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About 20 drown in France trying to escape heatwave sweeping much of Europe

Al Jazeera · Jun 23, 2026, 8:35 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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France struggles with extreme heat and power grid challenges as temperature records also smashed in parts of UK, Spain.

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