A severe June heatwave across western and central Europe has killed at least 18 people in France, including two children aged 2 and 4 who were found unconscious in a family car in Carpentras, and pushed several cities to new temperature records. Bordeaux reached 41.9C, breaking a record set last August, and Poitiers reached 41.2C, surpassing a previous high from 1947. Britain's Met Office forecast temperatures near 39C to 40C in parts of England and Wales, potentially exceeding the UK's June ...

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