prime minister, and leader of the conservative party. welcome to our viewers, on pbs in america, and around the globe. in france, they re calling it a heat apocalypse . across much of europe, excessively high temperatures, wildfires, and, now, water shortages, are having a devastating impact. northern spain has reached 43 degrees, and it s predicted the uk could see record temperatures on tuesday. we ll have more on that, and the role of climate change in a moment. but nowhere has been more affected than southwest france, where 30,000 people have been moved out of their homes, for their own safety, as large areas of forest have been burned out. jessica parker has our first report. into the forest, and the front line of an exhausting battle, one that, today, we were able to witness. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thickens the further i
hello, and welcome to bbc world news. millions of women in the us have lost their constitutional right to abortion. we can take you to live pictures at the moment of the supreme court, where pro and anti abortion campaigners have been standing and campaigning for hours now, after the roe v wade ruling was overturned. you have people there, this looks like the anti abortion campaigners, who are demonstrating against that ruling. they have been there in washington for several hours and we will of course bring you “p and we will of course bring you up to date on that story. that is actually our top story, which we will go to now. the supreme court has overturned a longstanding judgement that legalised terminations nationwide. with me is our news reporter shelley phelps. shelley, talk to us about this. which states will enforce these changes first? changes first? simon, this rulin: changes first? simon, this ruling is changes first? simon, this ruling is of changes first?
more than 1800 although the true number is believed to be more than that. the viral disease has been detected in almost 70 countries now around the world. health officials are talking about the increased demand for vaccines in places like york city which is the epis centre of the outbreak in the us. harvard medical school professor dr ali raja told us more. the fact is that every day in the emergency department i have patients who come in, and given our experience with covid, they already have a predilection to being concerned about infectious disease. i get asked every day about how worried we should be about monkeypox. the fact is we need to be aware of the disease so that we are on the lookout for it. if we have patients or if we know family members who have a few days of a fever and lethargy and muscle aches, and then develop that characteristic rash, we need to make sure they are then quarantined and they contact their doctor to arrange for testing. so we all need to be aware of i
battle as they waited for advanced weapons systems from their western allies. day by day, president putin is destroying more cities, and gaining more ground, in a war which nato has warned could last for years. a second earthquake has shaken an area in south eastern afghanistan, causing yet more death and destruction. more than 1000 people are known to have died in the quakes in paktika province, one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest countries in the world. from gayan, secunder kermani reports. scrambling for scraps of bread, the survivors of this earthquake, support is flowing in but more is needed. this district, close to the epis centre, hundreds of homes have