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WWII ammunition
Coverage of WWII ammunition in the Nexus archive.
- France records around 1,000 additional deaths amid extreme European heat wave
France recorded approximately 1,000 additional deaths during an extreme European heat wave. Record temperatures triggered wildfires in east Germany, where forests are contaminated with WWII-era ammunition, while Berlin police used water cannons to cool residents and Greece remained on high alert for fires.