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people traveling on trains as flames roared near the tracks. in france the fires forced at least 37,000 people to evacuate. in uk today was the hottest day ever. 104 degrees fahrenheit. the heat is triggering fires around london now as well. back here in the u.s. 60 million people will experience triple digit temperatures in the next week. there is no bigger story right now, no issue affecting more people, billions of people. the u.n. secretary-general says half of humanity is in the climate danger zone. and he had this warning. we have a choice, collective action or collective suicide. it is in our hands. we have team coverage all across the globe. let s start with nina. london fire officials are facing major strains. what are you seeing? reporter: yeah, that s right. we ve seen the specter of those wildfires that are raging across southern europe, ana, hit here on the fringes of the britishcal tal three miles away from where i am. there was a wildfire burning an ....
minister says abe is in critical condition and doctors are fighting to save his life. the fire department reports that abe was in a state of pulmonary arrest. they were quick to arrest the gunman, a plan in his 40s, saying he used a home made gun. we are live this hour in tokyo. what more can you tell us? you just heard the booming gunshots ring out in the video you just played. japanese broadcaster reporting former prime minister shinzo abe was shot, once in the chest and one on the right side of his neck. it happened this morning in the western city of nara. about an hour ago, the current prime minister held a press conference and addressed abe s current condition. take a listen. [speaking in foreign language] first of all in the morning, i received the news that the former prime minister was shot and now in critical condition. emergency operation is taking place to save his life. i pray he pulls through. he went on to call today s shooting an unforgivable act. no ....
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving w ....
They did using a process known as gene editing. There are many hurdles tojump but this raises the hope of preventing thousands of inherited genetic disorders. Fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more ambitious. To eradicate inherited diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. Editing dna in Human Embryos. So how is it done . Inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. It is the Instruction Manual for life. The scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious Heart Condition. They fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. They then injected the gene editing system. This scans the dna like a spell check or a sat nav. It then cuts both strands of the dna and removes the faulty gene. A healthy cop ....