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
the breaking of the wand by the lord chamberlain symbolised the official end of queen elizabeth ii s reign. the late queen s coffin was lowered into the royal vault and interred next to her husband, the duke of edinburgh. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth has made herfinaljourney from london to windsor and has been buried with her late husband, the duke of edinburgh. it follows a day of the highest ceremony not seen in this country for nearly 60 years mixed with private sorrow as the state funeral was held in westminster abbey the building in which queen elizabeth was married, and crowned. king charles, along with other members of the royal family, walked behind her coffin as it was taken into the abbey from westminster hall where it had been lying in state. hundreds of dignitaries including world leaders, joined members of the royal family and the public at the service. we start with our royal correspondent nicholas witche
after the spectacular pageantry in london, the day ended at windsor the home of the queen since childhood. crowds gathered to watch the queen being accompanied to her last resting place. in the last act of a day laden with ceremony, the wand of the lord chamberlain was broken, symbolising the end of the late queen s reign. of the late, most and most excellent monarch, elizabeth ii. the queen was then lowered into the royal vault and buried next to her husband, the duke of edinburgh. queen elizabeth has made herfinal journey from london to windsor, and has been buried with her late husband, the duke of edinburgh. it follows a day of the highest ceremony not seen in this country for nearly 60 years, mixed with private sorrow as the state funeral was held in westminster abbey, the building in which queen elizabeth was married and crowned. king charles, along with other members of the royal family, walked behind her coffin as it was taken into the abbey from westminster hall