Watch: Military plane repurposed as aerial firefighter

California is the first state to own and operate this kind of federal aircraft to fight fires.

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Michel Barnier's journey from Mr Brexit to French PM

France's new prime minister is best known even in his native France as the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine recovering from police assault - party

His party says he is to undergo surgery to remove fragments from a tear-gas cannister.

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Drought dries up lake to reveal sunken Greek village

It is only the second time the village's ruins have been visible since it was abandoned decades ago.

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Ukraine says soldiers among 51 killed in Poltava missile attack

President Zelensky says two Russian missiles struck a military training institute.

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'Why defile it?' Parisians divided over Olympic ring plan for Eiffel Tower

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo says she wants the rings to stay on the iconic monument indefinitely.

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Extremist settlers rapidly seizing West Bank land

The number of illegal outposts has risen in the past five years to 196, BBC analysis has found.

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