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sure, the treasure map for modern globetrotters discover some of your record breaking site on your back to and now also in book form the . this is the, the news wire from berlin, heat and wild weather sweep across the globe. heat warnings are issued across the united states, but the doors are flocking to death valley hoping to see a new record high temperature. climate activists are sounding the alarm, saying there is nothing to celebrate. also on the show,
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russia threatens to use cluster bombs. if ukraine does, the same president vladimir putin says he may deploy his stock pilots. the controversial weapons after ukraine receives the delivery from the us. the hello, i'm clear, richardson, thank you very much for joining us. around the world. people are facing extreme high temperatures in the united states. heat warnings are in place for areas home to one 3rd of the population. states from florida to california are sweltering as hot air is being trapped under a high pressure system known as a heat don't. despite the health hazard, visitors are flocking to one of the hottest places on earth, death valley. they're hoping to witness what could be the hottest temperature ever reliably recorded for monitors. there are forecast to reach 54 degrees celsius that is a 130 degrees fahrenheit. it's the hottest tories bond in america,
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and soon maybe even all nurses at 130 was the wall climate scientists and health authorities are ring of the alarm visitors to california stuff valley are rooting for temperatures to keep rising just enough to melt a century old record of wine and a place like that that we were talking about the hottest temperatures here. we might be talking about some of the highest temperatures ever recorded. if you look at the top temperatures on record, death valley is all over that list. and so if you experience the top temperatures here, you're, you may be experiencing that world record which is really exciting for many folks. for weeks, large parts of america have been faking under relentless heat. don't breaking nearly 900 daily temperature records across the country since june. authorities of issued heat advisories for at least 15 states from florida in the southeast to
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california in the west. for the rest, i never experienced this kind of heat now really, really helps you can magazines. they always like 10 minutes, 50 minutes. then you need to have some medical from the car. but the, even the guard is getting some trouble getting the cooling but not everyone's excited about the record breaking hate. the fact that people are coming out here to celebrate this, the park service is getting. people are excited. i'm calling it happy death day because a. okay, it's a mile soon tomorrow, but then next year it's going to be another milestone in 10 years. 20 years is going to 140 here. what do we celebrating for years climate experts of point. this is only the beginning, as man made climate change leads to ever more extreme weather events. but even after year flooding hurricane some blistering heat waves, a majority of americans remain unconcerned. a recent poll found that fewer than
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$4.10 americans, st climate change is a major issue. to me, while europe is also enduring, a major heat wave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees celsius across many southern countries, hot and dry temperatures are raising the risk of fires on the spanish canary island of la palmer. more than 4000 people have been forced to evacuate as a fire, blazes across more than 4000 sectors of land. hundreds of firefighters are battling to extinguish the fire. additional help has been dispatched from the spanish mainland and officials say this last spring on the island was one of the warmest and christ in decades. hi, velasquez's eva grid based in journalist. and i asked earlier how spanish authorities are responding to the fires. well that was higher in the bottom uh i lived in the canary islands, have been and they seem working quite a lot. julian did nights and a half managed to control one of the,
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the ride side of the wi fi, but these are still out of control. and so that to mean national park to fi gulf did us ac and not by myself. the situation is quite complicated. we know that easier to west, more resources are located, especially the main line, the mainland, to spain, but not probably in the canary islands, which is not used to these kind of temperatures on why fi us. but we know dead temperatures are also on the rice induce stop. so i'll because i am the i keep while i go else they cannot see more frequent temperatures as fi s 40 degrees the saw higher ups. uh in or does the heart of district air coming from? i'm a freak out is actually i'm also paying a high toll induced islands. now, ma'am, on spain is also facing extremely high temperatures,
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including where you are in madrid. and there's more forecast in the we the head of spain is holding a general election next weekend is the heat wave going to impact that? well we know that for example, is spain this year the government passed the legislation to prevent workers from working during the heat waves in the out. busy but probably the postal service officials but the post made will have to actually work and do in almost all days more than $2000000.00 people have a request to mail the votes and they are delivering and collecting bothered to induce stream sheet white. this is still also lots of concerns regarding what is going to happen on the 23rd of july. if the high temperatures are still on,
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as we know that they will be in. ready next wednesday, due to the impact on the final turn out of the general elections here use. well, thank you so much for speaking to us. that is journal this time of alaska in madrid . so let's take a look now at some other climate related stories making news around the world's. it has already is in japan, have issued heat stroke warnings for tokyo in nearby regions. i'm extreme. heat's temperatures are near record highs. hitting 40 degrees celsius in tokyo. much of the world is currently facing scorching heat waves. scientists say climate change is making them more severe. rescuers in south korea have to recover and several bodies from a flooded car tunnel. after days of heavy rain. local media say the death toll from widespread flooding and land fights has now reached at least 37 authorities of order thousands to evacuate their homes with more rain forecasts for next week.
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russian president vladimir putin has threatened to use cluster bombs. if ukraine does the same, this comes days after ukraine receive shipments of the controversial weapons from the united states. cluster munitions are banned by over a 100 countries worldwide because of their widespread damage and because they can leave behind many unexploded bomb. what's that harm civilians long after fighting has ended the head of the united nations as a field for them to never be used. but human rights watch claims. both russia and ukraine have already used cluster bonds in the 17 month for an interview released by state television on sunday. bruton said moscow was ready to retaliate with its own cost or bonds. pressure with me to shoot, i'd like to know that the russian federation has a sufficient stop to kind of different types of custom you mission dealing with different types of each never. we haven't done this before, but of course this is the thing i used to gain stuff if we was at the right to take
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reciprocal option i had spoke earlier to do that, these russia analysts konstantin, got in vilnius, and i asked him, what's known about moscow is cost or weapons stockpile as well? i think so. no one definitely knows it because pressure doesn't want to uh to, to, to, to, to reveal thats bucks it is uh actually big enough to have been use before. and frankly speaking i think booting is quite sort of um, quite comfortable this time. and he says, if he's going to retain retaliate and that he has a supply of these munitions, neither the united states, no rush or no, your grain have signed up to banning cluster munitions and now they can be used in this war. i'm absolutely certain that person has enough of this stuff to continue using it. it gets the grains as he already did actually. and they looks like we'll see an increase in their use after deliveries from the us to ukraine last week.
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yes, i think that puts in who is getting we know that t t a horse being seen as weak quote unquote. he will retaliate massively against ukrainian use. all 5 of class diminishes. however, this is not new. this happened before both sides of the front. so for him is just a continuation of up what was there before? not maybe as a man before that, that wasn't as massive as probably is going to become know, because it seems that they, ukraine, that's quite a lot on using these munitions to break through russian defense is and it's kind of the end, it's gone through offensive, but it's definitely, i mean, no big news as the 1st time that being used. yeah. tell us more about ukraine's counter offensive. where do things stand at the moment? are they making the gains that they have hope for a look. i think that the ukrainians definitely did not deliver
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yet on any condo, spic tech, you la recapture of territories. i was promised that they have managed to liberate, i think up to maybe uh several uh, several dozens, quite kilometers. may be a bit small now, but still it is an ongoing process as far as on the stand and that is bought a lot of ministry experts to say again, that is what was discussed here in the villages during the nato summit. the mall expense of the problem is that the russian forces are really dug in. the managed to create quite formidable uh, permanent stationary defences. and that is why it's very difficult prince to break through. and that is why presence alaska wanted to use gloss diminishes, although it is well quite a risk if thing both for you can use and for the future on your grant as well as i mean, because it's not making great be off. we great, let's also admitted. well,
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thank you very much for that update. that's d w as rush analyst constantino. okay. thank a thousands of people have taken part in budapest, annual pride. march participants waived greenville flags and danced and shared as they walks through. hunger is comfortable, but the parade was also a protest against the government's increasing restrictions on the l. c. p. t. 2 plus community for officials used so called child protection laws to find a bookshop for displaying a graphic, novel. the streets of budapest, where wash and the colors of the rainbow, they came to dance to cheer and to be seen in a country which is increasingly imposing controls on it's l. g. b t q plus community one participant in the crowd held up assigned to read. are you going to write me in for you to referencing a government find handed out to one of the country's largest book sellers this week
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for selling an l. g. b t seem to graphic novel without closed dropping authorities said it breached at 2021 law. banning the quote, display and promotion of homosexuality to minors had the prize. st. them or the sort of some of the pride mount should be a pioneer or freedom of expression acceptance and equality and again, but unfortunately i have to say that being proud of being gay is noticed except indeed hungry as it is in the west that i may not get quite doing this the quite the way that the situation is becoming worse and worse, because then there are new laws. if i'm making it nearly impossible for an energy be think your person to add leave. normally we are being very much marginalized. we are being a taken for granted, paid really, but we are also taxpaying citizens. we are also making these tons we happen to be are also in the create the flow of these country. so that's very upsetting in power since 2010 prime minister victor or benz government promotes
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a strongly christian conservative agenda. although homeless sexuality is legal and hungry, same sex marriage is forbid just as is the adoption of children. by same sex couples in 2020, the government also outloud, changing birth gender on passports and other official documents in a drawing statement ahead of the pride. march the embassies of the united states, germany, and 36 other countries, urged hungary to scrap the laws or bands. government says the legislation is meant to protect children and does not target the l. g. b t. q plus community was a british born actor and singer jane bergen has passed away french media. so she died at her home in paris at the age of 76 broken found fame. and the british film blow up, which was controversial at the time due to the use of nudity. but berkin was best known for the 1969 hit just time one or 2 performed with hers,
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never sash guns for work and also reported several albums of her own for daughter, charlotte was also becoming a claim doctor. there's your news update at this hour. we're going to leave you now with some water sports from the canary islands. the wind for a world cup was contested on sunday, in perfect conditions for competitors to take sale and take flight the leader here, enjoy and thank you so much for watching the . i'm not, i love mastering, i've loved her since the beginning because of her.
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