alcatraz and us for the latest. alcatraz and novak djokovic�*s reign as of wimbledon. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is news — singapore, this is bbc news. it is news day. welcome to the programme. we begin in south korea, where at least 37 people are known to have died, after flash flooding triggered landslides and power cuts. rescuers are continuing their search for people thought to be trapped in their vehicles in a flooded tunnel. nine bodies have been recovered so far. from 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 cheongiu 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. that is the picture in south korea. millions of people across part of the northern hemisphere content with extreme heat, exacerbated by climate change. in the united states, 38 southern and western cities including las vegas expected recorded their highest average temperatures. authority issues he'd alerts for a motorboat of the country. a hard time of 30 degrees recorded on saturday in arizona. i spoke earlier to our correspondent in las vegas. she told me how people there are dealing with the heat. it is on course to be the hottest day with the mercury poised to hit 37 celsius. i am told it has not yet got there but pretty hard to imagine it being any hotter. not much cooler in places like phoenix, arizona as well. they had

temperatures above 43 for the past two weeks now. i think thatis past two weeks now. i think that is one of the problems, notjust that is one of the problems, not just that we are experiencing these dangerous levels of heat but there is no respite. in el paso in texas, temperatures above 30 celsius for more than a month and still no end in sight. —— 38 celsius. 38 cities expected to have record breaking temperatures today. at the moment, someone hundred million americans are under what they called an extreme heat warning. there is no end in sight. in las vegas, the temperatures are set to stay like this for much of the next week. it is very difficult for people to cope, most people are heating advice to stay home. the strip of las vegas normally much more busier than this for the people advised to stay at home, not, between the hours of nine at morning and 6pm at night, that is very difficult if you don't have a home, difficult situation for people not under shelter. we

spoke to a doctor at one of the las vegas hospitals and they say they are experiencing in the emergency rooms another world with people coming with heat —related illnesses like dehydration, and above construction workers have been dating a dreaded committee will have not heeded the warnings and got hiking as well. the advice is clear, heat levels are dangerous and people should stay out and reduce their exposure to it. do stay out and reduce their exposure to it.— stay out and reduce their exposure to it. stay out and reduce their exosure to it. i. , ., , exposure to it. do you see any belief in sight? _ exposure to it. do you see any belief in sight? -- _ exposure to it. do you see any belief in sight? -- relief. - exposure to it. do you see any belief in sight? -- relief. notl belief in sight? -- relief. not at the moment. _ belief in sight? —— relief. not at the moment. people have been experiencing really high temperature levels for months. in the case of texas, several weeds in the case of arizona, they are starting to peek in nevada at the moment. it is a dangerous level of temperature. we heard this year so far some seven people have died of heat related illnesses in southern nevada for that none recorded this weekend but as they say at

the moment, it is still getting hotter without any respite insight. mineralogist are also wanting a record high temp burchett across southern europe this week. caused by a new ante cyclone arriving from africa. 0n the spanish island of la palma, virus are continuing to break out of control. 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 i 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, really, 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. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories and headlines. nelson matters was the founder and editor of a news website focusing on coverage of 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. a united nations supertanker has arrived off the coast

of yemen to begin a delicate operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a rusting ship, in danger of breaking up. the fso safer has been left abandoned off the yemeni port of hodeidah for the past eight years and threatens a major environmental disaster if it disintegrates or explodes. nick quinn, who's advising on the operation, says the extreme heat is not helping: it is extremely hot out there. 40 degrees ambient temperature on the boat will be on a steel deck 15—35 c. getting really hot, really quickly. that affects the human aspect of operating on board. the last ship covered by the soon—to—expire un—brokered deal, which allows ukraine to export grain, has left the black sea port of 0desa. russia has not agreed to register any new ships since 27 june. the agreement will run out on monday

unless moscow agrees to extend it. grain prices rose sharply last year after ukraine's exports were disrupted by russia's invasion. let's turn to china where john to china wherejohn kerry will be spending the next three days in talks to try and revive cooperation. china and the us are the world's two biggest carbon emitters. beijing has been praised for becoming a world leader in renewables but is also still hugely reliant on coal for its energy needs. mr kerry is the third high level us official to visit china in recent weeks. stephen bygrave is an honorary professor at the australian national university's institute for climate, energy and disaster solutions. he told me more about the significance ofjohn kerry's significance of john kerry's visit. this is really big news, a

really important step that the two climate envoys from us and china are meeting. china alone accounts for over a third of global emissions. as you mention in your introduction, the us and china are the two biggest emitters in the world. to have these two countries meet to talk, too, with bilateral arrangements. particularly in the lead up to operate coming up in dubai later this year. we should not really forget the paris agreement was such a success because the us and china were able to agree on key elements relating to that framework. before ing political tensions sidelined their discussions are climate, the two were on track to make some progress. what issues did pci to ion? in glasgow. _ issues did pci to ion? in glasgow, they signed the

us—china glasgow agreement. there was a lot of cooperation in particular on renewable energy. things like matt emission, worm ethane, it is a very high global warming potential gas. actually 26, 27 times more potent than carbon dioxide. agreement on meth and is really important and met then has also been a gas one of then has also been a gas one of the six kyoto gases that has been a little bit forgotten in the early years of the climate discussions. also agreement on things like deforestation and distributed energy grids, electric vehicles and the like. explain to us how important it is for washington and beijing to work in unison on this issue. it to work in unison on this issue. , , issue. it is extremely important. _ issue. it is extremely important. as - issue. it is extremely important. as i - issue. it is extremely - important. as i mentioned, we have the conference of parties 28 coming up in dubai in

november this year. this is where all coaches from around the world get together. it is really important the two biggest emitters agree on various matters. by having the us and china meet at such an early stage sets a really good president. if the us and china agree on things, the rest of the developed world follows us and the developing follows china. this is a really key lead up to the cop 28 where i must admit, there is some scepticism about how successful it will be in dubai later this year. it is an oil producing country. the cop 28 president is the ceo of an oil company. there is some discussions about whether this is the right kind of person to lead the negotiations at such an important stage of the

negotiations. having the us and china, if they can broker a deal and then lead discussions at the cop then it is really important. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is sac news.— uk, this is bbc news. bring you different stories _ uk, this is bbc news. bring you different stories from _ uk, this is bbc news. bring you different stories from across - different stories from across the uk _ different stories from across the uk. ~ ., the uk. what will the future look like? — the uk. what will the future look like? here _ the uk. what will the future look like? here in _ the uk. what will the future look like? here in south - look like? here in south yorkshire, they are designing it. technology behind most planes, trains and automobiles have a home here along with one of the world �*s biggest companies. of the world 's biggest companies.— of the world 's biggest companies. of the world 's biggest com anies. . ., ., companies. learning how to produce. — companies. learning how to produce, safely, _ companies. learning how to produce, safely, more - produce, safely, more sustainable aircraft at lower cost. ., , , cost. the government believes investment _ cost. the government believes investment zones _ cost. the government believes investment zones will - cost. the government believes investment zones will boost i cost. the government believes| investment zones will boost the wider regional economy. companies based here benefit from grants to pay staff wages or build new buildings. some firms will get tax cuts and in total, eight investment zones will be created across england. we think it will attract £1.2 billion of investment, 8000

jobs. billion of investment, 8000 “obs. , jobs. the institute the government _ jobs. the institute the government says - jobs. the institute the - government says investment zones have a history of not always delivering the benefits they claim. but as the threat of a recession looms, all investments in our region �*s economy will be welcomed. for more stories — economy will be welcomed. for more stories from across the uk, _ more stories from across the uk, head _ more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. an investigation into the high rate of suicide by members of the australian defence force is continuing with public hearings in adelaide today. investigators trouble across australia to discover more about the extent of the problem. with inquiries also looking at suicide rates among australian military bank trends. a final report is due injust under a year. the more, we crossed to sydney and joined the bbc�*s phil mercer. thanks forjoining us. what are some

of the problems that are facing the soldiers and these veterans when they come home?- the soldiers and these veterans when they come home? when we look at the _ when they come home? when we look at the scale _ when they come home? when we look at the scale of _ when they come home? when we look at the scale of the _ look at the scale of the problem, the australia institute of health and welfare has estimated that between 1997 and 2020, at least 1600 and 2020, at least1600 performer and current members of the australian military died by suicide —— reformer and current. 0ne by suicide —— reformer and current. one of the key aspects of this royal commission investigating military suicide is the transition from military life into civilian life. a royal commission is australia's highest form of enquiry. this investigation began in 2021, as you say, final report during the middle of next year. and already the commission is urging defence achieves to take

a more urgent approach to addressing suicides within its ranks, so the royal commission is investigating the military�*s culture, its treatment of injuries, and also the transition into civilian life, which many veterans find extremely difficult, especially those with ongoing trauma. i those with ongoing trauma. i know this is an ongoing investigation but have not been any conclusions drawn as to what they can do better? we've heard from _ what they can do better? we've heard from the _ what they can do better? we've heard from the department - what they can do better? we've heard from the department of l heard from the department of veterans' heard from the department of vetera ns' affairs. heard from the department of veterans' affairs. it is saying that it veterans' affairs. it is saying thatitis veterans' affairs. it is saying that it is constantly looking to improve its programmes to help that trends and soldiers adapt to civilian life after their military careers come to anand. but as help with study, training, jobs, and retirement. the commission had as a man called nick kaldas, a former high—ranking police officer from the state of new south

wales here australia and he says that behind every military suicide are family members, friends, and colleagues whose lives are forever changed, so what the royal commission is looking to do is looking to address the issue to find out ways to reduce the number of suicides and also to improve the lives of soldiers and veterans once they leave the service, so today the royal commission starts its public hearings in the south australian city of adelaide. there will also be private sessions too, all of this to run over the next eight days. and the royal commission has been urging soldiers and veterans to come forward to tell their stories, veterans to come forward to tell theirstories, but veterans to come forward to tell their stories, but we are told that some of those individuals are refusing to come forward because they are experiences are to match harrowing. so it is an enormous task for this royal commission

as its valuable quirk continues in the city of adelaide today and over the course of the next eight days. and over the course of the next eight days— eight days. phil mercer, i know ou'll eight days. phil mercer, i know you'll keep _ eight days. phil mercer, i know you'll keep a — eight days. phil mercer, i know you'll keep a close _ eight days. phil mercer, i know you'll keep a close watch - eight days. phil mercer, i know you'll keep a close watch on . you'll keep a close watch on that. thank you very much for sharing that story. let's look at other stories in the headlines in the uk. the uk has signed a trade deal with 11 countries in asia and the pacific, including japan and australia. the business secretary, kemi badenoch, defended the decision to join the trading bloc, known as the cptpp, despite government estimates that it will add just 0.08% to the uk economy over ten years. she's described it as a momentous occasion. labor party leader sir keir starmer has refused to say whether labour government would spend more money on public services. he said while the party would always invest in public services it needed to be focused, laserfocused, rather, ungraded economy first.

prioritised big reforms are not expanding. he was speaking to dominic sunday with laura coopersburg. it dominic sunday with laura c00persburg-_ coopersburg. it grew the economy _ coopersburg. it grew the economy and _ coopersburg. it grew the economy and had - coopersburg. it grew the economy and had tens i coopersburg. it grew the j economy and had tens of millions of pounds more descent bent on public services. but that's what i want to replicate to grow our economy so we have that yield to put on public services. but that has to start with responsible economics and has to be coupled with reform. emergency services remain at the scene of a fire at a 200 year hotel in brighton. 0n the south coast of england. high winds have hampered efforts to put out the blaze at the royal albion hotel after crews were called to the scene on saturday. no—one has been injured but buildings nearby were evacuated. now to tennis. carlos alcaraz has won the wimbledon men's singles title for the first time, ending novak djokovic's recent dominance with a stunning victory. the 20—year—old spaniard beat the seven—times champion in five sets, to become the youngest man to lift

the trophy since 1986. novak djokovic was going for his fifth straight win. for his reaction to the match, i spoke earlier to marius barnard, a former tennis player who played at wimbledon for 10 years. it was everything we expected. it was a classic five setter, and before the match i had djokovic as the favourite just because of his experience. but alcaraz showed his variety and his amazing shot making. he hits forehands at someone with so much power that he has the ability to unseat novak. i mean, you have played alcaraz�*s coach. is that where he learned his drop shot? yeah. i mean, the touch that he displayed, a lot of close quarters have that shot, but it's the amazing ability to disguise it on the grass that's really helped him today.

and i think one of the big things is the fact that he's not scared to come forward and to finish the point at the net. spaniards aren't normally known to be such great net players, but he moves amazingly well and he's got great touch around the net. so where did djokovic go wrong? well, i don't think djokovic went wrong in any way. i mean, there were a few moments. these matches always are on a knife edge, can go one way or the other. and i think at the end when it got close, we just got to give alcaraz credit for the fact that he served out the match with such ease. and it really impressed me the way that he was so relaxed and he kept going for his shots. he never wavered. even after he made an unforced error with a drop shot on the first shot, he still had the audacity to play two more drop shots in that game to win. and just before we go, you are now a sports psychologist. what do you do to prepare for a match like this? i mean, even djokovic,

who has won more than 20 titles, even he lost his nerve. yeah. i thinkjuan carlos ferrero, his coach, did a really good job. and i know he's working with a sports psychologist to really prepare him for this. and even in the post—match, he was saying that he — carlos said he was playing for himselfjust to make sure that you just control the controllables and not try and do it for other people's expectations. but i know he'll be really happy to win for his team, for his family, and also for spain. an entire pod of 55 whales has died after becoming stranded on a scottish island. a female among them became unwell one of the female gave birth. this is thought to be one of the biggest strandings ever in britain. the pilot whales were found

on the beach north at about seven o'clock this morning. most were already dead but 15 were still alive. police, the coast guard and charities try to help them. vets and special equipment were brought over from the mainland. but it proved too late and they were euthanised on welfare grounds. these are animals that have spent their entire lives in the water. they have evolved to not need the ability to support their own weight when they are out on the [and so they do gradually crush themselves and having been out such a long time now, the effect of that crushing can be fatal. pilot whales are one of the smaller species and part of the dolphin family. they are known for their strong social bonds. when one gets into difficulty, others often follow. one of the female whales was giving birth and this may have led to the stranding. jamie mcivor, bbc news. before we go, jane birkin, the anglo—french action and singer who stylised the swinging �*60s has died at age 76. for more on

her legacy, here is 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 helped 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 usjust a couple of minutes? herfirst film role that had made an impact was blow—up in the �*60s. 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. france was the last place i imagine myself in. i like being in france because i'm a stranger, i needn't have to understand everything. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello. 0ur spell of fairly unsettled sort of mid—july weather continues. temperatures not doing great for the time of year, but we will have some sunshine around over the next couple of days. showers as we head through the week at times, temperatures a little below average for some of us. but the driest weather will be found towards the south—east because we're closer to high pressure sitting across europe at the moment. but low pressure across scandinavia drifts its way northeast with fewer isobars on the map on monday, certainly compared to what we've seen through the weekend. so not as breezy first thing monday morning. few showers from the word go for western parts

of england and wales as they drift eastwards. could be the odd thunderstorm, the odd sharp one in the east during the afternoon. scotland will see the cloud breaking up to leave sunny spells and a few scattered showers. and just the odd shower for northern ireland, too. temperatures somewhere between about 14 to 22 degrees north to south. and most of those showers do tend to ease away later in the afternoon from the west. so some late sunshine for many of us. overnight, though, the cloud increases from the west as this area of rain moves in to northern ireland, to wales, perhaps by the early hours of tuesday morning. ahead of that, quite a cool fresh night, particularly across parts of scotland. temperatures down into mid single figures in places. but through the day on tuesday, i think the weather will be dominated by this feature, slowly moving in from the atlantic, bringing that cloud and rain earlier on to parts of northern ireland and wales. but it'll drift into northern and western england, southern scotland where it could be quite heavy through the day. to the north of that, sunny spells and a few scattered showers, but across south—east england and east anglia, it could well stay dry with some sunshine lasting through the day. so temperatures here up to about 24 degrees, whereas if you're stuck

under the rain, typically about 16 or 17. now looking towards the middle part of the week in that area of low pressure clears to the east. could be a bit of rain in the south—east overnight into wednesday. wednesday, we're left with the airflow once again coming from west or north—westerly direction. not a particularly warm direction, but it should bring some sunshine and just a few showers. the showers for parts of eastern england and eastern scotland could be quite sharp. so perhaps the odd rumble of thunder, probably more likely to stay dry for the likes of wales, northern ireland, south west england too — temperatures 16 to 23. so up a little bit by this stage in the middle of the week and then towards the end of the week it's staying unsettled. further spells of rain. there will be some sunshine thursday into friday, but looking fairly unsettled as we head towards the weekend. not particularly warm for the middle ofjuly. bye for now.

uk, head to the bbc news website. britain joins britainjoins an britain joins an indo—pacific trade block. we will have more of what the british government is describing as the u.k.'s biggest trade deal since brexit. plus, all eyes on china as the world cosmic second—largest economy is set to announce as late growth figures. hey there, welcome to the asia business report. we begin in the uk which is joined indo—pacific trade block

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