Amid a scorching Mediterranean heatwave, firefighters in Turkey and Cyprus struggled to contain devastating wildfires. In Turkey, ten firefighters died, and numerous residents were evacuated as fires spread rapidly due to strong winds.

More than a dozen people have been killed, homes destroyed and villages evacuated as wildfires rage across Turkey, Cyprus and Greece. | ITV National News

The Met Office say that temperatures at popular holiday destinations will be widely 5-10°C above average due to a severe heatwave in the coming days

Two people have been burned alive in a Brit holiday island - while another 10 were killed in Turkey as a huge wildfire inferno spread.

Turkish Cypriots on Sunday celebrated Turkey’s military invasion of Cyprus that cleaved the island nation along ethnic lines 51 years ago. Turkey's president reaffirmed his full backing for a controversial peace deal that envisions the establishment of two separate states.

“We fully support the vision based on a two-state solution,” Erdogan said during a visit to northern Cyprus marking 51 years since Turkish troops invaded the island. “It is time for the international community to make peace with the realities on the ground,” Erdogan said.

American nuclear weapons in Turkey and the 1974 Turkish conquest of northern Cyprus. In 1974, Turkey invaded and occupied forty percent of Cyprus where they put into practice the cleansing ...

By Ayhan Uyanik and Michele Kambas BILECIK, Turkey/NICOSIA (Reuters) -Firefighters across Turkey and Cyprus battled multiple wildfires on Thursday amid a searing Mediterranean heatwave that has scorched swathes of land and killed 10 firefighters in central Turkey.