the doj has until tomorrow to respond, expert analysis on why this might backfire for the former president, just ahead. but first, democrats ended primary night last evening feeling good about their winds, and surprisingly good about their momentum heading into november. in new york, voters elected a democrat and a special house race in a notorious swing district, just two months after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. the timing on that would not appear to be coincidental. that race offers signs that the democratic electorate is as motivated as ever by the fight for abortion rights. to be fair, democrats can t also credit some of their newfound positivity two major recent victories from the biden administration. from the first gun safety bill in decades, to the chips act. to legislation on burn pits, to the inflation reduction act. biden s signature health care and climate bill. the winds have been piling up at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. today, brought another policy
and your mission should you choose to accept it is to find out if the hollywood superstar, tom cruise is filming in the british lake district. hello, and welcome to bbc news. 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 reports 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 breakin
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benjamin butterworth, who s a late editor, and senior reporter at the i newspaper, and martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the evening standard. tomorrow s front pages are in, let s take a look at them. the i leads with the conservative leadership debate, which ended abruptly after presenter kate mccann fainted during the live programme. talk tv have said she s recovered, but followed medical advice not to continue. the express stays with the tory leadership, saying liz truss will set new targets for police to cut serious crime by 20%. the guardian says a report by the public accounts committee has found the government acted fast and loose with more than £700 million worth of covid contracts awarded to a health care firms that employed the conservative mp owen paterson as a lobbyist. tomorrow s rail strike leads on the metro front page the paper says just a fifth o
rubbish will keep on getting bigger. we ll be live with our business and political correspondent, and assessing how whoever s our next prime minister will deal with these strikes and the cost of living crisis. also this lunchtime. an attempt to cut the price of school uniforms by removing unnecessary branding. a bbc investigation has revealed an online community secretly sharing and trading sexual images of women without their consent. and the duke and duchess of cambridge are moving their family to a new home near the queen in windsor. and in the sport on the bbc news channel, england confirm they will play test cricket in pakistan for the first time in 17 years when they tour the country in december. good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted for an all out strike next month, joining a wave of industrial action as workers seek pay rises to keep up with high inflation. some barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage. the government claims st