a rare yellow—eyed penguin called hoiho has taken the crown in new zealand�*s bird is taking place in poland, of the year competition. as catastrophic flooding more than 50,000 people threatens to engulf a city. voted in the competition the mayor of nysa has asked to give the penguin its second all a4,000 residents to leave — win since 2019. with the military now being drafted in. at least 16 people are now we leave you this haffar with thought to have died in the flooding, caused those images, we will be back by a powerful storm after a break. moving across central europe. thousands have been left homeless and yet more bad weather dry and sunny for the vast is forecast in some areas. majority today, starting on a chilly note with mist and fog slovakia and hungary are around, with thicker cloud in bracing for floodwater moving the north and west of scotland. down the river danube and its we are still seeing residual tributaries. these are the latest flooding across central and pictures from nysa in poland eastern europe but the focus of where the river threatens the heavy rain switches to to burst its banks. sarah rainsford reports, italy. no pressure there, high from the czech—polish border. in the flood zone of poland, pressure here, keeping things there is an urgent call to evacuate. generally drive. 0n the edge of fears that a stretch it, we saw that cloud to the of embankment could collapse north and west of scotland. that would break up through the after days battered by a river afternoon with some sunny spells. more cloud through east swollen by torrential rain. anglia and the south—east add more robberies compared with yesterday. temperatures here not farfrom here, down a little bit on yesterday, but a warmer day for scotland

a dam has burst. and the rest of northern ireland, with temperatures the pressure is increasing. around 22 celsius. this evening nysa has already flooded, but it could get much worse, and overnight, cloud and so residents like teresa have northern scotland continues to been told to get out thin and break put across east to higher ground. wales, central and eastern england, we will see more misty and blue clad developing so it will not be as cold across southern areas compared with last night, clear skies in "it's the weather, it's nature, what can you do?" she tells me. but nature is powerful. southern scotland, north wales and northern ireland, but lots of sunshine in these areas to start tomorrow, some mist and it smashed up the main bridge in the next town fog patches gradually cleaning. and plunged it underwater. he mist and low cloud in when the floods subsided, there was chaos... eastern england will break up ..and filth everywhere. in the early morning and afternoon, some patches remain in the other coast but a sunny right into their houses. afternoon remaining for how high did the water come? wednesday and warmer, up to 24 celsius in the north of scotland, 25 and warm across some southern counties. temperatures here in the low to this man and his family had onlyjust decorated. mid 20s. into thursday, more all this was brand—new. everything isjust...damaged. low cloud, extensively across the country, central and everything, money, eastern areas in particular, what we have. lingering more across eastern

it was repaired and now parts for thursday afternoon, but such a developing again, 22 we don't have nothing. in the west of scotland, 20 degrees in northern ireland, his neighbour tells me she fled 24, 25, in the south—east of when the water came rushing in. was it scary england. thursday night and when it was coming? yes. into friday at the weekend, i'm scared. things start to change with low recovering from this pressure developing in the bay won't be easy and the danger of biscay are drifting northwards. it will be slow still hasn't passed. progress. for most on friday, sarah rainsford, bbc news. still a reasonably dry day was sunny spells, showers across england and wales later got and sarah has now moved into the weekend, showers and thunderstorms will break out to the polish town of nysa slightly more widely and and gave us this update. temperatures start to drop just a little. that is how it is looking. see you soon. iam in i am in nysa, iam in nysa, a i am in nysa, a few miles from where we made that report. it was a pretty dramatic night. the mayor had given an emergency evacuation order and there were volunteers here all night stopping sandbags like this and forming human chains, to bring the bags down now near to bring the bags down now near to the embankment, where a

section of the river bank had subsided and there was a according to the mayor of that river bank collapsing completely at the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. you can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. they have plugged the gap and in fact the river water level has begun to fall back. it seems according to the authorities that the immediate danger has passed. they are prepared if the water level rises again. there is talk of another problem with the embankment a little further up but after a dramatic night lots of helicopters in these guys, lots of sirens and huge numbers of volunteers to bring these sandbags to the spot to try to protect their town. it does seem like this morning the sun has come out and people are looking more hopeful, that perhaps the worst has passed for this town in particular. with me is bbc weather

presenter helen willets. we are not used to hearing about this level of intensity and floods in eastern europe at this time of year, what is driving this? fix, this time of year, what is driving this?— driving this? a complex situation. _ driving this? a complex situation. we _ driving this? a complex situation. we have - driving this? a complex situation. we have lots| driving this? a complex l situation. we have lots of driving this? a complex - situation. we have lots of hot, this is bbc news, this is bbc news, dry weather ahead of this, in austria, therefore this extreme the headlines... the headlines... rain has fallen, coupled with record—breaking temperatures in floods caused by a powerful floods caused by a powerful the mediterranean which feeds into storm systems. we got a storm in central europe have storm in central europe have killed at least 18 people and killed at least 18 people and cot of low pressure system which had all of that heat and left thousands homeless. ads, left thousands homeless. ads, killed at least 18 people and left thousands homeless. a man has been charged _ killed at least 18 people and left thousands homeless. a man has been charged _ it got cool air coming in from left thousands homeless. a man has been charged with _ left thousands homeless. a man has been charged with the - left thousands homeless. a man has been charged with _ left thousands homeless. a man has been charged with the - has been charged with the murders of three people in a has been charged with the murders of three people in a the west and this cut off the crossbow attack at their home crossbow attack at their home layer of air overhead, so it sat on the same place for in the uk. some british in the uk. some british universities are asking for an universities are asking for an several days. some incredible increase in tuition fees in increase in tuition fees in line with inflation to prevent line with inflation to prevent rainfall figures coming them from sliding into decline. them from sliding into decline. through. it is unimaginable, the catastrophic effects of this amount of rainfall when the public hearing into the the public hearing into the you see it as you are, in four titan submersible disaster titan submersible disaster revealed the final text revealed the final text messages sent by those on messages sent by those on days, some parts of austria had as much rainfall as they have board. board. had in their wettest autumn hello, i�*m rajini vaidyanathan. hello, i�*m rajini vaidyanathan. three—month period, and that was set back in 1950, so it is

some breaking a one in 70 year event, incredible. so that is why the storm was named boris and although it is easing a little bit in those areas that had been so badly affected, all of that water on to the dry ground rushed into the rivers and still has to make its way down those european rivers which are so long, so in some areas where it may have stopped raining or may not have had much rain could still see flash flooding in the coming days as that water makes its way down. as that system moves out of the way it will develop into another system. fix, way it will develop into another system. a similar forecast _ another system. a similar forecast of _ another system. a similar forecast of bad _ another system. a similar forecast of bad weather? | another system. a similar i forecast of bad weather? in forecast of bad weather? in slight the different areas. there are red warning labels, the highest level possible in parts of the czech republic, slovakia and germany. it is moving into italy and the western balkans. and as it develops, really, the same area

of low pressure and energy, if you like, with these warm waters in the mediterranean, that will fuel the intense rains, so we will have to keep a close eye on that area for flooding. a close eye on that area for flooding-— a close eye on that area for floodinu. ~ u, , . ., flooding. we can expect a few more wet _ flooding. we can expect a few more wet months _ flooding. we can expect a few more wet months in - flooding. we can expect a few more wet months in europe, | more wet months in europe, then. , , ., ., more wet months in europe, then. , ., ., , then. this sort of thing goes hand-in-hand _ then. this sort of thing goes hand-in-hand with - then. this sort of thing goes hand-in-hand with the - then. this sort of thing goes hand-in-hand with the idea | then. this sort of thing goes i hand-in-hand with the idea of hand—in—hand with the idea of climate change because warmer air can hold more moisture, so the extremes seem to be getting more extreme so, in this situation, you have had those exceptional amounts of rainfall.— exceptional amounts of rainfall. ., ., ., rainfall. thank you for “oining us in the i rainfall. thank you for “oining us in the studio * rainfall. thank you for “oining us in the studio and h rainfall. thank you forjoining us in the studio and taking i rainfall. thank you forjoiningi us in the studio and taking us through that, helen willetts. a man has been charged with murdering a woman in a crossbow attack. they were found fatally injured in hertfordshire, in bushey, july. steve knibbs is in the newsroom for us with more. what do we know about the

man who has been charged and the circumstances around this? this goes back tojuly the circumstances around this? this goes back to july the 9th to bushey, the victims, carol hunt, hannah hunt and lulu sun, the wife and daughters of the bbc commentatorjohn hunt. the day after they were found, 26—year—old kyle clifford from enfield was arrested by police. he had serious injuries and was in a serious condition in hospital receiving treatment for those injuries until now but the time, the police force said that i crossbow had been found. we have had a statement from hertfordshire constabulary confirming that the teams from the major crime unit have been able to question kyle clifford and last night they charged him with three counts of murder, a count of false imprisonment and two accounts of possession of offensive weapons. he has been remanded in custody and will appear at westminster magistrates�* court in london later this morning. we have had

a statement from luke gardner of the bedfordshire and hertfordshire major crime unit. hertfordshire major crime unit. he says that their thoughts remain with the hunt family and loved ones as they come to terms with their loss of the last couple of months. we have been working to gather as much evidence as possible to establish the circumstances of what happened that day. we have managed to secure charges against kyle clifford in connection with the murders of carroll, hannah and louise. he said although it has taken some time to reach this stage they can move forward with the judicial process and receive justice for the family. thank ou for justice for the family. thank you for bringing _ justice for the family. thank you for bringing us - justice for the family. thank you for bringing us up - justice for the family. thank you for bringing us up to - justice for the family. thank. you for bringing us up to date with that story, we appreciate it. to the united states, and donald trump has spoken for the first time about what appears to be the second attempt on his life in as many months. speaking in a social media livestream, the former president described hearing shots ringing out as the secret service opened fire on the suspected gunman.

the suspect, ryan routh, has appeared in a florida courthouse. he was detained after agents spotted an assault rifle in bushes a few hundred yards from mrtrump, who was unharmed. the white house said president biden had also spoken to mr trump on the phone where the two men had what was called a "cordial" conversation. here�*s our north america correspondent, peter bowes. keep walking! this is the moment ryan routh was taken into custody. the 58—year—old was arrested shortly after fleeing from donald trump�*s golf club in west palm beach, florida. what�*s your name? ryan. ryan? less than 2a hours later, he was in court, dressed in a blue prisonjumpsuit and facing multiple firearms charges linked to an alleged attempt to assassinate the former president. this is where he was confronted by a secret service agent while donald trump was playing a round of golf. all of a sudden we heard shots

being fired in the air. and i guess probably four orfive. and it sounded like bullets but what do i know about that, the secret service knew immediately it was bullets. and they grabbed me, everybody, just, we got into the carts and we moved along, pretty good. i was with an agent and the agent did a fantasticjob. the agent fired at what investigators say appeared to be a rifle poking out of trees near the edge of the course. cellular data shows that the subject was in the vicinity of the golf course roughly 12 hours before the engagement with the united states secret service. investigators say they�*re still working on whether ryan routh was acting alone. kamala harris said violence had no place in america, and she was relieved her election opponent was safe, but mr trump blamed what he called her and the current president�*s "rhetoric" for what happened on sunday

and two months ago. take a look at what happened... the former president first survived an assassination attempt while speaking at an open air rally in pennsylvania. since then, security around him has been tightened. but the secret service says it needs more resources to do itsjob. president biden says he�*s looking to see if further measures are needed to ensure the safety of mr trump. i�*ve always condemned political violence, and i always will in america. in america, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box, not at the end of a gun. the white house says mr biden has spoken to the former president to convey his relief that he�*s safe. mr trump later said they had a very nice call about secret service protection. officials say security around donald trump�*s mar—a—lago home is now as intense as when he was president. there are seven anxious weeks to go until polling day. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.

let�*s speak to rachel kleinfeld, senior fellow in the democracy, conflict, and governance programme at carnegie. welcome to bbc news. i was looking at an opinion piece in the washington post saying that donald trump should be protected as if he was a sitting president. that is one of the questions at the moment, the former presidents or even politicians get the right level of security given the threats that they might face? what you think comes next, when it comes to donald trump? the think comes next, when it comes to donald trump?— to donald trump? the real issue is the atmosphere _ to donald trump? the real issue is the atmosphere that - to donald trump? the real issue is the atmosphere that has - to donald trump? the real issue is the atmosphere that has beenj is the atmosphere that has been created that has normalised violence, since the 2016 campaign, when he first saw hate crimes and violence against local officials, violence against local election officials go up in america. the president already has a vast apparatus of security, and so do presidential candidates. it

is the local elected officials and local election officials who are getting huge numbers of press and do not have that security so, whilst we need security so, whilst we need security for presidential candidates, what we need to do is change the atmosphere in which state officials and school board officials and many others are also facing threats. elderly do that? h0 others are also facing threats. elderly do that?— others are also facing threats. elderly do that? no one -- how do we do _ elderly do that? no one -- how do we do that? _ elderly do that? no one -- how do we do that? no _ elderly do that? no one -- how do we do that? no one - elderly do that? no one -- how do we do that? no one could i elderly do that? no one -- how| do we do that? no one could do more than click president dropped himself, but he has not taking that stance, but if he stood up along with democrats and third—party candidates and said, enough is enough, we need to stop the normalisation of violence, condemn political violence, condemn political violence, and demonisation of enemies, showing that no one can bring violence down more quickly than statement from the leaders of the group themselves, and so the fact that president trump hasn�*t taken those opportunities, ta ken those opportunities, despite taken those opportunities, despite being targeted himself

twice now, is really disappointing to those of us who research the sort of thing. he has so much power to stand with harris, biden, kennedy and other third—party candidates and bring this noxious movement to an end. , . ~ and bring this noxious movement to an end. , ., and bring this noxious movement to an end-— to an end. getting back to my oriainal to an end. getting back to my original point, _ to an end. getting back to my original point, there - to an end. getting back to my original point, there have - to an end. getting back to my| original point, there have been two apparent attempts on his life, pretty terrifying for him. you think the secret service needs to review the way that it protects people like him, and that he should get presidential level security because i think it is being discussed now, isn�*t it? it discussed now, isn't it? it would be great to give him full presidential level security of course but it will not stop the problem stop this problem has been going on in our country since 2016 when he was first president, and it is caused by the level of political rhetoric that has been allowed in our country unfortunately mostly by cou ntry u nfortu nately mostly by the country unfortunately mostly by the republican inside often against other republicans. just

briefl , against other republicans. just briefly, america has had a history of political violence. we have seen assassinations in the past. perhapsjust leaning the past. perhaps just leaning donald the past. perhapsjust leaning donald trump and the maga movement is going too far? we have had movement is going too far? - have had lots of peaks and valleys in our history, but we are at a peak right now and have been since 2016. it is really apparent that, when you see hate crimes rise to the highest point in the 21st century, one fifth of local election officials being threatened in any given three—month period, which had never happened before, even under the civil rights period of time, when we last had a huge amount of political violence, this is something new, it is not unprecedented, we have five other rises in violence in our past but this particular moment is a rise, where we have demonised other

americans in our system and our political leaders have that ability to bring that down if they stood together, i guess. rachel kleinfeld, thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let�*s return now to our top story. at least 18 people have been killed in the floods, caused by rain and snow in central and eastern europe. poland�*s prime minister, donald tusk, is holding a crisis management meeting as parts of the country face serious flooding. joining me now is the deputy climate minister of poland, ursula zielinska. thank you for taking the time to deal with us. —— to speak to us. tell us about this crisis

management meeting and the biggest challenges that you are facing right now.— biggest challenges that you are facing right now. good morning. it is a very _ facing right now. good morning. it is a very difficult _ facing right now. good morning. it is a very difficult time - facing right now. good morning. it is a very difficult time and - it is a very difficult time and poland and in several european countries right now with flooding under way, since really the beginning of the weekend. the government and prime minister have completed a crisis management meeting in the south. there has been a state of natural disaster announced since yesterday in several regions in the south of poland. unfortunately, we have seen four casualties in poland alone so far, and about 3000 people, 3241 have been evacuated since yesterday, so thatis evacuated since yesterday, so that is the state of the current situation. your

priorities _ current situation. your priorities evacuations, | current situation. your - priorities evacuations, trying to get people to safe ground well the flood water potentially rises, is that the situation?— situation? that is right. the most difficult _ situation? that is right. the most difficult situation - situation? that is right. the most difficult situation willl most difficult situation will probably, we are expecting it tomorrow, in the city of wroclaw, the biggest city in the silesian region, the focus is on making people safe and evacuating areas, that need to be evacuated and we are monitoring infrastructure, it is about making sure that it is operating. is about making sure that it is operating-— operating. can i ask you what ou operating. can i ask you what you believe — operating. can i ask you what you believe is _ operating. can i ask you what you believe is the _ operating. can i ask you what you believe is the driving - you believe is the driving factor behind these floods, are they normal at this time of year? they normal at this time of ear? ~ ., ., ., , year? well, no, not to this extent- — year? well, no, not to this extent. we _ year? well, no, not to this extent. we had _ year? well, no, not to this extent. we had kind - year? well, no, not to this extent. we had kind of- year? well, no, not to this extent. we had kind of a l extent. we had kind of a reference point for us, when it comes to disaster flooding, the

flood from 1997 which was of similar extent to the current flooding, and it also hit the south of poland. we used to call that the flooding that happens once every 1000 years. well, and other similar extent flooding has repeated, really 20 years later, and that is way too soon, so, yes, ithink climate change is what is driving this, we have no doubt, and the extent we are seeing and the extent we are seeing and how it impacts several countries in europe, there is a clear cost to that and it is called climate change. you are the deputy _ called climate change. you are the deputy climate _ called climate change. you are the deputy climate minister. called climate change. you are the deputy climate minister of| the deputy climate minister of poland. what is your country trying to do to curb the threat posed by climate change? at trying to do to curb the threat posed by climate change? at the moment we _

posed by climate change? at the moment we are _ posed by climate change? at the moment we are acting _ posed by climate change? at the moment we are acting here - posed by climate change? at the moment we are acting here and l moment we are acting here and now and financial aid has been directed into the regions impacted. we are also focusing on adaptation, climate adaptation and building resilience needs to be our focus right now, and this is something we are working on, directing already 11 billion zlotys, about £2 billion into measures including climate adaptation, preventing weather events, and preventing the impact of weather events that we are searing currently. we have literallyjust we are searing currently. we have literally just finished we are searing currently. we have literallyjust finished a summer of record—breaking temperatures and, straight after, we move into extreme flooding. this is not natural, this is not normal, this is clearly caused by climate

change, it is a crisis. ursula zielinska, polish climate minister, thank you forjoining us. thank you very much. here, junior doctors in england have ended their 18—month dispute after they accepted the government�*s offer of a 22% pay rise over two years. the health secretary, wes streeting, said the agreement was crucial for the nhs. here�*s our health editor, hugh pym. horns blare it began in march last year. striking junior doctors on picket lines in england and demanding a pay rise of 35% to be phased in, which they said should compensate for inflation over more than a decade. what do we want? pay restoration! when do we want it? now! some talks took place with the conservative government, but that didn�*t stop 11 rounds of strikes

over a total of 44 days. soon after the election, the labour government made an increased pay offer, which the doctors union, the bma, put to members, and they voted to accept. we are bringing this current dispute of two years now to an end. it has taken far too long for the government to take any meaningful steps towards pay restoration. we are now in a process of turning that tide, and i hope that we can continue to make thatjourney into the future so that doctors don�*t have to strike over pay again. the offer included a backdated pay rise for last year of 4%, on top of an existing increase worth an average of 9%, and for this year, an additional 6% increase, topped up with an extra £1,000, which comes to around 9%. it overall adds up to 22%. the government says strike action byjunior doctors cost the nhs in england around £1.7 billion. the health secretary welcomed

the vote in favour of the deal. the deal we�*ve reached with junior doctors is fair for them, but crucially fair for patients and the taxpayer because now we can draw a line under this bitter dispute, cut waiting lists and get our nhs notjust back on its feet, but fit for the future. nhs managers and patients will be relieved that further health strikes are off the agenda in england. around 1.5 million appointments and operations were cancelled because of all industrial action by nhs unions since the end of 2022. the bma, though, has argued that there is still a long way to go to compensate for past inflation, and their campaign isn�*t over. the doctors union agreed a pay deal with the scottish government last year and there weren�*t any strikes. junior doctors in wales have voted in favour of a pay offer. there�*s an ongoing dispute in northern ireland. 00:24:51,932 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 hugh pym, bbc news.