should get the death penalty. and after being closed by the kremlin in the early days of war, russia s last remaining independent tv channel makes a defiant return to the airwaves. hello and welcome. yes, it is warm, isn t it? especially if you are tuning in across europe. europe is waking up to another day of brutal temperatures and the reality of a fast changing climate. in france, several towns and cities recorded their highest ever temperatures on monday. the uk is expected to follow suit today. and it s notjust the heat. wildfires and now drought are having a devastating impact across the continent. with the latest, here s the bbc s tim allman. in much of europe, the heat is just relentless. here, in western france, columns of smoke make this look more like a war zone than a tourist destination. firefighters do what they can, spraying the trees with water. at this nearby hotel, they put gas canisters in the swimming pool to try and stop them exploding. the flames are now
that fell between midnight and 6am. and you can see how extensive that was in the intensity of the rain but some areas actually had hardly any painful at all and this is the problem with showers, they are very hit and miss. and next cause for concern is the showers in the south east. there is a number weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres injust today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres in just an today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres injust an hour and may be as much as 100 millimetres plus before the days through the plenty of showers through the afternoon, quite a lot of cloud generally through england and wales. the best of the sunshine in the east of scotland and parts of northern ireland. noticeably fresher here. and if you dodged the showers further south and east with some sunshine you could see temperatures peaking at 25 c. through the evening and overnight most showers fading awa
overnight they don t come around dawn temperatures briefly get down to these lows so we start tuesday on a very warm note, in fact this is the hottest wedge of air of this whole period of hot weather, it will sit in place tomorrow, coming in from the west we have frontal systems trying to introduce cooler air, or that hot air stays in place across eastern parts of it stays sunny long enough we could see unprecedented high temperatures so out to the wet summer showers, the odd thunderstorm, belfast and plymouth cooler than today but further east is where we expect the core of the heat, parts of the east midlands and eastern england, lincolnshire could temperatures of 42 celsius tomorrow, that would break the all time uk record but things changed tomorrow night, the showers and storms creep east, most of us will be a bit cooler by wednesday morning and this is the rest of the week, temperatures closer to where they should be, some rain at times but before we get there another v
as prime minister. tom tugenhadt was eliminated in the latest round of voting. of the remaing four, former chancellor rishi sunak tops the polls followed by penny mourdant. hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night of hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night of what hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night of what the papers will be bringing us on tuesday morning. still with me, baroness ros altman and james rampton, features writer at the independent. welcome back to both of you. i m hoping you had something long and cool in the interim. the high temperatures dominate the front pages. the i leads with a stark map showing the high temperatures reached in britain today and the headline earth sends a warning. the telegraph is concerned that emergency services may not be able to cope if the hot weather continues for a second day tomorrow. the online independent newspaper repor