Kurdistan in the crosshairs as US, Iran wage war As the US and Israel continue trading blows with Iran, The Kurdistan Region and it's capital Erbil are caught in the crossfire.

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Wildfires send nearly 260,000 fleeing in France and Spain France hustled 197,000 people from areas around Bordeaux -- including vacation spots crowded this time of year -- in what was "probably" the biggest peacetime evacuation the country has seen, its interior minister said. In Spain, 60,000 people were evacuated from villages west of Madrid.

Iran’s government spars with state TV as mediators push talks with US

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