and a lot of people using sandbags to try and protect them. now, elsewhere in europe, i want to move to dublin in ireland now, where there has been a rescue operation there. again, the emergency services bringing in inflatable boats to take eight people to safety. now, ireland and large parts of the united kingdom have been hit by storm antoni the first named storm of the yearso far in the uk and ireland and a number of events have been cancelled in the uk. and there have been strong winds as well in parts of wales and south west england. finally, i want to take you to germany and one city there has had to bring out snow ploughs. let me show you these pictures. it s because there has been a freak violent storm dumping large quantities of hail in the streets of reutlingen and
city there, reutlingen, has had to bring out snow ploughs. let me show you these pictures. it s because there has been a freak violent storm, dumping large quantities of hail in the streets of reutlingen. in one case, there was 30 centimetres built up of thick, thick hail. and as you can see there, the snow ploughs being deployed not weather you would associate with summer. let s turn to the women s world cup now ? where for the first time, three african countries have made it to the group of 16 stage of the tournament. morocco, nigeria and south africa have all qualified ? this hasn t happened before in a men s or women s world cup. spain has also made it through after thrashing switzerland five to one.
strong winds as well in parts of wales and southwest england. finally, i want to take you to germany, and one city there has had to bring out snow ploughs. let me show you these pictures. it s because there has been a freak violent storm, dumping large quantities of hail in the streets of one city. in one case, there was 30 centimetres built up of thick, thick hail. and as you can see there, the snow ploughs being deployed, so not weather you would associate with summer. some striking images there. india s third lunar mission has entered the moon s orbit. the spacecraft is india s second attempt at a moon landing. it s due to touch down in two weeks. these are pictures from
out snow ploughs. let me show you these pictures. it s because there has been a freak violent storm, dumping large quantities of hail in the streets of one city. in one case, there was 30 centimetres built up of thick, thick hail. and as you can see there, the snow ploughs being deployed, so not weather you would associate with summer. a look now at some other stories making headlines. the texas attorney general s office has filed an appeal with the state supreme court, effectively blocking a judge s hours old order that temporarily lifted a ban on emergency abortions. the temporary injunction would have allowed doctors to exercise their own medical judgment about when patients need abortions to protect their lives or health. the injunction applied to pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies, which are not explicitly mentioned in texas s abortion bans. a general election in pakistan later this year will be based on a new census, which could cause the
hit by storm antoni, the first named storm of the year so far in the uk and ireland and a number of events have been cancelled in the uk and there have been strong winds as well in parts of wales and southwest england. finally, i want to take you to germany and one city there has had to bring out snowplows. let me show you these pictures. it s because there has been a freak violent storm dumping large quantities of hail in the streets of reutlingen. and in one case, there was 30 centimetres built up of thick, thick hail. and as you can see there, the snowploughs being deployed. so, nancy, definitely a case across large parts of europe at the moment that there is definitely not weather you would associate with summer. bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling