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Two children die in France as heatwave blasts Europe
France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a gruelling heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40C.
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What happenedPARIS/MADRID/LONDON >> At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heat wave hung over Europe, smashing temperature records in several cities today.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Two children die after being left in parked car, as Europe gripped by 40C heat wave". The center frames it as "Europe heat wave kills 18 in France as temps shatter records".
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Same-event confidenceMedium
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Left / center-leftTwo children die after being left in parked car, as Europe gripped by 40C heat wave
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CenterTwo children die in France as heatwave blasts Europe
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Two children die after being left in parked car, as Europe gripped by 40C heat wave
France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a gruelling heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40C.
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Europe heat wave kills 18 in France as temps shatter records
PARIS/MADRID/LONDON >> At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heat wave hung over Europe, smashing temperature records in several cities today.