. -- parts of mainland portugal also suffering fires. the mobile phone maker nokia's net loss nearly quadrupled in the second quarter on sagging sales of smartphones. the company is struggling to gain ground lost to rivals such as apple and samsung. >> nokia posted a net loss of 1.4 billion euros in the last quarter. shares in the company jump, however, as sales of low-end phones buoyed saled. >> many consumers think nokia's mobile phones look old- fashioned. the sector giant was slow to react to the shift towards smartphones, and now it is paying the price. the company began creating models that could do more than just make phone calls and send text messages well before its rivals. five years ago, nokia was the leading manufacturer of smartphones, with a market share of over 50%, but since then, share has tumbled and is now less than 8%. nokia is hoping to win back customers by teaming up with software giant microsoft. certification -- sales of its first models with microsoft's operating system have been strong. the company is set to la

wildfires in the mainland portugal and on the island of madeira showing no sign of abating hundreds of firefighters have been drafted in from around the country to tackle the most serious blazes in the algarve the region high winds are coupled with an unusually severe drought a hampering efforts to contain the fires spain and greece have also been badly affected by wildfires fanned of by soaring summer temperatures. japan's health ministry is investigating a report of a breach of safety at the damage fukushima nuclear plant during cleanup operations in december recovery workers where allegedly urged to use the lead plates to block their radiation meters allowing them to keep working beyond the legal exposure limit the plant was crippled when japan was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. and a well officials in japan belatedly investigating radiation security losses nuclear disaster may have much greater consequences reaching as far as the shores of california its residents are alarmed at the safety of a fish that migrated from japan's waters as reports suggest they may b