the owner of british airways, iberia and aer lingus reports are revealing its latest results. on the markets, asian stocks are following wall street's lead this friday. tech stocks have moved things forward but investors are still worried about the trade spat between beijing and washington. apple is now the world's most valuable publicly—listed company. shares in the iphone maker closed at a new record high of $207.39 thursday, allowing the company to beat silicon valley rivals amazon and microsoft to be the first us company worth $1 trillion. it is now worth more than exxon mobile, procter &gamble and at&t put together! apple shares have been rising since tuesday when it reported better than expected results for the three months tojune. but its rivals are hot on its heels. here are the five most valuable us companies by market capitalisation and you notice that they are all tech or internet companies. and apart from apple and microsoft none of them existed 25 years ago. our north america technology correspondent dave lee has more from san fransisco. some people are writing of

course be to me iberia region is no stranger to hot summers of course this is for markable give us a sense of what it's been like where you are. well of course one of the main consequences is the whole country is on that ridge of the forest fire last year during another he suffered a tragedy similar to that in greece recently. more than one hundred people lost their lives in forest fires in portugal last year and the authorities have been working for the past year to make sure there's no repeat of that this year of course this heat wave even worse than last year is not helping with that at all there's already one very large laney's just north of the out of the fields close to the algarve coast to space it a lot of a lot of houses are destroyed about nine people have been injured so far in that but it's. correspondent jason wise in lisbon peter thank you for that and please do stay as cool as you possibly can. thank you. and it's not just europe suffering from the heat japan has been battling soaring temperatures for weeks now more than one hundred people died of heat stroke last mont

cardio and west googy that a surge in tensions is threatening to undermine the new prime minister iberia ahmed's efforts said unity. some robberies. as code has upheld the result of last month's presidential election and says there's no proof of irregularities emmerson moment god won narrowly won the vote but the opposition has refused to accept what it calls fake results will be sworn in on sunday those are the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera after witness i'll be back in about twenty five minutes but for now. carolina. where i'm going. and then table than a hundred indifferent. to walk to. go. from one to me tony gendall using their time on the. as a man i know how to get his home to get. and then proclaim. her interest to you for trying to call her after the shredded records of history give us the fall of two to receive your turn for it we're trying our brother indeed these creatures though those those are given no regard for the stranger to hear from life forms free of security because there are a shot earlier everything i know about them controls. the fun of war. for

parts of iberia will come close to that temperature in the coming days, potentially record—breaking therday. potentially record—breaking but certainly very dangerous heat wave here, rest assured that the bbc will the cooler. a big expanse of high pressure a cross the cooler. a big expanse of high pressure across western parts of europe, allowing that heat to build, heat and iberia being fed by hot air from africa. many places are dry, some showers around the alpine bridge —— regions, in degrees. temperatures after they've peaked over the weekend look like trailing off again into next week, 42 degrees in lisbon on saturday, that is extremely difficult to contaminate. but by wednesday, back down to 27 celsius. let's talk about some very wet weather affecting easternmost parts of the usa, slow—moving weather system here, torrential and possibly flash flooding downpours and places, visiting some of the big cities here, there will be some downpours around new york. next week things will turn drier and sunny or again. parts of eastern canada into the maritimes, nova scotia towards newfoundlan

the temperature soared across europe and by early august, parts of iberia are in the grip of extremen portugal the temperature rose above 46. records fall injapan with a deadly heatwave in july seeing the temperatures climbing above 41 celsius for the first time. thousands of people require hospital treatment. the heat hit hard in canada, dozens die in quebec as the temperature tops 30. in australia, a multi—year drought they are calling the big dry continues in new south wales. farmers struggle to feed their cattle and the country's prime minister declares, we are now a land of droughts. back in the uk it is notjust hot but also the driest start the summer on record, and england's green and pleasant land turns brown. a question for you, where did your last enjoyable glass of wine come from? in the future it could quite easily be somewhere like belgium or vines in england. that is all down to our changing climate. according to international organisation vine and wine, 2017 saw wine production fall to its lowest level in 60 years largely down to traditional winemaking regions being su

a more limited heatwave this time but dangerously hot weather is developing across iberia and southernt will be more limited to southern and eastern parts as we go through the coming days. further north and west we have got weather fronts and this tells the tale. some rather wet weather across northern ireland and scotla nd weather across northern ireland and scotland and underneath this, this picture in belfast taken a few hours ago. more rain to come for the next few hours before it slowly he desired through the night. some rain for the north—west of england and perhaps western fringes of wales where it will become quite misty. the humidity increases except for the south and east overnight. a grey day to start tomorrow away from the south and east. things brighton but there is more potential rain later for northern ireland will step strong sunshine in southern and eastern areas. temperatures expected to be higher than today. should be dry and find across edgbaston. for scotla nd dry and find across edgbaston. for scotland the high should be 24 in eastern scotland. we keep the status

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and also iberia, a couple of months ago we were seeing temperatures well below average for the time of, you know, we have had a summer. when is all of this going to break down? i think a lot of people would like it to break down because the rainfall amounts have been so low. we had a bit of rain last weekend but really not enough. i think people want to enjoy the summer weather but are looking for some rain. there might be some midweek. what we're going to see over the next few days is a front pushing down from the north—west. what that will eventually do is reduce the temperatures. things start to turn cooler through next week, a bit rain but we've still got to keep an eye on that. the children's commissioner for england has written to the secretaries of state local government and education seeking reassurance that the government will protect services in northamptonshire. it comes after the local authority drew—up plans for major reductions in the services it provides — because of funding shortfalls. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton, has been following the story and joins me no

and just a few weeks and months ago, iberia saw temperatures well below average for the time of year.of us summer! when will? i think a lot of us would like it to break down because the rainfall amounts have been so low, a bit of rain last weekend but not enough. people want to enjoy the summer weather and they wa nt to to enjoy the summer weather and they want to look for some rain. we might see some in the middle of the week. a frontal push down from the north—west in the next few days and that will eventually reduce temperatures, so things turn cooler week. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... new research finds two thirds of plastic containers still can't be recycled, as councils call for action. detectives investigating the disappearance of midwife samantha eastwood are carrying out searches in a rural area of stoke—on—trent. spain and portugal could see record temperatures this weekend, as the heatwave continues across parts of the continent. an nhs heart surgery unit says it's taking swift action after a leaked report concluded that claims of a "toxic" row between surgeons a

england and wales in particular, will be tapping into this extreme heat at the near continent, across iberia and into france. across thursday, high—pressure across the south—east corner of the uk, towards the north we have lower pressure, low cloud around and that will be bringing this thick cloud and parts of rain into northern ireland will perhaps western wales during the course of thursday. the best of the sunshine, eastern scotland, where it will be a warm day for all certain england and wales. maybe even 30 degrees in south—east of the into friday, this weather front across the north—west slips south, affecting central parts of the uk. we could see the crap —— cloud, some showery rain across the midlands and into wales but the was an south of it, it should be a fine day with good spells or sunshine. computers rising even further across the south—east, tapping into that warm air across the continent, 27— 32 degrees across the south—east. to the north, i7— 22 celsius. across the north, i7— 22 celsius. across the weekend, high—pressure dominating the scene, these sparse isobars, the wind w

and also iberia, a couple of months ago we were seeing temperatures well below average for the time of, we have had a summer. when is all of this going to break down? i think a lot of people would like it to break down because the rainfall amounts have been so low. we had a bit of rain last weekend but really not enough. i think people want to enjoy the summer weather but are looking for some rain. there might be some midweek. what we're going to see over the next few days is a front pushing down from the north—west. what that will eventually do is reduce the temperatures. things start to turn cooler through next week, a bit rain but we've still got to keep an eye on that. in spain, three people have died of heatstroke, with temperatures in some places expected to reach as high as 47 degrees. tour operators say last minute summer holiday bookings to countries around the mediterranean are down, as tourists seek out cooler destinations. james blick lives in madrid and runs his own tour company, he's been explaining what its like in the hot weather. a little cooler than yesterday, actuall

england and wales in particular, will be tapping into this extreme heat at the near continent, across iberia the north we have lower pressure, low cloud around and that will be bringing this thick cloud and parts of rain into northern ireland will perhaps western wales during the course of thursday. the best of the sunshine, eastern scotland, where it will be a warm day for all certain england and wales. maybe even 30 degrees in south—east of the into friday, this weather front across the north—west slips south, affecting central parts of the uk. we could see the crap —— cloud, some showery

and also iberia, a couple of months ago we were seeing temperatures well below average for the time ofave had a summer. when is all of this going to break down? i think a lot of people would like it to break down because the rainfall amounts have been so low. we had a bit of rain last weekend but really not enough. i think people want to enjoy the summer weather but are looking for some rain. there might be some midweek. what we're going to see over the next few days is a front pushing down from the north—west. what that will eventually do is reduce the temperatures. things start to turn cooler through next week, a bit rain but we've still got to keep an eye on that. north korea's foreign minister has criticised the united states for urging other countries to maintain sanctions against pyongyang. ri yong ho said that despite goodwill measures taken by his country, washington was raising its voice louder in favour of sanctions. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said pressure must be maintained on north korea. karishma vaswani reports. less than two months since the historic trump—

dampening effect on most airlines' profits in the last few months, and the owner of ba, aer lingus, iberiarent. fuel unit costs for the quarter went up 6.7%. air traffic controller strikes was another reason that profits came in under expectations. a number of airlines, including aig, have taken the matter to the european commission and are looking for a legal solution. john grant is an aviation expert atjg aviation consultants. thank you forjoining us. what is your take on these results? i suppose it is a lot of positivity for iag? it is solid, not spectacular, but iag is so large and has so much mass that it is a steady eddie performer in the market and has done it again. good numbers, but almost a continuation of the sort of performance we have come used to seeing from this company. that is notwithstanding these major challenges out there in the market, the ongoing strikes, the rising cost of fuel. if those problems continue to be there, are we going to continue to see these sorts of numbers? i think we will. they are very well—placed in terms of capacity and market position. if you loo

europe richelle it's been a real issue in this we look at the weather map say for instance across iberia where we have those extreme temperatures across spain into portugal a little while far as their bit of this you've had a change in weather types of they have come to control actually being extinguished and of course we had really extreme conditions up across scandinavia with the law in a far as extending all the way up through well inside the arctic circle those temperatures hit an excess of thirty degrees celsius again those are as we've seen much cooler weather moving in significant rainfall i can't say the same about the weather making a contribution to the wildfires across in california because i'm afraid here we still have some severe fars and the south we've got to hold the far which covers about knowing thousand hectares and it sounds like a lot so nine thousand football pitches but when you compare it with what's going on across the high arctic it's small beer because here we are across the summer months we have had something like two point nine million hectares of wildfires o

to 47 or 48, mainly in central and southern parts of portugal and into the south—west of spain —— iberiand there is potentialfor the records to be broken. let's put some perspective on the heat, we've got the current spanish record at around 47.3, a bit higher in portugal but to beat the european record, and it is possible through this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon, 48 degrees and tomorrow afternoon, 48 degrees and this is a record right across europe. this will put us on scale with the phenomenal heatwave we saw across parts of western europe in 2003. the reason is we dragged our air in off from parts of africa during the last few days, now we've gotan area during the last few days, now we've got an area of high pressure in charge of the head and we've got a blazing blue skies overhead, very dry ground over —— underneath. very high temperatures in this part of the world over the next few days —— we've got blazing blue skies. we will speak to you later, matt. puts it into perspective what we've had over the last few weeks. the president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, has been declar

this temperature in parts of iberia.endlj mind as we head towards the end of this week into the weekend. i expect lots of people will be setting off in that direction. thank you very much. let‘s take a look at today‘s papers. the guardian says there are fears northamptonshire council may cut services for vulnerable children as it scrambles to save £70 million. the lead story on the times front page today is theresa may‘s upcoming meeting with the french president, emmanuel macron. they‘ve also been through some unseen monty python sketch ideas which are going on display at the british library. i think knight sketch from the holy grail. —— a pink knight. the mirror has meghan markle on its front page. it says palace aids are in talks over comments made by herfather. and, finally, the telegraph features comments from the metropolitan police commissioner who has criticised middle—class cocaine users for fuelling the drug trade. the top story trending today is actually manchester united‘s tour which has ended, their victory

and also iberia, a couple of months ago we were seeing temperatures well below average for the time ofyou know, we have had a summer. when is all of this going to break down? i think a lot of people would like it to break down because the rainfall amounts have been so low. we had a bit of rain last weekend but really not enough. so i think people want to enjoy the summer weather but are looking for some rain. there might be some midweek. what we're going to see over the next few days is a front pushing down from the north—west. what that will eventually do is reduce the temperatures. things start to turn cooler through next week, a bit of rain but we've still got to keep an eye on that. let's go back to that breaking news story — detectives searching for missing midwife samantha eastwood have found a body and made three arrests. 0ur correspondent sarah corker is on the outskirts of stoke—on—trent and joins us now. sarah, this announcement came in the last half an hour, what more can you tell us? yes, as you say, we got confirmation from staffordshire police at around half four today, t

we have been watching this heatwave build an iberia in the last few days, with temperatures rising. set to be passed in portugal, that is where the hottest air is working its way in, highs of 47 celsius later today. that will challenge the national record. the current mark to beat is a7.4dc. we mightjust current mark to beat is a7.4dc. we might just sneak underneath current mark to beat is a7.4dc. we mightjust sneak underneath the spanish and all—time european record, it might not the hot enough to break these two, but it will get really close. we will have to see how the weather pans out this afternoon. either way, dangerously hot weather and we could see some wild fires breaking out as well. for us, a wild fires breaking out as well. for us, a warm wild fires breaking out as well. for us, a warm enough start to the day, we don't have hit on the scale the spanish and the portuguese are having to put up with. what we do haveis having to put up with. what we do have is an area of high pressure. moist air is coming around the top of this high, which in turn makes all this cloud rolled

algeria not just not here in fact for the whole of africa but it's that air mass which is coming into iberia which is already super heated and the combination of that an area of high pressure developing for the north will produce the right sort of wind conditions it's all going to come together and produce temperatures which are predicted to be at least forty and i think in one or two spots and i suspect probably in the southeast in portugal in excess of fifty degrees so we've seen these record temperatures been happening right across europe in asia as well as parts of the middle east here and how do we explain that the probably two ways you can explain it the first way is probably just by thinking about the fact we're living in a warmer world this idea you can see on that graphic from know about just shows if you like the average and departures from the average so you see how news gone by it was relative the colder and there is relatively warmer not just rushing over a lot warmer twenty eighteen is probably going to be the top five all the big warm years. i've been since the start of this c

notjust here in iberia, in scandinavia they had record—breaking temperatures, mainland europe as well platform, extreme weather will become more and more common across these parts. clare, thanks. a group of parents of children with special educational needs have won a high court case against their local council, after it tried to remove £5 million pounds worth of support. yesterday the court ruled that bristol city council was wrong to make the cuts and must now find the money to restore funding without cutting other parts of the education budget or increasing tax. samantha hale is the solicitor who represented the families in this landmark ruling and joins us now. could you explain the principles of the case? what is the help that they we re the case? what is the help that they were hoping to get and now have had restored ? were hoping to get and now have had restored? bristol city council took the decision and lawfully to cut the high needs budget by £5 million which would have had a detrimental impact on the local authority's ability to deliver vital services for children and young

yes the main story is heat in iberia but we will talk about the flooding and potential flooding acrossa in the usa and we will look at the weekend in the uk. and coming up... surprise, surprise. a rare eastern black rhino shocks visitors at chester zoo, when she went into labour giving birth to a healthy baby calf. hello, this is afternoon live. i'm ben brown. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is "uncomfortably high". mr carney told the bbc that such an outcome would be highly "undesirable", and the uk and eu should do all things to avoid it. however, he said planning for "difficult circumstances" had been undertaken. brexit—supporting mps say the governor's comments are part of project fear. our business correspondent rob young reports. it's less than eight months until brexit. but we still don't know what economic life outside the european union will actually look like. ministers have been warning about the risk that a deal won't be done in time, potentially leading to disruption. today, the man in charge of the bank

this area across iberia, we have a spell of low pressure here tomorrow.t. dashed worst. so what we have out there at the moment is some sunshine but also some showers. this was how it looked in western scotland and this is the recent satellite picture. both shower clouds drifting east across the country through the day. we keep some showers for the afternoon but in between those showers some spells of sunshine towards east anglia and the south—east remaining dry, 24 degrees in london compared to what we have had in recent days. this evening and tonight it is going to bea evening and tonight it is going to be a fresher night, clear spells overhead, for the most part that is. still some showers afterwards the north and then i showed you that rain approaching against france, some cloud from that moving into the south east of england and we will see some of the rain just beginning to move in but some uncertainty as to move in but some uncertainty as to just how far west that will get. elsewhere and other day of sunshine and showers, heaviest showers towards t

yes, this time last week, talking about extreme heat, iberia, south—western france, temperatures coolingin our last few hours in france, and asi in our last few hours in france, and as i say in our last few hours in france, and asisayi in our last few hours in france, and as i say i was on in our last few hours in france, and asisawaas ona in our last few hours in france, and as i say i was on a ferry coming back from normandy yesterday, just an astonishing volume suddenly coming down, but that earth we have been quite happily running around in shorts and t—shirts in the day before was parched. yes, and the summer so it will be very dry. that amount of rainfall on the dry ground, it has nowhere to go. to give you an idea of him amount we saw, and i hope i pronounce this correctly, a place to the north—west of avignon, its seven inches in a 24—hour period. the thing most of that fell within six hours and the average rainfall for that part of france is around 70 millimetres on a month. so they had over two and a half times their monthly rainfall in hours. one place affected badly was the a

we are talking about iberia, south—west europe, spain and portugal, we have clear skies at the moment goes, a7.a celsius is the mark to beat, set in 2003, so it‘s is the mark to beat, set in 2003, so it's 15 is the mark to beat, set in 2003, so it‘s 15 years old this national record but we could easily say it is one of portugal‘s hottest days ever. coming close to that. the wider picture across the whole continent, it has been hot generally, hasn‘t it? yes, we have seen records tumble. in stockholm in may we set record temperatures and they were not just beaten by record temperatures and they were notjust beaten by a bit, they were annihilated. we have seen wildfires reaching parts of the arctic, the fire problems we have seen in greece as well so the weather has been pretty severe this year. and of course we have had barely any rain for many areas and that stretches into parts of germany where i believe even some of the breweries have been struggling to keep up with demand as well. it is notjust europe. we have seen records set further afield. algeria equalled their record temperatur

at the moment the intensity is a concern in iberia and in southern parts of europe where we have got 23 degrees in northern ireland and scotland. very pleasant, given that the weather will be fine. we have got that heat sitting in the south for the weekend. it looks much hotter in the low countries and in france. but for ourselves, because we have got an atla ntic ourselves, because we have got an atlantic influence, we have got cloud coming in off the atlantic. that will produce some rain for us, particularly in northern ireland. as we go through the night, that rain comes into northern ireland and scotla nd comes into northern ireland and scotland as well and possibly the far north of england. it will not be as heavy as last night, but any rain at the moment is welcome. we could have some are coming back into northern england and north wales by the morning. another warm and muggy night for most of us. another warm and muggy day for many of us tomorrow. tomorrow a few more showers for eastern scotland and the potential for some showers for eastern scotland and the potentialfor some

we had temperatures in iberia above a0 degrees.g germany, france but also switzerland. if you look really closely at our map you can make out here the line of the river rhine and this is an effect of the heat wave that i hadn't really heard about until today. the temperature of the land but also of the river water is higher than it normally should be, it's about 27.6 degrees, believe it or not. and that is having a huge effect on the local fishing industry. i'm going to show you some pictures, the first one is of some data fish because... who you go. this is what fishermen in a town in northern switzerland have been pulling out of the river, signs telling people not to fish. not only did fish, the fish which should be in that part of the river are having to move elsewhere to find cooler water. but here in the uk, some good news, forfish, forfarmers, the gardening is, for my little spaniel? very good news for your little spaniel and for the fish as well. temperatures will be dipping across the uk in the next few days, just as we are

i imagine across iberia, it will be dry heat, so the humanity won‘t be high but in west wales last weeked to put the warnings out. what about nearer to home? you may have heard we are going for the heat wave here but it is not for all. i had some interesting statistics about july, it wasn‘t the hottest on record here in the uk, injuly, it was only the third hottest, things cooled down with the thunderstorms and that welcome rain at the end of the month. this heat wave, if you haven‘t enjoyed the heat we have had, it isjust haven‘t enjoyed the heat we have had, it is just for southern and eastern uk, for most other areas temperatures will be on a par with where they should be for the this time of year because we will have the weather front, look at this, you can see the rain marching across northern ireland and western scotland. it will be a soggy rush hour, not the best of afternoons for heading out and about. we have sunshine around and about. here we are in the midlands, so beautiful weather here, beautiful on the south coast, that is where we will see the best of the sunshine, around