benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. you are watching bbc news. here s weather world. this time on weather world, we are at raf coningsby which set the uk s highest temperature record this summer during our hottest heatwave. and i will be finding out what it was like that day and how heat and other severe weather affects operations here. i am here at the uk s national meteorological archive and i will be finding out how that new record temperature and all weather observations are used to paint a picture of the uk and the world s changing climate. if we want to understand our climate of the future, the first step is we need to understand our climate now and we also need to understand our climate going back into the past. all these sleeping bags and tents are for people in pakistan still homeless after one of the country s most devastating floods. i will report on 2022 s biggest storms and look at what happen
pope francis has called for an immediate end to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. he was speaking in front of thousands of worshippers gathered in st peter s square. now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world we are at raf coningsby which hit the uk s highest temperature record this summer. and i will find out how severe weather effects operations here. i am here at the national meteorological archive and i will find out how the new record temperature and all weather observations are used to paint a picture of the uk and the world s changing climate. if we want to understand the climate of the future, we need to understand the climate now and the climate going back into the past. all these sleeping bags and tents are for people in pakistan still homeless after a devastating flood. i will report on the bigger storms of the year and look at what happened after weather disasters strike. i am at raf coningsby, not only a place close to my heart
spurs lose to aston villa, and have now won only two of their past seven matches. good morning. and happy new year. today is a cold start for many. it will be a sunny one when we lose the showers. the outlook for the rest of the week remains fairly changeable. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, january 2nd. senior doctors are warning that some a&e departments are in a complete state of crisis because of the extreme pressures facing the nhs this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it s impossible to provide the best standard of care, and there is no doubt that patients are being harmed. louisa pilbeam has the details. patients lying in a&e corridors. .ambulance delays, and staff who say they re at breaking point, and surging flu cases, all at a critical time for the nhs. the diagnosis from a leading emergency care doctor? unless there s more investment in services, patients are at risk. there is no doubt that when we are trying to tre
still to come on weather world, the science behind storm surge, as hurricane ian wreaks havoc in florida. welcome back to raf coningsby. this base has a special place in my heart, because it is where i started forecasting and it is of course the place where the highest uk temperature ever was recorded this summer, 40.3 celsius. behind me are some of the typhoon aircraft based at this station, but what sort of impact do the temperatures have on operations here? well, tojoin me to tell me more is the station commander group captain billy cooper. good to meet you, billy. let s first go back to that day injuly. record breaking temperatures above 40 degrees. what sort of impact does that have on operations here at coningsby? so any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on very modern aircraft. in particular the performance
in november, during the night, mud surges towards the sea, taking everything with it after several days of intense downpours. in october, on the greek island of crete, cars were swept into the sea by a powerful flood that locals say caught them by surprise, also at night, after a day of rain. brazil endured rounds of severe storms that caused deadly flash flooding. this is the aftermath of a landslide that swept onto a motorway in early december and here in petropolis in february, over 200 people died in a catastrophic mudslide that followed several hours of torrential rain. still to come on weather world, the science behind storm surge, as hurricane ian wreaks havoc in florida. welcome back to raf coningsby. this base has a special place in my heart, because it is where i started forecasting and it is of course the place where the highest uk temperature ever was recorded this summer, 40.3 celsius. behind me are some of the typhoon