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'People at war have come to help': Ukrainian firefighters battle French wildfire

A team of 70 firefighters from Ukraine is on deployment in southwest France, where wildfires have scorched 42,000 hectares in the worst blaze in decades. RFI met the Ukrainian rescuers helping to put out the last of the flames.

'People at war have come to help': Ukrainian firefighters battle French wildfire

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Flights Canceled and Trains Fill as Typhoon Hits Travel Season

Japan's Obon travel rush reaches its outbound peak on August 8 with severe disruption continuing in Okinawa, where Typhoon No. 13 has forced widespread flight cancellations and suspended local transportation even as airlines prepare special services to begin clearing stranded passengers later in the day. (News On Japan)

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