tom burridge, bbc news.th charlie stayt and naga munchetty. borisjohnson. all that that brings. also, business and sport and more in the hottest day on record in the uk. temperatures could reach up to 39 celsius. all that and more. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the new uk prime minister, borisjohnson, will meet his cabinet for the first time this morning after 17 ministers left office in a sweeping reshuffle. fresh concerns over north korea, after two missiles are fired into the sea towards japan. as europe's heatwave intensifies, scientists say current global heating is the most extreme change in climate for 2,000 years. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the financial times. it points out the clock is ticking on brexit. its headline sastohnson picks hardcore cabinet to meet 99 days brexit deadline. the irish times sastohnson installs hardline brexiteers after cabinet purge. it suggests the irish politic

tom burridge, bbc news.h asia have killed more than 180 people and displaced millions in india, bangladesh and nepal. amidst the heavy rains a four—storey building has collapsed in india's financial capital of mumbai — killing at least 12 people and trapping dozens more in the rubble. when rose brown was aged 12, she was hit by a drink—driver and left unable to walk or talk. now aged 21, she's studying drama at the national star college in cheltenham, which has teamed up with the royal academy of dramatic art, to create a bespoke digital voice to transform her ability to communicate. clairejones has the story. but here i am. i'm rose brown. i got a brain injury when i was 12 following a hit and run accident. i can't walk and talk. i communicate using a computer which i control by using a switch and moving my head. iam amazing. rose is a drama student at the national star college, which provides specialist educational support and residential services to young people with complex disabilities. the college has

tom burridge.he brexit negotiations, but the two candidates vying to be prime minister have been outlining their plans for the irish border. in the latest hustings in belfast, jeremy hunt says it would be impossible to have a european union withdrawal deal that included the current irish backstop provision. borisjohnson said there would be no hardboard borisjohnson said there would be no ha rdboa rd and it borisjohnson said there would be no hardboard and it would be resolved after a free trail —— my trade deal. they both want to be the prime minister that takes the country out of the eu. the union comes first, of course, but i believe we should not be faced with that choice. and the solution must be for the whole uk to come out. yesterday i met representatives from the northern ireland farmers union, the northern ireland farmers union, the food and drink federation, people from the border towns and they talk to me about their concerns about a no deal situation. the border is almost invisible but l

tom burridge, bbc news. our top story this evening.vip paedophile ring, kidnapping and murdering boys has beenjailed for 18 years. coming up... the british teenagers hoping to win 2.5 million by gaming at the fortnite world cup. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... former team bath director of netballjess thirlby has been given the england head coach'sjob. she replaces tracey neville, who steps down after winning bronze in the world cup. a leading allergy specialist is calling for mandatory stocks of emergency adrenaline pens in schools. the hormone medication rapidly reverses the effects of severe allergic reactions, but schools aren't forced to stock it. the bbc has learnt that the death of a boy who suffered a severe allergic reaction while at school in london is being investigated by the health and safety executive. 0ur education editor, branwen jeffreys, has more. since he was a toddler, karanbir had food allergies. a risk managed until secondary school. cheese was thrown at him by another pupil. within half an hour, karanbir wen

tom burridge, thank you. been in northern ireland today for his first visit as prime minister. he's been meeting the main parties for talks over power—sharing at stormont. he said his priority was to restore devolution to the northern ireland assembly, which has been suspended for two and a half years. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is at stormont. as you say, there hasn't been a devolved government here for so long. now boris johnson devolved government here for so long. now borisjohnson is hoping to bring fresh energy into the process to change that. but it is difficult territory come here, because northern ireland is gripped by anxieties over the new harder line that boris johnson anxieties over the new harder line that borisjohnson is taking over leaving the eu and the two biggest parties here still have huge issues yet to be resolved. boris johnson's road ahead borisjohnson‘s road ahead on northern ireland may not always be this clear. the rival parties he is here to meet are deadlocked, while the

this report from our transport correspondent, tom burridge, contains some flashing images. not a comfortable wait at heathrow. nearly 100 flights cancelled in a testing 2a hours. our first flight from manchester to heathrow was delayed by three hours, so we missed our connecting flight to rio and we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. with stormy weather last night, passengers boarded flights which didn't take off and some like jess sims headed to another airport. they have our bag, so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear. but hopefully we'll be able to find something at gatwick. but at gatwick and other airports in the south and midlands, weather problems made worse by a damaged radar at air traffic control. since we got to naples airport last night, we had absolutely no information. no help, no staff anywhere. hopefully, after last night's escapades which was basically after waiting nearly five hours, about to board the plane and being told all the food was spoiled and we weren't allowed on the plane. tonight, things at heathrow are getting back to normal. but

tom burridge, bbc news.oes not believe the uk is on a collision course with the irish government when it comes to brexit. mr smith made the comments on a visit to belfast and londonderry, and said the priority was to solve the issue of the irish backstop and to get a deal through the house of commons. he earlier met with the main political parties at stormont as he attempts to reopen talks between the dup and sinn fein in an attempt to restore power sharing at stormont. two premier league footballers have been the victims of an attempted carjacking, by an armed gang in london. arsenal players mesut ozil and sead kolasinac were targeted last night this video from social media appears to show saed kolasinac chasing off the armed robbers. the cloud said both escaped uninjured. there have been no arrests so far.> a british computer hacker has escaped a jail term in the united states over malicious hacking charges. marcus hutchins pleaded guilty to two charges of making malicious software, or malware, and faced a

tom burridge, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, andy moore, is at london euston station. it is rush—hour, how awful could it be where you are? a lot of problems here at euston another major london rail terminals. we were hearing about the problems on the rails beneath the trains. most of the problems have been with the wires above the trains. we are getting lots of reports with problems of overhead wires from a few different parts of the country from peterborough, the midlands, and two incidents just outside from peterborough, the midlands, and two incidentsjust outside london. first just outside two incidentsjust outside london. firstjust outside st pancras there was a problem with the overhead wires there on the line to luton. you might be able to see some flames in the shots, the fire brigade were in attendance without incident. we are being told that there is a wise drupal sag in the heat, and the mechanism that picks up the power from the train, otherwise get caught up from the train, otherwise get caught up in that, and the wires are brought down and cause a power f

here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge.line linking london, birmingham, manchester and leeds — was already set to cost a hefty sum — £56 billion. and in recent months, there has been a growing acceptance at the company building hs2 that the project is likely to cost more. now, with work on the line between birmingham and london already under way, and £5 billion spent so far, a report saying hs2 could cost an extra £30 billion. according to the financial times, the chairman of hs2, who is carrying out a review of cost and schedule, has written to the government, warning the new rail line cannot be built within budget and could cost between £70—85 billion. the government says the new high—speed line is needed because the west coast main line between london, birmingham and manchester is already crowded. both the department for transport and hs2 said the review into the cost of the project was ongoing. they wouldn't comment on this latest report, but it comes at a sensitive time. borisjohnson says he will carry out his own revi

tom burridge, bbc news.n france but then fell into the channel during a mid—sea refuelling stop. zapata had planned to land in britain around dover after a flight ofjust 20 minutes. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in dover where franky was expected to land. so, what exactly happened? well, it was all going so well, you are absolutely right, he was taking off from sangatte in this thing they call the flying board, this inventor, zapata, the take—off was absolutely perfect. he even got 18 kilometres, that is 12 miles, out across the channel where he was due to refuel and the original plan was he would refuel while floating on the flying board but there was a mix—up with the french authorities, they didn't want him to do that so plan b was him landing on a boat mid—channel and refuelling for 30 seconds and it was during that manoeuvre that it all went wrong. i have spoken to his team, it seems like there was some sort of disconnect between the wave and him landing, there was a bit of disjoint and he ended u

first, tom burridge reports. scorchio. across the country.o 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 it wasn't fun if your train broke down. like here, at the euston. services were cancelled all over the country. as things heated up, rail lines closed. the infrastructure to date simply couldn't cope. and as f

tom burridge is at st pancras station in central london. why could the network not cope? we re the network not cope? before today we were warned that the steel on the rail lines could get so hot, it could expand so much, that realise could expand so much, that realise could buckle in the extreme heat. there were speed restrictions and reduced services and that did not happen, not a single rail line buckled. but overhead lines supplying the electricity to trains sagged in the heat and they caused damage to the overhead lines. the worst damage is on the line between the station and the east midlands. the damage is so significant they are not confident they can repair it overnight tonight. there will be a reduced service in the morning. they are more confident they can get the damage repaired between king's cross and the north—east and scotland. evenif and the north—east and scotland. even if the damage is repaired, there will be difficulties tomorrow. the railways are a complex matrix of moving parts. chaos like today means trains and train drivers end up in the wrong place

our transport correspondent tom burridge has the details. not a comfortable wait at heathrow.t flight from manchester to heathrow was delayed by three hours, so we missed our connecting flight to rio and we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. with stormy weather last night, passengers boarded flights which didn't take off and some like jess sims headed to another airport. they have our bag, so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear. but hopefully we'll be able to find something at gatwick. but at gatwick and other airports in the south and midlands, weather problems made worse by a damaged radar at air traffic control. since we got to naples airport last night, we had absolutely no information. no help, no staff anywhere. hopefully, after last night's escapades which was basically after waiting nearly five hours, about to board the plane and being told all the food was spoiled and we weren't allowed on the plane. tonight, things at heathrow are getting back to normal. but at europe's busiest airport, virtually every take—off and landing slot is full. so a fairly minor

our transport correspondent, tom burridge is at stansted airport for us. why has this happened?g eat dog world of being a european budget airline. putting bums on seats at cheap prices and fuel costs. but rya nair says bums on seats at cheap prices and fuel costs. but ryanair says there are two other factors at play here. firstly, the increased likelihood of britain leaving the european union without a deal. ryanair says it's worried about the impact that would have on its uk irish bases. and the second factor is the grounding of the boeing 737 max. that is the aircraft which crashed twice in similar circumstances in a matter of months. ryanair has ordered more than 200 of that aircraft, but boeing's bid to get the plane back in the sky convince regulators that it is safe is not going to plan. it keeps being pushed back an airlines like ryanair don't keeps being pushed back an airlines like rya nair don't know keeps being pushed back an airlines like ryanair don't know when they will have the aircraft. that is why it says it needs to make the job cuts. tom, thank you. fresh from

our transport correspondent tom burridge has been at the court of appeal today.f someone has a flight with british airways in a couple of weeks they will naturally be concerned. my advice is not to panic quite yet. the union, balpa, representing the pilots have to give at least two weeks' notice but they could wait longer so we'll have to see and talks are going to kick off again at 3pm between british airways and the pilots union to try and flesh out a deal. i think after this latest court decision, the ball remains in the court of the pilots. you would imagine british airways will have to come up with some form of compromise to avert a strike from going ahead. i'll bring in brian from the pilots union involved with the case and the ballot. you don't want this strike to go ahead, let's deal with the dispute at its core. pilots have been offered an 11.5% pay rise, most people think that is pretty good. why not accept the deal? it is not worth 11.5%, it is worth considerably less than that and the point is british airways pilots have said in a massive ballot resul

this report from our transport correspondent, tom burridge, contains some flashing images.t heathrow. nearly 100 flights cancelled in a testing 2a hours. our first flight from manchester to heathrow was delayed by three hours, so we missed our connecting flight to rio and we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. with stormy weather last night, passengers boarded flights which didn't take off and some like jess sims headed to another airport. they have our bag, so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear. but hopefully we'll be able to find something at gatwick. at gatwick and other airports in the south and midlands, where the problem is made worse by a damaged radar at air traffic control. since we got to naples airport last night, we had absolutely no information. no help, no staff anywhere. hopefully, after last night's escapades which was basically after waiting nearly five hours, about to board the plane and being told all the food was spoiled and we weren't allowed on the plane. tonight, things at heathrow are getting back to normal. but at europe's busiest airpo

that is in a dispute over pgy- 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is at the court of appeal.naturally you will be concerned and that is because the decision today, backing up the decision last week from the high court, threejudges saying that the pilots union representing nine out of ten british airways pilots was legitimate and strike action can go ahead. the union i saying they are not announcing a strike date. they have got to give two weeks notice therefore don‘t panic quite yet. there is time for the two sides to reach a deal. you feel, i think, after this decision going in the pilots favour that the barr is back in there quite figuratively speaking and therefore, you would imagine british airways are going to have to come up with some compromise of better pay deal is for the pilots of this strike action is going to be averted. they have offered a 11 and averted. they have offered a 11 and a half percent pay rise over three yea rs. a half percent pay rise over three years. the union are saying look at your profits last year, £2 billion -- £2 your profits last year, £2 bi

a warning that this report from our transport correspondent tom burridge contains an image some of youhis is the kenya airways flight caught on a webcam on sunday. the plane was high in the sky over south london. a man believed to have hidden in the landing gear compartment shortly before take—off at nairobi airport fell. his body landed in this property's back garden. and this photo shows extensive damage caused to a concrete path where the body fell. according to a neighbour, the body, believed to be ofa man, hit the ground just a metre from a man who rents this property, who was sunbathing at the time. the man stowed away in the undercarriage of the plane would have fallen some 3,500 feet. given the impact, the tenant at this property is lucky he wasn't hurt or even killed. the flight kq100 left nairobi at 7:19am on sunday. it landed more than eight hours later at 3:42 p m. just minutes before that, police were called to clapham, where a body had fallen in someone's backyard. hiding in the undercarriage just before take—off should be incredibly hard. security checks like these at na

publish his final recommendations this autumn, but he's been giving our transport correspondent, tom burridgeely run trains and publicly managed to track is the task of a review. publicly managed track is the task of a review. the man appointed by the government to run the review wants a new body to manage the rail system day today. the rail system day to day. he told me that more accountability is needed at the top and more input from councils and city mayors. someone needs to be accountable to the public for the services that they receive and that needs to be at a national level. but we also recognises that the role of the regions needs to be emphasised because maybe what has been lacking in the past is regional input into the national system. one idea is to make rail franchises more accountable to passengers by basing contracts with train companies on performance related targets. we all want cheaper tickets, but someone has to pay. there have been rail reviews before, but significant change now feels inevitable. passenger growth on our railways has slowed dramatically and now some rail fra

airports. disruption at heathrow, gatwick, and sta nsted airports. 0ur transport correspondent, tom burridgeot weather did last night, it was the stormy weather last night which has caused problems at our airports and some hellish journeys for passengers. better today on the railways but by no means perfect. but with a0 flights cancelled at gatwick, more than 100 heathrow, it has been a testing 2a hours for those catching a plane, even though flights are getting in and out of this, the busiest airport in europe, and things seem to be improving. not a comfortable weight at heathrow. we missed our connecting flight to rio. we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. some passengers boarded but the stormy weather last night meant they were taken off air flight. it meant they were taken off air flight. it has been a tricky 2a hours at many uk airports. and passengers have been left stranded. i can't get today or tomorrow. we have had absolutely no information, no health, no staff, anywhere. hopefully, after last month of mac escapades, after waiting four or five hours, we have been told all the food

the redundancies are expected to be announced next month. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge explainsrofit losses in the recent mine separately down to the dog eat dog world of being a european budget airline, putting the bums on seats at cheap prices and fuel costs, but they say they are two other factors at play here, first increased likelihood that britain leaving the eu without a deal. they say they are worried about the impact it'll have on the uk and irish basis, and a second factor is the grounding of the boeing 737 max. remember that's the boeing 737 max. remember that's the aircraft that crashed twice in similar circumstances in a matter of months. ryanair has awarded more than 200 of those aircraft, but the bid to get the plan back in the sky convinced an airlines like them do not know when they will have the aircraft, and that's why they say they need to make job cuts. more than a million people were admitted to hospital in england last year with alcohol related problems. some of them had been drinking heavily for such a long time that they were suffering from alcohol relat

our correspondent tom burridge is there with more details. is partly the significant fall in profits of ryanair is partly down to the dog eat dog world at being a european budget airline. putting bums on seats at cheap prices and high fuel costs, but there are two factors ryanair says are playing here. first, possibility of britain leaving the eu without a deal, and possibility of that has gone up with a new government coming in and the rhetoric. ryanair says a new government coming in and the rhetoric. rya nair says it's a new government coming in and the rhetoric. ryanair says it's worried about the impact it will have on the basis but here in the uk and ireland. you see how big the base here is from the planes taking off. the other factor is a grounding of the 737 max. the boeing 737 max, remember that's the aircraft crashed twice in similar circumstances and neither of minds one in tunisia gather in ethiopia —— indonesia. they had ordered two more of those aircraft when they should have recited —— received them but they don't know when th

the founder of the virgin group has been telling the bbc‘s transport correspondent, tom burridge thatg to many virgin companies. we would be spending a lot less money in britain and putting energies into other countries. he has always opposed brexit and believes his airline alone would lose hundreds of millions of dollars through no deal. the pound will collapse to parity with the dollar if there is a hard brexit. all our costs are in dollars in maintenance, plane parts, the bottom line hit to that was $100 million us. a hard brexit will result in the freight we get from europe that we put on virgin atlantic going to america disappearing. we will not get any of that freight. that would be another 100 million down the drain. virgin trains are set to largely disappear from our railways in march. in a dispute over pensions, its bid to keep running services like this one from birmingham to london has been disqualified by the government. sir richard says operating a train company in britain has become harder. nowadays, the department of transport in their wisdom, they give you a massive lo

our transport correspondent tom burridge is following the story and joins us now.ncidents of people being hit or potentially narrowly avoiding being hit on the line. near misses are not really unusual and they are reported and investigated almost in the same way by the rail accident investigation branch as this incident will be but fatalities have become very rare on the rail network. then after ten yea rs, the rail network. then after ten years, for 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

tom burridge, bbc news.i'm joined by deborah turbitt, the deputy director for health protection at public health england. just explain, what is it our bodies are doing that process and distress in this weather. when it is as hot as this we need to sweat and evaporate that sweater cruel our bodies down. in order to be able to do that, our heart and lungs are working a bit faster than the normally answer that is why people are feeling the effects of this unusually hot weather. most people would say, common sense kicks in. but when we're talking weather temperatures as they are now, what are the precautions we should be taking? people will do all the right things because this isjust taking? people will do all the right things because this is just a reminder to those who might not have heard the messages. to keep out of the sun during the height of the temperatures during the middle of the day. make sure you drink adequate amounts of fluid, drink plenty of water that is important. what you mean by drink plenty o

appeal refused to grant an injunction to block industrial action. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridgeowing events from the court of appeal. if you have got a flight booked with british airways in the coming weeks, it is natural to be concerned. my message for now at least as do not panic, and that is because firstly the pilots union, balpa, has not set a date for a strike. secondly, under law, they have to give british airways at least two weeks notice and could wait months to call a strike, january is the end of that window, and finally talks resuming between the two side to break the deadlock. the pay deal that was on the table was an 11.5% pay rise for british airways pilots over three yea rs. british airways pilots over three years. it sounds pretty good, british airways says it is fair, but the unions say, look at the whopping profit that british airways made at its parent group, iag, last year. iag made a pre—tax profit of roughly £3 billion last year, and they say, the union, that there pilots should get a bigger slice of the cake. the wider context to all this is that british

the founder of the virgin group has been telling the bbc‘s transport correspondent, tom burridge thatt would be devastating to many virgin companies. we would be spending a lot less money in britain and putting energies into other countries. he has always opposed brexit and believes his airline alone would lose hundreds of millions of dollars through no deal. the pound will collapse to parity with the dollar if there is a hard brexit. all our costs are in dollars in maintenance, plane parts, the bottom line hit to that was $100 million us. a hard brexit will result in the freight we get from europe that we put on virgin atlantic going to america disappearing. we will not get any of that freight. that would be another 100 million down the drain. virgin trains are set to largely disappear from our railways in march. in a dispute over pensions, its bid to keep running services like this one from birmingham to london has been disqualified by the government. sir richard says operating a train company in britain has become harder. nowadays, the department of transport in their wisdom, they

tom burridge is our transport correspondent. that‘s me! that's me! tom.e been factoring the 737 max into their schedules this year and into next year and schedules this year and into next yearand ina schedules this year and into next year and in a essentially ryanair are saying it might take the first orders in january or are saying it might take the first orders injanuary or february that isa orders injanuary or february that is a guess at this stage. because it won‘t have the planes, it is going to have to take a financial hit. it will have to hit the number of lights. it has also got staff in place and pilots to fly the planes. i have seen a letter sent to ryanair pilots last week talking about what a challenging economic backdrop it is for airlines a challenging economic backdrop it is forairlines in a challenging economic backdrop it is for airlines in europe at the moment. mentioning backs brexit and also the competition driving fares down but also the grounding of the 77 max and seeing the airline has as a result a surplus of 300 pilots. so i think

the founder of the virgin group has been telling the bbc‘s transport correspondent, tom burridge thate are spending a lot less money in britain and putting energies into other countries. he has always opposed brexit believes his airline alone would lose hundreds of millions of dollars through no deal. the pound will colla pse to through no deal. the pound will collapse to parity with the dollar if there is a hard exit. all our costs are if there is a hard exit. all our costs a re in if there is a hard exit. all our costs are in dollars in maintenance, plane parts, the bottom line hit to that was $100 million us. a hard exit will result in the freight we get from europe that we put on virgin atlantic going to america disappearing. we will not get any of that freight. that would be another 100 million does down the drain. virgin trains are set to largely disappearfrom our virgin trains are set to largely disappear from our railways virgin trains are set to largely disappearfrom our railways in march. ina disappearfrom our railways in march. in a dispute over pensions, its bid to keep ru

here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. there will be plenty of that today.we passengers suffer in the heat, so do the train tracks. just as a coin left in the sun heats up, a coin does the same. as it gets hotter, it expands, and can buckle when a train goes over. this is what a buckled rail line looks like. so, to reduce the risk of that happening, all trains travelling from midday to 8pm in the southern half of england will be subject to speed restrictions.” have been working on the railway for ten years, and i have never encountered temperatures like this or put in the level of blanket speeds we are talking about. it is vitally important, we're making this decision easily, but it is essential in terms of passenger safety. only seven intense will be running, and trains travelling between london and other parts of the country will also be affected. —— seven out of ten. 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 wi

tom burridge, bbc news.areas of new—build estates or apartment blocks for social housing tenants, according to ministers. the government says the practise stigmatises some residents and divides them from neighbours who own their own property. under new measures, planning guidance will be changed, with the aim of creating more inclusive developments. authorities in new york city are urging people to stay cool and safe as record—breaking temperatures grip the area. temperatures are set to hit 100 degrees fahrenheit over the weekend. the heatwave could affect about 200 million people in major cities like new york and washington. ramzan karmali reports. the race to stay cool in new york city. extreme hot weather is already starting to be felt here. and though it may look like fun at the pool, the city's mayor declared a local emergency. the message i want to keep getting across to all new yorkers is take this weather seriously. we have not seen temperatures like this in at least seven years. we haven't seen this