an ambulance and first responders at an earlier accident site in the province of gaziantep. the second accident happened in mardin, also involving a vehicle hitting first responders. a sight familiar to tourists in paris is that of people selling books along the banks of the river seine. but they disappeared when the pandemic hit. there were fears that covid might put them out of business. but now that tourists are finally flocking back to the city of light, those fears have finally been shelved. wendy urquhart reports. avid readers have been rummaging through the book stalls of the seine since the 16th century. translation: we are a ma or symbol of paris in the eyes h of the whole world. we have millions of people visiting us every year. the number of people who consider us as important as the eiffel tower or notre dame is phenomenal. so we really take pride in doing this work. after a two year hiatus because of covid, the book sellers are back in business, but you can t jus
authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was seriously injured in a knife attack. hundreds of writers gathered at the city s public library to read his works and pay tribute. the government is to help run the majority of liverpool city council, after a report found extensive errors by the authority. a commissioner is being put in place to oversee the councils finances, with four others already in control of other council operations, including planning and regeneration. our north of england correspondent, judith moritz, has that story. the speed of change in liverpool has not been fast enough. for the last year, the government has helped to run some parts of the council, but the city s finances are still in such trouble, now they will also be supervised by whitehall. the city s mayor says that s not the right decision. i m not denying that we have problems, we do, and we re uncovering problems, more problems than we anticipated in t
heat health alerts have been issued by the uk health security agency. they will remain in place until friday. we are all being reminded to check on vulnerable family, friends and neighbours, and particularly people with dementia. somebody who might have memory loss problems, they often forget to drink, may have difficulties getting up and getting themselves a drink, it means they are more likely to become dehydrated so we really want people to do is check on people they know with dementia, if you are a carer, a family member or friend, pop in and make sure they can access fluids. for those who enjoy the heat, the advice is to drink plenty of water, don t stay in the sun for too long and apply lots of sun cream. helena wilkinson, bbc news, southend on sea. lots more on all of today s stories on bbc.co.uk/news or on the bbc news app. now it s time for a look at the weather with darren. hello again. it s been a hotter day today in strong sunshine. and this evening we have clear
buried under the rubble in the town of chasiv yar in ukraine s donetsk region. tennis, and novak djokovic has won his fourth consecutive wimbledon title. the serb superstar beat australia s nick kyrgios in four sets, winning the fourth on a tie break. this is djokovic s twenty first grand slam title. at ten o clock, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, on the 50th anniversary of the godfather often proclaimed the greatest film ever made talking movies celebrates this landmark classic. a warning this programme contains scenes of violence from the godfather. # the first time. 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts. # ever i saw yourface. we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president nixon made a historic visit to china and in britain, there was a 47 day miners strike. and in the cinema world, there was a momentous event. what many claim is the greatest movie ever made was launched a portrait of
act of brutality . his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking a beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between different households was banned but the police have said there was no case to answer, because of an exemption to lockdown rules for reasonably necessary work . our political editor chris mason reports. april of last year, sir keir starmer s having a beer and a curry. was this in breach of the covid rules at the time? durham constabulary looked into it, and today said no. people said to me i was taking a risk by saying i would step down if i was fined, but it was never about that. for me, it was a matter of principle. it shouldn t be controversia