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France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people forced to flee homesLEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — France cut the length of the Tour de France's final stage on Saturday to redeploy officers to battle raging wildfires that forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some the suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux. A specially adapted cargo aircraft was deployed to dump flame retardants on a huge blaze raging in the Gironde region of southwestern France. The Tour de France’s last stage on Sunday will be reduced in length by a third, the Paris police department said, an extraordinary measure that underscored the gravity of the fires in southwest France.Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni cityCAIRO (AP)