the usjustice department starts a major review. and — hot and getting hotter.ope swelters in the second heatwave of the summer. hello and welcome to bbc news. here in the uk, borisjohnson is preparing for the biggest act of his political career. on wednesday he'll be invited by the queen to form a government, then enter 10 downing street as prime minister, fulfilling an ambition he's admitted to holding for decades. newly—elected as conservative party leader on tuesday, he claimed in his acceptance speech that he would unite the country and take britain out of the european union by the end of october. here's the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg. applause. and therefore i give notice that borisjohnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist parties. a brief moment of "where do i go now", as the rest of the room got to its feet. a thumping majority for mrjohnson — a knowingly controversial pick. there will be people around the place who will question the wisdom of your decision and there may be some people here who still wonder quite what

the usjustice department reinstates capital punishment — scheduling the first executions in sixteen yearsom the streets to salvation. how gang members in el salvador are finding a new path in life. europe is in the grip of a heatwave that's breaking records. the hottest temperatures ever were experienced in germany and the netherlands this week, while in paris today, it was more than 42 dgrees celsius, that's 108 in farenheight, the highest temperature france's capital has ever seen. lucy williamson reports from paris. the city of light has become the city of heat. 42 degrees, just bearable if you are mostly underwater. the government has repeatedly warned people not to stay out in the sun, but with offices and schools closing early, and most homes without air conditioning, not everyone is listening. it's difficult to enjoy it. here we are in this most amazing city in the world and it's tough to want to go and do much. it's very hot. the summer in brazil is not like this. it's hot too but here it's too much. this is a short, sharp spike in temperatures but what a spike it is, the heat unr

the usjustice department has reinstated the policy to use capital punishment, scheduling the executionsf five federal inmates on death row. executions have been carried out at state rather than federal level since 2003. and this video is trending on bbc.com a 9 year—old girl suffered only minor injuries after being flipped into the air by a charging bison at yellowstone national park. a group of tourists had ignored advice to stay at least 20 metres away! that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the uk has recorded its second hottest day ever, with temperatures reaching over 38 degrees in cambridge. forecasters are warning the heat could lead to heavy rain in some areas. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. prime push heads and was on. it shares fall as earnings disappoint. —— and amazon and getting paid to play video games. we start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63.1; billion dollars. up about 20% from a year ago, just over 2.6 billio

the usjustice department reinstates the policy to use capital punishment and schedules the executions of five federal inmates on death row. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore. also in the programme: south korea says the north's test of a new type of short—range ballistic missile will not help to ease tension on the korean peninsula. and the wedding photographer who's definitely not developing traditionaol big—day pictures. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight here in london and 1am across central europe which is in the grip of a record—breaking heatwave. the hottest temperatures ever were experienced in germany and the netherlands this week. while in paris on thursday it was more than 42 degrees celsius — that's 108 in farenheight, the highest ever temperature in the french capital. lucy williamson reports from paris. the city of light has become the city of heat. 42 degrees, just bearable if you are mostly underwater. the government has repeatedly warned people not to stay out in the sun, but with offices

the usjustice department reinstates capital punishment scheduling the first executions in 16 years.ince 2003 the only executions other than the death penalty have been carried out by states. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to thursday in parliament, where borisjohnson made his first appearance in the commons as prime minister and said the uk must get ready for a no—deal brexit. we must turbocharge our preparations to make sure that is as little disruption as possible to our national life, and i believe that it is possible. but labour says it won't be the reckless backers of no deal who lose out. he says he has nerve and ambition. our country does not need arm—waving bluster. whilst the snp predicts the end of the union. i should welcome the prime minister to his place, the last prime minister of the united kingdom. so, boris johnson came to the house of commons on his first full day of the job to set out the priorities for his government. on wednesday, mrjohnson met the queen, officially taking over as prime minister and then it was back to downing

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the usjustice department announce an investigation into leading online platforms, to find out whetherhey are unfairly restricting competition. and on the markets: they are headed higher in asia today with investors weighing signs of progress in us— china trade talks and prospects for the tech industry after the us opened an anti—trust probe. in a few hours' time borisjohnson will enter the door behind me as the uk's next prime minister. brexit is of course the big issue facing the new leader — and throughout the contest for the job he made a series of key pledges about leaving the eu. so, what can we expect? mrjohnson has vowed to leave the eu by the 31 october deadline "come what may". he claims that the chance of a no—deal brexit is a "million to one" he wants to negotiate a new deal, including replacing the irish backstop — designed to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic. mrjohnson says the backstop could be replaced with so called "alternative arrangements", including a technological solution to avoid physical customs checks for lorries crossing the

the usjustice department reinstates the policy to use capital punishment, scheduling the executions ofit leyl, in singapore. also on the programme: north korea says its latest missile test is a warning to the south. seoul insists, threats won't help ease tensions. and the wedding photographer who's definitely not developing traditionaol big—day pictures.

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the usjustice department has announced an investigation into leading online platforms to examine whetherirms, but companies such as facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to come under close scrutiny. the us senate, by 90 votes to eight, has confirmed mark esper as president trump's new defence secretary. he's a military veteran and former defence industry lobbyist who'd been serving as army secretary. the pentagon has seen its longest period without a confirmed leader — jim mattis resigned seven months ago. the former chinese premier li peng has died at the age of 90. he was best known as the so—called ‘butcher of beijing', for ordering martial law during the tiananmen square protests of 1989, when soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians. chinese state media announced he died on monday from an unspecified illness. customs officers in singapore have made their largest seizure of elephant ivory, on a tip—off from china. about nine tons of ivory was intercepted, from nearly 300 african elephants. it's estimated to be worth about $13 million. it was part of a shipment from the

the usjustice department reinstates the policy to use capital punishment and schedules the executionskorea says the north's test of a new type of short—range ballistic missile will not help to ease tension on the korean peninsula. and the wedding photographer who's definitely not developing traditionaol big—day pictures.

the usjustice department said to open an investigation of major digital tech firms on whether they engage investigation is set to look at if big us tech firms are engaging in practices that have reduced competition. large parts of western europe are expecting record temperatures this week with a second major heatwave of the summer on the way. the french city of bordeaux has already hit its highest temperature since records began, reaching 41.2 degrees on tuesday. much of france has now been issued with an orange alert — the second highest level of warning. the former chinese premier li peng has died at the age of 90. he was best known for his role as the so called "butcher of beijing" during the tiananmen square crackdown when soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians. chinese state media announced that li died on monday evening after suffering from an unspecified illness. the us senate has confirmed mark esper as president trump's new defence secretary by 90 votes to eight. mr esper is a former industry lobbyist and had been serving as army secretary. it ends the pentagon's longest p

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the usjustice department has announced an investigation into leading online platforms to examine whetherare unfairly restricting competition. it didn't name any firms, but companies such as facebook, google, amazon, and apple are likely to come under close scrutiny. parts of europe are in the grip of the summer's second heatwave — thejetstream is bringing conditions akin to north africa. south—west france is worst affected — reaching 42 celsius. the world meteorological organisation says the rising temperatures bear "the hallmark of climate change". now on bbc news it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. he is the award—winning icelandic danish artist. he believes that art can change the world by, for instance, tackling climate change. this is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss. the idea is to get people thinking differently about the environment, for instance, could buildings of the future be made more sustainably? is this sort of thing visionary or far—fetched? welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, olafur e

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