on a crisis that is deepening by the day for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: police in the us state of illinois have arrested a 22 year old man suspected of opening fire at an independence day parade near chicago, killing six people. eight months of rain in four days 50,000 sydney residents are told to evacuate their homes as flooding worsens. in wales, children as young as 11 in care are still being placed in b&bs and hostels despite government pledges to stop the practice. i was just there, an excess piece. my mum didn t want me and now my grandparents can t look after me and now my foster carers don t want me and the state doesn t know what it wants to do with me. what. what s the point? and england pull off a record breaking victory in the fifth test against india. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: it s the first of the quarterfinals at wimbledon, with the british number one cameron norrie looking to make the most of home support a
are still recovering from the fires. you know, we re just all in shock and everybody is traumatised. the wet weather has been relentless, and with many roads cut off, authorities have urged people to heed evacuation warnings. experts say the flooding emergency has been worsened by climate change and el nino weather phenomenon. it ll take months, if not years, for communities here to rebuild. and in the back of everyone s mind is the fear of when they ll have to go through this again. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. a seventh person has died following a mass shooting at a fourth ofjuly parade near chicago. police say the suspect robert crimo iii planned the attack for weeks. the 21 year old legally bought the high powered rifle he used in the shooting in highland park, which also injured more than 30 people. britain s cameron norrie is through to the semi finals of wimbledon after fighting back in a memorable five set thriller which left the home fans celebrating jubilantly.
is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, meets the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accommodation as record numbers are placed into care. and england beat india by seven wickets on the final day of the fifth test at edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed in person about an investigation into the mp s conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street s account of what happened ha
also in the programme: marched at gunpoint towards an execution we have the inside story of a russian atrocity in ukraine from the survivor who played dead. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney the australian city has had eight months of rain in just four days. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where borisjohnson s premiership looks at its most perilous yet, with the resignation of two of his most senior ministers. the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health secretary, sajid javid, quit within a few minutes of each other, saying they could no longer serve under the prime minister and that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously . it follows the unravelling of the official account of what the prime minister knew about the case of chris pincher, the former minister accused of sexual misconduct.
thsuorrs, the republan critics, and the students and families grateful to be helped. ccilia vega live at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. and after those dire warnings from president zelenskyy, tonight, russia launching a deadly attack on a train station on ukraine s independence day. tonight, authorities now believe more than 20 people have been killed. ian pannell with late reporting from kyiv. tonight, abc news, the countdown to the midterms and the eye-opening results from the primaries overnight. what a race in new york state, a congressional race, might reveal about abortion rights and its key role as we approach the midterms. the democrat pat ryan beating the republican, a major upset, and he focused on a woman s right to decide. in uvalde, texas, at this hour, the school board determining right now the fate of embattled school police chief pete arredondo. will he keep his job or will he be fired? john quinones standing by. the major discovery in te