russian shelling hits targets in ukraine overnight as nato and the western allies promise to continue helping kyiv to defend itself. hundreds of allegations of sexual or domestic abuse are made against metropolitan police staff. a report by conservationists says global wildlife populations have fallen by nearly 70% in less than five decades. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure to rethink the tax cuts announced in last month s mini budget. one tory mp accused her of wrecking ten years of conservative policies aimed at helping working people. this morning the foreign secretary james cleverly warned tory mps that any attempt to replace liz truss as prime minister would be a disastrously bad idea . let s take a look at how we ve got this point. yesterday, liz truss appeared at pmqs for the first time since the chancellor set out the mini budget. she was repeatedly asked about her management of the economy which has bee
see very often and it is across much of england and wales, valid from sunday until tuesday, and that is when we see the peak of this upcoming heatwave. some of the impacts we are likely to see, widespread health impacts, notjust for the vulnerable. could be widespread transport disruption, you might want to make alternative plans through the course of monday and tuesday, they could be power cuts around as well. we have a few splashes of rain to come this evening and tonight over northern ireland and scotland. further south for england and wales it will be remaining largely dry and clean. not too muggy for sleeping, temperatures ten to 14 first thing tomorrow. friday brings patchy rain for parts of scotland, northern england as well. the cloud breaks up through the course of the day in northern ireland seeing sunny spells coming through in the south remaining largely dry and fine. temperatures 26, 27 and typically the high teens or low 20s further north. as we move through fri
community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nine candidates have now entered the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, and the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to declare their candidacies. tax is high on the agenda, with sajid javid and jeremy hunt both saying they will cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. mr hunt set out some of his plans on the sunday morning programme. no conservative should offer unfunded tax cuts and i think no conservative should raise taxes either. what you need are