for the ukraine, for our country, for our people, for our children. the hottest week ever recorded and satisfies concerns about extreme weather and runaway climate change. the bbc radio presenterjeremy vine has said the bbc presenter at the heart of days of allegations about his private life — has reached a "dangerous point" and must identify himself. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in lithuania, where the leaders of the g7 group of the world's richest democracies have formally agreed long—term security commitments to ukraine.

at the nato summit in vilnius, germany has already announced a multi—million euro military aid package, france has promised long range cruise missiles and the uk has announced more ammunition and military vehicles. us presidentjoe biden has told president zelensky, who's also at the summit, that ukraine's courage is an example to �*whole world'. president biden pledged unwavering support to ukraine in its ongoing conflict to russia. today, the members of the g7 are launching a joint declaration of support for ukraine to make it clear that our support will last long into the future. this starts a process by which each of our nations and any other nation who wishes to participate will negotiate long term bilateral security commitments with and to ukraine. we're going to help ukraine build a strong, capable... across land, air and sea, which will be a force of stability

in the region and deter against any and all threats. to lewis in vilnius. what are they actually mean in real terms? actually mean in realterms? there are significant _ actually mean in realterms? there are significant in _ actually mean in realterms? there are significant in the _ actually mean in realterms? there are significant in the sense - actually mean in realterms? there are significant in the sense they - are significant in the sense they are significant in the sense they are a long—term commitment to ukraine's security. what does that mean? well, effectively, for ukraine, the ultimate security lies within nato. but that won't happen pretty quickly. that certainly won't happen when there is a conflict going on with russia. this g7 commitment, a group of seven wealthy countries, have come together effectively said, up until and when that nato membership happens, we are going to provide a way to guarantee

long—term security of ukraine. through things like providing military support, equipment, training, intelligence, coordination, cyber security. 50 certainly something to be welcomed by president zelensky. but, this isn't the same as a security guarantee in the sense that you get from make nato. any attack on one country is effectively an attack on all. you don't get that from this g7 long—term security commitments. that is why there is stress today from rishi sunak, for example, this is a high point and support for ukraine, yes, but this is not a substitute for ukraine being in nato. it's an important point of emphasis. rishi sunak has been speaking in the last hour or so with phrases like that, but he had to address another issue,

ben wallace of the uk. whilst talking about gratitude, and perhaps ukraine needing to suit express my gratitude for what it gets.— gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed _ gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed gratitude _ gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed gratitude on - gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed gratitude on a - gratitude for what it gets. zelensky l has expressed gratitude on a number of occasions. he did so earlier near and he _ of occasions. he did so earlier near and he has — of occasions. he did so earlier near and he has done so here. there's people _ and he has done so here. there's people incredibly grateful for the uk and _ people incredibly grateful for the uk and the welcoming we have given to ukrainian families. he is enormously— to ukrainian families. he is enormously grateful for that. but people _ enormously grateful for that. but people across ukraine are also fighting — people across ukraine are also fighting for their lives and freedom every— fighting for their lives and freedom every single day. they are paying a

terrible _ every single day. they are paying a terrible price for it, sol completely understand volodymyr zelensky's need to protect his people — zelensky's need to protect his people and stop this war. we will continue — people and stop this war. we will continue to give him the support he needs _ continue to give him the support he needs. , ., . . _, , . needs. our diplomatic correspondence has 'ust needs. our diplomatic correspondence has just written _ needs. our diplomatic correspondence has just written about _ needs. our diplomatic correspondence has just written about this _ has just written about this incident. he says, ben wallace's remarks about ukraine needing to be more grateful should be seen in context. he is not a frustration angry, he was... back to the greater substance of the issue, today, which is a g7 package of support for ukraine. roddam zelensky responded to that on stage with the members of the g7. great honour to be here. the outcome of the nato summit in vilnius was very much needed and meaningful success for ukraine. and i am grateful to all leaders

in nato countries for very practical and unprecedented support, considering decades of a relation support for ukraine. today there are security guarantees for ukraine on the way to nato, an important package of security guarantees. today we are coordinating with g7 countries the framework for security guarantee that it shall be further extended through arrangements with our key partners, bilateral and multilateral agreements, and ukrainian delegation is bringing home a significant security victory for the ukraine, for our country, for our people, for our children. it opens for us absolutely new security opportunities, and i thank everyone who made it possible. thank you, dear colleagues. thank you, lithuania.

and jens stoltenberg, thank you very much. soa so a significance went for zelensky, evenif so a significance went for zelensky, even if it is one step short of his overall aim, which is of course, an invitation for ukraine to join nato. you didn't get that from the summit. this is day two of two, so it is merely wrapping up. there are still a couple of things we are looking out for. the world's media here. as we look over towards the bottom of the press room, all the world's journalist at table. this is why a lot of people are still here, we are still expecting... lots of world leaders talking, they did their press conferences, the last couple of hours into the next couple of hours. journalists are still here,

for the response to the deal for ukraine. we are going to spend a second now picking through what this g7 deal means. we are going to speak to christina, great to see you. thanks for coming on bbc news. that's g7 announcement, seven wealthy countries, it's not nato, it's happened on the sidelines of the nato summit. how do you sense its significance and importance for ukraine? it’s its significance and importance for ukraine? �* , ., , its significance and importance for ukraine? �*, ., , , ., ukraine? it's not the big prize for zelens . ukraine? it's not the big prize for zelensky- it's _ ukraine? it's not the big prize for zelensky. it's a _ ukraine? it's not the big prize for zelensky. it's a substituted - zelensky. it's a substituted package, he should be proud to do limited people. why is it important? it's a long—term sustainable defence force for ukraine. there a question, when well interest for ukraine dry up? when it gets to 2024 and the us

election, this comes up repeatedly. by election, this comes up repeatedly. by having a long—term guarantee supplies of weapons, not the guarantee of the soldiers of the ground, not that kind of guarantee, but the supply line. in a long—term way, it's a real win for presidents lansky. way, it's a real win for presidents lans . �* , ., ., lansky. it's a real went further than, lansky. it's a real went further than. we _ lansky. it's a real went further than, we have _ lansky. it's a real went further than, we have heard _ lansky. it's a real went further than, we have heard here - lansky. it's a real went further. than, we have heard here within lansky. it's a real went further- than, we have heard here within nato summits to get their own supplies up and running. these are countries that can been used to producing large amounts of ammunition for a long time, is there a danger there is an extra commitment that you may find when 0scar lorraine? is an extra commitment that you may find when oscar lorraine?— find when oscar lorraine? there's a lot of worry — find when oscar lorraine? there's a lot of worry about _ find when oscar lorraine? there's a lot of worry about the _ find when oscar lorraine? there's a lot of worry about the amount - find when oscar lorraine? there's a lot of worry about the amount of. lot of worry about the amount of ammunition there will be. the reason to worry about this is the industrial action saying, the war wraps up in a year, why did we need

to create new supply lines? if there is already a guarantee for a big marketing ukraine, but across all the allies, be high defence spending. that is also chain the industrial spending and make sure there are weapons to deliver. the g7 deal also talked about industrial production in ukraine. 50 this is allowing ukraine notjust to be a taker, but also a producer. it's been a major producer in the past, how does ukraine get back to being more self—sufficient sufficient in that way? more self-sufficient sufficient in that wa ? . ~ , more self-sufficient sufficient in thatwa ? . ~ , . ., that way? thank you very much for our that way? thank you very much for your thoughts _ that way? thank you very much for your thoughts on _ that way? thank you very much for your thoughts on that. _ that way? thank you very much for your thoughts on that. one - that way? thank you very much for your thoughts on that. one person| your thoughts on that. one person that will be watching here what is going on here is vladimir putin. stephen rosenberg has been going through our russian media to see how it's being viewed here. so, what has moscow been making, then, of the vilnius summit?

well, no timeframe for ukraine tojoin nato. that suits the kremlin just fine. in fact, russian state television has been gloating about this today, claiming that the summit has been a total failure for kyiv. however, the idea of the g7�*s long—term security guarantees for ukraine, that hasn't gone down well in moscow. we have heard from dmitry peskov, vladimir putin's spokesman, he said it would be a mistake and potentially very dangerous for any country to offer security guarantees to ukraine because those, he claimed, would infringe on russia's security. he called nato an offensive alliance that brings instability and aggression. well, nato would point out that it is in fact a defensive alliance. and in terms of aggression, well, it wasn't nato that launched a full—scale invasion of ukraine in february last year, that was russia. but if you read the ultra pro kremlin newspapers today, they push the official line that the threat to world

peace emanates not from russia but from nato. this is the front page of the government paper, and it says that nato is anti—russian, nato is on the war path, and that fits in with the kremlin narrative that russia is a besieged fortress surrounded by enemies who are trying to destroy her. thanks to steve for that. as my view from here, we are still saying that press conference. we will be getting more reaction to everything that happened here on day two of the summit. but stay exactly with that, the speech from turkey's presidents saying they will not ratify sweden's membership before october. there he

is giving his conference at the nato gathering. the gathering started the real breakthrough of turkey changing their position on sweden joining the membership. turkey will not ratify sweden's membership before october. if there's more will return to it. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines here in the uk. uk banks are strong enough to withstand a fresh economic crisis. that's according to the bank of england. in a "stress test" of the financial system, the bank said the uk's eight largest lenders could survive a worst case scenario. that would involve plunging house prices and soaring inflation. the bank also said the country has "so far been resilient" to rising interest rates. the prime minister rishi sunak says

he is yet to make a "final decision" on whether to accept recommended pay rises for public sector workers. official pay review bodies are recommending rises of between six and 6.5% for teachers, junior doctors and police. the prime minister and chancellor are expected to meet in the coming days to decide whether to accept the rises. an ambulance service has apologised to families following a review into claims it covered up errors by paramedics and withheld evidence. the chief executive of the north east ambulance service issued an apology "for any distress caused to the families" by past mistakes. an independent review found inaccuracies and poor behaviour by senior staff. you're live with bbc news. the beginning ofjuly was the hottest week on record for the planet. around the world, a series of extreme weather events, have intensified concerns about runaway climate change. nowhere illustrates this better than north america. the southern and western united states, is struggling under a heat dome.

texas has suffered a record number of 100 degree days. but further north in vermont, flooding has has caused president biden to declare a state of emergency. in southern europe, yet another heatwave is building — in italy temperatures have risen above 40 degrees and it could go higher still in greece and spain. in india, one of the most climate — vulnerable regions, deaths are reported to have spiked as a result of sustained high temperatures. and it's sweltering in china too — beijing has issued its highest—level heat alert, for northern parts of the country. in all, it amounts to a worryiing pattern of extreme weather caused in part by climate change. let's show you a little more on two of those. in a minute, we'll go to india but first we start in vermont, where two months of rain have been dumped on the state in a matter of days. i want to show you where we are right now. we are about 20 minutes south of the state capital and the damage is everywhere. down main street there

is extensive flooding. right here, as you can see, the road has completely crumbled. this is a car dealership behind me. take a look where you can see the concrete buckled, just holding onto thatjeep from falling into the river below. scenes like this are playing out state wide. it happened so fast. there have been so many comparisons between this storm and hurricane irene in 2011 which really devastated vermont and so many residents have told us this was far worse. i am in the solan district of the himalayan state of himachal pradesh, which is the worst affected state in the region, because of heavy rains since the last weekend. authorities say that in himachal pradesh, 31 people were killed until tuesday. nearly 1,300 roads were closed due to landslides and flash floods, and 40 major bridges damaged in the last three days. a lot of tourists flock to this state, but for many, their holiday has turned into a nightmare. many people have been stranded because of landslides and flash floods.

officials claim that as many as 2000 tourists stranded in kullu district owing to incessant rain have been safely evacuated. several parts of the state, and also that of the neighbouring states of punjab and haryana, continue to be flooded. since tuesday, weather has been largely clear in most parts, bringing relief to the residents. the authorities have stepped up relief measures in the region. that's just a snapshot in a couple of places. dr friederike otto is senior lecturer in climate science at imperial univeristy and author of "angry weather: heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change". i asked on this programme whether this is what she had anticipated. what is changing very fast and continuing to it emissions. we are continuing to it emissions. we are continuing to it emissions. we are continuing to burn fossil fuels and missions are continuing to rise. as

long as burning fossil fuels, missions are continuing to rise. as long as burning fossilfuels, we will see more and more and more of these extreme events. that's not unexpected, that is exactly as expected. unexpected, that is exactly as “netted-— unexpected, that is exactly as exected. ~ . , , unexpected, that is exactly as exected. . , , expected. we are seeing floods, but are principally _ expected. we are seeing floods, but are principally concerned _ expected. we are seeing floods, but are principally concerned and - are principally concerned and talking about heat. how hot is it likely to get, and are we likely to see these records keep tumbling? yes, this year we have on top of the increasing global temperatures because of the burning of fossil fuels. we have some natural phenomena that also leads to high temperatures, the most... we are seeing it particularly around the uk. that means we have climate change, plus natural conducted heat waves. we will see more heat records being broken than if they were no

events. as long as we are burning fossil fuels, events. as long as we are burning fossilfuels, we events. as long as we are burning fossil fuels, we will see events. as long as we are burning fossilfuels, we will see heat records being broken again. the bbc presenter, who's been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs, is facing further allegations in today's papers. the sun says, it has spoken to a 23 year old, who claims the male presenter broke covid lockdown rules, to travel to meet them, after making contact on a dating site. yesterday bbc news spoke to another person in their 20s, who said they were sent abusive and menacing messages by him after meeting on a dating app. there have been more calls today for the presenter — who's not being named for legal reasons — to come forward. our media correspondent david sillito reports. the bbc and day five of this media storm and the headlines keep coming. today, more allegations that the bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger. it follows the original story which featured allegations about payments for explicit photos, and another revealed by bbc news

about messages that were felt by the recipient to be abusive and threatening. for one fellow bbc presenter, who was today speaking on his show on channel 5, there was concern for his colleague's state of mind but also a feeling that the current situation cannot continue. it's his decision but he needs to come forward now, i think. i know his survival instinct has kicked in and i know he saw what happened to phillip schofield, but, my god, look at the damage to the bbc. look at the damage to his friends, to those falsely accused. the longer he leaves it, the worst it will be for him. outside broadcasting house, it was an opinion being echoed by a former editor of sky and now professor ofjournalism. the presenter, in my view, really ought to come forward and talk about it. it would be cathartic for the presenter, it would be informative for us, and it would probably be the right thing to do. the public aren't daft,

they want to know what's going on here, and only when they know what's going on can they decide how they feel about that presenter. however, it's the presenter�*s decision. there are multiple legal barriers to others making the name public. meanwhile, inside the bbc, its investigation into the matter has been put on pause at the request of the police as they consider whether there is any evidence of criminality. but the corporation's director—general admits there are still questions about the speed of the bbc�*s response to the original complaint. i think there is a valid question that i am asking, which is, how are complaints like this red—flagged through the organisation? and i want that immediately looked at, and also review to the overall process and protocols to make sure we are satisfied by them. and while the sun has stood by its original story, saying they have a sworn affidavit from the young person's mother, there are questions. lawyers who say they represent

the young person say the story was totally wrong and there was no truth in it. it was rubbish, they say. the sun has so far declined the bbc�*s request for an interview. now to the middle east. in a rare visit, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has visited jenin in the occupied west bank, where israel carried out a major military operation last week. his visit lasted less than hour. this was his arrival, amid tight security. many ofjenin's residents, denounced the palestinian authority for its failure to take any action during the israeli raid. although the palestinian authority is nominally in control of security injenin, it holds little sway in the city. the refugee camp is controlled by several militant groups, which were the target of the israeli offensive.

the palestinian president camejust inside the camp. this is all about the symbolism of coming to a place he's not been for two decades. the reason for that the official palestinian leadership has long lost the faith. the process has been increasing, increasingly here in the jenin refugee camp. they have been other threads rejected, notjust them but their official security forces. we had utterly chaotic scenes as his entourage brought him through and his presidential guard and security forces were clearing the way. a huge crowd assembles and is pushed aside, he then stood and spoke. there ever a symbol for the voiceless and current palestinian

leadership, it's that his microphone didn't work. it is cutting in and out of throughout the speech. it is hard to make out what he said. he paid tribute to the dead from the israeli military assault of last week. he also said that camp would rebuild, be rebuilt. what this was about was to stamp his authority, his footsteps, just inside this camp. a symbol of control, but the control is an illusion that does not exist. the reality is that this camp returns to devastation, impoverishment, the problems that had before. that is why this might galvanise some supports. in terms of a wider picture, this crisis, this crisis of security in the occupied west bank goes on. that crisis of security in the occupied

west bank goes on.— crisis of security in the occupied west bank goes on. that was tom in jenin. west bank goes on. that was tom in jenin- lever — west bank goes on. that was tom in jenin. laver continues _ west bank goes on. that was tom in jenin. laver continues to _ west bank goes on. that was tom in jenin. laver continues to power - jenin. laver continues to power outside of the volcano in reykjavik. flights have been delayed and local residents have been told to shut windows because of the dangerous gases being released. this eruption is the type that does not usually resulted in a large explosion or ash into the stratosphere. unlike the one in 2010 that saw tens of thousands of flights cancelled across europe. we'll take a break, back with more later. hello there. the clouds have been building today, helped by a bit of summer warmth that's led to more showers breaking out of to thunderstorms into the afternoon. it's not that warm either. temperatures around 17 to 22 degrees. that's below average for the time of year. very different, of course, as we've seen across other parts of europe, the heat has been drawn up from northwest africa. these are the temperature anomalies.

so the reds are where it's hotter than normal and it's mainly across southern parts of europe where we're getting temperatures into the low to mid 20s. briefly, the heat may build further north, but not in the northwest of europe and not in the uk. we're going to stay on the cooler side of things and that means more showers as we head into this evening. some of them will be heavy. they do tend to become fewer overnight tonight. the winds tend to ease a bit as well because it's quite breezy out there at the moment. and we'll see some clearer skies, temperatures, nothing too exciting, ten or 11 degrees by the time we get to thursday morning. there'll be some sunshine around in the morning. but once again, we'll see the cloud increasing. there will be some showers breaking out in that westerly breeze. the heavier ones, the thunderstorms are more likely in scotland. the showers not so heavy elsewhere and they'll drift their way through the midlands into eastern england during the afternoon. those temperatures not changing too much, 18 to 22 degrees. so some showers around, maybe not quite as many, maybe feel

a little bit warmer tomorrow because it won't be quite as breezy. but then as we head into friday, we've got this area of low pressure coming our way that will pick up the winds, particularly in the southwest. that's where we'll see some heavier rain, a bit of rain ahead of that moving into scotland. but wet weather developing across other parts of the uk through the day and the strongest winds are going to be across the southwest of england and into parts of wales, maybe not far away from 50 miles an hour around the coast. and there could be some heavy rain over the moors of the southwest and over the hills of wales. the risk of some thunder in that rain, too. and again, those temperatures are going to be disappointing for this time of the year. that low pressure is going to hang around into the weekend. it's not a typical summer weather pattern this weekend, dominated by low pressure that will run its way northwards across the uk. a lot of isomers on the chart. it's going to be unusually windy for this time of the year and the rain that comes with that low pressure could be heavy and thunderyjust turned drier in the south later, but it does stay on the cool side.

welcome back. you are watching bbc news. let's turn to our main headlines. leaders of the g7 pledge security guarantees for the ukraine, with joe security guarantees for the ukraine, withjoe biden and rishi sunak stressing ukraine was �*s future lies within nato. the head of the military alliance

tells the bbc the head of the military alliance tells the bi discussed at all. issue to be discussed at all. the hottest week ever