hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. stories, and checking out breaking stories, and checking out news because the russia foreign breaking news because the russian foreign ministry said it is to impose restrictions on british diplomats. it said they will be required to give russian authorities notice of any plans to travel beyond 75 miles, about 120 kilometres. live now to our correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg. tell us more. apologies. we seem to have a problem with that line from steve rosenberg. we will hope to re establish the line. the newjazz breaking in the last little while the news breaking. the head of mi6 yesterday appealed to russians to work with them in terms of spying, people he said who were uncomfortable with the war in ukraine, so the timing is interesting. we will return to moscow shortly after we have fixed that line. let s turn to india with a horrifyin
private bank coutts closed his account on political grounds. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. exceptional heat is continuing across europe. the greek authorities are braced for a new heatwave that is likely to further stoke tinderbox conditions across the country. southern europe is hugely affected by the heat, as we have seen, but the situation is global. all the red on this map shows temperatures above 30 degrees. in china, beijing has recorded four weeks of record highs where the temperature exceeded 35 celsius. in phoenix, arizona, even fiercer heat with highs of at least 43 degrees, about 110 fahrenheit and that has been for 19 consecutive days. the mediterranean basin is on high alert with temperatures well above 30 degrees for several days, meaning there is a risk to everyone s help, notjust the most vulnerable. let s go to our reporter just north of athens. as we have seen
match at the women s world cup in 15 attempts. their opponents norway won the competition back in 1995 and are coached by hege riise, who was part of that squad. new zealand s ria percival says that the team are well aware of the task at hand. norway are very strong team. we know what they norway are very strong team. we know what they are capable of and they forward what they are capable of and they forward line, what they can bring an attack, forward line, what they can bring an attack, and forward line, what they can bring an attack, and for us we have to focus on us attack, and for us we have to focus on us as attack, and for us we have to focus on us as well attack, and for us we have to focus on us as well but we know they have many on us as well but we know they have marry threat on us as well but we know they have many threat up front. they have good individual many threat up front. they have good individual players and when they come individual
stories, and checking out we start in russia where the foreign ministry has said that it s imposing restrictions on british diplomats. in a statement, it said they will be required required to give at least five days notice of trips outside what s described as a 75 mile, or 120km, free movement zone. moscow says this is in response to london s hostile actions. our russia editor steve rosenberg gave us this analysis. earlier today the british interim charge d affaire was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and he was inside the building about 90 minutes and he came out and made no comment and drove away in his car. the russian foreign ministry issued a statement about that meeting, announcing these restrictions on the movements of british diplomats. so from now on uk diplomats in russia will have to give at least five days notice of any trips they plan to take outside of the 120 kilometres, what has been described as a free movement zone, so that is a bit unclear, but
campaign against him. and in this half we talk the elusive graffiti artist banksy with a journalist who has just made a podcast series about his work. all of that after we catch up his work. all of that after we catch up with the latest sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. england have been in the wickets at old trafford, as they look to stay in this ashes series with australia. it started well for england who chose to bowl first stuart broad and chris woakes, removing australia s openers usman khawaja and david warner before lunch. australia stopped in their tracks again after lunch a big wicket for mark wood, who was so crucial in their win at headingley, preventing steve smith from reaching his 50. australia are currently 183 4 and lead the five match series 2 1 so england have to win this test to stay in with a chance of winning the ashes. we are less than 2a hours away from the start of the women s world cup with co hosts new zealand taking on norway in the tour