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PARIS \u2014 France is putting emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricting public alcohol consumption and canceling some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave<\/a> unfurling across parts of Europe.<\/p>\n

About a third of France is under the national weather service\u2019s heat red alert Sunday and temperatures are high<\/a> nationwide, expected to reach 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Sunday in some areas, in a country where air-conditioning isn’t widespread. The forecast for Monday is even hotter.<\/p>\n

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