welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the president of the european commission has said rare gas leaks in two major pipelines connecting russia and europe were the result of sabotage. ursula von der leyen has warned of the strongest possible response if active european energy infrastructure is attacked. earlier, ukraine accused russia of causing the leaks in what it described as a terrorist attack . here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. nord stream 1 and nord stream 2 are huge pipelines that bring gas from russia to germany, 700 miles along under the baltic. they are the largest pipelines of their kind in the world. but look at this, significant disturbance to the sea near denmark, caused by leaking gas, it is thought. the danish military say this area of turbulence was more than half a mile wide and shipping is being kept out of the area. the gas is leaking here near a danish island, bornholm, it is thought there are a couple of le
portugal and greece. up in the woods you can see guys tackling the fires. there is a huge amount of activity down here and it is hot, it is smoky. just look at the haze in the trees. we ll have details from france, and the uk, including flintshire which recorded the highest ever temperature in wales. one other main story tonight. the race to be conservative leader and next prime minister is down to four, with rishi sunak still in the lead. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: simply the rest ben stokes will retire from one day international cricket after tuesday s series opener with south africa. welcome to bbc news at ten. the intense heatwave affecting many parts of britain has triggered an extreme red weather warning for most of england, meaning an actual threat to life. it s putting the health service under pressure and it s caused disruption for many travellers. the heatwave is due to reach its point of greatest danger tomorrow afternoon. wales has exp
of reunion and relief, with children in particular the focus of worldwide attention. for the families still waiting, now the question what are the chances that further negotiations can yield a breakthrough? so far, 110 israeli hostages held by hamas have been freed and 240 palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. these were mostly women, children and teenagers, and in this programme, we want to put the names, faces and stories to those numbers. in that spirt, on tuesday, 84 year old ditza heiman, one of the founders of kibbutz nir oz in israel was released. she is a former social worker and also the widow of a holocaust survivor who came to the uk on the kindertransport. sisters dafna and ela el yakim were freed on sunday after being taken from their father s home, also on kibbutz nir oz. their mother shared this photo of their reunion, writing, my precious daughters were returned to me yesterday, a moment etched forever in my memory. emily hand, who turned n