sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news.r stories making the headlines from our news teams across the uk. an investigation is underway into what caused an explosion at a house in south london, killing a four—year—old girl. three other people were taken to hospital after the incident yesterday on galpin�*s road in thornton heath. some residents said they'd reported a strong smell of gas in recent weeks and they now want answers as helen drew reports. residents have been laying flowers all morning in memory of the child who was killed here on gulp and is ruled, believed to be a four—year—old girl. yesterday morning i came out to workjust before 7am and i could smell gas really strongly. i wasn't going to be out for long and i thought as soon as i get back i will phone the gas ability. and then i heard an almighty explosion. i was in bed, ten past seven and i heard this massive boom, not is all i can put it on the whole of my bed lifted up and i fell out of bed, cut my arm on the table. a resident took this video straight after

sylvia lennan—spence reports.ports. ripped through the land as flames ripped through the land as firefighters shout run, run scrambling for their lives. the might of mother nature here in spain combined with the impact of time a change presenting a terrifying threat to communities facing the flames. as the fire spread, north—west of valencia ten passengers were hurt, three seriously when they tried to escape a train caught up tried to escape a train caught up in a sweeping fire. this thermal image showing flames encroaching on the tracks. translation:. encroaching on the tracks. translation: ._ encroaching on the tracks. translation:. ~ , u, translation:. when they came out of the tunnel _ translation:. when they came out of the tunnel they _ translation:. when they came out of the tunnel they found - out of the tunnel they found the fire coming in front of them so the driver stopped the train. the injured were in bad condition, the passengers were scared we gave them water and did everything we could for them. ,

sylvia lennan—spence reports.fying threat to communities facing the flames. as the fire spread, north—west of valencia, ten passengers were hurt, three seriously when they tried to escape a train caught up in a sweeping fire. this thermal image showing flames encroaching on the tracks. translation: when they came out of the tunnel, they found the fire i was coming in front of them so the driver stopped the train. the injured were in bad condition, the passengers were scared, we gave them water and did everything we could for them. hundreds of homes have been evacuated, with more than 2,000 people moved from the region. firefighters fear as much as 6,000 hectares of land has been ravaged by the fire. another blaze, also near valencia, started by lightning late on saturday has devastated an area twice as large. more than 25,000 hectares left smouldering, a reminder of the power of the flames. but while this fire may be out, the summer fire season still has several months left to go. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. a

sylvia lennan—spence reports. the might of mother nature here in spain combined with the impact of climate change presenting a terrifying threat to communities facing the flames. as the fire spread, north—west of valencia, ten passengers were hurt, three seriously when they tried to escape a train caught up in a sweeping fire. this thermal image showing flames encroaching on the tracks. translation: when they came out of the tunnel, they found the fire i was coming in front of them so the driver stopped the train. the injured were in bad condition, the passengers were scared, we gave them water and did everything we could for them. hundreds of homes have been evacuated, with more than 2,000 people moved from the region. firefighters fear as much as 6,000 hectares of land has been ravaged by the fire. another blaze, also near valencia, started by lightning late on saturday has devastated an area twice as large. more than 25,000 hectares left smouldering, a reminder of the power of the flames. but while this fire ma

sylvia lennan—spence reports. parts of south—eastern france ablaze. people from the region urgently moved to nearby evacuation centres. amidst its fourth heat wave, with temperatures of up to a0 celsius, dispensing what the government says is its worst drought on record. now france's nuclear power regulator has extended temporary waivers, allowing five power stations to continue discharging hot water into rivers amid an energy crisis, possibly endangering wildlife. this holiday accommodation was evacuated in the nick of time in northern italy, as wildfires raged there, destroying many homes. in north—western spain, this fire has already banned around 1000 hectares of woods in the area. firefighters and military emergency units under pressure to control the flames at one of hundreds of wildfires in spain since the start of the year. with scenes becoming all too familiar and devastating, these wildfires in the unprecedented heat waves, as europe's hot summer continues to turn up the temperature on all involved. sylvia lennon spence, bbc news. the common

sylvia lennan—spence reports.the passengers were scared, we gave them water and did everything we could for them. hundreds of homes have been evacuated, with more than 2,000 people moved from the region. firefighters fear as much as 6,000 hectares of land has been ravaged by the fire. another blaze, also near valencia, started by lightning late on saturday has devastated an area twice as large. more than 25,000 hectares left smouldering, a reminder of the power of the flames. but while this fire may be out, the summer fire season still has several months left to go. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. three children�*s homes have closed and two more have been rated inadequate following a bbc investigation. ofsted re—inspected homes run by calcot services for children in southern england after the bbc found that children in its care had reported safeguarding failings. calcot doesn�*t accept the allegations but says an independent review will address issues raised by ofsted. noel titheradge has been investigating this s

sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. joins me now from kyiv. can you tell us about the shelling in dnipro oblast last night? we are hearing from the governor that at least 13 people were killed as a result of russian shelling in the central part of ukraine. he said one of the towns and cities hit was the city of nick paul, a city located on the other side of the dnipro river next to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. we have been talking about this facility for a few days because the local officials accused russia of using this complex as a military base. we heard from the head of the nuclear operator saying that 500 russian soldiers are there in this complex, using it as a shelter because they know the ukrainian forces will not re—palliate and last night it seems it was a night of a lot of tension with those reported shelling is. in terms of crimea, just how key is this? the president is putting it into context going back to 2014. is is putting it into context going back to 2014.— is putting it into context going bac

sylvia lennan—spence reports.tion: when they came out of the tunnel, they found the fire i was coming in front of them so the driver stopped the train. the injured were in bad condition, the passengers were scared, we gave them water and did everything we could for them. hundreds of homes have been evacuated, with more than 2,000 people moved from the region. firefighters fear as much as 6,000 hectares of land has been ravaged by the fire. another blaze, also near valencia, started by lightning late on saturday has devastated an area twice as large. more than 25,000 hectares left smouldering, a reminder of the power of the flames. but while this fire may be out, the summer fire season still has several months left to go. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. flooding and landslides in northwestern china have killed 16 people and dozens more are missing. state media reports that the heavy rainfall in qinghai province has caused rivers to change course, leaving towns and villages underwater. china has faced extreme weathe

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