temperatures topped 43 celsius for much of this week. the palestinian authority has cancelled a deal under which israel was to give it at least a million coronavirus vaccines. the palestinians said the jabs were too close to their expiry date. there's been international criticism of israel's failure to fully extend its world—beating vaccination programme to the occupied territories. a court in belgium has delivered a ruling on the supply of the astrazeneca covid—i9 vaccine to the european union. the eu brought the case, saying that the pharmaceutical company had broken its contract by not supplying enough doses to the bloc. the court in brussels ruled that the firm must send 80 million doses by the end of september in line with a strict timetable, with the first 15 million due on july the 26th. it will be fined ten euros for every dose short.