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The World Health Organisation has been meeting to decide whether to declare an international health emergency over the spread of monkeypox. We speak to someone who's had the disease to hear about the symptoms and the stigma attached. And one of our regular health experts explains what is known about monkeypox and vaccines against the virus.

President Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 but is experiencing only mild symptoms. We find out what is happening with the spread of the Omicron variants around the world.

Heatwaves around the world have become more frequent, more intense, and last longer because of climate change. We speak to a meterologist and a weather reporter about how they explain the link between extreme weather and climate change to the public.

And we hear a disturbing story about a woman in Mexico who was set on fire in a park and died of her injuries. She had alerted authorities months before the attack about being threatened.

(Photo: Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Credit: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/REUTERS)