the taliban have now banned women in afghanistan from working for non governmental organisations saying they are breaking strict dress codes. just days ago the taliban barred women from studying at university. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for weather world. this time on weather world we are at raf coningsby which hit the uk s highest temperature record this summer. and i will find out how severe weather effects operations here. i am here at the uk s national meteorological archive and i will find out how the new record temperature and all weather observations are used to paint a picture of the uk and the world s changing climate. if we want to understand the climate of the future, we need to understand the climate now and the climate going back into the past. all these sleeping bags and tents are for people in pakistan still homeless after a devastating flood. i will report on the bigger storms of the year and look at what happened after weather disasters strike.
widely into the mid 30s, locally as much as 37 celsius, especially across parts of southern england. that weather warning could have impact on health and infrastructure. sharp criticism for the way police forces investigate burglaries, robberies and theft most victims aren t getting justice, a major review says it s unacceptable tears in toronto, as serena williams says goodbye to fans in canada. playing for the first time since announcing her intention to leave the sport, she was beaten in straight sets at the canada open. a hero s welcome for rugby star ed slater, as he completes his 350 mile bike ride, just weeks after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. good morning. it s thursday, august 11th. our main story. talks between energy bosses and the government will take place this morning, amid fears over the soaring cost of gas and electricity. average annual bills are expected to rise to more than £3,500 in october. but ministers say no extra support will be anno
is surrounded by a lot of grassland and farmland. it was a place that few people outside the local area would ve heard of until disaster hit, when a devastating wildfire swept through the village at the end of the day when the uk hit a0 degrees celsius for the very first time. tonight at 10:00, the uk has today recorded its highest ever temperature 40.3 degrees celsius in lincolnshire. july the 19th the day the uk reached a temperature that once seemed impossible and with extreme heat, fire. in wennington, a small blaze soon became an inferno that destroyed 19 homes. i needed to leave and so, i left and went to my local church, cos we ve got a community church. but after spending a few minutes in the church, then we realised that the church ground was also on fire, so we were told to evacuate the church. i was sunbathing in my garden and then, a massive black cloud s come across. i looked up, that side of wennington was on fire and within an hour, it spread all the way t
and feeling their way through shanghai s lockdown we talk to the blind masseurs struggling to cope in a post pandemic world. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore and 8:00 in the evening on the us east coast, wherejoe biden used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures, including offshore wind farms and expanded flood control. with a heat dome now affecting 28 states, the us is the latest country to swelter with high temperatures. wildfires are still raging in europe, in countries like spain, italy and greece. in france s south west, president macron has been to see the devastation caused by a wildfire that forced almost 40,000 people from their homes. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson was there and starts our coverage with this report. fire chiefs are too cautious to talk about a turning
hottest day. as temperatures hit a0 celsius for the first time, i ll hear about london fire brigade s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i m talking to the scientist whose near real time analysis has shown how climate change has supercharged this summer s weather extremes. they ll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is that is a huge difference. also on weather world devastating drought for east africa, facing an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. and how the same weather pattern could bring yet more flooding rain to eastern australia. this is weather world. this is wennington, a small village which, despite being in east london, is surrounded by a lot of grassland and farmland. it was a place that few people outside the local area would ve heard of until dis