hello and welcome to bbc news. the acclaimed british author sir salman rushdie has sustained serious injuries to his liver and an eye after being stabbed while taking to the stage at an arts centre in new york. the 75 year old is currently on a ventilator and unable to speak. police have named his attacker as hadi matar, a 24 year old from newjersey, who is currently in custody. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. there was confusion and panic. the attack happened in full view of the audience. sir salman was left injured, lying on stage, and eyewitnesses in deep shock. there was nothing audible from the attacker. we just saw him move on stage very quickly and, repeatedly and with vicious determination, stabbed salman rushdie. people were rising up out of their seats, gasping, crying and screaming, and this unheard of thing was happening on stage. salman rushdie was taken to hospital by helicopter. he had been due to speak at the chautauqua institution, a ce
it has been very hot today, we saw top temperatures of 3a in the south east, may be up to 36 over the weekend. a chance of a few showers developing over scotland and northern ireland heading into sunday. southern britain really could do with the rainfall, sir salman in hampshire has not seen odiham has not seen any rain for 42 days. the amber met office extreme heat warning and force through large parts of england and wales with the peak of the heat likely to be on sunday afternoon. through the night it is likely to stay dry, some low cloud, mist and it is likely to stay dry, some low cloud, mistand murk it is likely to stay dry, some low cloud, mist and murk rolling in off the north sea across eastern scotland and north east england, robert lee up towards the glasgow area by the end of the night. in the mid to high teens, one or two locations across the south might not fall below 19, so quite an uncomfortable night. plenty of sunshine across the board. the outside chance
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