stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, very, very probably. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are us
a sharp escalation in military tension between north and south korea, with both sides firing missiles into the sea near each other s coasts. he shouldn t be doing that. and the drivers who think cyclists shouldn t be on the road and deliberately drive too close to them. coming up on the bbc news channel, india hang on to win a rain affected nailbiter in the t20 world cup against bangladesh and put themselves top of group b. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak said the migrant crisis is a serious and escalating problem and admitted that not enough asylum claims are being processed. the prime minister insisted the government is getting a grip of the situation and backed home secretary suella braverman s handling of the issue. at prime minister s questions in the commons, the labour leader sir keir starmer said just 4% of people arriving in small boats last year had their asylum claim processed. it comes as the prime minist
unable to off load patiently much out of ambulances. a meeting in downing st with energy bosses, but it provides no solution yet for households struggling with soaring bills. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. go! the crisis of local swimming pools, the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. good evening and welcome to bbc news. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force in some parts of the uk to last four days, as temperatures are forecast to hit 37 degrees celsius in some areas. although temperatures are unlikely to reach last month s 40 degree high, this heatwave is much more prolonged and some temperatures could get close to local or regional records. there s concern about wildfires, pressure on water supplies, and transport problems. it s also expected that a drought will be officially declared tomorrow. sarah campbell re
borisjoohnson as the uk s next prime minister and leader of the conservative party. in france they re calling it a heat apocalypse . across much of europe excessively high temperatures, wildfires and now water shortages are having a devastating impact. northern spain has reached 43 degrees, and it s predicted the uk could see record temperatures on tuesday. we ll have more on that and the role of climate change in a moment. but nowhere has been more affected than south west france where 30,000 people have been moved out of their homes for their own safety, as large areas of forest have been burned out. jessica parker has our first report. into the forest and the front line of an exhausting battle, one that, today, we were able to witness. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thickens the further in we go the flames suddenly all too appare