underlines how critical a point we re at with climate change. how much it s effecting the uk. until the main source here is refilled, the llys y fran reservoir, restrictions will remain, but across wales it s a mixed picture. the north of wales in particular has had the rainfall that we need to maintain water resources. pembrokeshire is the area we are concerned about. we just simply haven t had any rain in pembrokeshire. there are other areas of south wales, south east in particular, that rainfall hasn t been as high as we would have liked and we are monitoring. after a period of unprecedented dry weather, it s become clear to karen that these changes are here to stay. it frustrates me more to do with the reasonings behind having hosepipe bans. and that s primarily because, well, we ve notjust had a hot summer. this is a result of climate change and so that s going to carry on that way. i find that very frustrating
or will emmanuel macron see off her challenge? a le pen victory would have profound effects on europe as a whole. i asked nick beake, the bbc s europe correspondent, who s been covering the first round and is now back in brussels, for his views. we saw the brexit vote, then we saw the election of donald trump, and people are wondering whether the french are going to do something very similar, something that upsets everything that s come before. and that s because a le pen presidency wouldn t just change the face of france, in some ways, bringing in her own domestic policies, but it would change france s place, notjust in the european union, but among the international community. and although she s softened some aspects of her appeal to the french people for example, she no longer says that france should come out of the single currency, the euro
about the possibility of a french president le pen? it would change france s place, notjust in the european union, but among the international community. and sri lanka, enduring the worst economic crisis since independence from britain. people really feel like this island nation is on the brink. the bbc s put a huge amount of effort into reporting the war in ukraine. many, many correspondents there covering the fighting and covering the rest of the story. panic must have ensued. but i have to say that one person s reporting in particular has stood out, that ofjeremy bowen. and, jeremy, you and i have been colleagues and friends for more than 30 years, so it s a real pleasure to me to see you sitting here having
south asia correspondent. things really are dire here. you ve notjust got people who were already in poverty finding themselves in a difficult situation. you ve got middle class families who are struggling to afford the basic essentials. i lljust give you an example. i went out with a family that i d met at the protests at the weekend. of course, there s been mass protests now for many, many days, because prices of basics have gone up so much, they can t afford to buy their children basics like apples. i mean, that s how staggering this is. and then, if you add on top of that, john, the fact that there are long power cuts every night here, for hours on end, in some cases, and that s happening across the country. so it s notjust inflation, it s access to power, and also access to gas, diesel, petrol. people queuing up in the blistering heat, and sometimes people say