this section of this road, here, nearly. the people living on this side, they are blocked off, essentially. you can see there are cars here that have been smashed, the windows have been smashed in. they are stuck in the middle of the road. prince harry loses a legal challenge, in his attempt to be allowed to pay privately for police protection when he s in the uk. scientists warn of serious health risks after a bbc news investigation found vapes confiscated from school pupils contained high levels of lead and other metals. and the ban on ivory plans to extend the law to cover other threatened animals hunted for their tusks and teeth. and coming up on bbc news. 0llie robinson has given england a pre ashes boost after being declared fit to face ireland in a warm up next week, he had been struggling with an ankle problem. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police divers are searching a reservoir in southern portugal this lunchtime as part of an investigation
we, the people, in order to form a more perfect union 221 years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched america s improbable experiment in democracy. the document they produced was eventually signed, but ultimately unfinished. it was stained by this nation s original sin of slavery. i chose to run for president at this moment in history because i believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together, unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes, that we may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. this belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the american people. but it also comes from my own story. i m the son of a black man from kenya and a wh
canada and all around the world. i m kim bruun hoover. we begin with breaking news with what some call a once in a half century extreme weather happening right now in florida as we speak up to 20 inches of rain has fallen in parts of south florida in the past few hours with more in the forecast. well, that led to a flash flood emergency, the highest possible level of flood warning. so what you see here is the ford lauderdale hollywood international airport, which is partly underwater and closed until at least noon on thursday , the city of fort lauderdale has activated its emergency operations center and plans to issue a local state of emergency. officials also say airboats and high water vehicles will join rescue operations in the coming hours. for the latest, we go to meteorologist separately, ritz here in atlanta, who s keeping an eye on all of this? obviously relief folks in florida used to storms , but you know what we re seeing now so unusual. take us through what they
for households struggling with soaring bills. last month was one of the worst for waiting times in a&e in england and response times for were much longer than the target time. and the restored mural in a county durham bar painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. and coming up on the bbc news channel. olympic gold medallist charlotte worthington is back in action at the european championships. she s qualified for tomorrow s final with the best score in the heats. good evening. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force in some parts of the uk to last for four days, as temperatures are forecast to hit 37c in some areas. although temperatures are unlikely to reach last month s a0 degree high, this heatwave is much more prolonged and some temperatures could get close to local or regional records. there s concern about wildfires, pressure on water supplies and transport problems. the met office alert for southern, central and some of northern england and also p
storms across parts of the uk sunday night and into the early part of next week. the ground is so dry that it could cause flooding issues and there is no guarantee everyone will see it. after a very warm day on sunday, the chance of some storms beyond but it will start to feel cooler by day. beyond but it will start to feel cooler by day- beyond but it will start to feel cooler by day. beyond but it will start to feel coolerb da. ., ~ ~ cooler by day. thank you, matt. and that is the bbc cooler by day. thank you, matt. and that is the bbc news cooler by day. thank you, matt. and that is the bbc news at cooler by day. thank you, matt. and that is the bbc news at six - cooler by day. thank you, matt. and that is the bbc news at six on - that is the bbc news at six on thursday the 11th of august. you can keep up with all the updates on the bbc website. from the team it is goodbye and now it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where y