text:  The Pakistani military says eight soldiers and ten attackers were killed in Monday's suicide bomb against a military boast in the northwest. Countries across the western Balkans are facing a severe heat wave with temperatures hitting 40 degrees Celsius. North Macedonia has declared a state of emergency as it struggles with forest fires. Serbia, Kosovo and Croatia are also baking, with the Adriatic Sea off Dubrovnik so hot it's attracting the venomous lionfish.