Much of Europe prepared on Monday for an intensifying heatwave, with France placing 49 of its 96 mainland departments under red alert, up from 35 over the weekend, closing 845 schools and allowing pupils at another 1,800 schools to leave early. Parts of France recorded temperatures above 40C, and officials in the southwest Gironde region said extreme heat contributed to the deaths of three people aged 80 to 95. France restricted public alcohol consumption in red-alert areas for Fête de la Mus...

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