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Get you up to speed: Two boys, aged eight and 10, die in hot car in Cyprus ‘after being left to sleep’ | News World
Two boys, aged eight and ten, were found dead in a car at a British air base in Dhekelia, Cyprus, after being allegedly left to sleep inside during a heatwave. Their father and stepmother, aged 30 and 34, have been arrested on suspicion of negligence following the incident.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths and have arrested the boys’ father and stepmother on suspicion of negligence. The children were visiting Cyprus during a major heatwave that has claimed numerous lives across Europe, with temperatures exceeding 40°C.
The police have arrested the father and stepmother of the two boys found dead in a car at the RAF base in Dhekelia, Cyprus, for alleged negligence, with their court appearance scheduled for today at 11am local time. The World Health Organization has warned that Europe is experiencing heatwaves twice as rapidly as other regions, attributing this to climate change and highlighting the risks associated with soaring temperatures.
What remains unclear — It is not specified how long the children were trapped in the vehicle before being discovered.
Two boys aged eight and ten found dead in hot car at Cyprus airbase
Two children found dead at an RAF base in Cyprus were reportedly playing after being locked in a car in the searing heat (Picture: Daily Mail)
Two boys have been found dead after being allegedly left to sleep in a car parked at a British air base in Cyprus.
Authorities found the boys, aged eight and 10, trapped in a hot vehicle in the British overseas territory of Dhekelia on the south east of the island.
The children were believed to have been playing while locked in their mother’s car andappear to have died from suffocation and heat burns from exposure to the sun, Cyprus Mail reported.
Police were tipped off by a local resident that the boys were stuck in the car.
Rescuers broke into the vehicle through its windows, before rushing the children to hospital, where they were confirmed dead.
British officers have arrested their father and stepmother, aged 30 and 34 on suspicion of negligence.
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The pair are due to appear in court today at 11am local time.
According to the leader of the Xylophafou community Giorgos Loulianos, the boys had come to Cyprus to see their parents who work at the RAF base.
The incident is the latest as a major heatwave saw multiple European countries scorching in 40°C temperatures.
Temperatures across Europe reached above 40°C, leading to 1,000 deaths. Tourists in Rome struggled to deal with high temperatures, leading to queues to refill water bottles (Picture: Getty)
An 18-month-old baby was among four dead in France after emergency services were overwhelmed with call-outs during the searing heat.
Earlier int he week, two children aged two and four died after they were left in the car by their mum.
French officials confirmed another 1,000 elderly and ill people had died due to the extreme heat since June 24, with most of the additional fatalities aged 65 and above.
He was found in a vehicle having been allegedly left by a parent as they travelled to work.
Last week, London Ambulance Service said it had taken a record number of emergency calls on Wednesday.
The World Health Organisaton (WHO) warned that Europe was heating twice as fast as anywhere else on the planet.
Its directorr-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that ‘once-in-a-generation’ heatwaves were now annual phenomena due to climate change.
He wrote on X: ‘Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.
‘More than 1300 excess deaths have been recorded since 21 June linked to high temperatures in Europe.
‘Heat stress is often called the ‘silent killer’ – and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures.’
Following a brief respite from the intense heat for most this week, soaring temperatures are set to soon return to the UK.
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June 29, 2026
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June 29, 2026
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Cyprus faces severe freshwater crisis amid rising consumption rates
Water Usage Rate
Cyprus has utilised 72% of its freshwater resources, peaking at 92% during the summer, according to data from Eurostat and the European Environment Agency.
Cyprus has utilised 72% of its freshwater resources, peaking at 92% during the summer, according to data from Eurostat and the European Environment Agency.
Water Stress Details
With Cyprus at 72% freshwater usage, it faces severe water stress, prioritising desalination amid a rapidly growing population, highlighting significant regional disparities in resource management across the EU.
With Cyprus at 72% freshwater usage, it faces severe water stress, prioritising desalination amid a rapidly growing population, highlighting significant regional disparities in resource management across the EU.
Official response
“We are acutely aware of the challenges faced by Cyprus and are committed to addressing these through strategic investments in desalination and improved water management.”
“We are acutely aware of the challenges faced by Cyprus and are committed to addressing these through strategic investments in desalination and improved water management.”
Heatwave: Which European countries are running out of water?
By Alessio Dell’Anna & video by Baptiste Goudier
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With only 5.8% of its freshwater resources used — from glaciers, groundwater, rivers, and lakes — the water usage rate across the whole EU might seem under control.
Unfortunately, this is not a case where the average gives the full picture.
The reality is that differences among countries are striking and concerning.
Take Cyprus, which is essentially in constant emergency mode. The country has used up 72% of its freshwater resources, with a peak of 92% in the summer, according to data from Eurostat and the European Environment Agency (EEA).
To put that into context, a country is in the warning zone when it’s using 20% of its water.
Earlier this year, authorities urged residents to save 10% of their daily water use (which amounts to about two minutes of water use), but the fact that Cyprus’ population is growing rapidly isn’t good news for the country’s water resources either.
The government has been scrambling to install desalination plants to meet drinking water needs, particularly ahead of the holiday season, and the outgoing Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union made addressing this crisis one of its priorities.
After Cyprus comes another Mediterranean country, Malta, with a 33% annual water usage rate. However, things get worse in the summer, when the water stress level rises to 67%.
It’s a similar story for other countries: the levels of water exploitation in Greece (37%), Romania (34%), Portugal (31%), Italy (27%) and Spain (26.5%), all sit well inside the warning zone during the summer period.
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The EEA says climate change and drought events will likely intensify the “frequency, intensity, and impact” of water shortages at least until 2030.
Another report by the agency — “Overheated and Underprepared” — found that around one in 10 EU citizens struggles to access enough safe and clean water.
The problem is most acute in Cyprus (36.5%) and Greece (31.5%).
Interestingly, several countries with poor water access — including Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia and Ireland — do not experience particularly high rates of freshwater exploitation.
That suggests that the water access issue may have less to do with water scarcity and more with ageing infrastructure and shortcomings in supply systems.
At the same time, despite their freshwater usage issues, France, Portugal and Spain seem to better handle clean and safe water distribution, with rates of people facing issues all comfortably below the 9% EU average.
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