banned from sale in england and wales by next year. and the tunisian tennis star hoping to make it a double in the history books by winning a grand slam title in today s wimbledon final. hello i m lukwesa burak. welcome to bbc news. huge swathes of the northern hemisphere spanning europe, north america and asia are baking in unprecedented heatwaves. in europe, several areas of italy have issued red alert warnings and in greece authorities have warned about a greater risk of fires. our correspondent, louisa pilbeam, has the latest. as temperatures rise across europe, so do concerns for people s health. in athens, greece s most popular attraction, the acropolis, is being closed during the hottest hours of the day to protect visitors. yeah, the sun is very strong right now. it s a bit dangerous, it feels like. but for many tourists, once in a lifetime sites are worth the risk. don t know if i ll ever be back. so we have to take advantage of the day. greek medics have dealt w
the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have warned
auschwitz. sudan s rival generals have agreed on a 24 hour ceasefire after four days of intense fighting in the capital khartoum and other towns. that cease fire expected to start right now, local time. we are keeping our eyes on the ground they are to see if it actually kicks in, but certainly in the run up to this announcement, eventually to downs army confirming that cease fire. originally we heard it from the rebel forces, but the time was right now six o clock local time. so we will keep an eye on that. that is so crucial. we have heard earlierfrom the head of the army. the head of the rival rapid support forces, general mohamed hamdan dagalo, said, he had approved the ceasefire, to ensure the evacuation of wounded civilians. these are the latest pictures pictures from the capital, khartoum. that s what they are getting a break from after four days. those are pictures from a little earlier. those are pictures from a little earlier. at least 180 people have been killed so
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most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has a french and american military base. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group the rsf for more than a week and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudanese civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence has worsened and it is already at a desperate humanitarian crisis, here is onejournalist we spoke to. lack of food, lack of electricity, lack of water, we don t have electricity for three days now and also we do not have access to water since saturday but we are drinking from wells in khartoum. live now to kalki