Fire crews in Greece, Spain, and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires. Calmer winds on Thursday have helped slow the blazes.

MADRID: Portugal suffered its first death from the fires raging there, as Spain's weather agency warned of a "very high to extreme risk" of

A heatwave is continuing to affect the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle ongoing blazes and towns have been evacuated. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited affected regions to meet with the heads of emergency teams.

Greece battled a dozen major wildfires, including one threatening its third-largest city Patras, as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe.

Spanish and Portuguese authorities, backed by Europol, have seized more than seven tonnes of clams unfit for human consumption and arrested 11 suspects accused of making at least

Firefighters have been battling to put out blazes across southern Europe in one of the worst summers for wildfires in 20 years

While EuroBasket 2025 doesn't start for a few weeks, there are still exhibition games ahead of the tournament.

British tourists travelling to Spain and Portugal have been issued an urgent travel warning. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), which regularly issues and updates travel advice for all parts of the world, has warned travellers of the “high risk” in the two European countries.