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good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was iii. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a predator . the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi chi izundu contains distressing accounts of alleged sexual assault. the archers was a club in vauxhall and tim westwood would be there holding his club night, so it was really popular. it was a big deal. between eight and ten with tim westwood. we re calling this woman esther, she says she was in when she met tim westwood and he was in his early 30s. then he got into ages and he was like, how old are you then? i said, i m iii. and he didn t look shocked oranything, it was, oh, 0k. i said, can i ....
tomorrow but we still have the stubborn heat in the south east of england. moving into thursday, more of a north westerly breeze that will bring more showers perhaps do northern ireland, scotland and one or two for northern england but further south still dry and still more sunshine but it is continuing to cool down a little bit. even in the south east, temperatures are more comfortable, 27 degrees. so it is cooling down for a while and then it heats up. not so much for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. sunday or monday, nearerthe far north of england. sunday or monday, nearer the mid 20s but it s across this area of england and wales where we have this extreme heat warning from the met office that temperatures will soar, not just on sunday but into monday as well and you can see in the strong sunshine how the temperatures rise significantly. it will be hotter than it s been in the last couple of days and we have 36 in london and the temperatures ....
texas power grid operator to warn people to cut back on the ac or face possible blackouts. extreme heat also roasting southern europe with wildfires raging in france and spain and a worsening drought in italy and portugal. and in the uk, monday was the third hottest day on record and today promises to be even hotter. even china is experiencing a massive heatwave with dozens of cities announcing heat alerts. we have live reports from north america, asia and europe and our coverage begins with melissa bell in france. reporter: southern europe in flames. vast swathes of the mediterranean engulfed by wildfires driven by the sweltering temperatures of europe s second heatwave this summer. from portugal through spain, italy and france, where one of two massive fires near the city ten to rage and spread. down here on the ground, you get a real sense of what the firefighters are facing. these parched conditions, the earth already dry for so many months of high temperatures an ....
about our children or us. stand for against us. because we re not going nowhere. dozens of devastated and furious members of the uvalde community lashed out at the school board, demanding new leadership and the firing of the school district s police chief. the contentious meeting came after the release of a damning report and dramatic police body cam video. meanwhile on capitol hill, two trump white house officials will testify in thursday s prime time hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump, during the insurrection. and over in the senate, joe manchin is trying to save face. he s now claiming that he has not written off any key parts of president biden s domestic jaebd. we ll have the latest on where the negotiations stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, july 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we start with the latest on the january ....
every other american citizen in this situation. that was the chairman of the january 6th select committee, bennie thompson, weighing in on the report that former president trump plans to run for president again to help him avoid criminal charges. good morning and welcome to morning joe. we ve got a lot to get to on this tuesday, july 19th. in a moment, we re going to talk about the two trump white house officials who will testify in thursday s primetime hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump during the attack on the capitol. plus, a defendant without a defense? opening arguments in steve bannon s contempt trial get under way in a few hours, despite the judge dismissing almost all of bannon s legal options. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham is fighting a subpoena in georgia, but the court documents only refer to him as mr. graham. we ll explain why that s significant. dozens o ....