Europe is sweltering. And temperatures of over a0 degrees celsuis are coming. This is the forecast. Well already this is happening in catalonia in spain. Hundreds of firefighters are battling the worst in the region in 20 years. Next, lets hear from James Reynolds in rome. Late june here in latejune here in ram, its not meant to be this hot. The rear seat tends to come injuly or august, and so tends to come injuly or august, and so this early heat wave has taken these tourists here at the fountain by surprise. Absolutely fantastic to visit a city like this but its too hot. Last night at the spanish steps it was 41 degrees, and its way more and exhausting when youre trying to do all the sites. When we drove here it was 37 at eight oclock in the morning, so it must be. But youre carrying on so thats impressive. , yes. In france, officials are warnings about the risk to life. Several cities have restricted traffic and some schools have closed. Hugh schofields in paris. If youre from a pla
Showing the Manufacturing Business in france is not over. I met one of europes most influential car executives at his paris headquarters. Five years ago you were facing a near death experience. We need to keep being agile. We understand how important this is. We need to move around the roadblocks. The more chaotic the world around us is, the more of an the more agility is an asset for a company like ours. They own numerous brands. In 2018, the combined Group Reported record earnings. Its auto unit made a return on sales of 7. 6 . Rivaling its german peers. Profit was driven by sales of the european car of the year. The record result was also helped from the company psa bought from General Motors and turned around after two decades of losses. Psa was on its knees. They lost 8 billion over two years. Most Industry Execs counted them out. They were too slow. Then he came in and in the matter of a few years he proved improved efficiency. Formula wasround called back in the race, cut the nu
The nation. Showing the Manufacturing Business in france is not over. I met one of europes most influential car executives at his paris headquarters. Five years ago you were facing a near death experience. We need to keep being agile. We understand how important this is. We need to move around the roadblocks. The more chaotic the world around us is, the more agility is an asset for a company like ours. They own numerous brands. In 2018, the combined Group Reported record earnings. Its auto unit made a return on sales of 7. 6 . Rivaling its german peers. Profit was driven by sales of the european car of the year. The record result was also helped from the company psa bought from General Motors and turned around after two decades of losses. Psa was on its knees. They lost 8 billion over two years. Most Industry Execs counted them out. They were too slow. Then he came in and in the matter of a few years he improved efficiency. The turnaround formula was called back in the race, cut the nu
Live, all the sport. Are we talking about andy murray . Yes, he has had surgery on his hip and expects to be out for at least 14 and expects to be out for at least 1a weeks. And the weather, pretty as a picture as ever . Is that me or what is behind me . i will explain why some others have clear blue skies and sunshine while others are stuck underneath a dense layer of low cloud with little chance of change. More on that in the next hour or so. Also coming up. I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon powerful speeches about hollywoods Sexual Abuse Scandal have dominated the 75th Golden Globe Awards. Well have the latest from la. Hello, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The comings and goings at number 10 are, well, still coming and going, but were getting a clearer picture of theresa mays new year reshuffle. None of the bigger names in the cabinet has been affected yet, but theres a new Party Chairman and several new vice chairs. We have
Ahead of the biggest Consumer Product Technology Event of the year. Electric is the buzz word at the motor show, but a debate rages on across german cities. We have have clear vatgy because our objective is that every car can enter into the center of a city and we would find solutions with the government and the is regulator to do something very good for our customers. Welcome, everybody. Lets take a look at these markets and see what they are doing. We inherited a strong lead from asia over there. In asia. Damages from Hurricane Irma appear to be relatively lower than initially forecast, so thats helped sentiment. North korea didnt follow through with a missile test or a Missile Launch over the course of the weekend and broadly we are seeing the u. S. Dollar consolidating, as well the ftse 100 is up by. 2 of and modest gains for the cac 40 and the mib. Financial services and banks are up today leading the the game as travel and leisure, Household Goods under water, but not to the a gr