This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Monday the 5th of February,

these are our main stories.

Around 100 people have been killed in forest fires in Chile amid

warnings that that number could rise even higher. The US says its airstrikes

against Iranian-backed militants in the Middle East have been effective but insists more attacks are still needed.

Voters in Paris have approved a plan to triple parking fees for people from outside the city

if they drive SUVs in the French capital.

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While Leonel Messie was booed by his own fans.

Central Chile is on fire.

Wild fires are sweeping through the region of Valparaiso amid an intense summer heat wave and prolonged drought.

The flames have been devouring forests and houses on hillsides

overlooking towns. As we record this podcast, around a hundred people have died and

there are fears that number could rise further still.

These people living in the coastal town of Vina delmar have lost their homes.

From one moment to the next the fire reached the botanical park. In ten minutes the fire was already on us.

There was smoke, the sky turned black, everything was was dark the wind felt like a hurricane it was like

being in hell we need help food for supplies, clothes. I don't know. My house. I lost everything.

Everything.

Well as firefighters continue to battle the bleases, President Gabriel Borich has declared a state of

emergency. In a nationwide TV address he said rescuers were doing all they could to save lives.

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