| | | | | | | Hello and welcome to your new-look daily news email. I'll be getting you up to speed, with news from around the world in a nutshell, helped by our unrivalled network of correspondents reporting from the scene of the biggest stories. The first BBC News Briefing is dominated by extreme weather, with California experiencing its first tropical storm for 84 years, even as wildfires rage in Canada. We hear shocking reports of killings at the Saudi border with Yemen, and you can find out why someone paid £1.5m for a burned-out car. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | Floods in the desert as Storm Hilary peaks | | | | The storm has led to flooding in many areas. Credit: Getty Images |
| | There are warnings of "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding”, as Storm Hilary barrels through southern California, where 26 million people are under flood warnings. The first such storm to hit the state in 84 years, it has already caused flash flooding and landslips, having left at least one person dead in Mexico. Pictures show trees and power lines down, with roads, cars and shops under water. More rain fell in the desert town of Palm Springs than had been recorded in its entire history, according to California Governor Gavin Newsom. Our North America correspondent Peter Bowes says this is usually wildfire season in Los Angeles but that burned soil is acting as a water repellent. "It means [the hillsides] are unable to absorb the vast quantities of rain we’re seeing," he writes. | | | | |
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| | | | | | World headlines | | • | Canada fires: As nearly 400 wildfires rage across British Columbia, with about 30,000 households told to evacuate, drone footage reveals the shocking scale of destruction in Enterprise, in the Northwest Territories. | | • | 'You gave me strength': Olga Carmona, whose goal gave Spain victory in the Women's World Cup final, reacts to learning after the game her father had died. For tournament analysis, see our dedicated page. | | • | Shooting claims: As a Human Rights Watch report claims hundreds of migrants have been killed by Saudi border guards, Ethiopian and Yemeni migrants give us their accounts of shootings. | | • | Debate latest: Donald Trump has confirmed he'll skip the US Republican presidential debates. But CNN host Jake Tapper tells Americast the candidates will still have to figure out how to attack the former president. | | • | Baby killer: A nurse who murdered seven babies - and tried to kill six more - in a British hospital is to be sentenced today. Here's the background on Lucy Letby, while our live page has the latest. |
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| | | | AT THE SCENE | | | Quito, Ecuador |
| | Division remains after bloody election | | Ecuador's presidential election is heading for a run-off, with the country divided politically but united in the hope for peace after the assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio. | | | | Katy Watson, South America correspondent |
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| | Fernando Villavicencio's daughters, Tamia and Amanda, went to the polls dressed in white. It was a message to those who killed their father that they will honour his legacy of campaigning for peaceful change in the country. A thick dark blue line was painted across Tamia's face, made with ink from the huito fruit - a traditional face-painting among indigenous communities in Ecuador. "It's used for celebrations and battles, and today we're standing strong and coming to exercise a right that has been abused," says Tamia. "We are fighting with our pen in our hand." |
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| | Beyond the headlines | | How easy is it to steal from a museum? | | | | Security tends to focus on public-facing displays, one criminologist says. Credit: Getty Images |
| | Eyebrows were raised when police in London launched an investigation into the theft of items including gold, jewellery and gems at the British Museum, which had sacked a staff member. But how often do museum thefts happen, and how easy is it to profit? Malu Cursino and Jemma Crew explain. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Air-con conundrum | | Breaking the damaging cycle of turning up the AC as the world warms. | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | A burnt-out shell of a car - its edges jagged and rusting - has just sold for nearly $2m (£1.5m). There's a reason... it's a Ferrari racing car, driven by the marque's first driver, Franco Cortese, and one of only 500 Mondial Spider Series I ever made. Even so, the auctioneer's assertion it needs "a comprehensive restoration" to return to its "glory days" seems an understatement. Take a look. |
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