in the conservative leadership race. with more countries fighting wildfires, the us special envoy for climatejohn kerry tells the bbc that president biden is considering whether to announce a climate emergency. we are moving forward, but we re not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. good afternoon. the port of dover says work has been continuing around the clock to help holidaymakers and lorries get across the channel, after they faced lengthy waits over the past two days. queues at the port are expected to be reduced to about an hour this afternoon. the port s chief executive, doug bannister, has thanked travellers and residents of dover for their understanding during what he described as a challenging period . but people using eurotunnel to travel to france have been warned to expect long delays at folkestone. and this is the picture live there now near the entrance to the eurotunnel. as you can see cars and lorries are still queuing up. the
across the continent. thanks forjoining us. in what is the fastest decision in eu history, the european commission has formally recommended candidate status for ukraine but with conditions. for ukraine this has been a long time ambition, and president zelensky was quick to react hailing it as an historic moment, which will bring victory in the war against russia closer . meanwhile president putin said he was against the idea because the eu wasn t a military blo, but couldn t see how it would benefit kyiv. here is commission president ursula von der leyen speaking in brussels. and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream. let s look at where ukraine is in its eu application. the application has broadly three phases. phase 1 is the application to become a candidate for eu membership. ukraine submitted their application in march. first they need the european commission to recommend the