Wildfires rage across Spain, Greece, Italy & Algeria killing dozens

Wildfires are burning through the Mediterranean and beyond, from Greece to Russia, leaving death and destruction in their midst. At least 65 people have been killed in northern Algeria since Monday. The hardest-hit area has been the mountainous Kabylie region where desperate villagers used water hoses and tree branches to battle the encroaching flames. The government has deployed the army to help fight the fires and 28 of those killed in the flames have been soldiers. Algeria’s president declared three days of national mourning and froze state activities not related to the fires. At the other end of the Mediterranean, exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth consecutive day on Wednesday. Extra assistance has been sent from all over the world, including France, Germany, Britain, Spain, Egypt, and Qatar. Greece’s Prime Minister has called it a “nightmarish summer“ and has apologized for failures in tackling the blazes. Flare-ups continue to ravage Evia, Greece’s second-largest island, are