theirjourneys being told not to travel unless their journeys are being told not to travel unless theirjourneys are essential and there are no trains at all running out of london s king s cross. across europe, the heatwave has brought deadly wildfires in france, spain, portugal and greece, with thousands forced to flee their homes. and we ll be answering your questions about how to keep cool and safe in these record temperatures. also this lunchtime. pay rises are about to be announced for more than two million public sector workers, including doctors, nurses and teachers. conservative mps are voting now in the party leadership race, whittling the current four contenders down to three. and laura muir wins the first medalfor great britain at the world athletics championships. and coming up on the bbc news channel, ben stokes plays his final one day international for england later in their series opener against south africa at the cricket grounds where it all began. good afterno
this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore and ”pm in london, where the uk has recorded temperatures of more than a0 degrees celsius for the first time. the heatwave has caused widespread disruption on the railway network, and there have been a large number of fires in parks and grasslands. a major incident has been declared in london, where the mayor, sadiq khan, said fire crews were struggling to cope. this comes as the un s climate chief has warned that heatwaves such as the one currently gripping western europe are becoming more frequent. our first report is from our climate editor, justin rowlatt. with today s searing heat came fires, and lots of them. huge plumes of smoke rose above london as grass fires engulfed homes. on the outskirts of the capital. the fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls we have been dealing with today hav
it s seven in the morning here in singapore and midnight in london, where the uk has recorded temperatures of more than a0 degrees celsius for the first time. the heatwave has caused widespread disruption on the railway network, and there have been a large number of fires in parks and grasslands. a major incident has been declared in london, where the mayor, sadiq khan, said fire crews were struggling to cope. the un s climate chief has warned that heatwaves such as the one currently gripping western europe are becoming more frequent. our first report is from our climate editor, justin rowlatt. with today s searing heat came fires, and lots of them. huge plumes of smoke rose above london as grassfires engulfed homes on the outskirts of the capital. the london fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but i
What was the mood as you were marching along . Today the whole france is a march of unity. The issues of anti antisemitism it was not just a jew, but jew of all society. Were fight radicalism, and this is the message that this is today. You were with the imam and clearly showing solidarity, but there are people within your respective communities who dont have that sense of community. I mine this, is the reality isnt it . The sense of community is clearly shown within the Jewish Community that a jew today should be able to practice, and live his judaism freely and openly in an open society and Tolerant Society and acceptance society. There is no excuse whatsoever of how a jew could be attacked today in france because hes living his judaism. I think everyone would agree with that. What do you think of Benjamin Netanyahus comments that seem to be suggesting to people jews in france who say if youre afraid here you always have a home in israel. I can tell you that well do everything and we