A vendor pushes a cart on the beach of Moutchic in Lacanau, southwestern France on July 24th, 2026. (Photo by Maximilien LAMY / AFP)

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has ordered the armed forces to deploy an A400M military transport aircraft to help combat fires raging in the southwest, his office said.

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