the government s urged to officially apologise to thousands of unmarried mums who were forced into giving up their babies for adoption. and more struggles for tiger woods on the second day of the open. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the open leader board bunches around those contenders still to start their second round, but rory mcilroy remains in the picture ahead of his afternoon tee off time. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the met office has issued a rare extreme weather warning for parts of england on monday and tuesday. the uk health security agency has also increased its heat health warning from level three to level four the government says that meets the definition of a national emergency. for the first time ever, temperatures could hit a0 degrees. the highest recorded temperature in the uk was 38.7c in cambridge in 2019. the warning covers manchester, the midlands and london. a met office red warning means there is a potential danger to l
who suffered a brain injury. a man who was captured by pro russian separatist forces has reportedly died. he was taken prisoner along with another man in april. new figures show covid infections for the uk have risen by 25% in a week. three .5 million cases were recorded. more struggles for tiger woods on the second day of the open. good afternoon. the met office has issued an extreme weather warning for parts of england on tuesday and monday. the heat health warning has been increased from level three to level four. the government says this meets the definition of a national emergency. the first time ever, temperatures could hit a0 degrees. the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk was 38.7 degrees in cambridge in 2019. the warning covers manchester, the midlands, and london. the warning means that there is substantial danger to life. our correspondent is in central london for us. ~ , ., ., for us. well here it is around 25 degrees. for us. well here it is around 25
and it s notjust parts of the uk struggling with heat, as most of europe continues to grapple with high temperatues, too. a huge fire is devastating forests in the gironde region in france. train drivers from nine rail companies are on strike across the uk today. it s the latest walk out in a row over pay and conditions. also, documents in the us show fbi agents seized papers marked top secret when they searched the florida home of the former president donald trump on monday. the search warrant shows he s being investigated over possible violations of the espionage act. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. sir salman rushdie s agent has said the author is likely to lose an eye after he was stabbed on stage, ahead of a lecture in new york state. in a statement, andrew wylie said the 75 year old was on a ventilator in hospital. police have arrested a 24 year old man. no motive has been established but sir salman has faced death threats from i
seized papers marked top secret when they searched the florida home of the former president donald trump on monday. the search warrant shows he s being investigated over possible violations of the espionage act. the 82 year old taking on new heights. nick gardner tells the bbc he s ready and very excited to scale the final peak in his mission to climb all of scotland s 282 munros. good afternoon. the agent for sir salman rushdie says he remains on a ventilator and may lose an eye, after he was stabbed repeatedly on stage at an event in new york state yesterday. sir salman, who s 75, has been the subject of death threats from islamists since the release of his book, the satanic verses, in 1988. a man has been arrested. nomia iqbal sent this report. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed. the suspectjumped onto the stage and attacked mr rushdie, stabbing him at least