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As the mercury edges towards the 40-degree mark in France, with record temperatures for the month of June expected to be broken, Parisians try to cool off in the shade of the trees on the banks of the Seine, in the centre of the capital. IMAGES
French health minister, Brigitte Bourguignon, visits the residents of a nursing home in Poitiers, as France's record pre-summer heatwave spreads across the country. IMAGES
As the heatwave settles in France, with record temperatures for the month of June expected to be broken, Parisians are trying to cool down in the shade of the Luxembourg Gardens in the centre of the capital. IMAGES
On the banks of the Ourq canal in Paris, swimming pools and humidifiers make Parisians happy in the face of a crippling heatwave affecting the capital. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen recommends the bloc drop a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers. The original proposal, put forward by her European Commission as part of the European Union's green transition, "has become a symbol of polarisation," she tells the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. SOUNDBITE
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES