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European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Trump reportedly told the Europeans that his goal for the summit was to obtain a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv. He…

Locals tried to put out a wildfire threatening a yard of horses on Chios in Greece. The blaze started earlier this week and quickly spread due to strong winds. In the past 24 hours alone, more than 152 new fires have broken out across the country and thousands of people have been evacuated. Around 4,850…

Paul Adams BBC Diplomatic Correspondent BBC Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday Speculation has swirled over whether the Trump-Putin summit will result in the map of Ukraine being forcibly – and fundamentally – altered. Russia has laid claim to vast parts of Ukraine since 2014, when President Vladimir Putin made…

The wife of South Korea’s jailed former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested over a raft of charges, including stock manipulation and bribery. Former first lady Kim Keon Hee denied all charges during a four-hour court hearing in Seoul on Tuesday. But the court issued a detention warrant, citing the risk that she may…

Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency on the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão, after deadly floods which killed at least nine people and forced 1,500 from their homes. The state of emergency activates crisis funds and urgent infrastructure repairs in the Atlantic Ocean islands off the west coast of Africa. Monday’s…

Three soldiers have been killed in a drone attack in south-west Colombia, which authorities have blamed on a dissident rebel group. The devices dropped explosives on members of Colombia’s navy and army, who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya River. Four other members of the security forces were injured in the attack. Drone attacks…

Ana Faguy & Mark Poynting BBC News Watch: Timelapse captures rising glacial lakes in Alaska Some Alaskans are evacuating their homes as meltwater escapes a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier – raising fears of record-breaking flooding in the US state’s capital city. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Juneau has issued a flood…

Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Netanyahu has dismissed international criticism of his plans to expand the war Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that Gaza ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive deal to release all the remaining hostages at once. The plan previously being pushed was for…

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged the violence committed by his country’s forces in Cameroon during and after the Central African nation’s struggle for independence. It followed a joint report by Cameroonian and French historians examining France’s suppression of independence movements from 1945 to 1971. In a letter to Cameroon’s President Paul Biya made public…

The UK, France and Germany have told the UN they are ready to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme if it fails to resume talks by the end of August. The three countries, known as the E3, said they were prepared to trigger a “snapback” mechanism – meaning previous sanctions would be reinstated…