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Something like this myself. its hard work in the heat to keep blazes at bay that have already burned through over 100 square kilometres of forest across gironde. any brief moments of respite dont last for long. jessica parker, bbc news, in south—western france. britains first extreme heat warning has come into effect, with parts of southern england expected to reach a record a0 degrees celsius — 105 fahrenheit on monday. the government says its treating the unprecedented red alert as a natio...

Are the most dangerous. this road, which leads up to the evacuated village of cazaux, is closed off, and what theyre really trying to do here is stop the fire from spreading from this side of the road to this side of the road, but the winds have just picked up a little and weve been told weve got to leave. wind and heat also made things worse at another blaze inland. authorities said tonight the situation was deteriorating. this family, from germany, has been sleeping outside, their caravan left...

Like this myself. its hard work in the heat to keep blazes at bay that have already burned through over 100 square kilometres of forest across gironde. any brief moments of respite dont last for long. jessica parker, bbc news, in south—western france. thats the picture in la gironde near bordeaux there are. britains first extreme heat warning has come into effect, with parts of southern england expected to reach a record 40 degrees celsius later on monday. the government says its treating the ...

About the heat? yes, there has. obviously. _ about the heat? yes, there has. obviously, temperatures - about the heat? yes, there has. | obviously, temperatures soaring 0bviously, temperatures soaring today, picking up a a0 degrees here while these wildfires continue. that is a local evacuation centre, by the way. we were here a couple of days ago when the air was clear, but today you can smell and taste the smoke as those wildfires continue to rage. the winds around here have been described as ...

This is bbc news. welcome if youre watching here in the uk or around the globe. im rich preston. our top stories: europes intense heatwave ignites wildfires. many have died in extreme temperatures across the continent. it isa it is a real struggle for the firefighters to try and stop the blazes. the air is full of thick smoke which stings your eyes and makes you want to cough. moscow orders its forces to step up operations across ukraine as russian missiles strike several cities. the un extends ...

Of the sun. and forecasters say all this is something were going to have to get used to. scientists believe now that we are going to see more extreme heat and potentially for a longer period of time. were10% more likely now to see extreme heat as a result of climate change and man—made influence. so, the next few days could see records broken and britains weather move into uncharted waters. but climate scientists say extreme temperatures in the summer are already becoming the new normal. john ...

With holiday—makers. and something thats happened is lots of campsites have had to be evacuated. so some people have been camping out in other areas after having to abandon that village or that area, staying in the evacuation centre as well. some are hoping to be able to get back into those campsites in order to retrieve their belongings. we spoke to a family earlier whod had to abandon their caravan there, hoping to get back and retrieve that at some point. so a lot of people kind of hanging ...

But theres another blaze further inland in the area of landiras. and what were told is that over 10,000 hectares of forest have been burnt through in the last week. so firefighters continuing to tackle those blazes. and theres concern as well because the temperatures here are pretty hot and theyre set to get to around a0 degrees by tomorrow. here, penny mordaunt, one of the conservative mps hoping to be the next prime minister, has said that the leadership contest is being dragged down by "toxic...

PARIS—Strong winds and hot, dry weather frustrated French firefighters' efforts Saturday to contain a huge wildfire that raced ...

Shaking, petrified, because we have a lot of animals in our house as well and we just thought, oh, no, weve got to evacuate them. what are we going to do with the horse? two horses, the sheep, dogs. we were very frightened. fires have also caused widespread destruction in south—western france, where more people have had to leave their homes because of the blazes. translation: its an especially difficult summer. _ we are dealing with very considerable drought due to insufficient rainfalls over ...