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World Service,09 Aug 2026,54 mins

Greece tackles wildfires using space technology

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New satellites are being used in Greece to help fight another vicious wildfire season there. Also, Iran's top security body has warned that the Strait of Hormuz will not re-open until the United States accepts several key demands, including easing sanctions and paying war reparations. And how Lebanon's recent history is being turned into comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Charlotte Higgins, British journalist and author, Alec Russell, foreign editor of the Financial Times newspaper. (Photo: This woman returned home for the first time since fire swept through her town of Navas del Rey. Credit: AFP)

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