to be out of control. it comes as scientists say the speed and timing of a recent series of temperature related climate records is �*unprecedented'. russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has hit an ammunition depot on the peninsula. and england take a narrow win against haiti in their opening match at the women's world cup — we'll bring you all the day's results. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. we begin in greece where thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island of rhodes, because of fires there. three hotels are reported to have burnt down. private boats have joined the greek coastguard in helping to pick up people from beaches on the east

of the island. the fires — said to be out of control — have been burning on the island for five days now. the country's deputy fire chief says the fires there are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as greece is suffering its hottest weekend in 50 years. one climate expert says the current heatwave could last 16 or 17 days — making it the longest since records began. our reporter azadeh moshiri is in lagonisi, south—east of athens and gave us this update. temperatures are set to rise, but also break records here in greece. now, for some, that may mean flocking to the beach like here in lagonisi. but for others, the dangers are far more immediate. now, every morning, my team checks in with the fire service. and this morning they told us that the fires that have been raging throughout the mainland in places like lagonisi are mainly under control today.

but they warned that they were putting all their resources into rhodes. and by this afternoon and the evening, the imagesjust kept trickling in of the smoke covering the island, people being evacuated in their hundreds, hotels burning down, reportedly, as you mentioned. and the problem is, is that fire that's been burning for days is proving to be very difficult to respond to. the fire service told me that that's because of the extreme humidity, the winds, the temperatures. it makes all of this so difficult, which is why the international support that's been coming in from european countries has been so needed. you've been chatting to people there. what are people been saying about this? earlier this week and yesterday, we've travelled through areas that have been hit by the wildfires. so we were talking to people who've actually lost their homes. we'd look at them and there were homes that literally were reduced to rubble,

roofs that used to protect them from the weather succumb to the fires. we met one man who said he doesn't even have a bed to sleep on any more and he's living out of a hotel. so, of course, people who've been hit by these wildfires are extremely devastated. and then there are those who are in places like lagonisi who are experiencing the extreme heat. we spoke to one person who said this is extremely unusual. you may think that summer, heat, the fires in other parts of the country, that that's normal. but for them, they're definitely realising that something is different this year. we've been hearing from some travel companies who have clients on the island of rhodes. anjana gadgil in the newsroom. what have we been hearing? that's riuht. we what have we been hearing? that's right- we have _ what have we been hearing? that's right. we have heard _ what have we been hearing? that's right. we have heard from - what have we been hearing? that's right. we have heard from two - what have we been hearing? that's right. we have heard from two of l what have we been hearing? t�*iét�*s right. we have heard from two of the companies that flighty —— fly to

rhodes. they say they are aware of the wildfires in the south of rhodes and resorts are following advice from local authorities and say a small number of hotels have been affected and as a precaution they are relocating affected customers and providing them with alternative accommodation. they say that flights continue to operate as normal and they will be in contact with customers should their holidays be impacted. and they are working to comply with guidance of local authorities. they are asking anybody affected to follow the advice of local authorities. the hoteliers acting under the guidance of that advice as well. also heard from the commonwealth development office who say they are in touch with local authorities and are ready to support british nationals 2a—7. they ask people to get travel advice for

greece on their website, the foreign office website. there is advice about extreme temperatures and the areas affected and also how to cope with those temperatures once there. they are also pointing people towards the greek government communication service where anyone in rhodes or greece can get the latest updates from the greek government.— latest updates from the greek government. ., ~ , ., , . ~ government. thank you very much. and if ou need government. thank you very much. and if you need to — government. thank you very much. and if you need to keep _ government. thank you very much. and if you need to keep across _ government. thank you very much. and if you need to keep across those - if you need to keep across those details, heads to our website which we are constantly updating all we are hearing out of rhodes specifically but also greece more widely. we'll be keeping you up to date. it comes as leading scientists have told the bbc they are concerned by the recent run of new climate records being set — saying the speed and timing of them is unprecedented. some fear we're already witnessing worst—case scenarios. georgina rannard explains.

sweltering temperatures in spain and dangerous wildfires in greece. millions have struggled through powerful heatwaves around the world in recent days. now scientists are poring over a run of climate records that have not only been broken, but smashed, and alarm bells are ringing. it's true to say that the models, the climate models that we have, do a very good job of predicting the climate system, but in the kind of larger scale. so, the fact that we're seeing the world warming because of greenhouse gases is not unexpected. but seeing some of these records being broken, you know, these marine heatwaves in the north atlantic, the severe decrease in antarctic sea ice was not expected, and is something that we're going to have to work to try and understand. and this is why they're worried. for decades, the global average temperature has been getting higher and higher. then, injuly this year, it broke through 17 degrees for the first time. the record for the hottest day on earth fell notjust once, but three times in a week. and it's notjust the land that's hot.

the oceans, which take up most of the world's heat, are seeing unprecedented temperatures. the north atlantic and seas off the uk coast are up to five degrees hotter than average. and there's another worrying abnormality. sea ice in the antarctic is extremely low for the time of year — 10% lower than usual. we know that the planet is warming because of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere by humans burning oil, coal and gas. the world will also be hotter because of el nino, a powerful, naturally occurring weather pattern that started in june. but scientists say these records constantly being broken are not yet a sign that the climate is in collapse. they say there is time to use the solutions we have to keep the planet as liveable as possible. georgina rannard, bbc news. in the uk, how quickly to take action on climate — and who pays for it — is becoming a party political issue. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said his party must learn the lesson from the narrow defeat it suffered on thursday

in a by—election. the conservatives won after a campaign focused on the decision by the labour mayor of london to introduce extra charges for the most polluting vehicles. mr starmer was speaking to the party's national policy forum. that result in uxbridge demonstrates there is never any reason to be complacent and never a reason to rest on our laurels. it's a reminder, as danny said, that in an election, policy matters and we are doing something very wrong if policies put forward by the labour party end up on each and every tory leaflet. we've got to face up to that and to learn the lessons. to the war in ukraine — and russia's proxy governor in occupied crimea has said an ammunition depot in the centre of the peninsula has been hit in an attack by ukrainian drones. he said people within a radius of five kilometres were being evacuated. rail traffic across crimea

has been suspended. the ukrainian army has taken responsibility for the attack. saying ukrainian defence forces destroyed an oil depot and warehouse of the russian army in the temporarily occupied oktyabrskyi in crimea. here's the ukrainian president. translation: the crimean bridge, today, it's not - just a logistical road. it's the road used to fit the war with ammunition. that's being done on a daily basis. the militarisation of the crimean peninsula. therefore, for us, it's an understandable enemy object built outside the law. outside international law and all law respectively. that is why it is our objective. any target bringing war not peace needs to be neutralised. gregory zhygalov from bbc ukrainian told me earlier exactly what is know

about the attacks on crimea at this stage. ukraine has confirmed they have destroyed a few facilities and weapon depot in crimea and that's not happening often where ukrainian forces are confirming attacks. but today they are not going into any further details and not clarifying how or which way they attacked the targets. the attack was on a district which is actually directly in the centre of crimea. it's known there was an old air base abandoned in the past but is now apparently used by russian forces and there are not so many details about how massive the impact of this attack was. in the morning, people from crimea started to post on social media photos and videos of explosions and footage showing heavy smoke rising into the sky at the site of the attack and military vehicles with the letter z on them which russians are often using as a symbol of this war.

russians are claiming that ukrainian combat drones attacked the peninsula, these are the words of the moscow governor and confirmed that as a result, there were detonations at the ammunition depot. according to him, no one was injured but local authorities decided to evacuate the area around the facility. it's important to add that both rail services and road traffic across the bridge were suspended for several hours. we understand from the initial announcements, the bridges of the cars but still operating with severe limits after the previous attack. this is the third attack on the crimean peninsula recent days.

in the beginning of the week, the attack damaged the bridge which connects russia with the peninsula. there was another attack later on a military facility and experts say this may look like an attempt to damage russian supply lines as the ukrainian counteroffensive is going on. thank you to gregory for that. a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters is heading for its final destination, the parliament injerusalem, where mps are due to pass the first bill in the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary. the number of protesters has risen to around 10,000 since the march began in tel aviv earlier this week. they plan to set up tents at the knesset as they stage a last ditch effort to try to prevent or delay the final votes on a bill that would curb the supreme court's ability to render void decisions by the government that it

deems unreasonable. we have live pictures of the protesters. this isjerusalem right now. you can see the scale of the protests going on. this has been going on week after week since the beginning of the year. what this is about? the government and benjamin netanyahu have said judges interfered too much of legislation is that they want to change the rules but those protesters say these reforms would undermine the country's democracy effectively by weakening the judicial system, weakening the judicial system, weakening checks and balances and many of them are critical on netanyahu himself. so protesters are out in force once again. here in the uk, rail strikes are disrupting travel plans today, as many families begin their summer holiday getaway. members of the rmt union employed by 1a companies,

have walked out again, in their dispute over pay and conditions. passengers are being urged to check before they travel. here's katy austin. as the school summer holidays get going for millions of people in england and wales, in many places, the trains have come to a halt. today is the latest strike by members of the rmt at 1a train companies, and it's the last day of the current overtime ban by train drivers in the aslef union. it's not good really when family days out and things like that, because you do need to plan ahead when you have got young children. we left manchester at nine o'clock this morning, and we have had an hour wait in york. normally it is a direct train. the level of disruption will vary around the country. many services will end for the day much earlier than usual. another strike is expected next saturday. the rmt at the moment seems to be concentrating its strikes more at weekends, so the aim is to affect leisure travel. so today's strike on a saturday and next weekend's again will have a big impact on people who are thinking of taking days out,

and there'll be a real skeleton service operating. these strikes are happening after progress in the national dispute stalled in april. the rmt says plans to close hundreds of ticket offices have now added to its members' anger. separately, strikes on the london underground, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow, have been called off. the summer getaway is traditionally a busy time on the roads, and the train strike could add to congestion as more people take to their cars instead. the travel association abta thinks over two million british holiday—makers will head overseas this weekend. the port of dover will be under scrutiny again, after long delays before easter and last summer. the port says it's made changes to ease the queues, but there could still be waits of up to two and a half hours at border controls. after last year's disruption, because of staff shortages, airports and airlines insist they've done as much as possible to ensure things go smoothly, although worries persist about congested european airspace and air traffic control issues.

the coming days will be a test at what's expected to be their busiest time since before the pandemic. katy austin, bbc news. a festival in malaysia was cancelled on friday after the british singer matt healy spoke out against the country's anti—lg bt laws. his band — the 1975 — ended their set early, claiming officials had ordered them off stage. homosexuality is illegal in malaysia and carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. courtney bembridge has more from the newsroom. british singer matt healy was headlining the good vibes festival in kuala lumpur on friday with his band, the 1975 when he made the comments. he addressed the crowd to say, "i don't see the point in inviting them to perform and telling us who we can have sex with." he then kissed the bass player and you can see that moment projected on the big screen here in videos being shared online.

just 13 minutes into the set, the band walked away and as he left, he said, "we've just been banned from kuala lumpur." we know that the festival was due to continue the next day but organisers released a statement saying it had been cancelled due to the controversial conduct and remarks by matt healy. the statement went on to say. the statement goes on to say. the statement went on to say. the communications minister in malaysia has hit out at the band's performance calling it disrespectful act. we know is not the first time that matt healy has used the performance to highlight anti—lgbt laws. in 2019 in dubai, he also pulled a young man on stage, a young fan, and kissed him and afterwards tweeted to say, "thank you, dubai,

i might not be allowed back due to my behaviour." so not the first time he's used his platform to try to highlight these issues. a major review of pregnancy loss services in england says women should have access to specialist miscarriage care 2a hours a day, seven days a week. it s estimated there are around 500 miscarriages every day in the uk, but many women lose their babies at home, with very little support or pain relief. and a warning: there are some graphic descriptions of baby loss in?tulip mazumdar s report, which some viewers may find upsetting. rachel has been documenting her pregnancy journey on tiktok. she suffered four miscarriages. her second was particularly traumatic. it was, unfortunately, i believe, over a weekend period. and so, the advice i was really kind of given was, it seems like you're

having another miscarriage, have plenty of bed rest, and take some pain relief if needed, and kind ofjust wait it out. at one point i went to the bathroom, and as i went and pulled down my underwear, my baby fully intact in its sac with a tiny little placenta, which was literally no bigger than a £2 coin, fell and sat into my underwear. rachel's is sadly not an uncommon story, which is why the review is calling for a miscarriage helpline and 24—hour access to specialist early pregnancy units, developing a container to store the baby's remains if a loss happens at home, and support and advice offered after one miscarriage instead of three. 250,000 women a year experience a miscarriage. in a lot of cases, we can't prevent a miscarriage. but what we can do is try and make that process that women and their partners

are going through less traumatic in order to limit the ongoing effects. another key recommendation in this review is to start offering certificates to parents whose babies die before 2a weeks. at the moment, some families are given little notes, like this one. but from october, the plan is to offer them an official government document to acknowledge their loss. i want to see people stopping having to hit google to find out what care should i be receiving? where should i be going for support? this support should be easily available to every single person, and it should be offered to every person who is suffering. it's notjust the mother who's carrying the child. it needs to be also offered to their partner. the government says it's looking into all 70 recommendations and starting to take action on some of them. a year since her last miscarriage, rachel is now mum to baby thomas. i would love to tell him about

the siblings he could have had. i want to educate him that pregnancy and creating life and children isn't as simple as getting that positive pregnancy test. and it's why i created my tiktok account, to support and make people aware of what can happen and make them not feel alone. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. let's have some sport now and the women's world cup. current world champions the usa opened their campaign with a 3—0 victory against vietnam. sophia smith struck twice before half—time for the americans. the usa arrived in new zealand as favourites for the tournament. in the other games japan thrashed zambia 5—0 in group c. and denmark beat china 1—0 in group d. but it took a last minute goal for denmark to secure victory. amalie vangs—gaard scored the vital goal.(read on

amalie bremer is co—founder of the danish women's supporters club. she gave her feelings after denmark secured that nail—biting victory. it was very hectic, very nervous. a pure opener. first world cup in 16 years and it showed. it was a big task for the danish team to take on this very important match. i think a historic match for women's football and, yes, the first half was not pretty but we got there in the end. england started their campaign with a 1—0 victory against haiti. a penalty from georgia stanway was enough to secure victory for the lionesses and a crucial three points. but the performance was underwhelming. corinne yorston played for the england national team for six years. she gave this reaction to the result. a lot of expectation building up to this tournament with them being european champions.

and it's just always such a big lead in phase into world cups and major tournaments that you just want to get going with it. so, you know, they probably know they can perform better, but the biggest thing is they got three points in their group stage and their opening game. and yeah, i'm sure they're just relieved and happy with the win and happy to get things going now. there are similarities, of course, to england's opening game in the euros last year, in 2022, where they beat cricket and rain has ended play on day 4 of the fourth test between england and australia australia are looking to save the game, and preserve their lead in the series. at tea they had reached 214 for 5. batter marcus labuschagne finally out after a fighting century for the australians. but england still lead by 61 runs. in golf it's day 3 of the open. this year, the golfing major, is taking place at the royal liverpool golf course. the highlight so far today has been a dazzling round of 63 shot by spaniard jon rahm. it took him to 6 under par and third in the leaderboard. but american brian harman

is still out in front on 12 under. the wildfires in greece are spreading, with the island but american brian harman is still out in front on 12 under. rory well behind the pace with three under. the wildfires in greece are spreading, with the island of rhodes badly affected. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated from beaches in the south of the island where the blazes are getting closer to the seafront. three coast guard vessels are on site, and a navy boat is heading there. among those forced to leave are hundreds of tourists — three hotels have burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. the fires — said to be out of control — have been burning on the island for five days. the heatwave in greece is likely to become the longest since records began with temperatures expected to rise above forty degrees in many places on sunday.

these are the latest images showing tourists on the greek island of rhodes evacuating the area. coastguards have been ferrying people off the island as firefighters attempt to tackle what are described as the most difficult fire they have ever faced. here are more picturesjust in. you can see holiday—makers getting on board a ferry. the ship is not even docked and hasjust ferry. the ship is not even docked and has just come ferry. the ship is not even docked and hasjust come up ferry. the ship is not even docked and has just come up to the beach and has just come up to the beach and people are wading in. lots more pictures coming in and we are keeping across the moor for you. pictures coming in and we are keeping across the moorfor you. do stay with us for the moment though. this is bbc news. there were some parts of the uk that

got to see saturday sunshine, especially in the north of scotland. some stunning scenes, this was a picture from argyll and bute. but this was the typical picture for many of us, in lancashire, clouds and outbreaks of rain. a lot of cloud on the earlier satellite picture and this weather system continues to journey eastwards overnight, some further wet weather for a time across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, many areas of england and wales. the north of scotland will hold onto some clear skies, one or two showers and a bit chilly here once again overnight but further south, a mild night in prospect. we start sunday with this area of low pressure still very much in charge and along the line of this front here, that is where we will have the heaviest and most persistent rain. either side of that, more sunshine although with a scatter of showers. very wet indeed across parts of southern scotland, northern england, north wales,

we could see some issues with localised flooding here, some rain into parts of northern ireland as well. to the north of that, sunny spells, scattered showers and to the south, scattered showers, the odd thunder and the windiest weather will be in the coasts of south—east england. temperatures, 23 in london, 16 in aberdeen — feeling particularly cool under cloud and rain. that band of rain will sink a little bit lower southwards as we move into sunday and into monday, this low pressure swinging away and on the back edge of it, a decidedly cool northerly flow of wind. still a band of cloud and rain pushing southwards across parts of england and south wales, during monday, behind the sunny spells, scattered showers, some widespread showers into north—west scotland. temperatures at best 1a to 20 degrees, below average for this time injuly. high pressure tries to build briefly so some dry

weather but some showers. but here comes the next rain bearing weather system, more low pressure and a set of weather fronts, outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain moving eastwards. an unsettled and rather cool week ahead.

this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: wildfires rage in greece — thousands of people, including tourists, are evacuated from the island of rhodes of temperature—related climate records is "unprecedented".