wendy urquhart reports. (tx next) —— wendy urquhart reports. this used to be a road, now it's a river. dozens of cars were swallowed up as floodwaters surged through the city's neighbourhoods, leaving homes and businesses completely saturated. "a lot of water fell last night," says this man. "just look at the state of the place." "last night, all the neighbours in the building "were bailing out water for four hours," says another. firefighters face an uphill struggle as they try to rescue drivers who were stranded in their cars. the horrendous weather forced the authorities to shut down several roads in valencia, and the metro system also ground to a halt as torrential rain battered the city for 2h hours non—stop. weatherwise, it's supposed to be dry and sunny for the next few days, which will give people a chance to clean up the mess that the floods have left behind, but they are unlikely to be able to salvage much because everything is completely waterlogged. wendy urquhart, bbc news. if you want to keep up with all the stories we're coveri

wendy urquhart, bbc news. for crewmembers from the international space station have been preparing to return to earth. the astronauts have said they goodbyes and entered the dragon space capsule in preparation for our docking. nasa says it will smash down off the coast of florida in about 2k hours. just before we go. the football shirt worn by diego maradona when he scored his infamous "hand of god" goal for argentina in the 1986 world cup has been sold for $9 million. the shirt was put up for sale by the former england midfielder steve hodge. the two players swapped shirts at the end of the match. that was a valuable swap for steve hodge as you can see. that is it so far. we are back later on with more news. from me and the team, see you soon. hello. some spots down the eastern side of england had more rain on wednesday than they've had in four weeks. it is a different weather set—up, though, for the day ahead. high pressure building in will keep most of england and wales dry. closer to weather fronts in sc

wendy urquhart reports. el alto, near la paz, is bolivia's second biggest city and is also one of the poorest in the country. gender violence is rife. 180 cases against women were reported in 2021 and 3a cases have been registered by may 8th this year, but that could be just the tip of the iceberg. translation: where | live, j nobody talks about violence. it goes unnoticed and women stay silent because they are afraid of being assaulted again by their husbands. plus, there's nojustice, so there's no place to report these cases. now, a group of women in the city have created an app that could save the lives of those being assaulted. this is the sos button. when you log onto the app on your mobile phone, it requests three close contacts. the minute you experience violence, you press the sos button and those three people are notified that you're in trouble. the felisa yanapir app has been downloaded more than 500 time since it was launched in november last year. the aim is to let women know what their rights ar

wendy urquhart, bbc news. two historic cooling towers at the la robla coal—fired power plant in leon in spain have been demolished. the power station was built in 1971 and will be replaced by a hydrogen power plant. it's formed part of the landscape of the mountains of the valle del alba region for decades but it tookjust seven seconds to be reduced to rubble. and before we go, a new study has sparked a little hope for the world's rarest sea mammal. there are only about 10 vaquita porpoises left in the world. just ten. some scientists had given up on saving the species, thinking that even if they could be protected from fishing pressures, the health effects of in—breeding would wipe them out. but dna tests from a new study show the population should be able to bounce back from near extinction if its habitat is fully protected. good news to end with! that's it. see you soon. hello there. we've got some rain moving its way southwards through the rest of the night. but ahead of that, during the day on friday,

wendy urquhart, bbc news. the 12—day cannes film festival — one of the biggest events in the movie industry calendar — is coming to the end of its first week. the organisers have been hoping to see a return to normal after covid—19 forced the cancellation of the festival in 2020 and its postponement last year. tom brook reports from the french riviera. well, i'm very happy to report there's actually a very festive atmosphere in cannes this year, very normal — quite different how it was in the past, very little talk of covid—19. one of the biggest events at cannes this week was the arrival in this building behind me, the palais des festivals, of tom cruise, who came here to promote his new hollywood film, top gun: maverick. i saw it. i was very impressed by the film—making — some of the content leaves a bit to be desired — but it made a big impact. he got a standing ovation and i can't quite believe it, but the festival people here gave him an honorary palme d'or — that's the highest award o

wendy urquhart reports. the latest laboratory to confirm a case of monkeypox outside of africa. reportedly a ao—year—old man who recently returned from spain to argentina where residents reacted to the news. translation: where is this going? for example this pandemic, is it going to end or not? i think this is going to continue and they will come one after the other, all the time, unless we become more conscientious. i hope that it is not something that involves to be more and more —— evolves... complicated for our everyday life. of the 200 cases recorded recently, around half in the uk where the health security agency says monkeypox patients should avoid any contact with their pets for 21 days. virologists fear that the virus could get into domestic animals and ping—pong between them and humans. cases are also mounting in spain, one of over 20 countries where the disease has spread. but the message from the world health organization is that this can be controlled. we are afraid that there will be spreading in community, - but currently this is hard to assess as a risk

wendy urquhart, bbc news. to tennis now, and wimbledon has been stripped of its ranking points from the sport�*s governing bodies. it comes after its decision to ban russian and belarusian players from competing at this summer�*s championships because of the war in ukraine. players will now receive no ranking points for taking part in wimbledon. bbc sport�*s lizzie greenwood—hughes has more on the story. the background is the all england lawn tennis association, the lta, decided to ban russian and belarusian athletes from wimbledon in response to what is happening in ukraine. obviously, the war in ukraine. they decided to do that. now, that didn�*t go down particularly well with the atp, the men�*s world tour, or the wta, the women�*s tour, and itf, which look after wheelchair tennis and junior tennis, and they said in their statement that they didn�*t really want to have to do this but they said they saw no option but to remove atp ranking points from wimbledon for 2022. now, what that means i

wendy urquhart, bbc news. the football shirt worn by diego maradona when he scored his infamous "hand of god" goalfor argentina in the 1986 world cup has been sold for $9 million. the shirt was put up for sale by the former england midfielder steve hodge. the two players swapped shirts at the end of the match. it's the highest amount ever paid for a piece of sporting memorabilia at an auction. some spots down the eastern side of england had more rain on wednesday than they've had in four weeks. it is a different weather set—up, though, for the day ahead. high pressure building in will keep most of england and wales dry. closer to weather fronts in scotland and northern ireland, there is a chance of seeing a little rain. in fact, a cloudy and damp start for many places here. and as for temperatures, well, it will be a cooler start. the chilliest parts of england and wales perhaps down to mid—single figures, a little bit lower in some areas. so, a lot of cloud across scotland and northern ireland. the chance

wendy urquhart, bbc news. it's exactly a0 years since the soldiers of 2 para were preparing for the first major land battle of the falklands conflict. the fight to re—capture goose green cost 18 british lives — including lieutenant colonel h jones — who was the most senior british officer to be killed in the falklands. he was posthumously awarded the victoria cross for his bravery. his widow sara jones has been remembering the events of 1982. steve humphrey has the story. i've got so many happy memories, but we were only married for 18 years, which is quite short, really, with a0 years since he went. you need to really hang on to all the happy memories. every year at this time, sara jones plants a tree to remember her husband, lieutenant colonel h jones vc. it's just a nice way to mark the anniversary of his death. gives you something to think of. in the years after her husband's death, sara,

now one beer brewery has come up with a novel idea, as wendy urquhart explains. this isn'tjust any old beer — this is ukrainian beer. cans are rolling off the conveyor belt at a speed of 90,000 per hour, and anheuser—busch inbev is hoping the money will roll in just as fast, because all of the profits will be used to help victims of the war. ab inbev dominates the global beer market and produces 500 brands of beer, including budweiser, bud light and the ukrainian favourite, chernigivske. the company has three breweries in ukraine, and, since the russian invasion, it has been evacuating as many employees as possible. 160 of them have now started a new life in belgium, and the brewery is footing the bill for their accommodation. oleksandr used to be a project developer at one of the ukrainian factories. i'm very proud that we can produce this beer in europe and across the world to give some assistance for our families, for all people of ukraine. it would help in a symbolic meaning, in the sense that people drinking chernigivske beer will think about chernihiv,

wendy urquhart reports. this used to be a road, now it's a river. dozens of cars were swallowed up as floodwaters surged through the city's neighbourhoods, leaving homes and businesses completely saturated. "a lot of water fell last night," says this man. "just look at the state of the place." "last night, all the neighbours in the building "were bailing out water for four hours," says another. firefighters face an uphill struggle as they try to rescue drivers who were stranded in their cars. the horrendous weather forced the authorities to shut down several roads in valencia, and the metro system also ground to a halt as torrential rain battered the city for 24 hours non—stop. weatherwise, it's supposed to be dry and sunny for the next few days, which will give people a chance to clean up the mess that the floods have left behind, but they are unlikely to be able to salvage much because everything is completely waterlogged. wendy urquhart, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. local elections are taking place across the uk on thursday

wendy urquhart, bbc news. we can return to the story of the fire in turkey. i'm nowjoined by david balmer, who lives in torquay and witnessed the fire. what did you see when you first realised something was wrong? i lizfe realised something was wrong? i live over the hill— realised something was wrong? i live over the hill from _ realised something was wrong? i l - over the hill from torquay harbour and my son spotted an enormous cloud of black smoke rising over the hill so we went to have a look and there was the cruiser ablaze, smoke coming out of it. ~ , was the cruiser ablaze, smoke coming outofit. ,, ., out of it. emergency services everywhere- _ out of it. emergency services everywhere- a _ out of it. emergency services everywhere. a lot _ out of it. emergency services everywhere. a lot of - out of it. emergency services everywhere. a lot of people | out of it. emergency services - everywhere. a lot of people normally are on the marina on a saturday afternoon, presumably at this time of year. where there are a lot of people around earlier when the fir

wendy urquhart, bbc news. i want to bring you breaking news, this has come out of berlin and it is important news about an 80 minute conversation between the president of france emmanuel macron, the chancellor of germany olaf scholz and the russian president vladimir putin in which, we are told, during the course of this conversation, emmanuel macron and olaf scholz asked vladimir putin to hold direct, serious negotiations with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. they urged him to have these negotiations and find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. you may say, well, haven't they said that before, but they have not set it directly to him and the fact that we have been told about this, you do not put forward a proposal unless you hope there is some kind of room for something and it suggest that channels are moving behind the scenes, they may not be moving very fast, they may be very cautious, butjust to give you a bit more from that, that two of them called on the russian president to show an improvement

wendy urquhart, bbc news. the uefa champions league final will kick off in paris tonight. around 60,000 liverpool fans are expected to travel to the french capital to watch their team take on real madrid. the spanish team has won the competition 13 times and liverpool have won it six times, but with both teams at the top of their game, who will take home the trophy? joining me now from paris is our sports correspondent, olly foster. lovely afternoon for football and an exciting prospect ahead. these teams, it would be quite hard, quite unwise to put much money on one side or the other, wouldn't it? don’t or the other, wouldn't it? don't ask, it or the other, wouldn't it? don't ask. it really — or the other, wouldn't it? don't ask, it really is _ or the other, wouldn't it? don't ask, it really is very _ or the other, wouldn't it? don't ask, it really is very close - or the other, wouldn't it? don't ask, it really is very close this | ask, it really is very close this one. real madrid wrapped up their 35th title over one month ago and their manager had the luxury of bein

wendy urquhart, bbc news. we're going to look at one of the impacts of the war in ukraine. hundreds of thousands of young russians have left their country — many because they oppose the war. many of them ended up in armenia — a country in the south caucasus which russian citizens can enter without visas. but not everyone feels safe even in armenia, which is russia's strategic partner in the region — rayhan demytrie reports. a pop—up russian wedding in a remote armenian town. most of the guests have fled russia. the groom used to make animation films. after getting arrested for opposing russia's invasion of ukraine, he and his bride made a life—changing decision. i never thought about moving abroad. seriously. but, yes, now, i don't think i can go back. and if you ask about the future? nobody knows. it is dangerous for us to go back because i think we are on the list. it is the list of so—called "traitors and scum," in the words of vladimir putin, for russians who do not back his war in ukraine. palina was punished with two weeks in prison for attending an antiâ€

wendy urquhart, bbc news. sci—fi fans have been bombarded this week with news from the star wars universe. a new show, obi—wan kenobi, has launched on disney+ with other spin offs in the pipeline. and after a two—year delay, the annual star wars celebration event is back in los angeles. here's mark lobel. they are coming. stay hidden — or we will not survive. stormtroopers on the streets, jedis under attack. it is 45 years since star wars hit the big screen. guess what? hello there, it's a star wars celebration! cheering. we are back! it is notjust then. han solo is here, too. and the super fans who last met up a long, long time ago. they have been waiting. in a pandemic which now seems far, far away. it is nice to be in a place with people who love star wars. the star wars fans are the best — you get to hang out and socialise of people from all over the world. this year we have a lot of shows coming out. i endor. but this is the first| celebration outside of the skywalker saga that _ has got any con

wendy urquhart, bbc news. some of the biggest stars of stage and screen have issued a call to arms against what they term ageism against women in their industry, which they say is �*outdated, harmful and neglects the millions of audience members who appreciate seeing women over a5 telling the stories of our lives'. the likes of keeley hawes, harriet walter, juliet stevenson, meera syal, liam neeson and david tennant have signed an open letter, demanding parity between male and female leads on screen when it comes to age and gender. joining me are nicky clark, disability campaigner and founder of the �*acting your age campaign' and juliet stevenson, a bafta nominated stage and screen actor. welcome to you both, lovely to have you with us this afternoon. let me ask you, you launch this campaign some years ago, why do you think this letter now is timely? 1 some years ago, why do you think this letter now is timely?- this letter now is timely? i think because and _ this letter now is timely? i think because an

wendy urquhart, bbc news. don't forget, if you want to keep up with all the stories we are covering, add to our website, you will find all the latest on the wall in ukraine and you will find it at bbc.com/news or you can download the bbc news app you can download the bbc news app as well. that's all we have time for bought this edition of newsday. we'll be back tomorrow with karishma in manila. hello. of england had more rain on wednesday than they've had in four weeks. it is a different weather set—up, though, for the day ahead. high pressure building in will most of england and wales dry. closer to weather fronts in scotland and northern ireland, there is a chance of seeing a little rain. in fact, a cloudy and damp start for many places here. and as for temperatures, well, it will be a cooler start. the chilliest parts of england and wales perhaps down to mid—single figures, a little bit lower in some areas. so, a lot of cloud across scotland and northern ireland. the chance of seeing a little light rain

wendy urquhart reports. el alto is bolivia's second biggest city and is also one of the poorest in the country. gender violence is rife, 180 cases against women were reported in 2021 and 3a cases have been registered by may eight this year but that could be just the tip of the iceberg. translation: where | live - nobody talks about violence, it goes unnoticed and women stay silent because they are afraid of being assaulted again by their husbands. plus there's no justice so there's no place to report these cases. now a group of women in the city have created an app that could save the lives of those being assaulted. translation: this is the sos button, when you log onto the app on your mobile phone it requests three close contacts. the minute you experience violence you press the sos button and those three people are notified that you are in trouble. they police say the app has been downloaded more than 500 time since it was launched in november last year. the aim is to let women know what their rights are,

wendy urquhart reports. this isn't just any this isn'tjust any old beer, this is ukrainian beer. cans are rolling off the conveyor belt at the speed of 90,000 per hour, and anheuser—busch is hoping the money will roll in just as fast, because all of the profits will be used to help victims of the war. ab bev dominates the global beer market and produces 500 brands of beer including budweiser, budd lite and the ukrainian favourite. the company has three breweries in ukraine and says the russian you creation —— since the russian invasion it has been evacuating as many employees as possible. 160 of them have now started a new life in belgium, and the brewery is footing the bill for their accommodation. alexander used to be a project developer at one of the ukrainian factories. i at one of the ukrainian factories.— at one of the ukrainian factories. . , , ., . factories. i am very proud that we can produce _ factories. i am very proud that we can produce this _ factories. i am very proud that we can produce this beer - factories. i am very proud that we can produce this beer

wendy urquhart, bbc news. the new elizabeth line railway which will run across london tomorrow is a very big day on the point i would make to everybody wondering what to do is, if you want to help your family budget and you want to make sure you have more at the end of the month, make sure you would conservative because when you look at the council taxes, the efficiency conservatives versus labour councillors, it is labour councils that go bankrupt, it is conservative councils that give better value for money and for as, beans are collected, potholes filled in, bettervalue beans are collected, potholes filled in, better value for money because my second question to you, do you agree with your cabinet minister people should buy value ranges in supermarkets to cut costs? isn’t supermarkets to cut costs? isn't that patronising _ supermarkets to cut costs? isn't that patronising and _ supermarkets to cut costs? isn't that patronising and doesn't illustrate that the fact that your government doesn't understand th

urquhart reports. cordoba is a very dry, dusty city, and it is roasting in summer. to combat the heat, homes were built around a central courtyard and modified later to add an entrance from the street, then filled them full of trees, plants and flowers to give an air of freshness. in 1918, cordoba town hall launched a competition to find the best courtyard, and locals went nuts, decorating their patios, hanging plants from the whitewashed walls of their homes, and filling pots with jasmine, orange blossom, and geraniums, in a bid to win the prizes. the patio festival was sidelined during the spanish civil war, but we introduced in the 1950s. it has been held almost every year since then, the event is adored by local residents and tourists alike. translation:— local residents and tourists alike. translation: patios bring a lot of 'o . it is a translation: patios bring a lot of joy- it is a very _ translation: patios bring a lot of joy. it is a very beautiful— translation: patios bring a lot of joy.