Romanian drought shuts last nuclear reactor, threatens Moldova

Romania has taken the rare step of shutting down the final working reactor at its Cernavoda nuclear plant after the Danube dropped to record low levels, leaving insufficient water for cooling. The shutdown immediately threatens electricity supplies in neighbouring Moldova, which depends on Romanian power to cover its own shortages. The crisis is unfolding as a new summer heatwave grips Europe, with wildfires destroying homes in the UK's West Midlands and a passenger train derailing in East Sussex on what papers are calling Britain's hottest day.