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hello. welcome to bbc news. we start in northern italy — and dramatic scenes — after severe flooding has killed at least eight people — with thousands being evacuated from their homes. this weekend's formula one, grand prix at imola has also now been cancelled. it comes, as a new report by the world meteorological organisation warned that global temperatures will reach record levels in the next five years. we'll have more on that in a moment. first let's get more on the situation in itlay. it's one of the european countries most affected by extreme weather in recent years — the extreme flooding is in the emillia romana region. this is forli near bologna — the mayor has said the city is �*on its knees — devastated and in pain�*. divers have been recovering bodies — hundreds of people have been

trapped or stranded — as rivers burst their banks. in towns nearby — people are being rescued from their homes by helicopter. plucked from rooftops or the waters. in this area — around half the normal annual rainfall fell within 36 hours. these pictures are from bologna itself — you can see the amount of water in the streets — cars and trucks abandoned. and this is the town of cesena. the local authorities say, 14 rivers have broken their banks, and that in some areas, it wasn't possible to gauge the rainfall accurately, because the amount that fell exceeded what their instruments could record. this is the mayor of that town. translation: we cannot rule out the ossibili of translation: we cannot rule out the possibility of further _ translation: we cannot rule out the possibility of further breaches - translation: we cannot rule out the possibility of further breaches of - possibility of further breaches of the banks as happened yesterday at lipm. we reiterate our call to citizens to stay away from rivers, not to enter basement or underground rooms for any reason, and for those who live near the river to stay on

the first floor and not go down to the first floor and not go down to the ground floor. we the first floor and not go down to the ground floor.— the first floor and not go down to the ground floor. we will be live in the ground floor. we will be live in the area in — the ground floor. we will be live in the area in a _ the ground floor. we will be live in the area in a moment _ the ground floor. we will be live in the area in a moment or— the ground floor. we will be live in the area in a moment or two - the ground floor. we will be live in the area in a moment or two but . the ground floor. we will be live in the area in a moment or two but i | the area in a moment or two but i just want to give you this update which we received earlierfrom our correspondent sofia bettiza. local authorities are _ correspondent sofia bettiza. local authorities are warning _ correspondent sofia bettiza. lmal authorities are warning people to be extremely careful, to move to the upper floors of their home if they can, and not to go near any rivers because this emergency is far from over. the mayor of the city of ravenna said that last night was the worst night in the history of the region of emilia—romagna, and that his town is unrecognisable because of the damage. several people are currently missing, and thousands have been evacuated. they are taking shelter in gyms and in schools. several schools are closed, lots of trains are not running, and some of the rescuers were quite dramatic. the mayor of a city near bologna said the situation there at the

moment is catastrophic, there were thousands of people who live in homes that only have ground floor and they need to be rescued as soon as possible. the whole city has no electricity. weather—related disasters are getting more and more common in italy. this heavy rainfall comes after weeks of drought, which made the land drier, that makes it in turn much harderfor the land to absorb water, so when floods like these happen the consequences are very, very serious. local authorities are saying that the bad weather will continue for days, and probably until the end of may. that's our correspondent. live now to the area affected by the floods in emilia—romagna, near bologna — the journalist sabina

castel—franco joins us. i'm not very far from bologna, i'm not very farfrom bologna, but the distance and i'm in the middle so not very far. rivers have burst their banks, the rainfall was so heavy it hasn't stopped here. i've beenin heavy it hasn't stopped here. i've been in the area for the past four days and it really has been nonstop rain. last night was a dreadful, evenjust to go rain. last night was a dreadful, even just to go out for dinner it was really complicated. now firefighters have been working around the clock. there have been people, many, many thousands of people, many, many thousands of people, 4000 to be exact, evacuated from their homes. we have seen people stand on their roofs. a lot of people do not have any phone service, so a very, very complicated situation. what authorities are saying is many regional trains have had to be stopped under service has not resumed. many of the roads

cannot be driven along, and so that is causing a lot of problems obviously to the rescue operations in the area. there have been calls for, this is an emergency in this area, there have been calls for a new plan to combat the situation which everybody says has to do with climate change. i which everybody says has to do with climate change.— climate change. i will come back to that wider point _ climate change. i will come back to that wider point in _ climate change. i will come back to that wider point in a _ climate change. i will come back to that wider point in a moment - climate change. i will come back to that wider point in a moment but i climate change. i will come back to| that wider point in a moment but in terms of the rescue efforts on the ground, i know numbers are very difficult, but roughly where there are so many people still needing help, we have seen helicopters taking people away from the rooftops exactly as you were describing, but what are we talking about, hundreds or thousands that still need to be rescued? ~ . ., , or thousands that still need to be rescued? ~ . . , , rescued? well, certainly hundreds and possibly _ rescued? well, certainly hundreds and possibly in _ rescued? well, certainly hundreds and possibly in the _ rescued? well, certainly hundreds and possibly in the thousands. - rescued? well, certainly hundreds i and possibly in the thousands. these are people that cannot be reached in some cases. that's why helicopters are being used. i have seen firefighters turn up with their trucks to siphon out water because

otherwise cars can't drive along many of these regional roads. the area, the whole region, one can't go from one side of the region to the other. i am from one side of the region to the other. iam here from one side of the region to the other. i am here working and this morning it took us to do what is normally a 30 minute—drive, it took two hours to get to the destination. other people coming in from forli and cesena had similar difficulties. basically the police is even blocking the motorways. certainly this morning one of our colleagues couldn't use the motorway and it took him three hours to come in from forli into a place which is near bologna, something that certainly doesn't take three hours. so the situation is very, very complicated. there are no other ways people can move because the regional trains can't be used. then to go back to

the people who are having to leave their homes, these are people who are trying to find a way to escape from a very, very complicated situation with flooding in their homes. ~ ~' ., , situation with flooding in their homes. ~ ~ ., , ., ,, , homes. we know this happened very, ve cuickl homes. we know this happened very, very quickly when _ homes. we know this happened very, very quickly when the _ homes. we know this happened very, very quickly when the rains _ homes. we know this happened very, very quickly when the rains hit. - homes. we know this happened very, very quickly when the rains hit. in - very quickly when the rains hit. in terms of the frequency of this flooding, what is your assessment? you are there. is italy seeing more of this? you are talking about climate change a moment to go. absolutely. italy is seeing much more about this. i don't remember a may like this in my lifetime, i don't think. we have had a drought and now it has been nonstop rain for days and days and days. we have been told that the rain is going to continue and it is going to continue for days to come, and certainly until the end of may. and as you said earlier the grand prix at emma

lowe, the formula i grand prix, had to be cancelled because the whole of the race track is underwater. everywhere i saw rivers that were bursting their banks. the situation is really very, very critical, and certainly it has gotten worse over time. certainly in the last few years this is a situation that is continuing to get worse, so something really needs to be done here. , ., ., ., ., here. zerbino, we have to leave it there but thank _ here. zerbino, we have to leave it there but thank you _ here. zerbino, we have to leave it there but thank you for _ here. zerbino, we have to leave it there but thank you forjoining - here. zerbino, we have to leave it there but thank you forjoining us| there but thank you forjoining us and for giving us that graphic description of what it is like all around you, talking about the emma lowe formula i grand prix. it has been called off because of the widespread flooding. let's show you that picture again sent to some of the track. the organisers say the extreme conditions mean it is not possible to ensure the safety of fans, staff, or the track of all the teams. the organisers issued that

statement saying they do not want to put any more pressure on the emergency services. do stay with us because here on the programme in the next little while we will be talking to our formula i correspondent in terms of the implications of that decision that's been made to actually cancel this fi gathering at emma lowe. plenty more on that, our main story from italy, coming up on today's programme. we mentioned it in the main introduction because all of that comes as the united nations, their experts have warned that the next five years will almost certainly be the hottest since records began. the world meteorological organization said it's now more likely than not — that a key target — to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees — would be breached, with far reaching repercussions. the wmo says, there is now a 66% chance, that we will pass the i.5—degree threshold, for at least a year.

three years ago, scientists had estimated there was less than a 20% chance of that happening. there is a 98% chance of seeing the warmest year on record before 2027. arctic heating — will likely be — three times higher than the global average. those are some of the key findings from the report. dr christopher hewitt — is climate director of the world meteorological organisation climate — the department responsible for this annual update. thank you forjoining us. that is a pretty bleak assessment, 66% chance that we will breach the ski threshold.— that we will breach the ski threshold. , , ., , ., ~ threshold. yes, it is a bleak assessment, _ threshold. yes, it is a bleak assessment, and _ threshold. yes, it is a bleak assessment, and more - threshold. yes, it is a bleakl assessment, and more likely threshold. yes, it is a bleak - assessment, and more likely than not in the next five years we will breach that threshold. —— breach this key threshold. we have seen warming for a long time now, i think it was back in 2010 we breached 1 degrees, so we exceeded 1 degrees

global average surface temperature above preindustrial levels. and by 2014i don't think above preindustrial levels. and by 20141 don't think we have had a year 2014i don't think we have had a year since 2014 when it has been below1 degrees so it has gradually been getting warmer and the last three years we have been under la nina conditions in the pacific ocean, tropical pacific, which tends to suppress the global average surface temperatures, so we go back to about 2016 to get the previous warmest year which is during a strong el nino event. and we are now forecasting later this year it is likely that we will move into el nino conditions, and then typically the following year after that that creates warmer temperatures and that will be superimposed on the background of global warming. if we no ast this background of global warming. if we go past this key _ background of global warming. if we go past this key threshold of 1.5 degrees, in terms of the consequences of that, just how serious is it? there have been so many warnings over recent years but we passed that threshold, but what

then happens in your view? just we passed that threshold, but what then happens in your view?- then happens in your view? just to be clear we _ then happens in your view? just to be clear we are _ then happens in your view? just to be clear we are not _ then happens in your view? just to be clear we are not saying - then happens in your view? just to be clear we are not saying we - then happens in your view? just to be clear we are not saying we are l be clear we are not saying we are going to be permanently exceeding that 1.5 degrees which was talked about through things such as the united nations framework convention on climate change, cop in glasgow, sharm el—sheikh and the paris agreement. we are forecasting that we will likely, or more likely than not, exceed that temporarily. as you were saying, as we get a warmer planet, as we keep on warming, the impact on society and a range of sectors is potentially bad news. for example, a warmer planet, you would expect to have more heat waves, more intense heat waves, strongly duration. to be clear we are not forecasting heatwaves in particular parts of the world but we are showing that as it warms we are likely to have more heat waves and that will have huge impacts on society. that will have huge impacts on socie . , , that will have huge impacts on socie . , society. scientists are saying there is still time — society. scientists are saying there is still time to _ society. scientists are saying there is still time to restrict _ society. scientists are saying there is still time to restrict global- is still time to restrict global warming by cutting emissions. is that by doing what has already been agreed, going further? we

that by doing what has already been agreed, going further?— that by doing what has already been agreed, going further? we need to go further. we agreed, going further? we need to go further- we are _ agreed, going further? we need to go further. we are seeing _ agreed, going further? we need to go further. we are seeing record - agreed, going further? we need to go further. we are seeing record levels i further. we are seeing record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, so we also produce an annual state of the climate for each year. so the report we are talking about here is a forecast for the next five years but we also take a look at what has happened in the previous year. so the greenhouse gas levels are continuing to rise, and unless we dramatically reduce the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere then we will continue to see warming. you atmosphere then we will continue to see warming-— atmosphere then we will continue to see warming. atmosphere then we will continue to see warminu. ., ., ., ., see warming. you mentioned el nino a little earlier- — see warming. you mentioned el nino a little earlier. has _ see warming. you mentioned el nino a little earlier. has that _ see warming. you mentioned el nino a little earlier. has that been _ see warming. you mentioned el nino a little earlier. has that been built - little earlier. has that been built in? because it is thought we will see it in the next 12 months but it isn't guaranteed. have you factored that in or are you leaving it out? it is factored in, you are right, it is not guaranteed. we have left the cooling la nina conditions so the la nina has finished a few months ago so we are now in what is called a neutral phase in the tropical pacific but the forecasts suggest we are moving into the warm el nino phase and the following years that will expect to increase the temperatures further. but you are

right, it is not guaranteed but that is the current forecast. share right, it is not guaranteed but that is the current forecast.— is the current forecast. are 'ust a final thought i is the current forecast. are 'ust a final thought because * is the current forecast. are 'ust a final thought because it is the current forecast. are just a l final thought because i mentioned is the current forecast. are just a i finalthought because i mentioned it final thought because i mentioned it in the introduction that back in 2020 the chances of breaching that 1.5 was only 20%, now we are talking about 66%. have you been surprised that level of jump about 66%. have you been surprised that level ofjump in such a short space of time? it that level ofjump in such a short space of time?— that level ofjump in such a short space of time? it is surprising but, we have mentioned _ space of time? it is surprising but, we have mentioned this _ space of time? it is surprising but, we have mentioned this a - space of time? it is surprising but, we have mentioned this a few - space of time? it is surprising but, i we have mentioned this a few times, the el nino and la nina situation, having la nina to explain the relatively cool years we have had for the last few years, going back to 2016 before you get the previous warmest, so yes, if the el nino does form then we will move into a warmer phase. i don't know if i would call that surprising or not, that's what we would anticipate.— we would anticipate. christopher hewitt, thanks _ we would anticipate. christopher hewitt, thanks very _ we would anticipate. christopher hewitt, thanks very much - we would anticipate. christopher hewitt, thanks very much for. we would anticipate. christopher. hewitt, thanks very much for your time, and taking us through some of the analysis on today's report.

straight to breaking news because the reuters news agency is reporting that prince harry has said that he and his wife and her mother were involved in a near catastrophic car chase involving paparazzi photographers. that's come from a spokesperson for the prince in the last little while. no other details at the moment, but that the line that prince harry, his wife meghan and her mother involved in a near catastrophic car chase involving paparazzi photographers. that coming from his spokesman. just another line being sent to me as i speak, and a little bit of additional detail, the incident happening after meghan and harry had attended an award ceremony in new york on tuesday, and another quote here, this relentless pursuit lasting over two hours resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers

on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. that's the detail from prince harry's spokesman in the last little while. just to recap, because that's important breaking news coming into us, coming in from prince harry and his team, this incident on tuesday evening, so it happened after an award ceremony in new york, but the prince's spokesman talking about a near catastrophic car chase involving paparazzi photographers. and as i said to you in that sentence saying it lasted over two hours and resulted in double near collisions involving other drivers and pedestrians. we will keep an eye on that, that has just broken, those details, and there are likely to be more and we will return to the story in the next few minutes. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. we do cooking club here every

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what he refers to as an address on youtube broadcast live. he tends to do these fairly frequently, just after he tweeted that he was planning to do this, the also then said this might be my last tweet. i would also say he has made several tweets since then so it turns out it hasn't been the last tweet before he will be arrested again. this is an ongoing concern and something imran khan has continued to talk about. he then did this live broadcast. it was cut off slightly early but at the same time we have now seen the rest of that entire broadcast as well which has been sent over to us by his team. we have people from our bbc languages services who are in lahore as well and they have told us that at the moment outside imran khan's home things are relatively calm but the crackdown against imran khan and against his party and supporters of his party, people who might have been out protesting as well has continued. we have seen in

the last week or more at thousands of people, according to the officials, have now been arrested in relation to the protest that happened, since imran khan was arrested on the 9th of may as well. and we are seeing increasing pressure put on and we have also heard from the pakistan army that they intend to use the army act and they intend to use the army act and the official secrets act to try to try the individuals who have been involved in the protest and involved involved in the protest and involved in particular against any attacks that were done to army and military buildings around the country. that means that if they use those acts it means that if they use those acts it means those would—be civilians tried in military court and we have already heard a very strong condemnatory language about that from human rights groups who are very worried that if that happens there would be a reduction in transparency, that it would be very difficult for people to get the full justice, that they wouldn't be able to appeal properly in the same way that they might do in a civilian court, and the fact that it

undermines the civilian process as well. so really still a tense situation in pakistan, but at the moment imran khan is not arrested, as far as we are aware. he is still currently at home and we are told the situation there is still relatively calm.— the situation there is still relativel calm. ~ . ., ., relatively calm. we will continue to watch the situation _ relatively calm. we will continue to watch the situation which _ relatively calm. we will continue to watch the situation which is - relatively calm. we will continue to watch the situation which is very i watch the situation which is very fluid and we will come back to it if there is a development. turning back to one of the important stories in the uk. one of the world's biggest carmakers — is urging the british prime minister, rishi sunak, to renegotiate parts of the brexit trade agreement — or face the loss of thousands of british jobs. stellantis — which makes vauxhall, peugeot, citroen and fiat cars in the uk — says it faces an �*existential�* threat, unless the deal with the european union is overhauled. it says it will struggle to meet brexit trade rules on electric vehicle parts, which say 45% of the value of the cars should originate in the uk or eu. the problem for britain is made worse because it doesn't have sufficient

batter—making capacity. andy palmer — the former chief operating officerfor nissan — said the uk could lose its carmaking industry. it would be a tragedy. we have seen over the last 40 years a general decline in the uk's position in the industry. in the �*50s we used to be the second largest manufacturer of cars in the world, the world's largest exporter. last year we were 19th. so we have seen a general decline in our importance in the world. it can go one of two ways now. we can either use the opportunity of the move to electrification to reinvigorate our supply chain, reinvigorate the uk as an interesting place to manufacture cars. or we don't, in which case we can expect carmaking to move off these shores. let's speak to david henig — who's director of the uk trade policy project at the european centre for international political economy. he joins us live from london.

thank you forjoining us. let's talk about some of the points andy palmer was making, he was telling the bbc that government had been asleep at the wheel on batteries with no time really left to do anything else to renegotiate the deal. do you share that analysis of one of the component parts going wrong here? with regard to electric vehicles this was always perceived as an issue in the uk — eu trade relationship. both sides had hoped to make more progress by now. they put something in which said that as from january one, 2020 for the trade relations will change. in fact, i think car—makers in both europe and the uk actually want this to be delayed, this change for how much is required for the vehicle to be considered from the uk or the eu. they want to delay that because really the competition for both our car industries is from china which

is the leader in electric vehicle manufacturing right now. and is the leader in electric vehicle manufacturing right now. and why is this problem — manufacturing right now. and why is this problem impacting _ manufacturing right now. and why is this problem impacting now? - manufacturing right now. and why is this problem impacting now? well, | manufacturing right now. and why is| this problem impacting now? well, in the trade and — this problem impacting now? well, in the trade and cooperation _ this problem impacting now? well, in| the trade and cooperation agreement between the uk and the eu, it gave some time from the start of that three years for the uk and the eu to essentially mature their own car manufacturer in the case of electric vehicle such that they could ensure that a sufficient of the material that a sufficient of the material that goes into the car comes from europe or the uk. but in fact that hasn't been the case. the industry is very much dominated by china. so this sort of cliff edge, if you like, was always a little bit of a risk in the agreement, but such was the nature of a pretty rushed negotiation back in 2020 that it was kind of put under the let's try and look at this later category. so that is it in part. there are some other

issues about the uk's part in european supply chains as well so it's notjust about electric vehicles, it's about the entire european supply chain and whether the uk is properly involved in that. two sentences if you could, how likely is a deal, a renegotiated deal on this, do you think? in this area it looks _ deal on this, do you think? in this area it looks like _ deal on this, do you think? in this area it looks like we _ deal on this, do you think? in this area it looks like we will- deal on this, do you think? in this area it looks like we will get - deal on this, do you think? in this area it looks like we will get a - deal on this, do you think? in this| area it looks like we will get a uk- area it looks like we will get a uk— eu extension at least for awhile, that's what the car—makers on both sides want but there are other problems with the uk car sector the moment. ., ~ , ., ., moment. david henig, thank you for bein: so moment. david henig, thank you for being so brief— moment. david henig, thank you for being so brief because _ moment. david henig, thank you for being so brief because i _ moment. david henig, thank you for being so brief because i wanted - moment. david henig, thank you for| being so brief because i wanted time before we break to return to the breaking news of the last little while, the reuters news agency reporting that britain's prince harry, his wife meghan and her mother were involved in a near catastrophic car chase involving paparazzi photographers. that's come from a spokesman for the prince. the incident happened after meghan and harry had attended an awards ceremony in new york on tuesday apparently, and one of the line of detail, this relentless pursuit lasting over two hours resulted in

multiple other collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. that's the latest. we will have more on that breaking news here without other main stories in just a moment. don't go away. hello, it is another relatively settled today and the trend through the rest of the week will be temperatures on the rise, still largely derived too but it's not a case of wall—to—wall sunshine, there is still going to be some cloud and showers around. at the moment, still settled, but most of us because of this ridge of high pressure, but there is the set of fronts toppling around the top of that high, that does mean some outbreaks of rain in scotland. but actually for much of the uk today it is a case of dry conditions. i think showers are possible just conditions. i think showers are possiblejust about conditions. i think showers are possible just about anywhere but generally speaking very much few and far between, and we will see some areas of cloud mixed in with some bright or sunny spells. if you are heading out this evening...

we are taking your life to westminster now and the british chambers of commerce annual conference. labour leader sir keir starmer speaking now. thank you to all of you and to you, siobhan, for inviting me to be here today to talk about labour's plans for the economy. a plan that can be summed up injust one for the economy. a plan that can be summed up in just one word. for the economy. a plan that can be summed up injust one word. growth. i'm serious. that's it. in thejob that i'm doing you get to see a lot of the country. you are on the road every week. so i know we have enormous problems in our economy and our communities. but honestly, it's obvious to me that the root cause of so many of our challenges is a lack of economic growth. now, i know what a lot of people in westminster say about britain. they say it's an

abstract concept, doesn't resonate, doesn't connect with people's lives. i don't accept that. growth is higher wages, i don't accept that. growth is higherwages, growth i don't accept that. growth is higher wages, growth is stronger communities, growth is thriving businesses, it's more vibrant high streets, less poverty, more opportunity, warmer homes, healthier food, betterjobs. it's public services that are well funded, it is holidays, meals out, more cash in your pocket, and an end to the suffocating cost of living crisis. our ticket to win the race for the future and the biggest single thing we need to lift our sights, raise our ambitions, we need to lift our sights, raise ourambitions, get we need to lift our sights, raise our ambitions, get our hope and our confidence and our future our ambitions, get our hope and our confidence and ourfuture back. and look, if we are elected we will approach this with a new mindset, a new purpose and a new approach to governing. we will be driven by five

clear missions. measurable missions, missions that embraced the challenge of clear accountability, set a focused direction and bring the whole country together to move us forward. so our economic mission, our goal on growth, the target we will put in the next labour manifesto is this. in the next parliament, britain will have the highest sustained growth in the g7. it is ambitious, i know that, and i don't make any apologies for that. the highest sustained growth in the g7 should draw a sharp intake of breath. and i am aware of the difficulties. we have to navigate our way through revolutions in technology, and energy and medicine and within ageing