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France heatwave cooling measures

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Latest: France heatwave sparks sleep advice: cooling tricks and mattress guidance

During July 2026, France experienced an extreme heatwave that prompted a series of consumer‑focused and health‑oriented responses. Early in the month, retailers highlighted inexpensive home‑cooling solutions, such as the

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France heatwave drives drownings, fires, outages

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Latest: Severe thunderstorms in France cause widespread electrical surges and property damage

The June‑July heatwave in France has continued to claim lives and strain resources. By 13 July the Ministry of Sports recorded 142 drownings since 19 June, up from 131 earlier in the week, with more than half occurring a

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EU and members tighten child safety rules

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Latest: Australia bans social media for under‑16s as France joins global push

The European Union’s child‑online‑safety drive has accelerated, building on earlier French legislation that bans under‑15s from major social‑media platforms. The Commission is preparing an EU‑wide age‑verification app an

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Pope Leo XIV urges cease‑fire, prays for fire victims

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Latest: Pope Leo XIV calls for Middle East cease‑fire and urges prayers for France‑Spain wildfires

Pope Leo XIV continued his push for an immediate cease‑fire in the Middle East, emphasizing that intensified fighting threatens civilians, drinking‑water supplies and electricity in the West Bank and Gaza. In his Angelus

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Netflix French GIGN series sustains global hit

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Latest: French GIGN Action Series Debuts on Netflix

The eight‑episode French action thriller “GIGN” (also released as “Unité de Elite GIGN”, “Elitní jednotka” and “GIGN – Forze Speciali”) debuted on Netflix on 22 June 2026, streaming all episodes at once. Directed by Juli

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Romania SAFE funding, contracts, deadlock – €1bn H225M deal

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Latest: Romania secures twelve Thales GM200 MM/A radars from France

Romania’s €16.7 billion SAFE loan continues to drive a multi‑year modernisation programme. In late June 2026 the government placed two major short‑range air‑defence orders with Rheinmetall, and the Ministry of National D

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Champagne harvest yield cuts

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Latest: France Sets 2026 Yield Targets for Champagne and Label‑Red Strawberries

The Comité Champagne reaffirmed the 2026 commercialisable yield limit of 8,800 kg per hectare, the fourth consecutive reduction after 11,400 kg/ha in 2023, 10,000 kg/ha in 2024 and 9,000 kg/ha in 2025. The cut is intende

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Belgium heat wave intensifies

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Latest: France and neighboring countries brace for intense July heat wave

The July 21 forecast for Belgium described a warm, partly sunny spell with daytime highs of 18 °C on the coast and up to 24 °C inland. By July 25, the situation had escalated: a heat‑and‑ozone warning plan was activated

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UK travel warnings over European wildfires

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Latest: UK warns British tourists as wildfires claim lives in Spain and threaten Bordeaux

In mid‑July, a deadly wildfire in Spain’s Almería province that claimed a British couple prompted the UK Foreign Office to issue new travel advice for popular Mediterranean holiday spots, urging visitors to register for

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