we have had significant rain being reported until bengalouru and further north, some quite heavy rainfall affecting parts of anapradesh in those areas where we haven't got the rainfall, we have heat. these shots come from where the heat has affected the back population. back in jan n queensland australia, 100,000 bats died in heat wave conditions. here is the case of a few thousand bats in kampur city. >> that's an indication of how hot it has been here in recent days. in fact, lukno had a heat index approaching 60 degrees. >> that's about 44 degrees but the humidity is high. >> that's the condition across much of central and northern india. the heat and humidity is building. but elsewhere we have some pretty quiet active storms purring in tofts mumbai but you will notice further north, it stays dry, stays hot and really no sign of respite from the heat to come. >> richard, thank you. still much more to come on the argues news hour including al jazeera tracks down the men who made billions of dollars in egypt by selling under-priced gas to israel. in sports, portugal's staff play. aldo re