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Been confirmed dead. The us braces for an extreme and dangerous heatwave in the northwest, with supplies being handed out to the homeless in many areas. How the Party Capital of the World Ibiza is hoping its Clubbing Scene can reopen, just in time for the return of british tourists. And wales� s euro 2020 dreams are over, beaten 4 0 by denmark, as italy knock out austria, with a 2 1victory. The Uk Health secretary, Matt Hancock, has resigned, a day after admitting hed breached social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague in his office. Calls for him to step down had come from some of his own Conservative Party, after the publication of images showing him embracing his aide, Gina Coladangelo. Mr hancock told the Prime Minister he was resigning in a letter, saying hed let people down. He then made a public announcement on social media. Borisjohnson said Mr Hancock should leave office very proud of what hed achieved. A few hours ago the former Home Secretary and chancellor, sajid javid, was announced as Mr Hancocks replacement. Our political correspondent, Ben Wright has the story. One of the most familiar faces of the pandemic, the Health Secretary at the heart of Decision Making as the country battled covid, and often seen at his side was this woman, Gina Coladangelo, a former lobbyist, adviser to the Health Secretary and long term friend. But yesterday came this image of them kissing in Matt Hancocks office, breaking, as he admitted, the governments own covid guidelines and plunging his career into crisis. This evening, he quit. I understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and thats why ive got to resign. Matt hancock hoped to ride out the storm, a Cabinet Minister with big ambition, who had the backing of the Prime Minister. Number 10 considered this matter closed and it was Mr Hancock who decided to step down. To be frank, it shouldnt have come to this. Borisjohnson should have shown the guts, the spine, the awareness to have sacked him on friday. You cannot have a Health Secretary who designs the covid rules, so blatantly breaking the rules in the way he did. Neverfarfrom a podium, but hancock wrote rules the rest of us were told to follow. For some tory mps, Mr Hancocks credibility was shot. What has been clear over the last 2a hours is that, for a sizeable minority or even majority of the public, they no longer had confidence in Matt Hancock. It wasnt the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy of being someone who had made the rules but then broke their own rules. There was another big problem. Last september, Gina Coladangelo was appointed to the board that oversees the Department Of Health on a taxpayer funded salary. The government said the Appointment Rules were followed, but labour demanded an investigation. Tonight, Mrs Coladangelo stepped down from her role. Hancock has been close to politics and power from the start of his career. Chief of staff to George Osborne in opposition, entering parliament in 2010 and clocking up ministerial jobs once the conservatives were in power. He became Health Secretary in July 2018 and even stood for the leadership of his party. I want this campaign to be about the future of britain. A marker, a signal of intent. But for now, his ministerial career is over. In his letter to Matt Hancock this evening, borisjohnson said leaving hisjob, but hancock thanked those leaving hisjob, Matt Hancock thanked those he had worked with. Im very proud of what we have done to protect the nhs at the peak, to deliver that Vaccine Roll out, one of the fastest in the world. And i look forward to supporting the government and the Prime Minister from the backbenches. Reporter morning, mr javid. The former Chancellor Sajid Javid now returns to the cabinet as the new Health Secretary, taking over during a pandemic that is not yet over. Thank you very much indeed. In his resignation letter, Matt Hancock apologised to his family for putting them through all this. A spokesman declined to comment, but tonight its understood Mr Hancock has also left his wife. Ben wright, bbc news. Earlier i spoke to our reporter mark lobel, who says the resignation of Matt Hancock is likely to ease the pressure that the government and the Prime Minister was under, over their handling of the situation. Ido i do think this could be the end of what is best called a hypocritical affair because Matt Hancock has fallen on his side because he has broken the guidelines and there has been the realisation since the story broke on friday that it has had a political impact notjust of the Conservative Party but public support around the country. It was making ministers and conservative mps nervous that the party were not going to follow the guidelines and not be complied when we note the Delta Variant, which is of Concern Notjust in The Uk but around the world, is now the dominant variant in The Uk and how The Uk is handling that is of international importance. Matt hancock said it was a distraction to combating the Delta Variant strain. Boris johnson said he was sorry to receive his resignation and that Matt Hancocks contribution to public life was far from over. Contribution to public life was farfrom over. Two contribution to public life was far from over. Two years ago contribution to public life was farfrom over. Two years ago he wanted to be Prime Minister himself. You mentioned earlier around accusations of hypocrisy and of course the government still needs its public support in tackling the pandemic . Indeed, if you look at the job of the Health Secretary, there were two key rules and one was to write the rules for the restrictions and sit around the table and see how far we can go. He no longer had confidence in the second but on the first he was considered an authority. It is understood in cabinet Boris Johnson is not a fan of restrictions though in many ways, Matt Hancock was one of the people pushing for more protection that the Health Services and more restrictions for the public. Now, many conservative mps thought he went too far with his approach and we have been pleased to see him resigning as a result of this affair. There is an intriguing story in the sunday papers, the mail on sunday, the Cctv Footage which sparked the footage was passed on by a whistleblower in the department of Health Staff Person and suggest there may have been an impetus for Matt Hancock not to be around the table, which you will not be from monday onwards. When The Uk looks the restrictions that should be lifted which had been delayed once and may be delayed again to ease gatherings, to remove face masks and social distancing, key decisions that should be made that will affect peoples lives in The Uk and the spread of the variant. Rescue teams searching for survivors after an Apartment Building collapsed in florida on thursday, say their efforts are being severely hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. The local mayor has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. Five people are known to have died, more than 150 are missing. Will grant reports from miami. This Rescue Effort is slow going, methodical, and deeply upsetting. Since the I2 Storey Apartment block came down, only a handful of people have been found. Dozens are thought to be somewhere under this rubble. The rescue is being hampered by a persistent fire, which firefighters are struggling to contain. If any resident is still trapped in Air Pockets in the debris, it makes their chances of survival even slimmer. Were facing incredible difficulties with this fire. Its a very deep fire, its extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire, and so theyve been working around the clock. A small offering of solace to those still unaccounted for, but to add to their families� distress, its been revealed that a survey on the block three years ago found a major error which affected drainage and waterproofing, and abundant cracking in the structure of the parking garage. As the days pass, the residents of surfside are beginning to accept that they may never see their missing neighbours again. If that wasnt harrowing enough, the fact that serious flaws with the building were flagged up as long as three years ago is enough to extinguish the final vestiges of hope that this community is clinging to. Will grant, bbc news, surfside, florida. Earlier i spoke to pablo rodriguez, whose Mother And Grandmother are currently missing. There is not really any updates. The only update i got was a Phone Call Today from somebody in the organisation who told me they are still looking for my Mother And Grandmother. As a Family Member who saw the footage and the days that have passed by we know there is no hope of them being alive. Were just hoping that maybe find some remains of something. But there is no real ongoing information sharing. What part of the building were they in . My Mothers Unit was in the 11th Floor of the first tower that collapsed. So you see the video which is all i can see when i close my eyes her unit was the second one down from the very middle of that tower and then the other building fell on top of it. So when i see that video that is the moment i am watching my mother and my grandmother die. Had your mother raised concerns about the maintenance of the building previously . She had so had several other unit owners. They expressed concerns about mismanagement from the board, about potential corruption, aboutjust the condition in the garage, around the building generally. Obviously, they didnt believe the condition it was in, otherwise they would not have stayed in the building. The report which came out now showing years ago that this was a known condition and that if they didnt take action this would exponentially increase the danger with the structural integrity of the building is reaching a level of criminal negligence. That is for somebody else to investigate but to me it is inconscionable that they let the building get to the state it was at. In 2018 when the report was done, to allow it to get to that state of disrepair whether building does not exist, that is clear negligence on the part of everybody involved. Pablo, have you been going down to the site to see the Rescue Operation . I have been down there twice. I went down it occurred, and i went back down to give a dna swab yesterday. I have not been down there. I have friends that are involved in the Rescue Efforts, so i get some kind of updates from them, but not through official channels. I know the first responders and everybody working there are tirelessly doing the bestjob that they can. But information is not forthcoming. There is not a lot of hope for any of us and it is a devastating situation. This happened on thursday. Have you been given any sense of the timescale for you or other families when you may be reunited with your relatives . We have not. We have not been given i shouldnt speak for everyone but i have not been given a timeline of when we might be able to expect any kind of information. Just to go back for a second to the point of expressing concern, the night before it happened, i had talked to my mother about 7pm that day and she told me that she had woken up around 3am or 4am in the morning because she heard loud noises that woke her up. I didnt think much of it. Buildings dont make those sounds. But it didnt occur to us that it was at this level. After i saw the footage, it haunts me now that we should have paid more attention. Pablo rodriguez there. Five people have died in a hot Air Balloon Accident in albuquerque, new mexico, in the southwestern united states. The accident caused Power Outages in the area for several hours after the balloon came into contact with a power line. Police said the wind had pushed the balloon into Power Lines where it then caught fire. Here is one witness, describing the crash. Around seven, we were just getting in the car, we heard a loud bang, my reaction was to tell my girl to get down, i didnt know if somebody was shooting or what, but i looked up when i saw the balloon and she is screaming and everybody is screaming about the balloon. It was by itself and i said wheres the basket . I immediately reacted and started running this way. I got to right here, another gentleman and a few others and the thing was just on fire. Lets get some of the days other news the former us president , donald trump, has addressed his first major Campaign Style Rally since leaving the White House in january. Mr trump promised thousands of Cheering Supporters in wellington, ohio, that in 2022 the republicans would take back the house, take back the senate, take back america. Police in colombia say theyve found two guns which were used to fire at a helicopter carrying the colombian president , iv n duque, along with his Defence And Interior ministers late on friday. The governments offered a reward of Eight Hundred Thousand dollars for information that could lead to arrests. The turkish President Recep Tayyip erdogan has launched his flagship istanbul canal project, at a Construction Site that the opposition says has nothing to do with the multi billion dollar scheme. President erdogan said the canal would save the future of istanbul, where he was once mayor. Opponents say banks are reluctant to fund the canal in view of its possible environmental impact. This is bbc news, the headlines the Uk Health secretary, Matt Hancock has resigned over the publication of pictures showing him kissing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. Hell be replaced by sajid javid. The mayor of the Miami County where an Apartment Block collapsed, has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age five people have been confirmed dead. Parts of the us are seeing an extreme Heat Wave with temperatures expected to intensify. All of washington and oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california were under an excessive Heat Warning as temperatures are set to soar 20 to 30 Degrees Fahrenheit above average throughout the region during the weekend and through next week with dozens of Daily Record high temperatures are expected to be set, with monthly and even all time records broken. For more on this lets talk to nick bond, climatologist for the state of washington thank you very much for making the time for us. Can you give us a sense of how widespread the heatwave is . It us a sense of how widespread the heatwave is . The heatwave is . It is across the heatwave is . It is across the entire the heatwave is . It is across the entire pacific the heatwave is . It is across the entire Pacific Northwestl the heatwave is . It is across i the entire Pacific Northwest of the entire Pacific Northwest of the united states and some records have already been set and this is just the tuneup for and this is just the tuneup for a couple of excruciatingly hot days coming up. A couple of excruciatingly hot days coming um a couple of excruciatingly hot days coming up. How unusual is this for the days coming up. How unusual is this for the region . Days coming up. How unusual is this for the region . Highly this for the region . Highly unusual this for the region . Highly unusual. In this for the region . Highly unusual. In particular, this for the region . Highly unusual. In particular, thej unusual. In particular, the duration that we are looking at. Of course, records do not happen very often and what is remarkable about this is not just that the records are going to be broken by a comfortable margin since sometimes but the heat is sticking around for so long. I will give you an example, here in the united states we still use the fahrenheit scale, 100 degrees is a Magic Number and in seattle that has happened twice. It is now almost a sure thing we will get three days in a row of that and moreover, Nighttime Temperatures that are going to be a record high for the minimum temperature. 50 the minimum temperature. So this is unusual. And what precautions do you advise people to take . Precautions do you advise people to take . There are the usual ones people to take . There are the usual ones of people to take . There are the usual ones of stay people to take . There are the usual ones of stay hydrated i people to take . There are the i usual ones of stay hydrated and do not exert yourself unnecessarily in the full sun, that sort of thing. It also a Buddy System is something that is important in these situations, to know what the symptoms of Heat Exhaustion are, nausea and feeling bad and that sort of thing because that can turn into heatstroke which is very dangerous. And so checking in on elderly and those with compromised health, thatis those with compromised health, that is important. Can those with compromised health, that is important. That is important. Can you give us a sense that is important. Can you give us a sense of that is important. Can you give us a sense of what that is important. Can you give us a sense of what role that is important. Can you give | us a sense of what role Climate Change plays in these extreme Weather Events . Change plays in these extreme Weather Events . From what we have seen Weather Events . From what we have seen of Weather Events . From what we have seen of this Weather Events . From what we have seen of this Area Weather events . From what we have seen of this area is Weather Events . From what we have seen of this area is an have seen of this area is an overall increase of a couple of Degrees Fahrenheit in the daytime temperatures, maybe a little more at night in the last 50 little more at night in the last 50 100 little more at night in the last 50 100 years. And so in making it may be making the event worse but it is mostly a highly unusual Weather Pattern conspiring to bring us these torrid conditions. You will have to excuse me for the film of sweat but in my house right now in seattle it is 32 and i am hoping that it at least drops to the high 20s by tonight. Drops to the high 20s by toniaht. � , drops to the high 20s by toniaht. H. , drops to the high 20s by toniaht. � , tonight. Lets hope it gets cooler for tonight. Lets hope it gets cooler for you tonight. Lets hope it gets cooler for you as tonight. Lets hope it gets cooler for you as well. Tonight. Lets hope it gets i cooler for you as well. Thank you very much for making the time for us. Ibiza, the Party Capital of the world, was forced to stop dancing and close down its entire Club Scene because of the pandemic. Now the Mediterranean Island is hoping a Test Event this weekend could prove the vital Clubbing Industry is capable of reopening without causing a spike in infections, just in time for the return of british tourists. Anna holligan was there, and sent this report. Music is the pulse of this island. Ibizas economy revolves around its nightclubs. And now i beef it has been relisted by The Uk this island is gearing up for the return of Mass Tourism in this experiment could represent its revival. The Guinea Pigs are all key workers like these nursing assistants. She told me that she really wants to dance. It has been so long since we have enable to party here. Her friend said it is true. After such a long time you really do want to go for it. Most other bars are serving again but beyond this event, dancing is still banned. There are signs that i beef there is emerging from the crisis. There are no restrictions on people travelling to these shores from The Uk but the balearic authorities want to tighten Entry Rules. Authorities want to tighten Entry Rules authorities want to tighten ent rules. ~ ~ , Entry Rules. We think it is the Riaht Entry rules. We think it is the right Moment Entry rules. We think it is the right moment to Entry Rules. We think it is the right moment to put Entry Rules. We think it is the right moment to put in Entry Rules. We think it is the right moment to put in place| right moment to put in place some controls to make sure that everyone who comes here is safe and can have a safe holiday. Balearic beats were born here and the Ibiza Experience can draw people in for life. The kids come draw people in for life. The kids come here draw people in for life. The kids come here at draw people in for life. 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There is something magical about the island. I magical about the island. I beef it is about the culture and the clubbing, you cannot stop it. There needs to be a place for it somewhere and if not here then it will be somewhere else. There is a lot riding on a sensitive experiment. Media access was tightly controlled. And soon the moves that were meant to be restricted to the Dance Floor were breaking out elsewhere. I better� s iconic venues should reopen within if the results from this event prove that clubbing can happen without ruining efforts to defeat the pandemic. Football now and at the european championship, wales have been knocked out losing 4 0 to denmark in the first of the Tournaments Round of 16 matches. The welsh conceded three goals in the second half and had a player sent off. Hywel griffith was watching the action in amsterdam. They should have been walking down the aisle. Instead, caitlin and jakes Big Day was spent in cheering for their team. The pandemic forced the couple who live in the lowlands to postpone their wedding. So no cake, just 20 of mac danish. Plenty of danish. We feel lucky to be one of the tiny minority of wales fans are here today. Denmark also had Loved Ones that couldnt be here. Christian eriksen still recovering, their inspiration. Wales, outnumbered again, started well, getting the ball to bale, but unable to make it count. Denmark changed tack and found their flow. Now wales were frustrated as the pressure builds. And as Kasper Dolberg Cut inside, he broke wales spirit. Denmark strike first from holland to back home. Wales needed to find a way to disrupt denmark . Dominance. Instead, they faltered, and dolberg doubled the lead. Its a terrible clearance. There was no choice. Wales threw everything at it, but simply couldnt turn the tide. And that is the end for wales. A fourth felt cruel. The final whistle perhaps a relief for everyone. Im disappointed for the players. Im really proud of them. We have got a great group and i have said to them we have got to learn from this and bounce back bigger and stronger from having gone through this experience. Having crisscrossed the continent, wales have reached the end of the road and are heading home proud, but outplayed by a danish team who, after the most difficult start to this tournament, are living a football fairy tale. Hywel griffith, bbc news. In the second game of the round of 16, italy have beaten austria 2 1 to qualify for the quarter finals. All three goals came in extra time. Italy will now play either Belgium Or Portugal on friday. A fire at the marina on the southern side of Hong Kong Island has clouded the area with sick like smoke. An explosion was heard on Video Footage shows the fire was raging in the early hours of sunday morning. 16 boats moored at the marina i thought to have caught fire and one person has been sent to hospital with injuries. Stories on our website. You can reach me on twitter. Hello there. The first half of the weekend brought us plenty of dry weather. For many places, the second half of the weekend promises more of the same. But in southern areas, theres quite a big change on the way, Blue Skies in swanage on saturday afternoon, Sunday Afternoon will bring grey skies and some outbreaks of rain in the south. Courtesy of a very slow moving Weather System. You can see this curl of cloud and an area of low pressure that has become marooned just to the northwest of france. It will be throwing this band of Rain Northwards across the Channel Islands into southern counties of england through sunday morning, the odd Shower Running ahead of that into East Anglia, the midlands, into parts of wales, more persistent rain to the South Midlands and south of wales later, but all the while Northern England and ireland, much of scotland will be dry with sunny spells although thicker cloud could bring the Odd Spot of rain in the far northwest of scotland. 15 degrees in stornoway, 22 the high in london. Some of this rain could turn pretty heavy with the Odd Rumble of thunder. It will move north overnight into parts of East Anglia. Maybe even clipping into parts of Northern England. Northern ireland and scotland stay dry with clear spells and temperatures staying in double digits for most of us. The slow moving Weather System will still be with us into monday. That means further outbreaks of rain at times across the south with high Pressure Building in further north and that is where we will see the driest of the weather. Wet start across parts of wales in the southwest of england. A few more showers developing for southeast england, the midlands and East Anglia through the day, maybe one or two into Northern England, Northern Ireland and scotland should be dry with spells of sunshine, i think we see the highest temperatures across western scotland, 23, maybe 2a degrees. Those showers in the south not great news for the start of wimbledon. There could be interruptions to the play on monday and indeed heading into tuesday because our slow moving Weather System will still be with us, further pulses of rain across the south of The Uk where further north our area of High Pressure will keep things drier, sunnier and warmer. We could see temperatures in glasgow on tuesday getting up to 25 degrees, but always the chance for outbreaks of rain further south. This is bbc news, the headlines the Uk Health secretary, Matt Hancock, has resigned, after he breached social distancing guidelines, by kissing a colleague in his office. Mr hancock informed the Prime Minister he was resigning in a letter, saying hed let people down. Former Chancellor Sajid Javid has been confirmed as the new Health Secretary. Rescuers searching for survivors after an Apartment Building collapsed in florida say their efforts are being hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. Its emerged thered been warnings three years ago about the buildings structural safety. Five people are known to have died, with almost 160 missing. Five people have died in a hot Air Balloon Accident in albuquerque, in southwestern united states. The accident caused Power Outages in the area after the balloon came into contact with a power line. Police said the wind had pushed the balloon into Power Lines where it then caught fire. Now on bbc news, click

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