Firefighters are tackling multiple fires in central England on a day that the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe.

The U.K. government says a proxy group backed by Iran is responsible for recent arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain.

At least three migrants have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from northern France, authorities said.

A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted he is getting on with his job as he faced Parliament for the first time since 41% of his own party’s lawmakers called for him to quit.