National broadcaster to provide sign language interpretation for news, amid stories of extreme weather and a historic Spanish victory in European Football Championship

The national broadcaster is providing sign language interpretation for its television news. The news broadcast begins at 9 PM, while the European Championship in football is being shown on RÚV. The sign language interpreted news is streamed on the player above. The sign language interpreted news hour is also broadcast on RÚV2 at 9:20 PM tonight.

Other news highlights include heavy rain on the west coast, a NASA weather balloon over East Iceland, a yellow warning for Faxa Bay, Breiðafjörður, and the Westfjords, and a heartwarming reunion of children from Grindavík. There is also the news of a town hall meeting in Egilsstadir, temperatures exceeding 20 degrees in the northern and eastern regions of the country, and a discussion on perceived unfairness in a sports match.

In other domestic news, the President of Iceland made his last official visit to Árnes region, a missing girl was found, and there was a record high temperature of 27.5 degrees in Egilsstadir. The president expressed his sorrow over news from the west coast, a woman broke her leg in Þórsmörk, and there were severe traffic disruptions due to an accident near Geldingaá.

Internationally, the Spanish team made history in the 2024 European Football Championship.