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King Charles III on Tuesday met conservationists seeking to reduce Britain's booming population of non-native grey squirrels humanely by feeding them oral contraceptives.

Last year's brazen robbery of the Louvre -- when thieves made off with jewellery worth some $100 million -- is set to become a movie and a documentary series, a publisher said on Tuesday.

Great cormorant numbers have ballooned in Europe since the bird became a protected species in 1979, much to the annoyance of human fishers in countries where the black feathered animal is a rival.

People in western Europe turned to fans and fountains as they sweltered through a record-breaking heatwave on Tuesday, with temperatures set to soar even further.

Millenial gamers who grew up on 80s and 90s blockbusters are today being courted by the industry, with the latest James Bond offering hard on the heels of an Indiana Jones adventure and soon to be followed by "Jurassic Park".