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Published on 22/08/2026 – 14:14 GMT+2 Devastating wildfires that have ravaged Europe over summer have been unveiling a potentially deadly new threat – unexploded ordnance from World War I and World War II. Fires have burned through huge areas of land in western Europe in recent months as the continent has battled scorching temperatures and droughts, and firefighters have faced the additional threat of exploding shells. Explosions have been reported in France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. “Climate change is now doing the work of unburying and reactivating what was previously stable,” Sarah Njeri, a peace and conflict scholar at…

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