above plus 39 in toulouse, almost plus 34 in the italian face, while in moscow it was possible to sayt it was not at all hot that the working week ended at +27 on thermometers, the situation in the old world is aggravated by a catastrophic lack of water in the czech republic and germany, and the so -called hungry even seem to be ripening stones. they are reminiscent of times of severe droughts, which in ancient times were the cause of crop failures and famines. this one, for example, climbed one elbe. an inscription made in 1616 says, if you see me crying, is europe left to cry? we will tell about this in our story. this is how the largest river in france, the loire, now looks like, navigable, at least since the 15th century. now in some places it has turned into a stream. the inhabitants of orleans easily cross it on foot in toulouse in record time, the garona, water, began to bloom and deteriorate, for example, river. the drome no longer flows into the rhone near the valance. it dried up even when there is water, it is at this level of people, a terrible grimace. climate change. we

warrington eased their superleague relegation fears with a 32—18 victory over toulouse.. the wolves snapped back though, and scored all the points of the second half with ben currie getting their fifth try in a vital win — but one that could help send toulouse down. there are four games to go. dundee united crashed out of europa conference league qualifying. thrashed 7—nil on the night by az alkmaar and 7—1 on aggregate. united led one nil from the home leg. but completely fell apart as the dutch side scored five in 23 minutes before half time. the loss is the joint heaviest european defeat by a scottish side. alkmaar are into the europa conference play—offs. and it's been confirmed by fifa this evening that the world cup will start a day earlier than planned, on sunday 20 november, with hosts qatarfacing ecuador. normally, the home country play the first game in the world cup, and this tradition will now continue. the change won't the affect the release dates for players. and england and wales' first games are also still on their original date of the 2lst november. and

above plus 39 in toulouse is almost +34 in italian morte.same time, in moscow it was possible to say that it was not at all hot that the working week ended at +27 on thermometers, the situation in the old world is aggravated by the catastrophic shortage of water in the czech republic and germany, and the so -called hungry stones even appeared to ripen. they are reminiscent of times of severe drought, which in ancient times were communities, neuzhey and famine. this one, for example, climbed one elbe. yes, you are made in 1.16 says if you see me. patch, but left in europe why cry about this we will tell in the army all our lives. this is how the largest river in france, the loire, now looks like, navigable, at least since the 15th century. now in some places it has turned into a stream. the inhabitants of orleans, without difficulty, cross it on foot in toulouse in record time, the garona, water, began to bloom and deteriorate, for example, the river. the drome no longer flows into the rhone. close to valence. it dried up when there is water,

warrington eased their superleague relegation fears with a 32—18 victory over toulouse.s to go. dundee united crashed out of europa conference league qualifying, thrashed 7—1 on aggregate by az alkmaar. united led one nilfrom the home leg but completely fell apart as the dutch side scored five in 23 minutes before half time. the loss is the joint heaviest european defeat by a scottish side. alkmaar are into the europa conference play—offs. and it's been confirmed by fifa this evening that the world cup will start a day earlier than planned, on sunday 20 november, with hosts qatarfacing ecuador. normally, the home country play the first game in the world cup, and this tradition will now continue. the change won't the affect the release dates for players. and england and wales' first games are also still on their original date of the 21st november. and that's all the sport for now. hello. we've seen the heat intensify day by day so far this week, and for many of you, the heat is set to peak, even through friday or indeed saturday. most places on both days sitting under sun

have a chance of making the super league play—offs after coming from behind to beat bottom club toulouseto rowan milnes on the wing. that try was converted. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. hello there. hosepipe bans are starting to come into force over the next few days. for hampshire and the isle of wight, we've got a ban coming in place for friday. then, across southeast england next week and the week after that, parts of southern wales hit by one as well. it's all because we've not seen so much in the way of rain over the course of this year. so far, only two thirds of the amount of rain we'd normally see has fallen across parts of england. not quite as dry as 1976, but not too far behind, and there is no rain in the forecast across those very driest areas — not just for the next five days, but next week looks completely dry as well. now, on thursday, we had some fine spells of sunshine across england and wales, but for scotland and northern ireland, a few passing showers — one of these captured the

. >> in the city of toulouse, it is such a low level, fishermen are able to wade out, the river onlying their ankles purely some of weather and no rain has had an dramatic impact. >> we are seeing record levels of drought. that is to say we have never seen the ground as dry as it is at the moment. over the comin days, not a lot of rain expected snow and in sight. >> according to meteorologists, and the month of july, france only saw 9.7 millimeters of rainfall. that is 84% down on average levels from that month, making it the driest on record in more than 60 years. the environment minister said only 12% of the rainfall required fell in july. in this part of northern france, not far from dunkirk, what the shortages are not a problem, but even here, the river well below its usual level. the local authorities have placed the area underage right crosses -- drought crisis alert. >> the effects of drought are a direct conseence of global warming which is only intensifying. we are hearing about it and seeing the physical effects on the ground, undoubtedly one of the effects of global warmin

above plus 39 in toulouse, almost +34 in the italian face, while in moscow it was possible to say that week ended at +27 on thermometers, the situation in the old world is aggravated by a catastrophic lack of water in the czech republic and germany and even seemed to ripen like this called hungry stones. they are reminiscent of times of severe droughts, which in ancient times were the cause of crop failures and famines. this one, for example, climbed one elbe. an inscription made in 1616 says, if you see me crying, is europe left to cry? we will tell about this in our story. this is how the largest river in france, the loire, now looks like, navigable, at least since the 15th century. now in some places it has turned into a stream. the inhabitants of orleans easily cross it on foot in toulouse in record time, the garona, water, began to bloom and deteriorate, for example, river. the drome no longer flows into the rhone near the valence. it dried up even when there is water, it is at this level of people, a terrible grimace. climate change. we are all afraid that it will always be like

toulouse's time in rugby league's super league is over, after just one season.with a hat—trick for the away side, who get the point they needed to secure their place in the play—offs. wins too for wakefield, salford, and castleford. and you can read more on that on the bbc sport website. but that's all the sport for now. hello there. the torrential downpour is which drenched some parts of southern and eastern england have been clearing away. the back edge of that turbulent weather there for a weather watcher in essex. this is how that rain developed and swept its way northwards — around 5000 lightning strikes moved through during the first part of the day, plenty more rain behind that as well, only slow leak earlier and away eastwards. and in some places, let's take bury st. edmunds for example, we've had more than a month's amount of rain. we would normally see more in the whole month of august. at that weather has done is swept away the humidity. so tonight will be much cooler, much fresher, 1—2 fog patch is developing through the midlands, east anglia, the so

above plus 39 in toulouse, almost plus 34 in the italian muzzle, while in moscow it was possible to saythermometers, the situation in the old world is aggravated by a catastrophic lack of water in the czech republic and germany, and the so -called hungry even seemed to ripen stones. they are reminiscent of times of severe droughts, which in ancient times were the cause of crop failures and famines. this one, for example, climbed one elbe. an inscription made in 1616 says, if you see me crying, is europe left to cry? we will tell about this in our story. this is how the largest river in france, the loire, now looks like, navigable, at least since the 15th century. now in some places it has turned into a stream. the inhabitants of orleans easily cross it on foot in toulouse in record time, the garona, water, began to bloom and deteriorate, for example, river. the drome no longer flows into the rhone near the valence. it dried up even when there is water, it is at this level of people, a terrible grimace. climate change. we are all afraid that it will always be like this now. it's been 40

in toulouse, a lecturer in modern paean -- in modern history. a warm welcome to each of you.ndon, there's a very famous film dr. strangelove which is a parody but also a warning about the way to countries can get into an accident nuclear war. it was designed as a parody. a lot love -- a lot of what was in the film, the central tenant of foreign policy is that there are back channels. those back channels will be stable. we have the national it -- secured he to the advisor -- national security advisor. >> is no secret that we are in a major russian crisis. that includes the ongoing conflict in ukraine. it's much wider than that. i think we have to ask ourselves , what kind of crisis do we want? a deep cold war? how it was during the latter parts of that time where we actually communicated with the adversary and worked together to try to muddle through this fight? it's true the lack of dialogue is putting us into a very precarious position. it's not just the back channel forms of communication that are necessary. we also need very resilient and smart front end channel communicat

putin's invasion, was music director of the bolshoi, as well as heavily involved with an orchestra in toulouserequired in france to issue a public statement condemning putin's invasion. he didn't feel he wanted to do that, so he actually took the radical decision of resigning both posts. yes, but he didn't say — and i would like to know it and i cannot claim anything because i don't know — was he under pressure from the putin regime to pronounce himself in favour of the so—called "special military operation", which is anything but? that, i don't know. but i wouldn't be surprised if he were to be pressured to show his approval of that action, because most prominent figures in russia have been under pressure. i guess... i mean, one fundamental principle is, do artists have the right to remain silent? yes. or can silence be complicity? yes. chuckles it's an individual choice. what i wrote in my statement when the war started is that — once again, of course i don't have the quote on me, but you might have it here — there are moments when silence in life, where silence is an acquiescence of evil an

in southern france, 3000 people have been evacuated from an area near toulouse where seven square kilometress worst drought on record — as our correspondent mark lowen reports from the loire. the loire valley is called the garden of france, but this garden is wilting. melting under a fourth heatwave, france is gripped by its worst drought ever recorded. vincent favreau's crops which feed 100 families are stunted — his potato yield down by half amidst a fortnight of hosepipe bans and weeks with no rain. translation: either- the vegetables will die off first or they won't develop enough in this crucial period of growth. the sun is evaporating what little water we have left. i've never seen something like this in my 22 years here. if it doesn't rain within two months, it'll be a disaster. amidst a globalfood crisis from the war in ukraine, another breadbasket, france, is showing worrying signs. its corn production is forecast to drop by 18% with the drought, wheat and animal feed also falling. our planet is not weathering the storm. translation: the ukraine war has shown how countries must l be

in the city of toulouse, you can almost walk on water.e to wade out, the river barely covering their ankles. weeks of hot weather, and crucially no rain, has had a dramatic impact. translation: we are seeing record levels of drought. - that is to say, we've never seen the ground as dry as it is at the moment. over the coming days, there's not a lot of rain expected, so there's no end in sight to this drought. so, how bad has it got? well, according to meteorologists, in the month ofjuly... france only saw 9.7 millimetres of rainfall. that is 84% down on average levels for that month, making it the driest on record in more than 60 years. the country's environment minister said that only 12% of the rainfall required fell in july. in this part of northern france, not far from dunkirk, water shortages aren't usually a problem. but even here, the yser river is below its usual level. the local authorities have placed the area under a drought crisis alert for the first time, pointing the finger of blame in one direction. translation: the effects

in southern france, 3,000 people have been evacuated from an area near toulouse where seven square kilometres facing its worst drought on record, as our correspondent mark lowen reports from the loire. the loire valley is called the garden of france, but this garden is wilting. melting under a fourth heatwave, france is gripped by its worst drought ever recorded. this man's crops would feed 100 families, are stunted, his potato yields down by a half a of hosepipe bans and weeks with no rain. translation: eitherthe translation: either the vegetables were translation: eitherthe vegetables were die of first or they will not develop in this crucial period of growth. the son is evaporating what little water we have left. i have never seen anything like this in my 22 years here. if it is not rain the next months, it will be a disaster.— not rain the next months, it will be a disaster. omits the ulobal will be a disaster. omits the global food _ will be a disaster. omits the global food crisis, _ will be a disaster. omits the global food crisis, another. global food crisis, another breadbasket, glob

joining me now from toulouse is celine imart, farmer and board member of the general association of maizece. thank you for being on the programme. just tell us what farmers are facing currently. we have a very big problem because the drought has been prevalent since may,, if you take more than 35 celsius degrees, it is not a valuable, so the grain has the problem. there is a problem about corn and the harvest is going to be lower compared to 2021 and lower compared to 2021 and lower compared to the five year average. lower compared to the five year avera . e. �* lower compared to the five year avera . e. ~ . , lower compared to the five year averaue. ~ . , ., ., average. and farmers have had to change _ average. and farmers have had to change how _ average. and farmers have had to change how they _ average. and farmers have had to change how they operate, i to change how they operate, haven't they? especially during this heatwave that we have all been experiencing in europe for fear of sparking fires. i understand that they are doing work in the night.— work in the night. yes, this has be

warrington eased their superleague relegation fears with a 32—18 victory over bottom side toulouse. the uk facing a drought. the south east water hosepipe and sprinkler ban across kent and sussex is expected to come into force today, affecting around 1 million people. our correspondent, zoe conway, has been meeting some of those affected. the village of challock, population 1,000. it can trace its history to the 9th century. it is in kent, the garden of england. for nearly a week last month, the villagers were left without any running water. one of its eldest residents is doris. 95 and a half. mustn't forget the half. every day's a bonus. doris doesn't like to complain but even she found it a bit trying when she woke up to find no water in the tap. it was difficult. i mean, it was so hot, you couldn't give yourself a sponge down or anything. no water. i've got water in my rainwater butts but that is pretty stagnant, so i didn't want to have a wash in that. she managed to get by with bottled water. bottled water was brought round to me by local people and the water board people as we

have a chance of making the super league play—offs after coming from behind to beat bottom club toulouse.uk/sport. little change on the weather front as we head into friday and the weekend. for most of us, it's going to be predominantly dry. there is some rain in the forecast, but it'll fall in the form of hit or miss showers and most of that is expected in western and northern scotland. the weather fronts that have been crossing the country in the last few days mostly fizzle away by the time they reach southern parts of the country, so here, he remains bone dry. this high pressure which will be building will be responsible for bringing some very warm weather, some hot weather towards the end of next week. so, the short term, then. a few showers around western scotland, around the irish sea, but elsewhere, it's a place of clear spells and skies. rural spots of scotland, 5 degrees possible on friday morning. let's have a look at friday, and scattered showers for scotland, the lake district, maybe the pennines. south of that, it is predominantly right or sunny. for the commonwealth games i

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toulouse's time in rugby league's super league is over, after just one season.st night, parts of southeastern britain were swamped by thunderstorms — a month—and—a—half of rainfall in 1—2 spots, much quieter out there right now. and friday promises to be a decent day, not all that, sunny. we are expecting the clouds to increase through the course of the morning, into the afternoon — all as a result of this weather front which is approaching from the west. it's a weaker weather front, there's not an awful lot of rain on it. perhaps a few showers out towards the west. and notice that central and eastern areas will be mostly bright, even sunny. so here's a closer look, then, early hours of the morning, here's the cloud reaching south western parts of england, wales, the irish sea. certainly cloudy for northern ireland and parts of scotland early on friday morning. out towards the east and south, it will be much brighter. 14 in london, the starting temperature, around 10—11 in the north of scotland. so starts off quite sunny, but then, this weak weather front moving

warrington eased their superleague relegation fears with a 32—18 victory over bottom side toulouse.e was looking forward to exploring more opportunities. i made the decision, and i stuck with it. a lot of time i was like, "are you sure you're doing the right thing?" and ijust, yeah, i knew i was. someone said to me, several years back, like, you'll know when the time's right, when you want to stop. and i rememberjust waking up one day and thinking, "do you know what? i think it's time." and i spoke to my mum and dad. i spoke to close friends. and it wasn't long before i decided this is definitely the right time. it does feel weird when we see the next winter olympics she will not either, she is one of the faces of the british olympic team. she will be talking to us at five minutes past nine. i think she is pleased that she will play more golf. she is one of these people who is bullying at everything. she can do whatever she wants. —— people who is good at everything. lots to talk about with the weather in relation to the drought and heat. sarah is in west sussex with the weather for

. >> reporter: chris is a cardiac nurse in toulouse. >> i need to shine a spotlight on this issue. this has been festering for decades. >> reporter: today's vote highlighting a nationwide nursing shortage. a study released this summer by the policy institute finds 51% of nurses are considering leaving the industry in the next year. according to the bureau of labor and statistics, there will be on average more than 194,000 openings for nurses every year for the next decade. with many of those openings being the result of nurses leaving the industry or retiring. a report released this month the maryland hospital association finds that the states hospital faces the most critical staffing shortage in recent history, with one in every four hospital nursing positions vacant. in minnesota, allina health has 13 hospitals. a spokesperson said, we have met with the minnesota nurses association 12 times to talk about the contract. it is our hope to reach an agreement that demonstrates a fair commitment to our nurses. >> i am confident that arvo is going to pass. we want this to work at our fa

in the city of toulouse, you can almost walk on water. coming days, there's not a lot of rain expected, so there's no end in sight to this drought. so, how bad has it got? well, according to meteorologists, in the month ofjuly... in this part of northern france, not far from dunkirk, water shortages aren't usually a problem. but even here, the yser river is below its usual level. the local authorities have placed the area under a drought crisis alert for the first time, pointing the finger of blame in one direction. translation: the effects of drought are a direct - consequence of global warming, which is only intensifying. we hear about it, we see the physical effects on the ground. it'5 undoubtedly one of the effects of global warming, which is accelerating and intensifying. lack of water has all sorts of consequences. this is denis bollengier, a local farmer whose potato crop is in serious danger. translation: if it doesn't rain - between now and the 15th of august, meaning in 10—12 days, we can easily lose up l to 50% of our crop. it'

toulouse's time in rugby league's super league is over after just one season.ey needed to secure their place in the play—offs. wins too for wakefield, salford and castleford. britain's heather watson and pauljubb are both just one win away from a place in the first round of the us open. they play in the final round of qualifying later. the grand slam gets under way on monday with emma raducanu returning to defend her title. the draw took place yesterday, and first up for raducanu, who'll be seeded 11th, is world number 37 alize cornet. jack draper was knocked out of the one of the warm up events — the winston—salem open in north carolina. the brit lost to swiss player marc—andrea huesler in straight sets. draper was drawn to play finland's emil ruusuvuori in the first round at flushing meadows next week. details of the men's and women's draw are on the bbc sport website. england's matt fitzpatrick is lying in third place going into the second round of the tour championship in atlanta. the us open champion shot a 6—under—par 64 first round. but he's still six be

i was told that they saw sequential improvement throughout the quarter and the company is pretty toulousewe're relatively conservative, so to take up our guidance, we have to be pretty confident in our business going forward. he says it doesn't so -- even the quote opening price point consumer is still doing well, he often explains that dick's sporting goods doesn't travel with the highs and lows, explaining if your kid is in sports and it's the next season, you have to get them cleats that fit. kids grow. >> they're not going to take no for an answer just because the economy is not doing well. thank you, courtney. >> thank you. >>> matt voss, always good to have you. >> thanks for having me on. >> i'm thinking back to before the wave the retail earnings, and you expected a huge portion of your universe to disappoint, which is clearly what happened, but now are we beginning to chop some good wood on inventories, at least >> great question, carl. what we late out two weeks back, we took a much more measured report we cut our numbers for the second quarter, rolled that through the third qua

decided to leave the 25-year-old mercenary from toulouse.eign legion was called on to leave ukraine by american citizens and in the state department, the number dead american mercenaries in the war zone rose to natalia goncharova's family to carry on. russia is not trying to abuse the traditional friendship of serbia, they said in the foreign ministry of our country and noted. moscow has belgrade. there is complete mutual understanding on the international agenda. russia openly states its position on the situation in ukraine and respects serbia's desire to maintain a balanced and independent line. this is how the russian foreign ministry commented on the statement of the serbian deputy prime minister. mihailovic recall she accused the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, sergei lavrov, of trying to betray belgrade's refusal. from the imposition of sanctions against russia for supporting special operations in the world of our country, such statements probably indicate that the serbian persons of the prime minister are poorly versed in the