the war in ukraine and differences emerging between nato allies over whether controversial cluster munitions should be sent to kyiv. an announcement by washington on a new package of weapons including cluster munitions is expected in the coming hours. kyiv has been pressing for the weapons for its counteroffensive. but cluster bombs are banned by many countries around the world because of the danger they pose to civilians sometimes years after a conflict ends. germany has voiced opposition to such a move and humanitarian organisations have urged both russia and ukraine to avoid cluster munitions completely. let s hear from jens stoltenberg. it is for individual allies to make decisions on what type of weapons. all allies agree on the delivery of weapons and ammunition to ukraine and allies are delivering an unprecedented level of weapons to support ukraine. germany and many other allies are delivering different types of ammunition, weapons to ukraine. but when it come
does climate change now mean regular severe heat waves? future warming is determined by future emissions. if we stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere the world will stop warming. tomorrow night s leadership debate is cancelled after rishi sunak and liz truss indicate they do not want to take part following last night s encounter when the five rivals attacked each other s records and policies. ukraine s president suspends his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that members of their departments were collaborating with russia. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk s first ever red warning for extreme heat has come into effect, meaning there s a danger to life and the threat of major travel disruption. the red alert covers much of england, from london and the south east up to york and manchester. parts of england could be hotter than the western sahara and the caribbean. tomorrow, temperatures could exceed a0 degrees in southern england, which w
a record breaking heatwave sweeps spain as temperature hit 43 degrees celsius. authorities are on alert for thje possibilty of wildfires. in the wake of russia s invaion of ukraine, nato shares it comcerns about vulnerable members in eastern europe, we have a special report on the extremely close encounters ith the russian military. encounters with the russian military. and, a buzz lightyear animated film, featuring a same sex kiss, is banned in 14 middle eastern and asian countries. hello and welcome. the first flight taking migrants who entered the uk illegally to be resettled in rwanda is set to leave today. about seven people are expected to be on board, although three of them are understood to be planning to appeal. the head of the un refugee agency said the policy set a catastrophic precedent. our home editor mark easton has the story. dozens more asylum seekers arrived on the kent coast today, 37 men who the government says should potentially face removal to rwanda
the strikes killed at least 230 people in gaza while hamas militants have killed at least 300 israelis and taken dozens of hostages, both military and civilian. overnight, israeli security forces rescued some hostages who had not been taken back to gaza and re took a captured police station. in the last few hours, they have shelled enemy positions in lebanon after reports of incoming artillery in northern israel. our reporter simon jones has the latest. what israel is describing as its mighty vengeance on the palestinian militant group hamas. overnight, gaza has been rocked by explosions. earlier, warplanes at several buildings in the centre of the city. earlier, warplanes hit several buildings in the centre of the city. the israeli defense forces has released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. the israeli military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by the hamas attacks. the israeli prime minister issued th