Adverts with a new tool to report scammers. The man in charge of fixing britains railways said it should be independent of government and should have more input from city authorities. Ill be finding out what it means for passengers. The celebrations continue for englands cricketers, with a trip to downing street following their world cup win. A dry and pleasantly warm day across much of the uk today. One or two showers, but will they be coming your way . Ill tell you with the full forecast on breakfast. Good morning and thanks forjoining us. Its tuesday, the 16th ofjuly. Our top story figures out this morning are expected to show a significant rise in the number of deaths from drug abuse in scotland. Its thought more than 1,000 people died last year. Scotland already has the highest number of drug deaths in any european country. 0ur correspondent james shaw reports. When i think of all the drugs ive taken over the years, theres no crying left. I run out of tears. An open mic event for
Tuesday into wednesday, here comes oui tuesday into wednesday, here comes our next frontal system and this one will have more life about it and noticed the High Pressure retreating eastwards. The further south and eastwards. The further south and east you are, better chance of staying dry with sunshine and may be the odd shower but further north and west, they could thunder a and heavy rain in western scotland and Northern Ireland with heavy winds and it will start to cool off in western areas. Further south and east, especially england and wales, once again into the 20s. 25 or possibly 26. On thursday, we push this wet weather further east and behind that we all get into something a bit cooler and fresher with a mixture of sunshine and showers. May be hefty showers in the far north west but those temperatures showing signs of dipping away. As we head to the end of the working week, heres another frontal system and this one will not only bring wet weather but it could bring potentially
We begin though with the latest revelations about wealthy individuals. Multi. Duration. Xing money to avoid paying. Millions of leaked documents stop the Paradise Papers and said light on the extent of global tax havens today the technology from apple defended its tax. Practices arguing it had not broken any laws now that the European Union is trying to come up with ways to crackdown on tax avoidance but theyll yet to agree on the best way to proceed with more on that im. Joined by george tenet hes from the Tax Justice Network in the United Kingdom thanks for being with us on france24 tonight. And let. Others do. Starts out with the corporations you know the apples in the nike in all these huge funds to. Have managed to shift their profits of sorts so that they pay only a fraction of the usual tax rates are in european Member States dont year argued. At for system of unitary taxation at presumably that would require cooperation from every single country on s. Naram actually its a syste
Egyptian coastal city of alexandria is fighting rising sea levels and its own demise. Our planet consists largely of water around 70 percent of the earths surface is covered by it. Climate change is causing temperatures to rise until now oceans have absorbed a large share of the heat. Helping to keep temperatures in check bouts has temperatures rise. So does the sea level. The entire planet is feeling the impact of melting lacey us. Since 1900 sea levels have risen by around 20 centimeters and particularly sharply since 1993. If this continues sea levels could be 1. 10 meters higher by the end of this century than they are to day. Worst Case Scenarios predict to rise of up to 1. 7 meters in alexandria in egypt. The rising levels are already causing great concern most of the beach has already been swallowed by the sea. Just a few years ago, sunday this lounged here on 6 rows of chairs. Only one remains. Almost 30 meters of beach are now under water. Often the waves lapped directly again
Egyptian coastal city of alexandria is fighting rising sea levels and its own demise. Our planet consists largely of water around 70 percent of the earths surface is covered by it. Climate change is causing temperatures to rise until now oceans have absorbed a large share of the heat. Helping to keep temperatures in check bouts has temperatures rise. So does the sea level. The entire planet is feeling the impact of melting lacey us. Since 1900 sea levels have risen by around 20 centimeters and particularly sharp p since 1993. If this continues sea levels could be 1. 10 meters higher by the end of this century than they are to day. Worst Case Scenarios predict to rise of up to 1. 7 meters in alexandria in egypt. The rising levels are already causing great concern most of the beach has already been swallowed by the sea. Just a few years ago, sunbathe is lounged here on 6 rows of chairs. Only one remains. Almost 30 meters of beach are now under water. Often the waves lapped directly again