parliament in sri lanka has voted for prime minister ranil wickremesinghe to become the country s new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse, and restoring order. now it is time for empire and me. i m de graft mensah podcaster, presenter and proud british ghanaian. i m going to be leaving behind my dayjob and heading to west africa for the first time since i was nine. the murder of george floyd and the anti racism protests that followed led people to start to question britain s history, as well as its actions abroad when it had an empire. and it led me to want to find out more. i know that ghana used to be part of the british empire, so i want to discover what that meant for the country. i want to learn why britain made ghana part of its empire, how it affected the ghanaian people, and what impact it had on my own family. i ve made the 3,000 mile journey to accra, the capital of ghana, somew
as a domestic servant. cooling down and staying safe amid extreme heat warnings with record breaking temperatures possible this weekend. gazing into the earliest galaxies. the james webb telescope the largest and most powerful ever launched into space sends its first image. and england s women storm to victory over norway with the biggest win by any team in euros history. hello and welcome to westminster. we have been spending lots of time here, another busy day ahead. labour says it will put forward a motion for a no confidence vote in the government today, with the vote expected to take place on wednesday. it comes as the race really gets under way for conservative mps hoping to become the next party leader and prime minister. let s have a look at that timetable for the leadership contest, which was decided last night by backbench mps. the aim, they say, is to balance the need for a quick result with having enough time for debate. 11 candidates have come forward so fa
in london and the mid 20s across parts of yorkshire. the big picture across our neck of the woods and how the weather systems will pass over the weather systems will pass over the next week or so. notice how this rain and wind at superhighway shoots off towards the north east, completely missing most of the uk. that s because we have an area of high pressure here that is basically steering the weather fronts away from us and that s why we have that sunny and very dry weather. not only that, as we head into next week and the end of next week, we will draw in a hot air from the end of next week, we will draw in a hot airfrom the near the end of next week, we will draw in a hot air from the near continent and it looks like it ll come from the east and south east and we will see hot weather across parts of wales and the south west of england. looking at some of the major towns and cities. cardiff, hot weather, 30. london probably mid 30s possible. warming up in edinburgh and belf