{
  "id": 5453035,
  "title": "Summer 2026 becomes, by far, the hottest ever recorded in France: 'Beating the record by almost 1°C in a single season is huge'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/summer-2026-becomes-by-far-the-hottest-ever-recorded-in-france",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-04T00:37:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/09/04/summer-2026-becomes-by-far-the-hottest-ever-recorded-in-france-beating-the-record-by-almost-1-c-in-a-single-season-is-huge_6757141_114.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Such a summer, which today has a one in 100 chance of occurring, would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-03T19:02:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}