rebecca morelle, bbc news.g all their time playing online video games. tech giant tencent says it won't relax its restrictions on the hours children in china can play games — even during their summer break. at the moment, they're only allowed to play for an hour a day between friday and sunday. just time for a reminder of our top story. sri lanka's president has arrived in the maldives after fleeing the country following months of mass protests over the island's economic crisis. his departures ends the rajapaksa political dynasty which has ruled the island for decades, and who sri lankans blame for mismanaging the economy, leaving millions struggling to buy food, fuel and medicine. we have heard from the speaker of parliament saying he expects to get that resignation letter from the president by the evening. for most of the country, tuesday was a slightly cooler day — we had much more cloud around. it was thick enough even to give a bit of rain here and there. but despite the cloud, here in london, it was hot.

our science editor rebecca morelle reports.e as never seen before, captured by the james webb space telescope. these are the cosmic cliffs of the carina nebula. amidst the dust, stars are being born. this is a new view of stephan�*s quintet, 300 million light years away where vast galaxies are caught in a celestial dance. and the deepest ever view of space. it's teeming with galaxies. some from just a few hundred million years after the dawn of the universe. to have worked on a mission for this long, to be able to finally see it come to fruition, to do what it's supposed to do, is just absolutely incredible. the images are amazing, themselves, just as images, but the hint of the detailed science we're going to be able to do, and what we can learn from these images, is what makes me so excited. the telescope blasted off last year on christmas day, and over the last six months it's been getting ready for its mission. the james webb space telescope is an engineering marvel. at its core is a six and a half metre wide mirror made up

rebecca morelle, bbc news. astonishing images. a couple more stories for you before we go.ime playing online video games. the tech giants, tencent, says it's not relaxing its strict rules on the number of hours they are allowed to spend playing — even during their summer break. the company says those under age eighteen will only be allowed to play for an hour on fridays, saturdays and sundays. the chinese government had already put legal limits on gaming time for children, something they said they needed to do to ensure children were paying attention to their education. the book might be a page turnerfor some at education. the book might be a page turner for some at least but these restoration specialists might wonder where all their time went for the conservators from the deadly attack national france have been spending hundreds of hours restoring 75,000 pages in search of lost time it's a job that requires lots of patience to hear of the wear and tear over the many years. the book will be exhibited in the autumn to mark the 100th anniversary of the writers death. such a w

rebecca morelle, bbc news.ry following months of mass protests over the island's economic crisis. his departure ends the rajapaksa political dynasty which has ruled the island for decades. hello there. for most of the country, tuesday was a slightly cooler day. we had much more cloud around. it was thick enough even to give a bit of rain here and there. but despite the cloud, here in london, it was hot. temperatures over 30 celsius again. much further north, preparing for the open at st andrews, it's cooler. temperatures were in the low 20s despite the sunshine. that cooler, cleaner, fresher air is moving down from the north, following this band of cloud that's still bringing one or two spots of rain. so, for much of the country, it will be a more comfortable night. these are the temperatures by the morning. still, that uncomfortable warmth, though, in the southeast of england. and across southern parts of england, could start quite cloudy in the morning, even one or two spots of rain left over. that's slowly m

rebecca morelle, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. cooler day, with a few spots of rain here and there, cooler air trying to move down from the north behind this cloud, that continues to run south overnight but if we had all the way down to spain and portugal, temperatures are in the mid—40s and we have an early and prolonged heatwave and it is this weekend and early next week where we tap into that heat and it will be hotter than it has been over the last couple of days. still uncomfortably warm up tonight in the south—east, especially london, but cooler elsewhere. we start tomorrow with cloud over southern parts of england and may be a few spots of rain overnight but that moves through, a few showers for scotland and sunny spells, as well, and much more sunshine for england and wales but the temperatures continue to drop away a little bit, except in the south—east and east anglia, another very warm day and temperatures could reach 30 again in london. moving onto thursday, a west to north westerly breeze which will bring more showers

our science editor rebecca morelle reports. the james webb space telescope, and it is teeming with galaxies. some are from just a few hundred million years after the big bang. we are seeing light that has journeyed for over 13 billion years to reach us. it is almost like a time machine. you're looking back into the far distant past, and so we can begin to answer those questions such as how did the first galaxies and stars form? the hope with this telescope is we see sort of almost in real time, as it were, a history of the universe, playing it out. and lift off! the telescope blasted off last year, on christmas day. the start of a new era of exploration. james webb is a collaboration between the american, european and canadian space agencies, and over the last six months it has been getting ready for its mission. the james webb space telescope is an engineering marvel. at its core is a 6.5 metre wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments. each perfectly aligned to act a as single surface. it also has a sun shield the size of

our science editor, rebecca morelle, has the story.ies that's new to science. they are huge, aren't they? and they feel so strong. yeah. when you press down on them. under the path there is a network of nerves and they're filled with air, so basically it's like a floating mat. for years these plants have masqueraded as another species, but carlos magdelana, one of the world's leader water lily experts, long suspected this wasn't the case. when you think this is a new species, you have to demonstrate it, and this is what we have done. it's one of those things i cannot put into words. i believe it is the highlight of my career. and this new species is called victoria boliviana, named after bolivia, where it grows in the wild. standing here, you really get a sense ofjust how huge this is. this is one plant and it's still growing. not only is this the first discovery of a new giant water lily species in more than 100 years, it is also now the biggest water lily in the world, with leaves that grow to more than three metres — that's 10 feet

as our science etor rebecca morel reports. >> the beauty of our universe has never been seen like thise, captured by the james webb space telescope. these are the cosmic clips of the karina nebula. amidst the dust, stars are being born. this is stephen's intet. 300 million light-years away where robust galaxies are caught in a celestial dance. the deepest ever view of space. teaming with galaxies. some from just a few hundred million years after the dawn of the universe. flex to have worked on a mission for this long, to be able to finally see it come to fruition, doing what it is supposed to do, it's absolutely incredible. the images themselves are amazing. but the hit of the detailed science that we are going to be able to do, what we are going to be able to learn from these images is what makes me so excited. >> the telescope lasted off last year on christmas day and over the last six months it has been getting ready for its mission. the james webb space telescope is an engineering marvel, at the core a 6.5 meter we mirror made up of segments aligned to act as a single surface with

rebecca morelle, bbc news.usands of galaxies advice. here, so virtually every one of the images is a galaxy of perhaps 100 billion, maybe up to a trillion stars, what you are look at here is a galaxy cluster, so in intermediate range, so half way, if you want, to the edge of the observerable universe there is a big galaxy cluster, it took the lighting from beautiful galaxy, 4.6 billion years to reach us so the light from this relatively nearby galaxies in this image began its journey before the earth had formed. and then in this distance you can see the strange arc, the disported image, they are images of distant galaxies and the light from those, has taken over 13 billion years to reach us, so what you are seeing here, this galaxies in the far distance, as they were just after they formed, very close to the big bang. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. we are going, to be talking more about heat in the days ahead, especially the weekend and the start of next week. for today, something a

rebecca morelle, bbc news.n dry, and for many in the southeast and it's been pleasantly warm as well. you can see how much cloud we have had. this is a week whether front that moving south and east as we speak. as we go through the evening hours and overnight, i suspect on the whole, it will stay largely fine and dry. wind direction coming from the northwest around this high pressure that is trying to build them from the atlantic. that could continue to produce a few rogue showers running down through northern ireland down through the irish sea and into the cheshire gap as well. elsewhere, we will have clear skies and temperatures in rural parts of eastern areas, could fall as low as six or 7 degrees, that's on the chilly side, really for this time of year, but generally in towns and cities holding up into double figures. we start off tomorrow in a largely quiet note once again. a little more cloud, could be quite murky across south mustang in wales for a time, whether french is bringing some showery ran into t

rebecca morelle, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's susan powell.rom lilies ies to daisies. sunny spells for many parts this afternoon. but temperatures down for where we would expect. through this week, warmer weather is on the way. cool today, because we have a north—westerly breeze, a weak front sinking south and the breeze through this afternoon will continue to fed showers into northern and western scotland and the odd one in northern ireland and some rain on the tail end of the front in the south—west. a fine story for most, spells of sunshine and temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. through the evening and overnight the front clears to the south of the uk. some thicker cloud in northern ireland and western scotland through the small hours. but with clear spells in central and southern england it could be chilly with a low of six degrees in rural spots. a lot of sunshine as the day starts in the uk. but this bank of cloud in northern ireland will drift further south, pushing into wales and southern england come the afternoon and west

our science editor, rebecca morelle, has the story. is a network of nerves and they're filled with air, so basically it's like a floating mat. for years these plants have masqueraded as another species, but carlos magdelana, one of the world's leader water lily experts, long suspected this wasn't the case. when you think this is a new species, you have to demonstrate it, and this is what we have done. and i believe we have done it looking at every aspect. it's one of those things i cannot put into words. i believe it is the highlight of my career. and this new species is called victoria boliviana, named after bolivia, where it grows in the wild. standing here, you really get a sense ofjust how huge this is. this is one plant and it's still growing. not only is this the first discovery of a new giant water lily species in more than 100 years, it is also now the biggest water lily in the world, with leaves that grow to more than three metres — that's ten feet — in size. astonishingly, the new species had been hiding in kew's archives for

our science editor rebecca morelle reports. new view of stefan's quintet, 300 million light—years away where galaxies are caught in a celestial dance and the deepest ever view of space and it is teeming with galaxies. some are from just a few hundred million years after the big bang. to have worked on a mission for this long and finally see it come to fruition and do what it is supposed to do is absolutely incredible. the images are amazing, themselves, just as images, but the detailed science we will be able to do and what we can learn from these images is what makes me so excited. the telescope blasted off last year, on christmas day. and over the last six months it's been getting ready for its mission. the james webb space telescope is an engineering marvel. at its core is a six and a half metre wide mirror made up of 18 hexagonal segments, each perfectly aligned to act as a single surface. it also has a sun shield the size of a tennis court to protect it from the heat and light of the sun. the telescope will look back furth

rebecca morelle, bbc news.u them speaking, rishi sunak is one of them speaking, rishi sunak is one of the candidates that we expect to hear from shortly so we will bring you that when it happens. what do you see when you look at this? , , ., what do you see when you look at this? , ,. ., . this? this is a fantastic new view of a patch _ this? this is a fantastic new view of a patch of _ this? this is a fantastic new view of a patch of sky _ this? this is a fantastic new view of a patch of sky we _ this? this is a fantastic new view of a patch of sky we have - this? this is a fantastic new view. of a patch of sky we have observed before with the hubble case telescope but this goes deeper and in a different part of the spectrum and that is one of the key points here, is that this gives us a new window on the universe, you know, this is complicated. there is a lot of physics going on and the more parents of the spectrum question discorrea the more we can explain it. ., discorrea the more we can explain it. . , .,

here's our science editor rebecca morelle on how it works.stems, revealing whether life could exist beyond our world. this is doctor sarah kendra from the european space agency. irate this is doctor sarah kendra from the european space agency.— this is doctor sarah kendra from the european space agency. we see detail in that region — european space agency. we see detail in that region and _ european space agency. we see detail in that region and it _ european space agency. we see detail in that region and it is _ european space agency. we see detail in that region and it is an _ in that region and it is an incredibly power technique. what is staggering is how sharp this image is. we are getting to these depths are in a fraction of the time it up with the hubble telescope. the webb telescope is more powerful than anything we have had before. the images we see now are just scratching the surface so we have taken some beautiful images of things that we know are spectacular and interesting and fascinating. but because we are making such a big lea

rebecca morelle, bbc news. everything _ to brian cox later. talking about everything we — to brian cox later. talking about everything we can _ to brian cox later. talking about everything we can see. - to brian cox later. talking about everything we can see. and - to brian cox later. talking about everything we can see. and if i to brian cox later. talking about - everything we can see. and if anyone can exlain everything we can see. and if anyone can exniain it — everything we can see. and if anyone can explain it well, _ everything we can see. and if anyone can explain it well, it _ everything we can see. and if anyone can explain it well, it is _ everything we can see. and if anyone can explain it well, it is brian - can explain it well, it is brian cox. the man who wrote the theme tune for the james bond films, monty norman, has died at the age of 94. music: james bond theme. he wrote the score for the first bond movie, dr no, starring sean connery in 1962. the composerjohn barry then arranged the piece an

our science editor rebecca morelle reports.us. it is almost like a time machine. you're looking back into the far distant past, and so we can begin to answer those questions such as how did the first galaxies and stars form? the hope with this telescope is we see sort of almost in real time, as it were, a history of the universe, playing it out. and lift off! the telescope blasted off last year, on christmas day. the start of a new era of exploration. james webb is a collaboration between the american, european and canadian space agencies, and over the last six months it has been getting ready for its mission. the james webb space telescope is an engineering marvel. at its core is a 6.5 metre wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments. each perfectly aligned to act as a single surface. it also has a sun shield the size of a tennis court to protect it from the heat and light of the sun. the telescope will look back further in time than ever before, showing us the light from the very first stars to shine. we will also be able

our science editor rebecca morelle went along to find out more. leading water lily experts, long suspected this wasn't the case. when you think this is a new species, you have to demonstrate it and this is what we have done. and i believe we have done it, looking at everything. it is one of those things i cannot put into words, you know. i believe this is the highlight of my career. this new species is called victoria boliviana. named after bolivia, where it grows in the wild. standing here, you really get a sense ofjust how huge this is. this is one plant and it is still growing. not only is this the first discovery of a new giant water lily species in more than a hundred years, it is also now the biggest water lily in the world, with leaves that grow to more than three metres. that is ten feet in size. astonishingly, the new species have been hiding in kew's archives for more than 150 years. a specimen was collected and dried and stored but wrongly identified. the discovery now brings the number of giant water lily species to three, and a key pa