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The emergency services in southern Spain say they are fighting a ‘terrible and complex fire, which is spreading very fast,’ in the south-eastern province of Almería. We hear from a British couple caught up in the fire.

Also on the programme: How people in Gaza are watching the World Cup; and a new species of dinosaur has been found in Thailand.

(Picture: Flames approach the A7 highway during a deadly wildfire in Los Gallardos, Spain. Credit: REUTERS/Chema Artero)

Writer: Tim Stimpson

Director: Jessica Bunch

Editor: Jeremy Howe

Brian Aldridge … Charles Collingwood

David Archer … Timothy Bentinck

Tony Archer … David Troughton

Alice Carter … Hollie Chapman

Chris Carter … Wilf Scolding

Susan Carter … Charlotte Martin

Ian Craig … Stephen Kennedy

Amber Gordon … Olivia Bernstone

George Grundy … Angus Stobie

Bert Horrobin … David Sterne

Tracy Horrobin … Susie Riddell

Adam Macy … Andrew Wincott

Fallon Rogers … Joanna Van Kampen

Lynda Snell … Carole Boyd

Lottie Summers … Bonnie Baddoo

Bill Gordon … Matthew Gravelle

Like Andy Burnham’s No.10, Dead Ringers is in the North, at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield. This week: Chris Mason is giddy, Zia Yusuf is everywhere, and The Rest is Politics has gone mad for it. Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey and Kieran Hodgson. Produced by Jon Holmes Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Co-ordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

Alopecia, the medical term for hair loss, affects an estimated 160 million people worldwide. Some forms of the condition disproportionately affect black women, due to a combination of factors including hairstyles that place tension on the hair, as well as genetic and hormonal influences. Now, some dermatologists are also saying they're seeing more cases, particularly among younger people. Meanwhile, researchers in Japan have hinted at potential new treatments for hair loss. Focus on Africa podcast host Nkechi Ogbonna spoke to 23-year-old Sharon Chepkoech, known online as Kechi, from Kenya, and 47-old-year Mpume Dlamini from South Africa about their experience of living with alopecia and how they are using social media to raise awareness of the condition.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

Producers: Fana Negash, Carolyne Kiambo and Keikantse Shumba

Senior Producer: Priya Sippy and Bella Twine

Technical Producer: Jonathan Mwangi

Editors: Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla

Fire crews in Almeria battle one of Spain's deadliest blazes where several tourists, unable to flee from the rapidly spreading fire, have been among the victims. Hot conditions in Southern Europe are making the situation worse. Also, Japan is running out of male heirs to the Imperial throne, a woman clings to her husband to stop him being sucked out of the window of a Ryanair plane, and the 900-year-old Bayeux Tapestry, depicting one of the most defining moments in English history, returns to the UK from France.

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Photo: Wildfire near Los Gallardos, Almeria, Spain.

Credit: Reuters

A Ryanair passenger was partially sucked out of a Boeing 737 on a flight from Greece to Germany, after a cabin window shattered. Authorities are investigating the cause.

The European low cost carrier Easyjet is set to become part of a bidding war between two US based private equity firms.

And a heatwave in central Europe has farmers in Switzerland worried.

Venezuelans in the coastal town of La Guaira are being forced to live in informal camps in the streets two weeks on the from the two earthquakes which hit the country. The head of the Disasters Emergency Committee, Saleh Saeed, who is visiting, tells us people have lost everything and need help with the very basics.

Also on the programme: we hear about the man who was partially sucked out of a Ryanair plane mid-air but survived; and the latest in the mystery surrounding the murder of a woman suspected of carrying out a bomb attack in Monaco.

Photo: People wait in tents outside an earthquake-damaged building in Caracas, Venezuela Credit: Ronald Pena/EPA/Shutterstock

As the US and Iran trade strikes in the Middle East, huge crowds have gathered in the holy city of Mashhad ahead of the burial of Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

We'll try to gauge the mood in the country and assess the options now for both the US and Iran.

Also in the programme: The disinformation about Ebola fuelling attacks on Congolese health workers; we'll remember the life of the smash-hit gravel-voiced pop star Bonnie Tyle; and the Norwegian rowing sensation that's become one of the sounds of the men's football World Cup.

(Photo shows mourners gathered on the day of the burial of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran on 9 July 2026. Credit: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

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Ayatollah Khamenei - Iran's former supreme leader who was killed by US-Israeli strikes - has been laid to rest as fighting continues over control of the Strait of Hormuz. We speak to the BBC's Lyse Doucet, who's just returned from Tehran. Also: thousands of Venezuelans displaced by earthquakes are at risk of disease; Ukrainians attack a military conscription team hunting draft dodgers; Gazans turn to farming amid food insecurity; an alleged Ghanaian romance scammer is extradited; Donald Trump puts his name on a Florida airport; and the latest from the World Cup - as France knocks out Morocco and Norwegian football fans channel their inner Viking.

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Photo: Crowds taking part in the burial of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the city of Mashhad

Credit: Iranian Supreme Leader Office