the women's world cup continues in australia as england's lionesses take on haiti. as greece faces its hottestjuly weekend in 50 years, leading scientists tell the bbc of their concern over "unprecedented" new climate records. president biden nominates admiral lisa franchetti to run the us navy — if confirmed, she'll be the first woman to serve in the post and the first to serve on the us joint chiefs of staff. hello. let's start with the women's world cup. one of the tournament favourites,

england are facing theirfirst opponents. the european champions are taking on haiti who are playing in the world cup for the first time. they've been playing for around 65 minutes in brisbane and the latest score is 1—0 to england. georgia stanway scored with a 29th minute penalty. let's cross live now to kevin morris, who is a lioness fan and a girl's football coach. he's watching the game at hereford pegasus football club with his team and their families. thanks forjoining us. what you make of the game so far? it thanks forjoining us. what you make of the game so far?— of the game so far? it has been a tou~h of the game so far? it has been a tough opener— of the game so far? it has been a tough opener for _ of the game so far? it has been a tough opener for england, - of the game so far? it has been a tough opener for england, they i of the game so far? it has been a i tough opener for england, they have had a lot of opportunities. a couple of divisions have gone their way, some haven't. i think they are controlling it throughout and i think in the next half england might score a few more goals. that think in the next half england might score a few more goals.— score a few more goals. that is uuite score a few more goals. that is quite optimistic! _ score a few more goals. that is quite optimistic! what - score a few more goals. that is quite optimistic! what you - score a few more goals. that is| quite optimistic! what you make score a few more goals. that is - quite optimistic! what you make of how haiti is playing? this is that team's world cup debut. for

how haiti is playing? this is that team's world cup debut. for haiti it is their world _ team's world cup debut. for haiti it is their world cup _ team's world cup debut. for haiti it is their world cup final _ team's world cup debut. for haiti it is their world cup final fixture, - is their world cup final fixture, they are playing one of the best teams in the world. they are trying their best, they are defending with 11 ladies behind, but few ii ladies behind, but few opportunities. england havejust got to control the game and take their opportunities. figs to control the game and take their opportunities-_ to control the game and take their o- ortunities. ~ , i. ., opportunities. as you said, england, one of the best _ opportunities. as you said, england, one of the best teams _ opportunities. as you said, england, one of the best teams in _ opportunities. as you said, england, one of the best teams in the - opportunities. as you said, england, one of the best teams in the world. | one of the best teams in the world. they are the european champions. can we ask some of the members of your football team, who their favourite england players are, and why? . we england players are, and why? , we have we have _ england players are, and why? , we have we have a _ england players are, and why? , we have we have a murley _ england players are, and why? , - have we have a murley what may amelia who is your favourite player? alessia russo, she scored really good _ alessia russo, she scored really good goals. i alessia russo, she scored really good sow-— alessia russo, she scored really good goais-_ alessia russo, she scored really aood coals. .,, , good goals. i hope we will see some more of those. _ good goals. i hope we will see some more of those. who _ good goals. i hope we will see some more of those. who else _ good goals. i hope we will see some more of those. who else do - good goals. i hope we will see some more of those. who else do you - good goals. i hope we will see some | more of those. who else do you have in your team? my more of those. who else do you have in your team?— in your team? my favourite player is mary earps- — in your team? my favourite player is mary earps- she _ in your team? my favourite player is mary earps. she is _ in your team? my favourite player is mary earps. she is a _ in your team? my favourite player is mary earps. she is a goalie - in your team? my favourite player is mary earps. she is a goalie and - in your team? my favourite player is mary earps. she is a goalie and i - mary earps. she is a goalie and i play in _ mary earps. she is a goalie and i play in goal. she is an inspirational model and i wish i

could _ inspirational model and i wish i could buy— inspirational model and i wish i could buy her shirt! that inspirational model and i wish i could buy her shirt!— inspirational model and i wish i could buy her shirt! that has been some controversy _ could buy her shirt! that has been some controversy around - could buy her shirt! that has been some controversy around that. . could buy her shirt! that has been - some controversy around that. kevin, going back to you, you are watching this with your team. what does it mean, do you think, for your team, when we were growing up, women's foot spa wasn't as much of a thing as it is now. what you think it means that young female players can watch the world cup and watch teams debuting at the women's world cup as well? for debuting at the women's world cup as well? ., , ~' , well? for the girls i think it is bein: well? for the girls i think it is being able — well? for the girls i think it is being able to _ well? for the girls i think it is being able to watch _ well? for the girls i think it is being able to watch their- well? for the girls i think it is| being able to watch their idols well? for the girls i think it is - being able to watch their idols and something that is achievable. they could potentially be professional footballers if they work hard and have the right attitude, and also they could potentially represent the national countries. what is great is that we have the whole club here, well, not everyone is here, but we have 100 people from the many kickers, which is preschool, right up kickers, which is preschool, right up to our under15

kickers, which is preschool, right up to our under 15 squads, all socialising, hopefully to see the lionesses get three points in the world cup. lionesses get three points in the world cup-— world cup. really exciting, and thanks so much _ world cup. really exciting, and thanks so much to _ world cup. really exciting, and thanks so much to everyone. i world cup. really exciting, and - thanks so much to everyone. kevin morris and everyone at the football team. thank you very much. earlier, defending champions the united states kicked off their campaign for an unprecedented third consecutive title, with a 3—0 win over vietnam. sophia smith was their star, scoring the first goal in the 14th minute and adding a second just before half time. lindsay horan got the third in the 77th minute to wrap up the victory. megan rapinoe came on in the second half to make her 200th appearance for the usa. japan has pulled off a dominant performance at their opening match of the tournament, with a 5—0 win over debutants zambia. i spoke to ayako takematsu earlier, who's a coach with the japanese football association,

about her country's win over zambia. iam i am satisfied with the performance. they are aggressive in attack and defence. they make the game better using the strongest _ how did you rate zambia's performance?— how did you rate zambia's erformance? ., , ., , ., performance? from the news, zambia -la ed ve performance? from the news, zambia played very well _ performance? from the news, zambia played very well in _ performance? from the news, zambia played very well in the _ performance? from the news, zambia played very well in the friendly - played very well in the friendly match — played very well in the friendly match. we have to be very careful with their —

match. we have to be very careful with their attacking skill. today their_ with their attacking skill. today their main attacking tool was the lon- their main attacking tool was the long ball — their main attacking tool was the long ball. i guess that our defenders played very well. to that point _ defenders played very well. to that point i _ defenders played very well. to that point i am — defenders played very well. to that point i am very satisfied. japan defenders played very well. to that point i am very satisfied.— point i am very satisfied. japan has a really long _ point i am very satisfied. japan has a really long history _ point i am very satisfied. japan has a really long history of _ point i am very satisfied. japan has a really long history of strong - a really long history of strong women's football teams. they won the women's world cup in 2011, runners—up in 2015. can you talk to me about the current team that is in the world cup? what are the strength and the weaknesses? i think the biggest strength of our team currently is the numbers who play internationally. last time, in 2019, there were only two players who played abroad,

but now nine players are playing abroad so international experience has increased compared to last time. at the same time our domestic professional league, the women's league just started. for players in our team, so combining both the players could be a strength for us in this tournament. just a quick update on the england and haiti game, which is 71 minutes in. the score is still 1—0 to england. over the last few weeks, we have been reporting extensively on the heatwaves that have hit large areas of europe, the united states,

and parts of asia. well, now, leading scientists have told the bbc they are concerned by the recent run of new climate records being set, saying the speed and timing of them is unprecedented. some fear we're already witnessing worst—case scenarios. georgina rannard explains. sweltering temperatures in spain and dangerous wildfires in greece. millions have struggled through powerful heatwaves around the world in recent days. now scientists are poring over a run of climate records that have not only been broken, but smashed, and alarm bells are ringing. it's true to say that the models, the climate models that we have, do a very good job of predicting the climate system, but in the kind of larger scale. so, the fact that we're seeing the world warming because of greenhouse gases is not unexpected. but seeing some of these records being broken, you know, these marine heatwaves in the north atlantic,

the severe decrease in antarctic sea ice was not expected, and is something that we're going to have to work to try and understand. and this is why they're worried. for decades, the global average temperature has been getting higher and higher. then, injuly this year, it broke through 17 degrees for the first time. the record for the hottest day on earth fell notjust once, but three times in a week. and it's notjust the land that's hot. the oceans, which take up most of the world's heat, are seeing unprecedented temperatures. the north atlantic and seas off the uk coast are up to five degrees hotter than average. and there's another worrying abnormality. sea ice in the antarctic is extremely low for the time of year — 10% lower than usual. we know that the planet is warming because of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere by humans burning oil, coal and gas. the world will also be hotter because of el nino, a powerful, naturally occurring weather pattern that started in june. but scientists say these records constantly being broken are not yet a sign that the climate is in collapse. they say there is time to use

the solutions we have to keep the planet as liveable as possible. georgina rannard, bbc news. in greece, the heatwave there is set to be longest in greece's history, according to the country's weather institute. it's currently facing its hottest july weekend in 50 years, with temperatures in some areas climbing to 45 celsius — that's 113 fahrenheit. well, let's go to greece now and speak to our reporter azadeh moshiri. she's in lagonisi, southeast of athens. it is extremely hot here in greece. you can tell by the heat around me, if you were here, you would feel it is scorching. it is making difficult to see right now, that is how bright the sunnis. what that might be great for the beach—goers behind me, for

greece, a country that has been battling wildfires throughout the week, it is particularly difficult and concerning. 0fficials week, it is particularly difficult and concerning. officials are warning of a high risk of wildfires as they keep battling blazes right now. that wildfire is focused on the island of rhodes, and they are warning that the next few days could see the mainland have further flare—ups as well. away from the wildfires themselves, the people in the city of athens, for example, they could be experiencing temperatures in the mid to high 40s, for six to seven days more. for people who work in the acropolis, thatis people who work in the acropolis, that is unbearable. that is why archaeological sites like the acropolis are going to be shut between noon to 5:30pm, to protect the workers, as well as tourists. so, regionally, where are we looking? i know that greece has been struggling, but this has really been

millions of people around the world struggling with the heat in the past few weeks. ., �* , struggling with the heat in the past few weeks. . �* , ., , , few weeks. that's right, it has been affectin: few weeks. that's right, it has been affecting the _ few weeks. that's right, it has been affecting the northern _ few weeks. that's right, it has been affecting the northern hemisphere, | affecting the northern hemisphere, the united states has really struggled. temperatures have been extremely high in the south in particular, in phoenix and arizona. they have been dealing with temperatures around 43 celsius for three weeks. they are warning that temperatures could reach 46 celsius in phoenix, arizona. that led to a dangerous scene where tanks exploded in a propane business that was near the airport. the captain there said that those tanks essentially became missiles. southern europe as a whole has been affected by the temperatures as well. has been affected by the temeratures as well. . ,, , ., ., temperatures as well. thank you for s-ueakin temperatures as well. thank you for speaking to — temperatures as well. thank you for speaking to us- _ staying with the climate. the number of people known to have died in recent flooding in south korea has risen to 47.

last weekend, 13 people died in an underpass after they became trapped in vehicles as floodwaters poured into the tunnel. the heavy rain has also triggered landslides in some areas — with thousands of people displaced and many homes destroyed. preparations are underway for more monsoon rains expected this weekend. earlier, we spoke to yuna ku, who is a reporter with the bbc korean service in seoul. she told us more about the preparations that are being made. you'll back the rescue team is still in search of missing people who have perhaps been swept away. the emergency _ perhaps been swept away. tue: emergency service perhaps been swept away. tte: emergency service confirmed perhaps been swept away. t"t2 emergency service confirmed 47 people dead and some people still missing, and some are still yet to return home. we are now seeing another monsoon period and local governments have been inspecting sites that are prone to floods, like riverside walkways and slopes an underpass, and they are making sure

that drainage facilities are operating properly. we can say that it is unprecedented, but we cannot be sure, because monsoon period has not officially ended. it is not raining in seoul right now, but people in the south—western regions are already starting to see some droplets on saturday morning. according to the state weather agency, more heavy rain is expected across the country, which could be “p across the country, which could be up to 115 million metres, depending on the location. according to the agency report it showed that this year's monsoon period started on june 25, and average precipitation was 591 millimetres as of last thursday. this is the highest number ever recorded within the same time period, which is more than twice the average. sir keir starmer has said

that there was "something very wrong" when a labour party policy was on "each and every tory leaflet". it comes after labour was attacked during a by—election in borisjohnson's former constituency uxbridge and south ruislip, mayor sadiq khan's plan to expand a scheme to charge for the most polluting vehicles. he was speaking to the party's national policy forum in nottingham. in an election, policy matters. we are doing something very wrong if policies put forward by the labour party end up on each and every tory leaflet. to romania now, where hungary's prime minister viktor 0rban has just finished delivering a speech to the hungarian community there. he spelt out his policy priorities for the next 8 years, and evenjoked that he might want to stay in office till 2040. let's talk to noemi martini, a journalist for hvg, a hungarian economic and political weekly. she has been listening to mr 0rban's speech in romania.

what did you make of the speech, and also viktor 0rban's thoughts on staying in powerfor quite a long time? staying in power for quite a long time? ,., ., staying in power for quite a long time? ., ., ,, i. staying in power for quite a long time? ., . ~' ., time? good afternoon. thank you for havin: time? good afternoon. thank you for having me- — time? good afternoon. thank you for having me- this _ time? good afternoon. thank you for having me. this speech _ time? good afternoon. thank you for having me. this speech every - time? good afternoon. thank you for having me. this speech every year. time? good afternoon. thank you for having me. this speech every year is| having me. this speech every year is quite a big deal. viktor 0rban likes to shock people and say things that are very unexpected. it is true that he outlined his plans for the future. he basically started to talk about a new world order, and in this new world order, he sees china as the new leader, as opposed to the us. he basically said that china is the antidote to us power. this means that these liberal, universal values that these liberal, universal values that these liberal, universal values that the us represents, china

disagrees, and so does the prime minister, such as migration of the lgbt community, so he has spoken a lot about china and the eastern opening, and he envisions china to be the leader and winner of this race between major powers. this is something that we can already see in hungary. there is more and more manufacturing hubs opening for asian companies, mainly battery plants. the china construction bank has opened an office in budapest recently. there are plans to bring a university campus to budapest. t university campus to budapest. i understand that he wanted to speak about china in his speech. but i am wondering if that is almost a safe topic to touch on, when there are many other topics that he didn't mention too much, for example,

hungry�*s position, his position, and what is going on in ukraine. did he delve into that at all?— delve into that at all? exactly, he didn't really _ delve into that at all? exactly, he didn't really delve _ delve into that at all? exactly, he didn't really delve into _ delve into that at all? exactly, he didn't really delve into that. - didn't really delve into that. basically the slogan for this year was that it is time for peace. however almost not even mention the war in ukraine. he did not say anything about russia as an aggressor, he did not express any support to ukraine. the only thing he said regarding this situation was that ukraine is oppressing the hungarian minorities living on the border between hungary and ukraine. quite a strong word to use, suppression, in terms of referring to ukraine. he does talk about war in a different context. he talks about so—called cultural wars a lot and he definitely really doesn't

like rogue ideology, and minorities, the lgbt community. he has expressed how glad he is that our hungarian constitution... t’m how glad he is that our hungarian constitution. . ._ constitution... i'm afraid we are auoin to constitution... i'm afraid we are going to have — constitution... i'm afraid we are going to have to _ constitution... i'm afraid we are going to have to leave - constitution... i'm afraid we are going to have to leave it - constitution... i'm afraid we are going to have to leave it there, | constitution... i'm afraid we are i going to have to leave it there, but thank you for taking us through that speech. it is an important one every year. thousands of rail workers are on strike again today in their row over pay and conditions. passengers are being warned to check before they travel as the getaway for the school summer holiday is likely to be disrupted by cancelled services. 0ur correspondent noor nanji joins me now from paddington station in london. can you tell us what is happening where you are? $5 can you tell us what is happening where you are?— can you tell us what is happening where you are? as you can see, the station is pretty _ where you are? as you can see, the station is pretty busy. _ where you are? as you can see, the station is pretty busy. the - where you are? as you can see, the station is pretty busy. the sort - where you are? as you can see, the station is pretty busy. the sort of i station is pretty busy. the sort of numbers you might expect to see on a regular saturday afternoon. it is of course a very big weekend for

travel, with millions of people in england and wales getting started on their summer holidays. having said that, the station is expected to empty out over the day, as many of the services will be winding down earlier than usual because of these rail strikes. this strike is by members of the rmt union, at 14 rail companies in england, and is the latest in a long—running dispute overjobs, pay and working conditions. it is a dispute that doesn't seem to have any clear end in sight. the rmt says its members have also been angered by plans to close hundreds of ticket offices across england. added to that, you also have the train drivers' union, aslef, it is the last day of their current overtime ban. that is adding to the impact. the disruption will vary depending on where you are. the advice remains to check before you travel. elsewhere on the travel network there has also been some expected disruption. first of all on

the road, we are told the roads could be busier than usual as people try to avoid the rail disruption and head to their cars instead. airports are expected to be pretty busy as well. last year there was a lot of disruption last summer for the airlines and the airport and that was largely due to staff shortages. airports and airlines say they have taken steps airports and airlines say they have ta ken steps to airports and airlines say they have taken steps to try to minimise that disruption this time around. there could still be some worries over things like congested airspace over europe. in addition to that, you also have the fact that people are at the ports, and at the port of dover that there is scrutiny there. there was some disruption going into easter and also last summer, so there will be a focus there. the port of dover does say that it has taken steps port of dover does say that it has ta ken steps to port of dover does say that it has taken steps to minimise that disruption. they could be waits of “p disruption. they could be waits of up to two and a half hours if you are heading there. some good news if you are travelling around london, strike action on the london underground, that was due to begin

tomorrow, has now been called off. aha, tomorrow, has now been called off. a little bit of good news, thank you very much. a major review of pregnancy loss services in england says women should have access to specialist miscarriage care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. it's estimated there are around 500 miscarriages every day in the uk, but many women lose their babies at home, with very little support or pain relief. and a warning — there are some graphic descriptions of baby loss in?tulip mazumdar�*s report, which some viewers may find upsetting. rachel has been documenting her pregnancy journey on tiktok. she suffered four miscarriages. her second was particularly traumatic. it was, unfortunately, i believe, over a weekend period. and so, the advice i was really kind of given was, it seems like you're

having another miscarriage, have plenty of bed rest, and take some pain relief if needed, and kind ofjust wait it out. at one point i went to the bathroom, and as i went and pulled down my underwear, my baby fully intact in its sac with a tiny little placenta, which was literally no bigger than a £2 coin, fell and sat into my underwear. rachel's is sadly not an uncommon story, which is why the review is calling for a miscarriage helpline and 24 hour access to specialist early pregnancy units, developing a container to store the baby's remains if a loss happens at home, and support and advice offered after one miscarriage instead of three. 250,000 women a year experience a miscarriage. in a lot of cases, we can't prevent a miscarriage. but what we can do is try and make that process that women and their partners are going through less

traumatic in order to limit the ongoing effects. another key recommendation in this review is to start offering certificates to parents whose babies die before 24 weeks. at the moment, some families are given little notes, like this one. but from october, the plan is to offer them an official government document to acknowledge their loss. i want to see people stopping having to hit google to find out what care should i be receiving? where should i be going for support? this support should be easily available to every single person, and it should be offered to every person who is suffering. it's notjust the mother who's carrying the child. it needs to be also offered to their partner. the government says it's looking into all 70 recommendations and starting to take action on some of them. a year since her last miscarriage, rachel is now mum to baby thomas. i would love to tell him about the siblings he could have had.

i want to educate him that pregnancy and creating life and children isn't as simple as getting that positive pregnancy test. and it's why i created my tiktok account, to support and make people aware of what can happen and make them not feel alone. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. an important story on the issue of pregnancy loss. from monday, children aged 10 and 11 will be able to use e—gates at the uk border. currently, 12 is the minimum age for using e—gates. the change follows successful trials at airports in london. there is always more information on the stories we have just mentioned on our bbc news website. mentioned on our bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. for many parts of the uk it has turned into a soggy saturday. not for everyone though. this was the scene earlier in the north—east of scotland. compare that with the scene in staffordshire, with the rain just scene in staffordshire, with the rainjust hammering down, thanks to this area of cloud, this complex weather system moving its way across the uk. northern parts of scotland, sticking out into something drier and brighter, albeit with a strong chance of some showers will stop a bit of rain in southern scotland, heavy rain at times for northern ireland and across england and wales. there will be some drier gaps in between the heavy downpours, quite windy in the south—west corner, temperatures suppressed, 16 to 19 degrees at best. through this evening and tonight, we will continue to see outbreaks of rain coming and going a prospect parts of england, wales, northern ireland, perhaps into scotland. it will be misty and murky in places.

temperature wise, may be down to six or 7 degrees in some parts of northern scotland. more generally, ten to 16 degrees, and certainly mound where you keep the cloud and rain. into tomorrow, this area of low pressure continues to track slowly eastwards in this frontal system here will make for some quite heavy and persistent rain, especially across parts of northern england, into north wales as well. they could be enough rain to give rise to some localised flooding, particularly after what has been a 5°99y particularly after what has been a soggy day today. it doesn't bode massively well for the cricket at old trafford. it may turn a little drier and brighter later on, but evenif drier and brighter later on, but even if that happens, there is the chance for some pretty hefty showers. to the north and south of that rain band, we will see some spells of sunshine, but also some scattered showers, some heavy, possibly thundery, and the windiest weather on sunday likely to be across coastal parts of south—east england. a slightly warmer day, temperatures between 16 and 23

degrees. that is still no great shakes for this time of year. as we move out of sunday and into monday, this frontal system should slip southwards. the area of low pressure moves away. that leaves us in quite a cool, northerly flow of air for the start of the new week. temperature is below par for the time of year, and actually, the week ahead remains unsettled and rather cool ahead remains unsettled and rather cool. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: england's lionesses get off to a flying start as they lead haiti 1—0 in their opening world cup match. the european champions are are one of the favourites to win the competition — if they can fend off the usa. as greece faces its hottestjuly weekend in 50 years, leading scientists tell the bbc of their concern over "unprecedented" new climate records. several on ocean heat, global temperatures and the melting of antarctic sea ice, have been shattered over the course of the last week.