it can stretch over several states and last for days or even weeks at a time. the air is so hot it is like being inside an oven. that s exactly how folks in texas, mississippi, and louisiana are feeling right now. heat alerts are going beyond those states to include some 60 million americans. tens of thousands of folks are now without power. just being outside for a short time brutal. i m sweating standing here. we used to walk everywhere. now we uber or drive because it s so hot and humid. lots of water, coolers packed all the way up. loaded with ice. everybody is watching each other as back. another thing about this. sandra: we ll be talking live to a rancher about the danger to his animals and his livelihood. first team fox coverage. stacy stiegel is on the ground in dallas, texas. first senior meteorologists janice dean. it is a dangerous situation in week three in texas of temperatures well over 100 degrees and we re setting records. so heat alerts are spread
by dangerous delays. crews are enduring long waits outside accident and emergency departments in england, because hospitals are struggling to deal with overcrowded wards. nhs england says it has recruited more staff and increased bed capacity, but acknowledged the system was under considerable strain. sharon barbour reports. it s been a long night for margaret. there were ambulances backed up outside. two hours in an ambulance. finally able to get off the ambulance and into a&e, margaret then faced a long wait. she told us she s been here for 14 hours. margaret s 73, and has had no sleep. what was it like last night when you came in to a&e? there were ambulances parked out there. there s ambulances parked out there today. there s no beds. you know, and there s people on trolleys in the corridors. waits in a&e here have been as long as 30 hours, with hospital bosses now warning of even worse to come, as they cope with a sharp rise this week and patients arriving. in the foot
Cuts to policing in some areas are putting the public at risk thats the warning from the Police Standards watchdog. It says there are now too few detectives, leaving a third of Police Forces in england and wales in a potentially perilous state, with victims being let down, criminal cases not investigated and suspects not followed up. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. From Bedfordshire Police, raiding the home of a suspected drug dealer this morning. On a day that inspectors graded the force as inadequate, the worst place in england and wales, a grading the Chief Constable blames on chronic underfunding. This grading is not correct grading for bedfordshire. If you are going to talk about inadequate, talk about inadequate resources and funding, which has been the case in this force for ten yea rs been the case in this force for ten years now. Among the many failings, the inspectors found that anti social behaviour, like this motorbike riding in a park in dunstable,
Suu kyi. Live from our studios in london. And singapore. Good morning and welcome to the programme. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and one in the morning in brussels, where a hand delivered letter from the british Prime Minister has made history. Theresa may has written to the president of the european council, formally announcing britains intention to leave the eu. A process that will end for decades of membership. Both sides now have two years of complex and difficult negotiations to work out. Exactly what life will be like after the divorce. Some moments make us. This is one. The minute in westminster, belfast, edinburgh and cardiff that the United Kingdom formally changed course. The article 50 process is now underway and in accordance with the wishes of the british people, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. This is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. Probably our last ambassador inside the European Union handing over the letter a
Terror attack in westminster, a vigil has been held for the victims. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be pretty tomorrow. We arejoined by henry manse, political correspondence with the Financial Times. He has taken to this on his first occasion like a duck to water. And alongside him, caroline wheeler, the political and outer of the sunday express. The telegraph reports jubilation as article 50 is triggered, but reports immediate tension between britain and brussels. The metro focuses on the primus tos warning that a failure to reach a deal within the two year time limit could weaken cooperation in the fight against crime. The Financial Times said theresa mays letter was seen in brussels as conciliatory and flexible. The mirror reports of the tension, with Angela Merkel rejecting an early start to talks on a new trade deal. Nigel farage beams from the front of the mail with a celebrant replied. From the front of the mail with a celebra nt replied. The from th