Europe has been baking in a heatwave nicknamed the settimana infernale - "week of hell" - in Italy. Temperatures above 50C have been recorded in China and the US, where body bags filled with ice are being used to cool hospital patients. The UK has just had its hottest ever June. And in 2022, the UK recorded a temperature above 40C for the first time. Last year's heatwave has been blamed for 60,000
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