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EXPLAINER: Can Europe live without Russian natural gas?

Europe is bracing for the possibility that the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline that brings natural gas from Russia to Germany won't reopen as scheduled after routine maintenance

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Macron tours blaze devastation as firefighters battle French wildfires

French President Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters battling twin blazes near Bordeaux on Wednesday as Europe counted the cost of a record heatwave and climate change protesters pointed to the sizzling weather as a wake up call for the continent.

France 24 · Jul 20, 2022

Wildfires are becoming more common in the UK – but the threat can be managed

The UK has been rather hot of late. So hot, in fact, that parts of England and Wales recently received their first ever red warning for extreme heat.

The Conversation · Jul 20, 2022

How record-setting heat waves in cities across UK, US and mainland Europe could punish economies already reeling from inflation

Hundreds of millions of people struggled to keep cool amid a sweltering summer heat wave as cities across the U.S. and mainland Europe experienced record-high temperatures. In the U.K., thermometers topped 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) on July 19, 2022, the highest ever recorded.

The Conversation · Jul 20, 2022

Rory McIlroy and seven more options to replace Henrik Stenson as European Ryder Cup captain after LIV Golf move

There are some good options to replace Stenson as captain of Team Europe.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 20, 2022

Henrik Stenson stripped of Ryder Cup captaincy amid LIV Golf links

The Swede, who won the Open in 2016 and is a two-time European player of the year, could feature in the third LIV Golf event next week

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Italy political turmoil a headache for Europe's central bank

Italy's political turmoil is making life harder for the European Central Bank as it hikes interest rates and raising bad memories of the eurozone debt crisis a decade ago

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

The UK hit 40 degrees for first time. It’s a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia

The heat in Europe is yet another sign that changes in Earth’s climate have reached dangerous levels. Australia must brace for even deadlier temperatures.

The New Daily · Jul 20, 2022

‘We’ve lost everything’: Tourists evacuated in France’s Gironde as wildfires rage

As a heatwave scorches Western Europe, some 38,500 people have been evacuated away from forest fires raging in France’s southwestern Gironde region. No deaths have been reported as of Wednesday, but holidaymakers at campsites near the Dune du Pilat – Europe’s tallest sand dune, perched amid a forest on the…

France 24 · Jul 20, 2022

Europe heat wave shows world has entered new era of climate extremes

Climate change made this event possible, scientists say.

Axios · Jul 20, 2022