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the next insurrection hearing as a top committee member tests positive for covid. ultimatum from the families in uvalde to school officials. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you very much for being here. i'm kate baldwin. the stream heat affecting people around the world. the united kingdom recorded its highest temperature mp surpassing 104 degrees and temperatures are reaching triple digits across europe. the heat fueling wildfires from france, spain, portportugal. some cities in texas in the united states will see temperatures above 100 degrees the next ten days. ...

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start on wall street where stock markets have suffered their worst first half of the year in more than five decades. as of the close on thursday, the s&p 500 index of top us firms has lost more than 20% between january and june, a sell—off on a scale not seen since 1970 when president nixon was in the white house. for the tech—dominated nasdaq, it's been even worse — a near 30% fall for the first half is the worst in its history. from new york, samira hussain has more. the sell—off of the stock market over the ...

for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldn't, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who'd told him to go. another, who'd accepted promotion from him just the night before, deserted his cause. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandate to govern and he would do just that. some feared he was considering a fresh appeal to the nation — by calling a general election...

this morning the wnba star brittney griner is in a moscow court for her first trial hearing, this after russian authorities accused her of smuggling drugs into the country. griner has already spent the last 130 days in a russian jail. officials have now extended her detention for six months pending the outcome of this trial. we should note the state department has said griner has been, quote, wrongfully detained. last night, cnn's abby phillip sat down with griner's wife for an exclusive interview. you'll hear part of that conversation in just a moment. back at home, though, new de...

and h totally get that. but in another blow to the prime minister, the conservative party chairman resigned straight after the by—election results — saying someone must take responsibilty. the labour leader sir keir starmer says the tories are "imploding". with the prime minister out of the country in rwanda, we'll be asking if this is a moment of political peril for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: ukrainain troops ordered to retreat from the key eastern city of severodonetsk. figures just out show another big rise in the number of covid infections in the uk — 1.7 million pe...