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the government has held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has already been declared after the met office issued a red extreme heat warning for the very first time, meaning there's a risk to life. an amber warning has been announced for tomorrow, affecting parts of england and wales, and that extends to scotland on monday. then the red warning will come into effect across a large part of england. our correspondentjon donnison has the very latest. it is without doubt weather fo...

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. iam i am samantha simmonds. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying — with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france's south—western gironde region — from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames ripping through forests in south—western fra...

Blanket school closure on monday and tuesday, the view of the government is that it is better to have children inside schools, particular kits of key workers, for example, whose parents need to be at work, or vulnerable children, didn't want them at home during this. don't want children out potentially playing in reverse and getting into trouble by doxes although the government have discretion if they choose to close, they are preparing for significant disruption. on a side note, labour has criticised the prime minister for not taking part in today's cobra meeting, calling borisjohnson in acti...