the airport cope with staff shortages. heathrow is pushing ahead with plans to forced airlines to reduce passenger numbers to help the airport cope with staff shortages. politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win. ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee is taking place this afternoon, to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower, more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer s heatwave is entering uncharted waters. well, i don t lik
next two people wanting to fly, and over the next two weeks we are about to enter at the next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak of the peak summer season politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures fo
in new zealand. good afternoon. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer s heatwave is entering uncharted waters. well, i don t like the heat. it s all right at the moment, it s all right in the shade, but i do burn too quickly. for those climate sceptics, i think this is evidence that something s definitely happening, so, you know, people need to take a bit of responsibility, definitely. he can t be in nursery for the full day because it s going to be far too hot for him, so he ll be home for the afternoon in a p
the government has held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has already been declared after the met office issued a red extreme heat warning for the very first time, meaning there s a risk to life. an amber warning has been announced for tomorrow, affecting parts of england and wales, and that extends to scotland on monday. then the red warning will come into effect across a large part of england. our correspondentjon donnison has the very latest. it is without doubt weather for mr whippy, and at roundhay park in leeds, he s been doing a roaring trade. so, yeah, it s been extremely busy. we re just working 12 hours every single day, in the heat and obviously monday and tuesday next week, itjust looks like it s going to be unbearable. here we go. keeping cool is going to be key. ..with temperatures expected to reach the high 30s and even a0 celsius. concerned about my do
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying, with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius in parts of spain and portugal. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s southwestern gironde region, from where our europe correspondent jessica parker sent us this report. planes swoop in as they try to contain the fires raging in southwestern france. more people had to be evacuated from the landiras area today as flames ripped through the forest. a second blaze closer to the coast has seen 10,000 people evacuated. everything went so fast, and the fire, too, was big, big, big. and my friends woke me up and i was like, 0k, this is very serious, what do i take in my room? manon was working and living at a local campsite. for now, this conference centre is her home. 0thers waited