{"id":261032,"date":"2025-07-11T21:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-it-so-hot-bbc-newscast\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T21:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:04:49","slug":"why-is-it-so-hot-bbc-newscast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-it-so-hot-bbc-newscast\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is It So Hot? | BBC Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mVzJOiqPjCM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Is It So Hot? | BBC Newscast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mVzJOiqPjCM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Today, as the UK faces the third heatwave already of the summer &#8211; is this the kind of summer we should expect in future?<\/p>\n<p>Adam is joined by Jordan Dunbar, one of the hosts of the Climate Question podcast and Sarah Keith-Lucas lead weather presenter for the BBC. 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