{
  "id": 1998461,
  "title": "France records 1,243 additional deaths during July heatwave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/france-records-1-243-additional-deaths-during-july-heatwave",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:28:05.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "ajel-english",
    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/world/8cpxul2pe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "France's public health agency reported 1,243 extra deaths during the second heatwave between July 3 and 22, with most victims aged 75 or older.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "More than 7,300 excess deaths in France's historically hot summer so far",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/more-than-7-300-excess-deaths-in-frances-historically-hot-summer-so",
        "published": "2026-08-19T14:36:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "New data show more than 7,300 excess deaths in France's historically hot summer so far",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/new-data-show-more-than-7-300-excess-deaths-in-frances-historically",
        "published": "2026-08-19T15:23:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}