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Copernicus data showed exceptional wildfire emissions and hazardous smoke across parts of western Europe after prolonged heat and dry conditions.
Fire crews in Spain and France are battling serious blazes as another heat surge strains southern Europe, while officials warn the risk remains high.
European resort wildfires have forced evacuations in Croatia and Greece, turning summer travel areas into emergency zones under intense heatwave pressure.

Wildfires and heat waves are making it harder for countries to clean the air, the World Meteorological Organization warned in a new bulletin released on September 7 for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies

Spain faces two crucial days to bring raging wildfires under control before weather conditions worsen, authorities said, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on citizens to 'exercise extreme caution.'
Climate change is driving record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say, with the Mediterranean warming nearly 2 degrees Celsius because of human activity. The Express Tribune world feed reported that peak temperatures

After fleeing France’s worst wildfire in decades, residents of Le Porge, a village west of Bordeaux, returned home 13 days later. They found a town in ruins

British Columbia declared a province wide emergency after the Bald Range wildfire forced more than 20,000 people from communities near Okanagan Lake.
Residents across the northeastern United States found themselves squeezed between two very different but equally dangerous weather threats this weekend, as flash flood warnings and lingering wildfire smoke combined to
Rising temperatures are making a classic summer trip less comfortable, and even travelers sticking with Europe say better air conditioning would improve the experience.
Millions of Americans faced air quality alerts from Minnesota to New York as smoke from Canadian wildfires spread across 20 US states, with authorities urging people to stay indoors.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires, transport disruption and Donald Trump’s expected presence could complicate the World Cup final in the New York area
109 million people faced another day of poor air quality as smoke from wildfires burning in Ontario drifted over the US, affecting the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.
Retailers across Great Britain have been ordered to stop selling single-use barbecues temporarily as drought and heat drive severe wildfire conditions.
Golf-ball-sized hailstones have been reported in French villages as extreme thunderstorms strike across Europe amid an exceptional record heatwave, while deadly monsoon rains continue separately in Bangladesh.
The UK's heatwave and wildfire pressure is turning climate adaptation from a policy phrase into a daily emergency for households, hospitals, transport operators and fire crews. The story is drawing attention
Air quality warnings remain in place across large parts of the US as smoke from wildfires in Ontario and Minnesota continues to spread, with some relief possible in the mid-Atlantic and north-east

Oregon has been having an extremely active fire season. Some of the areas burning are critical to ranchers whose livelihoods depend on cattle
As the climate crisis fuels more intense wildfires and pushes them into new parts of the world, firefighters tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which fires to fight and which to let burn.
The European Commission has proposed changes to the EU emissions trading system, prompting criticism that the bloc’s main carbon market could become less demanding

Farmers, landowners, firefighters and politicians are urging a temporary ban on disposable barbecues in England and Wales as dry conditions raise wildfire concerns
As wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota sends air quality indexes to record levels for millions of people, a simple box fan air purifier offers a low-cost way to breathe easier indoors.
Europe’s biggest defence contractor says the risk of attack is growing, adding urgency to Britain’s debate over readiness, resilience and military investment.

A cross-border investigation found that 532 brokers used a WhatsApp group to coordinate hundreds of millions of euros in hawala transfers.