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Forty drown in France as people seek relief from Europe's heatwave

Forty drown in France as people seek relief from Europe's heatwave
France 24 Wednesday 24 June 2026, 13:22 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Forty drown in France as people seek relief from Europe's heatwave Issued on: Share Forty people have drowned in France over recent days as they sought to cool down to escape record heat, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as a heatwave swept across much of Europe.
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