and — israel's parliament — approves restrictions on the powers of the country's supreme court — despite huge protests. new fires in greece — prompt tens of thousands — to flee the flames. we'll have the latest on more than 80 wildfires — and the evacuations being organised. ——after attacks on grain facilities, ukraine accuses russia of trying to "starve the world". hello, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. george alagiah, one of the bbc�*s most highly—respected, and much—loved presenters, has died. he was 67 — and he'd been living with bowel cancer since 2014. george died at home with his family today — nine years after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. he was 67.

george won many awards in a hugely successful career which took him from southern africa to many other parts of the world. the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, described him as "one of the best and bravestjournalists of his generation". but above all he was a very fine human being — as his friend and colleague allan little now reports. three, two, one... go tape. at six o'clock — the ground war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the six o'clock news... good evening and welcome to the six o'clock news. ..and for his calm, unflappable authority. good evening and welcome to the bbc�*s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child the family moved to ghana. this is the road... and he was swept up in the early optimism of a young nation newly independent of british colonial rule. we knew that africa was going to be united and that ghana, this country, was going to be at the centre of it,

and i think that was a kind of dream. at 11 he was a migrant again, this time to england, where his parents enrolled him in a portsmouth boarding school. here, though there was some racism, he learned to adapt to a new culture and to thrive. at durham university he met his wife frances. i think when we got married, we were aware of a sort of meeting of cultures. you can see that in the wedding photos. we've got two sons, adam and matthew. in a turbulent and often dangerous working life, she and their two boys were the still and unwavering centre of his existence — his solid ground. and welcome to the rainbow nation. forjust over a year now, south africa has been my base as the bbc�*s africa correspondent. i knew george as a

foreign correspondent. we worked together in africa, the continent whose fate ran through his life like a thread through cloth. so, this is where... your house? hey? oh, it's nice, it's nice. i thought of him as a kind of mentor, i was inspired by his example. he was brave, calm and kind. ok, you get the water from here and do that. i admired his gift for reaching into the hearts of those caught up in war or natural disaster. winning their trust, even at the worst moments of their lives. in a refugee camp in eastern zaire, hundreds were dying every day of preventable illness. i asked her what she wanted from life. "ajob," she said, "so i can look after little petty." in somalia he met a woman whose ten—year—old daughter had just died. his own children were about the same age. it seemed wrong to be there at what should have been a moment of private grief. she said it was all right if it might help to save her other daughter. i haven't the heart to count and it doesn't really matter...

there were moments when he crossed the line between merely witnessing and actively intervening in the pain of others. we took those we could manage to the french military hospital, at times like this it's impossible not to cross the line that divides us, the observers, and those we observe. the rwandese translator we worked with then, seth ngarambe, told us his tutsi wife had been murdered by hutu extremists. but he was later accused of complicity in her murder and jailed. george wanted to know the truth, however painful, and went to find him in prison. the nature of their reunion, the power of it, says something profound about the george we knew and his extraordinary talent. you're looking well, you're looking better than i thought. yes. hey? seth, can we go and talk somewhere? it's wonderful. he even charmed men at the heart of sierra leone's normally secretive diamond trading business. this is the biggest you've seen all day and... the world of the so—called blood diamond. this is something

to write home about? no, this is about $2,000, $2,500. so you're in the clear? in ghana, he went back to his old school. somewhere in here is me. go on, yes... well done! he would later say that he was destined to spend his adult life in africa dispelling the dream he had nurtured so carefully as a child. he was injohannesburg in the mandela years, a time of bright promise, mandela in his �*70s was about to remarry. and now, sir, the future, you're a man in love? it is a wonderful moment for me, as anybody else, to be in love. when he returned to the uk he brought to the studio a wealth of wisdom and experience gathered over years on the road. though in the seconds before his first six o'clock news, there was some trepidation. at six o'clock, these are tonight's top stories...

he was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. after a gruelling round of treatment and multiple operations, he couldn't wait to be back in the tumult of the newsroom. he was deeply moved by messages of support and affection sent in by countless viewers he would never meet. and on his first day back made this a small concession. and i just want to say it's...good to be back with you. off—screen, george was funny, clever, a generous and confiding friend and full of energetic hope. there was something infectious about his optimism. you always walked away from time with george feeling better about the human race and the world in general. and that's the bbc�*s news at six. the migrant boy whose family left sri lanka with nothing found his home in a changing britain and he took this country to his heart. it's goodbye, the news continues, though, here on bbc one... i watched george for years up close and thought this of him — that people wanted to tell him their story because, in hisjournalism, they saw

the outstretched hand of a shared humanity and of solidarity. the bbc�*s special correspondent and former africa editor fergal keane was not only a colleague of george — but also a friend. the attributes that you heard there and the descriptions of george, you know, very often in public life when somebody passes away, you hear eulogies and you hear people saying wonderful things about them. and if you know the person, sometimes you have these moments of saying, hang on a second, that's not quite the person i knew. i can tell you that everything that is good and kind and fulsome that's being said about george and fulsome that's being said about george today is absolutely the truth. it's very, very rare, in fact, i can't think of another individual.

in foreign correspondence, where you could go to one of our crew, as it were, one of the kind of internationalforeign correspondents and say somebody�*s name and did not hear an occasional bad word back about them. with george, it was absolutely the case, nobody had a bad word to say about him. and why was that? all of those things that people described in his journalism, the compassion, the empathy. i think it was of more fundamental word for me, and that is decency. he was an exceptionally decent human being. now, that was rooted in how he was brought up, and it was rooted in the way that he brought up his own children that he conducted his relationships. he was never one for angling in a power game or an ego game injournalism. our business has been far too full, is too full of that. there was nothing of

the sort about george. what you saw was exactly what you got. you never wandered away from george in a conversation wondering what he was going to say about you to the person who came next. he was just such a good guy. and it's incredible, isn't it, how his whole character and personality shone through even for viewers who only watched him on tv, never met him in person, but they probably would say exactly the same things that you did. but also, he really went against the grain when it came to reporting, didn't he? going to places that's not to many dead and reporting with a particular empathy. he did. and i think there are quite a few people who can, as it were, do sincerity on camera, but i think the viewers see through that. and george never had to fake it. he never had to put it on. as i said, it was there in him. and when he delivered that on—screen, it wasn't a routine. it came from deep within. and that's why the things that he sometimes saw were painfulfor him. he lived the experience. he did care about people

and not in a rhetorical and not in a rhetorical way. not in a speechifying way. he was somebody who at his very heart, as well as being a brilliant storyteller, knew that stories and the stories that he told ware storyteller, knew that stories and the stories that he told were about the lives of real people. this is particularly the case in africa. i remember being at a party with him once, and somebody was — not long after the rwanda genocide, and i covered the genocide and george had been there for the massive, he was there during the genocide but also the massive exodus of refugees into what was then zaire. somebody at this party in our company made the remark, "oh, well, that's africa, baby." and george, he wasn't the kind of person who would ever turn on somebody in an angry way, but he said, "no, i'm sorry, that's wrong." he said, "that is not africa."

he said, "africa is many things. "and many positive things and many good things "and many struggling things," and that is what he conveyed so wonderfully in his journalism. attribute to one of the bbc�*s most respected journalists, george alagiah who has died at the age of 67. protests are continuing in israel after parliament approved a key part of a judicial reform plan that has divided the nation. the reform will limit the powers of the supreme court to challenge government decisions. the law was voted through after the collapse of compromise talks, brokered by the country's president. 0ppositon parties boycotted the vote. furious protestors have called the move an attack on democracy, and are continuing on the streets ofjerusalem. israel'sjustice minister said the government will ensure the will of voters is respected. earleir i spoke to hanna lerner who is head of the school of political science, government and international affairs

at tel aviv university. she gave me her assessment of events. ~ ., ., events. well, today, we are witnessing _ events. well, today, we are witnessing a _ events. well, today, we are witnessing a watershed - events. well, today, we are - witnessing a watershed moment in israeli politics. the specific live which passed today limits the courts ability to use arguments of reasonableness when considering government's decision. in other words, it eliminates an important judicial tool as a check on the government power and the concern is that today's legislation is only the first step in the coalition's explicit plan to weekend the israeli judiciary. for explicit plan to weekend the israeli 'udicia . ., judiciary. for their part, netanyahu's _ judiciary. for their part, | netanyahu's government judiciary. for their part, - netanyahu's government has judiciary. for their part, _ netanyahu's government has argued that the reforms served to strengthen democracy because the supreme court has accrued too much power over politics in recent decades. what is the basis for their argument. decades. what is the basis for their ara ument. ~ �* , decades. what is the basis for their aruument. ~ �*, ., ., argument. well, it's important to understand _ argument. well, it's important to understand the _ argument. well, it's important to understand the current _ argument. well, it's important to understand the current coalition l argument. well, it's important to | understand the current coalition is the most extreme right—wing

coalition in israeli history. until six month ago, the minister of justice announced a plan for a judicial overhaul, which include several parts, and today's legislation is only the first part of it. they propose to fully control the appointment of justices of it. they propose to fully control the appointment ofjustices to the supreme court, a limitation of judicial review powers, prevention of any review of basic laws which are part of the israeli constitution. it's important to realise that under the israeli system of government, there is hardly any separation of powers between the legislature and the executive branches, so thejudiciary is the main check on government power. speaking there to hannah lernerfrom the university of tel aviv. live now to our correspondent

injerusalem, pauladams. paul, people are still out on the streets trying to make their voices heard. , ., . ., ., heard. they are. i can hear the sound drifting _ heard. they are. i can hear the sound drifting over _ heard. they are. i can hear the sound drifting over the - heard. they are. i can hear the sound drifting over the hill - sound drifting over the hill from the supreme court and the knesset which are both on the hailjust off to my left. those protests, we imagine will probably go on late into the night. i can also still smell the foul smell of the water, the so—called skunk water which the police were firing at the demonstrators early iran in an attempt to get them to disperse. this has been an ugly day, but perhaps a rather inevitable one because once we knew that the negotiations to find some kind of compromise had broken down and once we saw the opposition mps frankly abandoning the knesset, than it was always inevitable that this was going to be passed. but as another group of protesters approaches up the road, you get a sense, as her previous speaker was just saying,

this is in the end of the process at all, this is a very protracted battle with many, many fights still to come. �* . , battle with many, many fights still to come. �* .,, ,, battle with many, many fights still to come. �* to come. and as you say, a protracted _ to come. and as you say, a protracted battle _ to come. and as you say, a protracted battle because l to come. and as you say, a - protracted battle because what was pushed through today, that clause is just one of a wide ranging range of proposals that the government is trying to push through. yes. proposals that the government is trying to push through.— trying to push through. yes, this government _ trying to push through. yes, this government wants _ trying to push through. yes, this government wants to _ trying to push through. yes, this . government wants to fundamentally weaken the authority of the supreme court to get in its way. it wants to be able to act in a more unconstrained way to achieve the objectives of the coalition parties. those parties include some of the most extreme right wing nationalist parties that have ever been part of an israeli government. and that members of the extremely conservative ultra—0rthodox community. those are the interests that are going to be served by this. and benjamin netanyahu knows that to stay in power, he needs to keep

those two parties on board. that's one of the things that is driving this along perhaps at some of his critics would argue with his desire to involve, to avoid legal difficulties of his own. so we are going to see challenges. the opposition said they are going to try to challenge this measure that was passed today in the supreme court, the very same body that the government is trying to weekend as early as tomorrow. we are also seeing businesses talking about strikes, trade unions talking about strikes, trade unions talking about strikes and also crucially reservists, hundreds, more than a thousand reservists, including a large number of air force reservists saying that they will not show up for reserve duty if this measure is allowed to stand. and for a country where national service and the instant response to any perceived threat from israel's enemies is

deeply ingrained in society. that is a serious move. pm deeply ingrained in society. that is a serious move.— a serious move. an extraordinary resonse a serious move. an extraordinary response that — a serious move. an extraordinary response that is _ a serious move. an extraordinary response that is been. _ a serious move. an extraordinary response that is been. paul, - a serious move. an extraordinary. response that is been. paul, thank you, our diplomatic correspondent in jerusalem there for us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. 20 years ago, you had to head south to see these birds. black winged stilt. it's a slightly literal name perhaps. what is undoubtedly one of the world's most elegant birds. wildlife presenter bill 0ddie brought them to our tv screens from spain. now they're in kent. a pair arrived from africa back in the spring, and now four chicks have fledged on marshland. the site has been designed for wading birds that might be moving north. more than 600 acres of former arable farmland transformed over the past five years into a wildlife haven.

the werth marshes site is among a number of places the rspb have been preparing for new arrivals making space for nature as our climate changes. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. wildfires are still burning out of control on the greek island of rhodes. more rescue flights have been laid on to bring home thousands of britons who had to flee from the fires. two other greek islands — corfu and evia — have also ordered evacuations. officials in corfu say they suspect arson but now have the fires under control. the fires in rhodes are thought to have affected 10 to 20 percent of the island. let's now cross tojessie thomson, head of greek delegation of the international federation of the red cross from athens. thank you forjoining us. just give

us a sense of what you are dealing with increased. we us a sense of what you are dealing with increased.— us a sense of what you are dealing with increased. we are facing very, ve hirh with increased. we are facing very, very high temperatures. _ with increased. we are facing very, very high temperatures. i - with increased. we are facing very, very high temperatures. i think- with increased. we are facing very, very high temperatures. i think we| very high temperatures. i think we are approaching the 15 of some of the highest temperatures have been seen all summer, and in some cases, some of the highest temperatures that greece has seen in years. so many days of heat is quite unprecedented. so into the heatwave, we are now experiencing wildfires, and those are happening on the mainland as well as on a number of the islands, has he mentioned in the introduction. it's a very serious situation and, of course, we are following the situation and following the situation and following the situation and following the red cross's efforts very closely. we following the red cross's efforts very closely-— following the red cross's efforts ve closel . ~ ., , ., very closely. we have been hearing from tourists _ very closely. we have been hearing from tourists and _ very closely. we have been hearing from tourists and residents - very closely. we have been hearing from tourists and residents who - very closely. we have been hearing| from tourists and residents who are having to flee very extreme conditions. what are you able to do to help? conditions. what are you able to do to hel ? conditions. what are you able to do to hel? ., ., , ., to help? so, one of the things that is really the _ to help? so, one of the things that

is really the strength _ to help? so, one of the things that is really the strength of— to help? so, one of the things that is really the strength of the red i is really the strength of the red cross is that we are made up of 191 red cross national societies and red cross national societies around the world. in those national societies are also made up of branches at the local level, so here in greece, the red cross is present and operational. it's one of the oldest organisations in the country and they have branches across the country, including a very strong branch on the island of rhodes. they have hundreds of volunteers and some staff on the ground that are accompanying the authorities, assisting those that are evacuating and really trying to bring all of the support that they have two those that are impacted by this emergency, both greeks as well as those visitors that are on the island and find themselves caught up in the wildfires. �* , ., , wildfires. briefly, what is the scale of this? _ wildfires. briefly, what is the scale of this? how _ wildfires. briefly, what is the scale of this? how many - wildfires. briefly, what is the i scale of this? how many people wildfires. briefly, what is the - scale of this? how many people are needing help? their 80 wildfires raging across greece at the moment. we don't have even a full glimpse into the scale, certainly rhodes

alone, we have heard that the numbers of people evacuated as close to 19,000, but that's really, i think, to be confirmed yet. and there are evacuations ongoing in corfu as well as ongoing efforts to respond on the mainland. lots of people affected and lots of people impacted by this emergency for sure and very, very concerning because it is going, the heat is going to peak on wednesday with high winds expected, so that obviously increases the risk of more fires and also of exacerbating the fires that are ongoing. also of exacerbating the fires that are ongoing-— very much forjoining us they are from athens with the international federation of the red cross. the governor of ukraine's 0desa region has accused russia of trying to starve the world, after another wave of attacks on grain exporting facilities. monday morning saw a four—hour attack — destroying an 0desa port grain terminal and injuring seven workers. the world food programme

is now warning that more people will go hungry, because of russia pulling out of its grain deal, which had allowed ships to export ukrainian crops through the black sea without being attacked. that decision has prompted a rise in the global price of wheat. president putin says russia is capable of replacing ukrainian grain supplies to africa from its own harvest. live now to michael dunford, the regional director for eastern africa, un world food programme. thanks forjoining us. how concerned are you about the collapse of the screen deal? the are you about the collapse of the screen deal?— screen deal? the world food programme. _ screen deal? the world food programme, the _ screen deal? the world food programme, the united - screen deal? the world food i programme, the united nations screen deal? the world food - programme, the united nations and others, we are very concerned, quite frankly because of the contribution that this deal was making to suppress global markets and suppress the price of commodities. from the start of the operation prices had

come down by 23% from a high in march 2022. since this deal has been suspended. we have seen prices climb by upwards of 9%. this deal was successful. the markets are monitoring it closely and we are seeing the negative impact from this suspension already.— suspension already. vladimir putin has said that _ suspension already. vladimir putin has said that russia _ suspension already. vladimir putin has said that russia can _ suspension already. vladimir putin has said that russia can fill - suspension already. vladimir putin has said that russia can fill the i has said that russia can fill the gap that would be left by ukraine being unable to export grain. why is that it's not a solution? we being unable to export grain. why is that it's not a solution?— that it's not a solution? we would like to see — that it's not a solution? we would like to see ukraine, _ that it's not a solution? we would like to see ukraine, russia, i that it's not a solution? we would like to see ukraine, russia, both| like to see ukraine, russia, both contributing to this deal. we would like to see this region which is historically one of the greatest suppliers of wheat to the global markets, both contributing to the needs at this desperate time. i'm in port sudan today where we are, as the world food programme, trying to

reach over 6 million people. anything that is impacting prices is going to impact the ability of the world food programme to meet the needs in places like sudan, ethiopia, somalia and elsewhere across the world.— ethiopia, somalia and elsewhere across the world. that's right. you are at the intersection _ across the world. that's right. you are at the intersection of - across the world. that's right. you are at the intersection of actually i are at the intersection of actually two big international stories there, the effects of the war in ukraine, but also its 100 days since that conflict in sudan has begun. is there any hope there for a resolution?— there any hope there for a resolution? we will have a resolution _ resolution? we will have a resolution if _ resolution? we will have a resolution if and _ resolution? we will have a resolution if and when i resolution? we will have a resolution if and when the | resolution? we will have a - resolution if and when the conflict and this. until such time, the population of sudan, the people of sudan are in desperate conditions. the humanitarian needs continue to rise on a daily basis. we estimate 40% of the population acutely hungry. there is a need forfood, water, medicalsupplies. we hungry. there is a need forfood, water, medical supplies. we as

humanitarians need access to the entire country, and yet, the insecurity is making that extraordinarily difficult. $5 extraordinarily difficult. as you sa , extraordinarily difficult. as you say. very many _ extraordinarily difficult. as you say, very many people at i extraordinarily difficult. as you i say, very many people at the risk of hunger and the price of grain, a huge factor in you being able to reach people with aid. so coming back to that situation in ukraine, russia has made demands for the resumption of this deal. do you think those demands should be met? i will leave that to those who are intimately involved in the negotiations. from our perspective, we would certainly want to see grain recommence and recommence quickly because we need to be able to buy a weeks and other commodities at the lowest possible price so that we can reach as many people as possible. paint a picture for us. what will happen if this deal is not restored. we are going to see increased levels of hunger which are already at record levels. in the last two years

from before covid until now, we have seen the number of people acutely food insecure, acutely hungry reach 345 million people, and at the moment, that number continues to rise. it's rising in places like sudan, and somalia, in afghanistan and yemen. it is rising in places like the uk and the us, but it is particularly damaging for populations who need relief. who populations who need relief. who need that help — populations who need relief. who need that help very, very quickly. the stakes are very high. thank you forjoining us from the un world food programme. you are watching the daily global here on bbc news. more to come. don't go away. hello. southern parts of europe are still baking in that heatwave where

as in our neck of the woods the weather is the exact opposite. it's changeable, it's rainy. it's on the cool side and the outlook remains the same for the rest ofjuly and also into august. unsettled with rain at times, frequent showers and in fact, large weather systems being spawned by the fairly strong jet stream across the atlantic, and here is the animation over the next five days or so. the forecast showing that meandering jet stream and meandering jet stream is an indication of these low pressures being spawned across the atlantic. now, thejet being spawned across the atlantic. now, the jet stream being spawned across the atlantic. now, thejet stream has being spawned across the atlantic. now, the jet stream has crucially been to the south of us which means that that cooler air has been often invading us from the northern climes, whereas in the south, we cut the heat can and indeed, on tuesday, sisley may once again hit 47 celsius, we had that on monday. this could happen again on tuesday. we could happen again on tuesday. we could even nudge up to around 48 celsius, which would come close to the all—time european temperature record, the maximum. let's have a look at the weather across our part of the world for the next few hours.

satellite picture showing a fair amount of cloud across the uk. it's been a shower a day for many of us can and this is the case through tonight. there will be clear spells around here and there, but frequent showers crossing parts of northern and central scotland, and there will be showers elsewhere out towards the southwest. the early morning temperatures 8—11 celsius. so the forecast for tuesday, then, shows a fair amount of bright white or first thing, even some decent lengthy spells of sunshine, but then the clouds will once again bubble up in this unstable air mass and we will see showers farming, heaviest of which should occur across these more eastern and northeastern parts of the country. i think the best of the weather will be the further west you are, and certainly closer to the coast. temperature 17—21 celsius. now, here is another weather map, a different look, the pressure lines there, the exabytes, and at low pressure approaching us, our neck of the woods on wednesday. now, early in the deck and i think baker will be some sunshine around, but to the afternoon, despite a friend will spread across the country.

initially, it will turn wet in northern ireland and these western fringes of the uk, but come the evening hours, ithink fringes of the uk, but come the evening hours, i think all of us will have least some rain. here's the outlook for the week ahead, and into the weekend. very little change, unsettled, temperatures below average.

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