British for now, but after todays agreement, not for much longer. The islands are all uninhabited, save for one. An important one. DieGo garcia. It is home to a vast and secretive american Military Base, used to refuel bombers during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Foghorn but for years, the Island Nation of mauritius has been staking claim to the ChaGos Islands, planting their flag on one of the tropical atolls here and demanding that britain give up what some have called the uks last colony in africa. Back in the 1960s, the people living on the archipelaGo were forcibly removed by britain, which kept hold of the islands while giving mauritius its independence. A secret deal was already in place to let the americans set up their Military Base on DieGo Garcia. Chapter ii of the charter. But in recent years, international opinion has turned against britain. That the united kingdom is under an obligation. The uns top court ruled here that the islands do indeed belong to mauritius and s
north easterly breeze, but we have introduced drier airfrom norway. so the cloud is broken up, just a little bit of cloud running onto those coastal areas of england, particularly towards east anglia and the far south east, but lots of sunshine around across the uk. still breezy in the south east and because the breezes from the north sea along the breezes from the north sea along the east coast, it is a little cooler. heavier inland, it warms up and the highest temperatures in the western side of the uk, widely 20 widely 20 or 21 celsius. it might be one when the sun is out, but it gets quite chilly at night and well we see some cloud coming in across eastern areas of england, it is quite thin, bit of cloud and well we see some cloud coming in across eastern areas of england, it is quite thin, bit of cloud in northern scotland, generally skies will be clear and it doesn t work and wales, perhaps 4 or 5 degrees. some cloud to begin with cross parts of england, it retreats
who are fighting with each other about how appalling they ve been in government and neither has come up with any plan to deal with this problem. unforgiveable. we ll be looking at where you can turn for help and what you can do to save energy. and our other main story tonight. as tributes continue to nine year old olivia pratt korbel who was fatally shot in her own home, a man is arrested on suspicion of murder. tens of thousands of royal mail postal workers walk out on strike in a dispute over pay. and lost in nasa s archives until now previously unseen space photos of the first missions to the moon. and coming up on the bbc news channel. ben stokes hits a magnificent century as england are in the driving seat against south africa, in the 2nd test at old trafford. good evening. it s been confirmed that energy bills will soar by 80% in october for tens of millions of people in england, scotland and wales, causing real hardship for many who are already coping with a steep ri
or 25 celsius in cardiff. much the same on sunday again, a breeze in the south east along the north sea coast, out towards the west a lot of fine weather, bar the odd shower. on the whole, a fine weekend on the way, and similar weather expected on monday. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 25th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the champions league draw has just been made. we will have the latest on some tantalising ties. england pull out all the stops. early wickets, but can they gain the edge as they look for revenge? and northern irish side linfield are on the brink of history. can they get the job done tonight and qualify for a major european competition? also coming up in the programme: no women drive
away from issues. i don t know quite how we got here away from issues. i don t know quite how we got here from away from issues. i don t know quite how we got here from planting - how we got here from planting 1 million trees! you ll get your say no matter what. i million trees! you ll get your say no matter what. 1 million trees is a huge amount of trees that could contribute to eventually soaking up the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. rosa, again, this government are the government who are told they still aren t doing enough to tackle climate change. still a long way to go. enough to tackle climate change. still a long way to go. yeah, and we haven t heard still a long way to go. yeah, and we haven t heard a still a long way to go. yeah, and we haven t heard a great still a long way to go. yeah, and we haven t heard a great deal - still a long way to go. yeah, and we haven t heard a great deal about. haven t heard a great deal about climate haven t heard a gr