South of france and corsica fight huge forest fires banned by high temperatures and strong winds. Close to the Tourist Resort of saint tropez, nearly 2000 Fire Fighters have been put into action as dozens of homes are evacuated. And britains adam peaty has broken his own 50 metre breast stroke world record, in the heats of the World Swimming Championships in hungary. Good morning. Its tuesday the 25th ofjuly. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Builders could be banned from selling new houses as Leasehold Properties in england under proposals put forward by the government today. It comes after it emerged some Housing Developers have been selling the leasehold on to Investment Firms without always telling homeowners, leading to extra costs or rising charges. The government says there is a particular problem in the North West Of England where houses were being sold on leasehold although its not clear why. The communities secretary, sajid javid, has said enough is enough as he set
Now the zika virus. The virus carried by mosquitoes now so widespread, experts last week estimated there could be up to 4 million cases by next year. The last Emergency Declaration like this, the Ebola Outbreak in 2015, that outbreak killed 11,000. They certainly dont want a repeat of that. They are declaring this emergency now so they can get the money and the assistance theyll need to stop this outbreak and we have just learned the new York Department of health is going to offer free testing for people with symptoms who have traveled to areas where the zika virus is ongoing. An emergency meeting of independent experts was held in geneva this morning. The goal, to assess the outbreak after noting a suspicious link between zikas arrival in brazil last year, and a surge in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads. They decided what to do next and the consensus was clear. The causes of micro micro the possible link between zika and microcephaly and other neurologic disorders