Spain has evacuated tens of thousands of people from villages west of the capital Madrid where wildfires and extremely dry conditions have been worsened by heatwaves and strong winds.

Stefan Doerr, the director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, speaks to FRANCE 24 about some of the reasons why fire seasons across the world seem to be getting more and more severe.

Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources, even eyeing its own production of rechargeable lithium batteries. It is part of a push by the country...

"I see a lot of farm owners who are crying now... people have to harvest those naartjies but there is no one," the 33-year-old told AFP. The same shortage, he said, is looming in the vineyards. "It's time to cut off the grapes and there is no one....

220,000 evacuated from around French fire French authorities said that more than 220,000 people have now been evacuated from the main forest fire raging in the southwest of the country that now threatens the city of Bordeaux. Some 55,000 people...

British actor David Jonsson will play the lead role in the film, due out on December 15, 2028. Known for his performances in the HBO television series "Industry" and the 2025 film "The Long Walk," Jonsson steps into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as...

FRANCE 24's Madrid correspondent Sarah Morris reports on what authorities have called a "difficult night" for the firefighters struggling to tackle the spreading wildfires near Madrid and Toledo.

FRANCE 24 correspondent Nick Holdsworth reports from Berlin after a vehicle was driven into a crowd during the city's Pride event, killing one person and wounding 16 more.

British actor David Jonsson will play the lead role in the film, due out on December 15, 2028. Known for his performances in the HBO television series "Industry" and the 2025 film "The Long Walk," Jonsson steps into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as...

"Whoever does not move with the times will disappear in time," the 42-year-old managing director told AFP. He was speaking from the shaded courtyard garden of his Mayer am Pfarrplatz heuriger, down the steps from the room where Beethoven stayed whi...

With temperatures in the European summer regularly climbing up towards 40 degrees Celsius (100F), cool has become cool. This year, visitors "have been telling me that they have escaped the heat in southern parts of Europe," said Terje Viblom Peders...

Luis Suarez converted a penalty in the 81st minute to secure the victory after Miami's Mexico international German Berterame was injured in a sickening clash of heads. Berterame crashed to the turf and lay motionless after Efrain Morales made conta...

Cost of living Burnham, 56, announced three feel-good measures designed to offer Britons and businesses some early modest help with high living costs, which he has made the focus of his nascent administration. He unveiled the removal of a tax on hou...

As movie buffs clamor to special-format theaters, and social media feeds are flooded with memes and reactions -- including by the world's richest man -- the latest take on the millennia-old mythological tale has become its own kind of epic. Here ar...