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this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. hotter than ever. canada hits record temperatures as america's northwest swelter is in a big heatwave.— is in a big heatwave. climate chance is in a big heatwave. climate change is — is in a big heatwave. climate change is real, _ is in a big heatwave. climate change is real, our— change is real, our temperatures have warmed here, especially summer nighttime temperatures, so that has raised the baseline and made this heat event that much more severe. �*i�*i this heat event that much more severe. " , .,, . this heat event that much more severe. " , , ., ., severe. 11 people are now confirmed _ severe. 11 people are now confirmed dead _ severe. 11 people are now confirmed dead in - severe. 11 people are now confirmed dead in the - severe. 11 people are now. confirmed dead in the miami building collapse, more than 150 are still missing. it's a win—win for facebook as a court rules in its favour in anti—trust claims and its share value surges to more than $1 trillion for the first time.
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the celebrations erupt in the streets of lucerne after switzerland the world champions france in a penalty shootout in the euros. that's a roar of shock and dismay for french fans as the tournament favourites, make an early exit. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and indeed around the globe. they have never known a summer heatwave quite like this across a vast swathe of north america and canada temperatures are breaking all records. to give you one measure, among many i should say, in british columbia soared to 47.5 c, say, in british columbia soared to 117.5 c, 117 say, in british columbia soared to 47.5 c, 117 fahrenheit, breaking and 84—year—old
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record. what makes it all the more remarkable is it is still relatively early summer, and it is the result of what is called a heat dome, a huge band of high pressure which has settled across this region. canadians escaping the heat wherever they can. temperatures hiring after around 20 degrees hotter than normal. this hiring after around 20 degrees hotter than normal.— hotter than normal. this is unseasonably _ hotter than normal. this is unseasonably warm, - hotter than normal. this is unseasonably warm, but i hotter than normal. this is l unseasonably warm, but we hotter than normal. this is - unseasonably warm, but we will take it. sometimes we get snow injune, so we'll take the son as we can get it. in june, so we'll take the son as we can get it.— in june, so we'll take the son as we can get it. cooling down has almost — as we can get it. cooling down has almost become _ as we can get it. cooling down has almost become an - as we can get it. cooling down has almost become an act - as we can get it. cooling down has almost become an act of. has almost become an act of survival. there is extra drinking water for schoolchildren. british columbia's power providers report a surge in demand for electricity to keep air—conditioners running. we electricity to keep air-conditioners runninu. ~ ., air-conditioners running. we do have air-conditioning _ air-conditioners running. we do have air-conditioning in - air-conditioners running. we do have air-conditioning in our- have air—conditioning in our house and our car, and if we have to buy groceries, they open at seven in the morning because of covid for seniors, it's affecting callout times for the ambulances, i heard on
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the radio this morning that it is like a two hour delay to get an ambulance out because they can't feel the ambulances with the staffing they need because they're also burned out from covid. ., , ., they're also burned out from covid. . , ., ., , , they're also burned out from covid. . , ., ., , covid. causing all of this is a massive ridge _ covid. causing all of this is a massive ridge of— covid. causing all of this is a massive ridge of high - covid. causing all of this is a l massive ridge of high pressure in the sky, i contained full of air hanging overthe in the sky, i contained full of air hanging over the area like air hanging over the area like a lead on a part.— a lead on a part. basically no weather systems _ a lead on a part. basically no weather systems can - a lead on a part. basically no weather systems can move l a lead on a part. basically no | weather systems can move in a lead on a part. basically no . weather systems can move in so weather systems can move in so we don't get any relief with thunderstorms or showers, and all we get is pure blue skies and sunshine, and this is very dangerous. and sunshine, and this is very dangerous-— and sunshine, and this is very dangerous. records have also been shattered _ dangerous. records have also been shattered in _ dangerous. records have also been shattered in seattle, - dangerous. records have also been shattered in seattle, in l been shattered in seattle, in the us state of washington. this is ridiculous, ifeel like i'm in the desert is doubly you can't breathe it so hard, at least for me. definitely have to wear shoes.— to wear shoes. scientists studying _ to wear shoes. scientists studying these _ to wear shoes. scientists studying these extreme l to wear shoes. scientists - studying these extreme heat waves say they are made more likely and more intense by human induced climate change. climate change is real, our temperatures have warmed here, especially summer nighttime
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temperatures, and so that has just raised the baseline and made this heat event that much more severe. its made this heat event that much more severe-— more severe. its forecast this prolonged. — more severe. its forecast this prolonged, dangerous - more severe. its forecast this prolonged, dangerous and . prolonged, dangerous and historic heatwave will persist through this week. back in british columbia, if you go down to the pool today, you're sure of a big surprise, as meteorologists warned these weather events are likely to become more and more frequent, if you can bear it. mark labelle, bbc news. thank you very much forjoining us, can wejust thank you very much forjoining us, can we just up from that point of how you cope in temperatures this high, because i think in many of these areas, it's not a place where air—conditioning is a matter of course even necessarily, so what is the advice to people who are trying to with this?
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absolutely, we have seen in the pacific northwest, as many as one in two people in seattle and one in five in the city of portland out their lack access to air—conditioning, my brother lives out there, i have heard reports of people retreating to their cars, the only place they can access an air conditioner and certainly the supply chain disruption has prevented people from accessing air—conditioning, so cooling centres are open and the public health authorities are doing a good job out west of alerting people to opportunities to access cool places to find relief from this unprecedented heat right now.— heat right now. never made issues of — heat right now. never made issues of covid _ heat right now. never made issues of covid and - heat right now. never made issues of covid and the - heat right now. never madej issues of covid and the like, this can conceivably put a huge strain on the health systems. definitely. some people think heat is only an inconvenience, but the truth is that extreme heat exposure can be deadly. 0ut west in oregon, the authorities or hundreds of calls to the emergency
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department visit, more people ended up in hospital in one weekend then typically end up there in half the summer, so definitely extreme heat prevents people from dissipating stress on the organ systems, when it is really hot overnight, people �*s�* bodies are not able to dissipate that heat and all that extra heat stresses are organ systems and even our blood delivery, oxygen delivery to the brain can be threatened, so extreme heat is definitely a dangerous health problem, we estimate at least 1300 people in the us die each yearfrom extreme 1300 people in the us die each year from extreme heat exposure but the true number is very likely higher due tojust but the true number is very likely higher due to just gaps in the data. likely higher due to “ust gaps in the datah likely higher due to “ust gaps in the data. yes, and different ears in the data. yes, and different years can _ in the data. yes, and different years can have _ in the data. yes, and different years can have very _ in the data. yes, and different years can have very different l years can have very different effects, this will clearly be a year of challenge, let's put it that way. how much are you prepared to look at it as a 1—off and how much do you believe this is frankly part of that bigger picture of climate change? that bigger picture of climate chance? ., ., , that bigger picture of climate chance? ., . , ., change? unfortunately, what we're seeing _ change? unfortunately, what we're seeing in _
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change? unfortunately, what we're seeing in the _ change? unfortunately, what we're seeing in the pacific. we're seeing in the pacific northwest right now is right in line with what the climate scientists have been telling us for decades. the science indicates that climate change itself has these rare heat events about three to five degrees fahrenheit warmer, which is really key, so unfortunately we are seeing the evidence of climate change right before our eyes, it's not some distant future thread, it's very much part of our existence now, which is why we need to make investments right now to cut our addiction to fossil fuels, now to cut our addiction to fossilfuels, and prepare fossil fuels, and prepare communities, fossilfuels, and prepare communities, invest in preparedness, and resilience so we can adjust to this new, future that we are facing. i suppose in the very short—term, prepare for a prolonged heat wave over the next week or so. thank you very much indeed for joining us. to miami where the rescue work there is proving to be desperately slow going. 0ne desperately slow going. one more body has been recovered from the rubble of the
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collapsed apartment building in miami and that brings the number of confirmed dead from the disaster to 11th. there are still 151 people unaccounted for following last thursday's disaster. rescue cues have been using cranes, dogs, infrared scanners to help identify any survivors, but the bbc�*s sophie long is on the scene. you can see the rescue — is on the scene. you can see the rescue operation - is on the scene. you can see i the rescue operation continuing behind me, it is in day five, search and rescue teams during that time have been using dogs, drones, sonar and infrared scanners, and they have yet to find any sign of life since the first survivors were pulled from the wreckage in the hours immediately after the collapse. we are told by the authorities that it remains very much a search and rescue operation and it will continue to be that indefinitely, but while there is still hope that they could be people alive in there, it will be a painstakingly slow operation, they have large
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cranes, lifting big slabs of concrete away from the twisted metal, but they have to be extremely careful so that they don't dislodge anything else. this is an agonising time for the families of those who lived in those apartments are. some of them have been brought here by bus and the could be closer to the operation, some z prayers, others held a vegetable, and it also gave them a better understanding of them a better understanding of the operation taking place. —— vigil. they are looking for answers on how this possibly could have happened. let's go over to surfside now, to the commander of the national rescue unit on the homefront command for the israeli defence forces helping in and rescue efforts. joining is now from the site behind you there, and thank you very much indeed for a bit of your time. it is a round—the—clock operation here. can you explain a little bit as to what the
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latest is?— a little bit as to what the latest is? we arrived here yesterday. _ latest is? we arrived here yesterday, 6am, - latest is? we arrived here yesterday, 6am, started i latest is? we arrived here - yesterday, 6am, started working at 8am, since then we are here 24/7, ten experts, we still are at the search and rescue phase, after the dogs and locators, we are starting right now to have are starting right now to have a ground plan of marking the bedrooms, so this is the plan, we are marking the bedrooms and we are marking the bedrooms and we are marking the bedrooms and we are digging according to this assumption.— we are digging according to this assumption. what does that mean? its _ this assumption. what does that mean? as i _ this assumption. what does that mean? as i understand - this assumption. what does that mean? as i understand it, - mean? as i understand it, no—one has been pulled from the wreckage since thursday. it's obviously a very difficult, a very dangerous, probably, area to be digging in, but why is it taking quite so long even to bring bodies out? irate taking quite so long even to bring bodies out? we extracted one person _ bring bodies out? we extracted one person this _ bring bodies out? we extracted
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one person this morning, - bring bodies out? we extracted one person this morning, eight| one person this morning, eight hours ago, and we are now marking all the bedrooms because the way of the collapse, it was very difficult to restore the way of the building, so we got support from israel, from analysts, home front command analysts, and they helped us restore the location, the current location of these bedrooms. you are right, it's difficult, until this morning, there was fire and smoke, and there was still and smoke, and there was still a collapse danger on—site, so we couldn't reach all the places, but right now, we have a plan, and with our fellow americans, we believe that in the next 24 hours, we will reach some of the people who
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were in the bedrooms. haifa reach some of the people who were in the bedrooms. how do ou were in the bedrooms. how do you dovetail — were in the bedrooms. how do you dovetail what _ were in the bedrooms. how do you dovetail what you - were in the bedrooms. how do you dovetail what you bring - were in the bedrooms. how do you dovetail what you bring to | you dovetail what you bring to this operation, with the local authorities? what is your specific role?— authorities? what is your specific role? our specific role is to _ specific role? our specific role is to bring _ specific role? our specific role is to bring our- role is to bring our technologies and our methodologies, we train with the americans throughout the years, and we share the same principles of working, but right now, each team needs to have a second opinion about the planning, and we support the americans' second opinion. we share the same human resources, the same equipment throughout the same equipment throughout the years, and right now we can support them with the israeli support them with the israeli support technologies about analysing the current situation of the smash, and according to this simulation, we can point
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the teams where exactly to look. we found only this morning a new tunnel that we are looking out for in the last few hours and i hope that we will find some new spaces in the next few hours. stare will find some new spaces in the next few hours.- the next few hours. are the fires out? _ the next few hours. are the fires out? have _ the next few hours. are the fires out? have you - the next few hours. are the i fires out? have you managed the next few hours. are the - fires out? have you managed to extinguish them?— fires out? have you managed to extinguish them?- can - fires out? have you managed to extinguish them?- can i i extinguish them? yeah. can i “ust extinguish them? yeah. can i just ask. _ extinguish them? yeah. can i just ask. you _ extinguish them? yeah. can i just ask, you are _ extinguish them? yeah. can i just ask, you are a _ extinguish them? yeah. can i just ask, you are a military i just ask, you are a military man, you are involved in a very precise operation really, but i guess you are also having to deal with many families, relatives, who are desperate to know more about their loved ones, and frankly, who will get some very bad news probably at some very bad news probably at some point. how does it bear on you as an israeli, coming over and helping a jewish community here? ~ ., , ., here? we came not “ust for the jewish community, _ here? we came notjust for the jewish community, we -
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here? we came notjust for the jewish community, we came i here? we came notjust for the jewish community, we came to j jewish community, we came to save lives. we have operated more than 30 countries in the past 30 years, so we came here for the families, it's ourjob. we are with the families, we are talking to them, with them, we are collecting information, they are our partners, not on other side, and we meet them twice a day, we inform them, of course, with the five partners of miami, we inform them exactly what the information is, we keep the hope, the existence, because we found, i personally have found missing people after 100 hours in 2010, and because of that we still have hope. and because of that we still have hope-— and because of that we still have hoe. , , have hope. there is still hope there, . have hope. there is still hope there,. colonel, _ have hope. there is still hope there,. colonel, thank - have hope. there is still hope there,. colonel, thank you i have hope. there is still hope i there,. colonel, thank you very much indeed for giving us your time indeed during a very critical operation.
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let's pick up on some other news for you around the world. belarus has said it suspending a partnership agreement with the european union, in the wake of a continuing row over the rest of one journalist, an opposition journalist, rest of one journalist, an oppositionjournalist, the move coming after the eu announced trade sanctions on parts of the belarus economy. the country has recalled its ambassador to the eu for consultations. the ethiopian government has declared a ceasefire in the country's northern tigray region eight months after the prime minister sent troops into ouster leadership there. the announcement came after tigrayan said that rebel forces — tigrayan rebel forces said they were back in control of they were back in control of the situation. the e—cigarette makerjuul has agreed to pay $50 million to the state of north carolina after a lawsuit accused them of targeting
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miners. the company downplayed the potential harm that its products can cause, and that fuelled, as they put it, and academic of vaping among miners. juul is still facing 2000 other lawsuits. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: football celebrations in switzerland, after the swiss beat world champions france in a penalty shootout at the euros. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim to certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". i cheering and applause as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit
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the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the us and canada have both warned citizens of dangerous levels of heat as western north america faces an unprecedented heatwave. another body has been recovered from the rubble of a collapsed florida apartment building. that brings the number
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of confirmed dead to 11 with more than 150 people still missing. the united states says it has carried out airstrikes against iranian backed militias in iraq and syria in retaliation for drone attacks on us personnel and facilities in iraq. iraqi border guards say at least four militiamen were killed. in response, us forces in syria were targetted by multiple rockets but no injuries were reported. iran has long sought influence in iraq and syria through political and military proxies. tensions with the united states are complicating attempts to revive the international nuclear deal. behnam ben taleblu is a senior fellow at the think tank foundation for defense of democracies, where he focuses on the middle east. there's a lot more of the same going on in places like iraq and less so syria, but an intensification of the same. for instance, if you look at rockets drugs alone,
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in the past two years there have been 90 separate instances of indirect rocket fire at facilities inside iraq alone that are affiliated with the us force presence. many of these facilities are in diplomatic facilities inside the green zone, housing other embassies, multinational entities and things of that nature, so there is always a chance of a larger fallout beyond the us, but militias inside are trying to use these drone strikes to get the cycle of violence to ultimately push for the ejection of america from iraq and ultimately the region. we got the iran nuclear arrangement being renegotiated almost as we speak. it's hard to imagine that not playing into it somewhere. would you agree with that? i certainly think it does, and in terms of us policy, it should play into it. however the biden administration has taken a rather narrow
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nuclearfirst or, shall we say, nuclear uber alles approach, firstly trying to resurrect the deal and then trying to deal with regional issues. i think the us is absorbing all this rocket fire and absorbing all this drone fire from january to pressure, was a strategic mistake, and this is only the second time the us has used force in response to rocket fire and to drone attacks. i think it may be too little, too late to send a strong deterrent message to some of these shia militia groups iran hopes to leverage at the battlefield as well as to create a stronger impression of resolve at the negotiating table. that's interesting, because along with the airstrikes come fairly firm words from antony blinken, for example — we will not tolerate these attacks. where do you think this is going to go? if you use language like that, presumably you have to keep delivering on it. indeed you do, and this is in some ways a bipartisan foreign policy failure. the trump administration used similar rhetoric, perhaps with different means, of course, willing to take different risks
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like killing iran's chief terrorist, the head of them soria �*s force which controls terrorist, the head of the kudz force which controls this proxy groups. but at least it means the us is willing to sink more costs and time into challenging them. the challenge is there is a great chasm or gap between the rhetoric and the reality on the ground in iraq. the reality is they are packing up or worried about their staying power and seeing the threat of iran in a diverse, capable and increasingly more lethal proxy network. facebook�*s stock market value has surged to more than a trillion dollars for the first time, after a us judge threw out a case accusing the firm of abusing its market dominance. the judge said the federal trade commission had failed to show that facebook had monopoly power.
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0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes is in los angeles. it goes back to the acquisition of both of those apps. instagram and then whatsapp and the argument, there were two lawsuits related, one was from the federal trade commission the other from a coalition of 45 states around the country, arguing that facebook was operating as a monopoly, that it was anti—competition, in effect, operating against the law. facebook has said that these lawsuits were nonsensical and it seems the judge in this case agrees that there is no case. he did not say nonsensical but he said that as far as the federal trade commission was concerned they simply had not provided the evidence that facebook, as a social media company, was dominating the social media landscape so much that it was a monopoly. and as far as the states claim, facebook instagram and whatsapp should be broken up and the judge said that this happened a long time ago. it was almost a decade ago and if they had a case
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they should have brought the lawsuit earlier. he did not completely throw out these cases. he gave the federal trade commission an extra month to restate its case and try again. so while facebook may be celebrating, certainly from the value of the stocks over the last few hours, this may return. that is an interesting point. he sounded like a teacher telling a pupil to go off and have another try at your homework. it may come back. nonetheless, the instant response has been impressive for facebook shares. yes. the company is now worth more than $1 trillion for the first time. clearly that sums up the general response. the judge was quite colourful in what he was saying to explain his point of view. ultimately anti—trust
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action is based on public opinion which occured six years ago, he said. before the launch of the apple watch and when ebola was the virus dominating the headlines. it did happen some time ago and perhaps the social media landscape has changed since then. nonetheless i suppose from a facebook perspective, at this point this is a moment of considerable celebration. yes. because as we well know, facebook has been under considerable pressure from all directions. it is interesting that one of these lawsuit was a coalition of 45 us states. and that includes republican and democratic states — this is not a political issue and there is still a tremendous amount of pressure and strong opinion in this country that facebook is too big and that big tech generally is overreaching and perhaps it should be brought down a peg or two. clearly these lawsuits are not going to achieve that.
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that is peter in los angeles after a successful day there for facebook. let's bring you up—to—date now on euro 2020 because we have had the upset of the tournament so far. world champions, france were knocked out by switzerland on penalties. france got out to a 3—1 lead, but the swiss managed to equalise in the dying minutes, forcing extra time. the match ended in penalties where they went goal for goal until a stunning save from swiss keeper, yann sommer. kylian mbappe missing the crucial kick and causing the shock of the tournament. in the earlier kick off, spain beat croatia in an eight goal thriller. the spaniards made life difficult for themselves though, throwing away a two goal lead with five minutes remaining. it sent the match to extra time
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where they clawed their way back to book their spot in the quarterfinals. the final score: 5—3. that is bbc news. hello. best place for the drier and sunnier weather during the first part of this week certainly in scotland and northern ireland. over the blue skies out in the highlands on monday, temperatures lift to a very pleasant 25 celsius. and we will see similar sorts of temperatures in southern scotland on tuesday. england and wales, though, it has been a different story. lots more cloud. and into tuesday, the same area of low pressure that brought the cloud on monday revolving around. it keeps the temperatures up as we start the day. so, again, mid—teens, quite a humid start, whereas clearer skies into scotland, northern ireland, northern england. single—figure temperatures to start the day. but here, some sunny spells, but a few changes. bit more cloud to the north and the west of scotland, later into northern ireland, drifting in. a damp start for parts of northwest england, wales and the southwest, but brightening up here to sunny spells. but through the midlands, east anglia and other southern
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counties of england, the cloud will be there, always the threat of some showers, maybe the odd heavy and thundery one, and cooler to east anglia and the southeast in recent days. cumbria and across parts of western scotland, 24—25 celsius possible. so, for wimbledon on tuesday, it will be cooler. there will be plenty of cloud, but i can't promise it will stay dry. we're likely to see showers develop in the nearby areas, which could come along. same, too, at wembley. always the chance of some outbreaks of rain as we head into the evening for england's match against germany. and where the showers do form, there is still the chance of the odd rumble of thunder. showers continue into tuesday night across parts of the southeast in particular, as well as east anglia. more of a breeze down those eastern coasts, feeding lots of low cloud in further and further westwards. temperatures for most, though, in double figures. not as chilly a night for scotland and northern ireland. but on wednesday, we will have a lot more low cloud around to the north and the east of the country, so a bit of a grey day. still the chance of some rain across east anglia and the southeast, but for many, it will be dry. sunshine will develop more widely towards the west, but because of that cloudier start, it will feel a bit cooler
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across parts of scotland and northwest england. then, as we go through wednesday into thursday, our area of low pressure starts to pull away, but it mayjust be close enough to throw in some influence still towards east anglia and the southeast for thursday. high pressure in the north and the west. a lot more sunshine once again more widely. but eastern counties of england, that cloud, a bit of a breeze, and for east anglia and the southeast, there could be still the chance of a few showers. temperatures at their highest in western areas, at around 21—24 celsius. and then through the rest of the week, it looks like by the weekend, showers will develop more widely. see you soon.
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hello, you are watching bbc news. it still only early summer but parts of the united states and canada are in the midst of a severe heat wave with some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in north america. officials warned that the record—breaking heat wave will all week. only 11 bodies have been recovered, another 151 people are still unaccounted for after a residential building partially collapsed in miami last thursday. rescue crews have been using cranes, sniffer dogs and infrared scanners to help identify any survivors and search for air pockets. football fans are celebrating in switzerland after this swiss knocked the world champions france out of the euro 2020 tournament. france got off to a 3—1 lead but the swiss managed to equalise and one on penalty shootout, the shock of the tournament so far.
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