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Temperatures expected to reach up to 42C (107.6F) in UK on Tuesday.
UK heatwave: Hottest day on record likely with highs of up to 42C
LONDON — The UK is set to see its hottest day on record, with temperatures on Tuesday expected to reach up to 42C (107.6F).A high of 38.1C was reached in Suffolk on Monday, just short of the UK record of 38.7C set in 2019. Wales recorded its hottest day on record with 37.1C.The Met Office has issued a red extreme heat warning covering much of central, northern, and southeast England.At least four people are believed to have drowned after attempting to escape the heat in rivers and lakes.Network Rail has issued a "do not travel" warning for Tuesday affecting services travelling through the "red zone" of the Met Office's weather warning.The extreme warning, indicating a threat to life, is in place in an area stretching between London, Manchester and...
July 19, 2022

UK heatwave: Hottest day on record likely with highs of up to 42C

Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, and Liz Truss on stage during the Channel 4 Tory leadership debate.
Tory MPs to vote again as leadership contenders aim to make final two
LONDON — Conservative MPs will vote again on Tuesday as they continue the process of choosing the two candidates for leader who will be put to a vote of members.One of the four remaining contenders - Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, and Kemi Badenoch - will be eliminated when the result is announced later.Sunak looks almost certain to make the final two, with the other three candidates vying for second place.Senior backbencher Tom Tugendhat was knocked out after Monday's vote of MPs.Separately, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold his last scheduled cabinet meeting on Tuesday ahead of Westminster's summer recess.The Conservative Party wants MPs to have chosen the two candidates to replace him before the Commons finishes on Thursday - with the final vote set to take place...
July 19, 2022

Tory MPs to vote again as leadership contenders aim to make final two

A train is surrounded by wildfires in Spain.
Ferocious European heatwave heads north
LONDON — Western Europe faces more sweltering temperatures on Tuesday as a ferocious heatwave heads north.In France and the UK extreme heat warnings were issued while northern Spain recorded temperatures of 43C (109F) on Monday.Wildfires in France, Portugal, Spain and Greece have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.The UK is expected to see its hottest day ever and experts say parts of France face a "heat apocalypse".Several parts of France saw their hottest-ever days with the western city of Nantes recording 42C, the national weather office said.Wildfires in recent days have forced more than 30,000 people to flee, with emergency shelters set up for evacuees.Gironde, a popular tourist region in the southwest, has been hit particularly badly, with firefighters...
July 19, 2022

Ferocious European heatwave heads north

Temperatures of 40°C have been forecast in the UK for the first time. — courtesy UK Met Office
Record 40°C UK temperatures linked to climate change: WMO
GENEVA — The chances of seeing unprecedented temperatures of 40 degree Celsius (40°C) or more in the UK could be up to 10 times more likely in the current climate than under a “natural climate unaffected by human influence,” the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) declared on Monday.In a statement, the WMO noted that the UK’s Met Office has, for the first time, issued a “Red Warning” for exceptional heat, and forecast temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Monday and Tuesday.The current record high temperature in the UK is 38.7 degrees Celsius, which was reached just three years ago.‘Widespread impacts on people and infrastructure’“Nights are also likely to be exceptionally warm, especially in urban areas”, said Met Office Chief Meteorologist...
July 18, 2022

Record 40°C UK temperatures linked to climate change: WMO

French firefighters attempt to control a wildfire that scorches a forest in Gironde.
More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread
PARIS — France has evacuated more than 16,000 people threatened by wildfires in the south-west, as fires also spread in Spain, Croatia and Greece.Authorities in France's Gironde, a popular tourist region, have evacuated guards from campsites - the tourists left earlier. Fires have spread in the Teste-de-Buch and Landiras areas.In southern Spain, more than 3,200 people fled fires in the Mijas hills, though later some were able to return.Portugal's fires are contained for now.More than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to the heat in Portugal and Spain in recent days.The Mijas fires in Spain are not far from Málaga, a popular tourist area. Elsewhere in Spain, wildfires have broken out in the provinces of Castilla y León, Galicia and Extremadura.Ellen McCurdy, living in the...
July 18, 2022

More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss had some testy exchanges over tax policy and Brexit.
Tory leadership: Rivals get personal in latest TV debate
LONDON — Tory leadership rivals stepped up their attacks on each other's records and policies in their latest TV debate.Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak tax rises he introduced would "choke off" growth.Sunak accused Ms Truss of peddling "something-for-nothing economics". Other flashpoints were trans rights, Brexit and trust in politics.All five ruled out an early general election if they became prime minister in seven weeks' time.At one point, the candidates were asked to raise their hands if they would give departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson a job in their cabinet. None of them did.MPs will vote for a third time on Monday as they whittle down the field eventually to two, who will then face postal ballot of Tory members to decide...
July 18, 2022

Tory leadership: Rivals get personal in latest TV debate

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine president fires spy chief and top prosecutor
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired his country's spy chief and top prosecutor, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people in their departments, and other law enforcement agencies.“In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor’s office and the SBU (state security service) have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state,” Zelensky said.“Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the state’s national security, and the links recorded between Ukrainian security forces and Russian special services raise very serious questions about their respective leaders,’’ he said in his nightly video address to the nation.Zelensky dismissed Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend and former business...
July 18, 2022

Ukraine president fires spy chief and top prosecutor

Penny Mordaunt said, people want to get away from toxic politics.
Stop toxic politics: Tory leader Mordaunt
LONDON — Conservative leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt has called for an end to toxic politics, saying the focus needs to be on picking a new prime minister.She told the BBC there were a "number of smears going on in the papers" and hit back at claims that she had ever backed gender self-identification.Mordaunt is one of five candidates left in the leadership race, ahead of the next round of voting on Monday.Tom Tugendhat meanwhile said the Tories needed a "clean start".Mordaunt — second in the contest according to the latest round of MPs' votes — told the Sunday Morning program the cost-of-living crisis was her priority.She was also questioned about her stance on how people should be allowed to legally change their gender, after questions were raised during...
July 17, 2022

Stop toxic politics: Tory leader Mordaunt

The site of a plane crash, a few miles away from the city of Kavala, Saturday.
Jordan-bound Ukrainian cargo plane carrying weapons crashes in Greece
ATHENS — An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian airline crashed Saturday near the city of Kavala in northern Greece, killing all eight crew members on board, authorities said.Local residents reported seeing a fireball and hearing explosions for two hours after the crash.Greek Civil Aviation authorities said the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan. The An-12 — a Soviet-built turboprop aircraft — was operated by cargo carrier Meridian.Serbian Minister of Defense Nebojša Stefanović said at a press conference in Belgrade on Sunday that the cargo plane was carrying 11,5 tons of materiel sold to the Bangladeshi military.He rejected the "malicious and untrue" allegations that the cargo on board was being shipped to Ukraine, saying that the "airplane had...
July 17, 2022

Jordan-bound Ukrainian cargo plane carrying weapons crashes in Greece

Italy's mayors, business organizations and union leaders urged Prime Minister Mario Draghi at the weekend to rethink his decision to resign, warning that the stability of the debt-laden country was at risk.
Italians ask Prime Minister Draghi to remain in office despite political crisis
ROME — Italy's mayors, business organizations and union leaders urged Prime Minister Mario Draghi at the weekend to rethink his decision to resign, warning that the stability of the debt-laden country was at risk.The mayors of 110 Italian cities, including the top 10 metropolitan areas, said in an open letter they were following the turmoil with "incredulity and concern" and called for all sides to show responsibility."We mayors, who are called upon every day to manage and resolve the problems that afflict our citizens, ask Mario Draghi to go ahead and explain to parliament the good reasons why the government must continue," they wrote.Draghi tendered his resignation last week after one of the parties in his broad coalition, the 5-Star Movement, refused to back...
July 17, 2022

Italians ask Prime Minister Draghi to remain in office despite political crisis

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