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

I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 1400 hours GMT on Wednesday the 26th of July, these are our

main stories.

The battle to control wildfires in southern Europe continues.

After 40 years in the top job, Cambodia's Prime Minister makes way for his elder son.

The head of NatWest Bank resigns after admitting a leak about the former Brexit champion, Nigel

Farage.

Also in this podcast, the struggle to save 45 whales still alive after a hundred of the

creatures stranded themselves in Western Australia.

The moment that a pilot whale or any other whale in the world strands, the clock of survival

starts ticking.

And don't run squat.

Scientists rethink the way we should work out.

More than 40 people have died in Algeria, Italy and Greece as Mediterranean wildfires,

threatened villages and holiday resorts.

Thousands of people, including many tourists, have been evacuated from the areas where

they were staying.

Greece is preparing for more evacuation flights from roads, as far as also continue burning

on the islands of Khurfu and Evia, Richard Gapin reports.

This is the desperate situation near Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, where firefighters

have been battling the flames with local people trying to help in any way they can.

Sam have been overwhelmed by what's happening, and angry the fire engines did not arrive

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