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Surviving in Kuwait’s ‘unbearable’ heat – BBC News
The Middle East is heating up at twice the global average, and Kuwait now regularly sees temperatures above 50C.
Kuwait’s economy is dominated by fossil fuel exports but as the temperature rises more and more of Kuwait is becoming desert and it becomes harder to live with the extreme heat.
With the mercury topping 53C, three Kuwaiti citizens – an influencer, a weather forecaster and a retired civil servant – raise the alarm with concerns about “how much longer we can consider Kuwait habitable”
They urge that Kuwait must not be allowed to get any hotter – and one of them has a solution to offer.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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@DOTSTRIBE
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
USE SOLAR [OWER AND PLANT TREES….YES IT'S POSSIBLE! SAY YOUR SALAMS AND RESPECT MOTHER NATURE! ALSO RESPECT ALL HUMAN LIFE AND LIVING THINGS AND DON'T ABUSE YOUR POWER!!
@alqallafq816
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
قوي هل وثائقي
@MsFeela
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
بميزان حسناتج يا خاله .
@MsFeela
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
شفيها سوت السالفه فلم حزين . ترى تعودنا الحمدلله
@mdshadmanwasifkhan4482
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
I lived in Kuwait for 3 Years, and believe me it is not as bad as people say it is. Even at 53 Degrees, you wouldn't drench in sweat and get dehydrated to your core due to the relatively low humidity. Sure Kuwait is very dry. but it is not as humid as Singapore, Malaysia and other equatorial countries. I am a Bangladeshi, and believe me the summers in Kuwait are much more tolerable than in my own country. IDK what that "influencer" was saying, but it never feels like the heat is sucking the life out of you
@BeckyBailey1
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
The lady is so hot that wearing long sleeve shirt xd have zero sense at all
Why are you wearing long sleeves shirt on top?
@snake_blood1136
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
For non Kuwaities it’s unbearable but for Kuwaiti people and for people who lived here for years were used to it cuz most of our summers we spend them inside no one would go out in the afternoon in summer and even if we did we r used to it
@izeekyol8710
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Pussy human adapt to 60c ez
@TheAbinn
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
You can make big bilding or garden…. desert is desert
@TatiKulyk
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
❤
@ws1814
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
While her determination is great, planting some trees and bringing water in a truck and using a hose to put water doesn’t do absolutely anything.They should have a large scale initiative to create a sustainable green belt like the weather person said.
@ws1814
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
They need to look at both active and passive systems to controls the temperature outside and also within buildings. There’s much to be learned from passive cooling methods used in vernacular architecture ( local and foreign) . These paired with modern knowledge can do so much to reduce energy consumption and make livable houses.
@jingojingo1
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Come to Bosnia i give you snow bring money
@1223steffen
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
I like Kuwait . I actually did a report on the country in college
@myself5812
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
That's like shower water when its hot 😅
@Muslim_sister1
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Us Kuwaitis are used to the heat tho I recommend u come on winter!
@chloee3529
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
The influencer just annoyed me at 3:00 when she starts complaining about how the heat affects her being able to take videos outside like girl…
@sherrenmouradian7704
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
If they want a place to live, they all need to take part in their environment
@MJkuwaitHub
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Me eating ice cream 5x in a day and 1 liter water. I am living in Kuwait for 10 years and work in the mall. The people who suffers most are EXPATS who can’t afford to have CARS. Kuwaities and other people with big salaries can survive the heat! It’s us who rides bus and taxis and wait for long time under the heat that is severely affected by this. We ride buses 2x a day in 50 degrees heat. These people have carsssss!!!!!
@abhijitsen7749
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
The influencer spoilt the entire video and made it all about herself.
@Arozitaly70
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Basra in Iraq reaches 60 Celsius
@xScooterAZx
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Where I live we get sometimes 122 degrees hot. Phoenix,Arizona,US. Much of the time it just hangs around anywhere over 112-15 degrees in the summer.
@Tianton1
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Probably not the best idea to have an airhead influencer on a show like this
@lucha-vu8ms
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
It’s always odd to see millionaires who live in millionaire countries be referred to as “influencers”. She’s a rich girl with an instagram LMAO 🤣 not influencing shit
@SumanKumar-vn9qw
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
People should work at night and sleep at day with air condition
@RanjanKumar-fm4up
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Why you shift some where else
@starinvader5969
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
I personally would rather have it too cold than too hot.
But if anyone here can out stand the heat, then you’ve got a gift from God
@jared19882
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
The heat is the least of the problems in this shithole country. Third world internet service, roads full of potholes, and 75% of population is foreigners to work for their lazy asses. We should have let Iraq carpet bomb this dumpsterfire country, couldn't have turned out worse than its current state.
@mpirokajosephmgcokoca2355
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Here in 🇿🇦 we were complaining about 2 weeks of rainfall, praying for a 🌞 day. Strange
@joaboby2
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
As a person who was born in Kuwait and raised there. I can say most of this is true. But many people complaining about humidity. That’s a fib. The humid season starts in august and ends in September with a humidity of 30% (minimum) and 65%(highest). My country of origin is in South Asia, where we experience 80%-90% humidity in July. So it’s a cakewalk to live in Kuwait.
@MarcoAngelIZhere
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
🏆
@hirakkar
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Great job done
@eechaze12
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Can they engineer special trees to survive
@Cheeseburger_withno_cheese
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
as a kuwaiti,i actually like the heat
@galandaleonardogabriel4508
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
For what i know, Kuwait has the most highest life standard in the world, with an income of 4500/6000 dollars per person…
They can afford the air conditioning, especially since it is probably one of the culprit, the principal culprit, for global warming….
You people should shut up and take it as 50%of the oil comes from you people… Emirates, the Middle East!!!!!!
You got the nerve to complain!!!!!!
IT SERVES YOU RIGHT!!!!!! TWICE!!!
@lw1zfog
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
aka ‘MAYBE DONT BUILD CITIES FOR HUMAN HABITATION IN INHOSPITABLE CLIMATES’
@jamieguthrie1760
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Even if fossil fuel usage was cut 100%, Kuwait would still be very, very hot. Its always been a desert, long before the motor engine was ever invented! It won't suddenly turn into a tropical paradise (although it won't keep getting hotter and hotter at least!)
@quackcement
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
100% of the energy comes from burning fossil fuels, wow the government is really letting its people down
@xaviertr6240
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
I see that woman and pray I never have my child raised in the US
@justmin858
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Thank You…That was very interesting 👍
@lifeongps
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Influencer?? That is the problem. People influencing other people/sheep. Stop the fear, yes 50c is way hot but you built or moved to a civilization in the Dessert. I heard it gets hot in the dessert. It gets way hot in Thailand also; we built in the Jungle! 45c all the time and it is humid air not dry air.
@mosaed44
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Bro I live peaceful in kuwait
@DAWAXFAX
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
1:55 SOUND LIKE NEW ORLEANS
@dalexhellraiser25
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
I lived and worked there in Kuwait for 13 years and even though it's been 6 years since leaving that place, I can still feel the scorching heat of kuwait at summer time in my skin. That's why the humidity here in Manila is just noobie
@drdarshanhegde
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
greenhouse effect
@jackruss7537
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Behind all the wealth they have there are still uneducated evil people living there, that dont like to be in a camera. I don't want to spill any info but its for the people who can read this how evil people living there. A simple picture can kill you there if you are a poor, naive not knowing their stuoid culture. And their claiming theyre Muslim. There are tons of gays are living there too. Peace be upon you! Let karma avenge for those victim of abuse.
@asrardan
January 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
You have one option left. Shift most of residences to below the sea surface.