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Jul 2023
48m 22s

Algeria wildfires

Bbc World Service
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At least 34 people have been killed and thousands evacuated after wildfires broke out across Algeria, the country's interior ministry says. The most extensive fires, in the mountainous Kabylie region to the east of Algiers, spread to residential areas in the coastal towns of Bejaia and Jijel, fanned by high winds. Also on the programme: Belgium’s biggest ev ... Show More
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