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Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)

Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Saturday:

Untamed wildfires in Spain, France force over 200,000 to flee

Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)

Out-of-control wildfires in Spain and France that have forced the evacuation of more than 200,000 people raged on Saturday near Madrid and Bordeaux, with Paris ...

Paris sends 100 firefighters to battle southwest fires

Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)

Around 100 Paris firefighters were being deployed Saturday to southwest France to help battle raging wildfires, the head of the Paris Fire Brigade told AFP.

Meta quits clean energy pledge amid gas-powered data center push

Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)

Meta has abandoned a global pledge by leading companies to source all of their electricity from renewable sources, the social media giant confirmed Friday.

Thousands sheltered in Bordeaux as France wildfires trigger exodus

Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)

Amid rows of camp beds and stacks of food supplies at a makeshift shelter in Bordeaux, thousands of tourists and locals try to regain their composure after flee...

Fires in Europe: latest developments

Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)

Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Saturday:

More than 100,000 evacuated in France's fire-hit southwest: minister

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Around 110,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by wildfires in France's southwest that have scorched 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres), Interior M...

More than 140,000 evacuated in France's fire-hit southwest

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

More than 140,000 people have been evacuated as vast wildfires tear through France's southwest, the country's interior ministry said Friday.

166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France, Spain

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Over 166,000 people were evacuated in France and Spain as unprecedented forest fires raged near Madrid and Bordeaux, a French city flanked by tourist havens and...

Fires in Europe: latest developments

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in southern Europe on Friday:

More than 80,000 flee forest infernos in France and Spain

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Europe's wildfire crisis forced more than 80,000 people to flee for safety Friday, as holidaymakers boarded boats to escape fires on one French peninsula and Sp...

Fires in Europe: latest developments

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in southern Europe on Friday:

19,000 people evacuated or confined due to Madrid wildfires: official

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

At least 19,000 people in the Madrid region have been evacuated or ordered to remain indoors due to wildfires that have become the worst in the region's history...

Some 40,000 people evacuated due to wildfire in southwest France: minister

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Some 40,000 people have been evacuated from a popular tourist destination in southwest France due to a wildfire that has already ravaged more than 10,000 hectar...

Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Madrid on Friday as wildfires swept through par...

Fires in Europe: latest developments

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Here are the main events related to the fires raging in Europe.

In Senegal, a feverish ancestral hunt beckons the rain

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Against a frenzy of drums, chanting and gunfire, a few hundred Serer men parade about in a trance-like state, brandishing the day's hunt -- jackals, monitor liz...

Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of western Europe on Friday, triggering a state of emergency in the Spanish capi...

Women sand miners toil stripped Cape Verde beach

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

On a rocky Cape Verde beach, Maria and Vania fill their buckets with black sand the moment that waves recede, transporting it on their heads to a stockpile wher...

Climate change, urban growth fuel Lagos flooding

Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)

After hours of overnight torrential rain lashed Lagos recently, church pastor Samuel Akpan spent most of the next day bailing water from his flooded parsonage i...