Red warning for south-east England after record June heat; 150 million Europeans to experience temperatures above 35C today – Europe heatwave live

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European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say

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Tarmac playgrounds and windows that don’t open: why hot spells turn our schools into heat traps | Harry Paticas

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Ben Jennings on a new idea for ‘carbon capture’ – cartoon

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City of Paris achieves partial victory over TotalEnergies in climate risks case

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Unions urge teachers to strike as French school exams go ahead in up to 40C heat

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US supreme court blocks thousands of lawsuits over Roundup maker’s pesticide warning labels

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Polanski and unions warn Burnham against backsliding on climate action

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‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM

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UK records its hottest ever June day as health emergencies surge across Europe

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Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat

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Datacentres facing increase in global climate-related legal cases, report finds

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Extreme heat grips Europe as UK hits new June record, France shuts down nuclear reactors and deaths rise across continent – as it happened

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Exploit last North Sea oil and gas or risk mass job losses, Andy Burnham urged

Farmers criticise government plan to counter threats to UK food security

US says chemical giant Chemours to pay $450m to settle ‘forever chemicals’ case

UK records its hottest June day and France its hottest day ever as heatwave sweeps Europe

‘Instant connection to the past’: how the Major oak affected those who saw it

Farm workers at higher risk amid screwworm outbreak in US south-west

‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist

‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds

24-hour parks and alcohol bans: what cities could learn from Paris’s ‘heatwave mode’ | Helen Massy-Beresford

Wednesday briefing: How can the UK protect its landscape in an increasingly hot world?

Europe heatwave live: UK breaks temperature record for June as parts of France hit 40C – as it happened

Different sperm whale ‘dialects’ detected on separate sides of the Mediterranean

Woman attacked by shark at Coogee beach wakes briefly from coma to say three words

Weakening UK net zero policy would damage economy, chief climate adviser says

Adidas, Uniqlo and Calvin Klein ads in UK banned over ‘recycled’ clothing claims

Hard-right figures take aim at Ed Miliband and UK net zero policies at ‘anti-woke Davos’

Searing UK heat leaves schools, hospitals and transport networks struggling to cope

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France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country

Hosepipe ban introduced by South East Water as heatwave causes surge in demand

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Europe’s June heatwave – in pictures