guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. pro—russian forces in eastern ukraine, appealing for help. john harding is understood to have been captured in may in the besieged city of mariupol. in the video, he urges borisjohnson to use any influence he has with president putin. otherwise, he says, he faces the death penalty. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello, exceptional heat to come for the uk in the days ahead, the potential for temperatures never recorded before. in response to this, the met office has issued a highest level red warning for the likelihood of disruption due to the heat as it persists through the day and the night monday into tuesday. we certainly start on a warm footing for monday after a fine night. temperatures initiallyjust as the sun comes up will be in the mid to high teens.

guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell.ucture and have knock—on effects on peoples health. going to start pretty why my monday because we are pulling in warmer air on a southerly current which originated on iberia. a finite, temperatures start the day already in the mid to high teens. a bit of early fog across southern ireland and mclaren across northern scotland cup. a day of the sunshine beating down on the temperatures pushing up. mid to high 20s for scotland and northern ireland. talking about the high 30s, possibly even in excess of 40 across parts of england and wales and potentially hotter still across eastern england on tuesday in a day with rising community as well. you are watching bbc news. good evening. an amber warning for extreme heat has begun in england and parts of wales. people are being urged to take necessary precautions. thousands of firefighters deal with wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. police repeat warnings about cooling off in open water after the body of a 16—

guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. to have been taken captive by pro—russian forces in eastern ukraine, appealing for help. john harding is understood to have been captured in may in the besieged city of mariupol. in the video, he urges borisjohnson to use any influence he has with president putin — otherwise, he says, he faces the death penalty. the head of britain's armed forces says russia has lost more than 30% of its land combat effectiveness since the war in ukraine began in february. speaking to sophie rayworth on bbc 0ne's sunday morning programme, admiral sir tony radakin estimates that 50,000 russian soldiers had either died or been injured in the conflict. and he estimated that nearly 2,000 russian tanks had been destroyed, while nearly 4,000 other armoured fighting vehicles had been taken out of action. but admiral radakin said that moscow would remain a threat to world security for decades. the important piece for president zelensky, what do his own people want? and his own people are incredibly determined

guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. flee the country and design. it started as a protest against the government's policy. a remarkable government's policy. a remarkable government for sri lanka's anti—government protesters. sunday marks a milestone for the unprecedented public uprising. it has galvanised hundreds of thousands of people over the past few months. it started off as a movement against the mishandling of the economy by president got about how your voucher. last week he was forced to flee the country and later resigned. continue to target the acting president. he continue to target the acting president-— president. he has so many allegations _ president. he has so many allegations of _ president. he has so many allegations of corruption. l president. he has so many i allegations of corruption. he president. he has so many - allegations of corruption. he is here to do the bidding of gotabaya rajapaksa, that is why we want him to be sent home. the rajapaksa, that is why we want him to be sent home.— to be sent

guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana.n his hotel room in florence yesterday morning, after staff alerted police. a 43—year—old woman, thought to be his partner, is being treated in hospital for serious injuries. the government has announced that all state—funded schools in england will have a defibrillator by summer 2023. many schools already have the devices but the government says it now aims to fund around 20,000 more kits. it follows a campaign by the parents of oliver king, who died when his heart stopped in a swimming lesson in 2011. his dad markjoined forces with football pundit jamie carragher to campaign for schools to have defibrillators. they both spoke to bbc breakfast: a monumental day for the foundation and everybody that has supported us from day one. it is absolutely fantastic. emotional? very emotional. you know, we have worked hard and tirelessly and then jamie came on board. morning, mate, how are you? all good, man, delighted for you and the family, mate. and just pushed us along. jamie, what was it ab

guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. while held captive by pro—russian forces in eastern ukraine. john harding is thought to have been seized in may, when ukrainian troops surrendered in the southern city of mariupol. in the video, he urges borisjohnson to use any influence he has with president putin, otherwise he says, he faces the death penalty. tributes have been paid to the former rugby league player ricky bibey, who's died at the age of 40, while on holiday in italy. he was reportedly found dead in his hotel room in florence yesterday morning, after staff alerted police. a 43—year—old woman, thought to be his partner, is being treated in hospital for serious injuries. you're watching bbc news. time for the film review in a few moments time, it is 8:43pm. now, it's not every weekend you go for a day out and bump into a hollywood star. but that's what happened yesterday, when tom cruise was seen channelling his top gun: maverick character at a gloucestershire airshow — and rumour has it he's going to be in the uk for

guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana.l in paris in may, turned out to be a nightmare. as well as being tear—gassed outside the ground, some were robbed and assaulted by local troublemakers. but — amid the chaos — an act of kindness was caught on camera. this is the moment when steward brenda o'rourke hugged supporter anita gillen after she was caught up in the fiasco. now, they've been reunited, as rogerjohnson reports. i think you two have met before. reunited in happier times. this woman was left in tears at the champions league final after the trauma of watching experience at in france. anita's friends spotted this footage of her on north west tonight before she got home from paris, and the nurse from wirral stjohn�*s hospice was determined to track her guardian angel down. that moment wasjust — it is a moment i will never, ever forget. because ijust needed somebody to give me some kindness, that brenda did. obviously, there was chaos going on around us and in the midst of the chaos, i just saw anita, she was just froz

saturday, was transporting a cargo of weapons from serbia to bangladesh. 0ur balkans correspondent, guy delauneycargo plane that crashed here in eastern greece, it was going to make an emergency landing at the city was mac ipod. it didn't make it that far. local people saw the plane on fire as it descended, then they heard a series of explosions after it hits the ground. all eight crew on board died and locals felt they had a lucky escape. translation: i escape. translation: ., ., , �* full translation: i wonder how it isn't full on our houses _ translation: i wonder how it isn't full on our houses because - translation: i wonder how it isn't full on our houses because it - translation: i wonder how it isn't full on our houses because it camel full on our houses because it came from over there. it was full of smoke, it had a noise i cannot describe and went over the mountain. pass the mountain and turned and crashed into the fields. there were flames, we are scared, a lot of cars came but they could not approach because they were continuous explosions. because they were continuous expl°5i°"5-_ b

saturday, was transporting a cargo of weapons from serbia to bangladesh. 0ur balkans correspondent, guy delauneyg to make an emergency landing at the city's airport, but it didn't make it that far. local people saw the antonov an 12 on fire as it descended. then they heard a series of explosions after it hit the ground. all eight crew on board died and locals felt they'd had a lucky escape. i wonder how it didn't fall on our houses because it came from over there. it was full of smoke. it had a noise i can't describe and went over the mountain. it passed the mountain and turned and crashed into the fields. there were flames. we were scared. a lot of cars came, but they could not approach because there was continuous explosions. the clean—up has been complicated. emergency workers are concerned the plane was carrying hazardous materials with firefighters saying they felt their lips burning as they worked at the crash site. the plane to off from serbia, the country's defence minister said it was transporting a shipment serbia, a shipment of arms to bangladesh. he denied there was any connection wi