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Spain was gripped by a heatwave affecting much of Western Europe which pushed temperatures as high as 45 degrees Celsius. Photo: 123RF

A forest fire in Louchats, south-western France on July 17, 2022. - (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP)

Temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius in southern and southwestern Spain, 40 degrees Celsius for the rest of the country. - 123RF Photo

People look out toward the Old Royal Naval College, and the Canary Wharf financial district, past the sun-scorched grass in Greenwich Park, south east London on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)

Droughts and forest fires have hit Spain and Portugal and the scorching heat has spread to France and the UK.

Russia and Ukraine together account for almost a quarter of the global wheat supply but their ongoing war has disrupted the supply chain and caused a worldwide shortage.

(220703) -- MARMOLADA GLACIER, July 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by Italy's Alpine Rescue on July 3, 2022 shows a general view of Marmolada Glacier in northern Italy. At least six people were dead and more than a dozen were missing Sunday after a glacial ice shelf collapsed amid higher-than-usual temperatures in northern Italy. (Italy's Alpine Rescue/Handout via Xinhua)

The Tokyo area is facing power crunch warnings amid unseasonably high temperatures. - AFP

Saturday's soaring 42.9 degrees Celcius were the peak of a June heatwave in line with scientists' predictions that such phenomena will now strike earlier in the year thanks to global warming. AFP pic

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) says Malaysia imports 80 percent of its wheat from Australia with the balance from the United States, Canada and Ukraine.