we start in ukraine, where the south korea's president, yoon sung nyeol, has committed to expanding his country's military and humanitarian aid support to ukraine. speaking during a surprise visit in kyiv, he confirmed seoul would continue to supply much needed military equipment, including bullet—proof vests and helmets. south korea has one of the largest stockpiles of ammunition in the world and a thriving defence industry but government policy prohibits arms deliveries to countries at war. ukraine and its allies have been urging seoul to make an exception. for more on this visit, the bbc�*s abdu jalil abdu rasulov reports from kyiv. one of the main questions many people here in ukraine were asking prior to the meeting of these two presidents today was whether south korea would provide lethal aid to ukraine. this asian country has one of the biggest stockpiles of ammunition in the world,

and ukraine is facing severe shortages of them, especially artillery shells, and south korea has been facing growing pressure from its main allies in the us and in the uk to start providing lethal aid to ukraine. but, interestingly, neither president zelensky nor his south korean counterpart mentioned about lethal aid today at all. they spoke about economic assistance, about humanitarian aid, but nothing about weapons or ammunition. president of south korea spoke about the military aid, but only in the context of providing helmets and body armour. he also mentioned about de—mining equipment that south korea provided in the past, and he said that he hopes his country would provide even more of such aid in the future. but state policy of south korea prohibits providing any military aid to a state that is at war. so south korea is unwilling to break this rule because it could antagonize russia as well, which has a serious influence on its neighbour in north korea.

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been telling us about the significance of a visit to kyiv from an asian leader. we don't often see them there, we — the president of indonesia went there last year, the japanese prime minister was earlier this year. china has sent an envoy earlier this year. but that's few and far between. kyiv is a conveyor belt of european and american politicians, visiting on an almost daily basis. it is unusual, therefore, i think diplomats will take some comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, of europe and united states, in this war, has been to try to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. large parts of the world sees this as a european issue and are frustrated the war continues because it's disrupting their own economies. europe and ukraine and the united states have gone out and said, "no, we think this matters to you as well "because it matters about sovereignty, territorial

"integrity — those are universal concerns." i think having a country like south korea visit ukraine — i think it's the first time ever that a south korean leader has ever been to ukraine — is significant, because the message essentially is south korea of all countries is concerned about the threat to his territorial integrity, to a neighbour — they have some in common with ukraine and the russian situation, so diplomatically it is symbolically very significant. dangerous heatwaves are setting in across the globe with potentially dangerous consequences. nearly a third of americans — or 113 million people — are currently under extreme advisories. authorities have warned that scorching temperatures, especially in like texas, could be deadly to anyone without effective cooling and hydration. sweltering temperatures are expected days. phoenix, arizona, is likely to hit 43 degrees celcius, or 110 degrees fahrenheit, on saturday for the 16th straight

day, nearing a record. and las vegas, nevada, may match its all—time high of 47 degrees celcius or 117 fahrenheit in the next few days. earlier i spoke to cbs news correspondent wendy gillette about the latest on the us heatwaves. we are talking about a third of americans being under—hit warning, we are talking about a third of americans being under—hit warning, can we are talking about a third of americans being under—hit warning, can you we are talking about a third of americans being under—hit warning, can you give we are talking about a third of americans being under—hit warning, can you give us we are talking about a third of americans being under—hit warning, can you give us a sense of what this is like crazy low it is very hot in new york city, 32 celsius and definitely not think the worst of it. this weekend is bringing an intense heat wave to tens of millions americans, more than 110 million. millions americans, more than 110 million-— 110 million. dozens of records could fall _ 110 million. dozens of records could fall in _ 110 million. dozens of records could fall in parts _ 110 million. dozens of records could fall in parts of - 110 million. dozens of records could fall in parts of the - could fall in parts of the southend west and one of the most is in death valley national park in california, and it could hit over 130 fahrenheit, 54.5 c. if it is warmer, it could set a world record for the hottest record

on temperature ever measured on earth and you will find a warning about the warning of extreme temperatures and signs advising not walking in the national park and certainly not running after ten o'clock in the morning. what does it feel like? it feels like a sauna, pretty much. like? it feels like a sauna, pretty much-— pretty much. absolutely! searching _ pretty much. absolutely! scorching temperatures l pretty much. absolutely! i scorching temperatures and pretty much. absolutely! - scorching temperatures and we know they can have some really serious consequences as well. talk to us about how cities are faring and how people are doing in this heat?— in this heat? yeah, the heat wave is bringing _ in this heat? yeah, the heat wave is bringing such - wave is bringing such temperatures from florida and the south, arizona, california and nevada in the west end to give you a few examples of extreme temperatures, phoenix, whether national weather service is, they are warning about ground—level ozone posing reading difficulties for children, olderadults reading difficulties for children, older adults and those with respiratory problems. it is hit over 110

fahrenheit, 43 celsius for days in a row, prompting some businesses to curtail hours and a record is likely to fall on tuesday and the most 110 degrees in a row days with that in 1974 and it's bringing some wildfires as well. there were some in southern california and riverside county, that is brought dozens of evacuations and of the fire is burning in arizona and in las vegas they could get up to 117 degrees, 47 celsius and if that happens, that will be the highest ever temperature, ever recorded and more than 100 heat records good for this weekend and due to a high—pressure system. town mayors and governors in the affected states are urging americans to stay out of the sun during the hottest part of the day, to avoid strenuous exercise and of course drink plenty of water! mil exercise and of course drink plenty of water!— plenty of water! all of that advice about _ plenty of water! all of that advice about what - plenty of water! all of that advice about what not - plenty of water! all of that advice about what not to l plenty of water! all of that l advice about what not to do during the heat of the day but many people just hope it calls down during the night so they can get some respite but we're

not really seeing that, are we? that makes it all the more dangerous, doesn't it? right, and it is long _ dangerous, doesn't it? right, and it is long lasting, - and it is long lasting, continuing to next week and some predictions that it would last through the month in arizona but monday will most likely set the record in phoenix for most days of the row, with temperatures of at least 32 celsius and when you talk about the loads, those are lows still very high, you're not getting the relief would normally have at night. there have been five of those 90 degrees low days in a row so no relief in sight at least for the next five days. some places will see some cooling down in the next few days. i will see some cooling down in the next few days.— the next few days. i stay cool and thank — the next few days. i stay cool and thank you _ the next few days. i stay cool and thank you for _ the next few days. i stay cool and thank you for the - and thank you for the reporting! as the world continues to struggle with the effects of climate change, governments are beginning to view global warming as a matter of national security. a short time ago i spoke to professor kim cobb, a climate scientist

at brown university, and a member of president biden�*s intelligence advisory board. thank you for being with us. firstly, i want to get your thoughts on the extreme heat wave that many of us are experiencing both, in the united states and around the world. does this in any way feel different to you? could it potentially be a wake—up call? what strikes me about this year is the rapid pace of climate and weather extremes we're dealing with this summer, just already getting started here, still in earlyjuly, and yet we have had several devastating heatwaves across the united states, we've had air—quality emergencies, we've had catastrophic flooding in vermont, and mindful of the horrific flooding in south korea over the last day, as well and temperatures that are approaching record—breaking temperatures across all of southern europe. so it's really the pace and the extremes that we are seeing right now and the numbers of records that are falling right now that does seem like this summer may be worse than those in recent

memories, but we have been dealing with these kind of piece of headlines for some years now. we have indeed. i note you have been appointed by president biden as the first ever climate scientist on the president's intelligence advisory board, which helps his office evaluate the quality of the intelligence that he receives. just tell me what that means. it means this administration is taking a whole—of—government approach to climate change, making sure that wherever there is an important decisions being made, especially about national security, public health and safety, that people are using the best available science and, where possible, are involving those of us who are close to the science in keeping our economy going and keeping our national economy stable, and keeping public health in our minds as we deal with the worsening landscape of climate extremes.

that is what harnessing the science is all about and that is what we can use to try our best to get through these next couple of decades of warning. tell us more about that. how does climate change, climate science actually relate to intelligence — national security? well, really this goes back over a decade, now. for those wondering what this connection is, the department of defence has long been studying this issue, and the report goes back to 2009, the release of a report noting how much of their military infrastructure is vulnerable to climate change, and in particular at that point they were concerned about sea level rise. fast forward to 2015 and another report, more expensive in scope, understanding that the increasing landscape for worsening extremes is going to threaten the military in any number of ways, including, of course, inflaming conflicts in vulnerable regions

across the world. and impacting military readiness notjust at home but abroad as well. reports in 2021 recommended expanding the intelligence community, noting that collection of intelligence will be affected by climate change. these are public reports. this has been a long—standing issue for the department of defence and, of course, one they take seriously. and now we have a new, of course, nato report, released in the last week, noting at an international level there are threads that countries must come together to deal with when we think about keeping the world safe from climate change, from the perspective of conflict readiness, adaptation, and, of course, what they can do to contribute to emissions reductions that are needed to keep impacts to a minimum this next couple of decades. so are there any specific global tension points, conflicts, risks, right now, or even in the future,

that are potentially brewing, that you could link to climate change? well, i think something that the nato report flags, which i have already mentioned, is the threat to coastal military infrastructure due to rising sea level and increasing floods. that might seem very obvious, but that is a very serious issue for many regions that rely on armies and navy installations that are within reach of coastlines. of course, we also have to think about the role of climate change in raising conflicts around the world, and we might turn to those regions that are poised to reach temperatures that are unlivable for humans, temperatures exceeding the threshold for human survival or regions that are going to be increasingly under threat from diminishing water resources, dry regions, arid regions, so these are the kinds of things that we need to consider when we look at the full impact

of climate change for our national security here at home, as well as international security on the global stage. professor kim cobb, award—winning climate scientist at brown university and adviser on president biden�*s intelligence advisory board, thank you for being with us. thank you for having me. in football news, argentine legend lionel messi has signed for us side inter miami on a deal that runs until 2025. messi departed former club paris saint—germain at the end of the 2022—23 season. mls, major league soccer, the country's professional soccer league, confirmed the news in a tweet, saying simply: i spoke to miami herald sportswriter michelle kaufman. michelle, thanks so much forjoining us on this story. we're talking about one of the greatest footballers, one of the greatest soccer players of his era, joining intermiami. what does it mean for the side and what do you think it means for the city as well? it is the biggest —

one of the biggest sports stories in us history, to be honest. the idea that the top player in the world and arguably the best player of all time is coming tojoin the last—placed team — well, the last—placed team in eastern division, the second—to—last—placed team in the entire league — and a relatively new team that's only in its fourth season, it's not a team that has a lot of history. it is huge for the city of miami. miami is a soccer—passionate city with so many people here from other places — from latin america especially, but also from europe. and the welcome has been unbelievable, the buzz — there are gigantic murals all over downtown miami. over the last two weeks, artists have come from other countries even, artists have come from argentina, to paint giant murals of messi onto the walls of downtime miami. there are many, many murals now, huge skyscraper murals, of messi waiting, you know, argentine flags flying around. there are approximately 150,000 argentinians in miami, so there is a very large argentinian population but also, colombians

and venezuelans and brazilians and everyone from latin america is very excited and then, obviously, everyone in miami and, really, in the united states — this is huge for major league soccer. you know, the miami team — the idea of the miami team, even before david beckham came on board, the idea from mls even of having a miami team was to have the miami team be the global team of the league, that — the team that would attract fans from around the world and extend the reach of the league, and what better way to do that than to have lionel messi playing in major league soccer in miami? with all of that in mind, what does it mean for the mls, then, more broadly? it's gonna expand — i knowjust from the number of emails and twitter followers that i have gained just since he signed — there are fans all over the world now all of a sudden tuning into a league that they have never watched before, they know nothing about.

you know, i've got emails from people asking if there is a danger of inter miami being relegated if they don't win at the end — there is no relegation or promotion in mls, you know? we have a play—off system. so, i think the rest of the world will become very familiar with this league now — a league that's always been sort of a novelty and david beckham brought it up to a different level, but it's even more now. the league has really grown. a lot of good players are coming, notjust older players that are retiring, so i think that it's going to expand the reach of this league all over the world. it probably will be, nevertheless, quite a big change, i think it's fair to say, for lionel messi. do you think there will be any challenges for him? absolutely. anybody who thinks that he is just going to waltz in here and, you know, just dribble down the field and score goals and lead this team from the bottom to the top is very naive. there are going to be a lot of challenges.

first of all, players who come from europe to the united states, they've never had to deal with three different time zone changes. you know, the amount of travel the mls teams do — the miami team has to travel, for example, six hours by plane to seattle, they fly to la, they fly to san francisco — we are talking 6— and 7—hour plane rides, three different time zones, different climates. it's also a very physical league and a lot of running, a lot of physicality, and also — this is not meant to put down mls in any way — but lionel messi is used to playing with all world—class players around him. he's also always playing on teams that are at the top, whether it's barcelona, ps6 or the argentine national team. these are top contenders with top players all around him passing the ball. he is going to be with a group of players who are not at that level, who don't have that kind of world—class resume, a lot of them — most of them. so, there are some players who are starting on the team at teenagers, 18— and19—year—olds who are local from the miami area, and all of a sudden, they've gone from being

on the youth academy to being lionel messi's team—mate, so it's going to be a big adjustment to lionel messi. it's not going to be as easy as some people think. it's going to be a very interesting story to follow, that's for sure. absolutely, and covering it is the miami herald's michelle kaufman. michelle, thank you so much for being with us. thanks for having me. well, 32 football teams from around the world are descending on australia and new zealand for this year's women's world cup, which is now less than a week away. this year's expanded field features eight nations making their world cup debut, including vietnam, zambia, and haiti. among the favourites are the lionesses of england, spain and, of course, the two—time defending champions, the united states. it will also be the final world cup for american superstar megan rapinoe, who recently announced she'll be retiring at the end of the season. last year's final match drew some 260 million viewers around the world and this year's

tournament is being called by some as the most anticipated female sporting event in history. live now to dw sports journalist 0liver moody, who is live in new zealand for us. 0li, there's been a lot of talk about the us, uk, spain and germany going into this. you've been at the training there in new zealand of some of the sides. who is looking threatening? who are people talking about? you've mentioned them already. it's always hard to look past the united states when you're talking about the favourites for the world cup, the reigning champions of course, the number one ranked side in the world and a team full of stars as well. you mentioned megan rapinoe, already, there are several other heroes of 2019, the last world cup like morgan, horan, rose lavelle, so this is a team that is packed with

talent still and is still really on top of the world. i was at the training session the other day and it was interesting to hear from several of those players. they are clearly still very confident, supremely confident, as the us team always is. but it was interesting to hear a note of caution in their voice. basically, what they were saying was it will not be a case of the same old. a lot of players from that team are retired in the meantime or are unavailable due to injury. becky sauerbrunn is an example of the player who unfortunately will not be there for fitness reasons. and alex morgan in particular mentioned the fact that they've got a lot of players in this squad that have not played at a world cup before. now, of course, a lot of those players coming into the team are also very talented and trinity rodman is a name that's been on everyone's lips in the women's football world was not fabulously talented young attacker. it's not as

though, you know, the us has lost some experienced players and does not really have players to replace them but it's going to be interesting to see how those players take the step up to the very top level of women's football. it’s of women's football. it's interesting _ of women's football. it's interesting that - of women's football. it's interesting that you - of women's football. it's interesting that you mention injuries there, 0llie. quite a few teams are having to go in without some of their top player's — injuries, especially acls, have been a theme in the lead. ——in the one —— run—up the world cup. run—up the world cup. what's going on there? the acl injury has become the plague of women's football in the last few years and it is not brand new, this issue. last year, anyone who watched the women's european championship may remember that simultaneous, the island or when i was rolled up the island or when i was rolled up on the eve of the tournament after tearing her acl and is onlyjust after tearing her acl and is only just getting after tearing her acl and is onlyjust getting back to after tearing her acl and is only just getting back to full fitness now for spain and many are missing players with this,

france have had two of the key attacking players ruled out with acl injuries and england missing the captain leah williamson —— alexia putellas. and the joint top scorer, the play of the tournament from the women's euros last year beth mead. the netherlands in the united states, grip, they will be missing miedema, talented centre—forward. so this is something that has built up the conversation has built up in recent years and several reasons have been positive for this increase in the number of acl injuries. there has been lots of talk about the fact that football boots are very rarely designed for women's fit specifically. talk about the increase in strain about players quite frequently, the number they're having to play these days compared to how it was just a few short years ago even. and quite simply the fact that a lot of the research into injuries that athletes experience is based on men, on male athletes, and there is

very little based on female athletes for physiotherapists and club doctors and someone to work from, so that is something thatis work from, so that is something that is going going to increase i think the conversations surrounding these injuries in particular. surrounding these in'uries in particular.* surrounding these in'uries in articular. , we've also got eight countries making their debut this year. what do you think that says about the rising strength and popularity of the women's game? that's right, and this tournament is at the first time will have 32 teams that are women's world cup. the tournament has been expanded from 24 that we had at the last world cup in france in 2019. we are seeing new teams making their world cup debut from, really, around the world, panama to ireland to morocco, all the way to the philippines. these are not necessarily coming in to make up the numbers, zambia for example one the newcomers at the world cup, they beat germany recently in a warm—up game for the tournament on german soil, as well, so

clearly, there is talent among this new set of teams that we are seeing at the world cup. while participation in and of itself is often a good thing, there are notes of caution to be made. anyone who remembers the 2019 world cup would probably remember the game that the usa played against thailand where the usa ran out 13—0 winners. those are not the kind of games we really want to see happen as the women's world cup grows and is women's football grows, those lopsided score lines don't really do anyone any favours so a lot of eyes will be on these newcomers to see how well they can stand up to the test at the world cup. they certainly will be and covering it, dw sport's journalist 0llie moody. great to talk to you. thank you very much. stay with us here on bbc news. that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. good night from me.

hello. 0ur spell of rather cool, unsettled and blustery mid—july weather is set to continue through the remainder of the weekend. this was the picture saturday evening just before the sun set in north berwick, east lothian. we've had some big, vivid rainbows around and we could see more of those on sunday with that mix, again, of some sunshine and further heavy and blustery showers. they won't be as frequent as they were on saturday, though. so, we've still got low pressure close by, just edging its way towards the north—east, but still plenty of isobars on the map showing another fairly blustery sort of day. quite a bit of cloud first thing for parts

of northern england, scotland as well, and we'll continue to see patchy rain on and off for much of the day across northern and western scotland. a bit more sunshine but also scattered showers further east and, really, for northern ireland, england and wales, sunny spells and blustery showers. the gusts of wind 30—40 miles per hour, even a bit more than that around exposed coasts and hills. so, temperatures between about 14—22 north to south but feeling a touch cooler if you are exposed to those north—westerly or westerly winds that we've got with us. winds do ease away, i think, sunday evening and overnight. some late sunshine before the sun sets in the south. we've got a bit more cloud again as we head through into monday across parts of scotland with a few splashes of light rain. 11 degrees or so here the overnight lows, but we could see single figures in one or two more rural spots, though, so a fresher start, i think, to your monday morning. now, monday sees higher pressure trying to nudge in from the south. not as many isobars on the map, so not such a windy day, i think, on monday, and fewer showers compared

to the weekend. there will be a fewjust bubbling up through the day across england, wales, northern ireland and for scotland, too, less in the way of cloud lingering, so a bit more sunshine and a few scattered showers. temperatures similar to recent days around — around 14—22 degrees — but feeling a touch warmer because we will have lost the breeze. moving ahead now into tuesday and the next area of low pressure moves its way in from the atlantic. so, initially, probably a dry start to tuesday for many of us. some early sunshine. then, the rain creeps in across parts of northern ireland, perhaps western parts of england and wales, southern scotland, too. northern half of scotland probably seeing sunshine and showers once again on tuesday and, actually, east anglia and the south—east, you're likely to stay dry for a good part of the day and perhaps a touch warmer — up to about 23 degrees or so. but as you can see from our outlook, the next five days or so through much of the week ahead still unsettled. sunny spells and heavy showers. bye— bye.

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