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European leaders will join Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump at the White House

By Samya Kullab, John Leicester, Associated Press

European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the possibility of U.S. security guarantees now on the negotiating table.

Dozens detained as opponents and supporters of Serbian government clash during protests

By Associated Press

Serbian police say nearly 50 protesters have been detained and dozens of people injured during clashes at anti-government protests in Serbia against the populist rule of President Aleksandar Vucic.

People climb buildings and hand out soap to push for a plastic pollution treaty

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution. People are getting creative to put the pressure on to get a deal done at the meeting at the United Nations office in Geneva.

At least 3 dead and thousands displaced as wildfires rage across southern Europe

By Derek Gatopoulos, Llazar Semini, Associated Press

Thinly-stretched crews are fighting to contain blazes after weeks of searing heat.

Zelenskyy and other European leaders to speak with Trump ahead of his Friday summit with Putin

By Stefanie Dazio, Lorne Cook, Associated Press

Merz has convened a series of virtual meetings on Wednesday in an attempt to have the voice of European and Ukraine's leaders heard ahead of a summit that they have been sidelined from.

Millions face record heat in Europe as wildfires prompt evacuations

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

Europe is warming faster than any other continent, at twice the speed of the global average since the 1980s.

A heatwave scorches parts of Europe and fans wildfire threat in southern France

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

Scientists say Europe is becoming the world's fastest-warming continent.

France’s biggest wildfire of the summer has eclipsed the size of Paris and is still spreading

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Thirteen people, including 11 firefighters, are injured. The mayor of one village says at least half of it has burned and describes a “hellish” landscape.

Flames threaten Turkey’s 4th-largest city as southern Europe grapples with wildfires

By Andrew Wilks, Associated Press

Wildfires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks threatened the country’s fourth-largest city on Sunday, forcing more than 1,700 people to flee their homes and leaving a firefighter dead.

EU and China agree to take action on climate change and nothing else at tense summit

By Sam McNeil, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

China and the European Union have issued a joint call to action on climate change during an otherwise tense bilateral summit in Beijing on Thursday riven with major disagreements over trade and the war in Ukraine.