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stranded on a cruise ship off the australian coast after a potentially harmful case of bio foul . we speak to one of those onboard. we start with some breaking news from perth, in scotland. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel there. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel on county place at about five am local time. let s get more on this with our correspondent, gareth barlow. a developing situation. we know three people have died. several emergency service vehicles remain on scene as well. there is a police cordon and the rest of the guests have been evacuated. the hotel is a 28 room and suite hotel, close to the railway station in the centre of perth, and at 5:10am this morning, the ambulance service of scotland and the fire service ending 21 ambulance vehicles and nine fire appliances to that incident. we have heard from the deputy first minister, john swinney, a local msp, on tw ....
and the restored mural in an english bar painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. heatwaves, wildfires and drought are continuing to affect large parts of europe. in the south west of france, a thousand firefighters have been mobilized. rescue workers have described the blaze as a monster. a number of european countries are sending equipment and help. it s prompted increasing concern about the effects of climate change, as our correspondent mark lowen reports. a cloak of fire shrouding south west france. a landscape of beauty, turned to horror. as flames tear through the gironde, destroying almost 7,000 hectares, fanned by winds, searing heat and france s worst drought on record. a tranquil village last week, a ghost town this one, with 10,000 people evacuated. firefighters and planes have come from across europe to ....
also coming up on the programme: we are in india to meet the rohingya families who are now unwelcome in their adoptive country but can t be sent back to myanmar. a success for conservation scientists, after this tiny endangered baby elephant was born at a british zoo. and the k pop phenomenon black pink breaking records as south korea showcases its successes on day one of the seoul pop culture convention. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, says a russian missile strike on a rail station in the east of the country has killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens more. mr zelensky had previously warned that russia might do something cruel to disrupt ukraine s independence day which coincidentally fell on the same day as the six month anniversary of the invasion. this is the current state of play in the country with russia controlling ukrainian territory in the south an ....
a climate emergency. we are moving forward, but we re not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration in their latest announcements in the conservative leadership race. and a surprise bronze in the penultimate day on the world athletics championships. good afternoon. people attempting to cross the channel have faced a third day of delays, despite the large queues at the port of dover easing. officials say traffic is now flowing normally , with about 6 thousand private vehicles passing through the port today. but for much of the day, it was a different picture for those using the eurotunnel to travel to france, with such long delays at folkestone that the aa has called it the hotspot of holiday hell. from there, vishala sri pathma sent this report. the not so quick holiday getaway continues, although progress has been made in dover where reports suggest traffic is flowing better than ....
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. welcome to bbc news. a special concert will take place tonight at buckingham palace, as a weekend ofjubilee celebrations continues, to give thanks to the queen for her 70 year reign. 22,000 people will gather for the platinum party at the palace, when the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. the derby at epsom also takes place afternoon but the queen will not attend. instead, she s expected to watch the event on television from windsor castle. would you like another one? the queen s love of horses is well known. these pictures were filmed earlier this year, at the royal stud. however, she won t be attending the epsom derby later today, but will watch on the television instead. just as she watched yesterday s national service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral. her mobility issues prevented her being there in person to hear the thanks for a ....