Spain lifted evacuations for Avila province, a day after doing so in parts of the Madrid area. To the north in France, temperatures rose again, with extreme heat warnings in much of the country, including Gironde.

More than 300,000 people have fled their homes or holiday accommodation as major wildfires continue to spread across France and Spain, prompting one of the largest civilian…

French and Spanish authorities are struggling to contain the blazes, which are partly caused by successive heatwaves.

Firefighters in France and Spain are battling massive wildfires that have displaced over 320,000 people and threatened Bordeaux as another heatwave looms. Fires remain out of…