AP Top International News at 8:06 a.m. EDT

Reform UK's Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major partiesNew aircraft carrier heads toward Mideast after reports of issues on long-deployed USS LincolnRussian drones kill a woman and 9-year-old son at home as Ukrainian civilian casualties surge2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz, and other news from the Middle EastRescuers call for silence around earthquake rubble as window for survival narrows in ColombiaEuropean countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continentNorth Korea slams US-South Korea military drills and threatens strong responseIsrael’s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassmentCuba marks Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday as his shadow still shapes a nation in crisisChile moves