Firefighter films wildfire using smart glasses in France’s Gironde
Footage captured by a firefighter filming with his smart glasses shows his colleagues battling the blaze in the village of Le Las, in France’s Gironde department, on July 27, 2026.
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Trump tries to take action in the Middle East ahead of midterm elections
The US and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed militias on July 29 in a move that widens the conflict in the Middle East. This comes a day after the US president met with the Israeli prime minister for the first…
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Stuart Norval welcomes Jean-Luc Gleyze, President of the Departmental Council of the Gironde, and Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent, former firefighter and founder of WARUCENE, a research firm specialising in wildfire prevention. The Gironde wildfires expose the growing challenges of land management in…
US and Saudi Araba jointly strike Iraq, widening the conflict
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Rescue operation at Japan shopping mall destroyed in quake
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Cats, dogs and horses: Rescuing the pets caught in France’s wildfires
Wildfires raging through southwestern France have forced thousands to evacuate their homes in the fire-ravaged department of Gironde. Many of the evacuees were forced to leave their pets behind amid the ensuing chaos. Our special correspondent in Gironde reports on…
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US President Donald Trump confirmed on Fox News that the US and Saudi Arabia coordinated attacks on Iran-backed Iraqi militias with the Iraqi government itself. But Iraq has called the strikes a ‘blatant violation’, and its prime minister has called…
Drones and bulldozers: how the army is helping battle the blaze in France’s southwest
Some 1,500 French soldiers have been deployed to help combat the Gironde fire. A team of France Television reporters was granted permission to embed with some of them to see how they help support local firefighters. From widening forest trails…
French wildfires: FRANCE 24 goes on the ground with firefighters
In France, the Gironde prefecture reported a second calm night and said the massive fire in the southwest was stable – but conditions are set to worsen as the country is about to be hit by a fourth heatwave, with…