Paris, France, June 21, 2026 (AFP) - France hosts street music festival despite worsening heatwave

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2026-06-21

France went ahead with its annual street music festival on Sunday in a boiling heatwave, with a third of the country on red alert and alcohol consumption banned in the streets. In a first, the red alert -- France's highest heat warning -- was issued across half the country for Monday, as temperatures under the fierce heatwave were expected to climb further. Thirty-five departments -- roughly a third of the country -- were under the highest heat a......

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