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Balkans battle wildfires from prolonged heatwave in Europe
Experts say it’s time to act to avoid more climate-based disasters across Europe and urge European leaders to address the concerning trends in weather across the continent.
Ongoing heat waves have triggered fires throughout the Balkans and southern Europe, with countries such as Bulgaria and Albania currently receiving international firefighting aid through an EU support system.
Serbia has sent helicopters to North Macedonia to help combat wildfires that continue to burn out of control in heatwave temperatures in the landlocked Balkan country.
Firefighting helicopters were also being used on the slopes of Mount Kozjak, near the Prohor Pcinjski monastery in South Serbia.
Large wildfires in parts of North Macedonia this week destroyed and damaged homes, forced evacuations and claimed the life of an elderly resident in a village some 60 kilometres east of the capital Skopje.
Strong winds accelerated the spread of wildfires in parts of eastern and central North Macedonia since Monday, officials said.
Wildfires continued to burn in Albania on Wednesday, coming close to homes in the southern village of Mashkullore, but causing no damage.
Hundreds of Albanian firefighters, military personnel and volunteers managed to get a major fire in the coastal town of Shengjin under control after it damaged a roof and two beach bars, sending visitors fleeing in panic.
An Albanian army Cougar helicopter and two Italian Canadair planes, part of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, helped spare the beach town from the flames.
In Croatia, fires that erupted in the Dalmation coast also forced residents to evacuate but no casualties were reported.
According to the Croatian emergency services, 755 firefighters were deployed to 122 different fires in Croatia, with the help of 10 Canadair planes.
The Croatian fire brigade confirmed that fires in all areas had been successfully contained as of Thursday.
Extreme heat continues to scorch other parts of Europe as well, with nine municipalities across Spain under orange warnings for high temperatures.
Experts say it’s time to act to avoid more climate-based disasters across Europe and urge European leaders to address the concerning trends in weather across the continent.
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Video: Police Identify Suspect in Mass Shooting in Canada
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Police Identify Suspect in Mass Shooting in Canada
At least eight people were killed in a mass shooting in British Columbia in Canada. Local authorities said the shooter was an 18-year-old whose motive had not been identified.
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“The deceased victims from the school include an adult female educator, three female students, and two male students between the ages of 13 and 17.” “This morning, parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love. The nation mourns with you. Canada stands by you.” “Upon arrival, there was active gunfire, and as officers approached the school, rounds were fired in their direction. Officers entered the school to locate the threat. Within minutes an individual confirmed to be the shooter was located deceased with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
By Axel Boada, Monika Cvorak and Cynthia Silva
February 11, 2026
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Iranian brutality: Nobel laureate fighting for life after barbaric assault at notorious prison
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee is calling on Iran to stop its physical abuse and life-threatening treatment of Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned since December.
The committee said it had received “credible reports” of “life-threatening mistreatment” of Mohammadi, an activist arrested by plain-clothes agents while peacefully attending the funeral of the late human rights lawyer and advocate Khosrow Alikordi.
Mohammadi has been beaten by wooden sticks and batons and dragged across the ground by her hair, tearing sections of her scalp and causing open wounds, the committee said.
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Ali and Kiana Rahmani, children of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist, attend the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 award ceremony, where they accept the award on behalf of their mother at Oslo City Hall, Norway on Dec. 10, 2023. (NTB/Javad Parsa via REUTERS )
Furthermore, she was repeatedly kicked in the genitals and pelvic region, leaving her unable to sit or move without severe pain and raising serious concerns of bone fracture, it said.
“The Committee is horrified by these acts, and reiterates that Ms. Mohammadi’s imprisonment is arbitrary and unjust,” committee Chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes said in a statement. “Her only ‘offence’ is the peaceful exercise of her fundamental rights – freedom of expression, association and assembly – in defence (sic) of women’s equality and human dignity.”
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Ali Rahmani, son of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, speaks after receiving the award on behalf of his mother at Oslo City Hall, Norway. (NTB/Fredrik Varfjell via REUTERS)
An Iranian prosecutor at the time of the arrest told reporters that Mohammadi made provocative remarks at the memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad and encouraged those present “to chant norm‑breaking slogans” and “disturb the peace,” Reuters reported.
Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, has spent much of the last two decades in Iran’s infamous Evin prison.
The committee is calling on Tehran to release Mohammadi and guarantee her access to medical care.
The state tax building burned during Iran’s protests, on a street in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 19, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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“Mohammadi’s ordeal is yet another grim example of the brutal repression that has followed the mass protests in Iran, where countless women and men have risked their lives to demand freedom, equality and basic human rights,” it said.
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Who decides who belongs in Europe? The migration debate returns
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