nicolas cruz pleaded guilty to gunning down 17 people, at his former high school. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in western france which is facing what experts are calling a heat apocalypse , as extreme temperatures continue to hit much of europe. they say temperatures could reach record levels in 15 regions of the southwest, with firefighters battling wildfires and thousands forced to evacuate. wildfires in spain, portugal and greece have forced thousands more to flee. our europe correspondent jessica parker has the latest. into the forest and the front line of an exhausting battle, and one that, today, we were given special access to. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thickens the further in we go the flames sudd
theirjourneys being told not to travel unless their journeys are being told not to travel unless theirjourneys are essential and there are no trains at all running out of london s king s cross. across europe, the heatwave has brought deadly wildfires in france, spain, portugal and greece, with thousands forced to flee their homes. and we ll be answering your questions about how to keep cool and safe in these record temperatures. also this lunchtime. pay rises are about to be announced for more than two million public sector workers, including doctors, nurses and teachers. conservative mps are voting now in the party leadership race, whittling the current four contenders down to three. and laura muir wins the first medalfor great britain at the world athletics championships. and coming up on the bbc news channel, ben stokes plays his final one day international for england later in their series opener against south africa at the cricket grounds where it all began. good afterno
coronavirus cases creep up and the latest tool in the fight to contain the virus. and wnba star brittney griner pleads guilty in a russian court. how it could impact her case and why experts say that was a smart move. a very good morning to you, and welcome to your new day. it s saturday, july 9th. so great to be with you on this july morning. my pleasure as always, jessica. we still have a few more hours ahead. stick around. much more to come. first this hour, he was behind closed doors for more than seven hours. that s how long former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before a january 6th committee. sources say he provided a great deal of new information. keep in mind portions of yesterday s closed door meeting are going to be made public in upcoming hearings. cipollone is one of the committee s most important witnesses. he was among a handful of people who spent time with then president donald trump as the riot at the capitol unfolded, and the committ
the world will stop warming. we ll bring you all the latest on the impact of the heatwave. our other main story this lunchtime: five will become four the latest round in the battle to become the next prime minister takes place later today. commentator: and it s a fifth title! unbelievable! and a record fifth women s 100 metre world title for jamaica s shelly ann fraser pryce, but there s disapointment for gb s dina asher smith, who finishes fourth. and coming up on the bbc news channel, after winning the first two one day internationals, england s women take on south africa, looking for a clean sweep in the third and final odi in leicester. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the uk s first ever red warning for extreme heat has come into effect, meaning there s a danger to life and the threat of major travel disruption. the red alert covers much of england from london and the south east up to york and manchester. parts of england could be hotter than the we
overnight they don t come around dawn temperatures briefly get down to these lows so we start tuesday on a very warm note, in fact this is the hottest wedge of air of this whole period of hot weather, it will sit in place tomorrow, coming in from the west we have frontal systems trying to introduce cooler air, or that hot air stays in place across eastern parts of it stays sunny long enough we could see unprecedented high temperatures so out to the wet summer showers, the odd thunderstorm, belfast and plymouth cooler than today but further east is where we expect the core of the heat, parts of the east midlands and eastern england, lincolnshire could temperatures of 42 celsius tomorrow, that would break the all time uk record but things changed tomorrow night, the showers and storms creep east, most of us will be a bit cooler by wednesday morning and this is the rest of the week, temperatures closer to where they should be, some rain at times but before we get there another v