Zelenskyy fires security chief and prosecutor amid Ukraine war
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed SBU head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova amid internal treason probes. He cited hundreds of criminal cases and reported many officials stayed in occupied territory. Russian missiles hit Mykolaiv as Moscow presses to sever Ukraine's Black Sea coast and advance in Donbas.
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Vinnytsia
Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prosecutor
SBU
State Security Service
Zelenskyy
Ivan Bakanov
Bakanov
Politico
Iryna Venediktova
Oleksiy Symonenko
Venediktova
Mykolaiv
Oleksandr Senkevych
Black Sea
Moscow
Moldova
Transnistria
Crimea
Odesa
Russian Defense Ministry
Igor Konashenkov
NATO
Kherson
Zaporizhzhia
Donbas
Defense Ministry
Luhansk
Donetsk
Sloviansk
Sergei Shoigu
Greek cargo plane crash leaves eight dead in rural Greece
An Antonov An-12 from Serbia, operated by Meridian with Ukrainian crew, crashed near Kavala while carrying 11.5 tons of Serbian mortar ammunition. Eight crew died, explosives and ordnance spread across fields, delaying recovery as authorities cleared paths for forensics and searched for black boxes.
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Palaiochori
Kavala
Greece
Serbia
Nebojsa Stefanovic
Bangladesh
Nis
Amman
Jordan
Stefanovic
Meridian
Thessaloniki
Army
Civil Aviation Authority
Fires scorch Spain France amid extreme heat wave
Wildfires raged across Spain and France as Europe faced an unprecedented heat wave. In France, two large blazes forced about 16 200 evacuations near Bordeaux and La Teste de Buch, with beaches and dunes affected and authorities deploying aircraft to fight flames. Spain faced over 30 fires across forests as temperatures spiked, with hundreds of heat deaths recorded in Madrid and broad alerts lingering across the country.
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Paris
Spain
France
Atlantic
Europe
Madrid
Bordeaux
National Defense Department
European Union
Carlos IT
la Teste-de-Buch
Atlantic Coast
la Lagune
Petit Nice
du Pilat
Gironde
Landiras
Eric Florenson
Radio
France-Bleu
Extremadura
Castilla Y León
Drought Deepens in Northern Mexico Hit Local Tourism
In Santiago and Monterrey the drought linked to La Ninia devastates livelihoods. La Boca reservoir nearly empty forces staff layoffs, while authorities ration water and expand tanker deliveries. The crisis hits tourism, industry, and daily life as residents hope for rain.
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Santiago
Mexico
Leticia Rodriguez
la Boca
Rodriguez
National Water Commission
la Nisia
Pacific
U.S
Monterrey
Cerro Prieto
el Cuchillo
Juan Ignacio Barragan
Monterrey Water and Sewer Services
Barragan
Nuevo Leon
Aldo Ivan Ramirez
Monterrey Technological University
Juan Pérez
Pérez
Raul Ramirez