just not knowing, you know, any day, this isn't insecure, it isn't like we're definitely going to live here until we move on. something could happen with this place, we could move on again. also on the programme: two pilots have died in greece after their water bombing plane crashed while they tried to fight forest fires north of athens. the head of natwest has admitted a serious error ofjudgment after serious error of judgment after revealing serious error ofjudgment after revealing she discuss nigel faraj's relationship with the private bank coutts with the bbc. the french football star — kylian mbappe and record breaking £259 million transfer fee — but will he take it? and the man who started picking up litter as a hobby — and found himself inspiring others to pick up litter around the world. coming up on sportsday later on bbc news. we'll have the latest from the women's world cup where the co—hosts new zealand were stunned by the philippines.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the number of people who are homeless in england is at its highest level since records began 25 years ago. and that figure doesn't include people sleeping rough on the streets. at the end of march almost 105,000 households were living in temporary accommodation — funded by a local council. that's up 10% from a year ago — according to new government figures and includes more than 130,000 children. and for many, living in cramped conditions has taken its toll. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports from plymouth. born into homelessness, five—week—old jack has spent his entire life living in a hotel room. his 17—month—old sister, lily, learned to walk here. the family say they were made

homeless through a no—fault eviction as the landlord wanted the property back. they all now live in the one room. he wakes up crying, it wakes her up. so some nights i've been down here, about three in the morning, rocking him in the pram down here so that he doesn't wake her up. out on the street? no, in the reception. in the reception? yeah. sat in the reception. and because that's the thing. when one of you wakes up, the whole room wakes up. yeah. he starts crying for a bottle and wakes her up, and then she wakes up and she thinks it's morning and gets up. the families here are among a record number of households living in temporary accommodation in england. nearly 1a,000 households are living in hotels or bed and breakfast. the council in plymouth expect to spend nearly £7 million

as they could be moved at any minute. just not knowing, you know, any day. this isn't secure. it isn't like, "oh, we're definitely going to live here until we move on". something could happen with this place. we could move on again. homelessness means caden can no longer go to the same secondary school as his friends as he lives too far away. an unintended consequence of a broken housing system.

michael of a broken housing system. is with me now. what government michael is with me now. what is the government doing about this? the? government doing about this? they sa the government doing about this? they say they are — government doing about this? they say they are doing _ government doing about this? tie: say they are doing a government doing about this? tte: say they are doing a lot, government doing about this? ttez1: say they are doing a lot, in particular highlighting the fact that they are spending £2 billion over three years tackling homelessness, and they say they are committed to building 300,000 houses per year. the problem is that for a lot of families a number of other policies are working against all that effort being successful. if you look at the department for work and pensions, for instance, they are trunk to keep the benefits bill down so have frozen housing benefit levels for the past three years, at the same time as rents have increased massively meaning just one increased massively meaning just one in 20 private sector rented properties were affordable to families needing help to pay for housing according to research that came out last month. —— trying to keep the benefits bill down. but of the reason the government is spending so much money on homelessness is because benefits are not high enough for families to afford the rent so they become homeless and then you add in the

home office, desperate to cut the cost of hotel bills for asylum seekers, so in some parts of the country, particularly in london, they are outbidding local councils for properties that those councils could have used to house some of the people who are homeless, so the system is quite dysfunctional. and it all means that what you saw today is record numbers of people in temporary accommodation. michael, thank ou. two pilots have died in greece after their water bombing plane crashed on the island of evia north of athens while they were trying to put out a forest fire. it's a grim reminder of the dangers faced by those battling to control wildfires, which continue to rage on several greek islands. rhodes is the worst hit, with more evacuation flights under way to rescue stranded tourists. in a moment we'll look at the impact that climate change is having, with our climate editor justin rowlatt, but first, our correspondentjenny hill reports from greece. unrelenting, unforgiving —

the fires are raging on. firefighters battling to contain them. notjust here on rhodes, but on the islands of evia and corfu, too. it's desperate, dangerous work. this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken. a firefighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. we've chosen not to show the moment of impact. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team's camping nearby, still on high alert. their village is just down the road. translation: you can understand our annuish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our

houses and our families. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there's been a flare up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn't the image this tourist island wants to project. earlier, the greek prime minister acknowledged that difficult days lie ahead. they sing which is why even here, a birthday is worth celebrating, though the candles unlit. though the candle's unlit. you don't light candles? no, we don't light the fire. "we only put out the fires," he jokes. "we don't start them." jenny hill, bbc news, rhodes. a group of international scientists

has warned that the heatwaves we're seeing in parts of europe, the us and asia, would have been almost impossible if it weren't for climate change caused by humans. their study says global warming from burning fossil fuels also made the heatwave affecting parts of china 50 times more likely. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt to explain. thanks, sophie. it isn'tjust rhodes that's experiencing exceptional wildfires. this is algeria, in north africa, where at least 3a people are reported to have died as a result of the heat and fires. there have been fires in parts of italy, like here in palermo in sicily where the airport had to close due to the fires. meanwhile, 45 million americans are under extreme heat warnings while phoenix in arizona faces its 26th consecutive day with temperatures above 43 celsius. an all time record.

yes, it is always hot in summer but we learned today the heatwaves in europe and the us would have been "virtually impossible" in a world without climate change. they found the heatwave in europe was likely made 2.5 degrees celsius hotter because of all the carbon dioxide we have pumped into the atmosphere. the heatwave in the us was an estimated two degrees celsius hotter by man—made climate change. and the scientists say the heatwave in china was made 50 times more likely and one degree hotter thanks to climate change. they say the findings came as no surprise. we have seen and known for years that heatwaves are getting hotter and more intense, and longer, because of human induced climate change. so if we don't stop burning fossil fuels very, very soon, then these kind of heatwaves will become even more frequent. so we are likely to see a heatwave like this every other year, in a 2—degree world. is it inevitable climate change will continue indefinitely?

well — countries have pledges to massively cut their emissions. here in the uk the plan is to get to net zero by 2050 — that means the country won't be adding any additional c02 to the atmosphere. i've been looking at how progress is going — including the ban on new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. you can watch that tonight on bbc one at 8pm or on iplayer as soon as this programme finishes. sophie. just then, thank you. the chief executive of natwest has tonight admitted she was the source of an inaccurate story about the reason the private bank coutts closed nigel farage's bank account. she says discussing mr farage's banking with the bbc plasma business presenter simonjack was banking with the bbc plasma business presenter simon jack was a banking with the bbc plasma business presenter simonjack was a serious error ofjudgment. the board of the bank says it still has full confidence in her. dharshini david is here. the statement has just been released in the last half an hour. it's the latest twist in this saga has gripped headline writers over the last month or so, all of course,

as you say, around the circumstances of the closure of mr farage's account. the bbc and reported at the start of the month based on what it called a senior and trusted sources saying this reflected commercial decisions by the bank will stop mr farage got a 40 page report from the bank which dispelled some of that and said his political views might have been taken into account in the closure of that account. the bbc apologised saying it is based on inaccurate and incomplete information, and today we had the latest twist, the chief executive of natwest, the bank that owns coutts admitting she was the source of all of this. she has gone on to say that believe me, it was public knowledge, confirmed that mr farage was a coutts custom and he had been offered a natwest bank account. alongside this, i repeated mr farage had already stated that the bank saw this a commercial decision. she said, given that information, she recognised she may have left the impression that the decision to close the account was solely a

commercial one. she has written to mr fages tonight and we await his reaction, to apologise the hurt to him. is this the end of the matter? the board has said at natwest this is a regrettable error ofjudgment, they will take into account this behaviour at future pay and bonus decisions, at the same time it says it retains full confidence in alison rose, dame alison, rather. however, the financial regulator has said in the financial regulator has said in the last few minutes it is keeping an eye on the investigation that will be launched, there may be further action. we are talking about the eighth oldest bank in the world here, prides itself on a prestige service, but this could be the bomb pierced episode in its 300 year history. pierced episode in its 300 year histo . , ., , ., ~ history. dharshini david, thank you. all state schools _ history. dharshini david, thank you. all state schools in _ history. dharshini david, thank you. all state schools in england - history. dharshini david, thank you. all state schools in england now - all state schools in england now have defibrillators on hand, a device that gives an electric shock to somebody in cardiac arrest, that's according to the government. it follows a campaign by mark king — whose 12—year—old son 0liver suffered a sudden fatal cardiac arrest during a school

swimming lesson in 2011. since then, many lives have already been saved, as jo black reports. automated voice: child mode. pull red handle to reveal pads. l they've had a defibrillator at this primary school in wolverhampton for a year now. and, thankfully, so far the only time teachers have had to use it is for practice. it was the collapse of footballer christian eriksen after a cardiac arrest at the european championships which led pupils here to fundraise for a school defibrillator. all: quickly ring 999, - so they get to you in time. and it also helps to promote first aid as an important part of the curriculum. all of our children, across school, at an age—appropriate level, have had first aid training. some of our children, and a lot of ourfamilies, came to cpr training and first aid training, when we were lucky enough to get the defibrillator. so some of our children do have a level of training, where they would feel confident in deploying the equipment.

and this particular device is in a place where other members of the community can find it in an emergency. a lot of parents and friends of parents, and the children, know where the local school is. and to have an accessible defibrillator on site at the school will make it very accessible to people in the surrounding area, as well as in the school itself. today, the government announced it has given defibrillators to every state school in england. it was a commitment it gave to the 0liver king foundation. 0liver died when he was 12 years old after his heart stopped during a swimming lesson at school. for years his father has been campaigning to get machines into schools. if you go into cardiac arrest, you've got four minutes to start using one. so what we do is, when we go round to businesses and schools, we train members of staff. just awareness training, just take the fear factor out of using it. because they will be the first chance of survival if anyone goes into cardiac arrest. 0liver�*s family say this

is his legacy, and this campaign means lives will be saved. jo black, bbc news, in wolverhampton. the time is 6:16. our top story this evening... record numbers of people are living in temporary accommodation in england — including more than a hundred thousand children. and coming coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, we're going to hear from harry brook ahead of this week's final test against australia. the ashes might be lost but england can still level the series. there's no sign of an end to yemen's long running conflict after eight years of war in the arab world's poorest country.

children remain in the firing line, with more than 11,000 killed or maimed according to the un. there's been less violence since last year when a temporary un truce was brokered. but it's not peace either. iranian backed houthi rebels seized the capital sanaa in 2014 and still control this area in purple. a saudi led coalition — backed by the uk and the us? — intervened in 2015 aiming to reinstall the internationally recognised government and now control the grey areas. but the country is still fragmented, with multiple armed groups vying for influence all over the country. virtually besieged in the country's south—west is the city of taiz, a battleground between government and houthi forces, where the young have not been spared. from there, our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report. yemen's young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, but a generation bears the scars.

and if there's one place that shows they're suffering, it's al—rasheed street, a front line neighbourhood in the city of taiz. it's home to badr al—harbi, who's seven. he and his brother, hashim, were hit by houthi shelling last october, coming home from school. since the attack, the boys' world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger — conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war, hasim? "bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells", he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? "i feel scared and run. "there's a lot of explosions."

badr wants to be a doctor when he's older. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school. "i want to go back", he tells me. "but my leg has been cut off. "how can i go out of the house?" and right next door, another little life upended. amir was maimed on the same day last october, in a second round of shelling. it killed his cousin

and his uncle in their own home. amir�*s father, sharif al—amri, shares his pain. he says his sleeping son, who's just three, needs another operation and has deep wounds of memory. translation: he remembers every moment from the - shelling to the hospital. he says, "this happened to my uncle. "this happened to my cousin." he talks about the smoke and the blood. it's always on his mind. back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. "don't be scared, my love. "you're a man." but he's just a child who has seen too much. he asks amir what he wants in the future. "buy me a gun", he says. "i will put a bullet in my gun...

"and fire at those who took my leg. "it will go right to them." most of the children maimed and killed in taiz over the years have been victims of the houthis, but some died in air strikes by the saudi led coalition. if peace comes, and many yemenis have their doubts, the young will carry this war forever. we can speak to 0rla now. a terrible toll on yemen's children, what hope of an end to this war? eight years it has been going on already. eight years it has been going on alread . ~ , ., eight years it has been going on alread . ~ i. , , ., ~ ., eight years it has been going on alread. ,, already. when you speak to people here, they would _ already. when you speak to people here, they would say _ already. when you speak to people here, they would say little - already. when you speak to people here, they would say little or - already. when you speak to people | here, they would say little or none. we have been in southern yemen, more

or less government controlled, for almost three weeks now and i've not met anyone who says they believe that a peace deal is coming. most are deeply sceptical about the idea that the houthis who control the north would be able to make any concessions, would be willing to make any concessions. 0ne yemeni official put it to me like they say few days ago, he said the international community is living an illusion. in a way, it is easy to see why. people here believe that the houthis are playing for time with the international immunity, but in some ways the pressure is off them, because saudi arabia made it clear that it wants a quick exit from this conflict, at least militarily. in the meantime, there is tremendous civilian suffering here, millions of people displaced, children still being wounded every day from snipers, shelling, land mines. just to give you some context, sophie, in the last six months alone, the united nations

children's agency has told us that 90 more boys and girls have been killed in this conflict here in yemen. . , killed in this conflict here in yemen. ., , ., ~ kylian mbappe is the 24—year—old captain of the french team paris saint—germain — one of france's biggest stars. and the saudi arabian club al—hilal are after him. they have offered a world record transfer fee of £259 million for him. will he take it and swap the champions league for the saudi pro league? let's talk to our sports reporter alex capstick who is in paris. so, ina so, in a bid has been made, what is going to happen?— going to happen? well, it has all one a bit going to happen? well, it has all gone a bit silent, _ going to happen? well, it has all gone a bit silent, after _ going to happen? well, it has all gone a bit silent, after killian - going to happen? well, it has all| gone a bit silent, after killian and was given permission to speak with al—hilal, following that extraordinary offer for the french captain, even by saudi arabian standards. it is a stratospheric fee that they are prepared to pay for one of the finest footballers on the planet. it's all come about because of a stand—off between the player and the club. mbappe's contract

finishes at the end of next season and that would allow him to leave probably four real madrid, for free. it is why psg want him to sign a new contract or make a big—money transfer now before the start of next season. mbappe has to decide whether, at the peak of his powers, he wants to spend time in what is a fledgling league. at what it does show is saudi arabia's commitment and determination to grow football in the country. they want to change the kingdom's image to attract sponsorship, media and tourism. critics have described this as sports washing and green washing that reputation. at what is certain is that saudi arabia's push for big sports events, big sports stars, is absolutely unrelenting.— sports events, big sports stars, is absolutely unrelenting. alex, thank ou. to the women's world cup now, and the philippines produced the biggest upset of the tournament so far, beating co—hosts new zealand1—0. their manager said it was one of the biggest wins in the country's sporting history. and colombia beat south korea 2—0 —

their second goal courtesy of 18—year old linda caicedo, one of the most hotly tipped young stars of the tournament. meanwhile, thousands of fans have turned out to watch the lionesses train today. they face denmark on friday, with both teams knowing a win could all but secure a place in the last 16 with a game to spare. katie gornall is with the team out in australia and sent this report. cheering a roar for the lionesses, this was england training with an 0zzie twist. around 2,500 people turned up to watch england's first session at their new base on the central coast. the chance to see their heroes in 3d, too good to miss. from the north of england, now living in sydney, to see the lasses here and playing and practising, it'sjust great to get behind them. it's excellent. it's been really good, hasn't it? the shots have been really powerful. and the saves from the goalkeeper. you got to catch a ball.

i got to catch a ball. for many of sarina wiegman's players, this is a whole new experience and they've already been made to feel at home. we were doing runs at the start and they were clapping for us as if we were in the olympics and stuff. so it's been a great atmosphere and we really feel the warmth from everyone coming down to support us. there are some people who have travelled from england to be here, but i feel like the locals are on our side too. england have settled in well to their base camp here in the coastal town of terrigal. this will be their home for the rest of their tournament and they can put themselves on the brink of the last 16 with victory over denmark on friday. and it's won, and it's in! a late winner against china saw denmark pick up all three points in their opening match. they're predicted to be england's toughest opponents in this group. there's a relaxed atmosphere around the england camp but they know they need to raise their level if they�* re to capture their moment in this world cup. katie gornall, bbc news, on the central coast.

it began as a hobby but turned into a social media hit. a man who has been picking up litter from forests near his home in arbroath has been surprised to find that his pastime has amassed him a huge following and inspired many others to follow suit as alexandra mackenzie explains. i understand this isn't the most interesting content in the world, butjosh donaldson's 1.5 million followers on tiktok seem to disagree. his hobby, clearing rubbish from forests near his home in arbroath, has caught the attention of people across the world. before i had my daughter, i wasn't really that concerned. it's funny, i brought her down here for a walk. she was really young. she was only one at the time. and i saw the mess. and i had a moment when i looked at her, and i looked up the mess, and i thought, "well, i'll be gone by the time this becomes a real problem, but she won't be." i think having her made me think a bit more about what we were leaving behind.

initially, josh's countryside posts focused on mental health issues. now he is on a mission to remove rubbish, which has been piling up over decades. yeah, there's been televisions, there's been bottles and stuff. there's been stuff here dumped for the last 30 or 40 years. it's clear that it's been a dumping ground for a long time. i found huge sheets of corrugated iron, loads of tyres. i find some not so nice stuff, like there's needles and all this kind of stuff kicking about. he admits this endless task can be challenging and overwhelming. but says the interest on social media has motivated him to persevere. every so often i'll go and check the comments, and its people, just inundated with comments, like, "because of you, i've been out picking up." "because of you, i've done this." and people send me videos of them, like, cleaning beaches and rivers, all over the world. josh says his life has changed for the better. he is now planning what else he can do to make our countryside cleaner for the generations to come. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news.

time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. i can't quite get over the divide, it's incredible? we will start in europe, this is the temperature anomaly map. red is where it is much hotter than a normal, and we are seeing that across southern parts of europe. things are going to change, they will be more of a north—westerly breeze. a huge drop in temperature ijy breeze. a huge drop in temperature by tomorrow across central parts of the mediterranean and into italy. the heat will last a bit longer in greece. even here, by thursday or friday, temperatures will be quite a few degrees lower and the wind will be dropping as well. interestingly, further north in europe, where things are a bit cooler, a lot of storm clouds. that has brought flash flooding in places. in the uk, our weather weather is coming from the atlantic, more cloud bringing rain to western areas tomorrow. some sharp showers around at the moment, a lot of those will fade away overnight. we will have clearer skies in northern scotland. those

temperatures could be down to three degrees. even with clearer skies and england and wales, six celsius is the minimum temperature. in between, not quite so cold. there will be some more cloud. we are left with more showers by tomorrow morning. more of those across northern england. not as many showers as today. add to the west we saw the cloud coming in from the satellite picture. that will bring rain into northern ireland, wales on the south—west during the afternoon. underneath the cloud and rain, temperatures will be lower, but with more of a south—westerly breeze, where we still have a bit of sunshine across eastern areas, temperatures higher than today and could make 2a degrees. a south—westerly breeze bringing the cloud and rain. that moves its way through overnight. low pressure continues to shape our weather through the rest of the week. still some rain around on thursday morning. it could lingerfor a while in northern scotland on the south—east of england. 0therwise in northern scotland on the south—east of england. otherwise it will tend to brighten up, but that will tend to brighten up, but that will lead to more showers breaking out to the west we saw the cloud coming in from the satellite picture. that will bring rain into northern ireland, wales and the south—west during the afternoon. underneath the cloud and rain, temperatures will be lower, but with

more of a south—westerly breeze, where we still have