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Britain issues first-ever 'red warning' of extreme heat; some hospitals cancel surgeries, many schools to shut; blazes in France, Greece, Portugal, Spain force thousands to flee
Britain and France went on high alert on Monday, bracing for record temperatures from a punishing heatwave as deadly wildfires raging in parts of southwest Europe showed no sign of abating.