[Ticker] Johnson under fire for skipping emergency heatwave meeting

EU Reporter

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for missing an emergency ministerial meeting on heatwave preparedness on Saturday, DW reported. Johnson, who is set to step down in September, took a weekend break at his country retreat where he was also hosting a farewell party. Temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius in England this week, which has triggered the country’s first-ever “red” extreme heat warning.