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especially experienced pilots, is going to be shorter than what everyone has said it is going to be. those ukrainian pilots that are in the western pipeline right now are probably doing very, very well and advancing very, very quickly but the thing is, the ukrainians had held off, say they had said ok, let's not launch our counteroffensive as everyone is expecting in late june or earlyjuly or august, well, what you start to run up against is mother nature. and that's what they are having to deal with. we are looking right now at superb weather and it will continue through the remainder of august and september but once you start to get into 0ctober, you start to play a dance with mother nature in terms of winter start coming in? and even then, those pilots might be able to fly in new aircraft but what other ground
politically motivated. that was late june. politically motivated. that was latejune. by earlyjuly politically motivated. that was late june. by earlyjuly there was a twist. a latejune. by earlyjuly there was a twist. a bbc headline told asked: the bank account was with coutts. on twitter, simon jack was with coutts. on twitter, simonjack quoted a source that rejected a notion that the decision to close his coutts account was in anyway political. "it was for commercial reasons" the source said. but what the source is wasn�*t accurate, nor was the headline. we know that because of this — after a subject access request, nigel farage received details of coutts decision and release them. we see coutts noting his mortgage coming to an end, adding: and these commercial factors can trigger the closing of an account. but in the document there is more. nigel farage as
him at natwest, which owns coutts. the government has announced banks will face tougher rules over closing customer accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. ross atkins is here to explain. this is a story about banking and political beliefs, and it starts here. i had ihada i had a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. months ago to say, we are closing youraccount. i months ago to say, we are closing your account. i asked why and no reason was given. mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. that was late june. by earlyjuly, there was a twist. a bbc headline told us: "nigel farage bank account shut for falling below wealth limit." the bank in questions was coutts — a private bank you can only use with a high level of funds. the bbc story came from business editor simonjack. on twitter he quoted a source who "rejected the notion that the decision to close his coutts account was in any way political". "it was for commercial reasons, the source said. but what the source said wasn t accurate.
breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day this is bbc news. the boss of one of britain's biggest banks, has apologised to the former ukip leader, nigel farage, in the row over why his account, was closed. alison rose, who's the chief executive at natwest, which owns the private bank coutts, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. mr farage claimed his account had been closed, because his political views didn't align with the bank's values. he's now said he wants the chief executive to appear before mps. the government has already announced that banks will now face tougher rules, over the closure of customer accounts. here's our analysis editor, ros atkins. i got a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. i asked why, no reason was given. mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. that was late june. by earlyjuly, there was a twist. a bbc headline told us, "nigel farage bank account shut for falling below wealth limit." the bank in questions was coutts — a private bank you can only use with a high level of funds. the bbc story came from business editor simonjack. on twitter he quoted a source who "rejected the notion that the decision to close his coutts account was in any way political". "it was for commercial
the boss of one of britain's biggest banks has apologised to the former uk independence party leader nigel farage after a row over why his coutts bank account was closed. alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didn't align with the bank's values. tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of alternative banking arrangements for him at natwest — which owns coutts. the governement has announced that banks will now face tougher rules over closing customer's accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. here's our analysis editor ros atkins to explain. this is a story about banking and political beliefs, and it starts here. i had a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. i asked why and no reason was given. mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. that was late june. by earlyjuly, there was a twist. a bbc headline told us: "nigel farage bank account shut for falling below wealth limit."
i got a phone call a couple of months ago to say, "we are closing your account." i asked why, no reason was given. mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. that was late june. by earlyjuly, there was a twist. a bbc headline told us, "nigel farage bank account shut for falling below wealth limit." the bank in questions was coutts — a private bank you can only use with a high level of funds. the bbc story came from business editor simonjack. on twitter he quoted a source who "rejected the notion that the decision to close his coutts account was in any way political". "it was for commercial reasons, the source said. but what the source said wasn t accurate. nor was the bbc headline. we know that because of this. after what's called a subject access request, nigel farage received details of coutts' decision, and released them.
live now to professor kim cobb, an award—winning climate scientist at brown university, and a member of president bidon�*s intelligence advisory board. thank you for being with us. firstly i want to get your thoughts on the extreme heat wave that many of us are experiencing both in the united states and around the world. —— president biden�*s. does this in any way feel different to you because they could potentially because they could potentially be a wake—up call? it because they could potentially be a wake-up call?— be a wake-up call? it strikes me about — be a wake-up call? it strikes me about this _ be a wake-up call? it strikes me about this year, - be a wake-up call? it strikes me about this year, the - be a wake-up call? it strikes| me about this year, the rapid pace of climate and weather extremes we're dealing with this summer, just already getting started here, still in earlyjuly, yet we have had several devastating heatwaves across the united states, air—quality emergencies, catastrophic flooding in vermont, and mindful of the horrific flooding in south korea over the last day as well
i spoke to professor kim cobb, an award—winning climate scientist at brown university, as well as a member on president biden�*s intelligence advisory board. thank you for being with us. firstly, i want to get your thoughts on the extreme heat wave that many of us are experiencing both, you know, in the united states and around the world. does this in any way feel different to you? could it potentially be a wake—up call? what strikes me about this year is the rapid pace of climate and weather extremes we're dealing with this summer, just already getting started here, still in earlyjuly, and yet we have had several devastating heatwaves across the united states, we've had air—quality emergencies, we've had catastrophic flooding in vermont, and mindful of the horrific flooding in south korea over the last day, as well and temperatures that are approaching record—breaking temperatures across all of southern europe.
at brown university, and a member of president biden�*s intelligence advisory board. thank you for being with us. firstly, i want to get your thoughts on the extreme heat wave that many of us are experiencing both, in the united states and around the world. does this in any way feel different to you? could it potentially be a wake—up call? what strikes me about this year is the rapid pace of climate and weather extremes we're dealing with this summer, just already getting started here, still in earlyjuly, and yet we have had several devastating heatwaves across the united states, we've had air—quality emergencies, we've had catastrophic flooding in vermont, and mindful of the horrific flooding in south korea over the last day, as well and temperatures that are approaching record—breaking temperatures across all of southern europe. so it's really the pace and the extremes that we are seeing right now and the numbers of records that are falling right now that does seem like this summer may be worse than those in recent
0rganisation say earlyjuly saw the hottest week ever recorded on earth. they say this was fuelled by the occurrence of el nino, a natural climate phenomenon, coupled with human driven climate change. so here are just some of the peak temperatures expected around europe this week. in france, 21 regions are under an orange heatwave warning. in greece, the government have unveiled emergency measures to shield the public. in italy, where temperatures this week are expected to reach 42 degrees, is where europe recorded its hottest temperature two years ago in sicily, 48.8 degrees. but this extreme weather is not confined to europe. with rising temperatures and el nino leading to flash flooding in the united states. over a few days, a storm in vermont dumped up to two months of rain. the state�*s governor described the flooding as historic, but scientists say climate change means more events like this