Welcome to Europe 's new normal, said Hamdam Mostafavi in Libération (Paris), where our once-glorious summers have been made almost unliveable by extreme heat. Even in Germany, temperatures hit 40°C during last week's heatwave - the point at which the human body stops functioning optimally.

Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to an analysis.