gordon corera, thanks for reading us the latest on the story.ing the frequency of extreme weather events in the uk. its annual state of the climate report says the country is experiencing far more very hot days and really wet days. the single most dramatic weather event of 2023 was storm babet. it barrelled in in october, bringing a deluge that soaked much of the country and is an example of the uptick in the rainiest of weather the met office has identified. these maps show how the frequency of really wet days has increased since the 1960s. look at this. in the last ten years, we've seen 20% more days with the heaviest rainfall in an average year. but it is the increase in really hot weather that stands out from the data. look at this map — it shows how in the 30 years from 1961, only london and hampshire recorded an average of six or more days with temperatures over 28 celsius in a year. the met office describes these as hot days. spin forward to the last ten years and virtually the whole of england and wales now gets that many hot days every

gordon corera, bbc news, kyiv.ay. tennis — and local favourite — emma raducanu — will be hoping for success as she makes a second—round appearance at wimbledon. in the men's draw world number—one jannik sinner — is due on centre court. tuesday saw defending champion marketa vondrousova crash out in a surprise first—round defeat to spain's jessica bouzas maneiro. novak djokovic made quick work of his first—round match — beating the czech republic's vit kopriva in straight sets. andy murray may not be playing in the singles but britain's number one jack draper thrilled the home crowd with a five—set win over sweden's elias ymer. that is why i got a late night. back with business to day in a moment. hello there. well, we're not expecting summer to make a big return any time soon. in fact, it will stay unsettled across the whole of the uk as we head through the rest of this week. it will be unseasonably windy, there'll be rain, more showers to come in the forecast, but it won't be raining all the time. lots of dry weat

gordon corera, bbc news, kyiv.inian counterpart in washington tuesday, pledging unwavering support, and announcing $2.3 billion in new security assistance for ukraine. this package on the presidential drawdown authority will provide new defence interceptors and weapons and other critical munitions from us inventories. it will also enable the united states to procure more patriot nez sands, air defence interceptors, that will be provided on an accelerated timeline by the resequencing of deliveries for some foreign military sales. with me now in studio is bill taylor. former us ambassador to ukraine. i wanted to start with the visit to ukraine by viktor 0rban, which was really as a position —— his position in the eu council right now rather than hungary's. how do you think the relationship is between the two leaders? b, between the two leaders? difficult relationship, there is no doubt. we have seen them in other fora where they don't have a good relations but you are right, it is good for viktor 0rban to come and vi

gordon corera, bbc news, kyiv.unities on the islands of grenada and st vincent and the grenadines. three people are reported to have died. hurricane beryl is the earliest category five storm — meaning the most intense — in history, and is bringing winds of around 150mph. it is expected to reach jamaica tomorrow and hit the mexican coastline by the end of the week. for many voters in this election, the nhs has been a key issue — and throughout the campaign, we've been following up on your questions to politicians in our series your voice, your vote. helen barkerfrom liverpool got in touch, and wanted to know what a new government would do to make nhs england's waiting lists shorter. 0ur health editor hugh pym went to meet her. helen has been on a waiting list for a kidney operation since last october. i just wish that it would get done. it'sjust emotionally and physically draining. if people got the procedures they'd needed, that would benefit the nhs. it would benefit the economy. it would benefit society. why can'

gordon corera was in the room for the statements and sent us this analysis. >> you've got a sense, even not public, that these were not two leaders who are aligned on issues. but, because of hungary's role as the rotating president of the eu at the moment, which it just took on yesterday, that was the reason for the visit and why both sides were keen to say we can work together. because it is effectively not just hungary, but the eu through victor or bond which is also talking to ukraine during this meeting. caitriona: u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin met his ukrainian counterpart, announcing $2.3 billion in new security assistance for ukraine. secretary austen said the u.s. would never waver in its support for ukraine before outlining what was in the multibillion dollar package. >> this package under presidential authority will provide more air defense interceptors, antitank weapons, and other critical munitions from u.s. inventories. it will also enable the u.s. to pick your more patriot, air defense interceptors, which will be provided on an accelerated timeline and resequencing o

i asked our security correspondent, gordon corera, what we know about who might be responsible for theumber of different actors but they are clearly being cautious while the investigation goes on. it was a sophisticated, well thought through attack, they knew exactly where they were going for, the points where the railway split to make maximum damage, suggesting a level of planning and inside knowledge. it is also noticeable that there is not a huge amount of security around the games, tens of thousands of police in paris where you are, but those people who carried out those arson attacks, that act of sabotage went around that act of sabotage went around that by going to pretty remote sites where they knew these train cables, communication cables were. significant disruption, one of the groups behind it fled, but it does not appear that anyone has yet been arrested. back to last night's spectacular opening ceremony now though. earlier, i spoke to victor le masne, the paris olympics' musical director and composer, who composed the official theme of these olympic and paralympic games and

issued a stark warning — he said: let's hear the thoughts first of our security correspondent gordon corerateresting things, i think, about this. the fact that it's a joint advisory from these countries, the fact that they name some of the other countries being targeted as well, including, they say, i think, india and japan, but also the fact they say that this group funds itself through ransomware. that's typically something we associate with criminals. and what they're claiming is that they have attacked us hospitals and health care organisations to effectively steal money in order to support their espionage operations. so a claim that this is a kind of group which mixes criminal and nation state espionage in its work, all on behalf of north korea. sung—yoon lee is a fellow at the wilson center and an expert on north korea — he explains the eve growing north korean capabilities in enacting cyber attacks, and the role of its allies. iam afraid i am afraid we can play there for you at the moment and you will try that for you again a bit later. we can switch figures out of the other story we

our security correspondent gordon corera was in the room for the two leaders' statements.le viktor orban that caught many by surprise. —— hungary's prime minister victor aubin. surprise. —— hungary's prime ministervictoraubin. he surprise. —— hungary's prime minister victor aubin. he has been a fierce critic of western and european support for ukraine after russia's full—scale invasion in 2022 stop just earlier this year he slowed down a 50 billion euros aid package for ukraine from europe and even though he has not been to ukraine for 12 years, viktor orban has met vladimir putin a number of times in recent years. now, the meeting was really, though, because viktor orban has just taken over because viktor orban has just ta ken over yesterday because viktor orban has just taken over yesterday as the chair of the rotating council which leads the eu, so he has effectively —— he is effectively —— he is effectively for six months the president of the european union, and he came here in that role on effectively one of his first days on the job, i think is a signal that he could

our security correspondent gordon corera was in the room for the two leaders�* statements. very public these were not two leaders aligned on issues full. but because of hungary �*s role as the rotating president of the eu at the moment, which itjust took on yesterday that was the reason for the visit and why both sides were keen to say we can work together. because it is effectively notjust hungary effectively not just hungary but effectively notjust hungary but the eu for viktor orban who is talking to ukraine for this meeting. meanwhile, us defense secretary lloyd austin met his ukrainian counterpart in washington tuesday, pledging unwavering support, and announcing $2.3 billion in new security assistance for ukraine. this package, under presidential drawdown authority, will provide more air defence interceptors, anti—tank weapons and other critical munitions from us inventories. it will also enable the united states to procure more patriots — air defence interceptors — that will be provided on an accelerated timeline by the resequencing of deliveries for some foreign mil

gordon corera, bbc news.in france, it has had a really serious effect on tourists, passengers, but it looks like the opening ceremony will go ahead unaffected, apart from perhaps the drizzle which forecasters are warning about for tonight's games. concern of course this act of sabotage might be the start of a bigger campaign. sabotage might be the start of a bigger campaign-— sabotage might be the start of a bigger campaign. sabotage might be the start of a bin-ercamaian. . . despite the disruption, final preparations for tonight's opening ceremony continue. our sports correspondent katie gornell is in paris. how much is the disruption dampening the excitement? {iii how much is the disruption dampening the excitement?— the excitement? of course it has been a tonic— the excitement? of course it has been a tonic of— the excitement? of course it has been a topic of conversation - the excitement? of course it has. been a topic of conversation here, although it is difficult to assess exactly how much it has dampen

. _ joining me now is our security correspondent gordon corera. who could be behind these attacks?e. you had all this intense security in paris, thousands of police and troops, yet these individuals were able to go outside of paris to the middle of nowhere and carry out a coordinated attack, to know exactly where to go to hit those cable junction points at the most damaging place. that suggests a lot of reconnaissance, perhaps inside knowledge. their aim also looks to have been to disrupt as much as possible, not to injure or kill. so that points you away from the kind ofjihadist terrorist motive, which is one of the threats france has been worried about for these games, but there are other threats. there's the russians, and create france over ukraine and also not able to compete under their own flag at the olympics. there was an arrest in the last week of a russian in france, a ao—year—old posing as a chef who was alleged to have been linked to russian intelligence, planning to disrupt the games. but also domestic threats and groups that france has been worried about, anarchist gr

here's our security correspondent gordon corera with more details: this is an advisoryjust put out inth korea warning of a specific north korean hacking group code named andariel, which they accuse of stealing quite interesting information, military and defence and even nuclear information — going after particularly companies, everything from military hardware to uranium enrichment in the nuclear field to drone technology and trying to get hold of that for north korea. a couple of interesting things i think about this. the fact that it's a joint advisory from these countries, the fact that they name some of the other countries being targeted as well, including, they say, i think, india and japan, but also the fact they say that this group funds itself through ransomware. that's typically something we associate with criminals. and what they're claiming is that they have attacked us hospitals and health care organisations to effectively steal money in order to support their espionage operations. so a claim that this is a kind of group which mixes criminal and nation state espionage in i

here's our security correspondent gordon corera with more details.hat they name some of the other countries being targeted as well, including, they say, i think, india and japan, but also the fact they say that this group funds itself through ransomware. that's typically something we associate with criminals. and what they're claiming is that they have attacked us hospitals and health care organisations to effectively steal money in order to support their espionage operations. so a claim that this is a kind of group which mixes criminal and nation state espionage in its work, all on behalf of north korea. president biden has been meeting benjamin netanyahu at the oval office, amid ongoing protests during the israeli prime minister's trip to washington. it's the first meeting between the two since mr biden visited israel shortly after the hamas attacks on october the 7th. president biden is expected to put renewed pressure on the israeli prime minister to secure a ceasefire deal in gaza and to free the remaining hostages held by hamas. mr netanyahu al

gordon corera, bbc news.al connecting the uk to france, so it is busy even on a normal day, but today they were expecting bigger crowds because it is a friday, it is the height of summer, people travel for long weekends, and there are crowds inside building up now, and there�*s quite a long queue of people running down the side of the station�*s concourse. but staff we have spoken to are keen to stress that the crowds are not much bigger than they would have expected for today, especially considering the olympics opening ceremony is happening tonight, they were expecting an increased number of passengers. eurostar is cancelling one in four of its services. just to clarify, that is not just its services between london and paris, but all of its trains across its entire network. that is one in four trains, it estimates, will be cancelled. and that disruption is expected to last over the weekend — today, tomorrow, and sunday. earlier today, as you also said, they have been urging people to postpone or cancel thei