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'Euro Edition'
Aired August 06, 2003 - 05:50 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time to check on what's making headlines overseas, actually, more headlines overseas. Time for this morning's Euro Edition.
Hala Gorani live in London -- do you think Camille Parker Bowles will have a separate bedroom from Prince Charles when she moves in?
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I don't know. They have enough bedrooms, actually, to go separate. But I'm not sure they'll choose that option. I don't know how many bedrooms there are there, dozens at least.
You know, front page news in the U.K. is different from what's happening in Europe. In Europe, the heat wave that is enveloping the region is front page news. In the United States, many regions are used to 100 Fahrenheit weather plus, you know, cars are air conditioned, so are houses.
In Europe when it happens, it is a real scorcher and really difficult to work and to even have fun. Now, for workers, "Liberacion," the French daily, is publishing this special report, "Taking Temperatures In Workplaces That Suffer When There Are Heat Waves."
Now, they are, for instance, taking temperature readings in the train conductor's working environment. A hundred and twenty-three Fahrenheit was the highest reading recorded. Prison wardens among other jobs featured in "Liberacion," and another one, cooks and bakery workers, 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep in mind, no air conditioning in many of these work environments.
Now, bookies, bookmakers, have odds out on whether or not the U.K. will break its August 1990 record of 99 degrees Fahrenheit in Cheltenham, 6-4 odds if we, indeed, beat the record today and hit 100 Fahrenheit. And you have, for instance, "The Independent," "Days Like These: All You Need To Know About Extreme Weather" and the rest of it.
Moving on to the other story which, of course, has been dogging Number 10 Downing Street for weeks now, and that's the Dr. David Kelly affair, and the spokesman of Number 10, Tom Kelly, has apologized "unreservedly" for comparing Dr. Kelly to Walter Mitty. Of course, that is the fantasist who makes up stories in order to make up for a meaningless life. Tom Kelly did use that word to describe Dr. Kelly, the government scientist who apparently killed himself over pressure in this row between Number 10 and the BBC. And, in fact, an independent reporter here is saying that it was not an off the cuff remark, that according to him it was something that was calculated.
Now, another word on the Episcopal Church of America confirming Gene Robinson, Canon Gene Robinson. And some say this is going to split the Anglican Church. I know this is big news in the United States. Others here, according to the "Times of London" editorial, one of the comment pages saying the church must learn that there is never a straight answer to questions of faith.
A quick quote from this, "More confidence in god's ways is what's needed, than in our own right rigid certainties. It means that we have to be open to change and take the risk of getting it wrong in support of appointing gay bishops within the Anglican Church," published in "The Times of London."
Carol, a quick look at what's making news in today's papers in Europe.
COSTELLO: Thank you for bringing us up to date.
Hala Gorani live from London this morning.
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Aired August 6, 2003 - 05:50 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time to check on what's making headlines overseas, actually, more headlines overseas. Time for this morning's Euro Edition.
Hala Gorani live in London -- do you think Camille Parker Bowles will have a separate bedroom from Prince Charles when she moves in?
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I don't know. They have enough bedrooms, actually, to go separate. But I'm not sure they'll choose that option. I don't know how many bedrooms there are there, dozens at least.
You know, front page news in the U.K. is different from what's happening in Europe. In Europe, the heat wave that is enveloping the region is front page news. In the United States, many regions are used to 100 Fahrenheit weather plus, you know, cars are air conditioned, so are houses.
In Europe when it happens, it is a real scorcher and really difficult to work and to even have fun. Now, for workers, "Liberacion," the French daily, is publishing this special report, "Taking Temperatures In Workplaces That Suffer When There Are Heat Waves."
Now, they are, for instance, taking temperature readings in the train conductor's working environment. A hundred and twenty-three Fahrenheit was the highest reading recorded. Prison wardens among other jobs featured in "Liberacion," and another one, cooks and bakery workers, 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep in mind, no air conditioning in many of these work environments.
Now, bookies, bookmakers, have odds out on whether or not the U.K. will break its August 1990 record of 99 degrees Fahrenheit in Cheltenham, 6-4 odds if we, indeed, beat the record today and hit 100 Fahrenheit. And you have, for instance, "The Independent," "Days Like These: All You Need To Know About Extreme Weather" and the rest of it.
Moving on to the other story which, of course, has been dogging Number 10 Downing Street for weeks now, and that's the Dr. David Kelly affair, and the spokesman of Number 10, Tom Kelly, has apologized "unreservedly" for comparing Dr. Kelly to Walter Mitty. Of course, that is the fantasist who makes up stories in order to make up for a meaningless life. Tom Kelly did use that word to describe Dr. Kelly, the government scientist who apparently killed himself over pressure in this row between Number 10 and the BBC. And, in fact, an independent reporter here is saying that it was not an off the cuff remark, that according to him it was something that was calculated.
Now, another word on the Episcopal Church of America confirming Gene Robinson, Canon Gene Robinson. And some say this is going to split the Anglican Church. I know this is big news in the United States. Others here, according to the "Times of London" editorial, one of the comment pages saying the church must learn that there is never a straight answer to questions of faith.
A quick quote from this, "More confidence in god's ways is what's needed, than in our own right rigid certainties. It means that we have to be open to change and take the risk of getting it wrong in support of appointing gay bishops within the Anglican Church," published in "The Times of London."
Carol, a quick look at what's making news in today's papers in Europe.
COSTELLO: Thank you for bringing us up to date.
Hala Gorani live from London this morning.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
