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as the candidates to be the uk's next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it's facing its worst drought in a long time. we'll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let's go to france. there's a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south—western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it's spreading so fast because i...

the us state department has called for a demiliterized zone to be set up around the station in zaporizhia. tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and the writer and broadcaster chris morris. hello, welcome to the programme. it is three days since fbi agents executed a search warrant on the florida home of donald trump. there are reports today the feds removed 11 boxes of documents, on top of the 15 boxes they took away in december. there are also reports within the us media today that the raid on mar—a—lago was based largely on information from an fbi sourc...

iran's president warns he will not accept what he calls "chaos", as the crack down continues on nationwide protests since the death of a young woman in custody. britain's prime minister admits her government should have communicated better before the mini budget that sparked turmoil on the financial markets — and insists they'll be no u—turn on axeing the top rate of income tax. live from her studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it is newsday. votes are being counted in brazil after one of the most polarised presidential elections in decades. the right wing incumbent, jair bols...

the earliest galaxies. it's 7am in singapore and 8am injapan where a private funeral will be held in tokyo later, for the former prime minister shinzo abe — who died after being shot while at a political campaign event. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects. these are scenes from a vigil at the zo—joji temple. world leaders have also paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. shinzo abe was a fresh—faced...

appear to be borne out by photographs from the white house bathroom. tonight with the context, the international trade expert rebecca harding, and former adviser to president george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. president biden is defying expectations, and earning a reputation as a president who gets things done. despite the toxic nature of washington politics — or maybe because of it — senate democrats have been working through the summer to bring about an impressive list of achievements — and a lot of that has come with the support of republicans. firs...