welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines.. two people have died in a shooting in the new zealand city of auckland. still gathering the facts — the white house tries to work out why a us soldier entered north korea. temperatures continue to soar around much of the world — with health care systems under pressure.

welcome to bbc news. i'm monica miller. we start with some breaking news. two people have been killed in a shooting in news zealand's largest city auckland. a gunman opened fire at a building site in central auckland on thursday. the gunman has also died. the prime minister, chris hipkins, said there was no wider national security threat. he confirmed that the opening match of the women's football world cup would go ahead in the city as planned on thursday. it's with deep sorrow that i can confirm that two people have been killed. at this stage, i'm aware that six others have been injured, including police. they've been taken to auckland hospital. police have also confirmed that the shooter is also did. that the shooter is also dead. the assessment from officials is that there is no national security risk. there is no change to new zealand's national security threat level. this is the information that

we're able to share. the offender was armed with a pump action shotgun. he moved through the building site, discharging the firearm as he went. upon reaching the upper levels of the building, the man contained himself in an elevator. shots were fired and he was located a short time later. i want to thank the brave men and women of the new zealand police who ran into the gunfire straight into harm's way in order to save the lives of others. these kind of situations move fast and the actions of those who risk their lives to save others are nothing short of heroic.

i spoke to the president and general secretary of fifa and they passed on condolences and all new zealanders. as a prime insurer has said the tournament will go on and tonight team would be the fever organisers, sorry, the police have already up sorry, the police have already up to this point been embedded in the fifa organisational structure it's part of the normal organisation of the tournaments are there is close corporation there there are number of teams as you will be aware stand in the immediate area. they are all safe and sound. and as the cordon moves in, they will go about the normal business of today for them. forsome normal business of today for them. for some of them it involves plain, for others moving to logo locations in new zealand to play games. they will in the course of the next few hours do what they would always do, go to training and play and our sports reporter maz farookhi was near where maz f play and arookhi was near where

the shooting took place, and joins us now. thanks forjoining us on the show, i know it's not the event that brought you to auckland, talk to us about what it was like to be at the scene. we are staying not far away from where this incident happened just a few minutes away from the street. it's cordon often, police officers are there. the situation has resolved itself in the last hour or so and we are here to cover the fifa 2023 women's world cup. we are expecting today to be one of celebration but the mood is different. news of come through that two members of the public have died along with the shooter.

what is, potentially good news is not a continued risk, we expect the workup to continue as planned, the government has beenin as planned, the government has been in touch with people officials, the fifa president is staying 50 minutes away from i am now and is immune touch. expecting the opening match at 7pm between the cohorts new zealand and norway to go ahead as planned but that mood and we atmosphere as he said is more sombre than we expected at such a massive date in the tournament it has to share a short shake the nerve of the athletes, have you heard anything about what the athletes are doing. the us woman scene puts out a statement in the last hour or so offering their condolences to everybody involved and confirming that all members of

their team and play and stuff port staff are safe. the philippines team are staying on the same road, on the end, in fact, when we went out earlier to see what was going on there fifa team box with all of the branding was parked outside the hotel. —— bus. normally, we have seen plenty of their players, —— and norway, they are staying close but all the teams involved are safe, we believe, but yes, this has been an unnerving instant for everybody and not what we are expecting on this opening day of this workup. i expecting on this opening day of this workup.— of this workup. i assume that security has _ of this workup. i assume that security has already - of this workup. i assume that security has already been - of this workup. i assume that. security has already been tight because you have hundreds if not thousands of tories who have arrived in auckland just for this event. how would you describe security now? $5 i describe security now? as i sa , describe security now? as i say. what _ describe security now? as i say, what the _ describe security now? as i say, what the mood - describe security now? as i say, what the mood is - describe security now? sis i say, what the mood is slightly more sombre than we were expecting, this is the biggest

workup, more teams and ever taking part —— world cup, or ticket sales, even general infantino seen yesterday that more tickets have been sold, we are expecting a record crowd to watch new zealand later on, for any men's or women's game. a milestone expected on day one. fifa expect the tournament to go ahead as planned, there were big plans for an opening sermon he, a celebration —— sorry ceremony. but perhaps that will be new to know but things will go ahead and assure they were big favourites and co—hosts and will play later, they played a republic of ireland in sidney, but yes it is a more sombre mood, not one of celebration that you would expect for such an occasion that's been highly

anticipated for three plus years. anticipated for three plus ears. . ~' anticipated for three plus ears. . ~ , ., anticipated for three plus ears. . ~ ., ., years. thank you for that u date years. thank you for that update maz _ years. thank you for that update maz farookhi. - more details have been emerging of the american soldier who's been arrested in north korea after crossing the border without authorization. travis king had been detained after getting into fights in south korea prior to the crossing. court documents show, 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. the us state department has said it was working with it's counterparts in south korea and sweden to get more information on travis king's wellbeing and to try and bring him home. we are still gathering facts and i want to be very clear that the administration has and will continue to actively work to ensure his safety and returning home to his family.

in terms of contact with foreign governments, yesterday the pentagon reached out to counterparts in the korean people's army. my understanding is that those commissions have not yet been answered. 0ur north america can respond peter bowes here. our north america can respond peter bowes here.— our north america can respond peter bowes here. we've heard about travis — peter bowes here. we've heard about travis king _ peter bowes here. we've heard about travis king and _ peter bowes here. we've heard about travis king and his - about travis king and his recent history, as he reported he is said to have been in quite a bit of trouble in south korea, getting into fights and causing extensive damage to a police vehicle, it goes back to an incident last october for which she was fined almost $2000. the equivalent of $2000. we know he has been intention quite recently for a few months, just recently released from that. it's not entirely clear whether that attention was directly related to those

incidents that i just was directly related to those incidents that ijust mentioned going back to loss 0ctober he's also reportedly, he was the subject of an assault investigation going back to september of last year relates to an alleged incident in a nightclub. to an alleged incident in a nightclub-— to an alleged incident in a nightclub. it's interesting, how did he _ nightclub. it's interesting, how did he not _ nightclub. it's interesting, how did he not get - nightclub. it's interesting, how did he not get on - nightclub. it's interesting, j how did he not get on that plane home westmark he was escorted by military police at airport?. it escorted by military police at airort?. , , ., airport?. it seems he did not want to get _ airport?. it seems he did not want to get on _ airport?. it seems he did not want to get on that - airport?. it seems he did not want to get on that plane - airport?. it seems he did not want to get on that plane we | want to get on that plane we are hearing reports from south korea that she said he had lost his passport as he got into the departure area very soon to get onto the plane. in fact he was escorted out of that area and it was shortly after that that he managed, somehow, again, not entirely clear, to get a tour of the dmz, the area between north and south korea, a citizen little big because it

generally takes a bit of time to organise a tour, it is led to organise a tour, it is led to some speculation that he had planted in advance and that it is while he was on that tour he made his move to enter north korea to stop as we understand it, he is being held by the authorities in north korea. before we go, what has his family's reaction been? we have heard from his mother— family's reaction been? we have heard from his mother and - family's reaction been? we have heard from his mother and his . heard from his mother and his brother, expressing a level of dismay at what happens. his mother was interviewed here by abc and she said that he had to have been out of his mind to do what you did. his brother was talking on camera and he said that she acknowledge that the incident, to use his words, was massively unfortunate, saying that the family didn't have much to say but they may be more talkative at some point in the future.

that's all over north america considers correspondent peter bowes. an extreme heatwave is continuing to be felt across large parts of the northern hemisphere — amid warnings from the world health organization that the high temperatures are straining health care systems. wildfires are still burning across greece in southern europe — this is the scene just outside athens — where forests and homes are being destroyed. greek authorities are bracing themselves for a new heatwave, which is likely to further stoke tinderbox conditions across the country. southern europe is hugely affected by the heat — but the situation is global. all this red — shows temperatures above 30 degrees. in china, beijing has registered four weeks of record highs, where the temperature exceeded 35 degrees celsius. and in phoenix, arizona even fiercer heat — with highs of at least 43 degrees — that's about 110 degrees fahrenheit — for 19 consecutive days. the mediterranean basin

is on high alert, with temperatures well above a0 degrees for several days, meaning there's a risk to everyone's health, not just the most vulnerable. well our reporter azadeh moshiri is in greece where wildfires continue to burn — she sent us this update. i am west of athens, in mandra. now, local residents pointed us here, they said, "follow the road and you'll find a facility that's completely burnt down". when we got here, we spoke to the owner and he said there were animals actually held here, dogs held in the basement for safety as the fires began to spring. now as you can see there's some smoke coming up, so i'll move you in this direction because over here, were deer who were held who hopped across the fence because the fire started engulfing and approaching this area. now here, in mandra, the fire extended across eight km. so scenes like this, devastation like this, is happening across the area, but also across mainland greece.

another issue we are hearing from several local residents, including the owner of this facility, is they feel local firefighters didn't get here soon enough, that if they'd managed to respond all the wildfires in time, then perhaps scenes like this wouldn't have happened. 0ur reporter segi forcada is in barcelona in spain and told us more about the situation there. well, temperatures are still very hot across spain, especially in the south. a0 degrees in places like murcia or malaga. here in the northeast of the country in catalonia, the situation has calmed down a little bit. temperatures have dropped if we compare to the record—breaking temperatures that we had yesterday, around 45 degrees, but it is still very hot. just so you get a sense, here in the mediterranean sea, the waters are 3—5 degrees hotter than they should be at this time of year. because of that local authorities are issuing

warnings urging people to stay—at—home during the daytime or drinking water. and also in some cases, local council are giving free access to swimming pools, public swimming pools, across the country. meanwhile, the us special envoy for climate, john kerry has been on a high—profile visit to china where he's been speaking with officials about the climate crisis. chinese leader xi jinping vowed the country will follow its own path to cut carbon emissions, while mr kerry insisted the crisis is a universal issue. and the climate issue is not a bilateral issue in our judgment. president biden believes, as i think most of the world does, that the climate crisis is a universal threat to humankind, and we all have a responsibility to deal with it as rapidly as we can. and we hope we will leave other issues to the side.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. another i20 former and current mcdonald's workers, have contacted the bbc in the last 2a hours, to say they've endured harassment and bullying at the fast—food chain. the new allegations are in response to a bbc investigation broadcast yesterday, which heard from workers as young as 17, who said they were being groped and harassed almost routinely. mcdonald's has apologised, and asked anyone who's experienced or witnessed inappropriate behaviour to contact them on a confidential hot—line. the annual rate of inflation in the united kingdom fell to 7.9% injune, down from 8.7 % in may. however, it still remains four times higher than the target rate and overall inflation in the uk still remains the highest in the g7.

rishi sunak has apologised — for the historical treatment of lgbt veterans — who were sacked or forced out of the military for being gay. (you're live with bbc news. police have searched a house on the outskirts of las vegas, in connection with the killing of the hip—hop star, tupac shakur, more than 25 years ago. the rapper was murdered in a drive—by shooting near the vegas strip, in 1996. no one has ever been arrested. here's our reporter sophie long. tupac shakur was at the peak of his career. after releasing his debut album in 1991, he went on to enjoy massive success with hits like california love and all eyez on me. but the world never got to see him realise his full potential. the rapper was shot four times, twice in the chest, as he waited at a red light on the las vegas strip in september of 1996. he died a week later in hospital.

he was just 25 years old. 27 years later and police in las vegas carried out a search in a home in the suburb of henderson. they have not yet provided any further information, stating only that the investigation into the murder remains ongoing. although his career was tragically cut short and lasted just five years, tupac�*s memory is very much alive here in los angeles and around the world. he sold more than 75 million records and only last month he was honoured here on hollywood's walk of fame. so far the case has gone unsolved. there is renewed hope now that that could change. sophie long, bbc news, hollywood. in kenya, three people are reported to have died in clashes between police and opposition protesters. in the capital nairobi and the coastal city of mombasa, police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators. schools and businesses across several cities are closed —

and more than 300 people have been arrested. the country's main opposition leader, raila 0dinga, called for people to take to the streets. kenyan president william ruto — has appealed for calm. we have absolutely no issue with any constitutional- provision on picketing - or even on demonstration. but we cannot be a country of kills, we cannot be - a country of violence, . and nobody should take advantage of any constitutional provision to propagate - violence, to propagate anarchy and to destroy people's property and cause loss of life. _ in afghanistan, a group of women are pushing back against growing restrictions on their rights. they held a protest in the capital, kabul against a taliban decision to shut down beauty salons for women. the participants shouted slogans demanding �*work, bread and justice'. these pictures were sent to us by the women themselves. but not long after the protest began, they say guards used

a water cannon to break up the crowd. earlier this month, afghan rulers ordered the closure of thousands of beauty salons across the country within a month.

more on the breaking story in auckland, and to people have been killed.

a series of five or six shots were heard ringing out across the city. were heard ringing out across the ci . �* . ,., . the city. after that the police confirmed — the city. after that the police confirmed that _ the city. after that the police confirmed that the _ the city. after that the police confirmed that the shooter i the city. after that the police i confirmed that the shooter was dead. we know that there'll be several others who will be killed and others more still injured. we've been speaking to residents here in auckland and others coming through and he described scenes of terror. 0ne described scenes of terror. one man working at the construction

site told me how scared he was as dozens others, colleagues, came running through the air he was working. telling him to run away in the opposite direction and find some cover because there was a man in the construction site with what's been confirmed to be a shotgun. and he was firing. 0ther been confirmed to be a shotgun. and he was firing. other people we've been speaking to have been here on the street where we are looking at colleagues who spent several hours this morning and not down and some of the high—rises behind where i am standing one meant was actually dropping his son off at kindergarten around the corner and he told me the police rush them into the building and all of the children, people at kindergartens and their parents, were huddling away from the windows.— parents, were huddling away from the windows. logan, i'm sorry we _ from the windows. logan, i'm sorry we don't _ from the windows. logan, i'm sorry we don't have _ from the windows. logan, i'm sorry we don't have more - from the windows. logan, i'm| sorry we don't have more time but thank you for sharing that we will continue with our breaking story out of new zealand, stay with us on bbc

news. hello. wednesday has once again brought record breaking temperatures to parts of southern europe. we've had an unconfirmed report of nearly 47 degrees in sardinia, and that intense heat is set to continue a degree or two up or down from day to day, but nevertheless relentless, both by day and by night. now, talking about heat, this time a year ago was when we saw record breaking heat here in the uk, but nothing that extreme heading our way here. we are still to the north of the jet stream. we are still in a cooler north westerly breeze at the moment. temperatures around about average just a little bit below, and with it plenty of scattered showers as pressure is relatively low. but, actually, with the lighter winds through the early hours of thursday, it turns quite chilly in some rural parts. there could even be the odd pocket of fog first thing this morning.

but again, it's around dawn, so it'll clear fairly quickly and that's when we'll see the best of the sunshine before the cloud starts to bubble again and we see some showers developing. now, it's one of those days where we could see lines of showers. so some places catch, shower after shower and others stay completely dry with good spells of sunshine. but it will be pleasant enough. 17—22 is a notch down on wednesday, slightly fresher air, still that brisk breeze up in the north and the east of scotland. but i think, by and large, it should be largely fine for the first day at least of the golf at hoylake and actually again for the cricket at old trafford. just the odd shower around can't be ruled out, but the chances of interruptions increase through friday and into the weekend because already as we go through the night, thursday into friday, we've got the next weather front gathering in off the atlantic. ahead of it, some cooler dry weather, but it does look as if we turn the tables to cloudier weather again with patchy rain for northern ireland, scotland, northern england as we go into friday. the far north of scotland, just a few showers, perhaps dry with a little ridge of high pressure in the south.

hopefully a drier day, fewer showers, a little bit more sunshine. but temperatures are down a degree, a bit more cloud around. and the reason? this area of low pressure that's rolling itself in again. so it looks like not only bringing us some wetter weather, once again, in what has been a really unsettled july, but also some strong winds to go with it. strong winds notjust in the south, but potentially the far north as well, which is going to make it feel fairly cool forjuly. as ever, there's more on the website. bye— bye.

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