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Dylan Earl, 20, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to breaching the National Security Act, and aggravated arson in connection to a blaze at a warehouse in Leyton in March which required 60 firefighters to bring under control.

The fallout from a bitter split in the Sinaloa Cartel has seen gun battles rage in the streets of the norther city of Culiacán and will not be easy for any leader to bring under control.

Gale-force winds combined with hot, dry weather to whip up the flames over the past week in Greece, making the blazes exceptionally difficult to bring under control.

About 10 helicopters dropping water and 150 firefighters and 50 military personnel were working to contain the wildfire that could take more than a day to bring under control, authorities said.

"France's embassy in Niamey was violently attacked yesterday by visibly prepared groups, which Nigerien security forces did not fully bring under control," the foreign ministry said in a statement.