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Here are some of the headlines. You need to know the American led United Nations Command is communicating with North Korea about that US soldier who is being detained there. It's this man us army private Travis King. He's been held in North Korea since sprinting across the border on July 18th. The deputy commander of the command General Andrew Harrison. He could not provide further details on the private but said quote, lines of communication are open between the UN C and the Korean People's Army King is believed to be the first US soldier to cross into North Korea since 1982. He was facing disciplinary action and was set to return to the US on the day of the incident. According to the National Weather service, a severe heat wave that's led to record temperatures across the American Southwest is set to expand this week. The West, the Midwest and Eastern States will face high pressure and hot air in the coming days. Meanwhile, the heat dome over Phoenix is still breaking records. The state has now had temperatures of over 110 degrees for 24 days. They've also faced daily lows in the nineties for the past two weeks. Experts predict the extreme heat will continue through the rest of the month and that heat has turned deadly in recent days. In Nevada, two women hiking in the Valley of Fire National Park were found dead in the park yesterday, Nevada State police did not confirm if their deaths were due to the heat. The temperatures were 114 degrees in the area. Officials have confirmed that Hiker Steve Curry of California died last Tuesday due to heat causes. The 71 year old collapsed after hiking in Death Valley. According to the National Park Service, they may have been as many as five heat related deaths of park visitors since June. That's much higher than average. In Maricopa County, Arizona, officials confirmed at least 18 people have died due to heat. Dozens more are under investigation. Let's head overseas where protests continue in Israel as the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a controversial change to the country's judicial system that removes the court's ability to reject government decisions that they find unreasonable ahead of the decision. Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Jerusalem to the country's parliament building where Israeli police have confirmed 19 people have been arrested. Netanyahu appeared just a day after an emergency hospitalization where he was fitted with a pacemaker a week earlier. He was hospitalized for what he called dehydration groups movement for quality government and the Israel bar Association have already announced they will be challenging this decision in court. Over in Greece, wildfires have prompted yet another wave of evacuations from the Island of Rhodes today. This comes after 19,000 people, mainly tourists were relocated from the island over the weekend as the fires threatened areas of the island's coast. The evacuees were transported by bus or boat and sheltered in sports stadiums out of the path of the fire. The Greek fire service warns that the risks of fire today are extreme. The country is also dealing with high temperatures and winds spreading the fire.