AP Top Headlines at 7:16 a.m. EDT

Firefighters have kept a vast wildfire in southwest France from advancing overnight, extinguishing flare-ups near Atlantic coast dunes before returning heat and drier air threatens to test their hold on the blazeMediators have made progress in efforts to bring the United States and Iran back to negotiations and prevent an all-out war in the Middle EastThe Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence worldwideIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationshipPresident Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy