time for a look at the weather. thank you, the weather is relatively cool and showery but i want to touch on the temperature recorded in sardinia yesterday. it was 48.2 celsius, a near record, the second highest temperature ever recorded on the european continent during the summer. the extreme heat is not going to last much longer. if we look at tomorrow, a dip in the jet stream from the north west to the mediterranean means the extreme heat will be pushed further towards the east and look at the values. palermo yesterday was actually at 47 celsius and tomorrow it will be 29 and nowhere near as hot as sardinia so the temperature is easing in the central med. back to our neck of the woods, this afternoon, sunny spells and scattered showers. it is relatively cool. if you re wondering when summer is going to return it looks as if it will stay more or less the same into the first week of august. so temperature into the high teens, low 20s, perhaps more persistent showers for a ti
timeframe look at the sport. let s start with cricket where we re just over an hour away from the start of play on day four of the third and final test against new zealand at headingley and momentum looks to have swung back in england s favour. the hosts finished with a first innings lead thanks to another stunning performance from jonny bairstow who made 162. new zealand started their second innings brightly, opener tom latham reached half century before being caught for 76, and that was the start of their batting collapse as four more fell, henry nicholls the last to go, so new zealand will resume 168 forfive. we didn t have the best of sessions in the middle session, new zealand took that one, we just wanted to come out with positive vibes that we came up with whenjamie started batting, and we decided to go out with positive intent and look to change the game on its head, we got three wickets in that short space of time and hopefully put them under pressure overnight.
this video claiming to show the horizon this lunchtime as more russian rockets strike. explosion and once again civilians are in the firing line. a residential block in the centre of kyiv ripped apart and smouldering. screams inside rescuers reach a young girl pinned down by debris. they manage to bring her to safety and then take her to hospital. moments later a ukrainian official appears outside brandishing a russian passport, saying that one woman still trapped is from moscow. among those arriving at the site kyiv s former boxing champion mayor who makes clear that this is the latest of hundreds of missiles russia has fired at his city. around 6.30 kyiv had a rocket attack. i want to remind more than 300 buildings in our home town was destroyed. 220 apartment buildings. whether or not this was the intended target it s shattered the relative calm that had returned to the capital kyiv in recent weeks. it feels like this is vladimir putin sending his own message at a time whe
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swimming s world governing body votes to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. and judo for peace why the ancient martial art could bring harmony to the townships to south africa. hello, thanks very much for joining us. from left wing guerilla to colombia s first ever left wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m i9 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign and victory comes some 20 years after he was first elected to congress. with more here s the bbc s south america correspondent, katy watson, in the capital, bogota. the atmosphere here in gustavo petro s h0 is electric. people here almost didn t believe it. it was a nailbiter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways that s often used as a real cliche but it s really true he is the first leftist pr