Firefighters in eastern Spain were working to hold back a worsening wildfire on Monday. The crisis has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in central Spain and southwest France.

The capsizing of a ferry was Guyana’s deadliest event since Jonestown in 1978. Many are asking how this could happen in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

Soaring temperatures in parts of France, Spain and Portugal could combine with dry conditions and strong winds to worsen the wildfire threat. It is the fourth heat wave to affect Europe since May.

A pyrocumulonimbus — a thundercloud created by intense heat — is a phenomenon that can spark new blazes and is “unprecedented in France,” officials said.

Fifteen people remain missing after the cargo vessel went down in heavily disputed waters. China said it had rescued 47 people who had been aboard.

The killing of a woman in what officials called an act of Islamist terrorism rattled a community that has seen a surge in threats, including from the far right.

The man was sentenced to prison for preparing a serious act of violence against the state but released from detention in May.

The Iran-backed Houthis have seized on a vulnerable moment for Saudi Arabia, which is reluctant to enter another war, to try to force political concessions in Yemen.

A surge of books in Ukraine since the war began has aimed to help children and their parents cope with trauma.

President Trump has tried to strangle Cuba by blocking its oil imports. But six months later, the island is finding ways to endure.