this is bbc news with the headlines.... author salman rushdie is attacked on stage at an event in new york state. he suffered a wound to the neck and was flown to hospital and into surgery. we hear from someone who saw what happened. millions who saw what happened. of people face restriction on millions of people face restrictions on water use is a drought is of declared across parts of england. this is an exceptional summer and we can all think about how we use our water and think about when it comes from. when you turn on a tap, have a shower, that water is coming from the environment of rivers like you.

it's not so sure shortlist for the eurovision. seven uk cities are in the running to host the event. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us police in new york state say the author salman rushdie has suffered a stab wound to the neck in an attack while preparing to give a lecture. he was flown to hospital by helicopter where his agent says he's now in surgery. police say a man had been taken into custody. for years mr rushdie received death threats after the publication of his book,

the satanic verses in 1988. he spent nearly a decade in hiding afterwards. our culture editor katie razzall reports salman rushdie was flown by air ambulance after the attack in new york state. the prize—winning author, the target of islamist death threats for decades, was about to give a lecture when a man assaulted him on the stage. local police said he suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck. other reports suggested multiple wounds. we saw someone run onto the stage — from where i was sitting, it was to my left, so stage right, perhaps from behind — and repeatedly stabbed salman rushdie. and it was just an absolutely horrific thing to witness. here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power,

someone who's been out there unafraid despite the threats that have followed him his entire adult life. iran's then—spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini issued a fatwa — a death threat — against the novelist in 1989, after the publication of his fourth novel, the satanic verses. there'd been mass protests by muslims across the world against a book inspired by the life of the prophet muhammad. sir salman went into hiding for ten years, burned in effigy from the streets of islamabad to london. in recent years, sir salman�*s been a more visible presence, after the iranian government distanced itself from the fatwa. what happened today is a stark reminder that the threat of violence never went away. katie razzall, bbc news. more now on the attack on author salman rushdie in the us. our security correspondent said the threat has continued ever since. it

never completely went away and i don't think he was blase about it. he hid for nine years from public view, had close protection provided by the british government because following that fatwa and that was at a time of heightened emotion. it was only a few years after the islamic revolution which ignited iran as of the fat was placed in 1989 with a $3 million bounty on his head. and has been increased since then. when president of iran took over as president in the early years of the century he was relatively moderate and dismissed it and said it was no longer around. and dismissed it and said it was no longeraround. but and dismissed it and said it was no longer around. but the ayatollah khamenei said that fatwa never dies and still exists and it has been the

bounty which has been increased twice by ioos bounty which has been increased twice by 100s and thousands of dollars. clearly there is a threat out there and i have to say this is properly one of the last poster people could expect this attack to take place, a tiny little rural book festival in a place that most people in the world have never heard of in upstate new york. it wasn't a big high—profile book fair or edinburgh, it was this tiny place that most of us cannot even announce.- us cannot even announce. yes, chautauqua — us cannot even announce. yes, chautauqua institution, - us cannot even announce. yes, chautauqua institution, and - us cannot even announce. yes, | chautauqua institution, and the chautauqua institution, and the chautauqua festival because it is small is tucked up a place you can move among offers up and the tenders would perhaps be limited in the way that it would perhaps be limited in the way thatitis would perhaps be limited in the way that it is in some of the bigger events that you also named. i know you have been to a number of festivals is another yourself. fine festivals is another yourself. one ofthe festivals is another yourself. one of the things _ festivals is another yourself. one of the things that _ festivals is another yourself. one of the things that i _ festivals is another yourself. (me: of the things that i sometimes worry about is that authors were

controversial is the fact that there is very little security of these things and if you remember it wasn't long ago that an mp, well, of course we had the tory mp for southend who was murdered. and there was another one who was attacked, so that is always a worry when people come face to face. i think it's important to say the significance of salman rushdie goes well beyond that controversial book of his, the satanic verses which was published in 88. this was really the se park that ignited violent that mashed —— spark. that ignited jihad violence. the vast majority of people, muslim or not, condemned the idea of a fatwa. they believe in free speech, they might not like what he has written, but they are not in favour of that. nevertheless, that fatwa in

1989 was followed swiftly by the bosnian war in the mid—90s were a lot of people volunteered to go off and fight the serbs defending bosnian muslims, but they were defending bosnian muslims against the serbs and political islam had been dormant for a very long time in the 20th century. there was some writings, but mostly it was fairly dormant. this floor or row or effigy and book burning and riots that followed the fall of the location of the satanic verses ignited a spark and it was the genesis of modern day jihad as espoused by al-qaeda and isis. , , i jihad as espoused by al-qaeda and isis. , , . , ., . jihad as espoused by al-qaeda and isis. , _ , ., ., ., isis. olympic bull told me about how this tadic versus... _ he may have evaded physical harm

until this point. others did not. the norwegian publisher of the book was shot and seriously injured, the japanese translator in the early 90s was stabbed to death, so there are others who were affected by this as well. it cast a huge shadow over salman rushdie's life, of course, he went into hiding after many years, but he had said that while he thought the book might elicit some offence, he had not understood, he had not expected it to be the widespread outrage that it was, because it was very soon after the book was published, in the country of his birth, in india, huge protests, that was the first place it was banned, it's pretty other countries. even some non—muslim countries. even some non—muslim countries banned the book as well, and it was raised to a different level by the fatwa issued by the ayatollah. level by the fatwa issued by the a atollah. i, level by the fatwa issued by the a atollah. ., , ., , ., ayatollah. salman rushdie was a child of partition, _ ayatollah. salman rushdie was a child of partition, born _ ayatollah. salman rushdie was a

child of partition, born in - ayatollah. salman rushdie was a child of partition, born in matter| child of partition, born in matter of months before british india was partitioned at the point of independence, between what became india and pakistan. and that whole religious division there was felt very, very much and reflected in books like midnights children, the booker prize winner, the book that probably made him international star? ., . , , , star? even the satanic verses itself deals with the _ star? even the satanic verses itself deals with the immigrant _ star? even the satanic verses itself i deals with the immigrant experience, it takes a step back and looks from the outside at religion, it questioned the divine nature of religious texts, so it was questioning where, for example, the koran came from, it was about the man who put it forward, the prophet muhammad, and that is one of the things people took offence to. the title itself, the satanic verses, refers to some verses which some scholars believe, most muslims don't believe, that were originally

supposed to be revealed to the prophet muhammad but he withdrew them because he felt they had been inspired by satan and not revealed by the angel gabriel. that in itself because some offence, some aspects of the way the prophet�*s life was betrayed in the book offended some, but most of those, and you were talking there about whether or not the rescinding of this patois could have an impact, but the offence has gone much further than that —— this fatwa. those who believe they should be offended by this have never in the book, and whether it is that fatwa formally being rescinded or not, because it never has been, if the strength of feeling is still out there. �* a, ,., ., the strength of feeling is still out there. �* a, , �*, ., the strength of feeling is still out there. �* �*, ., ., there. aleem maqbool. let's go to new york how _ there. aleem maqbool. let's go to new york now and _ there. aleem maqbool. let's go to new york now and michelle - there. aleem maqbool. let's go to | new york now and michelle fleury. what is the latest we have on what has happened to salman rushdie now? we heard a short while ago from his agent, who has been confirming to

various members of american media here that mr rushdie is in surgery, but there has not been much more information in terms of his condition, and in fact earlier on, the governor of new york, kathy hochul, said that he had been airlifted to hospital. we understand he has gone to a hospital in erie, pennsylvania, which is about a six orseven pennsylvania, which is about a six or seven hour drive from where i am sitting right now. this would have been probably one of the biggest metropolitan areas from chautauqua institution, where he was given this lecture were the incident occurred. as for the person who carried out the attack, we understand, again, from new york governor kathy hochul that, thanks to the swift actions of state troopers on scene, he was quickly apprehended, but we still don't know the name or the motivations yet, and i think that is something, given who mr rushdie is, i think there is a lot of curiosity as to what was behind this attack.

there have been a lot more eyewitness accounts emerging, haven't there, of what happened in the moments before and during the attack? �* , u, , the moments before and during the attack? �* , i. , , attack? and because this event, because this _ attack? and because this event, because this incident _ attack? and because this event, because this incident happen - attack? and because this event, l because this incident happen right before the event was due to start, many people were already in their chair. some things we've learned is that this is a place that's located by a lake, it's summer c uses pretty well known, it is considered fairly elapsed, and so accordingly, the security according to eyewitnesses was fairly relaxed as well. you needed a ticket to get in, but did there were not secured guards or any visual presence like that —— there were not. once mr rushdie was about to go onstage, once was attacked, they were members of the public who also jumped they were members of the public who alsojumped onto they were members of the public who also jumped onto the station try and lend assistance, but it goes to this idea that this was a fairly relaxed affair, and many in the community and beyond have been shocked by this, and it is ripping across also

the literary world, where mr rushdie has been embraced. you have the former ceo of the organisation coming out and expressing their shock and horror at what has happened, hearing it echo across the board from penguin editors to others, who have seen mr rushdie is a champion of free speech and speaking out against oppression, so there is this fear this is some assault on freedom of speech. his ublic assault on freedom of speech. his public profile had risen again. he has got another book out, but also, in a sense, he had been trying to get beyond the restrictions, that kind of wait him down, his public life, for so long.— life, for so long. yeah, as aleem was 'ust life, for so long. yeah, as aleem was just commenting _ life, for so long. yeah, as aleem wasjust commenting on - life, for so long. yeah, as aleem wasjust commenting on just - life, for so long. yeah, as aleem. wasjust commenting on just now, life, for so long. yeah, as aleem - wasjust commenting on just now, he wasjust commenting onjust now, he wasjust commenting onjust now, he was saying, the iranian government had distanced itself in recent years, but the problem is that the

fatwa do not have any expiry date. death sentences don'tjust disappear, but because of that, relaxation, if you like, by the iranian government itself, mr rushdie had been living in increasingly public life. he had moved to new york city, he had become an american citizen back in 2016, he could be found at some big, well—known american literary events. this was not someone who was hiding, he was hiding in plain sight, and had been doing so for several years now. i think that is why people are so shocked, really, that this has happened in. so shocked, really, that this has happened in-_ so shocked, really, that this has hauened in. ~ . , ., ~ happened in. michelle fleury, thank ou ve happened in. michelle fleury, thank you very much- _ happened in. michelle fleury, thank you very much- i _ happened in. michelle fleury, thank you very much. ijust _ happened in. michelle fleury, thank you very much. ijust wanted - happened in. michelle fleury, thank you very much. i just wanted to - you very much. ijust wanted to bring a few more details. this is from cbs news, which has reported direct conversations the reporter has had with family members attending the chautauqua literary festival, and he says family members in the audience of the event said the assailant appeared to be armed

with a knife, and struck mr rushdie multiple times in the neck area. he goes on to say, mr rushdie stood up and fell backwards as he tried to get away from his attacker. a number of people came to his aid as we saw in the picture there and others restrained the person attacking him. he says there appeared to be blood spatter on the screen behind salman rushdie's chair. we'll bring you any breaking news we get. we'll go to pennsylvania where sulman is being treated in hospital. his agent says he is in surgery. we may get another statement perhaps later this evening from the governor of new york state who gave us one of the first public statements about what had happened in new york state before lunchtime

today. it was about 11am or thereabouts which is about 4pm uk time. let me bring you some breaking news on donald trump. this is the promise we had from the attorney general of the united states that he was proposing to unseal the warrants to explain why the moral lego home was —— a judge gave permission to us federal agency to save or seize all physical documents constituting evidence, contra band physical documents constituting evidence, contraband or other items legally possessed in violation of the us penal code, including documents with classification markings and presidential records created in january 2017 and january

2021. those are the dates of donald trump's term in office as president. we also understand, according to fox news, that fbi agents took 20 boxes of items, including one set of documents marked as" various classified documents" and those classifications work further to top secret and sensitive information. that is the detail on that. to remind you that we will find out how the salman rushdie attack, the trump warrant been unsealed and many other stories are covered and tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm 11:30pm. on friday we tend to get the first editions and we are joined by the writer and broadcaster ——.

author salman rushdie has been attacked on stage at an event in new york state. that was on friday morning. he suffered a wound to the neck and was flown to hospital to receive surgery. millions of people faced restrictions in the water use as drought is officially declared in parts of england. let's stay with the drought declaration which affects part of southern, eastern and central england after the dry summerfor half a and central england after the dry summer for half a century.

and central england after the dry summerfor half a century. the and central england after the dry summer for half a century. the areas affected include much of southern england and also up to the east coast. for companies trusting that in wales have really announced those bands and yorkshire water said our correspondent had an explained. vast parts of the country are now looking like this. dried out from the heat desperate for water. reservoirs are low like this one in derbyshire. after nearly six weeks of dry conditions drought has been declared in parts of england. southern, central and eastern areas are affected, including devon and cornwall, kent, london and east midlands. water companies can now bring in stricter measures to save water. ~ , ., ., ., ., , bring in stricter measures to save water. ~ ., ., ., water. when you turn on a tap or have a shower _

water. when you turn on a tap or have a shower does _ water. when you turn on a tap or have a shower does work - water. when you turn on a tap or have a shower does work and - water. when you turn on a tap or have a shower does work and at l have a shower does work and at rivers like this that means we are taking it away from the environment or taking it away from a farm that is using it irrigate or harvest crops that we will need for food. i think it is about saying that this is something beyond normal and we all play a role in thinking about where our water comes from and to use water wisely. where our water comes from and to use water wisely-— use water wisely. there are already hose--ie use water wisely. there are already hosepipe bans _ use water wisely. there are already hosepipe bans in — use water wisely. there are already hosepipe bans in place _ use water wisely. there are already hosepipe bans in place with - use water wisely. there are already hosepipe bans in place with more i use water wisely. there are already | hosepipe bans in place with more on the way. from today, nearly one of the way. from today, nearly one of the half—million south companies in sussex and kent are now banned from using them. in some areas there are exemptions. rule breakers can be fined orfined £1000. one of the various band is a haywards heath in west sussex. this allotment has suffered after nearly six weeks with little rain and dry conditions. crops are bare, crops and flowers are dying. the cost of living crisis, other people turning to this to try and support themselves in this way? i

to try and support themselves in this wa ? ~ ., v this way? i think that's true. i think there — this way? i think that's true. i think there is _ this way? i think that's true. i think there is a _ this way? i think that's true. i think there is a very _ this way? i think that's true. i think there is a very real - this way? i think that's true. i l think there is a very real desire to see where we can save some money or where we can cut see where we can save some money 01’ where we can cut corners. in see where we can save some money or where we can cut corners.— where we can cut corners. in fife, in scotland, _ where we can cut corners. in fife, in scotland, farmers _ where we can cut corners. in fife, in scotland, farmers have - where we can cut corners. in fife, in scotland, farmers have been i in scotland, farmers have been temporarily banned from using water from the river eden in their fields from midnight tomorrow. although not officially declared a drought area, in barry island in south wales, the warm weather has been good for business. ., . ., , warm weather has been good for business. ., i ., , , warm weather has been good for business. i, i i, , , , business. financially it is helped us immensely. _ business. financially it is helped us immensely. when _ business. financially it is helped us immensely. when we - business. financially it is helped us immensely. when we see - business. financially it is helped - us immensely. when we see weather forecasts_ us immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this _ degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this extreme - degrees, we can cope. we are now| halfway through this extreme heat. there is forecast for some rain early next week, but the environment agency says we will need weeks of rain to stop the drought affecting parts of england. helen wilkinson, bbc news, surrey. let's talk to a heatwave researcher at the

university of reading. chloe, thank you for talking to us. why drought order now? we you for talking to us. why drought order now?— you for talking to us. why drought order now? i i, ., ., , i, i, order now? we have had a period of six weeks of — order now? we have had a period of six weeks of intense _ order now? we have had a period of six weeks of intense dry _ order now? we have had a period of six weeks of intense dry weather - order now? we have had a period of| six weeks of intense dry weather and this follows on from a dry spell over the autumn and winter here in the uk, so we have had below average rainfall for months and months now. but it is still only certain parts of the country that are affected and that might surprise people. it might surrise that might surprise people. it might surprise people _ that might surprise people. it might surprise people but _ that might surprise people. it might surprise people but if— that might surprise people. it might surprise people but if we _ that might surprise people. it might surprise people but if we look - that might surprise people. it might surprise people but if we look at - surprise people but if we look at climate change, we know that drought and hot weather is more likely in the summer and if you look at those projections you will see a real split in the uk so the north—west of wales and northern ireland will get more wet weather and then in the south of england it is where we are going to suffer and is what we are seeing as we are seeing this prolonged dry weather mixed in with heat waves and then also arise in wildfires as well. in heat waves and then also arise in wildfires as well.— heat waves and then also arise in wildfires as well. in terms of what it allows the _

wildfires as well. in terms of what it allows the water _ wildfires as well. in terms of what it allows the water companies - wildfires as well. in terms of what it allows the water companies to l wildfires as well. in terms of what i it allows the water companies to do, what additionalfreedom it allows the water companies to do, what additional freedom does it allows the water companies to do, what additionalfreedom does it it allows the water companies to do, what additional freedom does it give them in terms of measures they can take to restrict water use? 50. take to restrict water use? so, alongside _ take to restrict water use? sr, alongside hosepipe bans, they can restrict our use of unnecessary use of water. so that might be things like washing your car, or watering plants in your garden, even if you don't use a hosepipe. although we should all be using water to conserve. my own sort of message for this weekend is conserved, cool and caution. conserve water, makes sure you are staying cool because of the heat and also caution, don't do anything that could spark a wildfire and tinder dry ground. it’s anything that could spark a wildfire and tinder dry ground.— and tinder dry ground. it's very strikin: and tinder dry ground. it's very striking that — and tinder dry ground. it's very striking that it _ and tinder dry ground. it's very striking that it is _ and tinder dry ground. it's very striking that it is today - and tinder dry ground. it's very striking that it is today that - and tinder dry ground. it's very| striking that it is today that this announcement has. yorkshire has not been as severely affected but it has been as severely affected but it has been affected. but it still seems a

paradox to have a hosepipe ban but it is not affected by the drought order. i it is not affected by the drought order. ~ , i, ~ i, i, order. i think, you know, there are different levels _ order. i think, you know, there are different levels for— order. i think, you know, there are different levels for each _ order. i think, you know, there are different levels for each water - different levels for each water company and yorkshire probably have decided that if they put a hosepipe ban in now, it might mean that they don't have to put more stringent measures in the future. however, i do think there are things more water companies can do to address leagues. i heard about another leak near me today and i think it really frustrates people when there put up with a hosepipe bans that water companies need to do more to address this. to companies need to do more to address this. i, i, i, i, �* , i, this. to what extent, and that's an interesting — this. to what extent, and that's an interesting question _ this. to what extent, and that's an interesting question in _ this. to what extent, and that's an interesting question in the - this. to what extent, and that's an interesting question in the sense l interesting question in the sense that when water is lost through leaks, it is not lost to the ground, it still isn't there, it has not vanished. does this in any way play a part in helping to replenish? i don't think the amount of water that will be needed to replenish. the

centre for ecology and hydrology has said the amount of water we need will probably come in october. it would be an intense, long rain spell. even if we have long and intense thunderstorms which are forecast for tuesday, this will not replenish because of the drought conditions. as you said, is the worst drought since 1976, for 50 years. worst drought since 1976, for 50 ears. i, i, , years. one thing we have not seen ro osed years. one thing we have not seen proposed yet. _ years. one thing we have not seen proposed yet, which _ years. one thing we have not seen proposed yet, which is _ years. one thing we have not seen proposed yet, which is still- years. one thing we have not seen proposed yet, which is still a - proposed yet, which is still a memory of mine from childhood is —— water companies have said they will be in a screen for standpipes because drought legislation has come a long way since 1976. such because drought legislation has come a long way since 1976.— a long way since 1976. such as a lot of thin . s a long way since 1976. such as a lot of things have- _ a long way since 1976. such as a lot of things have. and _ a long way since 1976. such as a lot of things have. and actually - a long way since 1976. such as a lot of things have. and actually in - of things have. and actually in some ways, and though they have a need of pipes there are quite prepared for stresses on the system and so it is important to stress that there will not be this pressure on infrastructure. but i would like to

say that this does not, it isn't the same for heat waves. there is not the same adaptation for infrastructure as there is for buildings. i would love to see the same sort of adaptations that will be as for heatwaves. brute same sort of adaptations that will be as for heatwaves.— same sort of adaptations that will be as for heatwaves. we are going to see more of— be as for heatwaves. we are going to see more of them _ be as for heatwaves. we are going to see more of them and _ be as for heatwaves. we are going to see more of them and they're - be as for heatwaves. we are going to see more of them and they're going. see more of them and they're going to be longer persisting and we really are going to have to rethink our infrastructure operations. having come from devon and a train that was subject to speed restrictions, i can vouch for it, its immediate impact in the heatwave. we have the speed restrictions but there are things a pyramid to have to take more thought of when there planning infrastructure for now in the future. chloe, thank you so much for talking to us this friday. keep cool if you can. thousands of train drivers were a member of the asdef union will be on strike. there will

be disruption which we may continue into sunday. i wanted to talk to our business correspondent who gave us more detail on this strike action. let's go through exactly which firms and companies. avante west coast, greater anglia, great western railway, hull trains, london overground, south—eastern and the west midlands trains as well. we have seen strikes through the course of the summer and this is the second time that train drivers have gone on strike and previously it was at the end ofjuly. asdef, the train drivers union says that what they are pushing for is they want to have are pushing for is they want to have a wage that reflects the cost of living in the terms and conditions need to be protected. the rail company says they do want to give a pay rise to train drivers, but they need to have reforms in place to be able to pay for those of pay rises as well. in terms of the disruption that we are going to expect, of course those companies, some of them will have no services at all and

some of them will be very limited and in fact, there is a suggestion that could be a knock—on effect is well on some of the train services. the advice is always used to check before you travel.— the advice is always used to check before you travel. that is elizabeth with, or caroline, _ before you travel. that is elizabeth with, or caroline, rather _ before you travel. that is elizabeth with, or caroline, rather with - before you travel. that is elizabeth with, or caroline, rather with all. with, or caroline, ratherwith all the details of travel. here is elizabeth with the weather. there is still a metal sieve weather warning for extreme heat this is the second highest and it stretches as far north across england as for the pennines and eastern parts of wales and down through devon and cornwall as well. it is in place until the end of the day on sunday where the peak of the heat is likely to be tomorrow for most. it is already a one start to the day with temperatures rising steadily into the low— and mid—30s and perhaps locally across central, southern england such as hampshire and sussex in the west midlands and london we could see 36 or 37 celsius. more sunshine tomorrow remain in scotland and more clout out of the north sea.

all change on sunday with an area of low pressure in the south and that will bring unstable and moist air. there could be thunderstorms to the north and west of the uk and the heat hangs on further south and it will probably still be dry until we get to the start of next week and we will all see a chance of heavy infantry downpours. —— sundry downpours.

welcome back. you are watching bbc news. i am shaun ley with the headlines for you. the author salman rushdie has been attacked on an stage at an event in new york state. he suffered a wound to the neck and has been taken to hospital, from where we are expecting an update on his condition. millions of people face restrictions on their water use as a drought is officially declared across parts of england. it also includes parts of the southwest after prolonged dry weather. birmingham, glasgow, leeds, sheffield — all competing to host next year's eurovision song contest

after ukraine was declared too dangerous to host it. while we await a update on the author salman rushdie, i want to bring a couple of bits of detail from numbers of the audience. this is from a lady called julia, who was attending the event, and she says, i thought at first that he was a microphone that the man was fixing, but then he started stabbing mr rushdie, so we saw knives. the first was right into his neck, and then like lower in the shoulder blades. mr rushdie, i think he got up and started running to the back of the stage, but the attacker pinned him on the ground and then people from the audiencejust ran on the ground and then people from the audience just ran onto the stage, and then mary newsom, a local, was in the audience, said there was a giant collective gasp. nobody was screaming, you're just in shock. this is a very peaceful

place, my daughter says everybody lives in a bubble here, and according to mary newsom, there was no visible security around sir salmon. people had their tickets check when they came in, bags not being checked. we hope to hear at some point from the literary festival. there will be no doubt be questions on why someone could have a knife and get onto the stage, unchallenged, apparently. that man has been arrested and is in custody, new york state police questioning him at the moment, according to the governor kathy hochul, who made the first public statement on his condition. we are awaiting news from the hospital. we were told by his agent about an hour ago that he was in surgery. will bring you more on his condition on bbc news.

let me tell you more about the economy. the uk economy shrank between april and june — adding to concerns about a darkening economic outlook. it comes after the bank of england forecast the uk will fall into recession towards the end of this year. details were for gross domestic product — the combined sum of goods and services in the uk. the data from office for national statistics shows the quarterly contraction was just 0.1% from april tojune, which is smaller than some analysts had predicted, but showed a slowing in consumer spending. and the gdp figures forjune alone showed the economy shrunk by 0.6%. here's our business editor, simonjack. here in chester, it's notjust the drinks that are on ice. the whole economy has started to cool. the owner of this bar, kingdom thenga, told me hopes of a post—covid boom had been dashed. we're just surviving right now. it's not about making money, it's not about trying to expand or trying to grow our business, it's just about stabilising

the business, especially after the pandemic over the past two years. we thought, we'll get through the pandemic and we'll come back and there will be a massive surge and the roaring �*20s, here we come. the reality is that it's the opposite. judging by your own business, do you think we are already in recession? i would say yes. from energy bills to not going out to the cost of living. itjust seems like that's where we are heading. a few miles away at the airbus factory in north wales, the current chancellor admitted times were tough, but said that £37 billion of support already announced by his predecessor, rishi sunak, would help — and more could be on the way. there is no doubt that these are challenging times. but of course, what we need to do is make sure we do two things. one, deal with the spike in gas prices. the way we do that is to get the £37 billion out of the door.

we are midway through that. there's more to do. and then to work up the options available for more help later in the winter, in december and january. one of the clearest signals yet that the person the chancellor is backing to succeed borisjohnson, liz truss, is accepting more direct support — what she was previously called hand—outs — will be needed. meanwhile, the labour leader said families needed detail of any new help coming sooner rather than later. had the government acted more quickly on the windfall tax, then for many more months families would have been protected under a better scheme by labour. if the government had acted on labour's idea for vat to be reduced, to be eliminated on energy bills, many people would be better off. just a few miles from airbus, greenacres animal park care for creatures that like high temperatures all year round, which means heating bills this winter are a serious concern. we have a lot of exotic animals on site. lemurs, crocodiles, etc, and it's expensive now to look after them. if the prices are going to increase, as is predicted, it's a real worry

how we are going to get through the winter. inflation stoked by these extraordinary energy price rises is sapping the life out of the economy. any hopes of a post—pandemic animal spirits recovery is being crushed by a cost of living and a cost of doing business crisis. companies are seeing their own costs soar while their customers' incomes dive. whoever becomes the next prime minister will have the formidable task of preventing millions feeling financial hardship and thousands of companies from going under. visitors here said they were cutting back. for this summer, we've all looked for more free places to go to. we're going to have to start tightening our belts a bit because times are getting harder — everything apart from wages are going up. the economy has not fallen off a cliff — it's only shrunk slightly. but consumer fears are rising and business confidence is falling. simonjack, bbc news, north wales.

the timeline has expired to objects to the release of... mr trump's lawyers informed the department of justice he had no objections, journalist reporting the agents removed 11 sets of documents from mar—a—lago, some of the marked top secrets. these documents would have been removed generally last year, when the president left office, and early reports said some document may have related to nuclear weapons. as i say, the warrant has now been published widely in us media. this is what david weinstein had to say. i expect all of us will be able to see exactly what statutes the federal government believe have been

violated, and then we will see what documents they were looking to retrieve, what evidence they were looking to collect, and then finally, on the inventory of what they took, it is not going to be what we all helped that it would show us. it will generally be redacted to some degree, and they are not going to specifically name any specific document. they will tell us if they took a box of doctrines out of room run, if they took other documents out of estate or other documents out of a file cabinet —— documents out of room one. we are not going to know specifically what doctrines were taken, so i think the biggest take away we will get from this is exactly what crimes they believe have been violated and are supported by their looking for evidence of those crimes. we have heard them talk about the presenter records act, and that deals with doctrines that should be with the national archives, but we've also heard of people talking about documents that contained national security information, specifically defence

information, specifically defence information, so to some extent, perhaps, we will see one of the statutes mentioned on the face of the search warrant, maybe tell meaning they believe to some degree the president had in his possession at mar—a—lago certain classified, highly secured document that should not have been removed from ewald in washington, dc. not have been removed from ewald in washington. dc.— washington, dc. david weinstein there, washington, dc. david weinstein there. lawyer. — washington, dc. david weinstein there, lawyer, talking _ washington, dc. david weinstein there, lawyer, talking about - washington, dc. david weinstein there, lawyer, talking about the l there, lawyer, talking about the unsealing of the documents that tells us the warrant in which a us judge gave permission for the fbi to raid former us president donald trump's home in florida. seven uk cities have been announced as the contenders to host next year's eurovision song contest. the shortlist, whittled down from 20 places that expressed an interest, is birmingham, glasgow, leeds, liverpool, manchester, newcastle and sheffield. the uk will host next may after coming second in this year's contest — organisers decided it wouldn't be possible to stage it in the winning country, ukraine.

our arts correspondent david sillito has more. eurovision 1960, presented by katie boyle. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. on behalf of the bbc, i welcome you all to the fifth annual eurovision song contest. the uk has a long history of hosting the contest. edinburgh, harrogate, birmingham, all over. the question is where next? there are seven cities on the shortlist. the shortlist was announced on radio 2. birmingham, glasgow, leeds, manchester, newcastle, sheffield and liverpool. that's it! that was really tense. they were more than pleased, especially one local eurovision star who came close to winning in 1993. i am over the moon! my fingers are so crossed that it comes to liverpool. we tick all the boxes. we have the arena, the beautiful

city, everything's on the doorstep. we are going to have the biggest party ever. liverpool does has a musical heritage. there is romance to their bid. but the winner will be determined by practicalities. these days, eurovision is huge. glasgow has proved its ability to host major events with the recent cop international climate conference, but the fact so many cities have the facilities to be in the running says something. it's a great sign for the north. a lot of tourism in the uk is london—centric, and the fact there are so many northern cities on the shortlist is a good sign that people are seeing the north for the tourism that it can bring. and whoever is finally chosen in the autumn, that's only the beginning. modern eurovision is rather larger than it was when the uk last hosted in 1998.

let's now speak to martin smith, chair of economic development and skills policy committee for sheffield city council. but i guess you are now mr eurovision, martin. how does it feel? laughter it has been a great day, the phone has not stopped ringing. we are really, really pleased to make the shortlist. == really, really pleased to make the shortlist. what was the thinking behind the bid? bugle what was the thinking behind the bid? i i, i i, what was the thinking behind the bid? i i, ii, i j what was the thinking behind the bid? i i, i i i, bid? we are confident city? who would not want _ bid? we are confident city? who would not want eurovision - bid? we are confident city? who would not want eurovision and l would not want eurovision and everything you just heard from your article there? we really want to get eurovision in sheffield, we've got a very strong bid, we think. it is a regional bid, so it is notjust supported by sheffield council. all the other local authorities in the area, the recently elected mayor of south yorkshire, we have got a great venue, sheffield arena. the

geography is great. centrally located, excellent transport links and, crucially, we have got a long history of putting on major events of all sorts of different types, and as most of the other cities will say, we do like to put on a party. yeah, absolutely, but this is the difficulty, isn't it? lots of ecologies you mention, every city is unique, but lots of qualities you mentioned, connectivity, experience of posting big events, location and all the rest of it, can be said by a number of cities and that's going to make this a really difficult choice for eurovision.— make this a really difficult choice for eurovision. yes, competition is tense, for eurovision. yes, competition is tense. but — for eurovision. yes, competition is tense. but one _ for eurovision. yes, competition is tense, but one of— for eurovision. yes, competition is tense, but one of the _ for eurovision. yes, competition is tense, but one of the things - for eurovision. yes, competition is tense, but one of the things that l tense, but one of the things that strikes me is that eurovision is all about unity and welcome and the diversity that is on display, and we believe that those are key strengths of sheffield, critically the people of sheffield, critically the people of sheffield, critically the people of sheffield, and you can probably

tell from my accent i was not born here. i came here 27 years ago, love the place, love the people. they are so welcoming. we love to pride ourselves as a city of sanctuary. we try to build a culture of welcome and hospitality. for any comers and refugees. we think in this three—year in particular, that's something that any host city needs to be mindful of.— to be mindful of. sheffield is an international city _ to be mindful of. sheffield is an international city and _ to be mindful of. sheffield is an international city and will - to be mindful of. sheffield is an international city and will be - international city and will be known by many, around the globe, for sheffield steel. the steel industry has changed, the profile of the city has changed, the profile of the city has changed, the profile of the city has changed, and he kind of industries and businesses there are industries and businesses there are in the city have changed, so sheffield has reinvented itself, i guess, in the last 30 years. this is a big culture event, and sheffield has its cultural icons as well, but in musical terms, what would you say

sheffield brings to the game? we have sheffield brings to the game? - have got lots of international artists. we have got pop, we have got the arctic monkeys. if you are my age, your memberjoe cocker. we have lots of great music, notjust the arena. we can put on multiple side events in the city, as we have proven recently with the women zeros and other events we have —— women zeros and other events we put on. it is not about that one big event, that one big hall, it is a whole series of events we want to put on around the city, to celebrate eurovision.— around the city, to celebrate eurovision. i, , i, i, eurovision. let me ask you a boring auestion eurovision. let me ask you a boring question but _ eurovision. let me ask you a boring question but quite _ eurovision. let me ask you a boring question but quite an _ eurovision. let me ask you a boring question but quite an important - eurovision. let me ask you a boring l question but quite an important one. have you got enough hotel rooms and be rooms? , i, , i, have you got enough hotel rooms and be rooms? , i, , i, be rooms? yes, and you can stay at my place if— be rooms? yes, and you can stay at my place if you're — be rooms? yes, and you can stay at my place if you're short _ be rooms? yes, and you can stay at my place if you're short of- be rooms? yes, and you can stay at my place if you're short of a - be rooms? yes, and you can stay at my place if you're short of a bed! i my place if you're short of a bed! laughter i am sure that offer is available to every contestant as well for martin smith at sheffield city council, you

wanted to say another thought, a brief last word to defend yourself before you get delusion of applications —— get fatwa -- it —— it deluged... what we have got is, you know, -- it deluged. .. what we have got is. you know.— -- it deluged... what we have got is, ou know, ~ i, i, , is, you know, ukraine won, sam ryder and the team — is, you know, ukraine won, sam ryder and the team behind _ is, you know, ukraine won, sam ryder and the team behind with _ is, you know, ukraine won, sam ryder and the team behind with space - is, you know, ukraine won, sam ryder and the team behind with space made| and the team behind with space made it an amazing and the team behind with space made itan amazingjob, and the team behind with space made it an amazing job, but this should really be held in ukraine, so when we develop our bid, we want to make sure that whatever the outcome is, we reflect on the fact that it should be in ukraine and we have got to find a way of celebrating ukrainian culture as well. martin smith, thank— ukrainian culture as well. martin smith, thank you _ ukrainian culture as well. martin smith, thank you very _ ukrainian culture as well. martin smith, thank you very much, - ukrainian culture as well. martin - smith, thank you very much, martin smith, thank you very much, martin smith there at sheffield city council. normally at this point, we'll be going to film review, but

we'll be going to film review, but we are going to bring you some breaking news out of the united states. actually out of los angeles. it has been confirmed that the american actress anne heche has died after that crash outside her home a week ago. she was seriously injured in the crash. lizo mzimba looks back at her career. she has been a familiarface in tv at her career. she has been a familiar face in tv and film for more than three decades. but in the first week of august, per car crashed into a house in the west of los angeles. both the home and her car caught fire. anne heche had a succession of small parts before being cast oppositejohnny depp in the mob drama donnie brasco. i didn't ok this, maggie. you - the mob drama donnie brasco. i. didn't ok this, maggie. you didn't ok it? shouting

i'm here. that was quickly followed b her first i'm here. that was quickly followed by her first starring _ i'm here. that was quickly followed by her first starring role _ i'm here. that was quickly followed by her first starring role alongside l by her first starring role alongside harrison ford, six days, seven nights. i harrison ford, six days, seven niuhts. i, , harrison ford, six days, seven nithts. i, , "~ i': i': i ~ harrison ford, six days, seven nithts. i, , "~ i': i': i, nights. i want my $700 back. you said ou nights. i want my $700 back. you said you were _ nights. i want my $700 back. you said you were going _ nights. i want my $700 back. you said you were going to _ nights. i want my $700 back. you said you were going to take me i nights. i want my $700 back. you said you were going to take me to j said you were going to take me to tahilii _ said you were going to take me to tahilii he — said you were going to take me to tahiti. he did not for some give it back _ tahiti. he did not for some give it back ht_ tahiti. he did not for some give it back. �* , tahiti. he did not for some give it back. ~ , i, , i, back. at the same time, she was in a related ship — back. at the same time, she was in a related ship with _ back. at the same time, she was in a related ship with us _ back. at the same time, she was in a related ship with us tv _ back. at the same time, she was in a related ship with us tv presenter - related ship with us tv presenter ellen degenerates. she said her openness about their relationship cost her her hollywood career. over the next 20 years, she said she was offered only smaller tv and film rules. in 2020, she competed on america's version of stickley, dancing, how to make dancing with the stars, —— strictly come dancing, dancing with the stars... she will

be remembered. that is anne heche, whose death has been announced. let's get more on that attack on salman rushdie, stabbed while preparing to give a lecture at the literary festival in chautauqua in new york state. he went into hiding after a fatwa was issued against them. earlier i spoke to journalist and film maker mobeen azhar, who made a documentary which examined the effect of salman rushdie's novel the satanic verses. i remember meeting sam and rusty about four years ago at a book signing, and it felt in many ways at that point, although it lingered for many years and we heard in the package there, that fatwa, that egypt, did not have a date to expire —— i remember meeting salman rushdie. even though that was considered, it felt that salman rushdie can live as a free man, and

so my initial thought and response is one ofjust complete shock and condemnation for this kind of attack. it is horrible news and salman rushdie has been, for decades now, someone that has spoken up for freedom of speech and has lived by that as well. you see that in so much of his work and his on -- is —— is unapologetic to sense. the feeling and strength of feeling in certain sections of the muslim world, even today, still runs very strong, and i think as a community, there are many people who believed there are many people who believed the community had moved on from this and of course we don't all the details of happened today, but the suggestion would be perhaps that's not the case. {elite suggestion would be perhaps that's not the case-— suggestion would be perhaps that's not the case. give us some sense of where that — not the case. give us some sense of where that anger _ not the case. give us some sense of where that anger came _ not the case. give us some sense of where that anger came from, - not the case. give us some sense of.

where that anger came from, without endorsing it, but to help us understand... and we do not even know it is connected to this attack, we are making assumptions, and we cannot make those, but to help olise understand context of what he was living under this threat, what it was about the satanic verses and also the strength of feeling you encountered when you were exploring this for your documentary. flit this for your documentary. of course, the satanic this for your documentary. (zii course, the satanic verses, like much of rusty's work, is a fantastical work of fiction. in this particular instance, some of the characters were loosely in terms of their names and some of their history linked to islamic history, and so there were people within the muslim community, and of course we are talking about this being over 30 years ago, and the people in the community who were offended, i think it is also important to say that when the iranians, and it was ayatollah khomeini, at the time when

heissued ayatollah khomeini, at the time when he issued the fatwa, there was applicable aspect, there was a rallying call. ayatollah khomeini in particular became a sort of totem to gather support. this particular became a sort of totem to gather support-— gather support. this was ten years after the islamic _ gather support. this was ten years after the islamic revolution - gather support. this was ten years after the islamic revolution in - after the islamic revolution in iran. , i, i, after the islamic revolution in iran. i, i, iran. exactly, so we are going back over 30 years _ iran. exactly, so we are going back over 30 years here. _ iran. exactly, so we are going back over 30 years here. the _ iran. exactly, so we are going back over 30 years here. the thing - iran. exactly, so we are going back| over 30 years here. the thing many people find surprising and what i found surprising is when i was making the documentary, and this is about five years ago now, i spent a lot of time in committees up and down the uk, places like bradford, i encountered a strength of feeling which really took me by surprise, and i consider myself someone who grew up with and is still very much inside the muslim community, but i met people who would be offended by met people who would be offended by me as a film—maker carrying the book, simply touching the book that they were offended by, as a muslim,

carrying the book, and so a lot of theseissues carrying the book, and so a lot of these issues have remained unresolved and ijust think it is terrible what we find ourselves today. it really is. did terrible what we find ourselves today. it really is.— terrible what we find ourselves today. it really is. did you have any engagement _ today. it really is. did you have any engagement from - today. it really is. did you have any engagement from salmanl today. it really is. did you have - any engagement from salman rushdie, with the work you are doing? there were two strands _ with the work you are doing? there were two strands of— with the work you are doing? ii.. were two strands of engagement, actually. so i reached out to him numerous times and up to him and met him at a book signing. and very politely told him i was the man that had been writing to him and i would love him to engage with the project and i would love to share some of the stuff that i'd found out. he was a picture of charm, he really was, and that i had quite a few phone calls with his son, so his son is someone that i know through mutual contact. he told me at the time, and i completely understood this and respected this, he said the reason he personally did not want to be

involved is because he did not want to start up old fires, and so he wanted to leave and very much in the past. we have got to remember as well that salman rushdie is a literary titan, so hejust well that salman rushdie is a literary titan, so he just released acclaimed book after acclaimed book, after the satanic verses, so in many ways, he has made a huge effort to move on with his life and certainly move on with his life and certainly move on with his work, so i got a distinct impression not only from salman rushdie but also from his son that this was something that he did not want to engage with, he did not want to stoke up that conversation once again, and i really got the impression that he was getting on with his life, of course he was, and for that reason as well as many others, the news today is so heartbreaking.— others, the news today is so heartbreaking. what makes it i su - ose heartbreaking. what makes it i suppose as _ heartbreaking. what makes it i suppose as also _ heartbreaking. what makes it i suppose as also difficult - heartbreaking. what makes it i suppose as also difficult is - heartbreaking. what makes it i suppose as also difficult is it i heartbreaking. what makes it i suppose as also difficult is it is| suppose as also difficult is it is hard to see a resolution to this. the book, whatever happens to salman

rushdie, he is in his 70s, the book will still be out there, the book will still be out there, the book will be available, which means there is no real resolution to the anger and frustration of those offended by it. i and frustration of those offended by it. ~' and frustration of those offended by it. ~ i, �* , and frustration of those offended by it. i think that's true. i also think it is _ it. i think that's true. i also think it is important - it. i think that's true. i also think it is important to - it. i think that's true. i also think it is important to say| it. i think that's true. i also - think it is important to say that the vast majority of people from within the muslim community, certainly in a british european, american, context, the vast majority of those people, i think, and this is unscientific, this isjust of those people, i think, and this is unscientific, this is just the work i did from the documentary, have moved on, are in a different lace, with obsolete condemn this violence. of course they would. but that does not change the fact that theissue that does not change the fact that the issue of the book and the resulting fatwa issued by ayatollah kemeny came this flashpoint, he really did, a flashpoint that was linked to so many other issues and so within the community there are

still people a generation on, actually, that are holding on to those grievances. and i think it is very important to say, we cannot engage with that in a meaningful way apart from telling people that this is entirely wrong and condemning violence. we absolutely have to do that and be united in that, within the muslim committee and outside the muslim community. we have to be absolute and that, and more than anything, i'm hoping mr rushdie makes a swift recovery, i really am. a view from one man who was talk with him and dealt with him and reported on his literary career, particularly the impact of the satanic verses. i want to bring an update on donald trump, thejudge in florida has unsealed the warrants, as was expected but that was issued by the fbi. we are getting headlines and snaps from various agencies about what is in it. trying to

really warn. let me you that included top—secret documents, it included, according to reports of items that would be in violation of the law against gathering of defence related material, it also included photos and hand written notes, it also included some items, information to do with the french president, emmanuel macron, and according to the afp news agency, it was also potential breaches of the espionage act. fox news is reporting that the boxes of documents included a number of pickers with the top—secret classification, among other classification which suggested restricted use. the time of the warrant cover the entire period of the trump presidency, january 2017 to january 2021, and you may recall

that in those pictures that showed mr trump and his wife leaving the white house, on the lawn on the outside were boxes and boxes and boxes of official documentation. it is not unusual for presidents to take documents away with them. they are ultimately supposed to be returned to the national archives. to have them more than a year after you left office, if there are any that violate these restrictions, could be a serious breach of the criminal law. one thing to remember. it is possible if you are found guilty of breaching that lot to be banned from holding public office, which is an ominous not for president trump, if you were to be found guilty and hopes to run again. james reynolds is here at 9pm. hello there. there is still a met office weather warning for extreme heat, the second highest level of alert. it is an amber warning and it stretches as far north as the pennines, and down through parts of devon and cornwall too. it is in

course our place to the end of the day sunday. it is already a warm start to the day, temperatures rising steadily into the low to mid 30s in celsius, perhaps locally, maybe the west midlands, west london, we could see 36, 30 seven celsius. more sunshine tomorrow for mainland scotland. all change on sunday. an area of low pressure towards the south is going to send some pretty quite unstable, moist air. there could be some thunderstorms towards the north and west of the uk. heat holds on further south and it will be dry until get the start of next week, when we will all see the chance of some heavy, thundery downpours.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. aus a us federaljudge has ordered the un—sealing of the search warrant for the donald trump for the compound. it is reported that it involved the seizure of top—secret documents. author salman rushdie is attacked on stage at an event in new york state. he suffered a wound to the neck and was flown to hospital and into surgery — we hearfrom someone who saw what happened. we saw him move on stage very quickly and repeatedly and with vicious determination stabbed salman rushdie. the author has been the target of islamist death threats since the 1980s. in other news.... firefighters from seven different european countries come to france's rescue as it battles a massive wildfire in the southwest.