hello and welcome. hundreds of firefighters from at least seven other eu countries are joining efforts to combat a huge wildfire in the gironde region of south western france. italy, greece and sweden have sent water bombing planes. the fires have spread even more quickly than the ones that hit the area injuly. the un has warned that high temperatures are likely to become more common in northern europe, and a more coordinated effort is needed to slow down the rate of global warming. here s azadeh moshiri. europe is still burning, and the consequences are getting worse. firefighters in france had to arm themselves with equipment from six eu nations as they try to battle what they are calling a monster blaze in south western france. it has fought at least 10,000 people to flee their homes. translation:- to flee their homes. translation: ~ , , translation: we must continue more than ever translation: we must continue more than ever to translation: we must continue more than
Way, that wreaks terror on a wider community. Vie more than 120,000 people have crossed the English Channel by small boats since 2018, to 219 arrivals were recorded by the home office yesterday. The the home office yesterday. The total for this year is now 17 higher than the same period last yeah higher than the same period last year. Labours shadow immigration minister, Stephen Kinnock, has called it another grim milestone and said britain must strengthen its border security. Meanwhile, a cabinet security. Meanwhile, a cabinet minister has insisted the governments rwanda plan is on track with flights due to take off within weeks. Health secretary victoria atkins says the home office is ready to go despite the troubled bill still making its way through parliament. No airline has been named to transport Asylum Seekers. Rwandas state owned carrier has turned down a request. The Prime Minister, though, has repeatedly said the flights will take off by the spring. Although no date has been
However, President Biden has warned his israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu the us will not take part in any retaliatory strikes, and white house Spokesman John Kirby says israel must decide on the next step. We need to see what the war cabinet decides in terms of the whatever next step they want to pursue, and thats a sovereign decision, of that our decision, of course, that our israeli counterparts to israeli counterparts have to make. Just say this, make. I would just say this, president since President Biden, since the beginning this conflict, has beginning of this conflict, has worked very to keep this worked very hard to keep this from a broader regional war. Earlier, rishi sunak confirmed raf did shoot down confirmed the raf did shoot down a number of iranian drones and missiles. Of the 300 launched overnight. In what hes described as a dangerous escalation. Shadow foreign secretary david lammy is urging the government to issue sanctions against irans revolutionary national
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