under xijinping in particular, further centralising that power. further centralising that ower. ., ,communist party of china today. — power. the communist party of china today. it _ power. the communist party of china today, it is _ power. the communist party of china today, it is very - power. the communist party of china today, it is very much - china today, it is very much outward looking, beyond its own borders, looking to influence outside china, much more so thanit outside china, much more so than it did even within recent decades. ., ._ than it did even within recent decades. . ._ , than it did even within recent decades. . , ., ., decades. that may be one of the most interesting _ decades. that may be one of the most interesting aspects - decades. that may be one of the most interesting aspects of - decades. that may be one of the most interesting aspects of xi i most interesting aspects of xi jinping's leadership. you would have to go back to some of the more radical revolutionary policies of muzzy dong to get something even close in comparison. —— mao zedong. the party is t

president xijinping has been addressing the event.r, and said that china is now on an irreversible historical course. we will continue to bring you coverage of key moments from the celebrations right here on bbc world news. you can reach me and most of the team on social media as well. i'm @benmboulos. hello there. the first couple of days ofjuly look pretty similar to how we ended the month ofjune on, and that's with quite a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine. but there will be some showers around, too. generally isolated, but they will be quite heavy and slow moving where you catch them, as there will be very little wind to move them on. that's because we're in between weather systems, as you can see here, this weak area of high pressure building in. this is the area of low pressure which has brought a lot of grey, damp weather across eastern parts of the country throughout the week so far. it will still be close enough to bring further grey, damp, drizzly weather from east anglia up towards northumberland, but a much drie

xijinping has been china's chief communist for almost over a decade.cise role of private enterprise and private money here is still uncertain. take a look at shanghai's skyline, it is littered with numerous examples of tall, strong, private companies. but the government controlled firms with their party links, they are usually nearby. the government and the communist party control key areas of industry here, for private firms of the vast bulk of enterprise now, they create most newjobs. here's how the relationship works, according to one businessman. i feel the environment is very important because our party in the country give us the feeling that it is very safe, so we must be inseparable from the harmony of the society in the process of starting a business, right? in short, the communist party months business for up wants business folks to get on with investing, innovating and expanding. in return, the companies must not rock the boat, they must not challenge party control. we try to get more people to sit with me, talk with me about doing business i

warns foreign powers. —— xijinping warns foreign powers. —— xijinping warns foreign powers.nd where talks between the greens to involve them in government are continuing. but some farmers believe that it will damage the industry. the greens co—leader says that the business must work harder to prevent environmental damage. our correspondent is at holyrood. you have been hearing from some of those fish farmers. have been hearing from some of those fish farmers-— fish farmers. yes, the greens want to hase fish farmers. yes, the greens want to phase out _ fish farmers. yes, the greens want to phase out what _ fish farmers. yes, the greens want to phase out what is _ fish farmers. yes, the greens want to phase out what is called - fish farmers. yes, the greens want to phase out what is called open i to phase out what is called open cage fish farming, which is how they rate most of the salmon up and down the west coast of scotland and in orkney and shetland. we do not know for sure that aquaculture is going to be part of any agreement between the snp and the greens at this stage.

xijinping engineered the removal of term limits.t it wise certainly given the experience under mao tse—tung, thought it wise to impose a two—term limit on the presidency. xi jinping, just a couple of years ago, engineered its removal. personally speaking, do you think that was a mistake? allow me to make this point. even if president xi jinping serve in his leadership position all the way up to 2035, xijinping, by then, by 2035, would be younger than deng xiaoping, for whom i worked as his interpreter. i'd just like a direct answer to the question. do you think the removal of term limits was a mistake? my answer to your question, stephen, is that china now needs a very strong, powerful leader who sees where china is and why china needs to stand firm on matters of principle on the global stage and refuse to cave in to whatever pressure coming from washington. this is the leader we need, and xijinping is indeed this kind of leadership that china is very much embracing right now. much of the pressure that china faces right now isn't ac

president xijinping has paid a surprise visit to the politically sensitive region of tibet, the first state media because of the sensitivities of the trip. many exiled tibetans accuse beijing of religious repression. there have been tensions too with india. the head of the bbc�*s chinese service, howard zhang gave us his view of the purpose of the visit. there is speculations and analysis from different walks. one of the main thoughts is that xijinping is trying to emphasise his push for a different type of nationalist agenda. in recent years, people have noticed changes in some of the chinese ethnic policies, such as trying to force different ethnic groups to have a national identity, a melting pot identity, and trying to make their religion and cultures more secularised, more fitting into the main kind of a communist—led state structure. i think that's many people's interpretation. he's trying to put more emphasis on that. but, of course, the timing is also quite crucial, because it's also at the juncture of 70 years of the chinese army entering tibet and signing what they called th

president xijinping president xi jinping says that china's renaissance has become irreversible.king the centenary of the chinese communist party. addressing massed caterers in tiananmen square, the president said that the communist party had transformed the future of the chinese people and altered the chinese people and altered the landscape of world development. he also said the area of china being bullied is gone. translation: fist area of china being bullied is gone. tuna/mom- gone. translation: at the same time the chinese people _ gone. translation: at the same time the chinese people will- time the chinese people will never allow any foreign forces to leave, oppress or enslave us. anyone who dares to try to do that will have their head bashed bloodily against the great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion chinese people. over 1.4 billion chinese maple-— over 1.4 billion chinese --eole. v ,, ., ., over 1.4 billion chinese --eole. v ,, ., w, people. let's speak now to our correspondent _ people. let's speak now to our correspondent robin _ people. let's speak now to our c

for the last 12 of the 16 years that angela merkel has been in charge in germany, xijinping has beenpower for many years more. the chinese do longevity, something demonstrated in thursday's choreographed display of popular euphoria marking the centenary of the chinese communist party. asked by an interviewer whether it will still exist in another 100 years, the exiled artist ai weiwei observed drily, chinese dynasties very often last 200 or 300 years. whether they do or not, yasmin, the reality is we have to live with and operate with china as a very real presence in the world. in terms of other countries looking at china and working with china, there was a belief 20 years ago that as china becomes more capitalist, its politics will change too. that clearly hasn't happened. what do we do now? how do we sustain an effective relationship without conceding the things we believe in? how will it affect the things we believe in? how do we sustain an effective path? it is an important question. the power train is very quiet not only in terms of hong kong, which we get a lot of coverage of.

.— china's president xijinping has warned that foreign powers will "get their heads cracked and bloodiedech at an event marking the centenary of the ruling communist party. it comes as china faces criticism over alleged human rights abuses and its crackdown in hong kong. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth has the story. the unmistakable hallmarks of communist party rule were front and centre of its celebrations — the total control, the omnipotent leader, the unquestioning loyalty. 0verlooking tiananmen square, the general secretary spoke of how the party had saved china from a history of humiliation and of the power it now wields. translation: the chinese people will never be bullied, _ oppressed or enslaved. anyone who dares to try will have their heads cracked and bloodied against a great wall of steel forged by 1.4 billion chinese people. there are no references, of course, to the fact that on this spot in 1989, the party clung to power by shooting dead hundreds of unarmed protesters... ..nor any mention of the violence and chaos of chairman mao's rule. and while the focus is on th

china's president, xijinping, warned foreign powers will get their heads cracked and bloodied if theyefiant speech at an event marking the centenary of the ruling communist party. our china correspondent, john sudworth, has the story. the unmistakable hallmarks of communist party rule were front and centre of its celebrations — the total control, the omnipotent leader, the unquestioning loyalty. overlooking tiananmen square, the general secretary spoke of how the party had saved china from a history of humiliation and of the power it now wields. translation: the chinese people will never be bullied, _ oppressed or enslaved. anyone who dares to try will have their heads cracked and bloodied against a great wall of steel forged by 1.4 billion chinese people. there are no references, of course, to the fact that on this spot in 1989, the party clung to power by shooting dead hundreds of unarmed protesters, ..nor any mention of the violence and chaos of chairman mao's rule. and while the focus is on the economic success and china's big leap in living standards, critics fear that xinjiang's

president xijinping has recognised the danger of climate change.lly. there's a really interesting ledger— there's a really interesting ledger on _ there's a really interesting ledger on china's- there's a really interesting ledger on china's table. i they talk about building more coal—fired power stations - but at the same time, i they have invested really heavily— in renewable energy. in fact, it is thanks - a china that solar and wind and batteries are so much cheaper than they were. l and just to put that i into context, a tenth of the price is what it costs for solar power| now— than it did a decade ago. that is largely . thanks to china. that is revolutionary in terms of the world's ability- to tackle climate change. justin rowlatt, tom is killing us. thank you very much. thank you all very much forjoining us. thank you forjoining us on dateline london. more debate same time next week. goodbye. hello. sunday evenings showers brought some flash flooding to edinburgh. for example, we had widespread thunderstorms for a time, and it's because we'v

events are taking place in tiananmen square and president xijinping is expected to give a keynote addressthe party was founded in 1921 by chinese intellectuals. exhibitions are expected to take place around the country for the rest of the year. the nhs has been told to start preparing a vaccine throughout the uk in readiness for winter. experts advise that more than 30 million of them most vulnerable people should receive a booster, including all adults aged 50 and over and anyone else who qualifies for flu vaccination. fergus walsh has more details. it was in december that margaret helped launch the covid immunisation programme. since then, nearly 33 million adults here have received both doses of vaccine. the body which advises government on vaccines says it is still unclear whether the adults will need a third booster dose from september, but planning needs to start now. if a booster campaign is launched this autumn, it will be divided into two stages. top priority would be given to those aged 70 and over. people who are immunocompromised or extremely clinically vulnerable and frontlin

in a brief statement, president xijinping called for "improvements" to the system for early warnings.that are likely to be needed more as chinese scientists admit these once—in—a—millennia rains could become more frequent as global warming makes for more dangerous weather. robin brant, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. staying with this story, let's see some new pictures that have just come in from zhengzhou, where the flooding has left vehicles stacked on top of one another at the entrance to a road tunnel. this after major roads turned to rivers and cars were swept along by the strong currents. looking now at some of the other main news of the day. the us has reached a deal with germany to allow completion of the nord stream to gas pipeline. the project will double russian gas exports to germany. there have been concerns over moscow using the energy is leveraged to exert political control in europe. as part of the deal, germany has committed to take steps including sanctions to prevent that from happening. so, why is the us involved in whether or not a gas pipeline in europe goe

will catch up on events on television or their smart devices and the message they will see from xijinpingcretary of the communist party, up on the tiananmen gate where, famously, mao zedong declared the new china, the same spot, that china, the same spot, that china has come of age and it will not be pressured by anybody. at one stage he even said that if anybody threatens china that heads would be open with blood spurting everywhere. it sounds worse than it is because this is a quote from an old chinese saying. nevertheless the messages there, that we are now a strong china and we will not be pushed around. if you look at the 100 years of communist party history in this country it can be divided into three parts, basically. part one, taking over the country. part two, disastrous and chaotic leadership under chairman mao with famine and persecution during the cultural revolution. part three since the 1980s, the opening up and finally the living standards of people increasing significantly. so now, fast forward to 2021 and this country is an economic powerhouse and for the average chinese

in a brief statement, president xijinping called for improvements to the system for early warnings.res that are likely to be needed more as chinese scientists admit these once in a millennia rains could become more frequent as global warming makes for more dangerous weather. robin brand, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. still to come a bit later in the programme: we get a view from one of the world's most vulnerable regions on the impacts of global warming — the federated states of micronesia — a group of some 600 small islands in the western pacific ocean. but first, in other news at this hour: america's top general has acknowledged that the taliban have strategic momentum in afghanistan. general mark milley said the afghan army was consolidating its forces and trying to make sure the militants didn't take control of any major population centres. but he said with the us withdrawal now 95% complete, the taliban control half the districts in the country. a significant amount of territory has been seized over the course of ten months by the taliban so momentum, strategic momentum

in a brief statement, president xijinping called for improvements to the system for early warnings.at are likely to be needed more as chinese scientists admit these once in a millennia rains could become more frequent as global warming makes for more dangerous weather. robin brandt, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. i'm joined now by isabel hilton, the founder of we would get a view from one of the most vulnerable regions, the most vulnerable regions, the federated states of micronesia, a group of some 600 islands in the western pacific. america's tub general has acknowledged the taliban have strategic momentum in afghanistan. he said the afghan army was consolidating its forces and trying to make sure the militants did not take control of any major population centres but he said what the us withdrawal now at 95% complete the taliban control half the districts in the country. fi districts in the country. significant amount of territory has been seized over the course of six, eight, ten months by the taliban. momentum appears to be sort of with the taliban. smoke from the huge wil

in a brief statement, president xijinping called for improvements to the system for early warnings.cientists admit these once in a millennia rains could become more frequent as global warming makes for more dangerous weather. robin brandt, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. the eu is being asked to change the way that trade between great britain and northern ireland is regulated. the protocol signed last year as part of the brexit outcome was aimed at preventing checks on the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. the uk government is worried about goods no longer exportable from britain to northern ireland. our correspondent emma vardy reports. all is not rosy with northern ireland, still at the heart of the deadlock between the uk and the eu over brexit. added costs and suppliers either refusing to ship to northern ireland, or only agreeing to send large orders, have been some of the issues for garden centres, just one of many sectors affected. i think the reality for brexit to us was such a shock. we thought we had got ahead of brexit. we had been on every sin

china's president xijinping has warned that foreign powers will "get their heads bashed" if they attemptvent marking the centenary of the ruling communist party on thursday. it comes as china faces criticism over alleged human rights abuses and its crackdown in hong kong. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth has the story. the unmistakable hallmarks of communist party rule were front and centre of its celebrations. the total control, the omnipotent leader, the unquestioning loyalty. 0verlooking tiananmen square, the general secretary spoke of how the party had saved china from a history of humiliation, and of the power it now wields. translation: the chinese people will never be bullied, _ oppressed or enslaved. anyone who dares to try will have their heads cracked and bloodied against a great wall of steel, forged by 1.4 billion chinese people. there are no references, of course, to the fact that on this spot in 1989, the party clung to power by shooting dead hundreds of unarmed protesters. nor any mention of the violence and chaos of chairman mao's rule. and while the focus is on the

the european union has begun rolling out its vaccine passport, china's president xijinping has warnedrights abuses and its crackdown in hong kong. our china correspondent john sudworth has the story. the unmistakable hallmarks of communist party rule were front and centre of its celebrations. the total control, the omnipotent leader, the unquestioning loyalty. overlooking tiananmen square, the general secretary spoke of how the party had saved china from a history of humiliation, and of the power it now wields. translation: the chinese people will never be bullied, _ oppressed or enslaved. anyone who dares to try will have their heads cracked and bloodied against a great wall of steel, forged by 1.4 billion chinese people. there are no references, of course, to the fact that on this spot in 1989, the party clung to power by shooting dead hundreds of unarmed protesters. nor any mention of the violence and chaos of chairman mao's rule. and while the focus is on the economic success and china's big leap in living standards, critics fear that xinjiang's internment camps and the crackdown

china's xijinping promised to bring the two countries' relations "to a new stage". for calm following violent protests linked to the imprisonment of the former president jacob zuma. 25 lorries were torched and shops were looted overnight in kwa zulu natal province. major roads were blocked with burning barricades. the police said at least 26 people were arrested. the statue of confederate general robert e lee in charlottesville has been removed. the controversial momunement was the focal point of the white supremacist unite the right rally in 2017, which saw anti—racism protester heather heyer killed by a neo—nazi terrorist. police in bangladesh have arrested the owner of a food and drinks processing factory where more than 50 people died in a fire. the blaze broke out late on thursday. shahan shah azad, the owner of hashem foods, is one of eight people arrested so far. he's expected to face murder charges. most of those who died were trapped inside the building. children were among the dead — and this has led to an investigation into the use of child labour at the

china's leader, xijinping, has described the situation as extremely severe.within days. after the military warned that the yihetan dam could collapse at any time, soldiers were mobilised to blast around it in an attempt to divert rising floodwaters. rescuers have also rushed to save children, in some cases floating them out of harm's way. this is a rainy time of year in china, and floods are an annual occurrence. but it's the record—breaking nature of this rainfall which has people worried, and these extreme weather events seem to be happening much more frequently, leading to a lot of discussion about climate change and the need to do something about it urgently. in the meantime, the people of henan just have to get through the next few days, because the rain hasn't stopped and the weather forecasts are saying that there's more to come. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. our top story this lunchtime. france promises to double patrols of its beaches as record numbers of migrants cross the channel — these are just some of the dinghies used. and coming up: sci

in a brief statement, president xijinping called for improvements to the system for early warnings.that are likely to be needed more as chinese scientists admit these once in a millennia rains could become more frequent as global warming makes for more dangerous weather. robin brant, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. staying with this story let's see some new pictures that have just come in where the flooding has left vehicles stacked on top of one another at the entrance to a road tunnel. this is after major roads turned to rivers and cars were swept along by the strong current. looking now at some of the other main news of the day. several us states have unveiled a sweeping proposed settlement under which four pharmaceutical companies accused of feeling the country's opioid epidemic will pay compensation of up to $6 billion. the agreement would need the support of nearly all the states. smoke from the huge wild fires burning on the west coast of america has drifted all the way across the continent to cast a haze over the east coast. officials in new york issued warnings for pr

in a brief statement, president xijinping called for improvements to the system for early warnings.at are likely to be needed more as chinese scientists admit these once in a millennia rains could become more frequent as global warming makes for more dangerous weather. robin brandt, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. i'm joined now by isabel hilton, the founder of china dialogue, an organisation that looks at the country's environmental challenges. *the highest rainfall in 60 years. i know there are many factors — but what has contributed to this huge amount of rain?*the chinese communist party has actaully scientist have been telling us for 20 years that climate change, which of course results in warmer air and warmer seas, of course results in warmer air and warmerseas, produces of course results in warmer air and warmer seas, produces heavier rainfall. and therefore more extreme weather events. particularly in places like this which is vulnerable to the typhoon season, and the yellow river which is no as the sorrow because it floods every year. the intensity of these events is

china's leader xijinping has described the situation as "extremely severe".ed it collapsing. rescuers have also rushed to save children, in some cases floating them out of harm's way. this is a rainy time of year in china, and floods are an annual occurrence, but it's the record—breaking nature of this rainfall which has people worried, and these extreme weather events seem to be happening much more frequently, leading to a lot of discussion about climate change, and the need to do something about it, urgently. in the meantime, the people of henan just have to get through the next few days, because the rain hasn't stopped, and the weather forecasts are saying that there's more to come. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. a senior police officer will be put in charge of tackling violence against women and girls, in england and wales, as part of a new strategy. other plans include a 24—hour helpline for victims of rape and sexual assault, and there'll be £5 million to spend on tackling violence in public places at night. our special correspondent lucy manning

in a brief statement, president xijinping called for "improvements" to the system for early warningsakes for more dangerous weather. robin brant, bbc news, zhengzhou in eastern china. let get some of the days other news. several us states have unveiled a proposed settlement in which pharmaceutical companies accused of killing an opioid epidemic will pay 26 billion dollars. it would need the support of all states. the disgraced mega producer harvey weinstein has appeared in court in los angeles where he pleaded not guilty over charges of sexual assault. not guilty over charges of sexualassault. he not guilty over charges of sexual assault. he is serving a 22 year prison sentence. under a new system, argentinians who do not wish to identify as male orfemale can do not wish to identify as male or female can choose a third option, x. do estate with us. still to come... five months after landing on the red planet, the perseverance rover begins its hunt for signs of ancient life. mission control: we see - you coming down the ladder now. neil armstrong: that's one small step for man, | one

for the last 12 of the 16 years that angela merkel has been in charge in germany, xijinping has beent, the reality is we have to live with it operate with china as a very real presence of the world. in terms of the countries looking at china and working with china, it was a belief 20 years ago that as china becomes more capitalist, his politics will change the that clearly has not happened. what do we do now, it was to him had it was this the same ace effective relationship without conceding the things we believe in? that's how it was assistant billy affect the things we believe in? that's how it was sustained an effective — that's how it was sustained an effective path an important question i effective path an important question i don't _ effective path an important question i don't the — effective path an important question i don't. the powertrain is very quiet — i don't. the powertrain is very quiet not _ i don't. the powertrain is very quiet not only in terms of hong korrg, — quiet not only in terms of hong kong, which we get a lot of coverage of, i kong, which we get a lot of co

china�*s president, xijinping, has delivered a defiant address to mark the hundredth anniversary of theeunify taiwan with the mainland. new rules have come into force which should make it easier for people to repair household appliances like washing machines, tvs and fridges. the "right to repair" will force manufacturers to make spare parts available, so customers can get their products fixed. 1.5 million tonnes of electrical goods are thrown away every year in the uk, as coletta smith reports. he's only six, is willie and he's taken over part of his father's yard as a repair shop for kiddies' bikes, trikes and so on. repairing things might have gone out of fashion for a while. bringing history back to life is what makes the repair shop so special. but it�*s all the rage again now. it�*s not a two—minute job doing this. but even if you�*re wanting to get things repaired at the moment, whether to save money or save the planet, it�*s pretty hard to get hold of the right parts that you need to replace things. but from today, things will hopefully start to get a little bit easier. manufact

president xijinping has paid a surprise visit to the politically sensitive region of tibet, the firsty a chinese president in more than 30 years. his visit is being covered by state media because of the sensitivities of the trip. there's confusion and growing criticism over the uk government's plans to allow some key workers in england to take daily covid tests instead of self—isolating. key employees include transport workers and police. at ten o'clock sophie raworth will be here with the bbc news at ten. now though it's time for newscast. hello, it's adam in the studio. and laura in the studio. and we are still two metres apart. even though legally we don't need to be any more. yes, but i think like lots of people are still taking precaution. lots of people are still wearing masks everywhere, on some forms of transport you're still expected to wear a mask too, so fascinating over the next few weeks to see the kinds of decisions people are taking. yeah. and it's the last episode of newscast before the summer holidays, because it's the last day of parliament before the summer holidays

president xijinping has paid a surprise visit to the politically sensitive region of tibet, the firstrast to the enthusiasm seen here, many exiled tibetans accuse the central government of religious repression and eroding their culture. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is following the story from beijing. well, china's leader, xijinping, he arrived in the tibetan region to cheering crowds in a highly choreographed welcome ceremony. he got off the plane and there were the tibetans dressed in their traditional clothes, waving chinese flags and cheering. it seems remarkable, but, apparently, a chinese leader has not visited the tibetan autonomous region since 1990. and this particular visit is an indication of how sensitive it is, we didn't know about this until now, but, actually, his arrival was two days ago. so he arrived in the tibetan autonomous region and it took two days for state media here to report that he was even there. now, there are several reasons for this, one is that, politically, it is a very sensitive place. we'll come to that in a minute. but, more recently, there h

president xijinping marks the communist party's centenary celebrations in beijing with a warning to theld — the era of china being bullied, he said, is over. and we will speak to two remarble women who discovered, in a restroom, they were each a match for the other�*s husband who needed a kidney. the trump organization has been the subject of a long—running investigation by the manhattan district attorney's office. in the last few hours, there has been a major development. in a grand jury indictment unsealed in the new york supreme court, the company and its chief financial officer, allen weisselberg, were charged with tax evasion. mr weisselberg, seen here walking into court alongside his lawyers, has worked at the company since the 1970s, for both donald trump and his late father fred. it's alleged that over 15 years at the company, he avoided paying taxes on $1.7 million of income. he has been charged on 15 counts of tax fraud and with grand larceny in the second degree. he has pleaded not guilty and was released on bail. let's go to new york and speak to our correspondent samira hus

xijinping, who has ruled the chinese communist party since 2012, appeared wearing a light grey suit,of the great wall of steel, forged from the flesh and blood of over 1.4 billion chinese people. today also marks 24 years since hong kong was handed over from the british to china under the promise of autonomy, a promise that president xi reiterated today. translation: we will fully and precisely i implement the principles of one country, two systems — hong kong people administering hong kong autonomy. but as he said that in beijing, over in hong kong, the 65—year—old activist known as �*grandma wong' was being taken away by police as she staged a lone demonstration. she is known for waving a large unionjack during the pro—democracy protests in 2019, and was marching again today against the party's tightening grip on hong kong. here's our hong kong correspondent danny vincent. in hong kong today, there's a large police _ in hong kong today, there's a large police presence on the streets. the police _ police presence on the streets. the police say _ police presence on the streets. the p

china's leader xijinping has described the situation as "extremely severe".ilised to blast around a dam. by diverting rising flood waters, they say they stopped it collapsing. rescuers have also rushed to save children, in some cases floating them out of harm's way. this is a rainy time of year in china, and floods are an annual occurrence, but it's the record—breaking nature of this rainfall which has people worried, and these extreme weather events seem to be happening much more frequently, leading to a lot of discussion about climate change, and the need to do something about it, urgently. in the meantime, the people of henan just have to get through the next few days, because the rain hasn't stopped, and the weather forecasts are saying that there's more to come. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. and these floods in china are a part of a series of extreme climate events around the world — in places like the us. more than 80 major fires are now raging across 13 us states. in oregon, the nation's largest active wildfire being called the bootleg fire has

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china's leader, xijinping, has described the situation as extremely severe.ands of marine animals, dating back to when a tropical sea covered much of southern england. but it's a race against time, as scientists there have been given just three days to excavate. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, joined them at the dig. a race against time to reveal our ancient past. the team from the natural history museum has just three days to excavate this unique site. look how long they are. that's really cool! the cotswold quarry holds a treasure trove of sea creatures that lived during the jurassic period. what is here is so extraordinary, the location is being kept secret. we've got another really nice, exceptional specimen here. that's actually a brittle star. that's likely to be a new species. it's the quality of preservation, it's the number of fossils that we are finding. but it is also the diversity. it's really unprecedented in geological sites of this age across the world. usually on an excavation, you might get a handful of finds. but here is differen

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