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- Fires in southwestern Crete forced villages in the Rethymno region and tourists near Agia Galini to evacuate.
- About 8,000 people were evacuated, Crete deputy governor Maria Lioni said.
- Three firefighters died while responding to separate blazes on Crete and mainland Greece.
- Turkish Petroleum is to acquire a 15 percent interest in the BP-run Kirkuk oilfield, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
- Iraq offered Türkiye up to 1 million barrels per day, Erdogan said, as Ankara pursued a new energy framework instead of renewing the expired pact.
- Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s Ankara discussions covered energy, security, trade, transport and water management, according to the report.
- The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that evacuation orders covering 13 municipalities in two wildfire-affected areas had been withdrawn.
- Government figures showed nearly 100,000 people affected across Castile and León, Madrid and Castile-La Mancha; over 63,000 evacuated and 35,000 confined.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said firefighting conditions had improved in some areas but warned that the next hours would remain difficult.
- Wildfires remain concentrated in southwestern France and central and eastern Spain, with Gironde, western Madrid, Ávila, Toledo and Castellón among the worst-affected areas.
- At least 122,000 hectares have burned in Spain and France, while more than 320,000 people were evacuated and three firefighters died.
- The European Union deployed aircraft, helicopters and firefighting teams from several countries, with additional German helicopters and Turkish aircraft expected for Spain.
- The fire has covered about 42,000 hectares since 22 July, prompting roughly 220,000 evacuations and destroying approximately 240 homes, official figures show.
- The Defence Ministry said 1,500 military personnel had supported emergency operations since Saturday, including efforts to secure industrial sites near Bordeaux.
- The government introduced partial-unemployment support for affected companies, while France Assureurs extended insurance-claim submissions until 31 August.
- Firefighting costs for Spain’s 172,396 fire-affected hectares this year could range from €1.723 billion to €3.275 billion, based on two per-hectare estimates.
- The Labour Ministry has prepared measures covering wages and social-security contributions for workers unable to reach workplaces because of fires.
- Madrid’s regional government approved financial aid for farms affected by fires in the western Sierra, while thousands of livestock reportedly died or lacked essentials.
- Firefighters in southwest France are contending with pyrocumulonimbus clouds while trying to control a forest fire in Gironde.
- Jean-Baptiste Filippi said the fire-generated storms can create winds and lightning capable of spreading embers or starting new fires.
- Filippi said France recorded brief pyrocumulonimbus activity near Landiras, south of Bordeaux, in 2022, but the phenomenon remains relatively new there.
- President Emmanuel Macron scheduled an emergency cabinet session on Monday as firefighters worked to contain a major blaze in southwestern France.
- Gironde officials described conditions as generally stable after overnight firefighting, while flames remained within 15 kilometers of Bordeaux.
- The fire threatened a metropolitan area of roughly 850,000 residents, authorities said.
- Wildfires in France and Spain have displaced more than 250,000 people, including 70,000 evacuees in central Spain.
- France is preparing an A400M aircraft to spread fire retardant over the Gironde blaze, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.
- Authorities ordered evacuations west of Bordeaux as shifting winds threatened to push the fire toward the city.