Children, 100,000 children. And, as sadly so often is the case, children who are on free school meals, the poorest children, and children with special Educational Needs fare the worst in the situation. And excitment builds as the Rugby World Cup gets underway in japan. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Large numbers of british schoolchildren are joining millions of people in a worldwide protest against Climate Change. Around 5,000 demonstrations are planned across 150 countries. Many will involve young people staying away from school, university or work. Those involved are calling for more urgent action from governments to halt global warming. The demonstrations come ahead of a un summit on Climate Change in new york on monday. This was the scene outside westminster where thousands are expected to gather for one of the strikes getting under way shortly. The first protest began in the Pacific Island of vanuatu where rising sea levels threaten communities. In dehli, children an
And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t
This new team assembled here and reflecting, i think, the depth and breadth of talent in our extraordinary party. He then set off for the commons, where mrjohnson told mps, while he wants to leave the eu with a deal, there must be preparations for a no deal brexit. Today is the first day of a new approach which will end with our exit from the eu on the 31st of october. And in cricket, nightwatchmanjack leach hits a spectacular 92 as england open up a slender lead against ireland in the four day test at lords. The uk has seen the second hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching 38. 1 celsius in cambridgeshire. Its also the hottest day of the year so far. While families are enjoying the school holidays, the heatwave is a chance to bask in the tropical temperatures, for others, the extreme weather could mean disruption or a danger to health. Public Health England has issued a heat health warning. Lets speak to our weather presenter, chris fawkes, about whats causing this record br
I had very bad anger issues because of obviously what happened to me, i didnt trust anybody at all, which led me to get into trouble, self destruct. Well be speaking to the local mp whos been campaigning on behalf of some of the victims. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Borisjohnson urges Political Parties in Northern Ireland to step up their efforts to restore power sharing, during a visit to belfast. Clearly the people of Northern Ireland have been without a government, without stormont for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that get up and running again, as i think that is profoundly in the interest of people here. Ryanair warns of job cuts in the coming weeks, saying the airline has 900 too many pilots and cabin crew. Bridges collapse and hundreds of homes are flooded in North Yorkshire, as almost a months rain falls in four hours. Research shows the effect of Climate Change on the uk the met office says the ten warmes
The transatlantic row has domestic ties with brexit and the conservative Party Leadership race all entangled in this resignation. Also on the programme. The us labor secretary comes under fire for his role in a plea deal reached with a financier now charged with sex trafficking. Alex acosta will soon speak out. And thousands cheer on the Us Womens Soccer Team and their fight for equal pay at their ticker tape parade in new york. Hello and welcome im katty kay in london, Michelle Fleury is in new york. British diplomats are supposed to be able to tell their bosses in london what they think, without those thoughts becoming public. They are supposed to be able to give candid analysis without fear of losing theirjobs. Today, Sir Kim Darroch, britains ambassdor to america learned that neither of those things still hold. Sir kim resigned today after leaked emails printed in a uk newspaper revealed his less than flattering assesment of the us president. The resignation is highly unsusual and