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Images of sunrise in London on Tuesday as the UK faces another day of soaring temperatures. In Britain, forecasters said the current national record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come. IMAGES
A representative from the UN's World Meteorological Organization announces during a UN briefing that a new record-high temperature in the Arctic has been recognised, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). SOUNDBITE
The years from 2015 to 2021 are on track to be the seven hottest on record, the secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization says during a press conference at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. SOUNDBITE
The French sailor Clarisse Crémer (Banque Populaire) arrives in Les Sables-d'Olonne in 12th position. At the age of 31, she became the new holder of the women's single-handed round-the-world monohull record, succeeding the British sailor Ellen MacArthur. IMAGES
The closing bell rings at the New York stock exchange as Wall Street stocks conclude a roller-coaster year on a high note, reflecting optimism about 2021 despite broad weakness in the real economy due to the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the three major indices finished at all-time highs, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 30,606.48, up 0.7 percent, and the S&P 500 at 3,756.07, up 0.6 percent. IMAGES
Taylor Swift has revealed that her contract will allow her to re-record her old albums next year.