Flames have reached up to 60-meter high during forest fire in Canary Islands of Spain, authorities said. The flames have burnt more than 2000 hectares already, authorities added. Forest fires in Castile and Leon autonomous region prompted evacuations. Some 4,500 hectares were also burned in the region, including in the city of Avila.
Extinguishing efforts are still underway.
Russia has handed over the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers in exchange for 19 Russian soldiers as part of an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul.
Russian Vice President Vladimir Medinsky stated, “As a continuation of the Istanbul agreements, we returned 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers today and received the bodies of 19 of our own. May they all rest in peace in their homeland.”
The Kremlin confirmed that the exchange follows the second round of peace talks held in June in Istanbul. According to Russian state agency TASS, the transfer marks the beginning of a broader process to return 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies.
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