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The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Switzerland for denying a pregnant detainee her right to family life.

The Green Party leader Lisa Mazzone is now attaching specific anti-overheating regulations and air-conditioned hospitals to her party's continuing campaign against Environment Minister Albert Rösti.

Births are rising again in Geneva after two years of decline.

Hidden beneath the surface of Lake Geneva, a major engineering project is underway.

The recent violent storms in central parts of the country have brought back memories of an horrific air crash in 1972 when a piece of debris, which had been lodged in a tree for more than 50 years, hit the ground.

Cantons Geneva, Valais, Fribourg, Zurich, Glarus and Schwyz have all imposed total fire bans as the drought pushes wildfire risk into the "high" or "very high" range across most of the country.