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On June 26, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1460, War of the Roses: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London. In 1824, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (died 1907) was born. In 1914, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty (died 2001) was born. In 1941, World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day. In 1944, World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths. In 1948, Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade. In 1963, Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall. In 1981, Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish. In 1988, The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board. In 2015, Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

UK extends red warning for heatwave: Much of Europe seeing extremely high temperatures

Al Jazeera English

June 25, 2026

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Large parts of Europe are facing another day of extreme heat, with record temperatures expected to rise even further. In the UK, a record June temperature of more than 36 degrees Celsius has been set for the second day running. It's part of a heat wave that has caused hundreds of deaths around Europe in the last week. Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from London. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #EuropeHeatwave #UKHeatwave #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis #EuropeWeather #HeatwaveWarning #LondonWeather #UKWeather #RecordTemperatures #GlobalWarming #AlJazeeraEnglish

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