we ll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and what s next for sri lanka after 100 days of protests that brought down the country s president? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and 5pm in texas where the repercussions of may s shooting at an elementary school in uvalde are still having a huge impact. a preliminary report into the shooting has found systemic failures in the police response. 19 children and two adults were killed when the 18 year old gunmen opened fire. a texas house of representatives committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. for the latest on this, i m joined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington. great to get you on the programme and i have to say the findings of this preliminary report are pretty stark. give us a sense of what was said at this press conference. the? said at this press conference. t
we have a special report from ukraine on the effects of the conflict, on soldiers and civilians. and rory mcilroyjust misses out, as cameron smith s stunning final round wins the open, at st andrews. good evening. health officials are urging people to take extra precautions, as parts of the uk brace for record high temperatures over the next two days. there are also warnings of significant disruption on the roads and railways, because of the excessive heat. today, an amber warning came into effect for large parts of england and wales with temperatures peaking at 33 celsius in harden, in flintshire. but while the amber alert tomorrow extends to scotland, in parts of england, it changes to red, meaning a risk of serious illness or death, even among the fit and healthy. temperatures could climb as high as 41 celsius. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, has the very latest. with an amber heat warning now in place for much of the country, limbering up for a half marathon perhaps not
in summer, they stay hot. experts say the risks of overheating haven t been a priority for government. well, as there haven t been any rules that govern overheating in buildings, we ve seen buildings that have been designed that don t necessarily cope particularly well with the increased temperatures we experience in summer. so, an awful lot of glazing, which we know exacerbates hot temperatures and hard standing areas, concrete in particular. new homes now need to be tested for overheating, thanks to regulations that came into effect this summer. but it is too little too late, according to the climate change committee. we ve been telling the government for over ten years now that we re nothing like well enough prepared in the uk for the really. hot weather that we re now seeing l and that we re going to get more of. if we don t take more action, we ll see probably at least i a tripling of heat related deaths in this country. i and there is still no policy for how to deal with the mil
of overheating haven t been a priority for government. well, as there haven t been any rules that govern overheating in buildings, we ve seen buildings that have been designed that don t necessarily cope particularly well with the increased temperatures we experience in summer. so, an awful lot of glazing, which we know exacerbates hot temperatures and hard standing areas, concrete in particular. new homes now need to be tested for overheating, thanks to regulations that came into effect this summer. but it is too little too late, according to the climate change committee. we ve been telling the government for over ten years now that we re nothing like well enough prepared in the uk for the really. hot weather that we re now seeing l and that we re going to get more of. if we don t take more action, we ll see probably at least i a tripling of heat related deaths in this country. i and there is still no policy for how to deal with the millions
maintaining hospital operations and that s where the federal government assets may come in very handy. systemically, i don t think we ll see what we saw like last year because so many have been vaccinated. we have more tools. it s not the beginning of the pandemic. it s sort of a new phase because over 200 million people, 61% of the population are fully vaccinated. dr. o neal, louisiana is one of a few states where hospitalizations have risen by at least 50% compared to last week. that is nowhere near the peak the state saw in the fall. what are you seeing right now in your facility? we re seeing in our facility today a tripling of admissions over the last week, and a tripling of e.d. visits. the combination caused us to be scare in our number of tests we re able to provide to patients as they come in to seek care. when you come into the doors of the hospital, we re seeing our vaccinated patients aren t getting sick and our frail vaccinated patients need admission, but their admiss