and that s bbc news at six. huw edwards will be here at ten o clock but now it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m lizzie greenwood hughes here s a sneaky peak of some of today s line up for you. we re live at the home for golf st andrews where the 150th open championship is undeway. out but not down northern ireland want to end their euros with a good the first briton to win a stage at this year s tour de france. out but not down northern ireland want to end their euros with a good show against england. 0n the eve of the world athletics championships, we will hear from the new dish team captain from their training pant that can t the neck camp in oregon. the training pant that can t the neck camp in oregon- training pant that can t the neck camp in oregon. training pant that can t the neck cam in oreuon. , .,, ., camp in oregon. the people who look like me and camp in oregon
if you vejustjoined us, a very warm welcome to the programme, and it is very warm. as you ve been hearing, much of europe is grappling with an extreme heatwave with devastating wildfires impacting many parts of the region. the european commission is warning nearly half of european union territory is now at risk of drought. so, what impact is this having on farming? well, some farmers have radically changed their work practices, for example, working at night to minimise the risk of a spark from harvesting equipment starting a fire that could destroy crops. but despite their efforts, thousands of hectares of land has gone up in smoke. so what will this mean for what we buy in the supermarkets is this another reason why prices could go up when we shop for essentials? philippe binard is general delegate, freshfel europe, european fresh produce association. good morning to you. to tell us how the wildfires across europe are impacting the farmers. goad are impacting the farmers.
top universities in particular, skews top universities in particular, skews towards people from the so called best schools, the most hi-h so called best schools, the most high performing schools. and that doesn t high performing schools. and that doesn t necessarily correlate with the talent doesn t necessarily correlate with the talent there. long standing evidence the talent there. long standing evidence also that a level results, people evidence also that a level results, people being drilled to do well doesn t people being drilled to do well doesn t necessarily correspond to how well doesn t necessarily correspond to how well you do at degree level either~ how well you do at degree level either~ so how well you do at degree level either. so i think it makes sense. of course either. so i think it makes sense. of course it s unfortunate for some people of course it s unfortunate for some people who will feel they have done very well people who will feel
that the russians had full control of the city. we ve been hearing these claims, actually, from yesterday, and these claims have not been confirmed yet by the ukraine s general staff, the armed forces of ukraine, neither by the local administration and authorities. what we can say with certainty, of course, is the situation in lysychansk has been very intense for quite a while now. after the battle for severodonetsk, lysychansk was the key focus of the russian offensive, their ground forces have been affecting lysychansk nonstop, the city was under intense artillery fire, missile fire, bombardments, aerial bombardments. and like we ve always been saying, and our minister of defence confirmed it a few days ago, for ukrainians, the value of human life is top priority, so sometimes we may retreat from certain areas, just so that we will retake them in the future. and there are other claims that russia is encircling ukrainian troops, or encircling the town itself. what s your tak