Description
Added on the 23/07/2019 18:24:37 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
In Toulouse, the mercury hits 30°C at midday at the Place du Capitole in the city centre. The temperature is expected to rise to 36°C as France experiences its third heat wave since the beginning of the summer. IMAGES
Meteorologists are warning of a sweltering weekend as a predicted "heat dome" descends on states from the midwest to the mid-Atlantic. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Brits soak up the sun on the hottest day of the year. Angela Moore reports.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Chancellery with a military honours ceremony in his first trip to Berlin since becoming prime minister 18 months ago. Discussions are expected to focus on Ukraine, defence spending levels, and a push by Germany to bolster NATO's air defences in Europe amid Russia's relentless missile strikes on Ukraine. IMAGES
On the last day of Russia's presidential elections, set to cement Vladimir Putin's grip on power, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny widow, Yulia Navalnaya, tells the press after voting at the Russian embassy in Berlin that Putin is "a killer" and a "gangster. Crowds had earlier chanted: "Yulia, Yulia, we're with you," as she entered to cast her ballot. Alexei Navalny was Putin's most prominent rival, and died in an Arctic prison last month in mysterious circumstances. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).