this is panakto close to athens where the fires rage on. and this wildfire is in the swiss alps it s been burning in the haute valais area near the italian border since monday evening. our climate editorjustin rowlatt is in the spanish coastal city of alicante, where temperatures are forecast to hit the high 30s. one of the difficulties of this job is obviously we want to show how hot it is and we are and the balcony of our hotel, standing in the blazing sun and we are doing exactly what we are telling everybody else in the world not to do, but exposing ourselves to this incredible heat. to be fair here in alicante on the coast we have got a sea breeze and it is about 30 celsius, that is a high temperature but inland we are expecting it to reach the mid 40s. there were reports yesterday that one area of spain hit 47 celsius. these are extraordinary temperatures. to put that into perspective, let s have a think about how it affects our metabolism as human beings. our body te
pledge to stop small boats crossing the english channel, and comes as a barge, set to house hundreds of asylum seekers, approaches portland harbour in dorset. our west of england correspondent danjohnson is there. how dan johnson is there. how danjohnson is there. much longer until the barge expected how much longer until the barge is expected to arrive there. flat how much longer until the barge is expected to arrive there. not much loner. it expected to arrive there. not much longer- it is expected to arrive there. not much longer. it isjust expected to arrive there. not much longer. it isjust off expected to arrive there. not much longer. it is just off the expected to arrive there. not much longer. it isjust off the coast - longer. it is just off the coast here. we can see it from our other camera. it is being towed from falmouth where it has been having a refit to get the capacity of the accommodation from 220 up to 500. there is nobody aboard the ship at the mome
and in the swiss alps, it s been burning in the oht valay area near the italian border since monday evening. joining me live now from across europe, chris bockman in the south of france, imogen foulkes in geneva, and our correspondent guy de launeyjoins us from ljubljana. hello to you all. let s start with you, chris. just tell us what the situation is like where you are. i’m situation is like where you are. i m in the city situation is like where you are. i m in the city of situation is like where you are. i m in the city of toulouse, and last year in the city of toulouse, and last year it in the city of toulouse, and last year it was in the city of toulouse, and last year it was the hottest region in france year it was the hottest region in france and year it was the hottest region in france and temperatures are often above france and temperatures are often above 44 france and temperatures are often above 44 weeks on end. it is the hottest above 44 weeks
just ahead on cnn newsroom. extreme weather across the u.s., deadly flooding in the northeast and a record setting heat wave to the west with no relief in sight. records also set in europe as tourism season reaches its peak. we are live in rome with how the agent city is dealing with a modern threat. we will talk with the author of a best-selling book examining the case from the very beginning. why he says the police were so quick at first to dismiss the young female victims. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin with extreme weather around the world starting here in the u.s. more than 80 million people are under heat alerts in 14 states stretching from washington all the way to florida. a dangerous he film remains locked down over the western u.s. and the relentless blistering temperatures are breaking records by the day. the national weather service says 3000 daily high temperature records were broken on sunday and parts of california, nevada and arizon
ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysycha nsk but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says the city of mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles targeting the port and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other briti