hello. you're very welcome. the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere has also proven to be one of the hottest cities across four continents are sweltering in record—breaking temperatures this week. part of the midwest and north—eastern united states are seeing temperature records set and tourist in europe are struggling to stay out of the sun's gaze and greece, several visitors died from heat exhaustion. on wednesday was the warmest night in a least 55 years, officials there have recorded 38 consecutive days of temperatures above a0 celsius. that's104 fahrenheit. the highest been 52 point three celsius on the 29th of may. hospitals in india's capital are struggling to treat patients with heatstroke. 110 people have died due

to the extreme heat. our correspondent is in delhi with details. there were certainly a0 degrees a few hours ago and according to the temperature of the air, it seems that it is gone down to 37 celsius but it feels warmer and that's because ofjust how hard the road and the concrete is and it's just emanates that heat. and gives an indication of how hard it is for the temperature to cool down even in the evenings here, in the evenings, in the last two evenings, it has been record—breaking damages in terms of how want it was an evening so there's no respite from it. in the middle east, the number of people dying due to extreme heat throughout the hajj pilgrimage is raising. up to 1,000 people have died. most of whom were egyptian pilgrims. the saudi government says many pilgrims are not officially registered for the pilgrimage which is difficult to reach an accurate number on deaths and illnesses due to heat.

0ur bbc correspondent visited and village. with several pilgrims had set out from. i am here in the province northern cairo where more than 20 pilgrims are relieved to have lost our lives. we have been talking to the family of a 70—year—old lady who died in saudi arabia, they told me that they put all the lifetime savings to make this journey but she didn't know that it would have such a tragic ending. the problem this year is that many of those who died were unregistered pilgrims, those who went to saudi arabia on a tourist visa rather than an official hajj mesa. we don't have an official number believe and talk to the families of the victims and all of them are still in a state of mourning, they couldn't believe what happened but they told me that they feel happy for their loved ones because they died in a holy place.

in the us, at least 99 million people are under head advisories. as people face record high temperatures from coast—to—coast, some state officials have set up relieved areas for people can cool down. in the southwest us, firefighters and new mexico are battling wildfires on a tribal reservation as far as ignited on monday. they have killed at least two people and burn down more than 500 homes. the white house says president biden will send natural disasters systems to communities affected by wildfires. i spoke to frank barrera. we are told hot conditions on the way for parts of the us this weekend. what are you expecting to see? ., ., ., ., to see? the ongoing heatwave will continue _ to see? the ongoing heatwave will continue for _ to see? the ongoing heatwave will continue for the _ to see? the ongoing heatwave will continue for the next - will continue for the next several days with the most intense heat gradually shifting to different regions. it will be characterised by high temperatures and a range from

mid to upper 90s to over 100 fahrenheit and some areas. we are expecting to pick a —— over the ohio valley but we are speaking to head to build across major cities including washington, dc and new york city where we are respecting temperatures to peak around 100 degrees both days over the weekend. then from there on it is expected to shift further to the south and used, impacting what the southeastern us and central south—central us heading into next week. i5 heading into next week. is there a particular weather system that is causing these high—temperature is at this time of year? we high-temperature is at this time of year?— time of year? we typically referred — time of year? we typically referred to _ time of year? we typically referred to as _ time of year? we typically referred to as a _ time of year? we typically referred to as a heat - time of year? we typically| referred to as a heat dome which is generally an area of high pressure that serves as a lead that keeps the heat in, doesn't allow it to escape even overnight. it's keeping the temperature is high even as we go through the overnight hours. in addition to keeping them high it limits the chance of

precipitation and cloud cover and keeps the winds light as well. there's not a lot of air circulating. well. there's not a lot of air circulating-— circulating. our different other temperatures - circulating. our different other temperatures to l circulating. our different. other temperatures to what circulating. our different - other temperatures to what you would see usually at this time of year across the us or is this normal?— this normal? this is early arrival for _ this normal? this is early arrival for this _ this normal? this is early arrival for this summer i this normal? this is early - arrival for this summer season and that's what is helping to make it more dangerous. this is not only the first heatwave of the season for a lot of areas but it's also at an earlier time of the year that we typically see. i5 time of the year that we typically see-— time of the year that we icall see. , ., ., ., ~ typically see. is that a marker of what is _ typically see. is that a marker of what is to _ typically see. is that a marker of what is to come _ typically see. is that a marker of what is to come for - typically see. is that a marker of what is to come for the - typically see. is that a marker| of what is to come for the rest of what is to come for the rest of the summer? it of what is to come for the rest of the summer?— of what is to come for the rest of the summer? it remains to be seen but because _ of the summer? it remains to be seen but because it _ of the summer? it remains to be seen but because it has - of the summer? it remains to be seen but because it has come . seen but because it has come early and it is persistent, it's making it more dangerous in that respect.— in that respect. these temperatures - in that respect. these temperatures coming | in that respect. these - temperatures coming early? in that respect. these _ temperatures coming early? are theyjupiter to climate change they jupiter to climate change can theyjupiter to climate change can you deduce that at this stage? can you deduce that at this stare? ., can you deduce that at this stale? ., .., ., can you deduce that at this stare? ., ., , stage? you cannot 'ust tie climate change _ stage? you cannotjust tie climate change into - stage? you cannotjust tie climate change into one . stage? you cannot just tie - climate change into one event. it will remain to be seen

whether we start to see these early outbreaks that are more persistent and more... throughout the months. various states and _ throughout the months. various states and cities _ throughout the months. various states and cities have _ throughout the months. various states and cities have been - states and cities have been issued with the excess of heat watch advisories to people in those parts. what people need to be mindful of in these areas with these really hot temperatures?- with these really hot temperatures? with these really hot temeratures? ~ _, ., temperatures? will it encourage eo - le to temperatures? will it encourage peeple to drink— temperatures? will it encourage people to drink plenty _ temperatures? will it encourage people to drink plenty of- temperatures? will it encourage people to drink plenty of water. people to drink plenty of water evenif people to drink plenty of water even if you don't feel thirsty. spend as much time in the shade and air—conditioning as you can, check on vulnerable populations and never leave pets or small children in a locked car.— pets or small children in a locked car. . , ., locked car. can you tell when this is going _ locked car. can you tell when this is going to _ locked car. can you tell when this is going to end? - locked car. can you tell when this is going to end? when . this is going to end? when relief will come for folks? some areas will see relief we know portions of northern new england will see colder temperatures in the next couple of days as a cold front six south but like i mentioned, the

hit is really going to be persistent across a good portion of the eastern and central us for the next several days. while some areas may seek colder temperjust for a day or colder temper just for a day or two, colder temperjust for a day or two, on a whole much of the central and eastern us are going to see normal temperatures going forward for the next several days. the united states ambassador in beijing says china support for russia's invasion of ukraine will not be tolerated by the west. but in an interview with the bbc, nicholas burns says he is doing all these can to avoid a potential conflict with china amid what he called the content competitive relationship. ambassador burns said the two sides are talking regularly to try to avoid misunderstanding. especially in the south china sea and the taiwan strait. he was speaking to our china correspondent and she began by asking him how chinese officials are reacting to this message on taiwan. they can test the facts. we have the right facts. we know exactly what's happening. we know what's being shipped

by chinese companies. we know the impact it's having on the ability of russia to conduct this war. and so we're absolutely sure of our facts and the chinese ought to own up to this. we have sanctioned a great number of chinese companies, and we're prepared to do more by the way. we remind china that chinese officials, they have considerable authority in this authoritarian government over what happens, and they can certainly crack down on these companies, and they ought to do it because it is a major problem. and it's a major — obviously a major assistance to russia in this war effort. how much communication is there between the two sides, and how difficult is it for you? we know there have been times... i've been here for two plus years. there have been times when communication has been very sparse. after speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan august 2022, the chinese shut down communications — mostly with our cabinet level in washington. after that strange balloon

floated across the territory of the united states for five days in february of 2023, the chinese shut down communication. but i think in recent months it's been relatively better. it's really important because our militaries are operating in very close proximity to each other in the spratlys paracels of the south china sea, in the east china sea and the taiwan strait. you want to have communication because the last thing we want is an accident or misunderstanding that leads to conflict. we're very focused on reducing the probability of a conflict. you talked about military to military communication. that must have been a real concern, especially given, you know, the operations that are currently taking place in the south china sea, for instance. that's exactly right. that and the taiwan strait and other parts of the world as well. so i would say it's relatively better. relatively better, but not much better. you know, it's a contentious competitive relationship. if we went through, and maybe

we will, issue after issue where we're divided, lack of communication at the highest level is a real problem because you don't want to send the wrong signal. you want to be able to talk about problems when they occur, and especially if there's some kind of an accident. and that's happened in the us—china relationship. you want to be able to have people get together, diffuse the crisis, separate the parties, and make sure it doesn't expand into something that you don't intend. canjust can just parliament approved a belt despite nationwide protest against the proposal. 20a mps voted yes to the bill while 115 voted yes to the bill while 115 voted no. the government is sending to raise more than $2.5 billion to finance its budget and reduce the country's debt. by and reduce the country's debt. by imposing tax hikes on a range of goods and services. protesters say the brunt of the

tax hike falls on people struggling economically. right police in the capital fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators with the majority of whom were young people will stop some taxes in the proposal have been removed, protesters say the bill should be scrapped entirely. irate say the bill should be scrapped entirel . ~ ., , , entirely. we are here because of our kids. — entirely. we are here because of our kids, because - entirely. we are here because of our kids, because of - entirely. we are here because of our kids, because of our i of our kids, because of our parents, we are really suffering and for sure we are really tired.— really tired. they have done nothin: really tired. they have done nothing to _ really tired. they have done nothing to kenya, _ really tired. they have done nothing to kenya, this - nothing to kenya, this institution.— nothing to kenya, this institution. ~ ., ., ., institution. we are not here to refuse to _ institution. we are not here to refuse to pay _ institution. we are not here to refuse to pay tax _ institution. we are not here to refuse to pay tax and - institution. we are not here to refuse to pay tax and we - institution. we are not here to refuse to pay tax and we are i refuse to pay tax and we are here — refuse to pay tax and we are here against _ refuse to pay tax and we are here against corruption. - refuse to pay tax and we are here against corruption. i'vej here against corruption. i've been — here against corruption. i've been paying _ here against corruption. i've been paying tax— here against corruption. i've been paying tax for- here against corruption. i've been paying tax for the - here against corruption. i've been paying tax for the last| been paying tax for the last six years. _ been paying tax for the last six years. if— been paying tax for the last six years, if not _ been paying tax for the last six years, if not my - been paying tax for the last six years, if not my father. been paying tax for the last . six years, if not my father has been — six years, if not my father has been paying _ six years, if not my father has been paying the _ six years, if not my father has been paying. the problem - six years, if not my father has been paying. the problem is i been paying. the problem is corruption _ been paying. the problem is corruption i— been paying. the problem is corruption-— corruption. i senior correspondent - corruption. i senior correspondent has| corruption. i senior - correspondent has been following developments. it’s following developments. it's now dark — following developments. it�*s now dark here but the levels i've witnessed is nothing like i've witnessed is nothing like i've ever seen on the streets. the protesters are still here, they still want to make their voice heard about their

displeasure and you can hear the police team engaging them with tear gas trying to push them out and scatter them but every time they reassemble again and push on with their protest. the young people who mobilised on social media, tiktok, what's up and twitter have come together to say that they denounce the finance bill thatis they denounce the finance bill that is going to debate in parliament. there are tax proposals that the government has put on the table which they are opposed to which tax on basic items like towels and diapers. the government did give concessions on tuesday as a result of this protest and scrapped proposals they had made to impose taxes on red and motor vehicles —— bread. the young protesters say that is not enough. they want the entire bill rejected.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's have a look at some other stories making the news now. the four main political party leaders have been fielding questions in the question time uk election special, rishi sunak and labour leaders sir keir starmer were both pressed on how they could restore trust in their parties. the liberal democrats also appeared on the programme. rishi sunak says he was incredibly angry to learn of allegations that tory insiders were betting on the election and promised to put out anyone found to have broken gambling laws. the gambling commission is examining bets allegedly placed by four people linked to the prime minister including tory candidate laura saunders and a husband tony lee. the post office has apologised after it published the names and addresses of more than 500 postmasters that pursued during the horizon scanner.

the company confirmed the details have been shared on a website and said it's referred itself to the information commissioner's office one former sub postmasters said it caused a great amount of upset and distress among colleagues. you're live with bbc news. this week, russian president vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong on appear to have strengthened the relationships on his first trip to pyongyang over two decades, the russian leaders signed what he described as a breakthrough park with his counterpart, pledging mutual defence assistance. while details have not been made public. it has renewed concerns about north korea's nuclear ambitions. it comes out to washington warned that it believes that moscow is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon capable of destroying satellites. this week, relations between the us and israel have been in the spotlight, the white house has rejected accusations by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that the united states is installing military supplies to his country over the way they're being used in gaza. the us which is israel's

largest supplier of weapons says it has only held up one single shipment of bombs. —— stalling. to discuss all of this earlier, i spoke to mike, and republican congressman from ohio. you've been speaking about nuclear deterrence and capabilities today and will go to matters in space in just a moment but first, when you look at the close relationship that we've seen between kim jong—un and vladimir putin this week, what goes through your mind, what your first thought? my concern is that there is a visualisation of a relationship between russia and north korea that it was there previously but what it signals is the elevation of kimjong—un and north korea, as you know, they previously have been under un sanctions for being a state from breaking the nuclear treaties and forcibly going into a very extensive programme that threatens not only asia but also even the us and that's legitimises north korea and king john

cornyn by having putin stand there with them and announcing a cooperative military alliance. —— kimjong—un. you've been warning about the weapons, what do you know about what their capabilities are? the administration has made a public that russia is developing in nuclear and thai satellite weapon and authorities and the pentagon have publicly said that the situation would be catastrophic. the defence indicated that such a way open has dunaden would indiscriminately decimate all satellites in lower and would make that orbit unpopular double within likely up to year which means would not be able to replace satellites. what we are utilising four viewers right now would be unable to be axis communications or economic

fabric or international security fabric, or will be impacted by the nations. there is no un treaty that supposed to protect against such matters. there was a treaty in 67 which the signatory uk and russia where they pledge that they would not pull nuclear weapons weapons of mass destruction in space, russia obviously would be violating that in the us had gone to the united nations security council and asked for a reaffirmation of that treaty and russia, vetoed that action. 0bviously, signalling of their intention to place a weapon in a space, what's most critical about is that if that weapon was permitted to go into orbit, day one would be disrupted of all of our systems without even being detonated because we would, the next day, which the space command has referred to as day zero, be unable to count on space

we will have to put together configure and implement infrastructure that without space to accomplish what we're doing now and they are no solutions to do so. what do you see as a solution? this administration needs to declassify. the status of this programme, when they say they're developing, it could be a drawing on a board or it could be all the way through nuclear warheads and they have a satellite. administration needs to let the world know that pressure needs to be placed on russia so that the satellite is never permitted to go into space, the us and nato should join together and claim the mantle and enforcement of the united nations anti—nuclear weapons in space treaty and we should ensure that what is the fabric today of western economic society is not in a bad position. has the administration chat any of this information with you and your role

as chairman of the house intelligence committee? i believe the administration has the information that would inform the debate worldwide, and that is why i am calling them to step forward to engage in that discussion and stop the satellites are being put in space. just want to ask you about another matter today. quite tough talk being exchanged between israel and the us. how would you categorise the status of us israeli relations at this point in time? they are suffering from the fact the administration is doubled talking, claiming to one group they are diminishing their support for israel and then israel looking at their support must be diminished, and then countering to israel that they have not lessened at all their support. the administration needs to pick a side and stay there.

do you think should arm sales be paused to israel? i think israel has a right to defend itself, and currently their goal of eliminating hamas has not yet been achieved and i think we should continue to support that goal and objective. if the administration though is asking israel to pay more attention to how and where and who it is bombing to take greater care of civilians, to let more humanitarian aid in and israel is not doing that, what other options are there open to the administration to try and persuade israel can influence israel? i think the administration has made that demand on israel. i think israel has been responding. you don't have a situation where the administration is specifically saying that israel is doing x y and z and therefore we are going to look at our overall support. i think it has been a continuation of the united states working with israel, and certainly the united states has made it very clear that the palestinians and risks to civilians are of the utmost importance including humanitarian aid.

now some other important news from around the world. us treasury secretary has announced sanctions against leaders of the mexican drug cartel involved in trafficking and in all. she says the measures will get harder for members to send illegal drugs through the us southern border. they also announced an advisory to help identify suspicious activity went to the supply chain. conservation experts announced there has been success saving a big cat species that was at risk. international union says it is no longer considered endangered. protections for the iberian lynx have helped boost its population to more than 2000 last year, that is up from just 100 in the year 2000. the species is now listed as vulnerable. tiktok and its chinese parent bytedance are asking a us court to block a law that could ban

the popular app in the us starting next year. bipartisan legislation signed by president biden in april it requires tiktok to diversify its assets due to worries that china could spy on americans with the app. tiktok says the law violates free speech rights. 170 million americans use the short video app. new york is the first state in the us to signed laws targeting addictive social media laws for children and teens. new york governor signed the safe for kids act, which requires social media to come it will also stop notifications from related social media platforms between the hours of midnight and 6am without parental consent. tools will be set by the attorney—general. the new laws come days after the us surgeon general

said social media had become a contributor to the mental health crisis among young people. dr murphy referenced a study done by the american medical association that showed teens who spend more than three hours a day on social media double their risks of experiencing anxiety and depression. a poll found 51% of us teens spend it least four hours a day on social media. critics are saying the social media warning is too broad. dr murphy told the bbc why keeping social media should have a health warning. it's there to provide information for people. that information is important so people can make decisions for themselves and parents can help children. there are benefit some kids get from social media, i detailed some of those benefits in fact in an advisory i issued last year on social

media but we can't be blind to the fact there are also significant harms associated with social media and the benefits do not justify the harms. we have put kids in a very difficult situation where we are seeing in order to access some of these benefits you have to subject yourself to violent and sexual content, bullying and harassment including from strangers, to exposure to these features, which would seek to just lure you into excessive use. that is not a fair position to put kids in and it is why i believe an additional warning to young people about the harms and their parents, we have to simultaneously work on making social media safer so they don't have to tolerate and endure those kind of harms. legendary hollywood actor donald sutherland has died at the age of 88, after a long illness. the canadian star of mash and the hunger games appeared in more than 200 films over a career spanning more than 60 years. for more than half a century,

donald sutherland played it all, villains, romantic leads and mental figures. his son, the actor kiefer sutherland, described him as one of the most important actors in the history of film, who loved what he did. you can keep up with all of the news on our website, bbc .com. be back shortly with more. thank you for watching and stay with us. hello, there. desired ingredients to make the perfect summer solstice is obviously plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth — and we had just that on thursday. the question is, will it continue into the weekend? and the answer is, on the whole, yes. warm for many of us with sunny spells, but there will be some rain around in the far west. let's take a look at that. arriving in the next few hours, this weather front here, tied into this area of low pressure, will bring a little

bit more of a breeze and some showery outbreaks of rain into the north—west, albeit slowly. light winds elsewhere, maybe a little bit of early morning mist, but that will clear away very quickly indeed. a lot of sunshine for east wales, central, southern, and eastern england, along with eastern scotland throughout the day. we will start to gradually see some rain pushing into the isles of scilly and the far tip of cornwall, maybe into south wales, too — but ahead of it with the sunshine, we'll see 23—24 celsius once again. cloudy with some showers, perhaps, moving to the isle of man, rain into northern ireland and to north—west scotland by the end of the day. a few showers ahead of it, but parts of eastern scotland, aberdeenshire in particular, may well see 19—20 celsius, if you keep the sunshine. now, as we move out of friday into the early hours of saturday morning, that frontal system continues to sink its way steadily eastwards. it will weaken off substantially, but a band of showery rain moving its way across the pennines and down into south—east england, perhaps lingering across the essex and kent coast, first

thing on saturday morning. with the cloud around, those temperatures will hold up, perhaps into double digits for many. we start off on saturday with much of central and eastern england cloudy. still the odd spot or two of showery rain, but that should tend to break up, sunny spells come through, the risk of a few showers to the north—west of scotland, but on the whole, not a bad afternoon for many, and temperatures again still responding, ranging from 15—22 celsius. moving out of saturday, into sunday, on the whole, we could chase a little more in the way of cloud around, but this high pressure continues to build in for the early half of next week, and with that south—westerly flow, it will turn increasingly warm and potentially a little more humid, as well. so a good deal of dry, fine weather to start off the week. a little bit of a question mark, really, from wednesday into thursday. it might turn a little bit more unsettled.

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to be able to see them under the water. hello, beautiful! humpback whales come 8,500km here to feed. the antarctic peninsula — a brutal and fragile place — is a hot spot for marine wildlife... perfect fluke! it kind of looks like play. like, just wild. ..but this place is changing. the climate is shifting in the antarctic peninsula faster than anywhere else in antarctica. we're with a team of wildlife scientists who are trying to find out how some of the biggest animals in these waters are responding. some populations around the world are getting skinny because they're not getting enough to eat because of climate change impacts.

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