senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. senator, you are deep in the political trenches with donald trump, and right now that looks like a pretty unhealthy place to be. does it feel that way to you? no. if you re a republican, it s a good place to be because he s very popular among republicans. emerson college, not exactly, you know, a right wing polling firm, has trump up in pennsylvania and some of the swing states, so this election coming up in 80 days, they want to make it about trump. republicans want to make it about a failed presidency of biden and we will see where it shakes out. but no, the truth of the matter is that president trump and the republican party is seen as successful on issues that matter to the country, to conservatism, the court, the border, strong national security. so he s in good standing with republicans. i m going to stop you if i may. because it seems to me politics isn t just about polling, it s not just about appealing
we ll also look at the crisis in sri lanka. the president has confirmed he will step down after protesters stormed his palace. and we ll look at twitter s share price, which has fallen welcome to college green in front of parliament, where the process of selecting a new leader of the conservative party and new prime minister is under way. if i m occasionally glancing this way and that, sir graham brady, the committee chair, will be speaking in the next few minutes. he will outline the rules of the tory party leadership contest. bear in mind since thursday, effectively that contest began. we still don t know precisely how that will work. what we do know is what the stages of the contest will be. first, each candidate will need to find a number of conservative mps to back them. in previous contests, it was eight. this time, it could be as high as 20. then the 358 conservative mps will vote for their favourite candidates in a series of elimination rounds. let s speak to our poli
public sector pay awards have been announced. rises for nhs staff and other public sector workers but unions say it is not enough to cope with inflation. three left in the race to be the next prime minister, after kemi badenoch fails to make the cut in the latest round of tory mp s votes. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the temperature s rising for the euros favourites the lionesses might have beaten the heat by tomorrow but can they overcome spain to make the semifinals? hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. the predictions were spot on. this has been the hottest day recorded in the uk. in coningsby, in lincolnshire, the thermometer hit 40.3c. in fact, 29 places across england have broken the old record which was 38.7 degrees. scotland has experienced its hottest day on record with the temperature reaching 34.8 celsius in the scottish borders. and it s notjust daytime temperatures we re talking about. provisional figures show last night was also the warmest on r
an unprecedented heatwave continues to grip large parts of europe. the uk has registered its highest ever temperature on record, exceeding a0 celsius for the first time. france is also seen peak temperatures breaking records that were set yesterday. across north west and we are at temperatures of sword across belgium, the netherlands and germany. these images are in east london where wildfires have destroyed at least seven homes. they may have the city has declared a major incident saying that firefighters are under immense pressure. we are going to bring you comprehensive cover of the story. let s begin in wennington where this fire is. as well thermometers bricks of a0 degrees mac for the first time, london was burning. this was wellington just inside the m25. a fire in a parched area of grass was found by a stiff southerly breeze and engulf houses on the edge of the bridges. as units rushed to the scene and firemen tried to douse the flames, panicked horses could be heard
temperature heat has caused travel disruption here. also on the programme tonight: higher than expected pay rises for many public sector workers across the uk, but they won t keep up with inflation. and from four to three, as kemi baydenoch is knocked out of the race to become our next prime minister. and coming up on the bbc news channel: ben stokes is out cheaply in his final odi as england are beaten by south africa in durham. good evening. it has been a day of record breaking tempertaures breaking tempertu res across the united kingdom more than a0 degrees celsisus for the first time. the uk s top temperature today was in coningsby in lincolnshire, where it hit 40.3 degrees according to the provisionalfigures. but more than 30 weather stations across england beat the previous record of 38.7 degrees set injuly 2019. and scotland had its hottest day ever. 34.8c was recorded in charterhall in the borders. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is in cambridge where the uk s pr