the air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable. a top ukrainian general says — his forces are struggling to make progress — in the counter offensive — against strong russian defences. british gas has reports its highest ever half year profits of 970 million pounds. the boss of the private bank, coutts, has resigned with immediate effect over the closure of the former brexit party leader nigel farage�*s account. hello, i'm yalda hakim. welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start with a startling warning from the head of the united nations that the world has entered an �*era of global boiling'. it came as un scientists said july is "virtually certain" to be the world's warmest month ever recorded. the un says the global average temperature has at times exceeded the paris target of 1.5 degrees

celsius above the pre—industrial levels. and we already know there have been some record—breaking extremes across the world. algeria had the hottest night on record in africa. biskra, located in the northeast region of the country, recorded a temperature of 48 degrees celsius. china saw its highest recorded temperature at 52 point 2 degrees celsius. death valley, in the us, endured the hottest night ever recorded globally. phoenix in arizona, set a record with 21 consecutive days and counting above 43.3 degrees celsius. and in europe, rome has smashed its heat record. but alongside the extreme heat, july brought record rain and deadly flooding, including in south korea, japan, china, india and in pakistan. and fire crews are still struggling to put out wildfires on the greek islands of rhodes, corfu and evia as well as on the mainland. other european countries

like italy and croatia have also seen wildfires. and here in the uk experts have said that temperatures of more than 40c are becoming increasingly likely. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. july isn't over yet but it is set to be the hottest month on earth. say team of client scientists around the world. the head of the un announced, an era of global boiling has begun, but do not despair. the evidence is everywhere. humanity has unleashed destruction. this must not inspire despair, but action. we can still stop the worst. but to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition and accelerate climate action now. here in the uk, the met office has set last year's record—breaking

temperatures where a taste of things to come if carbon emissions continue as expected, by 2060 in averagejuly in the uk will be as hot as 2022. month after month these records are being broken. we are seeing extreme weather events around the world, whether they heat events, wildfires, droughts, even flooding events linked with climate change as well. and we will see more of those, much more frequently, more intense and more prolonged as our climate continues to change. let's take a look atjust how exceptional temperatures have been. the gray lines here show average day to day temperatures since 1940. now lets add in this here and look how it takes onjuly the 6th. that was the hottest day ever recorded with an average global temperature of 17.18 celsius. and if you think that sounds a bit low, it is because it is global and includes everywhere from the arctic, the antarctic, day and night.

now look howjuly continues to be exceptionally hot. this graph gives us all thejulys since 1880 when the industrial revolution and carbon emissions really started to take off. and look how the temperature has steadily risen to where we are now. this, of course, it's how the weather looked for most of us here in the uk thisjuly, even if there was record heat elsewhere. it was a very different story last year, though, with that record—breaking heatwave. 57 weather stations across the country recorded all—time high temperatures. look how widespread they are. there were records broken in all the nations of the uk. hello. is the uk ready for the extremes of climate change will bring? i have got some fresh water here for you. residents at this care home in bristol really suffered in the heat last year. the manager plans to make big changes to protect

them in the future. we are diverting funds we can use somewhere else just to invest in making our buildings and all our services cope with the increase, changes in the climate. we all need to adapt to be ready for the hotter world that's coming, but to stop climate change, we need to cut carbon emissions and quickly. justin rowlatt, bbc news. extreme heat has caused havoc across many parts of southern europe in recent days. 0ur reporter azadeh moshiri is in one of the worst—affected areas — the greek island of rhodes. what you're seeing is high season on the southern part of the island of rhodes. these beachfront coffee shops are where some people would have food, would have drinks, and instead every single one of them now represents someone�*s livelihood that has gone up in flames. and it's notjust businesses like this that are at stake. two people died on the mainland

in the fire near boulos earlier this week two pilots died on the island of evia. what we're witnessing right now in some parts of greece, because, of course, it's not across all of the country nor across all of the island. but what we're witnessing are the consequences of extreme weather, temperatures that have reached 45 degrees celsius on some parts of the island. 19,000 people evacuated on this island alone. that is greece's largest ever evacuation operation. and so when we're talking about extreme weather, the stakes are clearly very high. italy's government has approved new measures to help families and businesses hit by extreme weather events, as the country reels from a fierce storms in the north and a heatwave in the south. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza is in calabria, where buildings have been destroyed by wildfires.

here in italy emergency services are used to tackling wildfires in the summer, but this year heat wave has been so long and so intense that firefighters are struggling. they have had to battle nearly 2000 fires in the last few days. you can see behind me, the aftermath of one of those fires. that used to be greenery, this region of italy is famous for its nature. now it is completely burned to the ground. if you look over here, you can see several damaged vehicles. this for example, is what remains of a lorry that caught fire a couple of days ago. if you look up, you can see that flames reached that village, causing hundreds of people to be evacuated. we spoke to a woman who lives in that building over there. she told us that within seconds, her home was engulfed by flame. and that

it was terrifying. her family managed to get to safety, but several people in southern italy have died. trapped in their hopes because of the fires. —— homes. so on thursday the italian government introduced emergency measures to try and help families and businesses have been severely hit by the bad weather. the fear here in southern italy is that the scorching temperatures and the strong winds could cause more wildfires and that could cause more wildfires and that could lead to more loss of life. joining me now is professor sir david king he's chair of the climate crisis advisory group and former chief scientific adviser to the uk government. he is in greece currently. thank you forjoining us here on the programme, in fact you are not here in the uk, you are in greece and i imagine it's quite warm or you are. it is, certainly warm i'm in a

north—eastern island and this is the hottest summer i've experienced here. unfortunately we had a nice cool breeze coming off of the breeds and that is the advantage of being a smaller island —— fortunately we have. smaller island -- fortunately we have. :: , , , smaller island -- fortunately we have. ii , , , , smaller island -- fortunately we have. i:, , , ,, ., have. 40 plus degrees this year feels like the _ have. 40 plus degrees this year feels like the norm _ have. 40 plus degrees this year feels like the norm across - have. 40 plus degrees this year feels like the norm across the l feels like the norm across the continent. feels like the norm across the continent-— feels like the norm across the continent. ~ . , _, , continent. across the continent, but as our continent. across the continent, but as your reports _ continent. across the continent, but as your reports that, _ continent. across the continent, but as your reports that, china, - continent. across the continent, but as your reports that, china, india, i as your reports that, china, india, phoenix, arizona, south korea, around the world this is a global problem. for people like myself, i'm afraid this is no surprise. this is precisely what we were talking about 25 years ago that if we took no action to reduce our missions and to stop deforestation we would see this kind of weather. it probably has happened a little more quickly than

the climate scientists were expecting but if i may, just briefly give my explanation for what is happening, there is an explanation. what we have seen is that the arctic circle region as a whole is heating up circle region as a whole is heating up at about four times the rate of the rest of the planet. that is a very important factor because it is all drifted by the fact that ice that was covering the north pole over many thousands, hundreds of thousands of years, millions of years has been melting more and more rapidly and exposing the blue sea during the arctic summer, lucy to the sunshine. the blue sea soaks up the sunshine, the ice reflecting it back into space. so the arctic circle region, during the arctic summer period, a three month period, is now a warm. , area.

summer period, a three month period, is nowa warm. , area. this summer period, a three month period, is now a warm. , area. this is distorting the jet stream. distorting the 'et stream. deeply wor in: distorting the jet stream. deeply worrying when — distorting the jet stream. deeply worrying when you _ distorting the jet stream. deeply worrying when you put _ distorting the jet stream. deeply worrying when you put it - distorting the jet stream. deeply worrying when you put it that. distorting the jet stream. deeply i worrying when you put it that way. it is deeply worrying and i run this group, the climate crisis advisory group, the climate crisis advisory group which is 16 individuals from 11 different countries, all climate experts. we are able to respond in a very agile fashion towards and what we have put forward is a planetary strategy which we are calling for our planet strategy, four rs is reduce rapid emissions that must be rapid with leaders across the world understand the need for this. fire understand the need for this. are they understanding or listening?

know they are not. what we have is the secretary—general of the united nations, we have somebody and i know antonio well who really does understand the problems that we are faced with. he has been talking in these terms ever since he became secretary—general. for him to describe this as a boiling planet is an extreme piece of language, but he is using it in a very important way. he is calling on the world's leaders to really understand. that we can no longer, we cannot afford wars, arguments between countries, we have to see that china and the united states and the european union and india and all of the other major countries of the world must get together in order to manage a future for humanity. it's simple as that. when i see a future for humanity i

will say it as well, we are destroying the ecosystems of the world and while we are a part of the ecosystems, have to recognise that with our global economic mode of operation. but we also, within those ecosystems, have the rest of the living world. and that is also very much under threat at the moment. we need a much better understanding. indeed as you say, we heard from the un secretary—general who described the planet, not as climate warming, but actually climate boiling now. sir david king, thank you for joining us on the programme. here in the uk... here in the uk british gas has reported it's highest ever half year profits 970 million pounds after price cap rises allowed it to make more money from household bills. scottishpower and edf have also

announced large increases in profits for the first half of this year. but with millions of households struggling to keep up with payments, there has been an angry reaction from poverty campaigners. here's our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. british gas, scottishpower and edf are energy giants. supplying energy to half the homes in britain. over the last six months they have made hundreds of millions of pounds in profit between them. they are just taking from all of us and giving it to their mates, the shareholders. it grates for customers who are having to cut back. we are supposed to be well off, we are both teachers at the end of the day, we should be all right but we really do have to watch what we're spending. jamie lee and hannah are both at scottishpower. there are genuinely people really struggling and they don't have a conscience then, do they. you don't have a choice because there are so many providers and if you want gas and electric, you have got to pay it. with so little choice available, caley doesn't feel she has an option to switch supplier.

to hear they are making profit when they have put all the energy bills up, it is not right, is it? the energy regulator says these profits are a one off and it's reasonable they have allowed suppliers to charge more to try and take back some of that money which they say they lost during covid and the war in ukraine. but for customers, it feels different. it makes my blood boil, we are being failed by the government and by profitable companies like british gas. but the prime minister says the government have been helping. that is why it took a decision when i was chancellor to introduce a windfall tax on the energy companies, so we are now taxing these windfall profits of energy companies and we are using that money to help tay around half of a typical family's energy bill, money to help us pay around half of a typical family's energy bill, particularly over the last winter. as these profits have been made since january, hazel has given out £7,500 in energy

top ups to people in need. it is heartbreaking. it is so sad to think how much the bills have gone up. you know, if they hadn't have gone up so much, people wouldn't be struggling so much. so it is for the energy companies that don't give a lot of thought to this and give back to the people in need. customers and campaigners all feel money is flowing in the wrong direction. colletta smith, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. a man who shot dead a sergeant, while handcuffed in a police cell in south london in 2020, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. louis de zoysa, was convicted of murdering sergeant matt ratanna, in a holding cell, in croydon. de zoysa had claimed diminished responsibility, but the judge said the attack had been premeditated and he had gone to great lengths to conceal the gun from officers.

prince harry can take the sun newspaper to court over claims it used illegal methods to gather information about him according to a new ruling from the high court in london. prince harry alleges he was targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for the paper's publisher, news group newspapers. the company denies the allegations. tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment which claimed the lives of seven passengers. many more people were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop on the morning of november 9th in 2016. transport for london and tram 0perations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. you're live with bbc news. donald trump has said his attorneys have met with officials from thejustice department they are investigating the former us president's attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat. trump said on his truth social platform that the department

ofjustice had not told his attorneys when action was likely. "my attorneys had a productive meeting with the doj this morning, explaining in detail that i did nothing wrong, was advised by many lawyers, and that an indictment of me would only further destroy our country," trump said. "no indication of notice was given during the meeting." their nbc news reporting that mr donald trump lawyers had been told to expect an indictment in relation to expect an indictment in relation to the investigation. let's get the latest and live to our correspondent in washington, nomia bring us up—to—date on the lease of the situations of course we saw that statement from the former president donald trump on the social media site. , , ., ., site. the simple truth of the matter is that we simply — site. the simple truth of the matter is that we simply do _ site. the simple truth of the matter is that we simply do not _ site. the simple truth of the matter is that we simply do not know. - is that we simply do not know. all we have to go on is as you have said there, that post that donald trump put on his truth socail network site saying that there is no indication of notice and the truth is that if

there is an excitement coming we will hear from donald trump. there is an excitement coming we will hearfrom donald trump. —— the one in new york to do with allegations of falsifying business and the one having to do with classified documents we found out from donald trump that an indictment was coming and that it was confirmed and that we had the arraignment but at this moment in time, wejust don't know exactly what is happening. we knew that his team was meeting with the department of justice prosecutors as well, just worth reminding you, just over a week ago when donald trump put on his truth social that he received a target letter from the department of justice from special counsellorjack smith investigating january the 6th in these letters tend to be such people under investigation and tend to get them towards the end when an investigation has been wrapped up and they are invited basically to give evidence to a grand jury which donald trump declined. the last time he got these two letters, he did the same. so at the moment the sense is

that there could be an indictment but right now we just do not know. we can literally only go but —— by what to sing the moment. i will we can literally only go but -- by what to sing the moment. i will 'ust ut u- that what to sing the moment. i will 'ust put up that statement i what to sing the moment. i will 'ust put up that statement again i what to sing the moment. i will 'ust put up that statement again on b what to sing the moment. i willjust put up that statement again on our| put up that statement again on our screen. 0n put up that statement again on our screen. on his truth social platform where donald trump wrote that my attorneys had a productive meeting with the department ofjustice this morning splaying a detail that i did nothing wrong, was advised by many lawyers and that in indictment of me would only further destroy our country. he also said there, there was no indication of notice given during the meeting. nomia, while this all plays out, as you say, we are seeing this twice before now and this is the direct —— third time now. former president donald trump remains the front runner for the republican party for 2024 election. the clear front runner. miles ahead compared to all the other candidates and it is a crowded field, similar

to the 2016 election. we know from the previous two indictments that they tend to help him. when it comes to his voters, his supporters certainly his core base, they believe in his narrative which is that he is being political persecuted. with the statement it will be interesting stuff to see because is the biggest case against donald trump by the department of justice can remember they are investigating the capital or less, this attempt to overturn democracy and overturn the election results to stop the peaceful transfer of power. i think is fair to say that this will probably again, not too much in of affecting his supporters. with the general american electorate thinks is another thing, because of course it means loss of that he needs lots of different voters to win the presidency in the end. it'll be interesting to see how the republican party reacts. because it january the 6th, the narrative that

donald trump is pushing the unsubstantiated claims that he lost the election does not do very well in the and if you look at the midterms elections, he feels there are a lot of candidates who backed his unsubstantiated claims and did not do very well. the republicans did not do as well as they had expected to in the midterm elections. so we will have to wait and see if this indictment happens, or not. how the republican party reacts. ., ., ., ~ , ., ., reacts. nomia iqbal, thank you for the update _ the chief executive of coutts, peter flavel, has announced he'll step down from the role after the private british bank closed nigel farage's account. mr farage has provided documents suggesting that coutts which is owned by natwest closed his account because of his political views. his departure comes just a day after dame alison rose stood down as nat west's chief executive. with more on this i'm joined by the bbc�*s economic correspondent, dharshini david. it's been a dramatic few days but

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accepted full responsibility for the decision to close down the account and has now gone. peter flavel. natwest has its results coming out in the next 12 hours or so there. so while we expect those to be pretty uneventful there will be plenty of russians for the chairman who saw —— oversaw all of this, can you bring mean and what this means for the future relationship of banks on how they choose and who they choose to serve and whether they drop a line when it comes to risk and freedom of discretion. so not the end of this row, not them by any means, hardly the imagery associate with banks. thank you so much, dharshini so much more on that story on our website. at the usual place. to do good there to learn more. before we good there to learn more. before we go to the next edition of the some developing news coming out of

damascus, reports of an explosion in a damascus suburb, and a clutch of people and wounded at least 50 others in the densely populated severed. this afternoon we are told. according to the opposition the exposure was triggered by an explosive device planted in a taxi. so a number of deaths being reported and a number of people left wounded. stay with us, lots more coming up in the next edition. hello. if you spent your day under cloudy skies, i'm sure you'll have noticed the quite muggy, humid feel to proceedings where the sun came out, given that humid air temperatures climbed quite readily. now, on the earlier satellite picture, you can see we've had quite a lot of cloud, but some big breaks,

some spells of sunshine. and thenjust behind me, this little swirl of clouds, that's the centre of an area of low pressure, which will be pushing eastwards, bringing unsettled conditions for the next few days. in the short term, we keep quite a lot of cloud, mist and murk some bits and pieces of rain overnight, although signs of some clearer skies edging in from the west. temperatures between 11 and 16 degrees. so another fairly warm and muggy starts to friday morning. so for friday, quite a lot of cloud around across the eastern half of the uk to start this band of rain moving very slowly across 0rkney and towards shetland. and later in the day we will see this band of showers pushing in towards northern ireland. but in between a bit more in the way of sunshine, just one or two showers here and there and temperatures between 17 and 24 degrees. so i think there is just the chance of catching a shower at the oval for the ashes test match and the increasing chance of showers as we head into the weekend. and that is because low pressure is going to be in charge of our weather. now, we've had low pressure with us

for the last couple of weekends and here we go again. now, around this area of low pressure, it's not going to be raining all the time, but there will be quite a few showers. on saturday those showers most likely to affect parts of northern ireland and scotland where some could be heavy and perhaps thundery some showers for england and wales, perhaps not as many spells of sunshine. in between it's going to be quite a breezy day and a fresher feeling day as well. temperatures north to south, 15 to 22 degrees. and then we get into sunday, sunshine and showers again. the showers perhaps focused across parts of northern england, down into east anglia. some more rain later in the day into northern ireland across central and southern parts of the uk. it is going to be an unusually windy day for the time of year. nothing exceptional, nothing extreme, butjust unusually breezy for a latejuly day and quite cool as well, 15 to 21 degrees. so to sum things up for the weekend, we will see a mix of sunny spells and showers, some of the showers will be heavy. it will be quite breezy and feeling rather cool for the time of year.

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