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Europe is facing what experts warn could be its most devastating wildfire season on record, with vast swathes of the continent consumed by flames as temperatures soar beyond 100 degrees Fahrenheit. From France and Spain to Albania, Portugal, and Greece, communities are battling blazes that have already claimed lives, destroyed homes, and forced thousands to evacuate.

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Elon Musk's social platform X has accused the British government of "overreach" with its new Online Safety Act, designed to protect children from harmful online content. X, in a statement posted to its Global Government Affairs account, warned that the law's "laudable intentions are at risk of being overshadowed by the breadth of its regulatory reach," arguing that it infringes on free expression.

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A deadly missile strike, blamed on Russia, rocked Ukraine's capital on Monday, killing a child, injuring at least 88 people, and flattening parts of a children's hospital. The attack, one of the deadliest on Kyiv in months, left bloodied patients fleeing, debris scattered across playgrounds, and families desperately searching for survivors beneath the rubble.

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Europe's first driverless train operating in an open environment is being tested on a rail line linking two northern Czech towns, its developer announced Tuesday. The Prague-based AZD company, which specializes in transport control and signalling systems, said its train, named Edita, has been running on a local testing track since April.

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A UK court on Tuesday awarded Hewlett Packard £700 million ($946 million) in compensation in a fraud case linked to the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch. The case stems from the sale of Lynch's company, Autonomy, and follows a 2022 court ruling in favor of the US technology giant, now known as Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Lynch died last year when his superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily.

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