Europe is in the grip of a heatwave thats 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, thats 108 in farenheight, the highest temperature frances 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. Its difficult to enjoy it. Here we are in this most amazing city in the world and its tough to want to go and do much. Its very hot. The summer in brazil is not like this. Its hot too but here its too much. This is a short, sharp spike in temperatures but what a spike it is, the heat unremitting now for several days and nights and, in a city not built for this kind of weather, for many people air conditioned shops or public fountains are the only place they can find respite. The hot weather is putting pressure on farmers, already facing a drought. This farmer says the grass his cows should be eating has died in the field. He is using up his stock of winter feed to keep them alive. Translation our fields have become as dry as doormats. We have never seen anything like it. Its like the south of france. We have longer periods without water, we are running at a 50 loss. Well have to adapt and find solutions. The heatwave broke temperature records across europe yesterday and then broke them again today. Germany soared to 42 degrees as people flocked to lakes and fountains. In belgium the village of kleiner bruegel topped a0 degrees along with several other places. And in the netherlands the hottest day for more than 70 years saw the red cross handing out Emergency Water supplies to the homeless. This is the second heatwave to hit europe in a month. In paris, where streets and monuments have weathered centuries of change, some wonder if the weather itself is changing. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. We heard lucy mentioning a wider change to the weather in her report. We will have more on that topic later in our programme. As many as 150 migrants may have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of libya, according to the United Nations refugee agency. An additional 150 people were rescued and returned to the libyan coast. If confirmed, it would be the deadliest shipwreck in the mediterranean so far this year. John mcmanus reports. Shocked and dazed, these are the lucky ones, the survivors who made it back to land, thanks to the libyan coastguard. Around 145 migrants were rescued when the boat sank. 150 of fear drowned, some of the bodied bodies of recovered. The ongoing civil war in libya is contributing to the migrant problem, with two competing governments as well as violent militias, law order has broken down alone with this gangsta exploit those desperate to get to europe. This wooden boat went down of the coast, 60 miles from the capital. Most crossing here trying to reach italy, the charity met the charity says most on board of an ethiopian and palestinians and sudanese like this one whose child drought. Palestinians and sudanese like this one whose child droughtli palestinians and sudanese like this one whose child drought. I lost my seven year old child before justly because of the organisation, because they do not help us, the did not help migrants. I wish they could ring and a foreigner to work at the organisation he has a vacancy situation. But europe has increasingly closed its doors, the deputy by minister has banned flagships from docking to challenge ports. The libyan coastguard has increased his patrols but those it rescues i return to Detention Centres such as this one. Condemned for the inhumane conditions. The Un Refugee Agency says that safe but address between africa and europe must be opened up or they will be more tragedies. Lets get some of the days other news. North korean media says thursdays missile tests were designed to be a solemn warning to the south. The reports said the north korean leader, kim jong un, watched the launch of the new tactical guided weapons system. The us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says hes willing to travel to tehran to speak directly to the iranian people, despite the growing tensions between the two countries. Speaking in a tv interview, mr pompeo also said washington was still open to negotiations with north korea. President trump has voiced his disappointment about the failure of the swedish Prime Minister to intervene in a criminal case involving an american rapper. A ap rocky is in custody awaiting trial on charges of assault in connection with a street brawl. Mr trump raged on twitter that sweden had let our African American community down. In his first full day in the job as Prime Minister, borisjohnson has repeated his commitment for the uk to leave the eu by october the 31st. He said that he would work flat out to try to get a deal but insisted the withdrawal agreement, negotiated by theresa may, was dead. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Quite the occasion. A government more or less created overnight. A cabinet in a rush. Good morning, secretary of state. Are you looking forward to your first big meeting . So eager to get to the table, there was almost a trafficjam in number10. Its just before 8 00am and the cabinet are already gathering for their first meeting. This is a new government that wants to show they really mean business. Right. And there he is, in the chair hes coveted for so long. Borisjohnson, a politician who divides, trying to pull a government, a party and a country together. It is wonderful to see this new team assembled here, and reflecting, ithink, the depth and breadth of talent in our extraordinary party. The words familiar already. Were a lot less used to this show of unity. Hear, hear. Brexit the number one task. How was the meeting, home secretary . Brexiteers in plum jobs. Oh, its a very positive cabinet, its a united cabinet, its fully supporting the Prime Minister. The promise to leave in less than 100 days the task. Well, weve had an excellent cabinet meeting. Very positive, very enthusiastic. And were all ready to go now. Ready to work. Yet no Prime Minister can be master of a government without mastering the commons. Hes arrived for big moments before, but never like this. Relishing making an entrance . Statement, the Prime Minister. Thank you. Our mission is to deliver brexit on october 31st, for the purpose of uniting and re energising our great united kingdom. He wants to leave the eu at halloween, but wants it his way. The way to the deal goes by way of the abolition of the backstop. He wants to make that guarantee against a hard border in ireland disappear precisely what the eu says itll never do. I hope that they will rethink their current refusal to make any changes. Not her problem any more. Watching a different, more straightforward game today, former colleagues in tow theresa may at the cricket, able to laugh now. The movers on their way in to take her belongings out. Her successor speeding in at the back. Downing street is firmly home for Boris Johnson now. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Well there has been some strong reaction from the European Union to borisjohnsons brexit plans. The eus chief brexit negotiator Michel Barnier called the uk leaders tactics combative in a letter to eu member states. While in their first phone call, European Commission president jean claudejuncker is understood to have told the new Prime Minister that the current withdrawal deal was the best and only agreement possible. The federal Death Penalty is being reintroduced in the United States. It had been informally suspended for the past 16 years. The Usjustice Department has now scheduled the executions of five inmates on death row next december and january. Since 2003 the only executions under the Death Penalty have been carried out at state rather than federal level. Our correspontent Chris Buckler is in washington. Why the change in policy . As far as the department ofjustice and the attorney general are concerned, they believe that these penalties on these convictions have been handed out along with the Death Penalty as a result of decisions being made by courts and in their words, they owe it to the victims and their families to Carry Forward the sentence imposed by the justice system. At the same time though, i can imagine there will be campaigners who will try to fight this as much as they possibly can. There are many in the United States who are concerned about the potential of wrongful convictions, this also been a lot of concern and criticism about trying to get the right rugs to carry out this kind of executions and it has proved difficult over the years to do that. As you say, at state level, for those convicted of state crimes, executions have taken place but actually, the number all in numbers have fallen in recent years. This is a deliberate signal by the trump administration, they want to change things and they want to go ahead with once again using the Death Penalty and aspect, that could be to get more challenges in congress and the courts. Do we know anything yet about the inmates who are expected to be executed . These arent household names. If you take arent household names. If you take a look at the last 30 years, those who have been executed, on the federal level in the United States, they include, for example, the Oklahoma City bomber who many would recognise and remember but actually, the five people have been selected in these instances are not household names. There is for example, a native american among them, white supremacist, there does seem to have been a real strategy from the department ofjustice to really take real Cross Section of people, that might reflect some of the criticism from campaigners who have felt over the years of the Death Penalty has been more likely to be used against some people of certain races. For example, like offenders as opposed to what offenders and there has been some statistics to look at that and campaigners push that issue very strongly. The department ofjustice, i think by selecting these five individuals, for the first of these executions, gives an indication that they wanted to show that they are determined to ensure justice is carried out, no matter who carried out the crime. Thank you, Chris Buckley in washington. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come when is a wedding photographer, not a wedding photographer . Well find out. Mission control you can see them coming down the ladder now. Its one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. A catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the worlds only supersonic airliner. It was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. But now, a decade later, its been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. Theres been a 50 decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunction of sperm unable to swim properly. Thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. This is bbc news, the latest headlines scorching heat in europe as the sweltering weather brings record breaking temperatures right across the continent. And scores of migrants are feared drowned in a deadly shipwreck off the coast of libya. The un says it must be a turning point. Lets get more now on our top story. Scientists say the heatwave in europe has been caused by a meteorological effect known as the omega block. Which is a massive area of High Pressure that acts like a lid over the entire continent, trapping hot airfrom north africa. Experts are pointing to the link between extreme weather and climate change. Our science correspondent victoria gill has more from kew gardens in london. Temperatures were among the highest in the uk today here at kew gardens a scorching 37. 7 degrees so those who braved the sunshine came prepared. And climate scientists are now confident that heatwaves like the one the uks currently sweltering through are more likely and more extreme because of climate change. The fact that we have seen these temperature rises the baseline temperature has increased by about one degree globally since pre industrial times, and its that level thatjust means in normal conditions we would see heatwave conditions and temperatures around kind ofjust above average, but you add that extra layer of heat on, thats when we start to break those records. And globally, over the last century, the trend is clear it has been heating up. The last four years were the warmest ever recorded. For the future, the temperature increase depends on Global Carbon emissions. Current targets that governments have signed up to to limit those emissions will see a rise of about 3. 3 degrees by 2100. Under the paris climate agreement thats the more ambitious deal signed up to by almost 200 countries in 2016 the aim is to keep that below 1. 5 degrees. Today of all days, weve come to the hottest glasshouse in kew gardens. This is where all the desert adapted plants lived, and even for these plants, theyve opened all of the windows to try to get some ventilation in here, because according to my thermometer its now more than 39 degrees in here. And these plants are adapted to the hottest, driest conditions on earth. Its those adaptations that scientists here are studying in order to work out how we might grow more drought resistant plants in the future. These plants are called succulent plants because theyve evolved over millions of years to have specialised water storing tissue. The part in the middle is where the specialised water storing is located. Wow and you can see how much water there is in there. While the collections here look exotic, they contain plants that could eventually become familiar food crops. Days like today tell us that if we carry on doing exactly what weve done in the past, then that thats not going to work, so were going to have to adapt what we do and potentially adapt the crops we grow, and so we need to be exploring, we need to be researching and we need to be understanding our options so we can change as climate begins to bite. With the gardens baking in the sun today, the preparation continues for a warmer, more uncertain climate in the future. Victoria gill, bbc news, kew gardens. You can follow the latest forecast news on our website. The president of el salvador is promising to dismantle the countrys notorious gangs. Theyre thought to have as many as 60,000 members, who find it very difficult to ever leave. But one Rehabilitation Project in san salvador is trying to give former gang members a fresh start, as orla guerin reports. Freed from custody into the arms of the church. Carlos montana is marked for life, branded a member of barrio 18, one of two notorious gangs in el salvador. His pastor sees beyond all that. He believes even the darkest of souls can be saved. Im a christian now, carlos tells us. But people here dont think we can change. They dont see the spiritual side. The Security Forces see the brutal side, patrolling streets menaced by the gangs through extortion, rape and killing. They have to confront central americas murder inc. But carlos is trying to escape all that at the ebenezer evangelical church. Hes welcomed by other former gang members, including will gomez, a gangster turned pastor. The church is in ladino, a neighbourhood many fear to even enter. Here former gangsters find sanctuary, a rare chance to leave barrio 18 and stay alive. Total devotion is required. The gang is all around, but the church tells us they respect each others turf. Pastor gomez says jesus is the way out and hes living proof. After ten years injail he is now a proud family man, his wife and baby daughter in the congregation. If god could change someone like me who used to be a drug dealer, i used to be involved in prostitution, i used to deal with prostitutes. I used to be a hitman for the gang, you know. I made a lot of mistakes in my life as a young kid. He told me he started killing at about 16 but doesnt say how much blood is on his hands. I couldnt tell you how many lives i took, like, i never counted them. You know. But i could tell you that at a very young age i was told to do that and i did it because i thought that was the right thing to do. I wanted to be accepted, i wanted to feel like i had a family, like i belonged somewhere. Now the pastor says he belongs here, but he admits theres plenty of opposition to this project. Many dont believe in Second Chances for killers, something their victims will never get. But the church says those who repent should be embraced. Like newcomer rudi malara. He told us the gang found him at 12 but god found him in prison. Now he has a bunk in a shared room at the back of the church, and a chance to earn money learning how to make his daily bread. About 50 men have come through this rehabilitation programme. The pastor says more than half have stayed on the straight and narrow. At least five others who did not have been killed. Back at the Detention Centre more arrivals, suspected gang members corralled in a new crackdown by el salvadors president. He is urging young men to leave the gangs and go home to theirfamilies. Otherwise, he says, the only future is prison or death. Orla guerin, bbc news, san salvador. All over the world, couples choose the summer for their weddings and wedding photographers are the ones who capture those special moments, often staging them. But ian weldon, whos based in britain, film weddingsjust as they are, warts and all. His new book is called i am not a wedding photographer. I would describe my work as a documentary approach to Wedding Photography. I am ian weldon, my new book i am not a wedding photographer, but i am a wedding photographer, but im not, if you know what i mean. As a documentary photographer, its the real life that i want to capture. If we have everything staged, if we have everything approaching every wedding with a template, then no wedding look any different to any other. And they are such fruitful ground for photographs and emotion and gesture and real life and the absurdity of life and it seems rather silly to me to approach it in a stylised way. The photograph of the child pulling the funny face is one of my earliest Wedding Photographs that wasnt, i believe, an actual wedding photograph, it wasnt an expected photograph. What i really enjoyed was the irreverent nature of the young child and everybody prim and proper. That along with another image that was shot at the same wedding, a picture of a bride, behind her theres a couple really going for it. Thejuxtaposition made me realise there was more to a wedding than just the bride and groom. The serious situation and the ridiculous thing happening at the same time i found incredibly interesting. I feel it brings levity to the photographs and there isnt a great deal of that within the Wedding Photography industry. Everybodys in on it from the start, its not like im pretending to be one thing and doing something else. If somebody wants something other than that, if they want Traditional Group shots, if they want bride and groom portraits, there are people out there that are far better at doing that than me. So the response i get is always positive from my work. I think its because people dont know what theyre going to get, that i get such a positive response. I think its a bit of a travesty that more photographers arent applying their own unique perspective of what photography is to a subject thats so prevalent in our society. I would like to think this is what all weddings really look like, but its just not often we get to see that. Hello. When the weather makes news, its rarely a good thing. And after the extreme heat of thursday, the thunderstorms that followed caused a few problems. Its a new ukjuly record, the all time record avoided by a few tenths of a degree. Not sure that made any difference to this years unpleasantness of trying to get out and about in heat like this, where it has been so hot. Friday is going to be cooler and this weather front moving through will cool things further into the weekend but being for some of us heavy rain as we will see in a moment. Now, still a few thunderstorms perhaps effecting easternmost areas as friday begins. Theyre slightly pulling away out into the north sea. For many, friday is going to start dry. But, it is very warm and humid still across eastern parts in particular, some spots wont have gone below the low 20s. For many of us, friday will be a day of broken cloud and the chance of catching a shower. And still perhaps a few thundery ones popping up towards Eastern England. Remember that weather front . Its this area of cloud, and not a huge amount of rain on it so far, though thats going to change. And although its not as hot as where its been so exceptionally hot, theres still heat out there. Parts of Eastern England and northern scotland were getting near 30 celsius. Now, as we go on through friday evening and into the night, remember that weather front the area of rain along it will gradually expand and turn heavy through parts of northern, central and Eastern England, with parts of eastern scotland as well. And that is a sign of things to come for the weekend. Now that hangs around in places. And gradually, notjust by day, but by night as well, those temperatures are starting to come down. So this is the big picture for the weekend, dominated by this weather front. Now theres still something to play for on where exactly its going to be sitting, but it is across parts of eastern and scotland that will see that rain, and some of that is going to be heavy, potentially disruptive as well. We think particularly through parts of Northern England and southern scotland, the higher parts of the pennines into the north york moors, for example, could amass around about 100 millimetres of rain by the time its said and done. The driest weather over the weekend looks to be towards Northern Ireland, wales and the south west. This is our then saturday is shaping up, and look at these temperatures. Much, much more comfortable. And then as we look into sunday, what youll still have that weather front, again, it may not be exactly where its looking here, but through parts of scotland, northern and Eastern England, still keeping much of wales and the south west of Northern Ireland away from that. And bar the odd shower, it will be dry with a mix of cloud and sunshine. And again, those temperatures are much, much more comfortable. Thats your latest forecast. This is bbc news, the headlines scorching heat in europe, as the sweltering weather brings record breaking temperatures across the continent. Red across the continent. Alerts were issued in the nor1 of red alerts were issued in the north of france and paris saw a record high. Germany, netherlands and parts of the uk also recorded their highest ever temperatures. 150 migrants are feared to have drowned in a shipwreck of libya. The Un Refugee Agency says its the worst loss of life this year. Around the same number of migrants were rescued and have been returned to libya. The Usjustice Department reinstates Capital Punishment scheduling the first executions in 16 years. Since 2003 the only executions other than the Death Penalty have been carried out by states. Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament