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France and several European countries are battling a severe heat wave that has triggered emergency measures, health warnings, and multiple drowning deaths. About one-third of France is under a red heat alert, with temperatures reaching up to 40°C and expected to rise further.

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has nominated Advocate Amjad Hussain as its candidate for the chief ministerial post in Gilgit-Baltistan after emerging as the largest party in the region’s recent elections.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said he hoped for “very productive results” with regard to the discussions on the technical aspects of the US-Iran peace agreement that kicked off in the Swiss mountain resort of Burgenstock on Sunday.

Senior delegations from the United States and Iran met on Sunday at the Swiss resort of Burgenstock for high-level talks aimed at advancing peace efforts in West Asia.

Labour’s Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to challenge embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer.