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Several European countries are recording the hottest temperatures for June in decades – and in some cases the hottest since records began. Many regions are on the highest level of heat alert. Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said that we would see more of what we've been seeing over the past few days. The press discusses responsibilities and solutions.

The European Commission has hosted a meeting with representatives of the Taliban in Brussels for the first time. The talks focused on the deportation of Afghans from Europe and increasing the number of the Islamist group's diplomats in the EU. Human rights activists protested against the visit. Europe's press is divided.

Since the energy blockade imposed by the US at the start of the year, Cuba's already struggling economy has been plunged into crisis. In a bid to ease the situation, the leadership in Havana has presented a 176-point plan to open up the economy, modelled on state capitalism as practised in China and Vietnam. Europe's press takes stock.

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, a majority of Britons believe that leaving the European Union was a mistake. Leading Labour politicians such as the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, are calling for the UK to rejoin the EU. At the same time, the Reform UK party led by "Mr Brexit" Nigel Farage has been leading the polls for months. The press looks at where the country is heading.