{
  "id": 101954,
  "title": "Europe's record-breaking heat sparks wildfires, drought in France, Greece and the UK",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/europes-record-breaking-heat-sparks-wildfires-drought-in-france",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T19:50:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260803-europe-s-record-breaking-heat-sparks-wildfires-drought-in-france-greece-and-the-uk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Europe's record-breaking hot and dry summer continues to take its toll on France and Greece, where firefighters fought to contain major blazes, while the UK recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries. Europe is Earth’s fastest-warming continent, heating at more than twice the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate service.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Visualize the air pollution from wildfires in France and across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/visualize-the-air-pollution-from-wildfires-in-france-and-across-europe",
        "published": "2026-08-04T03:00:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Extreme heat grips Southern Europe as Spain sends toxic alerts and France shuts reactors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/extreme-heat-grips-southern-europe-as-spain-sends-toxic-alerts-and",
        "published": "2026-08-04T04:03:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "France wildfires reveal hundreds of WW2 shells in village",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/france-wildfires-reveal-hundreds-of-ww2-shells-in-village",
        "published": "2026-08-04T04:22:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "WWII explosives detonate in France amid wildfires: \"Sound of war\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/wwii-explosives-detonate-in-france-amid-wildfires-sound-of-war",
        "published": "2026-08-04T12:17:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}