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And retrieve that at some point. so a lot of people kind of hanging around here waiting for news. but as i say, what the firefighters tell us is that things are pretty changeable. and its notjust this fire here, which is along this kind of popular stretch for holiday—makers, where theres forests and beaches as well. but theres another blaze further inland. 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 th...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of firefighters continue to battle blazes across europe. in portugal, the authorities say more than 650 people have died from the intense heat so far. parts of the uk roast in high temperatures, as the country braces itself for record—breaking temperatures. a cargo plane which crashed in northern greece, killing eight people, was carrying a consignment of landmines. there are fears there are toxic ...

Tell us is that things are pretty changeable. and its notjust this fire here, which is along this kind of popular stretch for holiday—makers, where theres forests and beaches as well. but theres another blaze further inland. 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 tomo...

When their owners fled. were supposed to help, you know, see if anyone needs any help evacuating. especially the animals, a lot of animals get left behind. frightened, yes, when we first saw the fire yesterday because we thought it was coming to our house and we were just 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. fir...

One moment, the skies were clear, the next, there were large plumes of smoke coming out in the distance. this morning, weve seen two canadair water bombers going across the sky, heading in towards the direction of the village. and this area is very popular 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....

They had to flee. translation: it�*s completely overwhelming. you see these kinds of things on tv, but i never expected to get caught up in 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. were joined by claire coutinho mp. she represents east surrey and is backing rishi sunak. than...

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 the winter and spring, an especially dry month of may and we now have particularly high temperatures, as you can currently feel. with the hot weather set to continue, southern europe remains on high alert. bethany bell, bbc ...

0n the road, we met sharon, whos from england. she lives nearby with her daughter valentina. their home is safe but they were out trying to round up pets and animals who were left behind when their owners fled. were supposed to help, you know, see if anyone needs any help evacuating. especially the animals, a lot of animals get left behind. frightened, yes. when we first saw the fire yesterday because we thought it was coming to our house and we were just shaking, petrified, because we have a lo...

This family, from germany, has been sleeping outside, their caravan left at the campsite they had to flee. translation: its completely overwhelming. you see these kinds of things on tv, but i never expected to get caught lupin 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. thats t...

The situation was deteriorating. this family, from germany, has been sleeping outside, their caravan left at the campsite they had to flee. translation: its completely overwhelming. you see these kinds of things on tv, but i never expected to get caught lupin 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, i...