Macron holds crisis meeting over massive wildfires

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron held a crisis meeting today in response to massive, uncontrolled wildfires that have forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes. In the Gironde region of south-west France, where flames have burned an area four times the size of Paris, the prefecture said the situation overnight had remained “globally stable” — a change from previous days when the giant blaze raging since last week edged closer to the city of Bordeaux.