hello. welcome to all of you joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm rosewood church. just ahead in the cnn nguyen, inside the ukrainian hospital on the front lines . doctors work to save the lives of the wounded, while coming under attack themselves. the legal and political aftershocks from mar-a-lago. some, shaken by the search itself. others, by what was found.

all the while, exposing widening cracks in american democracy. plus can win your after the fall of kabul. how the taliban takeover has received daily life in afghanistan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> thanks so much for being with us. we begin in ukraine, with the two largest nuclear facilities in europe, pumping an outcry from world leaders. 42 countries, along with the european union, now calling on russia to immediately withdraw its troops from these nuclear power plants. it comes after days of repeated shelling around the facility, raising fears of a nuclear catastrophe. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the attacks. to the south, ukraine says, an underground resistance movement

blew up a railway bridge near the russian-held city of variable. ukrainian officials say, russian troops used the bridge to transport weapons and other climate from occupied crimea. meanwhile, a u.n.-charted ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat to ethiopia is ready to set sail from ukraine. it is the first humanitarian cargo ship bound for africa since the war began. in eastern ukraine, fierce fighting has raged for months, with a constant barrage of artillery inflicting massive casualties on soldiers and civilians alike. cnn's nic robertson traveled to a field hospital to see the daunting task medics are facing of the front lines it a warning, though, what you're about to see is graphic. >> reporter: at a frontline field hospital, a soldier gets stitched up russian forces, getting closer, while casualties, military and civilian, are coming in.

>> we have had a lot in the last week with the russians with shots. >> the hospital has been hit more than once. it's location, secret. >> this place that i'm working in, it's a stabilization point. so, all casualties from this airline, or from the red zone, are taken here. >> reporter: volunteer medic, niels, himself, injured during recent shelling. sergeant d mark's priority, get patients stable, ready, and get ready for more. >> we have to clean the rooms after. you come into the room, and a lot of blood on the floor. >> then, transport units like mine, we then transport them to the next-level care in safer areas. >> reporter: arriving for better care at the hospital,

this soldier, the volunteer, with ambulance keeping him alive on the journey. taken directly for a c.a.t. scan. >> we had our surgeon and anesthesiologist back together with the patient, doing all the necessary interventions to keep him alive. >> reporter: in other rooms, civilians are also getting treated. hit by a cluster bomb, with a leg badly broken, an arm requiring surgery, too. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he says, he's been having pain, and is ready to go to the next hospital. no one kept at this rear-based hospital for long, either. transferred even further from the front lines. shelling, here, on the rise, too.they need the beds freed, fast. everyone in this hospital knows

the front line is getting closer. that can only mean one thing. more casualties. according to officials, 50 or 60 patients a day, passing through the ward won't be empty long. nic robertson, cnn, eastern ukraine. all right. let's bring in cnn's linda dos santos, who joins us live. good to see you, nina. the eu and 42 other countries are now calling on russia to withdraw its forces from these nuclear power plants immediately. what more are you learning about this situation on the ground there? >> this is the escalation and the radical rhetoric we have heard since last week, with the united nations becoming increasingly's concern, with a council meeting that addressed this problem at the plant. in the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog put forward a plan to get an

agreement between russia and ukraine to demilitarized this highly-sensitive area, something the united states has also called for. that has been rebuffed by russian's ambassador to the united nations last week. of course, now we have got all these countries, including the eu, with russia's forces withdrawing from this very sensitive site. why is it so important. the separation camp for the first three weeks of the invasion of ukraine from russia. since then, ukraine has repeatedly accused russia of using it as a strategic sensitive site from which to launch attacks on ukrainian territory of the other western side of the river. cities like this, for instance, the have faced a barrage of attacks from, seemingly, this area. russian forces, raining down shells, rockets, so on and so forth, over the last couple of weeks. now, the concern that this facility, which is the largest

nuclear power plant in europe, by the way, rosemary, could be hit directly that can cause a nuclear meltdown. that is what concerns the iea, but it's also the maintenance of the plant, as well. remember, russia has been keeping ukrainian civilian technical people, they expect to be, as ukraine said, hostages inside the site, but there's no way the iaa can get in yet to see the reactors, whether they are still in working order, that the cooling facilities are working. that is the cause here when it comes to this nuclear power plant. as i said, if there's a fallout here, it can spread far and wide. also, president zelenskyy, yesterday evening, said, anybody launching an attack on this territory should face criminal investigations in the international criminal court. leslie? >> nina dos santos, joining us live from london. thank you, nina. turning up to washington, where democrats in congress want to know how much damage

was done to national security after the fbi found donald trump was keeping classified documents at his mar-a-lago home . republican lawmakers are also seeking more information about the search. cnn's jessica schneider has the details. >> reporter: former president trump, now claiming that documents taken from mar-a-lago are protected by executive privilege and attorney client privilege, but the reality here is they still aren't his documents to keep. under the presidential records act, they do belong to the national archives. plus, given that 11 sets of the documents have various levels of classified designations, including top-secret, democrats are now demanding that the director of national intelligence, avril haynes, conduct an immediate review of the materials because the national security implications of what was found at mar-a- lago, and concerns that it could cause grave damage if that information fell into the wrong hands. on the flipside, republicans are demanding more details.

some say, they want to see the affidavit of that lead out the basis for that search warrant. it is highly likely, though, that the affidavit would be unsealed, because of the delicate information and resources that investigators likely disclosed in that affidavit of. and these calls for actions, they come all while questions loom. what comes next for the former president. the warden said, fbi agents were looking for possible violations of sections of the espionage act, the suction of justice, and the criminal handling of government records. trump has defended his actions over the weekend, saying, he declassified all the material while he was in office. but you know, we still haven't seen any documentation or proof of that. notably, none of those three criminal statutes actually require that information be classified. only that there was intent to injure the interests of the united states, or destroy or conceal a document that would interfere with an ongoing investigation. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. earlier, i spoke with cnn's

senior political analyst, ron greenstein, about the fallout from the fbi search. i asked him about donald trump's changing explanations for why classified documents were found inside his home. >> what it says to me, is he no longer feels that maybe he has not in the long time, that he even needs to try to make a coherent argument to compel the republican party to stand in line behind him. obviously, these ever-shifting explanations are mutually contradictory, and many of them -- most of them -- are implausible on their face, but i think he is demonstrating how much he believes he has the party in his pocket, that he doesn't even have to make a serious case, and they will fall in line. in fact, almost many leading republicans came out and condemned this execution of the search warrant before trump

said a word, before they knew anything about what was ultimately taken out of mar-a- lago. i think it's just another example of we are seeing how much the party remains broken to his will. >> after the break, we will look at some of the changes that have taken place since the taliban seized control of afghanistan's capital a year ago. celebrate the author, salman rushdie, in a hospital still after being attacked last week. we'll have the latest on his condition in a live report. that's next.

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chased planes as they took off. families huddled outside the gates. many afghans were evacuated before the withdrawal was completed on august 30th, while others got left behind to live under taliban rule. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> afghan women have been nearly forced out of public life over the past year. however, some are still trying to make their voices heard.as you can see in this video from last week, take a look at the taliban's response. >> [ sound of gunfire ] >> despite the group's assurances that they would respect women's rights, women are now blocked from most workplaces in afghanistan, and girls are no longer allowed to attend high school. cnn's korean zakaria spoke with former afghan president who fled the country, the u.s. withdrawal, and when asked if he felt betrayed by the u.s., here's what ghani said >> we need to draw lessons from

the past and deal with the present. our country is in dire condition. i do not have the luxury to engage in blaming or sense of betrayal. superpowers, big powers, decide on the base of their national interest. what i hope is that they have considered the implications of those. >> cnn's chief international supporters sent down with the leader of afghanistan, talking about the u.s. drone strike, and the taliban's claims that they were unaware that al- zawahiri was living in the city . >> reporter: the taliban says, it wants to see peaceful and positive relations with all countries, including the u.s.. but those aspects were dramatically diminished.

al qaeda, with al-zawahiri killed by a u.s. drone strike in a villa in downtown kabul just over two weeks ago. >> we have made it very clear that the government of afghanistan was unaware of the arrival or presence of mr. al- zawahiri in couple. so far, we have been unable to establish this, as a matter of fact, that mr. al-zawahiri was, indeed a prisoner. >> is and that more frightening, the idea that you are claiming, potentially, the leader of al qaeda was here, in the center of the city, and you didn't know about it? >> we contended the notion that he wasn't even present here, but even if he was, these types of incidents happen everywhere in the world. >> but they really don't. how can the u.s. possibly trust the taliban leadership, though, to stay true to its promise that it will not allow sanctuary to be granted to terrorist groups?

>> if we look at the doha agreement, the articles that define the commitments of the government of afghanistan, all of them have been fulfilled. if we look at the commitments that the united states of america has made, sadly, they have not fulfilled this article. but we were hopeful, and we continue to urge the united states to adhere to this. >> clarissa ward joins us on cnn newsroom , starting about 40 minutes from now. salman rushdie's agent says, the writer is on the road to recovery, and says, he remains in the pennsylvania hospital where he was taken after he was attacked in new york. brush the's family says, his condition remains critical. according to officials, rusty was stabbed multiple times, with wounds in his neck and stomach the 24-year-old suspect has pleaded not guilty to attempted order and other

charges, and has been refused bail. let's ring in our live report from london. so, what has been the reaction in iran to the news of the attack, first, and now the recovery of salman rushdie? >> of course. since the incident, since the attack on rushdie, all eyes have been on teheran, a force from the 1988 issue from the ayatollah that pushed rushdie into hiding for nearly a decade. it is iran that has been blamed by rushdie's supporters. now, we have this demon from iran's for ministry that i want to read to you, rosemary. this is critical, of course. we do not consider anyone other than himself and his supporters worthy of blame and even condemnation. at first, the anger was not only connected to iran, but millions of people from muslim countries that had this angry reaction. no one has the right to condemn iran in this regard. it was an insult to all

religions and profits and indefensible. we categorically and seriously deny any connection of the assailant with iran. this is from kanaani, the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson. so, you can see there, clearly distancing, denying any connection to that attacker, who stabbed rusty in new york, in the united states. but iran, remaining steadfast that the author has only himself to blame. it's hard to really overemphasize just how seismic of an event it was in 1989, when this was issued, rosemary. it really divided the world. it divided a community between muslims, who believed this book, the satanic verses book, was offensive to the prophet. iran, of course, issuing the killing of rusty, and with demonstrations across the world. two of his translators were attacked,

>>, killed. protests also lead to a debt at the time. the fact that this is happening three decades later, and iran's foreign minister spokesperson there, saying, rusty only has himself to blame for this attack, just shows how pervasive and concerning this idea is, and remains, in the muslim world. a bigger picture here, rosemary, is this is going to terrify other writers, other authors, other intellectuals who want to be able to speak truth to power, and want to be able to challenge authorities, who want to be able to challenge governments. this is really, really gonna strike at the fear of that freedom of expression idea, rosemary. >> exactly. we will have that update lived from london. appreciated. 41 people are dead, including 18 children after a fire broke out inside a crowded church in egypt. cnn's jim otte karachi has more. they wanted, some details a graphic her >> reporter: started as a day

of worship, but turned into tragedy.investigators in giza seek through the debris for a church. relatives, outside, grappling with the losses of what occurred here. egypt's interior ministry says, a fire broke out after sunday mass, caused by an electrical failure in an air-conditioning unit dozens of people were killed, and it's the ages of the victims. some witnesses say, that makes this even more tragic. this man was injured in the fire. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he says, the fourth floor of the church was on fire. there were children in the nursery, he says. there were kids and elderly people. we seem to we could save. hospital documents say, many children between the ages of 3 and 16 were among the victims. eight church spokesperson says, a priest was also killed. officials say, most of the deaths and injuries were caused

by smoke inside church classrooms. one witness says, he broke down a door of the church to try to rescue people, and saw desperate people jumping out of windows to try to save themselves. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he says, he and a group of others caught a man falling from a building in a blanket. he says, the man eventually died. overwhelming grief fills the halls of another church. family members have gathered to begin burying the dead. coffin after coffin is carried through the crowds. the raw emotions of the mourners echo through the church. like so many others, egyptian president tweeted his condolences to the victims' families, as did egyptian footballer, most solo. but for the devastated families, there are few words of comfort to cut through the pain. just ahead here on cnn, a

second u.s. congressional delegation in taipei about two weeks after nancy pelosi's visit it has provoked outrage in china. we will have a live look for you.

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a bipartisan delegation of u.s. lawmakers, in taiwan on an unannounced two-day visit, sparking renewed outrage in military wargames from china. the five-member group led by democratic senators say, this

is meant to reaffirm the support for taiwan. this visit comes on the heels of house speaker nancy pelosi's trip to taipei, was also angered beijing and triggered china's military exercises near taiwan. china says, it conducted military drills again on monday in response to the american delegation's visit. cnn's kristie lu stout joins me now from hong kong with more on all this. good to see you again, kristi. what is the latest on china's reaction to the second u.s. congressional delegation visit to taiwan in a matter of two weeks? >> reporter: yes. we have confirmed, china's conducting freshman terry drills in response to this latest u.s. congressional visit. we just heard from the eastern senior commander the chinese military that they have conducted new patrols, new military exercises in the airspace and wanders around taiwan in response to this visit that is taking place right now. we have also heard from a senior kernel of the chinese military, and this is comical, a solemn response to political plays by the u.s. and taiwan,

unquote. what's happening right now? another delegation of u.s. lawmakers are in taiwan. this time, led by the u.s. senator ed markey, touching down last night. this was an unannounced, two- day visit. part of a larger tour that they're making of the indo- pacific region, that also falls two weeks after the u.s. house speaker, nancy pelosi, made the highly-controversial visit to taiwan, prompting china to launch the terry drills to wrap up wednesday. we are reporting, again, they are fresh military drills, this day, in response to this latest congressional visit. i wanted to bring up the statement for you from the office of senator markey about why they're making this visit. a spokesperson of the u.s. senator says, quote, on the visit, the delegation will be a from the united states' support for taiwan, as guided by the taiwan relations act. they seek assurances in military stability and peace across the taiwan strait, unquote it is understood the

delegation met with the taiwan president earlier today, 10:00 p.m. local times, with other officials and business leaders, as well, to discuss expanding economic cooperation between taiwan and the u.s., as well as how to reduce tensions in the taiwan strait. want to bring up how taiwan responded to this latest visit. they welcomed it in fact, this was put out on the twitter account of the ministry of foreign affairs. the vice minister extended the warmest of all comes to taiwan's friends, senator markey and his like-minded u.s. lawmakers, which we think for the least reaction from the foreign ministry of affairs. as reported, china has conducted fresh military drills in response to this latest visit led by senator markey of the united states. the statement was issued overnight, by spokesperson of china's embassy in washington, dc. spokesperson wrote this, quote, china firmly of poses any official ties between the u.s. and taiwan region. members of the was congress should act consistently with

the u.s.' policy. i should say, the white house insists, there is no change to the u.s.-china one-china policy, with the prc as the official government of china. back to you, rosemary. >> all right, kristie, thanks for joining us live in from hong kong. many thanks. voters will decide whether to oust congresswoman liz cheney. she is at the forefront of anti- chubb republicans in congress, and currently serves as the vice chair of the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. cnn's jim salomc has more from jackson, wyoming. >> reporter: were the most closely-what's congressional races across the united states takes here, in wyoming, tuesday. congresswoman liz cheney, 1 of 10 house republicans voted to impeach former president trump, will face wyoming voters. most of the 10 have either retired from office or been defeated themselves earlier

this year, in primary races. she faces an uphill challenge here, in wyoming. she's down some 30 percentage points heading into the final weekend of campaigning against harriet hagerman, a longtime lawyer in wyoming, who has run for office before, but has never been this strong. of course, this time, she is running with the endorsement of former husband donald trump, who lives large in this race in every way. his winning margin in wyoming was stronger than any state across the country. he won by nearly 70% of the vote. so, this is something, clearly, she is going to have to run against, the trump loyalists, convincing them to come to her side. really, in the final hours and days of this campaign her only strategy is getting democrats and independents to come to her side, switch parties, and vote for cheney. there are signs that some of them are going to do that, but the question is, mathematically, is that even enough this is such a republican-heavy state. no question, liz cheney will go on, though, regardless of the outcome today, to be the vice chair of the january 6th

committee, investigating the attack on the capitol. she also has other political aspirations of her own. perhaps even a presidential run in 2024. she is not getting ahead of herself. her aides and strategists say, she is ready for the race tuesday. no doubt, this is a referendum on her and the strength of the former president of the republican party. jeff felony, cnn, jackson, wyoming. actress and ant heche, taken off life support on sunday after crashing into a fiery crash in a home. she had was four decades in television and home, including heche's soap opera, "another world." that earned her a daytime emmy. in a statement, premises, ant will be missed. she lives on through her beautiful sons, her great body of work, and are passionate advocacy. ant heche was 57 years old.

india's prime minister lays out goals for the next 25 years. more details in a live report just ahead. plus, a long wait for results could soon be over. we will go live to kenya, where the outcome of the presidential election could be announced anytime.

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islamabad. but we begin in new delhi with prime minister modi , sing a bright future for india. what all did he say? >> reporter: is a lot he said, rosemary. to quickly tell you more about what happened 75 years ago, before i go ahead with that, at the stroke of midnight on the 15th of august, 1947, india became an independent nation after almost 200 years of the british colonialism. cut to 75 years later, today, you had indian prime minister standing in the ramparts of the iconic address for the 1.4 billion people of this country. remember, india has the largest democracy in the world. he promised, is going to take this nation forward. they are going to talk about making this a bigger, more progressive and successful nation. the last few years, preindependence went to building this nation up.he has promised to take it forward

with his diverse set of people and of course, india, at this point, is seen by many as a rising superpower, rosemary. remember, it is geopolitically placed in a space in region, seen as a counterbalance to china. it's also got the fifth largest economy in the world, and is one of the fastest-growing economies militarily, it has had its issues with north pakistan, and with china. that is one of the biggest problems is faces, in terms of its border tensions, both with china, as well as pakistan, and that the relationship that pakistan and china share with each other. at times, that becomes disconcerting for india. but for many people here, there's a lot of celebration, as there should be here, in india, and in terms of all across the world. flags are requested. you are seeing celebrations take case. but for a section of people who have, you know, had generations

go through, you know, the partition, the first migrants of partition and their families, today, still is a day of pain. it's a daily remember. the perfect the horrific scenes from 1947 the remember, rosemary. >> certainly, now, 55 years on, where the pakistani and indian relations stand now? what challenges lie ahead for pakistan? >> reporter: yes, rosemary. 75 years in, we understand where we feel we obviously have to look back is looking forward, as well. when it comes to india and pakistan, it was one land split into two countries after the british left, after these two countries sought independence. of course, there's that was give contention, which is the region of kashmir, a disputed territory between india and pakistan. the countries have fought three wars. an argument can be made that, currently, the relations between the countries are not

at that lowest ever, because there isn't a war ongoing, but since at least 2014, there's been an absolute iron curtain between india and pakistan, in terms of the exchange of ideas, in terms of connections between students, between artist's, between academics. this is a culture, these are people who have shared cultures for thousands of years before these knights were even drawn in the line. so, there's a call from academics and artists, for these relations to improve. there are different ways that indians and pakistanis can connect. now that we have social media, the music videos that are shared, from each country, in hollywood, the indian side, pakistan also has its own cultural heritage. and because of the shared language, shared culture, these things are, for example, songs from organizations from studios run by the sonar company.

it reached number one in the indian charts. these are artists who cannot actually go and perform in india. they connect elsewhere. there are issues both countries are facing, but a lot to connect over, as well. rosemary? >> all right, sophia saifi, thank you. many thanks to you both for joining us live appreciate it. kenya's presidential winner is expected to be announced today, as authorities raced to announce votes. right now, the deputy president and opposition leader are the front runners, and the race is extremely close. the election commission says, about 87% of the votes are verified, with the remainder expected later today. if neither candidate wins, more than 50% of the vote, there will be a runoff for the first time in kenya's history. cnn 's reporter joins me now. very, results could come any moment, right? what are you hearing?

>> reporter: that is right, rosemary. results could come in this hour. there appears to be a completion of the verification. there's a national telling here, in nairobi, and they have six days with lots of desks set up in place, where agents of the major presidential candidates and officials have been painstakingly issued with results across the nation, which is all clear now. they seem to be setting up for some commenters ceremony, which we imagine will be the results announcement of who will be kenya's fifth president. it has been slower than expected. in fact, kenya, the longest- never wait for the result of the presidential election, because they claim that the major presidential candidates are really going through the minor details for each of these forms. that's why it is delayed so long. they have now had 90% of all the results. so, left with a final 10%, but they say, it will be obvious

once all of those are announced. really now, the whole nation, some excitement now, as they wait to see whether they will have a president who ascends to the presidency on his first attempt, or will it be odinga, who has tried five times to win the presidency. where we are right now, the line of support is larger. a lot of people on the streets here voted for him the last four times, as well. in the three of the last four elections, he contested the vote and claimed he won, and the vote was stolen from him. this time, he has the support of his chair of coalition. so, it's the best chance he has had of winning the presidency. everybody here, they call embarba, meaning dad. baba v, trying to be the president this time. really, it's up to the nairobi electoral officials to declare the results, and the whole nation will see what the next leader will be. rosemary? >> i know that when the result comes through, you will be on here with us. larry madowo, thank you so much for staying on top of it and

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a blazing hot summer in the u.s. -- excuse me -- is not over yet. more than 10 million americans are under heat alerts from the southeast to the west coast, while other areas are bracing for potential flooding. meteorologist patrick kerry has more on this. we just keep seeing these extremes, don't we? >> reporter: rosemary, great to see you are doing well. i love hearing your voice into little bit. you are so human. >> thank you.>> reporter: absolutely. this summer has been an incredible summer when it comes to excessive heat. of course, record rainfall, as well, across portions of the united states. we will talk about what's happening around the southwestern areas of california, in particular, because 10 million americans are underneath the risk for excessive heat. 9 million of them, here, across the central valley. temperatures, as well as 110 degrees. middle of summer, you expect temperatures to be extreme. that is typically around 92 to

98 across this region. notice, aiming to 108, even 111 towards wednesday afternoon, and even the southwest, as it should be for this time of year. but the excessive nature and the heat and their long duration of it is concerning. in sacramento, 10 or 13 above average. then, cooling off a little bit possibly by this weekend. back down to closer to the seasonal averages. speaking of that, across portions of arkansas and texas, amateurs and heat indices as warm as 107. watch what happens here. a cooling trend that we haven't seen in quite some time. a stark contrast between the western u.s. expenses.finally, potentially, relief across the eastern u.s. notice, 6 to 10 days, temperatures, below average for some. dallas, rosemary, amateurs, back down to 90 degrees for thursday. may be a hint of changes for cooler weather for some people. >> what a relief that is, at least for some, as you point out.always a pleasure, pedram javaheri. thank you so much. the northern summer has,

of course, also been brutal in europe, with scorching heat and extreme droughts. but there may be some relief this week with a call front forecasted for the uk, france and spain area. meanwhile, wildfires are still living in parts of spain. one of them, in the countries' northeast, forcing 1500 people to beckley sunday. the fires, reported saturday afternoon, quickly spreading overnight. let's talk more about europe's heatwave. cnn's scott mclean is in london. first, let's go to melissa bell in france . melissa, you have been covering these fires across europe now, we learned that eu is on track to see its worst wildfire destruction in more than 15 years. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: well, this is at the very heart, rosemary, of the wildfire that began last tuesday. there have been several reports over the course of july and

august here, in southwestern france, where these are parts of europe that have been particularly impacted. this is a fire that's not been officially contained. but that does not mean that it's out. as you said, weather conditions, improving slightly. i'm going to explain to you why this is so dangerous, and why the vigilance of the firefighters, you can see the trucks out here, remaining high. you can see how dry everything is. the fact, also, that there are still leaves here. the flames burned so fast and so suddenly from last tuesday for this particular wildfire that part of the vegetation remains intact. it just spread at a speed that was quite extraordinary. the reason that vigilance needs to remain high is that although the fire has been contained, all over, what is a zone of about 25 or 30 miles around, these fires are likely to pick up all the time again. it's been raining slightly. it's slightly cooler. so, you don't have big plans you had. yet, all of these hotspots -- and they're really everywhere. it's remarkable.

you can see the smoke here and there, all over this zone. there are 1000 firemen currently on this area, try to keep an eye on these bits of smoke with flames that can pick up in the hope that the rain and the slightly lower temperatures will last a little bit longer to allow them to bring this under control. again, these are men, this is equipment, that has been so stressed by what's happening over here, the last couple of months, that they're exhausted. european enforcements have come in to try to keep these fires under control, rosemary. >> absolutely, a huge task. so dry, as you pour out. scott, to the extreme heat. it is trying out london's river tables. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: rosemary, look, this is one of the most famous sections of the river. here, it rises and falls with the tide. the headwaters, about 85 miles west, there is no water. we worked around that area with a local rivers expert who says, in the summer months, it's uncommon for the source of the river to dry up but what is

unprecedented this year is just how much of it is dry. we had to go about 10 miles down that dry riverbed to find any kind of meaningful flow of water. that is because a large swaths of england are under drought conditions right now. we just finished the driest july since 1935. the problems are piling up of course, the local aquatic environment, the farming and the reservoirs are also extremely low. and so, this problem of drought in the summertime, scientists say, it's only going to get worse in the future. so, i asked the river expert whether this is about climate change still, or whether it is simply about adapting to it. >> we still have a possibility of keeping the rising temperatures down to 2 degrees, but yes, adaptation is going to be really important from now on. we must wake up and understand this is a stark warning to us. we have to change our behavior, across the whole of society. our homes, guns, water companies, industry, all of this.this is a change we have

to make. >> reporter: now, water restrictions are in place for many parts of the country. more on the way. weekly including, this area, where rain is also likely later this afternoon for parts of england but the trouble is that it's the wrong kind of rain. thunderstorms. because the ground is so baked, so hard, so dry right now, the water's likely to run off and cause a lot of flooding. rosemary? >> that is a big fear, isn't it? isabel, scott mclean, many thanks to you both for joining us with those live reports. more than 200 cities and counties across china are under their highest heat alert, with temperatures soaring once again. they are expected to top 40 degrees celsius, 104 fahrenheit, in the day ahead. most of the areas affected are in eastern and southwestern china. people are being advised to stay indoors and take precautions to prevent heat stroke. thank you so much for your

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