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♪ >> hello. this is the context. >> the next two days will -- a few days will be difficult. >> when we first arrived, most of the smoke was from over there but in the last few minutes, there has been a flare up down here. the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires but are more dangerous. >> if we do not stop burning fossil fuels very soon, these heat waves will become more frequent. ros: good evening -- christian: good evening. welcome. satellite pictures from greece shows the enormous extent of

wildfires across the country. we will focus tonight on the report that suggests the extent of the current heat wave would be virtually impossible without human-induced climate change. crisis of a different kind in israel where reservists are threatening a boycott and unions are withdrawing their labor. what else is the israeli government considering? and the unseen parts of the cv that white -- might when you an interview. the new hack developed to circumvent the ai filter. let us begin with wildfires in greece. reports that two air force pilots helping to fight the fires died when their plane crashed. greece's government says emergency teams are battling fires on multiple fronts. they continue to wreak havoc on the grk island's in parts of the mainland.

crete was a latest to be put on high alert. on rhodes, evacuation fights have taken off and at least 10% of the land has now been burned. jenny hill reports. >> unrelenting, unforgiving, the fires are raging on. vibrators battling to contain them, not just on rhodes, but on evian and korfu, too. this afternoon on evian,parables taken. a firefighting aircraft loses control. we have chosen not to show the moment of impact. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like this volunteer firefighter, who takes us to see what this buyer can do.

-- fire can do. his team is camping nearby, still on high alert. the village is just down the road. >> we put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest but also to safehouses and families. -- safe houses and families. >> we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. we got a sense of how difficult it was for firefighters we first came. most of the smoke is from over there but in the leicester meth there has been a flare up over here. strong winds are making things much more dangerous. this is not the image the tourist island wants to project. the greek prime minister acknowledged that difficult days lie ahead. which is why birthdays were

celebrated with candles and let -- unlit. we only put up the fires, he jokes, we do not start them. jenny hill, bbc news, rhodes. christian: relentless job for the firefighters. the greek prime minister told parliament that the climate crisis is already here and will manifest itself everywhere in the mediterranean with greater disasters. he likened the wildfires raging in grace to a war. let's speak to this meteorologist at the national observatory of athens. good to have you with us. when you look across the map, do you see fair services getting control of the fires? are conditions helping or hindering the effort? >> conditions remain dangerous.

they support the spread of wildfires. the situation looks better but we still expect tomorrow to be difficult. because we will have hot conditions in hot weather. we have some southwesterly winds that could help buyers. if any, they will spread. we need to remain focused. christian: can you talk specifically about crete and rhodes? there will be holidaymakers coming into the countrynd those already there who want to know what the advice is. >> i can talk only about the

conditions related to the likelihood of wildfires. we expect another difficult day tomorrow because we have this hot, dry, windy weather. we expect some improvement of fire weather conditions from thursday on work, as the temperature low drop by nine or 10 degrees celsius. it will be less easy for a fire to you -- to ignite. christian: you will have read the report published today by a group of scientists which says this event would be impossible without human induced climate change. does it feel to you that the situation is getting worse? >> i fully agree. this is what the scientific community has been warning us about four decades.

- for decades. what may be surprising is the present consequences. -- the unpleasant consequences. it is coming earlier and more intense than expected. but we have been expecting them. christian: if you are in a war, as the prime minister suggests this is, how do you better prepare for battle? what sort of decisions does the country have to make? >> i think it was two years ago that they highlighted the importance of governments investing in early warning systems. in the mornings systems help with response and can be used to protect lives and the environment. this is what we have to do in

the middle of this climate crisis, as well as continue investing in mitigating climate change by reducing greenhouse gases. christian: thank you for being with us. the heatwave stretching acss prensa north america -- parts of north america and europe would be virtually impossible without human induced climate change. that is the conclusion from a group of international scientists. they compared current events with historical data. those comparisons suggest that heat waves like those in july can be expected once every 15 years in north america, once every 10 years in europe, and once every five years in china. let's get some analysis from richard allen at reading university. good to have you on the program. we were told not to look at

specific climate events in isolation, but this report is quite specific that what we are witnessing is a direct result of climate change, correct? >> that is right. weather patterns generate extremes like heat waves, but it is obvious from evidence collected over many years that climate change due to human emissions of greenhouse gases are intensifying. that is precisely what this study has demonstrated very clearly, using tried and trusted methods. christian: those methods, can you talk about the modeling? how dyou come to a conclusion like this? >> there are multiple lines of evidence that were used, observations, physical understanding of what is going on, knowledge of the impacts it produces. but you are right that a key

aspect is using complex computer simulations. the way they are run is they run experiments from the present day and they run more where the warming from greenhouse gas emission caused warming is basically removed. by doing this two sets of experiments many times, you can build up these statistics and show how these heat waves in the southwest usa, mexico, southern europe, would be virtually impossible at this warming out of. . christian: -- warming not occurred. christian: we have got a debate about this government rolling back some of its green commitments and also the opposition rolling back some commitments. we have seen it across europe. do you think reports like this

become a sort of evidence that government can present, saying these are uncomfortable, sometimes costly decisions, but scientific evidence shows why it is necessary? is that the purpose of these reports? >> that is quite right. you know about doing analyses in terms of how we can be better prepared, but it underlines completely all the evidence for example in the intergovernmental panel on climate change and various other organizations and huge numbers of studies by many scientists, it is obvious that the main thing you can do to them that of these events is by cutting rapidly and drastically greenhouse gas emissions such that we get to net zero seven any residual emissions -- is

only when we get there that we will limit warming and stop these severe events. it is not only heat waves. we have seen wildfires, droughts. perhaps next we will be talking about intense flooding. that will also get worse, like we have seen in south korea and also niger in africa and parts of the usa recently and indonesia. christian: there is an important qualifier to what you are saying. we have to cut the amount of co2 we put int the atmosphere, but even if we stop it all right now, we would not rollback was now forecasted in this report. is that right? >> yes but it was the warming. it was tough -- stop these events from getting worse. we will seek more impossible events happen more frequently. unless we limit the warming, these things are only going to get worse.

christian: i am suggesting that if they are going to happen every five years and there is nothing wean do to stop it, we are going to have to put in place mitigating factors, managing forests, the way we use water, how we invite cities -- provide things in cities for people to cool down. those decisions will be irrespective of what we do on co2. >> you are right. we have to adapt, but if we do not cut greenhouse gases rapidly, we will grow well beyond what we are seeing now. we need to cut greenhouse gases. inevitably, we are going to have to adapt to worsening climate and rising sea levels. christian: confessor allen, grateful for your time. thank you. a brussels court's conflict that six men of murder and attempted murder for their part in the

2016 bombings in the belgian capital that killed 32 people and injured more than 300. the attacks were the deadliest in belgian since the second world war. what more do we know about these verdicts? >> came in after many days of deliberations. everybody was waiting on day for them. what in the end we heard was that there were 10 people on trial. six men have been convicted of terrorist murder and attempted murder and terrorist association belonging to a terrorist group. he among these six are salah abdeslam and mohammed abrini. salah abdeslam was the only survivor of paris attacks just four months before the brussels bombings. he fled to brussels immediately after the paris attacks.

he has been found guilty. he denied any involvement in the brussels almonds because he was arrested just a few days earlier but he has been found guilty, as has mohammed abrini. he confessed to the attack. he was known as the man in the hat because he was involved in the brussels coming of the airport. there were two bombings, first at the airport and an hour later at a metro station close to the u institutions in brussels. but abrini had fled the airport because his bonded not apparently go off. he was arrested two or three weeks later. they are desk of the six people convicted and will be -- two of the six people convicted and will be sentenced later. christian: it did go far and wide at the combination -- culmination of that investigation. around the world, you are

watching bbc news. let's take a quick look at some of the headlines here in the u.k. the number of people living in temporary accommodations in england is at its highest level since records began. at the end of march, nearly 5000 families were classified as homeless. that number includes more than 130,000 children. the government has given money to help cancel the issue. the loss admits she was the source of a story about nigel faraj. the bbc has apologized for reporting that his bank owned by natwest have been closed for purely commercial reasons. the just stopped oil protests have custody metropolitan police more than 7.7 million pounds aside -- since april.

515 arrests carried out by the group amounted to the equivalent of 23,000 -- you are watching bbc news. israel is in deep uncertainty. last night, they passed a bill that strips the judiciary of the power to overrule the government if it has acted unreasonably. it was employed in january when the court ruled the appointment of a minister was unreasonable because of previous criminal convictions. the government was forced to remove him. last night, highways were blocked in tel aviv, clashes with security forces. it is not yet clear how many reservists are involved or whether they would maintain that white cut during a major crisis. with me in the studio is this senior fellow with the tel aviv institute. thank you for being with us.

let's step back. before the election, benjamin netanyahu engineered a coalition of far right fringe parties, nationalist. are they dictating the agenda of this government? >> it certainly seems like it. it seems like netanyahu is no longer in control. this is the most far-reaching ring government that israel has ever had. yesterday ring voting, you could see them arguing without being able to break it apart or make a call on what the future's going to be. christian: the u.s. government says it is unfortunate the bill that is being passed. there are questions about democracy in israel, but the government would say this was always part of our agenda.

people voted on it. that is democracy. >> a liberal democracy. israel is a place where people vote and the government makes decisions. there should be checks and balances to make sure the liberal democracy nature is maintained. if the government will continue with this legislation, what the mr. of national security called the appetizer, there will be more legislation to strip authority from the judicial system. it will make any decision that they want pass, just not have any criticism or ability to stop them. if there would be anything that would harm minors client that is let the supreme court has been doing since to begin. it was protecting minorities. at this point, the government is trying to strip them of this right. it is concerning. christian: there are implications for the palestinians and wider peace in the middle east. >> we are seeing people pushing

it from within the government. just this morning, the orthodox party has tried to suggest a basic law saying that studying torah should be equated to military service, which is compulsory in israel. it means they could be exempt from military servic just one example of where we are headed as a country. israel is a start of nation. what we are doing to israel -- christian: you talked about military service. we must talk about the reservists. we do not know how many are signing up to this boycott, but would they withdraw service in the event of a crisis on the northern border or within gaza? how part would they take that? i was a reservist. even though i oppose the

judicial overhaul, i would still come when called. that is something israelis are doing. they are concerned, rightfully so. we are speaking about 400 pilots. they are just voicing their dee fear of the future. i do not think israel would be left without an army, but it is a clear sign for the israeli government to stop and rethink how we are moving forward. i have been in the studio so many times defending israel. today, am here to tell jews and israelis around the world that we have to stand up for our country. otherwise, the future will be grim. christian: a brief word on the protests. where is that movement now? visit peter out because the bells gone through? does it sustain? >> it sustains. the majority of israelis are against continuing with this legislation.

they have done what they set out to achieve. progress must continue. we must speak out. we must stop this legislation. it is for the future of israel. christian: senior fellow with the tel aviv institute. thank you. now, we are going to talk about tiktok. it is expanding its empire, moving into e-commerce. the wall street journal reported today that the platform intends to compete with other online shopping platforms. beginning in august, the social media platform will offer an amazon-like marketplace, called the tiktok shopping center which will allow viewers to go to one place to view and by goods. it will act as a conduit for retailers based in china. the journal reports that chinese

supplies will only be paid by tiktok after u.s. customers are secured and the purchase has been made. the plan is to increase total transactions on tiktok from $5 billion last year to $20 billion this year thank you for coming on the program. his tiktok well-suited to this sort of venture? >> tiktok has got something like 5 million users. it has been downloaded three billion times. the years ago, it knocked google off the top spot of the thing most searched for. if you are a 16 to 24 euros, it is probably the most important social media application. it is shocking how long people spend on there. the average user spends more than an hour a day on there. if you could imagine someone doing that everyday but they can also buy things, they are

well-suited to doing this. whether they can compete with amazon, we have that remember it is generational. my daughter is 12. she might not even know what amazon is. she does, but those other names you mentioned, tiktok is the avenue into a whole new generation. christian: the elephant in the room is that governments are taking tiktok off computers. what sort ofeaction is there going to be from legislators? you are talking about expanded use. >> and i am old enough to talk about s-commerce. before then, it was mobile. this is a powerful juggernaut for the future. we have got to remember this is a massive data play.

it is not just what you are buying. is your geolocation and potentially a lot about what you like imagine melting together all the apps we use now into one powerful at. i imagine many, certainly in the west, would be scared. the reality is if tiktok wanted to use artificial intelligence and get all the data, this would be a clever way to build their own machines, almost predicting the next generation. christian: extraordinary, especially after the announcement from elon musk. dan sullivan, thank you. more on the bbc website. state with us. -- stay with us. more about the climate in the ways people are developing cvs to beat ai filters. stay with us. 's

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♪ ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... woman: architect. bee keeper. mentor. a raymond james financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life well planned. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. nouncer: and now, "bbc news".