courageous and gentle giant. we hear tributes to the met sergeant matt ratana. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. july is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in the world. the head of the united nations says the era of global warming is over and global boiling has begun. the temperature records date back to the 1940s. president date back to the 1940s. biden called climate change president biden called climate change are next to stench of threat. but some experts believe this month has been the hottest globally for 120,000 years and they link it directly to burning fossilfuels. here s our climate editor, justin rowlatt. july isn t over yet but it is set to be the hottest month on earth. an era of global boiling has begun, but do not despair. the era of global boiling has begun, but do not despair- do not despair. the evidence is everywhere- do not despair. the evidence is everywhere. humanity - do not despair. the evidence is everywhere. humanity has
talks in washington, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. these are very wide ranging discussions. mr galante is on a several day visit to the united states meeting his us counterpart in about 2k hours time. in the last few hours, focusing on his meeting with antony blinken. this issue of trying to avoid further escalation has certainly been uppermost in their discussions. and really avoiding escalation on two fronts, escalation of the war in gaza between israel and hamas, but also concern about the skirmishes that we have seen on the northern border with lebanon with his brother over the last few days. and there is very real concern that those skirmishes could turn into something more serious and escalate into a wider middle east conflict. we understand that antony blinken has been putting some pressure on mr gallant to seek some sort of diplomatic resolution to that situation on the northern border to see the return home of lebanese families. so concerns