Paris opens three Seine swimming sites for second summer, drawing crowds amid heatwave · Pollar

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Khamenei mourned, Europe swelters

Heat and hard politics batter America, Europe and Ukraine while Iran mourns Khamenei

The past 12 hours brought a grim mix of war claims, punishing weather and political theatre. Iran staged mourning on a continental scale, Europe and America baked, and Germany’s far right turned disruption into a campaign image.

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Paris opens three Seine swimming sites for second summer, drawing crowds amid heatwave · Pollar