France braces for a week of punishing heat as red alerts spread (opens in new tab)

A sign outside a pharmacy displays a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)2026-06-22T08:27:31Z PARIS (AP) — France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a grueling heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.The national weather service, Meteo France, said that most of the country — the largest in the ...