so coming up very shortly, we will have that briefing from the pentagon, live here on bbc news. we will be hearing from a number of officials, including mark milley, the general. and secretary lloyd austin, as well. there is at the officials we will be hearing from but i think now we can stay with us pictures, we can go back to that as and when the briefing starts, that we can now talk about the extreme heat around europe. we have been talking about the extreme heat and temperatures across the world, and the heatwave that is continuing across southern europe. several cities in italy are on the red list, places like rome and sardinia have passed a0 celsius. we can now cross live to martinjones, who is in lazio, he is a british citizen who has lived in italy for the past five years. how hot is it where you are? the past five years. how hot is it where you are? right now it is about 40, 401 degrees. where you are? right now it is about 40, 401 degrees. so where you are? rig
Docks in dorset. let s ta ke take you to the pentagon where we are waiting for officials to start a briefing on that us soldiers across the borderfrom briefing on that us soldiers across the border from south briefing on that us soldiers across the borderfrom south korea to north korea. we will keep the pictures on the screen as we bring you news of the screen as we bring you news of the heatwave around europe, we will keep an eye on when that is going to start. we are expecting some point officials to talk about that soldier who crossed the border between south and north korea. it was an unauthorised crossing and there are still a lot of unauthorised questions to answer about why that soldier crossed there are still a lot of questions to answer about why that soldier across, seemingly voluntarily, to north korea and what his fate is. of course, it needs no saying there are huge tensions between north korea and the countries around the region. this is a very, very sensitive issue an