The matter of a naval mission to the Persian Gulf is a test of whether the U.S. – or at least Donald Trump – has any serious allies in Europe other than, perhaps, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Germany, at least, isn’t on board.
France on Friday registered its highest-ever temperature, with 45.1 degrees Celsius having been recorded in Villevieille, a village in the southern department of Gard near Montpellier, state weather forecaster Meteo-France announced. The temperature beat the previous record of 44.1 degrees Celsius that was recorded in Saint-Christol-les-Ales and Conqueyrac in August 2003.
