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Live News,11 Jul 2025,30 mins

Too hot to handle?

Newsnight

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Hosepipe bans, rail disruption, and fears of wildfires - the UK is gripped by the third heatwave in recent weeks. Is it time to start overhauling our homes, offices and cities to help us cope with spiralling temperatures? Plus, as President Trump says he will resume missile deliveries to Ukraine, are cracks in his support base starting to show among the MAGA faithful who thought they were getting an end to expensive 'forever wars'? With Nick Watt.

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