hello and welcome. hundreds of firefighters from at least seven other eu countries are joining efforts to combat a huge wildfire in the gironde region of south western france. italy, greece and sweden have sent water bombing planes. the fires have spread even more quickly than the ones that hit the area injuly. the un has warned that high temperatures are likely to become more common in northern europe, and a more coordinated effort is needed to slow down the rate of global warming. here s azadeh moshiri. europe is still burning, and the consequences are getting worse. firefighters in france had to arm themselves with equipment from six eu nations as they try to battle what they are calling a monster blaze in south western france. it has fought at least 10,000 people to flee their homes. translation:- to flee their homes. translation: ~ , , translation: we must continue more than ever translation: we must continue more than ever to translation: we must continue more than
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environment agency warning it is causing problems for wildlife and river users. and things aren t better in cooler parts of the world. a new report has warned that the arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet and scientists say this has implications that reach far beyond the arctic itself. the changes that we are seeing in the arctic don tjust stay in the arctic, there is emerging research that has come out that has shown that the warming arctic is having impacts on weather systems that actually traverse into lower latitudes where we live. weather events that were once relegated to a list of rare occurrences are now becoming more common and more severe. scientists are urging governments to finally heed their warnings and dramatically reduce global emissions. azadeh moshiri, bbc news.
this has implications that reach far beyond the arctic itself. the changes that we are seeing in the arctic don tjust stay in the arctic, there is emerging research that has come out that has shown that the warming arctic is having impacts on weather systems that actually traverse into lower latitudes where we live. weather events that were once relegated to a list of rare occurrences are now becoming more common and more severe. scientists are urging governments to finally heed their warnings and dramatically reduce global emissions. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. let s get more on the situation in germany and our correspondent jenny hill reports from a riverbed where the rhine river used to flow. good morning to you from the riverbed of the mighty rhine. just look at it, we should be under water here and yet the water levels have dropped so significantly