France restricts public alcohol consumption and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe (opens in new tab)

Young boys prepare to dive in the Seine river, in Samois-sur-Seine, south of Paris, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)2026-06-21T04:00:46Z PARIS (AP) — France put emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricted public alcohol consumption and canceled some outdoor sports events to cope with a unfurling across parts of Europe. Multiple drowning deaths have been reported.About a third of France is under the heat red alert Sunday and expected to reach 40 degrees...