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Europe braces for sweltering weekend heat

Record temperatures, fires or drought: France, Spain and other western European countries braced on Saturday for a sweltering June weekend set to break records.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 18, 2022

Europe wilts under early heat wave from Med to North Sea

A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer.

WEKU · Jun 18, 2022

Summer holidays: is it cheaper to go to the UK, France or Spain?

Petrol, accommodation and food prices are rising at home and abroad. We compare the cost of three destinations

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2022

Zelensky adviser: Ukraine can win war in '3 to 6 months' if it gets heavy weapons soon

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke to FRANCE 24 a day after the visit of the French, German, Italian and Romanian leaders to Kyiv and Irpin. While welcoming this display of European unity with Ukraine, Podolyak called for more heavy weapons to be sent to his…

France 24 · Jun 17, 2022

Western Europeans Wilt in Early Summer Heatwave, Compounding Climate Change Fears

Spain headed for its hottest early summer temperatures in four decades on Friday, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers as a heatwave sent Europeans hunting for shade and fretting over climate change. Such was the heat that England's upscale Royal Ascot Racecourse even saw…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 17, 2022

France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

Cleaner who led pay strike faces former minister in Paris election

Rachel Keke, who coordinated successful strike for better pay and conditions, takes on Macron’s former sports minister

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

Former hotel housekeeper aims to give French workers a voice

A former hotel housekeeper has become a symbol of the recent revival of France’s left-wing

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Final campaign push as parliamentary polls put France's Macron to the test

President Emmanuel Macron and his allies are making one last push for votes ahead of Sunday's final round of parliamentary elections. The French leader could lose his overall majority in the face of a left-wing alliance, complicating his plans for a second term of reforms.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 17, 2022

GMB's Richard Madeley lifts lid on daughter Chloe's due date and pregnant France getaway

Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley said he is particularly excited to see his daughter Chloe have her own baby girl, during an appearance on Loose Women

Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022