i've said that no option should be off the table. we have a new british bill of rights that's being introduced into parliament that i believe will help solve the challenges. and i've put some other further points in the plan today saying how we could do things differently from the european convention to strengthen our ability to deport people who shouldn't be here and protect our borders. but i want people to know that this is a very serious issue. it is a priority for me, it's a priority for the country and as prime minister, i will apply the same grip and determination to that as i did to getting this country through covid and solve the problem. tomorrow night we'll bring you live coverage of the leadership debate between liz truss and rishi sunak in stoke—on—trent, where they'll be head to head in front of an audience of conservative voters. we'll bring you the debate live between 9:00 and 10pm, with build up from 8pm. now it's time for a look

at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. it's been a hot and sunny day across east anglia. temperatures in a number of sites exceeded 30 celsius, but further west, it wasn't nearly that hot. indeed, we had thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. quite a few of these pulses of rain turned out to be quite heavy as well. now, looking at the weather picture — overnight tonight, there's a little bit more rain to come. light and patchy stuff across north—western areas generally, but some heavier, more persistent rain hanging around, loitering in northern scotland. that's a weather front that's going to start pushing back southwards. a fresher night for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. much of england and wales, though, warm once again — 16—18 degrees for many. now, tomorrow's forecast, this weather front pushes southwards, taking the rain across scotland, eventually moving into north—east england. will be a few showers elsewhere, but some dry, some sunny spells coming through, and temperatures, well, lower than we've been used to over recent days. high teens for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and not as hot in east anglia and south—east england, but still warm at 25 in places.

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we are finding out what's at the bottom of venice's most popular canals. they're something really big on the line here. it looks really, really heavy. we meet the chef bringing a comforting taste of ukraine to london. welcome to my kitchen! thank you. and lucy checks out the latest tech designed to inject more fun into festival season. i just love the fact that i can film hands—free effortlessly. i can listen to music, i can make calls on these things. we start this week in one of europe's most breathtakingly

beautiful destinations, venice, in north—east italy. this city on water is made up of over 100 islands, interconnected by a labyrinth of picture perfect canals and elegant bridges. life around here has remained the same for hundreds of years and steadfast through that time have been the gondoliers of venice. they see themselves as custodians of the city. today, there are only 400 gondoliers left and they are almost exclusively used by tourists.

so it was in the family? with the local population of around 50,000 people walked by 20 million visitors every year, the gondoliers aren't short of a customer or two. and while that is good for business, the numbers swelling the main tourist areas inevitably create a huge problem. increased pollution, including discarded junk clogging up the famous waterways. but now some of the gondoliers who ply their trade in the 276 canals are doing something about it. they hope to solve at least some of the problem with a voluntary initiative to perform regular underwater canal clean—ups. what gave you the idea to start cleaning the canals?

dredging up tonnes of rubbish ranging from shopping trolleys to car tyres is a mammoth and potentially dangerous task. so the men are given bespoke training. they dive using specialist equipment in order to operate safely. and early on sunday morning, long before tourists arrive, i'm joining the guys for the real deal. that is one hard—core scuba—diving suit. there is not one bit of skin showing. i've dived before.

i'm not sure i'd want to go into the canals of venice, as lovely as they are. i want to find out what the newly trained canal cleaners have to contend with. stefa no. ok, so what is all this? the heart of the operation. the teams have to stay in constant communication. it is crucial to help the guys underwater cope with the difficult conditions. it must be very dark and gloomy. can you see? ok, you go by feel down there. so, stefano, how often do you do this? every sunday? not every sunday, just in the winter. because in the summer with the traffic there are many

gondolas, many water taxis. i see. today is special because in this canal... much of today's catch is all too familiar. many bottles. lots of bottles. the guys at the night. yeah. they threw the empty bottle in the canal. right. since the clean—up began, some 4000 carelessly discarded bottles have been retrieved. but later, a baffling object rears its head and has everyone mystified. there is something really big on the line here. it looks really, really heavy and there is about three of them trying to pull it out. what is that? oh, my goodness. it's a trolley.

it's probably somebody�*s luggage from about 20 years ago that went off into the canal. look, it has been down there for so long it is covered in barnacles and slime and sludge. is that coral? is it sponge? no, no, these are sponges. wow. 0h, there's a rope. what's it like down there? mud, mud. mud. is it dangerous down there? the equipment they use is full protection against the pollution. because the problem is not really the water itself but the mud. the mud is laying in the canals years after years and is full of bacteria and chemical pollution.

but what about the gondoliers when they are working? is it difficult if there is rubbish? yes, yes. when the tide is low, they feel something in the water that is not the real sea floor. you know? yeah. canals must be cleaned to transfer this idea to the public is very idea. and also for the sensibility of people, people living in venice and also tourists. that they don't have to throw things in the canals. once the rubbish has been retrieved, gondoliers hand it over to the local council to dispose of it correctly. it has been an impressive haul today and that is just from one trip. so with another 200 or more canals to go, something tells me they have got a lot to keep them busy for some time yet. so next time you are enjoying a leisurely ride along the waterways of venice, spare a thought for the gondoliers who donate their time

to clean up the canals, even if they haven't mastered singing underwater yet. and if you are interested in a few days in venice in the nearfuture, here is a round—up of the best the city has to offer. all through the summer to november is the 59th venice biennale. as the name suggests, the contemporary art exhibition runs every two years. but due to covid there has been a three—year gap. this year is heavily weighted towards women with 90% of the main exhibition given over to female artists. burano is a picturesque island in the venetian lagoon, famous for its handmade lace and colourful homes. go for a few hours in the morning or afternoon to wander around and take in the tranquillity and calm, away from the hustle of central venice. whatever you do, don't

forget your camera. from burano you can then stop in to murano on your way back. this island is famous for its glass—making, which is considered a fine art. it dates back to 1291, when the venetian government ordered glass—makers in venice to relocate to murano to avoid causing a huge fire. you could even find a workshop to try your hand at the craft. as we reported last month, from january 2023 you will have to pay a daily charge to enter if you aren't spending the night in the actual city itself. 0vernighters already pay a city tax at the hotel but for day trippers you will need to pre—book your slot and pay through an app. prices will vary between 3 euros and 10 euros per person, depending on how busy it is. still to come on the travel show...

we meet the restauranteurs bringing hope to ukrainian refugees in london. i think that food can find a way just in the middle of the heart. it's that time of year again where summer is in full flow in many countries around the world, which means one thing... festival season is finally upon us and after seeing cancellations of some of the biggest festivals over the past two years due to covid, i am more than ready to put on my boots and visit a campsite or two. to me, a music festival is the perfect place to unplug and unwind, all to the soundtrack of some banging tunes. i have spent way too much time on my sofa in recent years, so i feel a bit loath to sacrifice my home comforts, even if it is just for the weekend.

and if you feel the same way i do, help is at hand as i take a look at some of the best gadgets to chuck into your rucksack this summer season. so first up is your festival accommodation. i have got the quechua two—second 3xl. now, if you weren't in the scouts or the girl guides, which i definitely wasn't, then camping might not be your thing. but this tent has the potential to become a firm festival favourite. that is because, as the name implies, it apparently pops up in just two seconds. so let's put that to the test. start your stopwatches. so, it didn't quite go up in two seconds but i think that has more to do with the person putting up the tent the natural tent itself. now it is up it is pretty spacious in here. whether you want to keep it all to yourself or share it with your friends and what will feel an absolute godsend is a special lining that blocks out heat

and light, which will be more than needed after a night of partying. right, i think it is time to check out some headliners. don't you just love going to a festival nowadays and seeing your favour act through a sea of phone screens in front of you? but there is a new gadget designed to make the way we watch live music change forever. these new glasses are designed to keep you in the moment and keep your followers up—to—date thanks to these nifty cameras that happen to link up to your social media. and with a quick clip or two we have photos and video sent to your phone ready to upload. i just love the fact that i can film

hands—free effortlessly, i can listen to music, i can make and receive calls on these things. of course, filming stephanie on a pair of glasses is not without its privacy issues. it has a little led that pops up to let people know that you're filming although i don't know how visible i will be in direct sunlight. then you have the download content of your phone to free up more space. and i was told on more than one occasion that these things had overheated which fell a bit disappointing but overall i am a massive, massive fan. these are awesome. but before i go, i want to test out these bad boys. guy's, crank it up to ii. so the reason i wanted the band to play something loud is because i was testing out the flare audio isolate prose.

when you're at a festival the lastingly one is that ring in your is following the third night in a row of banging beats. what these buds do is turn down the volume without reducing the quality. when you pull them out you realise just how loud the music is. they really do a really good job. but don't worry, festivalgoers, i have one more gadget for you yet for when the dirty beats at the only thing. the foot pump builds a pressure which allows the shower to work. oh, it is cold! so clearly it is not going to rival your shower at home but it definitely beats baby wipes. you will be the envy of the campsite. it is not really the kind of thing that i would want to bring along to a festival but if one was there on the site i would definitely use it. because after that i'm feeling a lot cleaner and a lot more refreshed.

and finally this week we are in london, where a ukrainian couple are embarking on a business venture to help those affected by the conflict back in their homeland. we sent a reporter to see how they're getting on. the war between russia and ukraine has been going on for over 20 weeks now. more than 5 million refugees have fled ukraine and millions more have been displaced within the country itself. butjust here in london's earls court, in this unassuming building, there is a ray of hope. because one ukrainian couple are creating opportunities for some of these refugees in their new restaurant, whose name means dream.

the restaurant is very much a work in progress but they are dreaming big. and every effort is being taken to evoke the spirit of ukraine. this is the bar area. this wall will look like the wall in old houses in ukrainian villages and towns where they didn't have proper building materials and they were using straw and clay. so it will be uneven, very authentic way how ukrainian is used to build the houses. we arrive to london five days before the war started. for us it was a short work visit and we have return tickets which we never used. when the war started we made a decision to stay here. and how did you feel at that point because you are stranded here and you had close friends and family in ukraine? all the time since the 24th of february you are receiving just bad news and it's

very, very exhausting. since they've been in the uk, they have helped raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for ukraine through events with celebrity chefs like jamie oliver and tom kitchen. that is part of our mission, notjust a fun race but also to remind the world community about ukraine through the language of food. so we are giving employment to ukrainian migrants and then we want to fill this place with ukrainian energy through textiles, furniture and all other beautiful things, which talented ukrainian artists are creating. undeniably, the main draw is going to be the food. something the head chef is very passionate about. he is even a culinary ambassadorfor ukraine. why is it so important for you that people here and around the world

know about ukrainian food? i think that food can find a way just in the middle of the heart. because of diplomacy, it is always about the brain, you are talking, trying to find some special ways. but the third is coming to the heart and afterwards your brain. you even can change your mind after a good dinner. so here it is five days fermented cucumbers. wow. i want to give you a piece to taste. today the day when we put in a can. that salt is in here? yeah. it is the most popular salt in ukraine but now the place where they're producing salt is a battlefield.

so the factories closed. you can't get it. it is finished even in ukraine so when i found it here in uk i was happy like a baby. i bought everything i can find. let me try. sure. that is such a rich, tangy, lovely taste. joining me for my bowl of food is a ukrainian refugee who will be working as a way to hear when the restaurant opens in a few weeks�*s time. so let's just start from the beginning really which is how did you find yourself in england? what happened ? 0n the 24th of february the war began. we had to think about the ways to flee the war basically from ukraine. because unfortunately there is not a single safe place in ukraine. so the city that i was in also got bombed. so my mum just insisted

on me leaving. how difficult is it to do this when you know what's happening back home? it is really hard and i am on the phone with my mum all the time. i am always checking the news. i wake up with the phone in my hand and a goat with the phone in my hand. it is very pressuring, i would say. just finally, why do you think it is important there is this restaurant specialising in ukrainian food with a top chef. why is important to have a here? i think it is really important to share culture because everyone knows about russian culture but not many people know about ukrainian one. so it is really important to show people that we have a deep, diverse culture with different traditions, different food that is really tasty and amazing. and that would be great to show that to people. i've got to say, i'm struck by the resilience of the ukrainians i've today and the strength of their community. and hopefully one day in the not too distant future,

a family will be able to visit the restaurant for themselves. well, that is it for this week. coming up next time... we visit the greek island one year after the devastating forest fires that occurred there. to find out if the aisle and's tourism industry is ready to bounce back. i have been sent in pictures of the place that we are on our waiting. looks lovely. it looks really lush, green, fertile. but i've been told since the fires have hit this whole area, it now looks very different. even looking out the window, look at that. just as far as the eye can see, all

you are looking at is burnt trees. and don't forget you can catch up on the bbc iplayer. we also on social media too along with a whole host of delights from across the bbc. but until next time from all of us here in venice, it's goodbye. hello again. well, this month continues to be very dry indeed. the latest rainfall stats show that so far this month across southern wales, southern counties of england, parts of east anglia, running up to lincolnshire, there's been hardly any rain at all. now on sunday we have seen some rain around, but the majority of that has been

falling across parts of northern ireland and scotland where it's been heavy and we have had this zone of rain stretching in across parts of wales as well, bringing some welcome relief from the very dry conditions we've seen. and indeed one of our weather watchers spotted something really rare forjuly in wales — a puddle. now across the eastern areas of england it's been a warm and sunny day, hot actually across parts of east anglia where temperatures in a number of sites reached over 30 degrees celsius. now, looking at the weather forecast overnight, we're going to continue with those south—westerly winds feeding in a few patches of rain here and there. some more persistent, heavier rain across northern scotland, where we've got a weather front that's slowly going to be sinking southwards towards the end of the night. temperatures, well, a fresher night for scotland and northern ireland but for england and wales, it's another warm night. temperatures, 16 to 18 degrees for many. and this area of low pressure that's been around all weekend, on monday slowly works out towards norway. we get these north to northwesterly winds following in, they'll bring a few patches of rain here and there, some sunny spells. we've got these bands of rain coming southwards across scotland,

into northeast england as we head through the course of the afternoon. now our temperatures dropping across the board. high teens generally across the north of the uk, england and wales also seeing the cooler weather but still quite warm across east anglia in the southeast, not into the 30s but still mid 20s, warm enough. now for the rest of the week high pressure dominates the weather picture for much of the week ahead until we see this low moving in towards the end of the week. well, that will bring a return to some wet and fairly windy weather to northern ireland and to scotland. tuesday's forecast, well, by and large, a dry picture for many of you with some sunny spells. there'll be a few showers, though, around eastern england running from, say, north yorkshire down to about kent. many of the showers that do form probably not bringing that much rain and there will be some areas that missed them altogether. so it's not going to change the overall theme of that very dry july that we have seen and we continue to see. now beyond that high pressure for england, wales, a lot of dry, sunny and warm weather developing. scotland and northern ireland will see some rain for a time towards the end of the week.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as wildfires rage in california, america's climate envoy tells the bbc that president biden is considering drastic measures to push his green agenda through. russia's foreign minister begins a diplomatic tour of africa he is contemplating a climate emergency and our country and once additional power to do some of the things we want to do. russia's foreign minister begins a diplomatic tour of africa and dismisses claims that moscow is to blame for the global food crisis. pope francis has arrived in canada for a visit he's described as a pilgrimage of penance. and the inaugural tour de france femmes began in paris today, hailed as a turning point in women's cycling.