:00:00. > :00:00.Theresa May holds talks with her German counterpart
:00:07. > :00:13.Angela Merkel in their first meeting post the Brexit vote.
:00:14. > :00:18.The two most powerful female leaders found common ground.
:00:19. > :00:24.in emphasising the closeness between the two nations.
:00:25. > :00:29.and across Europe in the weeks ahead that we are not walking away
:00:30. > :00:33.Britain will remain an outward looking country and Germany
:00:34. > :00:35.will remain a vital partner and a special friend for us.
:00:36. > :00:39.Mrs May gave a spiky performance at prime minister's questions,
:00:40. > :00:51.Another soldier dies training in the Brecon beacons.
:00:52. > :00:54.Josh Hoole was aged 26, he was on a fitness test yesterday.
:00:55. > :00:57.Soldiers in court after the attempted coup
:00:58. > :00:59.in Turkey, in the government crackdown now all academics
:01:00. > :01:03.The labour leadership contender Owen Smith says under Jeremy Corbyn
:01:04. > :01:10.the party is teetering on the edge of extinction.
:01:11. > :01:12.And as last month marked the 14th month in a row
:01:13. > :01:53.scientists claim we're close to dangerous levels of climate change.
:01:54. > :01:56.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:57. > :01:58.Theresa May is in Berlin for talks with the German Chancellor,
:01:59. > :02:01.Angela Merkel on her first foreign trip since becoming Prime Minister.
:02:02. > :02:03.While official negotiations about Britain's withdrawal have
:02:04. > :02:05.been ruled out for now, it is a significant meeting
:02:06. > :02:08.for the two most important female leaders to set the tone
:02:09. > :02:09.for the difficult discussions that lie ahead.
:02:10. > :02:13.Mrs May faced her first ever Prime Minister's Questions
:02:14. > :02:22.during which she taunted the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,
:02:23. > :02:26.Our Deputy Political Editor, John Pienaar reports.
:02:27. > :02:32.VOICEOVER: She will have to get used to this, meeting the German leader
:02:33. > :02:35.this afternoon, looks friendly, but you would not argue with either of
:02:36. > :02:38.them, you will probably lose, somehow they will work together on a
:02:39. > :02:43.new relationship with Britain outside the EU. Personal chemistry
:02:44. > :02:48.is important and there was plenty of goodwill. I have been clear that
:02:49. > :02:51.Brexit means Brexit and the United Kingdom will make a success of it
:02:52. > :02:56.but I also want to be fair, yeah, across Europe, in the weeks ahead,
:02:57. > :03:00.that we are not walking away from European friends, Britain will
:03:01. > :03:03.remain an outward looking country and Germany will remain a vital
:03:04. > :03:08.partner and a special friend for us. TRANSLATION: Irrespective of the
:03:09. > :03:14.decision that the people of the United Kingdom have taken to leave
:03:15. > :03:19.the European Union, we are linked by very close bonds of friendship,
:03:20. > :03:23.partnership, Barrett two countries have always acted on a basis of very
:03:24. > :03:33.clear and firm and similar convictions. -- our two countries.
:03:34. > :03:36.No Prime Minister heads into PMQs without jangling nerves, she did not
:03:37. > :03:39.show it, making it look like a normal day in the office, although
:03:40. > :03:43.around Westminster, normal seems like a long time ago, started by
:03:44. > :03:47.teasing the other side about who delivers quality. I have long heard
:03:48. > :03:50.the Labour Party asking what the Conservative Party does for women,
:03:51. > :03:55.in my years in this house... CHEERING
:03:56. > :04:01.LAUGHTER Just keeps making us Prime Minister!
:04:02. > :04:06.Went well enough, and got better, when a veteran Leave campaign told
:04:07. > :04:11.her this. We are leaving the US and we are going to make a success of
:04:12. > :04:15.it. He wanted free trade without too many conditions. What we need to do
:04:16. > :04:20.in negotiating the deal is listen to what people have said in regards to
:04:21. > :04:24.the controls on free movement but also negotiate the right deal and
:04:25. > :04:27.the best deal of trade in goods and services for the British people.
:04:28. > :04:33.What she backtracking on the Tory pledge to cut migration? And the
:04:34. > :04:37.people of Yorkshire be reassured that when we finally leave the
:04:38. > :04:40.European Union, she will insist upon keeping her original promise to get
:04:41. > :04:45.the immigration figures down in this country to the tens of thousands.
:04:46. > :04:49.The vote taken in this country on June 23 sent a very clear message
:04:50. > :04:50.about immigration, The Bull want control of free movement from the
:04:51. > :05:00.European Union. Controlled migration. -- people want control.
:05:01. > :05:06.Reminded of a new Foreign Secretary's under promoted language
:05:07. > :05:09.in the past. His description of black people in drug is returned,
:05:10. > :05:15.and why he questioned Barack Obama on his part Kenyan heritage. Boris
:05:16. > :05:20.Johnson's past indiscretions the least of her problems, she ignored
:05:21. > :05:23.it, the big post-referendum pledge. The government I lead will be driven
:05:24. > :05:27.not by the interests of the privileged few but by everyone in
:05:28. > :05:33.this country. It was over, it had gone well, watch carefully, you
:05:34. > :05:36.could see that she knew it. But fairness for all will take decades,
:05:37. > :05:41.and the job of building a new place for Britain in Europe and the world
:05:42. > :05:45.has barely begun. A senior number ten staffer told me that everyone is
:05:46. > :05:49.beginning to realise that Theresa is the one in charge, setting policy on
:05:50. > :05:52.Brexit but the final outcome will not be decided by Theresa May, it
:05:53. > :05:57.will emerge from hard political graft and countless negotiations
:05:58. > :06:02.over coming months and years. Getting these relationships off on
:06:03. > :06:06.the right foot is important, but it is the easy bit, and just the start,
:06:07. > :06:14.this will be a long march, it will not all be this harmonious.
:06:15. > :06:20.STUDIO: On the face of it, very warm words between the two leaders, what
:06:21. > :06:27.are they both hoping to get from this elation ship? I think the first
:06:28. > :06:30.thing, really, to try to build a personal relationship, believe it or
:06:31. > :06:34.not, they have both been in very senior positions, but today is the
:06:35. > :06:40.first time they have actually properly met, for more than just a
:06:41. > :06:44.few moments. The priority from both sides, German and British, is that
:06:45. > :06:47.they know they have to be able to trust each other, they know they
:06:48. > :06:50.must be able to work together on what is a very complicated,
:06:51. > :06:56.politically agonising, no doubt at times to come, elation ship which
:06:57. > :07:02.may well last four years. -- relationship. In terms of balance of
:07:03. > :07:07.power, no question, Angela Merkel, one country is trying to get the
:07:08. > :07:09.goodies from 27 others, we are no longer in a situation where other
:07:10. > :07:13.European countries were willing to do whatever they could to try to
:07:14. > :07:18.keep Britain inside the European Union, because we have made our
:07:19. > :07:22.decision, we are leaving, we are out, therefore, our leveraged has
:07:23. > :07:25.really faded. No question, from seeing the two of them together, the
:07:26. > :07:30.body language, even sharing a joke or two, that Angela Merkel wants to
:07:31. > :07:33.make this work, it is not a question that Germany will go about crushing
:07:34. > :07:38.British hopes of getting a decent deal from the rest of the youth.
:07:39. > :07:45.Clearly, though, they have a lot of work to do. There will be moments
:07:46. > :07:48.where they stare each other down. In terms of their own relationship,
:07:49. > :07:50.watching them just in the last few minutes, it was the first time they
:07:51. > :07:52.have appeared together at an event like this but it did not feel like
:07:53. > :08:00.the first time at all. exercise at an army base
:08:01. > :08:04.in the Brecon Beacons in the early morning on the hottest
:08:05. > :08:07.day of the year so far. Corporal Josh Hoole,
:08:08. > :08:10.who was 26 and from near Lockerbie It follows the deaths of three
:08:11. > :08:13.soldiers who were taking part in an SAS training exercise on one
:08:14. > :08:17.of the hottest days of the year The Government has promised
:08:18. > :08:19.a full investigation. Our Wales Correspondent Hywel
:08:20. > :08:21.Griffith joins us from Brecon. Few details coming out as yet,
:08:22. > :08:31.what more can you tell us? We know that when the corporal said
:08:32. > :08:36.off from the barracks, it was for a routine standard test run on the
:08:37. > :08:39.local roads, temperatures were still below 20 degrees, but clearly
:08:40. > :08:43.something went wrong in the two hours before he returned here, and
:08:44. > :08:47.collapsed. His death has left his family shattered and left the army
:08:48. > :08:49.facing new questions over whether it has done everything possible to
:08:50. > :08:56.ensure the safety of its soldiers. VOICEOVER: A dedicated soldier, the
:08:57. > :09:00.family of Corporal Josh Hoole say that the army was his life, tonight,
:09:01. > :09:04.they want to know if the Armed Forces could have done more to
:09:05. > :09:08.protect it? The 26-year-old was in the Brecon Beacons to prepare for a
:09:09. > :09:13.gruelling selection course, 7am yesterday, he went on an eight mile
:09:14. > :09:21.test run, carrying a 25 kilograms pack. He collapsed back at the base.
:09:22. > :09:26.Paramedics could not save him. They knew that he was training.
:09:27. > :09:35.We did not know until 6:30pm about what had happened. Absolutely
:09:36. > :09:40.devastating. My father was in the Army when he was younger, he knows
:09:41. > :09:45.what that area is like. Why do you have people out when you know the
:09:46. > :09:49.weather is that hot? The Army uses this to rein to test its elite,
:09:50. > :09:53.three years ago, and SAS selection exercise on the hottest day of the
:09:54. > :09:59.year led to three deaths. James Dunne 's bee was found collapsed
:10:00. > :10:03.near the finish line, and another suffered heat exhaustion, and Craig
:10:04. > :10:08.Roberts was found on a different part of the 16 mile route. -- James
:10:09. > :10:12.Dunsby. An inquest found that all three died as a result of neglect.
:10:13. > :10:17.This latest death was different. We do not know the circumstances, or
:10:18. > :10:21.indeed the reasons why he died. It was not on special forces selection,
:10:22. > :10:26.that can be confirmed, this was about training for a Korea calls
:10:27. > :10:33.that he was going to do in Brecon to become a Sergeant. -- career. I hope
:10:34. > :10:36.we can understand it soon so we care about the circumstances. That will
:10:37. > :10:40.include making sure every safety rule was followed as once again the
:10:41. > :10:41.Army faces questions over the pressures soldiers face away from
:10:42. > :10:45.the field of battle. The deadline has just passed
:10:46. > :10:47.for Labour supporters to register to vote
:10:48. > :10:50.in the party's leadership contest. They face a choice between
:10:51. > :10:52.the current Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn and the former shadow
:10:53. > :10:54.work and pensions He says the party is teetering
:10:55. > :10:58.on the edge of extinction But critics have accused Mr Smith
:10:59. > :11:03.of championing the private Our Political Correspondent,
:11:04. > :11:10.Vicki Young, has more. VOICEOVER: Some Labour MPs believe
:11:11. > :11:15.the survival of their party could depend upon this man. Don't fall
:11:16. > :11:19.over. Owen Smith is not a well-known politician but he's hoping to change
:11:20. > :11:24.that. Today he set out on his mission to topple Jeremy Corbyn.
:11:25. > :11:30.This party is teetering on the brink of extension, if we split, we will
:11:31. > :11:33.be destroyed. The friends of Jeremy Corbyn have already branded Owen
:11:34. > :11:37.Smith Tony Blair alight, he says he is a radical candidate of the left
:11:38. > :11:46.with 20 of policy ideas to broaden appeal. -- Tony Blair-lite. A new
:11:47. > :11:54.deal for Britain, social care, housing, we should be building
:11:55. > :11:57.300,000 houses every year. The odds may seem stacked against Owen Smith
:11:58. > :12:00.but his supporters believe he can take on Jeremy Corbyn on his own
:12:01. > :12:04.territory, he did not back the Iraq war air strikes on or Syria, and
:12:05. > :12:07.they hope that he can convince hundreds of thousands of Labour
:12:08. > :12:11.Party members that he will pursue left-wing policies but more
:12:12. > :12:16.effectively than Jeremy Corbyn. One senior Labour MP says that we are
:12:17. > :12:20.facing the fight of our lives. Most Labour MPs have abandoned Jeremy
:12:21. > :12:24.Corbyn's team, so few have state that they had to take on to jobs, a
:12:25. > :12:29.gift to the new prime ministers. A boss who does not listen to his
:12:30. > :12:33.workers, a... LAUGHTER A boss who requires some of his
:12:34. > :12:40.workers to double their workload... LAUGHTER
:12:41. > :12:45.Maybe even a boss who exploits the rules in order to further his own
:12:46. > :12:49.career...! LAUGHTER SHOUTING
:12:50. > :12:51.Reminded him of anybody? I know that this is very funny for all
:12:52. > :12:56.conservative members but I do not suppose, I do not suppose there is
:12:57. > :13:00.too many Conservative MPs who have to go to a food bank in order to
:13:01. > :13:04.supplement their family table! Jeremy Corbyn is getting a rough
:13:05. > :13:08.time in Parliament, his allies are confident that Labour Party members
:13:09. > :13:12.will stick by him when they vote for a leader this summer. I'm going to
:13:13. > :13:16.be supporting Jeremy Corbyn because he provides the radical turn it
:13:17. > :13:19.gives to the Conservative Party that the Labour Party has needed for a
:13:20. > :13:23.long time. It is disappointing that we are in a leadership election, we
:13:24. > :13:26.have overturned the Tories in the House of Commons on a number of
:13:27. > :13:29.occasions and I don't think that would have happened in any other
:13:30. > :13:33.leader than Jeremy Corbyn. I cannot account for why people would vote
:13:34. > :13:36.for Owen Smith, what I see is Jeremy Corbyn with a massive mandate from
:13:37. > :13:41.across the membership, and the backing of the trade unions. It
:13:42. > :13:44.looks like more than 150,000 new supporters have signed up to take
:13:45. > :13:48.part in the leadership contest in the last 48 hours, on the 24th of
:13:49. > :13:58.September, we will find out who they have chosen.
:13:59. > :14:00.STUDIO: Turkey has charged 99 generals and admirals in connection
:14:01. > :14:04.just under a third of the country's top military officers.
:14:05. > :14:06.The government has now banned all academics
:14:07. > :14:07.from travelling abroad, as the purge of state employees
:14:08. > :14:10.suspected of being connected to the failed coup continues.
:14:11. > :14:12.So far more than 50,000 people have been rounded up,
:14:13. > :14:20.You may find some images at the start of his
:14:21. > :14:29.VOICEOVER: Watch the man rushing into the street, ready to die for
:14:30. > :14:33.democracy. New pictures from the coup attempt show a citizen throwing
:14:34. > :14:40.stones and then himself in front of a tank to stop it. Unbelievably, he
:14:41. > :14:43.picks himself up, another rebel tank approaches, again, he is prepared to
:14:44. > :14:50.sacrifice himself, again, he survives. Injured, but defiant, he
:14:51. > :14:57.says that it was a duty to defend his country and the president.
:14:58. > :15:02.TRANSLATION: We heard the tanks were approaching while firing, although I
:15:03. > :15:07.could do was respond with the three stones that I had, yet the tank did
:15:08. > :15:13.not stop. God protected our president, without the 15 minute he
:15:14. > :15:20.had to escape, it would have been a disaster.
:15:21. > :15:28.Turkey almost slipped from President Erdogan's grasp. And he is heading
:15:29. > :15:33.back hard. Discussing urgent solutions with the Security Council.
:15:34. > :15:38.Expected to widen the post to crack down. Dragged to court, the men who
:15:39. > :15:46.tried and failed to get Mr Erdogan last Friday. 13 soldiers who raided
:15:47. > :15:51.his hotel minutes after he had fled. The crowd shouts for the death
:15:52. > :16:00.penalty. Victor is justice becoming dangerously close to mob violence.
:16:01. > :16:04.-- the justice of the victor. Another 35,000 employees have been
:16:05. > :16:09.suspended. It seems a Conservative government is classing with secular,
:16:10. > :16:13.liberal academics. Every dealer or university Professor we have spoken
:16:14. > :16:16.to by phone has been too afraid to go on camera, fearing that any
:16:17. > :16:22.critical comments by an academic might be used to round them up. Free
:16:23. > :16:25.speech and thought are cherished by these universities, but the worry is
:16:26. > :16:32.that after the coup, Turkey will crush them. Government supporters on
:16:33. > :16:36.the river today. But they mask the fear that an emboldened president is
:16:37. > :16:39.using what could be a moment of reconciliation to flush out his
:16:40. > :16:45.enemies. Angela Merkel tells her British
:16:46. > :16:53.counterpart that the... As a heatwave hit Europe this week,
:16:54. > :17:05.scientists warn of a significant Coming up in sport, Chris Froome
:17:06. > :17:10.tightens his grip on the yellow jersey in the Alps. He has increased
:17:11. > :17:11.his lead is during stage 17 of the Tour de France to almost 2.5
:17:12. > :17:20.minutes. With just two weeks to go before
:17:21. > :17:22.the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Brazil,
:17:23. > :17:24.the man in charge of security has told the BBC
:17:25. > :17:27.the threat of a terror attack An extra 80,000 security personnel
:17:28. > :17:32.have been brought in to patrol the streets of Rio de Janeiro
:17:33. > :17:34.and the stadiums - amid concern that the country
:17:35. > :17:37.is a soft target for criminals. Our Brazil Correspondent, Wyre
:17:38. > :17:45.Davies, sent this report from Rio. Rio has a reputation
:17:46. > :17:47.as one of the world's Within sight of the beaches
:17:48. > :17:51.where Olympic volleyball and triathlon events will take
:17:52. > :17:54.place, armed police patrol narrow alleyways, which by night
:17:55. > :17:59.revert to the control They let off fireworks to let us
:18:00. > :18:05.know they are watching. After a quiet couple of years,
:18:06. > :18:07.violence has returned Rio is a much safer place today
:18:08. > :18:15.than it was 20 years ago. But even in the last year or so,
:18:16. > :18:18.in these pacified favelas, There have been more
:18:19. > :18:23.murders and more attacks and with the Olympic Games taking
:18:24. > :18:26.place down in the tourist areas on Copacabana beach,
:18:27. > :18:29.there is a real concern that some of this violence could spill over
:18:30. > :18:32.during the games themselves. In this Olympic city,
:18:33. > :18:34.shocking numbers of innocent victims are killed in crossfire,
:18:35. > :18:41.often by police. Children are taught to dive
:18:42. > :18:46.for cover at the sound of gunfire. And petty crime invades
:18:47. > :18:52.the tourist beaches below. Police officers warn they might not
:18:53. > :18:55.be able to guarantee public safety "Welcome to hell", their stark
:18:56. > :19:01.message to visitors We police officers are hiding our
:19:02. > :19:12.badges, our wallets, our guns, But city and state officials say
:19:13. > :19:27.that with an extra 80,000 security personnel on the streets,
:19:28. > :19:29.Rio will be safe during the Games, but says Rio's security chief, there
:19:30. > :19:32.is one overriding security concern. TRANSLATION: For me,
:19:33. > :19:34.the biggest threat is terrorism. Brazil is not an obvious target
:19:35. > :19:39.but we have a weakness The BBC recently saw evidence
:19:40. > :19:46.showing just how easy it would be More than 70 Syrian nationals able
:19:47. > :19:52.to acquire genuine Brazilian passports from crime gangs
:19:53. > :19:59.and corrupt officials. Training exercises are designed
:20:00. > :20:03.to ease concerns, but with 10,000 miles of often porous land borders,
:20:04. > :20:05.Brazil would be a soft target for anyone seeking
:20:06. > :20:15.to disrupt the games. Rio de Janeiro is still one
:20:16. > :20:18.of the world's most beguiling cities and will provide a stunning
:20:19. > :20:20.backdrop for the Olympics. But it has an ominously
:20:21. > :20:41.dark side, too. It was the plagiarism row that had
:20:42. > :20:46.people comparing notes. Today, member of Donald Trump's campaign
:20:47. > :20:51.staffers admitted using quotes from Mrs Obama's speech. Jon Sobel is at
:20:52. > :20:57.the convention. It takes a lot to barons Mrs Trump -- Mr Trump.
:20:58. > :21:04.Finally, we have some extra nation for what unfolded. It seems that the
:21:05. > :21:06.speech writer spoke to Mrs Trump on the phone as she read out some
:21:07. > :21:15.passages from Michelle Obama's speech that she likes. The speech
:21:16. > :21:19.writer and then did not make any checks. The statement, I feel
:21:20. > :21:24.terrible for the chaos I hazard caused the Trumps. I apologise for
:21:25. > :21:30.the confusion and hysteria that my mistake has caused. But for 36
:21:31. > :21:34.hours, Donald Trump's campaign manager has been touring the studios
:21:35. > :21:39.indefatigably denying that there was no plagiarism and denying that there
:21:40. > :21:44.was any need to apologise. So now that rarest thing, a U-turn and an
:21:45. > :21:47.apology. I think the Trump campaign could have saved themselves a lot of
:21:48. > :21:51.trouble if they had done this 24 hours earlier.
:21:52. > :21:53.This week marks a month since Britain voted to leave
:21:54. > :21:55.the European Union - and throughout this week we're
:21:56. > :22:00.The West Midlands is one of many areas that voted for Brexit.
:22:01. > :22:02.Our political editor there Patrick Burns has been
:22:03. > :22:04.speaking to local businesses to see how they're getting
:22:05. > :22:13.Half a million Birmingham voters gave Leave the narrowest
:22:14. > :22:18.Barely a stone's throw away from the centre,
:22:19. > :22:21.Digbeth is home to what has been a thriving community
:22:22. > :22:29.Iris is a one-woman business, an EU migrant from Germany.
:22:30. > :22:32.Each year she places around 80 young apprentices from other European
:22:33. > :22:34.countries into local firms under an EU education
:22:35. > :22:49.If a complete end to freedom of movement happens,
:22:50. > :22:52.that will be an end of my projects and many other organisations.
:22:53. > :22:56.You are looking at colleges, exchange organisations,
:22:57. > :22:58.there is going to be a lot of businesses like that.
:22:59. > :23:06.The city may be evenly divided but the surrounding West Midlands
:23:07. > :23:08.delivered the UK's highest proportion of Leave vote.
:23:09. > :23:10.Almost 60% supporting what is increasingly viewed
:23:11. > :23:12.as a regional insurrection in defiance of the nation's capital.
:23:13. > :23:16.Have Midlanders stumbled into something they now regret?
:23:17. > :23:20.I'm heading just a few miles out of the city to the Black Country,
:23:21. > :23:22.to the Izons industrial estate near Oldbury.
:23:23. > :23:23.During the campaign, I struggled to find anyone
:23:24. > :23:28.It's a typical collection of small, predominantly
:23:29. > :23:36.For 50 years, this engineering firm has been run by three
:23:37. > :23:41.I want to know if the boss is still as confident about Brexit
:23:42. > :23:46.If anything it's more positive than it was.
:23:47. > :23:51.The pound being devalued helps us export and there is local investment
:23:52. > :23:54.going on in Wolverhampton that has been announced,
:23:55. > :23:57.so that all points to a more positive position.
:23:58. > :23:59.Certainly no doom and gloom that was predicted.
:24:00. > :24:02.They have a long history of making things work here.
:24:03. > :24:05.Just as the new Prime Minister wants Brexit to work.
:24:06. > :24:09.Sustaining the optimism behind the new business start-ups may yet
:24:10. > :24:12.turn out to be the biggest work in progress of all.
:24:13. > :24:21.Last month was the hottest June around the world in modern history,
:24:22. > :24:25.marking the fourteenth month in a row that global temperature
:24:26. > :24:30.Climate experts say it reveals we are now close to dangerous
:24:31. > :24:32.levels of climate change - as our Science Editor,
:24:33. > :24:49.This marked the end of our very brief heatwave.
:24:50. > :24:53.And this comes as scientists report that the world as a whole is seeing
:24:54. > :24:57.a record rise in temperatures, producing a wide range of impact.
:24:58. > :24:59.In California, firefighters struggle with blazes pushing
:25:00. > :25:06.A heatwave has hit much of continental Europe this week.
:25:07. > :25:11.This boy in Spain tries to stay cool.
:25:12. > :25:14.And many tropical coral reefs have turned white, what's called
:25:15. > :25:17.bleaching, as the waters get too warm for them.
:25:18. > :25:20.So what do the latest figures about rising temperatures
:25:21. > :25:25.tell us about a planet that is getting hotter?
:25:26. > :25:27.This graph from the American weather agency shows the period January
:25:28. > :25:35.Below average in the first-half of the century, and then
:25:36. > :25:40.In the past six months it was more than a degree
:25:41. > :25:44.If we take a closer look, we can see why scientists
:25:45. > :25:46.are surprised at the scale of the increase.
:25:47. > :25:49.They say this is partly driven by the weather pattern El Nino,
:25:50. > :25:54.with warm water in the eastern Pacific, but also by the greenhouse
:25:55. > :25:56.gases from our pollution, which the Paris Agreement on climate
:25:57. > :26:03.Scientists researching the climate say that they have been warning
:26:04. > :26:06.for years that unless those greenhouse gases are cut,
:26:07. > :26:11.And the impacts are likely to become more severe.
:26:12. > :26:13.I think we are scarily close to dangerous levels
:26:14. > :26:25.We have a Paris Agreement now that says we should not be exceeding 1.5
:26:26. > :26:27.degrees centigrade of climate change but unless we start removing
:26:28. > :26:30.emissions over the next decade or so, that is a threshold that
:26:31. > :26:34.The fear is of more scenes like this, extreme weather
:26:35. > :26:37.It made this town look like a war zone.
:26:38. > :26:42.Scientists say a warmer world is set to see more violent rainfall
:26:43. > :26:45.and this year is on course to be the hottest on record.
:26:46. > :27:01.Record global average temperatures but for now, our heatwave has ended.
:27:02. > :27:05.Jay Wynne is here to tell us more. It has been breaking down in
:27:06. > :27:10.dramatic fashion over the last day or so. This is what we saw earlier
:27:11. > :27:13.today, huge area of rain, large amounts of thunderstorms. And we
:27:14. > :27:18.have seen thunderstorms recently in the Midlands as well. But we have
:27:19. > :27:21.also seen sunshine today across the south-east of Wenger. 31 degrees in
:27:22. > :27:26.Heathrow. Thunderstorms drifting out to the North Sea over the next few
:27:27. > :27:30.hours, pushed by westerly wind. Bringing in less hot air overnight.
:27:31. > :27:35.Overall, a more comfortable night. Temperatures down by a few degrees
:27:36. > :27:39.in comparison to last night. Eastern areas on the warm side. A quieter
:27:40. > :27:42.start to the day in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Largely dry
:27:43. > :27:46.although it might be clouded in Northern Ireland and western
:27:47. > :27:49.Scotland. On the East of Scotland, brighter, with a decent start for
:27:50. > :27:56.Northern England. Light spells of sunshine. Quite pleasant towards
:27:57. > :28:01.Wales and the south-west. Heading eastwards, it will be fine and dry.
:28:02. > :28:04.A decent morning's commute. Through the day tomorrow, most places having
:28:05. > :28:10.a reasonable day with a fair bit of cloud. Northern Ireland could be a
:28:11. > :28:13.focal point for some wetter, windier weather into the afternoon but many
:28:14. > :28:17.places will be dry with variable cloud. With light winds,
:28:18. > :28:22.temperatures in the low to middle 20s, it could be a comfortable
:28:23. > :28:27.afternoon. Into Friday, weak weather front bringing cloud and rain, but
:28:28. > :28:30.nothing too heavy. We should see some showers breaking out ahead of
:28:31. > :28:35.that in the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east. Those could be
:28:36. > :28:46.on the heavy side. Some sunshine in between, and then it will be 22-25d.
:28:47. > :28:51.Some rain at times. And for the weekend, someone's and humidity. --
:28:52. > :28:52.22-25. And that is all from us.