{
  "id": 5395990,
  "title": "France had its hottest summer since records began over a century ago, environment minister says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/france-had-its-hottest-summer-since-records-began-over-a-century-ago",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T19:02:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/03/france-had-its-hottest-summer-since-records-began-over-a-century-ago-environmnent-minister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to Meteo France, the summer of 2026 recorded an average temperature of 24 °C covering day and nighttime, 3.6 C above the normal average, and higher than in 2003, when temperatures were 2.7 C above normal.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "France records ‘hottest summer ever’ in 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/france-records-hottest-summer-ever-in-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-03T21:01:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}