to battle wildfires fuelled by extreme heat. it comes as scientists say the speed and timing of a recent series of temperature related climate records is �*unprecedented'. russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has hit an ammunition depot on the peninsula. and england beat haiti 1—0 in their opening match at the women's world cup — while denmark score a late goal to secure a win against china. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. greece is right now suffering its hottest weekend in 50 years. one climate expert says the current heatwave could last 16 or 17 days — making it the longest since records began. this is the scene in athens where temperatures are expected to soar over a0 degrees. some historical sites

are now being shut down to protect the public. the civil protection ministry has warned of a high risk of fire in seven out of 13 regions. on the island of rhodes, wildfires are burning for a fifth consecutive day. our reporter azadeh moshiri is in lagonisi, southeast of athens and gave us this update. it is extremely hot here in greece. i was speaking to someone who said it's unusual for them that they are concerned about how hot it is. this isn't the experience they are used to. so locals are very much feeling met. records could potentially be broken. you mention it could be the longest heatwave in history, increases history which could last up increases history which could last up to 17 days. and it could potentially be one of the hottest

july is on record for greece. so for the fire service, there is a real concern because this is a country that has been rocked by these wildfires. they have been battling the blazes fought days now and when i spoke to the fire service earlier, they said they expected tomorrow to be extremely dangerous. they are on high alert as is the civil protection unit because they believe more fires could potentially be reignited and it's extremely difficult conditions, extremely difficult conditions, extremely difficult weather conditions for the firefighters to be able to respond. that's why they can use all the help they can get, france, italy and israel have sent firefighting planes and others have come to help the firefighters as well because when it comes to the stakes, they are high. people are losing their homes, losing their lives they have lived

in villages across attica, places like roads and so the firefighters and government, it's about providing as much support as they can but for now, in places like here, and athens, is about trying to stay safe and healthy. drinking as much water as possible, staying indoors. the terrorists, that information is particularly important because its high tourist season here in greece which is why archaeological sites are closed to try to force people to take precautions. 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 the uk, how quickly to take action on climate — and who pays for it — is becoming a party political issue. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said his party must learn the lesson from the narrow defeat it suffered on thursday in a by—election. the conservatives won after a campaign focused on the decision by the labour mayor of london to introduce extra charges for the most polluting vehicles. mr starmer was speaking

to the party's national policy forum. that result in uxbridge demonstrates there is never any reason to be complacent and never a reason to rest on our laurels. it's a reminder, as danny said, that in an election, policy matters and we are doing something very wrong if policies put forward by the labour party end up on each and every tory leaflet. we've got to face up to that and to learn the lessons. earlier i spoke our political reporter tony bonsignore and i began by asking him if the ulez charge spells a disagreement between the labour leader and the mayor of london. very much so. yeah. and that lesson that needs to be learned that sir keir starmer talked about there at the end of that clip, it's not clear what the lesson is here. and i think different people in this have different ideas of what it should be.

the london mayor, sadiq khan, is insistent that this expansion of ulez, ultra low emission zonem we have to pay to drive in this area. if you have a non—compliant car, usually older cars or diesel cars. that will go ahead as planned very shortly, affecting a lot of people on the edge of london, just outside london as well, places like uxbridge and south ruislip, the scene of that by—election a couple of days ago that labour narrowly lost. but what we heard from sir keir starmer today was, look, we need to reflect on that. there's clearly an issue here. i mean, he's not gone so far as to say that sadiq khan is wrong. i mean, he's a bit...he�*s being more diplomatic than that, though, clearly is an issue here for sir keir starmer. it's about everybody being on the right page. for others, it's about perhaps what commitment the party should have and in what way to climate change, to green policies. and there's also an issue here about devolution, about the london mayor being allowed to do what he wants, even though he's the same party

as sir keir starmer. this is a difficult issue for keir starmer and it's not clear what the answer is. as you say, the conservatives won that byelection by a very narrow margin. what have they had to say about that by—election result? yeah, 500 odd seats, in the end, it was you know, it was much needed, i think, for the conservative party. they wouldn't have wanted to lose all three by elections. it would have been very dispiriting. what some have taken from it, if you read the newspapers, uk newspapers this morning, there's quite a lot of sort of spinning and a take on this from some within the party, you think what this shows is the government needs to row back, to pull back on some of its green policies, particularly when it's hitting people in their wallets at a time when the cost of living is rising. i have to say, i don't think that's a particularly widespread view.

it's certainly not what we're hearing from downing street and the message there is, yes, we need a sharper agenda in the months to come. they're really going to try and sort of distinguish themselves from labour on things like migrant boats and transgender rights and the like. but rishi sunak is convinced that that result shows he's on the right track with what he's doing, and that next general election, probably next year, is still up for grabs. russia's proxy governor in occupied crimea has said an ammunition depot in the centre of the peninsula has been hit in an attack by ukrainian drones. he said people within a radius of five kilometres were being evacuated. rail traffic across crimea has been suspended. the ukrainian army has taken responsibility for the attack. saying ukrainian defence forces destroyed an oil depot

ukrainian president zelensky said other targets had also been hit earlier — including the crimean bridge. the chromium bridge, is notjust the road. it's the road used to deliver ammunition. that's being done on a daily basis. the militarisation of the crimean peninsula. it's an understandable enemy object built outside the law. outside international law and all law respectively. that is why any target bringing war not peace needs to be neutralised. our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard has told us earlier about the significance of these attacks. we know that these attacks emerged this morning. sergei aksyonov, who's the proxy governor of crimea for russia,

he said that there were, first of all, that there were attacks and then later gave this update that it was an ammunition depot that he said was hit. the footage of the incident shows huge plumes of smoke coming up from an area in the center of the peninsula. up from an area in the centre of the peninsula. the ukrainian military has said that ammunition warehouses and oil depots were hit, but it didn't claim responsibility. that's not unusual. ukraine often doesn't claim formal responsibility for such attacks. but the attacks themselves are quite significant. several bits of footage on social media about that. yes, we're looking at some pictures right now, danny. and this is the latest in a series of attacks in the crimean peninsula, isn't it? absolutely. and what you're seeing at the moment is that ukraine, which obviously has an ambition to liberate the peninsula, it was annexed in 2014 by russia, but that's the long term goal. in the short term, what it's trying

to do is disrupt military supplies. what ukraine is trying to do is launch a counter—offensive in the south of ukraine and supplies come up through crimea. so on monday, it targeted one of the key bridges. it's the main bridge that links russia to occupied crimea, the kerch strait. it damaged one of the road lanes there. and one of those road lanes is closed. earlier today because of these attacks, there was disruption on that bridge, large queues, and for a while traffic was suspended. it's been since been reopened. so it's causing disruption there as well as the rail disruption that you mentioned earlier. a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters is heading for its final destination, the parliament injerusalem, where mps are due to pass the first bill in the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary. the number of protesters has risen

to around 10,000 since the march began in tel aviv earlier this week. we can see live pictures of the march is now. they are carrying their blue and white israeli flags. people are beating drums as they walk up the highways on the outskirts ofjerusalem. the number of protesters has risen to around 10,000 is since it began in the week. they plan to set up tents at the knesset as they stage a last ditch effort to try to prevent or delay the final votes on a bill that would curb the supreme court's ability to render void decisions by the government that it deems unreasonable. i'm here because protesting and i want our democracy. i feel the government is stealing our democracy and running us over. after people are saying they don't want the rules they are pressing and theyjust are ignoring us. so we are here to show our voice and to do whatever we can.

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an hour wait in york. normally it is a direct train. the level of disruption will vary around the country. many services will end for the day much earlier than usual. another strike is expected next saturday. the rmt at the moment seems to be concentrating its strikes more at weekends, so the aim is to affect leisure travel. so today's strike on a saturday and next weekend's again will have a big impact on people who are thinking of taking days out, and there'll be a real skeleton service operating. these strikes are happening after progress in the national dispute stalled in april. the rmt says plans to close hundreds of ticket offices have now added to its members' anger. separately, strikes on the london underground, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow, have been called off. the summer getaway is traditionally a busy time on the roads, and the train strike could add to congestion as more people take to their cars instead. the travel association abta thinks over two million british holiday—makers will head overseas this weekend. the port of dover will be

under scrutiny again, after long delays before easter and last summer. the port says it's made changes to ease the queues, but there could still be waits of up to two and a half hours at border controls. after last year's disruption, because of staff shortages, airports and airlines insist they've done as much as possible to ensure things go smoothly, although worries persist about congested european airspace and air traffic control issues. the coming days will be a test at what's expected to be their busiest time since before the pandemic. katy austin, bbc news. a major review of pregnancy loss services in england says women should have access to specialist miscarriage care 2a hours a day, seven days a week. its 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 2a 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 2a 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. a festival in malaysia was cancelled on friday after the british singer matty healy spoke out against the country's anti—lg bt laws.

his band — the 1975 — ended their set early, claiming officials had ordered them off stage. homosexuality is illegal in malaysia and carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. courtney bembridge has more from the newsroom. british singer matt healy was headlining the good vibes festival in kuala lumpur on friday with his band, the 1975 when he made the comments. he addressed the crowd to say, i don't see the point in inviting them to perform and telling us who we can have sex with. he then kissed the bass player and you can see that moment projected on the big screen here in video is being shared online. just 13 minutes into the set, the band walked away and as he left, he said, we'vejust set, the band walked away and as he left, he said, we've just been banned from kuala lumpur. we know that the festival was due to continue the next day but organisers released a statement saying it had

been cancelled due to the controversial conduct and remarks by matt healy. the statement went on to say it appears to be immediate cancellation directive. the statement goes on to say... the communications minister in malaysia has hit out at the bands performance calling it disrespectful act. we know is not the first time that matt healy has used the performance to highlight anti—lgbt laws. in 2019 in dubai, he also pulled a young man on stage, a young fan and kissed him and afterwards tweeted to say thank you to buy, i might not be allowed back due to my behaviour. so not the first time he's used his platform to highlight these issues. sport now. and let's start with the women's world cup. england started their campaign with a 1—0 victory against haiti in group d.

with a 1—0 victory a penalty from georgia stanway was enough to secure victory victory for the lionesses and a crucial three points. corinne yorston played for the england national team for six years. she gave this reaction after the result. a lot of expectation building up to this tournament with them being european champions. and it's just always such a big lead in phase into world cups and major tournaments that you just want to get going with it. so, you know, they probably know they can perform better, but the biggest thing is they got three points in their group stage and their opening game. and yeah, i'm sure they're just relieved and happy with the win and happy to get things going now. there are similarities, of course, to england's opening game in the euros last year, in 2022, where they beat austria by 1—0 in the first game in manchester. not the greatest result then either. but then of course, they progressed to be champions. do you think they willjust get stronger as the tournament progresses? i mean, you often see it, don't you, in lots of different sports and men's and women's world cups

and euros that top teams do start off fairly slow. you know, there are nerves coming into game no matter who you are, no matter what player you are, no matter what team you're playing for, you're going to be nervous. and like i said, the expectation maybe a little bit more pressure now being european champions. you often see it teams starting slow, but it doesn't it really doesn't matter how you start. the most important thing is getting the win for your opening game. that's huge. itjust really relieves the pressure a little bit. elsewhere, current world champions the usa opened their campaign with a 3—0 victory against vietnam. sophia smith struck twice before half—time for the americans. in the other games japan thrashed zambia 5—0 in group c and denmark beat china 1—0 in group d. but it took a last minute goal for denmark to secure victory. amalie vangs—gaard scored the late winner with a header. amalie bremer is co founder of the danish women's national team supporters club. she gave her feelings after denmark secured a last gasp victory.

it was very hectic, very nervous. a pure opener. first world cup in 16 years and it showed. it was a big task for the danish team to take on this very important match. i think a historic match for women's football and, yes,, the first half was not pretty but we got there in the end. cricket and it's tea on day 4 of the fourth test between england and australia the morning had been wiped out by rain. australia are looking to save the game, and preserve their lead of two games to one in the series. at tea they had reached 214—5. batter marcus labuschagne finally out after a fighting century for the australians. but england still lead by 61 runs. it is now raining again at that match so it remains to be seen

whether play will resume after tea. in golf, it's day 3 of the open. this year, the golfing major, is taking place at the royal liverpool golf course. the highlight so far today has been a dazzling round of 63 shot by spaniard jon rahm. it took him to 6 under par and second in the leaderboard. american brian harman is still out in front on 9 under. a new photograph of prince george has been released, to celebrate his tenth birthday today. the picture shows the young royal — who is second in line to the throne — smiling on a set of steps at windsor. stay with us here on bbc news. he had a very good early birthday present last weekend when he was taken to the wimbledon men's final with his sister charlotte and his parents. what a treat. stay with us, you are watching bbc news. hello.

there were some parts of the uk they got to see saturday sunshine especially in the north of scotland, some stunning scenes, this was a picture from argyll and bute. but this was the typical picture for many of us in lancashire, clouds and outbreaks of rain. a lot of cloud on the early satellite picture and this weather system continues to journey eastwards overnight, some further wet weather for a time across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, many areas of england and wales. the north of scotland will hold onto some clear skies, one or two showers and a bit chilly here once again overnight but further south, a mild night in prospect. we start sunday with this area of low pressure still very much in charge and along the line of this by the front here, that is where we will have the heaviest and most persistent rain. either side of that, more sunshine although with a

scatter of showers. very wet indeed across parts of southern scotland, northern england, north wales, we could see some issues with localised flooding here, some rain into parts of northern ireland as well. the north of that, sunny spells, scattered showers and in the south, scattered showers and in the south, scattered showers, the odd thunder and the heaviest winter will be in the coasts of south—east england. temperatures, 23 in the south, 16 in scotland. that band of rain will sink a little bit lower southwards as we move down to sunday and into monday, this low pressure swinging away and on the back edge of it, a decidedly cool northerly flow of wind. still of cloud pushing southwards across parts of england and south wales, during monday behind the sunny spells, scattered showers, some widespread showers into north—west scotland. temperatures at best 1a to 20

degrees, below average for this time injuly. high pressure dries to build briefly but here comes the next rain bearing weather system, more low pressure and a set of weather fronts, outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain moving westwards. an unsettled and rather cool week ahead.