Is very strong. The fires are releasing copious volumes of carbon dioxide, which Scientists Say will make our planet even warmer. That means wildfires like these will become even more common. Ramzan karmali, bbc news. Drivers in the us state of newjersey had a lucky escape when a runaway tyre caused a motorway crash. The tyre can be seen rolling along the road after coming off the back of a lorry. After going over the barrier, it struck a car in oncoming traffic. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. 0h, oh, my word thats the first time ive seen those pictures, very striking and relieving to hear no one was hurt. Now its time for a look at the weather. Good afternoon. That was a painful watch but hopefully now for you some relief from the heatwave. The pictures arent so pretty across the uk today. This is the river cam with umbrellas up because pretty wet weather has arrived for some of us. We have a weather front at the moment which is pretty much over the north west of scotland exte
and it s not just and it s notjust the uk temperature record that is likely to topple today and tomorrow. we are also looking at individual records for scotland, england and wales all being broken, and if anything tomorrow looks like it will be a bit hotter than today. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning. farms across the country, like this one in suffolk, are already dealing with a very dry first half of the year, as you can see from the reservoir levels behind me. now comes the heatwave. i will be looking at the effect it is having on the food they produce that we all rely on. also on breakfast this morning, one of the conservative mps vying to be party leader will be knocked out of the running today, when the latest round of voting takes place. in sport, how rory mcilroy let it slip away on the final day at st andrews, as cameron smith pockets a cool £2 million winner s cheque for winning the open. good morning. welcome to cambridge where th
people are skipping meals to save money. also today. today s warm weather in the south of england has now been officially classed as a heatwave. gatwick airport cancels hundreds of holiday flights this summer. it says staff shortages are still a major problem. the spread of avian flu is worrying experts studying important colonies of birds off the coast of britain. that one sounded so good! and fun in the sun for england s cricketers as they break their own world record for the most runs in a one day international. and coming up on the bbc news channel, can rory mcilroy continue his good start in massachusettes? he tees off shortly. we ll bring you the latest from round two of the us open. welcome to bbc news at six. there s more evidence today of the sharp rise in the cost of living, with the price of petrol and diesel breaking new records, and the rate of inflation heading to levels not seen for decades. ministers have urged people to be sensible in their demands for high
flights stuff are not responsible. long running dispute about parking former soldier convicted of murder. signed recent united states can julian assange should be sent to united states? priti patel says he can but he has the right to appeal. how day of the year so far. and kate bush s bracket number one. hottest day of the year so far. kate bush back at number one in the chart up bush back at number one in the chart up a0 years. prime minister borisjohnson has travelled to kyiv, to have talks with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. during the visit, the pm offered a uk led military training programme which he said could change the equation of the war . downing street says the operation would have the potential to train up to 10,000 soldiers every 120 days. both leaders have been speaking about the talks in kyiv. let s have a listen to what they said. translation: we do not have any doubt that - ukraine s going to prevail, so we are preparing for postwar reconstruc
gatwick airport cancels hundreds of holiday flights this summer. it says staff shortages are still a major problem. covid infections jumped 43% in the week of the four dayjubilee bank holiday, according to the latest figures. that one sounded so good! england s cricketers break their own world record for runs scored in a one day international. and today s warm weather in the south of england has now been officially classed as a heatwave. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, callum tarren is making a name for himself in the second round of the us open. the englishman s battling to stay at the top of the leaderboard. welcome to bbc news at ten. there s more evidence today of the sharp rise in the cost of living, with the price of petrol and diesel breaking new records, and the rate of inflation heading to levels not seen for decades. ministers have urged people to be sensible in their demands for higher wages, but a major new survey for the bbc in