sparked wildfires across the uk, with more than 800 on the hottest day injuly, when temperatures broke through a0 celsius for the first time. these blistering conditions also had significant impacts on human health, with thousands more deaths in the over 65s than usual in england and wales acrossjuly and august. but this new met office report shows that the persistent heat wasn t confined to summer, with every month apart from december warmer than the long term average. this saw 2022 become the uk s warmest year in records dating back to 1884. driving all this, according to the researchers, are ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities. if these stay constant, an exceptional year like 2022 will become the norm for the uk. if you look at the summer of 2022, this really gives us a feel for a sign of things to come. the summer was very hot. it was very dry. we saw wildfires. we had drought conditions across most of england and wales. and that really is a sign of
we start tonight with some developing news from the united states. former us president donald trump has received further charges in the mar a lago documents case. mr donald trump received an additional charge of willful retention of defence information and to new charges of obstruction. and an additional person a staff member has been indicted in the case. mr donald trump has all charges. let s bring in our work north america corresponded who was in washington for us. firstly, sean, what is the date and what is the latest, give us more detail. more detail. let s quickly stamp clearly more detail. let s quickly stamp clearly that - more detail. let s quickly stamp clearly that this i more detail. let s quickly - stamp clearly that this relates to the florida case which involved the retention or alleged retention of classified documents that prosecutor saint mr donald trump was not entitled to keep after left office. to be absolute. this is unrelated to the other federal cas
by the sole desire to preserve our beloved homeland in the face of the continuous deterioration of the security situation of our country. the fallen authorities have failed to give a real solution to the crisis and have provided poor economic and social governance. our bbc correspondent chris ewokor has been following the developments from niger s neighboring country of nigeria. the coup has been condemned by both the regional and international community, although it s gotten the support and backing of the wider military hierarchy in niger, as well as some of the citizens who had come out to demonstrate and show their support for the action of the soldiers. niger, a landlocked country rich in uranium but one of the poorest in the world, has joined three other countries that have been under military rule to become the fourth country in the west african subregion under military rule. the regional bloc will now be working to see how it can negotiate a quick transition to militar
thought to be on board. the plane was one of three aircraft and around 100 firefighters battling the fires on the island. the prime minister has warned of tough days ahead. fires continue to burn on several of greece s islands as well as parts of the mainland. these are the latest pictures from roads that give you a sense of the intensity of what we firefighters are dealing with. emergency teams fighting flames nonstop on dozens of france, the largest greek island of crete has been put on high alert. these are the pictures from italy where the main island on the island of sicily was closed as smoke began to approach the runway. an international group of scientists has said the current conditions would have been virtually impossible without human caused climate change. let s start from hearing from greece s prime minister. translation: the next few days, especially today, tomorrow and i thursday, will be difficult days. after that, i hope the conditions will help us more and t