hello. this is bbc news. i m lukwesa burak and these are the headlines. writers and politicians condemn an attack on acclaimed author, sir salman rushdie, who is now on a ventilator, after being stabbed while on stage in the us state of new york. his agent says the 75 year old cannot speak, is likely to lose one eye, has a damaged liver and the nerves in one arm have been severed in the attack. more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. that, as experts also warn england s drought could last into the next year. and it s notjust parts of the uk struggling with heat as most of europe continues to grapple with high temperatues too. a huge fire is devastating forests in the gironde region in france. also, train drivers from nine rail companies are on strike across the uk today. it s the latest walkout in a row over pay and conditions. documents in the us show fbi agents seized papers marked top secret when they searched the florida home
to about 55,000 now. remember, in the scottish mountains, the weather can be very, very fickle, and at this point i would like to quote billy connolly. if you don t like the weather, wait 20 minutes. congratulations. now it s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. it is hot and it is dry. cooler weather is forecast to spread to all parts of the uk through the early part of next week. rain, however, will be slightly harder to pin down. the extreme heat warning remains in place until the end of sunday for much of england and stretches across into mid wales. faultless blue skies and sunshine beating down, keeping the temperature rising day on day. some thicker cloud overnight returning to eastern scotland, the north east of england, some mist and murk along the coasts, some drizzly rain for northern scotland, and then by the end of the night, some showers starting to push into northern ireland and the south west of england. it s through sunday that we re anti
and in pakistan, a political crisis deepens as former prime minister imran khan is charged with terrorism offences, accused of making threats against state officials. russia has accused ukraine of organising the assassination of the daughter of one of vladimir putin s top supporters. darya dugina was killed on saturday when a car she was driving exploded near moscow. this is a statement from the fsb, russia s internal security service, which says the assassination was carried out by ukraine s special services. they ve also released footage of the woman, a ukrainian citizen, who they say was responsible. ukraine has denied any involvement. here s an adviser to president zelensky saying russian propaganda lives in a fictional world . he appears to blame what he calls vipers in the russian special services. darya dugina was a political commentator and vocal supporter of russia s invasion of ukraine, who was sanctioned by the us and uk. she was reportedly supposed to be trav
Good morning, everybody. It is thursday, october 12, 2023. 1 00 in the afternoon in gaza and israel and we start with a fox news alert. Right now Israeli Forces carrying out relentless strikes in gaza at the idf ramps up counter attacks against hamas. This is day six of the war, more than 1200 israelis are dead, 22 americans have been murdered. The terrorists are holding at least 150 people hostage and idf says theyll not let up if Siege Of Gaza till all of them are freed. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is on the ground in israel. You see him there meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and set to speak in about 20 minutes and of course well bring you that live. Theyve set up the podiums and were ready for the shot. First were returning to trey yingst near the ground on the Israeli Gaza Boarder and who knows when the encouragement officially begins. Trey. Reporter hey, guys, good morning. Rocket fire from the gaza strip continues this morning. Overnight there was a lull in t
Well as want, she ran away after a little sightseeing. She stopped to munch on some grass and the circus folk caught up, loaded or onto a trailer and took her back to the show. No harm done, apparently, you can follow the show on x set to lead cnn if you ever miss an episode, alia, you can listen to the show when you get your podcasts the newest continues on cnn with wolf blitzer. Right next door. No place id like to call the Situation Room. See you tomorrow happening now, Speaker Mike Johnson says, the house will vote on foreign aid bills for ukraine, israel, and taiwan this saturday the speaker, moving ahead, despite deepening anger among conservatives and new threats to take away his gavel for Us Senate Democrats move quickly to dismiss the Impeachment Charges against the Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, the historic trial coming to a close after just a few hours. Also tonight. Very disturbing warnings from Boeing Whistleblowers accusing the company of putting out de