rest of it. despite all the warnings i don t know whether people are taking this as seriously as they ought to. clearly organisations like network rail who are saying don t travel unless you have two on monday and tuesday, we have heard warnings throughout the day on bbc news channel, on the radio, and everywhere else, and from health experts explaining that this is as dangerous and we should take this red dollar as seriously as we do when we get a red alert about high winds or bad weather. i think it is going to be hard for people but we ve never had this temperature in this country. it is dangerous. we don t have the infrastructure to deal with it. you know, rhodes could melt, tarmac can melt, train tracks can buckle. it s going to be pretty difficult but it s only for a couple of days, but people do need to take it seriously. of days, but people do need to take it seriously- it seriously. that s a good point, when we see it seriously. that s a good point, when we see th
was absent from today s cobra meeting discussing the heatwave. so let s begin. the heatwave, it is on the front of the sunday times, warning of chaos looming as we approach the big a0. and a warning from network rail not to travel on monday and tuesday. don t forget, this is the southern half of the uk, so i m sure anybody watching this programme further north is probably sitting thinking is lovely and hoping the sun will come out tomorrow. it is a crisis, we have never had an emergency to declare the because of the sea in the country, yes, we have had hot summers in the past, notably 1976, but this is serious, this is a0 degrees, we are not used to it, our infrastructure, our homes, ourjobs, our methods of getting around are not geared to it. we have to take it seriously. it is notjust for human beings and the fact our bodies can t cope with this, particularly if you doing any physical exertion, it is all the other things, like we haven t got schools and hospitals and houses
The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday. President joe biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel, and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. Lets show you the scene live in gaza now. Israeli air strikes are ongoing in response to hamas s attack, including some in the last few hours. Palestinian Health Officials say 20 children are among the more than 300 killed there. They say nearly 1,800 people have been wounded. Lets get the latest from simonjones. Israel is stepping up its retaliation. This is what it describes as its Mighty Vengeance on the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. 0vernight, gaza has been rocked by explosions. Earlier, warplanes hit several buildings in the centre of the city. The Israeli Defence forces released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. The Israeli Military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by hamas s attacks. The israeli Prime Minister issued this warning
That Earth Observation Spacecraft looked down at our planet and take pictures. It will not hang around, it will seem into space, continuing around the sun. When it comes past the earth, it will come within that distance that telecommunication satellites orbit the earth, and 36,000 kilometres away from the earth. When it comes through there, osiris rex, a cyrus apex as it will be no man, will follow close behind and within a couple of weeks that willjoin it and go into orbit around it. It will not be able to do around it. It will not be able to do a Sample Return because it has used all that equipment. The capture, a sample from bennu is all back here on earth. You can use Remote Sensing. It can fire it thrusters, pick up dirt and study with its Remote Sensing incidents what the material is like. Sensing implements. I think this has a lot of carbon in this asteroid, probably about five to 10 carbon. A lot of water in there as well, maybe 10 water in there as well, maybe 10 water bound i
The leader of the Liberal Democrats, sir ed davey, says the party is considering scrapping some of their House Building targets because the current approach is leading to the wrong houses being built in the wrong places. The lib dems had pledged to build 380,000 homes each year if they come into power, but its expected that will be abolished tomorrow, at the partys annual conference in bournemouth. Live now to our Political Correspondent helen catt. What are we expecting to be announced . What are we expecting to be announced . ,. , announced . This is about the issue of housin announced . This is about the issue of housing targets. Announced . This is about the issue of housing targets. It announced . This is about the issue of housing targets. It is announced . This is about the issue of housing targets. It is quite announced . This is about the issue of housing targets. It is quite a of housing targets. It is quite a contentious issue, particularly in the sort of areas that the Libe