Wildfire Response: Ukrainian firefighters have joined the fight in France’s Gironde, helping fully extinguish a blaze that has scorched about 42,000 hectares near Bordeaux, as foreign teams continue to rotate in to stop flare-ups. Climate Pressure: The wider heat-and-dry pattern across Europe is still driving new fire risk, with France and neighboring countries working to keep evacuations and damage contained. Channel Migration Row: France has sharply rejected Nigel Farage’s “Operation Fortress,” saying using Royal Navy ships to intercept small boats would violate French sovereignty and maritime law. Tour de France Femmes: Sigrid Haugset delivered an epic 86-kilometre solo to win Stage 3 and take the yellow jersey, holding off Lotte Kopecky in the Geneva-to-Poligny race. Energy Deal: TotalEnergies signed an agreement with Shell to buy European onshore renewables, while also selling part of its wind and solar portfolio to KKR. Sports Transfers: Ferran Torres hinted at possible PSG interest while stressing he’s still under contract with Barcelona, keeping the Paris transfer talk alive. Business & Tech: OpenAI says its Astra model produced machine-checkable proofs for long-stalled math problems, marking a rare large-scale “proof certificate” claim.