Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyon.
Deadly wildfires are raging in Europe.
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern Europe have been evacuated due to the wildfires,
which come amid an extraordinary heat wave and drought.
Here in North America, tens of millions of people are continuing to endure
hazardous smoke from massive wildfires burning across Canada and the western U.S.
NPR's Kirk Siegler reports from the fire line in Boise.
Well, it's a huge deal because it means all of the resources have been deployed at all the fires across the country.
So if we get another big fire, we're in trouble.
And that's probably why I'm not seeing a whole lot here outside the center.
The center has made a plea for international help.
In fact, we're expecting a crew of elite firefighters coming in from Australia to land this weekend
and get deployed across the west.
In southern Europe gets worse and firefighters are going to be needed there, international crews needed there.
That's NPR's Kirk Siegler reporting.
Wall Street is headed into a busy week with the Federal Reserve facing a big decision on interest rates,
along with earnings from big tech and big oil.
NPR's Rafael Narm has a preview.
The Fed is set to hold its latest policy meeting at a time of high uncertainty.
Although investors for now believe policymakers will hold rates steady,