Record drought grips Europe as rivers and crops dry up
Drought and extreme heat are drying up rivers and farmland across Europe.

Drought and extreme heat are drying up rivers and farmland across Europe.

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Wildfires fuelled by record heat are ravaging Europe, burning around 500,000 hectares and forcing thousands to flee.
Flights will be suspended until at least Saturday afternoon, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded.
Nine Moldovans are being investigated in connection with the theft of paintings by Cezanne, Renoir and Matisse.

A powerful explosion tore through a munitions faction south of the Italian capital Rome on Thursday.

A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower.

Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded at Italy’s Catania airport after Mount Etna erupted.

At least 200 people have been evacuated after a wildfire broke out near Italy’s Lake Garda.
Catania international airport services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.
After a fire broke out, the building was cleared in what activists say was a politically motivated move.
Madrid earlier warned of ‘proportional measures’ if Rome did not end its checks amid fallout from Ceuta migrant crisis.