in a televised address, he said more than 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk with me, sarah montague. my guest today is a hugely successful afrobeat star. the nigerian 0mah lay is just 25, but he s broken into western markets, partly because of a collaboration with the canadian singerjustin bieber. he s here in london on a world tour now. afrobeats emerged from afrobeat, political music, a way to address social change that was pioneered by the legendary fela kuti. the latest incarnation of afrobeats is less politically charged. 0mah lay sings about love, heartbreak and longing. with western megastars like ed sheeran and madonna tapping into this musical style, what does it mean for the way that afrobeats will evolve? 0mah lay, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. fela kuti described his afrobeat music as, a fusion and combination of highlife, jazz, funk
if you wish to serve, who here would be happy to have borisjohnson in the cabinet? please, raise your hands. not a single hand raised. we ll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck. nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck tie the knot. hello and welcome. britain s first extreme heat warning has come into effect with parts of southern england expected to reach a0 celsius later today for the first time. the government says it s treating the unprecedented red alert as a national emergency. western europe is experiencing its second fierce heatwave in recent weeks, causing wildfires and mass evacuations in several countries. mark lobel reports. almost a week on, the wildfires in the south west of france continue to spread. more than 14,000 continue to spread. more than 1a,000 people have been evacuated as two forest fires and golf over 11,000 hectares of land. the development are no
was absent from today s cobra meeting discussing the heatwave. so let s begin. the heatwave, it is on the front of the sunday times, warning of chaos looming as we approach the big a0. and a warning from network rail not to travel on monday and tuesday. don t forget, this is the southern half of the uk, so i m sure anybody watching this programme further north is probably sitting thinking is lovely and hoping the sun will come out tomorrow. it is a crisis, we have never had an emergency to declare the because of the sea in the country, yes, we have had hot summers in the past, notably 1976, but this is serious, this is a0 degrees, we are not used to it, our infrastructure, our homes, ourjobs, our methods of getting around are not geared to it. we have to take it seriously. it is notjust for human beings and the fact our bodies can t cope with this, particularly if you doing any physical exertion, it is all the other things, like we haven t got schools and hospitals and houses