including tourists, are evacuated from the island of rhodes. a mass march in protest against the israeli government's controversialjudicial reforms reaches the parliament injerusalem. russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has attacked an amunition 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. in greece, 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. katie piercefield—holmes is on holiday in rhodes and told me

about her experience. it is all a little bit chaotic, really. last night, you could see there were fires off in the distance, there was ash falling but 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 a national alert saying the area 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 road, 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?

yes, i think there is a handful of us here, but we are currently being told by the staff and the firefighters that here is safe and to stay where we are now. what does it look like? does it look safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window that i can see, it looks quite safe. my husband went up and looked 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 the 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 the front it is clear and we can get to the beach if we need to. great, so your plan tomorrow is stay there and wait and see? at the moment, yes. we are getting no information from our tour operators, getting blanked on messages, hour delays in getting back to us with generic messages, so we don't really know

what is going on but at the moment it seems the safest place to be, as opposed to wandering around in the dark smoke trying to find out what is happening. yes, of course. how long have you been there? have you managed to have any kind of holiday? we arrived in the early hours of thursday morning so two days. oh, dear! and i presume when you hear anything, you will make a decision about whether you have got to get out of there and fly home or whether you are going to stay? yes, we just don't have any information at the moment so it isjust a minute by minute, hour by hour, waiting to see what happens, really. but as long as it seems safer in the room, it seems safer in the room than outside with all the smoke. yes, of course. what was it like? talk us through again the sky turning orange, is that what you say you could see? it was around lunchtime and it was a very weird colour to the sky, it was like a sunset

in the day, just very orange is the only way to describe it. all the staff were looking up and saying, this is strange. and then i would say about an hour after that is when we got the national alert through saying the areas were being evacuated and we can see people further up in the hills, like i say, walking past the hotel, and it all felt quite surreal, to be honest. thanks again to katie talking to me in the last hour. we've been hearing from some travel companies who have clients on the island of rhodes. courtney bembridge is in the newsroom. what have we been hearing? rhodes is a very popular tourist destination, the british tourist in particular and we have been heard from jurors who say they are not being given enough information by the tour operators so we spoke to some of the

major ones. british airways has said their team has been in contact with all ba holiday customers to ensure they are safe and help to organise hotel replacements and potential for earlier flights hotel replacements and potential for earlierflights home. the airline also says that anyone who currently wants to come home is able to do so free of charge and that anyone due to travel there from the uk in the coming week can also change the dates free of charge to a later date. next we spoke to tui holidays who said a small number of hotels have been impacted and just as a precaution, affected customers have been relocated. that statement went on to say that flights continue to operate as normal and that the company will be in contact with any customers that may be impacted by this. next let's hearfrom jet2 customers that may be impacted by this. next let's hear from jet2 who said we asked any customers affected in affected areas to follow the advice of local authorities or their hoteliers. in the last body that we

need to hear from hoteliers. in the last body that we need to hearfrom is hoteliers. in the last body that we need to hear from is of course the foreign office who said we are in touch with the local authorities and our staff are on hand to assist 24/7. so, our staff are on hand to assist 21w. so, still a living situation, we have heard many people upset with a lack of information they are getting but this is the response that we have had from those tour operators who organise flights in and out and of course hotels there and out and of course hotels there and also the foreign office who will be in charge of trying to get people out if they can't get out in other ways. out if they can't get out in other wa s. ., y . ~ ,, 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. we are going to israel now. 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. 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 oktyabrskyy in crimea. here's the ukrainian president. translation: the crimean bridge, today, this is not _ just a logistical road. this is the road used to feed the war with ammunition.

and this is being done on a daily basis — the militarisation of the crimean peninsula. therefore, for us, it's an understandable enemy object which was built outside the law, outside international law and all norms respectively. and that is why it is our objective. any target bringing war not peace must be neutralised. gregory zhygalov from bbc ukrainian told me earlier exactly what is know about the attacks on crimea at this stage. ukraine forces confirmed they have destroyed a few facilities and weapon depot in crimea and that's not happening often when ukrainian forces are confirming this kind of attacks. but today they are not going into any further details and also they're not clarifying how or which way they attacked these targets. the attack was on krasnogvardeisky district which is actually directly in the centre of crimea.

it's known there was an old air base abandoned which was in the past but is now apparently used by russian forces and there are still not so many details about how massive was the impact of this attack. in the morning, people from crimea started to post on social media photos and videos of explosions. the footage was showing heavy smoke rising into the sky at the site of the attack and also 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—installed governor, he also 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, yes, both rail services and road traffic across the kerch bridge were suspended for several hours. we understand from the official announcements the bridge is open for cars but still operating with severe limits after the previous attack because this is the third attack on the crimean peninsula in recent days. in the beginning of the week, the attack damaged the kerch bridge which connects russia with the peninsula. later, 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. 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 14 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 14 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. now with all the latest on the women's world cup 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. we are in a good place.

it is football, doesn't matter how the ball ends up on the net and less cash as long as it lands on the lecture. we created a lot of chances, we had some shots at goal is, the keeper made some good saves, yeah, it is said. —— it is 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, 5—0 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, 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. the goalfrom sophia smith took 14 minutes and not much later the chance for a second for morgan but there

was a moment of glory defiance. as close as vietnam would get to a goal. smith soon added her second. their captain got the third. a day that was symbolic yet simple for the americans. japan were the last team other than the usa to win the world cup and they made an impressive start in hamilton against zambia. the first goal here revealed a team into their rhythm. this was the zambians�* first women's world cup and they were caught out repeatedly after the break. japan made it two and then seven minutes later they added number three. it ended up 5—0. patrick gearey, bbc news. 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. england took one wicket, marnus labuschagne's. his 100 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 one, 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 britians 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. lots more on your bbc sport app or the bbc sport website but that is all for now. 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. the wildfires in greece are spreading, with the island

of rhodes badly affected. we are getting different ripples about people being evacuated from their hotels, three hotels apparently burnt down already. these pictures here are showing the efforts that some people are going to to actually get out. these are private boats helping out, ships helping out there just to get people off beaches. we know the army also is helping get people out and into safety. extraordinary temperatures that we have been seeing and the wildfires, very difficult to control, fire chiefs in greece saying, rhodes really is the focus of the dangerous wildfires at the moment. we are keeping across everything for you. i'm lewis vaughanjones, 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, maybe one or two showers, and here 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 weather front here, that's where we will have the heaviest and most persistent rain. either side of that, more sunshine although with a scattering 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 of that sunny spells, 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 further 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 that — 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 on tuesday.

for the middle of the week comes the next rain—bearing weather system, more low pressure and a set of weather fronts, outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain moving eastwards into wednesday and thursday. an unsettled and rather cool week ahead.

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