Bangkok bar fire kills at least 27
7/13/202628 min
Thai officials are investigating an explosive fire which tore through a bar in the capital Bangkok, killing at least 27 people. Dozens more were injured, many critically. Eyewitnesses say the fire started near the stage and spread across the ceiling, filling the room with smoke. Also: the US and Iran carry out more tit-for-tat attacks, amid conflicting claims over whether the Strait of Hormuz is open or not; an investigation into the Chinese man accused of being Mexico's "Fentanyl King"; the US Republican senator Lindsey Graham - who turned from being a critic of Donald Trump to one of his key allies - dies suddenly at the age of 71; we hear from the grandaughter of the last woman to be executed in Britain as she is granted a conditional pardon; and a T.rex fossil could become the most expensive ever.
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Photo: A woman near the scene of the fire at a Bangkok bar. Credit: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa TPXA
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Charlotte Gallagher· Host0:37
[electronic music] This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Monday the 13th of July, these are our main stories. A fire has killed at least 27 people in a bar in the Thai capital, Bangkok. The US and Iran launch more attacks amid conflicting claims over whether the Strait of Hormuz is open or not. And we'll hear about the Chinese man accused of being Mexico's fentanyl king. Also in this podcast.
Laura Enston· Guest1:14
As a family, we now have been given permission to think about what life could have been like for us if Ruth had been reprieved.
Charlotte Gallagher· Host1:21
The granddaughter of the last woman to be executed in Britain tells us what her conditional pardon means for the family.