At least two people have died and around 500 homes destroyed by wildfires across the US state of Texas in some of the worst blazes in the region’s history.
The Rhone and Loire areas of France have been placed on heatwave alert for this weekend, as this year’s unpredictable summer continues to surprise locals and tourists alike.
President Nicolas Sarkozy gets low marks for his reaction the economic crisis so far - even from Le Figaro. The price of peaches - and other fruit and veg - plummets.
Kenya's 2007 violence is to be judged at The Hague. British Airways promised to fly to the aid of drought victims. There's a border spat between Kenya and Ethiopia.
