The BBC's Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield described people scurrying for shade "as if it was the middle of August" in the French capital, with temperatures reaching 34C (93.2F) on Tuesday.
- +Paris 'punishingly hot' as Western Europe hit by heatwave
This comes as France's national weather service said a "heat dome" settling over Western Europe was producing temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Celsius above the average for May.
This comes as France's national weather service said a "heat dome" settling over Western Europe was producing temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Celsius above the average for May.
A tourist told the BBC he chose May to visit Paris in order to avoid the summer months.
'We know it can be really bad in June, July, August, and I'd thought that if we came up in May, it'd be a bit easier', said Brent visiting from Australia.
Hundreds of people gathered to remember Yves Sakila, who died after an incident in Dublin city centre
The BBC's Frank Gardner explained how the incident highlighted tense relations between Russia and Nato.
Russia launched one of the biggest air strikes on Kyiv since the start of the war with several apartment blocks hit.
The Princess of Wales received an enthusiastic welcome from Italian crowds, on her return to overseas visits following her treatment for cancer.
The BBC's Russia editor reports from Moscow, where the annual Victory Day display was quieter than usual.
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe reports from Tenerife, where some locals fear the ship's arrival could bring health risks.
People on Tenerife in the Canary Islands have told the BBC they are concerned about the arrival of MV Hondius.
The Ukrainian army spotted the woman using a drone and sent the machine to her rescue as she was trying to leave her war-torn village.
One of the charity draw organisers tells BBC Radio 4's Front Row about calling the painting's new owner.
Rajini Vaidyanathan broadcasts from outside Hungary's parliament as crowds hear about the prime minister's concession.
The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Prime Minister Victor Orbán's home town of Felscút.
The mother of a 16 year old girl who was killed by a scrambler has said life has been a "living nightmare" since.
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has said that she wishes she had never met late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
A commercial flight from Dubai arrived in Dublin on Wednesday night - the first in a number of days after the United States-Israeli attacks on Iran.
The men, who are on the run, told of the horrors they witnessed on the Russian side of the front lines in Ukraine.
A town in northern Italy has started celebrating carnival with its annual Battle of the Oranges where people hurl the fruit at each other for fun.
Ms Pelicot reveals it is "inconceivable" that the man she shared her life with "could have committed these horrors".
Storms Marta and Leonardo have caused widespread flooding in Spain as thousands have been displaced.
Nazar Daletskyi's relatives were told he had been killed in 2022, the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports from the outskirts of the Russian capital, where Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev was shot and wounded.
