government foces have lost contol of herat, afghanistan s third largest city, and militants are poised to gain control of kandahar the second largest. hello. there is no real heat in the uk forecast for the next few days. but across southern europe, it s a different story it s been an exceptionally hot week, with that heat now migrating westwards. the orange colours on this chart show places where temperatures will be well above the average. in parts of southern spain, we could be looking at temperatures as high as 47 celsius because high pressure is trapping the heat in place. but for us, low pressure is close by that means some brisk winds, some rain at times but not all the time, and temperatures will struggle especially across northwestern parts of the uk. and here through friday, we will see some quite hefty showers working through some heavy, some thundery, especially widespread across the far northwest of scotland. further south and east, many parts of england and wales