a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fuelling the flames. more than 300 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. more than 12,000 people have been evacuated so far in france s gironde region as fires continue to burn out of control. in southern spain, near the costa del sol, about 2,300 people had to flee a wildfire spreading in the mijas hills. and it comes as a national emergency has been declared in the uk after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time as temperatures could hit a0 degrees celsius. mark lobel has our first report. it s still sweltering in south western europe where wildfires have come sooner, more intense, frequent