England recorded its warmest June since records began, with a provisional peak of 37.7C in Norfolk and rare extreme heat warnings across parts of the country. The heatwave also affected much of Europe, where authorities reported more than 1,000 heat-related excess deaths in both France and Spain.
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The WHO says Europe’s heatwave has been linked to more than 1,300 excess deaths since June 21. Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic set new temperature records as extreme heat moved east.
France recorded its hottest June day since measurements began in 1947 as a heatwave spread across Europe. The extreme weather has caused power outages, school closures, health alerts and dozens of drownings linked to attempts to cool off.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Márki-Zay plans to amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok after the president refused to resign. The standoff highlights tensions between the new government and remnants of Viktor Orbán’s regime.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years as opposition leader Peter Magyar’s center-right party wins a parliamentary supermajority. European leaders welcome the shift toward European Union values.
Hungary’s April 12 election could end Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule amid concerns over electoral fairness and entrenched authoritarian structures. Opposition leader Péter Magyar campaigns for regime change, but systemic obstacles remain.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The Nobel Assembly praised the laureates for their work which has "fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system" and for contributing to the "unprecedented rate of vaccine development". This technology has been used to develop vaccines for a range of diseases, including COVID-19.
American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson earned a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, beating out Jamaicans Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Richardson's victory was a stunning upset, coming two years after her Tokyo Olympic dreams were dashed due to a positive marijuana test. She expressed her gratitude for the victory, and her win has firmly established her as a Paris 2024 medal contender.