Europe swelters under fresh wave of extreme heat

More than 135 million people were forecast to face temperatures above 35°C, with Britain recording its fifth-hottest day on record and parts of France soaring past 42°C.

Repeat heatwaves and drought have fuelled a historically hot summer of wildfires, and contributed to the deaths of thousands of people.

Millions of people across Europe particularly in France, Italy, Spain and Britain baked through a new wave of extreme temperatures Thursday as the continent's latest heatwave picked up.Europe swelters under fresh wave of extreme heatMore than 135 million people were forecast to face temperatures above 35C, with Britain

UK records its hottest day of the year as the temperature in west London reaches 38.1 degrees Celsius.