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Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been forced to evacuate as large wildfires, fueled by soaring temperatures and dry conditions, continue to rage across Western Europe. Fire crews have been battling the blazes for several days, with more than 300,000 people reported evacuated.
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Sky News – World U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first visit to Ukraine, a day after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The trip is part of a renewed push to revive stalled peace talks to end Russia's full-scale invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the envoys in Kyiv.
NYTimes – World Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a projected 44% of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, far ahead of the conservatives on 17%, but fell short of a majority. The result, described by the party as "historic," marks the closest a far-right party has come to holding power at state level in Germany since World War II. It remains unclear whether AfD can form a state government.
Sky News – World Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese village killed at least nine people, including women and children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Lebanon says the escalation jeopardises a US-brokered ceasefire meant to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The IDF said it had targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in response to an attempted attack on its troops.
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