European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday that Europe was on "high wildfire alert," with mounting pressure on Eastern European nations. Fires across the continent have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes this week.
Ukraine struck industrial infrastructure in Russia's Samara region on Saturday, local authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack, saying a rocket plant and an air base were hit deep inside Russian territory.
Firefighters battling the biggest forest fire in the history of North Rhine-Westphalia say residents are unlikely to be able to return home on Friday amid high temperatures, humidity and wind. The blaze has scorched a wide stretch of the Eifel forest.
The US has revived trade pressure on the EU, accusing Brussels of enabling China to dodge tariffs. The bloc had already narrowed the scope of its supply-chain and human rights standards laws under business pressure, but Washington says that concession did not go far enough.
Morocco and Spain have deployed additional security forces along their shared border after online calls circulated for a new mass crossing attempt into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Spanish authorities are also working to speed up the removal of roughly 5,000 irregular migrants still in the city following a July 30-31 influx.
Russia has acknowledged fresh petrol shortages across the country following months of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on its energy infrastructure. Ukraine has been targeting Russia's refineries and fuel depots, hoping to squeeze a vital source of revenue for the Russian army.
Ukrainian forces have retaken 26 settlements and more than 600 square kilometers of territory in the southeast, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Analysts framed the operation as evidence Kyiv can still mount coordinated, mechanized counterattacks after more than four years of largely static fighting.
Fighter jets on a NATO air-policing mission shot down a drone that entered Latvia's airspace early Friday, the country's defense ministry confirmed. The incident is the latest in a string of airspace violations along NATO's eastern flank.
Romania has shut down its only nuclear plant in a rare move prompted by a lack of cooling water from the Danube River. Hungary, meanwhile, is racing to dam the Danube in an effort to keep its Paks plant online.
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage won as expected on Friday, beating opponent Count Binface to regain the parliamentary seat he quit a month ago to trigger the by-election in the seaside town of Clacton.