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the airport cope with staff shortages. heathrow is pushing ahead with plans to forced airlines to reduce passenger numbers to help the airport cope with staff shortages. politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex—president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win. ireland make history with their first—ever series win in new zealand. a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee is taking place this afternoon, to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit p...

next two _ people wanting to fly, and over the next two weeks we are about to enter at the _ next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak— next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak of the peak summer season — politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex—president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win — ireland make history with their first—ever series win in new zealand. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee has t...

in new zealand. good afternoon. a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon — to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there's a risk to life. jon donnison reports at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer's heatwave is entering uncharted waters. wel...

it is hot out there. here is susan powell with a look at the weather picture. hello. the uk faces the prospect of extreme heat in the days ahead. the met office has issued a red level warning for monday and tuesday, where it is anticipated rising temperatures will have impact on infrastructure and just the way we can go about our day—to—day lives. portugal and spain have experienced crippling heat through the last week, and the heat is going to be migrating northwards into france on sunday and then for the uk, monday and tuesday offers the prospect of temperatures widely at least...

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 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. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france's southwestern gironde region, from where our europe correspondent jessica parker sent us this report. planes swoop in as they try to contain the fires raging in southwestern france. more people had to be evacuated fr...