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A Pharmacy's green cross shows 31°C at midday in Lyon as the orange heatwave vigilance continues in the Rhône department. A total of 45 departments in France are affected by this vigilance issued by the French weather agency Météo-France. IMAGES
Images in front of the Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux, Gironde, one of the 39 departements placed on orange heatwave alert by France's weather agency, Meteo-France. The French weather agency predicts today to be the 'hottest day' of the short-lived but intense heatwave. IMAGES
Images from the beach at Bordeaux-Lac in Gironde, one of the thirteen départements placed on orange heatwave alert by Météo-France. 22 other departments in the south of France are under yellow alert due to the first heatwave of 2024. IMAGES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses confidence in efforts to secure the release of hostages seized by Hamas, in a speech to US lawmakers attended by Noa Argamani, who was held by the militants. "I'm confident that these efforts can succeed, some of them are taking place right now," Netanyahu says. SOUNDBITE
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hugs his wife and father at the Canberra Airport as he returns home to Australia to start life as a free man after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell. IMAGES
Julian Assange leaves a US court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a Pacific US territory, where he was freed in landmark plea deal. The Wikileaks founder pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defence information. He's now expected to fly to Canberra in his native Australia. IMAGES