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Government to hold crisis meeting as France heads into heatwave

Many French people have been keeping to the shade as high temperatures weigh on the country © Jeff Pachoud, AFP

France's government will on Thursday hold a crisis meeting to tackle a heatwave that could reach its high point at the weekend, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's office told AFP.

Senior civil servants from Borne's office as well as the interior, health, agriculture and transport ministries were set to meet at 5:00 pm (1500 GMT).

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