France and Belgium confirm over 3,000 excess deaths amid record European heatwave 

Data from the Public Health France agency shows a 29 per cent surge in deaths between June 22 and June 28 compared to the prior week."The recurrence of these intense weather events underscores a deepening challenge for European infrastructure and public health policy, forcing governments to reconcile immediate disaster management with long-term climate adaptation strategies.World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the gravity of the situation on the X platform, stating, "Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.