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Hot Canada: unprecedented heatwave smashes temperature records

Scorching heat is stretching from Oregon in the north-west United States to Canada's Arctic territories.

Dozens dead in a record shattering heatwave in Canada as highs hit almost fifty degrees while in Italy farm workers have been stopped from working in the heat of the day after the tragic death of a fruit-picker.

In Ethiopia celebrations in the streets of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, after rebel forces recapture it from Ethiopia's army.

A stark warning from the UN after Covid 19 pandemic devastates the tourism industry at a cost to the global economy of trillions of dollars with lower income countries hit the hardest.

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Wed 30 Jun 2021 05:06GMT

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