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That was a remarkable 1.4-degree above the record average for the meteorological summer - June to August - for the contiguous US, at an average of 23.2 degrees Celsius. Many cities broke their all-time temperature records in the scorching heat, creating a striking image of a warming climate, Xinhua news agency reported.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said on Thursday that the "unilateral coercive US move runs against international law and will foment chaos, promote hijacking".

The incident happened around 9:30 am US Eastern time. Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith used social media to label the event as "an evil thing" and didn't elaborate other than stating "multiple injuries." The President said the loss of life was heartbreaking and how communities know gun violence far too often.

The persons named were RT's Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonova Simonyan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Elizaveta Yuryevna Brodskaia and Anton Sergeyvich Anisimov, another RT Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

"New instructions have been issued to the fighters charged with guarding the prisoners regarding how to deal with them if the Israeli army approaches the detention site," Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades-the military wing of Hamas-said in a statement on Monday.

Demonstrations, participated in by about 700,000, according to the Xinhua news agency quoting Israel's Ynet news site, were held on major highways and at crossroads across the nation.

A late-season high-pressure system has caused Midwest cities such as Chicago, Des Moines, and Topeka to experience unwavering "extreme heat," according to Xinhua and the US NWS.