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Netherlands' Lorena Wiebes of team SD Worx Protime celebrates on the podium after winning the first stage of the Women's Tour de France cycling race (Tour de France Femmes), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Lorena Wiebes wins opening stage of Women’s Tour de France

Lorena Wiebes has won the opening stage of the Women’s Tour de France. The Dutch cyclist claimed the flat 137-kilometer ride that started and finished in the city of Lausanne and took riders past two lakes locked in the Swiss Alps.

A firefighter creates a controlled burn area to contain a fire near Lege-Cap-Ferret, during wildfires in southwestern France, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

France’s forest management may need to change to prevent more wildfires in Les Landes

A picture taken from the French Civil Security rescue coordination helicopter shows a firefighting plane dropping water during a wildfire in Le Porge, France, Firday, July 31, 2026. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP)

As heat and dry conditions fan wildfires in France, volunteers fan out to help

A firefighter carries a hose while battling a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

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George Clooney appears at the screening of the film "The Boys In The Boat" in London on Dec. 3, 2023. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP, File)

Wildfires force George Clooney’s family to evacuate their home in southern France

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Resident returns to burnt remains of home destroyed in France wildfires

On Thursday, July 23, Matthieu Plessis drove through the French town of Le Porge, as flames raced along both sides of the road. A week later, Plessis returned once again to what remained of his ruined property. He lost his home, his bicycle repair business, his vehicles, his tools and most of his belongings. (AP Video by Nicolas Garriga)

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Firefighters tackle flare-ups as aid reaches wildfire victims in Gironde

Firefighters battle the last hot spots of a monster wildfire in France’s southwest

Firefighters battle the last hot spots of a huge wildfire in France’s southwest

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France's Maxence Lacroix runs into position during the World Cup Group I soccer match between Norway and France in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland, File)

Chelsea signs France center back Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace

FILE -A boat thought to be with migrants is escorted by a vessel from the French Gendarmerie Nationale off the Wimereux beach, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga, File)

French authorities say 4 people have died trying to cross the Channel

FILE -Nantes' Matthis Abline controls the ball during the French League One soccer match between Lyon and FC Nantes at the Groupama stadium in Decines, outside Lyon, France, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

Monaco signs France U21 striker Abline to join Balogun in forward line

A firefighter creates a controlled burn to contain a fire area near Lege-Cap-Ferret, during wildfires in southwestern France, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

As France tames wildfire and lets 84,000 evacuees go home, blazes flare across Europe

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Winemaker Edouard Le Grix de la Salle tends vines on his family's Grand Verdus wine estate in Sadirac, southwestern France's Bordeaux region, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Eva van Dam)

Wildfires near Bordeaux bring more troubles to France’s wine industry

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov appears at an event on Aug. 1, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

Telegram’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov has faced legal woes before — in Russia and France

French Vincent Belorgey, known as Kavinsky, performs during the 'Fete de la Musique', the music day celebration in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Thursday, 21 June 2018. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP, FILE)

France mourns iconic electro-pop composer Kavinsky

A man works to extinguish hot spots in an area burned by a wildfire near Casavieja, Ávila province, Spain, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)

2 firefighters die in wildfire on Crete as massive blazes persist across Europe

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

Southern Europe burns as 3 firefighters die and France battles blaze 4 times the size of Paris

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Camp beds for evacuees are laid out in a temporary shelter in Bordeaux, France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, for some of the 220,000 people who have fled wildfires in France's southwest Gironde region. (AP Photo/Eva van Dam)

A 2:47 a.m. alert, a rabbit and 220,000 evacuees as France’s wildfire rages on

Zinedine Zidane, newly appointed coach of the France national soccer team, attends a media conference at the headquarters of French Football Federation headquarters in Paris, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Emotional Zinedine Zidane achieves his ‘dream’ as he takes charge of the France team

Firefighters battle a blaze outside Lanton, during wildfires in southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires displace a third of a million across southwest Europe

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

US walks out on France at UN meeting to protest ally’s criticism of America’s human rights record

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A pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire is seen in the Fontainebleau forest region, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Paris, France, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva, File)

French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

Firefighters battle a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

What to know about the historic wildfires in France and Spain

Sun rises over Omaha Beach near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, file)

UNESCO adds France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List

Trees bur as a wildfire rages near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes and creep toward wine city of Bordeaux

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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Le Bourg d'Oisans and finish in Alpe d'huez, France, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Pogacar closes in on record-equaling fifth Tour de France title as Carapaz wins penultimate stage

A firefighter stands on a truck on a road near Lacanau, southwestern France, Saturday, July 25, 2026, as wildfires rage in the area. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes

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Firefighters use controlled burning to halt a wildfire that continues to spread near Cebreros, Ávila province, Spain, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Europe battles fast-moving wildfires sweeping across Spain and France, in photos

A firefighting helicopter drops water on the flames as a wildfire advances near Burgohondo, Ávila province, Spain, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat

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Ecuador's Richard Carapaz celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, with start in Voiron and finish in Orcieres-Merlette, France, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Carapaz wins stage 18 of the Tour de France with a late breakaway, Pogacar keeps overall lead

Former French player Zinedine Zidane, left, embraces Kylian Mbappe of France, as he is being presented to fans as a new Real Madrid player in Madrid, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas, File)

France expected to announce Zinedine Zidane as its new coach early next week

Tourists enjoy cooling off at a public water fountain In Paris, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )

France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave

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Belgium's Jasper Philipsen reacts after winning the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, with start in Chambery and finish in Voiron France, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP)

Jasper Philipsen wins stage 17 of Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar protects lead

Morocco's Issa Diop is congratulated by teammates Soufiane Rahimi (9) and Chemsdine Talbi, left, after he scored his team's first goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between the Netherlands and Morocco in Guadalupe, near Monterrey, Mexico, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Morocco defender Issa Diop joins Ipswich for club’s return to Premier League

France's Minister of Ecological Transition Monique Barbut speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU Environment ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, file)

French President Macron refuses minister’s resignation after dispute over pesticide bill

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Visitors arrive during the reopening to the public of the Apollo Gallery, at the Louvre museum in Paris, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Lou Benoist/Pool Photo via AP)

Louvre reopens Apollo Gallery after a brazen heist, but no jewels are on display

Three boys use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15

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Belgium's Remco Evenepoel rides to the podium after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial with start in Evian-Les-Bains and finish in Thonon-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Evenepoel wins time trial for back-to-back Tour de France stage victories, Pogačar still leads