Iraq swelters in extreme heat as power cuts fuel protests and anger

Disruptions to gas supplies from Iran are worsening Iraq’s chronic power shortages, as the country faces another summer of extreme heat.
Climate change is pushing temperatures even higher, while electricity cuts are fuelling public anger and piling pressure on the new prime minister.

Al Jazeera’s Jack Hewson reports from Baghdad, Iraq.

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