also this lunchtime: president biden accuses donald trump and his supporters of threatening us democracy and the american way of life. the assassination attempt that failed a would be killer points a loaded gun at the head of argentina s vice president, but the weapon jams. and the animals moved out two by two after 186 years, bristol zoo is closing. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: england have named their squad for the t20 world cup. butjason roy has paid the price for a poor summer with the bat he won t be going to australia. good afternoon. it is very nearly over voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with e
the police officer entered. sarah everard s death sparked an outpouring of shock and grief across the country. several cities across the uk held vigils in memory of the 33 year old. pc wayne couzens is due back in court next month for a further plea hearing. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the uk government s website was temporarily down in a global internet outage which also affected amazon, the guardian and the new york times. our technology correspondent rory cellan jones explained what happened. people visiting them got a message saying error, 503, service
but a lot more cloud across the whole of western uk tomorrow. rain or drizzle on and off through northern ireland, certainly into scotland. some of it should be heavy in the north and west. greater chance of some damper weather across parts of northern england, western parts of wales and towards the south west. even though here, some will stay completely dry. best of the sunshine tomorrow central eastern parts of england where temperatures again into the mid 20s and even with more cloud and some patchy rain in the west for the next few days, it will tend to be warm and very humid. hello, you re watching bbc news. the headlines: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support and supervised in school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the test on offer. the death of sarah everard
enough to stop it. we could ve done more. , . , ., more. jeremy, many thanks. our middle east more. jeremy, many thanks. our middle east editor, more. jeremy, many thanks. our middle east editor, now - more. jeremy, many thanks. our middle east editor, now our - more. jeremy, many thanks. our l middle east editor, now our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. a metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping sarah everard, the 33 year old who vanished after walking home in south london in march. her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford, kent. wayne couzens also accepted responsibility for killing sarah everard, but he was not asked to enter a plea to her murder, as the court is awaiting medical reports. members of sarah everard s family were in court to witness couzens enter his plea. here s our correspondent helena wilkinson. sarah everard had been walking home one night last march when she vanished from the street in clapham. she d spent the eve