in an audio message posted on twitter, she urged the people of haiti to continue fighting. more than 30 million people in the southwestern united states are experiencing another brutal heatwave. nearly 200 square miles of forest has been closed due to wildfires, and people have been moved from their homes close to the nevada border in northern california. queen elizabeth has sent a message of support to the england men's football team, ahead of their euro 2020 final on sunday. if they beat italy, it'll be their first major tournament victory since 1966. italy haven't lost any of their previous 33 matches. here in the uk, as new coronavirus cases continue to rise, medical leaders are warning that people should remain cautious, even after restrictions are lifted in england injust over a week's time.

the academy of medical royal colleges says the national health service is already "under unprecedented pressure". 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. covid infections in oxford have soared to their highest levels since the start of the pandemic, mostly among young adults. from monday, the city will follow places like bolton and bedford in getting extra government support for surge testing and vaccinations. with restrictions in england due to end in nine days�* time, people are urged to continue wearing facemasks in crowded indoor areas. i have no problem with continuing to wear a facemask after they are not in force, because i think if it helps people to feel reassured, you know, it'sjust a bit of cloth over your face. it's more about thinking of others as well. i mean, i'm fairly young, but the older generation are more vulnerable. elsewhere, large parts of the north east of england have the highest infection rates in the uk, many of them rising sharply in the last week. with people getting together

for the big final tomorrow, there's a plea from hospital bosses. as much as it's an exciting opportunity, and potentially once in a lifetime for our country, i ask that, you know, fans remain at a distance as best they can, wash their hands at every opportunity, drink alcohol in moderation. please do not overwhelm our a&e services. here in liverpool, over—18s are turning up to get their first jabs. there is a big push to get more young people to come forward. with predictions covid cases could hit 100,000 a day later this summer, and a third of adults still not fully vaccinated, medical leaders across the uk warn things are likely to get worse before they get better. many people have just had or are about to have their first doses of the vaccine, and this virus is rampaging through society. and although far few people are ending up in hospital and dying at present, than have previously, because the vaccine is helping, actually many of people who get

covid will go on to get long covid. hospitals are extremely busy, with record number of patients in some a&es, while trusts are trying to catch up with the huge backlog of postponed operations. health bosses are warning the sharp increase in infections will lead to major staffing issues if doctors and nurses have to self—isolate every time they are in close contact with someone testing positive. 0ne hospital trust is said to have 500 staff off due to the virus. ministers are considering making double—jabbed nhs workers exempt from self—isolating when lockdown ends. that's welcomed by health unions if there's appropriate testing and ppe. now on bbc news, the travel show revisits some of its best eco—trips from the last few years. from one of the world's most exciting train rides, to hurtling downhill with outbreaks.

to moose tracking in the forests of canada. this week, we revisit some of our wildest adventures. from one of the world's most exciting train rides, to hurtling downhill without brakes. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, carmen roberts, coming to you this week from my local park in tokyo. we've not been travelling these past few months, which has been an odd change of pace for all of us here on the programme, but over the past few years we have been to hundreds of incredible places and faced many unusual and occasionally uncomfortable situations. i faced my fear of heights jumping off the sky tower

in new zealand, ignored basic safety advice and danced with scissors in peru, and played real—life mario kart down some of the busiest road in tokyo. but it's notjust me, though. all of us travel show regulars have had some pretty wild adventures, and this week we are looking back at some of our favourites. first up, in 2018, we went tojordan to mark 100 years since the culmination of the arab revolt, the legendary campaign against the ottoman empire which was famously led, it's claimed, by lawrence of arabia. we sent rajan tojordan to experience a battle re—enactment along one of the key supply lines. this is a reconstruction of one of the original trains and it used to carry supplies to the ottoman troops and i am

going to take a trip through this stunning landscape. baking hot out here! i hope it is cool inside. this is a glorious feeling — huge, vast arid desert around me, these big granite mountains on either side, just how you imagined it. oh my god! it's horses! wow! that's a bomb!

i think you will find, that's a bomb. oh! what the hell! that is loud! so, what i'm getting is that this train is being hijacked, and that a bomb has been exploded on the line and we cannot move. we have been well and truly hijacked. i tell you what, for a re—enactment, it's pretty realistic. i'm actually scared, even though i know they are blanks. what the hell! ok, i'm going! i'm going, 0k! don't leave me here!

0k, 0k. hands up, hands up man, hands up! constant attacks on the 0ttoman�*s railway supply lines worked, the war ended and several new nations, syria, iraq, libya were formed. the origins of the middle east that know today can be traced to these attacks on the railway and the subsequent covering up of the region by the brits and french. that was rajan there under bombardment in the blazing heat of the jordanian desert. it's a bit of a temperature change now and we head to the chilly austrian alps where ben braved —30 degrees centigrade and a gathering storm for a spot of snow camping and let's just say it

didn't all go to plan. we have put up all of the tents now. mostly these guys. it's going well, it is a lot warmer than i thought. so after some hard work, our camp is set and i will be honest, a hot drink has never been more satisfying. as the sun fell behind the mountains, little did we know that this would be a last chance to take in this amazing environment. it was most definitely the calm before the storm. it's absolutely freezing and getting colder by the second, but it really is beautiful and i'd never seen anything like it in my life. we melt snow over camp stoves to make our dinners of rehydrated chicken noodles.

but then, the dramatically worsening weather was taking its toll. somewhere along the way, i took a wrong turn and now i'm in the deeper snow. oh god. oh god, oh god. oh god, it's so deep. that was difficult. 0k. here's my house for the night. oh, it's so cold! the ground feels like a freezer. 0k. it is currently 2am and i have not slept at all. i think we are right in the middle of the storm and the winds are so strong. but the worst was yet to come. we woke up early to a blizzard of snow.

with the wind hitting me this hard, i'm shocked at how drastically this amazing place can change overjust a few hours. but then, it was all hands on deck to pack down our tents. with visibility restricted to just a few metres in places, it was important we stick together. 0ur path was never too farfrom a sheer drop down the mountain. getting down was going to be much harder than getting up. the storm had meant the whole mountain had been shut down for safety reasons and we would essentially need to be evacuated. so, snowploughs to the rescue. it's not really the morning i was hoping for because you can't really see anything because it is such a blizzard, but it was such a great

experience, something you don't do every day, but now it is time to get warm. next, we head to the state of hidalgo, central mexico, when mike endured one eco parque�*s notorious night walk, where tourists can experience a brutal recreation of an illegal border crossing into the united states. this reconstruction has been designed by locals to try to persuade migrants not to attempt the sometimes perilous journey, which claimed 300 lives last year. we are told to meet inside the main gate. and even though these guys are playing a part, they really mean business. so the guy yelling at the top of his lungs is the person taking us across the border.

he is taking his character extremely seriously. so firstly, we are alljumping in the back of a pickup truck. i have no idea where we are going. he's not giving us any tips. and we're going to attempt to cross the border they've created for us tonight. i have to watch my step. there is gunshots, there is silence, this bridge is sirens, this bridge is totally not stable, and there's people crawling on the ground. i don't even know what's going on but the group is slowly... you 0k?

yes. unsure footing, i can kind of deal with. but things get much scarier when you are forced to the ground by these very authentic—looking bandits. crack normally you would welcome the arrival of the police with open arms, but our coyote tells us to run. sirens we have to go, we have to go!

panting the idea of this park is to show people what hardships and work goes into border crossings, and this has been a perfect example so far. this is the moment, this is the moment. 0ur coyote is stressing out. wait for the next truck, as

soon as it comes, we're jumping in the back. sirens they're coming. sirens off in the distance. here at the eco parque, they are hoping the experience will end up saving many lives. it's certainly given mayn of the guests here pause for thought. sirens well, stay with us, because coming up... henry dodges obstacles on a downhill cart race in the philippines. and i hang from a waterfall in peru. oh, my gosh! so, don't go away. right. we are crossing continents now and heading to canada in search of one of its most famous residents. and even though it is big and noisy, the canadian moose is surprisingly elusive. but luckily, krista

had the help of one of the country's top trackers. howling you must be pierre? yes, i am. lovely to meet you. what an amazing song. you really sounded like a wolf. thanks! although wolves don't normally carry guitars. my friends call me peter the wolf. pierre takes tourists around this forest, the world's biggest research forest. as ever, sunrise and sunset are the best times for spotting. he reckons there is an 80% chance. this is the mark that a big male with big antlersjust made. 0n the moose safari, we are

trying to find the moose, we are trying to approach them with all the ancestral technique — the wind and the noise, and we are also doing moose, different calls, to attract them. sometimes we are very lucky. with the moose calls you make, could you explain the noises? what do they say? honking the female noise is like this. honking and the male, it is short but deep. kind of rough. grunting it's very deep, because moose are big. they are the biggest member of the deer family. male grunting pierre takes me off deep

into the woods, catching very faint calls he can hear in the distance. he's not above smearing himself in a �*moose bath�*, which is basically a collection of unpleasant substances the animal has left behind. the going is heavy. i have a tough time in the boggy ground. but after a couple of hours with two soaking wet feet and daylight disappearing, we admit defeat, get back in the car and head for home. when, suddenly... i see it! oh, my goodness! huge antlers on that one. moose. yeah.

the boys are out tonight. look at that. distant, but definitely there. moose call 0ff pierre went, chasing the moose into the sunset. krista there, enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of the canadian wilderness. next up, we're off to the philippines and the island of negros, made famous by a local sport that has attracted thousands of thrillseekers from all over the world, including our very own henry golding. we don't recommend you try this at home. cheering that's insane!

i saw him flying about 30 feet! laughter 0n something that's... it's a unique thing. it might look like a few bits of bamboo strung together with wheels, but that is pretty much what it is! add a hill and a few obstacles, you've got a sport that will definitely get the adrenaline going. it all started when local environmentalist nicky decided to ramp up a children's game and turn it into a heart—stopping adventure sport. it could be described as an extreme sport. an insane sport, nicky. he is still alive.

so, missing about 15 trees on the way down, 0k? that is important. oh, dear. oh, dear! gaining speed! yeah! you have to be careful of where you are heading, because these tracks aren't straight lines, and the speed just picks up a crazy amount. you need a way to slow down. watch out for those trees! close call! after a few attempts, i start to get the hang of things.

laughter riding in a crew! as for the big jumps, well, i think i will leave that to the professionals. laughter yeah, good job, good job! yeah! woo hoo! and finally, this week, one of my all—time favourite experiences here on the travel show. back in 2016, i travelled to the andes in northern peru to the home of the yumbilla falls, one of the largest waterfalls in the world. and i was incredibly lucky to be one of the first people to try and abseil down it. your legs, carmen, 90 degrees like this. lean backwards. taking off was terrifying. it's hard to stay up with the constant pressure of the water pushing me backwards, and i'm told this

is the easy part. 0k! we reached the tiny ledge overlooking the last 80 metres overlooking the last 70 metres and prepare for our descent. what a view! oh, my gosh, it's amazing! woo hoo! 0k. here we go. we're so close. this is amazing! so far, so good. but halfway down, i'm in for a shock. slightly unnerving we're going to lose the rock now and go into freefall. ah! i can do this. ah, yep, this is good. without the rock face,

i'm literally hanging. it's hard work on my hands. basically, this rope is holding my body weight. i'm having to release the rope to get me down. this way of coming down is faster and scarier, but a lot more exciting. we reach the last part of the descent, and i'm so relieved to finally get to the bottom. whoa! i know it's crazy, i didn't expect so much water! that was amazing. yeah!

well, that's it for this week, and our look back at some of our wildest adventures here on the travel show. and hopefully we will be on the road, pushing our limits again very soon. but in the meantime, you can keep up on social media, where we'll give you some inspiration for your future travel plans. just search "bbc travel show" on all the main platforms and you'll find us there. but until next time, from me — carmen roberts — and the rest of the travel show team at home, all around the world, it's goodbye. hello, fairly quiet on the

weather front right now. plenty of dry weather across the uk, but we expect some showers and even the odd downpour and thunderstorm. and, of course, it's a very big day in the world of sport. we've got wimbledon, we've got the final at wembley too, so eyes on the weather too. we'd like the best weather we could possibly get. so, this is what it looks like early in the morning — some sunshine and dry, but weather fronts are approaching and showers are brewing. the good news is that, for wimbledon, we're expecting fine weather conditions, very pleasant temperatures of around 18 to 20 celsius with some scattered clouds. so, this is what it looks like for most of us through the morning. it's dry, but then in the afternoon, very quickly, heavy showers will develop across parts of northern england and scotland. some of them could be thundery. also in the southwest, a weather front is approaching at the same time, so wet weather for the west country, parts of wales too. and this weather front

will move slowly eastwards through the course of the day, so areas that will have been dry through the afternoon may turn a little cloudy and then wet, and that does mean that, just around kick—off time, we are expecting some rain at wembley. but the good news is that it should be mostly light and fleeting. so, the forecast, then, into the week ahead. well, here's a dip in thejet stream here. and you see some blobs of blue, so that indicates further showers on the cards. quite often, when we do get a dip in thejet stream, we have low pressure over us and the ingredients for further showers, so lots of showers on the way once again on monday, some of them heavy. if you squint, you canjust about make out some lime green colours there. that indicates a downpour or two. temperatures in the sunshine will be around 20 degrees or so. the good news is that on tuesday, the weather improves. there will be fewer showers around. but we are watching these very close by over the near continent, northern france. they could just about clip the southeast. but the further north and west you are, i think the drier and brighter the weather will be on tuesday.

and then from midweek onwards, we are expecting high pressure to gradually drift from the azores in our direction. that means that the weather will settle down, there will be more dry weather around, lighter winds and also a little bit warmer too. i suspect in one or two spots eventually towards the end of the weekend, temperatures will hit 25. but wherever you are today, have a good day.

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