of the d—day landings. we have lift—off! boeing's starliner launches on its third attempt, with two astronauts bound for the international space station. hello and welcome to the programme. �*the godfathers of climate chaos�* — that's the scathing description given to coal, oil and gas corporations by the un secretary—general antonio guterres. in a speech to a un climate conference, he said they had distorted the truth and deceived the public for decades. his remarks came as scientists warned the world's climate is warming at the fastest rate ever recorded. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt.

temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy of 50 degrees celsius in recent days, the highest ever recorded. meanwhile, parts of brazil are still recovering from extensive floods caused by a deluge made twice as likely by climate change, say scientists. it is evidence, said the head of the un today, that the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes, paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities. meanwhile, the godfathers of climate chaos, the fossil fuel industry, rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer—funded subsidies. let's take a look at average global monthly temperatures over the last 12 months. each of the lines here is a year and shows how high temperatures were compared to before the industrial

revolution, when the world started producing lots of greenhouse gases. this line shows the last 12 months. and, look, every single month has set a new monthly temperature records, and often by a significant margin. that's the area we've shaded under the line. the main reason — human—caused climate change. and don't expect these records to stand for long. a new report from the un's weather body says there is an almost nine in ten chance there'll be an even hotter year within the next five years. the extreme heat in india means water is being rationed in some places. but we should not lose hope, the un chief said today. we have the technology to replace the fossil fuels driving climate change but, he says, we must act quickly. justin rowlatt, bbc news. earlier i spoke to henna hundal — un delegate to the climate

change conference — for more on this. i think secretary general guterres really hit the mark in his speech. it was a very impassioned speech. it was very fiery, but it absolutely matched the moment. i mean, we're ata point in time where you just talked about india. there have been 25,000 reported heat related strokes just between march and may and at least 50 confirmed deaths, likely more, according to government officials. we're seeing here in the us where i'm coming at you from the national weather service, issuing a heat advisory. and we have the southwestern united states bracing for what will likely be a pretty devastating heat wave. so it's absolutely critical for the key players of the climate crisis, meaning big oil, which secretary gutierrez called out to finally be held accountable. and i'm really glad to see that strong language be included in a speech. and i'm hopeful that the upcoming un climate change conference this year will keep that same type of energy in calling out the big emitters for their role in propagating this crisis.

well,guterres did make some suggestions as well in drawing a comparison between advertising big oil with big tobacco. he called on all countries to ban fossil fuel adverts. do you think actions like that would help? i think that would help because i think we can look at a very important parallel to big oil, which is big tobacco and how big tobacco for many decades knew about the harms of their product and work to obfuscate public the public�*s understanding about how harmful cigarettes and cigars and tobacco really was. and we actually see big oil have engaged in similar behaviours. they've really gone on this public messaging campaign for decades trying to either conceal their understanding of how much their fossil fuel emissions actually contribute to climate change. we now have evidence that they knew about this well before climate change entered into public consciousness. and as a result, you still have people today questioning if climate change is real, and that's directly due to the marketing efforts of big oil. so absolutely, we need

to hold them accountable. and secretary guterres talked about, for example, banning fossil fuel advertisements, kind of taking a similar approach to what we saw with big tobacco when those advertisements were banned, banned in parts of the world, but really sort of casting them in the light that they deserve to be in, which is something that hasn't been done for a long time. we've often talked about individual accountability, but i think we actually need to look at the source of the problem, and i hope that brings a lot of comfort to people as well, knowing that we're actually kind of getting to the root of the issue here. and targeting big oil is key for that and hard and targeting big oil is key for that. and evidence is overwhelming. the data is telling us that it's getting hotter and hotter. we've got another hottest record, hottest month on record for may as well just last month. how reversible is this, though, and what sort of target temperatures should we be looking at achieving? it's only possible to stop this tide if we actually commit to the goal of limiting global average temperature increase to no more than 1.5 degrees

celsius above pre—industrial levels. and that's a goal that's been espoused for a very long time. but unfortunately, we keep reaching that mark. breaching that mark. and the concern is that if we breach it in kind of a long term way, then we're really going to be in a world of hurt and we'll continue to see people being impacted by these heat waves. so that's really kind of the key target. and i think what secretary general guterres is trying to do is highlight that and sort of do a clarion call as a last ditch effort to action. now to sudan — at least 150 people are feared dead in a massacre carried out by the rapid support forces paramilitary. local activists in gezira state say the soldiers surrounded the village of wad al—nou—rah before launching two attacks. the sudanese army — which is fighting the rsf across the country — has called for the international community to condemn what they called an atrocity. the circumstances of the massacre remain unclear. reports say the army had launched air strikes against rsf positions

near wad al—nourah. to the middle east, and at least 70 people are said to have been killed in the new israeli offensive in central gaza — according to the medical charity, msf. ground troops backed by air strikes are taking part in the operation — and residents reported intense bombardment. israel says it's hitting hamas targets and has taken "operational control" over eastern areas of the bureij refugee camp and the town of deir al—balah. it came as us, egyptian and qatari mediators meet in doha and cairo to discuss how to finalise a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. qatar said it had delivered the plan to hamas representatives and noted that it was also still waiting for a clear position from the israeli government. back in israel, five people have been arrested for attacking journalists in the run—up to the annual jerusalem day parade, where tens of thousands of israeli nationalists march through the old city. with more on that — hugo bachega reports.

thousands of people came here to the old city ofjerusalem for the jerusalem day celebration and the flag march. this is a controversial celebration here to mark the capture of eastjerusalem by israel in the 1967 war. there was some anti—arab slogans being chanted by the crowds here. police say some people were arrested after throwing bottles of water at journalists, but we didn't have any major incidents during the march. there was a very heavy police presence here with 3,000 officers deployed. obviously, this is a very controversial event. sometimes things turn violent here. the fact that this march goes through the muslim quarter of the old city is seen by many as a provocation. and this year, tensions were higher because of the war in gaza. this was the first celebration that happened after the hamas attacks of the 7th of october.

but again, there haven't been reports of major incidents during the march. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the un nuclear agency, the iaea, has passed a resolution calling on iran to increase cooperation and reverse its decision to bar some of the agency's inspectors. 0nly russia and china voted against the text, which was drafted by britain, france and germany. it says tehran should answer longstanding questions about uranium traces found at two sites there. the slovak prime minister has accused his opponents of being responsible for the assassination attempt against him. he gave no evidence, but said his assailant had been motivated by the liberal opposition�*s hatred. robert fico also linked the opposition to what he called suspicious deaths during its time in office. a russian—ukrainian dual national has been detained in france suspected of terrorism offences. he'd been preparing explosives in a hotel near the main paris airport when one

of them went off. the suspect is a russian—speaker from the ukrainian donbas region occupied by moscow. the case is being investigated as suspected terrorism. amanda knox, the american woman sentenced and then cleared for the murder of british student meredith kercher, has been found guilty of slander in a retrial by a court in italy. ms knox was being tried for falsely implicating a barman in the murder. her original conviction in the case was quashed, but the retrial confirmed the verdict. king charles, queen camilla and the prince of wales, have joined second world war veterans to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day. the sixth ofjune 191m was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war two.

throughout wednesday, commemorative events have taken place both in france and in the uk including a solemn vigil in bayeux. the princess royal paid tribute to d—day veterans as they gathered in normandy to rememberfallen colleagues — and their own efforts. and a minute's silence was observed in remembrance of the fallen. after five years of war, all that time training and waiting, who knows what those sailors, soldiers and airmen felt 80 years ago today, charged with storming the normandy coast line and beginning the campaign to free western europe from nazi tyranny. later on thursday, the us president, joe biden, will be in normandy alongside many world leaders — including ukraine's president zelensky. this 80th anniversary is focussing minds on the need for unity in the face

of new conflicts. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports. les america... the americans are back in town. and it's feeling like the 1940s. from all over europe, the young and a little less young, clad in world war two allied military uniforms, celebrating and commemorating soldiers who landed here on d—day to liberate nazi—occupied france. these men changed the course of history. 99—year—old donald cobb's modesty is humbling. i don't feel like a hero. i mean, wejust did what we were told. i'm happy that we were able to help. 80 years on, they are still huge heroes here. it is really a lot of emotion for me. brave french men and women played their part in d—day too.

katharine�*s father and brother were members of the resistance. this street, now named after them. translation: the allies i is needed details on german needed details on german military positions. my younger brother gathered intelligence for them. betrayed by a neighbour, katherine's brother and father were then sent to nazi concentration camps. she missed her father desperately. they survived, but she missed herfather desperately. the patrie? his country. his country is more important that his family. i think it's why. but you're proud of him? yes. was it? yes. amongst the celebrations and solemnity of the d—day commemorations, there are also

painful memories of nazi occupation here, some collaboration, and so many lives lost. and also a realisation that despite decades now of pledging never again, war has come back here to europe on a scale not seen since world war two, with russia's invasion of ukraine. ahead of tomorrow's formal d—day ceremonies... a moment of liberty for us... ..we found this international youth group rehearsing for the world leaders expected here. as a german, i wanted to send a message, a message of peace. not to repeat the mistakes of the past. and a plea from ukraine. freedom to all of us. a heartfelt d—day message for leaders everywhere. katya adler, bbc news, normandy. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

narendra modi has been

chosen as the head of the new coalition government in india. his bjp remains the biggest party in parliament but fell short of an absolute majority for the first time in ten years, leaving it dependent on support from smaller regional allies. earlier i spoke to rahul roy—chaudhury, who is a senior fellow for south and central asian defence, strategy and diplomacy, at the international institute for strategic studies. and narendra modi has been governing as part of a coalition for the last ten years. but the key difference this time is that his party, the bjp, does not have a majority in parliament that it did have in the previous two elections that he won. so the importance of the coalition for the bjp is far more than it was in the last ten years, which also means that if the bjp and the nda coalition were to form a government which we expect to take place in the next 48

hours, the bjp would have to, for the first time in ten years, would have to depend on the regional parties, which was not the case earlier. the uk election campaign has seen a bitter row breaking out — with the labour leader sir keir starmer accusing rishi sunak of �*lying' about labour's tax plans during last night's tv debate. here's our political editor chris mason. 0n last night's tv debate, rishi sunak said this... highertaxes, £2,000 worth of higher taxes under the labour party. ..and again... by saddling them with £2,000 worth of higher taxes. ..and over, and over again. independent treasury officials have costed labour's policies, and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for every working family. keir starmer did eventually say it was false. this £2,000 he keeps saying it's going to cost is absolute garbage. but that wasn't the end of it. here was one of the prime minister's closest allies on the breakfast sofa this

morning. i have worked in the treasury, and i can tell you these - are brilliant independent civil servants, and they _ would not be putting - anything dodgy in there. these are all the policies that have been set out . by the labour party. and actually, if anything, they are underestimating the cost to families. and look at what she said next. it has been signed off- by the permanent secretary of the treasury... yes, the most senior civil servant here at the treasury. except in a letter written to labour at the other day and published by the party today, that very same senior civil servant says politely that claim is rubbish. he writes that it "includes costs beyond those provided by the civil service and published online by hm treasury... a prime minister with his back against the wall, desperately trying to defend 14 years

of failure, resorting — and it was a flash of his character, an insight into his character — to lies. and i don't say that lightly. the political aftershocks of last night's debate, as the arguments get angrier. russia has faced repeated rounds of western sanctions — but its economy has continued to grow — thanks to help from china. it means the mood at russia's equivalent of davos — the st petersburg international economic forum — has been buoyant. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg went to look around. it is the world's most sanctioned country. but here's the thing — russia's economy is growing faster than the economies of britain, america or germany. at russia's showcase economic forum, even the robots are boasting about it. "i love the smell of economic success," he says. how's it doing it?

well, beijing is helping. trade with china is booming. russian shops are full of chinese electronics. 0n russian roads, more and more chinese cars. not that russia doesn't have its own. it's revived an old soviet brand — the moskvich. there's just one thing. this moskvich is russian in name only. the parts are chinese. basically, from tip to toe, this is a chinese car with a russian logo. another sign of how important china has become to the russian economy. and china, plus india, are now big buyers of russian oil. despite western sanctions, russia's oil revenues keep flowing, helping to fund increased military production, which is fueling the economic growth and bankrolling russia's war in ukraine.

the oil revenue has been critical in funding the war. russia got enough foreign exchange to support the domestic economy and, at the same time, to expand substantially the war economy. but for how long? russia may be bullish now about growth rates, but with western governments looking to remove loopholes and tighten sanctions, soon russia's economy may not be flying so high. steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. two nasa astronauts have set off to the international space station in a new spacecraft. starliner, built by boeing, blasted off from cape canaveral in florida on its first crewed test flight. the mission has been delayed for several years because of setbacks in the development of the spacecraft — as our science correspondent, pallab ghosh reports. five, four, three, two, one. ignition.

and liftoff of starliner and atlas5 carrying i two american heroes. boeing's starliner spacecraft makes it up into the sky and on its way to the international space station. looking good with i speeds and attitude increasing as expected. on board, two of nasa's most experienced astronauts on the spacecraft�*s first test flight with a crew. you got a good throttle up. a view from the rocket, and we see one of the solid rocket boosters fall away. the solid rocket boosters| have now beenjettisoned after seeing starliner through its first 90 l seconds of flight. and then the main engine separates... got a good throttle up. i've got one. ..the spacecraft now safely in orbit. of course, you're seeing lots of happy faces - and cheers here in florida. it was third time lucky

for the launch aborted twice in the past four weeks because of technical issues with the rocket, and this test flight has been delayed by almost a decade because of other technical problems in starliner�*s development. so in the post—launch debrief, the man in charge of the mission at boeing said today's success came as a relief. you know, a lot of people say, i need to smile more and i'm smiling, believe me. laughter. but it's a little bit of controlled emotion because there's a lot of phases of this mission, and wejust completed the first one. you know, pre—launch and launch is just the first part of this. we now have to get to iss, we have to dock, we have to do docking ops, we have to undock, we have to do reentry and we have to land. starliner is a brand new spacecraft that sits on top of the rocket, and this is its first test flight with a crew on board. it's been built to transport crew and cargo to and from the international space station. it'll take around a day to get there and the mission

will lastjust over a week. and when it gets back to earth, it'll be with a bump in what's going to be the first hard capsule landing for a us mission. along with space x, they'll now be two private sector firms taking astronauts to the space station. if boeing's test flight goes well. having competition with two providers, providing nasa with a way to and from the space station should bring down costs. and that's really important for nasa and other space agencies like the european space agency and indeed the uk space agency, because we're spending taxpayers money on these flights to get our astronauts to the space station and we want to get the best value for money. but regular missions to the space station will depend on there being no further serious technical issues. with so much at stake, it'll be a big week for boeing. pallab ghosh, bbc news.

for more on the stories we've been covering — just head to our website — bbc.com/news or you can use the bbc news app on your mobile or tablet. bbc.com/news — do check it out. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. nvidia has just nvidia hasjust gone nvidia has just gone from strength to strength, we'll tell you about it in just a moment's time. hello there. having just had one of the wettest and dullest springs on record, i'm sure if you've got 12 hours of sunshine, you'd take it. that's exactly what we had on wednesday through the isle of man. a chilly day, but a beautiful day in terms of sunshine. slightly different story further north and west, temperatures struggled in parts of scotland to get up into double figures and there was a rash of sharp showers as well. that's because scotland and northern ireland, you're closest to this area of low pressure and a brisk northwesterly wind continues

to feed showers in around that low. so we start off on a chilly note first thing on thursday morning. sunny spells and scattered showers through scotland and northern ireland, fairly widespread throughout the day. further south after a cloudy start, the cloud should break up, some sunshine come through. there's always a risk of one or two isolated showers across england and wales, but hopefully there'll be few and far between. and with a little more shelter in the south east, we could see temperatures peaking at 18 degrees. pressure on those exposed north west coast, only 14 degrees in northern ireland, cooler perhaps on the exposed north coast. and in scotland, we're looking at 10 to 14 degrees with those showers continuing on and off throughout the day. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, we see more of an organized line of rain developing, but that is where that cooler air is going to sit into the far northwest. temperatures just below par for the time of year further south. but there are indications of some warmer weather arriving over the next few days. but to start with, we're

looking at single figures first thing on friday morning in rural parts of scotland, low single figures not out of the question once again. and there will be some rain moving its way south and east out of scotland, down into the north of england and north wales. sunny spells and a few scattered showers ahead of it. still a rash of showers, particularly to the northwest of the great glen where here temperatures will sit around ten or 11 degrees. further south, we're going to see highs of 18 celsius once again. so the temperature is pretty much stuck in a rut. weak weather front bringing some cloud to begin with across the south for the weekend. that low pressure is gradually pulling away. so hopefully high pressure will tend to build, but we keep the risk of showers once again across scotland and northern ireland. somewhat drier and brighter, but not necessarily warmer further south.

nvidia becomes the second most valuable company in the world, as optimism around ai continues to soar. and how do alcohol brands navigate a smaller, younger population that doesn't care for drinking? we'll find out more from the boss of japan's biggest brewer. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai.

a shift is emerging in silicon valley, with nvidia's stock reaching record highs. the chipmaker dominates the ai market — and its valuation has just breached the 3 trillion dollar mark. it has now overtaken apple to become the world's second most valuable company. the bbc�*s erin delmore has the details from new york. wall street's on a record breaking run. the latest all time high closes for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. the latter powered by, you guessed it, nvidia. the chip makerjoined the $3 trillion club on wednesday, overtaking apple as the world's second most valuable company. microsoft is still the world's number one. nvidia is only the third company to ever exceed $3 trillion in market value. it's leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that's where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%.