hello. in south korea at least 37 people are known to have died after flash flooding triggered landslides and power cuts. rescuers have continued their search for people thought to have been trapped in their vehicles in a flooded tunnel. nine bodies have been recovered so far. from the south korean capital seoul, here's yuna ku. another devastating summer in south korea. days of torrential rain have caused landslides, flash flooding and a considerable loss of life and livelihoods. in the city of cheongju rescuers are trying to reach people trapped in their vehicles in a flooded tunnel after water poured into the underpass so quickly they could not escape. 15 vehicles and dozens of people are known to be trapped inside. translation: we are trying our best

right now but it's difficult _ because the site is covered in mud. relatives of those who are still missing anxiously await news. in a video link with officials, the president called for the mobilisation of the military and police to prevent further casualties. experts point out that the weather has become increasingly unpredictable and extreme. in the last few days, most of the concerns were focused on rescue efforts but there have been growing concerns and calls on government to be better prepared of ill weather in this country. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and downpours are predicted to continue for the coming days. yuna ku, bbc news, seoul. the extreme heat is continuing in parts of the northern hemisphere. in southern europe a second heatwave is forecast to hit this week while in the united state

temperature records could be broken. on the spanish island of la palma fires are continuing to burn out of control and in italy there are warnings to stay indoors. sofia bettiza has the very latest. this wildfire in one of the spanish canary islands has forced at least 4000 people from their homes. the blaze in la palma so big it can be seen from space. translation: i have seen many wildfires but none like this one. | this is terrible, horrible. in italy, an anticyclone could push temperatures above 45 degrees. it's been named charon — the one who carries the dead in mythology. there have been red alert heat warnings in 16 italian cities today. the italian weather agency say they've never seen anything like this in terms of intensity, duration and number of areas affected.

locals and tourists here are being urged to take this seriously, to stay indoors in the afternoon, stay hydrated and take care of the elderly. and it's notjust europe. in the us, millions of americans have been experiencing extreme temperatures too. this is the death valley in california. it's one of the hottest places on earth and it could be about to set a new record. the official record is 134 degrees fahrenheit. that was all the way back in 1913. there is some controversy around that but it is still recognised as the hottest reliably recorded temperature on earth. but we haven't hit 130 here in death valley — for over 100 years we didn't hit it. and then in 2020 we got 130. in 2021 we got 130. and then we might hit it again this weekend. last year more than 60,000 people died across europe because of soaring temperatures.

and with this heatwave expected to continue well into next week, there is no respite in sight. sofia bettiza, bbc news, rome. the united states is seeing record temperatures, with nearly a third of the country under heat advisories. an all time high of forty eight degrees was recorded yesterday in arizona. dangerous levels of heat are expected to run into next week. earlier i spoke to meteorologist matthew cappucci who told me more. essentially, it's like a magic forcefield in the atmosphere. and that does a couple of things. number one, it pushes the jet stream and all the storm systems farther north. so we miss out on any inclement weather. but at the same time, that hot, dry sinking air comes down with sunshine, it bakes the ground. we're seeing temperatures 5 to 10 degrees celsius above average, setting all time records in many areas. and the longevity of it is impressive. phoenix, for example, a city about four or 5 million

people has seen temperatures at or above 43 degrees celsius for 15 days in a row. so far, that's not looking to end any time soon. well, indeed. and it is in a way self reinforcing, this weather system, isn't it? it is. it's kind of sitting in place. it's not really budging. it'll meander east over the coming days, then swell, intensify and really coast to coast the united states, it's going to dominate the weather pattern. now, in the southwest, we're seeing very dry conditions allowing the temperatures to skyrocket. death valley, california, with all time records at 5a degrees celsius. but over the south, central and southeastern united states, it comes with record moisture as well. for example, the florida keys are seeing crazy water temperatures approaching like 38, 39 degrees celsius, flexing moisture into the atmosphere, causing heat indices. it feels like temperatures at dangerous values. and paul's valley, 0klahoma, saw a heat index of 52.2 degrees celsius, the worst we've ever seen in the state of oklahoma. and a lot of folks are really being taxed to the max by this heat. well, that's the problem, isn't it? it is very dangerous at times.

indeed. and one of the bigger things we're seeing with this, too. a lot of folks are asking, is this climate change related? believe it or not, the united states has been below average temperature wise for the past four months. this is kind ofjust an anomaly. but globally, june has been the hottestjune ever recorded. water temperatures worldwide are reaching records. so this kind of goes to show you, even if it's cold sometimes the heat extremes are getting hotter and disproportionately we're seeing temperatures skewed hot. the labour leader sir keir starmer has refused to say whether a labour government would spend more money on public services. he said while the party would always invest in public services, it needed to be �*laser—focused' on growing the economy first, and prioritise �*big reforms, not big spending'. here's our political correspondent ione wells. labour will not be a party of big spending. that was the message of its leader keir starmer today. the goal: make voters see labour as a party of economic responsibility.

the challenge: convincing voters you're different enough from government on the big issues of the day. union chanting. he refused to say if labour would offerjunior doctors a higher pay offer to end strikes. we would be around the table negotiating and settle this dispute. many people would say, why has it taken this long even to have one step towards progress? many people have had their operations cancelled, people have been deeply affected by these strikes. he refused to say whether labour would spend more money on public services. i would also be laser—focused on reforming our public services to make sure that we take the weight off our public services. unions and some in the party have said labour must do more to differentiate itself from its opponents. keir starmer and his team have got to show some clear water,

some clear red water between themselves and the daily mail and the telegraph and themselves and the conservatives. and at the minute, many people can't spot the difference. and that's a shame for somebody who's probably as talented as keir starmer is. he's got to show that he's on the side of working people. conservative ministers also argue that rising prices mean now is not the time for tax cuts or big spending. what we are focusing - on is bringing down inflation. that is the thing that isi having the most impact on people's disposable income. the liberal democrats say they would invest in the nhs, schools and local services to give people a fair deal. we're confident but not complacent... with by elections next week a general election expected next year, the pressure to make expensive promises will grow. keir starmer thinks it's right to wait until the economy improves. but it's a hard message for those who want answers to the problems they face now. ione wells, bbc news.

a mexican journalist has been killed in a car park in the coastal city of acapulco. nelson matus was the founder and editor of a news website specialised in covering violence in the western state of guerrero. he was shot several times outside a shop on saturday night. mr matus is the second journalist killed in mexico injust over a week. more than 150 journalists have been killed in mexico this century. most of them were investigating crimes of mexico's powerful drug cartels and their illicit links with politicians and the security forces. iran has announced it is redeploying its morality police to enforce the country's mandatory hijab law. this comes ten months after of the death of a young woman, mahsa amini, in their custody. that event prompted widespread protests across the country, and led authorities to suspend the police force. earlier i spoke to our reporter azadeh moshri. well, when masa amini died in their custody, as we saw around the world,

there was anger and protests on the streets of iran. now, the absence of the morality police was in response to that. it was the government trying to quell some of the anger and dissent in the country. and they also promised that there would be change and that perhaps they would be in listening mode ten months later in the most symbolic way possible. it's clear that any promises they made about change have not only fallen short, but there's been a complete reversal. we're seeing a further crackdown in iran of any dissent. and to add to all this symbolism is the fact that this announcement has come only days after the end of iran's chastity and hijab week. so theirjob is to make sure, quite simply, that iranian women on the streets of iran are wearing a hijab and wearing it properly as they would see it? yes. so they tend to be in groups of men

and women and that very easily noticeable because they tend to travel in these vans that are green and white. of course, they haven't been on the streets in the past year ever since the protests, but that is theirjob to make sure that they are enforcing iran's mandatory hijab law. and if women are seen to be showing any any hair or wearing their head and if women are seen to be showing any any hair or wearing their hijabs in a way that's considered unfit, then they take action. the punishments have never been really uniform. in some places you'll find police forces that are far stricter and the judiciary will take stronger measures. it can range from an arrest and lashes to recently very unusual consequences. in one instance, a woman was sentenced to having one month community service in the form of washing corpses before a funeral, something that sparked a lot of bizarre reactions in the country. and another actress recently was told that she had to go into therapy for a month to address

whatever caused her to not wear her hijab properly. these are strange behaviors that the country is taking because they've decided that the mandatory hijab is definitely here to stay. they're seeing women become far laxer and they want to make sure that they quell any dissent possible. next, some sad wildlife news from scotland. more than a0 pilot whales have died after a mass stranding on a beach on the isle of lewis. a warning, you might find some the pictures we are about to show upsetting. about 55 mammals washed up on the shoreline early on sunday morning, but only 10 are reported to be still alive. police are urging people to stay away from the area to give the remaining whales the best chance of survival. marine mammal medics are administering first aid. the reason for the stranding is not yet known. it is too early to say at the moment, our colleagues

from the scottish marine animal stranding team are on the scene as well and commence collecting samples and postmortem examinations on the animals, that can tell us more about this in the stranding can be due to ill health in one or more members of the group and as they have very close—knit social bonds, if one or two animals become stranded, this is when you can find large mass strandings as the whole group then won't leave the animals that are in trouble and end up getting into trouble themselves. we only have working theories at the moment but hopefully they'll be able to tell us more as to exactly why they were stranded. now it's time for a look at today's sport. carlos alcaraz is the new men's wimbledon singles champion. the young spaniard fought back from the set down against the 7 time winner novak djokovic to win in five sets.

it's alcaraz�*s first wimbledon title and it ends years of djokovic dominance on centre court. here's our reporter chetan pathak who's been following the action there all week. all the talk going into these championships was whether no novak djokovic. that would bring him level with... he went into this final as the heavy favourite. against carlos alcaraz, a man only playing in his second majorfinal and alcaraz, a man only playing in his second major final and the first on centre court. the first set went novak djokovic's way. but then, he has never played carlos alcaraz, steadied his nerves, harness the adrenaline. just as he was making

their 16 year age difference show, novak djokovic won the fourth set and so to the showdown. a deciding set, carlos alcaraz lost to novak djokovic at the french open last month, but no nerves or anxiety here as a 20—year—old from spain kept his focus to win the match and so after 20 years of federal, djokovic and murray being the names on the wimbledon trophy, the world number one carlos alcaraz as his. the youngest winner since boris becker in 1985. and on saturday's women's final, we have new wimbledon winners on both the saturday and sunday and after all the rain and the high winds and the disruptive weathers

during this championships, these finals have suddenly made it worthwhile. that final on sunday in particular, left everyone watching on centre court and on henman hill to the right of me, wanting more. we are already looking forward to next year's championships. 0nto cricket now and australia have retained the women's ashes after narrowly beating england in their penultimate one—day match in nail biting fashion in southampton. the aussies won byjust three runs after setting england what would have been a record—breaking run chase of 283. they gave it a good go — nat sciver—brunt scoring 111 off 99 balls, but england felljust short. the points—based mulit format series, which is now 8—6 in australia's favour, concludes at taunton on tuesday. there was also a thrilling climax to golf�*s scottish 0pen at the renaissance club. where rory mcilroy birdied the final two holes to overtake local favourite robert mcintyre to win by a shot on 15 under par.

perfect preparation for mcilroy with the open championship beginning on thursday at hoylake. with just one week to go in the tour de france, defending championjonas vingegaard still has a ten second lead over rival tadej pogarcer. this is how the top eight looks, britain's adam yates has moved up to fourth as he looks to claim his first grand tour podium place. stage 15 was won by wout poels by more than two minutes. it was the dutchman's first tour de france stage victory. vingegaard and pogarcer crossed the line together after a brief battle on the final climb. the race resumes on tuesday after a rest day. and just time to tell you, at the under—19 european championships, italy are beating portugal 1—0 in the final, into the last half an hour there.

jane birkin, the anglo—french actress and singer, whose style symbolised the swinging �*60s, has died. she was 76. famous for her on and off relationship with the late singer—songwriter, serge gainsbourg, president macron tweeted that she "embodied freedom." she also lent her name to the herm s birkin designer handbag. here's david sillito. #je t'aime. # moi non plus. je t�*aime had originally been written for bridget bardot, but the version that was released in 1969 was recorded by a singer who was, in her own words, a shy english girl, who had grown up in chelsea, and met the songwriter and actor serge gainsbourg on the set of the film slogan. the heavy breathing near the song's "climax" was too much for the bbc and the catholic church, but it help turn jane birkin into a star, who epitomised a certain racy french bohemian cool.

i think the vatican and the bbc banned itjust because of the heavy breathing, without realising the beauty of serge's text, which was, "i love you, nor do i". couldn't you give us just a couple of minutes? her first film role that had made an impact was blow—up in the 605. can we come back this afternoon? after that, a long award—winning career, largely in france. she and her on—off partner serge gainsbourg were the couple of french society. i like being in france because i'm a stranger, i needn't have to understand everything. leading the tributes today, france's president macron. jane birkin, actor, singer, campaigner, a very english french star. #je t'aime. # 0h, oui, je t�*aime.# i spoke earlier to journalist agnes poirier. she reflected on the strong ties

betweenjane birkin, and france. she was always in the public eye in france. she arrived in her early 20s and she had never left us. france is quite shocked. she was going to give a few concerts that she had to cancel due to ill health but she always came back. she had an ill health scare a couple of years ago and her daughter actually did a wonderful documentary on her mother a year ago and of course, she rose to fame with that 1969 song. between the hermes bag and the song, there was a whole career.

a lot of films in france. she was also onstage. let's not forgot that her mother was a famous theatre actor in the uk during and after the war. she said that like her mother, she had it very easy. she was known for her bohemian lifestyle with serge gainsbourg as much for their work because she is mostly associated with him because he wrote for her for about 25 years even though they split up after 12 years. he wrote her his most beautiful

songs and after his death, she continued to sing and to record different versions of his songs. he is considered a great composer. she had a career of her own. she was also a campaigner. during the yougov slave in wall, during the siege, she went. she was defending the rights of political refugees from war and other women's rights. the news of her death is really shocking, the french had so much love for her. she

never shied away from showing it and there was a deep bond between her and the french. more now on the world tennis number one carlos alcaraz beating novak djokovic in the men's final at wimbledon. he took the fifth and deciding set by 6 games to 4 to deny djokovic a record—equalling eighth wimbledon title. the spaniard becomes the youngest man to lift the trophy since boris becker won the second of his three wimbledon titles in 1986. earlier we spoke to andrew jarrett — a former wimbledon referee who was impressed by the performance in the final. what a wonderful advert for the sport and wimbledon and this may be an announcement of a new world

champion. today, he delivered. what champion. today, he delivered. what ou think champion. today, he delivered. what you think was — champion. today, he delivered. what you think was so _ champion. today, he delivered. what you think was so remarkable about his game? he you think was so remarkable about his name? ., , . ., , you think was so remarkable about his name? , . ., , ., his game? he has such variety and i think that's — his game? he has such variety and i think that's what _ his game? he has such variety and i think that's what makes _ his game? he has such variety and i think that's what makes him - his game? he has such variety and i think that's what makes him so - think that's what makes him so attractive to so many people. he has attractive to so many people. he has a character, he smiles, he looks like he's enjoying it even though he is under so much pressure. to play the tenors that he does in the exciting manner that he does, he just attracts fans to the sport. he didn't get the feeling at all that he lost his nerve, not for one minute during that match? he could easily have lost his nerve, having lost that first set so easily. to hang in there, particularly against the undisputed champion of recent years novak djokovic, so experience at the highest level and to then come back and play the second set, he won a tie—break, novak doesn't lose tie—breaks!

the night sky above louisiana, in the united states, has been lit up — but it wasn't a belated fourth ofjuly fireworks display. this light — caught on a doorbell camera in lake charles — shows a meteor blazing across the sky. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's been another day with some blustery showers, but also some sunny spells around at times, too. it is set to stay very unsettled as we head through the rest of the week. and it's been a very wetjuly so far. some spots, particularly towards the north and the west and also across central southern england, have seen around one and a half times the average july rainfall so far. we're only halfway through the month. of course, a lot of months to come and a lot more rainfall, too, particularly over the next few days or so. this is the rainfall accumulation chart. as you can see, around 30 to 50 millimetres more expected as we head through the next few days,

especially out towards the west. now, this is our low pressure system from this weekend. it's pulling out towards scandinavia. so the winds will tend to lighten further as we head through the overnight period and into tomorrow. still a brisk northwesterly, though, for much of scotland. some longer spells of rain, plenty of cloud here throughout the night. further south, across much of england, wales, northern ireland will see some long, clear spells and temperatures will drop lower than they did last night. it's a cooler start to monday morning than we saw earlier on this morning, maybe high single figures where we keep those long, clear spells. and then into monday, still plenty of cloud across much of scotland. we could see some more showers here develop as we head throughout the day. sunny spells and scattered showers elsewhere. we've still got a key north westerly across northwest scotland, but elsewhere the winds will fall lighter. watch out for a rumble or two of thunder, particularly later on through the day across the midlands and into parts of lincolnshire. towards the south east of england, we could stay dry

for much of the day. temperatures will be highest here 22, maybe 23 degrees celsius. now, looking at the wider picture on monday into tuesday, there is another occlusion approaching from the west that is likely to bring us some outbreaks of rain, some of which will turn out to be rather heavy at times across northern ireland. moving into north west england throughout the day, south west england and wales seeing this heavy rain turn into showers behind the main weather front. but towards the south east of england, i think it could stay dry again for much of the day. temperatures here 2a degrees celsius elsewhere underneath the rain in the high teens and the winds are a lot lighter. now, here's the outlook as we head through the rest of the week. wednesday, looking largely dry for many a few showers around. it won't feel too bad in the best of the sunshine. it will be turning cooler, though, on thursday with the north westerly winds.

this is bbc news. the headlines: almost a0 people have died as a result of devastating floods in south korea following days of torrential rain. the british born actress and singerjane birkin has died at the age of 76 in paris. president macron has described her as a "complete artist". in an interview with the bbc, labour leader sir keir starmer refuses to say whether a government led by him would spend more money on public services. and the world tennis number one carlos alcaraz beats novak djokovic in the men's final at wimbledon to become the youngest man to lift the trophy since 1986.