An 18-month-old baby has died during France's heatwave after reportedly being forgotten in a car by a parent on their way to work.

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Two children, aged two and four, were found unresponsive inside a car at a property in France during a heatwave which is sending temperatures surging above 40C

Paris is recording temperatures well above 40C for the first time in 150 years