20:56⇢LA Burns While Sarkozy Fights
⌨The newspapers extensively cover the Los Angeles wildfires, now described as "apocalyptic" with five deaths and 130,000 evacuations, while firefighters battle uncontrollable flames (20 Minutes, BFMTV, Le Monde, Le Parisien, Libération). Trump uses the disaster to attack California's Democratic governor (Le Monde). Meanwhile, Nicolas Sarkozy makes his first substantial defense at the Libyan financing trial, strongly denying all allegations and calling his accusers "liars, murderers and fraudsters" (Le Figaro, L'Obs, Valeurs Actuelles).