the headlines: at the end of the g7 summit donald trump agrees to meet the iranian president for talks about the nuclear programme, provided circumstances are right.” believe iran can be a great nation. i would like to see that happen. but they can't have nuclear weapons. as fires continue to spread in the amazon rainforest brazil steps up its response and deploys the military after concerns not enough was being done. the largest earthquake thought to be caused by fracking in the uk has been felt in lancashire. aiii—year—old boy has been arrested in connection with a fire overnight in dunfermline. the prime minister tells the bbc to pay for bbc licences for all those over

75, not just those for bbc licences for all those over 75, notjust those on low incomes. today's hottest bank holiday monday on record with temperatures set to continue to rise. in 30 minutes, click look at technology that is taking firefighting to a new level. president macron has said being made to arrange a meeting between... mister macron said it was important to ease tensions in the gulf and work together to help to —— might prevent iran developing nuclear weapons. iran is a country of tremendous potential. we are not

looking for leadership change. we are not looking for that kind of change. this country has been through that many times before. that doesn't work. we are looking for no nuclear weapons, no ballistic muscles, and a longer period of time. very simple. we can have it donein time. very simple. we can have it done ina time. very simple. we can have it done in a shorter period of time. and i really believe iran can be a great nation. i would like to see that happen. but they can't have nuclear weapons. how gave her my ideas as to doing the deal very early on. she chose to do it her way and that didn't work out so well. i think she is a very, very good person, and a good woman. and i really believe that boris johnson will be a great prime minister. we like each other. and we

had a great two and a half days. i have been waiting for him to be prime ministerfor about have been waiting for him to be prime minister for about six years. i told him what took you so long? i think he's going to be a great premonition. and especially after spending such a lot of intense time with him over the last couple of days. he is really very smart and very strong. and very enthusiastic. and he loves your country. he really loves your country. that came out may be more than anything else. president trump, boris johnson may be more than anything else. president trump, borisjohnson is very keen on a trade deal with the usa. and you do too. some of his critics fear that he will do over the uk... no, no. i love the uk, i have property in the uk, i don't ca re have property in the uk, i don't care how my property is doing but i own property in aberdeen and ireland. and i will be honest with

you, i think that he is going to do a greatjob as prime minister. it ta kes a a greatjob as prime minister. it takes a lot. it is so many different elements to being a great prime minister and you needed him. elements to being a great prime ministerand you needed him. i elements to being a great prime minister and you needed him. ijust think his time is right. this is the right time for boris. borisjohnson is boris johnson is about borisjohnson is about to walk on stage now. first of all i would like to thank president macron of france for the extremely stylish and also highly effective summit he has just presented for us here in biarritz. and every conversation i have had with my fellow leaders, i have been struck by their enthusiasm. whether on trade or security and defence, science and the growing opportunities we have to collaborate

ina opportunities we have to collaborate in a space technology. we have also spoken here about the biggest global challenges confronting us, things that i think also matter very much to the people in the united kingdom. habitats and species that is happening around the world. we cannot just happening around the world. we cannotjust sit happening around the world. we cannot just sit back as happening around the world. we cannotjust sit back as animals and pla nts cannotjust sit back as animals and plants are wiped off the face of the planet. the world's animal populations have declined by about 60% in the last 50 years. abouti million species are now facing extinction and we have seen in the amazon rainforest the tragic increase in fires which are made more likely by deforestation. and thatis more likely by deforestation. and that is why today i have announced £10 million of new funding to protect and restore the rainforest in brazil. with1 million birds and 100,000 mammals. losing their lives every year from getting eaten or tangled in ocean plastic. we have

got to do much more to protect the ocea ns got to do much more to protect the oceans and today i have announced £7 million for the blue belt programme. to extend our work to provide vital marine yuko conservation in britain's overseas territory. i do not forget britain has the fifth biggest marine estate in the world. if we do not act now, there were children and our grandchildren will never know a world with the great barrier reef or the sumatran tiger on the black rhino. and so, next year, at the biodiversity summit in china, the so—called targets must endeavour view be replaced with new more ambitious targets, to help us get back the biodiversity that we are losing and this planet has lost. iam very are losing and this planet has lost. i am very pleased that the g7 summit today in biarritz has accepted

proposals for biodiversity targets. humanity set targets to stop the reduction of habitats and species and we will obviously follow—up on that as well at the summit in the uk if we are lucky and enough to get that and i believe we will. 0ne issue underpinning that which i believe holds the key to tackling so many global problems. and that is the vital importance of educating girls. and i'm very pleased that here at the g7, every delegation has supported the uk's campaign to give every girl in the world 12 years of quality education. and today, i announced funding to give 600,000 children in the world's most dangerous countries, where girls are twice as likely as boys to be out of school, the opportunity to go to school, the opportunity to go to school for the first time. we discussed iran, and we are all

agreed that iran should never under any circumstances be allowed to get any circumstances be allowed to get a nuclear—weapons. and there is clearly a n a nuclear—weapons. and there is clearly an opportunity now for iran to come back into compliance with the nuclear deal. and to resume dialogue as well as to cease its disruptive behaviour in the region. we expressed collectively deep concern about what is happening in hong kong. and the g7 nations all wa nt to hong kong. and the g7 nations all want to support a stable and prosperous hong kong and we remain collectively committed to the one country, two systems frame. and i was pleased that was reflected in the conclusions of the summit which was very productive indeed. if people can quarrel for people coming

to coming together but i really think that if the leaders who have been gathered together at biarritz over the last couple of days really follow through on these discussions, really m ea n follow through on these discussions, really mean what they say, in the conclusions, i think it will make a real difference to the issues that people in our country care very deeply about. so thank you all very much for sticking with it. i know it has been a long old summit. but i would like to take your questions now. and i have got to go, i know beth is their top of the list somewhere. wait, no, it is nikki young at the bbc! vicky young. inaudible you know my position on this, and i hope everyone knows that i think this is really a matterfor

parliamentarians to get right ourselves. we asked the people to vote on whether to stay in or leave the eu and they voted overwhelmingly, substantially to leave by a big majority. parliament vowed several times to reflect and respect that mandate. and i think people have just about had enough about this conversation and are yearning for a moment where brexit comes off the front pages. but that can only happen when we come out of the eu on october 31. and that is what i really call on all my fellow mps to deliver. and i hope and believe that they will. mrjohnson, you talk about what mps should do. but there is going to be, whether you like it or not, a parliamentary roadblock on your no—deal brexit when you return to westminster. if mps pass a law requiring you to

extend article 50, what will you do? will you suspend parliament or will you call an election? i think really iam going you call an election? i think really i am going to have to reflect, refer you back to the answer i gave to vicky just now. which you back to the answer i gave to vickyjust now. which is that i think it is a drop of everybody in parliament to get this thing done. i think it is what people want i also think it is what people want i also think by the way it is what our friends and partners on the other side of the channel want. they want this thing done. they want over. you talk to our friends as i have done in the last few weeks, and they are very enthusiastic about getting on with the future. they regard brexit now as an encumbrance. an old argument. we want to talk about the new partnership that we're going to build. ways in which we can work together not just build. ways in which we can work together notjust on trade but on security, on defence and alkanes of things. and i think it is time that we, in the uk, started to think about the ways in which we can think

ofa about the ways in which we can think of a post brexit britain. doing things differently and better, taking the opportunities to boost investment in our business, and our industry. setting up free ports and setting up trade deals. there are bigger his for this country so i think we need a new way of thinking about it. but forcible we have to come out on october 31. and... it is robert peston. next. prime minister, a couple of quickies if you will indulge me. a question ijust put to the presidents trump, what he said was he now thinks it highly likely that there will be no—deal brexit. he is right, isn't he? he said the eu isa he is right, isn't he? he said the eu is a tough negotiator. rather implied... is that what he said? can

he can someone clarify? 0k. back came up, come on, came up! he said something along those lines. he said exactly that. this will be impossible to use. the president said something about how the eu was a tough negotiator. america's president implied just now that he thought there would be a no—deal brexit. do you agree with that? tomorrow, mps are gathering in westminster, of all parties, calling on you not use the device suspending parliament to force through an ordeal brexit. why can't you simply give them that, that he won't suspend parliament to give them that end? i think we're settling back over the same of ground here. i did not hear the presidency exactly that he thought it would be an ordeal brexit, i think what i had him say was that the eu are tough

negotiators which is true. but then so are negotiators which is true. but then so are the americans and so indeed are the australians, everyone is a tough negotiator. i expect you are. but that does not mean we won't do a deal. and i, we are working very ha rd deal. and i, we are working very hard do that. it will be difficult, there is a substantial disagreement. but myjob is to make our case and you know what our case is. that the backstop is anti—democratic, he keeps the uk locked in the eu's custom arrangement, it keeps us locked in the legal order. without any ability to influence those things, it has got to come out, it has got to change, i have made that point very, very clearly to our friends. i rethink that point has now landed. so let's see where we get! and i hope that friends and collea g u es get! and i hope that friends and colleagues in parliament will be supportive of our efforts to get this thing done, to get rid of the

old west all agreements and much, much better deal. that is what we need to do. —— withdrawal agreements. may another quickly on brexit. you are roughly 25 days away from this deadline to deliver on the alternative to the backstop. from this deadline to deliver on the alternative to the backstopm seems all there is some work taking place behind the scenes, that the chances of a deal are improving. what work will be happening on this backstop, and if i can segue into the cricket, would you back calls for ben stokes to be knighted and can you talk about his glorious innings? on the backstop, you beautifully summed up the operation we hoped to be doing. that is the necessary procedure. it is a big job. but we think it can be done. i

watched it. i can only watch the highlights. i thought as was one of the most extraordinary innings i had ever seen. the most extraordinary innings i had ever seen. i think i have already promised that he should, that ben stokes should get a dukedom, so i don't, i can't go any higher than that. but it is clearly not a matter for me. but for some honours committee or others. and ifeel they will take the appropriate decision in due course. huffington post. the archbishop of canterbury plans the chaira archbishop of canterbury plans the chair a citizens assembly. to stop an ordeal brexit for some is that the act of a charitable question or the act of a charitable question or the act of a charitable question or the act of a turbulent priest?” would like to see the evidence for that. i got a very nice letter from the archbishop saying he wanted to work with me to bring our country together. after brexit had been done. so that is news to me, that particular development. i am, done. so that is news to me, that particular development. iam, as done. so that is news to me, that particular development. i am, as far asi particular development. i am, as far as i understand it, he wants to bring the country together and i

certainly support him in that. yes, please. inaudible iam marginally i am marginally more optimistic but remember that all statistical estimates that i give about the chances of a deal, whether they are expressed in odds of millions to one or getting closer or hotter or colder or whatever. they all depend exclusively on the willingness of our friends exclusively on the willingness of ourfriends and exclusively on the willingness of our friends and partners to compromise on that crucial point. and to get rid of the backstop and the current withdrawal agreement. yes? suggested last week that david cameron... sorry, i think in

yes? suggested last week that david cameron... sorry, ithink in that sentence you mentioned angela merkel? again, i don't want... i think that our german friends and our french friends have certainly listened very carefully to what we have had to say. and i repeat what i have had to say. and i repeat what i have said, it all depends on how seriously they wish to get a deal. yes? the european commission made clear today that if any of the... sacrifice a trade deal... on under any circumstances if there is an ordeal outcome, then a substantial sums will be available, very substantial sums will be available for the uk to spend on our

priorities. including managing that no deal scenario. yes? you have had meetings with president trump and president morrison of australia who have both talked about a trade deal within the next deal. do you think there is a chance that they will just offer you a quick deal which will rip off britain? see again? a quick deal? all the questions have been nature in the good bit that is very good. we do not want to do as it were a quick deal that does not really maximise the opportunities for the uk. it was as a rich and diverse economy, very strong, particularly in services. i would rather have a comprehensive deal with the us rather than one which focuses simply on goods and agricultural foods which you may bill to do faster. big opportunities for this. i will rattle through this. i was wondering if you could

tell us if president trump put pressure on you over the use of huawei in the uk's 5g pressure on you over the use of huawei in the uk's 56 connections. no. he didn't put any pressure on at all? you didn't spend that? no. he didn't bring it up? you have talked about how the eu likes to do deals at the last minute. you prepare to ta ke at the last minute. you prepare to take docs right up to the 315t or as a point where you have to walk away? i think the eu does tend to come to an agreement right at the last moment, that is what i have noticed in my own observations of brussels negotiations. for us, the walking away as it were would come at come on october 31 when we would take steps to come out on the thames for which we would have by then made absolutely colossal and extensive

and fantastic. —— the terms. absolutely colossal and extensive and fantastic. -- the terms. do you have confidence in john and fantastic. -- the terms. do you have confidence injohn bercow as the commons speaker?” have confidence injohn bercow as the commons speaker? i don't wish to get into, it is not the function of the prime minister to express confidence in the speaker. but i hope that all parliamentarians will use their good offices to respect the will of the people. and get brexit done. why can't you make a simple pledge to not suspend parliament over no blocking audio. —— blocking parliament over no blocking audio. — — blocking no parliament over no blocking audio. —— blocking no deal. parliament over no blocking audio. -- blocking no deal. because i rely on parliamentarians to honour the pledge that they made to the people of this country. what do you make of jeremy corbyn suggesting that he should be installed as the caretaker prime minister, and temporary

administration? one of my missions in life is to, many missions in life, is to protect the people of this country from the appalling consequences of a labour government. and it is clear from whatjeremy corbyn is now saying that not only if he was in power he would put up taxes on virtually everything from income to pensions to inheritance to property, not only would he align himself with some of those countries most intractable and difficult, fors, but he would also renege, reject, revoke, the mandate of the people. and i cannot think of anything worse for democracy or for trust in politics. and i very much hope that that does not happen and, how many more do i have to go? philip hammond, who felt his

reputation was besmirched by meetings that former disgruntled ministers were responsible for leaking the operation yellow hammer documents? i had no idea that philip felt that any such thing had happened. and, you know, what can i say? the eu has said it is willing to listen to your proposals on what can misplace the irish backstop. when will you present these to the eu in detail? —— replace the irish backstop. we will have discussions but clearly as we made plain over many, but clearly as we made plain over any but clearly as we made plain over many, many weeks. the so—called backstop which i have expend again and again has got to come out. —— explained. i will do two more. yes?

who have pledged extra cash to help the amazon, but your credentials as the amazon, but your credentials as the environmentalist is somewhat undermined, how can you protect the environment whilst also helping gas... wait and see, i'm making your physical commitments. whatsoever at this stage. wait and see what happens in the budget and i don't think, my credentials as an environmentalist are unimpeachable when you consider the massive reductions that we had in both c02 and other forms of pollution when i was mayor of london. and that is a kingdom approach you will see from this administration. very, very active environmentalist administration, protecting habitat, protecting biodiversity, reducing c02 and reducing climate change emissions through technological progress. as our german friends

would say, as our german friends vorsprung durch technik. emanuel macron is still on his feet ina emanuel macron is still on his feet in a press conference which began before borisjohnson. in a press conference which began before boris johnson. that is still to come throughout the evening here on bbc news where we will now move onto other news. there's been a third earthquake in five days at a fracking site in lancashire, the strongest tremor thought to be related to fracking ever to be felt in the uk. the quake struck the preston new road facility near blackpool at 8.30 this morning,

measuring a magnitude of 2.9. the british geological survey have plotted the epicentre just metres from the fracking site. there are normally protesters outside of cuadrilla's site, here. but as you can see, there are many more today. on a normal day, there would be about ten people. today, there must be about 300, maybe 400. let me explain why. this is the latest tremor that people have heard about here. there was one on wednesday, which measured 1.6, at that point fracking was paused for 18 hours. government guidelines say that must happen if there is a tremor over 0.5. which there was. there was a second tremor on saturday. that measured 2.1. and then we have this tremor that we had here this morning that measured 2.9. now, cuadrilla, which operates this site, say that tremors are expected in this kind of work. what they have said today is they are investigating this and they have confirmed again that no fracking was taking place over the weekend. but what campaigners here today will say is "this latest tremor reinforces our argument that we believe that fracking is risky, it poses a danger to the environment."

there are some residents here, too, who say that they felt the effects of the tremor some five miles away. some of them saying that they felt their house shake. of course, all this brings the debate about fracking to the forefront again. you have these concerned residents, these concerned campaigners here today on the one hand. 0n the other hand, you have the government saying that it needs to find alternative sources of energy. this whole process of injecting water and chemicals deep underground to extract gas or oil may be the way forward. but as you can see, not much support for that here today. we have a statement from a local mp, too. the conservative mp for fylde, mark menzies, and he is calling for a full cessation of the shell and gas industry. he has previously said if it can be extracted safely, and without damage

to the environment, the industry should be allowed to operate under a gold standard regime of regulations. but today, he issued a statement saying it is now clear the hydraulic fracturing is not suitable. "i will be writing to ministers and the oil and gas authority, to call for full cessation of the shell gas industry operating on the fylde coast." richard is a senior seismologist. 2.9 must feel like quite a big deal but in seismological terms, is it? we get about three earthquakes that size every year. but yes people will certainly feel it. it will have been felt along way away. what does that tell you about where this seismic activity is sourced? we know when it is sourced from the location and we have got a lot of seismic stations

around the area, it is one of the densest networks i have ever worked with. we know exactly where it is in it is exactly where they were injecting. and are you convinced that this is all about fracking? yes. and i don't think cuadrilla would argue with that. when you have hydraulic fractures, you cause a little earthquakes. and they have become bigger until they are widely felt. it is difficult to judge, but at which point you to become concerned by any seismological event? people become concerned whenever they feel one. if you are talking about when things become damaging, the dangerous, then usually about magnitude four is the smallest you have to worry about. and obviously the bigger you get from there the more concerning the get. and are we seeing an increase

in these kind of events across the uk, regardless of fracking? no. the number of earthquakes we get each year is very steady and has been so ever since we started recording. the point being that if a company involved in fracking says this is as bad as it gets in a very local area and there is no other application to it, they would be right? that really isn't for me to say. i mean, interpret this is not easy and i will not make any guesses on that. but in the process of fracking, it is of no surprise, is it? that you see the event? given what they have to do. it is a surprise that it is this big. 1.6 was not particularly surprising, we had a lot of very small earthquakes. nobody was expecting a magnitude three. i don't think. whether that changes anything, i don't know. but

certainly they were not expecting to cause a magnitude three. that is really interesting. coming from you, that will worry people. because, what is a difference? 1.6, three. if we're talking about plates coming off of the table, why is there that extra concern? as i have said, i am not sure there is a next concern. the difference in size between at two and a three is an order of ten. soi two and a three is an order of ten. so i guess it is... sort of, 13, 1a times bigger than the 1.6 magnitude. if it was happening on your doorstep, what would you want to happen? it wouldn't worry me. to be frank. 0f happen? it wouldn't worry me. to be frank. of the reasons to worry about hydro fracking, the earthquakes are not the ones that would worry me. thank you very much for your time.

breaking news, because we have heard temperatures have reached a height of 33.2 degrees at heathrow. that makes this the hottest recorded late august bank holiday monday on record. let's put some flesh on the bones of that with a weather forecast. record—breaking heat, 33.3 degrees at heathrow. slightly cooler across scotla nd at heathrow. slightly cooler across scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow, still some heat, by wednesday, we are looking at more average temperatures across the uk and definitely a fresh feel is more u nsettled and definitely a fresh feel is more unsettled weather arrives by all four friday. the rest of the week, things will turn cooler and there will be some heavy thundershowers around as well. very warm evening around, look at for thunderstorms pushing into devon and cornwall, and eventually into wales, perhaps the north west of england as france sought to bring someone into the

western isles of scotland. a few cooler spots in the north—east of scotland, just 17 as an overnight low for london. for tuesday, a lot of fine weather around with a bit more cloud towards the west, with a weather front and thundershowers starting to run up the central suede of the uk, they will turn heavy thursday night stop.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: at the end of the g7 summit, donald trump agrees to meet the iranian president, hassan rouhani, for talks about the country's nuclear programme, provided circumstances are right. the largest earthquake thought to be caused by a fracking site in the uk, has been felt in lancashire. a 14—year—old boy has been arrested in connection with a fire overnight at a high school in dunfermline. the prime minister tells the bbc to ‘cough up' and pay for tv licences for all over 75s, notjust those on low incomes. today is the hottest late august bank holiday monday on record, with temperatures set to continue rising across the uk a secondary school in fife has been forced to close on the fourth day of scotland's school year

because of a large fire. firefighters worked overnight to tackle the blaze at woodmill high school in dunfermline. 0ur scotland correspondent james shaw was at the scene. the first thing we should say is that someone has actually been arrested and charged in connection with this fire — a 14—year—old boy, who we expect to appear in court tomorrow. the police have also said today that they are grateful to the public for the information that they have had on this fire, also for the help that the public have given the firefighters, supporting them overnight. as you can see, although things have calmed down very much now, there's still a very big presence by the fire service. but the fire has been substantially put out, they're still damping down hotspots. so the fire service numbers have reduced somewhat, but i guess what happens now for them is that they have to really get into the seat of the fire, and perhaps understand exactly how it has been started. that will presumably help the police with their enquiries as well.

for the school itself, we're talking about a very large number of pupils, 1400, who should be at the school today, and are currently homeless. dunfermline is an expanding town, its schools are full, so it's quite difficult for the education authority to find alternative places for these children. but that is their top priority. the fact that this is going to cause — as well as damaging their school — this will cause severe disruption to their education. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s. that's the message from the prime minister who's suggested the corporation has gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. injune it was announced that only low—income households, where one person received pension credit, would be eligible for a free tv licence. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent tom barton.

he says there's a disagreement between borisjohnson and the bbc. 0ver whether or not the licence fee settlement, agreed back in 2015, require to the bbc to carry on funding tv licences for everybody, or simply hand over the control over whether or not free tv licences were paid for to the bbc. like i say, this all dates back to that licence fee settlement. essentially, during those negotiations, the bbc agreed to accept responsibility from the government for funding these free tv licences given to people over 75. the government said it was a good settlement for the bbc? yes, absolutely. they said it was part of a settlement which would keep the bbc well funded up to 2020 and beyond. but, back injune, the bbc said that when the government's funding for these free tv licences ends next year, it would only fund

licences for people who receive pension credit. that will mean 3.7 million pensioners who don't pay a tv licence now will become eligible for having to pay £154.50 a year. the bbc says if it carries on funding tv licences for all pensioners, it would cost it an extra £495 million a year. but the decision has led to new protests, we have seen lots over the last few weeks. also, now, this political row with boris johnson, using rather blunt language, saying the bbc should "cough up." saying it was part of the conditions of the licence fee settlement back in 2015 that the bbc will continue to find all of those free tv licences for over 75. downing street said to be bbc should honour that agreement. the bbc will say that they will be at it, if not, we'll have to find another way.

they are saying what will happen if they have to cough up? that is exactly what they are saying, they're saying that parliament give the bbc responsibility to make a decision on the future of the scheme, there was no guarantee at the time that the bbc would continue to fund free licenses. the corporation says it is a matter for the government if it wishes to restore funding for free licences for all over 75. it will take up a fifth of the bbc‘s annual budget if they were to carry on funding universal free licences for the over—75s, and if they had to do that, they say they would have to close a number of services, not least bbc two, bbc four, radio five live, bbc news channel. researchers in london are trying to learn how mosquitos communicate with each other. once they do they plan to develop systems to lure them away from populated areas to reduce the incidence of malaria and yellow fever. 0ur science correspondent,

pallab ghosh, has this report. mosquitoes buzz. for us, the whining sound is annoying, but, for the mosquito, it's a love song. the buzz helps the insects find mates and reproduce. so, what if we could learn to talk mosquito and sabotage their love lives? malaria and yellow fever is spread through mosquito bites. the vast majority of cases are in africa. in 2017, 200 million people had malaria and nearly half—a—million of them died. one way to defeat mosquito—borne diseases is to turn their buzz against them. for me, it is a sound of utter sophistication. we could simulate these sounds, use them for new technological devices to perform attraction of mosquitoes, to lure them away from the sites where they can transmit disease — for example, from populations, from households. 0r also to catch them, kill them —

so catch—and—kill devices could be designed, which are much more effective than the ones we are using right now. the mosquito's buzz is created by the insect‘s wings. this is the sound of the female on the left. low monotone. look closely and you can see that her wing beat is slower than the male's and that is why the male's tone is slightly higher. in a breeding swarm, there are around 500 mosquitoes all buzzing away. just five of them are female and, somehow, the males can hear and find them. mosquitoes can be lured away from populated areas. this swarm of males can be attracted by the buzz of a female. simulated mosquito buzzing. unfortunately, these audio techniques don't work on females, which are the ones that carry and spread malaria and yellow fever. so, in order to improve these audio traps, researchers here want to learn more about how

mosquitoes communicate. if we magnify this mosquito's hearing antenna, we can see how it opens up at sunset, when it's time to swarm. marta andres is studying how it detects the sound of potential mates, so that she can find ways of disrupting the process. mosquitoes use hearing to detect their mating partners. we are trying to find new ways to stop mosquitoes from hearing, using different drugs that then can be applied in the field to stop the mosquito populations from reproducing, and try to collapse them. by disrupting their communications, the researchers believe that eventually they can rid millions from the menace of mosquitoes for ever. pallab ghosh, bbc news. it's officially the hottest august bank holiday monday on record. the new record of 31.2c was reached at heathrow this afternoon, it's officially the hottest august bank beating the previous record of 28.2c, set in holbeach in lincolnshire, in 2017. andy moore reports on the scorching

bank holiday weekend. over a million people are expected to attend what will be the hottest ever notting hill carnival this bank holiday weekend. temperatures approached 33 celsius yesterday and will probably hit a similar level today. those attending the festival are being urged to keep drinking water. several revellers were treated yesterday for dehydration. at frinton, holiday—makers were back on the beach in their hundreds after that scare yesterday. today, there was no evidence of the problem — just lots of people having fun. even the sea water is warming up — 19 celsius in frinton today. that's pretty good for uk waters. if you could not get to a beach, this lido at brockwell in south london was the perfect place to cool off, so long as you had the patience to wait in the queue to get in. the reeth show is a traditional agricultural event held every year in the beautiful

swaledale valley in yorkshire. there are plenty of events in the main ring and great prizes to be won at the funfair. in cambridge, a new ice—skating rink opened today — absolutely perfect timing for those who wanted to practise their moves and get away from the hot sun. regent's park is the perfect green, shady place for londoners to cool off. it is forecast to be another hot day in the southeast tomorrow and then we are told, across the country, it will begin to cool down. now on bbc news its time for click.

in the summerand in the summer and autumn of 2018 california experienced its deadliest wildfire. they claimed the lives of more than 80 people and whole towns we re more than 80 people and whole towns were destroyed. but as residents try to escape, the firefighters did what they always do. he ran towards the danger. it's a profession that relies on courage, education, and increasingly the latest science technology to better understand how to beat back flames. if you want to bea to beat back flames. if you want to be a firefighter, this is where you learn the craft. the international fire training centre in darlington in the north of england. this is

where brave firefighters come from around the world to learn the latest techniques in fighting all kinds of bases. they can simulate a huge variety in industrial fires, bases. they can simulate a huge variety in industrialfires, that's an overturned fuel tanker and they can simulate any type of aircraft from the smallest to the largess. this is a boeing 747. it's notjust about gearing up and grabbing the hose, every fire is different. she needs to be treated intelligently to make sure you and the people you're trying to save have the best chance of survival. wow! my goodness. using the water as a protective shield so

we are keeping the to fires apart. using the water. keeping the left one at bay and then extinguishing the right one before we delaet the left. —— deal with the left. this attract and make each scenario as he as possible, not just attract and make each scenario as he as possible, notjust a fire but the treatment of the casualties as well. it's fascinating to see the science behind firefighting. for example, in a kerosene fuel fire, water want to put it out. this cone of water controls the blaze so that another firefighter can come in with a powder extinguisher, that is what finally tames the frames. and once they are gone, does that mean the job is done? that is where this thermal imaging camera comes in. to see what our eyes can't. 0nce thermal imaging camera comes in. to see what our eyes can't. once he looks like the fire is out, you still have to cover the area and water in case there are hotspots. you can see here the veins on the

top of this engine is still white—hot according to this thermal imaging camera. and there are many other ways to detect and deal with fires and darlington has been looking at some of them. for the past two years, half of the uk's fire brigades have been deploying these drones. they focus on the safety of firefighters. and their onboard hd and thermal imaging cameras can provide much greater visibility and means of that —— better understanding of a fire in the way it's spreading. . using a drone we can get an instant overview of the fire in less than five minutes. i'm living now and around like chess pieces. it also brings a massive benefit as we can see fire are developing. the team will use

them for rest is searching for missing people inquiries and it water. the hd camera being able to clear —— water. the hd camera being able to clear — — clear water. the hd camera being able to clear —— clear and it water. water. the hd camera being able to clear -- clear and it water. the hd camera being able to clear it —— clearly zooming on a face after that's up to half a mile away. but of course when it comes to the spread of fire is, what has happened recently in california is at the forefront of our minds. the university of westminster is researching a system that combines sensors on the ground and those in each round. the aim, a solution for wildfires. the solar powered prototypes sensors are tracking carbon dioxide, carbon or not that, oxygen, humidity, temperature, gps, and altitude. the aim is to combine them into one miniaturized cost—effective version which could be deployed en masse in areas susceptible to wildfires. providing immediate feedback. if there is something it will alert them forming

a network, taking measurements which then conveys it further out to the server which then alerts the drawings that come up to give a visual. the pain comes at the information that is cut from the drones from the ground sensors and it knows what the wind speed is and what the wind direction is and what temperature variations are. it knows where the fire will be and then it makes it release, from the air and then you've got openings with the lovely peter is flying in and hitting the target with a fire is. you can fight fires day and night, 24 hours a day, with no visibility. meanwhile, this is the stinger. it can pierce through bansil and pretty much any roof, dramatically blasting foa m much any roof, dramatically blasting foam or water into the hearts of the

blaze. the quantity and forests of that water is pretty incredible. this comes 1000 l a minute with an even more powerful get to decide capable of four and a half times that. it also has an onboard thermal imaging camera to assist with that position. blackburn is currently the only uk fire service using this kit though, i'm told they cost £600,000. let me be as costs come down and all of this technology evolves, this next generation of firefighting will become the norm. iamat i am at leicestershire fire and rescue, the first surfaced in the country to invest in virtual reality. their hope is the money will be saved by replacing some of the expensive traditional training

techniques with vr alternatives. i have seen the demo and the fire looks quite intense so i don't think it will be more useful when it comes to virtual reality which is just having a nice time. let's see. all the ceilings in the training are scanned from the real world. for insta nce scanned from the real world. for instance this hotspot interest there isa instance this hotspot interest there is a good reference for investigators looking for clues. it's the inside of a destroyed smoke alarm. the environment is outstanding —— like i'm standing on asked,it outstanding —— like i'm standing on asked, it feels very real. 0h outstanding —— like i'm standing on asked, it feels very real. oh my gosh, there's a body down there. you will get more out of the training, it's been proven by a study in the united states that if you train in their virtual reality retention rate is 75%. most of my talks are

powerpoint, potentially back 5% you can see what we are looking at this because our training will be helped so much. if you want to skip ten seconds forward you can do it on the controller you can skip forward and fast—forward. you remember from the scene fast—forward. you remember from the scene is not a minute ago, that monitor was completely melted. you can see how it physically affects, it's not even burning yet. we did not show the people putting out the fire, you get the ability straightaway to dive back in the scene, straightaway to dive back in the scene , now you straightaway to dive back in the scene, now you are in straightaway to dive back in the scene, now you are in that same bernstein. yes, seeing the impact of that fire is pretty remarkable. part of the reason this experience feels so intense is there really is and behind it. for leicestershire fire and rescue this was important. that they moved away from indemnification and into real life. he had been

working with a company to make this happen. they seams are created using photogrammetry, they have cameras and lasers, photographic real life 360 degrees scenarios, up to thousands of times. we have seen how fire services are using virtual reality but what about other first responders? here in the defence science and technology lab, they are ha rd science and technology lab, they are hard at work on how police may use virtual reality in their training. number seven ferguson house. wow! i can see already. this is what people would expect to put the police and retro vanity to get a why is it so important that the police interact with technology in this way? you can replicate one—off events. so one off event which is a hazardous environment you can we create as a one off and people would never, ever get the opportunity to rehearse that

but we can so we can give them that opportunity to do a one off scenario and do it safely. all my gosh! ok, i'm going to see if she's alive. she's obviously taking some pills. there's a heartbeat here. i can definitely see already how it could be used in the way a lot of games are to open up your mind to possibilities around crime, white people may have committed criminal activities, those kinds of questions, definitely we are there already. yeah. that was more enjoyable than the fire one i think. that should not be made to calais but i could go back into that world whereas the fire scene i wanted to get out. that's it from click with the international fire training centre. it's waiting for you on a

player right now, we will put some more amazing footage from this place up more amazing footage from this place up on social media on facebook and on twitter. for now, thank you for watching and we will see you soon. what a scorcher it has been for some of us and it's a bank holiday weekend, it's been a record hot late august bank holiday because once again temperature has reached 33 celsius and the greater london area similarto celsius and the greater london area similar to what we saw on sunday. this breaks all the records. the heat has been coming in this area of high pressure it's very hot because

parts of france, paris, but cooler out in the north atlantic this cold front. these cool air will gradually had our way as he had to the week introducing fresh air condition, temperature is closer to the seasonal will be raining about and also some systems i had set any in the next couple of days. that's how it's looking. tonight let's have a quick recap of what's going on. clear skies across angela east in england and another warm one here but we'll have a few showers and tend to is slightly across wales and perhaps a bit further north, this weather front marks the boundary between the warm air and the cool air it would be affecting west dense with breezy conditions. temperature is here around 11 to 12 degrees but very is here around 11 to 12 degrees but very warm is here around 11 to 12 degrees but very warm and muggy in the southeast. tomorrow is the last of a hot day across the eastern side of the country, further west we will see the change, thunderstorms my widespread across up with england and wales and northern england you could continue to have that weather front bringing strong winds. mid to

high team celsius, closer to the mid to high 20s and the last heat, 30, 31 across the southeast. they showers and thunderstorms become more widespread bridges tuesday night so it could be quite heavy some torrential rain and the southeast remains very warm and generally dry. a very some chance of showers or storms, this is the weather front associated with that area of thunder remain, we have got area of thunder remain, we have got a series of local systems which will be heading our way as we head deeper on entered the later part of the week. i wednesday a lot more crowded around a lot of the cooler air will reach easton here is of the country as well. sunshine behind the rain but it will stay quite late, the southeast fairly warm with 24 maybe 28 in east anglia but elsewhere, 17 to 22 degrees. so the cooler air reaches england and the southeast as we had with arthur anxiety, most of the showers and a breeze as well affecting the north and the rest of the uk. temperatures may bejust a

touch below the seasonal as we head on into the weekend.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 6pm. the prime minister says he's marginally more optimistic about striking a brexit deal, after meeting with g7 leaders in france. but it's the job of everyone in parliament to deliver on time. i think people have just about had enough of this conversation and i think they are yearning fora moment when brexit comes and i think they are yearning for a moment when brexit comes off the front pages. but that can only happen when we come out of the eu on 31st october. leaders at the summit pledge £18 million to help tackle the devastating fires in the amazon rainforest. the largest earthquake thought to be caused by a fracking site in the uk, has been felt in lancashire. a 14—year—old boy has been arrested in connection with a fire overnight at a high school in dunfermline. the prime minister tells the bbc to ‘cough up' and pay for tv