this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. europe wakes up to more wildfires. blazes rage right across the continent, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. in the us, 17 members of congress from the democratic party are arrested at a rally for abortion rights. in sri lanka, can a new president appease the protesters? mps begin voting on gotabaya rajapaksa's successor in the next half an hour. a million subscribers down but netflix quarterly earnings aren't quite the horror show that was feared. and no netflix drama here,

just a real—life fantasy. the hunt is on for the euromillions ticket holder who's won the uk's largest ever lottery jackpot. hello and welcome. temperatures across western europe are showing signs of easing on wednesday but the threat caused by wildfires is not. more than 30 fires are still raging in spain, portugal, france and greece. in the uk, the number of blazes has surged after temperatures topped a0 degrees for the first time ever. azadeh moshiri has the latest. this is what the hottest day on record looks like in the uk. as a country hit a0 celsius for the very first time. you can see here, farmers in south

yorkshire try to plant vibrates to protect land. the grassfire spread to homes as well, like these ones in east london, in wellington, were about 100 firefighters tried to battle flames after they spread quickly from house to house. we went from _ quickly from house to house. - went from the first house and within a few minutes itjumped the second house and then it started burning through the back gardens. after we helped the farming, we had to start moving the gas containers and we thought they were container and then within 15 minutes those houses were completely up and it carried onto the next storehouse temperatures peaked on tuesday meaning cooler temperatures ahead but the uk's is not used to these sort of scenes, and this kind of eat. in 1976, they peaked shy of 36 celsius. it took 27 years to drop the record but things are speeding up. 16 years after

that, another new record and here we are, only three years later and we are at a0 celsius. across europe, wildfires have continued to rip through the continent's forests. the damages clear in france. summer camp sites have been torched. the country has seen tens of thousands of hectares burnt and tens of thousands north of athens, in greece, greenhills were covered in smoke as authorities reported 39 wildfires in 2a hours. some residents were so close to the fires, they found it hard to breathe. in spain, more than 30 wildfires continue to ravage parts of the country, edging closer to residential areas. the country's prime minister paid a visit to one of the hardest hit regions in glitzy asked. translation: ,, ., ., asked. translat|om ., :: :::::: translation: so far, 70,000 hectares have _ translation: so far, 70,000 hectares have been _ translation: so far, 70,000 hectares have been burnt - translation: so far, 70,000 hectares have been burnt in i

hectares have been burnt in this country. to give us an idea, this is almost double the number of hectares burned on average over the last decade. heat waves are happening more frequently, becoming more severe, and causing temperatures some countries are never seen before, as climate fighters continue to warn world leaders about the urgent need to cut emissions, these fires are making sure the issue is front and centre, for the time being. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. noah diffenbaugh is a climate scientist at stanford university. now were, at unprecedented times with many warnings, this could become the new status quo, certainly for europe. your response to what we are experiencing at the moment? first and foremost, obviously, this is a high impact event and for the people who have been affected, the wildlife affected, the wildlife affected, that is the biggest

concern. in the longer term context, this is what living with climate change is like, unfortunately. and we have very clear evidence that global warming is already upping the odds, putting a thumb on the scale and making these kinds of unprecedented conditions more likely. and we also know that will intensify in the future. this is something that, unfortunately, we are not only living with hera now but we can be confident we have to deal with even more so going forward. with even more so going forward-— with even more so going forward. �* ., , , forward. and that is the case regardless. _ forward. and that is the case regardless, isn't _ forward. and that is the case regardless, isn't it, - forward. and that is the case regardless, isn't it, in- regardless, isn't it, in regards to what we do with carbon emissions. even if we make huge progress in reducing our use of fossil fuels etc, we are still looking at half years ahead, aren't we, before things start to change? the ahead, aren't we, before things start to change?— start to change? the reality is that if the _

start to change? the reality is that if the us _ start to change? the reality is that if the us and _ start to change? the reality is that if the us and paris - start to change? the reality is that if the us and paris goals| that if the us and paris goals are met, in terms of reaching net—zero emissions in the next three decades or so, middle of the century, then we are still likely to have continued intensification of the kind of extreme heat that is happening right now but important to keep in mind that absent those policies, absent those efforts of decarbonisation, the increase in extremes or be even greater. both are true simultaneously. the more global warnings happens, the more intense conditions will get. what are you hearing in your community about the impact these events are having on policy in terms of the governments commitment to net zero targets? it governments commitment to net zero targets?— zero targets? it is clear that the ambition _ zero targets? it is clear that the ambition is _ zero targets? it is clear that the ambition is there - zero targets? it is clear that the ambition is there in - zero targets? it is clear that l the ambition is there in terms of stated goals, so certainly,

from 2015 when the paris agreement was announced, until now, the fact that 1.5 degrees has been the goal is much more ambitious than the policy goals were prior to that. and, that being said, this has been well documented, the world is behind the reductions in emissions, the reductions in emissions, the rate of decarbonisation necessary to meet those goals. it is clear that we are not on target for what the paris agreement has laid out. {lila agreement has laid out. 0k, thank you. _ agreement has laid out. 0k, thank you, we _ agreement has laid out. 0k, thank you, we have - agreement has laid out. 0k, thank you, we have to - agreement has laid out. 0k, thank you, we have to leave it there but we are appreciate your expertise, thank you. pretty much all of western europe is sweltering in the heatwave. if you go to our website, you can see a collection of images from across the continent including this one of a guardsman getting a drink

from a helpful policeman. visit bbc news to see that and more. now to washington, where 17 democratic members of congress have been arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the supreme court. the group includes alexandria 0casio—cortez, a prominent member of the progressive wing of the democratic party. the congresswoman and her colleagues have been led away by police after blocking a nearby street as part of a civil disobedience rally. north america correspondent peter bowes told us what the significance of the protest is. this was quite a small protest, in all about 35 people were arrested. about 50% of those were members of congress, 17 in all. i think what the purpose of this was was to simply keep this issue in the headlines

and it succeeded in doing that. there have been many other protests since the supreme court's ruling a few weeks ago that were much bigger than this one. there is a concern among some democratics, and especially those in the progressive wing of the party that the administration could perhaps have done more, and could have responded a bit more strongly to what the supreme court did. although, mr biden has said on several occasions that to some extent his hands are tied and there is very little he could do now. perhaps looking ahead to the november elections and from his perspective hoping that more democrats are elected and then meaningful legislation could be passed, it could be got through both houses that could guarantee abortion rights across the country. let's get some of the day's other news. here, conservative mps will vote later today to decide the final two candidates in the leadership contest. three are left in the running — the former chancellor, rishi sunak, the trade minister, penny mordaunt, and the foreign secretary, liz truss.

the ultimate choice of who will succeed borisjohnson will be made by about 160,000 conservative party members this summer. the us house of representatives has passed a bill to enhance federal protection for same—sex marriages. the democrat—inspired bill was supported by a7 republicans, allowed to vote with their conscience. democrats introduced the measure fearing the conservative majority in the us supreme court could roll back gay marriage rights, as it did for abortion last month. the european commission is expected to propose that all eu countries agree to reduce their gas consumption by up to 15% because of fears that russia could reduce or completely stop supplies to the eu during the winter. moscow has already cut or halted supplies to a dozen eu countries. the national government would have to approve the commission's proposal before it

could become compulsory. sri lankan mps are due to start voting in the next half hour, for a new president, after its former leader resigned over the country's economic crisis. the acting president —— and frontrunner —— ranil wickremesinghe faces a tough challenge from dullas alahapperuma, a former education minister. it follows months of protests, that led to former president rajapaksa, fleeing the country. let's cross to the sri lankan capital colombo now and speak to the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan. we should hear fairly soon who will be the new president wesley is a big day for sri lanka after all the things happen, all of the people storming into the protest and the protest against cost of living. now the sir lankan

parliamentarians well choose the next president after the former president fled and resigned. there are 225 parliamentarians and whoever gets the majority on the day will be chosen as the next president. here are the frontrunners? the current president and he has the support of the function of the governing ruling alliance. and he is very confident that he can make it this time and he had contested for a presidential election and lost twice now is hopeful that this time with the help of mps he will be chosen but he is facing a tough challenge from the former education minister, he has held several cabinet portfolios in the last 20 years and a section of the governing alliance is supporting him as well as the main opposition. in a dramatic move they withdrew a candidate yesterday so we have the support of the opposition

as well. the third candidate is as well. the third candidate is a left—wing party leader. all either parliament and what they are going to do. who is likely to get thejob are going to do. who is likely to get the job and will it be someone who is removed from the ruling family? the anti-governmentl ruling family? the - anti-government protesters ruling family? tue: anti—government protesters have made it very clear they do not want anyone who had close ties with the former family. if you look at the evidence he has been a loyalist all along but they have strong views and the protesters have said they will go on a peaceful demonstration just 50 metres from where i am now but they were not have a huge protest of what we saw last week. but dullas alahapperuma has been getting

out there a lot overnight and it depends on what the regional votes are as well. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it's notjust temperatures at a record high in the uk — the hunt is on for the winner of the biggest ever lottery jackpot. do you have the hottest ticket in town? radio: i see you coming down the ladder now. i that's one small step for man... ..one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight. for the first crash - in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. _ it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today.

there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. seven, six, five... thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: europe wakes up to more wildfires. blazes rage right across the continent, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. in the us, 17 members of congress from the democratic party are arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the supreme court in washington. nearly a million people have cancelled their subscriptions with netflix in the past three months. but the streaming giant had

expected to lose twice this number after years of growth. the company is being hit by a busier marketplace and rising costs, as our north america technology reporterjames clayton explains. if explains. you're old enough you'll remember if you're old enough you'll remember this, if you're old enough you'll rememberthis, going if you're old enough you'll remember this, going to an actual physical shop in renting out dvds, how quaint, companies like blockbuster died because of the growth of an upstart, netflix. first you could order dvds online but in 2000 and seven started offering something very different, streaming content, the model was wildly successful, netflix phenomena tv was dead it was all about subscriptions but not quite. all about subscriptions but not uuite. . , all about subscriptions but not uuite. ., , ., , quite. netflix was to be disruated _ quite. netflix was to be disrupted in _ quite. netflix was to be disrupted in the - quite. netflix was to be i disrupted in the category, quite. netflix was to be - disrupted in the category, it is facing disruption itself. tn is facing disruption itself. in silicon valley it has released its new audience figures for the last quarter and they are

not especially good, they lost a million subscribers in the last three months, what's gone wrong? loads of competition, disney plus, amazon prime, apple tv, the competition has created a brutal spending war, the top eight streamers projected to spend $100 billion content this year. netflix came up content this year. netflix came up with some monster flicks, the crown and lex productions nominated for 27 0scars this year, the company still making good content. the cost of living crisis has led to belt tightening with families looking to streaming services as a saving. many households don't have an account but share the logins of friends or family. one study found netflix was losing 25 billion to dollars a yearfrom was losing 25 billion to dollars a year from people watching it on other people �*s accounts. netflix is known about this problem for years

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matters into their own hands as anastasiya gribanova reports. this building is famous in ukraine. the residential tower block/ early one saturday morning by russian rockets. it was once home to a00 families. it's hard to imagine that this used to be this hump somebody�*s i'm. that was a bedroom and overhear where i'm standing this was probably the living room with a family would sit together over a nice meal or watching tv after a long working day and over there there was the kitchen and there is still some food left on the table. this peaceful life was gone and instant and the people here residents of this building are trying to do is to put it all back together. constantine and his family of three moved into months before the strike.

all of them were at home when the rocket hit. translation: i was here on the sofa, there was the tv and i was just watching the tv and i was just watching the news. the tv and i was 'ust watching the newah the tv and i was 'ust watching the neweh the tv and i was 'ust watching the news. ,, , ., , ., the news. suddenly there was a hu . e the news. suddenly there was a huge fan. _ the news. suddenly there was a huge fan, there _ the news. suddenly there was a huge fan, there was _ the news. suddenly there was a huge fan, there was smoke - huge fan, there was smoke everywhere, shards of glass were flying around, lots of dust. i was thrown back towards the kitchen. 0ur dust. i was thrown back towards the kitchen. our daughter was in the corridor, the blast went through the mattress, pillows and duvets over her. fits through the mattress, pillows and duvets over her.- and duvets over her. as more and duvets over her. as more and more _ and duvets over her. as more and more people _ and duvets over her. as more and more people return - and duvets over her. as more and more people return to . and duvets over her. as more| and more people return to the capital, they are arriving home to find their world and pieces. presidents i happen to find more money to repair their homes. constance and his neighbours have managed to raise $51,000 indonesians, all thanks to the crowd funder run by elena. translation: the money donated is controlled by

the resident we use it to repair our homes.- the resident we use it to repair our homes. she says the rebuilding _ repair our homes. she says the rebuilding effort _ repair our homes. she says the rebuilding effort has _ repair our homes. she says the rebuilding effort has bought - rebuilding effort has bought people closer together. translation: we have now become good friends, like imagining what it will be like when everyone returns.- what it will be like when everyone returns. this house will be filled _ everyone returns. this house will be filled with _ everyone returns. this house will be filled with laughter. i time for all the sports news. hello, this your sports news, where we start with cricket, and ben stokes said goodbye to the 0di format of the game as england lost by 62 runs to south africa in durham. the first match of the series saw the captain of the test team make just five runs with the bat as the proteas recorded a comprehensive victory, having chosen to bat first after winning the toss and making 333 for 5, rassie van de dussen man of the match with 13a. it's quite sapping in the field and i can't fault anyone's

efforts i thought we were outstanding backing up games in two days in the seat and with the bat we never managed to impose ourselves, i thought south africa bowled very smartly, get didn't give us much to hit but we couldn't quite put enough pressure on them. the first of the women's european championship quarter—finals takes place later with hosts england up against spain in brighton. goalkeeper hannah hampton will miss the game after testing positive for covid while manager sarina weigman is still hopeful of being in the dugout having missed the win over northern ireland, also due to covid, but she explained it's still workable as it was in that final group game. we had a line so i was in contact with technical staff during the game watching the game, of course, from here. so we stayed connected all the time. if necessary that's what we do tomorrow again. of course, i'm very hope for, but we will see what happened. and

we will see what happened. and we do know if i can't be there, i will be around in another way. england go into the game as favourites on home soil and spain haven't reached the semi—finals since the 1997 tournament — having been knocked out at the quarter—final stage at the last two major competitions. jonas vingegaard still leads by over two minutes as the riders head into stage 17 of the tour de france later as they move towards the finish line in paris on sunday. canada's hugo houle claimed his first tour de france stage win with a brilliant solo ride to victory on tuesday. the 31—year—old israel—premier tech rider became the first canadian to win on the tour since steve bauer in 1988. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. if you're in the uk and you took part in tuesday's euromillions lottery, you might want to check your

numbers right about now. 0ne ticket—holder has scooped a jackpot of nearly £200 million, that's more than $230 million, in what's being described as the biggest uk lottery win of all time. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. it was only two months ago that joe and jess thwaite celebrated their immense good fortune. their numbers had come up, and they had won £18a million in the euromillions lottery. but now they seem almost like paupers as an even biggerjackpot is about to be claimed. in the latest draw, a uk ticket holder has won £195 million. that is worth around $23a million. in a statement, camelot said:.

...millions of dollars, get those tickets out! of course, the best thing about it is a lot of money but it pales in comparison with some other lottery jackpot winners. in america, these sort of big pay—outs are not that unusual. a mother of two, mavis, received a cheque for more than $758 million five years ago. and spain's el gordo, or the fat one, is an annual christmas tradition that has a prize fund of nearly 3 billion euros, although the winnings are spread around in much smaller numbers. as for the latest lucky winner, they willjoin a long line people celebrating with a champagne and a big cheque. it could be you. it almost certainly won't be... ..but you never know. tim allman, bbc news.

it's not me, i didn't get a ticket. if you think it's you check, tell me what you do, i'd like to know. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sallybundockbbc. i'll see you soon for the top business stories. hello. 0ur historic and unprecedented heatwave is now coming to an end, but on tuesday, we recorded a new provisional uk record of a0.3 celsius. normally when we break records, it's by a fraction of a degree, but that's the old record. we've exceeded it by more than 1.5 degrees. this is very significant. eastern parts of the uk start wednesday, still in the grip of some relatively warm air, but out towards the west, something cooler and fresher flowing in from the atlantic. so, waking up to another warm start across eastern parts of england, but with some spells of sunshine. 0ut towards the west, wales, the southwest seeing some cloud and some showers, the odd heavy one. those showers drifting eastwards through the day. quite a lot of cloud for eastern scotland, more brightness

further north and west. sunny spells and just the odd shower there for northern ireland. temperatures lower than they have been. still 29 in the east of england — normally we consider that hot, but obviously not as hot as it has been — more like 18—20 for a good part of scotland and northern ireland. now, through the late afternoon and evening, we will see some quite intense thunderstorms across parts of northeast england, the midlands, east anglia, maybe the southeast — quite hit and miss, but some places could get quite a lot of rain in a short time. a lot of cloud holding on across eastern areas, more clear spells out towards the west, but it will be cooler and fresher for all of us as we start thursday morning. now, the next thing i think many of us would really like is some rain, but with high pressure building in for thursday, we're not going to see very much of that. yes, there mayjust be the odd shower here and there, a lot of cloud across central and eastern parts of england. that could produce the odd spot of rain, but for most, it is looking like a dry day. some spells of sunshine, particularly out towards the west. temperatures, though, much lower than they have been at 17—25 celsius north to south. friday, we stick with that cooler feel.

a greater chance of seeing showers on friday, but they certainly won't crop up everywhere. they will be quite hit and miss. some will be heavy, some will be thundery. best chance of brightness, i think, across southern and southwestern parts, but temperatures much closer to where they should be, actually, for the time of year, 15—23 celsius. as we head into the weekend, the best chance of seeing some rain will be up towards the north and the west of the uk. further south and east, it should stay dry with some spells of sunshine and it will actually start to turn a bit warmer once again.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. how to tame inflation — the bank of england says a half a percent increase in interest rates is likely — will it work? the latest inflation data is out today. 1 million subscribers lost — that's the news from netflix as it announces a crackdown on password sharing. and we have the story of the danish meatless company that decided to base itself in the north of england.