hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying, with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius in parts of spain and portugal. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s southwestern gironde region, from where our europe correspondent jessica parker sent us this report. planes swoop in as they try to contain the fires raging in southwestern france. more people had to be evacuated from the landiras area today as flames ripped through the forest. a second blaze closer to the coast has seen 10,000 people evacuated. everything went so fast, and the fire, too, was big, big, big. and my friends woke me up and i was like, 0k, this is very serious, what do i take in my room? manon was working and living at a local campsite. for now, this conference centre is her home. 0thers waited
as parts of the uk brace for record high temperatures, the nhs is on high alert. a red extreme heat warning for monday prompts more resources for the health service. we are putting in additional capacity, whether it s with call handlers, whether it s the number of paramedics on duty, whether it s extra capacity on 111. europe s heatwave intensifies, with wildfires forcing thousands to flee parts of south west france. the fire too was big, big, big, big and my friends woke me up and i was like, ok, this is very serious. what do i take? president biden wraps up his tour of the middle east, hoping to boost oil production, to cut global petrol prices. and ireland make history, becoming the first side in almost 30 years, to win a series against the all blacks, in new zealand. good evening. the government has held an emergency cobra meeting, to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures, expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has already been decla
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. iam i am samantha simmonds. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s south western gironde region from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames ripping through forests in south western france. they have been battling these fires for days. 1a,000 people have now been evacuated across the area of ge rong. have now been evacuated across the area of ge rang- area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the area of ge rong. everything went so fast. the fire area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the fire was area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the fire was big, area of ge rong. eve
the government s urged to officially apologise to thousands of unmarried mums who were forced into giving up their babies for adoption. and more struggles for tiger woods on the second day of the open. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the open leader board bunches around those contenders still to start their second round, but rory mcilroy remains in the picture ahead of his afternoon tee off time. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the met office has issued a rare extreme weather warning for parts of england on monday and tuesday. the uk health security agency has also increased its heat health warning from level three to level four the government says that meets the definition of a national emergency. for the first time ever, temperatures could hit a0 degrees. the highest recorded temperature in the uk was 38.7c in cambridge in 2019. the warning covers manchester, the midlands and london. a met office red warning means there is a potential danger to l
largest cities. meanwhile, amber warnings for england and wales, reaching southern scotland as well. we are likely to see impacts. we seem very hot weather developing in spain and portugal, portugaljust a few tenths away from their national record. the heat has been coming north and come monday and tuesday we could see the uk temperature record get obliterated. it currently stands at 38.7, we could see a0. this is a dangerous heatwave just around the corner. today, many will have a dry day with a few showers drifting across south east scotland into northern areas of england, perhaps reaching lincolnshire and norfolk but otherwise fine. high 20s in the south but otherwise comfortable. overnight not particularly humid, the showers clearing away and fresh night on the cards. temperatures between 9 1a. taking a look at the weekend, a few showers across northern areas of scotland, further south we ve got lots of dry weather and sunshine and we are going to start to see those tempe