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Flames burn near Madrid as wildfires sweep Spain and Portugal
Emergency crews are battling multiple wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as a record-breaking heatwave continues across Europe. Firefighters worked through the night on Monday in an effort to contain a blaze burning in the municipality of Tres Cantos, located 23km north of Madrid. Extreme temperatures in Spain and Portugal are expected to continue until at…
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Australia PM Albanese says Israel’s Netanyahu ‘in denial’ about Gaza war
Australia’s prime minister has accused his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of being “in denial” over the consequences of the war in Gaza. Anthony Albanese on Monday announced his country would recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, following similar moves by the UK, France and Canada. Albanese said frustration with the…
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US announces criminal charges against Haitian gang leader Barbecue
US federal prosecutors have announced criminal charges against Jimmy Cherizier, the Haitian gang leader known as “Barbecue” who leads an alliance of gangs that control much of the capitol of Port-au-Prince. The indictment alleges that Mr Cherizier, as well as US citizen Bazile Richardson, 48, solicited funds from Haitian diaspora community in the US to…
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Zelensky rules out ceding Donbas region as Russians make fresh advance
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine would reject any Russian proposal to give up the Donbas region in exchange for a ceasefire, warning it could be used as a springboard for future attacks. Zelensky was speaking ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Trump…
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Europe’s wildfires seen from above
A heatwave is driving wildfires across southern Europe, with temperatures topping 40C (104F). Thousands have been forced to flee, and red heat alerts are in effect across Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Balkans. Scientists warn global warming is making Mediterranean summers hotter and drier, fuelling longer and more intense fire seasons. Source link
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Worst coral bleaching on record for Western Australian reefs
Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out World-famous coral reefs along Western Australia’s (WA) coast have suffered the worst bleaching on record after the state’s “longest, largest and most intense” marine heatwave, scientists say. Between last August and this May, warmer water temperatures led to significant heat stress on…
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Forty killed in attack on Abu Shouk camp near to el-Fasher, aid group says
At least 40 people have been killed in an attack on a camp for displaced people in Sudan’s western Darfur region, according to an aid group that works there. The Abu Shouk Emergency Response Room said Monday’s assault was carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The resistance committee in nearby el-Fasher city, made…
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Israel bombards Gaza City as UK and allies urge action against ‘unfolding famine’
Gaza City has come under intense air attack, the territory’s Hamas-run civil defence agency has said, as Israeli forces prepare to occupy the city. Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman, said the residential areas of Zeitoun and Sabra had for three days been hit by bombs and drone strikes that “cause massive destruction to civilian homes”, with…
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Madonna urges Pope to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Madonna released her remix album Veronica Electronica last month Madonna has urged Pope Leo XIV to visit Gaza and bring his “light to the children before it is too late”. The US queen of pop shared her plea on social media, saying the pontiff was “the only one of…
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Wildfires rage across southern Europe as temperatures pass 40C
Ruth Comerford & Rachel Hagan BBC News Reuters A major blaze in Turkey forced hundreds from their homes A scorching heatwave is fuelling dozens of wildfires across parts of southern Europe, forcing thousands of people from their homes and pushing temperatures above 40C (104F). Red heat alerts have been issued in parts of Italy, France,…