they ve started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise commencement speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in the us. i m proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states is also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our bbc verify team has been looking at images that show the extent of the destruction there durin
jeopardising a deal to allow grain to leave the city. now on bbc news: life at 50 degrees: the town that burnt down in a day. when i was growing up, my grandmother used to tell me that we lived here forever. there s this collective conscious knowledge that is handed down from generation to generation. what you do to the land, you do to yourselves. that is how i was raised. but since a child i have seen changes in ecosystems, i ve seen less water, i ve seen the trees struggling with drought and heat anxiety. if you abuse the land, climate change is a logical consequence. and this weekend, temperature records could be shattered across the province. a new all time record i of 49.5 degrees celsius. the hot spot of course in lytton, british columbia. holy bleep. my daughter is asking every- day, the town s burnt, mom? it is all you re left. with, just memories. let s make some noise for fairy creek! we have fires all around the world destroying unprecedented amounts. all we want
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. holidaymakers and hauliers face a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel. delays around the port of dover appear to have eased, but other travellers spent all night stuck in queues. at folkestone about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10.30, and then we slowly have been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeting military installations, ukraine s president denounced the attack as barbaric . rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration, in their latest announcements 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 fo
and this weekend, temperature records could be shattered across the province. a new all time record i of 49.5 degrees celsius. the hot spot of course in lytton, british columbia. holy bleep. my daughter is asking every- day, the town s burnt, mom? it is all you re left. with, just memories. let s make some noise for fairy creek! we have fires all around the world destroying unprecedented amounts. all we want to do is protect the old growth. we, as humanity, are destroying huge amounts of our forest. reinforce the line, | reinforced the line! shouting and commotion they are going to tell us how forestry should be in british columbia? you are not from here, go home! we are trying to defend our livelihood. my computer. because of the pandemic, cbc set me up with all the gear. i connect right to the studio. 0k. hi, ian. fellow meteorologists and i saw this potential climate change means our summers are hotter and drier. so the brush and the fuel dries out so much quicker and fi
Tonight, we are closely watching multiple developing stories that have the world on edge. And israel, thousands of troops and tanks remain on the border with gaza awaiting orders for unanticipated ground offensive. As gaza descends deeper into a humanitarian crisis. A United Nations agency says gaza is, quote, running out of life, with dwindling supplies of food, water, energy, and medicine. Up to 600 americans also remain stuck in gaza as the rafah Border Crossing into egypt is still closed. Just hours ago, we learned hamas is foreign hostages when the necessary conditions are available. But until that happens, and if that happens, the families of what we know to be at least 199 hostages await any word about their loved ones who are being held hostage by hamas. The tara group also released Video Footage of a hostage for the first time today. It shows a 21yearold woman speaking to the camera under duress. And it is unclear when it was actually recorded. Right now, its 3 am in israel, a