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France’s interior minister said Monday that a monster wildfire has stopped growing after forcing 220,000 people out of their homes in the country’s southwest but cautioned that it isn’t yet beaten. He spoke after French President Emmanuel Macron held a crisis meeting Monday focusing on the massive firefighting effort in the Gironde region and on wildfires elsewhere. FRANCE 24's International Affai...
While the focus still remains containing the forest fires blazing through the Gironde department, the challenge of rebuilding and replanting has already begun. And it is likely to be a costly one coming in, according to the government, at between 5 and 10 thousand euros a hectare.
The European Commission has activated its emergency response system to support France and Spain as they battle wildfires. France has received seven firefighting aircraft and four helicopters, while Spain has been provided with six aircraft and three ground firefighting teams.
France’s interior minister said Monday that a monster wildfire has stopped growing after forcing 220,000 people out of their homes in the country’s southwest but cautioned that it isn’t yet beaten. “It hasn’t progressed during the night,” the minister, Laurent Nuñez, said. “We have to remain very concentrated, very determined, to go at any moment.”
Fire crews in southwest France are battling a massive wildfire that has burned an area four times the size of Paris
Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez – who was serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking until President Donald Trump pardoned him last year – returned to his home country on Sunday.
Former Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon
The latest figure includes casualties from Operation Fury and a new category called "Overseas Operations".
UNESCO on Sunday added the iconic D-Day landing beaches in Normandy to its World Heritage List, marking the culmination of a project launched nearly two decades ago. Stretching for more than 80 kilometres (50 miles) of France's northwestern coast, Allied forces landed on the beaches on June 6, 1944 to fight a decisive battle to liberate Europe from Nazism and end World War II.
湿った空気の影響で長野県では27日夜、猛烈な雨が降ったとみられるなど関東甲信や東海などで雨が強まりました。東北から九州にかけては28日も局地的に非常に激しい雨が降って大雨になるおそれがあり、気象庁は土砂災害や低い土地の浸水などに十分注意するよう呼びかけています。
A unique collection of items linked to KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders will be auctioned in Kentucky on July 28. The sale includes his former home, the Claudia Sanders Dinner House, personal belongings, business records, photographs and historic memorabilia that have been preserved by the Settle family for more than 50 years. Organisers say the collection is being offered to the public for the...
Historic wildfires in France and Spain have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes
Pakistan's national disaster management agency says the death toll from monsoon rains and flash flooding in Pakistan over the past month has surpassed 100, as weather forecasters warned that more heavy rain is expected across the country later this week
In a heartwarming turnaround, six orphaned rhinos from South Africa have welcomed new calves after years of rehabilitation. Their successful births signify a remarkable milestone in conservation efforts, providing renewed hope for endangered rhino populations. Wildlife officials emphasized that these births not only enrich the local ecosystem but also bolster South Africa's commitment to preservin...
A rare rebuke of Asean by the powerful sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un signals the bloc’s waning relevance to the nuclear-armed state, analysts say. Kim Yo-jong on Monday condemned a call by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for the country’s denuclearisation, saying the statement “distorted the essence of the situation in the Korean peninsula”. At the annual Asean Regional Forum...
ロシアのプーチン大統領と北朝鮮の外相が7月、モスクワで会談した際、北朝鮮がロシアへ2万人規模の兵士を追加で派遣し、ウクライナ東部に展開させる可能性について意見を交わしたと、ロシアの外交筋がNHKの取材に明らかにしました。
Thousands gather in Porto-Novo for Benin's Mask Festival, celebrating ancestral traditions with colourful costumes, dances and masks.
Singapore authorities said on Monday they had arrested three teenagers over separate plots to carry out shooting, stabbing and bomb attacks, warning of the threat of “youth radicalisation” in the security-conscious city state. The three boys, detained between April and June, had been “self-radicalised” online, adopting violent extremist ideologies, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said. They...
David Cifaldi slipped and his pole pierced him in the side, then walked back hours along the route he had climbedA Montana man walked 10 miles to safety with a trekking pole speared through his torso after a fall during a hiking expedition on the state’s highest mountain.David Cifaldi slipped on rocks close to the summit of the 12,803ft (3,902 meters) Granite Peak during the hike on 20 July with t...
The Green party has its lowest share of the vote since Zack Polanski became leader, the data showI have already posted lines from Andy Burnham’s BBC interview on reforming social care (see 9.03am), making council tax fairer (see 10.03am), and ruling out an early election (see 11.56am). And yesterday Peter Walker wrote up the lines in the interview from Burnham saying he would disagree with Donald ...
Iran and the United States held their fire on Monday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump’s UN envoy said the president was “giving talks some space”. Tehran said it had halted retaliatory attacks against Washington’s allies in the Middle East, and US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told Fox News Sunday that, while forces remained “...
A new study suggests prolonged drought pressured eastern Mediterranean societies. This drying significantly affected agriculture and food security across the region. Drought acted as a threat multiplier, worsening existing societal challenges. Warfare and invasions interacted with environmental stress during this period. Understanding past climate pressures informs our view of societal vulnera...
Palaeontology has transformed from examining fossil fragments to digitally reconstructing ancient creatures. A new Cretaceous snake fossil from Brazil showcases this remarkable scientific advancement. High-resolution micro-CT scanning revealed the snake's brain anatomy and lifestyle. This technology allows detailed comparisons across millions of years of evolution. Modern methods are reshaping...
Alternative für Deutschland, topping polls ahead of state elections, accuses government of failing to tackle Islamist radicalismEurope live – latest updatesGerman officials have called for a tightening of laws for known extremists after a deadly attack in Berlin on one of Europe’s biggest Pride parades, as the far right seeks to mobilise outraged voters before three key state elections.The anti-mi...
Analysts say Israeli cabinet's decision aims to deflect US pressure and fragment the Gaza Strip.
Three women aged 19, 24 and 36 were taken to the hospital after the assault. The suspect's identity and motives are not immediately known.
Two Dutch men have been banned from re-entering Indonesia over alleged violations and discrimination.
The Culture Club frontman has released on new song, posted on his X account, in which he openly denies that a genocide is taking place in Gaza. The message of support contradicts reports from the UN and Amnesty International, and the online reaction to the track has been vitriolic.
The Culture Club frontman has released on new song, posted on his X account, in which he openly denies that a genocide is taking place in Gaza. The message of support contradicts reports from the UN and Amnesty International, and the online reaction to the track has been vitriolic.
Police say one suspect surrendered at the scene of the shooting, while the other remains on the loose.
