The WHO says the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius is over after the final exposed contact completed quarantine and tested negative. The rare Andes virus outbreak infected 13 people and killed three.
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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.
A magnitude 4.6 aftershock shook Venezuela’s quake-hit coast as residents in La Guaira said they were still leading searches with limited official help. The government says at least 1,719 people have died, while international aid and rescue teams continue to arrive.
At least 920 people have died and more than 3,300 have been injured after two powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela. Rescue teams and international aid are arriving as families search for missing relatives and hospitals struggle to cope.
Paris is limiting public drinking and takeaway alcohol sales as a record heatwave strains hospitals. The heat has broken records across Europe, with scientists linking its intensity to human-caused climate change.
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.
France has reported 40 drownings since Thursday as a severe heat wave drives people into rivers and other unsupervised waters. Record heat has disrupted schools, transportation, landmarks and labor across several European countries.
Mona Khalil, a leading Lebanese sea turtle conservationist, died after an Israeli strike hit her home near al-Mansouri beach. Her Orange House project trained volunteers and helped protect endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles along Lebanon’s southern coast.