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“Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze at Dunwich Heath, near England's east coast, had grown to cover around 150 hectares (370 acres) – the size of approximately 210 football pitches.”
“The blaze, which came on top of the massive wildfire in neighbouring Gironde, has burned 3,600 hectares and prompted the precautionary evacuation of around 30,000 people.”
“The blaze, which is still burning, has already scorched almost 44,000 hectares (109,000 acres), according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), making it the sixth-largest wildfire recorded in the EU over the past decade.”
“A wildfire that broke out in the Guadalajara province, east of Madrid, is now the 14th-largest recorded in the EU since 2016, with more than 33,000 hectares burned.”
“The blaze is the eighth-largest fire in the EU over the last 10 years, having destroyed more than 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres), according to EFFIS, which relies on satellite imagery analysis.”
“Nunez said higher humidity and weaker winds had helped conditions, but authorities still dealt with 26 fires nationwide on Wednesday alone.”
“The fire south of the city of Rethymno, in the island's southwest, had forced officials to evacuate some 8,000 people overnight as it threatened the village resort of Agia Galini.”
“Emergency services said 800 people were evacuated from the path of the new blaze.”
“With more than 42,000 hectares of forest destroyed, officials warn of catastrophic losses among reptiles, amphibians and insects”
“Olha Stefanishyna told reporters that Ukraine was in discussions with the Pentagon about a license to produce Patriot PAC-3 missiles itself, but that process could take 12 months to five years.”
“Last night and the night before, it was 30 to 40 ballistic missiles.”
“Ukraine hopes a new push for ceasefire talks with Russia could halt the five-year war before a potentially brutal winter, but needs new anti-ballistic missiles now to defend against strikes by Moscow, the country's envoy to Washington said…”
“offered a reward of more than $64,000 for any information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators.”
“with around 11,000 soldiers and police officers carrying out operations on land, at sea and in the air.”
“Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil – traded above $72 per barrel on the news, but did remain close to its lowest levels in more than four months.”
“We’re either going to make a deal or we’re going to finish the job… and it won’t be tough to finish the job. I’d rather make a deal, because I don’t want to affect 91 m people,” Donald Trump said in the Oval Office.”
“A 60-day ceasefire is currently in place – set to expire next month – with the goal of giving some space for diplomacy.”
“as hundreds packed the Guildhall to raise an estimated £100,000 for the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF).”
“The French designation covers the five Normandy landing beaches – Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juno – where more than 150,000 Allied troops came ashore on June 6, 1944, along with the Pointe du Hoc assault site, all central to the campaign…”
“Poland said Thursday that a missile that blasted a 10-metre (33 feet) crater inside its territory was likely fired by Russia in its latest mass attack on Ukraine.”
“NATO and European leaders openly blamed Russia for the 4am (0200 GMT) explosion in a field that shook residents of the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border, and the windows of their homes.”
“The massive hole and debris were found in a field two kilometres away, police said.”
“From the analysis of most of the traces, the recovered fragments point to a Russian Kh-101 missile," Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a news conference near the crater.”
“There is no reason to think that Poland was the target," he said.”
“two "objects" had violated Poland’s airspace," Tusk said.”
“One of them definitely did, because we have its traces here," Tusk said.”
“Tusk chaired a crisis unit meeting with Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski in Lublin, the nearest city to the village.”
“In response to a Russian missile of currently unknown type that entered Polish airspace and later crashed into Polish territory – one of many missiles fired by Russia at Ukraine overnight – NATO and Poland activated their air and ground de…”
“This intrusion reminds us that there is nothing more urgent for our two countries than to counter our common, age-old enemy, which represents a direct threat to both our nations"," Andriy Sybiga wrote on X.”
“in the strongest possible terms the Russian strikes that killed civilians in Ukraine, as well as the violation of Polish airspace"," Emmanuel Macron condemned.”
“The Polish people are famously unafraid... and our thoughts are with them," EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X.”
“To put an end to this, we are helping Ukraine win this war in every way we can," she added.”
“During the night, Russia launched 74 missiles and 284 drones at Ukraine, killing at least eight people.”
“In September 2025, around 20 Russian drones that entered Polish airspace were shot down or crashed.”
“In November 2022, a Ukrainian air-defence missile fell on the Polish village of Przewodow, killing two people.”
“US forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised.”
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday they had targeted US aircraft at Jordan's Aqaba airport with ballistic missiles, as well as US military assets and equipment at Kuwait's Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, and in S…”
“The latest casualty announcements brought the total number of US military personnel killed since the war began to 17, with more than 420 others wounded.”
“The conflict, which began when the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, seeking to disable Tehran's nuclear and missile programs and weaken its regional proxies, has killed thousands of people, mostly in Iran and Lebanon.”
“the current draft only factored in an eight-percentage-point rise in defence spending as a share of GDP by 2030”
“The government has set itself a hard deadline of 7 July for the publication of the DIP, which is the date of the next Nato summit”
“Al Carns, a former Special Operations officer and potential Labour leadership candidate, said the government was “preparing for last year’s war, not tomorrow’s”, in an apparent criticism of the DIP draft’s focus on large warships rather th…”
“We will have to dial back our activities and our exercise and operational activity if the level of resource funding that’s available to us does not increase. Now that’s still to be debated and decided”
“He also warned that the impact of higher inflation, particularly the rise in jet fuel prices, has eroded budgets in recent weeks”
“Jordan's army reported a new volley of Iranian missiles on Thursday morning, saying five had been shot down, causing no casualties.”
“Kuwait's defence ministry denounced a 'heinous' Iranian attack that 'targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company in the north', killed one worker and caused severe material damage.”
“Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, said it had set up a maritime defence alliance of 14 regional countries to secure navigation around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.”
“The Japanese military has mobilised 3,600 personnel for disaster relief operations and sent 20 aircraft to assess the damage from the air, the defence minister said.”
“Shortly after Iran’s strikes on the vessel, the US launched a round of strikes against at least 140 targets in Iran, including missile and drone sites”
“UAE reported two tankers being struck by Iranian missiles”
“France has deployed 1,500 soldiers to help firefighters near Bordeaux, and on Saturday an A400M military transport aircraft modified to release up to 20 tonnes of fire retardant joined the fleet of smaller planes already dousing flames.”
“The head of the Paris fire brigade told reporters that 100 firefighters from the French capital had been deployed to the southwest, adding to 45 firefighters and six vehicles already sent there.”
“It came after US Central Command reported its 12th consecutive night of strikes, saying it aimed to 'further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters'.”
“Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they stopped three oil tankers from transiting Hormuz as they vie with the US Navy for control over a route through which around one fifth of the world's oil once passed.”
“Iranian state media said on Thursday that a US attack killed two people at Shalamcheh on the Islamic republic's border with Iraq. It also reported that two US missiles hit Bushehr, home to the country's only civilian nuclear plant and a fr…”
“Lord Richard Walker, the boss of grocery chain Iceland and Keir Starmer’s cost of living adviser, has argued that retail staff should be armed with pepper spray and truncheons to deal with aggressive shoplifters.”
“Any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT”
“the latest strikes began at 2130 GMT Wednesday against Iranian military targets”
“Earlier, Jordan's army said it had intercepted five Iranian missiles”
“According to Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi alliance, the attacks killed at least 20 of its members across seven provinces”
“Two Hashed officials said five Iranian advisors were among those killed”
“The Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked and stopped three tankers in the strait”
“Drone strikes ignited fires Wednesday on two natural gas vessels at an Egyptian port, a maritime security firm said.”
“Banks that were most active in boosting their gold allocation included Poland, which purchased 102t, China and Brazil.”
“The vessel, named Disha, was attacked by an unknown missile near the Strait of Hormuz while en route to the Persian Gulf”
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to respond with 'full force' following a deadly clash in the occupied West Bank. Two Israeli soldiers were killed on Friday in fighting near the settlement of Havat Gilad and the neighbou…”
“More than half the town has been destroyed and many of the homes still standing are badly damaged, according to Mayor Abed Ezzeddin.”
“The UNESCO committee on Wednesday placed another Lebanese site, Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city in the southern part of the country, on the list of world heritage sites in danger. Tyre, Lebanon’s fourth-largest city, came under intense Is…”
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that he was dismissing Oleksandr Syrsky, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's army, amid an ongoing political crisis triggered by the removal of a popular defence minister.”
“I have decided that the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be Mykhailo Drapaty,”
“Fedorov, a tech-savvy 35-year-old whose efforts to modernise the army brought him into conflict with its leadership, accused Syrsky of blocking his ideas and pressuring Zelensky to remove him — a charge Syrsky denied.”
“The UK has committed up to £21.8bn to support Ukraine, including £13bn in military support and £5.3bn in economic assistance.”
“Meanwhile, the EU’s member states have collectively mobilised over €200bn.”
“The French defence ministry said it was deploying an additional 500 military personnel to help "protect people and property" during wildfires, bringing the total number of troops mobilised to 1,500.”
“The A400M military aircraft, equipped with a dispensing kit that can release 20 tonnes of water or fire retardant, flew over a forest in Lacanau in southwestern France.”
“He’s refused to rule out standing for Labour leader when nominations open on 9 July.”
“Russia fired a total of 74 missiles and 284 drones in the overnight barrage, according to Ukraine's air force”
“An official with Ukraine's emergency services told reporters that six people had been confirmed killed so far, with another four presumed dead but still to be formally identified.”
“The emergency services official said that such was the devastation at the scene, 17 "body fragments" had been found”
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the missile may have been supplied by Pyongyang.”
“Of course, there will still be examinations, everything will be checked, but as of now, it's North Korean ballistic weaponry," he said.”
“The Russians used their ballistic missile to destroy an ordinary house belonging to an ordinary family," outside the eastern city of Kryvyi Rig”
“The Voronov family: mother Olena, father Artem, seven children," and a grandchild, he said.”
“The youngest presumed victim was one and a half years old, he added.”
“In neighbouring Poland, police said they had discovered a 10-metre-wide crater in a field – likely caused by a projectile.”
“The country's operational command said it had detected an "unidentified object" which then dropped off radar screens.”
“Zelensky had earlier warned that the Russians were preparing to launch severe air strikes.”
“The Russians prepared a massive attack several days ago, and there is a high probability that the strike will be carried out tonight," Zelensky said in a post on X late Wednesday.”
“Zelensky in his post repeated his request to Ukraine's allies to supply Kyiv with the missiles its air defence system lacks.”
“Zelensky spoke on Tuesday with his American counterpart Donald Trump at the White House and discussed the possibility of Ukraine producing Patriot interceptors.”
“The Ukrainian military struck four Russian tankers in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, Ukraine's drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said on Thursday.”
“Brovdi said on the Telegram app that a total of 205 tankers – 130 in the Sea of Azov and 75 in the Black Sea – had been hit in the past three weeks.”
“In early July, Trump had expressed his intention to allow Ukraine to make surface-to-air missiles, at a time when Russia had stepped up its ballistic missile strikes.”
“Zelensky said on Tuesday he had a "good meeting" with Trump and said the US president "accepted that he will give us (Patriot) licenses".”
“A Palestinian villager seized an Israeli's weapon and shot dead one settler, leading an emergency response team from a nearby settlement to rush to the scene and more gunfire that left four Palestinians and a second Israeli dead, the Israe…”
“According to an AFP tally based on data from the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed at least 1,097 Palestinians, including both militants and civilians, over the same period.”
“representatives from 43 countries and the European Union attended an international meeting”
“It said 14 countries, including Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan and Djibouti, issued a joint statement supporting the proposed coalition”
“three US F-35 jets and three other aircraft were destroyed”
“Joint US-Saudi strikes in Iraq killed 20”
