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thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and �*80s, will get initial compensation, of £100,000 each. dozens of pollution alerts were issued at beaches across england and wales today and some untreated sewage was released into the water because of the heavy rain. and on the move, the rocket that could pave the way for astronauts heading back to the moon. and coming up heading back to the moon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the rain shortened is a day...

portugal, spain where the mercury soared past 115 degrees. wild fires have prompted widespread evacuations. thousands displaced in france. hundreds dead from the oppressive hit across europe. nothing like that here but getting very close and moving fast. readings north of 113 degrees there texas and oklahoma today. more than 110 in utah. nearly a third of americans are under similar heat warnings across the country and signs things could get worse before they get better. we have you co...

well bring you all the latest on the cost—of—living crisis this hour, including the response from politicians. todays other headlines — horrific and shocking — police describe the murder of 87—year—old thomas ohalloran, stabbed while riding his mobility scooter in west london. officers call it an "unprovoked attack". more than 4000 people given contaminated blood in the �*70s and �*80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each, but campaigners say many grieving famili...

thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s will get initial compensation of £100,000 each. # the way is clear, the light is good, i have no fear...# and after one venue cancels his latest production over comments on trans rights, monty pythons terry gilliam says british theatre needs to be braver. i think the whole artistic community has to be brave. thats what art is about, pushing the limits. matt hudson—smith is going to take the european title agai...

the investigation. walk us through some of the key revelations in here. >> well, the reason why the fbi went to mar-a-lago just over two weeks ago to do this unusual -- this highly unprecedented search was because after reviewing the 15 boxes that were retrieved earlier this year from mar-a-lago an sent back to the national archives, they found 184 unique documents bearing classification markings. thats a lot of documents that were being stored in an unsecured environment in the baseme...

and its not just and its notjust the uk temperature record that is likely to topple today and tomorrow. we are also looking at individual records for scotland, england and wales all being broken, and if anything tomorrow looks like it will be a bit hotter than today. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning. farms across the country, like this one in suffolk, are already dealing with a very dry first half of the year, as you can see from the reservoir levels b...

early are not opened at all. and it is a challenge to keep the livestock cool a teenager dies... later in the hour on the bbc news channel, the latest from the world athletics championships in oregon, where katarina johnson—thompson is attempting to regain her heptathlon title. good evening, welcome to the bbc news. forecasters expect tomorrow is likely to break records in england and scotland. scientists are warning that we will see more of these temperatures due to climate change. ...

calls for president putin to end the invasion. nato�*s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, insisted that ukraine must prevail as an independent state. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im sarah montague. when the uk handed hong kong back to china 25 years ago, the last words of the departing british governor to the people of the territory were, "now hong kong people are to run hong kong. "that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny." the man who said t...

plus, on the trail. as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. >> i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. >> whats the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching the u.s. senate pull an all-nighter. you are looking at live pictures of the senate floor where...

likely your trip is to be disrupted. good morning from wimbledon, where theres a real buzz about the brits after katie boulter and liam broady both caused stunning upsets to reach the third round, making it a total of four british players left in the singles. and well visit norfolk where these bee—eater birds — normally found in africa — are making a disused quarry their home. good morning. today is a day of sunshine and showers. some will be heavy and thundery but they will move...