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Vaud and Valais have called off their heatwave alerts as thunderstorms move in and temperatures drop.

Switzerland's mountain guides are now telling climbers to stay off the Matterhorn entirely, as the heatwave makes conditions there dangerous.

Air conditioning is back at the centre of Geneva's political debate as the heatwave continues.

Switzerland has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights over its treatment of two vegan detainees.

The Swiss/Swedish engineering firm, ABB is preparing the largest acquisition in its history, launching a takeover bid for British engineering firm Rotork.

Valais has already lost more people to accidents this year than in the whole of 2025 — 77 lives by mid-July, against 69 last year.