Democratic Party Faces Debt and Disarray, and Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations in Europe
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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracey Mumford. Today's Tuesday, July 28th. Here's what we're covering. In France and Spain, firefighters are racing to contain the largest wildfires ever recorded in those countries. The blazes are ripping through parched forests and are now on the outskirts of Madrid and Bordeaux, blanketing the cities with smoke. In France, more than 200,000 people have been displaced from the hardest-hit region there, making it one of the largest peacetime evacuations in the country's history. The fires in France are also threatening a hub of aerospace and defense industries near Bordeaux, with factories housing dangerous materials. Employees have already been evacuated from one site where rocket fuel is packed into boosters for missiles.
So far, most people have been able to escape the fires. France hasn't reported any deaths. Spanish authorities say two people were killed there.
So we're hearing as we talk to evacuees these harrowing stories of, you know, people trying to protect their homes with hoses, jumping up onto the roof of their buildings when firefighters aren't there because there's only so many firefighters and they have to dedicate their resources to where the fire is going often.
Jason Horowitz is the Times bureau chief in Madrid, where the fires have come as close as 30 miles from the city.
The thing that a lot of people are really worried about is that the window on fighting these fires, or the immediate window anyway, on fighting these fires might be closing because temperatures are going to spike again within the next day. That means that the land will dry, that the fire will move faster. And this is the great fear because these are wildly unpredictable fires that The winds are bringing them places that no one expects. You have individual fires that are almost joining forces and becoming these mega fires that are eating vast terrain. So with the raising temperatures, people are increasingly worried.
I think it's a good thing to have the opportunity to sit with our good friend President Trump and to hear what he has in mind.
At the White House today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to have a high-stakes meeting with President Trump. His visit to the U.S. is timed so he can also attend the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who was a staunch supporter of Israel. Netanyahu said that when he meets with Trump, his top priority will be the war with Iran — which hit the six-month mark today. Trump and Netanyahu went into the war together back in February, but they have failed to deliver the goals they set out, ending Iran's nuclear program and overthrowing the country's regime. And now the two leaders are being pulled in different directions. Trump is staring down midterm elections where his party could take a hit for what polling shows is a deeply unpopular conflict.
And Trump said as recently as yesterday that he wants to negotiate with Iran. But according to a former Israeli military intelligence commander, Israeli leaders would rather see a return to all-out war because any peace deal would only strengthen the Iranian regime that Israel wants to topple. He told The Times, quote, Israel doesn't want to hear about an agreement. Analysts say that during Netanyahu's visit with Trump today, the Israeli leader is likely to make the case for why the U.S. should continue the conflict. Meanwhile, in Iran, leaders there are also confronting the question of whether to continue fighting.
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