safely back on earth after a 90 minute flight. critics call this a billionaire joy ride, harmful to the planet sir richard says he wants to protect. but for people here at the first purpose built commercial spaceport on the planet, this passenger flight marks an historic moment in the long and continuing journey towards space tourism becoming a reality. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. 0ne englishman over the men today. one englishman over the men toda . ,, ., , today. stay with us, we will brina today. stay with us, we will bring you today. stay with us, we will bring you more today. stay with us, we will. bring you more disappointment for england fans as they lose to italy in the euro 2020 final after leading in the first half. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible.
several people were taken to hospital over the weekend with heat related conditions. scientists say there is growing evidence that climate change is fuelling extreme weather patterns, and they are likely to become more common. last month was the hottestjune on record in north america. the high temperatures of the past few days are expected to ease off by the middle of the week but the heatwaves this summer have been relentless and the months that are usually the hottest are still to come. peter bowes, bbc news, washington. sir richard branson hasjust returned from the edge of space during virgin galactic s first fully crewed flight. take off from mew mexico was slightly delayed by bad weather but the flight is being seen as a milestone for the commencial space industry. sir richard said it was the experience of a lifetime. from spaceport america in new mexico, here s sophie long. preparations were made before take off. about 10 years and an hour
and a half behind schedule, in one of the most desolate areas of north america, a lifelong dream became reality. sir richard branson, along with two pilots and three other virgin galactic employees, were transported to the spaceship unity tethered to the mothership eve. then take off. this is the moment he s been waiting for. after more than 16 years and hundreds of millions of pounds, sir richard branson is now on his way to space. that s so cool. so, you can see the moment when they release right there. are you so excited to experience that? forjust under four minutes, they experienced weightlessness and enjoyed a view of planet earth that only astronauts can dream of. well, i ve done some ridiculous things in my lifetime. really, really, really ridiculous. but i just can t wait for. ..one day to be able to experience this. it s the experience of a lifetime. and touchdown.
one, on a smaller scale, some of these fires, you cannot control. it s just as simple as that. no matter how much we spend, no matter how much we have in terms of human resources, aerial resources, they are beyond our control. if you look at the 12 largest wildfires in california history, they have occurred in the 21st century. 0ur budget for firefighting has never been higher than it is today. we ve never had more resources and yet we keep making records. 2020, we had over a million acres. so what is the lesson from that? we re not going to get ahead of all of these fires and knock them down. the other longer term lesson from that is that this is a long term secular pattern, driven in part by climate change, in part, by climate change. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: richard branson, the billionaire founder of virgin galactic, flies to the edge of space.
and touchdown. safely back on earth after a 90 minute flight. critics call this a billionaire joy ride, harmful to the planet sir richard says he wants to protect. but for people here at the first purpose built commercial spaceport on the planet, this passenger flight marks an historic moment in the long and continuing journey towards space tourism becoming a reality. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. wimbledon has come to an end, with novak djokovic once again stealing the show as he beat the italian matteo berrettini in the men s final. that makes it six wimbledon championships, and another chunk of history for the serb, as the bbc s chetan pathak explains. this has been a wimbledon like no other, played in a pandemic but in the end, on the final sunday, the result was one many were predicting. novak djokovic is wimbledon champion again, a 6th title here for him, but the number