Much of india is struggling with an extreme heatwave. Millions are having to cope with drought and there are already reports of dozens of deaths from heatstroke. Temperatures have been exceeding a0 degrees celsius, thats well over a hundred degrees fahrenheit, for several weeks. Kathryn armstrong reports. This woman struggles every day to collect water for her family from this almost empty well. Her village in the indian district of beed in maharashtra, is facing extreme water scarcity. Since all the wells and ponds in her village have dried, the girl has to trek more than two kilometres to fetch water. Translation the road isnt good as it is under construction. I dont have time to study, i dont have time to play, i have to bring water three times a day. I am afraid i will fall into the well. In some parched villages, people are forced to drink untreated water, supplied by tankers. Farmers are struggling the most in these drought stricken regions. This man has seen three crop failures. The farmer said if it does not rain this year he will also be forced to migrate to another place for his livelihood. The soil is losing its quality as nothing has grown here for at least three years. Translation we have no other means of income. All we have is farming. Farming is the only livelihood for us. So we cant look after the family. It is very difficult. To address this water emergency, the government is now prioritising Water Management initiatives. We make and generate, we built our small water storage structures. People here know that water is life. While they wait for the rains to arrive, they know there are no quick fixes to this water crisis. It has just it hasjust gone it has just gone half past three in the morning. Time now for a check travel show. Time now for a check travel show. Time now for a check travel show. My name is tony giles and im totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. Now were moving. I can feel the wind in my hair. Ive spent the last 21 years travelling. Ive visited over 120 countries. Every continent in the world, including antarctica. My mission is to visit every country in the world. I started off in december planning this recent trip and i decided to start in egypt because its at the top of africa and work my way through several countries to get to ethiopia. Ok, ive got some fish. Now im feeding the birds. Its my passion, its what i do, it is what makes me happy. Its the biggest challenge i can get. I just want to be normal. Ive got to be strong all the time. Its the only way i can travel. The only way i can cope. Ive explored quite a bit of addis and i think it is time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful, fascinating country that is ethiopia. I really want to try to get to the rift valley and try to visit some of the lakes, get some of the nature and natural ambience. Really get off the beaten track. Were going to the village, its roughly two or three hours south of addis ababa. It is one of the fresh rift valley la kes. Apparently it has lots of birdlife and hippopotami. Whats your name . My name is arlo. My names tony, im from england. I can hear something. A tractor . A helicopter . A motorbike. Motorbike, yeah. The lakes in this direction . Yeah. The biggest problem for me is, ive got no direction, its just an open field. Theres nothing to follow. And the wind is giving me problems. Were trying to follow the sound of the cow and the wind is taking away from my hearing aids. This is one of the biggest problems for me when im travelling, is the wind. Because if i cant follow something on the ground, ive got to try to follow sounds. Traffic, other noises. Ive got the cows tail here he goes. Managed to grab his tail, but it has decided to run off and dragged me with it. There are some local kids around, giving fish to the marabou stork. Ive got some fish, now im feeding the birds. One of the main reasons i come travelling is to get off the beaten track and get away from the tourist crowd, and this lake is idealfor me because its peaceful, away from tourists, just locals, very natural. Its perfect. From some of the research i had done about Haile Selassie and ethiopia and hearing about the rastafarian culture, its this idea that Haile Selassie had designated a bit of land, so that former african slaves, descendants, could come back to africa. That sounded interesting so i thought i would head to a town called shashamane, where its a very rastafarian culture. Lots of people out, very lively, very rural, traditional. I like it. Hello, salaam the driver and i are now looking for my accommodation, a rastafarian run lodge. Alex, i am alex. Hello. Welcome come in. Wow, youre tall. Like a lot of western european tourists who think a rastafarian culture, lifestyle, i have my sort of stereotypical idea of dreadlocks and just laying about listening to reggae all day. I did realise it was probably not all like that. But i still had some. When i got there, i met alex and his wife, and a very quickly changed that whole perception that i had. Welcome to our house, of ancient ethiopian people. Wow. I became a rasta man as a teenager, you know, when i saw bob, bob marley, in france, i was so amazed. You know . By his performance on stage. Sure. He touched me, and changed my life. Touched you inside, in the heart . Yeah. I discovered who i was, you know . He gave me a sense of dignity. What is a real rasta man . A real rasta man is a faithful servant of the almighty, jah. Someone who tries his best to live a righteous life. Jah is god, yeah . To love his next. His neighbour . To fulfil the love of god on earth. So its not about smoking ganja and listening to bob marley . I am not a smoker, to tell you the truth. Not all rasta will smoke ganja. You have rasta who dont smoke. One of my biggest loves is music. I have always loved music because i can connect with it. I dont need to see, i dont need to hear. I can connect with the rhythm. Music is beautiful because it crosses all boundaries. It doesnt matter what skin colour, what disability. It doesnt matter. I said, i play drums. He said, i play drums. He started playing and i started following. We just sat there, the two of us, drumming, jamming. No woman, no cry. Sharing energy and positive vibes and connecting. A really beautiful moment. That was awesome, amazing. Do you still feel excluded, at times . We have no rights. Were not ethiopian citizens. Were not foreigners. But we decided to live permanently and forever in ethiopia. But we dont really get reconditioned after so many years. We just got, the other day, to stay legally, you know, for five years. A lot of conditions. Its not so easy. To live as rasta people in ethiopia. So you are still considered as foreigners . Yeah. We are now in a local tricycle. You have a Favourite Football Team . I like liverpool. Mo salah. Mo salah yeah cool my mum is pretty special. Very special, amazing. Shes the most important person in my life. She supports my travels. She encourages me, she helps me with my maps, she helps me research. I can do most things on the internet with a speech software. The one thing i cannot do is book flights. The websites are impossible for all our companies. So she can book flights for me. She is my rock that i stand on. She is the reason i can do this. Without her, i would be nothing. We havejust landed in lalibela, one of the major tourist cities in the north of the dob. I knew that when i came to ethiopia, one of the places that i had to visit was lalibela. Rock churches, you know what these mean to the people. I thought, ijust had to come here. When i landed in lalibela airport it was a bit confusing. Normally i have the assistance, to take me through the airport. A guy who works there took me through the airport outside, handed me onto another guide. At first i thought he was a couch surfer. I started walking with him, he wasnt saying much. I started to get a little bit concerned. A couch surfer, yeah . And i started asking questions, like, are you my couch surfer . He took me to the bus and he said, get on. I take your luggage. Yeah, thats fine. I was going to ask the bus driver to call the number i had. And then abedi showed up. Ok, welcome, tony. Nice to see you, yes. It all got sort of cleared up. So it was a bit concerning. Almost kidnapped, not quite. Would have been a better story if i had been. We are almost near lalibela. Just minutes to arrive at my home. Its all rocky, really rocky. I like this, this is great. Really steep. Quite difficult to walk along. If this is what lalibela is all like, this is going to be great. Ok, this is my house. The place im staying tonight, for me, its perfect. Its as rough as you can get, as off the beaten track as you can get, as basic as you can get. It is real africa, for me. And it wakes up all my senses. Ok, this is the toilet . Yes. Bit of a walk, if you get caught short. It is nothing new for me. Just a bit more difficult with the steps. Ijust got to be a bit slower and take my time. If i get stuck ijust shout, there are people around here, they will come and help me. Its not a problem for me. I can smell it i love it. Part of the adventure. Im skyping my girlfriend. Happy birthday happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday darling beautiful lovely. Happy birthday to you. I miss you. All right, be good. Bye. If i want to visit places that are quite tricky i try and find a guide, a personal guide, to show me around. Hello. My names zamed. Hi zamed. Yeah, im a local guide in lalibela. 0k. Yeah, todays plan is we will explore the churches for you. Ok, thank you. Ii churches. The churches divided into three groups. The first group churches, there are six church. Yep. And the second group churches, there are four church. 0k. And the third group church there are only one churches. When were they made . What year . Sorry . How old are they . 1,000 years old. 0k. More than, yeah. The church is in front of me . Chanting in background. Its pretty rough, big steps. The guide was probably not guided a blind person before, so they didnt really tell me anything about the steps or the terrain, started telling me information when i sort of started asking her. I dont think she could really understand me, and i couldnt understand her at all. This church is one of the biggest in ethiopia. The biggest . The biggest. Outside, inside, total 72 pillars. Sorry . 72 pillars. Seven pillars . Yeah, 72. Yep. Outside, 3a, inside 38, total is 72 pillars. Is it this way . Yes. What does it look like . Just big doors, the main gate, a little bit of windows to get in light on the priestess. And do the windows have glass . No glass. Theyre open . Rock. Just rock windows. Yeah, yeah, rock windows. So now where are we heading . Around there we get inside. Is this the entrance, yeah . Yeah. So we went in the first church and walked around it and could hear chanting. Chanting. I tried to explain, but it was very difficult to understand her. This all originally rocks. Sorry . This originally pillars. Right. Not collapsed. Soa column . Yeah, this very cold. 0k. Wheres your arm . This way. Tony sighs. Very frustrated, a bit upset. Unsure how to handle it, how to extricate myself from the guide without being rude and also getting another guide to continue, i probably cant do this by myself. I could probably have a go and follow tourists, but, the terrains pretty, pretty rough. I just want to be normal. She is a nice person but, ah. Rrgh im not very good expressing my emotions. Ive got to be strong all the time. Its the only way i can travel. Its the only way i can cope. I am guiding you now. 0k. 0k . I will be on your left because the wall is on your right. And then, one step, tiny step, and then keep forward and then a big one. Yes. Well done. Another one, that is good. You can feel it either side if you stretch your hands. All right we got a different guide organised overnight and gently got out of the situation without offending. I felt more confident with him, ifelt more secure, i got the information i wanted. It was all explained in great detail, it was very personable with me, he gave me what i needed. This is a moment for you to take a picture, tony. Yep. Down there is bete giyorgis, it is a shape of a cross. Yep. It is made of one rock, completely detached from the surrounding rock. Its one monolith . Yes, one monolith. Inside there is a tunnel to get to the church. So its like a fortress, isnt it . Exactly. A few steps forward, we are literally in the centre of the church. So were at the transept . Yeah, exactly. The pillars are part of the structure, so it is supporting itself. Right, yep. But the space is very peaceful and very calming. 0k. Lots of echo because of the shape, obviously. Yeah. Chanting. A big step, like a big slope. Yeah. A few more steps and we will get there and we shall see the beautiful ceremony. Yep, ok. Ready . 0k. Lets go. So this morning in lalibela i went to this Amazing Service up at one of the rock churches. It was almost like being transported back in time. Keep coming. Always hundreds of thousands of people around me, its quite calming, ifeel quite emotional. I didnt expect to feel that. The energy here is. Quite overwhelming. The last thing we sort of did was light a candle, thats when it hit me, really. A very spiritual saying just sort of got to me and i let the emotions go. I thought about the people i love and the people ive lost recently. I love you, brother. Just said goodbye to some people. Not leaving them behind, ijust sending them on their way, releasing all the pent up grief, i guess. That was good. Good, im glad. I had to give the impression that i was ok and it was good and, you know, i couldnt get my mum worried. You can show its ok to let it go, ok to show weakness. Its been an awesome week, an emotional week, i visited some amazing places. So ow become a better person. I think we made a heck of a documentary, in it. I think it will show people that a disabled person, a blind or deaf person can do incredible things. And so can other people. And hopefully it will make them realise that i had to let them anything stop them from living their dreams. Hello there. South eastern parts of the uk were warmest and sunniest on monday, but things look a little bit different over the next few days. We are looking down towards iberia, a lot of cloud around here, that is going to get drawn up towards the uk, together with some warm and humid air, and it brings the threat of some thundery downpours towards the south east. At the moment though, things are fairly quiet. Towards the end of the night, we are starting to see a bit of rain arriving across the channel, weve got some rain in towards the north west of scotland, but otherwise a dry start. A little bit chilly for some eastern parts of england. For the cricket at old trafford, whilst there is a band of cloud around, it shouldnt really produce any rain. It should be a dry day, fairly cloudy with temperatures maybe 18 or 19 degrees. We do have some rain though, coming into scotland, showery rain, mainly for western scotland, coming into northern ireland, too, and then some sunshine. But increasing cloud for england and wales, and this rain, moving northwards through the channel into england and wales. The heaviest rain towards the south east of england and east anglia. Temperatures on tuesday, similar to those of monday. But it will feel quite muggy i think, as that wetter weather pushes in towards the south east, and its going to be arriving at royal ascot as well, which starts on tuesday. Weve got some rain here, and overnight, and into wednesday as well before things improve for ladies day on thursday. But before then, this is the main area at risk of some rain, which could be quite heavy, as you can see there, and some thunderstorms. Now, this could be a high impact event but there is an awful lot of uncertainty about the detail. Hence, it is a yellow thunderstorm warning from the met office. Now, we may well find the earlier rain moving away, out into the north sea, and things quietening down for a while. But were looking at some storms to push in on tuesday night, up from the near continent, into the south east of england, the midlands towards east anglia and lincolnshire, perhaps, for the rush hour on wednesday. That wetter weather then moves northwards, taking away most of the storms, but theres still some rain around across england and we could see some more storms in the south east later. Scotland and northern ireland, its much more straightforward. Therell be some sunny spells, therell be some showers around as well. And again, those temperatures 16 20 degrees. But a humid feel for many central and eastern parts of england, together with those storms potentially, all on that weather front. As that moves away weve got slightly fresher air, slightly cooler air coming in from the north west around that area of low pressure. So things get a little more straightforward everywhere, really, i think, on thursday. Most of the showers in the north west of the uk, close to that area of low pressure. Therell be a few showers coming into england and wales, but not many, probably the driest weather and the warmest weather back again towards the south east of england. Again, highs of around 20 celsius. This is bbc news. Welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. My name is mike embley. Our top stories rare access inside the hidden world of chinas detention camps. Its thought up to a million muslims are being held here. Translation we were told ahead of the visits, if any of you speak out, youll go to a worse place than this. Thats why everyone does what theyre told. The pentagon says a thousand more us troops are being sent to the gulf to defend american assets. Egypts jailed former president Mohamed Morsi dies after collapsing in a cage in court in cairo. And torontos big party is spoilt, as two people are shot and wounded