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  "id": 113957,
  "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",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-04T04:03:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/04/extreme-heat-grips-southern-europe-as-spain-sends-toxic-alerts-and-france-shuts-reactors"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Spanish industrial fire prompted toxic alerts, while France shut nuclear reactors to protect river levels. In Greece, severe wildfires have claimed five lives, marking one of its worst environmental crises in a decade as extreme heat continues across the region.",
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-03T19:50:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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": "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."
}