and the restored mural in an english bar painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. heatwaves, wildfires and drought are continuing to affect large parts of europe. in the south west of france, a thousand firefighters have been mobilized. rescue workers have described the blaze as a monster. a number of european countries are sending equipment and help. it s prompted increasing concern about the effects of climate change, as our correspondent mark lowen reports. a cloak of fire shrouding south west france. a landscape of beauty, turned to horror. as flames tear through the gironde, destroying almost 7,000 hectares, fanned by winds, searing heat and france s worst drought on record. a tranquil village last week, a ghost town this one, with 10,000 people evacuated. firefighters and planes have come from across europe to help f
and scientists in china are tracking a new animal based virus that s infected at least several dozen people. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where the us attorney general, merrick garland, has defended thejustice department s decision to seek a search warrant for donald trump s residence at mar a lago earlier this week. mr garland said he had personally approved the move, noting that upholding the rule of law meant applying the law evenly without fear or favour. he said the department ofjustice would make the warrant public, because of the substantial public interest. let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the fbi and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and thejustice department are and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic public servants.
submerged in floodwaters, in the south korean capital, seoul. france is in the grip of its worst drought on record with crops at risk as the water runs out. this is the middle of the loire river but you can see how barren it has become. locals say the water has never been so low at this time of the year. he was known as the king of pleats iconicjapanese fashion designer, issey miyake, has died at the age of 8a. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us where senior republicans have condemned the fbi s unprecedented search of donald trump s florida home on monday as an abuse of power. the former vice president mike pence called for the us attorney general to give a full public account of why it happened, saying it caused him deep concern. the former president, who was not at mar a lago at the time, said a number of agents had occupied the compound and broken into his safe. the white house says
the king of pleats. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. senior republicans in the us have condemned the fbi s unprecedented search of donald trump s florida home on monday as an abuse of power. the former vice president mike pence called for the us attorney general to give a full public account of why it happened, saying it caused him deep concern. the former president, who was not at mar a lago at the time, said a number of agents had occupied the compound and broken into his safe. the white house says president biden learned about the search from media reports. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from washington. cars beeping their horns. save america! the trump bandwagon is fuelled by conspiracy, and news of the search brought supporters to his florida resort even more convinced of their theories of stolen elections and deep state plots. you feel like you might be in venezuela or china, or russia. we feel the fbi s doing a polit
climate critical report. after dominating womens tennis for a quarter of a century, 23 time grand slam champion, serena williams suggests she s planning to retire. hello, thank you forjoining us. senior republicans in the us have condemned the fbi s unprecedented search of donald trump s florida home, on monday, as an abuse of power. the former vice president mike pence called for the us attorney general to give a full public account of why it happened, saying it caused him deep concern. the former president, who was not at mar a lago at the time, said a number of agents had occupied the compound and broken into his safe. the white house says president biden learned about the search from media reports. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from washington. cars beeping their horns. save america! the trump bandwagon is fuelled by conspiracy, and news of the search brought supporters to his florida resort even more convinced of their theories of stolen election