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Britain records highest-ever temperature

A heatwave continues north across Europe

A European climate minister lays out her plans to limit the damage in the years ahead as extreme heat warnings are issued in France while northern Spain saw temperatures of 43C (109F) on Monday.

Also on the programme: we head to Somalia where the worst drought in four decades is causing children to suffer physically and mentally; and the award-winning Iranian film director, Jafar Panahi, is sent to prison following his arrest last week, for dissent.

(Photo: Swimmers in the Sky Pool, a transparent swimming pool suspended 35 meters above ground between two apartment buildings, during hot weather in Nine Elms, central London Credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

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Tue 19 Jul 2022 13:06GMT

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  • Tue 19 Jul 2022 13:06GMT

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