yesterday we met yvonne and her daughter charlotte just after they got back to their holiday villa. we were by the pool for most of the day and the fire looked as though it was very much under control, with not a lot of smoke at all. and then later in the afternoon, the smoke just became black smoke very quickly. huge, like a ball of fire went up, and the mountain just burst into flames with the flames running down the mountain towards us very, very quickly. it went from an in control situation to a very much out of control situation in a really short space of time. with bone dry conditions in the countryside, the authorities remain on high alert. bethany bell, bbc news, malaga. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in south west france. there has been a grave warning from the authorities about the heat?
translation: it s changed. we have longer summers now. the spring and autumn don t exist any more, we go directly from the cold to intense heat in a few weeks, just a short period of time. it is evening time in cordoba and the temperature has dropped just enough for people to start coming out into squares like this one for a drink. but it s still not clear exactly when this heatwave will end, or indeed, whether they will be others like it later this summer. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, cordoba. for more on this we can speak now to a group of graduates who had to evacuate their holiday villa in portugal early on thursday morning, when it was threatened by wildfires. anna, millie, guy, cameron, louisa and olivia are all safe and sound, and join us from faro. hello, guys. hello! hello. first thin,
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