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And then it did and we were, like, everyone was just in shock. And then it did and we were, like, everyone wasjust in shock. 40,000 troops begin a major operation to fight fires in the amazon. Its the hottest august Bank Holiday Weekend on record, with the top temperature reaching 33. 3 degrees in west london. And coming up in half an hour, sportsday will have more on englands thrilling comeback at headingley. Good evening. Borisjohnson has told the bbc that whether the uk leaves the eu with a d...

Murdering a businessman at his home in south london after meeting him on a dating app. And more than 50 hours of surgery. The great skill of great ormond street hospital surgeons as they try to separate these conjoined twins. Good evening. The Prime Minister is hosting a reception tonight for englands world cup cricket champions, after the most extraordinary when they enjoyed against new zealand last night. After more than eight my hours of play the result could hardly have been tighter. The two...

responsible for huge online communities traded nonconsensual sexual images of more than 100 women. hundreds of supporters of gathered outside his home in pakistan threatening to take over the capital if police tried to arrest him. former pakistani prime minister is accused of making threats against state officials. he is accused the authorities of detaining and torturing a close colleague. tensions are increasing with —— imran khan supporters. more events have been taking place tod...

see some meteors. any techniques, any suggestions? get a big, wide field of the sky in your eyes. dont focus on any particular point. just look up. youll catch them out of the corner of your eye as well. the other thing, of course, is that if youre in company, you basically both have to be looking in the same direction because theyre so fleeting, typically half a second. half a second? yeah, you have no time to point them out. there are ones that last longer. if youve a break in the cl...

The afternoon, large areas of cloud will continue to drift through. It will continue to drift through. It will be breezy in the finals, generally light winds and temperatures not bad for the time of year, seven or eight, up to ii degrees. This evening and overnight, a pretty cloudy story with large areas of cloud, some spots of patchy rain in the west and some more persistent rain developing across the Northern Isles later. If skies clear where you are, there could be the default patch and tempe...

Damian green made public. The head of the metropolitan police says two former officers should not have made the claims. 10pfora tin. How co op is becoming the first major retailer to sell food beyond it best before date to try to reduce food waste. And im in adelaide as englands cricketers face an uphill battle against australia in the second ashes test. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Hisjob is safe, whatever happens in russia the fa say Gareth Southgate will lead england for the next f...

Getting re elected or not getting re elected. We have nothing to lose. The only thing we have to gain at this point is our safety. Billy graham, one of the most prominent christian preachers of the past century, has died at the age of 99. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Two victims of the black cab rapist john worboys have won a Landmark Legal case against the metropolitan police after officers failed to take action when they reported him. The women were sexually assaulted by worboys in 20...

Southport. In western areas, continuing the process through the afternoon, a little more clout streaming in. The further east you are, particularly eastern scotland and south eastern parts of england, that is where we will see the best of the sunshine spells, temperatures 12 to 16 degrees. Cloud. It will turn wet through the Late Afternoon here, and then cloud and outbreaks of rain syncing south and east during the night, a lot of the rain will be light and patchy, some heavy bursts over hills i...

And gusts of up to 80mph. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man, kidnapped and held for nearly five years in afghanistan along with his pregnant wife, says she was raped and their baby daughter murdered. Joshua boyle and Caitlin Coleman were freed earlier this week, along with three children, all born in captivity. As john mcmanus reports, mr boyle revealed the details after returning home to canada. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. Can...

A lucky escape for passengers on this China Eastern Airlines plane it makes an Emergency Landing with a large hole in one of its engines. And the new french president His Fledgling Party looks set for a landslide in the parliamentary elections. And coming up in the sport on bbc news as englands under 20s celebrate their world cup win, their manager says its too soon to predict theyll be the next golden generation. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The queens speech next monday i...