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Cordoba/Madrid/A Coruña, 27 July (EFE), (Camera: Juanma Rodríguez).- High temperatures of up to 42 degrees will keep orange or yellow level warnings active this Monday in practically the entire country, except in Asturias and the Canary Islands. The State Meteorological Agency forecasts significantly high temperatures on Monday in central and eastern Andalusia, with 42 degrees in Cordoba and 41 in Granada and Jaén. Galicia is also experiencing warm temperatures similar to the rest of Spain. FOOTAGE OF MADRID, CORDOBA AND GALICIA
The London Fields outdoor swimming pool welcomes swimmers every day, summer and winter alike. For the sixth consecutive day in the UK, the thermometer is climbing to 30 degrees as the country faces a late summer heatwave. Residents flock to the London Fields Lido to cool down and enjoy the sunshine. IMAGES
Tourists at the Colisseum fend off high temperatures during a new heatwave in Rome, Italy. IMAGES
As the mercury edges towards the 40-degree mark in France, with record temperatures for the month of June expected to be broken, Parisians try to cool off in the shade of the trees on the banks of the Seine, in the centre of the capital. IMAGES
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces a quarter-point increase in the benchmark interest rate to bring rising inflation under control, the first rate hike since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. SOUNDBITE
Supply bottlenecks and a shortage of workers could put pressure on US prices for longer than expected, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says. "As the reopening continues, bottlenecks, hiring difficulties and other constraints can prove to be greater and longer-lasting than anticipated," Powell tells reporters following the central bank's two-day policy meeting. SOUNDBITE