portugal is used to exneriencing — about that.l is used to experiencing warmer - about that. portugal is used to - experiencing warmer temperatures than we are in the uk, but these are off the chart, aren't they? yes. off the chart, aren't they? yes, these local— off the chart, aren't they? yes, these local records, _ off the chart, aren't they? yes, these local records, all-time i off the chart, aren't they? ye: these local records, all—time high temperatures in many localities in the country, itjust shows you that these places have never experienced anything like it before and also we are seeing more of these heatwaves more frequently. this winter and spring has also been unusually dry and that is part of the problem now, in terms of water shortages as well as the conditions for forest fires. so this is a really big concern, we're being told that for the whole of the iberian peninsula, this is the hottest, driest climate for more a millennium. irate the hottest, driest climate for more a millennium-— the hottest, driest climate

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that was in the north of portugal.was an elderly couple who were scared because of the flames and started to try to flee and they went off the roads. that is all the details we have confirmed as of yet but that is what we are hearing speaking to local police there. other fires burning in othe places, some quite close to major towns. one of the big towns in the north, a residential area and industrial area being surrounded by flames. ros: how do these fires compare with what portugal might experience an average summer? reporter: since this year, 43,000 hectares have earned -- have burned. something like 28 house and have been in the last week and a half. already this year, we have seen more burn than any year since 2017. 2017 was the year we had this terrible fires in june were 66 people died and that is a memory people still carry with them. people are constantly referring back to that situation and seeing whether communicationas improved work coordination has improved. it certainly has seemed to and there seems to be

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for now, portugal is in cruise control. oh, do you have any questions on kind of at 19 a science correspondent derek williams has the answer is based on the latest research and analysis. send an email to cove it pretty say at d, w dot com this week if you wanted to know, can the corona virus infect wildlife pet full because the particular protein receptor that sars covey 2 uses to break into cells as is very common in the animal world it's no surprise really, that the virus can infect them to, to date it's been detected in roughly a couple of dozen different species of the list includes pads like like dogs and, and hamsters, but also animals in zoos like like lions and tigers, in the wild according to the centers for disease control and the u. s. animals as diverse as giant, and eaters, and, and more mas ets have tested positive for it and, and at least one wild species in north america. white tail deer researchers appear to have confirmed that the career virus is now really pretty widespread. different studies indicate tha

and here in germany, so what can they learn from portugal of recent wife? gold lease reports from lisbon. when carlos light, thous, voice fills, the air of the gloomy father in lisbon. everybody listens. the melancholy sounds of the traditional portuguese music are once again attracting big crowds. the pandemic seems far away. there is no social distancing. no mosques, just music ah, being portugal, you some junk realty about it, because more than 90 percent of the portuguese people it's vaccinated. so we try to come back to our way of living and the worse sometimes we have afraid when we see the news in something like that news such as that about the new ami crunch. supp variant be a 5. it spreading so quickly that infect numbers in portugal recently reached an old time high, but with less severe illness. covetous less of an issue for hospitals at the moment, while many patients have tested positive, they're actually being treated for other diseases. still the spike and infections brought high a covert deaf rates among the elderly. now that case numbers ar

now the way for subsiding, what can we learn from portugal experience? first to south africa. many has lost their livelihood steering the pandemic record . numbers of people are now homeless. di w's and case reports from cape town. and you had a magic when a boom, this soup kitchen is run by a charity for homeless people in the middle of cape town. semi english hasn't had warm food for a while. she's been living on the street for more than 4 years. i dumped up one day by i'd at the gross. there's no you don't move in. there's no way that you can move forward in life. there's no way that you can build yourself up in life while you're still in the cities. because i thought i that name yet absolutely didn't work. english story is not an isolated example. in cape town, it's one of thousands cam cent makeshift. say it is like this. have been much rooming in the city of cape town. there about 7000 homeless people in the city, much more than before. lockdown, the city's mayor called sit and up searching homelessness, triggered by the economic fall out of the pandemic. little did expl

so what can, what can we learn from portugal? recent experience, our very own nicole wrists, reports to night from list when catalog like 1000 voice fills, the air of the gloomy father in lisbon. every but he listens. the melancholy sounds of the traditional portuguese music are once again attracting big crowds. the pandemic seems far away. there's no social distancing, no mosques, just music. oh, in portugal, we have some sunk realty about it, because more than 90 percent of the portuguese people it is vaccinated. so we try to come back to our way of living. and of course, sometimes we have afraid when we see the news and something like that. news as such as that about the new amik runs up very and be a 5. it spreading so quickly that infected numbers in portugal recently reached an old time high. but with less severe illness, covetous less of an issue for hospitals at the moment, while many patients have tested positive that actually been treated for other diseases. still the spike in infections brought high a covert deaf rates

for now, portugal is in cruise control. i want to pull the nail, eric fly, golding, he's an epidemiologist, he's the covey task force. chief and co founder of the world help networking ga, be denied from washington. eric is good to see you again, as we just heard and report this virus changing all the time, we're seeing new sub variance emerge. what should our level of concern be right now? i'm actually getting more concerned because now people are getting a blog about these variants. but these variance in certain ways, are better poll walters over your pre existing immunity are better than ever before and emerging faster than ever before. previously, it took like half the year. it was one new variance than was every quarter. and now we're getting a new variance, almost every to one to 2 months. and a very those taken over the world in many ways and portugal, you know, they're like, heavily vaccinated by their hostile numbers are really bad. in many ways, i think we're in the, at the beginning of a major wave in europe and

fire fighters from portugal to greece are battling raging wildfires. the heat has killed hundreds of people. thousands more have had to leave their homes there watching the w and use the op next reporter meets. and activists swimming the length of the river danube to highlight plastic waste from me and the team on berlin. thanks for watching. ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips.

used to live from berlin, a record breaking heat wave in southern europe. wildfires blaze cross portugal, france and spain, as hundreds die from the effects of the hot weather. also in the program, ukraine accuses russia using a captured nuclear power plant to store weapons and shells targets. the pro and other cities come on, the fire. and china is all powerful corona virus warning app is being used to limit the movements of people that they used as problematic. ah, i'm all on psycho a one. welcome to the southern europe is being hit with a record breaking heat wave. hundreds of people have died from the effects of the hot weather and tens of thousands more have fled from wild fires, the worsted countries of france, spain, and portugal. scientists blaming manmade climate change and our warning there will be more extreme weather events in the future. the summer skies are blotted out by smoke, as wild fires burn across southwest europe. in france, portugal and spain, high winds and dry conditions make tough work for the fire fighters. several of whom have died. battling the blazes. thousa

news live from berlin, a record breaking heat wave in south western europe. wildfires blaze across portugal, spain and france as hundreds died from the effects of the hot weather, also on the program. ukraine. braces for an escalation of attacks on all fronts, as russia ordered its forces to step up their operations. ah, i am pablo fo lillius. welcome to the program. tens of thousands have been forced to flee wildfires as south western europe swelter is in a record breaking heat wife. hundreds of people have died from the effects of the hot weather and tens of thousands more have had to flee these wildfires. the worst hid countries are france, spain, and portugal. scientists are blaming manmade climate change and our warning there will be more extreme weather events in the future. the summer skies are blotted out by smoke, as wild fires burn across southwest to europe. in france, portugal and spain, high winds and dry conditions make tough work for the fire fighters. several of whom have died. battling the blazes. thousands of residents have been evacuated in all 3 countries. hello, mikayla

in portugal, the flames reached one of the country's main motorways. emergency services are on high alert. in fargo, some holidaymakers decided to go home early when the flames got too close. >> we are leaving because fire was apparently controlled yesterday, but it's coming very close to our house. we were renting for one week of holiday. we decided not to stay for one day with the risk of fire so close to us. >> portugal has experienced record high temperatures this week. a grim reality. >> climate change is i think one of the conditions that makes it harder for firefighters these kind of fires. but, the firefighters are making a very good job. >> this is what flames leave behind. scorched pine groves on the edge of the city. this wooded area is still smoldering. there is a real danger that with the wind, sparks could fly and start another fire. it's a constant battle for the firefighters to keep this under control. after weeks of drought, the ground here is tender drive. -- dry. with temperatures rising there e fears of more wildfires in years to co

w use live from berlin, a record breaking heat wave in southern europe. wildfires blazed across portugal, france and spain as hundreds die from the effects of the hot weather. also on the program, ukraine accuses russia of using a captured nuclear power plant to store weapons and shell targets to be pro and other cities come under fire adds a route of anti semitism that's gripping the art world. the head of germany's biggest contemporary cultural show is forced to step down. ah, i'm will on psycho a very well welcome to the show. southern europe is being hates with a record breaking heat wave. hundreds of people have died from the effects to hot weather and tens of thousands more have had to flee their homes due to bald fires. the worst hit countries of france, spain and portugal. scientists are blaming manmade climate change and are warning they will be more extreme weather events in the future. the summer skies are blotted out by smoke, as wild fires burned across southwest to europe. in france, portugal and spain, high winds and dry conditions make tough work for the fire fighters. se

extreme temperatures have led to wildfires in portugal and spain this week.tists say such weather is no longer exceptional. it's the new normal. in portugal, temperatures have soared to 47 degrees this week, leaving the countryside bone dry and fuelling fires, which have destroyed 30,000 hectares of land. earlier, i spoke to alison roberts who is in the portugese capital, lisbon. we have seen all—time record high temperatures locally in many places across portugal in the last few days. and indeed, a record temperature forjuly for the whole of the country. that was on thursday. temperatures have come down a little bit since then, but the conditions basically remain the same. extremely hot, extremely dry, the ideal conditions for forest fires to start and to keep burning for several days in some cases. so what is the advice to people? the government has been saying consistently that people should stay indoors if they can, close their windows, their blinds, which are fairly common on houses here. at night, when hopefully it is a little cooler, to open their home

so what can they learn from portugal, recent wife? the police reports from lisbon when catalog light, ballast, voice fills, the air of the glue that he father in lisbon. everybody listens. the melancholy sounds of a traditional portuguese music i once again attracting big crowds. the pandemic seems far away. there's so shall distancing no masks. just music. oh we tried to come back to our way of living on the horse. sometimes we're afraid when we see the news and something like that. news such as that about the new ami cronsa variant b a 5. it spreading so quickly that in fact, numbers in portugal recently reached an all time high, but with less severe illness. still the spike in infections brought higher covert deaf rates among the elderly. now that case numbers are declining. epidemiologists like manuel carma gomez are able to evaluate the severity of the last wave. if you don't go the number off goes. busy there was in to work out there. you have lou bell would be which is the percentage of cases bestbuy and blue belly as really my

for now, portugal is in cruise control. now some sports in a different kind of motor racing the annual lawn, more championships, different types of the popular garden appliance winter went head to head at the race held in southeast england is thought that the sport was created by a was created in the british paul but almost 50 years ago when a group of motor enthusiasts wanted to rights organizer in, radcliffe says he surprised there still enough people crazy enough to want to compete for you. just a quick look at the top story we're following for you this, our ukraine is regrouping its forces to defend the dynamic region. after retreating from neighboring hans russia has increased missile attacks on the cities of slow vianza and from a tourist prompting the few remaining residents. to try to back and in the united states, police have arrested a suspect after a mass shooting which left 6 people dead and 30 injured. the gunman opened fire on a crowd waiting for independence day parade in a chicago supper. you're watching dw

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and as far as rage across bronze in excess temperatures claim hundreds of lives in spain and portugal, the u. k. issues it 1st extreme heat warning ah hello, welcome to the program will 2 years after you pledge to make saudi arabia a pariah. us president joe biden is touched down in the kingdom for a 2 day visit. off to brief talks with king solomon, he held a long meeting with crown prince mohammed been summon. the money one said was behind the murderer of saudi journalist, jo martha shogi. earlier i was in the west bank, well, you met with palestinian president man with a bus and said palestinians deserve a state of their own, but the ground is not ripe at this moment to restart negotiations. he said the us leader also spoke about al jazeera john, the sharina black lamb. it was shot dead by israeli forces, saying the u. s. will continue to insist on a full and transparent accounting of a death will bring you more on that in a moment. first, white house correspondent committee, how get reports now on the biden controversial trip to saudi arabia as air force one touchdown. joe biden m

the summer, the spain and portugal suffering some of their dry conditions. in a millennium patients demand a government crackdown on gang violence, which is caused crippling fuel shortages and soaring prices. ah, hello there, let's look to australia. we've got high pressure in charge across much of the constant. sh, keeping things largely fine and dry. it's up in the north that things have been cooler than expected. darwin seen the longest run of days and nights with temperatures below 30 degrees in about 10 years. now we are expecting temperatures to pick up until at least tuesday, but they will still be sunshine with clear skies. now there's been some improvement for western australian now that that cold front has pulled away from perth moving across a bite, taking those blustery showers, and a bit of a wintery mix to the south. these places like tasmania seen some snow and showers in the days ahead, but it's much clearer along that eastern coast. and we cross the tasman to new zealand. it's looking largely fine and dry for much of the south island. it wil

busy as of beijing hard leider takes over the territories, new leader and the mystery of portugal vanishing. sea horses, these waters were once home, the world's largest population of sea horses will look at why the creatures have now all but disappeared. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian missiles have hit the ukrainian region of odessa officials. they're said at least 18 people died in the series of overnight strikes, fired from russian aircraft missiles hit an apartment building, killing residue and sparking of fire. rescuers were searching for people buried in the rubble. another missile had a nearby recreation center. if the russia has intensified attacks on ukrainian last 2 weeks, it has just withdrawn from the strategically important snake island south of odessa . that may make it possible to restore c access through odessa. d w's and manuel shaws is covering developments for us from odessa. earlier. i asked her about this latest missile strike. well, this sir, miss a heater and a residential area. i would say once again, or in ukraine, this is near odessa

and the mystery of portugal vanishing sea horses, these waters were once home to the world's largest population of sea horses will look at why the creatures have now all but disappeared. ah, i'm amin use if welcome to the program, china's president she ging ping has is in hong kong to mark the 25th anniversary of it's handing over to china from britain. she oversaw the swearing in of a new chief executive for the city. john lee replaces carrie lamb crackdown on political dissent and rod in the run up to the hand over in 1097. that was agreed, hong kong would follow a one country to systems policy guaranteeing freedom of speech. but a recent security law has allowed vision to tighten its grip on the city. being don young hall dw correspondent phoebe kong is in hong kong. she gave a speech to the, to mark the occasion. what was that speech about? was she has given a like a long speech at the end, the 1st raise some money in the home home just now that he has given a very important instructions and particularly on the one country to system principals that are he said that i quote, safeg

a new sly from berlin, a record breaking heat wave in southern europe. huge wildfires blaze from portugal to grease. the extreme heat causes hundreds of death and forecasters say there's more to come. also on the program ukraine, braces for an escalation of attacks on all fronts. as russia orders its forces to step up their operations and how authorities are abusing china's all powerful cove at night in warning, apt to control people's movements. we hear from one lawyer who can no longer get to court to defend her clients. ah, monica jones, good to have you with us wildfires a raging across southern europe from portugal and spain to france, italy and greece. an extreme heat wave with temperature soaring about 40 degrees celsius is fanning the flames. many of the blazes are threatening popular tourist destinations that we're just starting to recover from. the pandemic. awake long hate wave is scorching europe. fire season his heat earlier this year. after an unusually hot and dry spring, which authorities attribute to climate change near the spanish city of malaga, a forest fire has forced

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lie from berlin, a record breaking heat wave in southern europe. dozens of wildfires blaze from portugal to greece. hundreds of death are being blamed on the extreme heat, which is that to spread further in the coming days. also on the program ukraine, braces for an escalation of attacks on all fronts. as russia ordered its forces to step up their operations and a controversy over anti semitism that's gripping the art world. the head of germany's biggest contemporary art show bows to pressure to step down. ah, monica jones, good to have you with us. wildfires are raging across southern europe from portugal and spain to france, italy and greece. their spread is being aided by an extreme heat wave, with temperatures in excess of 40 degrees celsius, which is that to reach even britain in the coming days. many other places are affecting popular tourist destinations that we're just starting to recover from slow business during the pandemic. a week long hate wave is scorching europe fires season. his heat earlier this year after an unusually hot and dry spring, which authorities attribute to c

forward to expand in size and in the number of troops stationed in eastern europe and the mystery of portugal vanishing. sea horse, these waters were once home to the world's largest population of sea horses will look at why the creatures have now all but disappeared. ah, i am ami annisa. welcome to the program. the u. s. supreme court has ruled that america's environmental protection agency does not have the authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power plants. the ruling by the courts. conservative majority marks a set back in the bible, administration's fight against climate change and means the white house will now have to work through a deeply divided congress in its battle to curb emissions another week. another u. s. supreme court ruling with far reaching consequences. this one concerns coal fired power plant and the extent to which the u. s. environmental protection agency can force them to cut emissions. the court ruled that the agency is not authorized to make decisions with such economic and political implications. today the court put the fossil fuel industries

west affected france, spain and portugal as fire fighters, bots, all destructive forest blazes. the heat wave shows no sign of reason. scientists are blaming manmade climate change and are wanting there will be more extreme weather events in the future. the summer skies are blotted out by smoke, as wild fires burn across southwest europe. in france, portugal and spain, high winds and dry conditions make tough work for the fire fighters. several of whom have died. battling the blazes. thousands of residents have been evacuated in all 3 countries. hello, mikayla. we haven't slept all night enough to have a social worker came to see me and pick up my elderly uncle. emily, i'm able to make it up. we spent the night in a nearby town, but we didn't sleep at all on look. and among them, you know, i don't either even away from the fires, there's no relief from the heat. a wave of record breaking temperatures has killed hundreds and spain where thermometers have hit 45 degrees. to compound the misery soaring energy prices mean many are forced to choose between keeping cool and their bank

and portugal alone just from the higher temperatures.eports from the south coast of portugal. forests are a flame in central europe. after days of searing heat, wildfires continue to spread. in southwestern france, hundreds of people are to be evacuated. the countryside in spain was on fire. and portugal, the flames reached one of the countries main motorways. the emergency services are on high alert. in the area, some holiday—makers decided to go home early when the flames got too close. we go home early when the flames got too close. ~ . ., go home early when the flames got too close. ~ . . , .. , too close. we are leaving because the fire is coming _ too close. we are leaving because the fire is coming dangerously - too close. we are leaving because l the fire is coming dangerously close to her houses. we were renting for one week of holiday and we decided not to stay for one day, but the risk of fire so close to us. portugal is experience record high temperatures this week. a grim reality. temperatures this week. a grim reali . . . .

in portugal, on thursday it was 47 degrees — a record temperature forjuly. and portugal, more than 300 people are thought to have died from the heat. in southwestern france, more people were forced to evacuate their homes as thousands of firefighters tackled blazes. and in the uk the met office has issued its first—ever red weather warning over extreme heat. britons should expect temperatures to reach a0 c next week, which would be a record. let's speak to dr daniel kammen, a professor at the university of california and a climate change adviser to various us administrations over the last 20 years. he's in berkeley, california. we hear this extreme heat being attributed in part to double jet streams so so tell us what they are and how they work. to so tell us what they are and how they work.— so tell us what they are and how they work. to high velocity extremes of — how they work. to high velocity extremes of hire, _ how they work. to high velocity extremes of hire, one - how they work. to high velocity extremes of hire, one in - extremes of hire, one in she

and after record highs from may, spain and portugal a suffering. the dr. conditions in more than a millennium contributing to several wildfires, or a chance reports from maga. from the northwest to the south, spaniards, the sweltering in the angelou fear, region, temperatures sort of 45.6 degrees celsius. on wednesday, the government is wanting people to be cautious and avoid going outdoors unless absolutely necessary. or maybe they're gay on them, like i don't personally with so much heat. people don't leave their homes till early. so there are no customers until later in the day. this is the 2nd heat wave in western europe in a matter of weeks. forest fires burning near the port with portugal and north west of madrid where hundreds of residents of had to leave their homes. france and portugal are also battling wildfires, and at least one person has died. any one has been to spain or portugal in the summer knows that it's hot and it's dry. these conditions while they're perfect for while fires and you with research as publishing in the journal nat

we had 30 minutes to leave the house and collect, a minimum of things in portugal, 3,000 firefightersre fighting the fire, one for each hectare destroyed in 80% of the country's territory in the zone of extreme danger. the fire began to spread up there, i saw it, but after a few minutes everything was clouded. smoke from the fire already surrounds the house. i'm afraid, but where should i go? so now, almost everywhere along the fortieth parallel at the other end of europe in the turkish mughla, fires cannot be extinguished for a day already. the worst fire situation in croatia in 10 years greece lost a helicopter, it crashed into the sea. at the fence specialists from all over europe have come to the country to help the country, it should be feared that the situation could become even more difficult than during the disasters of 2018, then the damage to the economy was estimated at $ 4 billion . now going to be worse career gave sulfur draws a disappointing card with a subtitle. how to get from milan to sahara without flights, almost plus 40 in the south of france, northern italy, the

, the temperatures reaching 47 degrees celsius — that's a record for portugal injuly.ly exposed to really extreme temperatures. they're seeing that in the north—west, temperatures are reaching up to 42 degrees there. in france, in the south—west, about 11,000 people still unable to return to their homes there because of fires, four days after those fires. and in morocco — north africa also affected — morocco, temperatures of 45 degrees and droughts there. villages destroyed — about 1,000 families still affected by the fires there. that's continental europe and north africa but it's coming to the uk as well. high temperatures expected at the beginning of the week? that's right, gareth, and i want to show you this animation of how it's sweeping from europe and from the places that bethany was talking about here, as you can see, and it's gonna start sweeping on monday. the hot air will move on from europe to central and southern england and wales. and just to put it in perspective, in 2020, the met forecast for 23july 2050, what the temperatures would look like, and they'

fires continue to burn out of control as parts of france, portugal and spain endure record—breaking temperaturesousands of people are evacuated from their homes. the first national heatwave emergency has been declared in the uk and the met office warns tempatures could put �*fit and healthy�* lives at risk. the race for conservative party leader — and next prime minister continues as the five remaining candidates battle it out in the first tv debate. president biden tells mohammed bin salman, saudi arabia's crown prince, that he holds him personally responsible for the murder of the dissidentjournalistjamal khashoggi. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder—dry conditions are fuelling the flames. more than 300 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. to have died in spain and portugal and it comes as a national emergency has been declared in the uk after a red extreme heat warning was iss

fires continue to burn out of control — as parts of france, portugal and spain endure record breakingperatures. thousands of people are evacuated from their homes. the uk government will host an emergency cobra meeting later today after the first national heatwave emergency was declared in the uk. the race for conservative party leader — and next prime minister continues as the five remaining candidates battle it out in the first tv debate. president biden tells mohammed bin salman — saudi arabia's crown prince, that he holds him personally responsible for the murder of the dissidentjournalistjamal khashoggi. politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex—president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win — ireland make history with their first—ever series win in new zealand. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder—dry conditions are fuelling

in portugal the entire country has been put on alert.

in portugal we could see temperatures of 47 the national record is 47.3. 47.3.t air is going to come our way, as the ridge grows it amplifies, expands, we get that hotter air moving in across parts of the uk. that will accepted the mercury soaring. the hottest areas probably monday seeing temperatures into the high 30s and scotland and northern ireland you will see temperatures risinger but with temperatures in the hottest areas heading up to the high 30s, the all time uk the record may well be under threat. we will keep a close eye on that over the next few days. the full—time 0lympic the full—time olympic champion sir mo farah reveals to the bbc that he was brought to the uk illegally from east africa, as a child. that's all from the bbc news at 0ne, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.33pm and here's your latest sports news. the 150th open at st andrews gets underway on thursday with a capacity crowd, approaching 290,000 set to attend, which will be an open record. among those seeking

whether, cuz i live like 600 kilometers to portugal, it's will drive overnight, then g. and yeah, we'll have to leave it around. 2 am on saturday. i mean, it's hello, by little of them. the 1st spectators are arriving at the arena in granada. the young bulls are there too. it won't be long until the show. oh, carlos is completely at ease. he's performed many times, but he does admit there have been demeaning moments. busy love it, i would go with the gate. yokohama, gustavo, the only thing i didn't like was being thrown through the air field tallman took us, it asked us around zone of if we, if it wasn't or via animal was, it was really degrading it m because that's not normal. rezo that was a not about is equal it's abuse, so oh milestone without a better thought of just 30 minutes until so time roberto and his fellow performance are warming up. although it all pulling like any bullfighter. we're all a bit worked double bobo netbios, i've been ha that a win. but that'll pass once we're out in the arena book up elizabeth daniel is nervous to to him. the most important th

well, the li carlos from portugal has been performing for 37 years. he's worked in the circus and been in films. he says his genetic conditioned a contra, please. she has never bothered him. oh, what you all i love i then i know short stature to people who have complexes only, but not me. even i do everything by myself. you know, i organize my trip here by phone and online, and when i want to had to portugal, i hop on a plane and go out the old book, but he left it, isn't it? many people think that because we have a short stature, so we can't do as much of that. everything's hard for us. the fellow that was i looked at, i was, i did that was a little but we adapt to the situation and tried to make the best outlet. oh yeah. let me go see that. oh, i'm equal to anyone else in the that's just life is a notice that we've got a condition called a contemplation legacy of of the blood to bad was last week, but i'm happy of it. the love with my body and myself did believable. so there was the little grenada. is there 1st? stop this season, little damage. oh d