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Low-lying vegetation ablaze in Krya Vrysi, Rethymno, Crete on Wednesday. Photograph: Nikos Chalkiadakis/EPAView image in fullscreenLow-lying vegetation ablaze in Krya…
Authorities in the Gironde region said the blaze had not spread overnight, but rising heat and afternoon winds could revive…
Hadja Lahbib calls for existing plans to be accelerated and more investment as an ominous heatwave threatens.
0:57Spain wildfire burns ‘out of extinguishing capacity’ as fires engulf parts of Europe – video Wildfires are raging – and…
At least 19 people have died of starvation in the country and 1.5 million are at risk of malnutrition, experts…
People sleep on the platform of a railway station to escape the heat in Banda, in the north Indian state…
Firefighters work to put out fire hotspots at Le Grand Crohot, near the Cap Ferret peninsula, in France’s Gironde department…
Both countries expect to see temperatures soar into Wednesday, which could cause the blazes to spread.
A wildfire burns near Cestas in Gironde province in south-west France. Photograph: Julien Soulard/EPAView image in fullscreenA wildfire burns near…
More than 300,000 people have been evacuated from their homes to safety in France and Spain.