A high of more than 36C (96F) has been recorded near Gatwick Airport, with temperatures expected to rise further.

The Met Office said parts of England could record 38C and 35C in Wales on Thursday.

The last time temperatures rose above 36C in August was 2020.

This latest spell of extreme heat comes after the Met Office warned this summer is on course to be the UK’s hottest since records began.

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Luigi Mangione has admitted killing UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, pleading guilty to two federal charges related to the fatal shooting in 2024.

Mangione, 28, now faces up to a lifetime in prison when he is sentenced in December.

He also faces a raft of separate charges, including second degree murder, in a state trial beginning next month.

His admission today may throw a wrench in the state trial, as Mangione’s lawyers argue he cannot be prosecuted twice for the same crime.

Mangione pleaded guilty to two federal charges of stalking resulting in death on Friday.

“I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione told a Manhattan courtroom, changing his initial plea of not guilty.

Federal prosecutors said the 28-year-old travelled across state lines and used surveillance to kill the healthcare boss.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.

Mangione has not made a plea deal with the prosecution, as some media previously reported was a possibility.

Prosecutors have recommended Mangione serve between 24 and 30 years in prison. But that is not binding and Judge Margaret Garnett said in court that she ultimately decides his sentence.

The maximum sentence is life in prison and there is no parole in the federal system.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nada Tawfik in New York.

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The Israeli military has said it will deploy additional troops to the occupied West Bank after failing to force away Israeli settlers who have trapped two Palestinian families in their homes since Sunday.

The Abu Ridi and Hassan families – who live on the outskirts of the village of Qusra, south of Nablus – made appeals for help after their water and power supplies were cut off and their food stocks ran low.

The case is the latest to draw attention to the relative impunity of settlers and how Israeli forces are struggling to deal with rising settler violence.

Videos shared from Qusra overnight show a dozen Israeli security vehicles – including a bulldozer.

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In this episode we look at the five days that followed the 2010 General Election.

David Cameron’s Conservative party had won the most seats but not an overall majority. Through deals and bargaining, he would have to form a coalition government. But how did it happen?

The BBC’s Gary O’Donaghue and Carole Walker, who was at the BBC at the time but is now at Times Radio, take us through what they saw first hand.

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