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LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests. Two

First on CNN: Former Trump National Security Council official will testify at Thursday’s January 6 hearing  CNN Who is Sarah Matthews, the Trump White House aide testifying to Jan. 6 panel?  The Hill Trump National Security Aide Expected to Testify at Jan.

With Japan’s ex-PM Abe pale and lifeless, a doctor at the scene prayed for a miracle  Yahoo News Assassination of Shinzo Abe  Reuters.com The 2.5 seconds that sealed the fate of Japan’s Shinzo Abe  Al Jazeera English Analysis: The 2.5 seconds that sealed

HONOLULU — Towering waves on Hawaii’s south shores crashed into homes and businesses, spilled across highways and upended weddings over the weekend. The large waves — some more than 20 feet (6 meters) high — came from a combination of

Uvalde school board lambasted by parents, called on to quit  NBC News 5 key takeaways from the Uvalde shooting report and video revealing failures in law enforcement response  CNN Uvalde shooting: Texas Gov. Abbott calls House investigation ‘beyond disturbing,’ demands ‘critical changes’  Fox

How Joe Manchin Left a Global Tax Deal in Limbo  The New York Times Sanders accuses Manchin of ‘intentionally sabotaging’ Biden’s agenda  CNN Kick Joe Manchin out of the Democratic Party, ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich says: ‘Already lost control’  Fox News Opinion |

Trump National Security Aide Expected to Testify at Jan. 6 Hearing  The New York Times First on CNN: Former Trump National Security Council official will testify at Thursday’s January 6 hearing  CNN Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6

A prosecutor says the gunman who attacked the high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018 should be executed because he killed his victims in a cold and calculated manner.

Vladimir Putin visits Iran today for his first trip outside the former Soviet Union since the invasion of Ukraine.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro invited the diplomatic corps on Monday to hear his charges that Brazil’s election system was open to fraud ahead of October elections in which he is trailing in a bid for a second term.