Laura Khan

More than 10,000 fires have bro­ken out across the Pan­tanal re­gion since the start of Sep­tem­ber – three times as many as last year.

Mil­lions have lost their jobs, in­ter­na­tion­al trav­el has been dis­rupt­ed and bil­lions of peo­ple have been con­fined to their homes.

Fire­fight­ers are bat­tling day and night, from air and land in an at­tempt to lim­it the de­struc­tion.

‘We work dai­ly to get food for our chil­dren. If we don’t work, there’s no food.’

As Tokyo’s gov­er­nor con­sid­ers or­der­ing a new state of emer­gency, the the­atre is at risk of clos­ing once more.

Chil­dren – in wealthy and poor na­tions – are at risk of ir­re­versible health dam­age be­cause of lead poi­son­ing.

‘Tian­wen’ – which trans­lates to ‘Ques­tions to Heav­en’ – will take sev­en months to reach Mars.

Both the Yemeni gov­ern­ment and Houthi fight­ers lay claim to its valu­able car­go and nei­ther side is budg­ing.

Ser­bia’s pres­i­dent toasts his elec­tion suc­cess, but not all par­ties recog­nise the re­sult.