Vladimir Putin tour of east Asia

The Russian President has arrived in Vietnam. After his stopover in North Korea where he signed a bilateral defence treaty, he will be hoping to gain further international support in Hanoi.

Tragedy in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca -with reports that more than 500 Hadj pilgrims may have died as the temperature soars past 50 degrees celsisus

And the USA is also experiencing record temperatures, with more than 70 million people under weather alerts.