head through the weekend, those temperatures begin to climb. even across the northern half, scotland and northern ireland into the middle 20s and northern england, middle 30s, 20s and northern england, middle 305, 35 20s and northern england, middle 30s, 35 possible in leeds. further south, the forecast for heathrow, 37 on the graphics. there is a chance we could get too close to or even break the all time uk temperature record. so exceptionally high temperatures on the way. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 13th july, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, its goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. the open gets set for record attendances as the final practice rounds at st andrews take place, with the action under way tomorrow morning. french authorities in the blame for the champions league final chaos. that s from a high level hearing today. northern ireland are still smiling, we will g
and the first extraordinary images from nasa s new telescope distant galaxies and light from 13 billion years ago that have left scientists speechless. a miserable day for england, they are thrashed by india in the first of their one day matches at the oval. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sir mo farah has told the bbc that is hugely relieved that the government says no action will be taken after he revealed he was trafficked illegaly into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. the four time olympic champion says he was born hussein abdi kahin, but was given the name mohamed farah by those who flew him from east africa to london with fake documents when he was 9 years old. until now he had always told people that he came with his parents to the uk from somalia as a refugee. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell has the story. he isa he is a household name and winning double gold at london 2012 was one of the defining mom
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welcome to newsday. it s seven am in singapore and fourthirty am in sri lanka the bbc has confirmed that sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear but it s understood he had his but it s understood he had brotherformerfinance minister his brotherformerfinance minister has also left the country. president gotabaya country. president gota baya rajapaksa country. president gotabaya rajapaksa had promised to resign but remaining in position he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country leaving it short of funds to buy medicines or fuel. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there