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Now playing Next Portugal Hundreds of firefighters battle huge forest fire near Lisbon Local residents, including 30 people from a retirement home, had to be evacuated to safety as the fire approached. 01/08/2022
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Now playing Next world news Europe faces major heatwave, with drought and wildfires Many countries in the southern and western parts of the continent have already succumbed to exceedingly hot and dry weather, expected to last for about 10 days. 12/07/2022
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