Credit: AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez France records its hottest day ever as Europe withers in early heat wave
German railway operator says trains halted across the country because of a problem with a radio system
France records its hottest-ever day with an average temperature of 29.8 C (85.6 F), national weather agency says
UN agency says an evacuation plan to begin that will see 11,000 stranded seafarers transit through the Strait of Hormuz