but the figures aren t quite the horror show many feared. it s 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 1am in london where the uk has recorded temperatures of more than a0 degrees celsius for the first time. the heatwave has caused widespread disruption, and a major incident has been declared in london, where the mayor sadiq khan said fire crews were struggling to cope. the un s climate chief has warned heatwaves like the one gripping western europe are becoming more frequent. our first report is from our climate editorjustin rowlatt. with today s searing heat came fires, and lots of them. huge plumes of smoke rose above london as grassfires engulfed homes on the outskirts of the capital. the london fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but in particular, the last two days. temperature records were
and your mission should you choose to accept it is to find out if the hollywood superstar, tom cruise is filming in the british lake district. hello, and welcome to bbc news. a summer heatwave which has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest europe shows no signs of easing. firefighters in france, portugal, spain and greece are battling forest blazes. and new temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives, possibly hundreds. our correspondent, bethany bell reports from malaga. fire crackles. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battled the flames in extremadura in the west of the country. in the south near malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopter whirrs. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breakin
Securing a hotel room for the 620 summit in hamburg. So today we want to know what you have missed out on by waiting too late to book . Just let us know use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in hamburg, germany where as youve been hearing, leaders of the 620 group of the worlds top economies are gathering. Concerns over free trade and the environment are high on the agenda. But for europe equally pressing is the Migration Crisis. Record numbers of migrants from sub Saharan Africa have been heading into the eu increasingly across the mediterranean via italy as this map shows. The final destination for many is 6ermany where migration related costs are projected to top 100bn by 2020. Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that she thinks other countries must shoulder more of the burden last year alone 6ermany saw almost three quarters of a Million People apply for asylum. There are fears that Climate Change and poverty could drive millions more afric
for many consumers in europe, and it has to do with a trend to experience new types of tourism. i think that there are people now looking at sun and beach and something else, and these can be done notjust in the summer, in the peak summer months, but it can also be done injune, in may, in september, in october. and i think that this is actually a good thing. how much of a problem is that, miguel, for an economy, let s say greece, where some estimates say that tourism is worth about a fifth of their economy? to have these unpredictable problems like wildfires on this scale, i mjust wondering, again, what s the wider economic impact? the impact on the travel sector, it s also important, but the real problem is for the local communities and the local businesses and the local residents of those countries. and i think that these episodes of extreme weather conditions
importance to their economy. and, willie, it s notjust europe that s seeing aviation disrupted because of extreme weather. in the us, the faa, the federal aviation authority, recently said that wildfires are causing more delays than rain orfog. in the us, we have seen significant disruption as well. i think the problem in the us is compounded by a shortage of air traffic controllers. so it s notjust one issue, it s the combination of a couple of issues that are having a major impact on operations there. but, you know, without question, this year, we re experiencing, if you like, a different level of disruption and different causes of disruption than maybe last year. and, willie, just to put this all into context, i mean, all of this comes at a time when the aviation industry is onlyjust getting back on its feet after almost, what, $200 billion of losses caused by covid? in may, traffic was, what, 96% of pre covid levels? is that recovery now