# Europe heatwave: Drowning deaths soar in France

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Podcast: [Newshour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927)
Published: 2026-06-23T21:17:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730bn292k25bd
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A searing heatwave in western Europe is continuing to break records, with France registering its hottest-ever average daily temperature. Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths there since Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said. Also on the programme: Afghanistan’s Taliban government says a delegation has met European Union officials in Brussels, to discuss migration; and the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC is set to be drained as US President Donald Trump again blamed vandals for bright green algae and peeling paint that has appeared just weeks after a multi-million-dollar renovation. (Photo: France's sports minister Marina Ferrari warned that too many people were heading for reservoirs and rivers without taking the risks into account. Credit: Getty)

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