England just experienced its hottest day ever. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre were shut due to the heatwave sweeping across Europe. The continent is warming twice as fast as the global average and is now regularly reckoning with heat extremes.

Europe faces record-breaking heatwave as temperatures soar past 40C, forcing school closures, travel disruption and urgent health warnings across the continent.

Climate change is making extremely dangerous heat waves like this one more common.