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The broadcast opened with the report that the crew of a helicopter fighting a major wildfire near Athens were killed after colliding with another aircraft; the Danish pilot and Greek coordinator died, while the British pilot of the other helicopter survived with minor damage and landed safely. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, during a visit to the Kent coast, pledged to be relentless in tackling small boat crossings from France, noting that 14,200 people have crossed so far this year, down 44% on the same period last year, but that over 2,000 have crossed in the two weeks since he became prime minister. He argued the government is taking a new approach with more resources for law enforcement.

Other stories included the arrest of a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s after a man in his 30s was shot dead at a traveller site in Wiltshire; the recovery of renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja's body from Broad Peak in Pakistan after an avalanche; an amber heat health alert issued for parts of England with temperatures forecast to reach 35 degrees Celsius in the southeast; President Trump claiming he called off a planned attack against Iran and that the perimeters of a deal have been agreed, a claim dismissed by Tehran as a new lie; a 26-year-old man from Afghanistan arrested in Greece over the death of Scottish woman Elizabeth Jane Ross, whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens, with the suspect reportedly confessing to involvement; the death of actor Vincent Pastore, known for playing Salvatore in The Sopranos; and the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, featuring a Scottish flavour, a handover to the next host city Ahmedabad, and Welsh cyclist Emma Finucane becoming the first sprint cyclist to win four gold medals at the same Games.