Wildfires are closing in on the French city of Bordeaux, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

The violence of fires, fuelled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change, has caught authorities off guard, with firefighters in Spain admitting the fires…

French authorities ordered the evacuation of towns near the southwestern city of Bordeaux on Saturday "as a precaution", as wildfires moved towards the area. Intense wildfires…

Officials have described it as the ‘worst fire in the history of the region’