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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

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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

Reuters

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.

Axios

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.

Radio France Internationale

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

The Guardian - UK

'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.

Reuters

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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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Forest Fires Rage in Scorching Southwest Europe

A summer heatwave that has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest Europe showed no signs of abating Sunday, as parts of the continent readied for new temperature records early next week. Firefighters in France, Portugal, Spain and Greece are battling forest blazes that have ravaged thousands of hectares of land…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France's Macron to Mark 80th Anniversary of WWII Round-up of Jews

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday mark the 80th anniversary of the wartime round-up of Jews in France at a former railway station used to deport them to Auschwitz. With him at Pithiviers station, 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Paris, will be some of the handful of the…

France 24

Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s top prosecutor, security chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday sacked his chief prosecutor and the head of the country’s security agency in the largest government shakeup since the start of Russia’s invasion nearly five months ago. The move came as a Ukrainian military official warned that Russia is preparing for the next stage…

ABC News

The heatwave gripping Europe that sparked a 'red' warning in the UK is expected to get worse

A heatwave gripping Europe that has already caused deaths and serious wildfires appears set to get even worse. Here's what you need to know.

The Guardian - UK

Thousands evacuated as wildfires sweep across western Europe

People ordered to leave homes in France and on Costa del Sol while Portugal says heatwave has killed 238 so far

Radio France Internationale

Survivor of 1942 Jewish roundup tells her story 'for those who didn't come back'

On 16 and 17 July, 1942, French police snatched close to 13,000 Jewish men, women and children from their homes in Paris in what was the largest operation of its kind in Western Europe. Most were taken to the Winter Velodrome before being sent to the death camps. Arlette Testyler,…

The Hindu

Australia's Michael Matthews wins Tour de France Stage 14 after solo ride

Michael Matthews of Australia has posted a solo win on the 14th stage of the Tour de France after a long breakaway and a tremendous effort on the last climb

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