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A Johannesburg security guard who was humiliated by customers and told he would never own a BMW has, in a remarkable twist, been gifted one.

Hundreds of Turkish firefighters battled to contain wind-fuelled wildfires spreading near key tourist regions on the country's Mediterranean coast.

Italian authorities raised the drought alert level to "high" on Thursday in the Po Valley, home of the country's longest river, due to worsening conditions and unfavourable weather forecasts.

At the height of the blaze, which scorched 77,000 hectares in the Madrid region and the neighbouring province of Avila, the fire blazed visibly along the ridges of the surrounding hills.