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

I'm Valerie Sanderson at 1400 hours GMT on Tuesday 25 July.

These are our main stories.

The largest Greek island of Crete is on a higher alert because of the risk of fires

thousands of free roads.

Meanwhile, scientists warn that climate change is driving heat waves across the world.

The price paid by children in the world's forgotten war in Yemen.

He remembers every moment from the shining to the hospital.

He talks about the smoke and the blood.

It's always on his mind.

Also in this podcast, Saudi Arabia's big football ambitions and a lovely surprise for a zoo in the United States

as a gorilla thought to be male gives birth.

We start in Greece where wildfires continue to rage on several of its islands.

Many regions including tourist hotspots are on red alert, meaning there's an extreme risk of fire.

The islands of Crete and Rhodes are in the highest risk category.

Fires have been raging for more than seven days, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people including

holidaymakers and residents.

On roads, more than 265 firefighters supported by aircraft are on the scene fighting blazers.

I spoke to our correspondent Azaday Meshiri, who's on roads.

Many tourists are still at the airport waiting for the next repatriation flights to take them back home to the UK

and other European countries because Rhodes is such a popular tourist destination.

Many airlines have been sending empty planes to take people back home as well as some airlines have stopped selling tickets to people on roads

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