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.

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.

Greece and Turkey face deadly wildfires as extreme heat drives record-breaking temperatures and mass evacuations.

Greece will establish two national marine parks in an effort to protect ocean wildlife, a move that could potentially strain ties with neighboring Turkey.

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.