Spanish city shatters heat record
Spain's eastern city of Valencia set a new temperature record on Thursday as the country baked under its third heat wave of the summer.
Spain's eastern city of Valencia set a new temperature record on Thursday as the country baked under its third heat wave of the summer.
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