Fire Jumping Up News Today

Across three continents. parts of the us and china have both topped 50 degrees celsius. thats about 122 degrees fahrenheit, and the mercury in europejust keeps rising. in a moment, well hear from our climate editor, justin rowlatt, but first, nick beake reports on the situation in greece. a thick blanket enveloped the hills outside of athens. wildfires, powered by heavy winds. the flames rapidly advancing on homes. there were small victories for those fighting from the air, but its been a consta...

Situation in greece. a thick blanket enveloped the hills outside of athens. wildfires, powered by heavy winds. the flames rapidly advancing on homes. there were small victories for those fighting from the air, but its been a constant battle to contain the pockets of fire jumping up, as temperatures reached 44 celsius in some parts of greece. near the capital, more than 1,000 children were forced to abandon their summer camp. "there are about 1,500 kids who need to be bused "to safety", a local o...