wendy urquhart, bbc news.hoirs to perform their hit �*you can't always get what you want�* together at a concert in vienna. # you can't alwaysj get what you want. the boys and girls choirs travelled from kyiv to perform the stones classic. the stones usually play the song early in their set, but they saved it for the first encore at this show before ending on i can't get no satisfaction. lots more on the stories we're covering on our website — just head to bbc.com/news or you can download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. you've probably heard already that a national emergency has been declared on account of this unprecedented heatwave. the english temperature record, which is also that of the uk, is going to get obliterated in the next few days, as indeed will the record for wales. in scotland, probably getting there or thereabouts, northern ireland perhaps just missing out. but this is an unprecedented spell of hot weather. a met office red extreme weather warning — the first

wendy urquhart, bbc news.hearted. it's the cliff diving world series competition event that has been taking place in the danish capital, copenhagen. the men's event was won by romanian constantin popovici, who performed the dive of the day with a very steady handstand to clinch the win from the roof of the royal danish opera house. and for the first time in the event's history, women were able to take part and display their skills from more than twice the olympic diving height. australia's rhiannan iffland came first with a faultless dive, despite some very windy conditions. all the ladies did super great to deal with those conditions and dive that well but yeah, i think it makes the win extra special, just to know that i was resilient and that i stood there and my mind was stronger than the conditions were.- than the conditions were. great stuff. than the conditions were. great stuff- that's — than the conditions were. great stuff. that's it _ than the conditions were. great stuff. that's it from _ than the c

wendy urquhart, bbc news.s the cliff diving world series competition that has been taking place in the danish capital, copenhagen. the men's event was won by romanian constantin popovici, who performed the dive of the day with a very steady handstand to clinch the win from the roof of the royal danish opera house. and for the first time in the event's history, women were able to take part and display their skills from more than twice the olympic diving height. australia's rhiannan iffland came first with a faultless dive, despite some very windy conditions. you would not catch me doing that! you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. from all of us on the team here in london, thanks for being with us and we will see you next time. goodbye. you've probably heard already that a national emergency has been declared on account of this unprecedented heatwave. the english temperature record, which is also that of the uk, is going to get obliterated in the next few days, as indeed will the record for wales. in s

wendy urquhart reports. a bottle of cooking oil? the war in ukraine has caused a severe lack of rapeseed and sunflower oil. supermarket shelves are empty and several shops in munich alone have slapped a limit on the number of bottles people can buy. translation: getting oil is very difficult. - you can only get small quantities in the shops. if you need 30 litres a week and only get 15, at some point you won't be able to fry schnitzel. now the munich pub has come up with a novel way to make sure it has enough oil to cook tasty lunch and dinners. for the foreseeable future it is offering people the chance to exchange one litre of oil for one litre of beer. 0ne customer bought a truckload of sunflower oil during a humanitarian aid trip to ukraine and was delighted to be able to swap them for a few cold beers. translation: are about 80 litres of sunflower oil - translation: i bought 80 litres of sunflower oil - and in return, i got 80 litres of beer, or eight creates. of beer, or eight crates. i mixed it alla b

wendy urquhart reports.hicks have hatched here since 1984. because of covid, this is the first time in three years that volunteers have been allowed to go to the reserve and they are excited to be back. they use sticks to glide —— guide to the flamingo chicks into pens but naturally, they don't want to all go in the same direction at the same time so it's not exactly straightforward. every single check is given a blood and further test and fitted with a pvc identity ring which is visible from the ground with the help of binoculars and enable scientists to track the flight path of flamingos across europe and africa. flamingos only lay one egg in each breeding season and project co—ordinators are confident that it has been a bumper mating season. translation: the climate this mating season. translation: tue climate this year mating season. translation: tte climate this year has mating season. translation: t'te climate this year has been mating season. translation: tte climate this year has been dry but we have

wendy urquhart reports.re along the country's border with croatia. hungary closed its border with croatia in 2015 to stop droves of migrants and refugees from the wars in afghanistan and syria from entering the country. that forced hundreds of thousands of people to detour through croatia and slovenia in a bid to start a new life in the european union. to control the steady flow of migrants, slovenia installed razor—wire fencing along its border with croatia. but the slovenian interior minister claims the fence did nothing to stop illegal immigration. translation: these fences and this razor wire _ have caused many tragedies. people have gone around it and tried to avoid it and died the river. we understand that there are challenges before us, but we have the will and a way to make slovenia secure. slovenian troops are planning to rip out around 200 metres of fencing a day with the aim of dismantling the whole thing by the end of this year. but sceptics have warned that removing the fencing is unwise when th

wendy urquhart reports.esk on thursday, these passengers were going member —— nowhere because they call a strike over pay and conditions are all flights were cancelled. translation: psi are all flights were cancelled. translation:— translation: at about five o'clock translation: at about five o'clock on — translation: at about five o'clock on the _ translation: at about five o'clock on the morning - translation: at about five o'clock on the morning we i translation: at about five i o'clock on the morning we were on the outcome of monitoring the departure board. the flight was on time and everything was perfect until 9:a0am when it appeared as cancelled, not delayed, just cancelled. no explanation, nothing. passengers flocked to customer services desks in the hope of securing alternative flights or refunds so that they could book with another airline, but for many, that proved to be a pointless exercise. we are t in: pointless exercise. we are trying to — pointless exercise. we are trying to get _ pointless e

wendy urquhart, reports.n europe. and more than 200,000 chicks have hatched here since 1984. because of covid, this is the first time in three years that volunteers have been allowed to go to the reserve, and they're excited to be back. they use sticks to guide the flamingo chicks into pens, but naturally they don't all want to go in the same direction at the same time, so it's not exactly straightforward. every single chick is given a blood and feather test, and fitted with a pvc identity ring, which is visible from the ground with the help of binoculars, and enables scientists to track the flight path of flamingos across europe and north africa. flamingos only lay one egg in each breeding season and project coordinators are confident that it's been a bumper mating season. translation: the climate this year has been dry, - but we've had a rainy spring which allowed flamingos to reproduce successfully, as we are seeing now. these beautiful birds are found on salt flats, lagoons, lakes and swamps, where they f

wendy urquhart has the story. stormy and a couple of years they went their separate ways. both went on to marry other people and have their own families but those relationships eventually floundered. last year the couple rekindled their romance and fans were delighted when benefit was spotted out and about together at premiers and other industry events. since then they've been inseparable and at the beginning of this year, jennifer showed off a stunning green engagement ring. so marriage was clearly on the cards but who would have thought they'd run away to vegas? thought they'd run away to ve . as? , thought they'd run away to veras? , , ., ., vegas? they stood in line between _ vegas? they stood in line between four _ vegas? they stood in line between four other - vegas? they stood in line | between four other couples vegas? they stood in line - between four other couples at the marriage bureau to get their license, went to little whitechapel, which is famous in las vegas and the little whitechapel kept the door

wendy urquhart has the story.st year, the couple rekindled their romance and fans were delighted when bennifer was spotted out and about together at premieres and other industry events. since then, they've been inseparable, and at the beginning of this year, jennifer showed off a stunning green engagement ring. so, marriage was clearly on the cards, but who would have thought they'd run away to vegas? they stood in line between four other couples at the marriage bureau to get their licence, went to the little white chapel, which is famous in las vegas, and the little white chapel kept the doors open after midnight, and jennifer put out the most wonderful message about how happy she is and how happy ben is. they now have ten days to file the marriage licence they took out in clark county, nevada, which lists their legal names as ben geza affleck and jennifer lynn lopez, but by all accounts, the grammy winner is changing her name to jennifer affleck. this is the fourth marriage forjennifer and the second for ben. th

wendy urquhart has the story.er lynn lopez, but by all accounts, the grammy winner is changing her name to jennifer affleck. this is the fourth marriage forjennifer and the second for ben. they have five children between them and are reportedly setting up home in a $60 million estate in los angeles which was once owned by danny devito and rhea perlman. sadly, the chances of a quiet start to their married life are pretty slim. the paparazzi will be out in force to get the first photos of the newlyweds. every talk show in america will be vying for the first interview with them. and absolutely everyone will no doubt want to know whether they are planning on having a second, more glamorous wedding in tinseltown. wendy urqhuart, bbc news. many congratulations to the happy couple. let's see what the weather is doing. we know what it is doing. it is very, very hot out there and matt taylor has the latest details. hello. we are in the midst of a historic spell of weather in the uk, and likely would that interference with