Greece and Turkey continue to battle major wildfires amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures reached 42.4C in central Greece at the weekend, with emergency services battling fires in the Peloponnese area of Athens and on the popular tourist islands of Kytheria and Crete.

The right for anyone to request protection, or asylum, is inscribed in EU and international law and in the constitution of Greece itself. But in a move implemented in haste earlier this month and criticised by human rights lawyers, the government has over-ridden that principle for the next three months at least.

Extreme heat has persisted in parts of Europe and some countries are dealing with major wildfires. Wildfires in Turkey on Sunday forced more than 1,700 people to flee their homes and one firefighter died. Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro are also battling blazes fed by unusually high temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds.

Wildfires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks threatened the country’s fourth-largest city early Sunday, causing more than 1,700 people to flee their homes and leaving a firefighter dead.

T urkey has inked a preliminary deal with Britain and Germany to acquire a fleet of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, triggering alarm bells amongst Ankara's rivals in the Middle East, including Israel,

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has declared emphatically that "Greece does not discuss sovereignty issues with Turkey" in relation to the "grey areas" claim in the Aegean.

Greece has invited Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli for talks on demarcating Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) in the Mediterranean Sea. This move, announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis,

The Met Office say that temperatures at popular holiday destinations will be widely 5-10°C above average due to a severe heatwave in the coming days