Heat wave grips Europe, triggering alerts and disruptions – DW.com

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  1. Heat wave grips Europe, triggering alerts and disruptions  DW.com
  2. More than half of France under red alerts as heatwave intensifies  BBC
  3. France Braces for a Week of Punishing Heat as Red Alerts Spread  U.S. News & World Report
  4. Europe braces for prolonged heatwave as temperatures approach 40C  Reuters
  5. France cancels events and restricts alcohol consumption amid brutal heatwave  The Guardian
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Russian troop build-up threatens city seen as key to seizing Ukraine’s Donbas – BBC

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  1. Russian troop build-up threatens city seen as key to seizing Ukraine's Donbas  BBC
  2. ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE: Syrskyi Was Recently In Kostiantynivka Meeting With His Corps Commanders. Something Is Coming  Daily Kos
  3. Commander of 19th Army Corps: Russia does not control any part of Kostiantynivka, there's only around 123 Rus  Українська правда
  4. Russia Turns to AI Videos to Fake Battlefield Success Near Kostiantynivka, ISW Says  UNITED24 Media
  5. Russian Advance Near Orekhov Tests Ukraine Defenses  Военное дело
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Iran Update Special Report, June 21, 2026 – Institute for the Study of War

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  1. Iran Update Special Report, June 21, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  2. Iran Update Special Report, June 16, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Shaky Iran-US ceasefire, Ebola cases surge, and the aid sector in crisis mode: The Cheat Sheet  The New Humanitarian
  4. Republicans raise concerns that Trump’s Iran deal could come at Israel’s expense  MS NOW
  5. Is This the End of the Gulf War?  Modern Diplomacy
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At least seven people killed in Chicago shootings as Trump renews military call

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Mayor says ‘violence has no place in our city’ as president criticizes governor for not accepting national guard troops

At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in several shootings in Chicago since Friday, police said, with Donald Trump once again calling for military intervention in the midwestern city.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump questioned why Illinois’s governor, JB Pritzker, had not welcomed military deployment.

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Planes were just 300ft apart in Boston airport near miss, expert says

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FAA investigating incident involving Delta and American jets that forced Delta plane to abort landing attempt

A Delta jet was roughly 300ft (90 meters) from an American Airlines plane during a close call at Boston’s airport that forced the Delta aircraft to abort a weekend landing attempt, an aviation expert said on Sunday.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan international airport.

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Leading Lebanese conservationist dies after Israeli airstrike on her home – NPR

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  1. Leading Lebanese conservationist dies after Israeli airstrike on her home  NPR
  2. Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike  BBC
  3. Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon  The Guardian
  4. Mona Khalil, Defender of Sea Turtles, Killed in an Israeli Strike in Lebanon  The New York Times
  5. Mourners gather to remember Lebanese conservationist killed by Israel  Al Jazeera
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Utah wildfire forces evacuation of small town as extreme heat roasts US west

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Town of Eureka evacuated due to risk from Iron fire as officials forecast more hot weather in week ahead

Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions are fueling multiple wildfires across the US west, including a massive blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town, with hot weather in the forecast raising the risk of more blazes in the week ahead.

The Iron fire in Utah’s Juab county was first detected on Saturday and has so far blackened more than 2,000 acres. The fire, about 70 miles (113km) south-west of Salt Lake City, forced the evacuation of Eureka, population 1,000, and people at a nearby ranch.

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