we ll discuss the implications on u.s. relations with beijing. live from cnn center, this is c cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with two major weather events unfolding right now. the first here in the united states, a dangerous and blistering heatwave continues its stranglehold in the western part of the country. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 10 to 20 degrees above normal and electric companies in california are asking companies to turn off unnecessary lights addrend appliances in order to save energy. and in asiain, a powerful typho is bathering the southern islands with strong gusty winds and heavy rains. luckily it skirted past taiwan without making a direct hit, but waves hit the northeastern coast. and there is a heavy rain advisory for northern parts of the island. joining us now with the latest on both these stories is meteorologist derek van dam. so records being shattered across the western u.s. and typhoon acros
a strong resistance to the russian forces, we have a special report from the front line. bin strikes in scotland a further 13 local authorities take action from today. and the newborn endangered baby elephant which is putting hope in the hearts of conservationists and coming up on the bbc news channel: rangers attempt of the champions league for the first time in more danny beck. for the first time in more than a decade. they start the second leg of their play off 2 2 against psv eindhoven. good evening. the chief constable of merseyside police murder of olivia pratt korbel is progressing at pace. the nine year old was shot on monday evening, by a masked attacker who d burst into her home. a 35 year old man, joseph nee, who s thought to have been the intended target of the shooting, has been arrested. the gunman is still at large. our correspondent danny savage is at the scene. it is almost 48 hours since the horrific events in the street, it is still cordoned off but there i
so some torrential thundery downpour is likely first thing tomorrow morning. they will gradually drift away by lunchtime leaving a legacy of cloud perhaps the many. but then dryer and brighter conditions. a little bit more comfortable tomorrow, we are starting to lose that humidity. 15 to 23 degrees. another weather front bushing and on friday, this one a bit of a nuisance, some showers before a little bump of high pressure builds behind. friday is a really messy story, there will be some showers around, will cloud the further north and west, dry with some sunshine out to the east and in terms of the feel of things, may be a degree also warmer once again. 25 degrees that is 77 fahrenheit, we are looking at 18 to 20 where those showers. looking at 18 20 where the showers linger. it is a bank holiday, so northern ireland for northern ireland, england, and wales, and dry and settled and sunny once again, but a bit fresher and certainly not as humid as it has been. thanks, lou
these systems and trained staff to protect themselves against hacking. they have also been misleading about how many fake accounts and bots are on the platform, that s an attempt elon musk has used to try to get out of a deal with the company. there will be suspicions about the timing of this. are you guys carrying water for elon musk? absolutely not. we have been following the news like everyone else, but that has nothing to do with his decisions. he said he was fired by twitter in january of this year after he tried to raise the alarm internally. this is not any kind of personal issue for him. he was eventually fired in january of this year. but he hasn t given up on trying to do that job. in response to the allegations, twitter told cnn security and privacy had long been a priority at twitter. as for zacho, they said he, quote, was fired from his senior executive role at twitter more than six months ago for poor performance and leadership. he now appears to be op
with conservative members. the two of them have faced off tonight in wales. and a hosepipe ban for gardeners in parts of southern england. but how are the farmers coping with the lack of rain? we ll be live in essex to find out. tonight with the context, the former adviser to hillary clinton, amanda renteria, and former senior adviser to george w bush, ron christie. hello, a warm welcome to the programme. she was there less than 2a hours, but the fallout from nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan looks like it might endure for some time. china is about to begin three days of live fire military exercises barely 12 nautical miles off shore, which taiwan says amounts to an air and sea blockade. such was the military response to the speaker s visit yesterday, the flight that transferred her from malaysia to taiwan was forced to take a three hour detour around the phillippines. and it remains tense. at one point today, taiwan scrambled its own fighterjets to ward off those from china tha