The biggest fear for senior citizens taking refuge in Benavente, a town ravaged by vast wildfires in Spain, is that "everything they own could burn," its mayor Beatriz Asensio told AFP. Many of those evacuated from their homes in that area are elderly.

The UK government vowed Sunday to overhaul its asylum system after weekend protests broke out across the country at hotels housing migrants.

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Jonas Vingegaard won stage two of the Vuelta a Espana on a cool, rainy 10km climb to Limone, with Italy's Giulio Ciccone following the new red jersey holder home in second place at the end of a white knuckle struggle to the line. #AFPSports #LaVuelta25

VIDEO: The chirping of birds echoed through a packed lecture hall in Hong Kong, though there wasn't a feather in sight. Welcome to the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society's first-ever bird call contest.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday, on a visit to Kyiv, that it was not up to Russia to decide on potential security guarantees for Ukraine that the country seeks from Western allies for when the war ends ➡️

RT @AFP: #UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would be "the most….

#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would be "the most effective way forward" amid stalled diplomatic attempts to end the war, as he celebrated Ukraine's Independence Day ➡️

RT @AFP: VIDEO: 🇫🇷 Cavers remove waste from France's renowned Berger chasm. A years-long clean-up operation is continuing in the 45-km-lon….

Eve Higgins scored the decisive try as Ireland launched their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign with a 42-14 victory over Japan in Northampton on Sunday ➡️ 🇮🇪 🇯🇵 #AFPSports #RWC2025 #IREvJPN

RT @AFP: Defending champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are chasing rare repeat #USOpen triumphs as the final Grand Slam of the seas….

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces shelled a hospital in North Darfur's besieged city of El-Fasher and abducted six women and two children from a displacement camp, rescuers and a medic said on Sunday ➡️

RT @AFP: #UPDATE A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was "the most intense on record", the country's State Meteorological Agency (A….

England Under-21 winger Jonathan Rowe signed for Bologna on Sunday after being forced out of Marseille following a changing room fight with Adrien Rabiot which resulted in both players being put on the transfer list ➡️ #AFPSports

RT @AFP: #UPDATE US President Donald Trump's envoy Keith Kellogg attended Ukraine's independence celebrations in Kyiv on Sunday, as the pus….

#UPDATE US President Donald Trump's envoy Keith Kellogg attended Ukraine's independence celebrations in Kyiv on Sunday, as the push to end the war appeared to have stalled, with Ukraine and Russia trading accusations of hampering the peace efforts ➡️

Vietnam said on Sunday it plans to evacuate more than 300,000 people and has cancelled over a dozen domestic flights as Typhoon Kajiki approaches ➡️

VIDEO: 🇨🇳 No men, no stress: women-only communities thrive in China. Some women are seeking refuge from harassment, while others are keen to escape intrusive questioning or pressure from relatives, including to get married and have children.#AFPVertical

VIDEO: 🇫🇷 Cavers remove waste from France's renowned Berger chasm. A years-long clean-up operation is continuing in the 45-km-long cave system to retrieve waste left behind by people on explorations which began in the 1950s.#AFPVertical

Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia on Sunday, triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant as it celebrated Ukrainian independence day against a backdrop of fading hopes for recent peace efforts ➡️

The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago as part of an expanded crackdown on crime and immigration, according to reports in US media ➡️