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Hello, welcome to Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4.

I'm Matthew Price.

Every day we ask one big question about one big story. Today, Europe's boiling. Is it climate change?

So look, you'll have seen the stories in Germany they've imposed a speed limit on the

auto barn because they're worried about the surface cracking, it's got so hot.

Actually in Germany, police pulled over a man,

did you see this?

For riding his moped completely naked.

Actually, it's not quite true, he was wearing a pair of sandals,

but he was naked, and when they said to him, you can't be out here doing that he said

it's hot schools are closed in France nationwide exams have been postponed

three people have died there, a Spanish forecaster has just said,

hell is coming.

So we got Heidi Pet to produce this episode and in doing that you set up yourself a little forward search.

Yeah, I just set up a Twitter alert and just monitoring social media to see what happens today over the heat wave.

But what has driven me absolutely crazy about it is that everywhere online,

it's just full of brands using it as a marketing opportunity

there's brands out here being like there's a heat wave coming what about why don't you buy our

garden furniture set or there's a heat wave coming but don't get too distracted winter will be here

soon buy this gas heater for your home.

Gas heater?

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