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- Spain’s prime minister said firefighters were beginning to see signs of progress in battling the forest fires.
- More than 50,000 hectares have burned in Ávila, near Madrid.
- The fires are among the most severe recorded in Spanish history, according to the report.
- Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran could make progress and warned that U.S. military action might resume if talks fail.
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei denied direct negotiations with Washington but said intermediaries could transmit U.S. messages to Tehran.
- Oman is leading mediation involving Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- EU rules taking effect Sunday require clear labels for deepfakes and other AI-generated images, text, video and audio.
- Chatbot providers must disclose AI interactions through a noticeable opening message or a persistent on-screen label.
- AI-generated public-interest text requires labelling when produced without human editorial oversight; purely personal use is excluded.
- Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry condemned attacks on Saudi oil tankers and warned threats to Pakistani maritime interests could meet lawful force.
- A Pakistan-Saudi defense agreement signed last September includes a collective-security clause treating an attack on either country as an attack on both.
- A Pakistani official denied an analyst’s claim that Pakistani troops are in Yemen conducting security and training duties alongside Saudi forces.
- Berliners gathered at Tiergarten two days after a deadly attack near the site of a Pride event.
- Flowers, candles, messages, rainbow flags and Pride symbols were left beside the tree where the vehicle crashed.
- A 65-year-old Polish woman died and 29 people were injured after a rented minivan entered a crowd and a machete was used.
- Ukraine fired hundreds of drones toward Russia, targeting an export terminal in Rostov and oil facilities in Yaroslavl and Udmurtia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
- Russian officials reported five deaths, including a child, in Rostov; Belgorod authorities said Ukrainian drones wounded 12 people, including two children.
- Regional authorities reported at least nine deaths from Russian strikes across Ukraine, while the air force said 147 drones were launched overnight.
- 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.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy met British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Portsmouth, visiting about 200 Ukrainian personnel training alongside UK troops.
- Britain is giving Ukraine access to Stone Cloak electronic jammers; Downing Street said Kyiv has already received thousands of the devices.
- Zelenskyy is due to travel from Britain to Washington for a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
- 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.
- Two people were killed and five wounded during a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle, the city fire department said.
- The injured included a 2-year-old boy; four others were reported in stable, serious or minor condition.
- Seattle police took one suspect into custody after the shooting, Mayor Katie Wilson said.
- September Brent crude fell 4.66% to $92.27 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate declined 5.02% to $84.83.
- Brent briefly reached $102 a barrel last week, its highest level since May.
- The United States paused strikes after 13 days, while Iran said it had halted retaliatory operations.