network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterday's extreme heat.strictions in place that didn't happen. what did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line—side fires. this left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. and there's still disruption there today — as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. east midlands trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. it's put an emergency timetable in place. thameslink services — which operate on part of the same route — is also disrupted. (ani — london north eastern railway said there will be further cancellations on lines going to king's cross. and greater anglia, stansted express and eurostar are also disrupted. leigh milner reports. it was the second hottest day on record for the uk yeste

of rails for the uk's train network.with police on the 22nd anniversary of the former british colony's return to chinese rule. police have used pepper spray and batons to contain demonstrators gathering outside hong kong's legislative council building. in recent weeks, millions have marched against a contraversial marched against a controversial extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to china for trial. the bill has been suspended, but large numbers of people are expected to join an annual pro—democracy demonstration later, i will correspond and is on the streets. how are things looking? —— my our correspondence is on the streets. there are hundreds of protesters who have camped out on this main arterial road in hong kong throughout the morning where there have been altercations between police and protesters and a group of protesters tried to break into the legislative council building and we re legislative council building and were pushed back by police and police unfurled their black flag, which is a warni

then after ten yea rs, the rail network. r example, only six rail workers have been killed, either contractors or employees of network rail, as in the case of these two people who are sadly killed this morning. safety has improved over the last couple of decades. the safety record has improved a lot. safety protocol is strict. i've experienced it when we have been filming on the rail network. that is i guess why it is rare but the rail accident investigation branch and the police will have to establish what went wrong in this case. this was a train on a routine journey, so the line was active but there were workers on the line. what kind of precautions exist to ensure workers are aware when a train might be coming? often, when someone is doing work in and around the line, you will often have their buddy, if you like, looking out and that will be their specific job. like, looking out and that will be their specificjob. there has been incidents in recent years where there was... actually, one incident in recent years where the

network rail is the state—owned railway infrastructure company. ails for the uk's train network. the deadline for bidders to put in offers for all or part of the troubled firm was last night. around 10 offers were received. planning a trip to new zealand? add another £20 to your budget. most international visitors entering the country will be charged the new levy from today. the international visitor conservation and tourism levy could raise around £4 million for conservation projects. new electric cars and vans will have to feature a noise—making device from today under eu rules. it's because of worries that they're too quiet — and pedestrians can't hear them approaching. when the vehicle is moving at less than 12 miles per hour, the device has to make the sound of a traditional engine. that's all the business news. thank you for that, ben bland. hundreds of thousands of people in new york have lined the streets to watch the city's pride parade. the event marks the 50th anniversary of riots in 1969, between police and customers at the stonewall in

network rail says the steel tracks can heat up to more than 50 degrees celsius in the sun, which putsthe evening. i have been working on the railway for ten years and i have never encountered temperatures like this 01’ encountered temperatures like this or put in the level of speed that we are talking about. it is vitally important. we are not making this decision easily but it isn't essential in terms of passenger —— but it is essential in terms of passenger safety. as the new prime minister begins to build his cabinet, several of the region's mps have received a call up. they include esher and walton mp dominic raab — who has been appointed foreign secretary, and welwyn hatfield's grant shapps, who has been given the transport brief. theresa villiers — mp for chipping barnet — takes over as enviroment secretary. her predecessor michael gove stays in cabinet, but becomes chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. a body has been recovered from the thames in kingston after emergency services were alerted to reports of a man seen entering the water but failing to resurface. the metropolitan

we were told by network rail, earlier, that three rail workers had been hit and now this latest newsad died. an investigation has begun. we know there are ambulances at the scene and the fire and rescue services are there. the investigation branch has activated a statement saying they are aware of the incident and that two inspectors are on theirway the incident and that two inspectors are on their way to the site. so, very, very little detail at the moment as to what happened here, why it happened and obviously, this is something investigators will want to find out as soon as possible and to offer support to families concerned. 0k, sian. i know you'll come back to us 0k, sian. i know you'll come back to us with more thank you. the headlines now on newsroom alive. it's almost 11:15am. two people have died after being struck by a train on railway tracks in port talbot, south wales. the baby son of a women murdered in south london when she was eight months pregnant has died. police have released cctv footage showing him walking towards kelly fauvrelle's home and then running away ten m

network rail has apologised but says it will need the whole of the weekend to get our rail networks backmes, many thanks. dramatic footage on social media shows two arsenal players involved in an attempted carjacking in a london street. the pictures show sead kolasinac chasing off an armed gang. he and his team—mate mesut 0zil both escaped unhurt. simonjones reports. taking on the would—be robbers. sead kolasinac sees off one at the front of the 4x4, then an attacker approaches from the back. he is armed with some sort of metal object. it is a brief but terrifying ordealfor kolasinac and 0zil, who is in the vehicle. but it doesn't end there. police say they were called to this area just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon to reports of an attempted robbery. what the footage doesn't show is kolasinac then gets back in the 4x4 and the two footballers headed in that direction, but they are pursued for around a mile by the men on motorbikes. but the footballers have called ahead to a turkish restaurant they know, saying they are in trouble and they need help. as the footballers abandon t

this is the main swansea to paddington line, and network rail has confirmed that sadly, two of its workersave been killed. the accident happened just before 10am this morning, and of course the rail line has been closed since then. network rail has issued a statement in which it has said that it a statement in which it has said thatitis a statement in which it has said that it is deeply shocked and distressed by what has happened and its thoughts are with the families affected, they are going to be offered support, as you can expect. the priority is finding out what happened here, and we know that rail accident investigators are already on the scene, as are members of british transport police. we believe the passengers remain on the train at this stage but there are plans to very shortly, we understand, get them onto buses, so the examination can continue. thank you very much for now. the latest, from near port talbot. germany's defence minister ursula von de leyen, who's been nominated as european commission president, is in strasbourg to meet members of the new european parliament who wi

network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterday's extreme heat.eed restrictions in place, that didn't happen. what did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when the cables sagged in the heat, causing some fires. this left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. repair work has been ongoing throughout the night but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed, meaning a significantly reduced service. east midlands trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. it's put an emergency timetable in place. thameslink services — which operate on part of the same route — will also be disrupted. london north eastern railway said there will be further cancellations on lines going to king's cross. greater anglia, sta nsted express, eurostar are also disrupted. leigh milner reports. it was the second hottest day on record for the uk yesterday, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge, at 38.1 degrees. you might have been fa

our top story: more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterday's highemperatures caused extensive damage. repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. leigh milner has the details. it was the second halted day on record, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge. you might have been faster travelling on one of these than the trains. chaos on rail lines. passengers are rescued from broken down trains as power ca bles fell from broken down trains as power cables fell and sparked line side fires. disruption for commuters on the west coast, the midlands and east coast mainlines. in birmingham trains were halted by the risk of rails buckley. precautionary speed restrictions and problems all day but it was the overhead power cables which cause delays and cancellations for many, expanding, sagging and eventually collapsing in the hot weather. last night, this commuters we re weather. last night, this commuters were still trying to get home from work at a quarter past t

there should be a safe method of working, adherence to that, and safety is a major issue for network railings work very well. it is very rare that this happens, so something has gone very badly wrong. these people were not protected and looked after while they were working on the tracks. the rail accident investigation branch, which you refer to, has investigated 17 near misses in the last two years involving real workers and contractors. i take on board what you say about safety and thank goodness there have been only six death after 2017, now up to eight, but it is eight to many. 17 near messes. that would suggest that there are issues that need to be looked at more generally. there are, and if you look at those reports they invariably talk about failure to adhere to safe practice. i am not casting any, giving any view, but if you look at the past investigations, almost invariably it has been a failure to adhere to the practices that she would have been stated at the time. those investigators are thorough, they passed on their findings to everybody involved, and in certain cases if you

network rail are bringing in speed restrictions for most of the day to reduce the risk of tracks bucklingncelled. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. there will be plenty of that today. i've got a little hand found in lots of water. it's when you get train on the platform, it's like going into a hothouse. and just as we passengers struggle in the heat, train tracks do as well. just as a coin left in the sun heats up, the trachea does the sun heats up, the trachea does the same and it's the steel ——as the steel gets hotter, it expands and can buckle when a train goes over. and this is what a buckled rail line looks like. so to reduce the risk of that happening, all trains travelling from mid day until eight o'clock this evening in the southern half of england will be subject to speed restrictions. i've been working on the railway for ten yea rs. working on the railway for ten years. i've never encountered temperatures like this all put in the level of blanket speeds that we are talking about so it's absolutely vitally important, we're not it easily, we are not making this dec

temperatures peaked at 38.1 degrees celsius, making it the second hottest day on record but much of the rail networkouldn't cope, passengers had to be rescued as overhead power cables were damaged by the heat it is almost unprecedented. i have been working on the railway ten yea rs been working on the railway ten years and have never encountered temperatures like this. on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson predicts a golden age for britain after brexit, and welcomes in, his new cabinet. todayis today is the first day of a new approach which will and with our exit from the eu on the 31st of october. nissan cuts its workforce by 12,500 worldwide, after reporting a 98% drop in profits. nominations are revealed for the prestigious mercury prize. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, jessica elgot, the chief political correspondent for the guardian, and lucy fisher, the defence correspondent at the times. good evening. parts of britain have basked in record breaking temperatures today. in cambridge the thermometer reached 38.1 degrees celcius, mak

the rail workers' union, the rmt, has called on network rail to suspend similar works while an investigation will cooperate fully with the inquiry, which has already begun. we have a number of officers who remain in the area and continue to work alongside the rail accident investigation branch to understand the full circumstances of what happened in the moments before this incredibly sad fatal collision. tonight, the train may have been driven away. but the work to find out what went wrong continues. sian lloyd, bbc news, port talbot. a man accused of lying about the existence of a vip paedophile ring has repeated his claims in court that he was raped by a former head of the british army and byjimmy savile. police launched a £2 million investigation after carl beech said he was one of several children sexually abused by a group that included leading figures from the british establishment. he denies 12 charges of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. postal ballot papers will be sent to around 160,000 conservative party members at the end of this week so that they can choose the n

those of the problems with the wires, and then there are problems with the rails. 23 network rail franchisesms with the rails. 23 network railfranchises in the uk, 19 or 20 companies are expecting some sort of problem, and six of them were advising their passengers not to travel at all. the problem is, people have got to get home. and as we've been hearing, it's notjust the uk that is sweltering in the heatwave. temperatures in paris have hit a record 42 celsius today. parisiens have been keeping cool by paddling in temporary pools like this one at the eiffel tower. temperature records have also been broken in belgium, germany and the netherlands for the second day in a row as hot air pushes up from north africa. i'm with our health and science correspondent, james gallagher. the wider public health aspects of this, james, what are they? heat waves ca n this, james, what are they? heat waves can be deadly for some people. there are about 2000 heat —related deaths every year in england. the reason for that is your body has to fight to keep cool because your body has to grow temperature 37.5 d

and i‘m alsojoined by south today‘s travel correspondent paul clifton who is out at the network rail highest temperature recorded so far today. will it get to that 38.5 mark? well... isuppose far today. will it get to that 38.5 mark? well... i suppose at nearly 5pm, we got much longer to wait. it's 5pm, we got much longer to wait. it‘s obviously a cause of considerable pride where you are. yes, i mean, people really do want the record to stay here in kent if at all possible. they are very proud of it. i don‘t know if you can remember, going back to that wonderful... i mean, obviously people are killing off, as you can see, pictures of people curling up on the kent coast now, but if you go back to that day in 2003 —— cooling off. the record of 38.1 was recorded in gravesend, a weather centre there. that whether sent it was checked on a daily basis, but it wasn‘t until seven weeks later that they check this box and realised that that had been surpassed and the reason for that is that this box was being manned by a volunteer who only checkedit being manned by a volunteer who only checked

nick king from network rail.t now so people who have come into london, they've managed to get in ok but they might have problems getting home this afternoon, when we are expecting to see those peak temperatures. thank you very much, and d. let's pause for a moment to look at the house of commons, mp5 are waiting for borisjohnson to arrive to make his first statement as prime minister. we will be returning to clive myrie 5hortly we will be returning to clive myrie shortly to get the latest. and to hear from the shortly to get the latest. and to hearfrom the prime minister a5 shortly to get the latest. and to hearfrom the prime minister as he addresses the house of commons. his colleague jacob addresses the house of commons. his colleaguejacob rees—mogg addresses the house of commons. his colleague jacob rees—mogg i5 currently completing bu5ine55 questions, the weekly 5lot which is led by the leader of these. he got the post last night as the cabinet was the post last night as the cabinet wa5 reshuffled. bori5 the

but if you are heading out, bear in mind network rail is warning of speed restrictions to stop the tracks the thames found the body of a swimmer only a day after another man was found dead in a lake in the cotswolds. as the country prepares to break a world record, you are reminded to stay safe but have fun. the met office has said there is a 70% chance of the current record of 38.5c from august 2003 being broken. bbc weather presenter matt taylor is in one of the spots where temperatures are expected to hit an unprecedented high. i'm just a stone's throw away from heathrow airport, where later today we could see the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk. it's turning into a remarkable summer across much of western europe. of course injune we saw temperature records broken across many countries. the heat has now built again, and during the last 2a hours belgium, luxembourg, netherlands and germany once again have seen their highest temperatures ever, which could again be surpassed today. here in the uk we are starting to bring a bit more of that heat to our shores, increased humidit

the rail workers union, the rmt, has called on network rail to suspend similar works while an investigationre. the company says it will cooperate fully with the enquiry, which has already begun. we have a number of officers remaining in the area, who continue to work alongside the rail accident investigation branch, to understand the full circumstances of what happened in the moments before this incredibly sad, fatal collision. over the past five years, two workers have been killed on the railways. tonight, safety standards are once again under scrutiny. forensic teams have just left the site and have been working all afternoon. the main line remains closed, certainly for the present. we have heard the men who were killed are from bridgend, just a few miles away from here. tonight, there isa miles away from here. tonight, there is a great deal of shock and sorrow felt in this community. a man accused of lying about the existence of a vip paedophile ring which he said had murdered three boys has repeated his claims in court that he was raped by a former head of the british army and byjimmy s

train passengers are told to stay at home, as the extreme temperatures cause chaos on the rail network, with problems on overhead lines. we're not the only ones. extreme heat has gripped much of western europe, with paris experiencing its hottest day ever more than 42 degrees. in other news, on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson predicts a golden age for britain after brexit, and welcomes in his new cabinet. he then set off for the commons, where mrjohnson told mps while he wants to leave the eu with a deal, there must be preparations, for a no—deal brexit today is the first day of new approach which will end with our exit from the eu on 31st october. nissan cuts its workforce by 12 and a half thousand worldwide, after reporting a 98% drop in profits. england cosmic test against island hangs in the balance despite jack reached making 92 at lords. good evening. the uk has experienced its second hottest day since records began the hottestjuly day ever. and the extreme weather has caused severe disruption across the transport network. at their highest, temperatures reached

now network rail says its engineers have repaired the fire damage that caused massive disruption to trainsclosed yesterday. but southwestern railway is still warning passengers to check before they travel this morning because trains may be out of place. no service on the northern line. that has changed to minor delays, because of a signal failure. this is how the a 13 looks. this is the usual rush—hour delays. westbound from dagenham into barking. good morning. nota promising good morning. not a promising start to the day, rather grey out there with outbreaks of light and patchy rain and drizzle for many of us this morning to stick with it and things will improve into the afternoon. brighten up and there will be good spells of sunshine. this is the weather front this morning. spells of sunshine. this is the weatherfront this morning. it spells of sunshine. this is the weather front this morning. it moves eastwards, perhaps a few spots of rainfor many eastwards, perhaps a few spots of rain for many of us but it will not amount to much at all. may be a couple of showers following on behind t

network rail is warning passengers of speed restrictions, tracks at risk of buckling as the temperaturesthe body of a swimmer this morning. another man died in a lake in the cotswolds yesterday afternoon. elsewhere, hospitals having to work hard to keep patients and staff cope. all of our patients are at risk, but the elderly are most vulnerable, so we are making sure we are increasing theirfluid intake by doing more regular tea rounds, with squashes and milkshakes. we have ice lollies and ice creams on offer as well. for seasonal businesses, an early start this morning — deliveries of extra ice cream. these few days, they hope, shaping up to be the busiest of the year. when you see this hot weather on the way, what do you start doing? rubbing my hands together, booking holiday, you know, those sorts of things. no, no, it's a long winter, so you've got to take it while it's there, you know. many, though, were stuck inside — business as usual, except for the sweltering temperatures. these workers in a sheet—metal factory feeling the heat. everyone out enjoying themselves, it's just too ho

there have been delays and disruption on the rail network. the industry body rail delivery group, who gave an update of the latest situation on the rails. the latest is come as we expected, we hoped it would not happen but there has been some severe disruption run the network — especially around london and the southeast. many of the major terminals have been affected, including here at euston, and all of this is because of the extreme high—temperature we this is because of the extreme high—temperatu re we have this is because of the extreme high—temperature we have been experiencing which affect metal on the railway and overhead cables as well. in many cases, we have had severe restrictions in terms of speed we also had to cancel services as well and we are chunky with it if you were severely disrupted today, please claim compensation —— we are telling people. to see whether you are entitled to compensation. robert nisbet from the real delivery group in paris, it's been 42 degrees celsius, it's hot as ever —— from the rail delivery group. the

this program provides grants to improve the rail network. crisi strengthens intercity passenger rail, supports capital projects, and boosts rail safety initiatives. among the most important safety initiatives for rail is the deployment of positive train control, which is designed to prevent tragic accidents such as the amtrak derailment in the state of washington. timely implementation of ptc is also important that the committee will be holding a full committee hearing on this in the near future. in addition, earlier this week the ntsb issued its report on that particular accident. i hope our witnesses will discuss ways to support further capacity, enhance safety, and other improvements for passenger and freight rail service in the next amtrak reauthorization. one area that still needs improvement is on-time performance of passenger rail. for amtrak to be successful, its trains must be able to run on time. with only 43.8% of long-distance trains arriving at stations on schedule, amtrak's on-time performance lags behind comparable transit netw

network rail, which oversees the majority of britain's railway network, is advising commuters to onlyravel it actually necessary. the blistering heat left trains and haphazard locations and a fire damage network. at heathrow, many flights were canceled or delayed because of the severe weather. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. is bloomberg. david? president trump named himself a progrowth president and predicted that things like the tax cuts would grow the economy at rates not seen in years. >> the economy has hit 3%. nobody thought we would be anywhere close. i think we go to 4% or maybe even 6% ultimately. david: 6%. not quite there yet. u.s. gdp slowed to 2.1%, a smaller drop than forecast but a number that makes the trump economy look a lot more like the obama economy. a partner at lowenstein sandberg and president of democrats for educated reform and a partner at k2 and company. she served as communications director for scott walker's 2016 presidential campaign.

much of the rail network could not cope, passengers had to be rescued as ca bles were passengers hado be rescued as cables were damaged by the heat. thousands were stranded, some main lines into london ground to a halt. i have been working on the railway for ten years and have never encountered temperatures like this. we will be looking at the lynx scientists point to between extreme weather and climate change. also tonight, the prime minister's new look cabinet meets for the first time as borisjohnson gets down to business. our mission is to deliver brexit on the 31st of october for the purpose of uniting and re—energising our great united kingdom. he says he has plaque, nerve and ambition. our country does not need arm waving bluster. england do battle against ireland on the second day of the lords test. and we reveal the nominations that are in for this year's prestigious mercury prize. for this year's prestigious mercury prize. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, geraint thomas drops to third overall at the tour de france but remains 95 seconds behind leaderjulian alaphilippe

network rail is the state—owned railway infrastructure company. or bidders to put in offers for all or part of the troubled firm was last night. there will be more business news later. yes, sorry to interrupt you, ben, but cliff richard is speaking. let us hear what he has to say. i had trouble remembering whether i was born then. it was such a long time ago. as it happens, i am innocent of what was alleged but it took two years until the investigation concluded with no charge. i do not think people realise what it is like to have an accusation made when you know that you are not guilty of this. in total i spent i suppose for years, because even though the police had agreed that they had made a big mistake two yea rs into that they had made a big mistake two years into this, i do not think i slept correctly for almost four yea rs, slept correctly for almost four years, maybe three hours each night, that would be a good night. i think it is because, and paul would back me up on this, if you have something happen, if you were guilty, remember that sc

tax on flights france says it will use the proceeds to boost sustainable transportation like its rail network the country has long sought to lead the e.u. on environmental policy but with mixed success president emanuel mccrone was forced to shelve a plan to tax on diesel fuel after widespread protests by the yellow vest movement . quick convenient and hip east scooters are the newest trend on european streets but the usual traffic laws apply and of course violations are already cropping up police in the danish capital for example are already cracking down on intoxicated riders. that summer evening in copenhagen time for a few beers and then a quick ride on an east curator to the next place on lock it with a mobile app and away. you're not allowed to drink while you're running one of these but no i don't really know the right. and it seems that not many know how much they can drink before taking a scooter there's no limit as far as i know no idea. over the weekend police in copenhagen arrested 28 people for riding east commuters while intoxicated. it's troubling that there's so little knowled

tax on flights france says it will use the proceeds to boost sustainable transportation like its rail network the country has long sought to lead the e.u. on environmental policy but with mixed success president emanuel mccrone was forced to shelve a plan to tax on diesel fuel after widespread protests by the yellow vest movement . indonesia says it will send more than $200.00 tons of garbage back to australia is the 2nd time in less than a month that in the news has refused contaminated waste a container seized by a contained mix ways to including paper products and even used baby diapers in these and customs officers said the 3 companies involved in the shipment would be held responsible. and that's it for me and the business africa team here in berlin for more business news stories check out. africa is next after this quick look at global markets. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine let me all think up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom for us global news that matters. made for minds. of fish. sure link to news from africa and

are trying to fix the problem now but i imagine tomorrow morning at the department of transport, network railured into trying to improve the resilience. and of course, we have also heard from the pm yesterday that we might be getting billions of pounds more of investment between leeds and manchester, great news if that does go ahead, but it still leaves large parts of the country with victorian infrastructure. welcome if it does go ahead, yes. if we talk about things like hs2, crossrail, the new between leeds and manchester, sorry, liverpool and manchester. give us a sense of how resilient that is compared with what we are dealing with. anyone who is lucky enough to live in the parts of kent served by the high—speed one line, they will know that the trains are not only extremely fast, but they are also reliable, because they are built to 21st—ce ntu ry reliable, because they are built to 21st—century standards. now, the new lines that are being proposed, and thatis lines that are being proposed, and that is hs2, which is the y—shaped line starting in london euston, going to birmingham and the

the rail workers union, the rmt, has called on network rail to suspend similar works while an investigationmpany says it will cooperate fully with the enquiry, which has already begun. we have a number of officers remaining in the area, who continue to work alongside the rail accident investigation branch, to understand the full circumstances of what happened in the moments before this incredibly sad, fatal collision. over the past five years, two workers have been killed on the railways. tonight, safety standards are once again under scrutiny. sian lloyd, bbc news. let's discuss today's accident with philip haigh, columnist at rail magazine. you covered this on many occasions sadly. unfortunately all too often, but my heart goes out to all those affected by the incident today, the family passages driver himself, there must be dreadfully upset. what you make of what we have learned this evening, that two of the amendment where it wearing ear defenders and in the wake of the police, therefore did not hear the train coming. that doesn't totally surprise me, it depends on the sort of work they

commuters travelling on thameslink trains are having another day of disruption after network rail failedhe weekend. a reduced service has been running since thursday after severe heat damaged the lines between luton and london. passengers are being urged to check timetables and allow extra time for theirjourneys. the duchess of sussex has become the first person to guest edit the september edition of british vogue — the magazine's most important issue of the year. meghan has chosen to feature 15 so—called "change makers" on the cover. the duchess declined to appear on the cover herself, telling the editor she felt it would be "boastful". in a moment the weather but first let's here's victoria fritz with what she's got coming up in the victoria derbyshire programme at10:00am. cannabis will be legal within the uk within a decade, that's the prediction from a group of mps who went on a fact—finding tour of canada, where cannabis was legalised for recreational use last year. i will be speaking to david lammy, who went on the trip, who now thinks cannabis should be legalised. as this year's l

sightseeing point the government promotes this station as a way to access china's vast high speed rail network and it highlights that travel time to one joe the metropolis of southern china is now half of what it was before the 130 kilometer train jointed to one joke takes just 45 minutes beijing 2000 kilometers away can be reached in 9 hours but many hong kong those do not appreciate this new transport facilities each again general secretary of the confederation of trade unions is one of them look at this high speed rail you know it's like us frosting in the hot paul hall the reason for his discontent inside the railway station there is a controlled border between hong kong and mainland china an official video explains the consequences. attention after entering the mainland port area departing passengers will need to comply with mainland laws. the opposition sees this as a breach of hong kong as one country 2 systems arrangement that guarantees hong kong its own rule of law it's a gradual slippery slope where gradually you know chinese begin the end of a now into our rule of law and then take

passengers in southern england have been advised to consider changing their travel plans, after network rail speed restrictions to prevent tracks buckling in the heat. the japanese car giant nissan has announced it is cutting 12,500 jobs globally over the next three years. in its quarterly earnings, nissan said net profits plunged 94.5%. the car—maker has faced a series of challenges this year, including falling sales in the us and europe and the aftermath of the arrest of former boss carlos ghosn. nissan will reduce its production capacity by 10% by the end of 2022, but it hasn't said where the cuts will fall. north korea has fired two short—range missiles into the sea, according to officals in south korea. there's been no official comment from the united states, which has agreed to resume talks with the north on plans for the demilitarisation of the korean peninsular. pyongyang has recently suggested that military exercises between washington and seoul could jeopardise those negotiations. good morning everyone. borisjohnson has taken an axe to theresa may's cabinet. the new men and women i

train passengers are told to stay at home, as the extreme temperatures cause chaos on the rail networkwith problems on overhead lines. we're not the only ones. extreme heat has gripped much of western europe, with paris setting a new record of 42.4 celsius. in other news, on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson predicts a golden age for britain after brexit, and welcomes in his new cabinet. he then set off for the commons, where mrjohnson told mps while he wants to leave the eu with a deal, there must be preparations for a no—deal brexit. today is the first day of a new approach which will end with our exit from the eu on 31st october. nissan cuts its workforce by 12,500 worldwide, after reporting a 98% drop in profits. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday. but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. it's notjust humans who've been trying to keep cool in the soaring heat. we'll be discussing ways in which animals can cope with the hot weather. this year's mercury prize nominees include cate le bon, idles, and 1975 and the seed ensemble. we'

but the sunshine brought with it major problems on the rail network, with overhead powerlines affectedrns that the rail tracks could buckle. services have been delayed, others have been cancelled. we will have the latest on all that shortly. first, tom burridge reports. scorchio. across the country. but how to steer in the south of england. it has been lovely. you can see i have been sunbathing down the beach everyday! it has been lovely, a bit too hot for the babies but i have been enjoying it, i do like the heat. cooling down, larking around. sensible to be scantily dressed. we don't get it very often as you know, so don't get it very often as you know, so when it is there, you have to use it and come to this lovely seaside because you forget what you have. so, making the most of it. the coast, slightly cooler, is the place to be, especially for those from hotter parts of the world. it is nothing compared to what happens in argentina in the summer. at home in argentina in the summer. at home in argentina much hotter than this? yes, 47 degrees. 50. so this is like heaven for me! but i

france says it willl use the money to boost sustainable transportation like the rail network.mmanuel macron was forced to shelve -- shelve a tax after protests by the yellow vests movement. brent: a massive law enforcement must has targeted trafficking steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. the bust to the seizure of what euro poll says was millions of doping substances. >> it was one of the biggest global crackdowns on performance-enhancing and other illicit medicine. the poll led operation was led by the anti-doping agency and the figures were eye-opening. agencies in 33 countries seized 24 tons of raw powder amid 3.8 million substances. >> the numbers are impressive and reflect a large market. >> euro poll said there were 234 arrests in europe as well as nine underground drug labs where the substances had been made for being sold illegally in shops. they were also sold online. they carried out doping tests at sporting events. indicating the professionals could also be among the customer base. brent: wimbledon tennis now. the women's semi final lineup is complete. s

the rail network. that experience these kinds of temperatures on a regular basis are geared up for it but our network isn't geared up for these extreme temperatures. in order to convert the network to something that can manage that on a regular basis will ta ke manage that on a regular basis will take a significant amount of investment. south korea says that north korea has launched two short range ballistic missiles from its east coast. last week, the north fired two short—range ballistic missiles, describing the tests as a "solemn warning" to seoul, as it plans to conductjoint military exercises with the united states next month. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in seoul. laura, what more can you tell us about what actually happened? south korean military analysing still the path they took but they we re still the path they took but they were from the east coast. they flew about 120 miles and very low. but it doesn't sound very far, but they we re doesn't sound very far, but they were going very fas

tax on flights france says it will use the proceeds to boost sustainable transportation like its rail network the country has long sought to lead the e.u. on environmental policy but with mixed success president emanuel mccrone was forced to shelve a plan to tax on diesel fuel after widespread protests by the yellow vest movement . what started as a diplomatic embarrassment is threatening to blow up into a full fledged crisis between the united states and its historically closest ally the u.k. it follows the leaked diplomatic cables from the british ambassador which were rather critical of u.s. president donald trump suffice to say the criticism is not going down well with the u.s. president w.'s alex forced one to be here at the big table with the latest on this i mean for people who have not been following this story closely tell me what exactly did the u.k. ambassador write about mr trump well it's a kim darrick who is one of the u.k.'s top top diplomats said of him in these supposedly secret cables that he was in at in secure and incompetent and they went to downing street which of course

but much of the rail network couldn't cope, passengers had to be rescued as overhead power cables wereamaged by the heat. it is almost unprecedented. i've been working on the railway for ten years. i've never encountered temperatures like this. on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson heralds what he called a new start on the road to brexit. today is the first day of a new approach which will end with our exit from the eu on the 31st of october. nissan cuts its workforce by 12,500 worldwide, after reporting a 98% drop in profits. and nominations are revealed for this year's prestigious mercury prize. we might be going old school and holding things up at the camera in a minute. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, who's the chief political correspondent for the guardian, and lucy fisher, the defence correspondent at the times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sun is a real treat tonight. something we'll all feel at least slightly familiar with after today's heatwave. an overheate

temperatures peaked at 38.1 degrees celsius, making it the second hottest day on record but much of the rail networky the heat it is almost unprecedented. i have been working on the railway ten yea rs been working on the railway ten years and have never encountered temperatures like this. on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson predicts a golden age for britain after brexit, and welcomes in, his new cabinet. todayis today is the first day of a new approach which will and with our exit from the eu on the 31st

network rail says if temperatures reach the record—breaking numbers, they will have to bring in someth west, the sun cream is out and the ice—cream is being bought and no one seems to mind that although it is a little overcast, the sun probably will come out tomorrow. thank you. immediate improvements are being ordered at a young offenders institution in west london. the move comes after a report found there'd been a "collapse" in standards of care and safety at feltham. the site holds more than 100 boys aged between 15 and 18. the operator of a british—flagged oil tanker has made contact with the 23 crew members for the first time since the ship was captured by iran in the strait of hormuz last week. a spokesman for the swedish—based tanking operator stena bulk said the crew was safe with good cooperation with the iranian personnel onboard. the detainment of the stena impero comes amid tensions between the uk and iran, just weeks after britain helped seize a tanker carrying iranian oil off gibraltar. police divers have been seen recovering a body from the river thames at shadwell ba

the heat caused overhead cables on the rail network to sag, which were then damaged by passing trains and cancellations at london airports, after storms across europe. despite cooler temperatures today, the transport network is still affected, as jon donnison reports. the heat may have relented, but today rail passengers are still getting burnt. at london st pancras another frustrating morning, with many trains cancelled on the east midlands line up to sheffield and nottingham. all the trains out of st pancras have just been cancelled, all the lines are down. so we're trying to find our way via peterborough and then over across to loughborough, we think that that's going to work. i was supposed to travel up to luton last night. i wasn't able to so i had to head back home, which is down south. looked this morning and it looked all right, but i've just been stopped at st pancras and i need to find somewhere else. engineers are still struggling to repair overhead power lines which sagged in the severe heat. disruption remains on thameslink and great northern trains. 0vernight thunderstor

the second network rail operator that was killed by a train yesterday whilst working on the line betweennow given the space we need to grieve." mike lewis was 58. gareth delbridge, 6a, known as "gazza", was an "absolute staunch" kenfig hill rfc supporter and was well known at the club. the second man to have died in the accident, his name has now been released. one in ten people admitted to hospital in the uk is dependent on alcohol, according to a new study. researchers at king's college london are calling for universal screening for alcohol—related problems and more trained staff to offer support. last year, the nhs announced plans to put care teams into the hospitals with the highest alcohol—related admissions. more than a million people living onjapan's southern island of kyushu have had to leave their homes as torrential rain continues to cause disruption. the extreme weather has raised the risk of floods and mudslides, with authorities warning that a major disaster could happen at any time. last year, 200 people were killed after heavy rain devastated the west of the country. the h

we will see higher temperatures for longer, and so we have to adapt the rail network and our roads systemo deal with the coming climate, and we can't even cope with the current one. the message after another record—breaking week of weather — invest now or suffer the consequences. jon donnison, bbc news. our correspondent james waterhouse is at heathrow airport, which has been the scene of travel chaos. how things are looking now, james? not too great. if you were hoping to get a not too great. if you were hoping to geta train not too great. if you were hoping to get a train or plane over the last 24 get a train or plane over the last 2a hours, the odds could not have been more against you. first, the hot weather, thunderstorms over mainland europe which have caused dozens mainland europe which have caused d oze ns of mainland europe which have caused dozens of flights to be cancelled across london's main air court —— airports, luton, heathrow, and gatwick. and the air control authority for uk airspace reported a computer glitch, data failing to reach a radar which didn't allow controllers

the safety boarding islands and such as we've done on the rapid bus network will be doing bringing those kind of benefits to the rail network. there are also in working with the community, and public works we've developed a package of street scape enhancements that are meant to highlight the neighborhood charter and that is the vibrancy of the commercial area to make it just a nicer place for people to be in so working very closely with the merchants and others in the community on that work. we are going to have a pre construction open house in mid-july. it's wednesday the 17th of july at 5:30 at grace lutheran church and we're eager to get that project under way and get those benefits realized. win other quick buildup date is taylor street. we started last week on the quick-build work that was one that you legislated i guess it was earlier this year. we saturdayed retiming the signals and striping the roadway. it includes a lane reduction on taylor as it goes north up through the tenderloin. also adding a new left-turn signal at ellis. we have refreshing the safety zones which themselves in in earlier implementatio

the backbone of a new transportation network across the country, but the marquee project of this high- speed rail network say it has high-speed rails up and down california. they have built barely anything in more than a decade since this was announced. to get to real infrastructure emma the last thing we need is to put the number first. the first thing we should be doing is having all 50 states in the major regional areas in each state put together a realistic list of what are their immediate infrastructure needs that are actually achievable within the next decade. then, how much do those infrastructure needs cost. then we arrive at a number that is more realistic than $1 trillion or $2 trillion. then we get to the hard part which is actually executing these projects. we are very good about announcing projects and making his releases and press conferences, but we are not very good at getting them done you remember the old seinfeld joke, it is easy to make the car reservation and take the car reservation, it is much harder to have the car there waiting for you once you go to retrieve your reserva