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Le Figaro's front page highlights the ongoing heatwave in France, with record temperatures reported and fires raging in the Landes region. The sports section focuses on swimming, featuring updates on Léon Marchand and Florent Manaudou's retirement. Other stories include a legal development in the…
Léon Marchand, a quadruple Olympic champion, has generated high expectations for his individual races at the European Swimming Championships, the 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle.
Florent Manaudou, a swimmer and Olympic champion, announces his retirement from competitive swimming.
After winning a silver medal in the 100m butterfly at the European Championships, French swimmer Maxime Grousset expresses his ambition and reflects on a world record.
The heatwave continues to spread across France, with 81 departments on orange alert and eight on red alert, while a fire rages in the Landes region.
The ongoing heatwave has caused several absolute temperature records to be broken across France.
Following the deaths of firefighters in an incident in Mérignac, a minor has been charged.
The weather forecast for August 15-16 indicates that the heatwave will be replaced by thunderstorms in many parts of France.
Temperatures are nearing 30°C in Corsica and by the Mediterranean, while Paris recorded 24.2°C. The night was warm in the center of the country, but a cooling trend is expected from the English Channel coast.
