{
  "id": 444096,
  "title": "Western Europe lived through hottest June and July ever recorded",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/western-europe-lived-through-hottest-june-and-july-ever-recorded",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T02:15:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-western-europe-saw-hottest-june-july-on-record-as-climate-change-fuels-historic-summer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Climate change across Western Europe has brought a summer of heat, drought and wildfires to the region and put the combined average temperature from June through July at 21.62C – beating the 2022 record for the same period, the EU's global warming monitor said Monday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}