Major heat waves are sweeping across Southern and Western Europe, with high temperatures recorded in France, Italy, Spain and Greece as local authorities issued fresh warnings against the risk of wildfires. FRANCE 24 speaks to Akshay Deoras, research scientist from the department of meteorology at the University of Reading to find out the causes of the heatwaves and the link to climate change.


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