We seeing even more rapid changes in the climate than we ever thought possible also for 2 o'clock we'll hear how the president of the United States of America has got involved in the case of an American rapper who's accused of assaulting someone in Sweden genuine question for you if you were an assault charge in Sweden would you really want Donald Trump fighting your corner that all sorts of other stuff that's just the 1st down. But we're going to start today with the weather all sorts of problems with rain tonight in some parts of the U.K. If you've been badly affected give me a ring 108-085-9096 extension 93 I'd love to hear from you let's stop looking at the big picture How's this for a new statistic new figures out today show that all of the U.K.'s 10 warmest years since records began happened since 2002 let me say it again so it sinks in all 10 of the U.K.'s warmest years on record since they started collecting all the numbers all happened since 2002 records from the Met Office say none of the 10 coldest years have occurred since 1963 the Met Office says the state of the U.K. Climate 2018 report is another indication of a changing climate Professor Liz Bentley is the head of the royal meteorology society the report that's been published flip stakes in the U.K. Climate a look back at what happened in 28 and. Have a look at how back to previous. And what it found that if we look back at 28. That it was quite an unusual year you recall the way that we had last year but also the bill that happened in spring as well for quite quite a mixed year but on the whole it was it was down as one of our warmest year on record warming that we see and the. Report looks at the 10 hottest years that we've had in the U.K. And says all of those have happened since 2002 and also the norm of our coldish years have occurred since 963 so it gives an indication from this report that our climate is definitely changing here in the U.K. . Does it come as a surprise to you or the Mitchell just say I think so no it doesn't I mean oversea we were reporting a lot of the news weather stories around the weather in 2018 it just kept him on the pole to takes a closer look at the detail within that from compares it to previous years but it is certainly no surprise to us we were we were certainly expecting you know an indication from 2018 that we had been of a hot year to report and I think as a say if you look into the detail of the report it's quite quite interesting. You know having a comparison at 2018 compared to a few years if you can just look at the summer of 2018 this was joint hottest on record goes back to the record that we had from the sum of 260 so you know some of these things we're already aware of it just pulls into one reports and. Acts as a current a finger in the air a look at exactly where we are within the U.K. Climate as it stands at the moment and presumably if it's down to to climate change this is damage that has been done over decades earlier because when you look at the last 25 years this is the time since the Industrial Revolution perhaps when when we as a society as a world of actually trying to do something to try and tackle this I mean you may say not enough but this is the time when we've actually. Embraced the I did all of doing something about it and yet this is the time now when we're seeing the results of that. Yeah that's right so the report is actually reality is what happened this recall to what we actually recall that the gives a clear message that you know we are seeing how climate change in the U.K. And announce that climate change is happening because of the the impacts of the effects of of what we've done over you know decades ago it leading up to this time so it's not it's not given as a feel for how things will be in the future the report really just captures a snapshot of where we are now but you're right you know it's it's it's a consequence of the the amount of greenhouse gases that we know here in the U.K. But globally it puts into the atmosphere over you know decades as you say going back to the kind of pre-industrial time over the last kind of 160170 years we've seen the levels of greenhouse gases increased steadily you know measurements that we've taken regarding say carbon dioxide only say in levels within the atmosphere we have really short memories when it comes to temperature as to whether don't we I mean I remember the taking away the very recent Top heat wave and people are saying to me it's been a rubbish event and people will use that as an excuse not to not to involve themselves into in terms of climate change only. Yeah you're right I think we have our own perception of what the weather is doing and so reports like this are really important because they capture actual historical observations that detail exactly what happens across the U.K. And compare them to previous years in the U.K. So you know the report is very clearly points in evidence that shows that we are you know we're seeing our climate changes in the U.K. Is as we've already said we've had 10 of our warmest records in the last 17 years old 10 of our warmest happened within the warmest being 2040 and as you say none of our coldest years have happened in the last 70 years so we're seeing a shift we've seen a change in in in the conditions that we have in the U.K. But our own personal perceptions as we kind of look what's the weather change from week to week and day to day you know can sometimes give us a slightly blinkered look calm on maybe the climate maps why it's really important that we capture that information and it's published in these kind of reports that have been published today is there anything this could have been down to a pump from climate change that we do have not true climate variability and we'll see changes in not from from year to year so there are examples of that would be something like the El Nino events which is of warming in the eastern Pacific or not can Coles warming and cooling effects and different climate change effects around the world but we're going you know that it's on its own would not see the significant changes that we've we've experienced in this report highlights so there are some natural influences that can lead to some some warming effects for example but on the road without the inputs of human made climate change that we can't account for all the significant changes that we're seeing so the evidence is quite clear that not only is climate changing but actually you know in large part it's down to you know man. Made Climate Change our input by putting green. Up we all see more aware of Meteorology now which is a good thing for people like Usenet. And it's changed in the way that the language that we use about it has changed you know we name storms now it was interesting yesterday my kids went off yesterday morning. And they knew that the weather was going to be bad and I said Are you worried about the weather they were going to an outdoor Forest School for the day and they said no no not worried about still it's not being given a name and you know we now name storms we now have this quite slight hands on touchy feely relationship with meteorology does that mean that we are taking it more seriously or does it mean that it's dumbing down. No I think I mean I've been involved with meteorology for about 25 years now and I think some of it to the accuracy in the forecast that we can provide has increased so we're much better at forecasting we're much better at given indications of severe weather well enough land so when I go back 25 years we probably have given a warning maybe 24 hours in advance now we make if that warnings 34 or even 5 days an absence of people are very well prepared when severe weather events occur and I think the naming of storms have been extremely helpful in getting messages out it's about communicating when people need to you know take action to be aware of something happening and by giving storms names in particular I think it really does help to do that you know using things like social media as a as a communication channel to get those messages out having having named storms actually does help with that but we have to be careful because if we overworn and we over use the the names of the storms then I guess you know people start to become a little bit last say about these things so they are really only kept for when certain severe weather criteria are likely to be met and therefore you know a name storm or a particular warning will be pushed out and communicated to the public Professor Liz Bentley the head of the royal meteorology society we will be written into the Web this in just a couple minutes time to find out what's been happening in North Yorkshire in the late hours of yesterday evening and what's going to be happening in the next Youngsville them but 1st lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union say nearly a 1000 children have been taken from their parents who migrants at the US Mexico border since a judge ordered the U.S. Government to stop the practice more than year ago the allegation came as part of the filing of a U.S. District court in San Diego acting homeland security secretary Kevin McLean and has said that the family separations remain extremely rare. And occur only when the adults pose a risk to the child because of a criminal record or a communicable disease abuse or neglect Well Maria security is an immigration reporter for The Washington Post a very good morning to you wants the A.C.L.U. Alleging Well these tell us saying that the trumpet ministration is continuing to separate hundreds of children from their parents despite a court order telling them to not do it now the court order and trying to ministration have said that they did so all they could always separate parents or children if parents were unfit or they pose a danger to the child or some some some something like that would always be acceptable but he's no US saying that that many children have been separated in hundreds of cases where there are really minor offenses or allegations of offense or many of the actual criminal histories are unclear so we're really concerned that more than $900.00 children almost at that WASN'T children have been taken from their parents since the judge's order for reasons and normally. There's custody of a child what kind of conditions are people being held in the. So the children who are separated from their parents are actually transferred from the Border Patrol facilities that have gone a lot of attention to federally funded shelters that are supposed to be more family friendly but the concern is that you know many are spending a month 2 months 3 months in these facilities they're away from their parents and medical professionals are saying there are lasting there could be lasting psychological and even physical effects of that kind of separation. What did the judge say. So these are just court filings and it's important to note that the Department of Justice in the Department of Homeland Security declined to weigh in today so they certainly. Must have their version of events the numbers are numbers that they saw you says the government provided to them so the next step will be for the judge in the case to decide you know whether to hold a hearing and whether to consider you know this is this issue. How many of these children are all are actually at risk do you think from from lasting home I mean it's really hard to know I mean. As a journalist I couldn't say it but I'm but the medical professionals say that that the research and their own you know investigations into the issue of found that Tilden have suffered a variety of reactions to losing contact with their parents so these are children some of them as young as infants they're much younger Also this particular group since the court order than the original group that got a lot of attention last year if they're separated so you have 20 percent of them who are under age 5. So those are those are children who really depend on their parents care and and you know they could have significant cognitive and other physical issues if you know they don't have their parents' attention and with with the United States being such a big country it's very difficult to say one definitive answer but how do you think this will play out this information will play out across America well I think I mean people have always paid very close attention to the issue of the care of children at the border and you know in the in those 6 weeks or separations last year there was really one of the the biggest crises of the Trump administration when they decided to to to separate children from their parents to punish the parents for crossing the border illegally but you know I think I part will also depend on what the government says you know how to how the government describes what you know that separations the reasons for the separations you know were the parents did they actually have criminal histories or didn't they look at looking at what's happened in the past it's fairly inevitable how the government is going to to answer this isn't a unique you can see the way that things will play out over the next few days. Well I mean I think we'll wait for the government to respond and see what they say I mean the government you know has said that these types of separations are extraordinarily rare and that they're always done with the child's best interest but the argument. There's a definite lack of information about the decision making in the in the supper but before the separations are carried out why people are separated and and there's there's real questions about who made these decisions are they experts in child welfare or are they you know officers are you know when one notable example for example is a father who was who allegedly you know didn't change his daughter's diaper quickly enough and had his daughter taken away would very much like to hear the government's version of events but but that is what the A.C.L.U. Found in that that's a big question mark there you know it does that father deserve to have as his daughter taken away from him so we just would need to well need to follow the story and really hear what the government has to say about this do you think that in in a in a way that it's come from the A.C.L.U. . Slike degrades the story as such because because they never got on with the Trump administration Well these are US citing documents that the government gave them so I think I they've certainly been challenging family separations but I've listened to a lot of the court hearings and the proceedings in court or are cordial and respectful and the judge. Has insisted that it remain so in fact he is a Republican appointee to the bench so so you know it's really about getting down to the correct information and right now that they are you using the government's numbers has come up with this with this list of children who have been separated from their parents and raised significant concerns about the reasoning for this operation and now the government is hopefully going to responsive to public and have a clearer picture about what actually happened and what reasons the agents and the officers had for separating the children from their parents whatever house happened and as I say we all will become clear because it you know it inevitably will. Going to the border seems a strange thing to do when these stories and these these developments are coming out so are people still going with their families with their young children them taking them to the border even though they have heard what's happening so while this this is happening you're still having thousands of people coming to the border now the numbers have dropped in June and again apparently to a lesser degree in July in part because of a lot of other things going on. The turn to this regime is trying to block people from applying for asylum they're trying to require them and they are acquiring more of them to wait in Mexico for their asylum hearing in the United States kind of creating this big waiting room in Mexico they're trying to require people to seek asylum in countries such as one of our xico if they pass through those countries on the way to United States saying they should have sought protection the 1st safe country they arrived in but so there's a there are a lot of obstacles trying to mystery she has attempted to put up before migrants not all of them have been successful and people continue to come so we've seen a downturn this summer which always happens in the hot summer months I'm it's been more pronounced than usual but it's there's real questions about whether the trouble Mr Asian can sustain that especially going into the fall. Various Security thanks very much indeed the time on 5 Live is just coming around 225 past one. Asap Rocky has pleaded not guilty to assault in Stockholm the U.S. Rapper whose real name is Ricky Mayors has gone on trial despite President Trump asking the Swedish Prime Minister to intervene all reporter in Stocco Marty Savidge began by telling us what the accusations were lucky is accused of assaulting a teenager and 19 year old it's after a fight that took place in Stockholm city center outside a burger bar a set rock he was here in Stockholm to participate in a hip hop festival and this is something that happened a couple of days before he performed he denies he sold he and his team say that they were acting in self-defense that the victim of been following them around harassing them they believe that this person was high on drugs at the time and you may remember some videos surfaced some came from a U.S. Air entertainment Web site said some came from a separate piece team both showing different elements of this gospel. Team very much arguing that he acted in self-defense and that's something that they've continued to say in court well it seems a very straightforward guilty or not guilty type of case so how is President Trump got involved in this and what's he been saying. That's one of the bizarre aspects to this case and something I think a lot of sweets Swedes here find surprising that a president from the other side of the world is trying to get involved in the legal system but it's all to do with how bail works here in Sweden essentially it doesn't exist it's very normal for suspects to be kept in custody once they've been arrested while they await a trial and that's exactly what's happened to a set Rocky has been locked up for some 4 weeks but now he has appeared in court for this trial which is expected to last around 3 days but President champ and also at a number of us celebrities people like Kim Kardashian West Justin Bieber they got involved because they felt he should be able to pay a bail fee as is the case in the U.S. And to be releasing given his freedom while he awaits trial but that's not what happens here in Sweden students' prime minister was even phoned up by Donald Trump to talk about all of this they did have a conversation apparently lasted around 20 minutes the Swedish prime minister is definitely in hasn't been speaking publicly about this much though until recently he issued a few statements through his press spokespeople he's been on holiday in the north of Sweden where he's from and he finally gave an interview to a local newspaper on Monday where he basically said that everybody should be considered equal before the law he said it doesn't matter who calls all tweets about it so I think quite a bit of frustration from Swedish or thirty's about how this case is escalated and how some people in the U.S. Feel that they should be able to somehow persuade the courts to do things differently to how they would for any other potential criminal So it's really important that we do take it back to to what actually happened in court yesterday indeed this entire court case designed to prove