we begin in sri lanka where gotabaya rajapaksa has sent a letter formally handing over power to his prime minister, but stopping short of a resignation. our correspondent is in colombo with the latest development. we just had a statement from the office of president gotabaya rajapaksa, somebody that the protesters behind me, they have spent months camping out here in the centre of colombo, desperate for president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign and they blame him for this country s economic woes but we have had a statement from his office and it doesn t look like it is very clear exactly what he is planning to do. i have got the statement here. effectively he doesn t resign in this statement and he says that he is transferring the presidency to ranil wickremesinghe who is currently the prime minister, while he is out of the country, so this is a man who promised he would resign but he hasn t done that yet, and this is now leaving even more uncertainty, we are reading to the stat
good morning. almost to the edge of the universe. in sport, shattering records as they dismantle norway an 8 0 victory has the lionesses roaring into the quarter finals of the euros. you cannot be serious! that ball was on the line! chalk flew up! and his persona lit up the 70s and 80s with exceptional play and the occasional angry outburst we hear from tennis legend john mcenroe as he reflects on his life and career. it may be cooler and cloudier for some today but the heatwave is ongoing in the south east. temperatures will rise further this weekend, the met office have issued an extreme heat warning. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 12th july. our main story. conservative mps hoping to become the next party leader and prime minister have until this evening to muster enough support to officiallyjoin the contest. they need at least 20 backers, under rules set out by the 1922 committee of tory backbenchers. 11 candidates have so far put themselves for
santon downham. close to the all time record butjosie set a new record today. wales had its hottest day on record and tomorrow for some it s set to be even hotter. we still have this red warning of extreme heat from the met office. a few are hoping to cool down overnight tonight, the temperatures will not help you very much because right now out there a few are heading to bed in the capital, 30 degrees, 22 for belfast and watch this map, normally through the night we expect the orange colours to drain away. they don t. it will be exceptionally warm even as we start tomorrow morning and the reason for that is overhead will be the warmest air mass of this heat wave. we will have some exceptionally hot air right on top of the uk first thing. frontal systems trying to push in from the west, trying to change things so it is where we hold onto that hot air that we have the potential for some high temperatures tomorrow, particularly in eastern parts. out was the worst, western scotl
northern parts. the forecast for wednesday sees cloud across southern counties, the chance of the odd shower, most will be dry. generally speaking a massive cloud across scotland and northern ireland, breezy in the north west. a bit of cloud across scotland. could still be up to 28 or 29 in the south east tomorrow. the hot weather continues here into thursday but elsewhere most places will be fairly comfortable. sunshine and showers to the north and west, most will be dry and sunny. as we go through the end of the week and into the weekend, the met office have issued an extreme heat warning across a good part of england and eastern wales, it is here where the back end of the weekend into the start of next week weekend into the start of next week we could see temperatures widely hit the high 30s, mid to high 30s. that is exceptionalfor the the high 30s, mid to high 30s. that is exceptional for the time of year, it could have a major impact to health and infrastructure. back to you no
you look at that and say that s not much to write home about historically for a president. that s true. bill clinton was down around this level in 1994. democrats got wiped out this year. that is true. but keep in mind with donald trump, with the era of polarization we re living in right now, republicans have been saying all year that if they think if donald trump could get that approval rating up to the mid-40s, 45%, they d like 46%, 47% obviously, not sure we ll get there, but they think the mid-40s they have got a chance. the low 40s, the high 30s advantage big for the democrats. 43.5, keep this in mind. that is up basically 3 points over the last couple weeks. that s a big difference. trump sitting at 43.5 versus trump sitting at 40.5. given the narrow range his presidency has operated in when it comes to his approval rating, that s a potentially big difference. that s getting close to that range where republicans think they have a shot to hang on to the house. maybe not quite ther