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Heatwaves caused by climate crisis may become regular event, says Met Office chief

Chief meteorologist says extreme temperatures ‘entirely consistent’ with human-induced climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

France fights spreading wildfires as heat wave fries Europe

France is scrambling more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires being fed by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe

The Independent UK

France girds for heat records as wildfires rage on

France on Monday braced for what could become one of the hottest days ever recorded with temperatures reaching and even exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in coastal regions cherished by tourists, as wildfires intensified in the west and south.

Reuters

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France on high alert as forest fires rage, heatwave temperatures soar

Thousands more people were being evacuated from their homes in southwestern France on Monday as a wildfire continued to rage in the region, local officials said. Weather forecasters have put 15 departments on the highest state of alert for extreme temperatures, with a peak expected on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

In photos: Wildfires raging from France to Slovenia force thousands to flee

Wildfires are spreading as much of Europe faces a historic heat wave.

Axios

Aid Sought For Elite Parachutist Severely Injured Following Horror Paragliding Incident

“Lee has survived an extremely difficult injury as he severed his aorta and underwent emergency surgery.”

Zenger

France Braces for Record Temperatures

France was bracing Monday for the peak of the heatwave gripping the country, with crushing temperatures expected from the Mediterranean as far up as Brittany in the northwest. Forecasters have put 15 departments across the country on the highest state of alert for extreme temperatures, including Gironde in the southwest…

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France braces for record temperatures as wildfires rage across Europe

Thousands evacuated as above 40C forecast for some French regions on Monday and more lives lost in soaring heat in Spain

The Guardian - AU

Iceland, Italy and Belgium fight to join Euros 2022 quarter-finals

Group leaders France have already qualified for the last eight.

The Independent UK

No clear evidence Rwanda plan deterring migrant crossings, say MPs

The Commons Home Affairs Committee accused ministers of hunting for 'radical new policies that might make good headlines' but do little to stem the flow of migrants

Wales Online

Britain, France brace for hottest day as Europe forest fires rage

Britain and France went on heatwave alert on Monday bracing for record temperatures as southwest Europe wilted under a scorching sun and ferocious wildfires devoured more forests.

France 24

Mark Parsons: Netherlands gaining energy after reaching Euro 2022 quarter-finals

The Dutch clinched a spot in the knockout stages as runners-up in Group C.

The Independent UK

Women’s Euro 2022: Sweden top Group C with Portugal rout to hand Netherlands quarter-final date with France

Tournament holders Netherlands will face fellow contenders France in the Women’s Euro 2022 quarter-finals after being outscored by Sweden in a goal-fest climax to Group C.

Evening Standard

Macron decries anti-Semitism on 80th anniversary of WWII roundup of Jews

French President Emmanuel Macron warned against anti-Semitism and historical revisionism on Sunday as he commemorated victims of the Holocaust on the 80th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup of Jewish families. "Anti-Semitism is not over and we should say so," he said.

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Macron decries anti-Semitism on 80th anniversary of Jewish deportations

Axios

Historic heat and wildfire crisis grips Europe as U.S. temperatures climb

The forecast for the U.K. is unprecedented, while punishing heat is in store for Plains and West.

Radio France Internationale

Fires scorch France and Spain as Europe wilts under extreme heat wave

Authorities in France and across southwest Europe are battling to control huge wildfires and thousands of people have been evacuated in soaring temperatures.

The Guardian - UK

Forest fires rage across Europe as heatwave sends temperatures soaring

Civil defence authorities battle blazes that have forced evacuation of thousands of people across continent

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Reuters

'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles wildfires in intense heat

Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say are consistent with climate change.

The Independent UK

Fires scorch France, Spain; temperature-related deaths soar

Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in France and Spain as Europe wilts under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities link to a rise in excess mortality

France 24

Forest fires rage in southwest France for fifth day

Firefighters in France's southwestern Gironde region were fighting to control two forest blazes that have devoured more than 10,000 hectares since Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Gérard Depardieu profile: he’s ‘the best and worst of France’

He once downed 14 bottles of wine and counted Putin as a pal. With his new film out, what are we – and the French – to make of him?

Evening Standard

Europe heatwave: Thousands of firefighters battle blazes across Portugal, Spain and France

Wildfires continue to rage across Portugal, Spain and France as Europe is in the grips of a sweltering heatwave.

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivors mark 80 years since mass Paris roundup

France is holding ceremonies Sunday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of a mass roundup of Jews in Paris under the Nazi occupation

France 24

France 'betrayed itself' with the Vél d'Hiv roundup, says President Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that France under the Vichy regime “extinguished the Enlightenment” during a speech at the former train station in Pithiviers from which more 8,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz. Macron’s speech was part of France’s commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Vél d’Hiv…

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