wildfires rage and at least nine mediterranean countries. the greek authorities say they are facing the most dangerous day yet. and the chief executive of the british bank natwest resigned after admitting she was the source of an inaccurate bbc story about the high—profile client nigel farage. marc edwards is here with the sport. we're going to head straight to the women's world cup, where there's been disappointment for ireland in perth. they've lost 2—1 to canada and have been knocked out of the tournament, with a group game still to go. they did get off to the perfect start, though — irish captain katie mccabe scored the republic's first world cup goal when her superb corner flew into the net

after just four minutes. however, the reigning olympic champions levelled just before the break before manchester united winger adriana leon scored what would prove to be the winner on 53 minutes. canada top the group with four points, but its two defeats from two for ireland. it's just nice to score and get us off to a good start. but it's the results that matter in this game. in these type of tournaments — i'm just heartbroken for the girls because i feel like we deserve so much more from the game. elsewhere, 2011 champions japan are into the knockout stages with a game to spare. they beat costa rica two zero in dunedin to make it two wins from two. —— they beat costa rica at 2—0. 19—year—old aoba fujino with the second goal to become japan's youngest goal—scorer at a women's world cup. next up forjapan are spain, with top spot in the group up for grabs. spain qualified for the last 16 after thrashing zambia 5—0 jenni hermoso and alba redondo scoring twice. but it's back—to—back 5—0 defeats

for zambia and they are out. to cricket, and england have named an unchanged side for the fifth and final ashes test which gets under way tomorrow at the oval. that meansjimmy anderson keeps his place as part of the bowling attack despite only taking four wickets in the entire series. captain ben stokes defending the 40—year—olds inclusion, adding that joe roots place wouldn't be questioned if he hadn't scored the runs he would have wanted to. he is not probably had the impact on the wickets he would've liked to in this series. he's a quality performer — it's likejimmy�*s, under a bit of flak for that, but ifjoe wouldn't have scored the runs he would've liked to come you wouldn't have questioned him about staying in the team as a batter. james anderson is the greatest fast bowler to play the game, and he is still looking as good as he was two years ago, although he hasn't had the impact

that he would've liked to in this series. and aside from fielding selection questions stokes�* press conference had a bit of everything, including a roving prankster in the shape of mark wood and some hollywood blockbusters. have a listen. # you can dress my hair, dress me anywhere... imagination... darth vader theme plays apart from messing around with the music, _ apart from messing around with the music, what does mark anderson bring to the _ music, what does mark anderson bring to the table? he music, what does mark anderson bring to the table?— to the table? he 'ust messes with the music. _ scotland will have a new rugby captain for their world cup warm up match against italy on saturday. glasgow warriors flanker rory darge will lead the team out for the first time at murrayfield, despite only having seven caps to his name. a couple of international debuts, as well. darge's warriors team—mate stafford mcdowellwill earn his first cap alongside leicesters tigers lock cameron henderson.

halfway through the eight—stage—long tour de france femmes, and belgium's lotte kopecky is still in the yellowjersey. dutch rider yara kastelijn got her reward for a long range breakaway taking stage four to move up to seventh place overall. daymi vollering finished second on the stage to move up to second in the standings. she's now 43 seconds behind her teammate, kopecky. there was disappointment for great britain's freya anderson at the world aquatics championships injapan, as she could only finish seventh in the 200m freestyle. but it was a race to remember for australian teenager mollie 0'callaghan. she set a new world record finishing just inside one minute 53 seconds beating the previous record by .i3th of a second. that's all your support for now, back to matthew. now back to our top story — yemen, where, according to the united nations more

than 500,000 yemeni children are struggling to survive, but international aid is shrinking. let's go back to caroline — we had problems with your line and the sound, i'm glad that we've re—established it. just tell us what you are facing hour by hour on the ground? you are facing hour by hour on the round? ., ., , you are facing hour by hour on the round? . ., , ., ., ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing — ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing today _ ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing today is _ ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing today is more _ ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing today is more and - ground? that i was mentioning, whatj we are facing today is more and more cases of malnutrition patients coming to our wards. we are injuly only, which is the early onset of the seasonal peak for malnutrition, which will peak in september, yet we are still reaching capacity and a lot of the capacities we support in the northern region in particular,

so we are planning to open new beds and increase capacities for that. so this is worrying because in certain structures, we also reached injune the highest numbers we had last year in september, when we thought that last year was already the worst since the beginning. so it's not looking great for the coming months. so it's getting worse potentially in the coming months — when you look at the coming months — when you look at the situation and the basics, jobs, food, medicalfacilities, none of thatis food, medicalfacilities, none of that is really there — it sounds utterly overwhelming? yes that is really there - it sounds utterly overwhelming? yes indeed, there is reasons _ utterly overwhelming? yes indeed, there is reasons to _ utterly overwhelming? yes indeed, there is reasons to have _ utterly overwhelming? yes indeed, there is reasons to have concerns. | there is reasons to have concerns. malnutrition is certainly not caused by a simple lack of food in yemen —

food is available in yemen but it's not available for the families to afford adequate diets and nutritional diets that would properly feed their child. there is several causes, there also strong links with water access, generally deteriorating conditions for the health care systems — when i talk about that, i'm thinking about primary health care services that are still dysfunctional, and that would be places where early stages of malnutrition could be detected in children, but also in mothers. in other words, children, but also in mothers. in otherwords, up children, but also in mothers. in other words, up to 50% of the structures are under nourished or suffer from some type of malnutrition, which is huge. but there's also a need to fill gaps in

vaccination services, and unfortunately most of the children we are seeing are coming with comorbidities, which means in addition to diseases which you meet weaken the immune system of the child — we've also seen this area, but definitely if i talk only about the measles we are seeing for the first six months of this year, we are seeing triple the amount of cases of measles we've had to admit to the hospitals compared to the last year, the full year stop what you've described so many different challenges = you've described so many different challenae , ., challenges - in terms of the funding i a . challenges - in terms of the funding .a . | challenges - in terms of the funding gap i mentioned _ challenges - in terms of the funding gap i mentioned in _ challenges - in terms of the funding gap i mentioned in the _ challenges - in terms of the funding gap i mentioned in the introduction, how much more difficult is that making it for you on the ground in terms of the choices you're able to make? ~ , ., make? well, definitely we are worried about _ make? well, definitely we are worried about any _ make? well, definitely we are worried about any decreases l make? well, definitely we are | worried about any decreases in funding. we do think yemen should

remain a priority and remain high on the agenda of donors. there is definitely a need to scale up, if not more, of integrated health and nutrition, and water programmes. we need workers to be paid, normally these incentives or salaries, otherwise it gets to —— leads to a depleted health system where it is not functional and people don't get treated. just not functional and people don't get treated. , , ., not functional and people don't get treated. , , . ., not functional and people don't get treated. , . ., , ., ., ., treated. just a final question, on a human level. _ treated. just a final question, on a human level, how— treated. just a final question, on a human level, how grueling - treated. just a final question, on a human level, how grueling and - human level, how grueling and frustrating is that they are on the ground facing just the basic problem there of not being able to raise enough money from the international community? it is enough money from the international communi ? , , , ., community? it is very frustrating. also because _ community? it is very frustrating. also because those _ community? it is very frustrating. also because those are _ community? it is very frustrating. also because those are things - community? it is very frustrating. | also because those are things that we are able to anticipate, and we knew that last year was one of the worst for nutrition in particular, and that this year's additional

factors and diseases, preventative diseases that are coming up and eating up those children and family's carts, so we are calling for more sustained attention in the yemeni crisis in the long term. this is a crisis is having a hard toll on the population. is a crisis is having a hard toll on the imputation-— is a crisis is having a hard toll on the population. caroline, i'm glad we re-established _ the population. caroline, i'm glad we re-established the _ the population. caroline, i'm glad we re-established the line, - the population. caroline, i'm glad we re-established the line, and i the population. caroline, i'm glad . we re-established the line, and good we re—established the line, and good luck with the continuing work, thanks so much forjoining us live on the programme. thanks so much for “oining us live on the programme.— thanks so much for “oining us live on the programme. thank you for havin: on the programme. thank you for having me- _ live now to sarah champion, the chair of the international development committee, and the labour mp for rotherham. welcome to the programme, you were listening to all that — in terms of that funding gap, that is very clearly a huge problem on the ground, isn't it? it’s clearly a huge problem on the ground, isn't it?— ground, isn't it? it's a literal nightmare — ground, isn't it? it's a literal nightmare and _ ground, isn't it? it's a literal nightmare and i'm _ ground, isn't it? it's a literal nightmare and i'm very - ground, isn't it? it's a literal nightmare and i'm very glad| ground, isn't it? it's a literal- nightmare and i'm very glad you had caroline on to explain what it is like on the ground. we've taken a lot of evidence about the catastrophe that's befallen and

keeps befalling yemen, and one of the biggest problems is trying to get anybody to actually cover and recognise it. so firstly, let me say thank you for the bbc for drawing attention to this because it's one of the worst, if not the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. it's been in conflict for nearly 12 years now, this has been rambling on, and the situation is getting worse and worse, and worse. and i'm very proud that the uk is one of the donors, we are the fourth—largest owner, but our contribution has been dropping over the years, as the international community's attention and financial commitment, which is having devastating consequences on the ground. we having devastating consequences on the round. ~ ., ., the ground. we read out in the introduction _ the ground. we read out in the introduction the _ the ground. we read out in the introduction the figure - the ground. we read out in the introduction the figure about . the ground. we read out in the i introduction the figure about the the ground. we read out in the - introduction the figure about the un figure raising about a quarter of what they needed to. in terms of the amount the uk is giving, what's your understanding of the current figures? because there have been cuts, haven't there?— figures? because there have been cuts, haven't there? there have, i think at our— cuts, haven't there? there have, i think at our peak, _ cuts, haven't there? there have, i think at our peak, we _ cuts, haven't there? there have, i think at our peak, we are - cuts, haven't there? there have, i think at our peak, we are at - cuts, haven't there? there have, i think at our peak, we are at about| think at our peak, we are at about £240 million a year, now it's

dropped down to £86,000,000— i've not got the figures in front of me. next year the government is looking to increase that, which is great, but when you think about the scale of the crisis, 2.2 million children in acute malnutrition, over half the population and that number i think is a very underestimated, over half looking at food insecurity, the money that we are giving and the money that we are giving and the money the international community is giving is nowhere near what's actually needed. there's a lot of circumstances going on — yes, there's the conflict that's been rumbling along for eight years, but you're also looking at climate change and the impact of that, you're looking at most of the health system being destroyed, you're looking at the real problem of access, then of course the conflict thatis access, then of course the conflict that is happening in ukraine, the war russia started has had a devastating impact on yemen because 50% of their green is coming from that region. so as caroline rightly

said, the price of grain and all food has literally gone through the roof. so even if we were to maintain the levels of funding that we have been giving, it still won't be enough to buy that grain and get it to the people that need it. a couple ears a . o to the people that need it. a couple years ago the government - to the people that need it. a couple years ago the government said - to the people that need it. a couple years ago the government said that | years ago the government said that the pressure on the public finances from the pandemic means tough choices are required. "we are doing our best," say said dominic raab. as we have done over the past years, the 3rd—5th largest donor to yemen. would you urge the government at this stage to now reconsider, in terms of levels of aid that we are currently sending? i terms of levels of aid that we are currently sending?— currently sending? i think i completely _ currently sending? i think i completely understand - currently sending? i think i completely understand the j currently sending? i think i _ completely understand the argument, but one of the impacts of the cost of living in our own country is remittances have dropped quite dramatically to yemen. i have a lot of constituents who have got you many family out there, and they are racked because they are unable to

support as much as they can —— yemeni. i think the uk is in a unique position to make more of a financial contribution, but also raising awareness internationally and leading on that core for more support. because itjust seems that it is a forgotten war, it is a forgotten conflict, and the scale of this event here in crisis is so big that we can't keep turning a blind eye, giving a little bit of money that doesn't really meet anyone's need, and hoping it'll go away, this has been going on for a decade. the situation is only getting more and more horrendous, and unless we as an international community put some real structural change and support in there, i can't see this ending. sarah champion, thank you so much for your time on bbc news, thank ou. ., ~' for your time on bbc news, thank ou. ., ~ , .,

disagreements in the court have delayed how hunter biden was planning... the deal was to avoid a separate charge of illegally owning a gun. some are public and politicians, including donald trump, had condemned the plan, saying that president's on has benefited from favourable treatment. let's go back to washington and our north american correspondent nomia iqbal who's been covering the story. we've had a few twists and turns over the last hour and a half, but what's the latest you are hearing from the court? it looks like the plea deal is back on track, albeit a narrow of deal, but it may be much of a much in us. it appears they've had discussions with the prosecutors and hunter biden's defence lawyers, and they've returned to the deal he struck originally. just to remind people and bring them up—to—date on the case, mr biden struck a deal with federal prosecutors in which he will plead guilty to failing to pay taxes

very few years and admit to unlawfully buying a gun. 0n the gun charge, this is to do with him purchasing a gun and at the time on the form, he had said he wasn't a drug unit, he has since admitted he was dutch drug user, his drug addiction has been well documented by hunter biden himself and the media here. so he agreed as part of the plea deal that he would enter this probation programme, and in those two years he'll stay clean and not commit any crimes, than those gun charges will be dismissed. so it's that bit where this plea deal, we understand it's all back on track. prosecutors are recommending that doesn't serve a jail sentence, but it will be a judge that will determine his actual sentence in the end is also worth emphasising that it is concluded in some ways, but this investigation into hunter biden, which started in 2018 initiated by donald trump, will still be ongoing so it might be hunter biden isn't entirely out of

the woods yet. we hunter biden isn't entirely out of the woods yet-— hunter biden isn't entirely out of the woods yet. hunter biden isn't entirely out of the woods et. ~ ., the woods yet. we mentioned there in the woods yet. we mentioned there in the introduction _ the woods yet. we mentioned there in the introduction because _ the introduction because republicans have widely condemned this as some sort of wheat democrats sweetheart deal —— some sort of sweetheart deal. this case is riddled with politics over in the us, is to? nothing animates the right wing press more than hunter biden, same with congressional investigations going on into hunter biden. remember, this investigation was started by donald trump because he wanted to explore whether hunter biden had broken any foreign lobbying or money laundering laws, there is loads of conspiracy theories and off—the—wall conspiracy theories and off—the—wall conspiracy theories about hunter biden and the republicans democrat many republicans, certainly donald trump and his reporters, dutch supporters think that should implicate the president himself. but so far this investigation, which has been led by a prosecutor that was appointed by donald trump, hasn't validated any of those theories. but it doesn't

stop this entire incident issue being used by the republicans. donald trump has already said this is evidence of a two—tiered justice system in this country where he claims that the department of justice goes hard after republicans and easy on the democrats. so you can expect to hear more about hunter biden throughout the election campaign — in fact we were hearing about hunter biden during the last election campaign, so nothing will really change in that respect. nomia lubal in really change in that respect. nomia iqbal in washington, _ really change in that respect. nomia iqbal in washington, thanks - really change in that respect. nomia iqbal in washington, thanks for - really change in that respect. nomia iqbal in washington, thanks for the l iqbal in washington, thanks for the update on that story, thank you. evacuation orders have been issued on the greek mainland. the greek fire service has warned that strong winds pose a serious threat particularly on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evie aware wildcards have been burning for days. jenny hill has the latest.

up close, you can feel its power. horns honk and you can sense their panic. this was southeastern rhodes today — still burning out of control. things change here almost by the second. we were just driving down this road when these flames reared up almost out of nowhere. you can hear the crackle as they consume this pine forest, and actually, they're just trying to cut down the trees to create a fire break. chainsaw revs it feels desperate, a scramble to save the nearby village. a state of emergency has been declared. all shout across the mediterranean, fires are raging. this was portugal. firefighters and locals doing all they could do battle the flames.

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story. and then you come to this amazing kitchen. | look at this. wow - it's not easy to rent anywhere at the moment. prices are going up, landlords are selling up and there's more people hoping for a dream home. i could see me cooking in here. but here on the outskirts of preston, there's a particular problem. nonstop. we've had phone calls, we've had people coming into the office. we've got loads of emails coming through. how many applications do you reckon you'll get for a place like this? well, so far, we've got about 55 people who are interested in viewing. applications, we'll probably get, i would say, 20 out of the 50. wow! figures from rightmove show that there are now 30 enquiries for each rental property in the northwest of england. you've got your own en suite. that's twice the amount of interest for properties in london. demi and andrew know that only too well. but after so many viewings, they're holding their breath again. what's that process been like, demi? stressful. very stressful. it's been about two, - three months we've been looking, haven't we?

yeah _ you just go round in circles. it is very frustrating. some estate agents don't actually get back in touch with you. we've found that out. so even with the two wages coming in, it's not straightforward to get hold of somewhere to rent, then? no, definitely not. and you can have all the money in the world, but it'll still be a long process. although you're joining a longer queue of people trying to rent properties here in the northwest of england, elsewhere in the country, your money doesn't stretch nearly as far. because in london, it's all about price. for us, it meant that we had to offer over asking price by £200 a month. claudia and her boyfriend have just got a one—bed flat, but its cost them half their monthly income. we saw this flat, we loved it. we put in an asking price offer, which was 1,950 a month, and we got outbid by an over—asking price offer. so we ended up having to pay 2,150 a month instead of the asking price. although london prices are the most, price rises are happening everywhere.

so we think that rents will probably keep rising around the 5% mark both this year and next year, and that will outpace house price growth. and so much of that comes down to the supply issue that we're facing here across great britain. and the fact that landlord costs are rising, too. however long the list, demi and andrew haven't given up hope. it's lovely. i could see us here. yeah, i could see us here. coletta smith, bbc news, in leyland. thanks so much for watching here, it's time for the 6pm news. bye—bye for now. hello. wednesday did bring us a bit of blue sky and sunshine, particularly for many northern and eastern parts of the uk. but really, july 2023 is turning out to be a pretty soggy month for much of the uk. and there's more rain overnight tonight, moving from west to east. quite a humid feel to

the weather tonight certainly compared to recent nights. here is that area of rain through this evening, then across scotland, central and eastern parts of england, slowly moving northwards and eastward. so something a little bit clearer for northern ireland, perhaps during the early hours of thursday, pushing in across western parts of britain, too. but a lot of low cloud, humid air with us, so temperatures staying in the mid—teens for most of us. a little bit cooler for the north of scotland, down into single figures up towards the northern isles. but we start thursday then under the influence of this area of low pressure. it sits well to the northwest, but these trailing weather fronts will be slow—moving across parts of scotland, initially close to southern england, as well. so i think rain easing away from the south, but perhaps persisting for the channel islands. the northeast of scotland will keep patchy rain all day. elsewhere, murky, low cloud, drizzle around through the morning, but brightening up gradually, so some sunny spells for the afternoon and a few showers around, too. some sunshine perhaps for northern ireland into parts of northern england and wales. temperatures 16—24 for most of us, again, a little cooler for the northern isles, but it is, of course, the first day of the fifth and final

test in the men's ashes at the oval — lots of cloud around, though, in general could be a passing afternoon sharp shower, i think, but not persistent rains, so there should be plenty of play, as there should be as we head into friday, as well. now, overnight, then, into friday, most of the showers fade away, mostly dry, just some rain lingering up towards the northern isles. but again, it's a humid night, so temperatures for most of us sitting in the mid—teens. that's how we start friday morning, some sunshine from the word go. it will be the better day, i think, of thursday and friday. so, yes, it's still a few showers, but more sunshine around, and the showers will move through fairly quickly. top temperatures, a little bit warmer than recent days, 18—24 celsius. still a bit colder than that, though, for lerwick, sitting there atjust 15. into the weekend, low pressure drifts eastwards across the northern half of the uk, plenty of showers wrapped around the area of low pressure. we've got another one actually waiting out in the wings, as well. so an unsettled picture, fairly blustery weekend, showers around, a bit drier in the south perhaps on sunday. nothing really drier and warmer, though, till

the second week of august. bye— bye.

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