Extreme Heat Warning and International News

Serkis Starmer has resigned as Labour leader, saying he'll step down as Prime Minister by September at the latest. He's been under pressure to quit since the former mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham won the Makerfield By Election. Speaking outside number ten this morning, Sir Kier said he'd inherited a labour party which was politically, financially and morally bankrupt, and had turned it around to win a landslide general election victory in twenty twenty four , he became emotional at the end of his speech when he spoke about his family . When I leave the biggest job in the country , I shall spend more time on the most important job being the best husband I can , to my fantastic wife, Vic , who has been a rock by my side through good times and bad , and being the best dad I can , to my beautiful children , who are my pride and my joy . Andy Burnham will be sworn in as MP today and has confirmed he'll put himself forward to be Prime Minister, where Streeting who had said he would stand in a leadership contest has just said he'll support Mr Burnham. Our political correspondent Nick Erdley has been looking at Mr Streeting's statement. This is the crux of what West Streeting is saying. We could spend the summer exaggerating small differences or we can roll up our sleeves and help him to deliver the change our party and our country needs. That is the choice I am making and I hope that everyone else will back Andy too . Serki Starmer will stay on Prime Minister until his replacement is decided, which could be as early as the ninth of July if Andy Burnham's unchallenged. If another competitor receives enough support from Labour MPs, a leadership contest will be held over the summer. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davy says voters are sick of an endless merry go round of prime ministers while nothing changes for them. Reform UK has called for an immediate general election. Scotland's first minister John Swinney says Sir Kistama has made the right decision. The Met Office has issued a red extreme heat warning for central, southern and southeast England and parts of Wales starting on Wednesday morning. Elizabeth Ritzini from BBC Weather explains what the what the warning means there is a danger to life. This is not just for vulnerable people, of course, this is for the wider population as well. We're talking about some extremely high temperatures. The warning valid from nine o'clock on Wednesday through until nine o'c lock in the evening on Thursday . So it's in particularly high temperatures thirty eight, thirty nine degrees Celsius. Amber warnings are also enforced across a wider area from now until Thursday Ukrainian authorities say Russian drones have set fire to a Turkish cargo ship which was sailing to Ukraine, killing a crew member. The vessel is believed to have suffered serious damage. And EasyJet says an American takeover offer of almost five billion pounds was an attempt to buy it on the cheap. The budget airline says the proposal was not in the best interests of its shareholders.