and the duchess of sussex tells a us magazine that just existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up: we ll hearfrom one gardener who s successfully grown the world s longest cucumber. it s a lot of fun growing a giant vegetable. you can compete notjust in the uk, you can compete around the world. it s incredible. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the country s prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the country s history. provinces in the south by the provinces in the south by the worst provinces in the south by the worst affected. but mountainous regions further north have also been badly hit. more than 1,000 people are known to have been killed as roads, homes and bridges were washed away across the country. and officials estimate more than 33 million pakistanis, that s one in seven people, have been affected by the flooding. we have two reports from pakistan. in
in the spirit of penance to honor an apology to the countries indigenous people. live, from cnn center, cnn newsroom was rosemary church. is good to have you with us. we begin with the blistering temperatures of the northern summer. record-breaking heat waves sweep across china, europe, and the united states. millions of americans are still under heat alert across parts of the u.s.. monday, three cities in the northeast sarr record-breaking high temperatures, and in the next 24 hours, we could see the same happening in the pacific northwest. in europe, the scorching heat is helping to fuel wildfires in some areas. this was the scene on the greek island of as crews battled a fire raging near a popular tourist destination. it is one of several wildfires burning across the country. in london, there were crews battling weather-related fires. all three are under control. another fire was also reported, southwest of the capital. millions of people are also dealing with swelteri
we ll have the forecast from the world weather center. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin in ukraine which says its food export agreement is still despite a missile strike on its port city of odesa by russia. now, these strikes came just one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports which much of the world decembesperately n. condemnation of the attack has been swift. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal vladimir putin has launched a completely unwarranted attack on odesa, it shows that not a word he says can be trusted. and we need to urgently work with our international partners to find a better way of getting the grain out of ukraine that doesn t voflin-vofl russia. and let s get theivan watson. condemnation has come quickly and strongly. take us through the fallout of this attack. reporter: you just heard from the british
windy out there as well, 100 millimetres plus of rain fell in the cumbrian fells last night, not unusual. this morning, about 50 millimetres across the north welsh mountains as well. you can see here, the rain is steadily starting to clear away, the rain is steadily starting to clearaway, but the rain is steadily starting to clear away, but it is still heavy for a few spots. showers following, and drizzle around the hills and coasts further south as well. but not where we need it, across southern and eastern areas, still dry and warm here, becoming drier and really warm across scotland and northern ireland as well. because of the breeze, we are seeing the fern effect, so that lifts the temperature east of the hills. 25 in the east of scotland but as much as 30 in the next hour or two in the south and east. it will feel oppressive again through the night, uncomfortable for sleeping, like last night. more rain to come in the north, so we maintain temperatures in the mid teens h