brown stuff in the water and it s very sort of like foamy. if it starts getting foamy, you get out quick. game, set and match, williams! and no farewell yet for serena williams after winning herfirst round match at the us open. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. scott parker pays the price for bournemouths the 9 0 defeat at anfield, e s the first maangerial sacking of the premier season. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. six of the uk s largest pub and brewing companies are warning that the industry s likely to be hit by a wave of closures in the coming months because of rising energy prices. unlike households, businesses aren t covered by an energy price cap, and the fear is there could be higher costs of as much as 300%. in an open letter to the government, bosses are calling for the energy price cap to be extended to businesses. with more, here s theo leggett. a pint in a pub is part of the fabric of life in britain, but
ukrainian forces in broken russian lines in a major offensive in the territory. that is only possible south of the country. because of the sophisticated weapons being supplied by the west. the two 16 year old boys have died after getting into difficulty ukrainian military said operations in a loch in county londonderry. had been launched in multiple locations in the south today. today, the ukrainian military said that russian positions, and munitions depots, equipment had been attacked. welcome to bbc news, very good to it is really hard to independently have your company stop. verify those claims, because it is difficult to get access to residents the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for almost £140 million living in kherson in occupied to help pakistan deal with the devastating floods. territory, but last night president the un secretary general, zelensky did not talk about what was antonio guterres, says the country happening in kherson, he said ukraine was
and the restored mural in an english bar painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. heatwaves, wildfires and drought are continuing to affect large parts of europe. in the south west of france, a thousand firefighters have been mobilized. rescue workers have described the blaze as a monster. a number of european countries are sending equipment and help. it s prompted increasing concern about the effects of climate change, as our correspondent mark lowen reports. a cloak of fire shrouding south west france. a landscape of beauty, turned to horror. as flames tear through the gironde, destroying almost 7,000 hectares, fanned by winds, searing heat and france s worst drought on record. a tranquil village last week, a ghost town this one, with 10,000 people evacuated. firefighters and planes have come from across europe to help f
and scientists in china are tracking a new animal based virus that s infected at least several dozen people. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where the us attorney general, merrick garland, has defended thejustice department s decision to seek a search warrant for donald trump s residence at mar a lago earlier this week. mr garland said he had personally approved the move, noting that upholding the rule of law meant applying the law evenly without fear or favour. he said the department ofjustice would make the warrant public, because of the substantial public interest. let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the fbi and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and thejustice department are and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic public servants.
that facility. new images first on cnn show little to no change in damage at the site compared to last month, but worries are continuing over the safety of europe s largest nuclear complex. both russia and ukraine are accusing the other of plotting attacks on or around the plant. now, the lack of independent access to the plant makes it impossible to verify what is actually happening there. yes, it s very hard for even u.s. officials to have visibility into exactly what the security situation is, but this is new video showing russian military trucks inside a turbine hall near the nouclear reactor. it s not clear when this video was taken. cnn s senior international correspondent is there for us. david, do we know if it s secure or the exact situation? reporter: the exact situation is very difficult to ascertain. what we do know is russian troops have been there for months now and they have placed military assets in and around that site. now, who is doing the shelling, whe