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good to have you with us. we start with the dangerous heatwaves setting in across the globe, with potentially dangerous consequences. here in the us, the national weather service has warned "do not underestimate the impact of heat." nearly a third of americans, or 113 million people, are currently under extreme advisories. authorities have warned that scorching temperatures, especially in western states like texas, could be deadly to anyone without effective cooling and hydration. california is among many states sweltering. fire fighters in the south of the state are battling multiple wildfires, with an evacuation order in place for the rabbit fire. sweltering temperatures are expected to linger for the next few days. phoenix, arizona, is likely to hit 43 degrees celsius, or 110 degrees fahrenheit, on saturday, for the 16th straight day — nearing a record. and las vegas, nevada, may match its all—time high of 47 degrees celsius or 117 fahrenheit in
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the next few days. in light now to cbs news correspondent wendy gillette with the latest. good have you with the latest. good have you with us. we're talking about a situation in which a third of americans are currently under heat warnings. to begin with, give us a sense of what this kind of heat feels like. it is very hot — kind of heat feels like. it is very hot today _ kind of heat feels like. it is very hot today here - kind of heat feels like. it is very hot today here in - kind of heat feels like. it 3 very hot today here in new york city. just shy of 90 fahrenheit or 32 celsius. we haven't seen the worst of it. the weekend is being an intense heat way to tens of millions of americans. as you mentioned, more than 110 million. dozens of records could fall in parts of the south and west. 0ne could fall in parts of the south and west. one of the most remarkable is in death valley national park in california. derek and head over 130 fahrenheit this weekend, that is 54.5 c. is a tad warmer ——if it is a tad warmer, it would be
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warmer than the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth. there have signs that have advised not advising walking in the national park, certainly no running, after 10am in the morning. what does that feel like? it feels like a sauna, pretty much. absolutely. scorchina sauna, pretty much. absolutely. scorching temperatures. - sauna, pretty much. absolutely. scorching temperatures. we - sauna, pretty much. absolutely. i scorching temperatures. we know they can have really serious consequences as well, wendy. doctors about how cities are faring and how people are doing in this heat? the faring and how people are doing in this heat?— in this heat? the heatwave is so extensive _ in this heat? the heatwave is so extensive bringing - in this heat? the heatwave is so extensive bringing the - in this heat? the heatwave is| so extensive bringing the item bridges to florida, texas on the south, arizona, california, nevada, and washington state in the west. to give you some examples, phoenix, where the national weather service is warning about ground—level ozone that could pose breathing difficulties for children, older adults, and those with respiratory problems. it is hit over 110 fahrenheit or 43 celsius four days in a row, prompting businesses and parks
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to curtail their hours. a record is likely to fall on tuesday of the most 110 degrees daysin tuesday of the most 110 degrees days in a row, set in 1974, with 18 days. the high heat is bringing wildfires to southern california, you mentioned the rabbit fire. in riverside county it has brought dozens of evacuations and there are also fires burning in arizona. in las vegas, they could get up to 117 degrees tomorrow, 47 celsius. if that happens, it would be tied with the highest temperature recorded in the city. more than 100 records good for this weekend due to a high—pressure system. governors and mayors across the affected states are urging americans to stay out of the sun in the hot spot of the day, to avoid strenuous exercise, and, of course, drink plenty of water. all of that advice about what not to do during the heat of the day, wendy, but many people hope it cools down at night so they can get some respite. but we are really saying that, are we, and that makes it all the
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more dangerous, doesn't it? right, and it is so long lasting. this will continue into next week. there were predictions the convictions could last through the mud in arizona. monday will likely set a record for the most days in a row in phoenix that have low temperatures of at least 90 fahrenheit, 32 celsius. when you talk about those lows, both are those that are still very high, so you are not getting the relief you would normally have at night. there have been five of those 90 degrees low daysin five of those 90 degrees low days in a row, so no religion cited mr the next five days or so. some places will start disease and calling in the next few days. disease and calling in the next few da 5. �* ,, , few days. cbs news correspondent - few days. cbs news l correspondent wendy few days. cbs news _ correspondent wendy gillette. wendy, stay cool, and thank you for your reporting.— it's been three weeks without clean drinking water for one small central arkansas town as they face a brutal heatwave. helena—west helena, arkansas is set to experience temperatures as high as 97 degrees farenheit, or 34 degrees celsius next week —
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but residents there are still relying upon bottled water provided by the arkansas national guard and red cross to drink, cook and bath. ajune 25 water line break caused the operating system that runs the town's water to automatically fail, and that left 9000 people without water for over 20 hours on a 32—degree celsius day. that's 90 degrees fahrenheit. but its 60—year—old water system is still experiencing more leaks. now some 20 days later, low water pressure has returned, and the arkansas town has been under a cautionary boil water alert. officials reportedly believe that it could cost up a whopping $10 million to repair the aging pipes. arkansas' governor has issued helena—west helena only a $100,000 loan. meanwhile in europe, red alerts which indicate risks even for healthy people have been issued for 16 cities across italy for the coming days. and it's expected to get even hotter around the mediterranean next week. 0ur simonjones has more
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on how nations across europe are coping. how big is that? you can see it over the fence! battling to save homes in the sweltering heat. in this town near alicante in spain, wildfires have been breaking out. one man from bristol, on holiday at his grandparents�*, was forced to tackle the flames himself. i was inside, trying to get away from the heat, and my brother came to me, rather nonchalantly going, "hey, do you want to see a fire?" he didn't really realise how bad the situation was, so we both go outside. the fire just started spreading. as a collective family we were attempting to try and hose it down. 0n the spanish island of la palma, at least 500 people have had to leave their homes, and the warning is there's more extreme hot weather on the way. in greece, the temperature could reach as high as 47 degrees in the coming days.
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it's forcing the country's most popular tourist attraction, the acropolis in athens, to close during the hottest hours, to protect visitors. but for some, it's proving too much. the red cross has been offering first aid, plus refreshment and a little bit of shade, for those who need it. we're here again to give people water and also to give leaflets concerning the high—temperature period here in greece. this climate scientist told me he's concerned. so what we're seeing at the moment in much of europe, is that the new norm for the summer? whilst of course having a heatwave in the summer isn't unheard of, what's really becoming unusual is the collection of these events, so the frequency and also the simultaneous occurrence around the globe. so unfortunately this is not surprising, what we're seeing. it's exactly what we expect from shifting the baseline temperature towards a higher level and therefore shifting the odds towards more
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extreme heat events. in rome, one of 16 cities under a red alert from the italian health ministry, people are advised to avoid direct sunlight. in venice, umbrellas and hats are a must, but it's still proving challenging for businesses. translation: the heat is really harmful for us, | because the heat in the gondola gets as high as 50 degrees. temperature records could be broken in the coming days. scientists say the heatwave covering much of europe is another reminder of the need to act on global warming. simon jones, bbc news. a new outbreak of wildfires in western canada is again sending plumes of unhealthy smoke into the united states. air quality alerts were in effect saturday for at least eight states across the northern plains and upper midwest as smoke from the wildfires returns. smoke will be heaviest across parts of montana, the dakotas, minnesota and iowa throughout the early parts of next week. more than 24 million acres have
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already burned so far this year, an area roughly the size of indiana. live now to benjamin hatchett, assistant professor of atmospheric science at the desert research institute in reno. welcome to you. thank you for being on the programme. i want to begin with the wildfires that we were talking about in canada, 900 fires still burning. put that into perspective for us.- still burning. put that into perspective for us. that is a [an e perspective for us. that is a large number _ perspective for us. that is a large number of _ perspective for us. that is a large number of fires - perspective for us. that is a large number of fires and i perspective for us. that is a i large number of fires and what is maybe more important than just the sheer number of fires is how large they are. just a moment ago, over 24 million acres have burnt, making this the worst year in terms of acreage burnt in canada since 1989, so there are many fires in many remote places, allowing the fires to grow because there is no availability of resources for suppression, allowing many
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fires to burn a lot of area, causing a lot of damage. unfortunately a record—setting year already. unfortunately a record—setting yearalready. if unfortunately a record—setting year already. if you wouldn't mind explaining the link that we are seeing between heat waves right now, globally, and those wildfires as well.- those wildfires as well. those are two very _ those wildfires as well. those are two very interconnected l are two very interconnected components of the earth system in that heat waves tend to occur with dry conditions, so you have hot temperatures and dry conditions which both lead to drying of fuels, making them more easily ignited and allowing fires to spread rapidly and making them difficult to get under control. as one of the previous speakers mentioned, we are seeing these large and persistent and frequent heat waves occurring worldwide at a greater rate and so that is causing us to see fire outbreaks in many
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different parts of the world and recently, unfortunately, the northern part of north america has been sitting under very persistent ridge of high pressure, and that has caused continuous drying of the fuels, allowing the fires to grow throughout the summer so far. right. interestingly, just a few months ago, western states like california were experiencing extreme rain. we saw these atmospheric rivers. now we have these headlines about heat waves. just talk to us about these, i guess, extremes, and what they mean for the landscapes and what they mean for people.- for the landscapes and what they mean for people. they are - these kinds _ they mean for people. they are - these kinds of— they mean for people. they are - these kinds of back _ they mean for people. they are - these kinds of back to - they mean for people. they are - these kinds of back to back i — these kinds of back to back extremes or, you know, one after another, where boys had those, but the problem is we are seeing those occur more frequently and when they do occur they are more intense. we get more rainfall and snowfall,
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hotter conditions for longer, more persistent fire weather for longer. in terms of what we're seeing this year i think we're seeing this year i think we're seeing this year i think we're seeing a really very expected and classic set up for a lot of fuels to grow and then dry out and then easily ignite. this means a lot of things for people worldwide. smokers is a perfect example of a local source of what becomes global pollution. it was affect everyone. across the board. but predominantly those that are un— housed and those who have to work outside or do not have air—conditioning and so this can really affect a tremendous tract of the world public population, directly and indirectly, by economic impacts and so on. fin indirectly, by economic impacts and so om— and so on. on that point do you think we are — and so on. on that point do you think we are more _ and so on. on that point do you think we are more likely - and so on. on that point do you think we are more likely to - and so on. on that point do you think we are more likely to see| think we are more likely to see more migration, even within the united states, because of the situation? i united states, because of the situation?—
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situation? i think so. and one challenge _ situation? i think so. and one challenge with _ situation? i think so. and one challenge with that _ situation? i think so. and one challenge with that is - situation? i think so. and one challenge with that is a - situation? i think so. and one challenge with that is a lot. situation? i think so. and one challenge with that is a lot of| challenge with that is a lot of the migration tends to be either to cities, in many parts of the world, and the united states it is perhaps a little more of a urban to rural migration, a reverse migration, but it is leading to people moving far from their families and jobs are now they are having to balance weather and climate conditions with where they choose to live. find climate conditions with where they choose to live.— they choose to live. and what do ou they choose to live. and what do you think. _ they choose to live. and what do you think, then, _ do you think, then, communities, countries could potentially be doing, should be doing, to better prepare for the threat of wildfires? ilosiith the threat of wildfires? with re . ards the threat of wildfires? with regards to — the threat of wildfires? with regards to wildfire _ the threat of wildfires? with regards to wildfire i - the threat of wildfires? ti regards to wildfire i think the threat of wildfires? ii�*u regards to wildfire i think the answer to fire is largely more fire, and what i mean is we need to bring fire back to our landscapes and back to our communities and back to our people, because if we do not handle this in a way that's
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constructive and really respects fire is a natural process and a process that our landscapes and much of north america and the world had adapted to over thousands and thousands of years, we will just continue fighting it. but i think if we can bring it into our community and learn to live with fire, added up to it, and before —— become more comfortable with it, i think that will lead to a lot of benefits for our society and reduce the impact of severe wildfire on the landscapes. what do you mean by that, exactly because because should people do that? in exactly because because should people do that?— people do that? in terms of brinuain people do that? in terms of bringing it _ people do that? in terms of bringing it into _ people do that? in terms of bringing it into the - people do that? in terms of. bringing it into the community, i think one great example is something we have seen in many parts of the united states, and the high plains and california, as examples is the bringing the community to actually learn how to start and put out fire through prescribed fires and
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through prescribed fires and through prescribed fires and through prescribed bone associations, these loose collectives of communities that getting together to pull resources, many of whom have been effected through various levels of dramatic experiences to work with fire and get back onto the landscape so that when fired does occur, they are less negatively impacted because we reduced fuels and made the community is not more defensible when the wildfire takes place. defensible when the wildfire takes place-— defensible when the wildfire takes lace. . , , takes place. really interesting insi . hts takes place. really interesting insights from _ takes place. really interesting insights from benjamin - insights from benjamin hatchett, an assistant professor of atmospheric science at the desert research institute in reno, thank you for being with us.— institute in reno, thank you for being with us. thank you very much- _ turning to israel now where prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he is feeling "very well" after experiencing dizziness and being rushed to hospital. as he was taken to sheba medical centre near tel aviv, his office said he was in "good condition and undergoing medical evaluation." the preliminary assessment is that he was dehydrated. but he's being kept
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in overnight and an israeli cabinet meeting is being postponed from sunday to monday. well, this is what mr netanyahu had to say in a video released by his officejust a few hours ago: translation: yesterday i spent time at the sea of galilee - with my wife in the sun, without a hat, without water. not a good idea. i'd like to thank all of you for the concern and to thank the excellent team here in sheba who examined me. but i have one request of you — we are undergoing a heatwave in the country, so i ask of you to spend less time in the sun and drink more water. us special presidential envoy for climatejohn kerry is set to travel to beijing, where he will meet with his counterpart to discuss a major push by the world's two largest economies to combat climate change. kerry set modest expecations ahead of his visit but told the house foreign affairs committee this week that he does not intend to "concede anything" during his visit with chinese officials. the visit will mark the formal restart of climate talks
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between the us and china, which stalled last year following a visit by then house speaker nancy pelosi to tawian. the trip will mark the third visit to china by a top biden administration official in the span of a month. in other news: ben wallace, britain's defence secretary, says he will resign at the next cabinet reshuffle. he's been one of the most consistent advocates of western military aid to ukraine. mr wallace says he's standing down due to the toll the job had taken on his family. he was widely tipped to be the next head of nato, but more recently ruled himself out. nigerian president bola tinubu declared a state of emergency on friday as the country battles with a severe food crisis. the president announced a series of measures he said would tackle rising food costs, enhance agriculture, and create more jobs. the initiatives include using money saved by removing a fuel subsidy to provide grain and fertilizers for farmers. there's been weekend travel chaos in italy and belgium due to airport and
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airline staff strikes. almost a quarter of a million travellers were left stranded in italy, after 1,000 domestic and international flights were cancelled. ground crew are demanding a new collective contract. meanwhile, in belgium, 120 flights which were supposed to depart and arrive from brussels charleroi airport were cancelled because of a strike by ryanair pilots. in tennis, and marketa vondrousova has won wimbledon, becoming the first unseeded player to win the women's singles title in the professional era. in a surprise win, the 24—year—old left—hander from the czech republic beat tunisia's 0ns jabeur, 6—4, 6—4. vondrousova, who underwent wrist surgery last year, said her historic win is "just amazing." french—tunisian sports journalist sara menai has been watching the final at wimbledon and had this to say about marketa vondrousova's surprise win. complete contrast between
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marketa vondrousova and jabeur. as you say, vondrousova looks way more relaxed, way more confident than 0ns jabeur. we know that 0ns jabeur�*s biggest, biggest mistake, i would say, during this tournament is the stress that she has and the fact that she is really struggling mentally. and i think that's one of the big things she has to she has to work on that in the future because vondrousova, the difference was really, really, you could tell that she was so much more relaxed than jabeur with all the pressure, we have to say the pressure is also because it's her second consecutive wimbledon final for 0ns jabeur. so obviously everybody was a bit expecting her to win this one. so the pressure was really on her rather than marketa vondrousova who made it to the final, and it's quite a surprise for young vondrousova. so, yes, she she's a wonderful and very talented tennis player, the czech republic player, and she made it. it's absolutely unbelievable. she made history today. in football news, argentine
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legend lionel messi has signed for us side inter miami on a deal that runs until 2025. messi departed former club paris saint—germain at the end of the 2022—23 season. inter miami is part owned by another football great, david beckham, who's described the signing as a "dream come true." mls, major league soccer, the country's professional soccer league, confirmed the news in a tweet, saying simply: i spoke to miami herald sportswriter michelle kaufman. thanks so much forjoining us the story. we're talking about one of the greatest footballers, one of the british soccer players footballers, one of the british soccer players of footballers, one of the british soccer players of his footballers, one of the british soccer players of his bureau joining into inter miami. what does it mean for the side and the city as well? it does it mean for the side and the city as well?— the city as well? it is the biggest. _ the city as well? it is the biggest. one _ the city as well? it is the biggest, one of- the city as well? it is the biggest, one of the - the city as well? it is the i biggest, one of the biggest sports stories in us history, to be honest. the idea that the top layer in the world and arguably the best player of all time is coming to join the last—place team, the
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last—place team in eastern division, second to last him in the entire league and a relatively new team that only in its fourth season. it does not have a lot of history. it is huge for my army, a soccer passionate city with so people here from other places, from latin america especially but also from europe. and the welcome has been unbelievable, the buzz, there are gigantic murals over downtown miami over the last two weeks, artists have come from other countries even, from argentina, to paint giant murals of messi on the walls of downtime miami. there are many, many murals now, huge skyscraper minerals of messi waiting, argentina flags flying around, there are a proximally 150,000 argentinians in manly full dellacqua so there is a large italian population but also colombians and evidence millions and everyone from
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america is very excited and obviously robyn lambley and the united states, this is huge for major league soccer. the miami team, the idea of the miami team, the idea of the miami team even before david darkin came on board, the idea from mls of having a maori team was happy we tmp the global team of the league, the team that would attract fans from around the world and extend the reach of the league and what better way to do that than have lionel messi playing in major league soccer in miami? itruiith messi playing in ma'or league soccer in miami?_ messi playing in ma'or league soccer in miami? with all mine, what does _ soccer in miami? with all mine, what does it _ soccer in miami? with all mine, what does it mean _ soccer in miami? with all mine, what does it mean for— soccer in miami? with all mine, what does it mean for mls - soccer in miami? with all mine, | what does it mean for mls more broadly? i what does it mean for mls more broadl ? ~' ., what does it mean for mls more broadl ? ~ ., ., , broadly? i know from the number of emails and _ broadly? i know from the number of emails and twitter _ broadly? i know from the number of emails and twitter followers i of emails and twitter followers that i have gained since he signed there are fans all over the world now all of a sudden tuning into a leak that they have never watched before, they know nothing about, i've got emails from people asking if there is a danger of inter miami being relegated if they don't win. there is no
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relegation or promotion in mls. we have a play—off system so i think the rest of the world will become very familiar with this league now, a leak that's always been whatever novelty and david darkin product to a different level but it's even more now, the league has really great, a lot of good players are coming, notjust a lot of players retiring, so i think it will expand the reach of the league all over the —— david beckham. it league all over the -- david beckham— league all over the -- david beckham. it probably will be uuite a beckham. it probably will be quite a big — beckham. it probably will be quite a big change _ beckham. it probably will be quite a big change in - beckham. it probably will be quite a big change in fair- beckham. it probably will be quite a big change in fair to l quite a big change in fair to say from lionel messi. do you think of any challenges for him? ~ , ,., , think of any challenges for him? absolutely. anybody who thinks he is _ him? absolutely. anybody who thinks he is just _ him? absolutely. anybody who thinks he isjust going - him? absolutely. anybody who thinks he isjust going to - thinks he isjust going to what's there and dribble down the field and score goals the team from the bottom to is very naive. there will be a lot of challenges, festival, players who come from europe to that estate have never had to deal with three different times and changes. the amount of travel the mls teams do, the miami team has to travel for example
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six hours by plane to seattle, they fly to la, san francisco, we are talking six and seven our playwrights, three different time zones, different climates, it's also a very physical week and a lot of running, physicality, and this is not meant to put down mls that anyway messi is used to play with all world—class players around him. he also always playing on teams that are at the top, whether it's barcelona, psg of argentina national team, these are top contenders with top players all around him passing the ball. he will not be with a group of players who are at that level, we don't have that kind of world—class resume, a lot of them, most of them, so there are some players who are starting on the team that teenagers, 18 and 18—year—olds who are local from the miami area and all of a sudden the irony the cataby to be a little messy�*s team at seattle be a big adjustment to leo messi, not as easy as some people
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think, it'll be a very interesting story to follow, for sure. interesting story to follow, for sure-— for sure. absolutely and covering _ for sure. absolutely and covering it _ for sure. absolutely and covering it is _ for sure. absolutely and covering it is the - for sure. absolutely and covering it is the miami | covering it is the miami herald's michelle telfer. thank you for being with us.— you for being with us. thanks for having — you for being with us. thanks for having me. _ stay with us here on bbc news. iam i am helena iam helena humphries. thanks for your company and stay with us if you can't. ——if you can. hello. 0ur spell of rather cool, unsettled and blustery mid—july weather is set to continue through the remainder of the weekend. this was the picture saturday evening just before the sun set in north berwick, east lothian. we've had some big vivid rainbows around, and we could see more of those on sunday with that mix, again, of some sunshine and further heavy and blustery showers. they won't be as frequent as they were on saturday, though. so we've still got low pressure
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close by, just edging its way towards the north—east. but still plenty of isobars on the map showing another fairly blustery sort of day. quite a bit of cloud first thing for parts of northern england, scotland as well and we'll continue to see patchy rain on and off for much of the day across northern and western scotland. a bit more sunshine, but also scattered showers further east and really for northern ireland, england and wales, sunny spells and blustery showers. the gusts of wind 30 to 40 miles per hour, even a bit more than that around exposed coasts and hills. so temperatures between about 14 to 22, north to south, but feeling a touch cooler if you are exposed to those north—westerly or westerly winds that we've got with us. winds do ease away, i think, sunday evening and overnight, some late sunshine before the sun sets in the south. we've got a bit more cloud again as we head through into monday across parts of scotland with a few splashes of light rain, 11 degrees or so here, the overnight lows, but we could see single figures in one or two more rural spots, though, so a fresh start to your monday morning. now monday sees higher pressure trying to nudge in from the south. not as many isobars on the map. so not such a windy day, i think, on monday. and fewer showers compared to the weekend. there will be a fewjust
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bubbling up through the day across england, wales, northern ireland and scotland too, less in the way of cloud lingering. so a bit more sunshine and a few scattered showers. temperatures similar to recent days around about 14 to 22 degrees, but feeling a touch warmer because we will have lost the breeze. moving ahead now into tuesday in the next area of low pressure moves its way in from the atlantic. so initially, probably a dry start to tuesday for many of us, mainly sunshine. then the rain creeps in across parts of northern ireland, perhaps western parts of england and wales, southern scotland to northern half of scotland, probably seeing sunshine and showers once again on tuesday. and east anglia and the south—east, you're likely to stay dry for a good part of the day and perhaps a touch warmer up to about 23 degrees or so. but as you can see from our outlook, the next five days or so through much of the week ahead, still unsettled. sunny spells and heavy showers. bye— bye.
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