8 Aug 2022

Europe: Nuclear warning in Ukraine, heatwave ruins crops

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 8 August 2022

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Susie to look at the warning from the UN atomic watchdog of a "real risk" of nuclear disaster in Ukraine following shelling at Europe's largest nuclear power plant in the country's south.

Radiation monitoring sensors have been damaged, and there could be a problem detecting any leaks or faults.

Meanwhile farmers across Europe are counting the cost of ruined crops as heatwaves continue to cause havoc, with France one of the countries saying it's experiencing its worst-ever drought.

This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on 29 July, 2022, shows President Volodymyr Zelensky facing journalists during a visit to Black Sea port of Chornomorsk ahead of the first anticipated export of grain under a deal with Russia.

Photo: AFP PHOTO / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service