next two people wanting to fly, and over the next two weeks we are about to enter at the next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak of the peak summer season politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures fo
in new zealand. good afternoon. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer s heatwave is entering uncharted waters. well, i don t like the heat. it s all right at the moment, it s all right in the shade, but i do burn too quickly. for those climate sceptics, i think this is evidence that something s definitely happening, so, you know, people need to take a bit of responsibility, definitely. he can t be in nursery for the full day because it s going to be far too hot for him, so he ll be home for the afternoon in a p
abortion. no, no, no, one performed on a story by the media see what i did there? i tricked you twice. it seems every day we find more proof of how corrupt the press is in killing off a living, breathing story out of convenience. it was a group effort, strangling a breakthrough expose that would have changed the landscape of an election. the press come along with dems, facebook, and twitter, took the laptop story to their own version of planned parenthood and suffocated it with a high-tech blanket. the latest bombshell, remember how joe biden claims he never spoke to hunter about his dealings with the chinese? true, they talk mostly about crack cocaine on their 15 hour flight. [laughter] on air force to go. now we know that story is as full as joe s teeth. he knew what hunter was up to, trying to make it rain with multimillion dollar chinese companies vehicle after seeing the new york times piece about chinese corruption online, joe called hunter and told him it was all c
With the israeli gaza strip. Im confident theyre going to act on the rules of war. Theres a standard that democratic countries and institutions will go by, and so im confident that theres going to be an ability for the in gaz have access to medicine and food and water. That was President Joe Biden yesterday on 60 minutes as palestinians in gaza are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israel in just a moment. Meanwhile, the United States military is increasing its presence in the middle east amid a threat from iran and another terrorist group. And also ahead, back here at home, an update on the speakers race. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears that their nominee does not have the support he needs. Well go through that and what could come next on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us that is poised to be a busy week. Well begin this mor
Inside gaza americans are trapped, unable to get out. But the border may now open within hours. The ship now coming to israel to evacuate americans. Our interview with the u. S. Senators on the ground here, at one point rushed to a bomb shelter. The deadly explosion inside gaza. This caravan of civilians hit. Hamas says dozens were killed including children, but israel pushing back, saying it wasnt them. What we know right now. Desperate hours of hospitals inside the palestinian territory, 35,000 now sheltering in one hospital. Food, water, and medicine running dangerously low. While in israel, we are with doctors preparing for war. Our first look at the Weapons Hamas fighters used in their deadly attack. Did they come from iran . The new warning from the fbi director about Terror Threats in the u. S. We remember Suzanne Somers the star of 3s company and the Famous Pitch Woman has died. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening from here