i'm carl nasman in washington, dc, and this heatwave has been hitting the united states for several weeksct, at some points, around a third of the country has been dealing with dangerously high temperatures. we've seen cities breaking their all—time records in various different parts of the country. but one city in particular, phoenix, arizona, really shows not only how hot it's been, but how long it has been lasting. it set a record with at least 21 days above 110 fahrenheit — or 43 degrees celsius. it's not only been hot on land, but at sea. the waters around florida, at some point in the mid—90s fahrenheit — that's around the temperature of your bathtub. some experts worry that that could be harming wildlife and damaging coral reefs as well. scientists, of course, have been saying that these heat waves have been fuelled, at least in part, by climate change, becoming more frequent and more intense — and this heatwave is not done yet. we're expecting more triple—digit temperatures in the coming days, as well as record highs. i'm azadeh moshiri in greece's capital, athens. thegreek prime

hello, i'm carl nasman. ukraine's president came to the annual nato summit in lithuania with high hopes, widespread western support and a demand for a timeline for his country's entry into the military alliance. volodymr zelenskyy didn't get that last one but he did not walk away empty handed either. nato member nations offered a variety of pledges this week. france says it will provide ukraine a significant number of so—called scalp cruise missiles able to strike targets as far as 250km away. the united kingdom has committed to providing more than 70 vehicles, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition for the challenger 2 tanks the uk has already provided to kyiv. 11 nato members will train ukrainian pilots in the use of the f—16 fighterjet, beginning in denmark in august. the hope is that ukraine could start using the planes in combat by the beginning of next year. germany, norway and nato itself also offered a variety of monetary and hardware pledges. our europe editor katya adler has been covering the

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they say: earlier, my colleague carl nasman spoke to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. what is it like week you are right now? it is remarkably calm here in paris. we are driving through nanterre. things are quite quiet. we have seen people speak by on motorbikes and milling on the road but mostly the streets have been empty but that does not mean that things will stay empty because it was a similar picture last night where things were quiet and then around 3am, thorium, we started to hear noises from inside our hotel and we looked outside and we saw crowds of people, mostly young men walking past that we could hear fireworks and lots of vandalism and violence and today as we have been surveying the scene we saw the aftermath of that. behind me we are at the police station here. there is lots of police fans. as we have been saying, 16,000 police officers being deployed so that is more than last night across the country. in other parts of the country. in other parts of the country we have seen some reports of violence already this evening. so, again, it is another night

i'm carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. the governor of the odesa region in ukraine says one person has been killed and 15 wounded in russian air strikes on the port. two loud explosions had been reported in the latest of the near nightly attacks that have followed moscow's announcement last week that it would not be renewing a grain export deal. mr netanyahu haid said that he hopes to be discharged from hospital by monday in time to vote on his controversialjudicial reforms. in response to those proposals, a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters reached the parliament injerusalem on saturday. tens of thousands of people have joined the march since it set off from tel aviv earlier this week. they plan to set up tents at the knesset as they stage a last—ditch effort to try to prevent or delay the final votes on a bill that would curb the supreme court's ability to void decisions by the government that it deems unreasonable. earlier, i spoke with aaron david miller. he is a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for

hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. nearly a third of the country under heat advisories. the global heatwave shows no signs of stopping

my colleague carl nasman spoke earlier with cbs news senior white house and political correspondent ed'keefe for the latest on the campaigns. ed o'keefe, thank you so much forjoining us. i just want to start with these latest charges that were unveiled against former president donald trump. how has his campaign responded today? they've essentially brushed it off and said that, you know, this continues to be part of what they call a witch hunt, politically motivated work by the biden administration and prosecutors that they question and don't believe that it will have any real detrimental effect on their standing politically. he made clear in a radio interview on friday that despite all of this, he intends to continue running for office, that there's nothing in the constitution that stops him from doing so. and he's right about that. and look, despite the legal issues, he enjoys high double digit leads over the rest of the field. right now here in iowa, it's somewhere between 30 to a0 points. in national surveys it can be as much as 30 or a0 points as well, and nobody yet has been able

iam carl i am carl nasman. welcome to the programme.s a suicide bomb attack at a politcal rally in the north—west of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast which happened in pakistan's bajaur district, close to the border with afghanistan. here's our correspondent, caroline davis. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan's biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema—e—islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. explosion emraan was one of the rally�*s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all in'ured people around, all dead h bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday.

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i'm carl nasman.t police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a political rally in the northwest of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast, which happened in pakistan's bajaur district, close to the border with afghanistan. here's our correspondent caroline davies. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan's biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema—e—islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. explosion. emraan mahir was one of the rally�*s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all injured people around, l all dead bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday. local people tried to help the injured.

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hello, i'm carl nasman. 31 nations gathered in vilnius, lithuania this week for the nato summit, plusuthern parts of europe. temperatures not quite so high around coastal areas,

hello, i'm carl nasman.er by police in a suburb of paris. the interior ministry said some 49 arrests had been made on sunday. earlier in the day, president emmanuel macron held an emergency crisis meeting with ministers and security officials and called on them to "continue to do everything live from washington, this is bbc news. as france braces for more unrest, the grandmother of the teenager killed by police makes an appeal for calm. and a mass shooting at a block party in the us city

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i'm carl nasman. we begin in pakistan where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a political rally in the northwest of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast, which happened in pakistan's bajaur district, close to the border with afghanistan. here's our correspondent caroline davies. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan's biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema—e—islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. explosion. emraan mahir was one of the rally�*s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all injured people around, l all dead bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday. local people tried to help the injured. there were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. he says that several people around him died. he isn't sure why he survived. these pictures show some of

for more on the links between climate change and our health, my colleague carl nasman spoke to dr vanessay for climate change and health. first of all, we heard earlier the shocking number — 200 million americans under some sort of a weather warning today in the us. we have seen record—breaking temperatures. how have you been seeing this extreme heat impacting our public health during this crisis? thank you very much for having mejoin you. the reality is the climate crisis is a health crisis and we are seeing people's health impacted in every possible way — whether it is in an increase in vector—borne diseases, you talk about the alpha—gal and the lone star tick and malaria and our mental health is being impacted. we are seeing this across the board. extreme heat has actually killed 60,000 europeans last year, and as you mentioned is affecting hundreds of millions of americans but it is affecting our health. it is also affecting our ability to go to work and our productivity, and we are seeing more and more of this. the reality is we need to take climate change immensely seriously because

hello, i'm carl nasman.sury secretary janet yellen is wrapping up her multi—day trip to china, aimed at strengthening economic ties between the two super powers at a time of tension. while in china, ms yellen held ten hours of talks that she described as "direct and substantive." it was aimed at strengthening economic times at times of tension between economic times at times of tension between the economic times at times of tension between the two superpowers and she held ten hours of talks, criticising chinese curbs against us firms in calling for cooperation on climate change. this was her speaking at a press conference at the end of the trip. the us and china have significant disagreements. those disagreements need to be communicated clearly and directly. but president biden and i do not see the relationship between the us and china through the frame of great power conflict. we believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive. both nations have an obligation to responsibly manage t

hello, i hello, lam hello, i am carl nasman, welcome to bbc news.start tonight in greece where wildfires are burning out of control on the island of rhodes. thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. three hotels have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. private boats have joined the greek coastguard — picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. the greek army has also been helping get tourists to safety. no injuries have been reported. plumes of smoke can be seen blanketing the island with its many resorts. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country's deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as the country suffers its hottest weekend in half a century. one climate expert says the current heatwave could last up to 17 days — making it the longest since records began. in the past hour, i spoke to the bbc�*s warren muggleton, who himself has had to evacuate from the wildfires in rhodes. you have been staying the

hello i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. the nation of niger is grappling with the ramifications of a military coup. niger's democratically elected president mohamed bazoum was overthrown as part of the coup and detained. bazoum was first elected to office in april 2021 in niger's first peaceful democratic transfer of power. on friday, general abdourahamane tchiani, who also goes by omar tchiani appeared on state television, announcing himself as the country's new ruler. he was dressed in full military gear as he read a statement on behalf of niger's national council for the safeguarding of the homeland. he urged the population to remain calm. have a listen. translation: the action of the (nsf is motivated l by the sole desire to preserve our beloved homeland in the face of the continuous deterioration of the security situation of our country. the fallen authorities have failed to give a real solution to the crisis and have provided poor economic and social governance. our bbc correspondent chris ewokor has been following th

hello, i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us.re are new allegations tonight, concerning a bbc presenter, accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17. the claims in the sun newspaper, allege the unnamed male presenter, paid the teenager tens of thousands of pounds. it's understood the corporation is investigating the allegations, and the star is currently not scheduled to be on air in the coming days. our correspondent graham satchelljoins us. what do we know? as you say, these allegations first appeared in the british newspaper, the sun newspaper. they are spoken to the mother of this teenage boy, is now 20 boa 17 we understand in this first i did that it happened. the allegation was the unnamed bbc presenter paid significant sums of money over a period of time for explicit photographs. these allegations are serious, notjust ethically or reputation only but legally as well because in british law it is inoffensive to share, create or possess pictures like that of anyone under the age

hello i'm carl nasman.aine's president marked the 500th day of russia's invasion with a video of his visit to the site of one of the war�*s most iconic battles. volodymyr zelensky posted the clip on telegram of his trip to snake island, a strategically significant outpost in the black sea that ukrainian border guards refused to surrender to russia on the first day of the invasion, february 24th, 2022. their obscene reply to russian warnings became a rallying cry, and they were presumed dead when russian troops invaded and captured the island, though it later transpired that the guards had survived. ukraine re—took the island four months later. mr zelensky toured the island, laid a wreath and spoke to his nation. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today, we're on snake island, on our snake island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine — because we're a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this

hello i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us.grappling with the ramifications of a military coup. niger's democratically elected president mohamed bazoum was overthrown as part of the coup and detained. bazoum was first elected to office in april 2021 in niger's first peaceful democratic transfer of power. on friday, general abdourahamane tchiani, who also goes by omar tchiani appeared on state television, announcing himself as the country's new ruler. he was dressed in full military gear as he read a statement on behalf of niger's national council for the safeguarding of the homeland. he urged the population to remain calm. have a listen. translation: the action of the (nsf is motivated l by the sole desire to preserve our beloved homeland

i'm carl nasman. thank you for watching. hello there. summer at the moment. these were some pictures taken on friday. it was particularly windy in the south—west of england and we actually had more rain in cornwall on friday than fell during the whole of last month, and we had rain far and wide across the uk as well. that rain has been working its way northwards on that weather front there, which is wrapped around an area of low pressure, and that will dominate the weather through the rest of the weekend. now, the rain, by saturday morning, is in the far north of scotland. temperatures 12—14 degrees. some showers already arriving and we'll see more of those as the winds pick up, particularly across england and wales, with the strongest of the winds in the south. a0 mph gusts, quite widely, maybe a bit stronger, especially around some coastal areas. and it could bring some damage and some disruption, especially as those downpours arrive. and we'll see these showers breaking out more widely through the day. some wetter weather, particularl

hello, i'm carl nasman. thanks forjoining us.s treasury secretary janet yellen is wrapping up her multi—day trip to china, aimed at strengthening economic ties between the two super powers at a time of tension. while in china, ms yellen held ten hours of talks that she described as "direct and substantive." the us treasury secretary criticised chinese curbs against us firms, and also called on beijing to work with washington to fight climate change. here's ms yellen speaking in the past hour at press conference. the us and china have significant disagreements. those disagreements need to be communicated clearly and directly. but president biden and i do not see the relationship between the us and china through the frame of great power conflict. we believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive. both nations have an obligation to responsibly manage this relationship, to find a way to live together and sharing global prosperity. live now to the bbc�*s asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who joins us

my colleague carl nasman asked ed what he made of mr desantis�*s answer.s response? well, it's an example of _ governor's response? well, it's an example of how— governor's response? well, it's an example of how they - governor's response? well, it's an example of how they are - an example of how they are trying to direct criticism of the former president. he said it's up to the voters to decide whether this is something that disqualifies him. he himself won't go that far. some of his other lesser—known opponents have and they are not doing as well in the polls but what he says repeatedly when asked about trump is that the country, republican voters in this primary, want to think about the future, need to be focused on that. how can the gop find a way to defeat president biden because if the party gets mired in the legal troubles of the former president again, then as he says, the current president, joe biden will be able to run again from his basement in delaware as he did during the pandemic and get away with a lot of things, let's focus instead on defea

dr stephanie roe, lead scientist at the world wildlife fund, spoke with my colleague carl nasman aboutdlife. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. i want to start by asking you about this latest ipcc synthesis report, you were one of the lead authors. it is essentially like a report card for our planet. how does what we are seeing now with this record—setting heat wave fit in with the science released in this report back in march? thanks for having me. the ipcc report was released in march of this year. essentially it was a report card on the fact that we are way off track with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, which was the global targets set in the paris agreement. essentially, what it said was that we are now experiencing 1.1 degrees above preindustrial temperatures. with that level of warming, we are already seeing catastrophic levels of impacts from climate change, including extreme weather events, which we are seeing play out on our television screens and experiencing daily. so i think one of the main findings was that the model have done a good job tracking the

i'm carl nasman. one of the world's longest—serving political leaders has just cast his ballot in an election he is all but guaranteed to win. hun sen has been cambodia's prime minister almost continuously for a0 years, and sunday's vote is mostly for show. the opposition has been barred from running, making mr hun�*s victory a foregone conclusion. but mr hun may nevertheless be on his way out — in an interview with a chinese tv station broadcast on thursday, he said his eldest son, and annointed successor, hun manet, could take over as prime minister injust a few weeks�* time. let's go straight to our southeast asia correspondent jonathan head who is in cambodia's capital, phnom penh. we heard this is almost a foregone conclusion in terms of the results. the opposition party, the candlelight party, has been banned from running in the election. however their supporters expected to vote today? —— how are their supporters. today? -- how are their sweden-— today? -- how are their su--orters. , . . ., , s

for more on the links between climate change and our health, my colleague carl nasman spoke to dr vanessave heard that 200 million americans are under this warning of record—breaking temperatures. how are you seeing it impact a public health during this crisis? thank you very much for having me join— thank you very much for having me join you. the reality is that— me join you. the reality is that the _ me join you. the reality is that the climate crisis is a health— that the climate crisis is a health crisis and we are seeing pe0pte's— health crisis and we are seeing people's health impacted in every— people's health impacted in every possible way, whether through _ every possible way, whether through disease, or vector—borne diseases, you talk about _ vector—borne diseases, you talk about tick— vector—borne diseases, you talk about tick transmission, malaria. _ about tick transmission, malaria, health is being impacted, our mental health aiso~ — impacted, our mental health also we _ impacted, our mental health also. we are seeing this across the board _ also. we are seeing this across th

hello i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. we start tonight here in the us, where tens of thousands of hollywood actors have gone on strike, with picket lines formed in new york and los angeles. as a result, film and tv productions in the us and around the world have come to a halt. it's the industry's biggest shutdown in more than 60 years, and it affects the vast majority of american film and television productions, including highly anticipated motion pictures like the avatar and gladiator sequels. while the strike is going on, actors can't appear in films or even promote the movies they've already made. so what is it that actors are calling for? the screen actors guild wants streaming giants like netflix and disney to agree to what they say is a fairer split of profits and better working conditions. but other demands, like protecting actors from being replaced by digital replicas, reflect wider challenges. the union wants guarantees that artificial intelligence and computer generated faces will not be used to replace actors

my colleague carl nasman asked ed what he made of mr desantis�*s answer.you make of the governor's response? - reporter: what did you make of the governor's response? well, . the governor's response? well, it's an example _ the governor's response? well, it's an example of— the governor's response? well, it's an example of how - the governor's response? well, it's an example of how they're i it's an example of how they're trying — it's an example of how they're trying to— it's an example of how they're trying to work around direct criticism _ trying to work around direct criticism of the former president. he said, "look, it's up president. he said, "look, it's up to— president. he said, "look, it's up to the_ president. he said, "look, it's up to the voters to decide whether— up to the voters to decide whether this is something that disqualifies him." he himself won't — disqualifies him." he himself won't go _ disqualifies him." he himself won't go that far. some of his other, — won't go that far. some of his other, lesser—known opponents have, _ other, le

carl nasa men in washington, dc. this has been hitting the united states for weeks now. —— nasman.d of the country has been dealing with dangerously high temperatures with cities breaking their all—time records in various different parts of the country. but one city in particular, phoenix, arizona, shows notjust how hot it is, but how long it has been lasting. it set a record with at least 21 days above 110 fahrenheit or 43 celsius. it isn'tjust hot on land but at sea. the waters around florida at some point in the mid— 90s fahrenheit, around the temperature of your bathtub. some experts worry could be humming wildlife and damaging chorus as well. scientists have been saying that these heat waves fuelled at least in part by climate change, becoming more frequent and more intense and this heatwave is not done yet. we're expecting maud triple digit temperatures in the coming days and record highs. i the coming days and record hiuhs. . the coming days and record hihs, . . , the coming days and record hihs. . ., . the coming days and record hiuhs. . ., ,, ., ._ highs. i am as a mission

my colleague carl nasman spoke with him earlier.ration suing your state of texas, as well as the governor, greg abbott, calling it dangerous and ununlawful, the new buoys. what do you make of it? , ~ , the new buoys. what do you make ofit?, ., , ., of it? greg abbott have put out death traps. — of it? greg abbott have put out death traps, razor _ of it? greg abbott have put out death traps, razor wire - of it? greg abbott have put out death traps, razor wire along . death traps, razor wire along the banks of the river, placed in the river so it becomes invisible to asylum seekers who then get caught up in it. he also put out these barrel traps with wiring and netting so that people get caught in them. and then he�*s ordered his state troopers not to help people who are in the water, and to push them back towards mexico. so there was a case of a four—year—old girl passing out in the water, and was pushed back by the troopers, towards mexico, and the rio grande. they have refused to give water to migrants trekking through 105, 110—deg

congressmanjoaquin castro is a democrat from texas and earlier he spoke to my colleague carl nasman on glad the biden administration with the department ofjustice has filed an injunction to stop greg abbott. . ,, , ., .. an injunction to stop greg abbott. . ,, ., . . abbott. thank you for watching bbc news- _ abbott. thank you for watching bbc news. back _ abbott. thank you for watching bbc news. back at _ abbott. thank you for watching bbc news. back at the - abbott. thank you for watching bbc news. back at the top - abbott. thank you for watching bbc news. back at the top of l bbc news. back at the top of the next hello there. generally, over the next few days, it's going to be a mixture of sunshine, but also some showers. over the last 24 hours, we have seen quite muggy air heading our way from the atlantic. it's brought with it a lot of cloud, had some rain around as well. but before the rain arrived in eastern england, it was quite warm on wednesday. suffolk was the warmest place in the country with temperatures of 24 degrees. but this was the cloud that's been streaming in from t