Scottish Parliament opening and sports updates

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AI agents that handle the manual stuff automatically. so your team can spend their time on what actually compounds It's time to get Brex AF Learn more at brex d. com slash aF I'm Jane Steeel, and on Saturday the twenty seventh of June, these are the main news stories from Radio four A newborn is rescued from rubble in the Venezuelan city hit hardest by Wednesday's earthquakes The United Nations says millions of people have been affected as aid starts arriving You're looking at almost two thousand people surging in one hundred and eleven dogs, medical teams as well We go in with these little kind of micro drones that help us find people in the buildings A new, safe and legal route is announced for refugees to come to Britain More temperature records are shattered across Europe, in this bulletin we'll have a report on how the UK power grid has coped with this week's sweltering weather and the King leads the formal opening of the seventh session of the Scottish Parliament. Let us continue to show by example that debate can be carried out with respect and courtesy Cargo planes carrying aid for earthquake victims have begun to land in Venezuela's capital, after the main airport in Caracas was partially reopened. US. officials say they hope to deliver the first mobile hospitals today as rescue workers fight to reach those still trapped under collapsed buildings. It's been nearly seventy two hours since two powerful earthquakes struck the country in quick succession officials have confirmed more than nine hundred people have been killed The number of dead is expected to increase sharply as thousands of people remain missing Our correspondent Dan Johnson has just sent this report from Cukuta on Colombia's border with Venezuela Ying. People are still being pulled alive from the rubble. This was a baby being rescued in Lag Guera, the worst hit area. But for others like this man searching the ruins for his cousin, hope is fading. We started calling, Garlos, Garlos, we're here. and then he responded, but it's been about an hour and a half and we haven't heard anything from him again No more signs of life. We are waiting for help to see if we can get him out alive. Even those who' survived are facing difficult situations We're sleeping at the airport in the car. My parents lost our home, my sibling lost our home. We lost our home. We have nothing. It's very sad. The UN says close to seven million people may have been affected by the earthquakes based on damage, analysis and impact on public services. two million people in Caracas alone Search and rescue teams are arriving from across the world. But as the UN's humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher told Radio four, T is running out. So you're looking at almost two thousand people surging in one hundred and eleven dogs. medical teams as well. We go in with these little kind of micro drones, they call them cockroach drones that help us find people in the buildings So they're surging at the moment and today is the crucial, crucial day. Some communities are still cut off and without power could still be much worse to come. Germany has broken its all time temperature record with the weather Service provisionally measuring forty one point five Celsius in the east of the country, as tens of millions of people across Europe experienced another day of extreme heat. In France, many public events have been cancellled, and hospitals have warned of a surge in emergency calls. Darren Bet from the BBC Weather Center has this report The record breaking heat in Western Europe is coming to an end this weekend, but large parts of the continent are still enduring some searing temperatures. In France after records were broken earlier in the week, there's been disruptions to transport and power plants, while many schools have closed and public events cancelled. Some areas ban the sale of alcohol It's a similar picture in Italy where the health mininistry has issued a red alert in eighteen cities, including Rome and Venice June temperature records have been broken in Switzerland and Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium, where temperatures were up to around forty Celsius per. Authorities in Germany have been urging people to conserve water this weekend The rail operator Deutscheabann is reducing its services because the intense heat has caused rail tracks to swell There's also a growing risk of wildfires The area of high pressure or heat dome that has brought the extreme temperatures is moving east, allowing temperatures in the UK and Western Europe to fall with more comfortable days and nights ahead An amber warning for extreme heat in the UK remains in place until tomorrow morning for Southeast England and East Angia The rising temperatures this week have increased pressure on the country's electricity network and supply, as our business correspondent Meghgan Owen reports The heat wave has pushed up electricity demand, largely as more turn to air conditioning, driving up prices during peak periods On Wednesday evening, the UK paid nearly one thousand four hundred pounds per megawatt hour for emergency electricity imports from Europe. well above normal levels and four times higher than a similar time on Thursday evening, according to Montel, which monitors power markets It says the situation was compounded by UK gas fired power stations being offline for planned maintenance, while some French nuclear reactors were out of service as high temperatures across the country reduced access to water needed to cool them Montel argues that demand was underestimated by the UK's grid operator which says supplies remained secure and the system continued to operate reliably The operator issued a rare call for extra electricity this week to cover an expected shortfall. It's thought partly due to lower wind levels, though a second warning yesterday was withdrawn As heat waves become more common, balancing a grid already strained by data centers, electric vehicles and heat pumps will likely become more challenging and costly More than eight hundred flights into and out of Heathrow and Gatwick have been delayed for up to eleven hours because of thunderstorms. Delays are expected to continue for the rest of the day. Mapping by the aviation Agency Eur Control shows the most severe air traffic control delays are between Southeast England and northwestern Europe Other UK airports are unaffected Ask yourself, what are your best people spending their time on right now? Expense reports, receipt chasing, month in clothes that takes weeks You become what you spend on it And that's not what you're building for ReEX is the intelligent finance platform that eliminates that work before it starts. 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Learn more at organicValley. com The Home Office is going to introduce new legal routes for refugees to come to the UK later this year It says universities, community groups and businesses will be allowed to sponsor people who want to come to the UK through a model based on Canada's asylum system H homeome Secretary Shan Mahammou said the plans would protect genuine refugees and close loopholes The Cervatives said no extra people should be let into the country until illegal immigration was stopped Well, Reform UK said it would reverse the scheme if elected to government. Dror Madeline Sumpson, director of theigration Observatory at the University of Oxford, says much more detail is needed about the plan Who is allowed to do the sponsoring? Will that be faith groups, for example? couldould it be as in the Canadian case, just a handful of local citizens get together perhaps because they've identified a particular person they see as being in need? Also, there will need to be some kind of rules on what criteria those groups are allowed to use. Can they just use personal networks as is the case in the Canadian programe? or would there of kind of constraints on how they're allowed to identify people, that stuff will need to be worked out The Defense Secretary Dan Jarvis has said that real progress has been made in his discussions with the Treasury as he seeks to resolve a funding round that led to his predecessor John Heley to resign early this month. former Chief of the Defense Staff Admiral Sony Radican, has warned that if Andy Berham becomes Prime Minister, he will need to invest more in the military to satisfy NATO partners that the UK is a strong member of the alliance Here's our political correspondent Damian Gramaticas. Dan Jarvis took over as defeense secretary just over a fortnight ago. John Heely had quit the job with excuriating criticism of Sakir Starmer, saying he had been unable and the treasury unwilling, to commit enough money to the new defense investment plan to keep the country safe Jarvis today said his dialogue with the Prime Minister and Chancellor since he took over, had been very productive. He told the PA newews agency that they'd made real progress. It's been reported that he may have secured one billion pounds extra on top of the thirteen point a fivealf billion already earmarked for the new defence plan However, speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kunsberg program this weekend, the former Defense Chief, Admiral Satoni Radakkin, warned more investment was still needed to ensure the UK was seen by its partners as a strong member of the NATO alliance and a strong ally of the United States. There's a risk at the moment that we fall short on those commitments And then that creates a whole load of hurt with our NATO allies and especially our relationship with America Tony said that if Andy Berham became Labour leader, he'd have to behave almost like a wartime prime Minister and invest in new military equipment and material to keep the UK safe The UK's maritime Security aggency says an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz has been struck by a projectile following last night's exchange of fire between the US and Iran, which was the first since their deal to suspend hostilities. The crew are reported to be safe It's the latest in a series of tip for tat measures in recent days, as our World newews correspondent Jo Inward reports The initial Iranian strikes on a tanker taking a route through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, which Tehran did not authorise was about sending a message to international shipping They must coordinate with its military The U.S. retaliation, limited airstrikes on drone and military sites on the coast, seems designed to remind Tehran that force will be met with greater force The response for now seems to have been more symbolic with some form of attack on a U.S base in Bahrain, with no reports of casualties. If further escalation can be avoided, then the talks towards a deal will continue And this will be a footnote. every action comes with a risk of miscalculation. escalation Tens of thousands of people have marched in a pride parade in Budapest, the first since Hungary's right wing prrime Mister Victor Orban was voted out Last year's event was banned by the authorities, but record numbers turned out to protest against the previous government's anti LGBT policies The new Prime Minister, Peter Modjer, has said his government should not be determining how Hungarians live The King has urged members of the Scottish Parliament to help build a fair and prosperous society at the formal opening of Hollywood's seventh session since Devolution ceremony featured musical performances and poetry. Our political correspondent Kirstin Campbell reports The rooyal opening is an opportunity for the palace, the Parliament and the people to come together. Local heroes chosen to attend by their MSPs because of their contributions to their communities Watched on as the Crown of Scotland and the Parliament Mace were carried into the chamber to the sound of a new fanfare King Charles noted that people were struggling and facing an uncertain world. He encouraged MSPs, the majority of whom were elected for the first time this session perate on the priorities of their constituents. Let us continue to show by example that debate can be carried out with respect courtesy that disagreement is possible while honouring one another's dignity. The First Minister John Swweeniney said at a time of growing turbulence, politicians needed to work collectively. The outcome of the recent election requires a new politics of cooperation of renewal if we are to improve the lives of our people I will work for that The ceremony, including Scots, Gallic, and British sign language, came to a close to the sound of the bagpipes. The Parliament is now in recess giving MSPs plenty of time to reflect before they return to the cut and thrust of politics in September The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accepted an offer to stay at a royal residence when they visit the UK next month. Harry and Meghan will be joined by their children, Archie and Lilibet in their first trip to Britain in four years. The royal residence they will use has not been made public. In sport, England are trying to restrict New Zealand on day three of the third test at Trent Bridge. With that and the buildup to England versus Panama at the World Cup, here's John Wilkinson England earlier gave up a first innings lead of eighty four in the series deceider two New Zealand. Ely Oroid is watching the tourists try to bat themselves into a winning position at Trent Bridge Yes, New Zealand have a lead of one hundred and ninety two runs currently there one hundred eight for three. earlier England were all out for three hundred and fifty four, fifty for Harrybrook, but then England lost five for thirty two and subsided towards the end of their innings. Great start by Joffrey Archer. He took two wickets early on to have laid them out for four and Conway for five They're building a good partnership here. The New Zealand is one hundred and eight for three, one hundred and ninety two the lead. Staying with cricket and Ireland women have their first ever T twenty World Cup win after stunning the West Indies. It ends a twenty one game losing streak. So football in England may have already booked their place in the last thirty two of the World Cup, but they'll aim to win Group L this evening in New Jersey when they take on Panama, ranked forty second in the world Mercedes George Russell will start on Poll for Formula one's Austrian Grand Prix after a Max Verstappen crash. Ferrar's Charlacler and Louis Hamilton were second and third fastest in qualifying