including tourists, are evacuated from the island of rhodes. it comes as leading scientists tell the bbc the speed and timing of recent of temperature—related climate records is unprecedented. russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has attacked an ammunition depot. and england take a narrow win against haiti in their opening match at the women's world cup — we'll have all the day's results. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. we begin in greece where wildfires are burning out of control on the island of rhodes. thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. three hotels have reportedly burnt

down, and many others are in the danger zone. private boats have joined the greek coastguard — picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. the greek army has also been helping get tourists to safety. no injuries have been reported. plumes of smoke can be seen blanketing the island with its many resorts. the fires have been burning for five days. the country's deputy fire chief says the fires in rhodes 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, southeast 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.

joining me now is katie piercefield—holmes. she's in rhodes where she's been holidaying. thank she's been holidaying. you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme. we thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ., , �* , programme. no worries, high. because throu~h programme. no worries, high. because through what — programme. no worries, high. because through what has _ programme. no worries, high. because through what has happened _ programme. no worries, high. because through what has happened to - programme. no worries, high. because through what has happened to you. - programme. no worries, high. because through what has happened to you. it i through what has happened to you. it is all a little bit chaotic, really. last night, you could see there were fires off in the distance, there was ash falling, everything was normal and today was normal up until about lunch time when the sky turned orange. i had gone to the gym and came up to find the reception full of people with suitcases not really knowing what was going on. we had national alert saying it was being evacuated but we were being told at that time that our hotel wasn't. we locked ourselves up in our room, we had people running past on the roads, hundreds of people filing down to the beach asking for water,

wet towels. but we were being told to stay, at that point. at some point, the hotel has been evacuated. other people who are on holiday in your hotel, they have been evacuated, they have gone, have they? evacuated, they have gone, have the ? , ~ , ., they? yes, i think there is a handful of— they? yes, i think there is a handful of us _ they? yes, i think there is a handful of us here, - they? yes, i think there is a handful of us here, but - they? yes, i think there is a handful of us here, but we i they? yes, i think there is a i handful of us here, but we are currently being told by the staff and the firefighters that here is a safe and to stay where we are now. what does it look like? does it look safe out of the windows? share what does it look like? does it look safe out of the windows?— what does it look like? does it look safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window _ safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window that _ safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window that i _ safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window that i can _ safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window that i can see, - safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window that i can see, it. out of the window that i can see, it looks quite safe. my husband went up and look behind the hotel where the hills are and you can very much see the fire, it is bright orange, the sky is lit up. but at that moment, the wind is blowing around the hotel and behind us rather than into the hotel resort, so at the moment it feels quite safe in our room and out of the front it is clear and we can

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we've been hearing from some travel companies who have clients on the island of rhodes. anjana gadgil is in the newsroom. what have we been hearing? lewis, we have heard from two of the tour operators that fly from the uk to roads, and also operate package holidays on the island, that is jet and to eat both of which fly from a number of uk airports. chile said it is a where earth wildfires in an area to the south of roads and its teams and results are following... a small number of hotels have been impacted and we are relocating customers and providing them with alternative accommodation. flights continue to operate as normal and we will be in touch with customers should their holidays be impacted.

jet" are asking flash the foreign office have put out a statement saying it in touch with local authorities and is standing by british nationals in rhodes 21w. it asks people to go to the website for the latest advice and guidance and it also has guidance around extreme weather and how to look after yourself and stay safe. and it points of the foreign office points people to the greek government's emergency communication service where you can get emergency alerts direct from the greek government. thank you. those fires in greece come 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 defense 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we've had four more games at the women's world cup, the european champions england looked less then convincing in their group opener against haiti in brisbane — but won 1—0. georgia stanway�*s penalty sealed the victory, that was their first goal in four matches haiti were making

their debut in the tournament and gave a really good account of themselves. the lionesses next play on friday against denmark. haiti will face china. it's football. it does not matter how the ball ends up in the net, as long as it is on the net. we are ok. we are in a good place. you can see the football style we are playing, create a lot of chances. we had some shots at goal, the goalkeeper made some good saves. it's football. denmark also started with a win in group d but left it late against the chinese, japan gave us the biggest win so far in the tournament, five nil against zambia, and the reigning champions usa were 3—0 winners against vietnam. patrick gearey reports. a maori welcome of peace for two nations once at war. the usa and vietnam in auckland is just a few metres apart but still divided by so much.

the americans are a superpower in women's football aiming for a third world cup in a row. they can play the game at its breathtaking best. sofia smith's scored in ia minutes. alex morgan had the chance to make it two. smith added a second. in the second half usa scored a third. this was a day that was simple but symbolic for the americans. japan were the last team other than the usa to win the world cup, they made an impressive start against zambia. this was zambia's first women's world cup, they were caught out repeatedly after the break. it ended up 5—0 to japan. it's been a frustrating day for england's cricketers, after dominating the first three days of the fourth ashes test,

there's was very little play on the fourth day at old trafford because of the weather. they managed 30 overs after lunch before the rain returned though england took one wicket, marnus labuschagne's, his hundred helped australia to 214 for 5, still 61 runs behind in their second innings. the forecast on sunday isn't great, which australia won't mind, theyjust need a draw to retain the ashes. the american brian harman still has a five shot lead heading into the final round of the open. he bogeyed the 1st and 11th hoels to give the rest of the field some hope but still went round in 69 to move to 12 under. fellow american cameron young is on 7 under. masters championjon rahm hit the lowest round ever scored in an open at hoylake, 63, the spaniard rocketing 36 places up the leaderboard to third. in formula 1, lewis hamilton

has secured his first pole position since the end of 2021. the mercedes driver will start from the front in the hungarian grand prix on sunday. the seven—time world champion was three thousandths of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen. great britian's lando norris was third fastest. i've lost my voice from shouting so much in the car. it's amazing, that feeling. i feel so grateful to be up here because the team have worked so hard. we have been pushing so hard over this time to finally get a pole. it just feels like the first time. when i went into that last round, i gave it absolutely everything. there was nothing left in it. and that's all the sport for now. a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters has reached 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 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 mass march by thousands of israeli protesters has reached the parliament injerusalem, where mps are due to pass the first bill in the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary. tens of thousands of people have joined the march since it set off from 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. 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. sirtony blairand sir keir starmer have led tributes to the former labour mp ann clwyd, who has died at the age of 86. she represented the cynon valley constituency in south wales for 35 years, becoming the oldest woman to sit in the house of commons before standing down in 2019. the formerjournalist held a series of frontbench posts in opposition — including shadow welsh secretary and shadow international

development secretary. let's go back to our main story this hour. 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. these pictures are coming to us on social media. three coastguard vessels are on site, and a navy boat is heading there. you can see people getting off any way they can, getting onto boats there. among those forced to leave are hundreds of tourists — three hotels have burnt down, and many others are in a 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 a0 degrees in many places on sunday. we are getting plenty more images in. tourists on the greek island of rhodes evacuating an area affected by wildfires, which have been raging on the popular destination for five days. just a little earlier in the programme, ispoke just a little earlier in the programme, i spoke to one woman who was holidaying with herfamily programme, i spoke to one woman who was holidaying with her family there and people in her hotel had been told to leave, and they have got out, where is she and others still in the hotel had been told to stay where they are, that being the safest place at the moment. plenty of details coming out of rhodes. 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.

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