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In the scorching heat Felipe Elvira inspects the branches of his olive trees, planted as far as the eye can see on a dusty hillside in southern Spain. "There are no olives on these. Everything is dry," the 68-year-old says. He and his son own a 100-hectare (250-acre) olive farm in the southern province of Jaen in sun-drenched Andalusia, a region which produces the bulk of the country's olive oil. But a severe drought gripping much of Spain threatens to shrivel their harvest this year.
Wildfires across the world are devastating huge areas. Often humans are the culprits with campfires, cigarettes and even arson attacks. But the question is: Is there is a link to climate change as well, to drought and heatwaves?
Water shortages in the Doñana marshlands of southern Spain is bad news for both wildlife and rice growers
This episode of EuronewsWitness brings you to Andalusia in southern Spain, where our reporter Hans von der Brelie is searching – and finding! - illegal water wells.
Spanish firefighters carry out preventative measures ahead of the summer's wildfire season as a drought and high temperatures already recorded in the spring means there will be more blazes
A number of London police have stepped back from firearms duties after a fellow officer was charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man, a force spokesman said Sunday. Police in Britain are not routinely armed and the small proportion who are authorised to carry guns are highly trained.
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