this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the author salman rushdie is undergoing surgery in the us, after being stabbed on stage ahead of a lecture in new york state. here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power, someone who's been out there, unafraid despite the threats. police say the suspect is a 24—year—old man from the state of newjersey. it's been revealed that the search warrant executed on donald trump's florida home was partly based on suspicion of violations of the us espionage act. drought is officially declared across large parts of england after the driestjuly in half a century.

firefighters from seven different european countries come to france's rescue as it battles a massive wildfire in the southwest. hello and welcome. the author salman rushdie has been stabbed on stage at a literary event in new york state while preparing to give a lecture. he was flown to hospital by helicopter and earlier his agent confirmed he was in surgery. salman rushdie received death threats after writing his book, the satanic verses in 1988 and went into hiding for nearly a decade.

our north america correspondent john sudworth has more. there was confusion and panic. the attack happened in full view of the audience. sir salman was left injured, lying on stage, and eyewitnesses in deep shock. there was nothing audible from the attacker. we just saw him move on stage very quickly and, repeatedly and with vicious determination, stabbed salman rushdie. people were rising up out of their seats, gasping, crying and screaming and this unheard—of thing was happening on stage. salman rushdie was taken to hospital by helicopter. he had been due to speak at the chautauqua institution, a centre for arts and learning in western new york state which has long celebrated freedom of expression. a value, many observers pointed out, embodied by mr rushdie himself.

here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power, someone who has been out there, unafraid despite the threats that have followed him his entire adult life, it seems. the motive for the attack is not yet known, but the threat of assassination that sir salman has long lived under will be a key focus of the investigation. his book, the satanic verses, published in 1988, was condemned as blasphemous by the then supreme ruler of iran, ayatollah khomeini. the fatwa, or religious ruling, was accompanied by a bounty in exchange for his death. now, a country that holds free speech in such high regard is contemplating the shocking sight of the author, wounded for his work, being wheeled into hospital. video footage shows a man taken into custody by police shortly after the attack. john sudworth, bbc news, washington.

breaking news a statement from new york police, state police played in jamestown in the last hour. this is in update in which they confirmed the identity of the attacker and also more about what went on. the susect also more about what went on. the suspect has — also more about what went on. tue: suspect has been also more about what went on. tte: suspect has been i densify, age 24 suspect has been i densify, age 2a from fairview newjersey. earlier today at approximately 10:47am just speaker salman rushdie age 75 in ralph henry reese age 73 had just arrived on stage at the institution put up shortly there after the suspect jumped put up shortly there after the suspectjumped out of the stage and attack salman rushdie, stabbing him attack salman rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. earlier i soke to least once in the abdomen. earlier i spoke to the — least once in the abdomen. earlier i spoke to the film-maker— least once in the abdomen. earlier i spoke to the film-maker which - spoke to the film—maker which examined the impact of salman

rushdie's novel satanic verses. t rushdie's novel satanic verses. i remember meeting salman rushdie's novel satanic verses. t remember meeting salman rushdie it may be four years ago at a book signing. and it felt in many ways that that threat, although it had lingered for many, many years and as we heard in the package, that fatwa didn't have a date to expire. so even though that was considered, it felt that salman rushdie could live as a free man. so my initial thought and response was one of complete shock and of course condemnation for this kind of attack. it's horrible news and salman rushdie has been for decades now someone who has spoken up decades now someone who has spoken up forfreedom as decades now someone who has spoken up for freedom as each foot up and has lived by that as well. we see that in so much of his work and his unapologetic sense of what he wants to publish without i think there is a real issue here because the

feeling and the strength of feeling in certain sections of the muslim world even today still runs very strong. i think is a community there are many people who think that community had moved on from this. we don't know all the details of what is happened but the suggestion would be perhaps that's not the case. {flare be perhaps that's not the case. give us some sense _ be perhaps that's not the case. give us some sense of _ be perhaps that's not the case. give us some sense of where that anger came from, without endorsing it but help us understand, we don't even know if it's connected with this attack. we are making assumptions that we can make those without help us at least understand the context of why he was living under this threat, what it was about satanic verses and also the strength of feeling you had while exploring this for your documentary. the feeling you had while exploring this for your documentary.— for your documentary. the satanic verses much _ for your documentary. the satanic verses much of— for your documentary. the satanic verses much of like _ for your documentary. the satanic verses much of like salman - for your documentary. the satanic i

verses much of like salman rushdie does's work, a fiction. in this particular instance some of the characters were loosely, in terms of their name and some of their history were linked to islamic history. and so there were people in the muslim community, where talking about years ago. people within the community who were offended. it's also important to say when the time that he issued the fatwa, there was a political aspect, there was a rallying call and the ayatollah khomeini became a kind of told him to gather support. this is ten years after the revolution in iran. exactly. going wa back revolution in iran. exactly. going way back over — revolution in iran. exactly. going way back over 30 _ revolution in iran. exactly. going way back over 30 years. - revolution in iran. exactly. going way back over 30 years. the - revolution in iran. exactly. goingl way back over 30 years. the thing that many people will find surprising and i certainly found surprising and i certainly found surprising is when i was making the documentary, this is about five

years ago now, i spent a lot of time in communities up and down the uk in places like bradford, i encountered a strength of feeling which really took me by surprise. 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 me as a film—maker carrying the book, just simply touching the book they were offended as me carrying the book. a lot of these issues have remained unresolved. ijust think it's terrible where we find our selves today. it really is. . the search warrant executed on donald trump's florida home

on monday has been unsealed by a judge, after the former us president made no objection to the move. it shows that the search by fbi agents was partly based on suspicions of violations of the us espionage act, related to the illegal retention of sensitive defence documents. fbi agents removed eleven sets of documents, some classified top secret. shannon o'brien, thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. let me ask you first of all, what do we know as a result of seeing this warrant about what the fbi were looking for and was this a fishing expedition or did they have specific material in mind? t expedition or did they have specific material in mind?— material in mind? i don't believe this was a _ material in mind? i don't believe this was a fishing _ material in mind? i don't believe this was a fishing expedition. - material in mind? i don't believe this was a fishing expedition. i l this was a fishing expedition. i think they had a pretty good idea of at least some of the things for the national archives at the end of any

presidency, they try to categorise and get together all the documents of the administration, everything that occurred during the presidency. so they are starting to put everything in order and they probably noticed certain things were missing. we know from some of the information that's come out that some of these things should never see the public eye. you and i, just anybody, a lot of this material is secured. it shouldn't be stuff that anybody should have access to. we know that from some of the classification levels of some of the things these things may be really sensitive information and they are trying to take steps to make sure that it remains secure.— trying to take steps to make sure that it remains secure. there were some notes _ that it remains secure. there were some notes earlier _ that it remains secure. there were some notes earlier that _ that it remains secure. there were some notes earlier that appeared l that it remains secure. there were l some notes earlier that appeared on various agencies surmising things to do with information on the french president emmanuel macron, it was mentioned probable breaches of

espionage. documents relating to the rogers stone clemency decision by the president. there seems to be quite a range of things. we know he took a lot of documents away with them because we saw boxes of them sitting on the white house lawn the day he left office. i suppose the question is, why were they still in his hands more than 18 months later? first off, the president is allowed to take diaries, journals, things that are private. usually archives will work with them to make sure these are family documents. and they will keep things that are public documents without from what i understand national archives has been trying to get things from the president, former president trump for quite a while at this point. we know they sent previous letters, they start working on categorising these documents and getting all these documents and getting all these documents and getting all these documents in order usually as soon as the administration is over.

they've tried to be in contact with them. if he did not respond and if some of this material that they may know from other things that have been deposited with them, things go back and forth, they might have a copy from another agency and may be missing a correspondent white house documentation. they may be very worried about what he may retain and they want to double check it. there is a track record _ they want to double check it. there is a track record of— they want to double check it. there is a track record of presidents - is a track record of presidents trying to if you like, curate or shape their presidency according to what documents are retained. historically. that's why we have the presidential records act. that's why we had won in the harry truman, passed in the early 50s in the 70 81, which is what retains us. the lincolns records were burned, washington's records, the biography doing that biographer wonder what he wanted and dispose what he was an interesting. we know harding's wife

disposed a lot of records some family dispose a lot of records. some president says historically want to keep things and others have been rather creative with the choices of restoration or historical record. ., ., , , choices of restoration or historical record. ., ., _ . ., ., record. famously richard nixon wanted to _ record. famously richard nixon wanted to curate _ record. famously richard nixon wanted to curate his _ record. famously richard nixonj wanted to curate his documents record. famously richard nixon - wanted to curate his documents and most of his history retained. you can understand the instinct particular for some can understand the instinct particularfor some one can understand the instinct particular for some one like donald trump who has a particular view of the image he presents to the world that he might want that image to be preserved in a particular way. but presumably, that kind of argues against the desire of archivist to preserve as much as possible. but also the public interest which is presumably some of the stuff should only be kept under lock and key in federal facilities. only be kept under lock and key in federalfacilities. es, only be kept under lock and key in federal facilities.— federal facilities. a lot of times we don't know— federal facilities. a lot of times we don't know what _ federal facilities. a lot of times we don't know what we - federal facilities. a lot of times we don't know what we don't i federal facilities. a lot of times - we don't know what we don't know. sometimes when i look at records, i will see one thing and then five years later i'll be looking and see

something completely different. donald trump might be looking at these records right now through a certain lands where he wants to present a certain image but all of it needs to be retained, everything needs to be put into the archives and retain so we can all eventually or researchers be able to see, what was the information he had available to make the decisions he made? and in some ways history might be kinder or less kind, it's been kind endless to presidents over time. what we can see the information that they had choices to make over and what choices to make over and what choices they made. a lot of the stuffjust needs choices they made. a lot of the stuff just needs to choices they made. a lot of the stuffjust needs to be preserved. and. shannon o'brien associate professor in austin, texas without thank you for talking with us.

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this is bbc news, the latest headlines. the author salman rushdie is undergoing surgery in the us, after being stabbed on stage ahead of a lecture in new york state. it's been revealed that the search warrant executed on donald trump's florida home was partly based on suspicion of violations of the us espionage act. ukraine says russia has shelled its towns from positions near the zaporizhzhia power plant as warnings continue over fighting around the nuclear site. president zelensky is accusing russia of nuclear blackmail. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse has the latest. this is the closest ukrainian soldiers can get to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. the dnipro river now a watery front line. across it, russia is in control. the risks of its six reactors getting caught

in the crossfire are very clear. but the picture of what is happening here is still murky. we've been messaging two workers from the plant. they describe seeing colleagues kidnapped, as well as their concerns about a nuclear catastrophe. translation: my working day is a constant stress. _ there was shelling of the nitrogen oxygen station, which caused the fire. by some miracle, the people working there survived. soldiers are walking everywhere with weapons and everyone is actually kept at gunpoint. they back up these pictures, which appear to show russian troops using the buildings as a base. and then there's the daily shelling of the site, as well as the city of enerhodar which it sits in. ukraine and russia continue to blame each other. how dangerous is it currently as far as you are aware, what's your assessment? translation: the occupiers have been shelling the area around _ the nuclear power plant. people have been seriously injured. infrastructure has been damaged.

power and water supplies have been interrupted. at a meeting of the united nations security council, a repeat... the united states reiterates the importance... ..for international inspectors to be let in. there are also calls for russian troops to leave, which moscow did not agree to. and so, fears over europe's biggest nuclear power plant continue. translation: the russian military has been intimidating staff, - kidnapping and blackmailing. i'm concerned about the psychological state of the technicians. the workers are making very important decisions while managing a nuclear reactor. this area has seen more intense fighting in recent weeks. there's still, though, very little movement, suggesting the zaporizhzhia plant will continue to slip from ukraine's control. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. here, a drought has been declared across many parts of england, amidst the driest summer for fifty years. a weather warning for extreme heat is in place for parts of central

and southern england and wales until midnight on sunday — with temperatures as high as 36 degrees expected over the weekend. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. a helena wilkinson reports. fire earlier this afternoo started a fire earlier this afternoon it started in fields and spread to a neighbouring farm. people had to leave their homes. this was westbridge furred in nottingham sure today. they were still trying to put out fires. and this is sidelin and dorsett, dried out from the heat desperate for water. and reservoirs load like this one in derbyshire. after nearly six weeks of dry conditions, a drought has been declared for parts of england. southern, central and eastern areas are affected, including devon and cornwall, kent, london and the east midlands. water companies can now bring in stricter measures to save water. when you turn on a tap or have a shower, that water comes out of rivers like this, that means we are taking it away

from the environment or a farmer who could be using it to irrigate or harvest crops we need for food, so it's about signalling this is something beyond normal and we all play a role in thinking about where our water comes from and to use water wisely. there are already hosepipe bans in place, with more on the way. from today, nearly 1.5 million south east water customers in sussex and kent, are banned from using them. in some areas, there are exemptions. rule—breakers could be fined £1000. one of the areas banned is haywards heath in west sussex. this allotment has suffered after nearly six weeks with little rain and dry conditions. plots are bare, crops and flowers are drying. murray owns an allotment here. it has meant a poorer harvest and a depressing time of the year when we should be bringing in lots and lots of crops.

i do have that longer term worry that it is going to put people off the idea of gardening. in fife, in scotland, farmers are being temporarily banned from using water from the river eden on theirfields from midnight tomorrow. although not officially declared a drought area, in barry island in south wales, the warm weather has been good for business. financially, it's helped immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this extreme and 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. helena wilkinson, bbc news, surrey. which parts of the country are being affected. this is where drought has

been declared. almost half of england. the environment agency says to other regions, your chart and the west midlands are likely to be cleared in drove by the end of this month. now this gives you an idea of why this decision has been made. these are the areas where hose pipe bands are already in place and we are being told that more bands are very likely on the way. raising the dial to drought, sounds dramatic and thatis dial to drought, sounds dramatic and that is the point. the government wants to encourage us all to use the countries scarce water supplies more wisely. what can we do? here are a few thoughts for you. no bass, short showers, turn off the tap even while brushing teeth, don't do half load, feel your machine before you put it on and finally, fix leaks. an extraordinary amount of water can be ways to come litres a day from a leaking toilet, for example. of

course, we should also be asking with the water companies are going to do. here's a few thing they've got lined up for them in london a plant that takes water from the river thames makes it drinkable to go into operation for the walker operations about allowed to take water from operations about allowed to take waterfrom rivers operations about allowed to take water from rivers was up and out additional hose pipe bands, if things get worse they could order you to stop washing your car. now remember in 1976? the water industry is saying it is very unlikely we will see the standpipes in the street and water rationing the uk experience during the a mistrial back then. this is interesting, take a look at this experiment from the university of reading. this just shows how long it takes for water to soak into parched ground. the wet grass here has observed all the water from the cup and over here on the parched ground the water level has barely changed about what does that tell us? it shows us why the heavy rain that's forecast for next

week is likely to lead to flash floods the water will run off. the weather extremes was seen unfolding over europe next week i get to become more common. the climate science is very clear it says heatwave will become more frequent and more intense as our atmosphere continues to warm. finally spare a thought for the arctic. look at this. this shows how much more rapidly the arctic is warmed than the rest of the world since the industrial revolution for that look at it blushing red hair at the top where the arctic region, new research suggests the arctic is actually warming faster than we thought. not twice as fast as the rest of the world but four times as fast. yet another warning showing why it's so important the world cuts carbon emissions and quickly. thanks tojustin i think i understood that. you watching bbc news.

hello there. it's turning even harder with temperatures 35, maybe 36 degrees. dry, sunny, hot for most this weekend but in northern and western areas you could start to see if you show is developing, particularly through the day on sunday. southern parts of britain that really could do with rainfall, for example odium in hampshire hasn't seen any measurable rain for 42 days the ground is parts here, we really do need some rain. the office ever extreme heat warning remains in force for large parts of england and well up until around sunday. those temperatures reaching 35, maybe 36 degrees and the hottest spots on saturday afternoon. widespread

sunshine through saturday any low cloud and mist and will burn back to the coast, maybe a slight chance of a shower across the scottish hills, it may be snow dona most two high 20s in the north, 35 to 36 degrees across england and wales. saturday night it will stay dry for most, a bit of low cloud, mist and work across eastern scotland, northeast england. temperature was, again the low to mid teens in the north on 17 to 20 degrees for the salt for that really could be quite warm and comfortable across the south coast of england. sunday we do it all again. a sunny start, mist and low cloud burning back but a chance of showers and thunderstorms developing across northern ireland, scotland into the afternoon, maybe one to across western england and wales later in the day. the vast majority will stay dry and sunny and very hot again, 30 to 36 england and wales for the a touch cooler, scotland and northern ireland around the mid 20s.

we start to see changes into next week of the things sort of a cooler and we will start to see more in the way of showers and thunderstorms low pressure pushing up from the south as we move out of sunday. that will introduce more humid air it could be quite uncomfortable for a well sunday into monday but you will see the shower and thunderstorm activity such increase. initially northern and western areas and migrating towards the east. you will see temperatures very warm to start the week across the southeast and then showers, thunderstorms rattle their way through, things will be turning cooler, closer to the seasonal average by the time we reach the end of the new week.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are eleanor langford, political reporter at politicshome, and the writer and broadcaster, mihir bose. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. as expected, there's one story dominating the front pages this evening — the attack on author salman rushdie. �*rushdie stabbed' reads the front of the daily mirror. the times reports that salman rushdie was stabbed up to 15 times in the attack on stage earlier today. �*the author was attacked by a masked man as he prepared

to give a lecture' reads the guardian.