Military intervention. News being reported by afp news agency, dozens of Coup Supporters have gathered near french basis in niger, you might remember at the start of the coup the French Embassy was attacked by supporters of the coup which will be of concern, thousands of supporters gathering near the french base in niger. Russia seeing Military Intervention would quote destabilisation, quote. Interesting, their take on it. Russia prepared to take maximum advantage, and the wagner group, all the worries about them in the whole region. A lot of new is dropping in on the last while, we are keeping an eye on the constantly moving story and will return to it. The government are calling the hawaii fire is the states largest ever natural disaster. My gosh the scale of what has happened on the Island Of Maui has stunned all those living here. Unbelievable. And the thousands of tourists who were on holiday. The wildfire is fanned by destroying almost everything in their path. And taking many li
temperature heat has caused travel disruption here. also on the programme tonight: higher than expected pay rises for many public sector workers across the uk, but they won t keep up with inflation. and from four to three, as kemi baydenoch is knocked out of the race to become our next prime minister. and coming up on the bbc news channel: ben stokes is out cheaply in his final odi as england are beaten by south africa in durham. good evening. it has been a day of record breaking tempertaures breaking tempertu res across the united kingdom more than a0 degrees celsisus for the first time. the uk s top temperature today was in coningsby in lincolnshire, where it hit 40.3 degrees according to the provisionalfigures. but more than 30 weather stations across england beat the previous record of 38.7 degrees set injuly 2019. and scotland had its hottest day ever. 34.8c was recorded in charterhall in the borders. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is in cambridge where the uk s pr
shooting in 4july parade in chicago has been charged with the seven counts of murder. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney. the australian city has had eight months of rain injust four days. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 1am in london where borisjohnson s premiership looks at its most perilous yet, with the resignation of two of his most senior ministers. the chancellor of the exchequer, effectively the finance minister, rishi sunak and the health secretary sajid javid quit within a few minutes of each other, saying they could no longer serve under the prime minister, and that the public expected the government to be, conducted properly, competently and seriously. it follows the unravelling of the official account of what the prime minister knew about the case of chris pincher the former minister accused of sexual misconduct. mrjohnson s g
on a crisis that is deepening by the day for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: police in the us state of illinois have arrested a 22 year old man suspected of opening fire at an independence day parade near chicago, killing six people. eight months of rain in four days 50,000 sydney residents are told to evacuate their homes as flooding worsens. in wales, children as young as 11 in care are still being placed in b&bs and hostels despite government pledges to stop the practice. i was just there, an excess piece. my mum didn t want me and now my grandparents can t look after me and now my foster carers don t want me and the state doesn t know what it wants to do with me. what. what s the point? and england pull off a record breaking victory in the fifth test against india. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: it s the first of the quarterfinals at wimbledon, with the british number one cameron norrie looking to make the most of home support a
is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, meets the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accommodation as record numbers are placed into care. and england beat india by seven wickets on the final day of the fifth test at edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed in person about an investigation into the mp s conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street s account of what happened ha