0lympic champion sifan hussan, who won this title in doha two years ago, was fourth. there are two more matches in the women s european championship in england. denmark have to beat spain to reach the quarterfinals. goalless so far, whoever makes it through will face the hosts england in the quarters. germany are already sure of progressing as group winners, they are beating bottom side finland 3 0. that s all the sport for now. to sri lanka now, where the country s parliament has gathered to begin the process of choosing a new president. that new leader will replace gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned in the face of massive anti government protests. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani reports from the capital, colombo.
Change on our website. there s also a video on why it s so hot in europe at the moment. just go to the bbc news site to watch. russia s defence minister has ordered all forces to step up operations across ukraine. sergei shoigu said it was to prevent attacks on the occupied east of the country. this comes as russian missiles struck cities right across the country, including at a famous space rocket and satellite factory in dnipro. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. 0n ukraine s eastern front, they re about to target russian positions. this time, using american supplied howitzers and ammunition. explosion. ukraine s still vastly outgunned. these help, but they can t hang around. explosion. western weapons like this have given ukraine an advantage in terms of accuracy and range, but they ve also become high value targets, with russia trying to hunt them down.
Empty handed and that raises if that was the case, he left empty handed, and that raises questions about whether this controversial visit achieved enough to be called a success. anna foster, bbc news, jeddah. this is bbc news. here are the headlines. europe s intense heatwave ignites wildfires many have died in extreme temperatures across the continent. moscow orders all its forces to step up operations in ukraine, as russian missiles strike cities across the country. sri lanka s parliament has gathered to begin the process of choosing a new president. that new leader will replace gotabaya rajapaksa who fled the country and resigned in the face of massive anti government protests. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani reports from the capital, colombo. tight security outside parliament this morning as politicians began
Battle as they waited for advanced weapons systems from their western allies. day by day, president putin is destroying more cities, and gaining more ground, in a war which nato has warned could last for years. a second earthquake has shaken an area in south eastern afghanistan, causing yet more death and destruction. more than 1000 people are known to have died in the quakes in paktika province, one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest countries in the world. from gayan, secunder kermani reports. scrambling for scraps of bread, the survivors of this earthquake, support is flowing in but more is needed. this district, close to the epis centre, hundreds of homes have
0rla guerin, bbc news, donbas. a second earthquake has shaken an area in south eastern afghanistan, causing yet more death and destruction. more than 1,000 people are known to have died in the quakes in paktika province, one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest countries in the world. from gayan, secunder kermani reports. scrambling for scraps of bread. for survivors of this earthquake, support is flowing in, but more is needed. in this district, close to the epicentre, hundreds of homes have been destroyed, families wiped out. there are still injuries to treat. this charity normally removes landmines, but now they have set up a mobile clinic.