at an emotianal concert to pay tribute to foo fighters drummer taylor hawkins, who died in march. the lionesses are going to the world cup. victory in austria sends england through to next summer s tournament in australia and new zealand. hello, good morning. we ve still got some heavy rain about at the moment. it will clear away northward, we will be left with a few showers, but also some warm shum shine. sunshine. i ll have more details later on. it s sunday the 4th of september. our main story: the foreign secretary liz truss who looks likely to become the next prime minister on tuesday has given her clearest indication yet of how she plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. writing in the sunday telegraph, she says she would set out immediate action on energy bills. her opponent, the former chancellor rishi sunak, says nothing is off the table to ease the pressure on households. ben wright reports. as borisjohnson as boris johnson packs as borisjohnson packs
towards the west. it will be a muggy start to the day, temperatures 14, 15, 17 degrees first thing tomorrow in london but let s pick up on those showers. the south west of england, wales, through the midlands, there could be a few more reaching the south coast tomorrow, but again, many of us will miss them. of course, what we don t want is an awful lot of rain in a short space of time because that causes flash flooding and i guess there is a possibility of that in some areas tomorrow, but the vast majority of us missing the heaviest of the rain. tomorrow, very modest temperatures, 22 in london, a mere 15 in aberdeen, a cold 12 for our friends 22 in london, a mere 15 in aberdeen, a cold 12 for ourfriends in lerwick. there is a change on the way some good news if you want some rain. a low pressure is approaching on saturday. but at the same this vortex of wind, this low pressure by its virtue is also going to scoop up warmer airfrom the its virtue is also going to scoop up warm
and in the tennis, moscow born elena rybakina wins the women s singles title, representing kazakhastan. hello and welcome to bbc news. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country s president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. our correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan, reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already
act of brutality . his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking a beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between different households was banned but the police have said there was no case to answer, because of an exemption to lockdown rules for reasonably necessary work . our political editor chris mason reports. april of last year, sir keir starmer s having a beer and a curry. was this in breach of the covid rules at the time? durham constabulary looked into it, and today said no. people said to me i was taking a risk by saying i would step down if i was fined, but it was never about that. for me, it was a matter of principle. it shouldn t be controversia
the week, but further than it looks like things will be a little bit cooler. if you look at the weather icons, not a drop of rain in sight, and that is of course bad news especially for the southern areas. so hot and dry is the story. 50 hot and dry is the story. thank ou ve so hot and dry is the story. thank you very much- that is the bbc news at six on thursday the 4th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it is goodbye but the news hello and welcome to sportsday was this the moment that geraint thomas lost the gold medal? wales s star cyclist comes up short in the time trials. it s gold number 40 for england as zoe newson shows her strength and joy in the women s pa ra powerlifting final and world champion wightman is in control once again as he eases into the 1500m final and he isn t the only athlete from the home nations to watch out for. well, what a dramatic day in the men s time trial with crashes, misj