superstar, tom cruise is filming in the british lake district. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a summer heatwave which has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest europe shows no signs of easing. firefighters in france, portugal, spain and greece are battling forest blazes. and new temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives possibly hundreds. our correspondent, bethany bell has this report from malaga. fire crackles. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battled the flames in extremadura in the west of the country. in the south near malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopter whirrs. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breaking out in these hills, and it is a real
speaks out about vladimir putin. some of the comments that he is not well or that actually, surely, somebody is going to assassinate him or take him out, i think they are wishful thinking. and in golf rory mcilroy and viktor hovland share the lead at st andrews after the third round. hello, good afternoon. an amber warning for extreme heat has come into force for most of england and parts of wales, ahead of record temperatures forecast for the coming days. the alert will extend to southern scotland from tomorrow, when the warning in parts of england will rise to red. it comes with predictions of record temperatures of up to 41 celsius. our correspondent jon donnison reports. an amber heat warning for much of the country, so what better to do than limber up for a half marathon? runners in london s richmond park undeterred, with hydration the order of the day. stayed cool yesterday by drinking lots of water all day. we are wearing as little clothing today as possible. we ve g
as official figures show the economy shrank slightly between april and june, the chancellor says he recognises the difficulties people are facing. we are looking at all the options of what additional help we need to bring in later on in the winter months, in december and january, work those up so they are ready to go. and the shortlist of uk cities that could host next year s eurovision song contest has been revealed, with seven left in the running. and coming up on the bbc news channel. great britain have won their first medals in the track cycling at the european championships in munich, with the bronze in the men s team pursuit getting the team on the board. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police in new york state say the author salman rushdie has suffered a stab wound to the neck. his condition is not met your own. police said a man have been taken into custody stop mr rushdie received death threats after writing his book the satanic verses in 1988 and we
someone who has been out there, unafraid, despite the threats. a man has been arrested. we ll have the latest. also on the programme. drought is officially declared across large parts of england after the driestjuly in 50 years. there s no cheer in the latest economic figures which show the economy has shrunk slightly. people don t seem to be coming out eating as much, or coming out drinking as much, because they can t afford it. train drivers strike this weekend over pay and the cost of living disrupting people s ability to get to sporting and social events across the country. and the shortlist of uk cities that could host next year s eurovision song contest has been revealed, with seven left in the running. coming up on the bbc news channel, gold in herfinal major race for britain s n triathlete non stanford who sprinted to the line to win the european championships in munich. good evening and welcome to bbc news at ten. the author sir salman rushdie has been stabbed on s