and caused damage across southern europe. dozens of fires have broken out in portugal, including near the city of coimbra, killing at least one person. meanwhile, the city of badajoz in spain endured temperatures of aa degrees, with the country s meteorological agency saying some regions were suffocating. further north in france, a wildfire ripped through vast areas of pine trees south of bordeaux, and many bastille day celebrations had to be cancelled. the spanish region of andalusia has endured some of the hottest temperatures, including the city of cordoba, from where our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. the people of cordoba know all about heat. situated in the guadalquivir valley in southern spain, summers in this historic city are notoriously hot and dry. but this summer already looks hotter than usual.
vanilla. i think that is a given. on breakfast this morning. as the weather gets set to heat up again here in the uk, the rest of europe is sweltering we ll be live in seville, the frying pan of spain, to see how people are coping. from ramsey street to a stage near you dr karl kennedy, aka alan fletcher, willjoin us before eight this morning as he releases his debut solo album. and the world s biggest classical music festival, the bbc proms, returns to our screens tonight. host clive myrie will tell us what we can expect over the next eight weeks.
and caused damage across southern europe. dozens of fires have broken out in portugal, including near the city of coimbra killing at least one person. meanwhile, the city of badajoz in spain endured temperatures of 44 degrees with the country s meteorological agency saying some regions were suffocating . further north in france, a wildfire ripped through vast areas of pine trees south of bordeaux and many bastille day celebrations had to be cancelled. the spanish region of andalusia has endured some of the hottest temperatures, including the city of cordoba from where our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. bell tolls. the people of cordoba know all about heat. situated in the guadalquivir valley in southern spain, summers in this historic city are notoriously hot and dry. but this summer already looks hotter than usual. the country is in the grip of the second heatwave of recent weeks.
the worried mother, who refused to leave the infant, had to be sedated to allow the operation to proceed. the calf was eventually reunited with its mother and the pair have safely returned to the jungle. a happy story there. is it happy on the weather front? it depends on your point of view. todayit it depends on your point of view. today it is mixed, but we are looking at increasing likelihood that we will break the uk temperature record early next week, a spell of exceptional heat coming our way. where is the heat at the moment? it is across spain, portugal and southern france. you can see by the red colours here, the indication where the temperatures are significantly above normal. the searing heat pushes across parts of france and then towards our shores. just how hot will it get? it is looking like not only could we break the national record, local records could also tumble and there is a smaller chance, but still a chance, we could see a0 celsius as we go
a3 degrees. further north, in france, a wildfire ripped through vast areas of pine trees south of bordeaux and many bastille day celebrations had to be cancelled. the spanish region of andalusia has endured some of the hottest temperatures, including the city of cordoba, from where our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. bell tolls. the people of cordoba know all about heat. situated in the guadalquivir valley in southern spain, summers in this historic city are notoriously hot and dry. but this summer already looks hotter than usual. the country is in the grip of a second heat wave of recent weeks. for many of the tourists who come here, temperatures in the mid a0s celsius come as a shock. we re from denmark.