2026-07-27
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Iran said a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea killed one sailor and injured another.
It urged European countries to hold Ukraine accountable in order to stop the war from widening.
Meanwhile, Iran-backed Houthis struck Saudi oil sites along the Red Sea coast.
The attacks came during a pause in strikes between America and Iran, after 13 nights of escalating assaults.
Wildfires forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes in France and Spain.
One man died in the Spanish region of Balinthia.
Blazes spread to the suburbs of the French city of Bordeaux.
France's Prime Minister, Sébastien Le Gourneau, said wildfires have reached a level that has never been seen before.
Spain declared its first national emergency over a wildfire.
A man suspected of driving a car into crowds at a gay pride event in Berlin
on Saturday was shot dead by police after a huge manhunt.
One person was killed and 29 injured in the suspected Islamist terrorist attack.
Kai Wegner, Berlin's mayor, called it an attack on our free and open society.