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South Korea has expanded heat wave warnings to cover 43 per cent of the Greater Seoul area as extreme temperatures continue across the peninsula, with 2,221 hospitalisations and 19 deaths recorded.
South Korea registered its highest temperature on record at 41.4°C in the southeastern city of Yangsan, shattering the previous mark as an intense heatwave blankets much of the nation for a third consecutive day.
Firefighters in France are battling two separate blazes that have consumed more than 1,300 hectares of woodland near Paris. Police have arrested two individuals suspected of intentionally starting the fires.
Severe drought and dangerous wildfire conditions have forced communities across the western United States to cancel or restrict Fourth of July fireworks displays, with 41 large uncontained fires burning nationwide at the country's second-highest preparedness level.
Poland experienced its hottest day on record when temperatures reached 40.5°C in the western town of Slubice, shattering a century-old record that had stood since 1921.