To discuss officer safety in the wake of the murder of pc Andrew Harper who was killed in berkshire last week. Rail passengers are advised to try not to travel or check before they do as more than 400 Engineering Works take place across the uk. Is there salvation for bury . Owner steve dale tells the bbc that the League One Club has been sold. In weather we are all set for a weekend, a long weekend for some of us weekend, a long weekend for some of us of abundant sunshine and becoming very warm to hot with it. It has been a while, but summer has bound again. Its saturday 24th august. Our top story. Chief constables in england, wales and scotland will hold an emergency meeting next month after an alarming rise in violence against the police. In an unprecedented move, the National Police Chiefs Council has called the crisis summit after pc Andrew Harper was killed during a spate of attacks on officers. Richard lister reports. Whistle blows a policemans whistle marked the start of a minut
And attempted creeping into the low 30s in parts of south east england. Into tonight, showers gradually fade away from northern scotland, more clout generally in western parts and if you missed and fog patches are bad. Temperatures overnight strategically up. Not necessarily blue skies tomorrow, it will be decidedly easy in places. But it is afine, dry decidedly easy in places. But it is a fine, dry and very warm to hot day. Hotter than today, that is your forecast. Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines borisjohnson insists a post Brexit Britain will not retreat from the world stage, as he prepares for his first g7 summit as prime minister. The fires burning in the amazon are among the issues to be discussed by g7 leaders, as brazils president orders troops to be sent in to help fight the blazes. Police chiefs call an emergency meeting to discuss officer safety, in the wake of the killing of pc Andrew Harper last week. Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers coul
Of its best trips this year. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. World leaders from the g7 nations have begun arriving in biarritz ahead of this weekends summit. They are set to tackle a range of issues from the state of the Global Economy to the fires in the amazon rainforest. Boris johnson will tell the gathering that britain wont retreat from the International Community as it leaves the european union. Ahead of the summit mrjohnson warned his brexit critics they were gravely mistaken if they thought the uk was set to lose its place on the world stage. From biarritz, heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Hes had one on one meetings with some european leaders but today, Boris Johnson will take his first steps on the global stage as Prime Minister when he attends his first proper international summit. The seaside resorts of biarritz in Southern France has been locked down in tight security ahead of the annual gathering of g7 leaders, who are expected to discuss Climat
Im hoping they will. A special report from inside kashmir in lockdown cut off since sunday after india removed its special status. The anger inside isnt really spilling out onto the streets as we have seen happen before in kashmir. The reason for that is people arent able to communicate and the tight security deployment. Its exactly 50 years since the beatles walked across that zebra crossing in abbey road for their seminal album cover. And at 11 30pm well be taking another look at the papers with our reviewers Rachel Cunliffe from city am and joe twyman from deltapoll uk. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. A major United Nations report on land use and Climate Change says we should all be eating less meat and making ourdiets more pla nt based. The un experts at the ipcc say were consuming too many meat and diary products in the west and its helping to fuel Global Warming. But their new report stops short of saying people should become vegetarian or vegan. Heres our science editor David
The president of the Eu Commission and the eus chief negotiator both say they look forward to working with mrjohnson. President trump was one of the first to congratulate him saying he will be great. And in other news, a heatwave is spreading across the uk, with temperatures expected to climb to well over 30 degrees celsius this week. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers conservative writer Tim Montgomerie and the chief executive of think tank demos polly mackenzie. Good evening. By this time tomorrow borisjohnson will be our new Prime Minister, realising a decades long ambition. Hes won the race to become conservative party leader, beating his rivaljeremy hunt by a margin of almost two to one. In a short acceptance speech this afternoon mrjohnson declared that his mission was to take britain out of the eu by the 31st of october and re unite the country. But the challenges are formidable opposition from some of his partys most senior mps and lit