Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of several wildfires razing land and threatening homes on the island of Chios.

The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding yesterday while US president Donald Trump asserted US and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insisted it will not give up its nuclear programme.

Israel yesterday reported one of its deadliest days in Gaza in months as its military said seven soldiers were killed when a Palestinian attacker attached a bomb to their armoured vehicle, while health officials in the battered enclave said Israeli attacks killed 79 people.

Nasa&s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an image of an exoplanet for the first time since it began science operations in July of 2022.