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A wildfire in southwest France that burned 16,000 hectares last week – the country’s worst in at least 50 years – is under control but will not be fully extinguished for several weeks. Investigators say it may have been started deliberately.

As France prepares to airdrop another 36 tonnes of aid into Gaza by next week, more than 100 NGOs have accused Israel of "weaponising" relief supplies. They say new registration rules have left goods stuck in Jordan and Egypt while Palestinians face starvation.

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new military plan for Gaza faces growing criticism abroad, opposition is also building in Israel, with hostage families calling for a nationwide shutdown on Sunday. But in the Israeli settlement of Itamar, in the occupied West Bank, support for the war remains firm.

Champions League victors Paris Saint-Germain lifted the European Super Cup for the first time after a late two-goal burst and a penalty shoot-out success over the Europa League winners Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a three-way meeting with US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following a video conference on Wednesday with Trump and European leaders ahead of Friday's US-Russia talks in Alaska.

French investigators are working to trace the source of a deadly listeria outbreak as pressure mounts over delays in recalling contaminated cheese.

South Africa has rejected a US government report accusing it of moving towards land seizures from white farmers, calling the allegation “deeply flawed” and “inaccurate”.

Negotiators from 184 countries were still deeply divided on Wednesday over how to curb plastic pollution, with less than 36 hours before they were due to finalise a binding global treaty.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has formally recognised what he called France’s “repressive violence” in Cameroon during and after the country’s fight for independence in the late 1950s – a rare admission of a long-overlooked part of France’s colonial history.