Extreme Heatwave and International News Updates

BBC News at ten o'clock this is Claire Ronacres . Serki Starmer has in the past half hour resigned as leader of the Labour Party, saying his successor will have his full and unequivocal support. He's been under pressure to quit since Andy Bonam won the Makerfield By election last week. Speaking outside Downing Street, Sir Kir said nominations for the Labour leadership would open on the ninth of July, and he would remain as prime minister until a new leader was decided. He said he had accepted his party's position with good grace. Every decision I've taken has been about putting the country I love first . That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party . I have spoken to his Majesty the King this morning to inform him of my decision . Andy Burnham will be sworn in as an MP in Westminster this afternoon, our Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffins in Downing Street have listened to the Prime Minister's statement. We have a two track process that Kirstarma laid out . If the Labour Party is to have a coron ation , that is only one leadership candidate, presumably Andy Vernam, then it sounds like Sakhir Starmer will leave Downing Street in July . If however there is a full contest, then the candidates would put themselves before Labour Party members over the course of the summer and then the Prime Minister would change in mid September in advance of the Labour Party's annual conference . In other news, the UK's record for the hottest June temperature looks likely to be broken this week, with highs of thirty eight Celsius in parts of Southern England. A met office amber warning for extreme heat is in place until midnight on Thursday , covering much of the south and east the Midlands and parts of Wales. Peppe Diazio, who is the general secretary of the Union for the Association of School and College Leaders, believes school timetables should be adapted to deal with higher temperatures. Many schools are set up for children to be outside at lunchtime in the hottest part of the day . They come in and leave at certain times and what I'd be calling for is greater flexibility so that the government actually encourage this idea that there should be agility in the school day at this time of year. If you were abroad on the med, they finish earlier. They come in when it's cooler in the morning . Mediators say the U. S. and Iran have agreed a way to stop the fighting in Lebanon and have made plans to reach a final deal to end their war within sixty days. Pakistan and Qatar spoke positively about the high level talks in Switzerland, which will continue throughout the week. New checks on safe sleep practices will be introduced in nurseries in England from this autumn as well as an increased number of unannounced offstead inspections. The Department of Education set out the change following a number of safeguarding incidents. Tennis and Serena Williams has accepted a wild card to play in the women's singles at Wimbledon, the forty four year old who has won the tournament's singles title seven times came out of retirement earlier this month. BBC News It's three minutes past ten