hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. holidaymakers and hauliers face a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel. delays around the port of dover appear to have eased, but other travellers spent all night stuck in queues. at folkestone about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10.30, and then we slowly have been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeting military installations, ukraine s president denounced the attack as barbaric . rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration, in their latest announcements in the conservative leadership race. with more countries fighting wildfires, the us special envoy for climatejohn kerry tells the bbc that president biden is considering whether to announce a climate emergency. we are moving fo
and this weekend, temperature records could be shattered across the province. a new all time record i of 49.5 degrees celsius. the hot spot of course in lytton, british columbia. holy bleep. my daughter is asking every- day, the town s burnt, mom? it is all you re left. with, just memories. let s make some noise for fairy creek! we have fires all around the world destroying unprecedented amounts. all we want to do is protect the old growth. we, as humanity, are destroying huge amounts of our forest. reinforce the line, | reinforced the line! shouting and commotion they are going to tell us how forestry should be in british columbia? you are not from here, go home! we are trying to defend our livelihood. my computer. because of the pandemic, cbc set me up with all the gear. i connect right to the studio. 0k. hi, ian. fellow meteorologists and i saw this potential climate change means our summers are hotter and drier. so the brush and the fuel dries out so much quicker and fi
tonight, the nation is turning to pennsylvania, a major battleground in american politics, from the three rivers in pittsburgh, to the striking green home of the capitol building in harrisburg, heart of government in the commonwealth, to historic independence hall in philadelphia, those across pence im , pennsylvania, are making choice to influence the presidential race. i m jake tapper and we re standing by for results in what is sure to be an eventful election. the political spotlight on key primary races in pennsylvania, north carolina, kentucky, idaho and oregon. in phil pennsylvania, north carolina republican senators retiring seats, tonight, we ll bring more to the direction of the two major parties, also a significant new test of former president trump s grip on the republican party and president biden s sway over the democrats. as both weigh a potential rematch in 2024. perhaps the biggest test of the trump factor is his pick in pennsylvania republican former tv dr. m
things will get worse than they are right now. bottom line, it s going to get worse. we have the assessment that covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. we have already lost 24 of our citizens. . we re heading towards an epidemic in the united states. the question is what the scope is going to be. tom hanks and his wife rita wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus. . to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. all right. exactly one year ago today when the country began to feel the full effects of the coronavirus. march 11th, 2020 was the day the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. and in the u.s., shutdowns kicked in, cities began limiting gatherings. schools began to close. and major sports leagues started to halt play. everything seemed to stop. can you believe it s been a year, joe? i know. willie, it seems so much longer than a y
But in all of it, was this feeling that it would never get better and i now know that thats not true. Hello. Here in france, round one is over. And after an Election Campaign of twists and turns, The Big Surprise was the lack of big surprise. But it is a huge turning point all the same. The established parties became marginalised, in third and fifth place and now the contest comes down to a showdown between nationalistic populism and globalist liberalism. That is the battle being fought across the west. France is now divided down the middle. The radical candidates, who want to overthrow the existing order le pen on the populist right, melenchon on the left, and six fringe candidates as well they got a total of 49. 6 per cent of the vote in other words, half. There is an enormous well of discontent out there. For now, Emmanuel Macron is the man to watch the best hope for a battered establishment of seeing off the radicals. But the twists continue in this campaign tonight, his opponent M