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. i'm women'sworld cup will go ahead as planned 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 healthcare systems under pressure.

two people have been killed in a shooting in new 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 is with deep sorrow i can confirm two people have been killed. at confirm two people have been killed. ~ , , ., ., killed. at this stage, i am aware that _ killed. at this stage, i am aware that six _ killed. at this stage, i am aware that six others - killed. at this stage, i am | aware that six others have killed. at this stage, i am - aware that six others have been injured, including police. they have been taken to auckland hospital. police have also confirmed the shooter is also dead. the assessment from officials is there is no national security risk. there is no change to new zealand's

national security threat level. this is the information we are able to share so far. the offender was armed with a pump action shotgun. he moved through the building site, discharging a firearm as he went. upon reaching the upper levels of the building, the man contain 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. they ran into the gunfire, straight into harms 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 relic. our sports reporter maz farookhi was near where

the shooting took place. we are staying not far away from where this incident happened just a few minutes away from this street. it's cordon off, police officers are there. they are heavily armed with ak-47s. they are heavily armed with ak—47s. the prime minister and the sports minister 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 now very different. news came through that two members of the public have died along with the shooter. what is good news is this is an isolated incident and we don't expect it to be a national security risk. we expect the world cup to proceed as planned later on today. the government

have been in touch with fifa officials, gianni infantino staying just 15 minutes away from where i am speaking and he is in touch with the new zealand government. we expect the opening match of the world cup, taking place at 7pm, between the co—hosts new zealand and norway, to go ahead as planned, but the mood and the atmosphere is a lot more sombre than we would expect on the opening day or such a massive tournament. this has to shake the nose _ massive tournament. this has to shake the nose of— massive tournament. this has to shake the nose of the _ massive tournament. this has to shake the nose of the athletes, l shake the nose of the athletes, have we heard anything from the teams on how they are doing? —— the nerves. teams on how they are doing? -- the "em-— teams on how they are doing? -- the nerves-_ the nerves. the usa national team, the nerves. the usa national team. the — the nerves. the usa national team, the world _ the nerves. the usa national team, the world champions, | team, the world champions, going for a third world title in a row, put out a statement on social media in the last hour, offering their condolences to everyone involved and confirming all the members of their team and playing staff and support staff are safe. the philippine team are safe. the philippine team are saying the same road, lower queen street, on the end. when

we went out to see what was going on, their fifa team bus with all the branding was parked outside the hotel. in the area that was cordoned off during the situation. norway's players walking along the waterfront in the last couple of days, they are staying close. but all the teams involved are safe, we believe. but yes, certainly an unnerving incident for everybody and not what we were expecting on the opening day of this world cup. i assume security has already been tight with an event like this. hundreds if not thousands of tourists have arrived in auckland just for this event. how would you describe security now? this how would you describe security now? �* , , how would you describe security now? a , now? as i say, the mood is obviously — now? as i say, the mood is obviously slightly _ now? as i say, the mood is obviously slightly more - now? as i say, the mood is - obviously slightly more sombre than we were expecting. this has been the biggest world cup, the biggest women's world cup ever, more teams than ever taking part, more focused, more ticket sales than we have ever

had before. gianni infantino said yesterday in the press conference that more tickets have been sold, we expect a record crowd to watch new zealand later on in auckland, at eden park, for any game of football, men or women, at eden park, for any game of football, men orwomen, in at eden park, for any game of football, men or women, in this country. milestone is expected to be broken on day one. fifa expect the tournament to go ahead as planned. there were plans for a big opening ceremony, a mood of celebration at eden park later, but you would imagine perhaps that might be a bit more muted. the games will go ahead, and australia, big favourites and co—host, a couple of hours later against the republic of ireland in sydney. many expected for that game. but certainly a more sombre mood, not one of celebration as you would expect for an occasion that has been highly anticipated the three plus years. more details have been emerging

of the american soldier who's been arrested in north korea after crossing the border without authorisation. 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 its 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 return him 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 communications have not yet been answered. our north america correspondent peter bowes told me what was known about travis king. we are learning a lot more about travis king'srecent history over the last year and a half. as you reported, he is said to have been in quite a bit of trouble in south korea, in seoul, getting into fights and causing extensive damage to and causing extensive damage to a police vehicle. this goes back to an incident last october, for which he was fined almost $2000, the equivalent of $2000. we know that he has been in detention quite recently for a couple of months, recently released combat detention. it's not entirely clear whether that was directly related to those incidents that i just incidents that ijust mentioned, going back to last october. and he is also reportedly the subject of an assault investigation, going

back to september of last year, that related to an alleged incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, _ incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, how— incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, how did - incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, how did he not get on that plane home? he was escorted by military police to the airport. escorted by military police to the airport-— escorted by military police to the airport. well, it seems as if he didn't — the airport. well, it seems as if he didn't want _ the airport. well, it seems as if he didn't want to _ the airport. well, it seems as if he didn't want to get - the airport. well, it seems as if he didn't want to get on - if he didn't want to get on that plane. we are hearing some reporting from south korea that he apparently said he had lost his passport, as he got into the departure area, very soon to get onto the plane, and that in fact he was escorted out of that area. it was shortly after that, that he managed to somehow, again not entirely clear, to get onto a tour of the dmz, the demilitarised zone between north and south korea. that is a bit vague because generally takes a bit of time organise that kind of tour, to get onto a tour. it has led to some speculation that he had planned it in advance. and it's

while he was on that tour that he made his move to actually enter north korea, and as we understand it, he is now being held by the authorities in north korea.— held by the authorities in north korea. �* ., ., ., north korea. before we go, what has his family's _ north korea. before we go, what has his family's reaction - north korea. before we go, what has his family's reaction been? l has his family's reaction been? well, we have now heard from both his mother and brother. expressing a level or dismay, at what happened. his mother was interviewed by abc, and she said he had to have been out of his mind to do what he did. his brother was talking on camera, and he said he acknowledged that the incident, to use his words, was massively unfortunate. saying that the family didn't have much to say, but they may be a bit more talkative at some point in the future. 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 healthcare 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 to all the wildfires in time, then perhaps scenes like this wouldn't have happened. our reporter is in barcelona in spain and told us more about the situation there. temperatures are still very hot across spain, especially in the south. a0 degrees in places like murcia and malaga. in the northeast here, in catalonia, the situation has calmed down a little, temperatures have dropped compared to the record—breaking temperatures we had yesterday, around a5 degrees. but it's still very hot. just so you get a sense, the mediterranean sea, the waters are 3— hotter than it should be at this time of the year. because of this, local authorities issuing warnings. —— 3—5 degrees hotter. in some cases, local councils giving

free access to pools, public pools, across the country. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. an invasion from a galaxy far, far away. ajourney from light years beyond to peterborough cathedral. the unofficial galaxies exhibition. the exhibition features rare sci—fi artefacts. exhibition features rare sci-fi artefaets-_ artefacts. that is actually a star wars _ artefacts. that is actually a star wars script. _ artefacts. that is actually a star wars script. signed i artefacts. that is actually a star wars script. signed byj star wars script. signed by david prowse, the original darth vader. that was in his hands when he was shooting the movie as darth vader. i think thatis movie as darth vader. i think that is one of the most interesting, actually. but the venue is the _ interesting, actually. but the venue is the real _ interesting, actually. but the venue is the real star. - interesting, actually. but the venue is the real star. the i venue is the real star. the cathedral— venue is the real star. the cathedral is _ venue is the real star. the cathedral is huge. - venue is the real star. the cathedral is huge. the - venue is the real star. tie: cathedral is huge. the set—up is quite a challenge, because you walk three minutes from one end to the other because the

cathedral is enormous. invasion ofthe cathedral is enormous. invasion of the city _ cathedral is enormous. invasion of the city complete. _ cathedral is enormous. invasion of the city complete. inviting i of the city complete. inviting us to take a look at the dark side. footage has emerged of yevgeny prigozhin, the first time since the wagner group uprising, he is reported to be in belarus. our correspondent reports that he is still critical of the russian army. back in business in belarus. the former hot dog seller apparently reunited with his private army. cheering. the face hard to make out but the voice certainly sounds like yevgeny prigozhin, the man who defied president putin and lived

to tell the tale, for now. this was the last we had seen of prigozhin, nearly a month ago, just after calling off his rebellion. hours earlier, his wagner forces had been on the road to moscow, fuelled by their bosses disgust at the top russian generals running the war in ukraine. vladimir putin had vowed to crush the traitors advancing on the capital, before a deal was brokered and the rebellion fizzled out. today, the head of mi6 said it had been a humiliation for the russian president. it was extraordinary. if you look at putin's behaviours on that day, prigozhin started off as a traitor at breakfast, he had been pardoned by supper and a few days later, he was invited for tea. so there are some things that even the chief of mi6 finds a little bit difficult to try and interpret. as part of the deal, wagner forces were to relocate

to belarus, and we think it's from a military base south of the capital this latest video was filmed. a month ago here, there was nothing to see. today, row upon row of white tents filling the camp. this footage is hard to make out but it is illuminating. prigozhin seems to reenergise his criticism of the russian military top brass, branding the situation in ukraine a disgrace. he suggests his mercenaries, who played such a key part on the front line, may go back there in the future. nick beake, bbc news. 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. 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. 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 site.

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. the women's football world cup kicks off today, with new zealand and australia playing. it is the biggest world cup to date. i am joined it is the biggest world cup to date. iamjoined by it is the biggest world cup to date. i am joined by katie silber in sydney. there were initial concerns there might not be as much interest, but now the stadiums are sold out, it sounds like women's football is on the right track.—

is on the right track. that's ri . ht, is on the right track. that's right, although _ is on the right track. that's right, although there - is on the right track. that's right, although there are i right, although there are different stories when it comes to two different sides of the tasman. at the moment, ticket sales have hit 1.a million, a record beating that on canada eight years ago. it will make it the largest attended women'ssporting event of all time. but here in australia ticket sales have been strong. in new zealand last week, though, fifa had to give away 20,000 tickets to continue to generate enthusiasm. the problem for new zealand, it's a small population, about 5 million, and strongly a rugby country. so there, women'ssoccer is in its latency period, a lot of development still to occur. the matildas, the australian team, reflected on how much change has gone on in the five decades since australia... the first time they took on new zealand in an international. but who better to reflect on the development

of the game and exactly what this world cup means thanjulie dolan, the matildas' captain in 1979 when the first international occurred. i spoke to her and asked her how much the game has come on in that time. . ., ., , .., time. the conditions, ifi can ut it time. the conditions, ifi can put it into — time. the conditions, ifi can put it into perspective, - time. the conditions, ifi can put it into perspective, when we played in an international tournament... these days, it's a whole — tournament... these days, it's a whole different ball game. whereas we had to sell leamingtons to get money... to sell cakes — leamingtons to get money... to sell cakes to raise money to -et sell cakes to raise money to get to— sell cakes to raise money to get to a _ sell cakes to raise money to get to a tournament. whereas nowadays, we are talking about 80.000 — nowadays, we are talking about 80,000 people, selling overi million — 80,000 people, selling overi million tickets. so that might give — million tickets. so that might give you _ million tickets. so that might give you an idea of how far... the _ give you an idea of how far... the scale _ give you an idea of how far... the scale of— give you an idea of how far... the scale of change. you have watched that evolve over the course of these decades, are you shocked? er.

course of these decades, are you shocked?— you shocked? er, yes, in a sense- _ you shocked? er, yes, in a sense. because, _ you shocked? er, yes, in a sense. because, did - you shocked? er, yes, in a sense. because, did we i you shocked? er, yes, in a - sense. because, did we imagine we would — sense. because, did we imagine we would see an event on this scale? — we would see an event on this scale? no _ we would see an event on this scale? no. did we imagine we would — scale? no. did we imagine we would close the harbour bridge 'ust would close the harbour bridge just so— would close the harbour bridge just so we could celebrate with the just so we could celebrate with ihe fans— just so we could celebrate with the fans and that it would be bigger— the fans and that it would be bigger than the sydney olympics? we never imagined that — olympics? we never imagined that we — olympics? we never imagined that. we probably imagined a world — that. we probably imagined a world cup at some point, but not on — world cup at some point, but not on this scale.— world cup at some point, but not on this scale. does it make ou not on this scale. does it make you emotional? _ not on this scale. does it make you emotional? very. - not on this scale. does it make you emotional? very. all- not on this scale. does it make you emotional? very. all the i you emotional? very. all the pioneering — you emotional? very. all the pioneering players _ you emotional? very. all the pioneering players in - pioneering players in successive generations have been — successive generations have been doing the emotional roller—coaster right through the lead _ roller—coaster right through the lead up to this world cup. absolutely. and in terms of the future of this sport and where it could go, continue to grow, we have the current tensions over pay and infrastructure, and trying to get things level on the gender playing field, what are you hoping to see going forward?— going forward? what i am ho eful going forward? what i am hopeful for _ going forward? what i am hopefulfor is, _ going forward? what i am hopeful for is, after - going forward? what i am hopeful for is, after the l going forward? what i am | hopefulfor is, after the big hopeful for is, after the big roadshow leeds, we continue to address— roadshow leeds, we continue to address the barriers that prevent— address the barriers that prevent women and girls from

playing — prevent women and girls from playing football. —— after the hi i playing football. —— after the big roadshow leaves town. what are the barriers? _ big roadshow leaves town. what are the barriers? female - are the barriers? female friendly _ are the barriers? female friendly facilities, - are the barriers? female i friendly facilities, adequate lighting... there is a whole range — lighting... there is a whole range of— lighting... there is a whole range of cultural issues that we need _ range of cultural issues that we need to address. if we don't address— we need to address. if we don't address that, then, like i'm saying. _ address that, then, like i'm saying, we don't have player retention, and then we don't have — retention, and then we don't have anyone coming through for the next — have anyone coming through for the next generation of matildas._ the next generation of matildas. . ., matildas. that's julie dolan, the former _ matildas. that's julie dolan, the former captain - matildas. that's julie dolan, the former captain of - matildas. that's julie dolan, the former captain of the . the former captain of the matildas. tonight in sydney we will see australia taking on ireland, and across the tasman we will see new zealand take on norway's grasshoppers. here, we expect a home victory, australia the likely winner. on the other side, we are likely to see norway win that game. we will have to wait and see, but definitely something of a

clever marketing pitch to have both home nations kick off, this is going on for a month and no doubt both home teams will generate support and continue to improve, exactly whatjulie was talking about, momentum and enthusiasm for the game. here, you can certainly feel it, it feels very much in full swing, a lot of excitement. archaeologists are uncovering exciting artefacts in the city of pompeii. it was buried when mount vesuvius erupted 2000 years ago, leaving history well preserved. the site near naples attract millions of visitors each year, but one third of the city has yet to be excavated. archaeologists are digging deeper, finding a shrine adorned with serpents, a baking oven, human skeletons, frescoes and more. a new excavation site, diggers will keep pulling away volcanic ash to be alive as it was before the volcano.

that is all we have stay with bbc news. —— volcanic ash to reveal light as it was before the volcano. wednesday has once again brought record breaking temperatures to parts of southern europe. we've had an unconfirmed report of nearly a7 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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