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    Forest fires ignite in Agios Vasileios and Petra, Boeotia, drawing large firefighting response

    Two forest fires ignited in Boeotia, Greece on Saturday, 27 June 2026, with the largest in Agios Vasileios near Thebes and a second in Petra, prompting a 112 emergency alert and a response involving over 70 firefighters and multiple aircraft.

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The past 12 hours brought a grim split screen: a widening Gulf confrontation, a Venezuelan disaster zone and European heat that is now killing well beyond the thermometer. Politics also moved fast, with Serbia’s strongman offering an exit that may not loosen his grip, while Washington showed how directly it now intends to police frontier AI.

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