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Wildfires are spreading in France, Spain, Croatia and Greece, and the UK is likely to have the hottest day on record this week. We explain how climate change is contributing to more frequent and severe heat waves.

We hear from people who are affected by the fires and extreme heat and discuss how people and countries around the world are equipped to handle heat waves.

Ghana has declared the first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease with the same family as Ebola. We explain what is known about the virus.

Thousands of angry people in Sri Lanka have been protesting for weeks amid the deepening economic crisis, but it’s not the first time the country has been thrown into a huge political upheaval. We speak to two Sri Lankans about their country's brutal civil war that lasted 26 years.

(Photo: The fields’ owner watches as a fire burns his wheat field between Tabara and Losacio, during the second heatwave of the year, in the province of Zamora, Spain, July 18, 2022. Credit: Isabel Infantes/Reuters)