A firefighter has been left dead after horror wildfires have forced thousands of people to evacuate in both Greece & Turkey with one official warning 'the real difficulties are ahead'

Dozens of wildfires burn in Greece and Turkey as temperatures soar - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Greece and Turkey face deadly wildfires as extreme heat drives record-breaking temperatures and mass evacuations.

Greece and Turkey continue to battle major wildfires amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures reached 42.4C in central Greece at the weekend, with emergency services battling fires in the Peloponnese area of Athens and on the popular tourist islands of Kytheria and Crete.

Wildfires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks threatened the country’s fourth-largest city early Sunday, causing more than 1,700 people to flee their homes and leaving a firefighter dead.

T urkey has inked a preliminary deal with Britain and Germany to acquire a fleet of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, triggering alarm bells amongst Ankara's rivals in the Middle East, including Israel,

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has declared emphatically that "Greece does not discuss sovereignty issues with Turkey" in relation to the "grey areas" claim in the Aegean.