Thousands of firefighters backed by the military are battling dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal as the death toll has increased to six since the outbreaks began. Two firefighters were killed on Sunday – one in each country, both in road accidents – taking the death toll to two in Portugal and four in … Read more‘Flames that consumed the hills’: Portugal, Spain reel from wildfires
United States President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for high-stakes peace talks at the White House on Monday. After a summit in Alaska on Friday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Trump suggested on Sunday that a peace agreement could come quickly if Zelenskyy cedes eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region to Russia. The … Read moreTrump-Zelenskyy meeting: What’s the schedule, what’s at stake?
Addressing Zelenskyy a day before his high-stakes visit to the White House on Monday, Trump warned that the return of Russian-occupied Crimea and Ukrainian membership of NATO would be off the table in any negotiated settlement. “President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue … Read moreTrump says Ukraine’s Zelenskyy could end war ‘almost immediately’
Two boats, carrying 58 and 68 people and believed to have departed from Libya, were stopped on Monday, and their passengers were placed under guard at temporary shelters. More than 100 other refugees and migrants arrived on Crete over the weekend after strong winds eased. Greece’s conservative government last month suspended all asylum claims for … Read moreGreece’s Crete sees surge in boat arrivals despite harsher detention policy