Forest fires fanned by high winds and hot, dry weather damaged some holiday homes in Turkey as a lingering heat wave that has cooked much of Europe led authorities to raise warnings and tourists to find ways to beat the heat on Monday. A heat dome hovered over an arc from France, Portugal and Spain to Turkey, while data from European forecasters suggested other countries were set to broil further in coming days. New highs are expected on Wednesday before rain is forecast to bring respite to some areas later this week. “Extreme heat is no longer a rare event — it has become the new normal,” tweeted U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres from Seville, Spain, where temperatures were expected to hit 42 Celsius (nearly 108 Fahrenheit) on Monday afternoon.

Lebanese broadcaster LBCI reported Sunday that Syria has laid out a set of preconditions for any potential peace accord with Israel, according to sources familiar with the matter.
As outlined in the report, Syria is seeking formal recognition of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s leadership by Israel, a pullback from territories captured since last December as well as from the demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, a complete end to Israeli air raids on Syrian soil, and the establishment of coordinated security protocols in southern Syria, especially along its borders with Israel and Jordan.
The most critical demand, per the report, is that the United States provide binding assurances for the deal and offer diplomatic and economic backing for the Syrian government.

US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is not speaking with Iran or offering them anything, in contradiction to earlier reports that the US will hold negotiations with Iran now that the war is over. Trump wrote his remarks on Truth Social in response to criticism from Democratic Sen. Chris Coons. “Tell phony Democrat Senator Chris Coons that I am not offering Iran ANYTHING,” Trump wrote. “Unlike Obama, who paid them $Billions under the stupid ‘road to a Nuclear Weapon JCPOA (which would now be expired!), nor am I even talking to them since we totally OBLITERATED their Nuclear Facilities.” (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

The Lebanese LBCI TV network reported on Sunday evening that the Syrian demands for peace with Israel include Israeli recognition of the regime of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, withdrawal from the territories occupied by Israel last December, and a halt to Israeli attacks in Syria. In addition, the Syrians demand security arrangements in southern Syria, an American guarantee for the agreements, and American support for the Syrian regime. In return, according to the report, Syria will permanently recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. It was reported on Sunday that a Syrian source familiar with the matter said that Damascus does not rule out a meeting between Netanyahu and al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September.

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In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday. Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles and drastically reduced the toll of many others. Today, however, some preventable, contagious diseases are making a comeback as vaccine hesitancy pushes immunization rates down. And well-established vaccines are facing suspicion even from public officials, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, running the federal health department.

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All the major banks passed the Federal Reserve’s annual “stress tests” of the financial system, the central bank said Friday, but the test conducted by the central bank was notably less vigorous than it had been in previous years. All 22 banks tested this year would have remained solvent and above the minimum thresholds to continue to operate, the Fed said, despite absorbing roughly $550 billion in theoretical losses. In the Fed’s scenario, there would be less of a rise in unemployment, less of a severe economic contraction, less of a drop in commercial real estate prices, less of a drop in housing prices, among other metrics compared to what they tested in 2024.