welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. 100 people are confirmed dead at a mosque in pakistan. nine people have been pulled out alive from the rubble after monday s suicide bomb attack. saudi arabia almost double the number of executions it carries out despite promises to reform. auckland has been hit with another wave of heavy rainfall, just days after record breaking rain left parts of the city underwater. a month s worth of rain fell on new zealand s largest city overnight, triggering landslides and flooding homes once again. the latest deluge has forced motorways and railway lines to close. weather presenter chris fawkes has more. you will remember the scenes of devastation that we had in auckland on friday following extreme rainfall, when 261 millimetres of rain was recorded in just 2a hours, smashing the previous 24 hour rainfall record. well, we have just seen another 71 millimetres of rain in auckland over the last 2a ho
plus community over the last 50 years? get in touch with me on @annitabbc or using the hashtag bbc your questions. and, two british hopefuls, cameron norrie and heather watson, will both be in action today at wimbledon. the mp chris pincher has resigned as government deputy chief whip, after a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members club. he has apologised to the prime minister and said he had embarrassed himself and others. the role of the government whips is to enforce party discipline. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chris pincher had been deputy chief whip, responsible for discipline among tory mps, since february. but now it s his own conduct that has fallen short. there were complaints about his behaviour on wednesday night at the carlton club, a private members club in central london, where he is reported to have groped two men. in a letter to the prime minister yesterday, mr pincher said. as things stand, chris pincher won t face
impressive for earlyjuly, 17 19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. that s going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9 13 to start the weekend. here s the chart for the weekend. saturday, we ve got this hawk of weather system pushing slowly eastwards across the country, a bit more breeze on it than today. we ll see one when the front stretching from yorkshire down towards cornwall with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. that pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. east anglia and the south east staying dry until the evening then sunshine and showers for many although northern parts of scotland more in the way of persistent rain and cloud through the day. the winds lightest year, more of a
with covid in the uk in the last week a total of 2.3 million had the virus. rousing music. china celebrates the 25th anniversary of taking hong kong back from britain and claims the territory now has true democracy. half a century after the first pride march in london a million people are expected to take to the streets of the capital. coming up, i am at wimbledon where heather watson and cam norrie are trying to reach the next round of a grand slam for the first time. coming up on the bbc news channel, a roaring return forjames anderson who is taking wickets for england in their delayed fifth test against good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend from the conservative party one of his mps who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much , and embarrassed himself at the carlton club, the conservative party members club in london. labour have questioned why he s being allowed to si