A shopper rests with her puppy in the shade in the town centre in Huddersfield in Northern England on June 23, 2026, as temperatures increase to heatwave levels and are set to rise further in the week ahead.

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Ebola case confirmed in France, patient isolated

The ministry specified that the case had been identified in mainland France

Healthcare workers carry on a stretcher a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Europe's record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in northwestern France on Wednesday, authorities said, in the country's first major power outage of the latest bout of extreme weather.

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Record-breaking heatwave shuts landmarks and schools as Europe swelters

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Report urges next PM to accelerate EVs and heat pumps or miss climate goals

BMW AG overhauls a Mini Factory for the electric age with UK support.

Technical glitch paralyses Germany's rail network

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Trump criticises UK's Starmer after PM's resignation

Oval Office remarks fault North Sea policy, NATO stance and Iran strike delays

Resigned UK PM Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump.

Two children die in France as heatwave toasts Europe

Record-breaking temperatures trigger red alerts, school closures across France

Volunteer farmers help to fight against flames at a wildfire near Belin-Beliet, southwestern France. Wildfires have broken out across Europe this summer as successive heatwaves bake the continent, bring record temperatures and renew focus on climate change risks to industry and livelihoods.

Trump threatens to not help NATO countries if asked

Trump links future NATO assistance to allies’ stance on US military action in Iran

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington.

Rashmika Mandanna steps into messy world of Cocktail 2

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Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna on why 'Cocktail 2' is a must watch

Seven PMs in 10 years: Britain’s decade of ‘chaos’

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Liz Truss who replaced Boris Johnson . Truss was prime minister for just 49 days, the shortest on record, before being ousted over her disastrous tax-cutting mini-budget.

Heatwave grips Europe, forcing closures and alerts

13 drown in France as temperatures soar and heat alerts spread across Europe

Swimmers get ready to jump from a bridge in the Canal Saint-Martin as France experiences a heatwave in Paris on June 21, 2026.

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