we are hearing from the communications workers union, the strike dates are august to 30th and august the 31st. as we are seeing with a lot of unions and a lot of workplaces at the moment, this is a dispute over pay. bt workers who belong to the communication workers union, striking over pay on august the 30th and the 31st. the uk is not alone in experiencing extreme heat a number of european countries have seen record temperatures, with deadly wildfires and droughts across the continent. let s hearfrom our europe correspondent bethany bell, who s in france. we re very, very close to the zone where some of those fires are blazing right now. we re here in an area where we ve seen firefighters from germany and as far away as romania arriving to help the thousand or more french firefighters who have been
see fire is being sparked off, we saw that in july when we see fire is being sparked off, we saw that injuly when we had the last heatwave. lots of wildfires being set. we just need to be much more vigilant over the next couple of days, and if this drought continues into the rest of the summer and autumn. continues into the rest of the summerand autumn. a continues into the rest of the summer and autumn. a lot of supermarkets are banning the temporary barbecues that often can cause some of these wildfires, just being careful with what we do with cigarette buts really help to be much more vigilant. because i think wildfires are a real concern, particularly over the next couple of days while we are in this amber extreme heat warning.- days while we are in this amber extreme heat warning. thank you very much for talking extreme heat warning. thank you very much for talking to extreme heat warning. thank you very much for talking to us. the uk is not alone in experiencing extreme hea