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BBC News says THE UK is set to see its hottest day on record, with temperatures on Tuesday expected to reach up to 42C (107.6F).

Tory leadership latest: 3rd ballot results – Tugendhat OUT

Today’s top EU and European stories dominating the news.

Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.

Thousands of anti-racism protesters and political parties pushed back a march by a small group of extreme right-wing German neo-Nazis in the western city of Mainz. 

Today will see MPs head to the ballots to cast their votes in the third round of the Tory leadership race to find a successor to Boris Johnson, as the remaining five will become four this evening. 

Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.

Labour has told the outgoing PM to “turn up for work” as he is set to miss a third COBRA meeting over the UK heatwave. 

MPs will be holding a vote of confidence in the Government today as the opposition continues to call for Boris Johnson to step down immediately and hand the role over to a caretaker prime minister.

The Guardian says Exceptionally high temperatures expected across the UK on Monday and Tuesday are “entirely consistent” with climate change, the chief meteorologist at the Met Office has said.