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  "id": 494109,
  "title": "Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70% of France, government says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/drought-forces-water-restrictions-across-nearly-70-of-france",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T18:18:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/10/drought-forces-water-restrictions-across-nearly-70-of-france-government-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A series of heatwaves over the past three months, compounded by drought, have broken temperature records, caused thousands of excess deaths, and fuelled massive wildfires.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}