this is bbc news. the headlines. climate records tumble like dominoes , as european scientists confirm that 2023 was the warmest year on record. britain s foreign secretary lord cameron says he s worried that israel may have taken action in gaza that breached international law. a legal scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers were wrongly prosecuted for fraud has forced the former head of the post office to hand back an honour she received from the late queen. and the former us president donald trump is in court for a landmark legal case about whether he should be immune from criminal prosecution. this is the scene outside the courthouse in washington. more on those stories coming up in the next half hour. time for a look at the business news now. lovely to have you with us this afternoon. we start with the latest on the boeing 737 max planes because united airlines says it had found multiple loose bolts on door plugs during inspections of its fleet of max
we start with a troubling landmark for the climate as 2023 smashes the record, for the world s hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records tumbling like dominoes . the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu s climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, who told me that record was broken by some margin. yeah, it is interesting, isn t it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn t sound very much to me, but remember, this is a global average, an average across the entire globe day and night across the entire year, and normally scientists say they expect it to be broken by a tiny fraction of a degree, 0.01, 0.02, not
certain extent, but it also can t be secured in the carpet bombing of areas and without concern for civilians. and i m sure that s what the secretary heard in his meetings that preceded this he was in qatar, the uae, saudi arabia most recently yesterday and i m sure all those arab states have said the indiscriminate killing of civilians whilst in pursuit of hamas and avenging the events of october 7th has to be stopped. live pictures from tel aviv, we are expecting antony blinken to give a news conference after a day of talks. we will bring you their life on bbc news. bring you they are live on bbc news. hello there. well, it was a lovely start to the day across north west wales, with the early sunrise illuminating these altocumulus lenticularis clouds. a lovely start here.
website and commentary on radio five live. tea m team needs will pop up there shortly the big team news from the second semifinal between liverpool and fulham, alexander arnold will miss that match and she will be out probably for the rest of the month. he has torn a knee ligament. for me and the rest of the team that is all for now. hello there. well, it was a lovely start to the day across north west wales, with the early sunrise illuminating these altocumulus lenticularis clouds. a lovely start here. most of us will have more sunshine today. however, the issues that we had last week with heavy rain are still causing problems. there are still over 100 flood warnings currently in force. it s been another day where we ve seen some snowfall across parts of the uk. here in the channel islands, injersey, seeing a few flurries over bodmin moor in south west england and a few coming from this