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France and Spain continue to battle wildfires, as temperatures are expected to soar past 40C in some regions in the coming days.

Spain's national weather service says the severe weather is forecast to last until "at least" Sunday, and warns of "extreme" fire risks as firefighters continue to battle the some of the worst blazes in the country's history.

France's south-west regions Gironde and Landes are under "yellow alert" for a heatwave expected to peak on Wednesday, further hampering efforts to contain "very unpredictable" blazes in Gironde.

The mayor of Bordeaux has said he is preparing for "all eventualities", as one of the wildfires burning in France is 15km (nine miles) from the south-western city.

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There is a state of emergency in Ecuador - the latest in a series - as the country battles local drug gangs with links to international cartels. Once one of South America’s most peaceful corners, Ecuador now has a murder rate that is one of the highest in the world.

The country has become the gateway for about 70% of the cocaine reaching the US and Europe – including the UK. The drug floods in from neighbouring Colombia and Peru, the two biggest cocaine producers in the world.

The BBC’s Orla Guerin has been at the heart of the war on drugs in Duran, one of the most gang-controlled cities in Ecuador.

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About 600,000 mosquitoes are being released across the Washington DC area this summer to help reduce local mosquito populations.

Only male mosquitoes – infected with the naturally occurring bacteria Wolbachia – are released. They don't bite humans, and the bacteria they carry prevents any eggs produced after mating from hatching.

The release of mosquitos comes as climate change creates more favourable conditions for the insects to survive and reproduce, increasing concerns about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

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More than 360,000 people have been evacuated across France and Spain as unprecedented wildfires continue to spread.

The French President Emmanuel Macron held crisis talks and said his country was facing its most difficult situation since the Second World War.

Firefighters are still struggling to control the fires, as a new heatwave is forecast to bring further hot, dry conditions that could help fuel the blaze.

The authorities are warning that a major fire which is now just 9 miles from Bordeaux could continue to burn for months.

In Spain, more than 60,000 people have been forced to flee their homes near the capital Madrid.

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President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran for the third night in a row to give diplomacy more time, the US ambassador to the UN said.

An Iranian army spokesperson said on Sunday that Tehran had halted "retaliatory" attacks in the region in response. The pause follows nearly two weeks of daily US strikes and tit-for-tat attacks, effectively unravelling the ceasefire struck in June.

Meanwhile, Iran and Oman held several rounds of technical talks in Tehran on Friday and Saturday to discuss management of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei.

Elsewhere, Ukraine has dismissed Iranian threats of retaliation, following Kyiv's targeting of an Iranian cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea on Saturday.

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People in Bordeaux, France, are growing fearful as a major wildfire closes in on the city. The fire has also created its own storm, forming a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, or "fire cloud".

Wildfires have raged across Europe over the past week, primarily in France and Spain, where more than 330,000 people have been evacuated across both countries.

The UK government has not specifically warned against travel to anywhere in France or Spain, but it does advise caution.

In this video...

01:00 Where are the fires

01:53 France: Massive wall of flames

03:26 The latest from Spain

04:35 What's a 'fire cloud'

05:59 Impact on air quality

07:21 Is climate change to blame

08:42 Is it safe to travel

10:19 The forecast ahead

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Today, intense and historic wildfires continue to burn in parts of Europe with more than 300,000 people having now been evacuated across France and Spain.

Adam is joined by Climate and Wildfire Scientist Theodore Keeping and Aitor Hernandez-Morales - Senior Reporter for Politico to discuss why these wildfires are so hard to control and what the political reaction to them has been.

Plus, in a recent interview with Laura, Andy Burnham claimed the "NHS will collapse" if social care is not reformed. Henry joins Adam to unpack these comments and discuss why social care reform is so important to the new PM.

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00:00 The wildfires sweeping France and Spain

03:52 - Are the fires worse than usual?

08:10 - How urban development has changed land management

18:37 - Is climate change shaping the political conversation?

22:36 - Andy Burnham's plans for adult social care

We speak to the BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlatt about the wildfires raging across Europe, and ask him how to prevent these blazes from becoming the new normal.

More than 300,000 people in France and Spain have fled their homes as the fires continue. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said the climate emergency is to blame for the fires, and warned that "difficult hours lie ahead" as his country braces for another heatwave. One official said Spain is facing a "national wildfire crisis".

French President Emmanuel Macron has held a crisis meeting in Paris to discuss the government's response as wildfires burn near the city of Bordeaux. The flames there are so intense that they have created their own thunderstorms in the form of pyrocumulonimbus clouds.

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00:00 Introduction

00:18 How big are the wildfires?

01:05 Climate emergency

03:48 How to stop wildfires becoming an annual event

06:42 Political will to fight climate change

07:53 What you can do to counter the climate crisis

Wildfires continue to cause uncertainty for Spanish and French residents as more than 300,000 people have had to leave their homes.

The French interior minister said the Gironde wildfire has "a life of its own" and that firefighters are facing an "unprecedented situation", while people in Bordeaux are growing "anxious and fearful", one resident said, with the blaze around nine miles (15 km) from the outskirts of the city.

Over the border, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez visited Valencia where more wildfires have broken out and said that the country was suffering under the effects of climate change.

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Firefighters tackling a blaze just outside Bordeaux have warned it could take "months" for them to be fully extinguished.

 

It comes as the area faces thunderstorms caused by the heat generated from the wildfires, and more hot weather incoming this week.

 

Meanwhile in Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is visiting the areas affected by Castellón forest fires including Vall d'Uixó, a town near Valencia where as many as 6,500 hectares have been scorched.

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