live from london. this is bbc news as the heatwave in europe intensifies, firefighters increase battle new wildfires while the world health organization has this morning. health organization has this morninu. , , a, a, morning. this is the new normal. the aood morning. this is the new normal. the good news. — morning. this is the new normal. the good news. i — morning. this is the new normal. the good news, i always— morning. this is the new normal. the good news, i always try _ morning. this is the new normal. the good news, i always try to _ morning. this is the new normal. the good news, i always try to look - morning. this is the new normal. the good news, i always try to look at - good news, i always try to look at the good news, is that lots of those healing deaths are preventable. find healing deaths are preventable. and north—west of athens, firefighters are still_ north—west of athens, firefighters are still responding to active fires across_ are still responding to active fires across the — are still responding to active fires across the region. new— across the region. new details emerge about the us soldier who crossed into north korea from the south illegally. and the british prime minister rishi sunak weighs in as the former brexit party leader nigel farage claims the

private bank coutts closed his account on political grounds. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. exceptional heat is continuing across europe. the greek authorities are braced for a new heatwave that is likely to further stoke tinderbox conditions across the country. southern europe is hugely affected by the heat, as we have seen, but the situation is global. all the red on this map shows temperatures above 30 degrees. in china, beijing has recorded four weeks of record highs where the temperature exceeded 35

celsius. in phoenix, arizona, even fiercer heat with highs of at least 43 degrees, about 110 fahrenheit and that has been for 19 consecutive days. the mediterranean basin is on high alert with temperatures well above 30 degrees for several days, meaning there is a risk to everyone's help, notjust the most vulnerable. let's go to our reporter just north of athens. as we have seen, they are having a huge battle as we get more fires and not fewer? absolutely. right here where i am, we have seen firefighting helicopters travel above us every few minutes, dropping water in the hills behind me. you can see behind me, it is very hazy but that is all smoke from the wildfires that are spreading around athens. in fact, we

have been travelling around and we have been travelling around and we have had to change location several times as emergency services have advised as the fires keep following us and getting closer to us, so it wasn't safe to report from there. the conditions are very difficult. you can taste the ash, you can smell it and they are a lot more difficult for the firefighters who are trying to get close to the flames to address them. as far as local residents who are concerned, the ones we have spoken to who have lost homes, businesses and facilities, they are saying they think the firefighters haven't been responding clicking. we did put that to the fire corps and they are saying they are trying the absolute best and the conditions are difficult and they are trying to save lives and protect the forests like the one behind me. tell me more about what tourists are being told? we have seen a number of evacuations, what is the latest in terms of advice? the

evacuations, what is the latest in terms of advice?— evacuations, what is the latest in terms of advice? the issue is it is chan . in: terms of advice? the issue is it is changing all _ terms of advice? the issue is it is changing all the _ terms of advice? the issue is it is changing all the time. _ terms of advice? the issue is it is changing all the time. when - terms of advice? the issue is it is changing all the time. when you | terms of advice? the issue is it is i changing all the time. when you are talking about evacuations, areas are evacuated for a day and then people can go back and then once again the wildfires spread because the heat has not peaked yet. that is some of the travel advice people around the world are getting, that essentially in the next few days, in fact saturday and sunday, is when we are going to see temperatures in the high 40s and that means further wildfires. we are not even on the end of this problem and the firefighters have been appealing to the international community for help. that is why hundreds of firefighters, 230 from romania, poland and slovakia are all travelling to greece to be able to help the emergency services here. and planes have already arrived from france and italy to assist emergency services. mil france and italy to assist emergency services. �* ., ., . services. all right, thanks once aaain. services. all right, thanks once

again- justin — services. all right, thanks once again. justin rowlatt _ services. all right, thanks once again. justin rowlatt is - services. all right, thanks once again. justin rowlatt is in - services. all right, thanks once| again. justin rowlatt is in spain services. all right, thanks once i again. justin rowlatt is in spain in again. justin rowlatt is in spain in alicante and earlier he outlined how climate change causes temperatures to soar. ~ . . . climate change causes temperatures tosoar. ., . ., . ., climate change causes temperatures to soar. ., . ., . ., ., , climate change causes temperatures tosoar. ., . ., . ., ., , , to soar. what climate change does is shift the distribution _ to soar. what climate change does is shift the distribution of _ to soar. what climate change does is shift the distribution of hot _ shift the distribution of hot weather, so it makes hot days even more likely and makes them likely to be hotter as well and that is exactly what we are seeing in europe. it has been a hellish week in southern spain where i have been, and temperatures are expected to peak here today right up to the 40s inland. where i am on the coast there is a breeze which is killing things now. but you are right, the world meteorological organisation is saying we should expect high, extreme high temperatures and extreme high temperatures and extreme heat heat waves like the northern hemisphere has been enduring this week to become the new normal. it is worth pointing out that he said an introduction, we have even higher heat and similar weather patterns in america and also in asia. we have focused a lot on

southern europe, north africa has even higher temperatures. in tunisia it has topped 50 celsius. that was justin rowlatt and the world health organization has been talking to the bbc and says the extreme heat is putting health systems under extreme pressure right around the world. the systems under extreme pressure right around the world.— around the world. the extreme heat kills. last around the world. the extreme heat kills- last year. _ around the world. the extreme heat kills. last year, which _ around the world. the extreme heat kills. last year, which was _ around the world. the extreme heat kills. last year, which was the - kills. last year, which was the hottest — kills. last year, which was the hottest year recorded in history in many— hottest year recorded in history in many of— hottest year recorded in history in many of our— hottest year recorded in history in many of our countries in the region, roughly— many of our countries in the region, roughly 6000 people die due to the heat _ roughly 6000 people die due to the heat. what is happening, if it is a sharp— heat. what is happening, if it is a sharp or— heat. what is happening, if it is a sharp or quick rise in body temperature, the body is no longer able temperature, the body is no longer abte to— temperature, the body is no longer able to regulate the temperature and it cascades, going from heat cramps to heat— it cascades, going from heat cramps to heat convulsions, to heat stroke. particularly— to heat convulsions, to heat stroke. particularly the very young and the elderly— particularly the very young and the elderly are under threat. we have to communicate to the people in an understandable language that this is the new— understandable language that this is the new normal.

quite _ the new normal. quite an assessment there from the world health organization speaking to the bbc in the last couple of hours. plenty more on that story in the coming and it's on today's verified life. now to a developing story. nigel farage has published a 40 story. nigel farage has published a a0 page document which suggest coutts lied about dropping him as a customerfor not being coutts lied about dropping him as a customer for not being rich enough. it concludes he should be retained as a client until his mortgage expires this month. the british prime minister has reacted to this story in defence of nigel farage and in a tweet rishi sunak said, this is wrong, no one should be barred from using basic services for their political views. using basic services for their politicalviews. free using basic services for their political views. free speech is the cornerstone of our democracy. here is niel cornerstone of our democracy. here is nigel farage- _ cornerstone of our democracy. here is nigel farage. let's _ cornerstone of our democracy. here is nigel farage. let's be _ cornerstone of our democracy. hes: is nigel farage. let's be clear cornerstone of our democracy. fi22 is nigel farage. let's be clear what this a0 page document shows. it shows that on november the 17th, the

reputational risk committee met and said i did not, i did not align with their values, that somehow i wasn't part of their diversity and inclusion agenda. and for those regions they should be a glide path to closing my account when the mortgage expires in 2023. let me reemphasise, on that day, the decision was made, the report states very clearly, he does meet our commercial criteria. for them to try subsequently and pretend it is for commercial reasons just is not true. but the very idea that you close out a customer because they have perfectly legal opinions, which, by the way, our majority views in the country, is a very dangerous path. i have been speaking to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart who has been following the story since it unfolded. following the story since it

unfolded-— following the story since it unfolded. ,, , , unfolded. slightly complicated back sto to this unfolded. slightly complicated back story to this entire _ unfolded. slightly complicated back story to this entire tale. _ unfolded. slightly complicated back story to this entire tale. it - unfolded. slightly complicated back story to this entire tale. it was - unfolded. slightly complicated back story to this entire tale. it was a . story to this entire tale. it was a while back when nigel farage announced his bank account had been closed and he said that was due to the bank being uncomfortable with his political views. of course, one of the most leading eurosceptic politicians in the uk folsom time, a politicians in the uk folsom time, a politician who regularly railed against what he sees as political correctness, sometimes going too far. but then the bbc reported a story after speaking to people familiar with the decision, that actually the reason his coutts account was being closed down was because he had fallen below a minimum threshold that someone had to have too have one of these accounts. no nigel farage has got hold of this document, which he is entitled to as a banking company and as he mentioned in that clip, which chose the reputational risk committee of coutts their minutes, speaking to discussing and it does bring up what could be adverse

press, his support of novak djokovic, the tennis player about being sceptical about the kobe vaccine, is a port of donald trump and enthusiasm for the uk to leave the european court of human rights. and talking how all of this could present, in their words, reputational risk to the bank. coutts are saying nigel farage, in maintaining he did full below and welsh threshold and this is what prompted the reputational risk committee looking at him as a company, this is something that is strongly denied by nigel farage. he says he is being cancelled for his political views. says he is being cancelled for his politicalviews. it says he is being cancelled for his political views. it did come up this afternoon at their weekly session of prime minister's questions in the uk, rishi sunak sounding quite sceptical about everything that had gone on and as you mention, he tweeted later on that free speech is a cornerstone of our democracy and no one should be barred from using basic services for their political views. he also mentioned when he was in the house of commons that

customers had the right to go to the financial ombudsman service, which would have the power to direct a bank to look once again at a person's account they were trying to close. but nigel farage feeling quite vindicated by this document he has got his hands on.— quite vindicated by this document he has got his hands on. before we move on, use has got his hands on. before we move on. use the — has got his hands on. before we move on, use the england _ has got his hands on. before we move on, use the england bowler— has got his hands on. before we move on, use the england bowler stuart - on, use the england bowler stuart broad hasjust on, use the england bowler stuart broad has just taken on, use the england bowler stuart broad hasjust taken his 600th on, use the england bowler stuart broad has just taken his 600th test wicket in the last few moments. the latest details from this fourth ashes test at old trafford. very finely balanced, exciting series so far and australia reading 2—i so it is a must win for england and australia on 197 and england doing well. a landmark moment for stuart broad, passing the 600th test wicket. more details have emerged about the american soldier who's been detained in north korea after crossing the border without authorization. travis king had been detained after getting into fights

in south korea prior to crossing. court documents showed he also damaged a police car and had recently spent time in a detention facility in seoul. the 23—year—old serviceman had been recently released and was being sent back to the us for disciplinary reasons when he escaped. he made it across the demilitarized zone between north and south korea while on a tour of the border. it remains unclear what his intentions were for crossing into north korea. a witness said he saw the soldier laughing while running across. it all happened pretty quickly. i probably only saw him running for a few seconds. and that's all it would have taken to get across the border. and then a couple of seconds after i saw him, that's when the soldiers shouted and started running after him, and then they told us to get in the building. so it was all a bit of a scramble,

and it all happened very quickly. our correspondence is in washington and gave me more details. it is an extraordinary story. we and gave me more details. it is an extraordinary story.— extraordinary story. we remind ourselves _ extraordinary story. we remind ourselves americans _ extraordinary story. we remind ourselves americans advise - extraordinary story. we remind - ourselves americans advise against going to north korea at all because of the risk and historical risk of kidnap or essentially detention, if you like. as a soldier, travis king would have known this. details have indeed emerge, both in terms of local court documents but the airport details reported extensively in the korean time. he is said to have been escorted through security by military police officers and he was taken to the boarding gate and the point they left, because they could not escort him onto the plane, it is reported he pretended to have lost his passport. he was escorted out of the security zone. we know he has then made his way 3a miles away to tour the demilitarised zone. it

is not totally clear how he managed to do that. normally people would have to sign up to three days a week beforejoining these have to sign up to three days a week before joining these tools, because they are very much watch, it is controlled by the us led un command. so whether his military id helped him, didn't help them, there are questions as to whether there was any element of preplanning. the big question in all of this, we still don't know, we haven't got any idea at all that went to his mind to cause what is likely to be a diplomatic incident. i cause what is likely to be a diplomatic incident.- cause what is likely to be a diplomatic incident. i will come to the diplomacy _ diplomatic incident. i will come to the diplomacy in _ diplomatic incident. i will come to the diplomacy in a _ diplomatic incident. i will come to the diplomacy in a moment, - diplomatic incident. i will come to the diplomacy in a moment, but l diplomatic incident. i will come to i the diplomacy in a moment, but the family have been speaking to american media, what have they been saying? american media, what have they been sa in: ? , , , , ., saying? only very briefly, we have heard by abc _ saying? only very briefly, we have heard by abc news _ saying? only very briefly, we have heard by abc news in _ saying? only very briefly, we have heard by abc news in the - saying? only very briefly, we have heard by abc news in the us, - saying? only very briefly, we have heard by abc news in the us, hisl heard by abc news in the us, his mother, claudine gates for saying this doesn't sound like him, she can't believe it. she said he must have lost his mind. so fairly brief words. it is quite a shock, she has confirmed the military had contacted her. that is what pentagon officials

said when we at the pentagon yesterday. they said at that time they were not identifying travis king. they said they had been working to understand and try to understand the circumstances, but also to contact the next of kin. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. rishi sunak has apologised to lgbt veterans for being sacked or kicked out of the military. it was illegal to be gay in the british military until the year 2000. jaguar land rover owner tata will invest £a billion to build it flagship electric car battery plant in the uk. the new plant in somerset is expected to create a000 uk jobs and thousands more in the wider supply chain. the new gigerfactory thousands more in the wider supply chain. the new giger factory will be one of the largest in europe.

and susan hall has been announced as the conservative party mayoral candidate for london. she has been the london assembly member since 2017 and secured 57% of the vote beating her rival mars hussein. she will face labour �*s sadiq khan in the election next year. he has been in position as london mayor since the year 2016. you live it bbc news. voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in by—elections. over the past few days we have been in selby, froome and today we are in uxbridge and thrice slip. a seat held by the former prime minister borisjohnson, until his resignation last month. let's speak to the conservative candidate and hejoins me now from uxbridge. welcome to bbc news. we have a cost

of living crisis, we have inflation, energy bills so you must be nervous this seat is going to flip? first and foremost, _ this seat is going to flip? first and foremost, thank- this seat is going to flip? first and foremost, thank you - this seat is going to flip? f “st and foremost, thank you for having me on. i am proud to have been selected to stand in this by—election in the community i was born and raised and raised a family, i have worked and socialised in my entire life. it is an incredible privilege to have been selected and standing in this by—election. to put into context, for the nationally five weeks i have been hammering on thousands of doors and the one message that is coming through loud and clear is complete opposition to expansion of the ulez scheme. this community is saying loud and clear it doesn't want it. we need to be sending the strongest possible message to sadiq khan we do not want the scheme, vote for me, it will ensure that message is sent. that is

a red herring — ensure that message is sent. that is a red herring in _ ensure that message is sent. that is a red herring in terms _ ensure that message is sent. that is a red herring in terms of, _ ensure that message is sent. that is a red herring in terms of, not - ensure that message is sent. that is a red herring in terms of, not that i a red herring in terms of, not that people are not unhappy about it where you are, but there has been a conservative mp now in the constituency for years, but these are decisions by the mayor, so it doesn't matter whether it is a labour mp, a liberal mp or conservative mp, it will not make any difference when it comes to that issue of ulez. it any difference when it comes to that issue of ulez— issue of ulez. it will make a complete — issue of ulez. it will make a complete difference. - issue of ulez. it will make a complete difference. the i issue of ulez. it will make a - complete difference. the mayor of london has been ignoring this community for many years, whether it is closing out police stations or enforcing this ulez on two families and businesses in this constituency. you can do more than borisjohnson on this? you can do more than boris johnson on this? �* :, , you can do more than boris johnson on this? 1, _., you can do more than boris johnson onthis? , ., ., on this? boris johnson is not on the ballot. yes, — on this? boris johnson is not on the ballot. yes, but _ on this? boris johnson is not on the ballot. yes, but it _ on this? boris johnson is not on the ballot. yes, but it has _ on this? boris johnson is not on the ballot. yes, but it has been - on this? boris johnson is not on the ballot. yes, but it has been on - on this? boris johnson is not on the ballot. yes, but it has been on the l ballot. yes, but it has been on the box for a long _ ballot. yes, but it has been on the box for a long while _ ballot. yes, but it has been on the box for a long while and _ ballot. yes, but it has been on the box for a long while and he - ballot. yes, but it has been on the box for a long while and he was i ballot. yes, but it has been on the i box for a long while and he was emt, so you think you can do more than the former prime minister? this by-election _ the former prime minister? this by-election is — the former prime minister? this by-election is on _ the former prime minister? this by-election is on the _ the former prime minister? try 3 by—election is on the ulez scheme. that is what the voters have been

telling me on the thousands of dull steps i have been talking to over the last five weeks. notjust myself but the hundreds of volunteers who are supporting me. it is coming through loud and clear this is a referendum on ulez, we need to send the strongest message to sadiq khan and remind voters tomorrow that a vote for labour is a vote for the ulez expansion.— vote for labour is a vote for the ulez expansion. when you speak to voters, ulez expansion. when you speak to voters. how — ulez expansion. when you speak to voters, how unhappy _ ulez expansion. when you speak to voters, how unhappy where - ulez expansion. when you speak to voters, how unhappy where they i ulez expansion. when you speak to voters, how unhappy where they at | voters, how unhappy where they at borisjohnson lying to parliament? as i said, borisjohnson is not on this ballot. as i said, boris johnson is not on this ballot-— this ballot. that is not what i asked you- — this ballot. that is not what i asked you. the _ this ballot. that is not what i asked you. the message - this ballot. that is not what i - asked you. the message coming throu~h asked you. the message coming through to _ asked you. the message coming through to me. _ asked you. the message coming through to me, they _ asked you. the message coming through to me, they want - asked you. the message coming through to me, they want me i asked you. the message coming through to me, they want me to | asked you. the message coming - through to me, they want me to stand up through to me, they want me to stand up and send a message loud and clear to sadiq khan and his candidate from camden, that ulez is not welcome in this community, it is not needed and we need to send that message through. we need to send that message throu~h. �* , ., through. briefly, if you lose and all three constituencies - through. briefly, if you lose and all three constituencies in - through. briefly, if you lose and all three constituencies in these by—elections tomorrow go the other way away from the government, how

much of a blow is that going to bt rishi sunak? i much of a blow is that going to bt rishi sunak?— much of a blow is that going to bt rishi sunak? ., , _, , , rishi sunak? i am focused completely on this by-election _ rishi sunak? i am focused completely on this by-election and _ rishi sunak? i am focused completely on this by-election and i _ rishi sunak? i am focused completely on this by-election and i understand l on this by—election and i understand it is a difficult challenge for me to win the seat. a look at the pollsters, i look at the pundits, the odds are against me, but i have been working incredibly hard, as is my team of hundreds of volunteers knocking eye every door in this great constituency, making sure residents know they can send a message to sadiq khan tomorrow through me winning the selection that ulez is not welcome. remember, a vote for labour is a vote for ulez expansion. we a vote for labour is a vote for ulez expansion-— expansion. we have to leave it there, expansion. we have to leave it there. but _ expansion. we have to leave it there, but we _ expansion. we have to leave it there, but we haven't - expansion. we have to leave it there, but we haven't got - expansion. we have to leave it there, but we haven't got long| expansion. we have to leave it i there, but we haven't got long to wait because that by—election is tomorrow. thank you for taking time tomorrow. thank you for taking time to speak to us. tomorrow. thank you for taking time to speak to us-_ to speak to us. thank you for speaking _ to speak to us. thank you for speaking to _ to speak to us. thank you for speaking to me, _ to speak to us. thank you for speaking to me, i _ to speak to us. thank you for speaking to me, i am - to speak to us. thank you for speaking to me, i am going l to speak to us. thank you for - speaking to me, i am going back on the street to speak to people now. we will put on the names of the other candidates standing in this by—election. the full list is on your screen and you can find it on the bbc website along with video from each of the candidates

outlining their pledges to voters. so plenty of information and just a point, you can watch live coverage in the uk of all of those by—election results from midnight on thursday night here on bbc news. i want to return to a bbc investigation we brought you on tuesday. a further 100 former and current mcdonald's workers have contacted the bbc in the last 2a hours to say they faced harassment and bullying at the fast—food chain. the fresh allegations are in response to yesterday's bbc report, which found workers as young as 17 who told of being groped and harrassed almost routinely. mcdonald's has apologised and said it would investigate all allegations. our business correspondent noor nanji reports. emily was just 17 when she started working at a mcdonald's branch in the north—west. three weeks in, she says a senior manager groped her.

i was going down to get the cups and he smacked me on the bottom. i tried to report it to the helpline, but i never got a response from them. so, what happened after that? i ended up getting fired. i think it's because i reported it. it seemed to me like everyone was in this big group and they were untouchable, especially with the managers. since publication, we've had a flood of other mcdonald's workers, as well as parents of employees, getting in touch to share allegations of abuse were working at the chain. like emily, many said they complained but were ignored by managers or faced retribution. the story has prompted a reaction at westminster, too. it's horrific and like so many cases, this isn'tjust about sex, it's about power. it's about older managers exploiting what is at mcdonald's a very young workforce. we put the latest allegations to mcdonald's. in response, it said, "we take all allegations extremely seriously and will investigate any that are brought to us thoroughly.

all proven breaches of our code of conduct will be met with the most severe measures we can legally impose, up to and including dismissal." responding on the wider investigation, mcdonald's said, "there's simply no place for harassment, abuse or to of any kind at mcdonald's." but workers like emily say it's too little, too late. i'm really that happy people are speaking out. i know a lot of people that have worked at mcdonald's, who've been through very similar experiences. and if you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, information and support is available via the bbc action line, you'll find that online or via the bbc news app. uk inflation fell to 7.9% injune from 8.7% in may — that's a steeper fall than forecasters predicted — although it remains almost four times higher than the target of 2%.

it also remains the highest among g7 countries. the uk has struggled to contain rising prices caused by the war in ukraine and capacity constraints in a number of different industries since the pandemic. prices always rise, just not as fast as this for a long time. a basket of goods that cost you £100 in 2015, expected to go up by £2 a year. what has been unusual is the speed of increase over the last 18 months. today's news is about the latest data point, just here. we can see there is a hint of a slowdown. it is not like it is coming down, more tapping on the brakes before you start to go into reverse. there is a hint as well that core inflation is doing the same, across a raft of measures. some prices are coming down, fuel, petrol, diesel, down about 50p, but slow downs, not

foals. the international picture is improving as well. if we look in april, the uk had the highest inflation rate in the g7. last month's figures everybody else started to move down but the uk were still stuck stubbornly above 8%. the good news in these figures, we saw injune, sorry, the figure has moved all the way down and the uk is starting to catch up on our neighbours. still the highest but at least moving in the right direction. when you put all of it together, the headline, the core and other measures, leading economists told the today programme this morning that it may not be great news, but it is good news in the fight against inflation. brute it is good news in the fight against inflation. ~ . ~ it is good news in the fight against inflation. ~ ., ,, ., , ., inflation. we will take a short break and _ inflation. we will take a short break and when _ inflation. we will take a short break and when we _ inflation. we will take a short break and when we get - inflation. we will take a short break and when we get back. inflation. we will take a short i break and when we get back we inflation. we will take a short - break and when we get back we will have all the latest sports news, we have all the latest sports news, we have the test match going on that i was telling you earlier, stuart broad, the england bowler hasjust taken his 600th test wicket. we will

get the latest on him and also the latest on the update. hello there. a full uk forecast in a moment but first of all we will take a look at the extreme heat we still have across central regions of europe. in across central regions of europe. sardinia are likel' temperatures in sardinia are likely to see temperatures about a6 ounces. the record temperature is a7.2, some not far away from that. similar temperatures are expected in sicily, about a6 degrees this afternoon and the all—time record is also europe's record, a8.8. exactly a year ago today the uk smashed its temperature record, a0.3 recorded in lincolnshire. no chance of that this afternoon, cloudy skies and cool conditions and showers are in the forecast. through the afternoon, the

showers will be extensive across northern and eastern scotland down the eastern side of england. quite a few in northern ireland at the moment, so we will start to see them break out in north—west england mid—afternoon on. most temperatures below par, 18 to 20 typically, but 2a in london is average and given a bit of sunshine, it won't feel too bad. overnight, many of the showers will fade away leaving dry conditions for the second part of the night. temperatures getting down into single figures for scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern ireland wales the south—west. a cool start to the day on thursday, most of you will start the day on a dry note with some sunshine. a few shells popping up into the afternoon, particular across parts of scotland and north—east england but i think elsewhere, showers probably have pretty big spaces between them so there will be a

number of you that stay completely dry on thursday with sunny spells. temperatures rising from 17 to 23 celsius. friday, not looking bad for england and wales. dry weather with sunny spells, but a different story further north for scotland and northern ireland. it will be turning cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving in and with the rain moving in, temperatures will drop a bit, 16, 17 degrees at best. the weekend, not looking better. low pressure moves across the uk and this will be bringing rain. the rain will be heavy heavy and persistent

across england and wales to prepare for a soggy weekend. for scotland and northern ireland, rain at times but they will be some dry and sunny moments through the weekend as well. that is the latest weather, goodbye for now.

faces bbc news. let's turn to our main the heatwave in europe and america intensify. the world health organization says the heat is putting health systems under serious pressure and this is likely to be the new normal. work, bread, justice, that is the cry of afghan women who have taken to the streets of kabul to protest against the taliban's decision to shut beauty salons. and here in the uk we are alive and borisjohnson's old constituency as the prime minister rishi sunakfaces constituency as the prime minister rishi sunak faces a crucial political test with three by—elections scheduled for one day tomorrow. before all of that, let's

head to these bbc sport centre.