hello i'm helena humphreys. russia's ambitions for its place on the world stage have been on full display this week. president putin has been hosting the russia—africa summit, seeking to extend his influence on the continent. 17 african leaders attended the events in st peterburg. that's sharply down from the 43 who attended in 2019. and while there has been discussions about the war in ukraine, and how to end it, the key talking point has been about grain. some african leaders are worried their population will have less access to food after russia backed out of a crucial export deal just over a week ago. meanwhile, russia's is working to strengthen ties to north korea. defence minister sergei shoigu met kimjong un in pyongyang. he's believed to be mr kim's first known foreign guest since the start of the covid pandemic. pictures released by state media show the north korean leader observing a large military parade, flanked by shoigu and the defence minister of china. while all this goes on, so too does russia's

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hello i'm helena humphrey. around the globe, it's beenhot outside this week.the us, a third of americans have been under extreme heat alerts. some places in europe experienced temperatures of 45 degrees celcius or 113 degrees fahrenheit. and the world meteorological organization is warning that the heatwave in europe could continue into august. night—time in europe and the us is not expected to bring widespread relief either, as temperatures stay above 30c or 86 degrees fahrehneut in places including arizona and southern spain. georgina rannard from the bbc climate unit explains why scientists are worried about these temperatures. it's been days, now, of sweltering temperatures across the us, europe, and china, and while millions of people have struggled through this extreme heat, climate scientists have been poring over a run of broken climate records. they say the speed and the timing that these records have tumbled is unprecedented. now, while climate models are very good at forecasting long—term trends, experts say that some of these abnormalities were not

humphrey's speech is 1948, 20 years before the '68 convention.to win the votes of almost an entirely white set of delegates. he had to do it when harry truman was trying to back away because he was afraid he would lose the election without the segregationist wing of the party. knowing that they were ready to walk out of the convention. doing all this, reverend, when he was 37 years old, the mayor of a middle-sized city, three years in elected office. it's mind-boggling the risk he took for this righteous cause. >> and 37 years old looking at a future ahead of him and had become vice president, but risked it all to stand up for what ones popular. he could have been heckled when he made that speech and he did it anyway. >> you're right. you can hear the booing in the background from the southern delegates. even some of harry truman's key people on the convention floor had warned humphrey, if you give this speech, it's the end of you. really to the moment up on the platform when humphrey was about to give the speech he was wondering, is this mission

hello i'm helena humphreys. it's been an eventful week for diplomacy around the world as well, with two major stories breaking through. first, tensions have escalated between north korea and the us after an american soldier crossed the border from the south. and second, the ongoing fallout after russia backed out of the black sea grain deal. let's start in north korea, and us secretary of state antony blinken says he has no further updates on the condition of us solider private travis king, but added that there are concerns. private king remains in custody in north korea. national security council spokespersonjohn kirby defended the deployment of a us nuclear submarine to south korea, telling cnn that the us has to:. "make sure that we have in the region sufficient military capability to protect our south korea allies, and quite frankly, the 38 thousand us troops and families that are on the korean peninsula." meanwhile, russia has continued to pound ukrainian grain silos for a fourth straight day, causing wheat

hello i'm helena humphrey. donald trump has told republicans in iowa that he's the only candidate who can win next year's election, despite facing a raft of criminal and civil charges. speaking at a state party dinner, trump insisted he will still run for the white house even if he's convicted. federal prosecutors widened their criminal investigation into the former president over his handling of government documents after leaving office this week, but he still remains the frontrunner for the republican nomination. a dozen candidates trailing mr trump also took to the stage in iowa, which votes first in the primary contest for the republican nomination next year. that includes trump's closest rival in the polls, florida governor ron desantis. our north america editor sarah smith filed this report from iowa. there are about 1200 republican supporters in this ballroom, listening to all the different republican candidates, trying to decide who they should report for the republican nomination. of course the note wa

i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us.cing three new charges over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. federal prosecutor failed an indictment on thursday evening superseding formal federal charges made thursday evening superseding formalfederal charges made in june, to which he has pleaded not guilty. a third defendant had always been named, carlos de 0liveira, reportedly the head of maintenance at trump's florida mar—a—lago beach club. de 0liveira is alleged to have communicated with other employees in an attempt to delete security footage. he is expected to appear in a miami courthouse on monday. the indictment details injune de 0liveira allegedly told a trump employee at mar—a—lago

i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. but first tonight, allegations have emerged in a newspaper about a bbc presenter. our culture and media editor katie razzall has more. hello. there has been in the queues of serious misconduct with a teenager which began when the teenager was as seven ten years old. the presenter, who has not been named paid the teenager tens of thousands of pounds of sexually explicit images stop we understand the bbc is looking into the allegations which are clearly variably serious and some claim the well—known presenter paid more than 30,000 pounds in returns those explicit images. the individual�*s family is reported to have complained to the bbc on may 19 this year and begged them to make the man stopped sending cash because the mother claims her child, who is now 20, had gone from a happy—go—lucky youngster to a ghostlike crack addict in three years because it is claimed the money is being used to fund a drug habit. the bbc statement said we treat any allegation very seriously and have processe

the vice president humphrey during that campaign. he dedicated a park and a dam. mr. nixon gave one radio address on the environment which was actually titled natural resources. it was an interesting address but to paraphrase lincoln it would have it would have been little noted more long remembered and in fact it took me some research to dig it up, but what's interesting about that address is that it foreshadowed in a way a lot of the things that he wanted to accomplish for the environment during his presidency including he the address had 12. the radio address had 12 different points and it included finding a way to combine the federal government's very different and disparate and spread out activities that concern the environment into one agency and also talked about wildlife preservation water and land preservation. an air cleaning and all and all of those sorts of things. so it was kind of a foreshadowing if what was going to happen. but again because that campaign was so focused on on vietnam on crime on the economy civil rights and other issues. the environment

hello, i'm helena humphrey. kenya says it's ready to lead a multinationalforce in haiti where clashes between the police and criminal gangs have displaced tens of thousands of people. the country's foreign minister says nairobi would deploy 1,000 police officers in the caribbean nation. the mission is subject to a mandate from the un security council and formal authorisation from the kenyan authorities. earlier this month, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, called for the creation of a multinational force for haiti. speaking before kenya's announcement, the us secretary of state, antony blinken voiced concerns about the situation. we have very deep concerns of the situation there, particularly with regard to violence and the activities of the gangs. we are, as i think you know, the largest humanitarian donor to haiti but we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. that is really the necessary foundation. live now to harold i

i am a helena humphrey. iam a helena humphrey. thank you for your company.imited thisjuly, hasn't it? and actually we had once again some contrasting weather conditions across the country. in fact, in scarborough, in north yorkshire, we had just over a0 millimetres of rain, most of that falling in the afternoon. but, by contrast, once the sunshine broke through across parts of the midlands in warwickshire, we had a high of 26 celsius. we haven't seen temperatures like that since the beginning of the month. now, a quiet story on friday continues, but this low pressure is set to move in from the atlantic for the start of the weekend. it'll be the third weekend we've seen an area of low sitting to the north—west. so make the most of friday's weather — dry with some sunny spells, showers should be fairly isolated, it'll feel quite pleasant, with the sunshine coming through. a quiet story for many, with temperatures generally at around 17 to 23 or 2a degrees, that's 75 fahrenheit. it means there's a potential for another dry day for the cricket at the oval, but t

hello, i'm helena humphrey. it's good to have you with us.emergency in southern rhodes — one of at least two greek islands where firefighters are battling wildfires. well, greek police say 19,000 people have now been evacuated from homes and hotels in rhodes, while new evacuation orders are in place tonight on the island of corfu. three hotels there have reportedly burnt down and many others are in the danger zone. this is the damage at one hotel in the town of kiotari. and some fires are still burning — these pictures have

i'm helena humphrey.and military assistance to ukraine as president zelensky meets with his south korean

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hello, i'm helena humphrey.tests continue into a fifth night. on saturday, the funeral of a teenager shot dead by a police officer took place in the paris suburb of nanterre.

i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. at least two greek islands where firefighters are battling wildfires. greek police say 19,000 people have now been evacuated from homes and hotels in rhodes, while new evacutation orders are in place tonight on the island of corfu. three hotels there have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. this is the damage at one hotel in the town of kiotari.

hello, i'm helena humphrey.rrested as violent protests enter their fifth night. on saturday, the funeral of a teenager shot dead live from washington. this is bbc news. dozens more people have been arrested across france, as fears of a fifth night of rioting grow. this after a funeral was held earlier for the teen who was shot dead by police. the head of america's top spy agency says russia's war in ukraine is having a "corrosive" effect on president putin's leadership. and in hollywood, a last—minute extension between actors and film studios has averted a strike 7 for now.

soldiers on fire fighting cheesy strong winds and heat wave temperatures nearing 50 degrees celsius, a humphrey f, as by thousands of firefighters. john, this one minister has been removed after at least 7 months on the job. 10 gun has not been seen in public for 4 weeks, and the reason has been given for his dismissal. equity was government has announced to separate state of emergencies following a string of violence, including the fatal shooting of a man present. kim. eliza is announcement effects, old prisoners nationwide of the gang related violence left at least 6 people day opposition supported and she needs to hear her validated in the capital demand. freedom for critics. the present case said around $24.00. my ministers and business leaders have been childs since that is the headlines. don't forget our websites. stace change but advocate direct is coming up. next you are watching, which is your rental disease accounts for 15 percent of the auction the the already get me. so please. okay uh no good. you show up and down the bottom week is leah me so he to be a means of goals. no money do

i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. seeking to extend his influence on the continent. 17 african leaders attended the events in st peterburg. that's sharply down from the a3 who attended in 2019. and while there has been discussions about the war in ukraine, and how to end it, the key talking point has been about grain. some african leaders are worried their population will have less access to food, after russia backed out of a crucial export deal just over a week ago. meanwhile, russia is working to strengthen ties to north korea. defence minister sergey shoigu met kimjong—un in pyongyang.

helena humphrey on capitol hill for us, thank you very much.etails are emerging about the american soldier detained in north korea after crossing the border from the south. private travis king had been released from south korean prison on charges of assault. court documents show king had been fined nearly $4000 for causing public damage. he was being sent back to the u.s. when he ditched his military escort at the airport and joined a tour of the border village. about one hour and a half from the airport. on that tour king crossed into north korea willingly and without authorization according to u.s. authorities. on wednesday the white house detailed its efforts to bring king back to the u.s.. >> what we're doing is outreach to the administration of sweden and also south korea as well on this matter. the department of defense as i mentioned has been engaged and having communications with its counterparts, the k pa on the well-being of private king. clearly we are committed to bringing him home. >> king's brother spoke to reporters asking for pr

hello, i�*m helena humphrey.0 police officers in the caribbean nation. the mission is subject to a mandate from the un security council and formal authorisation from the kenyan authorities. earlier this month, the un secretary—general antonio guterres called for the creation of a multinational force for haiti. speaking before kenya�*s announcement, the us secretary of state anthony blinken voiced concerns about the situation. we have very deep concern to the situation there, particularly with regard to violence and the activities of the goings. we are, as i think you know, the largest humanitarian donor to haiti, but we are also very

they are paying the vendors pass and be a member of the democratic humphrey world. that's exactly already the reason why russia so aggressive here in this region. and they can, for now do it if they manage to change the government by radicalize in the population. that would mean that they can put the various scenarios in motion. that would mean that they can provoke rand, including opening different from that would mean that they could access bleckley lexis with a new bed and the interest, including the trades, who have different uh, quite the advantage of submitted the position stuff, names, proximity with maple troops and much, much, much more. let's give some extra power negotiations with brussels. and when i say brussels, i mean all the capital for you, that means that of gaining control and they don't need extra a reason. ready that's may be true, but for president my assembled in office since 2020 the prospect of direct russian intervention has already come too close for comfort. earlier this year, you accuse the russians of attempting a qu, data against to a

hello, i�*m helena humphrey.gangs have displaced tens of thousands of people. the country�*s foreign minister says nairobi would deploy 1,000 police officers in the caribbean nation. the mission is subject to a mandate from the un security council and formal authorisation from the kenyan authorities. earlier this month, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, called for the creation of a multinational force for haiti. speaking before kenya�*s announcement, the us secretary of state, antony blinken voiced concerns about the situation. we have very deep concerns of the situation there, particularly with regard to violence and the activities of the gangs. we are, as i think you know, the largest humanitarian donor to haiti but we are also very

hello, i'm helena humphrey, thanks for your company. of people have been arrested as violent protests enter theirfifth night.

hello i'm helena humphrey, thanks for your company. we start here in washington, where officials have confirmed the us government will send a cluster munitions package to ukraine to help its counter—offensive against russia. they're a controversial class of weapons that are banned by more than 100 countries, due to the risk of harm to civilians. but ukraine has been pressing for the weapons for months, amid an ammunition shortage. each cluster munition carries large numbers of smaller bomblets, that are dispersed over a wide area. the concern is that some of those bomblets fail to explode, posing a danger to civilians long after a conflict has ended. and for that reason, they're banned in 120 countries. human rights watch says, both russian and ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions already, killing civilians and military personnel. as we said, the usage of cluster bombs is controversial, particularly due to their high dud rate, or rate in which they fail to detonate. however us national security advisorjake sullivan said the clu

i'm helena humphrey. bbc has suspended an unnamed presenter and contacted the police over allegations he gave tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager in return for sexually explicit photographs. the corporation, which was told by the young person's family about the allegations back in may, says new information came to light on thursday, and it's now investigating all the claims. the bbc is now in touch with the family. and in the last few hours the sun newspaper has printed claims the presenter contacted the family in recent days. our media editor katie razzall has more. for the best part of 48 hours, the bbc has been splashed across many of the front pages. today was an attempt to prove it hadn't been slow to act in the face of a serious complaint, an effort to take control of the narrative. this afternoon, the bbc announced it has suspended the still—unnamed presenter at the heart of the allegations and also contacted the police. the bbc first became aware of a complaint in may, it said in a statement

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my colleague helena humphrey spoke earlier with representative kathy manning of north carolina for herining us here on bbc news. i want to start with the news today from the fda, the news that it's approved the first over—the—counter birth control for women in the united states. how do you think that will affect women in this country? this is an enormously beneficial development, particularly for women who don't have the financial ability to see a doctor on a regular basis, to get their birth control. it is also particularly important, in light of the supreme court decision that decimated the roe versus wade standard for abortion that had been in place for 50 years. so the ability to access birth control is even more important today than it was a year and a half ago. according to a kaiser poll, at least 70% of women, according to a kaiser poll, at least 77% of women and over actually support this move. but at least one supreme court justice, clarence thomas, has argued that the court should reconsider past rulings codifying the right to contraception access. could this be a new battle

hello i'm helena humphreys.orld stage have been on full display this week. president putin has been hosting the russia—africa summit, seeking to extend his influence on the continent. 17 african leaders attended the events in st peterburg. that's sharply down from the 43 who attended in 2019. and while there has been discussions about the war in ukraine, and how to end it, the key talking point has been about grain. some african leaders are worried their population will have less access to food after russia backed out of a crucial export deal just over a week ago. meanwhile, russia's is working to strengthen ties to north korea. defence minister sergei shoigu met kimjong un in pyongyang. he's believed to be mr kim's first known foreign guest since the start of the covid pandemic.

you are watching bbc news, i am helena humphrey in washington, dc. more on our website. can. goodbye for now. norfolk hello there. it looks like this cool and blustery wind will continue to blow through the rest of this weekend. at least, though, we're seeing some sunshine. this was the scene yesterday afternoon at sutton coldfield in the midlands, further north, and particularly in the north and west of scotland. this is where we've had more cloud and some rather frequent and even heavy showers as well. we've got showers in the same area at the moment. the blustery wind coming in from the west or northwest. and it's not particularly warm because the area is originating from around iceland or even greenland. these are the temperatures we're starting with early on sunday. so double figure temperatures, but a fresher feel for england and wales than it was at the same time on saturday, we'll see some sunshine to begin with. the cloud will bubble up. it's mostly fair weather cloud for england and wales. the odd like shower may be for north wales, more likely in northwest eng

i'm helena humphrey, great to have you with us.ded all security cooperation with niger after the country's army to our in a coup and has refused to recognise the new leaders. it comes shortly after the us declared its unflagging support for the ousted president seen as a key western ally in the fight against islamist militants. on friday, the general declared himself the new leader and he said insecurity, economic woes and corruption led him to seize power but there are now concerns in the west about which countries the new leader will align with. burkina faso and mali have both pivoted towards russia since their own coups. there has been a lot

could reach and the russian ministry has gained ground near the criminal highest death of a line. humphrey ukraine's counsellor offensive as opposite broadcast the of explained. as far as of today, man nile bun, in mind, made size. thousands of soldiers hide needs these trees surrounded by smoke and explosions. these long snaking trenches, ukraine's front line ukrainian soldier is seen firing wildly out of his dug out. they are on the attack. i should have sold troops of the tank regiment of closing, guided by drones. they bloss the pot ukrainian defences. we made off the grenade, fly into the trench. resistance is rapidly suppressed. the came in the slots of a line is where russia has been actively gaining ground. day in day out. drones harassed the enemy. these are my battalion ariel scouts a look. a fresh wave of you paid me in the tax example, rogia region. new interest on the eve of the native summit in vilnius have been stopped. dead. 100 small ukrainian troops killed and injured, precious west and all my tags blasted and the bunny notes have ukraine, who it's nato allies imagined. t

10 soldiers on fire fighting. strong winds of heat, wave temperatures moving 60 degrees celsius humphrey emphasis by thousands of firefighters. china as far administered as being the move jobs for any 7 months and the job should go has not been seen in public for 4 weeks. and no reason has been given for his dismissal is replacing filters when he who was foreign minister of 10 years before change to pay the equity was government has amounts to separate states of emergency following a string of violence. the provinces of a monopoly, unless 3 also under the edict following the fatal shooting of a man, police investigating the incident and save that for rest. the finer relation to the case present game i last saw has announced a state of emergency for prison. nationwide for gang related violence left at least 6, that this is almost the us. we are taking measures that will be executed for the control of the prison system. in ecuador, we are not going to allow for any reason that organized criminal groups generate in security violence and concern from prisons or outside of them. when, while a

on the friday before the package was discovered, the president's eldest son humphrey did not leave the building for comp david until friday evening. according to a report for taking minutes. almost exactly 48 hours before the powder was discovered to find himself, by the way, recorded a statement in the west wing. the de criticizing the supreme court's decision on the student at debt relief bookcase, helping taking baths and who may be the mysterious owner of the co pays. let's go through some of that. at show, based personalities to political heavyweights of old, made it onto the list, including musicians, elton john and snoop dog. they're even the 1st couple joe and joe biden alongside other notable figures as well. according to the bedding industry, the most probable called prints are either a random, truest superstar actress, angelina julie, and receiving the most interest on the markets hunter biden, who has a previous record of drug abuse. fueling further speculation on about this video from the 4th of july celebrations of the white house for the choose the biden family, enjoying

but sanctions on damascus are humphrey efforts to rebuild. former syrian diplomats, the del cabella and said it was the selective distribution of u. n. a. that made the most come up with the charge. the proposal difficult over this time, the dealing with the city. and then do you, do, you know, it shows, bottoms by organizations and bodies under do an umbrella. what is happening now? what happens is the pause is that there is selective a distribution. they distribute most of the different up all of the aid supplies to their own people, up to the the. so if you are pro fish, if you are a pro american, if you are prone pro, unless i or any other islamic jihad this to do, then you will get to a fair share or even more than the student government to decide. okay, forget about us as student government. let's get to the it's sister least, but i the sunset in the sense to supervise the distribution of a this does not go when with the unmet it goes, this does not go well with less than what is, who wants to distribute it convoys to their own people it's all kept on while another trips to do is

i spoke with our correspondent helena humphrey. she was covering the speech on capitol hill.ceived. significant applause as he walked into the chamber, lasting around three minutes by my count. really speaking to what he said was the strength of relations between the us and israel going back 75 years to the founding of israel as a state. he also spoke about a range of other issues, saying that the free world should not allow iran to procure a nuclear weapon. he expressed a desire for israel to have relations with saudi arabia, with assistance from the us. and also a wish for peace with palestinian neighbours, although coming at a time of tensions of course, in light of the raids we have seen on the west bank in recent weeks. but he did speak about those protests we have seen in israel for a number of months against the planned judicial overhaul put forward by prime minister netanyahu. and certainly that has seen some concern from president biden. he said this is one of the more extreme cabinets in the past 50 years, but certainly the mood on capitol hill was about an enduring