Europe Wildfires: France Warns of Worst Crisis "Since WW2” as New Heatwave Looms | BBC News

July 27, 2026 | More than 360,000 people have been evacuated across France and Spain as unprecedented wildfires continue to spread.

The French President Emmanuel Macron held crisis talks and said his country was facing its most difficult situation since the Second World War.

Firefighters are still struggling to control the fires, as a new heatwave is forecast to bring further hot, dry conditions that could help fuel the blaze.

The authorities are warning that a major fire which is now just 9 miles from Bordeaux could continue to burn for months.

In Spain, more than 60,000 people have been forced to flee their homes near the capital Madrid.

Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gwyn Loader, Justin Rowlatt and Mark Lowen.

Wildfires: ‘Many Thousands’ of Brits Caught in Spain and France Devastation

Jul 27, 2026 | “The situation remains very, very alarming.”

It’s estimated “many, many thousands” of British tourists and expats have been caught up in the devastating wildfires in Spain and France. The Times’s correspondent in France Adam Sage and The Times’s correspondent in Spain Simon Hunter report.

Pressure Grows on Residents of Southern French City to Flee Wildfires | DW News

July 26, 2026 | As wildfires rage in France and Spain, the pressure is growing on the mayor of Bordeaux to order a full evacuation of the historic city. Police nearby are going door-to-door to try to get people out of danger.

Revivez en images la troisième journée de la visite de Charles III en France

Sep 22, 2023 | Après deux jours à Paris, le souverain britannique s’est envolé ce vendredi pour Bordeaux, pour une visite placée sous le signe de l’amitié franco-britannique et de l’écologie. Retour en images sur cette visite royale exceptionnelle.

Fury over Gender Ban in Bordeaux Muslim Grocery Store

Veiled women in Bordeaux

THE TELEGRAPH: Muslim grocery store in Bordeaux withdraws sign announcing gender-specific days for customers following local and national outcry

The south-eastern French wine capital of Bordeaux is up in arms over a Muslim-owned grocer’s decision to impose male and female-only days for customers.

A small sign outside the De L'Orient à L'Occidental (From East to West) store stipulated that women were only welcome on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday and Fridays. Men, on the other hand, were kindly asked to take their custom elsewhere on weekends.

The gender split was put in place by the store's owners, recent converts to Islam, to make sure women and men do not meet.

Jean-Baptiste Michelon, the store's co-owner, said: “It’s really for practising Muslims. A man doesn’t want to find himself alone with a woman. A woman who comes to buy books here doesn’t want to find herself alone with a man, especially out of respect if she is married."

“I don’t think her husband would accept such things,” he told BFM TV, adding that the rule did not apply to non-Muslims. Read on and comment » | Henry Samuel, Paris | Monday, June 22, 2015