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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

‘It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market

Papua New Guinea at risk of food shortages as El Niño brings frost and drought

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

The Guardian view on extreme heat: as risks escalate, adaptation plans are dangerously lagging | Editorial

Europe battles record-breaking heat: is this the new normal? - The Latest

From yoghurt to luxury sails: how to shade your home from supercharged UK heatwaves

France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country

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

A super El Niño threatens disaster. Trump is handling it recklessly | Terry Garcia

Europe’s June heatwave – in pictures

Majority of datacenters are vulnerable to climate threats like floods and fires, study finds

Can the UK kick its cod habit? Fish and chip shop favourite slips down the menu as prices soar

Scientists alarmed after two wildfires hit Greenland within a week

Air pollution is a fixable problem – just look at how London and New York have cleaned up their acts | Sadiq Khan and Michael Bloomberg

Nissan ‘shelves all-electric Qashqai plans’ as it cuts costs

Clean economy brings jobs and growth, says Miliband as £100bn invested in green energy

Levitating penguins and predatory ants: Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2026 shortlist – in pictures

Forty people drown in France; Met Office warns UK temperatures could reach 39C – as it happened

A thousand years old and 20 storeys high: tracking down Taiwan’s tallest trees

🌎 Pushing the Frontier for carbon removal #301

Met Office issues rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday

Two children found dead in car in France as heatwave hits Europe

From mobile jungles to shadow art: how Dutch people try to beat the heat

Western Australian poultry farms locked down as second wild bird dies from H5N1 bird flu

France cancels events and restricts alcohol consumption amid brutal heatwave

Angus Taylor dismisses Labor’s ‘half-arsed’ tweaks to CGT reform – as it happened

Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach

Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon

Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging

From coal to cabernet: the wine seller using a flooded mine to cut heating bills

JLR at risk of battery supply delays after Somerset factory turmoil

Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage

First pelicans in 360 years hatch in St James’s Park London