much of southern europe with temperatures over a0 degrees and climbing. countries including greece, italy, spain and croatia and turkey have seen some of the highest temperatures, with the heat expected to break records next week. this is athens where the acropolis has been closed during the hottest hours of the day to protect visitors from the high temperatures. tourists have been barred from entering the famous attraction between noon and 5pm. it s a similar picture in other parts of the mediterannean. this is croatia, where wildfires have broken out and are being spread by high winds. there are also heat warnings across neighboring serbia. in italy red alerts meaning a threat to life have been issued for rome and nine other cities. our reporter sofia bettiza is there and has this report. it s going to be extremely hot in italy today. the health authorities have issued a red alert warning for ten cities today, but that is going to go up to ia cities tomorrow.