should get the death penalty. and after being closed by the kremlin in the early days of war, russia s last remaining independent tv channel makes a defiant return to the airwaves. hello and welcome. yes, it is warm, isn t it? especially if you are tuning in across europe. europe is waking up to another day of brutal temperatures and the reality of a fast changing climate. in france, several towns and cities recorded their highest ever temperatures on monday. the uk is expected to follow suit today. and it s notjust the heat. wildfires and now drought are having a devastating impact across the continent. with the latest, here s the bbc s tim allman. in much of europe, the heat is just relentless. here, in western france, columns of smoke make this look more like a war zone than a tourist destination. firefighters do what they can, spraying the trees with water. at this nearby hotel, they put gas canisters in the swimming pool to try and stop them exploding. the flames are now
Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
The fairytale of Leicester City or Claudio Ranieri, as the manager who masterminded the most unlikely of premier League Titles is dropped by the club. Good morning. After weeks of Front Page Campaigns and political protest, the government has promised help for thousands of Companies Facing sharp increases in the amount they pay in Business Rates. Storm doris brought us near misses like this, and disruption to roads, rail and air travel. As many people try to complete their journeys, nick has the details on what the weathers going to do next. Yes, good morning. Storm doris is gone. It is cold and calm this morning. Many places will be dry. It will turn letter later. It is nowhere near as nasty as storm doris. I will be back with the full forecast. Good morning. First, our main story. A truly historic victory the words of new conservative mp Trudy Harrison after taking the labour seat of copeland in last nights by election, the first gain by a Governing Party since 1982. In the nights ot
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,
I think we did a greatjob today. we did a greatjob the last ten days in england, we did a greatjob in the preparation of this tournament, so, also very happy for every player who did a lot of work also, ourstaff, player who did a lot of work also, our staff, and player who did a lot of work also, ourstaff, and our fantastic supporters here. that i also receive in belgium. meanwhile, in the men s game, robert lewandowski has joined up with her new team mates ahead of completing his move from bayern munich to barcelona. this was the moment the striker met up with barcelona s squad who are in miami ahead of a us tour. despite the introductions, the deal isn t yet complete. an agreement of around $50 million has been struck with bayern, but the striker still needs to complete his medical before officially joining. and for the first time, the sport of slack lining has held its inaugural world championships. taking place in switzerland at an altitude of 2,252 metres, 31 athletes from all ove