Buildings around Gare Saint-Lazare, in Paris, on July 1, 2025. CAMILLE MILLERAND/DIVERGENCE FOR LE MONDE With temperatures approaching 40°C in parts of France and the country’s building stock showing significant vulnerability to extreme heat, issues around the installation of window shutters have gained traction in public debate. Unprotected windows leave residents directly exposed to sunlight, […]
European Commission Executive Vice President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera attends a press conference on an EU climate target for 2040 in Brussels, Belgium, July 2, 2025. YVES HERMAN / REUTERS The European Union on Wednesday, July 2 unveiled its long-delayed target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, but with contested […]
The sun rises by the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur Basilica on top of the Montmartre hill in Paris on July 1, 2025. THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP Two people died in France as a result of “heat-related illness,” said the minister for ecological transition on Wednesday, July 2, as the country registered its second-hottest […]
Not a breath of air rises from the walls of Evin prison, destroyed by the blind fury of Israeli bombs. How could it? There is no water, no infirmary, no administration, no guard post. The large gate, once so feared, has been pulverized and dissolved into thin air. The first two floors of Wing 4, […]
Emmanuel Macron during a press conference at the Elysée Palace in Paris, June 13, 2025. KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU FOR LE MONDE The exchange lasted over two hours. On Tuesday, July 1, when Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin, as the two heads of state had agreed earlier, the French president was fully aware that […]
Inside Evin prison after Israeli airstrikes in June, Tehran, July 1, 2025, during a press tour organized by the government. AFP After 12 days of war, Iran has begun a crackdown on presumed “collaborators.” Ever since the ceasefire with Israel took effect on June 24, arrests have multiplied across the country, targeting human rights activists, […]
A man holds a water bottle as he walks, during a heatwave, in Seville, Spain, July 1, 2025. JON NAZCA / REUTERS Firefighters in Spain have said they found two bodies after a blaze in the northeast of the country, which is in the midst of a brutal heatwave. The heatwave across Europe this week […]
The Dalai Lama speaks in a video broadcast at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference, a meeting of religious leaders in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala on July 2, 2025. SANJAY BAID / AFP Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday, July 2 that the 600-year-old institution will continue after his death, […]
Tourists cool off in the Trocadero Fountain, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on July 1, 2025, as temperatures in France hit a peak. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP After days of record-breaking heatwaves across Europe, relief will start to arrive from the Atlantic on Wednesday, July 2, bringing thunderstorms and cooler temperatures to […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, on June 25, 2025. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP The White House said on Tuesday, July 1 that it is halting some key weapons shipments to Ukraine that were promised under the Biden administration for Kyiv’s battle against the Russian invasion. Read more Subscribers […]
