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Two firefighting helicopters have collided while battling a wildfire west of Athens in Greece. The Greek fire service says each helicopter was carrying a two-person crew, and a search-and-rescue operation is now underway. Greece is battling wildfires on multiple fronts, with the Prime Minister warning of “extremely difficult” days ahead. Dozens of homes have been damaged or destroyed, and three firefighters have died this week. Catherine Viette has more.

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Two helicopters have collided and crashed while fighting a fire west of Athens, the Greek broadcaster ERT reported on Sunday. The pilots of one of the helicopters have made contact with fire brigade headquarters by radio, but the fate of the crew of the second helicopter remains unclear. Each helicopter was carrying a two-person crew, the Greek fire department said. A large-scale search and rescue operation has been launched in the area near the village of Psatha. Nearly 500 firefighters and 23...

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As France grapples with its worst wildfire season in decades, officials are looking for ways to stop fires before they even start. Catherine Viette has more.

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Record-low water levels on Danube force country’s first shutdown of nuclear power plant

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Meanwhile, France’s vast wildfire near Bordeaux remains contained. Most of the 200,000 people who were told to evacuate have now returned home, although parts of the fire are still burning. The blaze has scorched an area four times the size of Paris. James Andre has the latest.

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Europe struggles with record-breaking summer heat as wildfires ravage Greece, France, and Spain, sparking evacuations.

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Greece confronted a worsening wildfire crisis on Sunday, with fires burning on several fronts, swathes of forest and agricultural land destroyed and officials warning that powerful winds could fuel further devastation in the days ahead.

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Greece on Sunday faced multiple fronts and a growing damage toll with wildfires believed to have devastated swathes of forest and agricultural land, and the prime minister warning of "extremely difficult" days ahead.

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State officials said wildfires across more than 250,000 acres have led to widespread evacuations and power outages.

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Sophie Woods ran the Via Alpina through storms, heat of up to 37C and dodged floods and wildfires across eight countries.

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Hungary is fully shutting down its sole nuclear power plant for the first time due to the record low levels of the Danube River, straining energy supplies and posing a major test for the economy and new Prime Minister Péter Magyar. One of the two reactors still operating at the Paks plant was shut down early on Sunday, with the final one powering down later in the day, according to Magyar. He cited the progressively lower water levels, which are causing a shortage of water for cooling at the...

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Fires burned across much of Europe, an earthquake in Japan killed dozens, record-low water levels in Bulgaria exposed the remains of a woolly mammoth, and tens of thousands sought to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta before eventually returning home: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.

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Prolonged drought and extreme heat across Europe have also triggered an energy crisis. For the first time ever, Hungary announced the shutdown of the country’s only nuclear power plant, after water levels in the Danube fell to a record low. Peter O’Brien explains.

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The effects of human-made climate change are being felt across Europe during this sweltering summer, from record heat-related deaths in Austria, Britain, France and Germany, to tinderbox conditions fuelling historic wildfires in Spain, France and elsewhere. Charlotte Hughes takes a look at the situation in Greece.

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Here in France, a wildfire in the mountainous southeastern Var department, which had been brought under control three days ago, flared up again on Friday, forcing authorities to evacuate nearly 2,500 people overnight. Meanwhile, our reporter James Andre visited Gironde, where France’s biggest wildfire in more than 70 years was recently brought under control.

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French firefighters have won out over a massive blaze, with almost 200,000 evacuees returning home. But Europe's climate-fueled wildfire season is far from over.

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China increased the death toll caused by flash flooding in the northwestern province of Gansu last week as large parts of the country continued to battle the impact of heavy rainfall and swollen rivers. On Sunday, the state news agency Xinhua said the death toll in Gansu’s Weiyuan county had risen from 10 to 25, adding that the flash floods which struck last Sunday had also injured a further 23 people. The National Commission for Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief has asked the provincial...

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An elderly woman who developed heatstroke while taking shelter in a car was the latest fatality from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto last week, officials said on Sunday as concerns over heat-related illnesses grow in an area that is also suffering extreme temperatures. The woman in her seventies with heatstroke was found in a car, Kumamoto officials said, as they raised the death toll from the quake to 36. The magnitude 7.1 hit Kumamoto prefecture on...

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Volkswagen approaches headhunter to find positions for hundreds of departing managers

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Health checkpoints and surveillance aim to contain the outbreak and protect endangered mountain gorillas.

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This article was first published on August 4, 2006. Observatory lashed over typhoon signal by Agnes Lam, Clifford Lo and Martin Wong The Observatory was under fire yesterday (August 3, 2006) for not hoisting a storm warning above the No 3 as Typhoon Prapiroon lashed some parts of the city with winds of up to 200km/h. Unions said workers had been put in danger as they had gone to work as required because a No 8 signal had not been hoisted, while the swirling winds toppled cargo, blew down trees,...

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Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya stressed that the continued outbreak "is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded" and is now the second-largest by total confirmed cases.

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The United States has just recorded its worst measles outbreak in more than three decades, and it’s part of a resurgence playing out on multiple continents.

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A swiftly moving wildfire broke out in Spokane County, in the US state of Washington, on Saturday, forcing residents to leave their homes and evacuate to safety as crews hurried to contain the fire, according to CNN reports.

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Death toll from Japan's Kumamoto Earthquake rises to 35

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Drawing on the stark contrast between the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the accelerating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this article analyzes the structural limits of leveraging mega-sporting events for global health governance. It shows that while partnerships like the FIFA-WHO alliance advance health advocacy, their impact remains constrained by non-binding terms and event-bound scopes, calling for stronger multilateral mechanisms.

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Managers capitalise on investors’ desire to ‘hedge’ against US market bets

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Officials say they must shut down nation's sole nuclear plant as record-low Danube water levels disrupt reactor cooling.

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As Europe faces its worst wildfires in decades, Australia offers lessons in disaster preparedness.

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French wildfires show signs of easing, with containment efforts holding in Var and Gironde after destructive blazes.