BBC World Service – Newshour, Wildfires ravage central Chile

The Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, has declared a state of emergency as fires claim lives and devour forests and homes across the centre of the country. We hear from a reporter from one of the worst-affected cities.

Also in the programme: controversial elections in El Salvador; and memories of the early days of the Beatles as the estate of one of their first members, Stuart Sutcliffe, goes up for sale.

(Photo: Forest fires in Chile’s Vina del Mar region. Credit: ADRIANA THOMASA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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