translation: thisi is a complete farce. the united states is violating china s sovereignty under the guise of so called democracy. those who offend china will be punished. there are reports several chinese fighterjets have been entering taiwanese airspace. we ll have the very latest. also on the programme.. parched gardens and lawns will have to wait. a hosepipe ban is coming to parts of southern england. the hospital treating archie battersbee awaits a european court ruling, before withdrawing his life support. and tributes are being paid to roy hackett, one of the country s most influential civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel. commonwealth gold for england s evie richards in the cross country mountain biking after leading from the start. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. one of america s most senior politicians, the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, says her controversial trip to t
the charity shelter says more than half a million households are at the mercy of their landlord. the government says the rebate should be passed on to tenants. hosepipe bans have been announced following weeks of extreme weather with parts of england having the driestjuly since records began back in the early 19th century. our correspondence has this report. arlington reservoir in sussex last year, and again, last month, with water level much lower. it is conditions like this that mean hosepipe bans will come into force in kent and sussex. hosepipe bans will come into force in kent and sussex. we ve ust had confirmation in kent and sussex. we ve ust had confirmation that i in kent and sussex. we ve ust had confirmation that july i in kent and sussex. we ve ust had confirmation that july was i in kent and sussex. we ve just had confirmation that july was one i in kent and sussex. we ve just had confirmation that july was one of l confirmation thatjuly was one of the driest mont
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valleys to experience the cooling we think we peg with this particular heat spell today, we did reach temperatures as high as 43 celsius in the bay area. on average we don t really get higher than 32. it was a pretty significantjump we saw. at with the onshore winds increasing, we are hopeful we will begin to see more calling as we go through the next few days and is also interesting to point out similar to the heatwave we saw in the pacific north west as the climate continues trending warmer it is becoming more common here in california that were experiencing more of these heatwaves, notjust in some of that in spring and fall and then heading to new extremes that we did not use to see at our latitude. in fact within the last decade four of the five longest years of warmest years have occurred in california since 2014. california since 2014. indeed, and i was california since 2014. indeed, and i was mentioning - california since 2014. indeed, and i was mentioning earlierl and i w