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France: Aircraft help battle wildfires in southern Var region

Some 1,100 firefighters as well as water-bombing aircraft are fighting the blaze that has scorched more than 7,000 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of several thousand people.

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Waves of extreme heat have hit much of the Mediterranean region recently, raising uncomfortable questions over climate change.
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