Global Flashpoints: Missiles, Migrants, and Wildfires
Poland scrambles jets as a Russian missile lands; Argentina tightens immigration; wildfires rage across Europe.
Global Flashpoints: Missiles, Migrants, and Wildfires — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the Russian Kh-101 missile that landed overnight near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia posed no direct threat and would have been intercepted had it continued flying.[^1] The missile left a crater about 10 meters wide in farmland roughly 100 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Poland scrambled fighter jets in response, a routine but visible show of readiness as NATO monitors the risk of spillover from the war in Ukraine.[^1] In Argentina, President Javier Milei signed an emergency decree last night amending the immigration law, declaring that "the protection of the nation, its citizens, and its symbols is non-negotiable."[^2] The move is widely seen as an escalation of his government's fight against BDS and a tightening of entry restrictions. Wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe. In France's Gironde department, fires have consumed 42,000 hectares, forcing the evacuation of 220,000 people; two men have been arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze near Bordeaux.[^4] In Spain, 10,000 were evacuated in Castellón, and in Crete, dozens fled to the sea as flames approached.[^5] The scale of the evacuations underscores the growing strain on emergency services across the continent. On migration, new footage from the French coast reveals police officers admitting they received orders not to arrest migrants boarding boats bound for Britain.[^6] Around 700 migrants crossed the English Channel in a single day, though the total for 2026 so far—13,376—represents a 45% decrease from the previous year. France says it has prevented over 46,000 crossing attempts since the elections. Elsewhere, an antisemitic poster was hung yesterday morning on the bulletin board of a public radio station in Rome.[^7] In Turkey, former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced his retirement from party politics and the dissolution of the Future Party, calling it a "decision to maintain moral distance."[^8] And in Iran, a senior intelligence officer, Salarazadeh, was shot dead outside his home in Iranshahr on Wednesday evening around 10:30 PM. The killing adds to a pattern of targeted assas