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Hanting the costs as Europe's swelters above 40 Celsius.
Protecting our crops today means protecting the future of the farms, but it's tough.
It's very, very tough.
We are used to the heat here in the south of France,
but not to that level and not that early on in the year.
It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm Liana Byrne.
As red-heat alerts spread across parts of Europe,
Italy brings back measures allowing some businesses to stop work in extreme temperatures.
After months of attacks on civilian shipping, the International Maritime Organization prepares to evacuate
around 11,000 seafarers from the Gulf and no fuel for sale in Russian-occupied
Crimea as Ukraine's campaign to squeeze supply routes starts to hit daily life.