live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the blistering heatwave sweeping the northern hemisphere. large parts of europe are experiencing incredibly high temperatures. much higher than normal. in asia, these pictures show the so—called �*flaming mountains�* in xinjiang province in china. and in the us, in death valley — already one of the hottest places on earth — temperatures reached 53.9 celsius on sunday. in a moment we'll hear from our climate editor justin rowlatt, but first, nick beake reports on the situation in greece. a thick blanket enveloped the hills outside of athens. wildfires powered by heavy winds. the flames rapidly advancing on homes. there were small victories for

those fighting from the air, but it's been a constant battle to contain the pockets of firejumping up, as temperatures reached 44 celsius in some parts of greece. near the capital, more than 1,000 children were forced to abandon their summer camp. "there are about 1,500 kids who need to be bused to safety", a local official explained. saying they'd been found emergency accommodation for the night. as dark plumes ominously filled the horizon, many decided to escape. at these stables, a race against time — disorientated and distressed, but all rescued. there wasn't much in it. this is what they left behind. tonight, firefighters across the athens region are on high alert. greece's first major heatwave for the summer has now ended but another is on the way. nick beake, bbc news.

and there are wildfires here in spain, too. 4,000 people had to be evacuated as 300 firefighters fought to control a blaze on la palma, in the canary islands. this man says if a friend hadn't phoned to warn him, he would have died in the inferno. it comes as a second blistering heatwave sweeps into europe. temperatures in southern spain are pushing into the 405, 10 celsius hotter than normal in places. it makes it almost unbearable to work outside. it's been extremely hot this year. like, i normally get up at eight or nine in the morning but i've been getting up at five just to get things done by 9.00 because it's just harsh. make you feel a bit better. colin runs an animal sanctuaryjust inland from the tourist beaches of the costa del sol. there you go. hot animals mean more work for him. you've got sweat all over you.

they need to be hosed down to keep them cool and it's too hot for the tourists too — his main source of donations. the only animals that seem to be enjoying themselves are the meerkats. so colin has had to close the place and the cash is running out. i think we'lljust have tojust... bear with itjust now and just see what happens. this year's just been unbearable, it really has. you get no break from it at all. here's why it's so hot. a high—pressure system, held in place by the jet stream, a rapidly moving flow of air high in the atmosphere, is funnelling heat up from the deserts of north africa and across southern europe. the climate of southern europe is changing, say local people. it's becoming more and more like north africa. the sahara desert is slowly creeping into europe. the weather is being turbo—charged by climate change, say scientists.

humans are 100% to blame for the global trend in high temperatures that we are seeing. so all of the observed global warming is because of our burning of fossil fuels. and it's notjust hot in europe. china is reckoned to have recorded its highest temperature ever yesterday — 52.2 degrees celsius. and tens of millions of people are under extreme heat warnings in the us, too. just rowlett, bbc news. us climate envoyjohn kerry has been meeting his counterpart in beijing, marking the formal resumption of climate diplomacy between the world's top two greenhouse gas emitters. the meeting comes at a tense time between the two superpowers, but china said these discussion could play a role in improving ties. the talks will continue until wednesday, and are expected to focus on cutting down methane

and other non—c02 emissions, as well as the run—up to the cop—28 global climate talks in november. south korea's president has vowed to completely overhaul the country's approach to extreme weather from climate change. president yoon suk yeol inspected areas devastated by heavy rains, flooding and landslides, after at least a0 people were killed in recent days. severe floods have ripped through central and southern regions since thursday. the country has received more than the total amount of rainfall typical for annual monsoons season, even though it's only halfway through this rainy season. earlier, i spoke to hyung min kim, a senior lecturer in urban planning at the university of melbourne. he told me what he thinks south korea should do to improve its current approach to the weather. the central government has been very passive in investing in disaster preventative measures and establishing

climate change actions. the approaches to extreme weather conditions must be considered together with climate change and environmental sustainability. but the government hasn't demonstrated a clear will to do. unless the government prioritizes environmental values over other things like economic prosperity, i'm pretty doubtful that substantial progress will be made by the current government. i mean, this isn't the first time the country has dealt with deadly torrential rains. they had flood mitigation in place, but where did it fall short? it happened in regional towns. the rural towns were highly affected this time. in the past, rainfall in those impacted areas was less severe. but now everywhere is vulnerable. given such uncertainty, small regional towns are more dangerous because of their lack of other means and fiscal capacities.

i mean, there are many things that urban planners can do to prevent flooding such as this. what do you suggest? though authorities may perceive that flooding is a natural disaster out of human control, so simply unlucky and such disaster might not happen next year. this attitude is problematic. the presidential election happens every five years, but flood infrastructure often needs more time than the election cycle. so implementing consistent policies is a big challenge. the seoul metropolitan government has developed city—wide policies. one of the short term measures was the installation of water stop panels for basement houses and underground spaces. and also it investigated conditions for basement housing, trying to relocate those households to upper ground areas. however, only a few households

were actually relocated because of lack of available public housing stock. it also committed to construct underground water storage tunnels to retain rainfalls, but it would take at least four years to complete the construction. the matildas have released a video calling for more to be done to further women's football. it comes as england lionesses remain at loggerheads with the football association over not receiving equal pay. in 2013 we signed a new deal to make sure we get the laundry done for us.— done for us. one quarter as much prize-money - done for us. one quarter as much prize-money is - done for us. one quarter as| much prize-money is meant done for us. one quarter as - much prize-money is meant for much prize—money is meant for the same — much prize—money is meant for the same achievement. much prize-money is meant for the same achievement. members ofthe the same achievement. members of the home _ the same achievement. members of the home team, _ the same achievement. members of the home team, the _ the same achievement. members of the home team, the matildas i of the home team, the matildas make their appeal to fever and football powerbrokers just days

before the world cup kicks off. this is our legacy. the before the world cup kicks off. this is our legacy.— this is our legacy. the soaring pepulation _ this is our legacy. the soaring pepulation of— this is our legacy. the soaring population of the _ this is our legacy. the soaring population of the women's - this is our legacy. the soaring i population of the women's game in australia has been on full display. 2 billion people globally are expected to tune in to watch these world cup, yet the prize—money for female players is far smaller than the men's. . ., , men's. the argument for why we're getting _ men's. the argument for why we're getting paid _ men's. the argument for why we're getting paid so - men's. the argument for why we're getting paid so much i men's. the argument for why l we're getting paid so much less is just kind of dwindling, it is just kind of dwindling, it is not much of an argument anymore. if you look at the ticket sales and the interests, the tv viewing and all of that, it is not much of an argument anymore. in it is not much of an argument anymore-— it is not much of an argument an more. ,., _, , ~ anymore. in some countries like vietnam. _ anymore. in some countries like vietnam. the — anymore. in some countries like vietnam, the gender _ anymore. in some countries like vietnam, the gender pay - anymore. in some countries like vietnam, the gender pay gap i vietnam, the gender pay gap remains acute, according to a former star who played for the national team until 2016 and is now a professional coach. translation: fist now a professional coach. translation:— now a professional coach. translation: �* ., translation: at the moment there are plays _ translation: at the moment there are plays in _ translation: at the moment there are plays in the - translation: at the moment there are plays in the team - translation: at the moment| there are plays in the team you have to both play professional football and do other things like selling goods online or

together with their family open a restaurant in order to make ends meet. for those that follow the game closely, this world cup is being seen as a watershed moment for women's pay. one of the most exciting parts of the 2019 women's world cup was after the final was won by the usa, there were chants of, "equal pay," that rang around the stadium. so this women's world cup coming up, it's a real, another opportunity to be able to talk about these bigger things and equal pay, its still something that not just women footballers are striving for, it's what women everywhere are striving for. this world cup there have been stand—offs between multiple teams and their football associations, including the uk, south africa, nigeria and canada, and these fights are over everything from basic equal pay to bonuses. some teams are even threatening to boycott matches if their demands are not met. it's hoped that with this momentum, the next—generation's battle will be just

on the pitch. katie silver, bbc news, sydney. in breaking news, the australian state of victoria has pulled out of hosting the 26 commonwealth games. it was the future of the games under doubt. we will be keeping track of their story and bring your updates as they come in. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news is bringing you different stories from across the uk. a lifeline at a time when the cost of groceries has been rocketing.— when the cost of groceries has been rocketing. what used to be able to get _ been rocketing. what used to be able to get for— been rocketing. what used to be able to get for £50, _ been rocketing. what used to be able to get for £50, now- been rocketing. what used to be able to get for £50, now going l able to get for £50, now going to get half as much. volunteers

here, to get half as much. volunteers here. things — to get half as much. volunteers here, things are _ to get half as much. volunteers here, things are expected - to get half as much. volunteers here, things are expected to . here, things are expected to get a whole lot busier as the approaches. we get a whole lot busier as the approaches-_ get a whole lot busier as the approaches. we are currently seeinu approaches. we are currently seeing massive _ approaches. we are currently seeing massive demands - approaches. we are currently seeing massive demands for| approaches. we are currently - seeing massive demands for food banks. we fed twice as many people this june banks. we fed twice as many people thisjune as we did last year. we are providing emergency food parcels for around 650 people a week. more donations and _ around 650 people a week. more donations and voluntary - around 650 people a week. more donations and voluntary support is desperately needed to meet this growing demand. it is not just here in hackney where the resonator, families across london are facing big challenges due to the cost of living crisis which is why places like this are so vital for so many. for more stories across the uk, head to the bbc news website. your live with bbc news. scientists are calling it a breakthrough, an enormous moment of hope. trials of a new drug to treat alzheimer's shows it slows the early onset of the disease by up to 60%. the disease gradually destroys key areas of the brain involved

in memory and understanding. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports. hello. are you all right, mr colley? hi, yes. yes. i've got your donanemab here for you... mike colley has alzheimer's disease, yet the 80—year—old feels incredibly fortunate. i'm one of the luckiest people you'll ever meet. just for this. that's because he's been on the global trial of donanemab for two years. he's come with his son for his monthly infusion, at this clinic in london. i seem to get more confident every day. and i'm sure this is going to be successful. they'll get all the rubbish off the top of my brain and i'll be back to normality. i'm very confident about that. i never thought that i would see my dad just so full of life again. you know, now we have hope and, two years ago, we didn't. and, you know, that'sjust

an incredible difference. i'd like you to subtract seven i from 100, and keep subtracting seven from each answer until i tell you to stop. i so what is 100 take away seven? 93. despite mike's optimism, donanemab is not a cure. his memory and ability to process information are still impaired. 86... but full results of the trial show the drug slowed cognitive decline by about a third, enabling many patients to continue leading independent lives for longer. 60... he chuckles i've forgotten already now. i've lost the plot, sorry. that's ok. in alzheimer's, a rogue protein called amyloid builds up around neurons, destroying connections. donanemab is an antibody which binds to amyloid. this prompts immune cells to attack and clear amyloid from the brain.

so, lots of toxic . amyloid protein... you can see it clearly in these scans. this patient starts with a lot of amyloid — shown in green, yellow and red — but after six months on donanemab, most of the amyloid has been removed. this is really significant. i mean, this is one _ of the biggest breakthroughs, insomuch as this - disease is a pandemic. it's getting more i and more common. and being able to both - remove the amyloid protein and demonstrate that that. correlates with the slowing, or hopefully steadying - of symptoms, is life—changing. so a moment of hope? a moment of enormous hope. this is fantastic. hello. are you ready to come through? yes. all right. donanemab could be licensed here within a year, butjanet north is hoping to get it sooner, as part of the next stage of trials. could you tell me what year it is? oh, dear.

she sighs no. 2004, i was going to say, but it's 2020—something, isn't it? 2024? 0k... janet, who's 76, says alzheimer's means she no longer remembers how to use a computer or how to cook. i can't make things nice. i can't cook as i want to cook. i have no timing ability, and that's crucial. erm, itjust drives me potty, because i can't do it. but before any patient gets donanemab, they have to have one of these — a pet scan, a specialised type of brain scan. the problem is, there aren't nearly enough scanners. currently, hardly any alzheimer's patient has one. there's another hurdle. donanemab has potentially serious side effects. it can cause swelling and bleeding in the brain, so patients will need to be aware of the risks

and be carefully monitored. but despite safety concerns, there will be huge demand for this new drug, which mike will continue to receive as long as it helps him. after decades of failed trials, the era of alzheimer's treatment is upon us. a terrible disease. a world leading child protection charity is calling on the prime minister to make the threat of ai generated cold sexual abuse energy is top priority when they hold the first global ai some of this year. the internet watch foundation, who specialises in finding and removing abuse images and videos from the internet says ai is a growing threat. the discovered predators sharing galleries of synthetic images that are at times indistinguishable from real

abuse images. 0ur cyber correspondencejoe tidy abuse images. 0ur cyber correspondence joe tidy was shown reductive versions of some of the images. a warning — you may find this report upsetting. these days, anyone with a laptop can be an artist with al. and an idea, the sky's the limit. by typing in a few words, you can create any image that you like. so, for example, a cat holding a banana in the style of van gogh. let's try that. the only real limit is your imagination, but there are some safeguards put in place. many of these tools have banned words or phrases to stop people creating illegal or offensive imagery. but we now know that hasn't really worked. in this highly secured facility, the iwm finds, removes and logs some of the most abhorrent images and videos imaginable. their trained analysts say

they're seeing a flood of images made with artificial intelligence. so what are we looking at then? and we're the first people outside of the charity to be shown redacted versions of some of the pictures being shared by predators. so the first image i want to show you is more of a cartoony style of image of a girl on the beach. i'd say she's probably about three to six years old. obviously, the pose is disgusting and that would instantly make me question whether or not it's real. but it's hard to know. so this location is a bedroom and that's quite classic of real images that we see of children posed in the bedroom. you see that type of image? yes. children doing that pose for that children that young? yes. it's a horrible image. just the idea of what she's doing here. i know you've redacted it for them, but it's still... yeah, it's still quite powerful. it's difficult. absolutely. because these are images of children being sexually abused.

and we can't get away from that because that's what's happening. sorry. that's ok. sorry about that. i've never experienced anything like that. and it was a shock. absolutely. and there's no need to be sorry, because these images are shocking. just how bad does it get? it varies. so from kind of that style all the way up to where it's very difficult to tell the difference between that and a real image. last month, for the first time, the iwm started actively logging reports of ai images. analysts discovered galleries on multiple websites, some containing category a material, the most graphic possible. the team says predators are sharing tips on how to trick the ais into drawing the content. and there's evidence that open source image generators are proving popular

with predators. stable diffusion is the most popular open source ai image generator. it's been repurposed and repackaged by countless websites and businesses. the researchers who built it so it was key to its success. the fact remains there are bad actors using it as well. we found a twitter account longing to an ai image creator who specialises in making sexualised portraits of preteen girls. he says he is aware of the fact that his images to sexualise children but celebrates that this is the first time in history that al can allow him to create what he calls cute images of girls without exploiting real children.

dr michael burke is the former chief psychologist for the united states marshal service. he spent his career interviewing and evaluating sex offenders and paedophiles. there's no doubt in my mind that al generated images are going to increase these predilections. they're going to reinforce this deviance, and it will lead to greater harm and greater risk of harm to children around the world. so what can be done? well, very little, in truth. no—one is fully in charge of stable diffusion or any other open source ai generator. as regulators around the world try to bring some regulation, it feels like in some cases the cat may already be out of the bag. joe tidy, bbc news. if you want him more on that you can visit our website and check out our simple guide to how you understand the technology —— here more on that. the deal allowing your grade do they flexible grade to local markets via the black sea is now expired after russia refused an extension. ukraine is one of the well�*s largest exporters of sunflower, maize, wheat, and

barley and any blockade is a threat to global supply food chains. the ukrainian president zelensky said he was prepared to continue exporting drained by the black sea despite russia pulling out. translation: everyone has the riaht translation: everyone has the ri . ht to translation: everyone has the right to stability. _ translation: everyone has the right to stability. africa - translation: everyone has the right to stability. africa has - right to stability. africa has the right to stability, asia has the right to stability. europe has every right to stability stop and therefore we must all care about security, about protection from russian madness and the black sea grade initiative can and should continue to work. if without russia then without russia. the agreement on the export of grain, this is an agreement with turkey and the un, it remains in force. the only thing that is needed now is its careful implementation. and now to the remarkable story of an australian sailor who survived two months at sea. here areas. this is the cast away and his dog.

the pair set off from la pez, along the baja california peninsula in mexico, in april. they're attempting a 6000 kilometres solo voyage to france polynesia. however the boat was damaged by a storm several weeks later. this meant the pair when drifting in the vast and hostile north pacific ocean for two months. they were 0cean for two months. they were rescued by a trawler this week after a helicopter spotted them. and here is tim now. he is a little bit thinner but he is a little bit thinner but he is alive. you don't have to worry, i know you are thinking about belle isle. they can assure you that even though bell is not in this picture she survived and wasn't eaten by her master! that's all we have for you on you say. you can keep up with the latest headlines by visiting our website. i'm monica miller. thanks for watching.

hello. if you're wondering whether any of the heat that's currently affecting southern europe might head our way, well, the answer is a resounding no, but that is good news, i think, when you look at these temperatures. these temperatures which we recorded in the south of europe on monday, are very dangerous indeed. and this heat shows no real sign of letting up. now, we are stuck in a very different type of weather. the jet stream diving to the south of us that's keeping us away from this hot air, instead keeping us in something cooler, and with low pressure in charge, it is quite unsettled. this weather system pushing its way in from the west right now is going to bring some very heavy rain for some through the day on tuesday. that rain through the morning across parts of northern ireland, then swinging across the irish sea into wales, the north of england, the south of scotland, southwest scotland

could be very wet for a time. bit of rain into the southwest of england. northern scotland seeing sunny spells and the odd sharp shower. the southeast of england should hold on to some hazy sunshine and some warmth, 23—24 degrees, but stuck under cloud and rain you may well see temperatures no higher than 14—15 degrees. very wet for a time through the evening, particularly across parts of southern scotland. that rain then tries to pull away eastwards. i think cloud and some patchy rain may linger across southeast scotland and northeast england into the first part of wednesday. those are the starting temperatures for wednesday. and then this legacy of cloud still sticking around across parts of northern england, maybe southern scotland, down towards the east of england as well, with the odd spot of rain through wednesday morning. elsewhere, sunny spells and scattered showers. some of those could be on the heavy side. and temperatures of around 18 degrees there for belfast, 23 degrees the high in london. forthursday, it's the sunshine and showers day. most of the showers are likely to be across the north and the east of the uk. not as many showers further west. and those temperatures again in a range between 16—22

degrees for most of us. so any big changes as we head towards the end of the week? well, not really. various weather systems, various areas of low pressure still featuring in the forecast. bit of uncertainty about where it might be wettest over the weekend, just how windy it's going to be, but certainly staying unsettled and relatively cool and no change in that story into the start of next week.

china's economy barely grows in the second quarter. we look at the implications for financial markets. plus, equal pay for all — with the women's world cup just days away, we focus on the financial battle off the pitch. hello and welcome to asia business report, i am monica miller. we begin in china where markets closed lower after data showed continued weakness in the world's second biggest economy for the second quarter. rising unemployment among

youth population is also a cause for concern.