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what were you doing or not doing on the 20th of may 2020 during the first lockdown? and do you want the prime minister to make it clear immediately whether or not he was at a drinks party in downing street on that date? get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. people without covid symptoms in england no longer need a pcr test to confirm a positive lateral flow. and a man in the united states becomes the first person in the world to have a heart transplant from a pig. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is yet again under pressure after it emerged that as many as 100 people were invited to a bring your own booze drinks event in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. witnesses have told the bbc the pm and his wife were among about 30 people who attended the gathering on 20th may 2020. borisjohnson has declined to say whether he was among those who attended. the restrictions at the time of the party allowed you t ....
the government in kyiv is hoping to try again in the coming hours to evacuate thousands of civilians from the decimated city of mariupol. two senior ukrainian negotiators say they are ready to go there in person to make sure that it happens. dozens of buses lined up wednesday to evacuate women, children, and the elderly. but ukraine s deputy prime minister says this operation did not work as planned because russia could not ensure a proper cease-fire. as many as 1,000 civilians and an unknown number of soldiers are holed up in a steel factory with basic supplies running low. a ukrainian marine commander reports the city is under constant russian bombardment. president volodymyr zelenskyy says 120,000 civilians are still trapped in mariupol, and the remaining troops do not have the heavy weapons needed to defend the city. the russian push to capture mariupol is part of a larger offensive in the donbas and eastern ukraine. to the north, the military governor of luhansk re ....
of at least 20 of their colleagues. a bbc investigation has uncovered evidence that the sas executed detainees and murdered un armed people in afghanistan. most people know me as mo farah, but is not my real name, it s not the reality. the olympic star mo farah has revealed he was trafficked into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. heathrow airport limits the number of passengers who can depart each day to reduce travel disruption. images from nasa s new telescope show light from galaxies that are billions of years old with further releases expected this hour. a long awaited report into widespread grooming of children in telford finds generations have been exposed to appalling suffering caused by cruelty of those who committed child sexual exploitation. victims and survivors told an independent inquiry how adult men worked to gain their trust before ruthlessly betraying it, treating them as sexual objects or commodities. let s start with the ba ....
and the heat is on the met office says today could be the hottest day of the year so far. some parts of the uk will be hotter than athens and ibiza today. what s it like where you are and how are you coping? get in touch @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions also coming up birth control for grey squirrels, as scientists hope to control an expanding population and save our native reds. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is the latest senior cabinet member to enter the conservative leadership race. ii contenders are now in the running. conservative backbenchers will meet later this afternoon to finalise the contest s rules, which will aim to thin the field quickly. my colleague ben brown is live in westminster for us this morning, and we canjoin him now. 11 ii contenders and it could be even more than that. perhaps to whittle down that number, we are going to have a meeting of the 1922 committee of conser ....
as the sun comes up will be in the mid to high teens. and then aside from some cloud and patchy rain to the far north of scotland, we have got a day essentially of the sun beating down, adding to the heat, and a southerly airflow pulling up more warm air from the near continent. and then we reach that potential of up to a0 degrees somewhere in central and eastern england, 38 as far north as yorkshire however and across towards the welsh borders. tuesday could be hotter still across some eastern areas. it looks a little fresher towards the west but it will be increasingly humid as well. hello this is bbc news the headlines: an amber warning for extreme heat has begun in england and parts of wales. people are being urged to take necessary precautions. thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires across europe many people have died from the intense heat. police repeat warnings about cooling off in open water after the body of a 16 year old boy is recovered fr ....