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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn't lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn't get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here's o...

Dan roan, bbc news, st andrews. the met office has extended its extreme heat weather warning for england and wales until tuesday — with temperatures expected to reach the upper 305. that heat is coming from europe which is having to deal with much higher temperatures. extreme heat has fuelled wildfires, including in france. hundreds of people have been evacuated, with more than 1,000 hectares burnt in the area south of bordeaux. it's the second heatwave in as many months in france. seville in spain's andalusia region hit 45 degrees celsius today, as parts of the country were on red alert for...

Biggest effort yet against the opioid epidemic gripping this nation. prosecutors saying today that in recent months, they've charged 60 medical professionals, including 31 doctors, accused of providing more than 350,000 illegal prescriptions in exchange for cash or for sex. most of the arrests in appalachia, a region hit especially hard by the epidemic. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. that close call on the runway at new york's jfk. the wing clipped while taking off, and now, it turns out, it was far worse than what we thought. what we've now learned to...

>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we are following the breaking news in the life and death battle against catastrophic flooding that is swallowing more communities tonight and urgent navy rescue operation is underway right now in beaumont, texas. it's one of the cities near the texas/louisiana border that is in crisis right now. region hit with more than 2 feet of rain in 24 hours, unleashed during a second land fall by the devastating storm named harvey. the mayor of nearby port arthur says his entire city is under water, including a nursing home. dozens of people were trapped there...

Levee has threatened south of town. julie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. it is a developing and dangerous situation here in poplar bluff. the water as you're looking at here are due to flash flooding. we had heavy rains come through. many streets such as this are closed off. you can see in the background, cars actually stranded in water. but to my right, about a block, is the black river. and that is the site of that levee that is extremely compromised at this hour. in fact, i was just speaking with the local police chief here, and he tells me that that levee is breached i...