More than 220,000 evacuated in France and Spain wildfires

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Authorities in south-west France have issued evacuation orders for suburbs around the city of Bordeaux. Forest fires burning out of control are being blown towards the city, where people report an acrid smell in the air. In Spain, the government has declared a national emergency as a huge fire rages near the capital, Madrid. Also in the programme: crowds continue to swell at student protests in India’s capital, Delhi; and we speak to the son of JD Salinger, 75 years after his acclaimed novel The Catcher in the Rye was published. Joining Julian Worricker on the programme's panel are Ava Glass, spy fiction writer based in the UK, and David Robert Grimes, assistant professor of biostatistics at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. (Picture: Smoke from a wildfire spreading on Cap Ferret peninsula is seen over houses in Andernos, south-western France, 24 July 2026. Credit:EPA/Shutterstock)