On the road parameter. We had 156 fires around the country of which 11 are still active and two are preoccupying. Several firefighters are among those seriously injured or missing. France and spain sent aircraft to back up portugals own effo rts aircraft to back up portugals own efforts but with temperatures expected to remain high, firefighters face another difficult day. A reminder of how serious the heatwave can be in some circumstances. We can go to The Other Side of the studio, and looking at those pictures, it must really strike you as a meteorologist. Yes, it is the dry weather they have had across iberia, temperatures in the 405, and weather they have had acro55 iberia, temperatures in the 405, and the thunderstorms which dont help, because the lightning can 5park 5torm5. We have already got up to 31. 9to 5torm5. We have already got up to 31. 9 to the south of london. Relief close to the coast, that was a lovely picture from cornwall. Sea breezes developing near the coast. Anot
June day since 1976. But theres also a risk of very heavy rain or thunderstorms. Extreme weather is also causing problems in other countries, including france, spain and portugal and our science editor David Shukman has been considering the latest evidence on volatile Weather Conditions. The terrifying sight of one of the most aggressive forest fires that portugal has seen for years. As a heatwave took hold, whole families had been caught in their cars. More than 60 people in all have died, and the fires have advanced with devastating speed. There was a massive noise, says this survivor, and then we saw the flames. Wed never seen anything like it, according to this man. It all happened in just a few seconds. Anybody want a bottle of water . Here in britain, the heatwave is far less dangerous, but it is disruptive, delaying trains as the rails have buckled and forcing speed restrictions to be imposed in many parts of the country. A road in cambridgeshire, damaged as the temperatures hav
Have on our minds and in our prayers senator mccain. Hes going through some recovery right now and wont be able to come back this week. So that will change the way were doing business a little bit. But nonetheless, hell be back with us very soon. And our Committee Meets this morning considering the nomination i should say, the renomination of general sell have f selva. Since weve already been through this drill on the eight required questions, were going to forego that. Im assuming you havent changed your mind since the last time we asked you the eight questions. Is that correct . That is correct. Any family youd like to introduce . I do. Ill do that in my opening statement. Thats good. Your record of service to our nation is well known to this committee. Your first two years a the joint chiefs of staff have been marked by great challenges in our National Security, the advance of isis in the middle east, russian aggression in ukraine and actions against others in that region, north kor
With just hours to go before article 50 is triggered we find out how prepared businesses are for this seismic change. And back in the race, samsung gears up to show off its latest smartphone, but can it regain Consumers Trust after its massive recall last year . Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, well be finding out how exporters are getting ready ahead of the uk breaking away from the worlds biggest trading bloc. Today is the day. After nine months of anticipation the uk is set to become the first country to formally tell the European Union it wants to leave. It means the two year Negotiation Process formally begins. For businesses across the continent it is time to sharpen their focus on how to deal with what, for some, will be some pretty drastic changes. Here in the uk Companies Large and small have been coming up with contigency plans, something that is quite difficult to do given the level of uncertainty. And in the case of the big banks some have threatened to move staff t
Strong and his secretary disagrees. Oil slows its decline ahead a day of forecast. They are falling for a second week. Yousef it is 7 00 a. M. In easton pull istanbul. Shery i am in hong kong it has just gone midday. A little bit of a rainy picture when it comes to the markets as well. We did get positive sentiment out of wall street. That is faltering in asian trading. We are seeing the japanese yen falling back most of its losses. It was reported by treasury secretary mnuchin saying that a strong dollar is good in the longterm. That is not holding. The yen at 108 spot 93. On the dollar, 75 56. We got rba minutes, which are focused on a week aussie job market and a strong Housing Market Housing Market. You are seeing rand continuing to decline falling for two consecutive sessions. Composite isnghai also extending its biggest loss in four months. It is below now a 50 day moving average. That is something to keep an eye on. China home prices will be rising in more cities since october.