In the turkish city istanbul. Its the morning in sydney, and people are waking up to what authorities are calling a catastrophic threat its the morning in sydney, and people are waking up of dangerfrom bushfires thats the highest level of warning. And the day coming is predicted to be the worst since these fires began several weeks ago. Hot temperatures and strong winds in New South Wales are the reason why this threat level is being used in sydney. There are bush fires in queensland too. And we already know how desvtasting these fires can be. These are pictures from the last week. New south wales is already under a state of emergency. That gives the fire Service Special powers to evacuate property and turn off power. Fire crews have come from all over australia and new zealand to help. The fires escalated on friday. 150 homes were destroyed and three people died. This footage gives you a sense of the danger people and Fire Fighters are facing. This crew is completely surrounded by fla
Also tonight. There are 42 flood warnings still in place in the north of england, ministers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow, as locals underline the scale of the crisis. Weve never experienced this in our lifetime. Weve lived here for nearly 55 years. I was born here. And we just think the system has completely let us down. One of the uks biggest steel makers has been rescued by a chinese company, potentially safeguarding thousands of jobs. In hong kong, two people are in a Critical Condition after another day of demonstrations by democracy campaigners in hong kong. And a two minute silence across the uk, as people gather to pay tribute to those lost in two world wars. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news a fourth consecutive gold in a championship record in the javelin. Hollie arnold starts for Great Britain at the world para athletics. Good evening. Theres been a potentially significant shift in the dynamics of the upcoming election, caused by the brexit partys decision not
Seen the remain alliance being forged between the lib dems and greens. Obviously labour has been staying out of this, admittedly because Jeremy Corbyn has his own Brexit Coalition of the remainders on his front bench, and he himself being the more youre a sceptic persuasion to manage. Basically brexit years are coming together, maybe remainders need to do the same. Sienna, the trays only need nine more seats to get a majority from the figures ive been looking at, Jeremy Corbyn saying that they are not in the business of talking about deals with other parties, are they going to have to reconsider here . I dont think thats going to happen, quite simply. Labouralways has this ethos of actually, we want to give voters the choice, do they wa nt to give voters the choice, do they want from you know, labour, lib dems, green, its not right for Political Parties like labour to throw their weight around and decide what voters and push them into voting for a certain centre left or left party, the
Positive. Its good. There are 42 flood warnings still in place in the north of england. Ministers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow as locals underline the scale of the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and queensland as bushfires continue to burn, posing what authorities say, is a catastrophic threat. Families in england will benefit from two cannabis based medicines approved for the nhs but others say they still wont get what they need. And at half past 11 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph and sienna rodgers, the editor of labourlist. Theres been a potentially significant shift in the dynamics of the upcoming election caused by the brexit partys decision not to contest those seats won by the conservatives last time. The Brexit Party Leader, nigel farage, who once promised to stand in the vast majority of seats across the uk said hed made the decision beca
Showers running in of north sea coasts. As you move out of friday and saturday, we have got this weather front pushing on. And saturday, we have got this weatherfront pushing on. A band of cloud and rain is High Pressure builds in. Not expecting too much insignificant rainfall. Also, dry wood just a few isolated showers. I pressure is set to build in behind. Thanks could actually quieten down. There is still a level of uncertainty so we could see the battles of low pressure out of the west with High Pressure in the east. Hello. This is bbc news with lu kwesa burack. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. Nigel farage gives in to pressure from fellow brexiteers and says his brexit party will not stand in tory held seats. The brexit party will not contest the 317 seats that the conservatives won the last election. However what we will do is concentrate our total effort into all of the seats that are held by the labour party. A chinese Firm Conf