Hundreds of firefighters in Spain are still battling to contain pockets of flames in the south east after one of the country’s worst-ever wildfires.

Emergency services have been deployed around the village of Bedar where 12 people have been killed – among them four Britons, according to Spanish authorities. Another 23 people are still missing.

Local officials in the Los Gallardos area of Almería have warned the number of dead could rise, with fears that more Britons are among those killed.

A sustained heatwave with temperatures of around 40C (104F) has caused wildfires across Southern Europe this summer, particularly in France, Portugal and Spain.

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Citizen Vigilante is a low-budget action thriller starring actor Armie Hammer as a vigilante who hunts down migrant criminals in Europe.

The movie faced a muted reception – until Elon Musk posted it to his hundreds of millions of followers on X.com.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk publicly criticised Lupita Nyong’o over her casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, The Odyssey.

We speak to journalist Mike Wendling to understand why this film has become a lightning rod for political and cultural debate, and what its sudden rise reveals about the far-reaching influence of the world’s richest man.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 What is Citizen Vigilante?
03:15 Why is Armie Hammer controversial?
06:23 What happens in Citizen Vigilante?
10:39 Why has Citizen Vigilante become so popular?
12:00 Why has Elon Musk promoting Citizen Vigilante?
16:34 Why did Germany consider banning Citizen Vigilante?
20:00 Why does Elon Musk hate The Odyssey?

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The Free Republic of Liberland wants to be a truly libertarian, digital micronation that runs on the same technology as cryptocurrencies.

The unrecognised micronation is bankrolled by some of the wealthiest men in crypto and it runs on an idea they are trying to export – that government itself can be replaced with blockchain technologies.

Citizens vote on laws and referendums using digital tokens, and the voting itself is automatically tallied and enforced by code, rather than counted by officials.

However, the technology is still in an early phase, and human officials are still required to implement laws.

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The US says it hit 90 targets, in a second day of strikes on Iran after Donald Trump earlier threatened to “hit them hard” .

Several Gulf nations have since reported apparent Iranian attacks – this included explosions in Bahrain’s capital Manama, Kuwait intercepting missiles and drones, and Qatar issuing a security alert.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s chief negotiator with the US, said America “still hasn’t learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free”.

Iranian media reported that explosions were heard in areas along the country’s southern coast and that strikes have hit Iranian-controlled islands in the Gulf.

Iran said it responded with retaliatory attacks on US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait in the early hours of Wednesday.

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