this is bbc news. the headlines. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she faces the rest of her life behind bars. the body of the south african archbishop desmond tutu is lying in state in his old cathedral in cape town ahead of a state funeral on new year s day. the world health organization warns coronavirus variants omicron and delta are driving a dangerous tsunami of cases as the us and europe report a record number of infections. nhs england is to set up new nightingale hubs to combat a potential wave of covid admissions due to omicron. an extra 4,000 emergency hospital beds are to be deployed. and afghanistan s former president defends his decision to flee the country as the taliban closed in earlier this year, saying he did it to prevent the destruction of kabul. now, on bbc
now on bbc news, it s time foryourworld: life at 50 degrees centigrade. in episode four, we see how lives have been dramatically altered in mexico and australia by global warming. surface temperatures at the moment, somewhere between 87 and 95 degrees. so many people don t think that climate change is real. itjust was extremely hot, and everyone was starting to get worried, day by day, until it happened. temperatures will climb well into the 40s, making conditions even worse on our fire grounds. the footage that i took of the fire was shot on the gopro that i had actually got for christmas five days before the event. it was on a very hot day to begin with, so that made the fire, i think, a lot more aggressive. in the afternoon, i got the first glimpse of the fire coming over one of the mountains in front of us. it s so much smokier over there. it then started behind our house and i wasjust standing up there, thinking, bleep, this is happening. need to get off the roof now a
this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. surface temperatures at the moment, somewhere between 87 and 95 degrees. so many people don t think that climate change is real. itjust was extremely hot and everyone was starting to get worried, day by day, until it happened. temperatures will climb well into the 40s, making conditions even worse on ourfire grounds. the footage that i took of the fire was shot on the gopro that i had actually got for christmas five days before the event. it was on a very hot day to begin with, so that made the fire, i think, a lot more aggressive. in the afternoon, i got the first glimpse of the fire coming over one of the mountains in front of us. it s so much smokier over there. it then started behind our house and i was just standing up there, thinking, bleep, this is happening. i need to get off the roof now and start fighting. whoa, kangaroo! ok, i
offered a covid boosterjab following new advice from government advisers. the move adds another 8 million people to the list of those eligible, meaning a total of around a0 million in the uk. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. just a0 days till christmas, and this year s must have item is not available in the shops. it is the covid boosterjab thatis it is the covid boosterjab that is seen as crucial to saving the festive season. you are here for saving the festive season. you are here for a saving the festive season. 7m. are here for a brewster? saving the festive season. you are here for a brewster? nowl saving the festive season. you l are here for a brewster? now it is bein: are here for a brewster? now it is being extended are here for a brewster? now it is being extended to are here for a brewster? now it is being extended to the over. is being extended to the over a05. everyone will get a badge from the prime minister, visiting a medical centre in east lon
which supplied motorcycles to the british army in wold war two, is making a comeback after twenty years. norton was bought by the indian firm, tvs motor, after going into administration last year. the company is now opening a new factory in birmingham just a few miles from where they first started over a century ago. rob mayor has more. a new home, just a stone s throw from where it all began 123 years ago. norton supplied a quarter of all motorcycles to the british army during the second world war and enjoyed success on the racetrack. in recent years it fell on hard times, entering administration last year. after a break of almost 20 years, this famous motorcycle brand is speeding back into the west midlands under indian ownership. at full capacity, this factory will be building 8000 bikes every year. tvs motors bought the company for £16 million and say they have already had more than 5000 customer inquiries. norton is, for me, one of the most exciting motor brands in the