hello. welcome to bbc news. we start in northern italy and dramatic scenes after severe flooding has killed at least eight people with thousands being evacuated from their homes. this weekend s formula one, grand prix at imola has also now been cancelled. it comes, as a new report by the world meteorological organisation warned that global temperatures will reach record levels in the next five years. we ll have more on that in a moment. first let s get more on the situation in itlay. it s one of the european countries most affected by extreme weather in recent years the extreme flooding is in the emillia romana region. this is forli near bologna the mayor has said the city is on its knees devastated and in pain . divers have been recovering bodies hundreds of people have been trapped or stranded as rivers burst their banks. in towns nearby people are being rescued from their homes by helicopter. plucked from rooftops or the waters. in this area around hal
Our main story in a few hours time, theresa may is expected to become the first world leader to meet americas new president when she addresses Congressional Republicans in philadelphia. Tomorrow the Prime Minister will travel to the white house for formal talks. It is his first talks with Another World leader. Mrs may is expected to tell her audience tonight that a sovereign, Global Britain wants to enhance ties with its old friends. But some politicians here have expressed misgivings, after mr trump said he supported the use of waterboarding during interrogations. Heres our Political Correspondent, carole walker. Theresa may says her meeting with President Trump will be an opportunity to renew The Special Relationship, to discuss a Future Trade Deal and the importance of strengthening defence and security cooperation. But how will she respond to the new president s latest remarks . Though some of his advisers dont agree with him but donald trump says he would consider methods such as
North Korea s external economic relations minister has expressed intent for his country s cooperation with Iranian automaker Saipa during a recent rare trip to Tehran.
Batter making capacity. andy palmer the former chief operating officerfor nissan said the uk could lose its carmaking industry. it would be a tragedy. we have seen over the last 40 years a general decline in the uk s position in the industry. in the 50s we used to be the second largest manufacturer of cars in the world, the world s largest exporter. last year we were 19th. so we have seen a general decline in our importance in the world. it can go one of two ways now. we can either use the opportunity of the move to electrification to reinvigorate our supply chain, reinvigorate the uk as an interesting place to manufacture cars. or we don t, in which case we can expect carmaking to move off these shores. let s speak to david henig who s director of the uk trade policy project at the european centre for international political economy. he joins us live from london.