A wildfire that forced the confinement of two villages in Catalonia’s Segarra region has been stabilised after burning some 60 hectares of farmland, regional authorities reported on Wednesday. The blaze, which broke out on Tuesday, prompted authorities in Lleida province to confine residents of Pallerols and Ribera d’Ondara until further notice . Firefighters, supported by seven aircraft, brought the flames under control overnight, though no residential properties were reported at risk.

The incident follows a surge in wildfire activity across Europe this week. In central Portugal, a firefighter was injured while battling a blaze near Castelo de Vide, where two active fronts continue to consume scrubland . Meanwhile, in the United States, a fast-moving wildfire in Spokane, Washington, forced the evacuation of 1,200 residents on Tuesday, as extreme heat and dry conditions heighten fire risks nationwide .

The spate of fires has reignited debates over land management and climate adaptation. In an opinion piece published on Tuesday, Dutch daily *Trouw* argued that European forest policies are increasingly circling back to controlled burning as a tool to prevent catastrophic wildfires, despite public resistance . The article highlights how governments are reconsidering traditional fire suppression strategies in the face of record temperatures and prolonged droughts.

In France, labour inspectors revealed on Wednesday that a 19-year-old worker died of heatstroke in the Drôme region on 26 May after spending a full day on a rooftop without adequate protections from his employer. The case has intensified calls for a legally enshrined *right to coolness*, akin to existing rights to housing and healthcare, as temperatures soar across the continent .

Across the Atlantic, Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, daubing Hebrew slogans on the walls of buildings in Jiljilya and Mazraa al-Nubani, near Ramallah. The attacks occurred amid a surge in violence against Palestinian property, with Israeli forces having killed 1,169 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 2023 .

In Ukraine, firefighters in Sumy extinguished a major blaze on Tuesday after a Russian strike targeted civilian infrastructure, underscoring the humanitarian toll of the war beyond active combat zones .

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irozhlas.cz · about 2 hours ago

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observador · about 3 hours ago