The World Health Organization says the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has crossed borders, with linked transmission in Uganda and one confirmed imported case in France.
A rapid attribution analysis found human-caused warming sharply increased the odds of extreme fire weather in Spain and France as EU burned area surpassed 2025.
Fires and evacuations in Greece and France are unfolding alongside record heat, low river flows, falling reservoirs and drought measures in parts of Europe.
France returned 23 Syrian antiquities after a 2010 loan kept them in Paris, giving Damascus custody of the objects as cultural cooperation resumes.
The EU has sent aircraft, helicopters and ground teams to France and Spain as mass evacuations continue and fire danger remains high across Europe.
More than 250,000 people have fled wildfires in southwestern France as evacuations, tourism restrictions, European aid and new aircraft expand the response.
Wildfires have forced more than 350,000 people from homes in France and Spain as evacuations, road closures and EU firefighting support expand.
World Regional Impact and Emerging Crisis Scan – WHO says the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is still expanding across Congo and Uganda as the first treatment trial opens.
World Democracy Rights Courts and Elections Scan – A Paris Court of Appeal ruling on July 7 could clear Marine Le Pen, keep her election ban in place, or force the National Rally to shift to Jordan Bardella.
