from sicily, gavin lee reports.. scorching times for sicily.pes suddenly need to be harvested weeks early. but working in the fields in 43 degrees is brutal. translation: today, unfortunately, the temperature was so high, we had to tell the workers to come back later when it's cooler. we all suffer, the machines suffer, the vineyard suffers. the fight here against the sun to save the grape and wine industry is reflected in vineyards across europe. but the wider impact has led to some governments to warn people to stay indoors in the afternoon because of the threat to public health. in the balkans, authorities have been advising people to stay indoors and increase their water intake. in hungary, it's about keeping cool and carrying on, and there's strong advice from hungarian officials. translation: if you know any elderly people ask them if they need any help and offer to do their shopping instead for them. don't let them go to the market in this heat. we also draw your attention to adequate fluid replacement for children and infants. he says i

from sicily, gavin lee sent this report. sicily, 41 celsius in the shade.s extreme heat is 10 degrees higher than is usually recorded in summer in the warmest parts of southern europe. it is the fifth consecutive day that sicily is experiencing temperatures of more than a0 celsius, and people are generally heeding the government advice, which is to stay indoors in the afternoon because of the danger posed by the extreme heat. the picture's reflected in sardinia and on the italian mainland, too, rome and florence are stifling in the 40s and are dealing with the most severe drought in 60 years. dozens of wildfires have broken out across the country. hungary, spain and the balkans are also sweltering in the heatwave nicknamed lucifer. in romania, one person's died. 80 are in hospital with dehydration. for tourists here in sicily, it's about keeping cool and carrying on. keeping our wits about us in terms of any alerts we need to be aware of, and local people here are very friendly, especially with the kids. with many keeping indoors, there's not much daytime t

sicily experiencing highs of 42 degrees.sardinian coast had 46 degrees. gavin lee is in sicily. a lot of people are finding this very unpleasant. good morning. this is the northern part of sicily and it looks amazing. but this isn't your average sunny, it looks amazing. but this isn't your average sunny, hot, it looks amazing. but this isn't youraverage sunny, hot, be it looks amazing. but this isn't your average sunny, hot, be careful in europe, this is extreme heat. this is once... these are the highest temperatures we've seen in southern europe since 2003. 42 degrees here yesterday. on average most parts of southern europe are seeing ten or 15 degrees higher than usual. today this may well be the hottest pa rt usual. today this may well be the hottest part of europe. 44 degrees. compare that to an all—time high in 1999, it was 48.9 degrees in sicily. so it is extremely hot. if you go across elsewhere in europe there are forest fires. we've seen them in the south of france. mid— 30s again bet today. it was 30 degrees. we d

it is 43.5 degrees here, an all—time high of sicily this year.es, and for some comparison we are talking about average temperatures for august in the south, on the mediterranean, of about 33 degrees, 10 degrees higher. this is the main square in castellammara del golfo, very close to palermo, sicily. usually packed, look at it now. the restaurants in front of us, the tourist information com pletely front of us, the tourist information completely empty, goes down. they say mad dogs and englishmen in the midday sun, there are just a few waiters and me at the moment. talking about the fires, above this building here, there are three fires going on right now being put out by fire crews, those are the charred remains of there, it started a few days ago and was put out two days ago now, and that is the big risk. we are told, stay indoors, it is a government emergency, there are seven countries like italy saying the same advice for the afternoons, if you are going to go out, this is the best place to be right now, by the best place to be right now, by t

then they say we can go into sicily. i don't know quite what sicily does for you if you take an island. you might as well take crete. i don't know what sicily gives you really. helps knock italy out of the war. that is wonderful and we will do that by 1944, but you still are going through a mountainous 500 mile-long peninsula. it seems to me if you want to go here, this is a very bad way to do it. as you know the british are telling us, at least you are not invading france in a wide open area against the germans. more importantly is this issue we talked about, russia. at stalingrad between november 1942 and 1943, by content of january, -- and of january, 600,000 germans missing, surrendered, or lost during that campaign. there is not going to be a chance again that hitler is going to win the war quickly. it will be a war of attrition . aid942, all of this direct from the arctic circle through and the soviet industry command economy, russia is japan's has its hands full. russia is in a very good position. it is starting t

from sicily, special correspondent malcolm brabant reports. >> reporter: at trapani in western sicilye routine rarely varies. survivors of a disaster off the libyan coast disembark from a charity ship. the injured and traumatized make landfall first. and then, shielded from the living by a line of hearses, come the dead. save the children spokesman rik goverde: >> they probably died of drowning, in combination with chemical burns, which is when sea water and fuel, when they react, i mean, some bodies were just without skin. it was terrible. >> reporter: the migrants were lifted from a deflating dinghy by rescuers from the spanish charity pro activa. >> i am pregnant, i am dying. >> reporter: so far this year, almost 2,400 have drowned in the mediterranean. last year, the death toll was 5,000. >> there is ten dead bodies at the boat, ten dead bodies. three jump inside the water, the rest are inside the boat. >> it's a cemetery, it's a place so full of dead people. is a place that is a shame for the european union. we cannot say we don't know what is happening in front of our eyes. >> r

gavin lee is in sicily where temperatures are in the 40s.hell, because the government warning is it is too hot. it has been 43.8 celsius today. at its peak, around one o‘clock. over 110 fahrenheit. now it is cooler, it is 35 celsius. notjust the sicily, we are talking about part of mainland italy, rome, florence, in spain, cordoba and granada, on the dalmatian coast, temperatures have it over 40 and it is going to continue. the one respite as the evening. one of the issues here in italy, particularly sicily, is wildfires. we have seen six of them today on this island, some serious ones that have destroyed more than 1000 hectares, some of them started deliberately. but look behind me. some slight belief that people come out in the evenings. in mind that it is going to be the same again tomorrow. our weather presenter phil avery is with me now. you have been following this closely. what is in store for the rest of europe and the next 24 hours? some graphic showing you how hot things are going to be. the extent is probably one of the mork thing

our europe reporter gavin lee joins us now from sicily where temperatures are in the 40s. at one o'clock today, jane. now it is slipping back to 30s. suddenly, it seems a lot calmer. and like turtles in their shells, we are starting to see people emerge. the italian government has said, notjust here but in sicily, where it has hit 44, we are close to palermo right now, but also in seven countries, there are warnings tuesday indoors for the afternoon. a few have braved it. we are going to meet helen. you are from the czech republic and you have been here for the past few days. we really enjoy it! we are not used to so really enjoy it! we are not used to so much sun because in the czech republic, it used to be not so hot, but our friends are telling us it is now 37, which is so unusual. but since we are close to the sea and in the czech republic we don't have the sea, we take every chance to be outside. it is 43 in the czech republic today and the government is saying to be inside. but you have keptin saying to be inside. but you have kept in the shade? yeah, because there i

played tribute to our lady of perpet/x04 can annual health believed to have ended a plague that hit sicilyore than 500 years ago. included a special mass at holy savior church and a procession throughout streets and plenty of food, music and fun. >>> fire fighters in lower marion hit the streets this morning out collecting donations to support the muscular dystrophy association. it's a cause championed by the international association of fire fighters for more than 60 years now. to date the union has raised more than $585 million for the mda. >>> the new hope autoshow returned to bucks county this weekend. dozens of perfectly polished and well-maintained classic cars on dismay at new hope high school. this year, along with showing off their wheels, organizers raised money for scholarships and for the fox chase cancer center. >>> and tonight, the jazz on the avenue music fest had a lot of people dancing in the streets of north philadelphia yesterday. including one in uniform. ♪ all right. the festival, along cecile b. moore avenue has become a must-attend event for music lovers. and as you

sicily. it is like a postcard. when you sent bbc correspondence here, it looks amazing.the sun and 41 in the shade. the bbc crew were the only ones brave enough to be out here. to give you a sense of what it is like in and around sicily, the balkans, hungary, parts of spain, cordova, it is so bad that the government have said tourists, locals, they should spend time indoors in the afternoon because of a threat to public health. that means you are either indoors or are making use of the pool is. what you are seeing in places usually full of people, they have turned into ghost towns. the cities, the squares, i have never seen anything like it. the sun is just coming in and it is around now that people start to re—emerge. late next week, it will go back to normal temperatures. but we have got intense heat like this for some time to come. that is a tough gig, isn't it?|j would not want to go there in that weather. not with that heat. it is too much. we will have more weather later. more comments in a second. the front pages. we did some broadsheets earlier. the sunday expres

our europe correspondent gavin leake is in sicily.ily will be the highest temperature in the whole of europe, not just this highest temperature in the whole of europe, notjust this year but for many years. where i am,, just south of here near palermo will be 46 celsius today. not just of here near palermo will be 46 celsius today. notjust here, but italy, rome, florence, across the spain, de cordova and granada and the balkans, belgrade, croatia, places where there are lots of tourists right now, all seeing a0 degrees for the past few days. all of this, over 100 celsius. touch 11a today. that is about ten to 15 celsius more than it usually is in august. several governments have put out warnings to say, first of all, emergency crews need to be on stand—by. there is a risk of forest fires. advice from tourists about to go away, to stay indoors through the afternoon for the next few days because this little appearance but intense heat will be with us well up until next week. gavin lee in a5 degrees heat... but by an infinity pool! will w

from greece to sicily and libya and tunisia, the message has been the same.e don't want your racism here. tunisian workers have refused to let the sea star dock and reload with supplies. a sign of unity against extremism and a sign of solidarity for the plight of migrants. >> let's look at today's headlines. kenya is voting today in a close race between the current president and a challenger. increased polling stations are in place in hopes of preventing a repeat of several years ago. a no-confidence vote by secret ballot and south africa. criticism has been piling on the president over the failing economy. ash in france over the president's plan to give his wife a formal role as first lady. 200,000 people have signed a petition against the move. >someone no one would say is too american, our irish is this editor. >> not american at all. >> let's start with the controversy out of the u.s., a memo written by a google engineer. >> he has been fired from the internet giant for perpetuating gender stereotypes. this after he wrote an internal document asserting th

midnight july 10th, 1943, 3,400 allied paratroopers jumped into sicily but it was a doomed mission right from the start. >> germans and -- shot down 23 of our planes. >> the chaplain in one of those jumps is not only looking up to spiritual for these guys but also serving as a medic. >> i carried a medic pack on me leg. i was a chaplain, i had a different weapon. >> 23 planes were lost to friendly fire, but that didn't deter ridgeway. he sent the 82nd in solona, italy. and this time the jump was better planned. >> it was the 82nd airborne division that came in as a reinforcement that tipped the scales in our favor. >> we hit the drop zone at midnight. and an officer said you're going to have to hold us at all cost. they were so strong, but we did hold them. those men just would not give up. >> secure the 82nd infantry where they suffered heavy casualties. finally, they were pulled back to england to prepare for the i decisive battle of world war ii, the invasion of normandy. before dawn on june 6, 1944, the largest airborne force to date headed to normandy. things immediately went wrong.

. >>> in sicily, many people there living with the mafia are now taking a stand against the mob.ort. >> reporter: for more than a century, the cosa nostra has held sway in the palermo streets demanding a share of trade and absolute loyalty. but 25 years since some of the mafia's most violent episodes sicilians are fighting back. refusing to pay the pizzo or protection money upon which the mob's whole business model was originally built. back here taking a stand is add diao pizzo or to buy to the racket. providing social support. >> translator: the idea came in about 2004, when a few of us wanted to open a bar and we thought to ourselves, what do we do if they come and ask for protection money. change is difficult because the mafia has been in this city for 150 years. but we are seeing a cultural shift. for the first time, extortion is being discussed openly. >> reporter: with over 1,000 firms signed up, the addiopizzo community is growing thanks in part to a $1 million donation from the eu. refusing to pay the protection money to be a death sentence for a business. those business

gavin lee is in sicily where temperatures are in the 40s.in sicily and as it does, you can see people starting to emerge, absent most of the day like turtles in their shell because the government warning is it is simply too hot, the extreme temperature has been at 43.8 celsius today and it is peak around one o'clock was over 110 fahrenheit. it now feels cooler and is certainly more refreshing, 35 celsius, bear in mind, but notjust for cicely, parts of mainland italy as well, rome, florence, part of spain, cordoba, granada, in croatia about belgrade, all temperatures in the past few days hitting over 40 and it will continue to be one respite in the evening, and bear in mind one of the issues here in italy, particularly in cicely is wildfires. we have seen six today on the island, some serious ones overnight destroying more than 1000 hectares. looking behind me, some slight relief here today that finally people can come out in the evening, bearing in mind it will be the same again tomorrow. athletics, and all eyes are on the london stadium, wh

lands in sicily and defeated 20,000 well armed regulars of the kingdom of sicily and accelerates the road to italian unification. germany is continuing its march toward unification. these men perceive their world as modern, just as we perceive ours as modern. understand when i write these books, which they're technically fiction. they're very historically accurate. i prefer to call them dramatized history. i'm trying to get into the heads of men and women who fought or supported those who fought. it's important not just to see them in uniform. but what else were they like? what did they read? we have this picture of sto stonewall jackson as this fierce presbyterian. he was that, but he also loved shak shak sha shakespeare and milton. in the evening his first and then his second wife would read shakespeare to him. he was a sensitive man. before the war when he went on his tour of europe, he went to one single battlefield. sto stonewall jackson went to look at churches and art. that's not how we think of him. one of his greatest officers henry kid douglas was a tough, somewhat arrogant

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actually buried in italy, in sicily, rome. i was in ano, interview that end up being 3.5 hours. it is on you to come apart of it is on you too, so if you google me. uniforms, you can see that land in those countries are dated in perpetuity to the united states. -- is unique in that the dutch people are particularly appreciated, sicily, rome gets a quarter of a million visitors a year, which 90% are italians. when i went, there were three flower vendors at the gate and i as a superintendent, you are lucky because they are usually gone by 10:00 because they are sold out and everybody has bought flowers and put them on graves. a couple of interesting facts, stars ofe for the david are not far from the cemetery that my dad is buried. when we get a picture of the cross of the star of david, they actually take sand from omaha beach and white it into the etchings so you. can see it stand out with the name and dates and all -- the etchings so you can see it stand out with the name and dates and all. i may pick those two places specifically because they were cemeteries, and their involve

. >> in the ports of sicily every week hundreds of migrants arrive by the central mediterranean route from libya. 90,000 have come to italy this yearar a alone. many live on the streets in poverty and italy is increasingly overwhelmed. the many migrants that have arrived in italy this year put the country under considerable strain. war torn libya is ill prepared asas well. the key message of angela merkel is that you must find ways for a limited amount of stranded migrants to enter europe in a safe and legal way. at the talks of berlin the u.n. commissioner praised germany for its efforts. the most pressing task, he says, is to combat the causes of migration and flight. >> we want to focus on libya. we want to focus on reducing the risk of people to lose lives in the sea. but we must look in a much broader fashion. this is a flow that starts from far away countries, often in conflict, that goes to countries that already host large numbers of refugees and who need more support. >> supporting these countries should stop people from risking their lives at sea. and what most of the new ar

into the balkans and parts of romania and poland, and it has been particularly hot in sardinia and sicilyear for southern spain. at home, we won't see temperatures like that. it will probably be a bit cooler on saturday across england and wales. that's because we will find more cloud across the uk on saturday. maybe some sunshine, but there will be some heavy showers also. dry on sunday for england and wales, but is there any settled weather insight? stay tuned. we'll have more on that later. hello, this is bbc world news. the headlines. venezuela's controversial assembly has been inaugurated despite widespread criticism at home and abroad. the swearing in ceremony came if the opponent ‘s with police. america's eternaljourneyjeff sheth and has condemned what he called the staggering number of leaks and president trump took office. he said the leaks president trump took office. he said the lea ks have president trump took office. he said the leaks have been united state and undermined government attempts to protect the country. health warnings have been issued across europe as the dangerou

acts of god than acts of some very desperate men and the courses themselves are eyebrow raising in sicily fifteen volunteer policemen have been arrested for either starting or reporting fires so they could earn an extra ten euros an hour for putting them out while suspicions were raised when the number of fires went up from the usually volunteer number of forty to one hundred twenty the alleged ringleader a man known as hddvd is even under house arrest as he apparently constant his practice of driving to an area and sparking up while police indeed say he is one twisted firestarter he said he wanted to set of a bomb to take the money available if the emergency vehicles needed to be repaired another scandal like the fires has also spread to rome where two hundred hectares of a nature reserve have gone up in flames and so apparently has the reputation of a former t.v. director the local media writing the investigation is part of a racket who started the fires to intimidate a group of transvestite prostitutes working in the area to make them pay their protection money where he was found with

a team of 15 volunteer firefighters on the italian island of sicily have been accused of fraud.ed state payments for putting out fires that they themselves had started. some have also been charged with arson. they, or theirfriends and relations, are said to have called the emergency number to report these fires and other non—existent ones. germany will start sending asylum—seekers back to greece. the policy was on hold because of a ruling by its constitutional court. but the european union's dublin convention states an asylum claim should be processed in the country where the migrant first entered the eu. berlin says it's asked athens to receive nearly four—hundred people so far. venezuela's parliament, which is dominated by the opposition, has rejected the sacking of the chief prosecutor by the country's new constituent assembly. parliamentarians say they only recognise luisa 0rtega in the post. she claims she lost herjob because the government wanted to stop her investigations into allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. the organisation of american states has asked

and lands and in weeks defeats 28,000 well-armed regular of the kingdom of two sicilys and accelerates the road to nationalism and italian unification. germany is beginning its march toward unification. the world is again, these men perceive their world as modern, just as we perceive ours as modern and it's important to reach out and understand when i write these books that are technically fiction and they're historically accurate and i prefer to call them dramatized history. they're accurate, but i'm trying to get in the heads of the men and women who fought or supported those who fought, and it's important not just to see them in uniform, but what else were they like? what did they read? we have this picture of stonewall jackson as this fierce presbyterian. he was that, but he also loved shakespeare and milton and other poetry, and he always had trouble with his eyes. he'd study his bible at lunch when he was on lunch break from vmi, but then in the evenings, his wives then his second wife would read shakespeare to him. he was an astonishingly sensitive man, before the war, when he w

sicilies yes. so there's the i will. tell ya it was only it was. close up until mom is called mom allegedly just so. this is a mom i know will never mom or your d.h. . in lifts or the. thing is clear. this was. easier than it is for. us so it's. expected that. i don't like it just was. kind of his. elsewhere thousands of people turned up for a candlelight vigil in charlottesville in the u.s. state of virginia they gathered to condemn violence and hate of the woman died there opposing a white supremacist rally on saturday two state troopers were also remembered they died in a helicopter crash while monitoring the unrest wave of violence started with a protest over the removal of a statue of a confederate general authorities now taking down some of the monuments across the country citing security reasons many of them in the u.s. and linked to controversial personalities from the civil war era and many people reluctant to condemn them how them opens go. here outside of st john's episcopal church in brooklyn there was a monument commemorating confedera

a team of 15 volunteer firefighters on the italian island of sicily have been accused of fraud.ey claimed state payments for putting out fires that they themselves had started. some of them have also been charged with arson. look at these pictures from chongqing in south—west china, where there was a horrible car crash in a road tunnel but, if you keep watching, you see the driver and passenger of the white car that overturned get out and walk away from the scene of accident. reports say the driver of the vehicle only had minor injuries while the passenger was unhurt. there's been calls for an urgent review into the death of an iranian asylum seeker at an australian—run offshore detention centre in papua new guinea. local police on manus island say the man had taken his own life, but reports say other residents are contesting that. his death follows days of protests at the camp. i've been speaking to doctor barri phatarfod from sydney, she's president of doctors for refugees. she told me what she knows about the case. we know that he's had a long history of mental health issues.

a team of 15 volunteer firefighters on the italian island of sicily have been accused of fraud.they claimed state payments for putting out fires that they themselves had started. some of them have also been charged with arson. they, or theirfriends and relations, are said to have called the emergency number to report these fires, and other non—existent ones. look at these pictures from chongqing in south—west china where there was a horrible car crash in a road tunnel. but if you keep watching, you see the driver and passenger of the white car that overturned get out and walk away from the scene of accident. reports say the driver of the vehicle only had minor injuries while the passenger was unhurt. let's go back to the asean meetings, where the us secretary of state rex tillerson met the philippine president, rodrigo duterte, both sides appear to want to normalise their relationship, one that became strained when president 0bama criticised mr duterte‘s human rights record. howard johnson sent this report from manila. rex tillerson met president duterte at his official residenc