polluting vehicles will pay £12.50 to drive into london boroughs. good evening, this hour, florida s gulf coast is feeling the outer bands of hurricane idalia. evacuation orders are in place in ten counties north of tampa, in what we call the big bend area of florida. the system started as a tropical storm but it is rapidly intensifying over unsually warm waters in the gulf. through the day it has been moving north from west cuba growing from a categoryi hurricane, possibly to a category three with winds that could reach iiomph. but, as ever, it is the storm surge that has the authorities most concerned, particularly around cedar key and some of the very low lying areas. they are predicting the waters could rise by as much 8 12ft. here s our forecaster chris fawkes with more. western cuba has been hit with strong winds and some flooding rain as tropical storm dalia passed just to the west. and we can take a look at idalia on the satellite picture. since moving past western c
tens of thousands more youngsters will end up in care. it s crucial that when families hit crisis and they ve got difficulties, that there is low stigma, really intensive help on offer. major disruption for rail passengers in scotland with an emergency timetable from today that cuts services by a third. and the chelsea flower show celebrates the queen s 70 years on the throne. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the football association say they will be investigating after a pitch invasion at manchester city saw the aston villa goalkeeper robin olsen assaulted by supporters. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at the first war crimes trial since the invasion of ukraine, a 21 year old russian soldier has been jailed for life. sergeant vadim shishimarin had claimed he was only following orders when he shot dead a 62 year old unarmed civilian. but the court, in the ukrainian capital kyiv, found him guilty of murder. ukraine s go
politics can be a high wire act, and scotland s first minister lost his footing today. if msps can t agree a successor to humza yousaf, scotland is heading for scottish parliament elections. and have smartphones and social media really led to a rise in teenage mental illness? we ll be joined by the snp deputy leader and ask his former coalition partner from the scottish greens, can they make up? and the leader of the scottish tories, and asking have his actions paved the way for labour gains and tory pain? also tonight: the play based childhood we have had for thousands of years basically ended around 2010. it was replaced by a phone based childhood. that s the new york times and sunday times best selling author whose new book argues that time spent on smartphones and social media is behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness. we ll talk live to professor jonathan haidt, who says under 16s shouldn t have access to smartphones or social media. what he says is controversial
temperatures as what s called a heat dome is causing the dangerous conditions to expand. in south eastern europe temperatures of a0 degrees celsius have caused power cuts in tourist hotspots like croatia, impacting all sorts such as traffic lights failing. and as you ve just been hearing, in saudi arabia at least 1,301 people died during this year s hajj pilgrimage to mecca the most devastating example of the impact of extreme heat. no surprise, then, that this is changing the way we choose to travel something that is particularly important for those countries who rely on tourism to support their economies. joining me now is andrew holden professor of environment and tourism at goldsmiths university of london. good morning to you. no good morning. so this issue of extreme heat is not new to us. we saw last summer many parts of europe experiencing very high temperatures, wildfires impacting tourism. to what extent are we changing our choices when it comes to where we h
And stronger? they are getting better bigger and stronger? and stronger? certainly, with climate change and stronger? certainly, with climate change and and stronger? certainly, with - climate change and anthropogenic warning, there is a discussion about the future of tropical cyclones. certainly, we would expect on average that if water is warmer, all else being equal, stronger hurricane storms have more feel and a greater potential for intensity. ocean water and ocean temperatures isjust potential for intensity. ocean water and ocean temperatures is just one piece of the puzzle, we would not want to look at changes when speed and direction and otherfeatures that could impact tropical cyclone development and intensity. what we have seen since 2017 as a large number of very stronger storms not just impacting florida but as well impacting other parts of the world as well. . ., impacting other parts of the world as well. , ., , ., as well. her big night for you, thank you as wel