AP Top Headlines at 3:22 a.m. EDT

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 EuropeIsraeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank, including one owned by a Palestinian American, for several daysA British maritime company has been hired to salvage a grounded Russian tanker off Oman and stop a spreading oil spillCrew members of a Yemeni ship attacked by Houthi rebels earlier this week say a second missile hit during rescue efforts, causing more chaos and casualtiesClashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnightAdvocates are speaking against a sweeping undercover federal surveillance operation that court documents say targeted progres