texas power grid operator to warn people to cut back on the ac or face possible blackouts. extreme heat also roasting southern europe with wildfires raging in france and spain and a worsening drought in italy and portugal. and in the uk, monday was the third hottest day on record and today promises to be even hotter. even china is experiencing a massive heatwave with dozens of cities announcing heat alerts. we have live reports from north america, asia and europe and our coverage begins with melissa bell in france. reporter: southern europe in flames. vast swathes of the mediterranean engulfed by wildfires driven by the sweltering temperatures of europe s second heatwave this summer. from portugal through spain, italy and france, where one of two massive fires near the city ten to rage and spread. down here on the ground, you get a real sense of what the firefighters are facing. these parched conditions, the earth already dry for so many months of high temperatures and hose
not have his raido in the hallway, telling the texas tribune he was unaware of the dispatch report. six minutes later, he s seen trying keys to open an adjacent door. none of which appeared to work. minutes later, more gunfire. but the police posture is again to hunker down, as arredondo attempts to speak to the gunman. sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down, sir. we don t want anyone else hurt. the videos released by the uvalde mayor just as the texas house committee released its damning interim report sunday on the law enforcement response, calling it chaotic, lackadaisical without any person obviously in charge. in that report, arredondo offers this as part of an explanation to the committee. when there s a threat, you have to visibly be able to see the threat. you have to have a target before you engage your firearm. getting fired at through the wall, coming from a blind wall, i had no idea what was on the other side of that wall. i never got to physicall
the special ukrainian spirit. 100 days ago, the front line came to kyiv s doorstep. towns like irpin bore the brunt with people and pets desperate to get out. the russian troops ultimately couldn t get in. there is still, though, a giant question mark over whether they will come back for kyiv. that hasn t put the city off, though, trying to heal. for some families, that will take time. 0ne ukrainian soldier killed while defending the city of slovyansk is taken to his final resting place. followed by his mother, vladyslava. bogdan was 26 years old. his first name means, given by god , because his parents had waited so long to have a child. translation: we have to win, there is no other way. - there is no other way. we are going to win. this collective grief has not killed the fight. translation: we don t need the sky, ground or sea to be closed. let them come here. it will be easy to kill them on our land. we need weapons, we will take care of the rest. now it s time for a
justin trudeau, said there was no reason anyone needed guns in their everyday lives, except for hunting or sports shooting. ahead of the platinum jubilee celebrations this week at super size images of queen elizabeth have been projected onto stonehenge and in the south west of england and each of those images marks a decade of those images marks a decade of her rain. for many, queen projects and enduring image of britishness around the world and thisjubilee week our royal correspondent looks at the queen s iconic public image. one of the most photographed and painted people in the world. sometimes a vivid presence in public life, orjust a quiet part of our everyday. being king or queen is an exclusive club. jordan s king abdullah is in a unique position to understand the pressures and privilege of monarchy. his father, king hussein, became king in 1952, the same year as the queen s accession. a close family bond that continues today. when you look at her majesty, you look at
pressure moves westwards from scandinavia. not many isobars on the charts. the winds are going to be very light but what this area of low pressure will do is create further showers. there will be quite a bit of cloud around on monday morning, still a few bright or sunny spells coming through but into the afternoon, the showers become extensive and widespread. some of them heavy, particularly across south west england where the wind will bash together to give a line of conversions and along that we will see some of the day s heaviest showers and thunderstorms that will probably stretch into parts of the south midlands and central southern england. is immune from a shower. because there is not much wind, the showers could last for quite a long time. on tuesday, more showers in the forecast but they showers are going to get a bit of a kick from a trough in thejet going to get a bit of a kick from a trough in the jet stream. that means that means that showers will be much heavier