we start with a troubling landmark for the climate as 2023 smashes the record, for the world s hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records tumbling like dominoes . the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu s climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, who told me that record was broken by some margin. yeah, it is interesting, isn t it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn t sound very much to me, but remember, this is a global average, an average across the entire globe day and night across the entire year, and normally scientists say they expect it to be broken by a tiny fraction of a degree, 0.01, 0.02, not
we start saturday, a lot of cloud across east wales and is scotland. that will tend to get nibbled away back towards the north sea coast and most of us will have some warm sunshine to into the afternoon. temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. could reach 22 in northern ireland, which would make it the warmest day of the year so far. on sunday, a cold front moves in, bringing cloud and rain across north western areas and dropping the temperatures here. across central and eastern england, it should be a bit warmer, with temperatures again reaching the low 20s. that is how our weather is looking this weekend. however, i thought we would take a quick look at what is going on in the bay of bengal, where we have a dangerous looking cyclone. it is set to make landfall on sunday around the border between bangladesh and myanmar. this is the region that is currently housing hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees. the weather looks serious and we could have some catastrophic
measure designed to protect the swiss economy. both banks will be given a liquidity assistance loan of up to $110 billion. ukraine condemns president putin after he visits the devastated city of mariupol captured during the russian invasion. an aide to president zelensky called him a criminal returning to the scene of his crime. environmental scientists prepare to unveil eight years work showing the global scale of the climate change. this report is expected to become the benchmark for world governments on how to respond to the growing crisis. serbia s president, aleksandar vucic, says he has declined to sign a proposal by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. the eu has been trying to broker a deal, 15 years after kosovo declared independence. you re watching bbc news. coming up click but first it s time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. 8 points clear and flying arsenal put crystal palace away at the emirates
by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. you re watching bbc news.coming up it s the travel show but first it s time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. a five star showing from brighton as the premier league side end grimsby s fa cup dreams of wembley semi final. 8 points clear and flying arsenal put crystal palace away at the emirates, with saka on the scoresheet twice. and exeter beat london irish in extra time to win the premiership rugby cup. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. as the fa cup quarter finals come to their conclusion. and real cracker to finish with. manchester united got the better of fulham at old trafford. in a fiery encounter. it was a relatively quiet first half but it really sparked after half time. fulham took the lead thanks to aleksander mitrovic. who would later go from hero to villain. willian was judged to have handled on the lin
the stage for the fa cup final but how do we get there? train strikes are scheduled for the same day, impacted thousands of mentors to city and manchester united fans travelling to london. ryan mason takes his place in the tottenham dugout for the first time. there match against manchester united one of three on a busy night in the premier league. the chinese youngster si jiahui leads luca brecel in the stoker world championship semifinal. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. this 14 year old says he wants to break down barriers in the sport. it s really the honour to be the first black person to be reason overseas in the moto gp series. we will speak to robbie s history maker hollie mae dodd who announce she is moving down under. mattress united and manchester united transects have been announced for the 3rd ofjune meaning that most fans will not be “p meaning that most fans will not be up to get to the capital by rail which could mean severe restrict obstruction