the bbc‘s tim allman reports. speaks spanish.n just two words — "very hot". spanish television warning viewers that temperatures were only going one way, up, aided by a surge of scorching air sweeping in from africa. in madrid, there were some enjoying this summer of summers, others trying to find what shade they could. i have a hydration pack so, actually, this little straw allows me to just drink water so i've been trying to drink plenty of water. i put sunscreen on in the morning, i find shape when i can, and try to relax in the shade, but definitelyjust stay hydrated. it was the same story in portugal. the iberian peninsula expected to bear the brunt of this heatwave in the coming days. the country is on high alert as the mercury rises. translation: it is very difficult being outside in this heatwave. it's impossible to be here, it's too hot. translation: it seems we will not have many customers, the tourists want to go to the beach. europe's record temperature — 48 degrees celsius — was measured in athens in 1977. the highes

as so often when it comes to these kind of stories, the bbc‘s tim allman explains... just as long as she's not feeling too peckish. translation: well, at first, she found the paintbrush very exciting. she pulled it towards her, sniffed it and took a bite, tasted it. it's important only natural materials were used. the paintbrushes are made from bamboo. then she learnt what the paintbrush is for, that pictures can be made from it, and it works really well. clearly her art is a little on the abstract side. impressionistic you might say. but there does seem to be some emotional connection to her work. translation: we decided to have the pictures painted in black because pandas are black and white, so she paints black on white. the paintings vary a lot. if she feels a bit more expressive then her paintings are bit wilder. sometimes they have relatively little paint on the canvas. it all depends on the mood of the day. the paintings are now on sale. 100 of them up for grabs, each one selling for more than $500. the zoo says it will use the money to raise awareness about

tim allman, bbc news.we's capital, harare. the ruling party, zanu—pf, won the parliamentary vote in monday's general election but the opposition party, the mdc, is claiming that vote was rigged. police have been on the streets using water cannon and live ammunition. three people are reported killed. what's not clear yet is who will be president. the result of that vote has been very much delayed. more for you on all the stories any time on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. thanks for watching. hello there. temperatures over the last few days have been topping out around the middle—20s celsius. warm enough, you might think. but for some over the next few days, we'll have values up into the 30s. increasingly warm and humid through the day ahead. some sunshine, but also a fair amount of cloud in places, because, as you can see from the earlier satellite picture, we've got this pipeline of cloud just ploughing its way in across the british is

the bbc‘s tim allman reports.cast could probably summed up in just two words — "very hot". spanish television warning viewers that temperatures were only going one way, up, aided by a surge of scorching air sweeping in from africa. in madrid, there were some enjoying this summer of summers. others trying to find what shade they could. i have a hydration pack, so actually this little straw allows me to just drink water. so i've been trying to drink plenty of water. i put sunscreen on in the morning. ifind shade when i can and try to relax in the shade, but definitely just try to stay hydrated. it was the same story in portugal. the iberian peninsula expected to bear the brunt of this heatwave in the coming days. the country is on high alert as the mercury rises. translation: it's very difficult being outside in this heatwave. it's impossible to be here, it's too hot. translation: it seems we won't have many customers, the tourists want to go to the beach. europe's record temperature, 48 degrees celsius, was measure

the bbc‘s tim allman has the story.he rescue operations began. the first taking place at the mar del plata, or silver sea beach. local volunteers, marine wildlife experts, and members of the argentinian navy all taking part. persistence, a couple of long straps and sheer brute force was enough to pull the animal off the beach. not so far away, and it was a similar story, although this time, they needed a little mechanical help. killer whales or orcas, can on average weigh more than 8,500kg, so moving one is no easy task. once the whale had been lifted into deeper water, it was then a case of push, push, push. so when the animal managed to swim away the elation was clear. translation: we saw each time it was becoming more complicated, but we were very determined to get this done, of getting the mback into the sea. i don't have words to explain what i'm feeling, it's a dream, a dream come true. this is incredible. small boats monitor their departure, making sure they were healthy and heading in the right direction. 0rcas

tim allman has the story.ery year. but this is the welcome you'd currently receive. the tower is shut, the staff are on strike. translation: i've waited 28 years to come and it's closed. it's unfair for the tourists who have come from so far. i've come from venezuela to see the eiffel tower. it's unfairfor visitors, you know? we may or may not come again because we spend so much money. so it's not nice on the part of... for whatever reason they have this strike for, but it's an injustice to visitors. and this is the reason staff say they walked out — a huge queue snaking around the base of the tower. a new system's been introduced where people can pre—book a ticket online and choose a specific timeslot to go up the tower. separate lifts have been set aside for different users, and those who turn up on the day may have to wait several hours to get in. translation: we're asking to adapt measures to allow access from the two pillars to pre—sale holders with two separate queues, with priority access to clients hol

tim allman, bbc news. now, the weather. hi there.them really heavy with some hail and thunder. it was also really cool right across the board. of course for many of us, this is a bank holiday weekend. we have seen showers at times and some sunshine. loads of showers around on friday, some really heavy with hail and thunder. also cool right across the board. we will see further showers at times but also some sunshine. friday's showers clearing away with this low pressure during the early hours of saturday. a few showers still remaining across northern and western areas, a few pushing in towards the midlands there. but with lengthy clear skies, a really chilly start to this morning, with temperatures widely in single figures. perhaps across scotland into north—east england, some sheltered spots could get close to freezing. we are start this morning off on a chilly note, but largely dry and bright with lots of sunshine. breezy across the north—east. elsewhere, there could be a few showers developing here and there, but nowhere near as m

templeman, bbc news. —— tim allman. stay with me on bbc news.llow commuters' annoying habits, but what really drives you mad on your way in to work? many of you have been in touch. douglas dalit he says, not sure if people do this in the uk, but in taiwan and it seemed somehow a cce pta ble taiwan and it seemed somehow acceptable to kids and older folks to watch tv on their phones or their ta blets to watch tv on their phones or their tablets with no earphones. douglas says it drives me nuts. many of you have applied and said yes it happens in the uk and it drives you around the twist as well. send in more comments. see you in a moment. hello. with high pressure building, it looks like the weather by the end of this week will be pretty quiet. this as pressure begins. and other working to the south with a risk of thundery showers for portions of southern and eastern england. a chance of rain during the first half of the week, but then as the weekends, high pressure builds and it is looking by then mainly dry. starting numbers for tuesday morning.

tim allman, bbc news. sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good afternoon. a big win over newcastle could put chelsea top of the premier league, later. newcastle fans might not be too optimistic of victory, with the club still without a win this season and with protests planned at st james's park later, over a perceived lack of investment in the playing squad. i have a lot of sympathy for our fans, because they are really good. they know the city, they know the club, they know the north east and how well you can stay here and you can live here. so, they know all these things. and they know they would like to see the team or the club doing things in one way. so, what i would say is that be sure, when you go to the stadium, you support the team, because it's the only way for us to be stronger. the other thing, i have to respect them and i have to concentrate on myjob. benitez is of course a former chelsea manager and his opposite number today, maurizio sarri, followed him into the napoli job three years ag

tim allman, bbc news.ate for the republicans, has died. john mccain has died. we will bring us to review in the coming hours. —— will bring that story to you in the coming hours. good morning. 21 was the top. that was in southampton. a few thundery showers here in cambridgeshire and also in essex for a while. everything is coming in from the atlantic, this cloud is swamping the uk, bringing with it outbreaks of rain. still some clear skies across eastern parts of the uk. temperatures not as low tonight because of this cloud spilling in. but because of this cloud spilling in. it will feel chilly d sunday but it will feel chilly during sunday because it is going to be dull and it will be a bit rainy, as well. maybe starting dry for eastern scotla nd well. maybe starting dry for eastern scotland and eastern england, but we will see rain elsewhere pushing its way eastwards. heavy rain at times, especially for wales and the south—west. improving and brightening up in northern ireland in the brakes coming across

the bbc‘s tim allman has the story.come to visit every year. but this is the welcome you'd currently receive. the tower is shut, the staff are on strike. translation: i've waited 28 years to come and it's closed. it's unfair for the tourists who have come from so far. i've come from venezuela to see the eiffel tower. it's unfair for visitors, you know? we may or may not come again because we spend so much money. so it's not nice on the part of... for whatever reason they have this strike for, but it's an injustice to visitors. and this is the reason staff say they walked out — a huge queue snaking around the base of the tower. a new system's been introduced where people can pre—book a ticket online and choose a specific timeslot to go up the tower. separate lifts have been set aside for different users, and those who turn up on the day may have to wait several hours to get in. translation: we're asking to adapt measures to allow access from the two pillars to pre—sale holders with two separate queues, with priority acce

tim allman, bbc news.renfell tower fire will take place today on the second day of the notting hill carnival. the event is being policed by seven thousand officers today, the highest number for six years. yesterday the metropolitan police arrested 133 people at the event and 16 knives were seized. 0ur reporter, noel phillips, is there and described the atmosphere at today's event. incredibly noisy, and the reason for that being because the parade is now under way. thousands of dancers are making their way along ladbroke grove... hello! and as we can see, a very excited dancer. and ijust want to give you some facts about the costumes that he's wearing and those colours that we can see, there are 15,000 of them on display today and a lot of them are man—made, they've been made by the designers themselves. and sometimes, they've taken up to months. i mean, one million hours, we understand, it's taken these people to put their costumes together. the streets of west london are awash with colours at the moment.

tim allman, bbc news.t?|j 30% chance of the record being broken. where do you put it? i don't think we will see any records go today, i think tomorrow will be the hot of the two days actually. and for spain temperatures will peak at around 46 celsius, so i don‘t think we will quite get the spanish record. the hottest area is further westwards and we can see what is going on actually. on the satellite sequence, going on actually. on the satellite sequence, talking about the iberian peninsula coming here we go zooming m, peninsula coming here we go zooming in, the hottest air is across the western side of spain and more especially into portugal. i think temperatures for portugal will peak during saturday afternoon and the most likely temperatures probably 47 celsius so it‘s going to come down two tenths of a degree as to whether we see the portuguese record go, which is 47.1; celsius and that was set 15 years ago. we can say it is the hottest day portugal has had in 15 years and it could be a national record

the bbc‘s tim allman reports. fabricius like to do things the easy way.teboard. he is on the move for 11 hours at the time, pulling a little trailer packed with their batteries, averaging about 150 kilometres per day. does it make you dream? because me, it makes me dream. that is why i am alone, just perfect. the first stage of his round the world trip began towards the end of may, setting off from san francisco, heading to san diego. some more notable on this —— stops on the way included tucson in arizona and houston in texas. thejourney continued down south, heading past new continued down south, heading past n ew 0 rlea ns continued down south, heading past new orleans in louisiana, until its completion in miami, florida. he says he is doing it to show how the world could revolutionise transport, using this skate ought —— skateboard in an urban environment. it hasn't a lwa ys in an urban environment. it hasn't always been easy, sometimes the road condition wasn't great, there was the odd puncture and sometimes there isn't much you can do. this is only

the bbc‘s tim allman reports. four days, the rains have come. —— for days.f the east coast of america. millions have been warned about the possibility of flash floods. but in certain places, the flooding has already arrived. roads have been closed, some buildings and vehicles damaged or destroyed. as bad as things are, they could get worse. there are concerns about couege worse. there are concerns about college lake dam, which holds back a nearby reservoir. in its path, a city of some 80,000 people, a danger dramatically spelled—out on us television. the worst-case scenario, if that dam does reach, as officials are worried it might, is that that water would go surging downhill into lynchberg and it could drown that city, at least parts of it, in 17 feet of water in about seven minutes. already, thousands have been evacuated. some had to be rescued in the middle of the night. for now, the dam remained stable and there is talk of opening a sluice gates to try to relieve the pressure. but if the rain continues and the dam does give way, the consequences could b

the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. as soon as it became clear the wales we re as soon as it became clear the first at the speech. local all in tears, marine wildlife experts, and members of the argentinian navy or taking part. persistence, a couple of long straps and she brute force was enough to pull the animal off the beach. not so far away, a similar story only this time it needed some mechanical help. killer whales the way over a thousand kilos so moving them is no easy task. ——8. once in the deeper water, it was a case of push, push, push. when the animal managed to swim away the laois and was clear. translation: we saw each time it was becoming more complicated but we we re becoming more complicated but we were the tournament. —— the elation. this is incredible. small boats monitor their departure, making sure they were healthy and heading in the right direction. no doubt wales full get stranded again killer whales —— but no doubt there will be always people there to rescue them. a reminder of our top story: there's been a mass shooting at a video game tournament in the city of jac

the bbc‘s tim allman explains. prepare yourselves for an emotional farewell.e been inseparable but all good things must come to an end. translation: i have had my fish for two years. i've done all i could for him. it is really sad. i read a lot of articles saying it is unreasonable to keep a fish in these conditions. i'm quite attached to him. but i said to myself that two years is enough and now, it is time for him to move on. the paris aquarium has opened its doors, and its tanks, to more than 600 goldfish. stuck in a bowl, they can expect to live maybe two or three years. somewhere like here, their life expectancy is more like 20 years. translation: goldfish need a minimum of 100 litres of water, a companion, some decoration, and a filtration system to maintain the correct levels of nitrogen. it is very important. otherwise, the fish is unhappy and, infact, maltreated. so people can bring us their goldfish. but what about emie and louis pablo? well, first he will go into quarantine, then he can join all his goldfish brothers and sisters in the main aquarium

the bbc‘s tim allman explains. prepare yourselves for an emotional farewell.my and her goldfish, louis pablo. for some time 110w goldfish, louis pablo. for some time now they have been inseparable but all good things must come to an end. translation: i have had my fish footy years. i've done all i could for him, it is really sad. i read a lot of articles saying it is unreasonable to keep a fish in these conditions. i'm quite attached to him. buti conditions. i'm quite attached to him. but i said to myself that two yea rs him. but i said to myself that two years is enough and now it is time for him to move on. the paris aquarium has opened its doors, and its tanks, to more than 600 goldfish. stuck in a bowl, they can expect to live maybe two or three yea rs. expect to live maybe two or three years. somewhere like here, their life expectancy is more like 20 yea rs. life expectancy is more like 20 years. translation: goldfish need a minimum of100 years. translation: goldfish need a minimum of 100 litres of water, a companion, some decoration and a filtration syst

tim allman, bbc news. yes, don't know how much it will cost but yes. we will put it in our hall of fame of panda stories we have on newsday. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. coming up: we'll be taking a more in—depth look at that new nafta trade agreement but what does it mean for canada? sharanjit, i know you love carnival time, especially the one in london, this is what happened today. people lucky enough to be there of course! more than a million people have attended europe's biggest street party, the notting hill carnival. the area was transformed into a sea of colour and sound as thousands danced in the streets. a special tribute was observed at the festival to remember those killed in grenfell tower fire last summer. stay with us, we will see you again soon. goodbye. hello. as high pressure builds, the end of this week looks pretty quiet weatherwise. until then, though, a couple of weather systems to affect us. this is the

the bbc‘s tim allman reports.e weather forecast can probably summed up in just two words the weather forecast can probably summed up injust two words — very hot. spanish television warning viewers that temperatures were only going one way, up, aided by a surge of scorching air sweeping in from africa. in madrid, there were some enjoying this summer, others trying to find what shade they could.|j have a hydration pack so i've been trying to drink 20 of water. i put sunscreen on trying to drink 20 of water. i put sunscreen on in the morning and fine shape can and try to relax but definitely just a shape can and try to relax but definitelyjust a hydrated. shape can and try to relax but definitelyjust a hydratedm shape can and try to relax but definitelyjust a hydrated. it was the same story in portugal. the iberian peninsulas expected to bear the brunt of the heat wave in coming days. the country is on high alert as the mercury rises. translation: it is difficult being outside in this hot weather. translation: it see

our reporter tim allman has more.sion warning viewers that temperatures were only going one way, up. aided by a surge of scorching air sweeping in from africa. in madrid, there were some enjoying this summer of summers. others trying to find what shade they could. so i've been trying to drink plenty of water. i put sunscreen on in the morning. ifind shade when i can and try to relax in the shade, but definitely just try to stay hydrated. it was the same story in portugal. the iberian peninsula expected to bear the brunt of this heatwave in the coming days. the country is on high alert as the mercury rises. translation: it's very difficult being outside in this heatwave. it's impossible to be here, it's too hot. translation: it seems we won't have many customers, the tourists want to go to the beach. europe's record temperature, 48 degrees celsius, was measured in athens in 1977. forecasters predict there is around a 30% chance the record will be broken. even if that doesn't happen, it's still plenty hot enough. tim al

tim allman explains. meet the artist in residence. 18 years old, with the deftest of brushstrokes.le on the abstract side, impressionistic, you may say. but there does seem to be some emotional connection to her work. translation: we decided to have the pictures painted in black because pandas are black and white, so she paints black on white. the paintings vary a lot. if she feels more expressive, then her paintings are a bit wilder. sometimes they have relatively little paint on the canvas, it all depends on the mood of the day. her paintings are now on sale, 100 of them up for grabs, each one selling for more than $500. the zoo says it will use the money to raise awareness about pandas. and each picture will come with a certificate of authenticity, although this artist never signs her work. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with kate silverton and we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two but first it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. for many of us, it hasn't exactly turned into the brightest of days. the favoured few getting a few glimmers of sunshine,

tim allman has more. the eiffel tower is iconic, a symbol of france.t every year. but this is the welcome you would currently receive. the tower is shut, staff are on strike. translation: i waited 20 years to come and it's closed. translation: i waited 28 years to come and it's closed. it's unfair for the tourists who come from so far. i have come from venezuela to see the eiffel tower. it's unfair for visitors, we may or may not come again because it's... we spent so much of my money, so it's not nice on the part of, for whatever reason they have the strike for, it's an injustice to visitors. this is the reason staff say they walked out. the huge queues snaking around the base of the tower. a new system has been introduced where people can pre—book a ticket online and choose a specific time slot to go up tower. different lifts have been set aside for different uses, and those who turn up on the day may have to wait several hours to get in. the company that runs the tower says the summer months are always busy, and waiting times have not increased. but

tim allman explains. meet the artist in residence. 18 years old, with the deftest of brushstrokes.ide, impressionistic, you may say. but there does seem to be some emotional connection to her work. translation: we decided to have the picture is painted in black because pandas are black and white, so she paints black on white. the paintings vary a lot. if she feels that more expressive, then her paintings are a bit wilder. sometimes they have relatively little paint on the canvas, it all depends on the mood of the day. her paintings are now on sale, 100 of them up for grabs, each one selling for more than $500. the zoo says it will use the money to raise awareness about pandas. and each picture will come with a certificate of authenticity, although this artist never signs her work. if you're afraid of heights you might want to look away now. thanks to the bad weather during the bank holiday weekend, it seems unlikely that many of us would have had our eyes to the skies. but it was a different story for extreme sports enthusiasts in switzerland as paragliders, base jumpers and pilots