nicolas cruz pleaded guilty to gunning down 17 people, at his former high school. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in western france which is facing what experts are calling a heat apocalypse , as extreme temperatures continue to hit much of europe. they say temperatures could reach record levels in 15 regions of the southwest, with firefighters battling wildfires and thousands forced to evacuate. wildfires in spain, portugal and greece have forced thousands more to flee. our europe correspondent jessica parker has the latest. into the forest and the front line of an exhausting battle, and one that, today, we were given special access to. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thickens the further in we go the flames sudd
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tuesday. and borisjohnson has defended himself ahead of a no confidence vote that he called himself. five candidates will become four. europe is in the grip of wildfires. and a heat wave. they are burning in italy, france, spain, croatia and greece and also in morocco. and north africa. in france the authorities are warning of a heat apocalypse, we know many towns and cities have recorded their highest ever temperatures. 42 degrees in the city of nantes. beating the previous high set more than 70 years ago. that previous record dates back to 1949. this is the scene overnight. on the french atlantic coast. you can see the scale of the fires that are burning through some of the forest. this is drone footage from earlier. again showing us the scale of what is happening. and this is a satellite image that shows the region. you can see smoke is clearly visible from space. we know thousands of firefighters are now battling these fires and more than 14,000 hectares of forest has alr