Two children die in France as half of country on highest heat warning

Two children were found dead in a car in southeast France on Monday as the country faced the hottest day of a brutal heatwave that is forecast to last until the end of the week. The government for the first time issued its highest heat warning across half the country and more than 1,350 of the country's 60,000 schools closed as a safety measure.

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