as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the wind will
russia says it now controls the entire region of luhansk. kyiv denies carrying out a series of attacks across the russian border which have reportedly left at least four dead. and a warning in the uk that the number of people being admitted to hospital with covid is expected to rise again. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 2am in the danish capital copenhagen where police say three people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping centre. there are also many injured. the mayor of copenhagen says it s a very serious situation and one person a danish man has been arrested and charged with the intentional killing of the victims. eyewitnesses have spoken of chaotic scenes after the man opened fire inside the fields shopping mall the country s biggest. police have not been able to establish the attacker s motives. there is a heavy police presence across t
so let s get down to business and we begin here in the uk where families are brutally exposed to the effects of soaring inflation that s the conclusion of a report out today from the think tank the resolution foundation. it warns the very slow growth in wages since the 2008 financial crash has left families in the uk particularly vulnerable to high energy, food and fuel prices and those most vulnerable are families in rental accomodation, single parents and those with young children. i m joined now anna macdonald, fund manager at amati global investors. what s interesting about this report, we are not surprised to hear families are struggling, especially those in single parent homes, that kind of scenario but what i found interesting was uk households are worse hit than other countries. what does it say? it s an interesting report going back over time, working out that wages have been rising at a slower pace than several other developed economies. and that really goes dow
drink? and last brit standing. cameron norrie asks for the home crowd to get behind him at wimbledon as he reaches the quarter finals. good morning from clay country in cornwall where the queen s baton relay is coming home. one of the testing of the battle and will do is fly down this zip wire and guess who is going to go with it! we have domain to start the day across scotland, turning cherie through the morning and for most events we will have rain to start the day, turning sherry, and most of us will get warmer through the week. it s monday the 4th ofjuly. our main story. a gunman has killed three people and critically injured three more after opening fire in a busy shopping centre in copenhagen. a 22 year old danish man is being held by police, who say they have not ruled out terrorism as a motive. azadeh moshiri reports. people fleeing from the sound of gunfire in a shopping centre. while many ran out to safety, some were told to stay put until the police could tell t
saying another member of staff was in the company at all times. go slow on motorways around the uk, as convoys of cars take part in fuel protests. beef is off the menu for some school meals, as caterers say rising prices is forcing them to look for cheaper alternatives. cheering. and after his fine for bad behaviour, five sets and some swearing as nick kyrgios goes through to the wimbledon quarterfinals. and coming up on the bbc news channel on day four of the fifth and final test, england are chasing a target of 378 as they look to beat india and level the series 2 2. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. just before the weekend, number 10 said the prime minister did not know of any specific allegations of sexual misconduct against his ex deputy chief whip chris pincher before giving him a job in february. but today, number 10 has admitted borisjohnson was aware of reports and speculation about mr pincher. the mp has been suspended from the conservative p