and switzerland has knockout friends of the european football championships in a nail—biting victory in a penalty shoot—out. —— knocked out france. hello and welcome. it's being called a heat dome, a huge band of high pressure which has settled across a vast swathe of north america and canada, bringing with it a summer heatwave which is breaking all records. it's hotter in parts of western canada right now than it is in the desert in dubai. a new record was set on sunday in the town of lytton in british columbia, where the temperature reached 46.6 celsius — that's 116 fahrenheit. the cause is this band of high pressure stretching from california right up through canada's arctic territories, inland through idaho and utah. the "heat dome" acts like a lid on a cooking pot and has set records in many other areas.