French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat.

Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourism destination west of Bordeaux, as firefighters continue to battle what has described as an “XXL fire” in the Gironde region.

The fires, which began on Tuesday, have burned for days, with officials saying 10,000 hectares (almost 25,000 acres) had been consumed by the flames.

Meanwhile, the government in Spain has declared a national emergency as wildfires burn out of control in several areas close to the capital Madrid.

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A group of 25 Democrat-led US states are suing President Donald Trump’s administration in an effort to block his latest round of trade tariffs.

The White House says the levies – which target 59 countries and the European Union – were imposed on nations that had not done enough to crack down on imports produced by forced labour. Among the countries affected are the UK, China, India, Canada and Mexico.

The states’ lawsuit claims that President Trump’s tariffs are “arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law”, accusing the administration of using the forced labour issue as a “pretext” to replace the “Liberation Day” tariffs, which the US Supreme Court struck down in February.

White House spokesman Kush Desai has said that the government is “using its lawful authority to obtain the elimination of unreasonable acts, policies, and practices that burden U.S. commerce”.

We speak to our North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher.

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00:00 Introduction
00:18 What the tariff lawsuit claims
00:59 Trump’s forced labour claims
02:37 Small businesses challenge Trump tariffs
06:07 What have Trump’s tariffs done for the US economy?
07:24 What impact could tariffs have on the midterm elections?

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Tens of thousands of migrants arrived in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta in 24 hours. But how did they get there? And why did they come now?

Here’s what we know about the migrant crossings, as well as the reaction from Spain and beyond.

00:59 Where is Ceuta
01:56 What’s happening in Ceuta
03:23 Report from beach in Ceuta
03:55 Why this route
04:25 Why now
05:07 Spanish reaction
05:40 European reaction
07:03 Reaction from Morocco
07:43 It’s happened before
08:43 European migration numbers

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In France, the wildfires have been described as the worst disaster since World War Two.

In Spain, a national emergency was declared as fires burned out of control near Madrid.

We follow the wildfires as they spread in Europe and watch as fire crews crews race against time.

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Tucked in south-western Ukraine, Odesa is the country’s third largest city.

It was an economic powerhouse before the war. Now that Russia occupies the majority of Ukraine’s coastline, the region has become even more vital.

But residents continue to go about their daily lives.

BBC Correspondent Paul Adams travelled to Odesa as Russia escalates its war at sea.

In this video…

0:00 – War at sea
0:41 – Sound of drones
01:14 – Why are we in Odesa?
02:54 – Trip with the Navy
04:09 – Air raid sirens
05:11 – Patrol at sea
06:57 – Living near ports
08:22 – Sirens at the beach
10:00 – Port boss
10:50 – Impact on local workers
13:28 – Man’s house destroyed by strike
15:42 – Machine gun fire

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