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Extreme heat intensifies across south-west USA

It comes as soaring temperatures are also hitting southern Europe and Canada is battling the worst season of wildfires in its history.

A heat dome over the US south-west has translated into extreme heat warnings from coast to coast, which continue to affect more than 110 million people.

Climate envoys from the world's two biggest carbon emitters -- the United States and China -- are holding discussions in Beijing.

And efforts have started to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a stricken tanker off the coast of Yemen.

50 minutes

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  • Mon 17 Jul 202304:06GMT