this is bbc news. the headlines — team usa have begun the defence of their women's world cup title with a win. they beat vietnam 3—0. sophia smith was their star, scoring twice. later, another of the tournament's favourites, england, face debutantes haiti. as greece faces its hottest july weekend in 50 years after weeks of wildfires, leading scientists tell the bbc of their concern over "unprecedented" recent climate records. several records on ocean heat, global temperatures the melting of antarctic sea ice have been shattered over the course of the last week. president biden has nominated a woman to lead the us navy for the first time. lisa franchetti is a former head of the us sixth fleet and us navalforces in south korea. her nomination will still need to be approved by congress.

hi, i'm ellis with the catch up. there were three elections in england on thursday with three very different results. the tories narrowly held their london seat of uxbridge and south ruislip, while the lib dems overturned a conservative majority of 19,000 in somerton and frome in somerset in south west england. and 25—year—old keir mather is now parliament's youngest mp. he has been nicknamed the �*baby of the house�* after winning his seat in north yorkshire for the labour party by over 4,000 votes. it was a previously a tory safe seat and mather said he understood the enormity of what has just happened. england goalkeeper mary earps says it is hurtful fans can't buy a replica of her nike goalkeeper shirt. earps says she wasn't told her kit wouldn't be available to the public and only found out when the outfield kit went on sale.

it has been reported that producing women's goalkeeper kits for the public is not part of nike's plans. some other stories now. earlier this week, the bbc reported on dozens of abuse allegations at mcdonald's. the uk mcdonald's boss said the claims are personally and professionally shocking. however, current and former workers have said it is too little, too late. and get your popcorn ready because barbenheimer weekend is here! audiences across the country will be heading to the cinema to see barbie and 0ppenheimer — two very different but highly anticipated films have been released today. but who's going to win big at the box office? time now to leave you with ten seconds of waterfalls, because a train station in china has been hit by flooding which has caused waterfalls to form, with water seen cascading down escalators and staircases. you're all caught up — bye for now.

now on bbc news, the travel show — chile: land of extremes. each day, before the sun rises in northern chile's atacama desert, people venture up and up. across bumpy terrain to where the altitude is high enough to make you light—headed. the air is thin and even in summer, the temperatures are near freezing. so, these are one of the main draws for tourists coming here to the atacama desert. an incredible place, it is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere. and here in the andes mountains, at over 4,000 metres, it's the highest in the world. but what i find especially incredible is that we're in the atacama desert — i'm sure you've heard of it — the driest place on earth.

but i'm notjust in chile sightseeing. i've come because bubbling up in this country has been an appetite for change. sirens wail. 30 years on from the era shaped by dictator augusto pinochet, many here still want change and in 2019, millions took to the streets, angry at inequality and poor public services. but by 2020, there were celebrations. a once—in—a—generation rewrite of their constitution was voted for. i visited as the finishing touches were being put on the new draft which, if voted in next week, supporters say will bolster public services, give environmental protections and recognition to chile's indigenous communities for the first time. i wanted to see for myself some

of the ways that the country is changing as it considers reshaping not only its constitution, but also its fundamental identity. which is why, 18 hours later, ifind myself in the middle of the desert as night presses in. so, it's 11:30 at night. ifeel like i am in the middle of nowhere. i'm not quite sure what i'm getting myself into. the new constitution would also enshrine individuals�* rights to water — a precious resource in a country suffering droughts and something crucial for the indigenous community of the atacama.

this ceremony brings together members of the atacamenos indigenous people, who live around northern chile, and have a deep respect for nature, having adapted to life around the desert. they've given us special permission to come along.

mabel passes aguacoya around the group — a drink with hallucinogenic effects that's made from the cactus plant.

singing. it was quite a serene experience and it was amazing, just to see these local people and how they were so passionate and so emotional about this ceremony. sighs. and i feel really privileged that we were able to be invited to something like this. you can still hear the drums

in the background. it's after 4:00 in the morning. i might leave them to it. drums beat. singing. but a community rooted in tradition has been rubbing up against a world evolving at pace. like at the nearby town of san pedro de atacama, which has expanded significantly over the last two decades due to tourism. 0k, look at this. there's a restaurant here, there's a tour operator over there, cute little gift shop and a store selling hiking boots over there, buskers on the street, hotels with all of their swimming pools. this is a town thatjust revolves around tourism. i can't imagine how much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there

isn't much that grows. but still, techniques passed down by the indigenous people allowed them to live here in harmony with nature. i wanted to catch up with rosa, the water—bearer from last night's ceremony, to find out a little more about how their position in the modern world here is changing. rosa, how is it so green here? this is crazy! it's like magic, thanks to the water. both chuckle. the idea is we respect the cycle. in winter, the mother earth rest. some of the techniques here use ancient atacamenos methods, like irrigation channels which allow these plants to be watered sparingly — just once a month. the idea of this project teach to the world how important is preserve and protect

the mother earth. when you come to the desert, not only is landscape and picture, it's introduce and understand how live the local people, how important is the water. and we can live and we can protect the wildlife, too. there are other big changes afoot for the wider community here. can you talk me through what this will mean for your people? well, this is good opportunity for recognise the indigenous people in chile, in the constitution. we have other concepts for life and that is very important because they give more tools for protect the area, especially the water. recognition is beginning to take shape. some tourist sites, like the geysers, are now co—managed by the indigenous community, allowing them

to take an active role in their changing world. but the atacamenos weren't the first indigenous people to call chile home. i left rosa and headed further up the coast to arica. between 7000 and 1500 bc, the hunter gatherer chinchorro people lived here and developed complex mummification practices which have astounded 21st—century researchers. last year, chinchorro burial culture was officially recognised by unesco, who placed it on their world heritage list. but despite this, the chinchorro still haven't entirely caught the public�*s imagination. the small fishing village of caleta camarones is the closest town to one of the world's top sites where the chinchorro mummies have been found.

but here, chinchorro enthusiasts will find little more than a themed restaurant and some statues. so, before we came here, some people said you could see the mummies in the ground and some said you couldn't, so i wasn't really sure what we'd find. but while we were having lunch, we got talking to the guy who runs the place and he says he can show us some mummies in the ground, so — and it's two minutes down the road, so we're on our way. currently, the mummies buried in the ground are being left there by archaeologists for their protection. 0k. here? and as we approach, we take great care not to disturb any of the remains. wow. it's so close to the road.

what was it like growing up here? did you see many mummies when you were a child? there are thought to be thousands of mummies

still in these hills and evidence of the chinchorro is scattered all around the area. behind the scenes of the san miguel de azapa museum, the careful study and preservation of the majority of the chinchorro mummies takes place. there's so many mummies here, vivien! how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, _ in this store. let me show you a chinchorro mummy. it's quite small. what can you tell me about this mummy?

because if it was me, i would be very scared to work here. what do you love about yourjob? oh, it's very interesting. but these fragile relics, which date back as much as 2000 years before the egyptian mummies, are deteriorating at an increasing rate, in part due to climate change. there's no air conditioning here, and rising humidity

levels are a big threat to the mummies. but it's hoped that a new $25 million museum will help protect them. is the local people's relationship with these mummies starting to change?

do you know, what i find really amazing, is that i'd never even heard of the chinchorro mummies until i came to chile. now, this is crazy because they're the old mummies in the world, and everyone of course has heard of the egyptian mummies, but not the chinchorro mummies. so i get the feeling that things here are slowly changing and maybe in the future they'll get the recognition that they deserve. and along with this renewed appreciation of ancient chilean culture, there's also a greater focus forming on the stunning and unique landscapes and wildlife that you'll find here. i headed south to patagonia's new route of parks. here, 17 old and new national parks are joined together to create a huge network of wild areas to explore, an area the size of switzerland.

it's been one outcome from the largest private land donation in history to create a conservation project on a vast scale. myjourney to its heart takes me six hours in a 4x4. so, we've blown a tire and, as you can see behind me, the road is pretty rough. we've hit one of these huge potholes and i guess that's part of the story of tourism here. you know, the infrastructure is still a work in progress. but, fortunately, all the locals have been super helpful. for two american philanthropists, doug and kris tompkins, the route of parks was just one part of a decades—long project in both chile and argentinian patagonia. over the course of 30 years, doug, kris and the tompkins conversation 0rganisation bought 2 million acres of land across chile and argentina.

i am very proud of what we do because every hectare we have ever purchased goes right back to the people of the country. if you want to conserve a territory and bring back species who've gone toward a point where their numbers are quite low, you have to, a, consult the geniuses of the place who are the people who've lived here for a very long time, because we're coming in and we don't really know that much about how these areas function, and they do. the chilean gaucho traditionally is a horseman skilled at protecting cattle and sometimes hunting predators. but gaucho don daniel now has a wider view of predators which are an important part of the wildlife ecosystem. he now monitors and

protects native deer. today, he uses modern techniques to track the huemuls nearby. so, the signal's quite strong when we point the antenna that way. it's like one of those tv antennas from the �*70s or �*80s that you had on your roof.

but it seems to be doing thejob. 0h, yep. i can hear it. 99% of the original huemul population are thought to have been lost, placing the breed on the endangered list. with don daniel's help, we soon spot something in the distance. gosh, look at don daniel go. so, we've actually found a huemul deer. can you see him in the distance? he's just sitting there in the grass and he's quite well camouflaged. we move for a closer look and quickly see that there are in fact three huemul together. so we're approaching the deer from a lower ground angle so we don't scare them.

it's unbelievable that now the numbers have grown and we've been able to track them within the space of a quarter of an hour, and here we are, and we're able to get this close to them.

doug tompkins sadly never saw his plan with kris finalised, as he passed away in 2015. a good friend of mine from new york city wrote to me just a few days after he died and she said, "look, you have a choice here. you can be the long—suffering widow or you can get out of bed and go do these things." and she was right. ihad... that was a conscious decision i was going to have to make, and so, ijust thought, "ok, let's go for it." and that's when i started trying to tie up everything, and within two years, we had them all donated. wow. and that was a lot of work. and i think it saved my life, needing to do that. yeah. i think there's a tremendous

amount of enthusiasm in chile right now, young and old. and, certainly, the environment is one of the big platforms of this new administration. ijust don't think i was expecting what an amazing place of contrast this country is. but at the same time, there's lots bringing it together at the moment, like a new focus on the environment and conservation, an ambition to set a new course to the future, treasuring their common heritage and their common land for generations to come.

it's going to be a wet one for many of us this weekend. in fact, it'll feel more like september, perhaps even early october, with the strength of the wind. really not a pleasant picture at all. the weather systems are lining up in the atlantic. here's the satellite picture. multiple weather fronts heading in our direction, and that cloud has already spread across the uk. it has been raining and the rain will get heavier in some areas as we go through the morning and into saturday afternoon. now, over the next two or three days, we will have rather a lot of rain in some parts of the country. where you see the deeper blue colours here, the darker blues, that's the rainfall accumulating to around 50mm of rain or more, so about a month's worth of rainfall in a couple of days. so, the forecast for the morning shows that rain across many parts of the country.

the north of scotland, however, will have had clear skies and, in fact, really chilly in the sheltered glens — maybe 4—5 degrees in rural spots — but for most of us, it's in the range of around 12—14. so, a lot of cloud in the morning. the winds will also be strengthening in south—western parts of the country to near gale force along some coasts. notice that the north of scotland escapes the rain. in fact, for ourfriends in lerwick, we're anticipating mostly sunny skies and, indeed, northern parts of mainland scotland also enjoying some sunshine. all of the weather action will be way to the south. outbreaks of rain turning heavier in northern ireland, parts of wales and also the north—west of england. all of this does not bode well for the ashes. interruptions are likely. and it also is not idealfor golf, either. the forecast, then, for sunday. the low pressure is still with us. it's in a process of moving away into the north sea. but this long weather front here, well, it's trying to pull away but it's doing so at a glacial pace, so that does mean more rain to come, especially across parts of northern england and wales. now, come monday and tuesday, that low is across scandinavia. the weather does tend to improve a little bit but the air is generally coming in from the north atlantic,

so that means that the temperatures will remain subdued in the week ahead and, actually, the weather outlook is still looking fairly unsettled with all of these shower symbols here in the outlook. wherever you are, have a good weekend.