Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert
The warnings come as several European nations battle devastating wildfires after a succession of heatwaves that have created favourable conditions for blazes.
Italy is putting nearly all of its major cities on the highest "red" alert for high temperatures, as a new heatwave grips the country. Health officials say 19 cities from north to south - including the capital Rome, Milan, Venice and Naples - are already at red alert, and by Monday all but two cities will be.
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Joining Krupa Padhy on the programme's panel are Dr Chandrika Kaul, a Prof in Modern History at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and Laurie Bristow, president of Hughes Hall, a college at Cambridge University and former UK ambassador to Afghanistan and Russia.
(Photo: People shelter from the sun under umbrellas on a hot summer day in Milan, Italy, 31 July 2026. Credit: EPA)
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