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Ukraine Forces Press Southward, Say Strategic Village Recaptured From Russians

Reuters

Ukrainian forces pressed their counteroffensive through the Russian-occupied southeast on Thursday, capturing the village of Staromaiorske in a campaign to drive a wedge through Russian defensive positions.

EU Watchdog Investigates the Role of the Bloc’s Border Agency in Migrant Tragedy Off Greece in June

By Raf Casert | Associated Press

The European Union’s official watchdog said Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into the role of the bloc’s Frontex border agency in the tragedy off Greece last month that is feared to have killed hundreds of people in the Mediterranean Sea.

Deadly Wildfires Across Mediterranean Destroy Homes, Threaten Nature Reserves

By Petros Giannakouris and Derek Gatopoulos | Associated Press

Major fires raging in parts of Greece and in other Mediterranean countries advanced Wednesday, causing additional deaths, destroying homes and threatening nature reserves during a third successive wave of extreme temperatures.

More: Fire-Ravaged Greece Braces for More Heat as Rest of Europe Cools (Bloomberg) | Hundreds of Firefighters Scramble to Put Out Portugal Wildfire (Reuters) | Three Dead as Sicily Counts Losses From 'Devastating' Fires (Reuters) | Wildfires in Algeria Kill at Least 34 and Injure Hundreds (AP)

Meloni to Tell Biden Privately That Italy Plans Break With China

By Chiara Albanese | Bloomberg

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is looking to build up a relationship with Joe Biden by pledging to break with China and plans to brief the U.S. president in person Thursday on the delicate choreography of that split.

More from WPR: Italy’s Belt and Road Deal With China Widens Rifts in the Euro-Atlantic Alliance