France's Bastille Day Parade Persists Amid Heatwave and Wildfires
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President Emmanuel Macron led France’s Bastille Day parade in Paris with dozens of foreign leaders and troops, signaling European unity with Ukraine, even as a heatwave and wildfires forced the cancellation of many fireworks and balls; Fontainebleau forest fires burned about 2,050 hectares, and authorities said roughly 32,000 hectares have burned across France this year, with 850 firefighters and water-bombing planes battling the blazes and arson arrests reported.
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