of rain to replenish water sources, while experts warn england s drought could last into the next year. now on bbc news, click looks at agriculture and the technology that might be helping make it more sustainable, featuring ai powered imaging sensors that can read the minds of plants. this week, we re getting in tune with nature. yeah, we re having a high tech chat with our plants. i love that you re breaking it down to talking to plants because a lot of people do that in their own greenhouses. but what do you do when your grapes aren t happy? paul s looking at how vineyards are adapting to climate change. right, so shallwe.? shall we give it a taste? of course, yes. and forget fences. this is the new way to keep your cows from moo ving too far. in a month s time, the traditional european harvest will be complete. currently, farmers are working around the clock to cut corn, with strawberries and raspberries already picked in june and july. farming has always embraced the la
onto boats to sunbathe, sometimes sinking them. some exciting new additions have made their debut at a zoo in gaza city three extremely cute lion cubs. the animals born on friday evening are said to be in excellent health. but zoo keepers admit a lack of medication and food might make them difficult to care for. one visitor to the zoo said the cubs were wonderful. now it s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. it s another hot sunny day for many of us today, but we have got some thunderstorms developing in the north and the west. still an amber extreme heat warning in force across much of england and wales. there could be problems with heat related illnesses and travel disruption as well. so, still a little bit of low cloud lingering for eastern scotland that should clear away. heavy showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland and for the west of scotland creeping eastwards. temperatures in the north in the mid 20s, but further south in the mi
by shelling europe s largest nuclear power plant. conflict near the zaporizhzhia plant has intensified this week leading to western countries to call on moscow to withdraw troops from the facility. so far russia has not agreed to do so. now on bbc newsm, click. this week, getting in tune with nature. we are having a hi tech chuck with our plants. i nature. we are having a hi-tech chuck with our plants. chuck with our plants. i love that you chuck with our plants. i love that you are chuck with our plants. i love that you are breaking - chuck with our plants. i love that you are breaking it - chuck with our plants. i love | that you are breaking it down to talking with lance. but what do ou to talking with lance. but what do you do to talking with lance. but what do you do when to talking with lance. but what do you do when your to talking with lance. but what do you do when your grapes i do you do when your grapes aren t happy? all is looking at our vineyards are a
hello. this is bbc news. i m lukwesa burak and these are the headlines. writers and politicians condemn an attack on acclaimed author, sir salman rushdie, who is now on a ventilator, after being stabbed while on stage in the us state of new york. his agent says the 75 year old cannot speak, is likely to lose one eye, has a damaged liver and the nerves in one arm have been severed in the attack. more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. that, as experts also warn england s drought could last into the next year. and it s notjust parts of the uk struggling with heat as most of europe continues to grapple with high temperatues too. a huge fire is devastating forests in the gironde region in france. train drivers from nine rail companies are on strike across the uk today. it s the latest walkout in a row over pay and conditions. documents in the us show fbi agents seized papers marked top secret when they searched the florida home of th
it is unfair because of human rights, the equality act and the public sector equality duty, it is unfair to treat disabled people differently. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. a former british soldier has been killed fighting in ukraine, his family have announced. jordan gatley who left the british army in march died in the battle for the eastern city of severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days. he s the second british man to die fighting russian forces in ukraine. i asked our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, what we know about mr gatley and how he died. we understand jordan gatley had been a british soldier, he left the army in march to come and fight in ukraine. according to his family he had been involved in training at the start of this but that had changed because he was in the city of severodonetsk which is very much the front