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It is the night that is most gruelling for firefighters, that is when the Canadair aircraft cannot fly, due to low visibility. Everything happens on the ground, as close as possible to the blaze, sometimes with the help of local residents who brave the fire with meagre resources.
More than 42,000 hectares have now burned in Gironde, southwestern France as wildfires push closer to Bordeaux. Authorities say 240 homes have already been destroyed by the flames, which are now also threatening some of France's most sensitive defence and space industry sites.
Spanish authorities said they planned to start to allow some people evacuated from wildfires near Madrid to return on Monday, in a sign of progress in fighting some of the worst forest fires in the country's history. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
The fires tearing through forests in southwest France, around the region of Bordeaux, and in central Spain around the capital Madrid have been some of the worst in decades. Climate change which has brought successive heatwaves and a lack of rain has added fuel to the fires that are raging across parched grass and woodlands. With huge amounts of CO2 released and land left blackened the question is ...
Shelters in France and Spain on Monday overflowed with exhausted locals and holidaymakers forced to flee blazes so massive some were forming their own mini weather systems, as authorities warned a new heatwave was set to descend on parts of the region. The fires tearing through forests in southwest France, around the prized wine-making region of Bordeaux, and in central Spain around the capital Ma...
French President Emmanuel Macron called a crisis meeting Monday focusing on monster, uncontrolled wildfires that have forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes, amid a first glimmer of hope that the spread of the largest blaze may have slowed. FRANCE 24's James André reports.
Wildfires were still burning in the provinces of Avila and Madrid, Spain, on Monday, July 27, with reports saying that the fires burning in Avila were the largest in the country’s recent history. Spain declared a national emergency on Friday due to the fires.
The United States paused its attacks on Iran for a second straight day Sunday and Tehran said it had done so too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back to negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal largely undermined by recent exchanges of fire. It was not clear why the US has paused after targeting Iranian coastal areas and infrastructure in a nearly two-week escalation sparked by Iran’...
For five weeks, New Delhi saw one of the biggest protests in recent history led by the Cockroach Janata Party, founded by 30 year old Abhijeet Dipke. He was joined by students from across the country in his sit-in protest. Protesters kept pouring in at Jantar Mantar even after a brutal crackdown by police and security forces in which dozens were injured. But nothing moved them out of the protest s...
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday it had summoned the French ambassador to Tehran to protest "interference in Iran's internal affairs under misleading labels" by two diplomats who were briefly detained earlier this month.
Brazil recalled its ambassador to Argentina Sunday after President Javier Milei referred to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a "convict" and a "thief" during an event formally nominating right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to run in the presidential election. Argentina's president had flown to Brazil for the event with Bolsonaro, where he made a speech warning against a sup...
After a long breakaway, Mathieu van der Poel found himself in front alongside Tadej Pogacar, before resisting the peleton's comeback. Pogacar won his fifth Tour de France.
President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday visit an area ravaged by a forest fire in southwest France to show support to firefighters and local officials, his office said. The fire west of the city of Bordeaux, which has ravaged 42,000 hectares of pine forest and destroyed 240 homes since Wednesday, has waned after drizzle overnight but has not yet been contained. His visit comes as another heatwave...
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told the press on Monday that the the fires in France's Gironde region were "stabilised but not contained". Some 115,000 hectares (284,000 acres) have burned in wildfires in France since the start of the year. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez spoke to the press on Monday after an emergency cabinet meeting on the uncontrolled fires spreading across southern France that have so far forced more than 250,000 people from their homes. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit fire-hit areas in Valencia in the east of Spain, where firefighters are battling a new blaze that has forced thousands to f...
French President Emmanuel Macron will speak Monday after holding a crisis cabinet meeting on the French wildfires that have forced more than 250,000 people from their homes as authorities warned tourists to stay away from the southwest. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit fire-hit areas in Valencia in the east, where firefighters are battling a new blaze. Follow our liveblog for the la...
French President Emmanuel Macron will speak on Monday after holding a crisis cabinet meeting on the French wildfires that have forced more than 250,000 people from their homes after authorities warned tourists to stay away from southwestern regions. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit fire-hit areas in Valencia in the east of Spain, where firefighters are battling a new blaze. Follow o...
French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a crisis cabinet meeting Monday on the uncontrolled fires spreading across southern France that have so far forced more than 250,000 people from their homes. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit fire-hit areas in Valencia in the east of Spain, where firefighters are battling a new blaze that has forced thousands to flee their homes. Follow our ...
French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a crisis cabinet meeting Monday on the wildfires spreading across southern France. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit fire-hit areas in Valencia in the east of Spain, where firefighters are battling a new blaze that has forced thousands to flee their homes. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, using his first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office to underline London's "unwavering support" for Kyiv. The visit comes ahead of Zelensky's trip to Washington on Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, using his first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office to underline London's "unwavering support" for Kyiv. The visit comes ahead of Zelensky's trip to Washington on Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, using his first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office to underline London's "unwavering support" for Kyiv. The visit comes ahead of Zelensky's trip to Washington on Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, using his first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office to underline London's "unwavering support" for Kyiv.
Oil prices fell on Monday amid a pause in strikes between the US and Iran boosted hopes for a return to a ceasefire and new talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The United States held fire over the weekend after 13 days of attacks on Iran, with Washington's UN envoy saying the US was "giving talks some space".
Oil prices tumbled Monday as a pause in tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran boosted hopes for a return to their ceasefire and negotiations on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel prepares to vote in a fiercely contested general election on October 27. Eisenkot's campaign is built around a 10-point platform that he says will restore Israel's security, unity and democratic institutions.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel prepares to vote in a fiercely contested general election on October 27. Eisenkot's campaign is built around a 10-point platform that he says will restore Israel's security, unity and democratic institutions.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel prepares to vote in a fiercely contested general election on October 27. Eisenkot's campaign is built around a 10-point platform that he says will restore Israel's security, unity and democratic institutions.
As wildfires continue to ravage southwest France, forcing around 250,000 people from their homes in one of the country's biggest peacetime evacuations, France 24's Luke Shrago has witnessed the crisis unfold firsthand. He joined us to share what he's seen on the ground.
The fire in southwest France was about 15 kilometres away from Bordeaux on Sunday, as authorities in France and Spain battled wildfires that have forced roughly 300,000 people from their homes across both countries. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez described the situation in Bordeaux as "unprecedented", while Spain's Avila region suffered its worst blaze in recent history.
