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Human-driven global warming was responsible for around 65 per cent of deaths across 12 European cities, studies say

Emmanuel Macron’s three-day trip is the first state visit to UK by a European Union head of state since Brexit.

Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Wednesday.

Several European clubs could be interested in signing players who have had their profile risen by the tournament.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday for a landmark three-day state visit – the first by a European Union head of state since Britain’s departure from the bloc, and the first by a French president since Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.

Macron’s three-day trip is the first state visit to the UK by a European Union head of state since Brexit and a symbol of the British government's desire to reset relations with the bloc after its withdrawal from the EU in 2020.

French president also spoke of empowered ‘wider Europe’ on first day of state visit to UK

The French president is the first European leader to have a state visit to the UK and address a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament since Brexit

French president addresses MPs on topical issues, from commitment to Ukraine, to European connection and US tariffs

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: A historic ‘one in, one out’ returns scheme that sends undocumented migrants back to continental Europe and grants refuge only to those with valid asylum claims would quickly dismantle people-smuggling operations. For the prime minister, it would also be a clear, practical and badly needed ‘win’

The incident comes amid a new surge of departures of irregular migrants from Libya to Southern Europe.