To her death as parts of england get a months worth of rainfall in a single day, with warnings of more floods to come. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The former brazilian president , Luiz Inacio Lula da silva, has been released from prison after a year and a half behind bars. He was greeted by a crowd of his supporters outside the Police Station in the Southern City of curitiba where he had been held. His release comes after Brazils Supreme Court overturned a requirement that convicted criminals go to jail whilst their appeals are heard. Heres some of what he said to his supporters earlier. Translation i cannot tell you the importance of me being here with you. Spending a lifetime talking to the brazilian people, i never thought that today i could be here talking to men and women who for 580 days shouted good morning, lula or good night to me, no matter whether it was raining or iii good night to me, no matter whether it was raining or 14 degrees centigrade or even 0dc. You were
Response some Party Leaders say theyll talk to him but the lib dems reject the idea. I hope that they will all support the motion of no confidence that i will put and that will ensure that this government can then not continue with this headlong pursuit of no deal brexit. Continue with this headlong pursuit of nodeal brexit. There is no way he can unite rebel conservatives and independents to stop Boris Johnson. It is not even certain he would secure it is not even certain he would secure all the votes of labour mps. The proportion of a level students getting the top grades has dropped to a 12 year low. And coming up, missionjurassic well be talking to one of the dinosaur hunters behind one of the biggest finds in decades. Its five oclock our top story. Drug related deaths in england and wales are the highest theyve been since records began more than a quarter of a century ago. Figures from the office for National Statistics show there were more than 4,300 deaths from drug poisoning re
The National Grid says issues with two generators caused the outage. Tonight, the regulator is demanding answers. Uk growth falls for the first time in six and half years, but the chancellor says the fundamentals of the economy remain strong. A Church Warden who tricking a man into changing his will, has been found guilty of his murder. We report from inside kashmir, as tensions rise between india and pakistan over the disputed territory. And its a baptism of fire for newly promoted norwich, thrashed 4 1 at liverpool as the new premier League Season gets under way. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, arsenals mesut ozil and Sead Kolasinac will not play in their first match against newcastle because of security reasons. It follows an attempted carjacking last month. Good evening. England and wales suffered a major power cut today, affecting homes, transport networks and hospitals. In all, nearlyi million households we re all, nearlyi million households were affected. The National Gr
Triple and sales soar 20 at amazon. But with regulators circling, ill look at why its getting tougher to be a tech giant. Another day, another batting collapse from england, as ireland move within sight of what would be an historic first test victory at lords. How science is helping gardeners find the best way to water a hanging basket. Its friday the 26th ofjuly. Our top story more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. Leigh milner has the details. It was the second halted day on record, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge. You might have been faster travelling on one of these than the trains. Chaos on rail lines. Passengers are rescued from broken down trains as power ca bles fell from broken down trains as power cables fell and sparked line side fires. Disruptio
Recruiting 20,000 new Police Officers in england and wales within weeks. The Prime Minister has said that this is an absolute priority for him, that is why he is announcing it as one of his big policy announcements, so the money will be earmarked as a priority through the treasury and the new chancellor. And well hear about the charity rescuing dogs from dog meat farms in south korea. The smell is horrific. The noise of hundreds of dogs barking at the same time. The faces staring at you through the wire mesh cages. Roxy is one of the 1,800 dogs saved so far. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Theres was a 21 rise in people calling the nspcc about kids left unsupervised last summer and now the charity is urging parents to think carefully before they do it. Do you leave your child home alone during the summer holidays, maybe because you have to work and cant get childcare . How old are they . The law doesnt specify how young is too young, so at what age is