Much of india is struggling with an extreme heatwave. Millions are having to cope with drought and there are already reports of dozens of deaths from heatstroke. Temperatures have been exceeding a0 degrees celsius, thats well over a hundred degrees fahrenheit, for several weeks. Kathryn armstrong reports. This woman struggles every day to collect water for her family from this almost empty well. Her village in the indian district of beed in maharashtra, is facing extreme water scarcity. Since all the wells and ponds in her village have dried, the girl has to trek more than two kilometres to fetch water. Translation the road isnt good as it is under construction. I dont have time to study, i dont have time to play, i have to bring water three times a day. I am afraid i will fall into the well. In some parched villages, people are forced to drink untreated water, supplied by tankers. Farmers are struggling the most in these drought stricken regions. This man has seen three crop failures.
President trump says the us military was ready to retaliate against iran but he changed his mind ten minutes before planned strikes. The president reveals three targets had been chosen, everything was in place, so what changed his mind . A government ministers response to a Climate Change protester at a city dinner. Mark field is now suspended from hisjob. Iam 93 and we speak to one of the last surviving passengers to sail here on the empire windrush, over 70 years ago. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news Hayley Turner makes history again, this time as the first female jockey to win a race at royal ascot for 32 years. Good evening. The parents of the oxford teenagerjack letts, who left home in 2014 and travelled to syria to join the Islamic State group, have been spared jail after being found guilty of funding terrorism. John letts and sally lane sent money to their son, dubbed jihadijack, despite concerns he had joined is and warnings from police that they would face prosecution. H
Was behind the attack on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman during a press briefing he called around a threat to International Peace and security in expects. Well the u. S. Secretary of state is placing blame for the incident regarding to oil tankers he says that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible and that that is the position of the United States this is what we heard earlier from mike pompei oh it is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of amman today these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to International Peace and security a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and in an acceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran now 2 oil tankers were involved along with 44. 00 crew members that were on board those oil tankers the incident took place near the strait of hormuz now at this point were hearing that one of the vessels of the front all tear was described as qu
Hello to you. Chinas government has previously denied they even exist. Now it says the state run detention camps its built in the far Western Region of xinjiang are simply schools to combat the rise of violent islamist extremism. Its thought up to a Million People are being held there. Last year, our correspondent John Sudworth exposed how rapidly these secure facilities were being developed. Now he has returned. And even though access is tightly controlled, and his itinerary was set by the government, he has found out more. You may find parts of his report disturbing. China used to deny it was Holding Hundreds of thousands of muslims in giant, secure facilities like this one. But now, we are being given a tour. The message these people are not prisoners, but students, willingly subjecting themselves to a kind of brainwashing. Is it your choice to be here . Translation yes, i was affected by extremism. Ive come here to transform my thoughts. Government officials watch over every interv
It is about half past four in the morning. You are up to date with the headlines. Now on bbc news Hardtalks Stephen Sackur talks to valerie jarrett, who was Senior Advisor to president obama from 2009 2017. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. It is one of the great puzzles of american politics how voters could make history by putting barack obama in the white house, twice, and then elect donald trump as his successor. How much responsibility should team obama take for the course american politics has taken since they left centre stage . My my guest today is valeriejarrett, close friend and advisor to barack and Michelle Obama, from the early daysin and Michelle Obama, from the early days in chicago all the way through the white house years. How will historians view the obama legacy . Valerie jarrett, valeriejarrett, welcome to hardtalk. Well, thank you, im delighted to be here. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure. I would like to take you right back to 1991. You then matt, you