Hello and welcome. Temperature records have been broken across europe. The highest temperature recorded today was in paris, 42. 6 degrees celsius, breaking a seventy year old record in the french capital. The netherlands recorded its highest ever temperature, at 40. 7 degrees. And in the belgian village of Kleine Brogel temperatures hit 40. 6 degrees. Lets look at some of those countries in more detail. In belgium theyve been taking extreme measures to cope with the heat. This is a nursing home in dilbeek where care staff have been cooling down residents by spraying them with water. Belgium is one of four countries to have declared a severe heat alert, urging people to avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight. Gavin lee reports from Kleine Brogel. This is the village, one of the many villages in the past 24 hours that have broken the record setting temperature, and the town in the west of the country has beaten them so west of the country has beaten them so far but we expect the tem
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