hello, i m nancy kacungira, welcome to the daily global bringing you the top stories from around the world. we start with the exceptional heat that is continuing to be felt across large parts of the northern hemisphere. the world health organisation is now warning that the record breaking temperatures are straining health care systems in the affected areas. wildfires are still burning across greece, in southern europe this is the scene just outside athens where forests and homes are being destroyed. greek authorities are bracing themselves for a new heatwave, which is likely to further stoke tinderbox conditions across the country. southern europe is hugely affected by the heat but the situation is global. in china, beijing has registered four weeks of record highs. in xinjiang, on sunday, the temperature reached 52 celsius. and in phoenix, arizona, even fiercer heat with highs of at least 43 celsius about 110 fahrenheit for 19 consecutive days. the mediterranean basi
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right in front of me. the impact knocked me down and the flames engulfed me. i am lucky that i was strong enough to get away. that s an unfolding story with two people confirmed dead in the explosion in nairobi and we will speak to our correspondent and makoi, who i believe is actually on the line, anne. a, believe is actually on the line, anne. believe is actually on the line, anne. a deputy africa correspondent, line, anne. a deputy africa correspondent, and line, anne. a deputy africa correspondent, and soy. . l line, anne. a deputy africa i correspondent, and soy. . can correspondent, and soy. . can you tell us what has happened? shortly before midnight, people around the southeast of nairobi heard the tremors and an explosion and videos that we have seen shared on social media show a huge fireball rising above apartment blocks and people running to safety. we now understand from the government spokesman that there was a lorry carrying lpg gas that e
thank you for having me. this war is entering its ten months with no end in sight. we are passing through probably the worst humanitarian crisis in the recent history of the country with displacement, refugees, loss of life, shortage of everything food, medicine, shelter, destruction of infrastructure, property collapse of the economy, collapse of the state. the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr put the death toll at about 13,000 which is a very conservative estimate injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest number of refugees, close to 800,000. chad, over 500,000. similar number in south sudan. about 50,000 between uganda and kenya. ethiopia also hosting more than 50,000. the international commu
of murdering seven babies and trying to kill ten others, has been giving evidence for the first time in her trial. she cried in the witness box and told the jury she only wanted to help and care for the babies she was looking after at the countess of chester hospital. myjob was my life, she insisted, and said she was traumatised when she was arrested. she denies all the charges against her. this report from ellie price contains some distressing detail. the parents of lucy letby, arriving at manchester crown court. their daughter s trial has been going on for the last six months. today she gave evidence for the first time. fighting back tears she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killing babies and to have herjob as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked why