don't think that momentum _ microscope. you don't think that momentum is — microscope. you don't think that momentum is particularly - microscope. you don't think that momentum is particularly bad i microscope. you don't think that i momentum is particularly bad hind one or two of the candidates after last night? i one or two of the candidates after last niuht? ., �* ~' one or two of the candidates after last niuht? ., �* ~ . ., last night? i don't think it change very much. _ last night? i don't think it change very much. no- — last night? i don't think it change very much, no. rishi— last night? i don't think it change very much, no. rishi sunak- last night? i don't think it change very much, no. rishi sunak has l very much, no. rishi sunak has solidified his position. 0ne very much, no. rishi sunak has solidified his position. one of the weakest candidate to start, but it

now looks certain he will get through to the final two. i think the momentum still looks like it is going out of penny mordaunt�*s campaign a little bit, and so you might need the right wing party were handed to get into the final two. these debates do create an opportunity for upsets, for leading candidates to trip over and other candidates to trip over and other candidates to trip over and other candidates to excel, but that simply isn't happening. ii candidates to excel, but that simply isn't happening-— isn't happening. if there two do make it onto — isn't happening. if there two do make it onto the _ isn't happening. if there two do make it onto the final - isn't happening. if there two do make it onto the final ballot, i isn't happening. if there two do i make it onto the final ballot, rishi sunak and liz truss, it is interesting, isn't it? in terms of conservativism, he is the chancellor who has raised taxes to the furthest is extent in 70 years. liz truss has proposed tax cuts without really knowing how she's going to pay for them. it’s knowing how she's going to pay for them. �* , , knowing how she's going to pay for them. �*, , ., ., them. it's 'ust so vague. i agree with you. — them. it'sjust so vague. i agree with you- it's — them. it'sjust so vague. i agree with you. it's faintly _ them. it'sjust so vague. i agree with you. it's faintly ridiculous. l

with you. it's faintly ridiculous. at least you can't say that the members don't have a choice at that contest. they will definitely be offering two very opposing positions. i think they do need to answer that the conservatives have been a low tax party historically and that is the legitimate position to make. it is going to decide on the next election, families are going to be struggling with heating, fuelling their car in feeding their families. that is what the government needs to be focused on. there is an argument made about the lack the right tax cuts in the long term and whether that will augment spending. but clearly, we probably need to think about direct government intervention showing. rishi sunak plan seems to be the best way to do that.— best way to do that. what do you think about _ best way to do that. what do you think about the _ best way to do that. what do you think about the argument -

best way to do that. what do you i think about the argument between them? him talking about her being there remain that and dare lib dem, and tears saying that her school let people down and may not have often —— may not have offered the same opportunities that his school did? i think, richey, this is one of the things that you do get out of these debates. i think his question let him down. it speaks to hisjudgment. his whole campaign is about he is a serious candidate. the question could have been used to put one of the candidates on the spot about one of their sensible premises. i don't know if he knows this, but an awful lot of conservatives used to vote liberal democrat. did he know that this would be broadcast on national television? i don't know. it was a very strange decision and i think it speaks to hisjudgment.—

very strange decision and i think it speaks to hisjudgment. speaks to his 'udgment. thank you for talkin: speaks to his 'udgment. thank you for talking to — speaks to his judgment. thank you for talking to us. _ back to our top story now — the heatwave across europe. the uk could have its hottest day on record this week with temperatures of up to 41 degrees celsius forecast. the government has convened a special cobra meeting to respond to the heatwave, chaired by kit malthouse. i think we should be concerned and sensible. we haven't experienced these sorts of temperatures before. obviously the previous record of 38—point—something, a 50% chance we will hit the 40 degrees mark over the next 48 hours before thankfully it gets cooler on wednesday. and so we just all, we think, have to be sensible and steady, and in particular take measures to be hydrated and stay in the shade, do all the things that are the sort of things you might do on a hot day on holiday overseas. but critically also look out for those people who are very vulnerable to this kind of heat, the very young, very small

infants and new babies, but in particular the elderly, often living alone, who i think may appreciate a neighbourly knock on the door to check they are ok, that they've got access to water and that they are coping all right with the heat. fi lamdin is on a campsite in exmoorfor us today talking to holiday makers. i arrived this morning and it was still actually pretty cold because all the tents are in the shade here. they are camping literally right next to the stream, which is absolutely brilliant, providing all sorts of trade. which is absolutely brilliant, providing all sorts of shade. let's come over and see what they are making for breakfast. we've got some bacon, some eggs. come and have a look. 0h, eggs cracked beautifully into the pan. we've got buns on. let me point out, this is a safe fire. be responsible with your fires, because that is enclosed. let's meet nigel. you are waiting for your breakfast. tell us where you've come from, you've come from a long way. we've come from perth, australia, yeah. and it's amazing that the weather is so hot here at this time of year. you weren't expecting this. in your suitcase, tell us what sort

of clothing you did pack. well, we packed jeans, jumpers, a few t—shirts. but, yes, we've had to go shopping and get something a bit cooler. your outfit you're wearing today for us, your shorts and t—shirt, they are all brand—new? that's right, yeah, absolutely. so being someone who lives in australia, you must be used to heat. give us some tips because we are not really used it here. yeah, definitely, although i'm not wearing one right now, a hat is a must for the hottest part of the day. lots of sun cream, lots of water. and just try and find some shade, absolutely. and so actually for you right now, does it feel pretty normal? is this uncomfortable? this is pleasant, yeah. this is pleasant. you might not be saying that this afternoon, but anyway, thank you forjoining us. let's just come over and meet karina. you've come from denmark. that's right. so you're here on holiday. yeah, here on holidays. so obviously britain doesn't always have the best reputation injuly. are you pleasantly

surprised to have sunshine? yeah, it's amazing. so happy, it couldn't be better. was it too hot yesterday or was it ok? it was ok yesterday. so we are a bit, yeah, wondering what it's going to be like today. it's very hot already. but last night you were cold. talk us through what you wore last night to bed. yeah, wool is essential when you're camping in the teepee tent, yeah. show us, it'sjust behind, yourjumper. my woollen jumper. we think we probably found the only person in the uk wearing a woolly jumper to bed at the moment! yeah, but what can i say? brilliant _ this campsite, they are just about to have their bacon and eggs, they look delicious. let me show you a perk to this campsite. if you come round here, when it gets really hot later in the day, they have got the river exe running through. look, the children are already down here and they are having a little paddle and a little splash. look at that, that's just... that is just such a nice view.

it's in the shade, it's cool. obviously you have to stay safe by the water, but it's very nice and shallow, that water. and i think probably, give it another couple more hours and i think this little stretch of water is going to be incredibly busy. yeah, just going to leave you with that lovely shot, to cool you down wherever you might be watching this. ben boulos has been at a farm near thetford in sussex and has been taking a look at the challenges the agriculture sector is facing, with the current heatwave. this region, east anglia, produces £3 billion worth of crops and livestock every year. but to do that, farms like this one absolutely need water. it's vital to the work they do. as you can see from the reservoir here, it is at a very low level. this is just a fifth of the normal amount of water that it would hold at this time of year. so they're already grappling

with a very dry first six months of the year and now comes the heatwave. you can see the effects of the lack of water on the grass down here, it's all dry and parched. as i say, they produce all sorts of crops here. that field over there, you can see is a field of wheat. the yield on that is down by 30% because of the lack of water. they also produce onions, that's that field over there, the green one in the distance. they also make potatoes, they grow potatoes here, but for every kilogram of potatoes they need 11 litres of water. so that's the importance of the weather conditions on what goes on on farms like this. let's find out a bit more from andrew blenkiron, who is the estate director. andrew, what impact is the extreme weather having on the work that you do? significant impact this year. as you mention, we lost a third of our wheat yield, which is going to have a financial impact. and then the amount of effort and cost that we've had to put in to irrigating the crops of potatoes, onions and carrots has

been highly significant, to the tune of probably a quarter of a million pounds extra. that's notjust the extra water that we've pumped, but the extra costs to the electricity that we've used this year. does that mean you are having to charge higher prices to the people you sell to, and ultimately to us for what we pay for these goods? that would be fantastic but unfortunately not. most people are under contract to the retailers, so the price is fixed for this season, so it's unlikely there should be any real significant increase in the shops for those commodities this year. it'll be interesting, the discussions based around the contracts for the future years as to whether we can recover any of those extra costs. and as a farm, can you survive if we keep having these extreme weather conditions? that's a really good question. here we have invested £2 million over the last ten years in infrastructure to enable us to irrigate those crops so we've done a great amount

with regards to that. what a lot of farmers are now grappling with is whether to make that investment that they need, to guarantee supply of water, they need a guaranteed market. so the real challenge is there. and we are meeting that challenge. andrew, thank you very much. it is worth reiterating that point, that as farms and the agriculture industry grapples with these weather conditions and the pressures it puts on them, it's notjust a case of having sympathy with them, because the things they produce, the agriculture crops, the livestock they produce, are things that we all rely on to be able to pick up from our supermarket shelves. we can hear from the we can hearfrom the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, who is talking at the farnborough airshow. and on thursday last week i asked afterwards, what would happen in a fight between a tyrannosaurus rex and a killer whale, i asked, what

would happen in a fight between a typhoon and an f—15 strike eagle. and they said it would be no contest. almost 30 years ago, when i went up in an f—15 e, the strike eagle seemed to me to be the last word in strength, power, aggression. but compared to a typhoon, according to the raf, it would be so motionless and defenceless that a dog fight, in the brutal words of one typhoon pilots, would be like clubbing seals. that's what he said. he gulped a bit when he said it, but that's what he said. so the lesson i draw is about the scale and the pace of technological change. it was only 85 years ago that my grandfather was flying wellington bombers with equipment so primitive that you really have to do marvel at the bravery of the men and women who

were involved in that war. in fact he used quite a few wellington bombers, he crashed twice. the second time into a church. i'm afraid he was always prone to religious doubts! but i marvel at the bravery of that generation. but let's face it, it was only 120 years ago that this whole enterprise began of heavier than air powered flight, in machines barely more than a century ago that looked like laundry baskets lashed together with leather and canvas and propelled by lawnmower engines. if you think we've gone from a laundry basket to a typhoon... haste we've gone from a laundry basket to a typhoon- - -— a typhoon... we can leave boris johnson there _ a typhoon... we can leave boris johnson there in _ a typhoon... we can leave boris johnson there in farnborough. l the prospect of being sent to rwanda is not deterring asylum seekers from crossing the channel in small boats.

that's according to the home affairs select committee, which says the rwanda plan — announced three months ago — is not a "silver bullet solution". our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. last year, 28,500 people came to the uk in small boats. so far this year, 14,000 have arrived — and by the end of 2022 the figure could rocket to 60,000. the mps believe migrants aren't deterred by the fact that the uk may not be the end of theirjourney, and they could be sent on to rwanda. we are questioning the deterrent effect, and we've certainly asked the home office to provide evidence and modelling of how they've reached the conclusion that this policy is the right way to go. it hasn't been forthcoming. we're also concerned about the cost of it. in northern france, migrants plan how they're going to get across the channel, seeing it as the final short leg of their long journeys. the uk should seek a deal with the french, say the mp5, which would allow processing facilities to be set up so that people can be assessed

here as to whether they are eligible to be admitted to the uk. they believe that those given permission would then not have to pay the criminal gangs. in response to the mps' report, the home office says its new plan for immigration will support those in genuine need, while preventing illegal and dangerous journeys. and it says those who are put on a plane to rwanda can rebuild their lives there. the first planned flight was stopped last month by the european court of human rights. june kelly, bbc news. climage change and the conflict in ukraine has left many nations vulnerable to food insecurity. in zimbabwe, maize production, a key staple, plummeted by 43% this year, following long dry spells. the country is now seeking to import the crop, as well as seeking alternative sources for wheat and fertiliser usually sourced from russia and ukraine. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka travelled

to the district of mudzi in north—eastern zimbabwe to find out how farmers are coping. ancient grains saved these subsistence farmers from the perfect storm of erratic grains, failed maize harvests and rising food prices due to the war in ukraine. translation: we planted a sizeable l maize crop and sorghum and millet| but we got nothing from the maize. it was scorched after there was no rain for three months. we harvested just the traditional grains. his wife's entire maize harvest, compared to sorghum and millet where she used a fraction of the seed and fertiliser. "i don't want to plant maize any more," she says. that proposition would have been unthinkable before. maize is the staple food here as well as a cash crop.

it's also easier to market and process. it's why machines are key to increasing traditional grain output. they reduce the threshing time from weeks to hours. the advantages are immense, say experts. the grains have better yield in arid regions and greater nutritional value. the failure rate of the maize harvest is staggering. four out of every five seasons. with a quarter of zimbabweans needing further assistance, experts say if more families grew traditional grains, they'd be able to feed themselves. it certainly is a reset of really looking at how do we really think how the continent feeds itself. the un's zimbabwe resilience building fund has helped 200,000 farmers grow ancient grains, 90% now self—sustaining. if you look at what we know today in terms of climate impact, the war in ukraine and disruption

to supply chain, for the community—level resilience, that is the way to go. maize flour is already scarce at this market. zimbabwe is set to tap its strategic reserve and import grain... global uncertainties have prompted maize, wheat and fuel fertiliser price hikes. it's why some continue to source alternatives to lessen the import burden, making indigenous grain fashionable again. shingai nyoka, bbc news, mudzi, zimbabwe. a little bit of breaking news for viewers in the uk who are wondering who the next prime minister will be. the front runners for the tory leadership are not likely to take part in a third live television debate, we are told. that's after people raised concerns about the kind of infighting we saw on itv last night was up it is understood both rishi sunak and liz truss are not likely to take part in the sky

debate on tuesday. but their camps are saying they hadn't actually ever confirmed they would take part. we can go back to the story today from a group of mps here in the uk, the home affairs select committee, who say there is no evidence the uk government plan to send migrants who cross the english channel on boats to rwanda will deter others from doing the same. we can speak to the labour chair of that committee, dame diana johnson. thank you for talking to us. what's your evidence for saying it is not deterring people? can you hear me, diana johnson? i can you hear me, dianajohnson? i can now, it cut out then this, sorry. can now, it cut out then this, sor . �* ., y can now, it cut out then this, sor . .,y , ., sorry. don't worry, probably our fault. i sorry. don't worry, probably our fault- iwas— sorry. don't worry, probably our fault. i was asking, _ sorry. don't worry, probably our fault. i was asking, what - sorry. don't worry, probably our fault. i was asking, what is - sorry. don't worry, probably our fault. i was asking, what is it. sorry. don't worry, probably our| fault. i was asking, what is it you are saying in the report about it not deterring other migrants from crossing the channel? haste not deterring other migrants from crossing the channel?— not deterring other migrants from crossing the channel? we have been lookin: at crossing the channel? we have been looking at the _ crossing the channel? we have been looking at the issue _

crossing the channel? we have been looking at the issue for _ crossing the channel? we have been looking at the issue for the - crossing the channel? we have been looking at the issue for the last - crossing the channel? we have been looking at the issue for the last 18 i looking at the issue for the last 18 months and we are clear we want to support national and international efforts to stop criminal gangs that are preying on vulnerable people and bringing them across the channel. what we haven't been able to find is evidence that this rwanda policy the government have introduced, that there is evidence that it will actually deter people from travelling. what we know is the home office's asylum system is in a mess. it has a backlog of 125,000 cases. that needs to be sorted out. we know that the government... able to negotiate returns policies to return people. that needs to be sorted out. the third point, which is most important for the situation in the channel, is the need for safe and legal groups to be established was up legal groups to be established was upfor example, a number of up for example, a number of the people who come across it in those boats, from countries like eritrea, iran, iraq, where there is no safe

and legal route for them to travel to the uk to claim asylum, so we need to address that. one thing we say is that there could be an assessment centre in france with an agreement with the french to assess people's claims for asylum to come to the uk, stopping them from having to the uk, stopping them from having to travel on small boats through the channel. ~ , to travel on small boats through the channel. ~' , ., ., channel. like they have done with ukrainian refugees _ channel. like they have done with ukrainian refugees for _ channel. like they have done with ukrainian refugees for example? l channel. like they have done with - ukrainian refugees for example? yes, there are bespoke _ ukrainian refugees for example? is: there are bespoke schemes for ukrainians to come to the uk and for those from afghanistan to come to the uk, but for other countries there are not those schemes. we are saying this could be a pilot and we could get evidence about whether it works. we need to do it with the french and there has to be an agreement that if an asylum claim is not successful then the french would still have responsibility for that person. what we want to see is policy—making that is evidence—based, cost effective and robust. 0ne evidence—based, cost effective and robust. one of our criticisms of the rwanda policy is we do not have evidence, we do not know how much it

will cost. the government have not been able to tell us that. the most senior civil servant in the home office had to get the home secretary office had to get the home secretary to instruct him to introduce the rwanda policy because he was not satisfied with the cost effectiveness of the policy, whether the deterrent would work. so far we are still seeing people travel in small boats, that precarious journey across the channel. 0n small boats, that precarious journey across the channel. on friday, 119 people travelled across in those awful small dinghies with life jackets that are not fit for purpose. jackets that are not fit for purpose-— jackets that are not fit for --urose. ~ ., ., jackets that are not fit for n-urose. ~ ., ., ., purpose. what would you say to eo - le purpose. what would you say to people who _ purpose. what would you say to people who say. _ purpose. what would you say to people who say, you _ purpose. what would you say to people who say, you have - purpose. what would you say to people who say, you have not i purpose. what would you say to - people who say, you have not given it a chance, they have only introduced it a few weeks ago so it will take time to filter through to the people who are making journeys to the uk? flit the people who are making 'ourneys to the uk? _, , the people who are making 'ourneys totheuk? , _ to the uk? of course, the policy has introduced since _ to the uk? of course, the policy has introduced since april _ to the uk? of course, the policy has introduced since april and _ to the uk? of course, the policy has introduced since april and it - to the uk? of course, the policy has introduced since april and it is - introduced since april and it is subject to a lot of legal challenge at the moment. nobody has actually been put on a plane and sent to rwanda yet. accepting all of that, our concern is that policy—making in

the home office does not seem to be robust, it does not seem to be based on looking at evidence and modelling. what it does seem to be doing is having the idea that one policy will solve the problem of the channel crossings, a silver bullet, and we do not think this is a silver bullet policy. we know that you have to work with the french, belgians and other european country. you have to have an intelligence led operation, patrolling, equipment, all of that, and it needs to be part of this to stop criminal gangs. what we are saying is we are not sure, the evidence is not there and we are not sure it is a deterrent policy that will work. we are saying to try other things and get evidence of what will work. we need to make sure also that the home office sorts out the asylum system. you can't have people waiting on average 449 days to have their asylum claim determined. and if they are a child they wait even longer, 550 days.

that is far too long and it needs to be addressed by the home office who need more staff and better it and then resources can be put into other things we want to see happen in the home office rather than this backlog that they have got there sitting and waiting to be dealt with. fine that they have got there sitting and waiting to be dealt with.— waiting to be dealt with. one final oint, ou waiting to be dealt with. one final point. you said — waiting to be dealt with. one final point, you said it _ waiting to be dealt with. one final point, you said it would _ waiting to be dealt with. one final point, you said it would be - waiting to be dealt with. one final point, you said it would be better| point, you said it would be better to have safe and legal groups for people from iraq, eritrea, and iran for example come up but wouldn't that encourage more people to come to the uk to seek sanctuary, and the people of this country who showed through the brexit... people of this country who showed through the brexit. . ._ people of this country who showed through the brexit. .. when you look at the claims — through the brexit. .. when you look at the claims for _ through the brexit. .. when you look at the claims for asylum _ through the brexit. .. when you look at the claims for asylum in - through the brexit. .. when you look at the claims for asylum in this - at the claims for asylum in this country they have stayed fairly stable for a number of years so it's not like we are seeing huge influxes of people. there were about 48,000 claims last year. that's about the same it has been for a number of years so i don't really recognise it would be a pull factor, having a safe and legal route perhaps in

france with that assessment taking place in a reception centre that we help to fund in france in conjunction with french authorities. i think that would be a sensible way forward. . ~ i think that would be a sensible way forward. ., ,, , ., i think that would be a sensible way forward. ., ,, i. ., i think that would be a sensible way forward. ., ~' i., ., ., i think that would be a sensible way forward. ., ,, i. ., ., , forward. thank you for 'oining us, dame forward. thank you for 'oining us, name diana * forward. thank you for 'oining us, dame diana johnson, _ forward. thank you forjoining us, dame diana johnson, the - forward. thank you forjoining us, dame diana johnson, the labourl forward. thank you forjoining us, - dame diana johnson, the labour chair of the home affairs select committee. we have a proper love story for you now. hollywood starsjennifer lopez and ben affleck got married in las vegas at the weekend, nearly 20 years after they first dated. 17 years after they ended their first engagement. wendy urquhart has the story. ben and jennifer met on the set of theirfilm, gigli, in 2002, but their relationship was stormy, and within a couple of years, they went their separate ways. both went on to marry other people and have their own families but those relationships eventually floundered. last year, the couple

rekindled their romance and fans were delighted when bennifer was spotted out and about together at premieres and other industry events. since then, they've been inseparable, and at the beginning of this year, jennifer showed off a stunning green engagement ring. so, marriage was clearly on the cards, but who would have thought they'd run away to vegas? they stood in line between four other couples at the marriage bureau to get their licence, went to the little white chapel, which is famous in las vegas, and the little white chapel kept the doors open after midnight, and jennifer put out the most wonderful message about how happy she is and how happy ben is. they now have ten days to file the marriage licence they took out in clark county, nevada, which lists their legal names as ben geza affleck and jennifer lynn lopez, but by all accounts, the grammy winner is changing her name

to jennifer affleck. this is the fourth marriage forjennifer and the second for ben. they have five children between them and are reportedly setting up home in a $60 million estate in los angeles, which was once owned by danny devito and rhea perlman. sadly, the chances of a quiet start to their married life are pretty slim. the paparazzi will be out in force to get the first photos of the newlyweds. every talk show in america will be vying for the first interview with them. and absolutely everyone will no doubt want to know whether they are planning on having a second, more glamorous wedding in tinseltown. wendy urqhuart, bbc news. in the last few years we have become used to seeing footage from video cameras warned by police officers. but — from today, in a uk first —

every frontline officer in west midlands police will be live streaming those body—cam images back to their control room — so the situation can be monitored in real time. 0ur midlands correspondent phil mackie has been to see the new technology in action. siren wails. response officers beth and darren have been called out on a fairly typicaljob. so we're just going to a third party report that his neighbour has been robbed and attacked by four to five white males. no other details as of yet. injury to the head. apparently he's been hit with a glass bottle. but when they arrive, there's a difference. both officers have switched on their cameras and are sending a live stream back to the control room. he got the bottle and raised it up. smashed it across my head. yeah, i've seen some damage on your door. who's done that? them. they've done that as well, have they? do you want an ambulance? we'll take you to the hospital. this is the control room where it's all being monitored. so as you can see, we've got two cameras up — darren's and beth's — both live streaming at the moment. there's been a robbery.

the victim's also had a glass bottle hit, so he's been cut. so they're talking to him. and as you can see, ian can watch it. and if there were any need to send additional resources, they would be able to do that partly by watching the live stream. this will show me where all the cameras are. different, obviously colours. the green are currently live cameras. we've got 280 cameras out there. i can livestream you. there you go. you're in. so this is where it all happened on this front garden. this is some footage they've recorded during the trial. it shows how much this can help. in this case, forensic officers viewing remotely the scene of a stabbing. ok, so it's all happened here, where you're looking. this is another piece of equipment that we've purchased. actually really does help take us to the forefront of policing, so we're able to livestream in on all of those different scenarios. we'll be looking at using it in areas where we have people in crisis to get the right advice and help there.

and again, it's just looking to different ways of us using this. at the moment, there's probably four or five main reasons we see. but actually, as officers start to use this, as staff start to use this, i think more and more ideas will come in to make us more efficient and better. the cameras only start live streaming when they're switched on and there's an active incident. for the purposes of this, john's switched his camera on so that we can test it out, and they can see me in the control room. back in aston, jamie's having the cut to his head cleaned up. on top of the injury, he's had about £60 stolen. hopefully, they get him. hopefully. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. wild bison will be released back into the uk for the first time today. bison used to roam the countryside thousands of years ago and later this morning in kent, four will be reintroduced to the west blean and thornden woods near canterbury. it's hoped their reintroduction will bring a number of benefits.

that's it from me, have a lovely day and night. hello. the unprecedented high temperatures we are set to see over the next few days has prompted the met office to release extreme heat warnings. there's going to be severe impacts to health and infrastructure through today and tomorrow as well. now, this is the zone where we've got the red extreme warning in force, across much of central and south—eastern england, with temperatures here topping 40 degrees or more in a few spots. more widely across england, wales, southern and south—east scotland, an amber extreme heat warning. now we are likely to break the all—time temperature records across much of the uk — for england, wales and for scotland — by several degrees, potentially, through today and tomorrow as well. so that hot air drifting its way up from the south at the moment. it's been exceptionally hot across portugal, spain and france,

making its way across the uk now. so long spells of strong sunshine across the board, really. it is looking dry and it's looking extremely hot, certainly a day for seeking out the shade, staying well hydrated. 40 degrees or so in the hottest spots in the south—east. even the high 20s for central and northern scotland and northern ireland as well. and those temperatures aren't going to fall away quickly through this evening and overnight. it's going to feel very hot and very humid for sleeping. down towards the south, in fact, temperatures are still sticking in the low 20s. further north, typically the high teens. tuesday again is going to start off on a hot note and it's only going to get hotter through the course of the day. so eventually, late on tuesday, we will see some fresh air working through from the west as these weather fronts approach but before they get there they are dragging up again these southerly or south—easterly winds, bringing exceptionally hot air to much of the uk. so there will be some showers arriving for southwest england, wales, northern ireland and western scotland later in the day. but dry elsewhere and i think the peak of the heat will be across parts of eastern england,

eastern scotland as well. somewhere like cambridge for instance could hit temperatures as high as 41 or 42 degrees, so dangerous heat through today and tomorrow. moving through tuesday night into wednesday, eventually this area of low pressure delivers weather fronts which will bring some outbreaks of rain. that'll be really welcome rainfall in fact through the middle part of the week. this is the wettest spot, particularly across north—west england, western scotland as well. and temperatures more typical of the time of year by wednesday, the high teens, the mid to high 20s further south. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal and these are the latest headlines at 11. britain's first—ever red extreme heat warning comes into effect for most of england as the country gets ready for what could become the hottest day on record with london becoming one of the hottest places in the world. high temperatures are forecast across the uk — with amber warnings in the rest of england, all of wales, and parts of scotland with warnings also of travel disruption. we all, we think, have to be sensible and steady and take measures to be hydrated, stay in the shade. , the things you might do in a very hot day on holiday overseas. the government holds emergency cobra meetings in response to the heatwave as climate experts

tell the bbc extreme weather like this could become the norm. the warming of climate change on the warming _ the warming of climate change on the warming we _ the warming of climate change on the warming we are seeing that this is only getting worse, right? and the likelihood — only getting worse, right? and the likelihood that we will see more things— likelihood that we will see more things like this is very high. a heatwave in southern europe sees wildfires spread across large areas — prompting mass evacuations of residents and tourists. conservative leadership rivals attack each other�*s records and policies in their latest tv debate as they vye to become the next prime minister. when we both worked in the treasury, myself and other ministered the issue of covid loans going forward, and it's issue of covid loans going forward, and its cost us £17 billion. in issue of covid loans going forward, and it's cost us £17 billion.- and it's cost us £17 billion. in the ast ear and it's cost us £17 billion. in the past year been — and it's cost us £17 billion. in the past year been a _ and it's cost us £17 billion. in the past year been a liberal - and it's cost us £17 billion. in the l past year been a liberal democrat and it's cost us £17 billion. in the - past year been a liberal democrat or a remain— past year been a liberal democrat or a remain motor, so which one did you request— a remain motor, so which one did you request -- _ a remain motor, so which one did you request —— regret most? ukraine's president suspends his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that members of their departments were collaborating with russia.

and, it's no silver bullet solution. a cross—party committee of mps says there's no evidence the uk government's asylum agreement with rwanda is deterring people from crossing the channel in small boats. some breaking news in the past few minutes about the televised debate that was due to be happening on sky news between the conservative party leadership candidates, so let's go straight to our political correspondent for more. what can you tell us? it correspondent for more. what can you tell us? , ., ' correspondent for more. what can you tell us? , .,' .,, , tell us? it is off. it has been cancelled- — tell us? it is off. it has been cancelled. the _ tell us? it is off. it has been cancelled. the third - tell us? it is off. it has been cancelled. the third debate | tell us? it is off. it has been - cancelled. the third debate tomorrow night was supposed to take place between the remaining candidates on sky news, but the broadcaster has

said in the last few minutes that it's not going to happen after rishi sunak and liz truss both said that they were not going to take part or were very unlikely to take part. i've spoken to both of the camps and liz truss's team, i understand are saying that she wants to concentrate on the hustings for mps taking place in parliament over the next couple of days and rishi sunak�*s team are saying they will take part in future debates but only if they are in the last two, the last two who go to tory members but the backdrop to all of this is that there is an absolute brutal debate on itv where liz truss and rishi sunak were repeatedly knocking lumps out of each other and rishi sunak was saying liz truss was offering people something for nothing when it came to a tax plan and saying it was a socialist agenda and saying it was a socialist agenda and liz truss was accusing rishi

sunak of being responsible for inflation going up, saying he had stifled growth by putting taxes up to the highest levels in the last 70 years and anybody who watched the debate last night might have found it quite easy to forget at all of the five candidates on stage were in the five candidates on stage were in the same party. some tory mps are privately ripping their hair out and really worried about the damage that the debate is doing to their party, and it is that backdrop against which rishi sunak and liz truss both said they were unlikely to take part in a third debate tomorrow, and as a result sky news have pulled it. it’s result sky news have pulled it. it's not happening. it's important to remember that we the public don't get a vote in this in this contest, so even if the viewers are watching the debate last night, even if there was the impact of the potentially damaging performance there, it's not as if the public gets a say in it. you are absolutely right. tory mps

will vote on monday, tuesday and wednesday to whittle the list of five danty to and those two final candidates then go to conservative members around the country who will get to decide who the next prime ministers, so, look, there is an element of the public are not part of the process. however, i think there is a strong argument you would hear from a lot of politicians but it's important that these candidates are put in the full scrutiny on public glare and are on television, batting for their ideas, being asked significant questions about how they would work on letting the public know how they would govern as prime minister. the fear in the conservative party though is that the stakes are so high and the timescale for trying to get into the last two to go to the conservative membership is so tight that this has become a really brutal race.

whatever happens, these five candidates remaining at the moment are going to have to be part of the same party come september, and at the moment it is quite hard to see how they will heal some of these wounds given how different some of the ideological positions are on tax and how direct some of the personal attacks have been in the tv debate so far. �* , , ., ., so far. but yes, the third one that was due to _ so far. but yes, the third one that was due to take _ so far. but yes, the third one that was due to take place _ so far. but yes, the third one that was due to take place tomorrow. was due to take place tomorrow evening, that a lot of conservatives were really nervous would be even more brutal is now not happening. it was liz truss and rishi sunak who initially said, or it appeared that they weren't likely to take part in this debate because, as former cabinet members perhaps more to lose in debate, where the other candidates, do you think that would be news to them because the debate wasn't happening because wasn't it potentially a chance for them to

gain support?— potentially a chance for them to gain support? potentially a chance for them to rain su ort? ., ., ., ., gain support? two of them would not be art of gain support? two of them would not be part of it — gain support? two of them would not be part of it because _ gain support? two of them would not be part of it because one _ gain support? two of them would not be part of it because one candidate i be part of it because one candidate is being eliminated this evening and another will be eliminated tomorrow afternoon, and all the expectation is that tom tugendhat will not get into the last three. kemi badenoch is probably unlikely to get into the last three, although her supporters are saying, look, we can still do this and fight for those last—minute votes i get through. i think in terms of being the outsider candidate who makes a big impression in the last debate, that was less likely. i think for rishi sunak, as the frontrunner among mps, he yes absolutely does have the most to lose but he was pretty combative last night and not holding back when it came to holding some of the others to account on their economic principles. he wants to portray himself as the economic realist in this debate and question everybody else's questions when it comes to

the economy but then you saw liz truss and penny mordaunt both going pretty hard on rishi sunak saying that his plans to put tax up had had an impact on growth and were not the way to make sure the economy was growing at the moment. kemi badenoch, someone who used to work with rishi sunak in the treasury, was criticising for some of his covid support saying he had been warned over fraud and covid support saying he had been warned overfraud and had not taken those warnings seriously. i'm not sure we learnt all that much about policy last night. we saw some scrutiny of the different plans and i'm not sure we found out a huge amount about new ideas from the candidates, but what we did see is just how heated the debate is and just how heated the debate is and just how heated the debate is and just how high the stakes are, and some real ideological differences but also some significant attacks on each other�*s personalities which left a lot in the conservative party very nervous about how you heal the

wounds. . ~ very nervous about how you heal the wounds. w' ., ~ very nervous about how you heal the wounds. or ., ,, ,, the uk could have its hottest day on record this week with temperatures of up to 41 degrees celsius forecast. the met office has issued its first ever 'red warning' for heat across large parts of england, stretching from york and manchester to london and the south—east. and the extreme heat continues tomorrow before cooling on wednesday. the uk health security agency has issued a level four warning for england meaning there is a danger to life and the threat of major travel disruption — the government is treating it as a "national emergency". network rail said people should travel only "if absolutely necessary" today and tuesday, with some cancellations already announced, and speed restrictions in place across the network. some schools plan to close early — or not open at all — although the government has issued guidance designed to keep them open. london is set to be one of the hottest places in the world today with temperatures soaring above the western sahara and the caribbean.

than the bahamas and kingston injamaica, malaga in spain and athens in greece. 0ur climate correspondent jonah fisher has been to see how people are preparing. it might be a very busy next few days for the fire service in oxford. this weekend we've already had a couple of incidents where people have got into trouble in the water, and we've had to come and rescue them. so my message would be, please, please stay out of the water. stay out of open water. it is hugely, hugely dangerous. extremely hot weather, sadly, means more people dying. take last year, for example — the government estimates there were 1,600 excess deaths caused by the heat. and last year wasn't even particularly hot — the top temperature was 32.2 degrees. over the next couple of days, it could be eight degrees hotter than that. the message for those

in areas where a red warning is in place is that it can't be business as usual. the weather heading this way from southern europe is so hot that people should think about changing their routines and plans. to make sure that they have access to water, that they drink plenty of water, that they stay in the shade, that they remain cool, and that they take simple precautions to make sure that they avoid the adverse impact on health that these high temperatures can have. the government has asked us to look out for vulnerable relatives and neighbours, and has increased capacity on the call—handling service for ambulances. i would encourage people to heed the warnings that are out there. we have that balance where we might not see very much good weather and we want to enjoy it, but it's... we're talking about temperatures that we've not experienced in this country — ever, never mind for a long time. 0ur bodies, our houses, our culture,

our way of life arejust not geared up for it. but we're going to have to get used to it. the greenhouse gases we put into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels trap the sun's energy and warm the earth at a rate of about a quarter of a degree every ten years. well, heatwaves is one of the clearest signs in extreme weather of human influence on climate. it's one of the extreme weather events that we can be most confident about are being affected by rising global temperatures. so is it too late for us to turn this around? it's absolutely not too late because future warming is determined by future emissions. if we stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the world will stop warming. it's that simple. but rapid action on emissions has not proved simple. will the soaring temperatures outside make fighting climate change a real priority? jonah fisher, bbc news. dr lisa schipper is a research

fellow at oxford university's environmental change institute. we asked her about the link between climate change and the extreme heat we're seeing at the moment we're not entirely sure if climate change is specifically to blame for this heatwave but obviously in the recent past we have seen that climate change has caused heatwaves over the last four years so i think it's very likely that this is also going to be caused by climate change. it's important to understand the climate system is complicated and there are many different factors at play, so the combination of the heat that is coming in early and the drying and then all of these things combined is what actually makes it so challenging and difficult, and then of course the experience is quite extreme for people who aren't used to it as in the uk. andrew plant is in twycross zoo

in leicestershire for us how are they coping there? here the temperature isjust how are they coping there? here the temperature is just about touching 30 degrees but the forecast for later at around four or five o'clock in the afternoon is it should go up to 37 or 38 degrees in the midlands, so it will get pretty hot as we've heard so much over the past few days, animals, especially the ones in big fur coats need cooling down. i don't know how you much you can see through the glass but they put theice see through the glass but they put the ice blocks out and they hang them on blocks of wood and hang them onto the ground, and you mightjust be able to see the big male orangutan isjust coming out be able to see the big male orangutan is just coming out of his enclosure. can you pick him up through the glass? just coming out to find some advice to help him keep cool to find some advice to help him keep cool. they have been sheltering where it is a bit cooler in the shade but he is coming out to try and find some of that ice now. i might keep the camera on him. we can talk to anneliese, one of the zookeepers. he talk to anneliese, one of the zookeepers— talk to anneliese, one of the zookeepers. talk to anneliese, one of the zookee ers. , , ,, , zookeepers. he is impressive. yes, very large. —

zookeepers. he is impressive. yes, very large. bless — zookeepers. he is impressive. yes, very large, bless him, _ zookeepers. he is impressive. yes, very large, bless him, very - zookeepers. he is impressive. yes, very large, bless him, very fluffy. l very large, bless him, very fluffy. we need — very large, bless him, very fluffy. we need to— very large, bless him, very fluffy. we need to keep them cool in the weather~ — we need to keep them cool in the weather. he we need to keep them cool in the weather. ~' ., , we need to keep them cool in the weather. ~ ., , ., �* , we need to keep them cool in the weather. ~ ., , ., �*, ., weather. he knows what he's doing, we've done — weather. he knows what he's doing, we've done this _ weather. he knows what he's doing, we've done this before? _ weather. he knows what he's doing, we've done this before? quite - we've done this before? quite reiularl we've done this before? quite regularly in — we've done this before? quite regularly in hot _ we've done this before? quite regularly in hot weather - we've done this before? quite regularly in hot weather we i we've done this before? quitel regularly in hot weather we will -ive regularly in hot weather we will give them ice treats, sometimes with fruit tea _ give them ice treats, sometimes with fruit tea and — give them ice treats, sometimes with fruit tea and bits of their food in it so— fruit tea and bits of their food in it so they— fruit tea and bits of their food in it so they play with it for a bit longer— it so they play with it for a bit longer and they have to get the bits of food _ longer and they have to get the bits of food out — longer and they have to get the bits of food out of it, but he knows what he's doing — of food out of it, but he knows what he's doing i— of food out of it, but he knows what he's doini. ., of food out of it, but he knows what he's doing-— he's doing. i tried and tested technique — he's doing. i tried and tested technique and _ he's doing. i tried and tested technique and he _ he's doing. i tried and tested technique and he is - he's doing. i tried and tested technique and he is the - he's doing. i tried and tested technique and he is the big i he's doing. i tried and tested - technique and he is the big male. yes, he is our breeding male. thea;r yes, he is our breeding male. they have big fur — yes, he is our breeding male. they have big fur coats _ yes, he is our breeding male. they have big fur coats and _ yes, he is our breeding male. iie: have big fur coats and they are going to get very hot and this is one of the few places in the world where you have four of the great apes, so you are used to trying to cool them down. any other techniques is to mark ice bath? brute cool them down. any other techniques is to mark ice bath?— is to mark ice bath? we make sure the have is to mark ice bath? we make sure they have plenty — is to mark ice bath? we make sure they have plenty to _ is to mark ice bath? we make sure they have plenty to drink, - is to mark ice bath? we make sure they have plenty to drink, plenty i is to mark ice bath? we make sure| they have plenty to drink, plenty of water _ they have plenty to drink, plenty of water and _ they have plenty to drink, plenty of water and keep they have plenty to drink, plenty of waterand keep their they have plenty to drink, plenty of water and keep their inside area is well ventilated and cool so they have _ well ventilated and cool so they have the — well ventilated and cool so they have the option of outside and inside — have the option of outside and inside and they will have access all day through this run so they can pick and — day through this run so they can pick and choose where they want to be to _ pick and choose where they want to be to try _ pick and choose where they want to be to try and avoid the midday heat. what _ be to try and avoid the midday heat. what about— be to try and avoid the midday heat. what about some of the other animals see a cross among some of them really are built for the winter? they are. each animal is

acclimatised to their own environment in the wild and all of ours are — environment in the wild and all of ours are born in captivity, so they struggle — ours are born in captivity, so they struggle in— ours are born in captivity, so they struggle in the heat as well but we 'ust struggle in the heat as well but we just do— struggle in the heat as well but we just do our— struggle in the heat as well but we just do our best to keep them as cool as— just do our best to keep them as cool as possible, so animals like the snow— cool as possible, so animals like the snow leopard from the cold climate. — the snow leopard from the cold climate, they have thicker fur so we take more _ climate, they have thicker fur so we take more measures to make sure they are definitely cool in this kind of weather~ — are definitely cool in this kind of weather. a, are definitely cool in this kind of weather. ., ., �* ., ., , ., , ., weather. you don't want to be a snow leo ard in weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard in 30 — weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard in 30 degrees _ weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard in 30 degrees heat. _ weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard in 30 degrees heat. what - leopard in 30 degrees heat. what will he do for the rest of the day? we feed them throughout the day to keep them busy and active and entertained, so he will probably come _ entertained, so he will probably come out, — entertained, so he will probably come out, have them ice and then he will probally — come out, have them ice and then he will probally go back inside and have _ will probally go back inside and have a — will probally go back inside and have a sleep or have a forage around for whatever — have a sleep or have a forage around for whatever food is left inside, so he will— for whatever food is left inside, so he will have been cleaned out this morning _ he will have been cleaned out this morning and had his breakfast, so he will be _ morning and had his breakfast, so he will be foraging for that. i was havin: a will be foraging for that. i was having a look _ will be foraging for that. i was having a look and _ will be foraging for that. i was having a look and i _ will be foraging for that. i was having a look and i could - will be foraging for that. i was having a look and i could not i will be foraging for that. i was i having a look and i could not find any recorded temperatures in this area of the world above 35 degrees but we are getting well above that today. have you been planning for this for awhile about how will cope? we knew last week it would be warned this week, _

we knew last week it would be warned this week, so we've made sure that we have _ this week, so we've made sure that we have kept the freezer is well stocked, — we have kept the freezer is well stocked, so quite a few freezers and we have _ stocked, so quite a few freezers and we have saved old yoghurt pots on things _ we have saved old yoghurt pots on things like — we have saved old yoghurt pots on things like that and we fill them up and that— things like that and we fill them up and that is— things like that and we fill them up and that is what we freeze stuff in and that is what we freeze stuff in and we _ and that is what we freeze stuff in and we make sure we give them plenty of fluid _ and we make sure we give them plenty of fluid throughout the day so they are keeping them cool and we provide lots of— are keeping them cool and we provide lots of shade for them in their runs as welt _ lots of shade for them in their runs as well. ., .., , , ., as well. you can see the rest of the family coming _ as well. you can see the rest of the family coming out. _ as well. you can see the rest of the family coming out. our _ as well. you can see the rest of the family coming out. our female - as well. you can see the rest of the family coming out. our female has| family coming out. our female has come out. — family coming out. our female has come out. and _ family coming out. our female has come out, and her— family coming out. our female has come out, and her young - family coming out. our female has come out, and her young son - come out, and her young son following _ come out, and her young son following her, so they are coming out to _ following her, so they are coming out to have — following her, so they are coming out to have a look and will probably wait for _ out to have a look and will probably wait for her— out to have a look and will probably wait for her to move out the way and then go— wait for her to move out the way and then go and — wait for her to move out the way and then go and have a look. do wait for her to move out the way and then go and have a look.— wait for her to move out the way and then go and have a look. do you keep a close eye — then go and have a look. do you keep a close eye on — then go and have a look. do you keep a close eye on the _ then go and have a look. do you keep a close eye on the animals _ then go and have a look. do you keep a close eye on the animals because i a close eye on the animals because with humans you can see the signs of heat stroke and heat exhaustion, people getting tired and dehydrated but more difficult with an animal, presumably. it but more difficult with an animal, presumably-— but more difficult with an animal, resumabl . , ., ., , presumably. it can be harder to spot but they have _ presumably. it can be harder to spot but they have similar _ presumably. it can be harder to spot but they have similar signs - presumably. it can be harder to spot but they have similar signs to - presumably. it can be harder to spot but they have similar signs to us, i but they have similar signs to us, like they— but they have similar signs to us, like they will be a bit lethargic and less— like they will be a bit lethargic and less active, so we do keep a close _ and less active, so we do keep a close eye — and less active, so we do keep a close eye on them in this sort of weather— close eye on them in this sort of weather and make sure that they are at their— weather and make sure that they are at their best. weather and make sure that they are at their best-— at their best. thank you very much for 'oinin:

at their best. thank you very much forjoining us- _ at their best. thank you very much forjoining us. and _ at their best. thank you very much forjoining us. and that _ at their best. thank you very much forjoining us. and that is - at their best. thank you very much forjoining us. and that is what - forjoining us. and that is what they are doing here at twycross zoo and i will leave you with pictures of the dominant male here, who had stopped for a sunbathe to find some more ice and his family at the top of that platform are, probably coming down to get some as well. andrew, thank you. that's low orangutan pace is exactly the kind of pace we need to be taking in this heat. now to cate walter, director of rhino safety — who doesn't actually work with rhinos but head up her healthy and safety management company. thanks forjoining us. what sort of concerns and questions are employers approaching you with? all, i don't know if you can hear me? can you hear me all right? can i check you can hear me? looks like we haven't got the sound up there, so we will

try and come back to kate a little late —— later. we can see we can get the linkup to speak to her a little later, but now let's get more on the heat from our, 0k, we are now going to be speaking to abbey brooks, a gp in york. thank you for your patience in york. thank you for your patience in waiting for us to decide what we would do next. we can speak to doctor abbey brooks, and thank you forjoining us. first of all we hear a lot only impact on vulnerable people and how much of a risk this is for them but can you clarify which groups are most vulnerable and why exactly they are.— why exactly they are. definitely, and thanks _ why exactly they are. definitely, and thanks for _ why exactly they are. definitely, and thanks for having _ why exactly they are. definitely, and thanks for having me. - why exactly they are. definitely, i and thanks for having me. everyone is at risk when it is a red warning but particularly young babies, those under the age of a year and particularly under the age of six

months and the elderly and those with underlying medical problems, especially if you are on some medication that might cause you to lower your blood pressure or on diuretics which encourage you to get dehydrated in slightly warmer weather. in dehydrated in slightly warmer weather. , ., ., , ., weather. in terms of what it is that makes the — weather. in terms of what it is that makes the heat _ weather. in terms of what it is that makes the heat because _ weather. in terms of what it is that makes the heat because this - weather. in terms of what it is that makes the heat because this extra | makes the heat because this extra risk, what is the process behind it? the medical reason for it. the main concern is — the medical reason for it. the main concern is excess _ the medical reason for it. the main concern is excess dehydration - the medical reason for it. the main concern is excess dehydration so i the medical reason for it. the main concern is excess dehydration so if| concern is excess dehydration so if your already vulnerable to dehydration that will be worse with these extreme temperatures, so your kidneys will ultimately struggle and ultimately if it was left to severe dehydration, they would stop working, so drinking plenty of fluids and thinking about if you are on a medication that affects your kidneys and you experience this high heat, following the instructions you might have been given about the rules if you are unwell or if it is extremely hot.—

rules if you are unwell or if it is extremely hot. can you explain the difference between _ extremely hot. can you explain the difference between heat _ extremely hot. can you explain the| difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke? the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke?— and heat stroke? the two are quite different. heat _ and heat stroke? the two are quite different. heat exhaustion - and heat stroke? the two are quite different. heat exhaustion should l and heat stroke? the two are quite l different. heat exhaustion should be short lived, in general, less than 30 minutes when you are rested and rehydrated and taken into the shade, whereas heatstroke tends to be more significant and does not improve with time and would need some urgent medical attention. iairui’hazit with time and would need some urgent medical attention.— medical attention. what is one main bit of advice — medical attention. what is one main bit of advice for _ medical attention. what is one main bit of advice for people _ medical attention. what is one main bit of advice for people who - medical attention. what is one main bit of advice for people who might i bit of advice for people who might want to look out for any vulnerable friends or relatives or neighbours? definitely check in on vulnerable people. check they have plenty of access to fluids, check they have some shady parts in their house and maybe talk to them about the advice the nhs have given about keeping your house cool and your garden cool and thinking about the medication they are on and if they have enough stock of that and do they need any help because they might not want to go out in this weather and they might need some support with that but the main thing is to drink

plenty and make sure we are all doing that, especially those more at risk. , ., . , doing that, especially those more at risk. , , risk. there will be voices saying it's 'ust risk. there will be voices saying it's just another _ risk. there will be voices saying it'sjust another summer, - risk. there will be voices saying it's just another summer, why l risk. there will be voices saying i it'sjust another summer, why are it's just another summer, why are people getting panicked? but how worried are you about the effect that the heat might have? i’ee worried are you about the effect that the heat might have? i've heard a lot about directly _ that the heat might have? i've heard a lot about directly and _ that the heat might have? i've heard a lot about directly and i _ that the heat might have? i've heard a lot about directly and i think- that the heat might have? i've heard a lot about directly and i think the i a lot about directly and i think the differences preparedness. when you go on holiday you are used to wearing a and putting yourself in the shade, whereas at home and we still have to go to work and drop the kids off and we might not have that as part of the routine and the surroundings are not necessarily set “p surroundings are not necessarily set up for 40 degrees heat and the transport networks, cars, homes, so it's absolutely a problem. we are already seeing the effect of that and people contacting us with sunburn and various other son —related ailments that definitely

contact your pharmacy if you are worried about anything and we shall be taking it seriously and taking precautions. be taking it seriously and taking precautions-— be taking it seriously and taking recautions. ., ,, , ., ., , , ., ,, precautions. thank you for speaking to us from york. _ lets get more on the extreme heat from our weather presenter, sarah keith lucas, whojoins me. first of all, unprecedented has been thrown around a lot, that word but this is very much so.— this is very much so. absolutely unprecedented _ this is very much so. absolutely unprecedented i _ this is very much so. absolutely unprecedented i never - this is very much so. absolutely unprecedented i never thoughtl this is very much so. absolutely i unprecedented i never thought i'd this is very much so. absolutely - unprecedented i never thought i'd be talking temperatures of 40 degrees or more in the uk but climate change is driving the templars up and up and we've been saying it for 30 years so here we are in this unprecedented situation and we are likely not only to break records but by quite a few degrees and if we break all—time temperature records it's normallyjust a fraction of a degree, so this is really something else we are seeing.— degree, so this is really something else we are seeing. whatever records are broken today _ else we are seeing. whatever records are broken today it _ else we are seeing. whatever records are broken today it is _ else we are seeing. whatever records are broken today it is expected - else we are seeing. whatever records are broken today it is expected that i are broken today it is expected that there will be higher temperatures

tomorrow. , ., ., ., tomorrow. yes, we have the one for extreme heat _ tomorrow. yes, we have the one for extreme heat and _ tomorrow. yes, we have the one for extreme heat and this _ tomorrow. yes, we have the one for extreme heat and this is _ tomorrow. yes, we have the one for extreme heat and this is the - tomorrow. yes, we have the one for extreme heat and this is the red - extreme heat and this is the red warning zone, so the areas that will be the hottest, so anywhere from london up to leeds and the border of wales and lincolnshire as well, that's the area we are most concerned about both today and tomorrow and we have an amber warning for a wider area of eglin and wales and southern scotland as well but as we were saying, it will probably be tomorrow that sees the higher temperatures and it's been very hot in portugal and spain and that heat is driving up across france and across the uk so it is squeezing its way gradually north and east so today we could see the hottest spots at around 40 degrees, perhaps somewhere in the london region but if we fast forward to tomorrow you will notice that the temperatures will be edging up, so it's areas like parts of lincolnshire, cambridgeshire where we could see 41 and some computer models have been going for 42 degrees, so unprecedented and exceptional and dangerous heat on the cards. ~ .,

exceptional and dangerous heat on the cards. . ., , , , the cards. what distinguishes between an — the cards. what distinguishes between an amber— the cards. what distinguishes between an amber and - the cards. what distinguishes between an amber and red i the cards. what distinguishes i between an amber and red heat warning? simply the temperature? it's not simply the temperature. they are done on a matrix system based on how likely the event is to occur and the impact it will have as well. so some parts of the country are used to higher temperatures, here in london we are used to seeing higher temperatures than you would see in the middle of scotland, so different infrastructure as well, so it is an impact based warning system and where we have the red warning, thatis and where we have the red warning, that is the area that will see the highest impact to health and we have been hearing this, and also the infrastructure as well.— been hearing this, and also the infrastructure as well. thank you for the information, _ infrastructure as well. thank you for the information, sarah - infrastructure as well. thank you for the information, sarah keith | for the information, sarah keith lucas, our weather presenter and we will bring you the forecast a little later throughout the programme. and at 2.30 this afternoon we will be answering all your questions on the heatwave. you can send them in to us by tweeting using the hash tag #bbcyourquestions or by emailing them to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk

for the very latest information on how to stay cool, and guard against heat exhaustion and heat stroke, just go to bbc.co.uk/news, or the bbc news app. more on the tory leadership debate which has been cancelled on sky news after liz truss and rishi sunak indicated they did not want to take part, according to the broadcaster. we arejoined by part, according to the broadcaster. we are joined by chris curtis, head of political polling and thanks for joining us. ijust wanted to get your thoughts on this cancellation of the debate. it is your thoughts on this cancellation of the debate.— of the debate. it is interesting. one thing _ of the debate. it is interesting. one thing i— of the debate. it is interesting. one thing i would _ of the debate. it is interesting. one thing i would say, - of the debate. it is interesting. one thing i would say, and - of the debate. it is interesting. one thing i would say, and we| of the debate. it is interesting. - one thing i would say, and we were polling the public after the friday night debate on sunday night debate on what i would say is that the favourability towards the candidates

saw people more unfavourable towards the candidates after sunday than they were after friday and i think there was a worry, clearly from the tory party candidates that this trend was going to continue and they were worried about this having lasting damage and whoever ends up being chosen as leader which is why particularly rishi sunak and liz truss decided it was best not to go forward with the next debate. i imagine the concern around the damage to the party was about public perception, though of course the public don't get to vote on this. how much attention do you think the public has actually been paying to this leadership contest? i public has actually been paying to this leadership contest?— this leadership contest? i would imaiine this leadership contest? i would imagine they — this leadership contest? i would imagine they are _ this leadership contest? i would imagine they are paying - this leadership contest? i would imagine they are paying a - this leadership contest? i would imagine they are paying a lot i this leadership contest? i would i imagine they are paying a lot more attention to the really hot weather than they are to the tory party leadership contest, and it's always worth noting that voters are not as obsessed with politics as many of us who work in and around politics might think. having said that, this is a long contest and will go on for many weeks, assuming that we end up

going through to a final too. that is a long time for the conservative party to be on the news regularly and focusing on this tory leadership contest. that does provide a threat to them because they are talking to conservative party members are not talking to voters in the country. they will be talking about the priorities that are slightly different, than voters priorities and we've not heard in this contest very much at all about the cost of living crisis which is what voters tell us they really want politicians to be talking about, so i think it creates a problem for the tories because if they are talking about issues that don't match the priorities of voters, many voters out there might think suddenly this isn't a party best representing them. i isn't a party best representing them. ., , ., ., isn't a party best representing them. .,, ., ., ., . them. i was going to ask, the cost of livin: them. i was going to ask, the cost of living crisis _ them. i was going to ask, the cost of living crisis is _ them. i was going to ask, the cost of living crisis is something - them. i was going to ask, the cost of living crisis is something that i of living crisis is something that is properly the most crucial issue affecting people at the moment —— probably the most crucial issue. what you think of the topics that the candidates have been discussing that are most relevant? does it seem

to many like political infighting and navel—gazing? to many like political infighting and navel-gazing?— to many like political infighting and navel-gazing? to many like political infighting and navel-iiazin? �* ., ., ., and navel-gazing? we've heard a fair amount about — and navel-gazing? we've heard a fair amount about issues _ and navel-gazing? we've heard a fair amount about issues but _ and navel-gazing? we've heard a fair amount about issues but quite - and navel-gazing? we've heard a fair amount about issues but quite often | amount about issues but quite often theissues amount about issues but quite often the issues focused on are just not particularly related to the priorities of voters in the country. we have heard a bit about the cost of living crisis but we've heard little about the nhs, for example, the second most important issue to voters after the cost of living crisis will stop there's lots of issues that voters really don't care about at all. transgender rights in toilets we have heard loads about from the candidates despite the fact that this is seen as much less of a priority to voters and similarly on tax cuts where people tell us they would prefer more money going to the nhs or targeted support on the cost of living crisis than going to pay for tax cuts, but a lot of the candidates have been fighting each other to see who can promise the biggest tax cut. corporation tax as well, the corporation tax cut, not something most voters would think is a spending priority right now but something most of the candidates think is a spending priority, so it's those ways that basically the

conservative party is showing now that it's conservative party is showing now that its priorities are different to the voters who will decide on the next election. that is the threat and the problem for the party. chris, thank you for your analysis. later today, the prime minister will open a confidence debate in the government, proposed by its own ministers. it follows labour's attempt to propose a motion of no confidence in boris johnson. in theory, the vote could force a general election if the majority of mps did not support the government — although that's very unlikey. but it will be one of borisjohnson's last parliamentary events before leaving downing street. how unusual is this? government holding a vote of confidence in itself? it holding a vote of confidence in

itself? , , ., , itself? it is quite unusual. they can always _ itself? it is quite unusual. they can always do _ itself? it is quite unusual. they can always do it. _ itself? it is quite unusual. they can always do it. the _ itself? it is quite unusual. they can always do it. the reason, i itself? it is quite unusual. they i can always do it. the reason, you mention, that they are doing it the speakers because labour tried to table a motion of no confidence in the government last week. normally speaking, if the official opposition table such a motion the government would find time in the parliamentary calendarfor it would find time in the parliamentary calendar for it but last week, the government said we were not find time for this labour motion because it called notjust in the house commons to find no confidence in the government but it said, while boris johnson is still prime minister and the government said this is not a full, straight confidence votes were not going to make time so potentially they are using this vote this evening to say were still open to scrutiny and we are happy to have these debates in these fates but done with the proper wording. to think this is something that the public wants to and the political parties doing, or does it seem a bit of a focus on semantics? you might parliamentary time is really limited and there are so many hours on the day and getting through takes a lot of time so, to use time like this,

seems like perhaps not the best use of time, given that we are in the last week before parliament rises for the summer recess so i think it is an interesting question for the government because one ofjohnson's to key messages while he was under attack was i want to keep getting on with the job and by the leadership contest is happening there is still the government talking about his using the remainder of his time to get on with the job at this vote really isn't getting on with the job of passing legislation, this isjust about sort of showing the party's power in parliament. 0ne about sort of showing the party's power in parliament. one of the potential outcomes could have been prompting a general election. why do you think that is not likely and, if so, why bother?— you think that is not likely and, if so, wh bother? . so, why bother? well, the government has a significant _ so, why bother? well, the government has a significant majority _ so, why bother? well, the government has a significant majority in _ so, why bother? well, the government has a significant majority in the - has a significant majority in the house of commons despite recent losses in by—elections they have got several, 75 mps more than the opposition parties combined so very

low chance of losing this vote. if they did lose this vote one potential outcome is a general election. the commons could try to find on the government that could command the confidence of the commons to form a new government without going to general election. in terms of why bother, i think one of the questions is, one of the issues facing the government at the moment is perhaps a sense of lack of unity on the conservative side so, with the leadership contest going on at the moment we've seen with debate being cancelled. we saw debates over the weekend were sort of angry and there is a lot of disagreement amongst conservative mps and a lot of anger still about boris johnson's time in government so if they can have this confidence vote will potentially help unify the party because they would still want this government to be they would still want a conservative government to working and it will ensure that mps voting together and help to reassert

a difference between the conservatives and the opposition parties and help probably not heal but paper over some of the internal divisions in the conservative party. thank you for your thoughts there. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. frustration for dina asher—smith at the world athletics championships in oregon —finished fourth in the 100m final — despite equalling her own british record. the race won by shelly—ann fraser pryce who's been crowned the fastest woman on the planet for a record fifth time, in what was a jamaican 1—2—3. andy swiss reports from eugene. another golden day for one of sport's most glittering stars. shelly—ann fraser—pryce yet again on top of the world. earlier, britain's hopes in the 100 metres had rested on dina asher—smith. nearest the camera, she got away well. butjamaica's trio had other ideas.

elaine thompson—herah and shericka jackson pushed her all the way but fraser—pryce was unstoppable. it's a fifth title, unbelievable! and so some 13 years after her first crown, the athlete known as the pocket rocket had done it again. fraser—pryce, a seemingly timeless talent, as jamaica took all three medals. once again it's joy forjamaica. yet another world title for shelly—ann fraser—pryce confirming her status as one of sprinting's all—time greats. for asher—smith, though, there was agony, finishing fourth. she equalled her british record but it was tough to take. it sucks. i'm... so close. but, you know, we got the 200, which i'm definitely, definitely very fired up for. in the heptathlon, meanwhile, katarina johnson—thompson lies in sixth place after four events. she won't be world champion this time but after so

many injuries she said she was just glad to be out there. andy swiss, bbc news, eugene. australia's cameron smith produced a sensational final round to win the open at st andrews yesterday evening.. while rory mcilroy was left to rue what might have been. he had led for much of the day and some great early play saw him move two shots clear of the field and looking like ending his eight year wait for a major. but smith produced a stunning back nine, where he made a whopping six birdies, including one on the 18th to finish on 20 under par, two shots ahead of mcilroy and one clear of america's cameron young. i'm only human. at the end of the day, i'm not a robot. of course you think about it and you envision it. you want to envision it. my hotel is directly opposite the big yellow board on 18 there, right at the first. every morning, i go out and try to envision mcilroy as top name on the

leaderboard and how that feels. at the start of today it was at the top. but at the start of tomorrow, it won't be. england came out on the wrong side of their series decider with india at old trafford, losing by five wickets. joss buttler top scored with 60 as his side were 259 all out. rishabh pant�*s 125 not out saw them home with 47 balls to spare. england don't have long to wait, their next series with south africa begins tomorrow in durham, with temperatures the expected to be in the mid 30s when it gets undrway at lunchtime. and england's women play their third and final 0di against south africa in leicester later today. england lead multi—format series 6—2. you can listen on bbc radio 5 live sports extra from 2 oclock. that's all the sport for now.

back to our top story now. the uk could have its hottest day on record this week with temperatures of up to 41 degrees celsius forecast. the government has convened a special cobra meeting to respond to the heatwave, chaired by kit malthouse. i think we should be concerned and sensible. we haven't experienced these sorts of temperatures before. obviously the previous record of 38—point—something, a 50% chance we will hit the 40 degrees mark over the next 48 hours before thankfully it gets cooler on wednesday. and so we just all, we think, have to be sensible and steady, and in particular take measures to be hydrated and stay in the shade, do all the things that are the sort of things you might do on a hot day on holiday overseas. but critically also look out for those people who are very vulnerable to this kind of heat, the very young, very small infants and new babies, but in particular the elderly, often living alone, who i think may appreciate a neighbourly knock on the door to check they are ok, that they've got

access to water and that they are coping all right with the heat. and it's notjust a health warning for people but for animals alike — matt gravelling has been to battersea dogs home to see what measure's are being taken their to keep dogs cool. 0ver over the past few weeks we've been getting lots of advice on how to keep humans cool in these increasing temperatures but what about our animals? i am at the battersea dogs home. they have got almost 100 dogs were better to get a few tips and advice? let's introduce you to becky and more importantly, whiskey. becky, we are surrounded by bits and pieces here in this chill out room. we are inside because it is to help to outside. tell it what you have got here. $5 to outside. tell it what you have not here. a ,, to outside. tell it what you have iothere. a , to outside. tell it what you have iothere. ._ got here. as you say, it is already,

unfortunately. _ got here. as you say, it is already, unfortunately, too _ got here. as you say, it is already, unfortunately, too hot _ got here. as you say, it is already, unfortunately, too hot to - got here. as you say, it is already, unfortunately, too hot to be - got here. as you say, it is already, unfortunately, too hot to be taken| unfortunately, too hot to be taken dogs outside so we've got lots of different things to basically show people that is ok. you don't need to have your dog outside and exercising in this heat. there are lots of other things you can do at home to keep your pet cool. 0ne other things you can do at home to keep your pet cool. one of them is actually a cooling map so these you put in the fridge and then they release that cooling temperature which is really good. it goes underneath the dogs and particularly on their paws which will really help to down. if you can't find a cooling that or if you're just looking for something around the house that you can use you can get the same kind of effect from a wet towel as well so she just lay those out. using a dog's treats and food to maybe do some tracks will get them used to using them and eventually they should start using them by themselves.— should start using them by themselves. . ,., ., ., themselves. with some water here of course on the — themselves. with some water here of course on the important _ themselves. with some water here of course on the important things - themselves. with some water here of course on the important things are i course on the important things are lots of water, never put them hot car for a little bit. lots of water, never put them hot carfor a little bit. and the dog does not have to go for a walk. you can stimulate them in the house committee. another important thing you told me as the heat will affect

different breeds differently. why is that? , ., ., , different breeds differently. why is that? ., y ., that? there is a variety of different _ that? there is a variety of different things _ that? there is a variety of different things that - that? there is a variety of different things that need | that? there is a variety of i different things that need to that? there is a variety of - different things that need to look out for with animals so whiskey, in particular, we might be considering obviously that he is quite a dark coated so if he was outside, that would just absorb the uv rays and make him even so that would put him at more risk. also, we have the brackets are for luck breeds, the flat faced ones. shorter noses and are already there is more pressure on the airways to be able to be someone there panting on the heat that can even make it worse so your french's, bulldogs, pugs are little more at risk as well. you french's, bulldogs, pugs are little more at risk as well.— more at risk as well. you almost lost whiskey _ more at risk as well. you almost lost whiskey so _ more at risk as well. you almost lost whiskey so that _ more at risk as well. you almost lost whiskey so that just - more at risk as well. you almostj lost whiskey so that just finished this interview. this is a selection of treats to help keep your dog cool of treats to help keep your dog cool. run me through what they are. you convince himself to food and then you can just leave that in the freezer as well and has the same

kind of effect. you can also, just very simply, freeze water as well. that obviously gives them a nice icy treat and whiskey are still enjoying frozen food from earlier as well which is basicallyjust dry biscuits, with a little bit of water, chucked in the freezer, and he is polished that right. and he is polished that right. now to cate walter, director of rhino safety — who doesn't actually work with rhino's but head up her healthy and safety management company. thank you forjoining us. away from the world of rhinos, when it comes to concerns and questions that both employees and employers have had, what sort of questions have they approached you with?— what sort of questions have they approached you with? thank you for havin: approached you with? thank you for having me- — approached you with? thank you for having me- yes. _ approached you with? thank you for having me. yes, so _ approached you with? thank you for having me. yes, so we've _ approached you with? thank you for having me. yes, so we've had - approached you with? thank you for having me. yes, so we've had a - approached you with? thank you for having me. yes, so we've had a lot| having me. yes, so we've had a lot of people, by far the most common question that we have is people asking whether or not there is a maximum temperature at which employees can work. and the simple answer to that is no. in the uk we

do not have maximum working temperatures. we do have minimum temperatures. we do have minimum temperatures so if temperatures fell below certain levels, then employees can essentially downed tools but there is no maximum temperature. so thatis there is no maximum temperature. so that is something that the unions have been quite vocal about over the past few days but many of our clients are just asking us what they can do to help safeguard their employees and make things as comfortable as possible in the workplace. d0 comfortable as possible in the workplace-— comfortable as possible in the worklace. ~ , workplace. do you think, yourself, then, do workplace. do you think, yourself, then. do you _ workplace. do you think, yourself, then, do you think— workplace. do you think, yourself, then, do you think they _ workplace. do you think, yourself, then, do you think they should - workplace. do you think, yourself, then, do you think they should be | workplace. do you think, yourself, | then, do you think they should be a maximum temperature in place particularly thinking about manual labourers as well.— labourers as well. yes. i mean, it is one of— labourers as well. yes. i mean, it is one of those _ labourers as well. yes. i mean, it is one of those areas _ labourers as well. yes. i mean, it is one of those areas where - labourers as well. yes. i mean, it is one of those areas where there labourers as well. yes. i mean, it i is one of those areas where there is obviously two sides to the argument. we can't get away from the fact that this is unprecedented in the uk. this is not something that happens very often in this country so the idea of bringing in rats of new legislation for scenarios that may not be very frequent might not be

that appealing but, at the same time, gas, absolutely, there are obviously industries and types of workers where this type of heat is extremely difficult to work in and really there is very little that employees can do other than raise concerns with their employer is currently under the current guidance out i think, as the sort of situation progresses and the climate change, if this does become more frequent, it is likely we will see something come into place to help those types of workers. iataihazit something come into place to help those types of workers.— something come into place to help those types of workers. what is your advice, those types of workers. what is your advice. then — those types of workers. what is your advice, then for _ those types of workers. what is your advice, then for anyone _ those types of workers. what is your advice, then for anyone who - those types of workers. what is your advice, then for anyone who is - advice, then for anyone who is concerned about conditions at their workplace? fit" concerned about conditions at their worklace? ., . ., , , workplace? our advice for employers is to make sure _ workplace? our advice for employers is to make sure although _ workplace? our advice for employers is to make sure although there - workplace? our advice for employers is to make sure although there are i is to make sure although there are no maximum temperatures, they do have an obligation to make sure they are maintaining reasonable working conditions so employers should be doing everything that they reasonably can to comfortable in this heat said things like increased ventilation, inexpensive measures like practising desk fans, rest

breaks, relaxing dress code, all of those sorts of things will help but they also need to pay particular attention to vulnerable workers are people who are pregnant, people with respiratory conditions and make sure that they are paying particular attention employees and making adjustments where necessary which might include allowing people to work from home. might include allowing people to work from home. with me is hannah cloke. professor of hydrology at the university of reading and an expert on disaster response. thank you so much forjoining us. first of all, want to get your thoughts on the uk's preparations for this. you think there was enough preparedness? what more could have been done? you make so we actually had a very long time, forecast for this so we knew a couple of weeks in advance that this heat was coming towards us which gave us some time

towards us which gave us some time to give out warnings to the public and moves in amber warnings in this red warning out now so it was good we had this information but i think what we have not had the opportunity to do is to make sure that we have people living in the types of building that don't overheat and that we have cooling spaces available and that the population in general knows exactly what to do because were still hearing a lot of people saying this is just summer, i'm still going to go to the beach or go running in the middle of the day and those of the types of things that will put people in danger. and what you think we can do to change that attitude, then? much can we do to highlight the health risks? 50 gee to highlight the health risks? so we robabl to highlight the health risks? so we probably need _ to highlight the health risks? so we probably need to _ to highlight the health risks? so we probably need to treat _ to highlight the health risks? ’sr "ins: probably need to treat heatwaves to highlight the health risks? 5r "ins: probably need to treat heatwaves and other things like floods a bit more like a house fire so we probably need to think about practising during peace time when something bad

is not going on so people are aware of what to do because when we have something like this outsider experience, i've never experienced temperatures like this the uk before, we don't really know what to do and we are sceptical it might actually happen but every practice like we were doing a fire drill then we have that knowledge. just like we were doing a fire drill then we have that knowledge.- we have that knowledge. just to emphasise. _ we have that knowledge. just to emphasise, how _ we have that knowledge. just to emphasise, how much - we have that knowledge. just to emphasise, how much of - we have that knowledge. just to emphasise, how much of a - we have that knowledge. just to emphasise, how much of a risk| we have that knowledge. just to l emphasise, how much of a risk is this heat? what effect has it had in the past? 0bviously this heat? what effect has it had in the past? obviously it is an unprecedented temperature butjust unprecedented temperature but just highlight unprecedented temperature butjust highlight the specific nature of the risk that this heat poses. heatwaves are a silent killer. _ risk that this heat poses. heatwaves are a silent killer. they're _ risk that this heat poses. heatwaves are a silent killer. they're called - are a silent killer. they're called are a silent killer. they're called a silent killer because they are not very noisy but they do kill hundreds and hundreds of people and last year we saw lots and lots of people die and it was all kind of hidden away

in the covid statistics a little bit but it was an extreme number of people that died. much more than we see dying at all in floods and storms and things like that. it is because so many vulnerable people will die and we see deaths from drowning and people over exercising but because these temperatures are so very, very high this time it will affect the whole population so there is great danger to everybody so everybody needs to pay attention and change their behaviour.— change their behaviour. briefly, you mentioned earlier _ change their behaviour. briefly, you mentioned earlier the _ change their behaviour. briefly, you mentioned earlier the need - change their behaviour. briefly, you mentioned earlier the need to - change their behaviour. briefly, you i mentioned earlier the need to change our buildings and our infrastructure. what exactly do you recommend? what do you think should happen? recommend? what do you think should ha en? ~ �* recommend? what do you think should ha-aen? ~ �* . recommend? what do you think should hauen? �* ., , happen? we've got people living in to floor happen? we've got people living in top floor apartments _ happen? we've got people living in top floor apartments that - happen? we've got people living in top floor apartments that are - top floor apartments that are overheating. they don't have adequate shade available and there is no way for people to escape. they are not insulated, they are probably facing the sun in some cases. so there's lots of simple things we can do. shading buildings, changing the direction, using trees and water in

our cities as well to help cool so when we are building new buildings we need to think about those types of structural changes to the way that the city looks all the way that our town is a book but also, on an individual home level, we are perhaps thinking about installing shutters because this type of thing is not going away. we know it is going to get worse in the future and this is kind of a little bit flavour of what is to come.— president zelensky has suspended his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that some members of their departments were collaborating with russia. of the sacked officials, one is a child—hood friend of the president, while the other has played a key role in the prosecution of russian war crimes. in a televised address mr zelensky said over 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. translation: more than 60

employees of the prosecutor's office and security service of ukraine have remained in their occupied territory and are working against our state. the former head of the main department of the security service in the autonomous republic of crimea was detained. i dismissed them in the beginning of the full—scale invasion. as we can see, the decision was justified. sufficient evidence has been collected to give notice of the vision of state treason to this person. better late than never i suppose. hollywood starsjennifer lopez and ben affleck got married in las vegas at the weekend — nearly 20 years after they first dated. wendy urquhart has the story. ben affleck and jennifer lopez met on the set of their film, gigli, in 2002, but their

relationship was stormy, and in a couple of years they went their separate ways. both went on to marry other people and have their own families but those relationships eventually floundered. last year the couple rekindled their romance and fans were delighted when bennifer was spotted out and about together at premieres and other industry events. since then they've been inseparable, and at the beginning of this year, jennifer showed off a stunning green engagement ring. so marriage was clearly on the cards but who would have thought they'd run away to vegas? they stood in line between four other couples at the marriage bureau to get their license, went to little white chapel, which is famous in las vegas, and the little white chapel kept the doors open after midnight, and jennifer put out the most wonderful message about how happy she is and how happy ben is. they now have ten days to file the marriage license they took out an clark county, nevada, which lists the legal names

as ben geza affleck and jennifer lynn lopez, but by all accounts, the grammy winner is changing her name to jennifer affleck. this is the fourth marriage forjennifer and the second for ben. they have five children between them and are reportedly setting up home in a $60 million estate in los angeles which was once owned by danny devito and rhea perlman. sadly, the chances of a quiet start to their married life are pretty slim. the paparazzi will be out in force together first photos of the newlyweds. every talk show in america will be vying for the first interview with them. and absolutely everyone will no doubt want to know whether they are planning on having a second, more glamorous wedding in tinseltown. wendy urqhuart, bbc news. thank you forjoining us. running

off to vegas is not a typical hollywood wedding, is it? think that but we can think _ hollywood wedding, is it? think that but we can think about _ hollywood wedding, is it? think that but we can think about courtney - but we can think about courtney kardashian who did it a few months ago so it does seem like it is the thing at the moment. mar; ago so it does seem like it is the thing at the moment.— ago so it does seem like it is the thing at the moment. may be that the trend and that — thing at the moment. may be that the trend and that is _ thing at the moment. may be that the trend and that is what _ thing at the moment. may be that the trend and that is what we _ thing at the moment. may be that the trend and that is what we will - thing at the moment. may be that the trend and that is what we will see - trend and that is what we will see rather than the lavish events. mar; rather than the lavish events. may be to something _ rather than the lavish events. i— be to something to do with the pandemic but celebrities have thought maybe they can do it low key especially with bennifer, the media attention is what drove them to break up back in the early 2000 so it seems like they are learning from the things that went wrong the first time around. the things that went wrong the first time around-— time around. that is potentially more unusual. _ time around. that is potentially more unusual. this _ time around. that is potentially more unusual. this long - time around. that is potentially more unusual. this long lasting friendships lash relationship between them.— friendships lash relationship between them. , , �* between them. yes, definitely. and, as foster said _ between them. yes, definitely. and, as foster said in _ between them. yes, definitely. and, as foster said in the _

between them. yes, definitely. and, as foster said in the piece, - as foster said in the piece, irresponsible and they got back together was overwhelmingly positive and it does seem like the public just really wanted that for them and especially we both had sort of chaotic relationships in the public eye with the other partners so it just seems quite perfect that they are back together, really. ihtnd just seems quite perfect that they are back together, really.- are back together, really. and a aood are back together, really. and a good lesson _ are back together, really. and a good lesson to _ are back together, really. and a good lesson to stay _ are back together, really. and a good lesson to stay in _ are back together, really. and a good lesson to stay in touch - are back together, really. and a| good lesson to stay in touch and are back together, really. and a i good lesson to stay in touch and be on good terms with your exes. for sure, on good terms with your exes. for sure. and — on good terms with your exes. fr?" sure, and learning from your mistakes. they talked very openly about what went wrong the first time around and they have had 20 years between and they've come back and learn from their mistakes so definitely a few lessons and therefore sure.— definitely a few lessons and therefore sure. jennifer lopez is auoin to therefore sure. jennifer lopez is going to take — therefore sure. jennifer lopez is going to take ben's _ therefore sure. jennifer lopez is going to take ben's name - therefore sure. jennifer lopez is going to take ben's name but i therefore sure. jennifer lopez is going to take ben's name but] i going to take ben's name butj though is so catchy. j aphis just doesn't have the same ring. we saw the paperwork and we almost cannot believe it because itjust doesn't work. but there is a resurfaced clip

that shows the first time they nearly got married, she was very keen on becoming jennifer affleck and she's toyed with the idea so i don't think it works but it does sound a lot like she's going to keep jennifer lopez as her stage name so i think we will be keeping j—lo for a while. that is quite an iconic name so it should stay. thank you for that. thank you for that. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. the unprecedented high temperatures that we are set to see over the next few days have prompted the met office to release extreme heat warnings. there is going to be severe impacts to health and infrastructure through today and tomorrow as well. this is the zone file we have the red extreme morning in force across much of central and south—eastern england. temperatures topping 40 degrees or more. more

widely across england and wales, south—east scotland, an amber warning. we are likely to break all—time temperature records across much of the uk. england, wales and for scotland, by several degrees. so that hot air drifting its way out from the south at the moment. it has been exceptionally hot across portugal, spain and france, making it spare across the uk now. long spells of strong sunshine across the board. it is looking dry and it is looking extremely hot. certainly a day seeking out the shade. 40 degrees and hot spots in the south—east and the high 20s for central and northern scotland and northern ireland as well and attempt as were not for the way quickly through this evening and overnight. it is going to feel very hot and very humid for to see things. down towards the south temperatures are sticking in the low 20s. further north, typically, the high teens. tuesday again is going to start off on a hot note and it's only going to

get hotter through the course of the day so eventually, late on tuesday, we will see fresher air working in from the west as these weather fronts approach but before they get there they are dragging up the southerly are south—easterly winds. exceptionally hot air to much of the uk so some showers arriving for south—west england, wales, northern ireland and western scotland later in the day but dry elsewhere and i think the peak of the heat will be across parts of eastern england, eastern scotland as well. some are like cambridge could hit 41 hour 42 so dangerous heat through today and tomorrow. moving to tuesday night and wednesday, eventually this area of low pressure delivers weather fronts that will bring outbreaks of rain that will be very welcome rainfall to the middle part of the week. this is the wettest spot through the west. temperature is more typical of time of year by wednesday. the high teens, the metallic 20s for the south. goodbye.

this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal and these are the latest headlines... britain's first—ever red extreme heat warning comes into effect for most of england as the country gets ready for what could become the hottest day on record with london becoming one of the hottest places in the world. high temperatures are forecast across the uk — with amber warnings in the rest of england, all of wales, and parts of scotland with warnings also of travel disruption. we all, we think, just have to be sensible and steady. in particular take measures to be hydrated, stay in the shade, do all of the things you would think of are the sort of things you might do on a hot day on holiday overseas. the government holds emergency cobra meetings in response to the heatwave as climate experts tell the bbc that extreme weather like this could become the norm.

this is only getting worse, right, so the _ this is only getting worse, right, so the likelihood we will see more things— so the likelihood we will see more things like — so the likelihood we will see more things like this is very high. an amber things like this is very high. in amber warning things like this is very high. in amberwarning for things like this is very high. in amber warning for heat has things like this is very high. jifi amber warning for heat has been issued for the south of scotland and much of the east of the country. a heatwave in southern europe sees wildfires spread across large areas — prompting mass evacuations of residents and tourists. tonight's leadership debate is cancelled after rishi sunak and liz truss indicate they do not want to take part following last night's encounter when the five rivals attacked each other�*s records and policies. the stakes are so high, and the timescale for trying to get into the last two to go to the conservative membership is so tight that this has become a really brutal race. ukraine's president suspends his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that members of their departments

were collaborating with russia. and, it's no silver bullet solution. a cross—party committee of mps says there's no evidence the uk government's asylum agreement with rwanda is deterring people from crossing the channel in small boats. some breaking news that has come through in the past minute or so with the government considering changes that would allow households to draw energy from the grid at cheaper rates when demand is low or more is produced. it's part of a major review into the electricity market because energy bills skyrocketed for the average

household, jumping by 54% in april, a record £1971 as the average as natural gas prices surged, and this was in response to that of the new consultation says that pricing could be linked more closely to demand and that has come through in the past couple of minutes and we will bring you more on that when we get it. the uk could have its hottest day on record this week with temperatures of up to 41 degrees celsius forecast. the met office has issued its first ever 'red warning' for heat across large parts of england, stretching from york and manchester to london and the south—east. and the extreme heat continues tomorrow before cooling on wednesday. the uk health security agency has issued a level four warning for england meaning there is a danger to life and the threat of major travel disruption — the government is treating it as a "national emergency". network rail said people should travel only "if absolutely necessary" today and tuesday, with some

cancellations already announced, and speed restrictions in place across the network. some schools plan to close early — or not open at all — although the government has issued guidance designed to keep them open. london is set to be one of the hottest places in the world today with temperatures soaring above the western sahara and the caribbean. the capital is forecast to be hotter than the bahamas and kingston injamaica, malaga in spain and athens in greece. 0ur climate correspondent jonah fisher has been to see how people are preparing. it might be a very busy next few days for the fire service in oxford. this weekend we've already had a couple of incidents where people have got into trouble in the water, and we've had to come and rescue them. so my message would be, please, please stay out of the water. stay out of open water. it is hugely, hugely dangerous. extremely hot weather, sadly, means more people dying. take last year, for example —

the government estimates there were 1,600 excess deaths caused by the heat. and last year wasn't even particularly hot — the top temperature was 32.2 degrees. over the next couple of days, it could be eight degrees hotter than that. the message for those in areas where a red warning is in place is that it can't be business as usual. the weather heading this way from southern europe is so hot that people should think about changing their routines and plans. to make sure that they have access to water, that they drink plenty of water, that they stay in the shade, that they remain cool, and that they take simple precautions to make sure that they avoid the adverse impact on health that these high temperatures can have. the government has asked us to look out for vulnerable

relatives and neighbours, and has increased capacity on the call—handling service for ambulances. i would encourage people to heed the warnings that are out there. we have that balance where we might not see very much good weather and we want to enjoy it, but it's... we're talking about temperatures that we've not experienced in this country — ever, never mind for a long time. 0ur bodies, our houses, our culture, our way of life arejust not geared up for it. but we're going to have to get used to it. the greenhouse gases we put into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels trap the sun's energy and warm the earth at a rate of about a quarter of a degree every ten years. well, heatwaves is one of the clearest signs in extreme weather of human influence on climate. it's one of the extreme weather events that we can be most confident about are being affected by rising global temperatures. so is it too late for us to turn this around? it's absolutely not too late

because future warming is determined by future emissions. if we stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the world will stop warming. it's that simple. but rapid action on emissions has not proved simple. will the soaring temperatures outside make fighting climate change a real priority? jonah fisher, bbc news. dr lisa schipper is a research fellow at oxford university's environmental change institute. we asked her about the link between climate change and the extreme heat we're seeing .we . we will try to come to that report and just a moment. at the moment we are not entirely sure if climate change is specifically to blame for this heat

wave, but in the recent past we have seen that climate change has caused heatwaves over the last few years, so i think it's very likely that this is also going to be caused by climate change. it's important to understand that the climate system is complicated and there are many different factors in play, so the combination of the heat that is coming early and the dry weather and all of these things combined is what makes it so challenging and different —— difficult and the extreme heat is difficult for people who aren't used it like in the uk. we finally got that clip, thankfully. katie hunter is in the south queensway for us, and of course, an amber heat warning for that area. , , ., that area. yes, the temperature here in south queensferry _ that area. yes, the temperature here in south queensferry is _ that area. yes, the temperature here in south queensferry is reasonably i in south queensferry is reasonably comfortable, a relatively

comfortable, a relatively comfortable 26 degrees and there is this amber warning in place for the south of scotland and much of the east of the country to the perth and dundee area. the record temperature for scotland is 32.9 celsius recorded way back in 2003, in a tiny place in the borders, and the forecasters think that the record will be broken if not today and tomorrow when we expect temperatures well above 30 celsius and even though there is the amber warning and the temperatures aren't as high as england, we are still getting the same warnings around health and checking on vulnerable neighbours and staying in the shade and wearing lots of sunscreen and drinking plenty of water. also warnings to expect disruption to travel and network rail have said there will be speed restrictions in place this afternoon to deal with the hot temperatures. problems with health and travel expected. the temperature

ou and travel expected. the temperature you mention — and travel expected. the temperature you mention where _ and travel expected. the temperature you mention where you _ and travel expected. the temperature you mention where you are _ and travel expected. the temperature you mention where you are now- and travel expected. the temperature | you mention where you are now seems cool and comfortable, but for the particular place you are at the moment, what is it forecast to get to and how severe is it likely to get? to and how severe is it likely to net? ~ ., , , ., , get? well, the hottest temperatures are likel to get? well, the hottest temperatures are likely to be _ get? well, the hottest temperatures are likely to be in _ get? well, the hottest temperatures are likely to be in the _ get? well, the hottest temperatures are likely to be in the border- get? well, the hottest temperatures are likely to be in the border area i are likely to be in the border area and we expect those temperatures to go well above 30 celsius tomorrow, and with that comes a warning to people heading to areas like this, heading to the coast or heading to rivers, reservoirs and locks in all parts of scotland, notjust in the area where the amber warning is. sadly, last year, there was one week where seven people drowned in the space of a week, so authorities are desperate to get the message out to people to take care. the rnli station is a couple of hundred metres from where i am now, they have given warnings over the last few days about the hot temperatures and the danger office of water and of course it looks peaceful, but the water can be deceptively cold and people can jumping and suffer from cold water shock and that can be fatal. the message from the rnli and

the scottish government and everyone is to enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the hot weather but try to do it safely. very important message. katie hunter in south queensferry for us. joining me now to discuss the impact of the weather on older people isjenny lipiatt from the health team at ageuk. thank you forjoining us this morning on what is it that makes us more vulnerable to the heat as we get older? it’s more vulnerable to the heat as we aet older? �* , ., , more vulnerable to the heat as we aet older? 3 ., , ~ get older? it's a few things. when we aet get older? it's a few things. when we get older— get older? it's a few things. when we get older is — get older? it's a few things. when we get older is harder _ get older? it's a few things. when we get older is harder to - get older? it's a few things. when we get older is harder to regulate| we get older is harder to regulate our temperature, particularly when the temperatures we see at the moment, and you're more likely to have a long—term condition which makes it harder to regulate your temperature, or perhaps to change your behaviour if you have something like alzheimer's or dementia, those behaviours and preventative measures we have heard about at the moment about keeping cool and staying hydrated, perhaps they are harder to follow. �* ., , ., . .,

follow. and what is the advice for eo - le follow. and what is the advice for people who _ follow. and what is the advice for people who might _ follow. and what is the advice for people who might be _ follow. and what is the advice for people who might be worried - follow. and what is the advice for l people who might be worried about older neighbours and relatives? iaide older neighbours and relatives? we are older neighbours and relatives? - are encouraging everyone to reach out to the older people in their lives, their neighbours and friends, theirfamily and make lives, their neighbours and friends, their family and make sure they are able to stay cool. do they have everything they need in order to do that? are they listening to the advice that has been given and staying inside? in particular between the hot hours, making sure they are drinking throughout the day and that they have got cold foods, food with a high water content and things like that, so do check in on the older people in your lives. i5 the older people in your lives. is it the case that even if they are not exerting themselves and just staying fairly inactive at home, they still have to take these precautions?— they still have to take these precautions? they still have to take these recautions? ~ , ,., , . ., precautions? absolutely. we would certainly recommend _ precautions? absolutely. we would certainly recommend not _ precautions? absolutely. we would certainly recommend not exerting i certainly recommend not exerting yourself too much. it's really important to follow this advice as these temperatures are extreme and

an older people who should be following this advice as well to prevent severe illness. hope following this advice as well to prevent severe illness. how severe has the impact _ prevent severe illness. how severe has the impact been _ prevent severe illness. how severe has the impact been on _ prevent severe illness. how severe has the impact been on the - prevent severe illness. how severe has the impact been on the older. has the impact been on the older population during heat waves in the past? it population during heat waves in the ast? .., population during heat waves in the ast? . ., , population during heat waves in the ast? , . ., , past? it can be particularly bad like i past? it can be particularly bad like i said _ past? it can be particularly bad like i said before, _ past? it can be particularly bad like i said before, if— past? it can be particularly bad like i said before, if have - past? it can be particularly bad| like i said before, if have health conditions they are more likely to have severe illness, symptoms of heat stroke and it's important we listen to the advice and take preventative measures because we know that the system is stretched at the moment and we want to make sure that there is no further pressure on it. , , that there is no further pressure on it. , y ., , that there is no further pressure on it. y ., , that there is no further pressure on it. jenny, that is good advice. thank you _ it. jenny, that is good advice. thank you for _ it. jenny, that is good advice. thank you for that. _

we've had a lot of people, by far the most common question we have is people asking whether or not there is a maximum temperature at which employees can work on the simple answer to that is no. in the uk we don't have maximum working temperatures. we have minimum temperatures. we have minimum temperatures and temperatures below certain levels can essentially down tools but there is no maximum temperature limit, so that is something that the unions have been vocal about past few days. but many of the clients are asking what they can do to help safeguard their employees and make things as comfortable as possible in the workplace. d0 comfortable as possible in the workplace-— comfortable as possible in the worklace. ,, ~ , ., workplace. do you think there should be a maximum _ workplace. do you think there should be a maximum temperature - workplace. do you think there should be a maximum temperature in - workplace. do you think there shouldj be a maximum temperature in place, particularly thinking about manual labourers as well. mcrae ladera no

way of getting that this is unprecedented in the uk. it's not something that happens very often in this country and the idea of bringing in rafts of new legislation for a scenario that might not be very frequent might not be that appealing but at the same time there are industries and types of workers where this type of heat is extremely difficult working and very little that employees can do or raise concerns with their employees currently under the current guidance. so as this situation progresses and we have climate change, it becomes more frequent and it's likely we will see something come into place to help these types of workers. what is your advice for anyone concerned about their conditions in the workplace? fiur conditions in the workplace? our advice for conditions in the workplace? oi" advice for employers is to conditions in the workplace?

temperatures, they have an obligation to make sure that they are maintaining reasonable working conditions so they should be doing anything they reasonably can to keep workplaces comfortable in this heat, so things like increased ventilation, inexpensive measures like purchasing desk fans and allowing more frequent rest breaks and relaxing the dress codes, all those sorts of things will help but they also need to pay attention to vulnerable workers, so people who are pregnant, people with respiratory conditions and make sure that they are paying particular attention to those employees and making adjustments where necessary to allow people to work from home. . and at 2.30 this afternoon we will be answering all your questions on the heatwave. you can send them in to us by tweeting using the hash tag #bbcyourquestions or by emailing them to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk

as britain's first extreme warning comes into effect, western europe is experiencing its second fierce heatwave in recent weeks, causing wildfires and mass evacuations in several countries. mark lobel reports. almost a week on, the wildfires in the south—west of france continue to spread. more than 14,000 people have been evacuated as two forest fires engulf over 11,000 hectares of land. translation: the developments are not favourable. _ and the next few hours until monday evening at least will be tough, even critical. why? mainly because the winds are going to turn. the portuguese government says over 650 mostly elderly people have died from the heat over the past week. currently, there's more than a dozen fires demanding the attention of over 1,000 firefighters. translation: it will be a very hot job as it's - a fire that will last

for many hours. we will continue on the ground but it will take time. this is why people have been told to leave their homes in parts of spain, hosing down flames in catalonia. this, one of dozens of fires that have appeared over the past week. the heatwave's next stop is england. this was the scene during a heatwave three years ago. train passengers are being warned not to travel on monday unless absolutely necessary, with major cancellations and speed restrictions across the network as the capital is set to become one of the hottest places in the world, rising above the western sahara and the caribbean. as the temperatures drew people to the coast over the weekend, the uk's weather office has issued its first ever red warning for extreme heat, cautioning there is a risk to life. scientists say human—induced climate change means heatwave like these have

become more frequent, more intense and last longer. it's terrifying. yesterday, last year, where we lived was like completely flooded with rain, we were thinking how different it is today from last year. like, that scares me a lot and it's real. it's serious, and we definitely need to do something about it. plenty of generations are to come. so it's been a gruelling week across southern europe with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures, and with the heatwave moving to the uk and temperatures in places like spain forecast to remain abnormally high, there is little relief on the horizon. mark lobel, bbc news. simon brown the met office

director of meteorological operations joins us now from westminster. just seen pictures of the horrendous conditions in europe, are those pictures something we are likely to see in the coming years question mark that is the heat that will push in today and tomorrow and we have amber warnings in today and tomorrow and we have amberwarnings in in today and tomorrow and we have amber warnings in place for most of the uk, including pushing into scotland. �* ., ., ., scotland. and a red warning for extreme heat _ scotland. and a red warning for extreme heat until _ scotland. and a red warning for extreme heat until effectively i extreme heat until effectively midnight on wednesday for london, cambridgeshire, nottinghamshire, pushing into the vale of york, through manchester and 0xfordshire and into the midlands so we will see temperatures possibly breaking the uk temperature record of 38.7 and even reaching possibly 40 degrees. is there an expectation that further down the line things could become as severe as we have seen in europe. iaide

severe as we have seen in europe. we are severe as we have seen in europe. - are expecting prehuman influence, and 40 degrees heat, and that will return every 100 or 300 years but with climate change on the effect of the human influence we are now expecting return periods of 40 degrees, and one in 15 towards the end of the century. hope degrees, and one in 15 towards the end of the century.— end of the century. how much do --eole end of the century. how much do people need _ end of the century. how much do people need to — end of the century. how much do people need to make _ end of the century. how much do people need to make extra - people need to make extra preparations and take extra precautions to this level of heat? because there have been some people who have been saying, you know, it's just like any other summer and i remember it being fairly hot in the 70s, but this is an unprecedented temperature. what sort of extra precautions do you want people to take? it’s precautions do you want people to take? �*, , precautions do you want people to take? , , . take? it's absolutely unprecedented and i hate take? it's absolutely unprecedented and i hate to — take? it's absolutely unprecedented and i hate to be _ take? it's absolutely unprecedented and i hate to be a _ take? it's absolutely unprecedented and i hate to be a party— take? it's absolutely unprecedented and i hate to be a party pooper - take? it's absolutely unprecedented and i hate to be a party pooper butl and i hate to be a party pooper but this is not the time to be out in these high temperatures, particularly between 11 and 4pm in the day. it will also feel really uncomfortable at night and we could come to bleep break the minimum night—time record and it will feel hot at night and as much as people can do with closing the curtains and

keeping hydrated, having a cold shower before they go to bed this evening, that would be really helpful to help them get a good night sleep. i helpful to help them get a good night sleep-— helpful to help them get a good nit-htslee. ., ,, .., ., night sleep. i appreciate you cannot necessarily forecast _ night sleep. i appreciate you cannot necessarily forecast that _ night sleep. i appreciate you cannot necessarily forecast that far - night sleep. i appreciate you cannot necessarily forecast that far ahead, | necessarily forecast that far ahead, but in terms of what we are likely to see, because after wednesday, we expect it to be cooler, but could there be temperatures heading this way later in the summer as well, so people know what to expect? wednesday we expect temperatures to cool off but still be above the climactic norm for the time of year, so it will feel fairly warm and pleasant for people with the breakdown of potential thunderstorms. what is to come is yet to be known, really. there's still a lot of heat in continental europe and we do not rule out further heat waves for the rest of the summer. further heat waves for the rest of the summer-— further heat waves for the rest of the summer. ,, ., , ., ., ., ,, the summer. simon, you have worked in the sector— the summer. simon, you have worked in the sector for _ the summer. simon, you have worked in the sector for a _ the summer. simon, you have worked in the sector for a long _ the summer. simon, you have worked in the sector for a long time. - the summer. simon, you have worked in the sector for a long time. what - in the sector for a long time. what was your reaction when you saw those digits appear in the forecast? shocked, but also worried. this is really unprecedented heat. as humans, we are not used to dealing

with this level of heat on the infrastructure is not used to dealing with it and it's even more worrying that 40 degrees heat is so final. we always expect to get some extreme heat further south but to get 40 degrees in the models so far north, even as far as york, which is possible tomorrow, is really, really worrying for the future.— worrying for the future. simon, thank you _ worrying for the future. simon, thank you for— worrying for the future. simon, thank you for your _ worrying for the future. simon, thank you for your thoughts. i worrying for the future. simon, - thank you for your thoughts. simon brown, the met office director of meteorological operations. one of the five remaining candidates for the conservative party leadership will be eliminated tonight — when tory mps vote again. but a tv debate planned by sky news for tomorrow night has been cancelled, after rishi sunak and liz truss said they wouldn't take part. conservative mps are said to be concerned about damage to the party's image from the debates, as those taking part turn their fire on each other. it follows last night's bruising debate on itv. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, has the latest.

it has been cancelled. the third debate tomorrow night was supposed to take place between the remaining candidates on sky news, but the broadcaster has said in the last few minutes that it's not going to happen after rishi sunak and liz truss both said that they were not going to take part or were very unlikely to take part. i've spoken to both of the camps and liz truss's team, i understand are saying that she wants to concentrate on the hustings for mps taking place in parliament over the next couple of days and rishi sunak�*s team are saying they will take part in future debates but only if they are in the last two, the last two who go to tory members but the backdrop to all of this is that there was an absolute brutal debate on itv where liz truss and rishi sunak were repeatedly knocking lumps out of each other and rishi sunak was saying liz truss was offering people something for nothing when it came to a tax plan and saying it was a socialist agenda and liz truss was accusing rishi

sunak of being responsible for inflation going up, saying he had stifled growth by putting taxes up to the highest levels in the last 70 years and anybody who watched the debate last night might have found it quite easy to forget that all of the five candidates on stage were in the same party. some tory mps are privately ripping their hair out and really worried about the damage that the debate is doing to their party, and it is that backdrop against which rishi sunak and liz truss both said they were unlikely to take part in a third debate tomorrow, and as a result sky news have pulled it. it's not happening. it's important to remember that we the public don't get a vote in this in this contest, so even if the viewers are watching the debate last night, even if there was the impact of the potentially damaging performance there, it's not as if the public gets a say in it. you are absolutely right.

tory mps will vote on monday, tuesday and wednesday to whittle the list of five down to two and those two final candidates then go to conservative members around the country who will get to decide who the next prime minister is, so, look, there is an element of the public are not part of the process. however, i think there is a strong argument you would hear from a lot of politicians that it's important that these candidates are put in the full scrutiny of public glare and are on television, batting for their ideas, being asked significant questions about how they would work and letting the public know how they would govern as prime minister. the fear in the conservative party though is that the stakes are so high and the timescale for trying to get into the last two to go to the conservative membership is so tight that this has become a really brutal race. whatever happens, these five

candidates remaining at the moment are going to have to be part of the same party come september, and at the moment it is quite hard to see how they will heal some of these wounds given how different some of the ideological positions are on tax and how direct some of the personal attacks have been in the tv debate so far. but yes, the third one that was due to take place tomorrow evening, that a lot of conservatives were really nervous would be even more brutal is now not happening. we're joined now by chloe smith mp, the minister for disabled people, work and health, and a supporter of liz truss in the conservative leadership contest. thank you forjoining us. why has liz truss pulled out of the sky news debate? why is she afraid of the scrutiny? i debate? why is she afraid of the scrutin ? ., �* ~' debate? why is she afraid of the scrutin ? ., �* ,, �* , debate? why is she afraid of the scrutin ? ., �* «i �*, , scrutiny? i don't think it's being afraid of scrutiny, _ scrutiny? i don't think it's being afraid of scrutiny, as _ scrutiny? i don't think it's being afraid of scrutiny, as i _ scrutiny? i don't think it's being i afraid of scrutiny, as i understand it sky has taken its own decision to

cancel the debate. but what is absolutely clear as there has been two really good debates in public and no hint at all that anybody is running shy of scrutiny. liz, like i'm sure all of the other candidates, is keen to put her vision across.— candidates, is keen to put her vision across. sorry to interrupt ou, vision across. sorry to interrupt you. chloe- _ vision across. sorry to interrupt you, chloe. sorry _ vision across. sorry to interrupt you, chloe. sorry to _ vision across. sorry to interrupt you, chloe. sorry to interrupt l vision across. sorry to interrupt i you, chloe. sorry to interrupt you, but to make it clear, sky pulled the debate after it was already indicated that it was unlikely liz truss would take part in it. has i truss would take part in it. as i sa , truss would take part in it. as i say. that _ truss would take part in it. as i say. that is _ truss would take part in it. as i say. that is a — truss would take part in it. as i say, that is a decision - truss would take part in it. 35.3 i say, that is a decision for truss would take part in it. i”; i say, that is a decision for sky, but from the perspective of the candidates in the race, all of them want to put across a really positive vision and have already done so, so liz made her position really clear last night and also on channel 4 on friday. there is no shortage of scrutiny here. liz is somebody who wants to be able to put forward a really strong conservativism and is trusted to do so and has the experience to deliver from day one

as prime minister. those are the things that really attracted me to her campaign and i think she has already made abundantly clear in lots of sources and will continue to do. �* , ,, ., «i lots of sources and will continue to do. , ,, , ., do. but rishi sunak accused of -eddhn~ do. but rishi sunak accused of peddling something _ do. but rishi sunak accused of peddling something for - do. but rishi sunak accused of| peddling something for nothing economics. do you think that is fair? , ,, ., «i , ., ., fair? rishi sunak is more than able to answer for _ fair? rishi sunak is more than able to answer for his _ fair? rishi sunak is more than able to answer for his own _ fair? rishi sunak is more than able to answer for his own record. - fair? rishi sunak is more than able to answer for his own record. howl to answer for his own record. how will liz truss _ to answer for his own record. how will liz truss pay _ to answer for his own record. how will liz truss pay for _ to answer for his own record. how will liz truss pay for the _ to answer for his own record. how will liz truss pay for the proposed tax cuts? liz will liz truss pay for the proposed tax cuts? ., , , ,.,, ., tax cuts? liz has put her position clearly here _ tax cuts? liz has put her position clearly here that _ tax cuts? liz has put her position clearly here that she _ tax cuts? liz has put her position clearly here that she wants - tax cuts? liz has put her position clearly here that she wants to i tax cuts? liz has put her position clearly here that she wants to be | clearly here that she wants to be able to have a long—term view of the covid debt, long—term public services reviews and also a fresh spending review to go with the fact that we think it is correct to be able to look at the tax burden as a way of relieving the pressures of the cost of living on households, and that is absolutely the right position to be able to take on the right approach to take and what is more that can also be a good debate about that which is what is happening at present in this contest and i think the key thing is that

liz truss is someone who will be trusted to deliver that position from day one based on deep experience across government departments. experience across government departments-— experience across government departments. experience across government deartments. ., , ., departments. you said she was not afraid of scrutiny, _ departments. you said she was not afraid of scrutiny, but _ departments. you said she was not afraid of scrutiny, but she - departments. you said she was not afraid of scrutiny, but she has - departments. you said she was not afraid of scrutiny, but she has not i afraid of scrutiny, but she has not done a single broadcast interview either. i done a single broadcast interview either. «i , ,, ,y done a single broadcast interview either. «i , , , , , ., either. i think this is simply not the point- _ either. i think this is simply not the point. all— either. i think this is simply not the point. all of _ either. i think this is simply not the point. all of the _ either. i think this is simply not the point. all of the candidates| the point. all of the candidates have taken part in two full public debate, and of course plenty more scrutiny in parliament and of course through other formats such as this, right here, right now. nobody is shy of being able to set out their vision for the country and set out why they think they are the best person to deliver it. as i say, for me, elizabeth is the best person to be able to deliver those things based on having the most experience of any kind in the race and i think thatis of any kind in the race and i think that is really what actually matters here, to be able to deliver four people from day one.

why hasn't there been another discussion of climate change policy? that is not the case. there is a hustings taking place today inside parliament about the environment. elizabeth will be taking part as she has done in a full range of events that have been put on by members of parliament and i think that is really important because, first of all, to be fair, this is a case of having to secure the support of members of parliament so that is quite rightly her focus but she's been absolutely clear on what you want to do in the environment and again has the experience to deliver that having been a former environment secretary at death. she is the one, undisputedly who is the one with the experience to know how to handle that difficult challenge that lies ahead for the energy mix, for example, what we need to do for farming and much more besides. and

she will be able to put that in place from day one. i she will be able to put that in place from day one.— she will be able to put that in place from day one. i want to ask about something _ place from day one. i want to ask about something specific - place from day one. i want to ask about something specific that - place from day one. i want to ask| about something specific that she said in last night's debate. she said in last night's debate. she said that one of the things that turned her to the conservative party was the fact that when she was at school she saw children being let down by the school system. it was the conservatives who were in charge of government at the time. hat the conservatives who were in charge of government at the time.— of government at the time. not in the case of _ of government at the time. not in the case of local— of government at the time. not in the case of local government - of government at the time. not in the case of local government so i of government at the time. not in the case of local government so ifj of government at the time. not in l the case of local government so if i understand that was led by prominent labour politicians as you will well know and as viewers will well know. but what i would say more broadly is that liz has had the opportunity to show that she is all about on education while in office. she has been an education minister and she is a conservative colleague of mine in norfolk. we share an education

pack to present and i have seen what she cares about. i have seen what she cares about. i have seen what she can do and the soft bigotry of low expectations does nobody any good. she and i together are passionate to help children have the best opportunities in life and i think she's got the experience to be able to see that through.— think she's got the experience to be able to see that through. we need a national resilient strategy and the government consulted about this. that consultation closed down ten months ago and has not been implemented so there are real? the government is not on the basis and think for many people today it will be a real struggle today and tomorrow with the heat and they've seen a prime minister who has basically checked out so he's not doing anything and

you've got a cabinet that is completely distracted with the surplus of the leadership race are the basic need to be done. that strategy needs to be put in place. put it into place and have it across all systems approach. should schools be open? yes all systems approach. should schools be 0 en? , , all systems approach. should schools beoen? , , ., , be open? yes my school should be 0 en and be open? yes my school should be open and musicals _ be open? yes my school should be open and musicals are _ be open? yes my school should be open and musicals are managing i open and musicals are managing perfectly well. 0bviously, open and musicals are managing perfectly well. obviously, there have been changes to uniforms and what people are wearing, children went to school and some scores of flexible times when they can go home but we need to work through this but i think most people would say we need a government that is on our side that has got a strategy, that is planned for events like this. but we are left again with the government has not done that basic planning and i think that is going to be very distressing, very disappointing to millions of people across the country. iattai’ith disappointing to millions of people across the country.— across the country. with got a minimum _ across the country. with got a minimum workplace - across the country. with got a - minimum workplace temperature. the gmb is talking about a maximum temperature. do you like to see that bot and in legislation? i do temperature. do you like to see that bot and in legislation?— bot and in legislation? i do think --eole bot and in legislation? i do think people are _ bot and in legislation? i do think people are entitled _ bot and in legislation? i do think people are entitled to _ bot and in legislation? i do think people are entitled to a - bot and in legislation? i do think people are entitled to a place i bot and in legislation? i do think people are entitled to a place of| people are entitled to a place of work that is safe and that could be

achieved number of ways. i think more flexibility will be needed. brakes, etc. but what we really need is that because we have no heading for something like this heatwave. most people would say, the government had this consultation on a strategy. they close that down ten months ago. we've now got to the heatwave and were not seen that strategy implemented. it doesn't even exist so publishers have a plan for action. ~ ., even exist so publishers have a plan for action. . ., ., ,, ., «i ., for action. what do you make of the two tory leadership _ for action. what do you make of the two tory leadership candidates - two tory leadership candidates pulling out of one of the debates? i'm astonished that those that want to be prime minister of the united kingdom are pulling out of debates and out of scrutiny. i can see, based on what i've seen in the debate so far, why they want to do so. because this is a party that is out of ideas, out of purpose. that having each other apart. i think, for millions of people, particularly

with heatwave today, they want a government focused on the dayjob, thatis government focused on the dayjob, that is getting on with resilience for today and tomorrow, for however long that heatwave goes on and focus on the cost of living crisis. instead we have got fantasy economics but as i said, pulling out of a tv debate and you want to be prime minister, doesn't show very much confidence.— much confidence. despite the divisions within _ much confidence. despite the divisions within the _ much confidence. despite the i divisions within the conservative party they are going to win the vote of confidence tonight, i'm at that? what is the point of it? you make the prime minister is put on the spread of confidence in himself and his government for w got an extraordinary situation. in the debate last night all of the candidates to be prime minister said, would you have a current prime minister in your cabinet and none of them said they would. tonight he's asking them to go in and vote confidence in him continuing as prime minister so this is getting farcical. and you have got a government that has been propped up for months and months and months and is likely to be propped up again this afternoon in that debate. the

labour leader there. let's get more in the conservative leadership contest and a tv debate planned for tonight has been cancelled after richie cermak and liz truss pulled out. five remaining candidates will be cut down to fourth in conservative mps take part in another ballot later today. let's get more from westminster from the conservative mp john get more from westminster from the conservative mpjohn stephenson who is backing tom tugendhat to be the next prime minister. thank you so much forjoining us today. in the last round of voting, other than sabella braverman who was eliminated, tom got the lowest votes. i do think that is? iinfill eliminated, tom got the lowest votes. i do think that is? will have to wait and — votes. i do think that is? will have to wait and see _ votes. i do think that is? will have to wait and see what _ votes. i do think that is? will have to wait and see what happens - to wait and see what happens today but over the weekend what he wanted in this campaign was to make sure we got into the weekend so people could really see him and i think that has been the problem up to now. people do not know who tom is as much as some of the other candidates. he has come across extremely well over the weekend. yesterday he came second.

he looks prime ministerial and i believe he is by ministerial anti offers a change from a fresh start for my party and the country and thatis for my party and the country and that is why i have been supporting him and i think my colleagues have now seen him in the i think that we are making a judgment today. its, now seen him in the i think that we are making a judgment today. its. bit are making a 'udgment today. a bit less are making a judgment today. a bit less alignment _ are making a judgment today. a bit less alignment now— are making a judgment today. a bit less alignment now that the sky debate has been cancelled. what kind of impact you think that has in his progress, his chances? iinfill of impact you think that has in his progress, his chances?— of impact you think that has in his progress, his chances? will have to see the outcome. _ progress, his chances? will have to see the outcome. tom _ progress, his chances? will have to see the outcome. tom would - progress, his chances? will have to see the outcome. tom would not i progress, his chances? will have to - see the outcome. tom would not adopt the debate. he certainly would have gone into that debate if it had gone ahead. in a two debates we have had tea as demonstrated by a believe he has integrity, he has trust and he has integrity, he has trust and he has the leadership can't that my party and, more importantly, the country needs. and it has been an opportunity notjust for country needs. and it has been an opportunity not just for the country needs. and it has been an opportunity notjust for the wider opportunity not just for the wider public opportunity notjust for the wider public to see the leadership contenders, but also the party membership and the mps to see their potential leaders in action and that is why i think thomas come across extremely well over the weekend and why i think a lot of my colleagues

will be having a rethink today. you mentioned the _ will be having a rethink today. you mentioned the limelight of the public debates was an advantage. was beneficial to tom tugendhat but now this debate is not going ahead does that mean that he is going to be set at a little bit by not having that opportunity? imagine things and am because my colleagues, party members, the wider public obscene tom inaction. they had not seen him in the way that they did over the weekend prior to friday night. i think, now that they that they have, they recognise the qualities that he does have. it comes across with impeccable integrity and trust. he’s impeccable integrity and trust. he's not the impeccable integrity and trust. iia�*; got the leadership qualities impeccable integrity and trust. i!;�*; got the leadership qualities which i think this country needs. he's got a plan to lead the country and that is why i think my colleagues today will be reflecting on what happened over the weekend and thinking about the leadership qualities that they want to seen a prime minister and leader of my party because we must remember it is notjust about being the prime minister and leading the country over the next two years. it is taking the election in two years' time to labour and making sure that

we return a conservative government and i think tom is resonating extremely well with the wider public and that is something i think party members and, more importantly, today, my colleagues have to reflect on. �* ., today, my colleagues have to reflect on, i ., , ., today, my colleagues have to reflect on. �* ., ,., ,, today, my colleagues have to reflect on. �* ., , ., ,, ., «i ., on. before we started speaking to ou were on. before we started speaking to you were hearing _ on. before we started speaking to you were hearing from _ on. before we started speaking to you were hearing from curates - on. before we started speaking to i you were hearing from curates time who said that pulling out the debate by rishi sue knight and liz truss was an avoidance of scrutiny. what do you think? it is was an avoidance of scrutiny. what do you think?— was an avoidance of scrutiny. what do you think? it is up to them what the do. i do you think? it is up to them what they do- i am _ do you think? it is up to them what they do. i am just _ do you think? it is up to them what they do. i am just asking _ do you think? it is up to them what they do. i am just asking for- do you think? it is up to them what they do. i am just asking for your l they do. i am 'ust asking for your view on it. — they do. i am 'ust asking for your view on it. if— they do. i am just asking for your view on it. if you _ they do. i am just asking for your view on it. if you want _ they do. i am just asking for your view on it. if you want to - they do. i am just asking for your view on it. if you want to be - they do. i am just asking for your view on it. if you want to be the i view on it. if you want to be the next prime minister it is healthy that you engage in all the debates that you engage in all the debates that there are. tom has not ducked any of the debates. he's been on the hustings in parliament and on the telly with a variety of interviewers and he has participated in the debates and that is what i want to see in my leader. thank you so much, john stevenson, conservative mp there. back to our top story now. the uk could have its hottest

day on record this week with temperatures of up to 41 degrees celsius forecast. the government has convened a special cobra meeting to respond to the heatwave, chaired by kit malthouse. i think we should be concerned and sensible. we haven't experienced these sorts of temperatures before. obviously the previous record of 38—point—something, a 50% chance we will hit the 40 degrees mark over the next 48 hours before thankfully it gets cooler on wednesday. and so we just all, we think, have to be sensible and steady, and in particular take measures to be hydrated and stay in the shade, do all the things that are the sort of things you might do on a hot day on holiday overseas. but critically also look out for those people who are very vulnerable to this kind of heat, the very young, very small infants and new babies, but in particular the elderly, often living alone, who i think may appreciate a neighbourly knock on the door to check they are ok, that they've got access to water and that they are coping all right with the heat.

i'm joined now byjo black — who's in cambridge — which recorded the highest temperature in the uk back in 2019 — 38.7 degrees celsius. it is absolutely gorgeous here. such an idyllic spot. it is baking hot and if you take a look over my shoulder here there is people over the under trees taking advantage of the under trees taking advantage of the shade and i've just seen a huge dog jump into the water here splashing around and i can imagine how delightful that was. i have seen people go past on bicycles. 0ne how delightful that was. i have seen people go past on bicycles. one is an inflatable dinghy and an inflatable dolphin obviously looking for water to cool down was to take a look at these punts. these punts go up look at these punts. these punts go up and down the river. they see all the beautiful sights, historic sites. the university of cambridge is further down there but these pants are all here, they are all empty for top of the people who have

braved the sunshine today and have come have gone over along the river. they will do the tour as they go along the river but an extra chauffeur today as they tried to provide shade. they're putting umbrellas up. i've spoken to people here who have decided to brave the pants. they have never known it so hot and as she talked about there, in 2019 we had the record here and we are now waiting to see if that record will be broken later on this afternoon. is there a sense that people are seeing it as something to be concerned about rather than just a day out in the sunshine? absolutely. as i say, it is a beautiful place to come and some people have decided to go out on the water but i can see people taking shade and as we have had all weekend, as people look forward to

the heatwave health officials are saying people need to be careful. 0nly travel by rail if you have two, make sure you have got sunscreen on and wearing a hat. make sure you are staying hydrated so take the shade when you can and take this weather very, very seriously. the temperature is just about touching 30 degrees but the forecast for later, bound about four or five are set to grow up to here in the midlands so it's going to get pretty hot as we have had over the past few days animals especially the ones in fur coats need cooling down. i don't how much you can see but they put out isa blocks which they hang the blocks of wood for those on the ground and you can see male orangutan. he isjust coming out of

his enclosure. can you pick up to the less there? you just coming out to find isa to help him keep cool. they have been sheltering and presumably it is cooler in the shade but they're coming out to try to find some of that isa now. i'm just going to chat to one of the zookeepers here. he is impressive, isn't he? is zookeepers here. he is impressive, isn't he? , , ., zookeepers here. he is impressive, isn'the? , , ., , ,, isn't he? is very large, bless them. you need to — isn't he? is very large, bless them. you need to keep _ isn't he? is very large, bless them. you need to keep him _ isn't he? is very large, bless them. you need to keep him cool - isn't he? is very large, bless them. you need to keep him cool in - isn't he? is very large, bless them. you need to keep him cool in this i you need to keep him cool in this weather. ., , ., , ., weather. knows what he is doing? quite regularly — weather. knows what he is doing? quite regularly we _ weather. knows what he is doing? quite regularly we will _ weather. knows what he is doing? quite regularly we will give - weather. knows what he is doing? quite regularly we will give them i quite regularly we will give them isa treats. fruit tea that we feasibly put food on it so they play with it for a bit longer and they have to get bits of food out of it but he knows what he is doing. dare but he knows what he is doing. are tried and tested technique. and a big mail. your monkey is our breeder male. is going to get very hot. this is one of the few places in the world. you have that for great apes here so you are used to trying to

cool them down. any other techniques? i spatter anything? cool them down. any other techniques? ispatter anything? iaide techniques? i spatter anything? we make techniques? i spatter anything? ; make sure they have plenty to drink, plenty of water. we tried to keep their inside areas ventilated ankle so they have the option of outside and inside so they have access all data this room so they can pick and choose where they want to be to try and avoid the midday heat. iavai’hazit and avoid the midday heat. what about some _ and avoid the midday heat. what about some of _ and avoid the midday heat. what about some of the _ and avoid the midday heat. what about some of the other- and avoid the midday heat. what about some of the other animals here because some are really built for the winter, aaron today? each secies the winter, aaron today? each species is _ the winter, aaron today? each species is acclimatised - the winter, aaron today? each species is acclimatised to - the winter, aaron today? eacri species is acclimatised to their own environment in the wild. all of ours have been born in captivity so they struggle and heat a little bit as well but we just do our best to try to keep them as cool as possible. snow leopards have thicker fur so we may take more measures to make sure that they are definitely cool in this type of weather. you that they are definitely cool in this type of weather. you don't want to be a snow — this type of weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard _ this type of weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard in _ this type of weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard in this - this type of weather. you don't want to be a snow leopard in this heat. i to be a snow leopard in this heat. so what is his plan for the rest of the day? at the mac we feed them throughout the day to keep them busy, keep them active and

entertained so he will probably come out and then will probably go back in and have a sleep or have a forage around for whatever food is left inside so he will have been cleaned out this morning and have as breakfast inside so he will be foraging around for that. i cannot find any recorded temperatures in this area of the world above 35 but were getting well above that today. have you been planning for quite a while but how you will cope with that? ~ ii while but how you will cope with that? ~ «i ., , while but how you will cope with that? . ,, ., , «i while but how you will cope with that? ~ «i ., , «i ., , that? we knew last week it would be one this week— that? we knew last week it would be one this week so _ that? we knew last week it would be one this week so we've _ that? we knew last week it would be one this week so we've made - that? we knew last week it would be one this week so we've made sure i that? we knew last week it would be | one this week so we've made sure we keep the freezer is well stocked. have quite a few freezers and bolts and marks that we save old yoghurt pots and things like that and we free stuff in. we make sure we are giving them plenty of fluid throughout the day so that that is keeping the temperature is cool and we provide shade as well. the keeping the temperature is cool and we provide shade as well.— we provide shade as well. the rest ofthe we provide shade as well. the rest of the family _ we provide shade as well. the rest of the family is _ we provide shade as well. the rest of the family is coming _ we provide shade as well. the rest of the family is coming out - we provide shade as well. the rest of the family is coming out there. l of the family is coming out there. they are coming out to have a look. they are coming out to have a look. they will probably wait for him to move out of the way and then they

will go to have a look. to move out of the way and then they will go to have a look.— will go to have a look. to keep a closer eye _ will go to have a look. to keep a closer eye on — will go to have a look. to keep a closer eye on animals _ will go to have a look. to keep a closer eye on animals because i will go to have a look. to keep a| closer eye on animals because in animals you can see the sign of heat exhaustion. people getting dehydrated. much more difficult in an animal. it dehydrated. much more difficult in an animal. , ., ., , an animal. it can be harder to spot but they do — an animal. it can be harder to spot but they do a _ an animal. it can be harder to spot but they do a pretty _ an animal. it can be harder to spot but they do a pretty similar- an animal. it can be harder to spot but they do a pretty similar signs i but they do a pretty similar signs that they will start to be a little bit lethargic and less active so we do keep a really, really close eye on them and the sort of weather to make sure they are at their best. thank you forjoining us. i will leave you with pictures of the dominant male here as he has stopped for a bit of a sunbathe there to find more isa, and his family, at the top of that but from there. i think probably coming down to get some, too. andrew and a nice soothing moment with the orangutans. earlier i spoke to hannah cloke — professor of hydrology at the university of reading and an expert on disaster response. i asked her about the preparations in place for this heatwave.

we actually had a very long time, forecast for this so in your couple of weeks in advance that this heat was coming towards us. which gave us some time to get out warnings to the public so we have seen amber warnings and of course this red warnings and of course this red warning out now so it was good that we had this information but i think what we have not had the opportunity to do is to make sure that we have people living in the right types of building that don't overheat. and we have cooling spaces available. the population knows exactly what to do because we are still hearing a lot of people saying this is just summer, i'm still going to go to the beach, i'm still going to go running in the middle of the day and those are the types of things it will put people in danger.— are the types of things it will put people in danger. what you think we can do to change _ people in danger. what you think we can do to change that _ people in danger. what you think we can do to change that attitude, - can do to change that attitude, then? how much can we do to highlight the health risks? 50. then? how much can we do to highlight the health risks? so, we

robabl highlight the health risks? so, we probably need _ highlight the health risks? so, we probably need treat _ highlight the health risks? so, we probably need treat heatwaves i highlight the health risks? so, wel probably need treat heatwaves and other things like floods a bit more like a house fire so we probably need to think about practising during peace time on something bad is not going on, and so people are aware of what to do because when we have something like this come along outsider experience, i've never experienced temperatures like this in the uk before. we don't fully know what to do and so it is very unusual and we are sceptical that it might happen but every practice, like we might do in a fire drill, then we would have that knowledge so we would know how to keep yourself safe. i , ., , , safe. and 'ust to emphasise, then, how safe. and just to emphasise, then, how much of _ safe. and just to emphasise, then, how much of a _ safe. and just to emphasise, then, how much of a risk— safe. and just to emphasise, then, how much of a risk is _ safe. and just to emphasise, then, how much of a risk is this - safe. and just to emphasise, then, how much of a risk is this heat? i how much of a risk is this heat? what effect has it had in the past and obviously now unprecedented temperature but just to unprecedented temperature butjust to highlight the specific nature of the risk that this heat poses? heatwaves are a silent killer. they're called the silent killer because they're not very noisy but

they do kill hundreds and hundreds of people and last year we saw lots and lots of people die and it was all kind of hidden away in the covid statistics are little bit but it was an extreme number of people who died, much more than we see dying at all in floods and storms and things like that. it is because so many vulnerable people will die and we also see deaths from drowning and people over exercising and because the temperatures are so very, very high at this time it will affect the whole population so there is a great danger to everybody everybody needs to pay attention and change their behaviour. president zelensky has suspended his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that some members of their departments were collaborating with russia. of the sacked officials, one is a child—hood friend of the president, while the other has played a key role in the prosecution of russian war crimes. in a televised address mr zelensky

said over 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. translation: more than 60 employees of the prosecutor's office and security service of ukraine have remained in their occupied territory and are working against our state. the former head of the main department of the security service in the autonomous republic of crimea was detained. i dismissed them in the beginning of the full—scale invasion. as we can see, the decision was justified. sufficient evidence has been collected to give notice of the vision of state treason to this person. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood gave us the latest on the situation from kyiv. in many ways the idea that the russians have been trying to infiltrate the prosecutor's office and security services who won't come as much as a surprise to ukrainians. the russians have a long history of trying to do this and indeed it is often how security services work but

the scale of this, the idea that there are 650 people all being investigated for high treason and trying to undermine the defences of this country at the most crucial time really is quite shocking. and it is because of that, because of what is seen as widespread failures across departments, these two allies of the president have both been suspended. there were initial reports they had been fired but there has been a clarification and they have been temporarily suspended in order to come in the words of one of his advisers, stop any kind of interference in any investigation which now will be happening. there were also, another interesting detail here, as well as the 650, the idea that there are 60 people who are working for the ukrainians who are working for the ukrainians who are now actively working with the occupation authorities. that really will come as a surprise, i think. now, in terms of the occupation of the south, this is the area other than the russians have had more

success. they held territory and they still are including the city of her son. the actions of these people, if proven, did something to really fatally undermine the defence of that territory at the very worst moment. i've got some breaking news to bring you. then stoke says he is retiring from cricket and will play his final match tomorrow. 0f retiring from cricket and will play his final match tomorrow. of course, as you know, england's test caps and famously led the country to glory in 2019 so a bit of surprise there. his announcement has come through in the past couple of minutes that he is retiring from one day cricket. he said the idea of giving his all across all three formats was now unsustainable and he will take the field at chester the street tomorrow. romantic news for you.

hollywood starsjennifer lopez and ben affleck got married in las vegas at the weekend — nearly 20 years after they first dated. wendy urquhart has the story. ben affleck and jennifer lopez met on the set of their film, gigli, in 2002, but their relationship was stormy, and in a couple of years they went their separate ways. both went on to marry other people and have their own families but those relationships eventually floundered. last year the couple rekindled their romance and fans were delighted when bennifer was spotted out and about together at premieres and other industry events. since then they've been inseparable, and at the beginning of this year, jennifer showed off a stunning green engagement ring. so marriage was clearly on the cards but who would have thought they'd run away to vegas? they stood in line between four other couples at the marriage bureau to get their license, went to little white chapel, which is famous in las vegas, and the little white chapel kept the doors open after midnight, and jennifer put out the most wonderful

message about how happy she is and how happy ben is. they now have ten days to file the marriage license they took out an clark county, nevada, which lists the legal names as ben geza affleck and jennifer lynn lopez, but by all accounts, the grammy winner is changing her name to jennifer affleck. this is the fourth marriage forjennifer and the second for ben. they have five children between them and are reportedly setting up home in a $60 million estate in los angeles which was once owned by danny devito and rhea perlman. sadly, the chances of a quiet start to their married life are pretty slim. the paparazzi will be out in force together first photos of the newlyweds. every talk show in america will be vying for the first interview with them. and absolutely everyone will no doubt want to know whether they are planning on having a second, more glamorous wedding in tinseltown.

wendy urqhuart, bbc news. now it is time for a look at the weather forecast. now it is time for a look at the weatherforecast. we now it is time for a look at the weather forecast. we are now it is time for a look at the weatherforecast. we are in now it is time for a look at the weather forecast. we are in the midst of a historic spell of weather here in the uk. unlikely without the interference of a warming climate and that is emphasised by the fact of the red extreme heat warning issued by the met office across many parts of central and southern england and a wider amber warning across other parts of england, wales and southern scotland. even as we go into the evening, temperatures in the upper 30s. highest temperatures towards london and the cambridge sort of area but around that many places are still in the 30s. mid 20s across parts of northern ireland. coolest of all to the north and

west. here we could see outbreaks of rain develop through tonight. temperatures can fluctuate to the afternoon and evening due to showers drifting eastwards. by midnight piercing temperatures in the mid to high 20s. some are starting the day with temperatures around 22. the big picture showers will see outbreaks of men across the north and west of scotland. cooler here in the first signs of some change. south england and wales and into ireland later in the day. heavy and potentially thundery showers. these places are dry. lots of sunshine. exceptionally hot. hot across eastern areas then we will see through today. the peak in the heat is looking likely across

the east midlands to lincolnshire where some spots will be above 40 degrees. well above where we have seen previous records and in a number of sites too. some heavy showers rumbling across england overnight. it's a mess with some places stealing dry. low pressure pushes eastwards. 0utbreaks places stealing dry. low pressure pushes eastwards. outbreaks of showery rain and a north—westerly airflow. showers can be hit and mist. most likely across eastern parts. some will stay dry with sunny spells but temperatures drop away. it will feel cooler but still pretty warm. 27—29 in the south—east of england and east anglia.

today at one — a red warning for extreme heat is in place for parts of england as temperatures are forecast to reach over 40 degrees this week. it means transport disruption, and advice to travel only if absolutely necessary. we could have our hottest day on record — with warnings of danger to life. i would encourage people to heed the warnings that are out there. we have that balance where we might not see very much good weather and we want to enjoy it, but we're talking about temperatures that we've not experienced in this country, ever. french authorities warn of a "heat apocalypse" as thousands are forced to flee wildfires — does climate change now mean regular severe heatwaves? future warming is determined by future emissions. if we stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,

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