northern ireland secretary says he will call an election on the 28th of october to if the stormont executive has not been convened. there were more than 3 thousand heat related deaths in england and wales this summer with more than 250 excess deaths a day recorded during the hottest period and we ll find out later which city will host next year s eurovision song contest the competition will be held in either liveprool or glasgow in place of ukraine social care providers are warning millions of people could be left without support unless there s a complete overhaul of the system. care england, which represents independent providers, says services for people who can t look after themselves, must be restructured or the nhs will be on its knees. the government says it s investing £5 billion in social care in england over the next three years. jeremy cooke reports. are you all right? have you been in the shower? for wendy, it is the first call of the day. i have got some
but the figures aren t quite the horror show many feared. it s 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 1am in london where the uk has recorded temperatures of more than a0 degrees celsius for the first time. the heatwave has caused widespread disruption, and a major incident has been declared in london, where the mayor sadiq khan said fire crews were struggling to cope. the un s climate chief has warned heatwaves like the one gripping western europe are becoming more frequent. our first report is from our climate editorjustin rowlatt. with today s searing heat came fires, and lots of them. huge plumes of smoke rose above london as grassfires engulfed homes on the outskirts of the capital. the london fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but in particular, the last two days. temperature records were
He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Nada tawfik was at the trial in new york and gave us this update. Michael cohen and his testimony is crucial to this case, prosecutors hope that the conversation that Michael Cohen are shared between him and donald trump directly tie his former boss to the Hush Money Payments and to the allegations that trump falsified business records. Michael cohen testified that everything was done with mr trumps sign off, he said the donald trump even ran for president , he warned Michael Cohen to be prepared for negative stories that a lot of women would come forward. When they eventually did, Michael Cohen says the Stormy Daniels story was one he feared could be c