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A UK wildfire the equivalent size of 140 football pitches is not yet under control, the fire service has said.

The blaze broke out on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk on Wednesday, with a major incident declared “due to the size and complexity” of the blaze.

Meanwhile, Greece is also among many European countries facing devastating fires and drought.

Several fires have continued to burn in Spain and Portugal, although Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared an end to the national emergency for wildfires in the Ávila and Madrid regions.

In south-west France some residents have been able to return to their homes after a major wildfire in the Gironde region.

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Drought has been declared across more than half of England as hot, dry weather continues to hit the country, affecting its water supplies.

A wildfire in Suffolk has grown to size of 140 football pitches, and hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes.

And the extreme heat is not going away.

So what can Britain learn from some of the world’s hottest countries about how to deal with it?

In this video…
0:00 – 2:12 – Britain Vs Extreme Heat
2:12 – 5:51 – Is air-con the solution?
5:51 – 12:01 – Coping with Droughts

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Eight people, including two boys and a girl, have died during a Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine, according to local officials.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched more than 70 missiles and over 280 drones at the country overnight. The worst attack was near Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih.

Dozens of “ordinary homes, civilian businesses and infrastructure facilities” were destroyed or damaged in the attack, he added.

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Former top US health official Anthony Fauci has refused to answer questions at a tense US Senate hearing on Covid-19, saying he feared Republicans would try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.

He invoked the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution – which says nobody can be “compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself” – more than 100 times.

Republicans have long accused Fauci of concealing information about the pandemic from the public and lying about its dangers. He has denied wrongdoing.

Fauci has called the allegations against him “simply preposterous” in previous testimony to lawmakers.

Before leaving office in 2025, then-President Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon to Fauci, granting him protection from any prosecution.

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