areas of northern siberia, northern scandinavia and greenland have been engulfed in flames. lightning often triggers fires in the region but this year, they are lasting longer. this fire at grouse creek in alaska has been burning since the 10th ofjuly. so far, over two million acres of forest land have been scorched in the state. the temperature was much higher than the average, and also things like the soil moisture and the amount of precipitation is much lower than the average. what this means is it's much drier, much warmer, so when there is an ignition, then the fires have been able to persist and spread quite quickly, and endure. arctic fires are common between may and october but higher temperatures, blamed on climate change, have meant the fires this year have been more intense.

still got plenty of showers into central parts of europe but some places the cloud spinning out scandinavia diving all the way down towards the black sea to the east of that some the cool side temperatures in mosco struggling to get up into the mid teens which believes the low pressure in charge isn't clear skies that just over towards the baltics days behind me there you can see this very active area of low pressure which has been swelling its way across much of england them well still the parts of england seen some flooding extensive flooding for some things should improve as we go through the next couple of days so for the remainder of white and stay 22 celsius there in london still some disturbed weather across northern england pushing up into southern parts of scotland that will make its way out of the way here's that wet weather we've got across central parts down across scandinavia through denmark right down towards the black sea as that cold will be having moscow just 14 maybe 50 degrees over the next couple of days so get 7 or 8 celsius below the seasonal average here thursday brin

scandinavia, squeezed out towards scandinavia, allowing the sum of the jet stream, allowing the sum of the jet stream, a bit ofa allowing the sum of the jet stream, a bit of a dip allowing the sum of the jet stream, a bit ofa dip in it, to allowing the sum of the jet stream, a bit of a dip in it, to approach from the adelaide zoo. that is the source of an increased chance of them showers mid week. maybe a view thuggery once towards the south and west of the uk, in particular. next week looks like it starts by with high pressure in control. low pressure gets an upper hand towards midweek, but it could well be that that area of high pressure in scandinavia starts to build back in towards us at the end of the week. that is something we will see in the next weather for the week ahead. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. british ships are put on high alert in the gulf as the threat level is raised amid ongoing tensions with iran. it comes as a royal navy warship warned off iranian gunboats which

that is going to get squeezed out towards scandinavia, allowing the sum of the jet stream, allowing the to allowing the sum of the jet stream, a bit of a dip in it, to approach from the adelaide zoo. that is the source of an increased chance of them showers mid week. maybe a view thuggery once towards the south and west of the uk, in particular. next week looks like it starts by with high pressure in control. low pressure gets an upper hand towards midweek, but it could well be that that area of high pressure in scandinavia starts to build back in towards us at the end of the week. that is something we will see in the next weather for the week ahead.

and eastern pa rt5 of though acro55 scandinavia and eastern parts of europe compared with a week ore of france and iberia, whether france plaguing us here in the uk would take showers and thunderstorms do it again but cooler well below average though acro55 scandinavia and eastern pa rt5 average though acro55 scandinavia and eastern parts of europe compared with a week or two ago. high pressure building the heat hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is 0ut5ide source. britain's amba55ador to washington re5ign5 days after his confidential emails were leaked. sir kim darroch 5aid it was impossible to do his job after president trump's public attacks on him some say he resigned because borisjohnson refu5ed to back him in last night's leadership debate — but the front runner to become britain's next prime minister rejects that claim. my view is that it is wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena is what i think. shining a light on countries that undermine a free pre55 around the world. campaigners come together on the back of a deadly year for journalists. thi5 this decline in me

this is thejet even into southern parts of scandinavia.the south—east. now if that value is reached it would make ita that value is reached it would make it ajuly that value is reached it would make it a july record. but it all depends onjust how much it a july record. but it all depends on just how much cloud there will be on just how much cloud there will be on thursday. bye—bye. published even though it is health topics because they want this clear. welcome to newsday on bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: questions for hong kong's authorities and the police, after a brutal attack on pro—democracy protestors by masked men. who will become britain's next prime minister? the winner of the conservative party contest will be announced on tuesday. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: the first images of the captured crew on the british—registered oil tanker, as the uk issues a warning to iran. if iran continues on this

the jetstrea m into some parts of scandinavia. is reached, it would make it a july record but it all depends on how much cloud is going to be on thursday. this is the business briefing. i‘m sally bundock. as the uk awaits a new prime minister, what kind of trade deals can the country expect after brexit? india‘s two billion dollar co—living market. how the country‘s millenials are changing the traditional concept of a home. markers are doing better in asia than this time yesterday. lots of corporate news coming out of big names in the us this week that will catch everyone‘s attention.

over 2 million acres have been squashed in the state, and areas of north siberia, northern scandinavia often triggers fires in the region, but this year they are lasting longer. the temperature was much higher than the average, and also things like the soil moisture in the amount of precipitation is much lower than the average. what this means is it is much drier, much warmer, so when there is ignition, the fire has been able to persist and spread quite quickly, and endure. arctic fires are common between may and october, but higher temperatures, blamed on climate change, have meant the fires this year have been more intense. global satellites are now tracking a swathe of new and ongoing wildfires within the arctic circle. smoke is affecting large areas, involving some places completely. cities in eastern russia have noted a significant fall in our quality with many people seeking medical help. translation: smoke is a horror. you are choking and feel dizzy because the smell of the smoke is very strong. the fires are releasing copious volumes of carbon dioxide, which scientists say will

is going to begin, but looking at the picture for tuesday, high pressure is retreating towards scandinaviaronts get closer to seat at least a few showers developing in some of those could be quite heavy and again, temperatures still widely in the world 20s. the slick of the jet stream, this is the position of the jet stream and that high is right across, big rich and the jet stream and as we saw that is going to get squeezed out towards scandinavia and allowing this arm of the jet stream to have a bit of a dip into it to approach from the atla ntic dip into it to approach from the atlantic and that is the source getting an increased chances of showers mid week, maybe a few sundry ones towards the southwest of the uk and in particular. next week looks like it's going to start off fine with the high pressure in control, a bit more of an upper hand towards the midweek, but it could well be that area of high pressure and scandinavia starts to build back into waters at the end of the week and that is something we will see in the next weather of the week ahead. british ships are put on high aler

fans of hot cash oddly anyone uses wallets here other european countries are less cash crazy in scandinavia more people prefer a mobile payment and in many asian countries it has long become a part of daily lives china expects hoth a 1000000000 customers to use wallets in 2090. and it's no wonder it's simpler that's expensive and quicker than your classic bank if i wanted to transfer money from my regular bank on a friday afternoon for example i have to wait until monday morning for it to be processed when i use my wallet the recipient instantly receives the money along with the message that it has arrived and the best part is i don't always need a bank account about. the world bank estimates that globally about 1700000000 people don't have access to a bank account for them could enable access to the financial system. one example is the digital payment system. it started in 2007 in kenya and is available in other african countries in india and in parts of eastern europe. the account is linked to a mobile phone number users can pay bills or transfer money by text message a large network of e

when i think of ordinary minimalistic homes maybe you think of japan or scandinavia but you know that popular swedish home furnishings company the one with all their particularly ordered the storage solutions well most of its products are sold in which country. something that struck me when i moved here is that practically every german household seems to have a variation on this furniture item that way even clutter can be orderly i'm an important point of order in the home is rubbish germans take separation very seriously. you should separate paper plastic organic waste else waste garden way round plus green glass light bottles with deposits and collect replace oh and batteries order is particularly important for people who live in a shed building cluttered hallway messy no wonder room or a badly parked car a sure fire ways to make enemies of the neighbors the buildings house or the rules will often stipulate which part of the stairs you're responsible for cleaning who puts the bins out and who's responsible for the sweeping the pavement else. clearing the snow this way vians in south

usually weigh tons for long distances with the swedish system it's small and lightweight but while scandinavia is making huge leaps in electro move. germany is still a stronghold of diesel. of all trucks registered in germany in 2017 well over 99 percent were diesel vehicles only a 30th of one percent were electric. goffin bergen sweden is also paving the way electric trucks are now used there to collect the city's trash sweden wants to reduce that c o 2 emissions by 20 percent by 2035 levy to be as we want to be one of the 1st to fossil fuel free industrialized countries in the world so we're focusing on the transport sector to show that it can work we can tell the rest of the world look all of this is possible. it's one thing for sweden to convert its motorways between stockholm gough and bergen mon the but to roll the system out across europe there would need to be a common standard for electric trucks. to get on a fantastic to have a standard ours system across europe but the e.u. would have a big part to play brussels has yet to make concrete strict targets for electra mobility sweden say

it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.hat northwards as well. so in london we could hit 36 degrees in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: in just a matter of hours, the uk will have a new prime minister. either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt will be announced winner of the conservative leadership election. a warning that babies' lives are being put at risk because there aren't enough screening checks for rare conditions. firefighters are still battling a massive wildfire in central portugal that has injured many and forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated. getting out of the office. employers want school leavers to have more leadershi

it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.hit 36 degrees in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: britain calls for a european naval mission to protect ships in the gulf, after iran's seizure of a british—registered oil tanker. questions for hong kong's authorities and the police following a brutal attack on pro—democracy protestors by masked men. who will become britain's next prime minister? the winner of the conservative party contest will be announced within hours. and tens of thousands step up demands for the resignation of puerto rico's governor, among them pop star ricky martin. we just can't take it anymore. puerto rico has

so clouds in the north of the uk across ireland in parts of scandinavia, down through poland, romanian the low 20s, compared to the low 40s across parts of france, and that is just the start, you can see some storm is brewing to the north—west of france pushing across the uk and ireland through tuesday night into wednesday. as high pressure moves east, we drag in a southerly flow dragging in hot airfurther north. by dragging in hot airfurther north. by thursday, the heat peaking across western europe, particularly through france, belgium, the netherlands and germany. we can see record—breaking temperatures in paris, 42 is possible, ajuly temperatures in paris, 42 is possible, a july record stands at 30, and we could see some other local records broken no doubt as we finished the day. towards the end of the week, finishing with that heat in london and paris but coming much cooler and fresher towards the end of the week following a period of storms. but things get hotter in oslo, stockholm and helsinki are some of that warm air pushes north towards scandinavia. during the next couple of

the import lebanese wine not only for the german market but also for scandinavia and eastern europe for them this and this. is the bit about one will know that lebanon produces some excellent wines as a french style but. someone with a german pilot who knows french wines a bit would recognize that. even if i could start to retire he couldn't imagine his life without the shop. but his 3 children have taken over most of the business and modernized it. the family business is now more sustainable. we didn't take it for granted we'll studied olin something else that's one half of the things just turned out this way and will really happy go out with the shop when i will the custom as in the products that we feel really good about in. the shop is on ports thomas process essential berlin. it's a very lively area more trendy restaurants and boutique shops are now setting up here i do you guys know the street for more than 35 years. has become upper limb institution and he has become a berliner and you have this minute for minute a minute my family is here my children have been i've spent most of

the important lebanese wine not only for the german market but also for scandinavia and eastern europe where the this in this anyone who knows a bit about wine will know that lebanon produces some excellent wines this is a french style but. someone with a german pilot who knows french wines a bit would recognize that you know. even if you could start to retire he couldn't imagine his life without the shop. but his 3 children have taken over most of the business and modernized it. the family business is now more sustainable. honest that's why i didn't take it for granted we'll study jolin something else that's one half of the thing that's just turned out this way. really happy. with the shop we know well the customers in the projects and we feel really good about taking some of. the shop is on potsdam a strong central berlin. it's a very lively area more trendy restaurants and boutique shops are now setting up here i do you guys know the street for more than 35 years. has become a berlin institution and he has become a berlin or. minor for me in their money my family is here my children

it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.36 degrees in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye. i'm ben bland with bbc world news. our top story: authorities in hong kong have defended the police, after groups of pro—democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. 45 people were injured in the attack. there has been widespread speculation that the attackers belonged to triads, also known as the chinese mafia. the first images of the captured crew on the british—registered oil tanker have been released. the uk says it wants to work with other european nations to help protect ships in the straits of hormuz. and this video is trending on bbc.com a french naval submarine, which disappeared in 1968 with 5

quite a chilly wind behind and some shower activity across parts of scandinavia.e being, warming up a little but the weather fronts stacking up to the west. more on that in about half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. president trump is pushing back over criticisms of his racist remarks about democrats. if you hate our country, if you're not happy here, you can leave. in a tweet he told these four congresswomen of colour to go back to the countries they came from. even though one of all of them come from the us. he relies on anti—immigrant sentiment to consolidate power because he does not have a positive vision for the future of america. surgeons in the uk successfully separate these conjoined twins from pakistan after 50 hours of surgery. we have an exclusive report. the twins have been in the theatre now for more than seven hours, and there is still several hours of this operation to go. so far everything is going to plan, and both girls are doing well. to the most extraordinary report we will play into a's programme, this is all about saf

he is talking mainly about france and scandinavia, norway. eleanor roosevelt had a friend idea. the dynamics between eleanor and fdr are one of the things i explore in this book. she talked about being swept away from the traditional defense of civil liberties. are we going to keep our heads she asked at about the same time her husband is warning of the threat posed not by all refugees but by some. so what is happening in the united dates when these families that i focus on arrive in france and start trying to apply for american visas, or to continue their request for american visas. their experience is summed up by an american relief worker who was in marseille at the time trying to rescue endangered cultural figures. he saw what was happening in the consulate, not just the u.s. consulate, here is a photograph from the holocaust archives of the crowd of visa seekers outside the u.s. consulate in 1941. it was written that the rigmarole is inhuman. it is almost killing the refugees. they have to wait for recorders and lines over and over again until their shriveled and shrunk by

treasures back i guess public opinion is split as it would be in france in the netherlands and scandinavia in any country so they have people supporting money kinda money and the royal family i think in the last 2 weeks there was rather a public outcry because most people were feeling most citizens with feeling that this wish list of the family was a bit extensive and a bit too long and that you know claiming rights the right to abode that sealing off council and puts them which is a building with $176.00 rooms people feel this might be inappropriate to put it mildly what about overall opinion about the royal family i understand has actually the british aristocracy is more popular is more fair favorably looked upon here then the german the indigenous if you will aristocracy yeah i mean that there might be a child symbolic chance for the german former royal family to fill in the skeptics vacuum if you will which until now have been felt by basically. the english mission of english royal family or perhaps the dutch ones or other scandinavian ones so to symbolically come back at least on the

it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye. just go to bbc.com/news. this is bbc news. the headlines: britain has called for a european naval mission to protect ships in the gulf following iran's seizure of a british—registered oil tanker. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt condemned the operation by iranian commandos as an act of state piracy. authorities in hong kong have defended the police after groups of pro—democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. 45 people were injured in the attack. there has been widespread speculation that the attackers belonged to triads, also known as the chinese mafia. voting has closed in the conservative leadership contest. the ne

it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.. so in london we could hit 36 degrees in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye. why is that dangerous? welcome to newsday on bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: questions for hong kong's authorities and the police, after a brutal attack on pro—democracy protestors by masked men. who will become britain's next prime minister? the winner of the conservative party contest will be announced on tuesday. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: the first images of the captured crew on the british—registered oil tanker as the uk issues a warning to iran. if iran continues on this dangerous path,

it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye. the new frontier. this is bbc news. welcome if you are watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: britain calls for a european naval mission to protect ships in the gulf after iran's seizure of a british—registered oil tanker. the us steps up its crackdown on illegal immigration, announcing plans for fast—track deportations. questions for hong kong's authorities and the police following a brutal attack on pro—democracy protestors by masked men. who will become britain's next prime minister? the winner of the conservative party contest will be announced

submersible has killed 14 crew members vessels surveying the seabed in the barents sea north of russia scandinavia the fire has since been extinguished the group was apparently poisoned by few it's. last month was the hottest june ever recorded worldwide they used to pernik has climate change service says temperatures across france germany spain and italy were up to 10 degrees higher than normal in june is final week. a sicilian court has released the german skipper of a migrant rescue ship from house arrest see watch captain tavola rock was taken into custody on sunday after taking her ship carrying 40 migrants into port on the italian island of lampedusa in doing so she collided with a customs patrol but the italian judge said the german captain was doing her duty saving human lives when she don't ship in defiance of italian authorities. or porter as if it is in civil eat sicily he told us what the ruling means for kabul a rocket. you can walk out of this apartment you know that i'm standing in front of but she's been under house arrest for 2 days inside of it's not clear if she can do it at thi

it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.rees in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: britain calls for a european naval mission to protect ships in the gulf after iran's seizure of a british—registered oil tanker. questions for hong kong's authorities and the police following a brutal attack on pro—democracy protestors by masked men. who will become britain's next prime minister? the winner of the conservative party contest will be announced within hours. and tens of thousands demand the resignation of puerto rico's governor, among them pop star ricky martin.