of the candidates declined to take part. the bbc is planning another with just the final two. and the whole process and the way the debates have played out has raised broader questions about how they re organised, how they serve voters and the country as a whole, and how the broadcasters find the experience, too. well, we re going to be speaking to jonathan from sky news, kristin from channel 4 news, julie for itv news, but first of all, let s bring in faisal islam, because he will be the on air team for this bbc debate. tell us more. an awful lot has been done. a lot of the legwork has been done by. the excellent debates are hosted by two of the other people on this call, really rich in terms of drama, and some interesting and intriguing policy proposals that we re yet to hear detail on. i think another factor here is that we haven t heard as many broadcast interviews with some of the candidates to be prime minister as we may have had in the past. so these really have been t
jeopardising a deal to allow grain to leave the city. now on bbc news: life at 50 degrees: the town that burnt down in a day. when i was growing up, my grandmother used to tell me that we lived here forever. there s this collective conscious knowledge that is handed down from generation to generation. what you do to the land, you do to yourselves. that is how i was raised. but since a child i have seen changes in ecosystems, i ve seen less water, i ve seen the trees struggling with drought and heat anxiety. if you abuse the land, climate change is a logical consequence. and this weekend, temperature records could be shattered across the province. a new all time record i of 49.5 degrees celsius. the hot spot of course in lytton, british columbia. holy bleep. my daughter is asking every- day, the town s burnt, mom? it is all you re left. with, just memories. let s make some noise for fairy creek! we have fires all around the world destroying unprecedented amounts. all we want
as they attempt to tackle the climate crisis. russia admits it attacked the port of odessa a day after an agreement to resume grain exports but its foreign minister denies they are to blame for causing a world food crisis and marvels s much anticipated black panther sequel wakanda forever is unveiled at comic con in san diego. pope francis has arrived in canada. and he is on a mission to say sorry. a pilgrimage of penance is how he has labelled this trip, which will include a full apology on behalf of the catholic church for the abuse inflicted on indigenous children at mostly church run residential schools. it s believed more than 150,000 children were taken from their families in a practice that lasted more than a century, and only came to an end in the 1990s. but indigenous groups themselves have expressed dissatisfaction over the arrangements of the pontiff s visit. mark lobel reports. preparing to confront his flock s terrible past in canada but not everyone appear
Welcome to bbc news. our top stories. a pilgrimage of penance pope francis is in canada where he s set to apologise for abuse suffered by indigenous children at catholic boarding schools. as firefighters in california struggle to contain the latest huge wildfire , the us special envoy for climate warns that the world is not moving fast enough to tackle the climate crisis. it is less than ideal not to have the entire congress hole throatily adopting some of the measures the need to be taken. lower the air con and turn off the lights or face a fine that s warning from the french government to shop keepers