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welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir and they show a little boy, six year old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are challenges ahead. the world health organization has talked about a new disaster, with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. and in the last hour, the director general of the who, dr tedros ghebreyesus, has said he is on his way to syria. for the latest, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern turkey. it s hard here in southern turkey really hard here, bu ....
offences. police in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft, the official inspectorate has warned. donald trump declines to answer questions as part of a new york state investigation into his family s business practices. and the bbc finds that more than 16 local swimming. closed across the uk in the past three years. 16 local swimming pools have closed. good morning and welcome to bbc news. ministers are holding talks with energy bosses this morning, amid fears over soaring bills. there are concerns households will fall further behind in paying for their gas and electricity but ministers have said that no extra support will be announced until a new prime minister takes office next month. at the moment, annual energy bills for the average household arejust under £2,000. but bills are predicted to soar to about £3,500 in october. it and forecasters say they could rise to more than £4,000 injanuary. our business correspondent, caroli ....
russia has sought to downplay the attack, that could be a big win for ukraine. donald trump declines to answer questions as part of a new york state investigation into his family s business practices. disney has overtaken netflix as the world s largest streaming service adding over 1a million new subscribers in the last quarter to bring it up to a total of 221 million paying customers. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures in europe are climbing once more, as another heat wave sweeps across the continent. here in the uk, an extreme weather warning has come into force across large parts of england and wales, with temperatures forecast to hit 36 celsius in some areas. the met office amber warning is in place for the next four days, with the heat expected to affect water supplies, farming and wildlife. in france, there s been a resurgence of wildfires in the south west of the country. more on that in a moment but first, frances read ....
energy bosses have held talks with the government to discuss plans to help customers struggling with soaring bills. ministers are promising more help in the coming months. a british man accused of being a member of the islamic state group is remanded in custody charged with terror offences. and the crisis of local swimming pools. the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. hello. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. a&e departments in england had one of their worst months ever injuly, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted. this is from the latest monthly performance data from nhs england. and the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new all time high. 6.7 million. the ambulance are dealing with the most urgent cases took an average of 29 minutes longer took an average of 29 minutes longer to respond than injune. shadow health secretary wes streeting has told ....
also on the programme: a meeting in downing street with energy bosses but it provides no solution yet for households struggling with soaring bills. last month was one of the worst for waiting times in a&e in england and response times for ambulances were much longer than the target time. and at the european championships, alice kinsella wins silver for great britain in the women s gymnastics all round final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: eve muirhead calls time on her curling career. the team gb skip retires as an olympic champion and hopes her success inspires girls in years to come. good evening. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force until sunday with temperatures expected to reach 37 celsius in some places over the weekend. a drought could also be declared tomorrow for some parts of england, with government officials, the water companies and groups including the national farmers union due to meet to discuss the prolonged dry weather. the met ....