long. it s been a rough start to the summer season, and we re seeing the worst of it now shifting. a lot is going to go where you have a lot of friends, heading toward the west coast. so far most of the suffering has been throughout the south, texas, a hot fourth in areas of the northeast, and today the hottest has been in the areas of south florida, miami feels like 105 degrees. the problem with miami is it s been very humid too, and hasn t had time to cool off. last week at one point, up to 15, 16 million. we re down to 14 million. a few spots in florida, and now we re focusing the dangerous heat into the southwest. you re going to start to hear wild numbers coming out of the desert areas as we head through the week next week. it looks to peak somewhere around wednesday or thursday. today, 111 in phoenix, a little bit warmer than it should be. normally it should be 106 this time of year. they ve had six days in a row above 110. just in the back of your mind, the record in
sending controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. what that could mean for the war. also today, extreme weather. millions are at risk of record-breaking temperatures and severe storms as well. and then in washington, new fallout from the discovery of a bag of cocaine at the west wing of the white house. what congress is now demanding. and a medical breakthrough, the fda gives full approval for a new alzheimer s drug, but it comes with a serious warning about potentially deadly side effects. we begin this hour, everybody, with another sign, the economy may in fact be cooling. the government reported that employers added just 209,000 jobs last month. below the 240,000 the economists had expected. and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.6%. when you break it down by race, black unemployment rose by .4%. and hispanic unemployment rose by .3%. the president reacting to the news in a statement saying in part this, we are seeing stable and steady growth. that s bidenomics,
have to live in so far, we will talk tonight about the us to the decision tonight about the us to the decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine and the latest request from president zelensky for long range weapons. the war in ukraine and the resulting energy crisis is weighing heavy on the german economy. figures out today such germany is heading into its longest sustained recession since 2008. data from the first two months of this quarter the alliance meets in vilnius next week, a summit at which ukraine s so lets start with ukraine. a lot of news in the past couple of hours. president zelensky has just landed in istanbul where he has been meeting president erdogan. the turkish leader touts a special relationship with president putin, and has in the past served as a go between. but he also, stands in the way of sweden s, full membership of nato. an issue that which will be a major part of the discussions when nato meets next week in vilnius. earlier in the day, on his
after britney spears alleged she was backhanded in the face of a security guard on wednesday. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. welcome we begin with the war in ukraine and differences emerging between nato allies over whether controversial cluster munitions should be sent to kyiv. an announcement by washington on a new package of weapons including cluster munitions is expected in the coming minutes. these images are from the us department of defence and show cluster bombs detonating. kyiv has been pressing for the weapons for its counteroffensive. but cluster bombs are banned by many countries around the world because of the danger they pose to civilians sometimes years after a conflict ends. germany has voiced opposition to such a move and humanitarian organisations have urged both russia and ukraine to avoid cluster munitions completely. this is the scene at the white house wh
it s saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight year old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she s been named as selena lau. her family says she was adored and loved by everyone . another eight year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. an intelligent and cheeky girl, adored and loved by everyone. selena lau s family have paid tribute to the eight year old. she was killed when a land rover crashed through a fence at the study preparatory school in wimbledon, where an end of school school tea party had been taking place. 12 people taken to hospital, among them another eight year old girl who remains in a life threatening condition. a woman in her 40s is in a critical condition. large numbers of people have been coming to the school to lay flowers and ref