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Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France, Spain battle blazes

Flames emerge from a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, Avila, Spain July 26, 2026. REUTERS/Ana Beltran

D-Day beaches inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List

The nomination included the five D-Day beaches known by their code names: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.

French firefighters battle to keep blazes from Bordeaux

Children rest at the Bordeaux-Lac Exhibition Centre, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by a wildfire burning nearby amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, in Bordeaux, Gironde, France, July 26, 2026. REUTERS/Florion Goga

Small ‘details’ making the difference for Tadej Pogacar

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 20 - Le Bourg d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez - Alpe d'Huez, France - July 25, 2026
UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tadej Pogacar wearing the yellow jersey and UAE Team Emirates XRG's Isaac Del Toro wearing the white jersey react at the end of stage 20 REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Wildfires overwhelm exhausted firefighters in France and Spain

A resident inspects the damage after a wildfire in south-western France on July 25.

Disappointment and fear as tens of thousands of people evacuate French wildfires

A woman looks at her phone at the Bordeaux-Lac Exhibition Centre, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by a wildfire burning nearby amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, in Bordeaux, France, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Tour de France finale shortened as security forces redeploy to fight wildfires

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 20 - Le Bourg d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez - Le Bourg d'Oisans, France - July 25, 2026 General view of cyclists in action as spectators cheer during stage 20 REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

‘A catastrophe’: Over a quarter of a million people flee unchecked wildfires raging in Spain, France

A firefighting crew battling a wildfire spreading in Lege-Cap-Ferret, south-western France, on July 24.

Wildfires force evacuations outside Bordeaux as Spanish blazes cause first death

A man rests at the Bordeaux-Lac Exhibition Centre, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by a wildfire burning nearby amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, in Bordeaux, France, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Manon Cruz

‘You couldn’t breathe’: 166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France and Spain

French firefighters helping with the evacuation of tourists and residents from the villages of France’s Cap-Ferret peninsula, in south-western France, on July 24.

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