, drawing on some warm and muqqy europe, drawing on some warm and muggy airfrom the europe, drawing on some warm and muggy air from the mediterranean. now to the climate question, the physics says that warmer air is going to hold more moisture that means more rain and we will find more extreme rainfall events. interestingly, the climate scientists were also studying the impact of climate change on the jet stream. does it make it more undulating? does it slow the weather down and allow those extreme events to develop which links us back not just for the rain we have seen in western europe, but to the heat wave that we had in the north west, and north—western parts of the usa and canada. coronavirus cases have risen sharply again across the uk with the highest daily figure for six months. 48,553 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period, taking the average per day in the past week to 37,405. 3,786 people are in hospital with covid — the highest number since the end of march... 63 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours — again the highest daily figure since the

flash floods kill at least 70 people in western europe, thousands across germany, the netherlands and belgium have been forced to leave their homes. be more heavy rain is on the way. the united nations has warned fighting and hunger has made afghanistan one of the worst crises in the world. in afghanistan one of the worst crises in the world.— crises in the world. in recent weeks, crises in the world. in recent weeks. this _ crises in the world. in recent weeks, this has _ crises in the world. in recent weeks, this has become - crises in the world. in recent weeks, this has become a i weeks, this has become a frontline. the spaces that people can run two for safety are shrinking every day here. south africa's deadly unrest enters a second week. 25,000 troops are deployed to tackle the violence. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020 we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. hello and welcome. at least 70 people are believed to have died and thousands of others have been displaced by extensive flooding in parts of western germany,

widespread flooding in western europe. more than 65 people have died, mainly in germany, across the border in belgium, people in the city of liege have been urged to evacuate their houses. as foreign troops withdraw, the united nations warns of a humanitarian catastrophe coming to afghanistan. a korean palm oil giant has been expelled from the world�*s leading green certification body. the decision comes in the wake of a bbc investigation into the company�*s conduct. the korindo group, which has bought up huge swathes of asia�*s largest remaining rainforests, will no longer be able to use the forest stewardship council tree logo — a mark to tell consumers products are sourced from ethical and sustainable companies. the fsc said its relationship with korindo had "become untenable" and korindo�*s trademark licenses with fsc will be terminated from october. last year, the bbc obtained a report by the fsc from 2018, which found "evidence beyond reasonable doubt" that korindo�*s palm oil operation destroyed 30,000 h

flash floods kill at least 70 people in western europe. thousands across germany, the netherlands and belgium have been forced to leave their homes with more heavy rain on the way. lebanon's prime minister designate gives up on trying to form a government, there are protests on the streets as the country's crisis deepens. we speak to survivors of abuse at the canadian schools recently found to have buried indigenous children in unmarked graves. we never talked about it, no. just kept silent. because we were afraid. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that's hit western germany and parts of belgium and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least 70 people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events in the region to climate change.

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the nightmare prospect of a third wave in europe is now real. as well as this, there is the issue of the speed of europe's vaccine roll—out. as you can see here, eu member states are vaccinating far more slowly than the uk and the us. infection rates, hospitalisations, vaccination speed, the astrazeneca jab could help address all of this. but as the uk's deputy chief medical officer put it this week. vaccines don't save lives if they're in fridges. they only save lives if they're in arms. so what is going on here? how did we get to the point that this vaccine is not being used as much as it could be? well, i have four possible explanations. pr, process, politics and first patients. norwegian patients. the clusters of patients that we are talking about are not the more common clots like the brain thrombosis, these are very rare and severe cases with critical outcome in a very young population where this is not commonly seen. the norwegian point being that these rare blood clots in a very small number of patients warrant a suspension. but to be

for people outside of europe, the important thing to l of europe, the important thing to remember— of europe, the important thing to remember is that this is about the leader_ remember is that this is about the ieader of— remember is that this is about the leader of your's largest country and this person — leader of your's largest country and this person is going to be making decisions — this person is going to be making decisions critical decisions about how germany and europe are going to position— how germany and europe are going to position themselves towards china, towards _ position themselves towards china, towards the united states, towards russia _ towards the united states, towards russia. these are really pressing questions — russia. these are really pressing questions and they're going to need to answer— questions and they're going to need to answer these in the coming years. so, to answer these in the coming years. so. there's— to answer these in the coming years. so. there's a— to answer these in the coming years. so, there's a lot of things at stake. .,

we know— europe should be put on a read this. we know in— europe should be put on a read this. we know in france, there could be up to 2000 _ we know in france, there could be up to 2000 cases of the south african variant, _ to 2000 cases of the south african variant, lrut— to 2000 cases of the south african variant, but it's really worrying for cross — variant, but it's really worrying for cross channel trade if france has more — for cross channel trade if france has more restrictions. even if whole ears are _ has more restrictions. even if whole ears are exempt from the quarantine, it still— ears are exempt from the quarantine, it still adds _ ears are exempt from the quarantine, it still adds friction to this post—brexit scenario. the it still adds friction to this post-brexit scenario. the metro, a stunnin: post-brexit scenario. the metro, a stunning result _ post-brexit scenario. the metro, a stunning result from _ post-brexit scenario. the metro, a stunning result from the _ post-brexit scenario. the metro, a stunning result from the trials - stunning result fro

our europe correspondentjenny hill is in one of the worst—hit areas in western germany. yes, it's been a terrible 2a hours for this part of germany, but, of course, for other parts of europe, too. i'm standing on the banks of the river ahr. you can see just how fast—flowing and swollen it is. people here say around about this time yesterday the water here suddenly rose up and rushed through towns and villages with devastating effect. as people in the area ask, "is this climate change inaction?" angela merkel has described what's happened here as a catastrophe. there was, many here told us, no warning. lives destroyed and homes lost in a matter of minutes. the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schult. she and her family fled last night. "at the very last minute," she says, "a fireman got us out." the family are safe, though her son was injured — he's in hospital. margaretta points out what was her neighbour's house, but she says she doesn't know what happened to them. as to her own prop

why can't europe take a unified position? because in some european capitals, it looks like you greeks arejumping the gun. you're being irresponsible. not really. we are being actually proactive. what we're saying is that the digital green pass, it's a greek idea. we sent a letter, our prime minister sent a letter onjanuary 12th to ursula von der leyen saying that this is an idea that we should develop in order to underpin our return to normality. and this is something that has, you know, progressed a lot and it's on the brink of actually being implemented. so this is a very, very important step on the way. isn't it true that the pandemic has ensured that tourism will never be quite the same again? not in the foreseeable future, anyway. i mean, the truth is, when people get to greece, and you're proclaiming how open you are, they will still have to act in a different way. there will be social distancing. of course. there will be masks in public places. nightclubs won't be operating in the way they used to across the greek isla

the fact is about one quarter _ in europe. the fact is about one quarter of _ in europe. the fact is about one quarter of the - in europe. the fact is about i one quarter of the population has had a vaccine but you are in london where something like two—thirds have had the first dosed. two-thirds have had the first dosed. ., ., , , ., dosed. you are disputing that. the uk is _ dosed. you are disputing that. the uk is one _ dosed. you are disputing that. the uk is one of— dosed. you are disputing that. the uk is one of the _ dosed. you are disputing that. the uk is one of the leaders . dosed. you are disputing that. i the uk is one of the leaders in terms of the vaccination rate and you have chosen a single dose strategy but we have a different strategy. the point is of course that we are constrained by the vaccine delivery that all of europe has, but i assure you, we have a very professional system, a complete system that uses every vaccine as soon as we get it. we are very mindful that back in the summer of last year, you would tourism minister at the time, you took

we start with catastrophic floods in europe. the western germany states of rhineland—palatinate and north rhine—westphalia have experienced their deadliest floods in living memory. these are the images from the area. at least 42 people are dead, many more missing. heavy flooding has turned streets into raging torrents and caused rivers to burst their banks, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse. residents are posting images like these on social media let's hearfrom one resident. oui’ our community centre was just crushed and it stuck to the bridge over there. at a a0 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a house just standing over there tilted over entirely. you can imagine the sort of thing happening in asia, but not here. this is the village of schuld. at least four people died here as they awaited rescue from roofs of houses that were swept away. houses in the district are at risk of collapse and a state of emergency has been declared. rescue efforts are ongoing. police helicopters and soldiers have be

and europe and the united states, never mind joe biden�*s presidency, europe and the united states are not in lockstep as they used to be. certainly, i'm worried, but i would challenge your assertion that all of europe no longer trusts the united states. germany, france, maybe some other western european countries, that might be the case, but i think the uk and the united states certainly still retain great trust and confidence in each other. and our allies in central and eastern europe still have great confidence in the united states and, frankly, high expectations. but the burden is on us. the burden is on the united states to regain the trust and confidence of our german allies, of our french allies, recognising that throughout the history of the alliance, there has always been friction. i mean, i was a lieutenant in germany when there were hundreds of thousands of german protesters out on the street because of the deployment of pershing ii and the french kicked nato out of france, back in the �*60s. so this is... it's never been a bed of roses, but it has been shared values. and

europe is a better place to be after having had her as a german chancellor. perhaps angela merkel�*s greatest struggle came at the very end of her chancellorship. germany, like every other country in the world, learning now to live with covid. after one—and—a—half years, gemany�*s artists are getting back on their feet. was the corona crisis one of those rare times when people got the opportunity to see where germany's priorities lie? every country in the world, the priority was on economics and also i understand that. anyway, economics and society, vaccination, medical help this and all that, and then after a long list, culture. for the feeling as an artist who needs an audience, it is frustrating, yes. gabrielle describes other challenges, too. how, for example, should artists deal with the past when it's as troubled as germany's? we are crossing live to new york where prime minister boris johnson is about to address the un general assembly. he has taken to the podium now. un generalassembly. he has taken to the podium now. thank ou ve taken to th

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germany is by far the biggest emitter of c02 in europe. we would have been earlier in our climate action, but now it is a priority. but relations between fossil fuel groups, industry and mps here are often described as too cosy. there is this conflict of interest with lawmakers with second jobs in big polluting industries, there is the fact that a lot of the gdp of this country comes from big polluting industries. there�*s always the intent of big industries, but go out and asked them what they think, for example, about me, and you will see that at least in this building, there is no conflict of interest. as politicians now talk about green deal details, on the streets of europe there is a rising sense of fear that the time for talk is over. their future is slipping away. that was katya adler reporting. now, from europe to africa, and alongside energy is a big question in climate change, food security is also a huge concern. extremes of weather, including droughts and floods, can put supplies of food at risk. but as well as the threat, t

in germany in particular. fin europe in germany in particular. on masks, that normal setting by our political leaders is something which you do see more in scotland. it does matter that on the conservative benches in parliament, they're not really wearing masks that the prime minister went to the hospital not wearing a mask. it tells people that you don't really need to worry about that. and with the apt, i think lots of people to deleted over the summer because so many people working pinged by the app because we had this explosion briefly which then petered out, there is a sense that we're being told by government that essentially, this is over so we did not have worry about it. in some people did stop checking into venues. and i'm not sure if i felt, but we still supposed be checking in in venues? people got out of those habits and are still not certain about the omicron variant and the extent to which this is. as a substantially more transmissible? is it more dangerous to us? we don't know. and given that uncertainty, i think the government is

welcome to europe. it has been a bad year _ welcome to europe. it has been a bad year for travel lovers. - a bad year for travel lovers. but the pandemic has not stopped everyone. we are here to meet some people who have been blogging about their journey to europe. they are not your typical travel bloggers. that arabic word means someone who burned through borders. they are undocumented migrants passing illegally into europe. over the last few years, this group of unorthodox travellers have made a corner of youtube their home. a place where they can document their wild journeys forfriends can document their wild journeys for friends back in morocco. but are these stories of adventure and encouraging other people to make a difficultjourney? orare other people to make a difficultjourney? or are they just providing a service, showing the hardships of migration so that others will not make a fatal mistake? it is may 2020. five years after the migrant crisis that led the eu to secure its borders. but that has not stopped this man. he is in greece with

.— the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth _ the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth wave, _ the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth wave, we _ the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth wave, we should - of this fourth wave, we should be all right to the winter period? tt we compare it to places like germany, we know that they've had strict regime of trying to control the virus and coming into the winter months, they had much lower levels of virus circulated in the population. and because we haven't, you can criticise whether we have or haven't irv that's the right approach, irrespective of that argument, with that has done is put reasonable levels of it will be short—term immunity to those vulnerable people are particularly those younger people who have been a hotbed for virus circulation and of course, overtime, hotbed for virus circulation and of course, over time, that immunity will wane and therefore, we won't see cases significantly full but i don't anticipate

i think it'sa to happen in the uk and europe? i think it's a very good idea. editing the covid—19 in schools is thriving. and there will be kids though have very severe symptoms there is no doubt in my mind that the benefits completely, completely are in favour of doing this. completely, completely are in favour of doing this-— of doing this. how do you think anti-vaccine _ of doing this. how do you think anti-vaccine stories _ of doing this. how do you think anti-vaccine stories that - of doing this. how do you think| anti-vaccine stories that appear anti—vaccine stories that appear should best be counted? i am anti-vaccine stories that appear should best be counted? i am not auoin to should best be counted? i am not going to be _ should best be counted? i am not going to be convinced _ should best be counted? i am not going to be convinced with - going to be convinced with scientific argument. i think for others, the only emotion of human beings which is stronger than fear is love. so, i am using this argument that the decision to get her not get a vac

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andrew murray thinks europe need more players to break there before then. l europe need more players to break there before then.— there before then. i think the next batch of ryder _ there before then. i think the next batch of ryder cup _ there before then. i think the next batch of ryder cup players - there before then. i think the next batch of ryder cup players come l batch of ryder cup players come from, that's one question you would probably ask of the european talks. where are the next lee west woods? there is no obvious answer to that, a couple of guys from denmark perhaps and maybe robert mcintyre the young scots player, but there's nobody really threatening that top 30 or a0 in the world. the american system which produces all of those great players over there is obviously coming to the fourth. england all rounder has retired from test cricket saying that the intensity of the format of the game can be too much sometimes. he made his to be years ago and was capped 6a times. the 3a —year—old beach 2,000 test runs and 100 wickets back last essential contract years ago an

and the world health organisation in europe has this warning. mandates around vaccination are an absolute _ last resort and only applicable when all other feasible options to improve vaccination uptakel have been exhausted. evidently, some countries believe they've reached that point, and the polling suggests the public in some western countries may be onside. take germany. a survey published by the news weekly der spiegel last month found 72% of germans in favour of compulsory vaccines, 20% were against. but even if governments mandate vaccines, even if the public is persuaded, even if the court battles are overcome, this can only be part of the equation for the us and europe, because once again, we need to play that famous phrase from dr tedros. none of us are safe until all of us are safe. and this is where the issue gets even more complicated because those in the west criticizing people who won't get the jab are also benefiting from governments who prioritize them, getting three jabs over some in the world getting any. so, yes, the number of

europe is a better place to be after having had her as a german chancellor. perhaps angela merkel�*s greatest struggle came at the very end of her chancellorship. germany, like every other country in the world, learning now to live with covid. after one—and—a—half years, gemany�*s artists are getting back on their feet. was the corona crisis one of those rare times when people got the opportunity to see where germany's priorities lie? every country in the world, the priority was on economics and also i understand that. anyway, economics and society, vaccination, medical help this and all that, and then after a long list, culture. for the feeling as an artist who needs an audience, it is frustrating, yes. gabrielle describes other challenges, too. how, for example, should artists deal with the past when it's as troubled as germany's? of course, with our history, germany has always a problem to identify himself. i think this is the challenge for germany in the future. never to forget what has happened, and, kind of, to educate the whole population. we

other questions being asked in poland and the rest of europe why poland and the rest of europe why poland did not learn what happened in the uk? we saw this new variant with its ferocious infectiousness taking hold in the end of last year, some people might ask why europe did not go into a stricter lockdown earlier? ., .,, , ., , earlier? there are those questions of course. earlier? there are those questions of course- they — earlier? there are those questions of course. they have _ earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been - earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been asked l earlier? there are those questions i of course. they have been asked for many months now but the government says it has been under increased or consistent should i say pressure from industry, from services, to open up and also society. the health minister himself said last night that people have a feeling already that people have a feeling already that covid—i9 has been beaten to a certain extent. they have become accustomed to it so you had these competing forces with the go

here is a europe editor. cheering excitement ricocheted around the headquarters of germany's social democrats tonight, dismissed as political has—beens, not long ago, the smell of election victory, even if a narrow one, now hung in the air. results, though, still need to be confirmed. there he is, the man the social democrats hope will be germany's next chancellor, but this has been a very tight election, and the make—up of germany's next government is farfrom certain, despite the noise. translation: it is certainly going to be a long night, - but it's also certain that many german citizens voted social democrats. because they want a change in government and because they want their next chancellor to be called olaf scholz. confusingly perhaps, but because the vote is so tight, at a different party headquarters, the conservative candidate backed by angela merkel also claimed his right to try to form a government. although his party is looking at its worst election results since 1949. translation: we had 16

_ weeks ago we looks like the ones in europe doing really badly and everybody else seemed to be ahead of us, and _ everybody else seemed to be ahead of us, and so _ everybody else seemed to be ahead of us, and so when suddenly it is taken off in— us, and so when suddenly it is taken off in germany as well, austria, this story— off in germany as well, austria, this story refers to, the problem seems _ this story refers to, the problem seems to— this story refers to, the problem seems to be accelerating elsewhere. we seem _ seems to be accelerating elsewhere. we seem to be slightly improving, although— we seem to be slightly improving, although far from certain that is going _ although far from certain that is going to — although far from certain that is going to continue of course, but it 'ust going to continue of course, but it just shows — going to continue of course, but it just shows how quickly things can change. — just shows how quickly things can change, and yeah, pretty severe restrictions imposed for i think three _ restrictions imposed for i think three weeks an

europe's top human rights body, the council of europe, has called it a huge setback for the protection of women in and outside the country. people have taken to the streets to protest the decision. the istanbul convention requires governments to put in place national laws against abuse, including marital rape and female genital mutilation. the main opposition party has said the pull—out means "letting women be killed". but turkey's minister for family, labour and social policies said the country's judicial system is strong enough to implement new regulations. bbc�*s orla guerin reports from istanbul. well, there is plenty of anger among the crowd here. these protesters believe that this change is going to drag them and turkey back in time and deprive them of key rights and freedoms. they have been pledging that they will resist but in turkey these days there isn't much space for resistance. turkey's main opposition party has some things up like this, ——turkey�*s main opposition party has summed things up like this, saying that women will now be kept as class and will be left

the headlines: the worst floods in europe for decades kill more than a 120 people emergency services in western germany, belgium and the netherlands search for hundreds of people still missing, and try to rescue those stranded by the floodwaters. with three days to go until most covid restrictions are lifted in england the uk records more than 50,000 new cases in a single day the highest since january. the british government is reversing its recently announced relaxation of rules towards people travelling back to england from france. south africa's president has just addressed the nation — after days of rioting and looting —he says efforts to overthrow democracy have failed. using

in europe.— politicians in europe. 30 million vaccines have _ politicians in europe. 30 million vaccines have gone _ politicians in europe. 30 million vaccines have gone to _ politicians in europe. 30 million vaccines have gone to the - politicians in europe. 30 million vaccines have gone to the uk i politicians in europe. 30 million i vaccines have gone to the uk and politicians in europe. 30 million - vaccines have gone to the uk and the uk has exported to the eu, none. well, yes. we don't know because there haven't been any number is officially released by the british government birds, of course, it is all about reciprocity and if you talk about the british government talking about a third vaccine— a booster vaccine. you might say that in britain, for example, the parts of the biotech vaccine are produced in yorkshire. there is complete interdependence, so if the british are not delivering any more, biontech cannot produce and biontech will not come to the uk. in germany, we have seen a rather tumultuous week but i think we have to talk about that anyway. why is my guess, we have go

do you think europe's doing enough, yes or no? europe could do more. so what we see in our intelligence reports is that the sanctions really work. but the problem with europe is sometimes that europe is too impatient. you put down the sanctions and in six months�* time you want to lift the sanctions because, of course, they hurt also the other part or other sides. but, yes, we could do more in europe. i'm just mindful of one particular area where estonia suffered in the past. i believe as long ago as 2007, there was a very disturbing cyber attack on estonia, which everybody in your country believes came from russia and involved the russian state, and it closed down key bits of infrastructure. it was a real problem. now russia's cyber capability is much greater. how worried are you about the vulnerability of your country to cyber warfare instigated from moscow? i think everybody should be worried about this because of our systems, and that's why we have the nato cyber security centre here in tallinn. we do constantly these kind of exercises. we just h

in the uk as compared to testing in mainland europe.— uk as compared to testing in mainland europe. may be, but it is so striking. — mainland europe. may be, but it is so striking, the _ mainland europe. may be, but it is so striking, the difference - mainland europe. may be, but it is| so striking, the difference between our numbers and spain. france isn't doing so badly, and we were in france a few weeks ago — and everywhere we went, we had to show that we were properly vaccinated. everybody masked on public transport. i don't know if that's making the difference, but the germany thing baffles me because germans are so rulebound that they are rejecting, and number of them are rejecting, and number of them are rejecting, and number of them are rejecting the vaccinations. i find that quite surprising and worrying, actually.— find that quite surprising and worrying, actually. moving onto another story. _ worrying, actually. moving onto another story, also _ worrying, actually. moving onto another story, also on - worrying, actually. moving onto another story, also on the - worr

the rate in eastern europe, for example, is far lower. the eu is now considering vaccinations for children over the age of five. it approved jabs for the over—12s in may. the economic effects of covid, those rising gas prices, people here in europe say they're in need of some seasonal cheer, so no government wants to be seen to be cancelling christmas — and that, they say, is why they're taking these covid measures now. but what measures? well, that varies from country to country and region to region. bavaria has cancelled its christmas market. brussels is giving it a good go. the european commission has nothing to say here because, when it comes to health, each eu member state decides for themselves. this weekend there were protests, some violent, against new covid restrictions in austria, italy, the netherlands, croatia and belgium. pressure is mounting in europe on the health services as well as the streets. the world health organization warns there could be half a million more deaths here by springtime unless effective action is t

record rainfall in parts of europe's caused deadly flash floods, claiming at least seventy lives, most of them in germany. thousands of people across the west of the country and in the netherlands and belgium have had to leave their homes, more heavy rain is on the way. lebanon's political and economic crisis has worsened after the prime minister designate quit after nine months trying to form a government. saad hariri's supporters took to the streets after he blamed the country's president saying it was clear the two would not come to an agreement. in western canada, a specialist in ground—penetrating radar says former pupils of a school for indigenous children recall being woken in the night to dig graves. the past few weeks have seen hundreds of such unmarked burial sites discovered at former church—run schools. sally will be here with the latest news and half—an—hour. now on bbc news, stephen sackur talks to and half—an—hour. and personalties from across the globe for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. measured by the number of murders, mexico is the mos

in europe, it's so enjoyable anyway. and at least in countries like france or in italy, it's heavily subsidised, it doesn't cost much, and that's the way we used to do it _ why not do it on short routes? luxembourg introduced free public travel last year for everybody, which is something almost unimaginable to us here. jef, we knowjoe biden has a very different view of climate change, global warming from mr trump, from donald trump, but how easy is it going to be getting stuff through congress? well, nothing is easy for him. he's got a split congress and i he's going to have to be lucky. and if he tried to, for instance, - impose a carbon tax, we would see a lot of difficulty. - i think, though, the - interesting thing is how much the ground is changing - in renewables in particular. the technology is really, really advancing quickly. j biden this week and drove an electric ford f150 - pick—up truck. this is not a car for harvardl professors who eat granola. this is a pick—up truck for red| state people who herd catt

it is a problem of scale all around europe. what could we be doing that might work, that might create an environment in which the people smugglers no longer had a business? well, i think by opening legal routes and safe i routes for asylum seekers who claim asylum. - the french government, - we've learned this afternoon that the french government has proposed to have british - officials processing asylum applications in france. - |this is what happens in severalj european countries that receive all of a sudden a whole wave of asylum seekers. - so they send their own police officers and home office - ministers and officials to process the asylum applications. this has to happen, - but there has to be a really honest conversation - about the politics of asylum. i think, for instance, _ in the case of this row between france and and united kingdom, there has to be a conversation. i is it really reasonable - to expect france to be policing at the cost of the french taxpayer, because it's. france who mostly pays - for the policing o

europe has recorded the second hottestjune, moscow equalled its highestjune temperature and in mexico, they recorded their highest ever temperature injune. or you can look at new zealand, it is winter there and it too has recorded its hottestjune. the list goes on and while i'm going through all of this, you're thinking, we know this, we know climate change is an issue, we know we need to act and we are acting. but there are two important things to note here, the first is that these heatwaves in north america have scientists worried. most climate modelling anticipates gradual warming, but as we have seen, there is nothing gradual about this. this climatologist puts it like this. in other words, what is starting to happen with climate change may be worse than has been projected. and if that's the first point, the second is this. deciding to act isn't the same as taking the right action. let me show you what i mean. this year has been full of bold commitments. scientists tell us that this is the decisive decade, this is the decade we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequ

europe's top human rights body, the council of europe, has called it a huge set back for the protection of women in and outside the country. the bbc�*s 0rla guerin reports from istanbul. even behind the mask, the defiance is clear. this was the response in istanbul to president erdogan�*s decree issued in the dead of night, pulling turkey out of the landmark treaty protecting women and girls. this in fact proves that the government enables these men, enables these men in their violence towards women, domestic violence, abuse, sexual harassment and murder. i felt the biggest ache in my heart and it'sjust the biggest disappointment as a woman you can feel in turkey. well, there's plenty of anger here. these women believe the decree is an attempt to drag them and their country back in time, to deprive them of key rights and protections. turkey's main opposition party has put it like this, "women will be kept as second class citizens and left to be killed." it was a very different picture ten years ago. turkey was first to proudly sign up to the treaty, ironically called the istanbul co

this urges alarming consumers across europe. 1 this urges alarming consumers across europe.— across europe. i am very worried. — across europe. i am very worried. very _ across europe. i am veryi worried, very concerned. across europe. i am very - worried, very concerned. we struggle enough. translation: there are mothers who have to between paying their energy bill of feeding their children. that is the problem. the cold weather — that is the problem. the cold weather is coming and we need to heat— weather is coming and we need to heat apartments. if you go to heat apartments. if you go to poor— to heat apartments. if you go to poor areas, no—one puts on the heating — to poor areas, no—one puts on the heating because everyone knows — the heating because everyone knows they won't be able to pay for it _ knows they won't be able to pay for it h — knows they won't be able to pay for it. �* . ., ., knows they won't be able to pay for it. �* _, ., ., .,, for it. a record demand for gas unlimited _ for it. a record demand for gas unlimited storage _ for it. a record demand

europe to stop the third l vaccines in europe to stop the third wave through vaccination alone. even if deliveries are reliable, it will still stake several weeks before the risk groups are fully vaccinated. only then can we talk about wider openings in society. in only then can we talk about wider openings in society.— openings in society. in france, there was _ openings in society. in france, there was a — openings in society. in france, there was a rush _ openings in society. in france, there was a rush to _ openings in society. in france, there was a rush to leave - openings in society. in france, i there was a rush to leave paris before a new lockdown measures came into force at midnight. the prime minister was keen to be seen getting the astrazeneca jab after days of debate in the eu about its possible side—effects. resulting in europe's medical regulator saying it is safe. in the uk, where infections continue to fall in many areas, around half the adult population has now been given a first dose. the prime minister borisjohnson returned to the hospital in london whe

if ever you want an example of europe at its - want an example of europe at its worst, it was saying all 27 have got to come into this together and go forward together instead of saying this is nothing to do with brussels. why don't we actually do our own procurement because it is ridiculous. a country like germany which actually on its first web debt with a infinitely better than pretty much any other country in western europe, and now is having to cancel bonus people for a vaccine because of brussels? it is madness. so what brussels is trying to do, the political bureaucrats, is they are trying to say we are going to keep everything that pfizer make in belgium in europe. and that's a bit of a problem if there is a country that habits me britain but it could be switzerland or norway or iceland, if there is a country out of the eu that has got a contract with pfizer that has got a contract with pfizer that said pfizer will deliver this on this date for this money and if they have a contract like that, brussels will come around and start telling pfizer not to honour its contractual ob

flash floods kill at least 70 people in western europe. thousands across germany, the netherlands, and belgium have been forced to leave their homes with more heavy rain on the way. lebanon's prime minister designate gives up on trying to form a government. there are protests on the streets as the country's crisis deepens. the united nations has warned hunger and fighting has made afghanistan one of the worst crises in the world. we are in the city, but in recent weeks this has become a frontline. the spaces that people can run two for safety are shrinking every day here. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that has hit western germany and parts of belgian and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least so many people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor, angel

perceptions of europe. no, i mean, it is very true that we have had a very rigorous debate about the quality of these particular vaccines that we had the very sort of thorough examination of them. i think that's right, because the credibility of this particular approach is this is extremely important. but now the vaccine roll—out is going on in the different countries, it's accelerating. and i think we're ahead of russia, by the way, if we look at the numbers, but that is not significant. and we hope that there will be further vaccines available as well. in addition to the ones that we have at the moment. i mean, the russian vaccine has not been, they haven't applied for being able to distribute it in europe, but i hope they do that as well as well as others. i've got to ask you very quickly, carl, before i go to you, john. i mean, really, europe's not had a very good vaccine campaign. they went for this kind of collective procurement, even, you know, technically advanced. germany has to date only vaccina

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so, why is the us involved in whether or not a gas pipeline in europe goes ahead? the bbc�*s david willis explains. the last three american administrations have all expressed their dislike of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline. they believe it potentially gives russia too much leverage, too much control over european energy supply, for the simple reason that it will take gas directly from russia to germany, bypassing ukraine and poland. well, now, in an act of pragmatism, i think you could say, president biden has said that he is willing to waive sanctions that have been imposed on the people, on the german company constructing this pipeline, because it's virtually built. 98% of it has already been constructed, the biden administration believes there's nothing really they can do now to prevent it from coming into use. so it's better to leverage its relationship with germany, the biggest ally in europe, of course, and this follows chancellor angela merkel�*s visit to washington, dc, last week at which the subject was raised. so the biden administration, believes it

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is russia holding europe to ransom? the? holding europe to ransom? they have said they _ holding europe to ransom? they have said they would _ holding europe to ransom? they have said they would ask - holding europe to ransom? tte: have said they would ask to increase supplies but there is little evidence they have. there are some severe concerns that he is holding out for zero stream, a new pipeline to be a proved. —— nordestream bypasses crane so they could lose out. where are we at with regards to nordestream two and its approval?— nordestream two and its approval? nordestream two and its a- roval? ~ . ., ., approval? we are waiting on germany _ approval? we are waiting on germany and _ approval? we are waiting on germany and others - approval? we are waiting on germany and others to - approval? we are waiting on i germany and others to approve it and this is part of the dangerous situation we are in because it is key for the european countries which have low levels of gas storage. we still do not know what the winter is going to be like. if

europe braces itself for around you. europe braces itself for a third wave — around you. europe braces itself for a third wave of _ around you. europe braces itself for a third wave of coronavirus - a third wave of coronavirus infections, with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. science advisers warn that some holidays overseas are extremely unlikely this year, because of the risk of bringing coronavirus variants back to the uk. protesters opposed to the lockdown march through central london, police have made several arrests. a volcano has erupted close to rhett kubik, the first eruption in that area of iceland for 800 years. now