we report from sicily. and how technology could help stop wildfires before they spread.join the team of researchers that's monitoring the heat from up in the air. >> welcome to world news america on pbs and around the the globe. in afghanistan, the rapid advance of the taliban is accelerating. the militant now control a third of the country's regional capitals, including afghanistan's second-largest city, kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul, and they've acknowledged that the insurgents may be bak in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile, the united nations has warned a catastrophe may be they've urged afghanistan's neighbors to keep their borders open to people fleeing the fighting. we are in kabul. just how much concern is there in the capital tnight? >> reporter: well, in a matter of days, the conversation in the city has gone from being about whether kabul will fall to how quickly it could happen. people are looking to what the c we haven't heard from the president so far and the longer he remains silent the more s

mark lowen, bbc news, sicily. 68. the texan musician was known for songs such as "love at the five and dime", which celebrated the south of the usa. her 1993 album "other voices, other rooms" earned a grammy for best contemporary folk album, and in 2008 she won the lifetime achievement trailblazer award from the americana music association. nancy griffith worked closely with other singers, helping the early careers of artists like lyle lovett and emmylou harris. toa to a topspin secret plan in the art world, with a famous painting, the scream on the move in norway. it painting, the scream on the move in norway.— painting, the scream on the move in norway. it was painted in 1893 and _ move in norway. it was painted in 1893 and it _ move in norway. it was painted in 1893 and it has _ move in norway. it was painted in 1893 and it has been - in 1893 and it has been carefully transported from the national museum in oslo to a new museum. the project was years in the making with the delicate operation kept secret in the

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firefighters here in sicily battling for hours.thern europe and north africa. the fires and the scorching temperatures are likely to pass in the coming days, but this is not a temporary phenomenon. 0ur climate is heating and human activity is a majorfactor behind it. sicily and many other areas could see more — and worse than this — in the years to come. they've got the right idea. in a sizzling sicily, there are few other places to go. the heat, oh my gosh, it's so hot. tigerfrom london comes here every year and she's never known it like this. it may be climate change. i'm quite scared that's the reason why if i'm honest because it's never really been quite as hot. i've been coming au pairing for about three years and it's never been like this. it's quite scary. are you worried about the fires? about the fires? yeah, i think they're terrifying. for the sun seekers, it is fun. after the lockdowns, italy is thirsty for tourists. and they will need quenching, too. mark lowen, bbc news, sicily. and as always plenty more on the website

mark lowen, bbc news, sicily.ream on the move in norway. the iconic piece was painted by edvard munch in 1893 and has been carefully transported from the national museum in oslo to the new munch museum. the project was years in the making with the delicate operation kept secret. the new museum, celebrating munch's unique legacy, is due to open to the public in october. a quick reminder of our top story. us officials say that an evacuation force arriving in afghanistan will be capable of airlifting thousands of people airlifting thousands of people a day out of the capital as taliban forces accelerate towards the city. the militants are reported to be in control of half of afghanistan's provincial capitals, including 175km south of kabul. the president is rushing the 3500 trips to the country saying that they should all be there by the weekend. that is all from me. i'll be back with the headlines shortly. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. iam i am lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello there. i

mark lowen, bbc news, sicily.y. the iconic piece which rivals works such as da vinci's mona lisa and van gogh's sunflowers, was painted by edvard munch in 1893 and has been carefully moved from the national museum in oslo to the new munch museum. the project was years in the making with the delicate operation kept secret. until now of course. hello there. it's going to be one of those weekends where we get a bit of sunshine and a bit of rain, as well. it looks like saturday will be a much drier day in scotland, where we've had a lot of shower clouds on friday. we'll see more cloud coming in from the southwest, as well — and that is due to this area of low pressure that'll just hang around, really, through the weekend. it means as we start the weekend, we've got quite muggy air across the south of england, south wales, 15 celsius here. it's cooler air that we've got in scotland with those showers in the north, 10—11 celsius. the showers in scotland do become fewer, mind you. a bit of a dull, misty, damp start acros

mark lowen, bbc news, sicily., which celebrated the south of the usa. she won a grammy for best folk album. nancy griffith worked closely with other singers, helping the early careers of artists like lyle lovett and emmylou harris. and now to a top secret plan in the art world, with the famous painting the scream on the move in norway. the iconic piece was painted by edvard munch in 1893 and has been carefully transported from the national museum in oslo to the new munch museum. the project was years in the making with the delicate operation kept secret. the new museum, celebrating munch's unique legacy is due to open to the public in october. a quick reminder of our top story. the united nations secretary general says the situation in afghanistan is spinning out of control with devastating consequences for civilians. he said continued urban conflict would mean continue cartage, with civilians being the highest price. he called on the taliban to end the fighting and urged the international community to make it cle

mark lowen, bbc news, sicily. can return to one of its research stations. it's because of the danger posed by a giant iceberg that's almost the size of greater london. jonathan amos reports. it was the briefest and gentlest of icy kisses. a colossal iceberg, a74, weighing billions of tonnes, scrapes past a region of the antarctic, known as the brunt ice shelf. it was the moment the british antarctic survey had been anticipating for months. the expectation was the berg would knock into and dislodge another vast and unstable piece of ice that's sitting in front of the survey�*s halley research station. the fact that nothing was dislodged this time will be a frustration for the british antarctic survey. until the unstable ice in front of halley comes away, the base must close every winter, on safety grounds, and this impacts the world—leading science that can be done at this important location. it's at halley, for example, that they discovered and continue to monitor the hole in the ozone layer. icebergs the size of

mark lowen, bbc news, sicily.8,585 new cases per day in the last week. 5,875 people are in hospital with coronavirus. 100 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, which means an average of 89 deaths a day. more than 89% of adults in the uk have now had theirfirstjab. and 76% have had both jabs. and the latest weekly estimate by the office for national statistics shows variations in case rates around the uk. our health editor, hugh pym, is here. what are the trends? well, the good news is that despite predictions of a surge in hospital cases during august, made by official scientist and modellers, it hasn't happened after the opening up in latejuly, it hasn't caused a new wave, cases fell back from late july. it hasn't caused a new wave, cases fell back from latejuly. but it hasn't caused a new wave, cases fell back from late july. but they do appear to have stabilised, the daily reported cases. the underlying trend is up week on week, but hospital admissions continue to fall. the office for national statistics'

sicily and other areas could see more and worse than this in the years to come.ve the right idea. from sicily, there are a few other places to go. >> the heat, it is so hot. >> she comes here every year and she has never known it like this. >> may be climate change? i'm que scared that that is the reason why, because it has never been quite as hot. it has never been like this. >> are you worried about the fires? >> yes, they are terrifying. >> for the sun seekers, it fun. after the lockdowns, italy is thirsty for tourists. they will need quenching also. >> the british antarctic survey says it doesn't know when scientists can return to one of its research stations. that is because of the danger posed by a giant iceberg that is almost the size of london. >> it was the briefest and gentlestf icy kisses. the colossal iceberg weighing billions of tons scrapes past a region of antarctic. it was the moment the british antarctic survey had been anticipating for months. the expectation was the iceberg would knock into and dislodge another vast and unstable piece of ice th

the pine forests in sicily searing heat as temperatures topped 48 degrees.mes. residents of this old town can only watch and wonder. 0ur small town was invaded by fire, it is a catastrophe. the entire park and surrounding area went up park and surrounding area went up in flames. fuelled by the hot weather, fires have erupted across southern europe in recent weeks. so that italy, greece, turkey and algeria have been particularly hard—hit. italy is baking in the so—called lucifer heatwave. tv bulletins reports that 15 cities will be on red alert this friday. that means that he is so intense a danger to health for people of all ages. here, in greece's second biggest island, fires have left livestock heads decimate. nearly 100,000 hectares of forests and farmland have burned in less than two weeks. the worst wildfire since 2007. but the fire still there. how has arrived from overseas in evia. these fire crews are from slovakia. in the west, this is the aftermath of the fire. turkey has also been hit by its most intense fires on record. 248 places have been broug

temperatures have resulted in wildfires brking out in sicily and collaborator. forecasters predicted temperatures are set to peak in sicily on friday. >> that is all for me for now. thanks for watching france 24. ♪ >> a conductor's baton is a light and dainty thing, but its power is immense, and it's never been more potent in the hands of one woman, the first to be named artistic director of the national orchestra in evan young, france. in addition to that, she has lifted the veil on a forgotten female composer, one of the women pushed to the margins until very recently. the forgotten symphony has just been published here in france. deborah joins me in the studio to tell us more. thanks for being here. let's start with this fascinating book which melds your experience as a conductor with the story of a woman who composed that forgotten symphony more than a century ago. i believe that despite your very thorough musical education, you have not heard of her either. can you explain how you encountered her? >> it is and incredible story. it started in 2013. i was inv

also coming up, the hottest temperature ever recorded in europe, 48.8 degrees in sicily as fire has continued to rage across the mediterranean. thousands of migrants set their sights on the dangerous crossing from columbia to panama and hope of finding a better life. afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has flown to a northern city to try to rally embattled government troops as the taliban continues its assault on territory and cities. if the city falls, the government would lose control of the northern region. a u.s. defense official told reuters they believe the taliban could isolate the capital kabul in one month and take full control of the city within 90 days. in the past week the taliban has taken nine provincial capitals. efforts in delhi to get the taliban and afghan government negotiating have ended without agreement. the taliban says it is committed to negotiation despite the rapid escalation in its offensive. the afghanistan interior minister says the government is pushing to secure main highways, large cities, and border crossings. local groups are being given arms to fight back a

sicily, and much of italy have been sweltering over the past week with sicily recording a temperaturerecorded in europe. it has been prompted by an anticyclone, that's an area of high atmospheric pressure that's currently sitting across north africa and much of southern europe. it's push temperatures to the mid to high 40s here and also getting towards spain and portugal as well. it has contributed to a bout of wildfires as well. there has been about 500 wildfires in italy over the last couple of days and four people have died from the flames. the only solution for those going mountains for the moment are, bottles of water, italian ice cream, and to get to the top, where it is significantly cooler. the united states is facing some of the worst forest fires in its history, with some of the blazes visible from space. but the haze of smoke hanging over parts of the country mean it's hard to spot exactly where the fires are burning on the ground. now aerial teams are using infra—red technology which allows them to pinpoint where forests have caught alight, and pass the information to fire

it is like walking through sicily with several options open in yourface.om africa and people have been having their air conditioning on day and night, leading to shortages. this comes after— night, leading to shortages. this comes after a — night, leading to shortages. this comes after a week _ night, leading to shortages. this comes after a week where we had a dire warning on the climate from the un. ., , ., un. code red is what the un secretary — un. code red is what the un secretary called _ un. code red is what the un secretary called it. - un. code red is what the un secretary called it. that - un. code red is what the un secretary called it. that was| un. code red is what the un - secretary called it. that was after a report which took eight years to compile, it gave several warnings talking about heatwaves, droughts and floods being likely in the future and talking about key temperature point perhaps have been reached within a decade or so. all of this will be discussed in glasgow in november, a very important climate change conference. the daily te

that would be collaborative in sicily, where temperatures are still above 40, and there's still a few fires that the fire brigades are tackling right now. it's pretty high hot weather conditions. they feel confident that in 2448 hours, they may have them under control. they're throwing everything at it, plain helicopters, dumping water on these fires. they're trying to corral them as well. but with this heat, it's not clear if they're going to get a break by the, by the end of tuesday here. so we'll be looking into the night in the early morning to see how that turns out for these firefighters in italy. and how concerning is the situation and the rest of some southern europe? well that, that heat wave that is still felt and sicily is still over. grease receive fire still being fought there. they're scrambling to get control those during what's called a record heat wave. the highest heat where they've had in 30 years, particularly an island of rhodes, which is near turkey, which we have seen so much damage. and the stories we heard in that report from turkey aren't so different than so

we see major evacuations haven't taken place near beach tours, resorts and other areas in sicily, sicily, of course, the hot part of elites used to fires, but these fires are historic. we have firefighters battling over $120.00, currently across the south of italy. they say they've, they've been putting out thousands of small fires in recent days. so this fight is nowhere near over in italy, even though the weather has broken for the best here. and the central part of the country, the south is still struggling to get this under control. ah, pencils is continue to battle the televisions, alaska, golf city as concerned that it will soon fall to the group. the capital of the southern helmand province have been or has seen heavy fighting and frequent strikes in saturday. they by come to holler and several other cities are also under attack . the african government has deployed its elite special forces and is carrying out and strikes alongside us forces on diplomatic evidence. james base has the latest force from cobble and it just see that moscow, gar, is the focus for the moment. james love

the effect of sicily's fall was big, italy surrendered.ow the allies prepared for what was to be the biggest battle in the mediterranean war. the invasion of italy itself. through america will, troops establish a beach head against german odds. with these victories, all the heavy fighting and important bottles lay ahead, the major objective of the italian campaign were accomplished. they would be able to pin down german troops far from the scene of the cross channel invasion plan for the following year. president roosevelt visited the combat aerial with us eisenhower. agreements were established that the principal allied effort would be the invasion of europe. shortly afterward the men who will command this undertaking was named, general eisenhower, everyone was now calling him the man of the hour. on the opposite wall of the museum, another year old depicts some of the major episodes of the great crusade which liberated europe. the supreme commander's orders from the combined chiefs of staffs were quite simple, to land on the coast of fra

the effect of sicily's fall was electric.ndered, the first of the axis partners to capitulate. and now the allies prepared for what was to be the most fought battle of the mediterranean war. the invasion of italy at solerno. >> through a miracle of courage and tenacity troops of general mark clark's fifth army established a beach head against overwhelming german odds and went on to take slayer know and the vital port of naples. the first major objectives of the italian campaign were accomplished. allied force were on european soil and would be able to pin down troops far from the scene of the cross-channel invasion planned for the following year. president roosevelt visited the combat area with general eisenhower when he came over for the cairo conferences where agreement was once again established that the principal allied effort to be the invasion of europe. shortly after ward the man who would command this awesome undertaking was named, general dwight d. eisenhower who people throughout the free world were now calling the

a reading from near syracuse on the island of sicily registered 48.8 degrees celsius.knamed lucifer, is being caused by an anticyclone moving up from africa. china has said the world should have full confidence in its climate actions plans. the statement comes a day after the un's climate body urged beijing to take "immediate, rapid and large—scale action." so, is china doing enough? lauri myllyverta is the lead analyst for the centre for research on energy and clean air. he explains why beijing's actions matter in the global effort to reverse climate change. china is responsible for almost 30% of global admissions 30% of global emissions china is responsible for almost 30% of global emissions and has been responsible for two thirds of the increasing emissions in the past decade. so, china's contribution to this is absolutely crucial. there's no way to do this without china. and how seriously is beijing taking this? in the past year, beijing has made a significant new commitment to target carbon neutrality by 2060. it has been taken very seriously in terms of political

a reading from new syracuse on the island of sicily registered 48.8 degrees celsius.needs to be verified. the current record is 48 degrees celsius, that was set in athens in 1977. the country is in the middle of a heat wave nicknamed lucifer and it is fueling wildfires in sicily. our weather presenter explains what is behind this heatwave. >> last week across greece a turkey, we saw exceptional heat and it is in north africa where the heat has been building. weave seen record-breaking apertures in algeria, eating 50 celsius, and that heat has wafted further north. 48 point eight celsius, it has been confirmed by the local weather authority -- 48.8 celsius, it has been confirmed by the local weather authority. if it is confirmed, it will be the current standing record across europe for the highest temperature by some margin. it is not just the yet, because once we have seen the heat in italy, that is going to push west. this weekend, parts of algeria and spain could see record-breaking heat with temperatures above may be eight degrees. anchor: is there any relief in si

to put that in context, the average maximum temperatures for this time of year in sicily are normallyen 90 mount etna is a relief from the heat, you know it's an extreme. legend has it the 18th got a fire worked beneath etna with the tourists here, he still feels close. ~ ., , ~ close. we booked the holidays like half a close. we booked the holidays like halfa ear close. we booked the holidays like half a year ago _ close. we booked the holidays like half a year ago so _ close. we booked the holidays like half a year ago so we _ close. we booked the holidays like half a year ago so we did _ close. we booked the holidays like half a year ago so we did not i close. we booked the holidays like half a year ago so we did not knowj half a year ago so we did not know anything about the heat.— half a year ago so we did not know anything about the heat. would you have come if— anything about the heat. would you have come if you _ anything about the heat. would you have come if you had _ anything about the heat. would you have come if you had known - anything about the heat. would you have come

a reading on the island of sicily registered 48.8 celsius.

sicily with what's believed to be the highest temperature ever recorded in europe, 48.8 degrees.ation: it's a strange summer but we have always had _ translation: it's a strange summer but we have always had the _ translation: it's a strange summer but we have always had the desire - but we have always had the desire to travel. 0ur but we have always had the desire to travel. our children had to stay home all the winter because of covid—i9 lockdown is so now we are doing everything to make them happy. red alerts are in force across italy, with the mercury likely to soar again tomorrow. those who can try to cool off. but in this ageing country, there is concern about the vulnerable. spain too is scorching, with temperatures set to hit the mid to high 40s, the shady squares are the best spots. thermometers from the pandemic are put to other use. it's been prompted by this, an anticyclone, an area of high atmospheric pressure where the air is sinking. this one is called lucifer, — apt for those in its wake. and it's stoking wildfires, around 500 new blazes ravaging italy last night.

heating europe too and on the italian island of sicily, it verified that it island of sicily, it verified it is europe's highest temperature on record during the heatwave felt the mediterranean. thousands of greek firefighters of struggle to contain the raging flames that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of land. on the island in august, hundreds of people were carried to safety after they floated to the beaches. fires burned around the greek capital athens. which injuly became the first european city to appoint a heat officer. i asked her what it had been like there? it her what it had been like there? ., , her what it had been like there? . , ., , ., her what it had been like there? . , . , . ., her what it had been like there? ., ., ., there? it was devastating to a [an e there? it was devastating to a large extent _ there? it was devastating to a large extent because - there? it was devastating to a large extent because it - there? it was devastating to a large extent because it feels i large extent because it feels like it is a premonition for the future. it is the be

a reading on the island of sicily registered 48.8 celsius, but this still needs to be verified.rving time in prison. the authorities claim his anti—corruption foundation infringes on people's rights.

and 5 crews cap with more than half a dozen new fires sicily and put us in italy. the us centers for disease control and prevention has announced a new 60 day moratorium on rental evictions in areas with high levels of covered 19 infections. the older covers about 90 percent of the us population. rosalind jordan joins us live now from washington. d. c. thanks for joining us, rosalind. this must come as welcome news for millions of wrenches across the country. well, certainly those who say that the moratorium never should have expired this past weekend are rejoicing. but 60 days isn't a lot of time. considering that already $45000000000.00 had been set aside in legislation earlier this year by the incoming biden administration. that money for the most part, has not reached the landlord whose tenants have not been able to pay their rent because of the economic impact caused by the pandemic. and so 60 days isn't really a lot of time to try to get all of that money dispersed because of bureaucratic road, blogs and procedures. but certainly something that the u. s. pres

not only is that a record potentially in sicily but it may well be a provisional record for the higheste have seen temperatures peaking in excess of 25 celsius in suffolk today, with hardly a cloud in the sky. that has not been the story for all of us, there has been quite a lot of cloud and some rain and some of the quite heavy at times across parts of scotland and north—west england and wales. behind it, somewhat brighter conditions into northern ireland. ahead of it, thatis into northern ireland. ahead of it, that is where we had the best of the sunshine. that weather front will continue to gradually drift south and east throughout the night, a weak affair by then, a blanket of cloud. that will keep it mild. clearer skies allow the temperatures to fall into single figures in scotland with those of 8 degrees. tomorrow, still that nuisance front, stilljust tomorrow, still that nuisance front, still just a tomorrow, still that nuisance front, stilljust a band of cloud but this area of low pressure will bring stronger winds and sharp showers as we go through the day. so it will be a dry

we see major evacuations having taken place near beach tourist resorts and other areas in sicily. sicily of course is a hot part of italy. it's used to fires, but these fires as we just heard that last report, our historic we have firefighters battling over a 120, currently across the south of italy. they say they've, they've been putting out thousands of small fires in recent days. so this fight is nowhere near over in italy, even though the weather has broken for the best here. and the central part of the country, the south is still struggling to get this under control. as you say, it's not just southern italy really, is it that's endanger? i think generally the southern european continent is on alert. totally. i mean, in greece we have temperatures that were 45 degrees. we have a major fire still not under control there. you also have a problem with the electric grid being over burdened by people needing to cool often this hot period. and the greek officials are in one hand, telling people to stop using all the unnecessary energy because we're overburden in the system. and at the othe

will be the hottest temperature ever recorded in europe. 0ur europe correspondent mark lowen is in sicilygain during the day, but actually, the worst of the heat today in the mediterranean will probably be in spain, where in madrid, temperatures are likely to be a3 and in cordoba in the south of spain, going up to a5. and the spokesman for spain's weather agency says it could today be the hottest day on record. and people we were speaking to on the beach yesterday said the interesting thing was, despite the air being absolutely scorching, the water is very cold for this time of year so you have the extremes as well. and we have just had an announcement on the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, which is the us federal agency that monitors the climate, which has found thatjuly was the hottest month in the world since records began 1a2 years ago. and i can tell you from being here today, i think probably a scorching august is going to follow that sweltering july. people have been flocking to suffolk and norfolk in the east of england to see original works by the grafitti artist

we provisionally saw a new temperature record in europe on wednesday — 48.8 celsius recorded in sicilyfer a bit westwards across the med into the weekend, with record—breaking heat for spain and portugal. cast your eyes further north, though, across the uk, the blues appearing back on the charts. temperatures dropping below normal once again — so a cooler end to the week across the uk, and it will be blustery at times, mainly because of this area of low pressure — out to the west at the moment, but it will track across the north. through the night and into the morning, though, this weather front will bring some cloud and patchy rain into southern areas, keeping temperatures up in the mid—teens for some. but a much fresher start across many parts in the uk, but a sunny start for the vast majority. and for many, we'll see some good, sunny spells throughout the day, but cloud amounts will increase at times in the south, spreading into wales, the midlands, and through the day, northern ireland, western scotland seeing batches of showers pushing in, some of those becoming heavy and thundery

starting for stay across southern europe, fuzzy approaching populated there is on the italian arleta sicily. smoke from burning trees is turned the sky red. according to local reports, fires broken out in all 9 provinces. unfair this in mind, but the news in sicily may have recorded the hottest temperature ever seen in europe. 48.8 celsius. well, that is still to be verified. again, we'll keep you posted on that. elsewhere in europe using direct force, his part of germany is legal system. that is how berlin police responded to allegations of police brutality. during a recent anti locked and protest, un special repertoire on torture early a castigating german police. after this controversial footage appeared on line, the, the resolution is loyal as well as hurts. one is injured, violence looks violent, direct coercion, even with all the pictures that go with it is still part of our legal system. well, well, not video of a piece off the slamming an elderly woman to the ground surface, the wild cried police brutality that was concern and got outrage, even the balloon police department watched

while the situation was largely controlled in central italy farther south and poorly in sicily, firefighters tackled more than a half dozen fires on tuesday, and mid 40 degree temperatures. for those like lottery, she tele, once the fires pass, the true extent of the damage will come into full view. adarine al jazeera prescott, italy, in sofa as turkey are, for as far as getting closer to to power stations. winds and high temperatures are founding several fars in the area for fighting planes from spain and croatia flying in to help with criticism of the government's response. scrolling still had here and i was just there a protest on capitol hill of millions across for us space eviction from their homes . cloth. i'm, i'm the rich is gonna be carolyn picks. west baseball is back for the 1st time since 2008 i i, it's time for the journey with the sponsored by counsel, airways hello, locked into the heat across the middle east. here's the peak at some of your temperatures on wednesday, re add 43 degrees teran. we've got you in for $35.00, but you can really see that sand and dust swirling aroun

and 5 crews tackled more than half a dozen new 5 in sicily and leah in italy. in the face of rising covered cases across the us and political pressure, the bottom administration has extended its decision, has decided to extend rather a moratorium on housing evictions for 60 days. rosalind jordan report from washington 11 months ago the us imposed an eviction moratorium for 15000000 renters to slow the spread of cobit 19 and to not put sick people out of their homes. the moratorium expired on saturday, even though cobit cases are rising again. by monday morning landlords had flooded housing courts with petitions to evict their tenants. $3000000.00 could become homeless this month. louise dantes is among them. he was in the hospital and unable to work. he now owes his landlord $5000.00. they gave me 3 weeks because i begged for it, and in 3 weeks i have no idea where i'm going to go. or what i'm going to do. us president joe biden under pressure to extend the moratorium told reporters on tuesday. this situation was not supposed to happen. we'll probably give some

just a couple of days ago the island of sicily registered the staggering 48.8 celsius. the hottest temperature ever recorded in europe. 0ur europe correspondent mark lowen is in sicily. the temperatures have dropped a bit today for the moment touchlite they are closer to 30, likely to push up during the day but the worst of the heat today in the mediterranean will probably be in spain, where in madrid temperatures likely to be 43, and in the south of spain, going up to 45, and in the south of spain, going up to a5, and the spokesman for spain's weather agency says it could today be the hot etc day on record. record. people we were speaking to on beach said the interesting thing is despite the air being scorching, that the water is very very cold, for this time of year, you from the the extremes the as well and we had an announcement from the administration which is the us federal agency which monitors the climate which has found thatjuly was the hottest month in the world, since records began 15112 years ago, and i can tell you from being here today, i think probably a

you fires in sicily and poorly in italy when more than once, he was far as an eye burning in the western united states. and one of the leases places a vehicle far spread. see for us just know it's over sanchez and then northern california, the state's largest world far is going again, forcing the evacuation of 1000 people. a bell origin olympic sprinter has left japan after being grown to the humanitarian visa and poland. christina, seeming to sky us as authorities in bella, luce made it clear she would be punished as she returned home. she used to teams, officials of trying to force her to leave the talk you games early after. she criticized her coaches. a murder investigation has been launched after a vocal bella recent activity was sent dead in ukraine. vitality shows laser group that helps people fleeing persecution for president alexander lucas. shank of governments contribute to him in london, the exiled opposition leaders said she knows she could be next to fall foul of the regime. and simmons reports from london, italy she shoves life ended here, his body hanging from a tree. he

live from london, also coming up the hottest temperature ever recorded in europe. 48.8 degrees in sicily. as far as continue to rage around the mediterranean and risking it all thousands of migrants sets aside from the dangerous crossing from columbia to panama, in the hope of finding a better life. ah . hello, f kinda stones, president, ash rough gunny has flown to the northern city of missouri sharif to try to rally battled government troops. as a taliban continues its assault on territory and cities, if missouri falls, the government would effectively lose control of the country's northern region. the u. s. defense official has told the roaches news agency that they believed taliban could isolate the capital cobble in one month and take full control of the city within 90 days. in the past week the taliban has taken 9 provincial capitals. meanwhile, efforts in dough to get the taliban and african government around the negotiating table have ended without agreement. the taliban says it's still committed to negotiations. despite the rapid escalation in it's offensive, afghanistan's inter

on the outskirts of us and forced to see their home. factories tackled and half a dozen fires in sicily and player in italy. in in the south ministry since the corona virus pandemic, there is still raging and is far from over wednesday, cases rose by more than $42000.00, a 40 percent increase on the previous day, almost half of only infections in the southern state of carola. it's become a major hotspots with more than $23.00 sizes. infections on tuesday. will pop natal is outside hospital in you delhi, enjoy your life on that personally, and alarming lives in case numbers. what does this tell us about the space of the pan demik, which is a breach in india? yeah, you never wanted to know her really on the corner and had been able to control the number for it was where we are in new delhi. the number had been under a 100 cases over 900, on the 100 for the last number, 7 and 7. but the picture is really loud, which is more than all the new places that happened before that. now, in that report and more than 40000 pages of the last, i was that'd be just 40 percent johnson walk and saw befor

busy horns and via cruise tackled more than half a dozen new 5 in sicily, and who glee in easily a murder investigation has been launched. after a vocal bella, russian activist was found dead in ukraine. the tally shove led a group that was helping people flay persecution from president alexander lucas. shank, his government. andrew simmons has this report from london, italy she shoves life ended here. his body hanging from a tree. he set off for a run near his home in kiev, but didn't return. police believe it could be murder disguised, a suicide. that may have been a struggle in this office that says there were marks on his face, left knee, head and chest chauffeur dedicated to political opposition to autocratic rule in his home country of better cuz he was working with an organization helping to get housing, food, and work, so people fleeing persecution there. he knew he was under surveillance so that his friends for the card board lamb. this was an execution vile, nasty execution of a person who deserves more than any of those people who served the regime of alexander lucas shank, sen

this time on the southern italian island sicily. look at this 48.8 degrees. that is now good for the all time temperature record across europe. so likely no surprise and that southern areas of italy are under an excessive heat warning, a red weather alert. we refer to it as not only there, but also areas of croatia and northern spain as walls. so let's go to spain check on the conditions there. a quarter, but 42 degrees on thursday, but by saturday you could be up to 47, crank up your temperature there, and that could be good enough for an all time temperature record. meantime, scenes of flooding for turkey's northeastern black sea region. we've got rescues going on there and this is all because if a disturbance over the black sea, almost like a tropical like psych loan, just throw in buckets of rain for places like our hobby on friday. meantime, for northwestern europe, we've got a disturbance moving over central in northern parts of the british shells. a mix of sun in cloud though, for london and unsettled for the baltic states, with some jolts and boards f

ah, italian on and of sicily, his recorded europe's just ever temperature. syracusa registered, 48.8 degrees celsius. the world meter article an organization is expected to verify the record shortly. so that this string heat wave is feeling fires in the south of italy, homes, animals, and crops, and fish. nice near mountains have been destroyed by wildfires in recent days, and also phase blazes igniting in spain and portugal where temperatures could reach the low fourties. greece government has pledged billions of dollars in aid for people and forrest affected by the wildfires. as you've lost homes, we'll get cash payouts and tax exemptions. but his name is robbie reports from ireland. it may not be enough to qual, public anger, but i hope you can let me know, my buddy, god, they're going to put the ball. there is anger and regret in the i don't know. don't know when wildfires began, greece is prime minister kitty said houses can be rebuilt. now is the time to save your lives where the fires have stopped on the island. there is a clear picture of the price people paid to heed his wor

on the island of sicily battled dozens of wildfires. there all this is temperatures continued. decline in basra. the junior item range has this update from this kara on italy's eastern coast firefighters have gotten this fire under control and the c plus scada in the region of a boot. so it took them a better part or 2 days to control this blaze in this pine stand that stand very close to the sea. we're in the heart of a very touristy region resort. they had to evacuate hundreds of people here on sunday, but now monday night, they've got this under control. you can see the fire brigade putting up the final embers here. they've had a break off on the weather in a boot, so it's now under 30, they're going to see temperature like that in the coming days, firefighters say that was going to help them fight the remaining 20 or so fires in this region. but temperatures remain high and poorly in sicily to the south of here . and there's still more than $120.00 fires raging there. and there's no break in the weather predicted in the coming days.

but temperatures remain high and poorly in sicily to the south of here. and there's still more than $120.00 fires raging there, and there's no break in the weather predicted in the coming days. so firefighters are concerned that if that weather stays hot and the winds don't cooperate, they're gonna have a big fight on their hands. but for now, here in a boot, so in the city of pest gotta, they feel confident that this fire is no longer a big risk in the nearby ones in the state of kit. they are also coming under control in china has put millions of people back into lunk, down as it tries to contain an outbreak driven by the more infectious delta variance of coven 19. they have been 61 locally transmitted cases in the past day. most of those are in men, ging, no line a port clean is tested, positive after arriving on a flight from russia. believe to be the origin of this new cluster. for more on this story, let's go to a correspondent could train years. she's live for us in beijing. hello there. christina. how serious is this new cluster of cases? well, it

we see major evacuations haven't taken place near beach tours, resorts and other areas in sicily. sicily, of course, for the hot part of elite use the fires, but these fires are historic. we have firefighters battling over $120.00, currently across the south of italy. they say they've, they've been putting out thousands of small fires in recent days. so this fight is nowhere near over in italy, even though the weather has broken for the best here. and the central part of the country, the south is still struggling to get this under control. ah, that's going forces continue to battle the taliban for alaska city. and as concerns it'll soon fall to the group. the capital of the southern held providence has been seeing heavy fighting and frequent strikes and saturday, may by kandahar and several other cities also under a tank. now the african government is deployed as lead special forces and is carrying out as strikes along side us forces are diplomat together to james bases in cobble. he says, the fighting electrical god is now at its worst. the battle for alaska guy is well on the way at th

a reading near syracuse on the island of sicily registered 48.8 celsius earlier, but this needs to bein athens post up italy is in the middle of a brutal heat wave nicknamed lucifer and is fuelling the wildfires that you see incessantly, where the presenter matt taylor is with me from that is room for some this really is at the moment some of these numbers coming into us, talk us through this —— weather presenter. into us, talk us through this -- weather presenter.— into us, talk us through this -- weather presenter. certainly has been an exceptional— weather presenter. certainly has been an exceptional summer - weather presenter. certainly has been an exceptional summer in l been an exceptional summer in europe, particularly across the mediterranean. last week we saw that heat, and in the past few days it is in north africa where the heat is building. record breaking temperatures enough —— in algeria. as you mentioned, 48.8 celsius— it has been confirmed by the local weather authority in sicily, but it has to go through this long process no official verification and if it does so, if