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World Service,28 Jul 2026,49 mins
Macron: Wildfires the most severe crisis since Second World War
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The mayor of Bordeaux has said he is bracing for "all eventualities", as one of multiple wildfires burning in France is now 15km from the south-western city. "We are preparing to accommodate a large number of people should further evacuations be ordered," said Thomas Cazenave. Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet Donald Trump in Washington for the first time since before the Iran war. In business, we'll hear why shares in South Korea have fallen sharply amid a large sell- off of tech stocks (Photo: A handout photo made available by SDIS33 (Gironde Departmental Fire and Rescue Service) shows a firefighting crew being deployed to battle a wildfire spreading in Lege-Cap-Ferret; Credit: Damien Rembert/EPA/Shutterstock)
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