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Rockets fired on Monday from Syria towards the Turkish border town of Karkamis kill two people and wound six, according to a regional governor. The Anadolu official press agency reports that the strikes hit a high school and two houses as well as a truck near the border crossing that links Karkamis to the Syrian town of Jarablus. IMAGES
Flames spread unchecked for a fifth day across Greece. A forest fire in Avantas village, north of Alexandroupoli, killed eighteen suspected migrants, as the overall death toll hits 20. The unprecedented fire also spread to Dikella village, near Alexandroupoli. IMAGES
A thermal power plant on the Aegean Sea has been evacuated as a deadly wildfire that has ravaged Turkey for the past week reaches its outer edge. IMAGES
Israeli air-force hits several targets in Gaza during the night after Palestinian militants fired a rocket towards Israel. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 22 people and wounded 94 at a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Police, ambulance workers and fire fighters work near the site of a deadly Istanbul residential building fire that has claimed the lives of at least 25 people, according to the city governor's office. At least three people are in hospital with serious injuries. IMAGES