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hello and welcome to bbc news. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying, with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. scientists say climate change is a factor in the severity of the heatwave. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france's south—western gironde region, from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames through western france. they have been bat...

now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. ♪ hi, everyone. it is saturday, august 6th, and thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, phil. i'm glad your alarm clock went off. >> yeah. my big question right now looking at my phone, are my kids awake yet? has the circus fully started in my household? did yours? >> mine almost did when my alarm clock went off at 3:00 -- not 3:00, 2:00. my son started crying. i got to take him out of bed and stick him with my husband and leave the circus. you deal wit...

justice department is examining donald trump's alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow with the opening ceremony. hello and good morning. england's lionesses are just one match away from glory after thrashing sweden 4—0 in their women's european championship semi—final last night. they'll play the winner of tonight's second semifinal between germany and france in the final at wembley on sunday. it's the first time the team have reached the final of a major international tournament sin...

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. large parts of the uk's railway network are facing disruption once more — just a few weeks after it was hit by three days of strikes. thousands of rail workers are taking industrial action again today in the continuing dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. only 20% of the country's rail services are set to run today — but even these services will be limited. some parts of britain will have no trains at all. the disruption is widespread across the uk. today more than 40,000 members of the rail, maritime a...

george monbiot, welcome to hardtalk. thanks, stephen. you have been a campaigner and writer on environmental issues for decades, warning about the toxic relationship between human beings and our planet. i just wonder how you prioritise? how do you decide where to focus? mm, it's very hard. i mean, every week when i'm writing a column for the guardian, for instance, or making a video, i have a choice of about 20 different topics that i could latch onto. it's very frightening. i mean, to be environmentally aware, to have an environmental education is, as the great writer aldo leopold p...