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Hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire which has spread across a mountain near Cape Town and is now threatening South Africa's biggest naval base, as well as nearby homes. IMAGES
Projectiles fired from northern Israel fall close to the villages of Jibbein and Yarine near Lebanon's border with Israel. The border area between the two countries has seen daily exchanges of fire, in particular between Hezbollah and Israel, since the start of the Israel-Hamas war triggered by the October 7 attacks on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas. IMAGES
Portuguese firefighters are struggling to control a blistering blaze that broke out in southern Portugal, forcing the evacuation of around 80 people. Portugal is the latest European nation to face extreme weather and fierce fires, which climate scientists warn will become increasingly common due to man-made global warming. IMAGES
Portuguese firefighter helicopters and aircrafts drop water in an attempt to put out a blaze that broke out in Tavira, in southern Portugal. Portugal is the latest European nation to face extreme weather and fierce fires, which climate scientists warn will become increasingly common due to man-made global warming. IMAGES
Lisbon (Portugal), Jul 27 (EFE), (Camera: Nacho Ballesteros).- Spanish and Portuguese palaeontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species, Lusovenator (“hunter of Lusitania”), which lived 145 million years ago. SOUNDBITES OF:-FERNANDO ESCASO, PALEONTOLOGIST AT UNED:"The holotype is normally smaller and we estimate that it would be 3 meters long, but the other species would reach 6-7 meters, which ita medium size for this species. But this doesn't mean the Lusovenator is that size, we don't know yet. It's a reptile, it could grow and we don't know what size it could reach. " -ELISABETE MALAFAIA, PALEONTOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON."It's not common to find the whole skeleton, we normally find only parts. It's a relatively well-known group, normally in the Cretaceous."
Janeiro de Cima / Cerdeira (Portugal), Jul 11 ??(EFE) .- (Camera: Carlos García) Acacio is in his 80s and makes wicker baskets in the middle of the street, Isilda milks her goats every morning to make fresh cheese and Rosa Pereira weaves flax. It is the resilience of Portugal's "Aldeias do Xisto", an "Iberian Amazon" in the Portuguese inland. These are 27 villages that have identified themselves as the most ancient rural tourism destination and that in times of COVID have become even more relevant due to the security offered by a region far from large cities.FOOTAGE OF ALDEIAS DO XISTO.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:ROSA GOMES, WEAVER FROM JANEIRO DE CIMA: "This part here is the museum and the floor above is the working room where I do my work."ACACIO GASPAR, BASKET MAKER FROM JANEIRO DE CIMA: "I would teach those who wanted to learn, but there's nobody."RUI SIMAO, DIRECTOR OF ALDEIAS DO XISTO: "It's the profound, genuine identity of Portugal. Here we're in the centre of Portugal, and here is where the seed and culture of Portuguese life and culture."ISILDA SANTOS MENDES, CHEESE MAKER AND FARMER IN FERREIRA DE SAO JOAO: "I like straining the cheese well so that the cheese is compact."JOANA SALGADO, COORDINATOR OF CERCEIRA'S CREATIVE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES: "We have creative offers that last two and a half hours, experiences in the ceramics, figurative art, wood areas."MIGUEL NIETO, ARTIST IN CERDEIRA: "This question that exists inside the artist living in the city who suddenly wants to find a place to rest and think."
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